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Local fashion designers. A wonderful nonprofit. A whole lotta cupcakes. It all sounded perfect to us and the 4th Annual Local Motion Fashion Show did not disappoint. Presented by All About Youth and Pittsburgh City Paper, this year's show, held on September 18th, was a jam-packed celebration of local designers, models, and stylists. There were drinks, great music by Pittsburgh's own DJ Nugget, a great raffle (featuring some ModCloth goodies), and lots and lots of food (Dozen, one of our favorite bake shops, was a food sponsor and ensured that we stumbled upon a cupcake cache every several feet in the James Center: circulating on trays, organized in elaborate towers, and waiting for us on our seats…yum!).
ModCloth Writer Maggie Glover asks "waaa??" at this cupcake castle.I've never been to a fashion show and I have to admit that I was expecting a continuous stream of stoic models with pursed lips and an air of dissatisfaction, stonily avoiding the people and camera flashes around them. Instead, most of the designers seemed to make a priority of entertaining the crowd just as they wanted to highlight their collections. Some presentations were prefaced with a dancer and all were set to great music. The "runway" lived up to its name with the opening act, Caution Crew: a breakdancing team who impressively bounded, jumped, and spun on their heads down the length of the narrow catwalk. Local Motion says their "aspiration is for Pittsburgh to be placed on the map as a hub for fashion," and judging by the collections we saw, it seems they are well on their way. And speaking of the collections... "The Happiness of Carnival" definitely wins top prize for, well, happiness. The first model buoyantly sashayed down the runway, adroitly balancing a massive headdress, while simultaneously dancing and twirling the ends of her draping floral dress. The rest of the models followed suit, sporting an array of floral and bird prints in vibrant colors and wooing the crowd with their exuberance. Lana Neumeyer, Brazilian architect and fashion designer, says she designs clothes to "bring happiness into people's lives"and her 10-minute show definitely lived up to its aim. Everybody in the audience was dancing and clapping to the Brazilian beats. A gorgeous model for 'The Happiness of Carnaval' balancing quite a lot of feathers. One of our favorite collections was 'Dangerous Angels.' Designer Margot Geller says she "finds most of her inspiration through nature and interior designs" and that was apparent from her show, especially with this coat/dress. Military-inspired buttons and a corset-like closure projected this beautiful floral-patterned coat with a dramatic collar into the style stratosphere. We loved the whole look, especially the red pumps! One of our favorites: an innovative floral coat by 'Dangerous Angels.' There was even an entire line of aprons! 'Kitchie' by Ciara Simon designs functional and stylish aprons in contrast to the rectangular canvas ones that dominate the apron market. "'[The collection] utilizes retro-inspired prints and silhouettes more similar to a dress than that of a rag-like apron." Ranging from 50s-housewife-inspired pieces with gingham and petite floral patterns to bolder pieces like a giant flower petal, this line made me wish I was a professional baker and could wear one of these around all day. Then again, maybe Simon's line will spark an apron trend and this will become perfectly acceptable office-wear. I'm crossing my fingers. One of 'Kitchie's more traditional apron designs. It was wonderful and enlightening to see the work of some of Pittsburgh's established (and up and coming) designers. But it's easy to forget among the carnival and confectioneries that the night's nobler purpose was to raise money for a fantastic cause. Pursuing higher education is not an easy feat for anybody and for local youth who have aged out of the reach of social service agencies, it can be even more difficult without mentoring and economic assistance. Family Services of Western Pennsylvania's Education Assistance Initiative helps these youth meet their dreams by providing them with computers, transportation assistance, funding for rent and living costs, and payment of college or vocational training fees. Please check out their website if you're interested in learning more or donating! We send our congratulations and thanks to everyone who helped organize and stage such an incredible show. It certainly made me hungry for more fashion fun in Pittsburgh, but until next time, I'll satisfy a different craving; I'll don my cutest apron and bake some cupcakes of my own!


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Oxford Downs suffered an early setback to their title aspirations with an opening-day defeat at home to Bletchley Town in Division 1.
All-rounder Ghufran Mohammed was the star for last year's Division 2 champions, who have reverted back to their former name after six years as Milton Keynes Park.
Mohammed took 4-59 as Downs were dismissed for 145, Graham Simpson also claiming 4-31.
Only newcomer Tom Norris (38) and Wes Bartlett (35) got going with the bat.
Mohammed then struck an unbeaten 61 as Bletchley eased home by six wickets.
Oxford Downs 6pts, Bletchley Town 25
Cumnor were forced to hang on for a draw at Banbury Twenty with their last pair at the wicket.
Twenty rattled up a formidable 234-8, with John Wright (71) and new signing Ashley Pearson (46) leading the way.
Adam Cook was the pick of the bowlers with 4-59.
Cumnor struggled against Faisal Khalid, who returned 5-38, but held on at 152-9. Ali Morteza and Alex Kidd both made 30.
Banbury XX 16, Cumnor 8
Horspath signing Adam Krol, the former Thame captain, made a rapid impression for his new club as he top-scored with 75 in their 240-5 at home to Bicester & North Oxford.
Joe Todd gave him excellent support with 67 not out.
The visitors never threatenend the target, finishing on 167-7 as Adam Yates (40) and Duncan Bradshaw (39) batted solidly.
Horspath 15, Bicester & North Oxford 8
Shipton-under-Wycwood crashed to a nine-wicket defeat at home to Dinton.
Batting first, Shipton were skittled for just 115, Rod Browne returning figures of 3-14.
Rob King (56no) and Lee Marland (44no) saw Dinton home with few alarms.
Shipton 2, Dinton 25
Buckingham, relegated from the Home Counties League last season, began life back in the Cherwell with a seven-wicket success away to Oxford 2nd.
Oxford batted first and made 192-9 as New Zealander Brook Hatwell returned 3-26.
Hatwell then starred with the bat, making a top score of 76 not out as he and Jonny Cater (67) saw their side to victory.
Oxford 2nd 6, Buckingham 25


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Research now supports the assumption that in places that allow the use of medicinal cannabis the rates of painkiller abuse and overdoses "fell sharply". This reduces costs.
"The results suggest people are really using marijuana as medicine and not just using it for recreational purposes."
Washington Post: One striking chart shows why pharma companies are fighting legal marijuana
There's a body of research showing that painkiller abuse and overdose are lower in states with medical marijuana laws. These studies have generally assumed that when medical marijuana is available, pain patients are increasingly choosing pot over powerful and deadly prescription narcotics. But that's always been just an assumption.
Now a new study, released in the journal Health Affairs, validates these findings by providing clear evidence of a missing link in the causal chain running from medical marijuana to falling overdoses.
The study found that, in the 17 states with a medical-marijuana law in place by 2013, prescriptions for painkillers and other classes of drugs fell sharply compared with states that did not have a medical-marijuana law.
The drops were quite significant: In medical-marijuana states, the average doctor prescribed 265 fewer doses of antidepressants each year, 486 fewer doses of seizure medication, 541 fewer anti-nausea doses and 562 fewer doses of anti-anxiety medication.
But most strikingly, the typical physician in a medical-marijuana state prescribed 1,826 fewer doses of painkillers in a given year.
The study ran a similar analysis on drug categories that pot typically is not recommended for — blood thinners, anti-viral drugs and antibiotics. And on those drugs, they found no changes in prescribing patterns after the passage of marijuana laws.
"This provides strong evidence that the observed shifts in prescribing patterns were in fact due to the passage of the medical marijuana laws," they write.
"The results suggest people are really using marijuana as medicine and not just using it for recreational purposes."
But pharmaceutical companies have been strongly opposing liberalisation of cannabis laws.
These companies have long been at the forefront of opposition to marijuana reform,funding research by anti-pot academics and funneling dollars to groups, such as the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, that oppose marijuana legalization.
Pharmaceutical companies have also lobbied federal agencies directly to prevent the liberalization of marijuana laws.
Cannabis is easy to grow and products are difficult to patent so companies cannot protect their markets except by cutting competition out of the equation through laws.
In what may be the most concerning finding for the pharmaceutical industry, the Bradfords took their analysis a step further by estimating the cost savings to Medicare from the decreased prescribing.
They found that about $165 million was saved in the 17 medical marijuana states in 2013. In a back-of-the-envelope calculation, the estimated annual Medicare prescription savings would be nearly half a billion dollars if all 50 states were to implement similar programs.
Presumably states in the US would also benefit from sales taxes and reduced policing costs.
The New Zealand Treasury has estimated (Legal cannabis could collect $150 million a year but Bill English isn't pursuing it):
Collecting an extra $150 million a year in tax revenue at a time when the health, education and housing sectors are all screaming out for money – sounds like a no-brainer, right?
The catch? Legalising cannabis.
This week Nelson lawyer Sue Grey revealed through an Official Information Act request some informal notes from Treasury, which calculated that legalisation would not only generate money, but also save $400m a year on enforcement of drug prohibition.
So allowing the legal use of medical products derived from cannabis would have significant health benefits and significant cost benefits.
But Bill English and National continue to oppose any liberalisation of cannabis laws.
So people suffer more than they should, or they openly flout the law:
Helen Kelly: 'My back is broken and I only have months to live but I'm pain free'
Tumours have broken Helen Kelly's back and she only has months to live but illegally taking cannabis means she's pain free.
The former Council of Trade Unions president was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in February last year and was initially given about seven weeks to live.
"I am going to die very soon, there's no cure, it's grown like crazy."
"Cannabis is the only thing that gives me relief, it lets me sleep all night."
"I'm not a hippy but I'm amazed how it works…people use it on their arthritis with incredible results."
"It's wonderful – but illegal."
The Government could quite easily make a real difference to many people's lives, people who are suffering.
Treasury has even provided Bill English with a cost benefit analysis. The US study backs this – it "found that the use of prescription drugs for which marijuana could serve as a clinical alternative fell significantly, once a medical marijuana law was implemented".
English and National refusing to consider any law change is hard to comprehend.


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The Trike PhenomenonPosted on December 3, 2008 by admin
We keep hearing about trike this and tadpole that. In case you've been snoozing, you should know that recumbent trikes have become very popular. Dealers are reporting strong demand, and in some shops trike sales are overtaking two wheelers. Trikes appeal to new riders because there is no balance required — which means no shakey stops or starts and not much of a learning curve. Trikes are also sleek, fun, cool looking and the designs are about as standardized as a recumbent can be. All add up to what may become the new typical recumbent style. You can read more about The Trike Phenomenon in one of the most popular forum threads this week.
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Introducing Maeli Esther Hansen
- by Brittny
Well, since my last post was announcing the gender of our baby, and since she's now two months old, I guess it's fitting that this one is to announce the arrival of that baby (see also: I've been a terrible blogger and need to repent)! Our daughter was born on 09 January 2014 at 6:15am. She weighed in at 7lbs 9oz and measured 19.5 inches long. We've named her Maeli Esther Hansen. Maeli is Mandarin (pronounced May-lee) and it means beautiful. We later found out it also means calm, or peaceful in Polynesian. Esther is Eric's paternal grandmother's middle name, as well as obviously the name of the biblical heroine.
Note: This post is extremely long (no surprise there), I wanted to document a lot of the pregnancy and some experiences that lead up to Maeli's birth for my own sake as much as anything else. If you'd like to skip that and just read the actual birth story you can click here to skip to that part of the post. Or feel free to just scan through for pictures, I won't be offended :)
We went through a lot of debate on what to name her. Maeli has been on Eric's list of girl's names since we first got married since it's a Chinese name, but one that doesn't sound strange to an American ear. I loved the idea when we first were pregnant with Sam but obviously, he wasn't a girl so we didn't use it then. Since then, I've found that I loved having scriptural names for both of our boys so that as we've read our scriptures I could point out to them "Hey look, Samuel the Lamanite, just like our Samuel!" or "Hey, we're talking about Daniel and the lion's den, we have a Daniel in our family too!" I really like having good role models for them to look up to in the scriptures. So I wanted our daughter to have a scriptural name. I've also liked that our boys have middle names that are family names (Samuel Eric obviously after his dad, and Daniel Curtis after my dad). I wanted to do the same thing for our daughter, but we weren't planning on giving her a middle name – which meant we had a pretty tall order to fill. Maeli didn't fit either of those criterion. I also feel like physical appearance is too big of a focus for most women and I didn't want a daughter being raised thinking that physical beauty was what we prized above all else in her. So there was a lot of back and forth. Maeli wasn't sitting right, and neither was Esther or any of the other names on our list. I just didn't feel settled. Finally one day I had the idea of breaking tradition and giving our daughter a middle name. Suddenly the name just felt right – Maeli Esther. I really like the way her name all goes together with the meanings too. Beauty, both in appearance and spirit, was obviously a quality of Queen Esther that factored heavily into her story. Esther in Persian means star, so Maeli is our beautiful, peaceful star. I especially liked passing along Eric's grandmother's middle name after getting to know more about her during her funeral in December of 2012 – not long before we decided it was time to have another baby. She was an incredible woman and someone that I'd love for my daughter to emulate. I'd like to think that Maeli and her Great Grandma Leona spent some time together on the other side as they were coming and going.
Anyways, that's how Maeli got her name, here's the story of how she got here. As those of you who follow me on Facebook probably already know, this was a rough pregnancy for me. I can't complain too much because I know there are many women who have much worse. Even still, this pregnancy was a lot tougher than my previous two and I felt pretty beat up overall. First of all, my "morning" sickness was much worse this time around than with Sam or Danny. I've heard some women say that they have easier pregnancies with girls, and some say they have easier pregnancies with boys. Apparently I'm the type of woman that was made for bearing sons, not daughters. With Maeli I was sicker and for longer. I only actually threw up once (yes, I can hear those of you who've had real issues with morning sickness starting an orchestra with the world's smallest violins) but I felt like garbage for about 4 months. Food was very unappealing to me and I was near throwing up on a daily basis. I was only able to keep it under control with a regimen of vitamins and forcing myself to eat the right things at the right times even when I didn't want to. My gag reflex was also so much more severe for the whole pregnancy than it usually is, and while it's better now, I'm starting to think that my normally strong gag reflex might never return.
So, that part wasn't very fun, but that wasn't what really made this pregnancy difficult. The real problem was my back. I'd had some problems towards the latter end of my pregnancy with Danny, but this time around I started having problems at around 8 weeks. By the time I was about 14 weeks I had frequent days where I would not be able to walk at the end of the day because my back was in such terrible shape. I was really worried about what I was going to do. Dealing with some issues for the last few weeks of a pregnancy is expected, but starting at 8 weeks?! Not being able to walk for 7 months was not really an option as a mother of two boys. So, I started to go to a chiropractor. I've always been a little dubious of chiropractic care but, through regular visits she was able to get me back on my feet and I was able to walk again. I still had to limit what I did so that I didn't push myself too far. However, by 25 weeks I stopped having episodes of not being able to walk. Our house didn't stay especially clean and I felt exceptionally lazy, but being able to walk up the stairs at the end of the day was worthwhile.
After I got my back under control then my blood pressure started getting low. Luckily, this had also happened with my pregnancy with Daniel so I knew what to expect and how to keep that under control as well. Lots of water, don't freak out when it feels like your heart can't keep up, lay in specific positions etc. As scary as the feeling is, knowing what was going on made it much easier to work with. Then at about 32 weeks I started having lots of contractions. I'd had some Braxton Hicks with both of my boys so I wasn't surprised to have the contractions, but I was surprised at the frequency and intensity so early on. Every time I would get up and try to do just about anything – picking up toys, fixing meals, washing dishes – I would start to have regular contractions that would only be stopped when I sat down. I was very concerned that I would end up having Maeli prematurely. My sister had her baby at 35 weeks and so I've seen that those babies turn out just fine. But I've also seen how miserable their first few weeks of life are, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. I mentioned these contractions to my midwife and she told me what I expected to hear – my cervix wasn't changing yet (which is what they would worry about) but don't push it. If activity made them come on stronger, then I needed to limit my activity. Simple instructions but I was again reduced to feeling terribly lazy.
Luckily I continued to not make progress for another 5 weeks. Once I got to a point where we safely could have her (37 weeks) I started trying to do more of my regular activities, and pushing myself further but of course, if I induced lots of contractions at a time I just felt like garbage by the end of the day. Over the next three weeks I tried lots of things to help convince Maeli to come a little bit early. I was hoping that she would arrive before the new year so that we could have all of the medical bills in one year. Plus, it would certainly have been nice to have gotten the tax break for another dependent for 2013. Even more so, my parents were able to come to Utah for Christmas and the week or so following and were hoping for Maeli to arrive before they left. Well, they all came for Christmas and I hadn't had the baby yet. The boys all went skiing on Christmas and my dad injured his knee requiring further surgery – no baby. My brother Cody stayed up here to have sinus surgery and my mom stayed with him for an extra week while he recovered, still no baby. My mom and Cody finally decided they would stay up until my due date, and then they would have to give up on me and go home.
The day before my due date (03 January) I had an appointment with my midwife. All this time I'd been having so many contractions, I'd been drinking red raspberry tea, using sage oil, walking stairs, and trying all kinds of things to induce labor. While all of those measures would get contractions going, even going at a relatively regular pace, none of them got actual labor started. So when I went in to my midwife I was feeling pretty run down. I had thought that she'd said that at this appointment they were going to perform a non-stress test on the baby and do an ultrasound to check if it was time to give the baby an eviction notice. Apparently I'd misheard because that was actually what would happen at the next appointment if I made it that far. But thinking it was this appointment I brought my mom, the boys and Eric to the appointment since I thought they would all enjoy seeing Maeli in the ultrasound. I felt like a bit of an idiot when I discovered my error. At the end of my appointment my midwife told me that whenever I wanted to have the baby she'd be happy to have me come to the hospital and she would break my water. I'd made enough progress that she could induce me by breaking my water (which would be my preference) rather than using pitocin. She had another mom laboring that night so she seemed to be hinting that as long as she was there she might as well have two patients.
I was really torn, I was very done being pregnant, my mom was going to leave the next day, it was a Friday afternoon so we'd have the whole weekend for rest and recovery… the timing was very appealing. However, I have a strong personal belief that it's best for babies to let them stay put until they're done, not just when the mom is done. I just think that Heavenly Father designed the whole process so that the baby can come when it is totally developed and really ready for the world. I know that babies are just fine when they are induced, but it just seems like they're better off if they can come on their own timing. I'd also read a blog post that put forth the idea that maybe babies that are overdue are saying their last goodbyes and getting their last bits of instruction on the other side, and it's a little rude to take that away from them just because we're uncomfortable. Obviously that's not doctrine, but the idea sat well in my mind. So, I had a hard time thinking of forcing Maeli out before her time. Also, it's rather difficult to think of making yourself go through labor right away. Even though it would make me much more comfortable in the long run, and I was going to have to go through it eventually anyways, it was still hard to contemplate making myself do it. I waffled for a lot of the evening, and finally my decision was made for me as much because it had gotten too late as anything else. In the end I did feel better about that decision (or lack of decision), but I did feel like I was cheating everyone else out of an easy fix just to accommodate my birthing preferences.
A day or so after my mom left Eric made the comment to me that he didn't really think that I'd ever go into labor on my own and that we'd probably end up inducing me anyways. While that was sort of how I was feeling too, him saying it out loud sort of broke my spirit. While I've always had these beliefs that the best thing to do is to let babies come when they're ready, I'd never gone into labor on my own before. I'd ended up being induced with both of my boys out of medical necessity. I was desperately hoping to go into labor on my own, but I was starting to believe that despite all the contractions that I'd had, it was just never going to happen. Maybe my body just didn't know how to initiate labor. I was crushed. I spent the next couple days in a bit of a funk and just feeling depressed that it wasn't ever going to happen. I'd sent my mom back home (who I would have liked to have had there for the delivery) and I'd end up being induced anyways. Eric didn't know before reading this post that his comment had hurt me so much, and I don't blame him for how I was feeling at all. These feelings had been there before but him saying it made me face them. It was just the thing that pushed me over the edge. I was in a bit of a dark spot for a few days.
Then on Tuesday, 07 January one of my friends posted a link to this article – God will give you more than you can handle: I guarantee it. Basically the post says that life is hard, it's supposed to be hard, and it's even supposed to be more than we think we can take, but if we turn ourselves over to Christ He can help us through it and we can handle our trials with Him. (Obviously all that was expressed much better in the author's blog post than I did in one sentence, but that was my basic takeaway) I cried as I read through that post. That was exactly how I'd been feeling. While the trial I'd been given surely wasn't to the magnitude of Job, I was about to the end of my rope and didn't know how much longer I could hold on. After being sick, having back problems, contractions without end for months, I just was worn out. I knew I could turn to the Lord for help, but somehow this helped me realize that I needed to, and it was ok. I wasn't just being a baby. This was why Christ suffered for us, so that He could help us in times of need and that I not only could but should turn to Him for help. I prayed more diligently for help and I really felt a lot better and like I could handle what I was going through. I was even able to accept that I probably would have to be induced, and that that would be ok.
The Birth
In the evening on Wednesday I was having regular contractions again, but that had happened towards the end of just about every day for the last month so I tried not to get my hopes up. After the boys were in bed Eric and I spent a little bit of time together and watched a show. I also drank some more red raspberry tea and used more of the sage oil. The contractions weren't really letting up, even when I laid down. I was getting hungry so I got up and made myself a quesadilla, just in case I did go into labor I didn't want to be hungry. The contractions were getting pretty regular but I decided I'd try to get some sleep and figured that if I could sleep through them then they weren't intense enough for me to go to the hospital. So I went to bed around 11pm.
Sometime after that Danny climbed into bed with Eric and me. I wasn't sleeping really well, but I was at least resting and getting intermittent brief naps. At about quarter to 2am I woke up with Danny's head against my head, pushing me out of the bed. Annoyed, I decided to get up and go to the bathroom rather than attempting to just reposition myself. While I was going to the bathroom I realized that my contractions were really getting to be rather uncomfortable and that I'd had 3 of them within 10 minutes. I imed Eric (who hadn't been able to sleep either but was trying also to rest a little bit) and told him that we should probably get going to the hospital. He quickly got out of bed, and started gathering the few things that we would need to go to the hospital. He called his parents and asked them to come stay with the boys. When we were pretty much all ready to go Eric called one of our neighbors to ask her to come wait with our kids until his parents came. I felt really bad in retrospect about having her come because as we weren't 5 minutes from our house when we saw his parents' van driving down the mountain to our house. We'd thought it would have taken them longer to get out the door and didn't want to wait for too long before leaving, but we could have certainly waited 5 more minutes had we realized they were that close. On the way to the hospital I texted this picture to my family:
To most people it probably seems exceedingly stupid that I sent my family a picture of Baby Mario from Mario Kart Wii. It probably is. But it's an inside family joke. When I was pregnant with Sam my family was really into playing Mario Kart. If you play Mario Kart as Baby Mario his little catchphrase is "Baby time"! So towards the end of my pregnancy with Sam my family would text me, or call me, or message me and ask if it was "baby time" with Baby Mario's silly voice. This was my way of letting them know that it was in fact, baby time :) Like I said, it really was stupid, but I'd thought of it a few days before and downloaded the picture of Baby Mario to my phone just for the occasion. My family got a kick out of it and it told them everything they needed to know. This picture was indeed worth a thousand words!
We arrived at the hospital and were into the room by about 3am. The nurses called my midwife to see if she would admit me. I was 3cm dilated and fully effaced (if my memory serves me correctly) and having contractions about every 3-5 minutes, so the nurses were reasonably certain I'd be admitted. Eve approved my admission and things got started. I'd thought that Eve and I had made a deal beforehand that I didn't have to have an IV (if you haven't been a previous reader of our blog I have a pretty severe phobia of needles). Apparently the deal I'd actually made was that since they had to do blood work anyways they could set up an IV then. Boo. So the nurses tried to get an IV in me between contractions. The first attempt failed as they hit a valve in my hand. My hand was bruised for probably 3 weeks afterwards. Luckily, the other part of my deal with Eve was that we would only make one attempt with the IV and if it failed we'd just do the blood work the easier way and forego the IV. My contractions were strong enough at that point that I was having to really focus and breathe through them. I was loath to lose my down time between contractions freaking out about having the blood work done. Finally we decided to just do the blood work during a contraction and even though it made for a more miserable contraction, we were able to get the blood work done and I didn't have to give up my brief resting period. I don't know exactly how long everything took, but Eric posted to Facebook at 4:30am that we'd successfully completed the blood draw and that contractions were coming 2 minutes apart at that point. That's probably about right with all the admissions questions that were asked, getting changed, calling the midwife, two attempts at the bloodwork etc, an hour and a half doesn't seem unreasonable, but my sense of time is very skewed as you might imagine.
By 5:09am I was dilated to 6cm, but my water still hadn't broken (yes, I'm relying on the posts Eric did on Facebook to help me with my timeline, they're the only real markers I have). I think it was a little while before or just after that check I needed to go to the bathroom so they disconnected my monitors and Eric helped me to the restroom. I was very uncomfortable at that point and hoped that emptying my bladder would help a little. While we were in the bathroom I asked Eric to run back to the bed for one of the vomit bags, and then I rid myself of the quesadilla I'd had the night before. Guess I would have been better off being hungry when I went into labor :P As intense as labor was getting at that point, I did feel a little better after that. At least all of the action was concentrated on the main event and not split with my digestive system.
When we went back to the bed I don't think my monitors got hooked up correctly and they stopped registering my contractions, and we didn't have those monitors working for the rest of the time. I know a lot of women don't like the monitors but they were really helpful for me because Eric could see when I was having a contraction and would help talk me through them. However, luckily Eric is awesome and quickly learned to take me squeezing his hand as a signal that a contraction was starting and would help count off the rise and fall of them without the assistance of the monitor from that point on. One of the nurses even commented afterwards that she wanted to have Eric come in and train all the dads on how to support their wives during labor. I don't think she was just being nice either, Eric really has been an incredible support to me in all three of my labors. I don't know what I would have done without him.
A little before 6am I asked Eric if he could give me a blessing between my contractions. However, after the next contraction I told him that I was having a hard time not pushing against the contractions. He called the nurse and asked her to check me. They didn't really think that there was going to be much progress made because I'd been laboring pretty quietly. They thought they'd be coming in and telling me I'd made minimal progress if any. However when the nurse checked me she was surprised to find that I was almost fully dilated. They quickly called Eve and told her it was time to come in and deliver this baby (she was still at home in bed at this point)! The next 10 minutes while we waited for Eve to get there were some of the longest of my life. Any woman who has had the urge to push and tried to hold back against it knows that it is one of the hardest things you could ever have to do. There really isn't a comparison, but imagine the urgency of an EXTREMELY full bladder, like you've drunk 2 gallons of water all at once type full, and now you're locked in a room watching videos of waterfalls and are not permitted to pee. It's not a perfect analogy, but that's an idea of what the feeling is like.
After the nurse checked me and had left the room Eric gave me the requested blessing. It wasn't a long blessing (there was only about 60 seconds between my contractions at this point), but it gave me a lot of comfort. Basically I was told that I was so close to the end and that I wasn't alone and that everything would be ok. I was once again so very grateful to have my wonderful Eric there with me.
Finally Eve came. After a contraction she checked me and said there was just a tiny bit of cervix left before I should start to push. After one more contraction that was gone. She broke my water and then I was ready to push on the next contraction. On the first contraction afterwards they could see Maeli's head. The nurses and Eve told me afterwards they were impressed with the control I had to push her out slowly which saved me from much tearing. On the next contraction I was able to push her out completely. They cut the cord and we had our sweet Maeli here. I thought they'd already delivered the placenta but I still felt weird, like there was still something inside of me that wasn't really part of me. A few minutes later they delivered the placenta and I finally felt like I was normal again. I don't know how else to describe the feeling of relief and peace from being done with the whole ordeal. I certainly wasn't normal again, I'd just gone through childbirth, a process that certainly deserves some recovery. But after the whole ordeal of pregnancy, with back pains, nausea, tons of contractions… it felt so good to be done. I feel like I really understand why they call it being "delivered" of the baby. I did feel like I'd been delivered from a very difficult ordeal and it was finally – after 9 long months – over.
One of the awesome things about the hospital we delivered at (Lone Peak Hospital) is that they have rooms that are LDRP – meaning that you stay in the same room for labor, delivery, recovery and post-partum. With Sam and Danny I'd had to move rooms after a brief recovery period (like one hour) to another unit. It was so wonderful to not have to move! They had Eric help wash Maeli in the sink right there in the room and everything that was done was done right there in the room. The only time they had to take Maeli out the entire time we were there was for a brief hearing test. It was wonderful.
As soon as the nurses had pretty much cleared out (probably by 8am or so?) Eric called his parents to see when they could bring the boys to come meet their new sister. They decided to come around 10am. Eric changed into some pajamas and almost immediately passed out on the couch. When the boys came in they tried snuggling with him and talking to him, but he was out cold. He did sort of say hi to the boys and give them hugs, but he didn't even remember doing that much later. Luckily the boys were just happy to see Maeli and their mom and didn't mind too much that their dad was unresponsive.
Eric was rightfully extremely tired from the whole ordeal. Although, he did say it was better that he hadn't gotten to sleep the night before because if he'd only gotten a few hours of sleep and then been woken up he probably wouldn't have been nearly as helpful as he was during the birth. It wouldn't have been so good to have mostly asleep, non-responsive bear Eric during labor :) I on the other hand tried to sleep but I was too amped up from the whole experience and couldn't really sleep. I rested and tried to even do so with my eyes closed, but I finally accepted that it was just as good to rest with my phone in my hand and playing on Facebook as I was pretending that I was going to get any sleep. When Eric woke up we watched some TV together and just enjoyed a day of resting, being together, and having our new baby there.
My sister Taylor came with her husband Ryan and son Skylar in the evening, along with our boys and Eric actually got to see them that time. I hadn't realized it because we'd had the blinds drawn in our room, but that day we'd had a pretty significant snow storm. We were really lucky that Maeli came when she did because we were able to drive to the hospital in a lull between the storm. It had been snowing really well in the morning on Wednesday and I'd expected terrible road conditions but we were pleasantly surprised. When we drove down the mountain in the middle of the night the roads were actually totally clear and we'd had perfect visibility the whole way. When my sister was driving back to my house on Thursday night the roads were pretty bad again. I think angels were definitely watching over us and making sure we didn't get stuck in that storm!
We sent Maeli to the nursery for the night so that I could actually get some sleep. The next morning we were ready to go home. We got the ok from all the doctors and by noon we were discharged and heading home to our sweet boys. They'd had a pretty rough time with us gone and it was good to have us all home and get to start our new chapter of life together as a family of five :)


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Episode 46
Linus Torvalds Hates This Fix
January 24th, 2018
1 hr 9 secs
About this Episode
This week on the show we give you the latest update on the Intel vulnerabilities, Noah sets the record straight on Linux media personalities that don't use Linux & as always your calls are the center of the show.
-- The Cliff Notes --
- Red Hat: We Didn't Pull CPU Microcode Update To Pass the Buck
- Intel: Stop Patching Until Further Notice
- [http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/security/google-technique-offers-spectre-vulnerability-fix-no-performance-loss](Google Technique, Patch Spectre No Performance Loss)
- Linus Response
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My FreeBSD desktop workstation has been on 8.x since I built it just over two years ago. When I made it, I bought two 1TB HDDs and setup a RAID-1 volume with gmirror, following what was at the time the recommended instructions from the FreeBSD Handbook. After delaying the upgrade to 9.x repeatedly over the last several months I finally decided to give it a try after 9.1-RC1 was announced. Read on for how it went wrong, since FreeBSD 9.x more correctly handles partition integrity checks.
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Setting Up a FreeBSD SVN Mirror
According to discussions on the FreeBSD-stable list, CVS support for FreeBSD sources is not just dying, it's practically dead. (I'll skip over the jokes about Netcraft confirming it…) So I setup an SVN mirror of the FreeBSD base and ports repositories and documented the process a little. I did this mainly because there are a lot of servers in two locations that need frequent access to the base and ports repositories, and there are currently cvsup mirrors running (one at each place) to keep the load off the upstream servers and for faster local access.
How to make a Tweetdeck Chrome Application shortcut in KDE
The other day I found that the Tweetdeck Chrome extension worked on FreeBSD (With Chromium 18.0.1025.142, probably earlier as well). I had been missing a full GUI to monitor some things on Twitter on my FreeBSD box. I have a much larger monitor on my FreeBSD workstation than on my Windows laptop, so I'd rather use the extra screen space there to keep a search column up (For pfSense, mainly).
Server Move + IPv6
A quick note that I moved my site from an aging server to a fast VM at a data center, and in the process gained not only a much newer version of FreeBSD, but also native IPv6 connectivity. A few days too late for World IPv6 Day, but it's still great to see IPv6 happening finally.
I've also got IPv6 going at home using he.net's tunnelbroker service from my home router running pfSense 2.0's IPv6 branch. All things considered it's pretty easy. All of my PCs in the house are using IPv6 happily, even my Droid X running Gingerbread is using IPv6 without problems.
Growl Server for KDE to Receive Network Alerts
It's no secret that I work with pfSense a lot, and a while back support was added to pfSense for Growl alerts over the network. Tired of being jealous of everyone else with a Mac (and even Windows!) who could get growl alerts, and not having any growl servers available for FreeBSD, I decided to dive in a little deeper.
After searches for a stand-alone growl server came up empty, I started looking for anyone who had implemented a server in another language like python, ruby or perl. Lo and behold, I found one in python! Just one problem: I use KDE, and that one was for gnome/dbus. Luckily the code is quite easy to follow and it was easy to modify. The kdialog program in KDE already supports growl style alerts by using kdialog –passivepopup, so it was just a matter of ripping out the gnome/dbus bits and replacing them with a call to kdialog.
Without further ado, I present: kdegrowl.py:
Brother HL-2170w
I picked up a new Brother HL-2170w last week. It's a network-enabled (wired and wireless) black and white laser printer. At just under $100, and with $30-50 replacement toner cartridges good for thousands of pages worth of output, it was quite a steal in terms of features for the money.
I had been looking for an all-in-one color printer to replace my scanner and inkjet, but the more I looked, the more horror stories I saw. And when I didn't see horror stories, I saw absurd ink costs on a per-page basis. The sheer number of horror stories was astounding. I have always considered printers to be evil, banes of our very existence but the tales of woe that wait on printer reviews are really like no other components.
So as inconvenient as it may be for color, it seems that doing photo prints (99% of what I want in color) is cheaper to do at an in-store lab (such as Wal-Mart) than to do it at home, plus I don't have to worry about the crazy quality of inkjet printers, or expensive-yet-not-photo-quality color laser output. I still have my existing inkjet for the rare case where I might need a print fast, but at what seems to be about $0.50/print, it's really not worth it.
The Brother printer was pretty easy to setup. Plug it into the network, and it pulls a DHCP address. I went to the printer's web interface and setup a static IP, changed its name, and had all the PCs printing in no time. The Windows 7 boxes found the driver automatically, XP I had to pick the driver by hand, and my FreeBSD workstation needed the hpijs-pcl5e driver for CUPS, but needed no other special configuration.
Given all the negative experiences I've had with printers (and everyone else has had), I thought I'd share this positive one.


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This Is How to Make Wood Panel Walls Look Modern
No longer stuck in the 70s
Do wood panel walls give you flashbacks to the 70s, complete with weird brown carpet and tired brown furniture? Then you my be surprised to hear that wood clad walls are enjoying a renaissance. Yes you read that right, wood panels have suddenly gone from zero to retro-cool in the world of design, and I'm completely for it.
As with most trends, the cycle has swung back round to make wood panels the style du jour once more. This time however, the tacky high gloss horrors of the past have been traded in for sleek Scandinavian-inspired wood clad feature walls, and reclaimed timber fashioned into rustic perfection. Lets take a look at the modern way to do wood panel walls.
Ditch The Gloss
Part of the appeal of wood panel walls this time round lies in the natural rustic charm they can instantly bestow upon a space.
That means it's time to ditch the gloss and faux wood veneers for something altogether more organic and unprocessed.
Color It In
On the other hand, opting for a painted wood clad wall in a decidedly non-natural color is another simple way to bring wood panels into the 21st century.
Most DIY hacks to upgrade wood paneled walls suggest a lick of white paint, but I love the idea of going brazenly bolder to really make a style statement. Just make sure to keep everything else in the space neutral so as not to overpower the senses.
Consider Texture
For a truly contemporary take on wood paneled walls, consider texture.
Here, the intricate wood panels add an extra depth and dimension to the space, making it feel larger than it is. Even better, with walls that look this good, there'll be no need for any wall art.
Make a Statement
If you're still unsure about wood paneling, how about tentatively dipping your toe into the revived trend with a single statement wall.
Wood paneling is great for warming up an otherwise stark space. Pair with minimalist white walls and a soft fluffy neutral toned carpet for a look that is thoroughly modern and chic.
Wide Open
To ensure a look that is as far removed from the 70s as possible, go wide.
In this contemporary living room, the super wide wood panels prevent this mid-century modern aesthetic (complete with a retro sputnik chandelier) from looking too dated.
Wall to Wall
Believe it or not, one way to bring wood panel walls bang up to date is simply to go all in with them.
I'm talking wall to wall, floor to floor wood panels to create a modern cabin effect. I like how the wood panels of both the wall and floor in this space run horizontally, drawing the eye and elongating the room. Break up the wood on wood look with an unexpected industrial concrete wall for a truly contemporary look.
What do you think of modern wood panel walls? Should they remain firmly in the past or have we managed to convince you otherwise? Let us know in the comments below!
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Mariano Rodriguez | June 19, 2015 | Brain Injury
Most people in New York have hit their head at one time or another. Often it is just a minor knock and, although it may hurt a little, no more is thought of it. In many cases, this turns out to be fine and there are no lasting effects. However, this is not always the case and sometimes even a seemingly insignificant knock can cause lasting damage.
The brain is extremely delicate and even though the skull is there to protect it, there are still all too many ways in which a blow to the head can lead to a serious brain injury. Even if you do not hit your head directly, even violent shaking, such as you might experience in a car accident can cause damage, as your brain can knock against the inside of your skull.
Furthermore, even if you do not feel too bad immediately after suffering a head injury, it is still wise to seek medical attention. The symptoms of brain trauma can takes days, weeks or even months to manifest. However, medical professionals may be able to identify the signs of such an injury ahead of time, improving the chances that it can be treated.
It is not always possible to make a full recovery from a brain injury, but the sooner it is identified and treatment begins, the more likely it is that you may be able to return to your former lifestyle. However, in the meantime you may need to go through a lengthy rehabilitation process and you could find that you struggle with tasks that were previously straightforward.
It can be difficult to adapt to such a change, especially if you injury was the result of someone else's negligence. Our page on brain injuries has further advice on what to expect if you are harmed in this way. You might also benefit from the support and guidance of an attorney if you plan to take legal action against those responsible for your injury.


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Financial Times: Top Ranks for HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
LEIPZIG, Germany, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The latest ranking by the Financial Times, which assesses Master in Management programs from universities around the globe, has awarded top places to the education offered at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management both in Europe and worldwide.
Three years after graduation, HHL alumni receive salaries which are among the highest in the world (7th place globally, 3rd place in Europe). HHL's Career Service was also ranked 7th worldwide. In the global ranking, which includes a total of 90 universities, HHL came in 2nd in Germany and 23rd worldwide. This means that the Leipzig-based business school improved even more and finished ahead of a large number of reputable international universities.
Dean Stephan Stubner:
"Especially in times of crises, it is important for young people to enjoy high-quality and widely respected education. Companies tell us that they are thankful to find high-powered and responsible junior leaders here."
The FT Global Ranking is considered to be one of the most comprehensive and significant of its kind internationally for Master in Management programs. The ranking uses data from graduate interviews conducted three years after graduation as well as information provided by the universities themselves, such internationality of the programs.
"HHL was the best choice for me as it combines a great education with tremendous opportunities. Besides close ties to alumni, the university provides numerous chances to get in touch with prospective employers."
Benjamin Kühl, HHL alumnus (Consultant, McKinsey & Company)
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management is a university-level private business school with the right to award doctoral and post-doctoral degrees. The goal of HHL is to educate effective, responsible and entrepreneurially minded leaders. HHL was named "Best Entrepreneurial University" by Stifterverband.
Shiloh Industries, Inc. to Proceed with Sale to Grouper Holdings, LLC, a Subsidiary of MiddleGround Capital
Shiloh Industries, Inc. (OTCMKTS: SHLOQ) (the Company or Shiloh), an environmentally focused global supplier of lightweighting, noise and vibration solutions, has completed the marketing process approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the Court) and is moving forward under the previously announced asset purchase agreement with Grouper Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of MiddleGround Capital LLC (MiddleGround). MiddleGround is expected to acquire substantially all of the Companys assets, including the equity interests of certain of the Companys direct and indirect subsidiaries.
We believe this outcome is in the best interests of Shiloh and our stakeholders, and we look forward to building on our unique strengths as part of MiddleGround, said Cloyd J. Abruzzo, interim chief executive officer of Shiloh. MiddleGround has expressed a strong interest in supporting Shiloh from the outset of our restructuring process and has a successful track record investing in companies that supply the automotive industry. We are confident that they will be a strong partner as we enter this new chapter for our company. Importantly, we expect the transaction to be completed quickly and the transition to be seamless for our customers, partners and dedicated employees.
John Stewart, Partner at MiddleGround commented, We look forward to working with Shilohs employees and management team to continue providing customers with highly competitive lightweighting products and technologies. We believe that MiddleGrounds experience and knowledge of the industry will enhance Shilohs portfolio of differentiated product solutions and accelerate its growth within the automotive sector.
On August 30, 2020, MiddleGround was named the stalking horse bidder in a court-supervised auction and sale process. Pursuant to the bid procedures approved by the Court, qualified bidders were required to submit competing bids before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, October 26, 2020. While Shiloh received other bids, none were higher or better than MiddleGrounds stalking horse bid. Accordingly, a hearing to seek required Court approval for the MiddleGround transaction is scheduled for November 10, 2020. The transaction is also subject to certain other closing conditions. Shiloh anticipates the closing of the sale will occur no later than December 15, 2020.
Additional information is available on Shilohs restructuring website at www.shilohrestructuring.com, or by calling Shilohs Restructuring Hotline at (877) 462-4380 (toll-free in the U.S. and Canada) or (347) 817-4091 (for calls originating outside the U.S. and Canada). Court documents and additional information about the court-supervised process are available on a separate website administered by Shilohs claims agent, Prime Clerk, at https://cases.primeclerk.com/shiloh.
Jones Day is serving as legal counsel to Shiloh, Houlihan Lokey Capital Inc. is serving as financial advisor, and Ernst & Young LLP is serving as restructuring advisor. Baker McKenzie LLP is serving as legal counsel to MiddleGround.
About Shiloh Industries, Inc.
Shiloh Industries, Inc. (OTCMKTS: SHLOQ) is a global innovative solutions provider focusing on lightweighting technologies that provide environmental and safety benefits to the mobility market. Shiloh designs and manufactures products within body structure, chassis and propulsion systems. Shilohs multicomponent, multi-material solutions are comprised of a variety of alloys in aluminum, magnesium and steel grades, along with its proprietary line of noise and vibration reducing ShilohCore acoustic laminate products. The strategic BlankLight, CastLight and StampLight brands combine to maximize lightweighting solutions without compromising safety or performance. Shiloh has approximately 3,450 dedicated employees with operations, sales and technical centers throughout Asia, Europe and North America.
About MiddleGround Capital
MiddleGround Capital is a private equity firm that makes control equity investments in lower middle market North American companies in the B2B industrial and specialty distribution sectors. MiddleGround works with its portfolio companies to create value through a hands-on operational approach and partners with its management teams to support long-term growth strategies. MiddleGround is currently investing out of its first fund and headquartered in Lexington, KY with a second office in New York City. For further information, please visit: www.middlegroundcapital.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements are made on the basis of managements assumptions and expectations. As a result, there can be no guarantee or assurance that these assumptions and expectations will in fact occur. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to materially differ from those contained in the statements due to a variety of factors, including (1) the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, any preventive or protective actions taken by governmental authorities, the effectiveness of actions taken globally to contain or mitigate its effects, and any unfavorable effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on either the Companys manufacturing operations, or those of its customers or suppliers; (2) reduction in demand for the Companys solutions, including any reduction in demand as a result of a COVID-19 triggered economic recession, including any determination that the value of its assets is impaired or that it does not have the ability to continue as a going concern; (3) the Companys ability to accomplish its strategic objectives; (4) the Companys ability to obtain future sales; (5) changes in worldwide economic and political conditions, including adverse effects from terrorism or related hostilities; (6) costs related to legal and administrative matters; (7) the Companys ability to realize cost savings expected to offset price concessions; (8) the Companys ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, including businesses located outside of the United States; (9) risks associated with doing business internationally, including economic, political and social instability, foreign currency exposure and the lack of acceptance of the Companys products; (10) inefficiencies related to production and product launches that are greater than anticipated; (11) changes in technology and technological risks; (12) work stoppages and strikes at the Companys facilities and that of its customers or suppliers; (13) the Companys dependence on the automotive and heavy truck industries, which are highly cyclical; (14) the dependence of the automotive industry on consumer spending, which is subject to the impact of domestic and international economic conditions affecting car and light truck production; (15) regulations and policies regarding international trade; (16) financial and business downturns of the Companys customers or vendors, including any production cutbacks or bankruptcies; (17) increases in the price of, or limitations on the availability of aluminum, magnesium or steel, the Companys primary raw materials, or decreases in the price of scrap steel; (18) the successful launch and consumer acceptance of new vehicles for which the Company supplies parts; (19) the impact on financial statements of any known or unknown accounting errors or irregularities, and the magnitude of any adjustments in restated financial statements of the Companys operating results; (20) the Companys ability to obtain Bankruptcy Court approval with respect to motions in the Chapter 11 Cases; (21) the effects of the Chapter 11 Cases on the Company and on the interests of various constituents; (22) potential delays in the Chapter 11 process due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; (23) objections to the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement, DIP Credit Agreement or other pleadings filed that could protract the Chapter 11 Cases; (24) the Bankruptcy Courts rulings in the Chapter 11 Cases, including the approvals of the terms and conditions of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement and the DIP Credit Agreement (25); the outcome of the Chapter 11 Cases in general; (26) the length of time the Company will operate under the Chapter 11 Cases; (27) risks associated with third-party motions in the Chapter 11 Cases; (28) the potential adverse effects of the Chapter 11 Cases on the Companys liquidity or results of operations and increased legal and other professional costs related to the Chapter 11 Case; (29) the ability of the Company to meet the closing conditions and successfully consummate the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement; (30) employee attrition and the Companys ability to retain senior management and other key personnel due to the distractions and uncertainties; (31) the trading price and volatility of the Companys common stock; (32) increases in pension plan funding requirements; (33) the Companys ability to derive a substantial portion of its sales from large customers; (34) a successful transition of the CEO position and the Companys ability to successfully identify a qualified and effective full-time CEO; and (35) other factors besides those listed here could also materially affect the Companys business. See (a) Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019 and (b) Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Companys Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended January 31, 2020, April 30, 2020 and July 31, 2020 for a more complete discussion of these risks and uncertainties. Any or all of these risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect managements analysis only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date of this press release. In addition to the disclosures contained herein, readers should carefully review risks and uncertainties contained in other documents the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For inquiries, please contact our Investor Relations department at 1-646-378-2986 or at [email protected].
For inquiries, please contact Hilary Brazin at 1-734-738-1362 or at [email protected]
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Architectural Rendering Software Market Demand to Increase in Emerging Markets During 2020-2024 | Technavio
The global architectural rendering software market size is poised to grow by USD 787.72 million during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of almost 24% throughout the forecast period, according to the latest report by Technavio. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. The report also provides the market impact and new opportunities created due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Download a Free Sample of REPORT with COVID-19 Crisis and Recovery Analysis.
The market is witnessing an increase in the demand for architectural rendering software from emerging markets such as India, China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. This can be attributed to the growing focus on the construction of innovative building structures, which has created the need for highly realistic 3D architectural rendering software. In addition, the growth in the urban population in these countries has attracted significant investments in residential and commercial building projects. This has further fueled the growth of the global architectural rendering software market.
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- The major architectural rendering software market growth came from the non-residential end-user segment in 2019. This is due to the expansion of the construction sector, especially in the non-residential sector in developing countries.
- North America was the largest market for architectural rendering software in 2019, and the region will offer several growth opportunities to market vendors during the forecast period. This is attributed to the increase in the number of repair and construction activities of old buildings and infrastructure in the US and Canada. In addition factors such as rising investments in smart city projects, expanding retail sector, and the increasing disposable incomes of households are contributing to the growth of the architectural rendering software market in North America.
- The global architectural rendering software market is fragmented. Act-3D BV, Autodesk Inc., Chaos Software Ltd., Daz Productions Inc., Enscape GmbH, Luxion Inc., Nemetschek SE, NEXT LIMIT SL, OTOY Inc., and Roper Technologies Inc. are some of the major market participants. To help clients improve their market position, this architectural rendering software market forecast report provides a detailed analysis of the market leaders.
- As the business impact of COVID-19 spreads, the global architectural rendering software market 2020-2024 is expected to have a positive impact. As the pandemic spreads in some regions and plateaus in other regions, we continue to revaluate the impact on businesses and update our report forecasts.
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Rising need to improve the quality of construction will be a Key Market Trend
The growing competition in the construction industry has led many architecture and design firms to adopt various strategies to stay competitive in the market. Besides, evolving demands from buyers is compelling architecture firms to come up with innovative and unique ideas, renderings, and models. In addition, the need to eliminate the chances of defects during the design phase has necessitated the use of efficient architectural rendering software. Architectural rendering software allows engineers and architects to assess the quality of building elements during the design phase and take preventive actions, thus reducing the number of repair works during the construction phase. Therefore, the rising need to improve the quality of construction is expected to have a positive impact on the growth of the global architectural rendering software market during the forecast period.
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Architectural Rendering Software Market 2020-2024: Key Highlights
- CAGR of the market during the forecast period 2020-2024
- Detailed information on factors that will assist architectural rendering software market growth during the next five years
- Estimation of the architectural rendering software market size and its contribution to the parent market
- Predictions on upcoming trends and changes in consumer behavior
- The growth of the architectural rendering software market
- Analysis of the markets competitive landscape and detailed information on vendors
- Comprehensive details of factors that will challenge the growth of architectural rendering software market vendors
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Executive Summary
Market Landscape
- Market ecosystem
- Value chain analysis
Market Sizing
- Market definition
- Market segment analysis
- Market size 2019
- Market outlook: Forecast for 2019 – 2024
Five Forces Analysis
- Bargaining power of buyers
- Bargaining power of suppliers
- Threat of new entrants
- Threat of substitutes
- Threat of rivalry
- Market condition
Market Segmentation by End-user
- Market segments
- Comparison by End-user
- Non-residential – Market size and forecast 2019-2024
- Residential – Market size and forecast 2019-2024
- Others – Market size and forecast 2019-2024
- Market opportunity by End-user
Customer landscape
- Customer landscape
Geographic Landscape
- Geographic segmentation
- Geographic comparison
- North America – Market size and forecast 2019-2024
- Europe – Market size and forecast 2019-2024
- APAC – Market size and forecast 2019-2024
- MEA – Market size and forecast 2019-2024
- South America – Market size and forecast 2019-2024
- Key leading countries
- Market opportunity by geography
- Market drivers " Demand led growth
- Market challenges
- Market trends
Vendor Landscape
- Vendor landscape
- Landscape disruption
- Competitive landscape
Vendor Analysis
- Vendors covered
- Market positioning of vendors
- Act-3D BV
- Autodesk Inc.
- Chaos Software Ltd.
- Daz Productions Inc.
- Enscape GmbH
- Luxion Inc.
- Nemetschek SE
- OTOY Inc.
- Roper Technologies Inc.
- Scope of the report
- Currency conversion rates for US$
- Research methodology
- List of abbreviations
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The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Although the Companys efforts to identify a prospective business combination opportunity will not be limited to a particular industry, it intends to focus on global companies in telecom, media and technology, healthcare, fintech and consumer sectors with compelling Asian growth potential.
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Poetic Justice: A Performance at the New-York Historical Society
Celebrating its exhibition ART AS ACTIVISM,
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#P o e t i c J u s t i c e: A P e r f o r m a n c e
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Friday, August 21, 2015, 7 PM
The Robert H. Smith Auditorium
The New-York Historical Society
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