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Three Important Things to Factor into Your Home Design Plans

When it comes to planning and building a dream home, there are certain things that should be factored in. Here are three of them:

As with everything in life, money plays a very big part of it. When it comes to home design, budget will help set the guidelines on what is acceptable and what is not. Having a set budget will also protect the owners from going overboard.

The sort of design you can obtain will also be reliant upon the budget that you set. If you are talking to someone who tells you that budget is of no importance, it would be wise for you to go to someone else. That person does not have your best interest at heart.

As any architect will tell you, it is important to consider the surrounding area. What sort of land is there? What kind of water runs underground? What sort of temperatures are in the area? These questions are only some of the important queries that need to be addressed.

A good architect will consult the nature when mapping out a home design. Which ways would allow natural light to come in better? What plans that owner has would not be feasible? Suitable consultation with the location is necessary to lay the foundation for the home design.

This is something that a lot of future home owners need to remember: do not forget your preferences. While the one building your home design will have significant say on which works and which does not, the home owner will ultimately have the final say.

It can be easy to get lost in the sea of suggestions. Do not let yourself get bogged down with recommendations. Keep a firm hold upon your vision and your preference but be flexible to absolute necessary change. It would be ridiculous to remain adamant over something that may put you in danger.

Plan Carefully

Home design is honestly one of the best times in the life of a person. When building your home or even the simple act of looking over home designs, it is important to keep in mind the three things mentioned above in mind.

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JC Louis

Experienced Runner, Escaped Engineer

  • JC Louis (Fake CASSIN 4, Active)
    • Nuyen: 19004¥
  • Timothy Faulk (Fake CASSIN 6, Active, Horizon)
    • P2.0 Account

Metatype: Human Age: 29 Sex: M
Physical Description: Long jet black hair, heavily oiled and slicked back. Neutral Complexion. Well groomed.

Total Karma: 73 Current Karma: 33
Street Cred: 4, Notoriety: 0, Public Awareness: 1

Basic Qualities

Physical Attributes Mental Attributes Special Attributes
Body 2 Charisma 3 Edge 3 Current Edge 3
Agility 3 Intuition 5 Initiative 9 Initiative Passes 17
Reaction 4 Logic 54 Essence 5.22 Matrix Init 11 (+1 hot)
Strength 2 Willpower 3 Magic: - Astral Init: -
Active Skills Active Skills Knowledge Skills
Skill Name Spec RTG ATT Skill Name Spec RTG ATT Skill Name RTG ATT
Electronics   2   Cracking   2   Security Design 4 Logic
—Computer   - Logic —CybCmbt   - Logic Security Procedure 4 Logic
—DataSearch4   - Logic —ElecWar   - Logic Engineering 4 Logic
—Hardware2   - Logic —Hacking   - Logic Biology 2 Logic
—Software4   - Logic Locksmith6   1 Agility Chemistry 1 Logic
Influence   2   Cybertechnology2   6 Logic Architecture 4 Logic
—Con   - Charisma Infiltration Urban 4 Agility Who’s Who Cybertech 4 Intuition
—Etiquette   - Charisma Longarms3 Sniper Rifles 1 Agility Firearm Design 4 Logic
—Leader   - Charisma Perception1 , 8   4 Intuition Armor Design 4 Logic
—Negotiate   - Charisma Medicine Cybersurgery 2 Logic Med Facilities 1 Intuition
Armorer2 Infiltrate 4 Logic Climbing5   1 Strength
Dodge8   1 Reaction Pilot Ground Craft8   1 Reaction

1 +3 Dice Visual (Visual Enhance, Cybereyes), +3 Dice Audio (Audio Enhance, Earbuds), +2 Dice Audio Source (Spatial Recognizer, Earbuds)

2 +2 when using Microscopic Vision from Cybereyes when relevant

3 Can use scope/cyber-magnification to reduce range to short with 1 Take Aim (no other bonus); +2 dicepool from smartlink.

4 +2 dice pool for patterns, evidence analysis, clue hunting, puzzles, data search, software tests

5 When using Gecko Tape Glove counts as assisted. When using Rappelling gloves +2 to test to hold onto rope.

6 Add Autopick rating to dice pool when used

7 +1 pass in Matrix, +2 passes in Matrix hot

8 +2 while jumped into any rig

HK PSG Enforcer (F) Damage: 7P AP -3 SemiAuto Recoil Compensation 3 (Bipod: 5) 12×2 Rnd Mag
Builtin SmartGun System®
Shock Pad (RC built in above)
Made of Plasteel Level 1 (F)
Chameleon Coating®
Silencer (F)
4 spare magazines (6 total) 2xExExplosive (12/12), 4xStandard (12/12)
Colt M24A3 Water Carbine (F) Damage: 5P AP – SA/BF Recoil Compension 0 30×2 Rnd Mag
Chameleon Suit® Ballistic: 6 Impact: 4
Nonconductive (Rating 4)
Thermal Damping (Rating 5) (F)
Grapple Gun® Catalyst Stick (F)
15 meters Stealth Rope (F)
Respirator (4)
Card Copier (4) (F)
Glove Molder (3) (F)
Autopick (6)®
Climbing Gear
Rappelling Gloves
Ear Buds Audio Enhancement 3
Spatial Recognizer
Gecko Tape Gloves
Wire clippers
Equipment Stored at Home
Full Cyberware Facility
CrashCart CommLink Response: 2 Signal: 2 OS (Firewall: 2 System: 2)
Area Cranial Bomb (F)
Removed Internal Commlink 4/4 Operating System From Ms Johnson’s Sister
Horizon Ally Commlink Response 3, Signal 3 Android v6.7: Firewall (Optimized 1) 4, System 3
477 meters Stealth Rope
150 Rnds Ammo for PSG Enforcer
1x Rnd Grenade for 1/4" Launcher
5 Rnds ExExplosive Ammo (F) for PSG Enforcer
Spygear Googles
Drones & Vehicles
Suzuki Mirage Bike Sensors: 3 Rigger Adaptation
Lone Star Strato-9 +2 Handling, 5/20 Accel, 100 Speed, 2 Pilot, 3 Body, 1 Armor, 4 Sensor
Obsolescent, ECM 2, Improved Takeoff/Landing 2
Reinforced Weapon Mount (AK97) (External, Flexible, Remote): 7P Damage, -1 AP, SA/BF/FA, belt fed

Equipment Held for Party

Sim module Implant
Ultrasound Sensor Implant
Full Right Arm (Obvious, Troll-sized, α) Customized Body 7 (total body 10)
Customized Strength 5 (total strength 8)
Strength Enhancement 4
retractable spur
Full Left Arm (Obvious, Troll-sized, β) Customized Body 7 (total body 10)
Customized Strength 5 (total strength 8)
cyber grenade launcher
Cyberears (Troll-sized, α1) Audio Enhancement 3
Radio Sensor (α4)
Innoculations [Malaria] (5 doses), Apprx Val: 200/dose
Trauma Patches (5)
Medkit Resupplies (6)
Various Pharmaceuticals

Commlink (β) Singularity BattleBuddy BASIC (Response: 5 Signal: 5)®
Novatech Navi OS (Firewall: 3 System: 4)
Modified For Hotsim (F)
CyberEyes (β4) Flare Compensation
LowLight Vision
Protective Covers
Vision Enhancement 3
Microscopic Vision
DataJack (β)
Control Rig (β)

Analyze 3
Browse 3
Command 3
Edit 3
Scan 3
Exploit 3
Stealth 3
Programming Suite 2

Name Description Source Cost
Aptitude Cyberware May raise Cyberware to 7 for for 14 Karma SR4A -10
Biocompatability (Cyber/Nanoware) Body is unusually accepting of changes. Essence cost of cyberware reduced by 10% Augmentation -10
Erased JC’s records disappear at an astonishing rate, like he never existed. Undesirable references to his SINs, the SINs themselves, bad credit history, personal information, etc. on the Matrix is burned within 24 hours. Sometimes the system performing this may be overzealous, for example deleting holding records while JC is being held. SR4A -10
Analytical Mind JC has an unusually quick mind, and is able to deduce and analyze things at an amazing pace. He gets bonuses to Logic, Data Search, and Software tests as appropriate Runner’s Companion -5
Low Pain Tolerance Particularly sensitive to pain. -1 wound modifier every 2 wounds instead of 3 SR4A +10
Wanted JC is being hunted by the facility he fled from. They want him back and the equipment (both inside him and that he took in his escape). Anyone aware of this bounty may hunt JC. Runner’s Companion +10
Allergy, Mild, Soy -2 Dice pool after consuming substance with soy SR4A +10
Mysterious Implant JC has an implant of which he is unaware, potentially hidden in another of his implants Runner’s Companion +5

  • Overall 8,000 nuyen/mth
  • PAID THROUGH End of October 2072
    • Comforts Low
    • Entertainment Low
    • Necessities Middle
    • Neighborhood Low
    • Security High
    • Positive Home Modifiers:
      • Escape Tunnel
      • Free Matrix Access
      • Homegrown Farming
      • Workspace
    • Negative Home Modifiers
      • No Forwarding Address

JC lives in a converted office complex in Tuscany. Having rented out a former Dental office it has been converted into an underground cybernetics lab. The whole complex is in a fairly safe neighborhood with extensive security assets (automated and metahuman). As an even bigger bonus, security asks few questions about the businesses under their watch. JC has converted the roof into a makeshift greenhouse, growing ‘real’ foods for his special diet needs and the occasional trade (esp. for real meat).
Internally JC has set up a large number of cybernetic fabrication tools and pieces, rivaling many above-board shops — though specialized pieces are something he’s still looking to fill out. There is also a decent enough set of medical supplies to deal with the installation and repair of cybernetics, bioware, and other enhancements.
The rest of the complex is a maze of small internal offices with strange layouts and corners, conversions of dozens of previous tenants stacked on top of one another. These modifications are not questioned by the land’s owner, who is used to hosting those living somewhat underground lives — so long as the rent comes in. Unfortunately the constant tenant switching means that it is not rare that a collector comes knocking looking for a previous occupant, counteracting this though is the bonus of a large number of open nodes being available from both current tenants and previous ones that the provider never bothered disconnecting.

Mahinder Lakdawala, Street Doc
Adam Sampson, Insider Scientist
Ms Johnson, Mr Johnson

Known Exploits

Ruth Chris Steakhouse – Hidden Security Account
Chanello’s Pizza – Hidden Admin Account
CrashCart – Hidden Admin Account
Dr Ivanov – Hidden Admin Account

JC has been a shadowrunner since his early teens, having no SIN and a penchant for getting into places he shouldn’t he took to the role naturally. At first his jobs were mostly hired out: covert smash-grabs or other forms of information theft. It wasn’t long, though, before JC was reading through the papers he was ‘liberating’ and noticing that there were things his employers were missing that were far more valuable.

JC started doing independent runs, gathering prototype schematics for cybertech, biotech, and even cutting edge nanotech. He learned his own way around the technology and made himself wealthy from selling the data to the highest bidder. As he sold this data, however, he attracted the attention of an unknown group of power brokers running a secret research program on cutting edge cybertech. Military? MegaCorp? To this day JC doesn’t know, but the money was too good to pass up.

After accepting the job he found himself working in a combination of lab work and shadow work. Stealing data from every major player, then combining the techniques in the lab with world class scientists. Due to his unique role in acquisition, it was decided that he would be test subject as well:
His internal biochemistry was altered to allow for maximum acceptance of the modifications, his eyes fitted with cutting edge replacements, his infiltration wet suit built to bond with his biology and hide even signs of heat and respiration. A rifle was built to his precise profile, modified with cutting edge, undetectable parts. A nearly unlimited budget backed his every operation. It was a runner’s dream.

Then… something happened. JC isn’t sure what, but memory holes and missing time started happening with frequent regularity. In hidden corners JC would find hidden notes, written in his hand writing and addressed to himself. It quickly became apparent that something else was in the works, and it was clearly time to get out.

Taking all the tech he could, he made his escape and ran from the lab deep in the UCAS until he found his way into Virginia. Unfortunately, signs are that he’s still being searched for by his former ‘employers’, and any nation or megacorp he shelters in offers little protection. Luckily, JC seems to have made preperations he doesn’t remember: something is causing all of his activities to blip off of records almost immediately after they’re recorded.

Finally thinking he’s shaken them, he has settled into an old office complex in Tuscany. He’s been able to set up a garden and run a silent ‘street doc’ operation where he can put all the techniques he learned to use. He’s also introduced himself to Mahinder Lakdawala, an eccentric doctor well known, in the right circles, for working with brain issues.

Unfortunately, cutting edge implants are of a somewhat limited demand, and without any other regular work it is time for JC to go back to running in the shadows that he started in. Luckily, now he’s bringing not just his considerable talents but also some incredibly sophisticated gear — finding work should not pose a problem.

  • Settle down into current workspace, fill out with equipment for more permanent street doc-ing
  • Improve Medical Skills, also start gather knowledge and equipment for bio-engineered mods
  • Get stable work with a group runners, preferably doing work that won’t expose his location to his pursuers.
  • Reveal the nature of his former employers, unlock blocked memories of what projects he was working on

JC Louis

Slipshod Paradise chaemera Yakaru

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Slipshod Paradise

Cleaning the Streets, Pt 2
Or, How to Break a Mage Free from a Clinic

With Sanura captured, the team makes preparations for her release, by stealth, if possible, by force if necessary.

Using his sprites, March is able to provide a floor-plan of the Gethsemane Clinic and subsequently hack into their administrative node.

While her compatriots are making efforts for a daring rescue, Sanura, with matrix support from Talbot, summons a Spirit of Man to free her, then a Spirit of Air to sustain an improved invisibility spell on Talbot. Sanura follows up with a second improved invisibility spell on herself. At Talbot’s direction, Sanura breaks into Dr. Thanatos’ office to recover their gear and clothing, which has the unfortunate side effect of alerting Dr. Thanatos.

While March and Talbot lock up the Clinic’s doors, Big Mike and a few guards exit out the front door, where Donavan, Kiku, and Johnny Moss have set up a kill-zone protected by an illusion. Donavan convinces Big Mike to stay inside with a LAW rocket and Kiku starts picking off support personnel. All this is going on while Sanura and Talbot make their escape, only to be confronted by a fire spirit which casually tears into Kiku, then Talbot. The commotion raised by this fight compels March to clean up the area, first with the on-sight Clean-Bot 3000’s, then with an army commandeered from a local Molly Maid service. In an effort to save Talbot, March hacks into a Horizon med-evac unit nearby, discovering in the process that both med-techs are dead.

During the cleanup before fleeing, the party locates people who are having organs harvested and a man who has organs from numerous incompatible donors.

Before the police can arrive, the team makes their escape, heading back to Dr. House’s for payment and to patch up Kiku, Talbot and Sanura. The organlegger ring is effectively out of commission, and the party paid their promised 10k¥ while the doctor is patching up Talbot’s face with Johnny’s help.

Though her uncle has dealt with the obvious fallout, at both Akimoto’s and Detective Patrick’s recommendation, the party decides to leave town for a little while. To this end, they accept a job offered by an associate of Akimoto’s which will have them travelling to the northern end of Virginia to assist some smugglers with a go-ganger problem. Pay’s a comfortable 50k¥, with a 10% cut to Akimoto. And twenty percent up front, to help cover expenses sure sweetens the pot.

Cleaning the Streets, Pt 1
Sanura Goes to College

The Job

March’s physician, Dr. House, learned of an organ-legging operation in his little part of the Norfolk District when a dissected young woman was brought to his home. After scraping together 10,000 nY, Dr. House asked for March to bring his friends around to discuss the task of eliminating this threat to the safety of his neighborhood.

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Why, hello Z-5!

Cira, with the assistance of Black Tony, recruit the party to take on a mission for a troll fixer named Jeremiah.

Jeremiah introduced them to a pale dwarf in an off-the-rack, mid-quality suit. The Johnson. The Johnson hired the party to steal two packages from an Iron Triangle shipment due out that night. Prodding

A bit of research and hacking provided the runners with the route this package would take, as well as the general manning of the truck & route. Due to the low presence of guards, the team decided to knockout one of the way-points and ambush the drivers when they arrived.

At a local Stuffer Shack, March hacked into the way-point, gathering intel through his far more useful ferret. While March was discovering the status of the truck & how dangerous the package is, Moss used his magic and a little misdirection to slip drugs into the drinks of the technicians, one of whom had stopped by the joint to get some snacks.

Hilarity ensued with the technician crashing into a light-pole, a prostitute drinking a soda and the other tech providing a shot of epinephrin. Once the tech and whore were unconscious, The party took control of the way-point.

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Pass’over, the first of the three great annual festivals of the Israelites, celebrated in the month Nisan (March–April), from the 14th to the 21st. (Strictly speaking the Passover only applied to the paschal supper, and the feast of unleavened bread followed, which was celebrated to the 21st.) The following are the principal passages in the Pentateuch relating to the Passover: Ex. 12:1-51; 13:3-10; 23:14-19; 34:18-26; Lev. 23:4-14; Num. 9:1-14; 28:16-25; Deut. 16:1-6.

Why instituted.—This feast was instituted by God to commemorate the deliverance of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage and the sparing of their first-born when the destroying angel smote the first-born of the Egyptians. The deliverance from Egypt was regarded as the starting-point of the Hebrew nation. The Israelites were then raised from the condition of bondmen under a foreign tyrant to that of a free people owing allegiance to no one but Jehovah. The prophet in a later age spoke of the event as a creation and a redemption of the nation. God declares himself to be “the Creator of Israel.” The Exodus was thus looked upon as the birth of the nation; the Passover was its annual birthday feast. It was the yearly memorial of the dedication of the people to him who had saved their first-born from the destroyer, in order that they might be made holy to himself.

First celebration of the Passover.—On the tenth day of the month, the head of each family was to select from the flock either a lamb or a kid, a male of the first year, without blemish. If his family was too small to eat the whole of the lamb, he was permitted to invite his nearest neighbor to join the party. On the fourteenth day of the month he was to kill his lamb, while the sun was setting. He was then to take blood in a basin, and with a sprig of hyssop to sprinkle it on the two side-posts and the lintel of the door of the house. The lamb was then thoroughly roasted, whole. It was expressly forbidden that it should be boiled, or that a bone of it should be broken. Unleavened bread and bitter herbs were to be eaten with the flesh. No male who was uncircumcised was to join the company. Each one was to have his loins girt, to hold a staff in his hand, and to have shoes on his feet. He was to eat in haste, and it would seem that he was to stand during the meal. The number of the party was to be calculated as nearly as possible, so that all the flesh of the lamb might be eaten; but if any portion of it happened to remain, it was to be burned in the morning. No morsel of it was to be carried out of the house. The lambs were selected, on the fourteenth they were slain and the blood sprinkled, and in the following evening, after the fifteenth day of the month had commenced, the first paschal meal was eaten. At midnight the first-born of the Egyptians were smitten. The king and his people were now urgent that the Israelites should start immediately, and readily bestowed on them supplies for the journey. In such haste did the Israelites depart, on that very day, Num. 33:3, that they packed up their kneading-troughs containing the dough prepared for the morrow’s provisions, which was not yet leavened.

Observance of the Passover in later times.—As the original institution of the Passover in Egypt preceded the establishment of the priesthood and the regulation of the service of the tabernacle, it necessarily fell short in several particulars of the observance of the festival according to the fully-developed ceremonial law. The head of the family slew the lamb in his own house, not in the holy place; the blood was sprinkled on the doorway, not on the altar. But when the law was perfected, certain particulars were altered in order to assimilate the Passover to the accustomed order of religious service. In the twelfth and thirteenth chapters of Exodus there are not only distinct references to the observance of the festival in future ages (e.g., 12:2, 14, 17, 24-27, 42; 13:2, 5, 8-10), but there are several injunctions which were evidently not intended for the first Passover, and which indeed could not possibly have been observed. Besides the private family festival, there were public and national sacrifices offered each of the seven days of unleavened bread. Num. 28:19. On the second day also the first-fruits of the barley harvest were offered in the temple. Lev. 23:10. In the later notices of the festival in the books of the law there are particulars added which appear as modifications of the original institution. Lev. 23:10-14; Num. 28:16-25; Deut. 16:1-6. Hence it is not without reason that the Jewish writers have laid great stress on the distinction between “the Egyptian Passover” and “the perpetual Passover.”

Mode and order of the paschal meal.—All work except that belonging to a few trades connected with daily life was suspended for some hours before the evening of the 14th Nisan. It was not lawful to eat any ordinary food after midday. No male was admitted to the table unless he was circumcised, even if he were of the seed of Israel. Ex. 12:48. It was customary for the number of a party to be not less than ten. When the meal was prepared, the family was placed round the table, the paterfamilias taking a place of honor, probably somewhat raised above the rest. When the party was arranged the first cup of wine was filled, and a blessing was asked by the head of the family on the feast, as well as a special one on the cup. The bitter herbs were then placed on the table, and a portion of them eaten, either with or without the sauce. The unleavened bread was handed round next, and afterward the lamb was placed on the table in front of the head of the family. The paschal lamb could be legally slain and the blood and fat offered only in the national sanctuary. Deut. 16:2. Before the lamb was eaten the second cup of wine was filled, and the son, in accordance with Ex. 12:26, asked his father the meaning of the feast. In reply, an account was given of the sufferings of the Israelites in Egypt and of their deliverance, with a particular explanation of Deut. 26:5, and the first part of the Hallel (a contraction from Hallelujah), Ps. 113, 114, was sung. This being gone through, the lamb was carved and eaten. The third cup of wine was poured out and drunk, and soon afterward the fourth. The second part of the Hallel, Ps. 115-118, was then sung. A fifth wine-cup appears to have been occasionally produced, but perhaps only in later times. What was termed the greater Hallel, Ps. 120-138, was sung on such occasions. The Israelites who lived in the country appear to have been accommodated at the feast by the inhabitants of Jerusalem in their houses, so far as there was room for them. Matt. 26:18; Luke 22:10-12. Those who could not be received into the city encamped without the walls in tents, as the pilgrims now do at Mecca.

The Passover as a type.—The Passover was not only commemorative but also typical. “The deliverance which it commemorated was a type of the great salvation it foretold.” No other shadow of good things to come contained in the law can vie with the festival of the Passover in expressiveness and completeness. (1) The paschal lamb must of course be regarded as the leading feature in the ceremonial of the festival. The lamb slain typified Christ the “Lamb of God,” slain for the sins of the world. Christ “our Passover is sacrificed for us.” 1 Cor. 5:7. According to the divine purpose, the true Lamb of God was slain at nearly the same time as “the Lord’s Passover,” at the same season of the year, and at the same time of the day, as the daily sacrifice at the temple, the crucifixion beginning at the hour of the morning sacrifice and ending at the hour of the evening sacrifice. That the lamb was to be roasted and not boiled has been supposed to commemorate the haste of the departure of the Israelites. It is not difficult to determine the reason of the command, “not a bone of him shall be broken.” The lamb was to be a symbol of unity—the unity of the family, the unity of the nation, the unity of God with his people whom he had taken into covenant with himself. (2) The unleavened bread ranks next in importance to the paschal lamb. We are warranted in concluding that unleavened bread had a peculiar sacrificial character, according to the law. It seems more reasonable to accept St. Paul’s reference to the subject, 1 Cor. 5:6-8, as furnishing the true meaning of the symbol. Fermentation is decomposition, a dissolution of unity. The pure dry biscuit would be an apt emblem of unchanged duration, and, in its freedom from foreign mixture, of purity also. (3) The offering of the omer or first sheaf of the harvest, Lev. 23:10-14, signified deliverance from winter, the bondage of Egypt being well considered as a winter in the history of the nation. (4) The consecration of the first-fruits, the first-born of the soil, is an easy type of the consecration of the first-born of the Israelites, and of our own best selves, to God. (Further than this (1) the Passover is a type of deliverance from the slavery of sin. (2) It is the passing over of the doom we deserve for our sins, because the blood of Christ has been applied to us by faith. (3) The sprinkling of the blood upon the door-posts was a symbol of open confession of our allegiance and love. (4) The Passover was useless unless eaten; so we live upon the Lord Jesus Christ. (5) It was eaten with bitter herbs, as we must eat our passover with the bitter herbs of repentance and confession, which yet, like the bitter herbs of the Passover, are a fitting and natural accompaniment. (6) As the Israelites ate the Passover all prepared for the journey, so do we with a readiness and desire to enter the active service of Christ, and to go on the journey toward heaven.—Ed.)


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August 2018

Following the success achieved by Shipcares mobile workshop based in Dubai the company is now basing another in China. The unit will be able to reach vessels anywhere in Asia requiring repairs very quickly and is fully equipped to carry out any work needed. For the full story click here.

February 2018

Our February 2018 newsletter explains how propeller modifications can have many beneficial effects on a vessels performance and running costs. You can read the newsletter by clicking on this link.

July 2017

We are delighted to have signed an agreement that sees one of our mobile workshops based at Dubai DryDock World. Full details of this arrangement, which will ensure very fast repair or maintenance of any ship’s propeller, not just in Dubai but anywhere in the wider region, can be read here.

February 2017

Our engineers have been very busy over the last three months and our February newsletter describes just a few of the many and varied jobs that they have undertaken around the world. To find out more please read the newsletter which you can reach from this link.

November 2016

A team of Shipcares Engineers recently went to Panama to carry out extensive repairs on the propeller of a 74000 DWT crude oil tanker; repairs which required the onsite construction of a furnace large enough to accommodate the 7.2 metre diametre propeller. You can read full details of this huge project here.

June 2016

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February 2016

Our new mobile workshop is undertaking its first major assignment in Oman. The workshop enables us to repair vessels in docks where the necessary technical facilities for extensive propeller repairs are not available. For the full story and pictures click here.

December 2015

Stone Marine Shipcare despatched a six man service team to QingDao Beihai Shipyard, China, to carry out back-to-back propeller repairs on two Danish bulk carriers that had sustained ice damage. The full story and pictures are here.

When serious damage to two blades of the propeller on a cargo ship were identified in Canada an engineer was flown out to assess the damage and repairs were arranged with minimum disruption to the ships schedule. Full story here.

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Game Review - Football Manager 2010

I hate West Ham. Virtual West Ham mind, not the real life club. They are my nemesis. Every time I’m drawn against them in a cup, I lose. If I play them in the league while on a good run of form, I lose. It’s maddening but I always say to myself, “next time, West Ham, next time.”

Football Manager 2010 fuels the fantasy that every football fan holds, that he/she is a motivational and tactical genius capable of winning trophies with any club, even Accrington Stanley. The romantic vision of prowling the touchline in a tracksuit whilst shouting at millionaires is alluring to almost every fan. Sports Interactive know this which is why they've even incorporated actual shouting into the game. Yes, SHOUTING. Sadly the shouts are not the same as the four letter curses I fling at my screen.

The latest version, FM2010, does have one major change that represents progress from the last incarnation – the new tactics screen. No longer do you have to fiddle with sliders in order to set just the right frequency of long balls, crosses or shots. Now you simply assign roles to your players. You choose a formation to suit; 4-4-2, 4-3-3, or 4-5-1 (if you’re some kind of beautiful game hating troglodyte.) Within that formation you select the role each player will take. Fullbacks, for example, can be assigned as purely defensive or attacking wingbacks that charge up and down the pitch. The new system then assigns the slider settings in the background so you don’t have to worry about number crunching in your tactic. The new system is a lot friendlier and encourages experimentation of your own rather than dashing off to certain Football Manager websites and hoping that a killer tactic has been posted which will do all the tedious slider work for you.

So the new tactics system is a winner, but what about the 3D match engine? The inclusion of 3D to the traditionally text based match engine was always a controversial topic amongst fans. This year’s iteration is an improvement on the ropey looking effort from last year. Players now have a wider variety of animations and the stadium has now been improved to include a crowd. The match engine still looks primitive but behind the 3D players is the same complex and rewarding simulation of matchday. And if you can't stand the 3D chaps then you can always go back to the old 2D engine with floating disc men.

The game provides a frankly ridiculous amount of statistics and numbers on almost every player on the entire planet. The research and care taken in accurately reproducing every league is obvious on each screen of endless, mind boggling statistics. Once you become a veteran player though, the information is rapidly consumed and processed via a mere glance. Before you reach that level of expertise there is a collection of backroom staff who can advise you on what tactics to use, who to buy, and how to train your squad. This is all very useful for new players and jaded veterans alike.

One major niggle I have with this new version is the new way in which news is presented to you. In an effort to scale back on the sheer amount of information given to the average manager there is a separate news page complete with filters. These filters are designed to reduce the amount of in game mail you receive and avoid filling your head with useless information on obscure events in the gameworld. It's a great idea in principle but it doesn't really work. The filter now hides a lot of information in its news section, including stories about your shortlisted transfer targets. This is news that should go straight to your inbox rather than on a different news page, buried under reams of less important info. Also, the game now seems to avoid informing you about job losses for other managers, maybe it doesn't want to demoralise you or have you worry for your own job safety, but I miss knowing when a manager of a major club has been shown the door (so I can then immediately jump into their shoes.)

Transfers are largely simple affairs of bidding and counterbidding but what does seem to have changed in this version is that players are a little more fickle about which clubs they'll play for. In my experience players don't always choose the most famous club or the one that offers the most money. Loans seem to have become an expensive habit now, I don't know if this is a real change in the actual football leagues but every club wants a cash sum up front before they'll lend you their inexperienced 18 year old striker or grizzled 35 year old goalkeeper. I've always thought loans were free deals where it was accepted that the club taking the loaned player would cover the wages. Not anymore it seems. This can make managing struggling lower division teams a struggle as you now have to scrape together the funds to afford the loan fee.

No other game is as adept at fashioning stories out of spreadsheets. Epic masterpieces are told via a collection of numbers and tables. Triumph, betrayal, friendship, incompetence, noble failure, mind games; they’re all there in the stats. This being the 21st Century Football Manager has attempted to sexify the stat lines with alluring features such as a 3D match engine, press conferences and flashy new skins. The attempted sexiness is unnecessary though; we play Football Manager for its intelligence and personality, not its looks.

Grumbles and niggles aside, FM2010 is still the same management sim that has built an empire. The game is still as accurate and enthralling as it has always been and the addiction can still take hold like an angry python. I've wasted so many days of my life on this game but the stories I could tell about European glory, last minute winners, and glorious defeats are all worth it. In fact I'm sure I can squeeze in a couple of games now. Excuse me...

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Stephanie and I love being with Access volunteers, and today was a cool day to work side-by-side with the greatest team of volunteers in the known universe. It was a workday, prepping for our future as an every-Sunday congregation. It was also a worship day, as we sang, prayed, and took communion together. (Great job, Brian!)

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Basically the show takes eight Jewish mothers from around the UK and Ireland and over four episodes has them compete in challenges related to being a Jewish mother, such as organising a Bar Mitzvah and matchmaking some young Jewish singles.

Now let’s speak about the hosts and judges who decide the fate of these Jewish mothers. First there is actress Tracy-Ann Oberman who takes the role of the standard host and judge, along with the Jewish News’ editor Richard Ferrer who is giving the winning mum a job writing for the paper, but the star of the show is Yiddish scholar and all round caricature Professor Dovid Katz. Katz is hilarious for looking like and speaking like the most stereotypical Yiddish scholar you could imagine. He is part ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and part Hagrid from Harry Potter. His mannerisms and insights are a constant source of comedy to my friends and I, who have become quickly addicted to the show.

The show is also full of cameos. They break up the show with little interjections from famous Jews discussing Jewish mothers and cracking jokes. The great Elliott Gould even makes an appearance. There are also cameos during the show itself, with Heston Blumenthal making an appearance in episode one to look over the Bar Mitzvah cake, with hilarious results.

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Then you’ve got Ruth. Oh, Ruth. I am not convinced that Ruth is not a Little Britain character being played by Matt Lucas as a massive joke. Ruth is a divorced mother of one; she is more religious than the other contestants and is one of the oddest people on TV. Half of me wants her to get eliminated and the other half wants her to get through the entire competition because she is so entertaining yet cringe worthy.

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The loss of liberty is rarely done in the bright light, but instead occurs through obscure legal maneuvers that in their totality construct the dim gray walls of tyranny around society. Goodlatte’s opening the door to begin the process of slapping down Lynch in this latest attempt to put one more massive gray brick in the wall of oppression is a great example of Congress reasserting its Article One powers in a smart, meaningful way.

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Ching Wen Chao

Ching Wen Chao studied composition at the National Taiwan Normal University and received her Bachelor of Music there in 1995. In 1994, she participated in the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt . She then studied composition at the School of Music at Stanford University with Jonathan Harvey , Brian Ferneyhough and Chris Chafe, among others . In July 1999, she was a participant in the Stockhausen Kurse in Kürten . She also conducted research and studies for electronic music at the Centre for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). In 2002 and 2003, she was lecturer at Stanford University. Nowadays she is assistant professor at the music department of the National Taiwan Normal University .

Chao received several international prizes and awards, including the first prize with her String Quartet No. 2 at the Young Composer Competition of the Asian Composer League in 1999, and the first prize of Music Taipei Composition Competition in Taiwan. Her works were performed at well-known international festivals such as Dresdner Tage Fuer Zeitgenössische Musik , Shanghai International Electroacoustic Music Festival , Festival des 38eme Rugissants in 2004, Contemporary Clarinet Music Festival , Seoul International Computer Music Festival ,Institute for Music and Music in Darmstadt , the International Conference of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in 2005 in Singapore and the Electroacoustic Music Society Conference in 2008. Her works have also been performed at festivals in Canada, Indonesia, Colombia, South Korea and New Zealand.

Dark Light (2016, 2018) – Ching Wen Chao, for viola and ensemble
Dark Light is inspired by Fan Tsang Lang (Row in a Vast Billowing River), composed in Song Dynasty (960-1279). This classic work from the qin (7-string zither) repertoire has inspired several famous Chinese landscape ink paintings. The piece may denote a scholar who, deserted by the emperor, rows across where Hsiao River and Hsiang River meets. Accompanied by the clouds and mists on the river, the waves are sometimes calm and sometimes vigorously fluctuated. They reflect the chaotic world he lived in.

In Dark Light, pentatonic clusters shift rapidly between black and white keys in all ranges and attempt to form different colours of light particles hidden behind the solo viola. They are the “colours” glowing in an otherwise grey Chinese brush painting. The viola leads with “super-pentatonic scales” to connect these flying particles, which later become heterophonic melodic cells. Toward the end, the viola and the ensemble develop into two different dimensions in time, as if the scholar has retrieved to his own contemplation, indifferent to the surrounding stormy waves.

Dark Light was written for Amsterdam’s Nieuw Ensemble and premiered at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in April 2016. I have re-arranged it for a mixed ensemble of Chinese and western instruments for the collaboration between the Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra and the Turning Point Ensemble.

《暗光》 (2016/2018) – 趙菁文，為中提琴與室內樂團
以單純的音樂物件，作橫向錯置或縱向堆疊，試圖激發出可能複雜的時間交織與聲響性格；《暗光》以11個音高所衍生的五聲音階音堆和聲（pentatonic clusters）為聲響基礎，快速地轉換在黑鍵與白鍵之間，就像是不同的色彩粒子，在這幅山水畫中每一個墨點落下時，我們彷彿可以在那黑白漸層中「看到」色彩的光芒，但卻是謙遜的、微微蘊藏的《暗光》。

中提琴獨奏以作曲家慣用的超級五聲音階（super-pentatonic scale）所構築成的旋律，在全曲中綿延不絕地流動，如同在江河之際獨自划泛輕舟，連結這些管弦樂團飛翔的色彩墨點；逐漸的，墨點擴散為支聲複音的線，與獨奏的線並進，而後又分為二個不同世界的速度，管弦樂團的急流狂浪，而中提琴卻自信優雅，不為所動。本曲靈感源自於古琴曲《泛滄浪》（相傳為南宋郭楚望所作），其琴譜解析「駕扁舟於五湖，棄功名如遺芥，載風月而播弄雲水，渺世事之若浮漚」，描述士大夫泛舟時，面對江流上的雲、霧、浪，時而湍急，時而淨靜，就如同面對亂世故作不見，而其心中卻是澎湃熱衷之矛盾。

《暗光》由荷蘭新室內樂團（Nieuw Ensemble）委託創作，2016年4月於具當代音樂指標性的阿姆斯特丹音樂廳首演。原作是為11位演奏家的室內樂編制，在小巨人絲竹樂團此次的邀請契機，改譜寫為中西室內樂團之版本。(撰文/趙菁文）


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Agartala (Tripura) ,Sept 28 : Tripura has exported its first consignment of locally made brooms to Bangladesh through Agartala-Akhaura International Check Post (ICP), near here, reported news agency PTI.

As per the report ,the neighbouring country recently relaxed port restrictions on the import of nine new items from Tripura, including processed broom sticks made of Arjun flowers (Thysanolaena maxima).

“The first consignment of broomsticks, weighing 13.5 MT, was exported to Bangladesh on Thursday. It was shipped from Pabiacherra in North Tripura district to Chittagong Trade Link, a Bangladesh-based trading concern,” Land Port Authority of India (LPAI) officer and Agartala-Akhaura ICP manager Debashish Nandi told PTI.

The shipment, worth USD 6,000, was flagged off by Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh Md. Shakhawat Hussain and Tripura Chamber of Commerce (TCCI) president ML Debnath, the ICP manager said.

Earlier this week, Director of Industries and Commerce Sandeep Rathore issued a statement to notify the introduction of nine new items to the list of exports to Bangladesh.

The new commodities include rubber latex, bamboo-based products, broomstick flowers, soyabean seeds, spare parts of CNG-run vehicles, dry fish and maize among other items.

The state had been exporting 21 commodities to the neighbouring country before restrictions were lifted on these nine new items.

Welcoming the Bangladesh government’s decision, Deputy Director of Industries and Commerce Swapan Mitra, who is also in charge of the foreign trade division, said the move would boost the economy of the state.

Debnath, on the other hand, expressed concern over the high customs duty imposed on the commodities.

“We are happy that new items are being dispatched to Bangladesh, but the high rate of customs duty imposed on the goods remains a matter of concern,” the TCCI president said.

The levy will automatically increase product prices in the market, thus reducing their demand among people, he said.

“No customs duty is levied on products imported from Bangladesh, but for commodities exported to the neighbouring country, Tripura will have to bear 35-45 per cent customs duty. Trade balance needs to be established along the Tripura-Bangladesh border,” he added.

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Reducing CD variation via statistically matching steppers
Author(s): Chen-Show Lee; David A. Acree; Avatara Nuernberg
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The complexity of integrated circuits processing has made CD control a challenging work, especially in a high volume manufacturing environment such as the one where this study was done. Many factors contribute to linewidth variability, namely previous process variation, consistency of equipment performance, and human intervention. To effectively reduce CD variations in such a high volume manufacturing Fab, a two phase study was carried out. In phase I, several sources of variation were evaluated through Variance Components Analysis. This analysis gave a better understanding of where variation seen in some critical layers was coming from as well as providing information needed to prioritize efforts in variance reduction. Variables selected for inclusion in this study were etchers, steppers, day to day litho process fluctuations, and lot to lot poly substrates. Findings from phase I showed that of those variables included in the study, stepper to stepper variation was the major contributor to the CD variation. In order to reduce this effect of stepper variation a two step plan was formulated. The first step was to place a customized exposure correction into the software for each stepper, thus bringing the stepper means together. A second step was initially considered but not implemented as of this writing for logistical reasons. The objective of this second step was to reduce the variance by grouping the least sensitive steppers (lowest variance) to process the most sensitive masking layers.

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Date Published: 1 June 1990
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Proc. SPIE 1261, Integrated Circuit Metrology, Inspection, and Process Control IV, (1 June 1990); doi: 10.1117/12.20033
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Chen-Show Lee, Intel Corp. (United States)
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    Date: February 1, 2001

These days we are getting our house in order, filling out annual reports and active in the work, but we need your prayers.
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Nik LubisichNik Lubisich is was raised in the Northwest and continues to call that region of the United States his home today.  He is a former professional baseball player (stuck in the Minors for 6 years before suffering career ending shoulder injuries) who has translated his knowledge of the game and what players look for out of their agents, into running a growing sports agency: Northwest Sports Management Group.

Nik earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon and was a two-time Northwest Conference player of the year in Baseball and an All-Conference pick in both baseball and basketball.

Nik and his team have found a niche in the Northwest, representing some of the top young talent in the last few drafts.  It was a pleasure interviewing Nik for this site.  The transcript is below.

Darren Heitner: What made you want to become a baseball agent?

Nik Lubisich: I became a baseball agent because I wanted to stay in the game in some facet after my playing career ended. I liked the idea of working with kids that are chasing something that I once did. I understand the value of a good agent having had two while I played and being your own boss isn’t a bad thing either!

Darren Heitner: What kind of competition exists in the Pacific Northwest, where your company is located?  Do you strictly recruit in that area?  Are you looking to expand to cover more ground?

Nik Lubisich: There is some competition here in the Northwest, mainly from other agencies located outside of the Northwest. Many send “runners” up here to try and lure them away from the Northwest. In Oregon, there isn’t much competition, but up in Seattle there are several agents working out of that city.  I do tend to stay and recruit strictly in the Northwest.  I may expand over time but enjoy working from the ground up.

Darren Heitner: How long have you been in the sports agent industry?  What has been the most valuable lesson you have learned?

Nik Lubisich: I have been in the industry since the winter of 2007.  I think the most valuable lesson I have learned is the most simplist: Treat people how you want to be treated. I have been in the other side of my business and I remember getting frustrated when I never heard from my agent or he didn’t follow through on what he said. In this business, you better back up what you say or you will lose your clients.

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Nik Lubisich: The first client I signed was Ehren Wassermann with the Chicago White Sox. It was a little strenuous in that he was represented by another firm. At the time, the “boat” wasn’t “rocking” so to speak, but he saw the potential and opportunity that lied ahead for him with my firm. The most recent would be the kids from our past draft class. Darrell Ceciliani is a good one in that he was drafted in the 4th round by the Mets and it has been fun watching him grow and play through his first year of rookie ball. He was the #2 player taken out of the Northwest and has the potential to be an outstanding baseball player. He is often compared to Jacoby Ellsbury as they coincidentally reside from the same town of Madras, OR.

Darren Heitner: With Spring Training and many Major League teams and their Minor league affiliates being far away from your office, how tough is it to meet with your clients face-to-face throughout the year?

Nik Lubisich: As many people will tell you, if you want to stay sane living in the Northwest, you better travel to the sun as often as possible! Several of my clients played in the Northwest league this summer so it was easy for me to get around and watch them play. The others, I had to hop a flight back East and catch them there. Spring Training isn’t too far away and I usually live in Phoenix for 6 weeks with past players and coaches that I know, as well as scouting new talent at the college tournaments, and seeing my clients.

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Nik Lubisich: I think it serves as a tremendous advantage in that I know what kind of a road it is to be in the minors. And I don’t care what people say, it isn’t an easy road or as glamorous as people think. You have to be strong willed to get through it and have a lot of luck on your side. It is comforting to many families that they know I have been where their sons are going.

Darren Heitner: Do you represent any of your former teammates?

Nik Lubisich: I represent Ehren Wassermann. I have played with some very big stars in the majors but feel it inappropriate to chase them down and ask them to sign with me. If they reach out to me and need help, I am always there for them, but I don’t want them to feel like I am using our friendship and connections as a benefit. Ehren took a leap of faith with me because we were best friends while playing and I know he trusted everything I said I would do. He is happy to be with us and we are fortunate to have him as a client.

Darren Heitner: Can you tell us a little bit about some of the unique marketing deals you have been able to secure for your clients?

Nik Lubisich: I think the major marketing deals that we have rest in our sports camps. In the Northwest, it is important to me that our clients give back to their roots. We set up a business calld Future Stars Sports Camps (www.futurestarssportscamps) where kids can meet our clients and learn from their instruction through various camps and events. Each one of my cleints will have a camp in their name, in their hometown during the off-season. We handle the promoting of it and set up all the logistics. Proceeds from the camp are donated back to the hometown communities in the name of our client. They seem to like the camps and it is truly a win-win for everybody.

Darren Heitner: Anything else you would like to add?

Nik Lubisich: I think that about sums it up. Let me know if you have anything further for me. Thanks Darren.


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