#Shalin Designs

[shalin-designs]

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[alanmichaelibrahim]

Hey, this is Shalin Patel. I am the owner of 100 Million Design and Build. This is a big shout out to the team at STYLARC. They have helped me tremendously. We are a luxury real estate company in which we develop homes anywhere from eight to 20 plus million dollars. They were incredible to work with. Not only do they do amazing renderings, but they help you with the design process, landscape design, interior design. Their team of experts really know how to knock it out of the park from creating a vision of what's in your head, to reality and really sells the home unlike any other project. The speed, the customer service is incredible. I really enjoyed working with their team because they really understood everything that we wanted to accomplish and make it a wow factor. Our social media handle, we have seen over 50 plus million views from the content that we've created. And I'm so excited to share the stuff that they've built out. And more importantly, it's something that every client should be thinking about if you're building out a home. look up STYLARC, make sure you use their services and I guarantee you're going to be happy with the result. Thank you guys.

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[shalindesigns]

In fact, one of the worst reasons to hire a CAD drafter in USA because he or she has a technical skill or because they know a peculiar device like SolidWorks, for instance. That would be like me hiring a writer because she knew how to use MS Word or a housekeeper because he uses a particular vacuum. The job is more than using a definite tool. 

[lonelypond]

Casual Lunacy, Ch. 55

Love Live, NicoMaki, 3.1K, 55/55

Summary: Will everyone be in place when the curtain rises?

The Curtain Rises

Nico had her closet open and Maki was lying on her bed, barely covered by a sheet, hanging off the side, enjoying an upside down view of Nico in her slip. Nico was vibrating with excitement, humming, happy, a quick fresh shower having invigorated her.

"Wear something warm." Maki suggested, her arms stretched out, waving fingers at a smirking Nico.

"Nico didn't realize you knew that was a thing, pretty girl."

Maki rolled up, distracting Nico only for the briefest of moments before she turned back to the vitally important issue of which little black dress to receive compliments and awed praise while wearing. Then something soft whumped into her face, and she felt the pillow fall at her feet. Nico snorted, "Don't you have a date to dress for?"

"I'm fast." Maki flipped so she was on her stomach, any sheet or clothing covering option totally ignored. Nico pulled out her bathrobe and tossed it in Maki's direction, "If you're going to drool over…

"I'm not…"

Nico rolled her eyes and continued, "If you're going to drool over Nico in lingerie, at least cover those curves. Nico has a busy night." Nico swivelled, pounced at the bed, crouched, arms on either side of Maki, nose to nose with the suddenly flustered, blinking madly, not up to Nico's level of game redhead, "Plus, Nico recently paid very close attention to you."

Maki continued to be fascinated by the way the thrill and presence of Nico lanced through every other sensation she could get off Nico, a core of mutual want they kept layering and texturing more levels of…

Nico bumped Maki's nose, to get the werewolf to refocus on the conversation and not just drift aimlessly through whatever olfactory clues she was picking up from Nico. Maki whined slightly, then her eyes locked onto Nico's slightly scolding glance, recent sexiness still smoldering like the chips of neon green, banked down to be revived later. Nico shook her head, now she was getting distracted.

Maki grinned, full fanged, and then kissed Nico with an overly dramatic noisy smack, "Wear anything. People will be so impressed by Mina they won't even notice."

Nico dropped her fuzzy bathrobe over Maki as she sat herself on the bed, next to her never clothed in the bedroom girlfriend. Nico nearly crossed her arms with a side of discouraging scowl, but Maki was gazing up at her with such open, adorable goofiness that she decided to side step the opening for teasing and untangle a few tousled clumps of silky mane, "Nico's so excited. This show is going to be amazing. You did so well, pretty girl, helping Kashima almost sing."

Maki snort laughed. Kashima was managing to not cause the entire orchestra to wince in pain, but it was a very near thing. Fortunately, all the audience would be hearing in their heads was Nico's final solo, a soaring triumph of hope cresting over loss.

"They'll only remember you." Maki body hopped into Nico.

"That's the plan." Nico let her hand linger across the length of Maki's back one more time before practical, professional Nico took over. Maybe Maki was right and warm was a good idea. That would help narrow down the dress choice and Nico suddenly knew what she wanted her post curtain TWIG feed to feature. A ribbed dark charcoal dress with a cowl neck that fell nicely forward. Warm, stylish, mature, eye catching and she had a sexy set of black tiger stripe tights that Maki would probably find irresistibly eye catching. Nico grabbed it off the rod, but then paused, with the dress in front of her, eyeballing Maki suspiciously.

"What?" Maki sat up, Nico's robe wrapped around her as best she could, which meant barely hanging on a shoulder and completely open in the front.

Nico shook her head, "Never mind."

"What? Tell me?" Maki bounded up, nearly leaving the robe behind her, to loom over Nico.

"Nico just wondered if you ever use your eyes instead of your nose."

Maki whiffled her face through Nico's hair, completely rendering Nico's post shower coiffure tending irrelevant, "You...you" embarrassed werewolf now had her chin driving into Nico's shoulder "every way, every sense."

"Good." Nico dislodged the clingy girlfriend and pulled the form fitting dress over her head, "Time for you to go, pretty girl. We both have a busy night."

"Yeah." Maki grumbled, head hanging a bit low.

"Hey," Nico put her hands on Maki's forearm, "This is very exciting for me. You're the one person Nico really wants to be there tonight." Nico didn't know how to explain that, the feeling that Maki, the woman she loved, the woman she'd opened up to, the woman who made her feel like she could achieve anything, would be there, eyes locked on the stage, paying attention to every nuance. It took Nico's normal opening night champagne levels of fizz and boosted it to a nearly illegal high. And watching the neon glow steadily pulse in Maki's eyes as Nico's lips brushed against hers, Nico knew Maki understood.

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Not hushed, backstage is never hushed until the audience is allowed in, but efficient quiet chatter reigned as stagehands checked set and prop placement, light and sound cues were doublechecked, and actors began to arrive. A giggle here and there, but surrounding the stage, there was a bubble of intensity that left the hubbub of happy, nervous extroverts in the green room. Ninety minutes until audience arrival and everyone was a little early. Forty five minutes to fight call. Ten minutes to dance warmups. Eli found herself pacing, the half lit contours of the stage suddenly strange. She was in her warmup gear, white leotard, powder blue tights. A bright spot in the middle of Transylvanian winter...Nozomi paused at the lightboard, ignoring Shalin for a minute, to watch as Eli paced back and forth, head down, hands wringing out something in front of her, ponytail bobbing back and forth with the slight movements of her head.

"I'm still a little worried about the manuals. Erena was tweaking the timing until last night." Shalin muttered.

Shalin waited, not certain of what the designer or director had left things with so many last minute changes. Now that Erena had resigned from the show and from what anyone could tell left school, along with Anju and Tsubasa, Nozomi was the go to for lighting questions. Which was fine, Nozomi had always had a strong vision and Erena's absence just let her tweak things to be more in tune with her aesthetic. Asuka hadn't mentioned anything yet. But in costumes, Kotori was in a fluttery panic, Umi and Honoka had offered to help, but Umi refused to set foot in dressing rooms and Honoka was too easily distracted. Free after the cues were all finalized and the show began its run, Nozomi had volunteered to take Tsubasa's place on the set crew, but maybe she should switch with Umi...give her a night to get familiar with the show, let her take over tomorrow, and then Nozomi could help Kotori. But first, Shalin's question.

"Let's run the storm…" Nozomi started, then caught sight of Eli again. "Oh wait, please, Shalin. Just pull up the cue. I need to take care of something before we actually try out the timing."

Shalin nodded, her fingers typing instructions while Nozomi headed to the stage.

"Eli-chi?" Nozomi called softly as she approached the front of the stage and Eli's head snapped up, a small smile at the sight of her fiancée.

"Hi, Nozomi! When did you get here?"

Nozomi shrugged, "We need to run a cue before your warm ups so you might want to head backstage."

Eli looked puzzled.

"It's the storm."

Eli paled.

Nozomi smiled encouragingly. "Do me a favor and tell Kotori I can help her after I settle Shalin a bit. And if you see Umi tell her I want to talk to her."

"Why?" Eli didn't know Umi well but she could picture the dubious look at that request.

"I want Umi to learn Tsubasa's job but she's going to have to assist me for a night."

Eli shook her head, blue eyes amused, "Good luck convincing her it's not some kind of trap."

"I have only the best interests of the show at heart." Nozomi put her most sincere attitude, hand dramatically clasped to heart, "Umi will sense my intent."

Eli, hand on hips, leaned forward as she chuckled, "I'll run your messages, Nozomi."

Nozomi winked, "There's a tip in it."

Eli waved, "You might not have anything left after you get my bill."

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Kashima. Kotori closed her eyes and focused on the aesthetics as Dracula loomed, reflection very apparent in the mirror. Kashima was fussing with her cuffs now, her collar being left for another time, probably when Kotori had five repairs to make.

"The cufflinks weigh down my arms."

Kotori stepped closer as Kashima swooped her arms up, so close to Kotori's nose she squeaked, startled. But with a quick inhale, Kotori the charmer was back.

"The look is so dashing." Kotori's hands adjusted the shirt over Kashima's shoulders, smiling up at the actress.

"True." Kashima contemplated the effect in the mirror, baring her fangs, swooshing her hands in front of her, above Kotori, as if hypnotizing herself, "But what if we went without them?" Kashima reached for her left wrist but Kotori was faster, hand wrapped around the cuff so hard she could feel the cufflinks cutting into her palm. Kotori yanked Kashima's arm down.

"There are no changes." Kotori's voice was soft, but Honoka, sitting in a corner playing a game on her phone, glanced up, putting the phone away. "This is the look I decided works for Dracula."

"But, Kotor…"

"There are no changes." Kotori repeated, voice a little louder, words a little faster.

"Hey, Kashima, where's your jacket? Do you need me to go get it for you?" Honoka leaned over the chair behind Kashima, her reflection smiling from the mirror. "Or maybe you could show me where you hang your clothes so I can have them ready for your change?"

"That's a great idea, Honoka." Eli agreed as she stepped into the room, "Oh Kotori, Nozomi wanted me to tell you she can help when she finishes checking the storm timing."

"Oh that's sweet." Kotori's face relaxed, "She can help me with repairs. Everything's tearing."

"It's the extra weight." Kashima intoned, holding her arm out and letting her wrist drop toward the floor while glaring accusingly at her French cuffs.

Kotori's eyes narrowed. Honoka took that as a cue to shove Kashima into the hallway, "We'll be back Kotori. I'm gonna find Umi."

"Okay, Honoka." Kotori sighed.

Eli turned to watch Honoka's progress with removing Kashima from the room before something crashed into her pompaded coif. "It's almost too bad Chantal didn't let Nico hit Kashima with a real sword."

"Yeah." Kotori nodded, stabbing a pin into a lapel.

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Opening Night. Closing the backstage door behind her, the rush hit Nico, her excitement surging even higher. Chantal was hurrying down the hall, black turtleneck and skirt, clipboard under her arm, but she paused to greet Nico.

"You're early. I thought I owed you a nap."

Nico twirled, "Nico is a professional. And I need to try the quick change again, after Kotori made adjustments."

Chantal flashed the Vulcan blessing, "Just be ready and on time for vocal warm ups. Conductor's flipping out a bit. I think she's been having Kashima nightmares."

"Nico will keep Kashima on key." Nico chuckled, "by pure willpower if necessary."

"You know, I think you could. Break a leg, Nico, just not Kashima's."

"Thanks, Chantal. Make sure you don't miss any of Nico's light cues."

Chantal shook her head, "You're laser focused, aren't you. We're not all just here for you, you know."

Nico's half shrug was a study in modest disbelief, "Tell yourself whatever you want, but Nico's what they're going to remember."

Chantal continued on her backstage ramble with an amused nod, not wanting to fuel Nico's ego any further by telling the junior how right she was about what was looking like the breakout performance of the decade. After last night, chatter about Nico's performance was outpacing chatter about Kashima's curtain call prank, although Chantal was sure several TWIG posts about it had been mysteriously deleted, based on comments made by a few members of the cast.

################### Maki knew she shouldn't have left it this long. And yet here she was, in a small clothing boutique, behind schedule, with nothing to wear that would impress Nico. And she needed to run home before going to the theatre. PROBABLY. There was a florist nearby. And she'd already stopped by the jeweler to pick up the earrings she'd ordered for Nico.

A saleswoman, about Nico's height, came up to her, "Hi. Can I help you?"

Maki sighed. Time to get some assistance. "I need an outfit…"

"For?"

"Opening night." Maki stood a little taller, "My GIRLFRIEND'S got two solos." How long ago had it been that Nico had excitedly been explaining the concept of 'thrall' to Maki, unaware that Maki was the 'Princess' she'd christened the night before? A different lifetime almost, Maki thought, compared to her current easy habit of rolling off Nico's bed in human form and hitting the floor with four paws, while Nico giggled, reaching to grab her for a hug.

"Well," brown eyes took in Maki's current outfit of hoodie and shorts, "You're obviously not bothered by the cold and we just got an eye catching asymmetrical pleather skirt in."

Nico liked Maki in shorts so a skirt would probably be the right choice for grabbing her attention.

"And there's this to go with it, it's a different kind of sweatshirt." Stepping to a display, the saleswoman offered Maki a shoulderless heather gray top with overlong sleeves that laced loosely up to the elbow. "But it's a sexy way to keep the sporty in your outfit."

Maki nodded, eyes gleaming a little, nose picking up interest from the woman helping her, whether in her or the sale, Maki wasn't sure.

"Why don't you try it on? See if you like how it feels?" Maki took the offered hanger as the saleswoman continued, "I'll grab the skirt and bring it back to the dressing room. What are you, a 10?"

"Huh?" Maki frowned, didn't she just mention she had a GIRLFRIEND.

"Your size."

"Oh," Maki relaxed, her hackles flattening, "Medium."

"Okay, I'll bring you an 8 and a 10 to try."

"Thanks!"

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The dressing room was starting to fill, actors in various stages of prepared for the first act. Nico was checking her night gown. Kotori was supposed to repair it yesterday, the hem had come undone and was getting ragged.

"Nico!"

Nico whirled, to see Eli striding toward her, "I've got vocal warm ups in a minute, Eli."

"I know. We just finished ours. Have you seen Umi?"

"No. Dressing room's probably the last place to look." Nico rehung her nightgown, happy with the repair, "Why do you need her?"

"Nozomi wants..."

"No." Nico crossed her arms in a 'do not pass' gesture.

Eli sighed, "It's to help Kotori. Nozomi wants Umi to take over set duties…"

"So Nozo can help with costumes...not a bad idea." Nico acknowledged, stepping out of her dress.

"Just tell Umi that."

"Nope. Nico is a busy woman." Nico was happy Kotori hadn't insisted on corsets. Breathing freely was so important to performance. "Your bedroom buddy is on her own there."

"Fiancée." Eli corrected, flashing the crystal and silver ring at Nico with a fox eats Nico sized canary grin Nozomi would have been proud of.

Nico ignored Eli, who headed for the stage, planning to grab Umi if she passed her.

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Dr. Nishikino was handing his wife her coat when their only child came tearing through the door. He veronica-ed the coat like a bullfighter as Maki charged past him, carrying shopping bags.

"Maki, you're late." Dr. Nishikino the chider stated as she retrieved into her coat, rolling her eyes at her husband.

"Five minutes." The racing werewolf panted at her mother.

Dr. Nishikino's voice went high, as did her judgier eyebrow, "I thought Nico's list said '30 minutes before curtain.'"

"Be nice." Maki's father pulled his wife in for a quick embrace.

He felt the shrug. "Punctuality is an attractive trait."

"So I've heard." Dr. Nishikino glanced at the watch his wife had given him many years ago after he was nervous and late to their first anniversary date. "Maki, your mother and I will wait for you."

"Thanks, Papa" was shouted from the upstairs.

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In the wings. One step away, one moment...poised, Nico could hear the audience breathing, shifting, rustling, their talk fading as the lights did. The orchestra began the overture. As the opening notes for each song played, blending together, the scenes flashed through Nico's mind, Nico aware of every word, every angle, every connection that she could use to leverage the audience members forward, under Nico's thrall for a night, tilting toward the stage, each one caught in Mina's struggle, to be freed by the triumph of actor and art. The lights darkened, the music stilled, and there was Mina, striding forward, ALIVE for this night, this audience, sharp, smart, loving, brave, vital. Ready to cheer friend and face foe, as yet unaware of the storm approaching. Nico let that joy, that optimism fill her as Lucy stepped out from stage right, letter in hand, Mina joining the scene from stage left, Nico's voice rising, amused, self deprecating, then twisting around the roots of worry over Jonathan. What shadow would Transylvania cast on their future?

"My dearest Lucy,

Forgive my long delay in writing, but I have been simply overwhelmed with work. The life of an assistant schoolmistress is sometimes trying. I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air..."

The lines from Lucy's reply had haunted Nico for a week or two as she tried to make sense of Mina, to find Mina's strengths in herself, to find the place where fear could never break either of them.

"Do you ever try to read your own face?"

There were no secrets left in Nico's mirror. All the discoveries possible were here, on the stage, in front of an audience anticipating wonders. And there, breathing in possibility, speaking out magic, Nico ventured, to dare much for Mina's sake.

A/N: Hello, my name is...well, surely you know by now, and I am addicted to the casualness of Casual Lunacy, which surely also you know ; )

An after party is planned, although a Christmas treat or two may delay its arrival.

I could write a book's worth of poems about how grateful I am for your patience, support, questions, answers, puns, comments, et alia. Casual Lunacy has kept me on track through 18 of my more difficult months and I am thankful for your company.

Drop me a Christmas song in the comments, it's making a playlist time ; )

[cryptosnewss]

Coinbase DeFi Design to Be Curated by Former Facebook Employee Shalin Pei

Coinbase DeFi Design to Be Curated by Former Facebook Employee Shalin Pei

Vladislav Sopov Facebook Product Design Manager Shalin Pei Joins DeFi Branch of Leading US-Based Crypto Exchange Coinbase Contents Shalin Pei joins the Coinbase DeFi team Coinbase increases its bet on DeFi step by step Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), a flagship US cryptocurrency ecosystem, once again reaffirms its goal of expanding into the hot DeFi segment. Shalin Pei joins the Coinbase DeFi…

[alewisarts102-01-blog]

Today I had the opportunity to watch a zoom call of artist, Noah Shalin that was offered by UofSC School of Visual Arts and Design. He waned to share how he loved to be creative as a kid and how being a grown up but still using a kid’s mentality to be creative. His interview was very interactive, and he showed us several artworks that he created as a kid. I was impressed with how much art his parents saved of his as a kid.

Today he is a very inspirational artist, and he has worked on several projects that help catapult his career as a artist. His work,” Skull a Day”, was 365 days of creating skulls and took photos of each one of them and used this in a video. This was a huge success, and this helped him use in inner child to be creative and push the envelope on his mediums and his creative side.

He used what was called, Anamorphic perspective, and that is to look at items in a different way to give the viewer a different feel of what they are looking at. He also worked with Old Navy during the pandemic to make artwork out of clothing. He wanted to use everyday materials to create art and that he uses his childhood experiences to he showed us his sticker book. Parodies, he used stickers to make art. He makes art, to make a difference but a path a journey the process to embrace his concepts.

In short. this presentation is that never loose your childhood creativity. Embrace your journey and never give up.

( I totally forgot to screenshot the actual presentation, because I forgot after it started, The screenshots you see is of the Viemo page and the beginning while waiting for the event to start?

[shalin-designs]

Benefits of Using Landscape Furniture CAD Design Services

Landscape furniture CAD design services are a valuable asset for growing businesses & sole entrepreneurs who want to add beauty & functionality to their outdoor spaces. With CAD design software, one can create detailed drawings of landscape furniture with the assurance of the right size & style for the space.

You can easily create photorealistic renderings of the furniture with the help of landscape furniture CAD design. Photorealistic renderings can help you give your clients a better understanding of how the furniture piece is going to look in a certain corner or set-up.

Along with the utility, there are certain benefits of using CAD design for furniture.

Benefits of CAD Design for Furniture

The benefits of landscape furniture CAD design services are as follows.

Improved Accuracy & Precision

With CAD design software, you can easily create highly accurate & optimal designs of landscape furniture. Due to improved accuracy & precision, you will be sure of the right size & style of furniture in a certain space.

Reduced Costs

When you use CAD design, it can reduce the costs associated with your landscape furniture design & fabrication. One of the underrated benefits of using CAD design for furniture is that it can identify & correct potential problems with the help of its alteration options. This ensures perfection in a visual format before the furniture item is built.

Enhanced Collaboration

Get enhanced collaboration between landscape architects, designers & fabricators with the help of CAD design. CAD software lets you share, review & define the outcome with your peers & stakeholders. This means smoother communication & coordination.

Greater Flexibility

With CAD design, you can create a wide array of landscape furniture designs. CAD lets you experiment with various sizes, shapes, formats, styles and modes without any additional lags & costs. You can use it seamlessly and use the benefits of CAD design for furniture without a burden.

Improved Decision-making

If you have CAD software at your facility, you can help your clients make better decisions about their landscape furniture. With the help of photorealistic renderings of the furniture, your clients can easily visualise how the furniture is going to look in their space and if they need any iterations or not.

Overall, this section also serves as the benefits of landscape furniture design services because of a common factor i.e. CAD.

The benefits listed above are the best ones to consider while going for landscape furniture design services. However, there is also one hidden benefit which we need to give importance to.

Landscape furniture CAD design services help in creating a more personalised outdoor space. Customisation is one of the key updates in the software recently which lets you add your style to your furniture item. CAD can create custom furniture designs that fit a specific personality, budget, needs and overall, desire of the client.

Different Kinds of Landscape Furniture Design Services

There are two different types of landscape furniture design services which can help you make the perfect CAD design for your furniture item. 

Type 1: Basic

The basic type includes creating simple 2D drawings of your furniture. For any conventional piece of furniture, the basic pillars & curves can all be created in the basic type of landscape furniture design services.

Type 2: Advanced

Advanced type lets you create detailed 3D models along with photorealistic renderings of the furniture. With this type, you can easily know how your furniture looks from different angles & how well it can be accommodated in a given space. Further, you can also know if you want to reduce or increase the size of it along with changing colour or its shades if needed.

The Cost of CAD for Landscape Furniture Design Services

When you want to choose CAD for landscape furniture design services, search for a company that is experienced in creating design landscape furniture. In addition to this, the company should also have a portfolio of work that you can see, assess, review & then make an informed decision. 

It is also important to ensure that the company you choose uses updated CAD software so that any opportunity that can prove crucial for your business doesn’t pass on to your competitors. At least, the company should have adequate versions of the CAD software along with the required skills to complete tasks with ease.

Conclusion

Landscape furniture CAD design services are important for those businesses that know how to survive in a competitive market. For businesses that seek growth, the benefits of CAD design for furniture prove to be a boon. They can easily know how & when to use the software for their optimum advantage. 

CAD software provides other services too, such as CAD design services for outdoor furniture. Shalin Designs uses this software as the core of their business. By using this software, you can easily assess, differentiate & use the advantages of CAD in landscape design, CAD design benefits for outdoor spaces and use outdoor furniture CAD design services.

Have a furniture design in mind? Message us to discuss the potential outcomes!

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Check This Out: Former Library Converted Into a Four-Bedroom Home

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Industrial baron Andrew Carnegie was also a prince of philanthropy. After amassing a fortune in the steel industry in the 19th century, he gave most of it to charity. Carnegie’s beneficence built approximately 2,500 libraries—not only in the U.S. but also abroad.

Now you have a rare chance to live in one of the libraries Carnegie helped build. In Rockport, MA, there’s a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath former library that’s available for $2.95 million—it’s been on the market for a few months.

Built in 1904, this 4,000-square-foot property was constructed smack dab in the middle of Carnegie’s library building boom, which lasted from 1883 to 1929.

“There’s only a few left, so it’s historically important in that respect,” says listing agent Syndi Zaiger of Nest Real Estate.

The current owners were the first to reside in the home after its conversion into a residence; they are now moving to Florida. They made numerous improvements, including a new patio, underground parking, chef-grade appliances in the kitchen, a laundry (or mudroom), as well as a luxe master bath with marble floors, a sunken tub, and a double vanity.

“It was a total renovation,” says Zaiger. “They gutted it.”

Other design features include a rotunda, original floor tile, and a fireplace in the living room. The bonus room could be used as an additional bedroom, an art studio, or even a library—which has a sense of intrinsic logic.

Rotunda

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Kitchen

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A bedroom

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Master bath

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Laundry room

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Zaiger is marketing the library-turned-home as “a condo alternative” due to the low-maintenance factor.

“There’s some landscaping but not a huge yard,” she says. “This thing has gorgeous systems, too. There’s two zones for central air, and there’s radiant heating.”

Sturdiness is another factor: The exterior, made of locally quarried granite, is still in immaculate condition 115 years after its construction.

The location may also be enticing to a buyer: The Atlantic Ocean is mere steps away, and across the street from the converted library is a public beach. Boston is 45 minutes away by car, or 75 minutes by train.

“Rockport’s really known for the arts. It’s right in the village across from the Rockport Music-Shalin Liu Performance Center, which has really great concerts,” says Zaiger. “There’s art galleries everywhere and vibrant shops.”

Zaiger thinks a buyer in search of a second home will put in an offer: “You can get a waterfront property at a similar price, but you’re not getting the uniqueness of the property,” she says.

The post Check This Out: Former Library Converted Into a Four-Bedroom Home appeared first on Real Estate News & Insights | realtor.com®.

from https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-homes/former-library-converted-to-home/

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scPipe: A flexible R/Bioconductor preprocessing pipeline for single-cell #RNA-sequencing data

by Luyi Tian, Shian Su, Xueyi Dong, Daniela Amann-Zalcenstein, Christine Biben, Azadeh Seidi, Douglas J. Hilton, Shalin H. Naik, Matthew E. Ritchie Single-cell #RNA sequencing (sc#RNA-seq) technology allows researchers to profile the transcriptomes of thousands of cells simultaneously. Protocols that incorporate both designed and random barcodes have greatly increased the throughput of sc#RNA-seq, but give rise to a more complex data structure. There is a need for new tools that can handle the various barcoding strategies used by different protocols and exploit this information for quality assessment at the sample-level and provide effective visualization of these results in preparation for higher-level analyses. To this end, we developed scPipe, an R/Bioconductor package that integrates barcode demultiplexing, read alignment, UMI-aware gene-level quantification and quality control of raw sequencing data generated by multiple protocols that include CEL-seq, MARS-seq, Chromium 10X, Drop-seq and Smart-seq. scPipe produces a count matrix that is essential for downstream analysis along with an HTML report that summarises data quality. These results can be used as input for downstream analyses including normalization, visualization and statistical testing. scPipe performs this processing in a few simple R commands, promoting reproducible analysis of single-cell data that is compatible with the emerging suite of open-source sc#RNA-seq analysis tools available in R/Bioconductor and beyond. The scPipe R package is available for download from https://www.bioconductor.org/packages/scPipe. http://bit.ly/2MBeTpG #PLoS

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Which Company Offers Effective CAD Design Services?

Have you been searching for professional CAD companies? List of Top CAD Companies Top 3D CAD Modeling Software Companies and Archdraw Outsourcing. Best in Drawings, Drafting & Rendering.

CAD is the most effective way to design your product.  Using CAD you can simulate, analyze, and create drawings, renderings, 2D drafts, and 3D prints. The time it takes to develop a new product depends on many factors. For a very simple product, the 3D CAD files can be created in only a few hours, with a turnaround time of only a day or two. For complex products, the time to create the CAD files and then produce and test the prototypes can vary from weeks to years.

CAD improves designer productivity, therefore product designers use it to create unique designs, product functions and layout, and also to view their detailed designs in 2D and 3D formats from various angles. This speeds up the manufacturing process. Great CAD software should have several features including editing tools, 2D and 3D template models, customizable tool palettes. This is in addition to an accessible user interface and excellent support network.

CAD drafting teams create 2D manufacturing drawings with high-precision for processes including trimming, milling, head rig, edging and other machining needs.

Based on your space planning, ambience, and architectural floor plans, our CAD draftsman creates custom woodwork shop drawings for contemporary and bespoke wooden furniture designs.

Here is the list of companies that offer the best cad design service.

1.Shalin Designs

Our main goal as a company is to be a globally-recognised leader in professional design services and producing high quality manufacturing components. We provide excellent service from start to finish and can ensure 100% satisfaction.

We are a tech evangelist company with a data-centrist engineering service lab using the latest CAD design software, networking, and cloud solutions. Our approach is collaborative designing.

Shalin Designs have enough expertise in various engineering disciplines. We follow the best engineering practices and standards of the industry. We have valid certified engineers in our teams to meet any level of technically intricate challenges.

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We deliver top quality CAD Design and Drafting services to our global clientele based out of the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Europe, Singapore, Norway, Ireland UAE region.

2.Dimensioncad

Dimension India is a world-class CAD services provider with a global clientele and over 15 years’ of experience with CAD outsourcing services. We have successfully completed more than 500 projects for our clientele spread across 30 countries across continents. Our customers benefit from the competitive advantages of lower offshore cost of production, fast scaling to tap new business opportunities, lower risk in expansion with minimal fixed costs, resulting in higher revenue and profits. We are proud to have several long term customer relationships.

The majority of our work comes through repeat clientele.

3.Apollo Technical

Apollo Technical set out to create a different kind of engineering and IT recruiting agency, one with a committed focus on building long-term client relationships by working hard and ethically while ensuring our IT and engineering candidates’ career needs are met.

As technical recruiters, we deliver high-impact talent and exceptional service to our clients. Our staffing agency’s mission is to work with employers to find the right talent to increase their productivity, overall efficiency and help them create more profitable businesses.

Our CAD recruiters have access to our proprietary database and will engage our CAD design and drafting talent network to deliver you results fast, working as a partner every step of the way.

4.SurfaceID Industrial Design Corp.

SurfaceID is an industrial design firm in Montreal, Quebec that delivers big results. Our wide range of industrial design and product development experience in a variety of industries enables us to translate your visions into reality. From concept sketch to advanced 3d engineering, whatever your needs we have you covered. Located in Montreal, Quebec we are conveniently situated for east coast companies.

5.Mechcorp Design

Mechcorp Design is a County Durham & North East based specialist CAD, and mechanical engineering design company.

We are mechanical engineering and product design experts, driven by our dedication to design solutions that you can trust.

Providing mechanical designs for an increasingly diverse range of sectors and clients, Mechcorp Design is built on the foundations of innovation, trust, and expertise. Our craft has been honed over many years of experience in the industry.

From 3D CAD design, product design, mechanical design, engineering design, and industrial design projects, we’re here to help with every stage of your design journey.

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CAGLI Primo appuntamento stagionale a Cagli con la grande tradizione della danza classica. Venerdì 1 novembre 2019 alle 17.00 saliranno sul palco i danzatori della compagnia Balletto di Mosca La Classique per far rivivere ancora una volta la magia del Lago dei Cigni con le musiche Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij. La prestigiosa compagnia di danza classica diretta da Elik Melikov torna ancora una volta a danzare presso i migliori teatri italiani.

Il Lago dei Cigni è senza dubbio uno degli immortali capolavori della storia del balletto del XIX secolo firmato Marius Petipa. Rappresentato nel 1877 per la prima volta al Teatro Bol’šoj di Mosca, nonostante le musiche di Caikovskij, nell’immediato non ebbe il successo che fu poi raggiunto nel 1894, anno in cui venne messo in scena al Teatro Marijinskij di San Pietroburgo.

Il Lago dei Cigni racconta l’incantevole storia d’amore fra il giovane principe Siegfried e Odette, una creatura ultraterrena trasformata in cigno dal perfido mago Rothbart per aver rifiutato il suo amore. A far rivivere l’emozione di questo classico dalle atmosfere ovattate il Balletto di Mosca “La Classique”, una delle più acclamate Compagnie di danza classica che da più di ventiquattro anni compie tournée in tutta Europa.

Su uno sfondo scenografico di grande impatto e con un uso della luce ricercato, gli eccellenti ballerini della compagnia si esibiscono rendendo con autenticità la crescita interiore del Principe e la dicotomia interna nel personaggio femminile Odette/Odile, cigno bianco e cigno nero, antitesi tra Bene e Male, tra amor sacro e amor profano, tra luce e tenebra.

Disegni di luci e scenografie suggestive immergeranno il pubblico in sala nella candida atmosfera del lago dei cigni più famoso del mondo.

 Teatro Comunale di Cagli – 1 novembre 2019 – Ore 17.00

Platea e palchi € 25,00 Ridotto scuole di danza e gruppi € 23,00

Loggione 20,00 euro – Ridotto scuole di danza e gruppi 18,00 euro

Prevendita online su www.liveticket.it/teatrodicagli anche con Carta del Docente e 18App

Prevendita biglietti a Cagli c/o Liveticket Point

– Antica Tabaccheria in Piazza Matteotti, 22 – Tel.0721.781881

Botteghino del Teatro: Tel. 0721 781341 – e mail: botteghino.teatrodicagli@gmail.com

www.teatrodicagli.it

Il Lago dei Cigni

Balletto in due atti su musiche di Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij

Coreografie Marius Petipa

Costume designer Elik Melikov – Ccenografie Evgeny Gurenko – Maître de ballet Evgenia Novikova e Andrey Shalin – Direttore artistico Elik Melikov

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Rolling Meadows, IL Indian Wedding by Shalin Photo

Good morning, ladies! Get ready to enjoy because we're taking you on a love journey through Khushbu & Ronak's wedding festivities. If the name of this lovely couple sounds familiar, that's because their wedding already featured in our Video Blog thanks to the fantastic film created by Neuvision Production. And we loved this celebration so much that we couldn't wait to share the fabulous shots by Shalin Photo with you. So, let's jump right into it. We're starting this journey by taking a look at a fun-loving photoshoot carried out right after a harmonious Mehndi ceremony. And we love every bit of it! From the traditional and vibrant attires, all the way to the natural setting, this photoshoot was beautiful. We particularly loved the artistic Mehndi design that Henna Moments created for Khushbu. It added an extra touch of traditional flair to an already fantastic look! And the best of it is that it will accompany our gorgeous Maharani throughout the entire wedding festivities! For more awesome shots of this outdoor photo session, head into our gallery. You're going to love it! http://dlvr.it/RFKg3X

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Check This Out: Former Library Converted Into a Four-Bedroom Home

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Industrial baron Andrew Carnegie was also a prince of philanthropy. After amassing a fortune in the steel industry in the 19th century, he gave most of it to charity. Carnegie’s beneficence built approximately 2,500 libraries—not only in the U.S. but also abroad.

Now you have a rare chance to live in one of the libraries Carnegie helped build. In Rockport, MA, there’s a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath former library that’s available for $2.95 million—it’s been on the market for a few months.

Built in 1904, this 4,000-square-foot property was constructed smack dab in the middle of Carnegie’s library building boom, which lasted from 1883 to 1929.

“There’s only a few left, so it’s historically important in that respect,” says listing agent Syndi Zaiger of Nest Real Estate.

The current owners were the first to reside in the home after its conversion into a residence; they are now moving to Florida. They made numerous improvements, including a new patio, underground parking, chef-grade appliances in the kitchen, a laundry (or mudroom), as well as a luxe master bath with marble floors, a sunken tub, and a double vanity.

“It was a total renovation,” says Zaiger. “They gutted it.”

Other design features include a rotunda, original floor tile, and a fireplace in the living room. The bonus room could be used as an additional bedroom, an art studio, or even a library—which has a sense of intrinsic logic.

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Zaiger is marketing the library-turned-home as “a condo alternative” due to the low-maintenance factor.

“There’s some landscaping but not a huge yard,” she says. “This thing has gorgeous systems, too. There’s two zones for central air, and there’s radiant heating.”

Sturdiness is another factor: The exterior, made of locally quarried granite, is still in immaculate condition 115 years after its construction.

The location may also be enticing to a buyer: The Atlantic Ocean is mere steps away, and across the street from the converted library is a public beach. Boston is 45 minutes away by car, or 75 minutes by train.

“Rockport’s really known for the arts. It’s right in the village across from the Rockport Music-Shalin Liu Performance Center, which has really great concerts,” says Zaiger. “There’s art galleries everywhere and vibrant shops.”

Zaiger thinks a buyer in search of a second home will put in an offer: “You can get a waterfront property at a similar price, but you’re not getting the uniqueness of the property,” she says.

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Check This Out: Former Library Converted Into a Four-Bedroom Home

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Skip unveils scooters with cameras and locks

Under the guidance of Shalin Mantri, a former product lead at Uber for its advanced technologies group, Skip is gearing up to make its scooters smarter and improve its businesses unit economics.

“When I think about opportunities to figure out our unit economics,” Mantri, who joined Skip from Uber in November, told TechCrunch. “It’s no secret now — it was probably a dirty secret of the industry, you know, a few months ago — that it’s hard to make money, and some of the biggest challenges to doing that are the cost of charging, the lifetime of the battery, the repair costs, the depreciation of these things being used in a fleet use case and the last is vandalism and theft, which is another big issue.”

What Mantri is referring to is the fact that investors, who have poured millions of dollars into electric scooter startups like Bird and Lime, are now pumping the breaks on funding due to the difficulty of the business. Some scooters reportedly only last about two months, which is not enough time to recoup the cost of purchasing the scooter. Perhaps that’s why Skip reportedly received $100 million in debt earlier this month. Skip, however, declined to comment on the lifespan of its scooters and its debt financing.

So in an effort to improve its unit economics, Skip is unveiling two new scooters. The first is one with a rear-facing camera and swappable battery, and the other is with a retractable lock. In Washington, D.C., Skip recently started testing 200 scooters with rear-facing cameras to look for whether people are riding on the sidewalk, parking compliance and generally safe riding behavior. Today, Skip is rolling out some of these scooters in San Francisco.

The goal of the cameras is to learn more about rider behavior and parking compliance. Skip, however, has yet to determine what it will do with the data collected from the cameras.

“I think we’ll experiment with both approaches — which is providing sort of real-time feedback and saying, ‘hey, we think this isn’t parked correctly — please move it to the side” or while you’re riding on the sidewalk, sound a little bell and that’s your signal to try to get off the sidewalk,” Mantri told TechCrunch.

Another experiment is remotely slowing the vehicle if someone’s riding on the sidewalk. But Mantri says, if he “were to pontificate, it will be better for us to do something post-trip — just to ensure we’re not distracting or taking away from the base simplicity of experience and creating a positive tone with riders.”

The cameras are not always on, and only take snapshot photos during a rider’s trip. Riders will eventually have the option to opt-out of having the camera on during their ride. There is not currently an opt-out feature, but Skip says the cameras it will be testing in SF and D.C. will not take photos of riders in a way that could identify them.

“There are interesting moments where you may want to turn on the camera and wake it up,” he said. “I think we’re going to find these interesting use cases of stuff we’ll want to do but the caveat will be privacy of course — is really important.”

Meanwhile, theft and vandalism are rampant in the electric scooter space. This is where the locks can come in. Skip has been testing these locks in San Francisco and plans to deploy more in January.

“It’s been a real problem,” Mantri said in response to a question about theft and vandalism. “I don’t have numbers at my fingertips to quantify that for you but it’s a lot. It’s getting a lot of our attention. Our hypothesis is that certainly locking and having a locking mechanism will help with this.”

Skip doesn’t expect this to be a catch-all solution, Mantri said, but the company thinks locking will surely help with parking compliance. Down the road, Skip will deploy a handful of scooters with a front-facing camera. The cameras are part of Skip’s larger vision to become an innovator in the electric scooter space.

Scoot unveils new lock to prevent scooter theft

“I think in scooters specifically, there’s a lot of room for product innovation,” he said. “And this is full stack innovation. This is hardware, sensor technology and software. The scooters need to be smarter and they need to be safer. I look at what is currently on the streets and it’s a version zero dot one of what that thing needs to be.”

And Mantri sees some of this innovation being informed from his work on autonomous vehicles at Uber. Many of the technologies Uber built in autonomous cars, Mantri said, are relevant for solving certain problems with scooters. For example, autonomous vehicle technology requires knowing where vehicles are, if they’re navigating properly and other types of system intelligence.

“That sort of system intelligence is not something that off-the-shelf scooters have,” Mantri said. “It’s just hardware but that’s where the operating system sort of comes in, and people don’t really understand that or see that as much yet. It’s such a critical layer because that’s the first line of defense that even a human doesn’t have to get involved in.”

Skip also wants to bring more intelligence to repositioning the fleets in places that have high demand, and build a smarter task platform for the people who charge the scooters.

“We have the ability to work on things that bridge us to that future, but the point is, it’s not technology for technology’s sake,” Mantri said. “It’s about the unit economics and doing what we can to make the business work.”

At this point, Skip’s scooters are not totally custom but Skip plans to eventually get to the point where it designs its scooters from the ground up. And as it experiments with different scooter types — ones with swappable batteries, locks, cameras, etc. — those learnings will contribute to Skip’s hardware product roadmap.

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