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Metal Steel gates and railings - Paint and Finish – Bespoke Gates And Railings

Paint and Finish

There are 4 finish options for your gates and railings; painted, galvanised only, galvanised and painted, powder coated.

We spray paint your gates and/or railings with specialist paint designed for application to steel. The spray paint process ensures a smooth and hard waring finish.

It is recommended that anything that scratches away your paint to he bare steel will require you to touch up / paint over any exposed steel areas to prevent rusting and weakening your steel gates or railings and ensure their increased longevity.

We can paint in any RAL colour you may wish to choose, however costs between RAL colours may vary and time to order in any unusual RAL colours may also vary.

It is clear that most railings and gates are black, although they can look good in white and some other colours such as olive green.

Consider the location and purpose of the railings and how any colour may effect how it looks at its location and within its enviornment compared to the colour and style of your building and or walls and surrounding areas and structures.

Consider also that unusual colours that yoy may like may not prove populare with the neighbours !

if you maintain your gates and railings and keep an eye on them and touch up over time any exposed areas then you should expect your railings and gates to last a long time. An exact time cannot be provided for the logevity of your painted steel structures. Such paint manufacturers will not guarantee how long their paint will protect your structure, however they provide specially designed paints for steel and other factors determine the length of time your railings will last in the secure and attractive manner they were originally installed, such as locations exposure to weather, the extremity of weather over time and your attention and occassional maintenance of your gates/railings.

 See the complete RAL colour spectrum and choices here or click the chart above:

Metalic Paints:

Rail heads, post tops, decorative panels and other decorative items within a railing or gate can look magnificent and impressive when painted metalic colours such as gold or silver.

We use metalic paints from the same provider as our standard paint. Such paint is designed specifically for the applciation to steel.

Galvanised Only:

Galvanising is a thin layer of Zinc alloy applied to your gates and/or railings by  being dipped into molten Zinc.

Galvanising is especially recommended if you live close to the coast where salt in the air combined with wind can speed up the process of wear on the steel.

The Zinc layer provides protections against this erossion process and prevents accelerated rusting in coastal and areas of extreme wind or weather.

You may also choose your railing and gate sections to be galvanised to be extra secure in knowing you have done all you can to cover your railings and ensure their longest lasting future and strength and minimise future maintenance from you. Some buyers also consider that they like the look of galvanised railings and it can suit and blend in or compliment a modern house design.

Galvanised steel structures can look more rugged as the small amount of zinc galvanise can cause once smooth steel to be more rugged and this can add to the appearl for some owners if that is an effect they are looking for.

Galvanised and Painted:

We cover our galvanised steel structures with the same paint that we provide for clients who just want paint on steel.

The paint is what is termed "self etching" where by a chemical in the paint is responsible for effectively "scarring" the steel or galvanised structure at a microscopic level to ensure that the surface is rugged enough to enable the paint to stick/bond to that surface.

Powder coating:

Powder coating is a plastic electostatically charged powder that is blown onto railings and gates. Initially the gates and railings are etched and worn in a sand blasting process to ensure that the powder will stick and settle. Once covered in an even layer the powder coated railings/gates are heated to bind the powder to the surface.

Powder coated raiings provide a protective layer to the steek structure and can be chosen in a variety of RAL colours and therefore provide quality protection and colour at the same time.

Because of the electro static process the powder migrates to the nearest charge surface so powder coating is not useful for gates and railings with intricate structures such as decorative panels or gaps where the anges will not get filled with the powder coat layer. This is why powder coating is more often used for the more simplistic gate and railing designs to ensure even coverage of the powder ove the enture steel structure and not leaving areas of thinner or no cover.

With powder coated steel structures it is much more difficutl to make modifications or changes in the future and certainly less financially viable to make any changes. Not that most people require any changes after installation.

You cannot readily paint new colours ontop of powder coated structures. So if you wanted to paint metalic rail heads or add ons then Powder Coating is not for you. Repainting on top of powder coating is possible with some sanding down of the powder coated layer to take it from its smooth structure to a rough surface for the new paint to bond to. But why buy powder coated steel structure to then rub the protective powder coated layer away at reduction or elimination of its protective benefits and additonal cost of time and effort. However if you are in such position a 180-grit sand paper should be enought to grind away enough of the power coat layer to enable you to get a layer that the paint may stick to.

Powder coating has proven popular option. Consider how this may suit the envionrment to be installed in given that it will provide a slightly different finish to normal painted railings.


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But it literally changed my life… I moved out of my parent’s house (sigh) into a nice studio in downtown Denver, bought my first car (a Mercedes c300), adopted 2 kitties, and my credit raised 45 points. I also donated $6,000 to GoFundMe campaigns. I’m a humble dude but in affiliate marketing, the numbers do the talking. So… I want to show you how I did it. Enjoy!
I bought this book because of all the previous reviews. I have hard time believing their authenticity after reading the book myself. The info is great and you will learn a great deal about affiliate marketing. My issue is with the incredible amount of grammatical and spelling errors on basically every single page. Affiliate marketing has everything to do with great writing. So I find it odd how terrible the grammar is throughout the entire book. Zero editing was done.

While the world goes gaga over Digital Marketing, few seem to be discussing affiliate marketing in depth. A true gem, a lot of digital marketing in the future will be reliant on affiliate marketing. While social media marketing helps create buzz, search engine marketing helps drive traffic, affiliate marketers helps converts traffic into leads and sales. As the focus on ROI and analytics grows, more businesses will demand (they have started demanding already) people to showcase the exact value of digital marketing efforts. If there is one decisive way to measure digital marketing, it’s affiliate marketing. These are best suited for both affiliate marketing beginners and experienced professionals. Of the thousands of methods to make money online, Affiliate Marketing stands out. It has been more than a decade that thousands have turned millionaires simply by mastering this art and its your turn to grow and shine now.
**NOTE: If paying for a monthly pin scheduler isn’t for you, then my friend, are going to want to take a look at this! Carly, founder of “Mommy on Purpose” and author of Pinteresting Strategies eBook, walks you through how she gets over 200k views a month though Pinterest and thousand of dollars in revenue, without using a Pin scheduler. Yes, you read that correctly. She teaches you her incredible successful manual pinning method in this book along with other great tips and strategies. Check it out for yourself, here.
This is so well put together, thank you! I’ve been spinning my wheels trying to figure out what affiliates to work with in my niche. My target audience is bloggers, and much of my content is free knowledge on how to grow a blog, but pushing a sale is just not what I want to do. But with this list I can really see that there are a lot of options to choose from. I do have an account with shareasale already, so I’m going to start there and see what other companies will work for my audience!

If you are interested in learning the process behind building a WordPress website then you should look at Learn how to Build High Quality Affiliate Websites. This will help you not just learn how to promote but also get you going with setting up the wordpress website and then promote relevant products. Andrew’s course is a Bestselling Course and we have no doubts why. The following pointers should help you make up your mind. Think of this program like going to affiliate marketing school.
However, more recently, people have been using affiliate links in social media, particularly on Facebook and Instagram. Affiliate marketing is ideal for Instagrammers who have a large audience to promote and sell products to but have no actual products to sell. Instead of creating their own product, Instagrammers can simply promote someone else’s, taking a percentage of the profit once someone from their Insta-audience makes a purchase. Sounds appealing right?

Keep in mind that it’s important to promote affiliate product links authentically. Refrain from being salesy and remember that your primary job is to help readers or customers find products that are useful, inspirational, and beautiful. Focus on sharing products that make your audience members’ lives easier, and you’ll naturally increase clicks and sales.
I am so delighted to have my friend Tasha from Designer Trapped in a Lawyer’s Body here today to talk a little bit about blogging strategy– and more specifically, monetizing your blog! Tasha is my go-to source any time I have questions about using affiliate sales as an income stream for my site, and I know you will find the information she has to share incredibly helpful as well. I’ll let her take it from here!
Don’t set-it and forget-it — Affiliate marketing is a great way to create a relatively passive income stream, but you can’t launch it, see a little success, then expect it to grow on its own. You need to work regularly — at least weekly — to create fresh content, market via social and email channels, and keep your promotions current, on-trend, and seasonally appropriate.

That’s because the affiliate program works by setting a browser cookie when someone clicks on an affiliate link and tracks any purchases made at the destination before the cookie expires. After that, the affiliate program pays out a small commission. Thus, it’s possible to make a little money or even make a living off of affiliate marketing, but only if you can convince people to click on your links and buy your affiliate partner’s products.
Can you make money with affiliate marketing? The short answer is yes, affiliate programs can earn a extra money and even a full-time income from home. The long answer is a little more complicated. Like any home income venture, success comes not so much from what you choose to do to make money, but whether or not you do what needs to be done correctly and consistently.

Affiliate marketing is an ideal solution for those looking to gain control of their own income by focusing on performance-based revenue options. Working in tandem with a seller, a motivated affiliate marketer will be able to achieve a passive income from the comfort of their home without worrying about producing their own product or service. Although the success of the job does depend on the affiliate’s marketing skills, it can prove to be an effective way to meet your income goals as either a primary career or a profitable second job.
Wow. Thank you for parting the mists of the mystery of affiliate marketing. I was drowning in vagueness and confusion for a few weeks there and now I feel like I have enough information to at least create a strategy around when I might want to start. I had no idea that it was so country-specific, which is important because I get just as many hits from European countries as I do the U.S.

Make people care about you. You have to get them emotionally invested in you before you can sell them anything. In fact, Henry says that you should never try to sell something right away, at least not until people become fully vested in you and your personal journey. Russell Brunson calls this your Attractive Character. This is what's allowed both Henry and Brunson to achieve wildly-outlandish incomes from their affiliate marketing efforts.

Many affiliate marketers use paid advertising to generate additional traffic to their site and drive more sales. Paid advertising on social media is often a good place to start, as these networks tend to be more affordable.You may also want to consider taking out inexpensive banner ads on small niche sites. Depending on your niche, Google AdWords could also be a good option to drive some paid traffic to your site.
Focus on reviewing products that fall within your niche. Then, leveraging the rapport you have created with your audience and your stance as an expert, tell your readers why they would benefit from purchasing the product you are promoting. It is especially effective to compare this product to others in the same category. Most importantly, make sure you are generating detailed, articulate content to improve conversions.
Second, it’s a good idea to create a few new personal boards that are used solely for the purpose of pinning products that are for sale (using your affiliate links of course). For example, I have created a personal board called “Gorgeous Throw Pillows and Bedding.” The description for the board is “This board is full of gorgeous throw pillows, accent pillows, decorative pillows, duvet covers, sheets and bedding. Changing your throw pillows and bedding is such an easy way to refresh any room on a budget!” I pin beautiful products to it and edit the urls of the pin to my affiliate links, using the process described above.
This is how you turn visitors into buyers into raving fans. If anyone is serious about "making it" in affiliate marketing, or simply making any semblance of money online, they have to adhere to this single principle. The better you get at creating an emotional attachment during each stage of your funnel, the more likely you'll be to succeed and even to get rich through your efforts.
In early May, Pinterest lifted its ban on affiliate links in pins—huge news for publishers and advertisers alike. Pinterest emerged as an online destination for consumers looking for new trends and products since its creation in 2010, and with over 100 million monthly active users and worldwide reach, it represents a massive opportunity for players in the affiliate space.

Also known as a publisher, the affiliate can be either an individual or a company that markets the seller’s product in an appealing way to potential consumers. In other words, the affiliate promotes the product to persuade consumers that it is valuable or beneficial to them and convince them to purchase the product. If the consumer does end up buying the product, the affiliate receives a portion of the revenue made.
One great traffic driver for me has been my new Travel Resources page. I put it up less than a month ago, created some pretty pins for it and it has done superbly well on StumbleUpon and Pinterest (racking up over 1.5k repins). This boost in traffic has helped substantially increase my conversions for Amazon, which was not a huge earner for me before. So, traffic + affiliate links = happy money dance.
Based on my research, I chose ‘affiliate marketing on Pinterest without a blog’ as my main target keyword. This what they call a long-tail keyword, a phrase that conveys a specific idea. It’s important to use long-tail keywords because then you’ll be giving users exactly what they’re looking for. If you use just ‘affiliate marketing’ as your keyword, you’ll be competing against everyone on Pinterest who has ever written anything about affiliate marketing. Thanks to proper keyword research, the first and seventh pins in the search results below are my own.
Ooh that makes sense! Yeah, surname would probably be a big one. I’ve also heard that they keep tabs on any old addresses you’ve registered and if the address is the same as someone buying from you, then that doesn’t count either. I can’t imagine they’d be able to know who ALL your friends are, but a good thing to be mindful of! When I first started I thought, hey, why not just make a FB post and tell everyone to buy off me? haha then I realized maybe it’s not that simple.
If you haven’t already checked out my NEW free Wolf Millionaire Webinar I suggest you take the time to join and watch it. I outline and explain all the different ways you can make money using Instagram. Almost all of them DON’T require you to have a business, product or service in order to make money! At the end of my webinar I will send you a link to my updated FREE 35 Page Instagram guide.

If I were a member of a group board called “Beautiful Home Decor” that was created for bloggers to share their blog posts, I would feel free to pin an image from a post of mine called “10 Beautiful Couches that Won’t Break the Bank.” Of course, that blog post would contain affiliate links. But, I would never pin an image of a couch with my affiliate to a group board called “Beautiful Home Decor” that I am a member of, since that is not the purpose of the board.
Fill your website with content that will be useful to the people who are interested in your niche, and place your affiliate links throughout in the most relevant places. That way when someone interested in your content clicks your link, they go to a sales page for a product that they might also be interested in, and if they buy it you get a commission!

The next platform, which has created a great community of affiliate marketers and is a fantastic resource for a versatile and step-by-step affiliate marketing training program is Wealthy Affiliates. Over the years it has become one of the most reputable and highest-rated resources to teach you the ropes of digital marketing and online business for someone who has no or very little experience in the online and blog world.

Now, Amazon’s categories can be confusing. As you use the program, you’ll find that something that you’d consider a “Home” or “Luxury Beauty” item might be categorized at a lower rate. To be sure of the item’s commission category, check the categories listed at the top of the item page or search by category as we did here to find this Luxury Beauty item:
Forms of new media have also diversified how companies, brands, and ad networks serve ads to visitors. For instance, YouTube allows video-makers to embed advertisements through Google's affiliate network.[22][23] New developments have made it more difficult for unscrupulous affiliates to make money. Emerging black sheep are detected and made known to the affiliate marketing community with much greater speed and efficiency.[citation needed]
Individual sellers and companies offering products or services have to deal with their consumers and ensure they are satisfied with what they have purchased. Thanks to the affiliate marketing structure, you’ll never have to be concerned with customer support or customer satisfaction. The entire job of the affiliate marketer is to link the seller with the consumer. The seller deals with any consumer complaints after you receive your commission from the sale.
Once you get your basic website set up, your affiliates all arranged, and you start producing content that other people might want to see, it’s time to learn how to market yourself so that people will start visiting your site and finding out what you have to offer. If it’s good, word of mouth will bring others to see your website, and that (along with more marketing and SEO) will slowly but surely grow your audience. But to learn more about that, you should read some of the other articles on this site.
I’ve just got to hear about affiliate marketing and am really a newbie to this matter. The post above was so great and helpful for a person like me. I also took a look at locationrebel which seemed very exciting to me. I wonder if those courses and blueprints are still applicable because as far as I’ve seen, the reviews and testimonials all refer to the year 2013. It was the only reason that hold me back from joining the Locationrebel. I would be very thankful if you help me with this matter.
Let no one tell you that email marketing is dead. An email list is crucial for every affiliate marketer. You can start building up your email list with a lead magnet (like the information products mentioned previously) or even just by encouraging your audience to sign up for your updates. You can then push your content to this audience via email and also direct them to your affiliate offers. Don't be sleazy about the sales, but if you build up enough trust with your email audience; when the time comes, they will not mind purchasing a product from you.
This is important in the framework of not just affiliate marketing, but in marketing anything online, especially when the products are your own products and you're not just receiving a commission for selling them. Clearly, you need to build emotion around the entire process. In another words, you need to create an emotional attachment to every stage of the sales funnel.
I promote many products and services, so I wouldn’t want to use my link to market only one. On the other hand, you might be focused and very passionate about promoting one item. You could add your affiliate link—shortened, cloaked or branded—to your profile or create an account specifically for that item. For instance, you’re passionate about writing and want to promote Grammarly, a free grammar checker. You create an account called @awesomewriter and posts writing tips and motivational quotes. Your bio reads, “Improve your writing with this free software app. Click below to learn more. #Ad.”
Writing content for your blog or website about picking or buying a product available on Amazon. Now more than ever, people go online to research their buying options. If you're a mom blogger, you can write an article on picking a low-cost vacuum with a link to your top choice or several links to your top choices. A food blogger can link to cooking tools. A photography site can link to cameras and other photography equipment.

Cost per action/sale methods require that referred visitors do more than visit the advertiser's website before the affiliate receives a commission. The advertiser must convert that visitor first. It is in the best interest of the affiliate to send the most closely targeted traffic to the advertiser as possible to increase the chance of a conversion. The risk and loss are shared between the affiliate and the advertiser.

Excellent book if you are starting out with how to make money on the internet. Covers all the bases so you have a good idea about what is available to try out, as there are many options to choose from when you go online. I didn't realize there were so many different ways to make an income from the internet. So if you want to go online to make money then this book will give you a very good starting point.
There’s a popular saying among affiliate marketers and that saying is “content is king.” Content is truly the lifeblood of any affiliate marketing business. So far, everything you have had to learn has actually been relatively easy. Learning how the affiliate marketing industry works is easy to understand once it’s explained to you. Doing market research is easy if you know what to look for. Creating a website is SUPER easy. Writing hundreds of pages of content? Not so easy.
You’re absolutely right about that time. Never give up. Content marketing is a hard job but you got to look at it like this. The internet and side hustles are here to stay. It goes Way Beyond making money online. We both know there’s no more traditional job security in America today. These narcissist employers are nothing nice. They will hire you 1 minute. Harass you on the job. Steal your commissions and laugh at you behind your back while you continually work hard and put more money in their pocket, then try to enslave you into making more money for them and continually disrespect you to your face. This is the Ironclad indicated it’s time to walk away and start your own business online by working part time on your side hustle weather to Philly at marketing, blogging, or selling your own product service online. There’s billions of dollars to be made in the affiliate marketing industry. With that said, it’s a good thing to know the side hustle is here to stay to those who dedicate themselves to creating quality content on blogs and websites and taking a side hustle to the public nightstep. Agree? :-)
The description you send should include, for example, identification of the websites on which your banner ads are posted, advertising services you are using, screenshots of your Site’s analytics tools that show your Site traffic and its sources, the keywords you are using to drive referrals, any plugins or browser add-ons you use, live links to your Sites, a sequence of links that allows us to duplicate the clicks the majority of your customers make to get to the Amazon Site via your special links, and any other information that would be relevant to confirming the your compliance with the Operating Agreement, which can be found here: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/agreement.
I live in Jamaica and I’ve tried and become miserably frustrated with affiliate marketing. “They” always made it seem so easy yet it can be quite an uphill struggle. I’m quite fascinated with the prospect of making passive income especially after earning my first $20 (which i still havent collected lol) and Your post has been very informative and encouraging; Thank you. I’m definitely gonna get that course you recommend when I begin again. Thanks a million for being so real and all the best with blog!
Don’t forget to post your affiliate pins to your OWN personal boards! When I share my affiliate pins, I start with my own relevant boards because they’re better optimized for SEO than my group boards. I carefully write my board descriptions to optimize them for keywords. Technically speaking, you don’t even need to share pins to group boards if you have well-optimized personal boards with high repin rates. The advantage of group boards is that they help you expand your reach.

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The 17 Best Franchise Comebacks in Gaming

After Sonic the Hedgehog 2006, faith in the Sonic brand was shaken. Could the Sonic Team develop a technically sound product devoid of interspecies romances, game-breaking glitches and a general sense of “It’s no use“? The answer, as Sonic Unleashed showed us, was a resounding yes.

While divisive for its inclusion of the werehog — a character whose existence turned off a lot of people to the game — no one can deny that Sonic Unleashed was a gorgeous, technological tour de force that, for the most part, reinvigorated the brand with its bold presentation and revolutionary 3D boost gameplay. Sonic Unleashed took the boost formula to new heights and invented the mach-speed platforming experience we’ve all come to love in modern Sonic games. However, Unleashed didn’t stop there. It gave us a globe-trotting adventure with a rich, fully realized story that took gamers all over the world, allowing players to tour beautifully reimagined versions of China, Italy, Indonesia and more as the blue hedgehog whipped past every major region on earth. To this day, we’ve yet to receive another adventure from Sega that’s as grand or as glorious as Sonic Unleashed.— Robert Carnevale

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Hyperwallet expands to the UK with hopes of nabbing top FinTech talent

Hyperwallet, a digital payout provider aimed squarely at the sharing and gig economies, announced in late January that it has expanded into London.

The company, founded in Vancouver (where it still has the bulk of its several hundred employees) also has headquarters in San Francisco, but is now looking firmly at expanding its global reach.

Hyperwallet’s managing director in Europe Aran Brown recently talked about the overall market momentum behind the move:

“The gig economy is growing fast, and all indicators suggest that it will constitute a significant portion of the global economy within the next decade,” said Brown. “Drivers, taskers, developers — businesses need a fast, flexible, and reliable way to pay these large communities of workers, and we’re confident that the Hyperwallet platform is best-equipped to fill that role.”

The new office in London is just startup size, with a small team of six people, operating over the last several months, devoted to business development, sales, and legal compliance. The large development team for the company remains in Canada.

“When you’re setting up talent for a business in the payments sector, there’s nothing like London.”

But why expand to the UK at all, considering that startups like Unbounce, which recently opened up a small office in Berlin, are steering clear of the country following Brexit?

A key factor in the decision was where Hyperwallet’s clients are currently based, said Hyperwallet VP of strategy and business development Tomas Likar.

“When you consider large enterprise organizations or companies in the sharing economy and look at a map to see where they are headquartered, it’s New York, San Francisco, London…and then after a large gap, Sydney and Berlin,” said Likar. “London is still an important market where these new and innovative businesses are located.”

If Brexit connotes uncertainty, Hyperwallet’s stakeholders seem to believe they can handle it. “We’re aware of the risk this brings,” Likar said. “For example, in three years, the UK money transmission license might not be good for all of Europe. But in that case, we’ll just set up those licenses in Europe.”

But there’s another factor drawing Hyperwallet into what has always been a major centre of finance for the globe. “When you’re setting up talent for a business that’s in the payments sector, there’s nothing like London. All of the top FinTech people who understand cross-border flows and digital payments are in London.”

As a company with a major foothold in the US, what does Hyperwallet’s leadership team think of the Donald Trump administration’s recent executive orders restricting immigration, that have put some of the biggest names in tech on high alert? “It’s too early for us to see,” Likar says. “We’re a small company and until now, we’ve only been in Canada and the US. There’s been much more impact on companies like Facebook or Google, that have employees all over the world.”

While the impact for Hyperwallet has been limited, the next step is understanding what this administration’s stance will be on payments and the legislation of the last eight years. “That’s still unclear. That said, I’m confident that newer tech payments companies better able to deal with changes than the banks or legacy payments companies,” Likar said.

Jonathon Narvey

Jonathon Narvey

Jonathon Narvey is a content marketing strategist and BetaKit Senior Editor. Living and working in the heart of downtown Vancouver, he's watched this city's tech hub grow and start to compete on a world-class level. He has learned most of what he knows about tech startups and entrepreneurial spirit by interviewing some of the most innovative thought leaders here and abroad. He's always up for learning something new about the startups, leaders and technologies that are changing our world.


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In a recent sermon I likened our Lord Jesus to a Life Jacket. In the waters of baptism God has promised to keep us afloat along the river of life. There are two ways to float the river. 1) In the boat, 2) In the river. It’s easier to float in a boat.

Now let’s liken the raft to the church. God will be faithful to His promises whether we find ourselves in the church, outside the church, or even if the church has shoved you out of the boat for one reason or another. You can trust Christ during your time outside the raft, but he is always calling you back into the raft. Get in the boat with the rest of the bozos like us.

In the boat of the church we share daily bread and forgiveness of sins. In the boat we praise, pray and give thanks to God. In the boat we navigate in common purpose to seek and save the drowning, the frightened, the exhausted.

On the recent youth trip we got to “swim” a class 3 rapid without our rafts. We had the opportunity to walk back upriver and do it again. The second time was enough. After only two runs, we were pretty tired and in need of catching our breath.

You can float without a boat, but you don’t want to do it for too long on your own. Plus, we could use your help paddling because there are many others floating the river of life without even a Life Jacket.

Bethesda, we’ll see you in the boat this Fall. The water and Spirit are moving!

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Sam Kieffer

What do you do when you learn about a problem?

If you are like most of us, you are probably moved with compassion (at least a little), and wish better for the people or situation.  Maybe you even stop and pray, or do a little research on the situation.

Sadly, very few of us (I’m including myself here) ever decide to do something about it. Taking action often feels like something for somebody else to do.

Sam Kieffer sees it a bit differently.  Sam is the kind of guy who wants to do something about it. At the ripe old age of 9, he has already started three significant projects to help improve the lives of those around him.

Sam’s Blessing Box

You may have seen a blessing box or something similar as you’ve driven around town. Sam had, too, and decided that his home area of Cheswick could use one. The idea is pretty simple, but very helpful. Every community has people in need. Sometimes it’s temporary; others times it’s more of a long-term situation. Why not create a little station (or box) where someone with needs could stop by and anonymously pick up a few food or personal items to help them when life is difficult?

Sam’s Blessing Box is located on Jacoby Road. It’s busy enough that he has to restock it twice a week. The top two shelves have a variety of non-perishable food items (he tells me that staple items like flour and sugar go especially fast), and the bottom shelf rotates between personal items and seasonal gifts.  It’s become well-enough-known around his Indiana Township home area that many people have joined in on providing donations and even commented that they were inspired to do something similar.

Save the Brains

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Moved by his father’s fight with brain tumors, Same has taken it upon himself to find a way to end them. Specifically, he has started a fundraising project that he calls “Save the Brains,”  which has raised over $7,000 dollars since he started it two summers ago as a 7-year-old.

The money raised by Save the Brains goes to the Epidermoid Brain Tumor Society (EBTS) to help combat a rare form of brain tumor.  Sam raises money via a Go-Fund-Me page and a Lemonade Stand that happens throughout the year.  The next event will be held on May 12th at the Middle Road Soccer Field Complex in Glenshaw.

Just to round out the impressive things about this young man: he’s also a published author. He recently released a book of poetry called Freedom Zone that is full of his work, as well as illustrations from his friends and family.  Some of the proceeds will  be going towards EBTS.

Buddy Bench

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Sam’s inspiration for outreach isn’t just limited to his family and his neighborhood.  He’s also working with his teachers and school administration to help get a Buddy Bench built at his Fox Chapel School District elementary school. A Buddy Bench is meant to help combat loneliness on school playgrounds. Basically, a kid who is feeling lonely or doesn’t have anyone to play with goes and sits on the bench. Other kids who know about the bench come over to connect with that kid and ensure nobody feels left out or alone.

Since Better the Burgh started about a year and a half ago, I have only done profiles of local nonprofits. All along I said that I’d also love to profile local individuals with lives that exemplify what it means to Better the Burgh.  Sam is our first, and I hope his commitment to take action with situations that are directly related to his life is an inspiration to you. He hasn’t allowed the idea of it being “somebody else’s problem” to creep into his thinking. May we all look to do likewise.


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Kuo is widely known for his Apple research, which is easily the most accurate in the world among Apple analysts. For the past few years, the industry watcher has delivered accurate early details surrounding nearly every major product Apple has launched.

He also covers Samsung on occasion, and now his sights are set on Amazon and its suppliers as well.

“We predict Amazon (US) will launch its own brand smartphone in 3-6 months, using the same hardware strategy as used for its e-reader and tablet,” Kuo wrote on Thursday in a note to clients obtained by BGR. “The supply chain will start stocking up materials in 2Q14 for production. We estimate required components will amount to 700k-1.2mn units, and assembly to 300-600k units. Related suppliers will start to see benefits in 2Q14.”

The analyst believes that Amazon’s upcoming smartphone will feature six cameras, including one primary rear camera as well as a standard front-facing camera for video chats. The device is also said to have a special system of four additional cameras that will be used for gesture controls.

BGR, which has its own solid Amazon sources, can confirm that is indeed part of the story. More details will follow in the coming days.

“The key feature of the smartphone, we believe, will be the six cameras,” Kuo wrote. “Aside from the main camera, which is used to take pictures, and the sub camera, used for video conferencing (these are both found in all smartphones), we think the other four cameras will be used for gesture control, allowing users to operate the smartphone without touching the touch panel.”

He continued, “Given the highly competitive smartphone market, Amazon will have to provide users with a unique experience to differentiate its phone from other brands. It would do this by integrating the smartphone with its own services such as e-commerce. If Amazon’s smartphone is a hit, we would expect shipments to grow significantly due to the hardware features and business model. At the current stage, when market acceptance is unclear, we preliminarily forecast shipments of 300-600k units in 2Q14 and 2-3mn units in 2014.”

In terms of specs, Kuo says the Amazon phone will feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, a 4.7-inch display with a pixel density of between 300 and 320 ppi, a plastic housing, a 13-megapixel main camera supplied by Sony, secondary cameras supplied by Primax, and a battery sized between 2,000 and 2,400 mAh.

BGR has independently confirmed some but not all of those specs.

“While Amazon’s smartphone is at the experimental stage, we think its hardware features and business model may have the potential to garner a positive market reaction, fueling robust sales growth,” Kuo concluded. “If this is the case, we believe the shares of top beneficiaries Sunnic and Primax will outperform accordingly.”


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Google already has a messaging app, but good as Hangouts is, it isn’t “smart.” Google is changing all that, by launching another messaging app, named Allo.

According to Google, it’s based off your phone number, much like WhatsApp. But it anticipates all sorts of Google’s smarts, like predictive responses using Google’s AI.

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There’s a few other features: image annotation, or changing the size of messages to “whisper” or “shout.” But the big news here is definitely the integration of Google’s computer vision and natural language processing. Google’s selling this as a messaging app for lazy people: rather than having to bother typing “cute dog,” Google will recommend the phrase, and you just have to tap to send it.

There’s also other integrations: Google is trying to bring its search abilities right into the app. Example: you can search for a restaurant directly in the app, and then thanks to a third-party integration with OpenTable, make a reservation, without ever changing out of the app.

You can even open up a chat directly with Google. It should be familiar to anyone who’s conversed with Slackbot, only in theory, much smarter. It’s another Google effort to make using Google services, although I’m not sure why anyone would have a text chat with Google, rather than just asking Google Now a question.

There’s also the ability to play games directly with Google Assistant, which feels a little desperate.

There’s also a timely integration of encryption software: Google Allo messages will be encrypted by default, but there’s also an incognito mode, which will use end-to-end encryption, so no one anywhere can spy on your messages. I’m sure the FBI will love this.

All in all, Google Allo feels a little unfinished at the moment. Google’s selling it as the new home of the new Google Assistant, but right now, I’m not sure what the app is like, or what it’s meant to be used for.

That’s not all, of course! Google has a second new app for us, and it’s a little more streamlined.

Google Duo is a straight video-calling app, end-to-end encrypted, and apparently really good on slow internet connections. That would be enough to sell me, but there’s another new feature Google’s calling “Knock-Knock.” It will show you a preview of whoever’s calling before you pick up, although hopefully there will be ways to filter out the dick pics.

Both apps will be available on Android and iOS sometime this summer.


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We proudly offer an extensive selection of traditional, specialized and innovative services. Our spa specialists are pleased to make treatment recommendations based on your personal needs and interests. This is also a good time to share any health concerns or conditions such as pregnancy or recent medical procedures. Once booked, the special time is reserved to you and is subject to a 24 hour cancellation policy. Should you need to cancel or reschedule, please do so 24 hours prior to your appointment to avoid full service charge.

Get the most out of your spa services by arriving early with time to enjoy the spa and facilities. All spa guests are invited to relax in our exclusive lounge or sun bathe in on the patio and enjoy our tea & tonic bar. A yoga class, float tank session or infrared sauna time is also available as an add-on during your visit. We recommend arriving at least 20 mins before your scheduled service. Late arrivals will limit the time of your treatment. In an effort to not delay the next guest, your treatment will end at its scheduled time.

Slip into one of our luxurious spa robes and slippers when you arrive. Undergarments are not required for services. Our professionally trained team will ensure that privacy and conservative draping will be provided throughout your service.

Our spa is a place of serenity for you to restore and replenish. For the enjoyment of all spa guests, cell phones and cameras are not permitted for use anywhere in the spa and we kindly ask that all guests keep conversations quiet.

Talk to your service provider about any specific treatment goals, physical sensitivities or medical concerns you may have so we may tailor an effective treatment for you. Your comfort and relaxation is the utmost concern to us; we want to ensure a setting and service which deliver that to you

Any cancellations with less than 24 hours of notice are subject to a cancelation fee amounting to the cost of the scheduled service. Clients who miss their appointments without giving any prior notification will be charged in full for the scheduled service. We recognize the time of our clients and staff is valuable and have implemented this policy for this reason. When you miss an appointment with us, we not only lose your business, but also the potential business of other clients who could have scheduled an appointment for the same time. Additionally, many times our staff will be functioning in an “on call” status and can have travelled to the spa specifically for your service. For these reasons we are obligated to compensate our staff for their time.
When you schedule your appointment with us, you are agreeing to these policies.

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For your convenience, a 20% gratuity charge we be added to all couples massages, spa packages and group bookings. Gratuity charges are distributed to your service providers.


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Big Mouth Talent is a full service talent agency that has been representing Chicago actors for over 20 years. We represent exclusive talent only and keep the amount of actors we represent to a minimum, giving each actor the personal attention they need and deserve.

Brooke Tonneman

Brooke has been an agent in Chicago for over 20 years. She founded Big Mouth Talent Inc., in 1998. Brooke is a graduate of Indiana University with a B.A. in Media with a Cinema and Media Arts Concentration.

Kelly Wilkening

Kelly is co-owner of Big Mouth Talent and has been an agent in Chicago since 2005. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where she earned a B.A. in Arts Management with a Minor in Theater.

Chloe O’Brien

Chloe is an Associate Talent Agent with Big Mouth Talent. She has a background in extras casting, as well as extensive work on the production side of the industry. Chloe attended Savannah College of Art and Design. Chloe is a huge chocolate fanatic and loves any and all animals.

Kyle Mundil Dye

Kyle is an Associate Talent Agent with Big Mouth Talent. Kyle earned his B.F.A in Theatre at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Since transplanting to Chicago, Kyle has immersed himself in the local theatre scene, working for various companies such as Lifeline Theatre, Nothing Without a Company and Special Gifts Theatre. You may also recognize Kyle as the Artistic and Casting Intern  at Timeline Theatre during the Spring of 2018. Away from theatre, Kyle LOVES punk bands from the early 2000’s, dachshund puppies (weener dogs), and spooky ghost stories!


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Trail Sponsors

All of our trails here at Kaiteriteri Mountain Bike park are sponsored by awesome businesses.  Their continued sponsorship helps with trail maintenance and keeping the park running, in return we like to give their business  a nice plug! So go support them too!

Pomeroys - Supplier of all good things coffee related! And don't we all need a bit of a caffeine boost on those early morning rides.  Flamin Nora is a gnarly rutted and steep trail, you'll need some expert riding skills on this one. Or a lot of coffee!

The Motueka Top 10 Holiday Park sponsors this trail, and this is one of the favorites in the mountain bike park.  A series of switchbacks that allows you to climb through the forest and gives you access to some of the advanced trails and best views!

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Swamp Monster

All the kids that come to Kaiteriteri Mountain Bike park start off riding down Swamp Monster, and once they have ridden this and on their way back home what better way to re-fuel with a stop at Toad Hall. Seriously some of the best berry smoothies you will find in the Tasman region.

Kaiteriteri Kayaks sponsor this trail, and once you have ridden along this sweet piece of single trail around the perimeter of the park. You can head on down and go for a kayak to top off a day of adventures.

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Image creators in Motueka are your one stop shop for all your signage, design and print needs. When your are adventuring around the MTB park and see all the trail signs these guys probably printed them!

Golden Bay Fruits - the regions growers of delicious apples & kiwifruit, exporting all around the world. Grown here under our Tasman sun and enjoyed by us all on a beautiful summers day.

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“Bad Drug” is a personal best for @CosmosnCreature – @missMollyMoore and @BrandynBurnette

If they are showcasing their purest pop talents as duo Cosmos & Creature, then Molly Moore and Brandyn Burnette have created a personal best with the original “Bad Drug”, this time for the PMRD label.  Unlike some of their deeper, more adventurous songs as individual performers, “Bad Drug” is pretty straight-forward with an unintrusive EDM backdrop which helps lead to a singalong before the song ends.  So “Bad Drug” becomes one of those quintessential 3 minute pop songs that stick in your head long after it’s over and makes you want more.  That Molly and Brandyn have C&C flourishing as a third side to a triangle of all of their talents, both with original music and being featured on other performers’ songs, is amazing unto itself.  Check out “Bad Drug” above and pick it up at your favourite digital store.

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The Most Effective Bird Deterrent Device to Protect Fish from Birds

Fish farms are targeted by birds daily. This became a major problem since the bird population has risen. Once birds discover there is a high density of fish, they will attract more birds to the fish farm ponds1.

  • The Most Effective Bird Deterrent Device to Protect Fish from Birds

Birds do affect fish farms!

Birds can cause a significant negative economic impact on aquaculture. Birds not only eat fish but can also transmit diseases from one pond or aquaculture facility to another.

The traditional methods of bird control such as frightening, trapping and shooting do not ensure safety. Moreover, there are many laws and regulations that prevent farmers from shooting the birds. Having said that, we can conclude that traditional methods are not reliable and effective2.

A bird deterrent device that has been successful in helping fish farms with solving bird problems is the Agrilaser Autonomic. This bird deterrent device uses bird’s natural instincts as an advantage: the device projects a green laser beam towards the area where the birds are accumulating. The birds perceive this green laser beam as a threat and will get deterred to the surrounding areas immediately.

The Agrilaser Autonomic is the most suitable bird deterrent device for fish farms that suffer from invasive birds. The Agrilaser Autonomic is a cost-effective solution that ensures safety to humans and birds with built-in safety features.


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Use MSVC 2010 and compile as x64. If the Python Tools for Visual Studio are not installed, the "FilterGenerator" project will not load -- it is not required to build as the shader is already generated. Besides the June 2010 DirectX SDK, the application doesn't have any external dependencies.

Compiling as x86 doesn't work due to alignment issues with XNA Math.

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Run FilterGenerator\ and pipe the output to fw.hlsl.

The generated geometry is pretty much the worst case for aliasing. It has high contrast everywhere and features edges at all angles. Looking top-down also trashes the z-Compression (by filling it with random noise.)

A larger image results in a larger grid, however, at that point triangle throughput may start to get problematic (with the default image, it's already 400k triangles that get rendered.)

It should be straightforward to include new AA algorithms into this application by adding it to the Filters::Resolve method.


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Jack D & Miruga – Godfather

Jack D & Miruga, producers from Japan, released their new track “Godfather”, a tribute to Frankie Knuckles.

We liked the minimalistic purity of this track. Such a beautiful edit.

The instrumentality of this track makes it timeless. Besides, we liked  how its subtle balearic vibes, genuinely  pay homage to the “Godfather”..


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Groggy and grumpy

On Wednesday, 30th of August I went to Starship Children’s Hospital for an operation.

First I had to get changed into a hospital gown.  Then I got wheeled into the operating room.  I had bubblegum flavoured gas to put me to sleep.

When I woke up I was tired and grumpy.  I got an ice block but only had the first lick.  I gave Dad the rest and had a sleep.  I slept for quite a while, waking up in-between.

In the afternoon I watched Netflix on the iPad until I went to sleep at 7:00pm.  I got woken up at 8:00pm, 12:00am and 4:00am so that they could check my blood pressure.

There are screws going into my leg and a big brace around it.  It hurts.  I have a button that I can press if I am sore.  It send medicine into the lure in my hand and down to my leg.

When I am ready, I will have a try on crutches.  Once I can move around, I will be going home.

On Wednesday next week we will start turning the screws.

  1. Wonderful to hear from you Izzy. I am so interested in your blog as I have no idea about this operation and the process of recovery. Love pip(Richard’s mum and Jess’s mum-in-law).

  2. I love your blog! It is interesting hearing about how your operation will help you. I am sorry that you are having a lot of pain, it is no fun being in hospital and sore.

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Amazon Fire TV: A Consumer Review

I recently purchased a Fire TV and have been surprised by the lack of information out there. After a few days experience with the device, here’s my two cents.

Why did I buy it?

  • I’m a cord cutter and I love set top boxes.
  • I’m a gamer who enjoys alternative ways of gaming. I was hoping for another option for gaming before bed other than my iPad.
  • I’m a developer and interested in this new platform for my own games.

Why do I know what I’m talking about?

  • I’m experienced with set top boxes. I have a Roku 3 downstairs and a Roku 2 in my bedroom that the Fire TV will replace -if it’s good enough. I have tinkered with a friend’s Apple TV as well.
  • I’m a gamer and developer. I currently play mostly on Steam, iPhone and iPad. I have a PS3 and Wii. I haven’t invested in the new consoles because there’s too few options for me that I can’t get on Steam or functionality I can’t get through my current devices.

I have to admit, I’m a little biased. I want to like the Fire TV. I want it to be a success because it could kindle (no pun intended) a gaming set top box industry, giving me more places to play and more places to develop.

I typically avoid reviews because I don’t want them to sully my enjoyment of new experiences. I only looked into information after I had paid for the device. Mostly, I found “ho-hum” reviews and sentiments. Very few of those sources however seem to have a credible background in gaming.

What you need to know about Fire TV

  • The voice feature only helps you find Amazon content. This was a disappointment. The Roku has a search feature that allows you to search for content across all its apps. The functionality of the voice recognition is great so I hope they will consider changing this in the future. As it stands, I probably won’t use it.
  • The response time is good. You know that laggy feeling you get on some devices-like it’s a second behind you. It’s so aggravating and some people can’t even articulate that this is why the experience is lackluster. Well, on Fire TV, it’s good. it’s snappier than the Roku 3. The games run very well. One of my favorites-Hill Climb Racing, worked as well as the iOS version. The controls were not delayed. The sound effects were not delayed. All the 2D games I played worked great and ran smoothly. I definitely want to make a game for this system! I played three of the available 3D games. Riptide 2 – worked well with remote or controller. The game is pretty good. Asphalt 8 – The reviews are true, this is a great game with lots of options, tracks, cars, customization and still accessible to anyone. It makes you feel like a great driver, the wrecks are spectacular and rewarding, it’s fun! Sev Zero – I was very impressed by this game too. It’s actually a tower defense game, not a shooter, but you can teleport anywhere on the map to help your defenses fight in third person. IThis part of the game is like a shooter. You unlock cool guns with alt fire but I found no cover system in the game (yet?) and the AI is on par with a tower defense game, not a shooter. Still, I had a lot of fun, the framerate and control is the best it’s ever been for a set top box. The game has easy to learn controls and works in real time. You can zoom in and out of the map quickly to relocate your character, upgrade turrets, etc. The presentation is nice too.
  • The remote is good. It’s heavy and feels like a chunk of metal in your hand. The button layout is great and its simple. I was intuitively using it in a fe minutes without thinking about it. There are games that just use the remote. You can even filter out games that require the controller when searching for games. The buttons on the remote feel firm and clicky. They work just fine for gaming if you are playing casual games.
  • The controller is good. It doesn’t feel cheap, the buttons and sticks are solid. It is nearly the same layout as an Xbox controller but because of slightly different dimensions, takes a few seconds to get used to.
  • The UI is ok. I am used to the Roku grid style layout and prefer it despite the fact that it limits the accessibility to a large number of apps. On Roku, you tend to use 3 or 4 apps 90% of the time, so it’s not an issue. Here, since there are games that you actually want to play, there is a need to get to and search lots of content-its current UI is not the perfect solution-but it works.
  • Hulu Plus works great, as good as the Roku 2 I had in bedroom before it. Netflix is not as good as the Roku 3 version, but better than the Roku 2 version in that it has continuous play. Hopefully Netflix will refresh this soon. Of course finding Amazon content is easier than it is on the Roku Amazon apps.

Because the games are actually good for the first time in set top box history, I am sticking with the Fire TV and retiring the Roku 2. If you’re on the fence, need a set top box and especially if gaming is a factor in your decision, get it. It’s a great value.

If you already have a Roku 3 and you are not interested in the gaming aspects. You’re probably fine with what you have.


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50 and 50 – Dan Cassaro

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Fifty and Fifty is a curated project which attempts to construct a handsome new way of looking at our country. Fifty designers, one per state, will illustrate their state motto, creating something steeped in history but completely modern and unique: a kind of designer’s atlas.

Today: Dan Cassaro (New York)

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Archipack 1.3.8 - 18.04.2018

(DDB) #581

Hello, am i the only one that think its quite odd for an add on that isn’t an active tool to be in the T menu in blender 2.8 ?

i think it’s could be way better if this add-on could be placed in the N menu like any other add-on, any opinions ?

by the way, excellent addon

(rombout) #582

I got a question about the version 2. As i noticed this is a paid version and i was wondering what the differences are with the free one. In the start of the thread i only see commercial but no description?

(stephen_leger) #583

Currently there are “official” and “advanced” versions both available in 2.79 and 2.8.

  • Archipack 2.x “advanced” for blender 2.8 will be a paid addon, as sadly i can’t rely on donations / community contributions. As supporter you’ll get 2.0 when released and updates for free.
  • Archipack 1.3.8+ “advanced” for blender 2.79 free for anyone is available from github.
  • Archipack 1.2.8x “official” free version ship with blender 2.79 / 2.8

What’s new ?

While focusing on ease of use and speed, work between 1.3.8 and 2.x include adding support for 2.8 features and refactory of ground classes shared by most objects.
Major parts are already working but there is still a lot to do and i must wait for blocking issues in blender itself to be fixed before any 2.x release.

Major enhancements in 2.x vs 1.3.8+:

  • Support for blender 2.8 and eevee
  • Ability to save materials into library right from your project file
  • Comprehensive material indexes assignment using a drop-down list with material names
  • Enhanced manipulators enabled automatically on object selection change
  • Wall sides auto-snap (provide perfect geometry when not crossing at 90°)
  • Wall draw tool allow modifications through manipulators while drawing.
  • Better and fastest synchronization of objects while editing walls (floors, slabs, moldings, fences, doors, windows and other walls following changes done)
  • Project structure using collections.
  • json based presets files so users are able to share without any security issues
  • Enhanced presets and tools to ease export of models for game engines

Others enhancements available in 1.3.8+ and 2.x (advanced vs official)

  • Kitchen
  • Moldings
  • Blinds
  • Generate floors and moldings from wall within a single click
  • Advanced boolean / offset operations for 2d curves
  • Polygon detection from unordered curves
  • 2d to 3d framework to quickly build models from imported dxf
  • Curve based dimensions symbols
  • 2d svg exporter
  • 2d section tool and section camera
  • Support for custom walls / custom holes
  • Support for custom windows and doors objects

(rombout) #584

Will 1.38 also get to bl 2.80 free or do you keep that at 1.28?

Man big respect for you, this addon seems like a HUGE project. Ive done some addons and i got one big task of porting a external render engine to 2.80
The addon has some files with 4000-6000 lines of code. That is a major project by itself already.

Than you also work on keeping version live 1 for 2.79 and one for 2.80

One thing i notice big difference in billing. While patron seems small now on gumroad price went quite up. Of course there is a difference because 10 months patron is your billing price.

How are you planning on support for updates? Are the minor releases free and than each big release is payed again?

Missing some info on this. I think it will be good if you state such info. I think the website could / should have info on WHY its different and also why its paid. Perhaps add a table showing the differences, those are alway good features. Or those 3 cards you see on many site which show the differences in small and than a read more link which shows a full table with all features per version :slight_smile:

Webflow is great example for instance,
The table is very clear and easy to read

Just trying to help you in this part

(stephen_leger) #585

Thank you for your advices, will update the website soon according !

Archipack’s api is currently around 65k lines of code in 130+ files so definitely yes it’s a huge project. (pygeos sub project, a libgeos pure python port itself is around 30k lines). By design archipack’s objects are sharing more than 60% of code base - write once use everywhere is a rule of thumb.

1.39_dev is the ground for the 2.x branch so the 2.8 compatible advanced version will be 2.x

for 1.2.8x branch “official” free addon shipped with blender 2.79/2.8 i do strictly follow bf rules and keep it working with current blender’s version - but i can’t add thumbs in the repository, nor the huge pygeos part and updater are prohibited.

My patreon was a miserably failing attempt to get people involved on a volunteer basis (archipack poll about how to make dev sustainable show 59% people voting for crowd funding, but in real world nearly nobody does).

(Kea Lim) #586

Is there away to add cad snap tool into your project. Without cad snap it is hard to work in blender, I have to use SketchUp; and render in blender. So what ever you do to Archipack is not as much use for people who already proficient in other 3d modeling applications. I think you will sale a lot; if you added cad snap like Autocad or Sketchup. I would just pay for just “cad snap” alone vs Archipack, look at “Snap Utilies”; I bought it just for moving object around. It is kind of sad to see blender without proper snapping tool. The first thing I do when modeling a 3d scene is to make an object and move or rotate it around precisely.

My English is rubbish, so please be at peace if I offended any body.

(ajarosz) #587

CAD snap would be great, but I can’t agree that is essential. I was using 3dsmax for like 10 years, autocad for 7 year and yes, snap tool s are better but I have no problem with working on archwiz with blender.

(stephen_leger) #588

Snap rely on low level data access for performance reason, in my opinion doing snap on the python side of blender is not the right place to achieve proper CAD snapping.

Extending on add-on side still rely on existing snap features, and use tricks with transform.translate (as NP station, Archipack and others does) to achieve desired results.

Such snap are quickly running into troubles in edit mode, as they require to add/remove at least one vertex to the geometry, hitting performances on huge meshes (and not even talking about multi object editing issues).

A snap python API is planed, mano-wii allready worked a lot on it, but still not available on public API.

(Kea Lim) #589

@ stephen_leger, I don’t know anything about coding. I am really appreciated your work. Thank for the clarification; so it is a limitation in blender API; I always thought they choose it to be that way just like @ ajarosz. There are many people out there that model a 3d scene not just for art work, people do it to understand how things are connected and put to together that will represent real world products; if you 3d print a nut or a bolt, it need to fit otherwise it is wasted. It is find just to make thing look pretty, but designer need precision to understand it; may be except some smarty pant that can do without.

Snap on / off will take care of some slowness. I don’t like it to be on all the time like in Sketchup, I think it is a wast of compute power resources. I like how NP Station implemented the snap control, it is very smart to keep it from snapping all over.

May be, who ever that do snapping tool for the future of Blender would just make a hot zone at the tip of the mouse pointer plus a control key in put; so the resource would be focus only at a tiny spot of volume in 3d space around the pointer, and have user control the volume.

(rombout) #590

Is the snapping which being talked about here something like this?

(shiyan lin) #591

Still,there are nice persons hold your back and It’s a honor for me to be one of your supporters in pateron though,I didn’t earn big money and Blender right now is still not my major modeling/rendering package. I think I will be patient for archipack,good stuff always deserve waiting.

Best regard
shiyan lin

(Kea Lim) #592

rombout, yeap that is correct.

(amasz) #593

Hi, first of all thanks for your excellent work Stephen.
I’m newbie Blender user. Architecture modeling is my hobby. So, I have tried Archipack and Archimesh addons. Archimesh is good for single room design, but Archipack appeals me the most modeling complex homes.

But I have some issues with 140_dev:

  1. I have lost textures in Archipack materials after switch from 1.3.8 to 140_dev branch. I try redo Default material library. But no luck, floors etc. generates all off white. Did I miss something?

  2. Export to SVG from Layout is one of cool things in Archipack. It produces very nice blueprints till I add custom hole then the export breaks with msg: ‘PolygonBuilder.placeFreeHoles() unable to assign hole to a exterior’. I remove all custom holes from the project, but error occurs.

(stephen_leger) #594

Material are loaded only once and if missing (archipack try to find material with same name in scene and use it when found).
If you setup your scene without material library, archipack does create default white materials and then use them when you try to reload.
Select all your objects, and setup a material with a random name, (use object-> make link -> materials) to replace all materials by the new one.
Then save your project, and reload the file. This should remove unused materials, and then archipack will be able to reload materials from library.

Export to svg:
Custom holes should not be the source of your issue at all as they are currently not supported in svg export.
Should be an issue with topology (eg: a “closed” wall not realy closed, but with touching ends)
Could you share the file ? (MP)

(amasz) #595

Unfortunately, I’ve not managed remove unused materials and force archipack to reload ones from library. Maybe I should learn more about how to use materials in Blender. I will continue to practice.

It seems I have found the cause of svg export crash. In my project I added another wall object around whole building to simulate thickness of external thermal insulation and messed with two different reference points. After delete ‘isolation’ wall, export works.

(Anton Starc) #596

Hello, Stephen.

Just begin with 2.8 and your addon…
How can I apply holes in 2.8? In 2.79 it’s simple task, here I can’t find button to do this.

(stephen_leger) #597

Hi Anton,
Thank you for reporting !
1.2.81 require some more love before 2.8 release - as there are some stability issues too.

Look like tools panel is not properly exposed in 1.2.81, in the meantime enable “3d View Modifiers tools” add-on to apply all wall’s modifiers at once.

If you’re regular archipack user, take a look at archipack PRO.

(Anton Starc) #598

Thanks Stephen, it works.

Another question: Does walls/doors/windows… created in AP 2.0 comes with UV map (what means UV ready?) created or must I create them by myself?

(stephen_leger) #599

Hi Anton,
Yes archipack objects are uv unwrapped out of the box.
The material library provide sample of how to take advantage of randomness using only one simple tileable texture.
You’ll never find 2 borads, tiles, stair step, beam with same aspect.

(theApe) #600

Ok, just bought Archipack Pro for 2.8. Most expensive addon I ever bought, but I´m sure I´ll be happy with the purchase - keep up the good work! :slight_smile:


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One & Only Palmilla Corporate Event- May 2011

Bliss Events Los Cabos has the pleasure of coordinating events for a large corporate group this past May. This group knows how to work and play hard! We had a full agenda for them during their stay at the One & Only Palmilla. The week was kicked off with a Mexican fiesta- hand embroidered blue tenango linens and a full mariachi band brought in an authentic flair. Guests received jute welcome bags with tequila, beer, Mexican cookies, handmade local soaps and Cabo Chips.The competition at the team building event, a stand up paddle board race at Palmilla beach, was more fun than fierce.  Del Cabo Event Design thoughtfully designed and decorated the White Party, an elegant and casual beach soiree. Gabriela Mohar Photography captured all details and each couple was gifted with one of her portraits as a momento of their vacation here in stunning Los Cabos. We hope to see you all again next year!

~Amanda BaghoyanImage

About Bliss Events Los Cabos

A full service event coordination and design company in Los Cabos, Mexico.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Racial Profiling Doesn't Work: Do the Math

"But doesn't racial profiling work?" No, simply speaking, it does not. There's ample data to explain that it does not work. Sites like this one defend racial profiling with statements like this: "But the unmentionable reality behind the sob stories about the likes of Trayvon Martin or Michael Brown is that the color of crime in the U.S. is disproportionately black."

That's a tricky statement. Don't fall for it. It's actually sort of true but for a reason that they don't explain. When they focus policing efforts on people of color, the police literally are ignoring the white people who could also be getting arrested, but aren't. Because the police are significantly ignoring the opportunity to arrest them in specific scenarios.

The color of people arrested for crime is disproportionately black. That is true. The color of people committing crime is not actually disproportionally black. That's what makes this statement false and misleading.

Look at the math as it relates to drug crime. It works out like this. According to Public Health Surveys, basically 75% of illegal drug users are white. Yet lots of data shows that police target people of color way more than white people. Just one example: "Crime statistics show that in 1999 in the United States blacks were far more likely to be targeted by law enforcement for drug crimes, and received much stiffer penalties and sentences than whites." Black people are only 13% of illegal drug users, yet they comprise 74% of people sent to prison for drug possession crimes.

In short, the police are detaining, arresting and sending more black people to jail for drug crimes, when the data suggests that actually, white people are more likely to be in possession of illegal drugs.

How does this even make sense from a law enforcement perspective? It's wasted effort. Poorly focused.

"There is strong evidence that racial profiling does not work. In fact, where racial profiling has been studied in the context of law enforcement, such as in the United States, it has been found by some scholars to be neither an efficient nor effective approach to fighting crime. Studies in the United States have consistently found that while minorities (African American and Latino persons) were targeted more, the chance of finding contraband when their cars were searched was the same or less than White persons. In several studies, minorities were found to be statistically significantly less likely to have contraband found following a search. For example, a 2001 U.S. Department of Justice report on 1,272,282 citizen-police contacts in 1999 found that, although African Americans and Hispanics were much more likely than White persons to be stopped and searched, they were about half as likely to be in possession of contraband." Source.

"Those who defend the police argue that racial and ethnic disparities reflect not discrimination but higher rates of offenses among minorities. Nationwide, blacks are 13 times more likely to be sent to state prisons for drug convictions than are whites, so it would seem rational for police to assume that all other things being equal, a black driver is more likely than a white driver to be carrying drugs. But the racial profiling studies uniformly show that this widely shared assumption is false." Source.


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Up to the Mountain

Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Sunset in the Smokies~ I'd love to be there right now.... If I had 4 wheel drive.

I'm playing catch up right now so finding time to blog has been extremely difficult. The pictures from Daytona are on the way though, and new designs are in the store also. New Little Bits!

I hope you're having a great week~

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I appreciate your words!


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How-to use RabbitMQ in your Ruby applications

Say an application with a web front-end needs to send messages. We don’t want to send all messages synchronously because, you know, we care about website speed and response times. That’s why we’ll need a messaging broker. RabbitMQ is such a messaging broker, or: an intermediary for messaging. It gives your applications a common platform to send and receive messages, and your messages a safe place until a delivery daemon takes them from the msg bus and sends them to the corresponding receiver.

The anynines PaaS provides service credentials to your running applications via environment variables. We created the a9s_rabbitmq gem to simplify RabbitMQ configuration within your Ruby application. It supports generating credentials for the amqp and the bunny gem out of the box.

Hello, OpenStack Icehouse.

We are excited about the final release of OpenStack Icehouse. Since the Icehouse Design Summit in Hong-Kong the team of contributors added a new integrated component (Trove), completed more than 350 feature blueprints and fixed almost 3000 reported bugs. So, what’s new (read: updated) in OpenStack 2014.1?

Find source code and a complete lists of features and bug fixes, for each integrated project:
Nova (cloud computing fabric controller), Swift (Object Storage), Glance (Image Service), Neutron (Networking), Cinder (Block Storage), Keystone (Identity), Horizon (Dashboard), Ceilometer (Telemetry), Heat (Orchestration) and Trove (Database Service).

The OpenStack Icehouse Release Notes contain an overview of the key features, as well as upgrade notes and current lists of known issues.

Talking JavaScript in Berlin

Last Thursday we met the rest of berlin.js (JavaScript Berlin User Group) at co.up in Berlin Kreuzberg. After a quick news round by the organizers about unconf (did you know the cool people at are giving away a couple of tickets?), froscon and rejectjs, we dove right into four great JavaScript-related talks. To summarize the evening…

Node Deployment

Bodo Kaiser likes to get a bit of both worlds when hosting his node apps. Which worlds? Well, that of a PaaS environment and the virtual machine. Going with Arch Linux – where one does not ‘have to bother with a lot of configuration’ – and nginx to have multiple subdomains on one server, Bodo deployed his classic Hello World app live.

The happy lady bottom left is Sara. She very much enjoyed the meetup.

Bodo has got it all written down for you. He threw in a little extra for the Berlin.js crowd talking about git clone --bare LINK and how to execute different hook scripts. (more…)


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Brazilians aren’t shy about their love for football, but we’re pretty certain Julie Garcia now has a fan story unlike any other. As the winner of our Night At Maracanã Stadium, Julie woke up the morning of the Fla-Flu derby to a view even the stars would envy.

A lifelong football fan, Julie entered our contest with hopes of sharing the experience with her dad, Eliezer, who taught her everything she knows about the sport. Eliezer always dreamed that Julie would be a professional football player. He took her to practices and supported her through the years, so this was her opportunity to repay him. As luck would have it, though, he had to work that Saturday night, so instead Julie brought her husband, Thiago. We weren’t sure what could top Julie’s reaction to winning the contest, but we were excited to find out.

After a delicious lunch in Rio’s hip Santa Teresa neighborhood, Julie and Thiago’s special evening began when they were welcomed at iconic Maracanã Stadium by their host for the night, former star player and coach Renato Gaúcho. Known by longtime fans as the “King of Rio,” Renato was no stranger to the stadium.

Hands shaking with excitement, Julie said, “I can’t believe I’m here.” Renato led the couple to their room for the night, a fully-loaded suite centered above the midfield, lending to the best view possible of the stadium. Everything was football-themed, of course, from the art on the walls to the foosball table. Julie and Thiago were made to feel right at home. Renato looked on and said, “I want to stay for a night inside Maracanã.”

Julie and Thiago’s VIP tour of the stadium included a journey through the president’s suite, the locker rooms and press booths, and ended on the field. This is where Julie put to use all those years of practice. Several rounds of intense penalty kicks later, the group sat down for a well-earned picnic, a variety of local favorites. All this set, of course, to acoustic Brazilian music, performed by Caio Prado and Felipe Campos. A local Airbnb Superhost, Felipe worked his magic to make Julie and Thiago feel even more at home.

A huge fan of photography, Julie was once again wowed when Renato Gaúcho presented one last gift before heading out: a book of iconic football pictures, as well as jerseys for Julie, Thiago, and Eliezer, each personalized with names, favorite numbers, and signed by the Brazilian national team. The new friends hugged goodbye.

Back in their suite, Julie and Thiago were met by Rio Superhost, Doris, who works as a sommelier at a popular local restaurant. After good wine and even better conversation, the couple were left to enjoy what remained of their Maracanã evening.

In the morning, Julie and Thiago headed to Copacabana Fort for breakfast. In what may have been the happiest surprise yet, there was Eliezer, who made it from Sao Paulo in time to enjoy the day. After the meal, the three took a helicopter tour of Rio, a first for all three. Flying over the stadium, Eliezer said, “It’s amazing seeing Maracanã from this view, so fantastic!”

As the stadium began filling up, Julie, Thiago, and Eliezer pre-partied back in the room, enjoying good music and snacks. By the time the game was underway, it was clear it didn’t much matter which team won the Fla-Flu rivalry match–their favored team, Flamengo, lost 3-2. Julie and her two lucky men were met with wild applause when they appeared on the stadium’s big screens, an unexpected moment that made it all the better. They sat together throughout the game, cheering and taking in the energy around them, celebrating their favorite pastime in style. No doubt they’ll be sharing stories of their Maracanã night for years to come.