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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Conceived and designed the experiments: LFJ RED JM OK MPF MS ME AB. Performed the experiments: LJ MS AB MC. Analyzed the data: LJ MS AB MC. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: LJ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LFJ JM RED MS CJH OK MPF RW HP JG DBG MC ME AB.
¶ Membership of The International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA) Collaboration is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Leigh Johnson and colleagues estimate the life expectancies of HIV positive South African adults who are taking antiretroviral therapy by using information from 6 programmes between 2001 and 2010.
Few estimates exist of the life expectancy of HIV-positive adults receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) in low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to estimate the life expectancy of patients starting ART in South Africa and compare it with that of HIV-negative adults.
Data were collected from six South African ART cohorts. Analysis was restricted to 37,740 HIV-positive adults starting ART for the first time. Estimates of mortality were obtained by linking patient records to the national population register. Relative survival models were used to estimate the excess mortality attributable to HIV by age, for different baseline CD4 categories and different durations. Non-HIV mortality was estimated using a South African demographic model. The average life expectancy of men starting ART varied between 27.6 y (95% CI: 25.2–30.2) at age 20 y and 10.1 y (95% CI: 9.3–10.8) at age 60 y, while estimates for women at the same ages were substantially higher, at 36.8 y (95% CI: 34.0–39.7) and 14.4 y (95% CI: 13.3–15.3), respectively. The life expectancy of a 20-y-old woman was 43.1 y (95% CI: 40.1–46.0) if her baseline CD4 count was ≥200 cells/µl, compared to 29.5 y (95% CI: 26.2–33.0) if her baseline CD4 count was <50 cells/µl. Life expectancies of patients with baseline CD4 counts ≥200 cells/µl were between 70% and 86% of those in HIV-negative adults of the same age and sex, and life expectancies were increased by 15%–20% in patients who had survived 2 y after starting ART. However, the analysis was limited by a lack of mortality data at longer durations.
South African HIV-positive adults can have a near-normal life expectancy, provided that they start ART before their CD4 count drops below 200 cells/µl. These findings demonstrate that the near-normal life expectancies of HIV-positive individuals receiving ART in high-income countries can apply to low- and middle-income countries as well.
According to the latest figures, more than 34 million people worldwide currently live with HIV/AIDS. In 2011, an estimated 2.5 million people were newly infected with HIV, and in the same year 1.7 million people died from AIDS. Since the beginning of the epidemic in the 1980s, more than 60 million people have contracted HIV and nearly 30 million have died of HIV-related causes. Despite the stark statistics, the life expectancy for people infected with the AIDS virus has dramatically improved over the past decade since the introduction of an effective combination of antiretroviral drugs. In high-income countries, people who are HIV-positive can expect a near-normal life expectancy if they take these drugs (as antiretroviral treatment—ART) throughout their life.
Recent studies investigating the life expectancy of people living with HIV have mostly focused on the situation in high-income settings. The situation in low- and middle-income countries is vastly different. People who are diagnosed with HIV are often late in starting treatment, treatments regimes are sometimes interrupted, and a large proportion of patients are lost to follow-up. It is important to gain a realistic estimate of life expectancy in low- and middle-income countries so patients can be given the best information. So in this study the researchers used a model to estimate the life expectancy of patients starting ART in South Africa, using data from several ART programs.
The researchers used data collected from six programs in South Africa based in Western Cape, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal between 2001 and 2010. The researchers calculated the observation time from the time of ART initiation to the date of death or to the end of the study. Then the researchers used a relative survival approach to model the excess mortality attributable to HIV, relative to non-HIV mortality rates in South Africa, over different periods from ART initiation.
Using these methods, the researchers found that over the time period, 37,740 adults started ART and 2,066 deaths were recorded in patient record systems. Of the 16,250 patients who were lost to follow-up, the researchers identified 2,947 further deaths in the population register. When they inputted these figures into their model, the researchers estimated that the mortality rate was 83.2 per 1,000 person-years of observation (PYO), and was higher in males (99.8 per 1,000 PYO) than in females (72.6 per 1,000 PYO). The researchers also found that the most significant factor determining the life expectancy of treated patients was their age at ART initiation: the average life expectancy of men starting ART varied between 27.6 years at age 20 and 10.1 years at age 60, while corresponding estimates in women were 36.8 and 14.4, respectively. Life expectancies were also significantly influenced by baseline CD4 counts; life expectancies in patients with baseline CD4 counts ≥200 cells/µl were between 70% and 86% of those of HIV-negative adults of the same age and sex, while patients starting ART with CD4 counts of <50 cells/µl had life expectancies that were between 48% and 61% of those of HIV-negative adults. Importantly, the researchers found that life expectancies were also 15%–20% higher in patients who survived their first 24 months after starting ART than in patients of the same age who had just started therapy.
These findings suggest that in South Africa, patients starting ART have life expectancies around 80% of normal life expectancy, provided that they start treatment before their CD4 count drops below 200 cells/µl. Although these results are encouraging, this study highlights that health services must overcome major challenges, such as dealing with late diagnosis, low uptake of CD4 testing, loss from pre-ART care, and delayed ART initiation, if near-normal life expectancies are to be achieved for the majority of HIV-positive South Africans. With the anticipated increase in the fraction of patients starting ART at higher CD4 counts in the future, long-term survival can be expected to increase even further. It is therefore critical that appropriate funding systems and innovative ways to reduce costs are put in place, to ensure the long-term sustainability of ART delivery in low- and middle-income countries.
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amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, works with health care workers and AIDS organizations in developing countries to create and implement effective
Estimates of life expectancies of HIV-infected individuals are important in providing information to patients about their long-term prognosis, in projecting the future costs of HIV-related care, and in forecasting the likely future demographic and socioeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS
In South Africa there exists a unique opportunity to obtain accurate estimates of ART mortality in a middle-income country experiencing a generalised HIV epidemic. With around 90% of adult deaths recorded through the country's vital registration system
The International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA) is a collaboration of ART programmes in southern Africa
This analysis is limited to six programmes providing ART to adults in South Africa
We calculated observation time as starting at the time of ART initiation and ending at the date of death or the date of analysis closure, whichever occurred first. Patients were considered to be LTFU if there was no record of their attendance at the clinic for at least 182 d prior to database closure and their patient records did not indicate that they had died. The date of database closure differed for each of the participating programmes, and was calculated as the last recorded visit date in each programme. The date of analysis closure was defined for each programme to be the date 182 d prior to the date of database closure, in order to allow sufficient time to determine the LTFU status of each patient.
In the case of patients who were LTFU, the approach to calculating person-years of observation (PYO) differed depending on whether the programme had recorded the patient's civil identity document (ID) number and used this information to check the vital status of the patient against the national population register. In the case of LTFU patients with ID information, we censored observation at the date of analysis closure or the date of death recorded on the population register. Inverse probability weighting was used to ensure that LTFU patients with IDs were weighted up to represent the LTFU patients without IDs; this meant assigning zero weight to the LTFU patients who had no ID (so that the censoring dates for these patients were irrelevant) and assigning weights equal to the inverse of the probability of having ID information, in those patients who had IDs. This approach has been used previously in estimating mortality rates in South African patients receiving ART
In one of the cohorts, problems with the recording of date of last clinic attendance prevented us from applying the LTFU definition and using inverse probability weighting. In this cohort, analysis was restricted to those patients with IDs, and observation time was censored at the date of death or date of analysis closure (the latter being defined as the date 30 d prior to when the national population register was last checked). In a sensitivity analysis we considered the effect of applying the same method to all of the other cohorts.
We used a relative survival approach to model the excess mortality attributable to HIV, relative to non-HIV mortality rates in South Africa, over different durations from ART initiation
We obtained estimates of non-HIV mortality, by age and sex, from an independent demographic model of the South African population
We fitted the relative survival model to the data using a maximum likelihood approach in STATA 11.0 (StataCorp), assuming that the number of deaths in each age, sex, cohort, CD4, and duration category was Poisson-distributed. Parametric bootstrapping was used to generate 1,000 alternative parameter estimates
To assess the sensitivity of the results to the high early mortality after ART initiation, we estimated life expectancy for patients who had survived 24 mo since ART initiation. We also limited the analysis to patients with IDs, to assess the effect of longer follow-up time (with later administrative censoring), and also to assess the effect of not applying inverse probability weighting in LTFU patients. To assess sensitivity to non-HIV mortality rates, the relative survival model was refitted after increasing the assumed non-HIV mortality rates by 50%. In addition, we refitted the model using a negative binomial model in place of the Poisson model, to assess possible bias due to over-dispersion
Because the relative survival approach differs substantially from the more widely used abridged life table method, we also estimated life expectancy using the abridged life table approach
Analysis was based on 37,740 adults who started ART between March 2001 and February 2010.
|15–24 y
|25–34 y
|35–44 y
|45–54 y
|55+ y
|<50 cells/µl
|50–99 cells/µl
|100–199 cells/µl
|≥200 cells/µl
Proportions are plotted by age at ART initiation and baseline CD4 count, for men (A) and women (B). Bars represent means, and error bars represent 95% confidence intervals.
|Age at ART Initiation (in Years)
|Baseline CD4 Count
|Baseline CD4 Count
|21.7 (19.2–24.5)
|27.3 (24.6–30.1)
|30.6 (27.8–33.5)
|31.2 (27.7–34.6)
|27.6 (25.2–30.2)
|29.5 (26.2–33.0)
|36.5 (33.1–39.9)
|40.0 (36.9–43.0)
|43.1 (40.1–46.0)
|36.8 (34.0–39.7)
|19.8 (17.7–22.4)
|25.0 (22.6–27.5)
|28.1 (25.5–30.6)
|28.7 (25.6–31.6)
|25.3 (23.3–27.5)
|27.2 (24.1–30.4)
|33.7 (30.6–36.7)
|36.9 (34.1–39.5)
|39.6 (37.0–42.2)
|33.9 (31.5–36.5)
|18.1 (16.2–20.3)
|22.7 (20.7–25.1)
|25.6 (23.4–27.8)
|26.2 (23.5–28.7)
|23.0 (21.3–25.0)
|24.9 (22.2–27.7)
|30.8 (28.1–33.5)
|33.7 (31.3–36.0)
|36.1 (33.7–38.4)
|31.0 (28.8–33.3)
|16.3 (14.6–18.3)
|20.5 (18.7–22.6)
|23.1 (21.2–25.0)
|23.6 (21.2–25.9)
|20.7 (19.3–22.4)
|22.6 (20.1–25.1)
|27.9 (25.5–30.3)
|30.6 (28.3–32.6)
|32.6 (30.5–34.6)
|28.1 (26.1–30.1)
|14.5 (13.1–16.2)
|18.2 (16.6–19.9)
|20.5 (18.9–22.1)
|21.0 (18.9–22.9)
|18.4 (17.1–20.0)
|20.3 (18.1–22.5)
|25.0 (23.0–27.1)
|27.4 (25.5–29.1)
|29.1 (27.3–30.8)
|25.2 (23.3–27.0)
|12.7 (11.4–14.2)
|16.0 (14.5–17.4)
|18.0 (16.6–19.3)
|18.4 (16.7–20.0)
|16.2 (15.0–17.5)
|18.0 (16.1–20.0)
|22.2 (20.3–24.0)
|24.3 (22.6–25.8)
|25.7 (24.2–27.1)
|22.3 (20.7–23.9)
|11.0 (9.9–12.3)
|13.8 (12.6–15.0)
|15.5 (14.4–16.7)
|16.0 (14.5–17.3)
|14.0 (13.0–15.1)
|15.8 (14.1–17.5)
|19.4 (17.8–20.9)
|21.3 (19.8–22.5)
|22.5 (21.2–23.6)
|19.5 (18.1–20.9)
|9.5 (8.5–10.5)
|11.8 (10.8–12.8)
|13.3 (12.3–14.2)
|13.7 (12.4–14.8)
|12.0 (11.1–12.9)
|13.7 (12.2–15.1)
|16.8 (15.4–18.1)
|18.4 (17.1–19.4)
|19.3 (18.3–20.3)
|16.9 (15.6–18.0)
|8.0 (7.1–8.9)
|10.0 (9.1–10.8)
|11.2 (10.3–11.9)
|11.5 (10.5–12.4)
|10.1 (9.3–10.8)
|11.7 (10.4–12.8)
|14.3 (13.1–15.3)
|15.6 (14.6–16.5)
|16.4 (15.5–17.2)
|14.4 (13.3–15.3)
95% confidence intervals are shown in brackets.
Standardised to the baseline CD4 distribution in
Proportions are plotted by age at ART initiation and baseline CD4 count, for men (A) and women (B). Bars represent means, and error bars represent 95% confidence intervals.
Life expectancies differed substantially between cohorts. For men starting ART at age 35 y, life expectancy varied between 16.6 y (95% CI: 14.4–19.2) and 28.6 y (95% CI: 26.2–30.3). Life expectancy in women starting ART at age 35 y varied between 23.6 y (95% CI: 21.4–25.9) and 35.5 y (95% CI: 33.3–36.9). The average life expectancies in
In the sensitivity analysis that included only patients with recorded ID (
Life expectancies are plotted by age at ART initiation and baseline CD4 count, for men (A) and women (B). Bars represent means, and error bars represent 95% confidence intervals.
|Patients with Recorded ID
|Sex and Age
|Main Analysis
|Started ART in 2006 or Earlier
|Started ART after 2006
|Patients Who Have Survived 24 mo after ART Start
|Abridged Life Table Method
|Multiple Imputation of Missing CD4 Counts
|Negative Binomial Model
|Non-HIV Mortality Rates Increased by 50%
|Age 25 y
|25.3 (23.3–27.5)
|28.4 (26.7–30.0)
|30.6 (28.8–32.3)
|30.2 (27.8–32.8)
|12.0 (11.2–12.8)
|25.6 (23.7–27.5)
|25.2 (23.0–27.6)
|24.4 (22.6–26.3)
|Age 35 y
|20.7 (19.3–22.4)
|23.3 (22.2–24.5)
|25.0 (23.7–26.1)
|24.9 (23.0–26.9)
|11.7 (11.1–12.4)
|20.9 (19.5–22.5)
|20.7 (19.1–22.5)
|19.8 (18.6–21.2)
|Age 45 y
|16.2 (15.0–17.5)
|18.1 (17.3–19.0)
|19.2 (18.4–20.0)
|19.5 (18.0–21.0)
|10.2 (9.4–11.3)
|16.3 (15.2–17.4)
|16.2 (14.8–17.5)
|15.1 (14.2–16.0)
|Age 55 y
|12.0 (11.1–12.9)
|13.3 (12.7–13.9)
|14.0 (13.4–14.5)
|14.5 (13.4–15.5)
|9.6 (8.3–11.6)
|12.0 (11.2–12.8)
|12.0 (11.0–12.9)
|10.8 (10.2–11.3)
|Age 25 y
|33.9 (31.5–36.5)
|34.3 (32.3–36.2)
|35.9 (33.8–37.8)
|39.1 (36.7–41.4)
|15.6 (14.9–16.9)
|34.0 (31.9–36.0)
|33.7 (30.7–36.5)
|32.3 (30.3–34.3)
|Age 35 y
|28.1 (26.1–30.1)
|28.6 (26.8–30.0)
|29.7 (28.1–31.2)
|32.4 (30.6–34.3)
|14.5 (13.5–16.3)
|28.1 (26.5–29.6)
|27.8 (25.4–30.0)
|26.4 (24.9–27.8)
|Age 45 y
|22.3 (20.7–23.9)
|22.7 (21.4–23.9)
|23.6 (22.3–24.7)
|25.9 (24.5–27.2)
|12.8 (11.3–15.5)
|22.4 (21.1–23.5)
|22.1 (20.2–23.7)
|20.4 (19.3–21.4)
|Age 55 y
|16.9 (15.6–18.0)
|17.2 (16.1–18.0)
|17.7 (16.7–18.5)
|19.6 (18.6–20.5)
|11.7 (9.0–16.3)
|16.9 (16.0–17.7)
|16.6 (15.2–17.7)
|14.9 (14.2–15.6)
95% confidence intervals are shown in brackets. Main analysis includes all patients with CD4 measurements at time of ART initiation. Life expectancies in the main analysis are calculated from the time of ART initiation, using the relative survival method. All calculations are standardised to the baseline CD4 distribution in
CD4 values were imputed for 6,156 (14.0%) eligible adults starting ART.
Further sensitivity analyses are presented in
This analysis shows that South African patients starting ART have life expectancies around 80% of normal life expectancy, provided that they start treatment before their CD4 count drops below 200 cells/µl. Life expectancies are also 15%–20% higher in patients who have survived to 24 mo after starting ART than in patients of the same age who have just started therapy. Although these results are encouraging, programmes in resource-limited settings experience major challenges with late diagnosis, low uptake of CD4 testing, loss from pre-ART care, and delayed ART initiation
South African treatment guidelines have recently changed, and it is now recommended that all HIV-infected adults should start ART when their CD4 counts fall below 350 cells/µl. Recent campaigns to increase the uptake of HIV testing
A key strength of this analysis is that it incorporates data from the South African population register to obtain more accurate estimates of mortality than are usually possible in African countries. Because patients with ID information are not censored at the date of loss to follow-up, these estimates of life expectancy are inclusive of patients who are not retained in care. However, there is likely to be a small proportion of deaths (probably around 5%) that are recorded neither in the patient record system nor in the vital registration system. Although this figure is lower than the proportion of deaths missing from the vital registration system because of the added information from patient record systems, it may nevertheless lead to life expectancies of ART patients being slightly exaggerated.
Predicting future mortality for HIV-positive patients on ART is challenging. In addition to the historical bias towards enrolment of symptomatic patients, mentioned previously, our mortality estimates do not take into account potential future reductions in mortality that may occur as new drugs and salvage regimens
A limitation of this analysis is the short average duration of follow-up (1.84 y), which we have addressed by controlling for differences in mortality by duration. Our method of controlling for differences by duration is based on the assumption that mortality rates are piecewise constant over 1-y duration intervals. To the extent that there is residual variation in mortality by duration, for which we have not fully controlled, our method will be biased towards overestimating mortality when the average follow-up time is short, because the observation time in each duration interval will be weighted toward the lower end of the interval, where mortality rates are likely to be highest. This bias is evident when comparing the results from the main analysis with the results from the analysis that is limited to patients with IDs; the longer average follow-up time (2.75 y) leads to slightly lower mortality rates over each duration interval (results not shown) and hence increased life expectancies. Due to the small number of patients on ART at long durations, mortality data have been aggregated for all durations greater than 36 mo. This approach may be reasonable, as average CD4 counts tend to stabilise after the first 36 mo of treatment
The principle advantage of the relative survival model, compared with the abridged life table method that is more commonly used in the estimation of life expectancy, is that it adjusts for differences in mortality by duration, which are particularly marked in resource-limited settings
Studies of life expectancies of ART patients in high-income countries that have excluded high-risk groups (people who inject drugs and patients starting ART in advanced disease) have generally estimated life expectancies that are 73%–99% of those in the general population
Only one other study in Africa has estimated the life expectancy of patients starting ART
The generalisability of our findings—even within South Africa—is open to question. The South African cohorts participating in the IeDEA-SA Collaboration are relatively well-resourced programmes with substantial research support, mostly in urban centres. Life expectancies differed between cohorts because of differences in patients' socioeconomic characteristics as well as differences in models of ART delivery. The average results that we have presented are likely to be typical of public sector programmes in urban areas, but mortality rates may differ in rural treatment programmes and in private sector programmes. The assumption that the average non-HIV mortality rates in South Africa apply in all cohorts could also be problematic, although estimates of life expectancy did not change substantially when the model was refitted with 50% higher non-HIV mortality rates. These findings might not be typical of programmes in most other African countries, as South Africa is an upper middle-income country with rates of non-HIV mortality lower than in most other African countries
These results have important implications for the pricing models used by life insurance companies, as well as the demographic and epidemiological models that are used to forecast the impact and cost of ART programmes in low- and middle-income countries. These models have typically assumed that life expectancy after ART initiation is around 10 y
We are grateful to Ria Laubscher and her colleagues at the South African Medical Research Council for providing vital status data from the South African population register. We also thank Marie-Louise Newell for helpful comments.
Daniela Belen Garone, Khayelitsha ART Programme and Médecins Sans Frontières, Cape Town, South Africa; Benjamin Chi, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; Cleophas Chimbetete, Newlands Clinic, Harare, Zimbabwe; Diana Dickinson, Independent Surgery, Gaborone, Botswana; Brian Eley, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Christiane Fritz, SolidarMed SMART Programme, Masvingo, Zimbabwe; Janet Giddy, McCord Hospital, Durban, South Africa; Chris Hoffmann, Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa; Patrick MacPhail, Themba Lethu Clinic, Johannesburg, South Africa; Harry Moultrie, Harriet Shezi Clinic, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, South Africa; James Ndirangu, Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mtubatuba, South Africa; Sabrina Pestili, SolidarMed SMART Programme, Chiure, Mozambique; Sam Phiri, Lighthouse Trust Clinic, Lilongwe, Malawi; Hans Prozesky, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa; Karl Technau, Empilweni Clinic, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa; Joep van Oosterhout, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi; Robin Wood, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre (Gugulethu and Masiphumelele clinics), Cape Town, South Africa.
Matthias Egger (Principal Investigator), Mary-Ann Davies (Principal Investigator), Julia Bohlius, Nello Blaser, Andrew Boulle, Lucy Campbell, Morna Cornell, Janne Estill, Béatrice Fatzer, Lukas Fenner, Claire Graber, Thomas Gsponer, Leigh Johnson, Fritz Kaeser, Olivia Keiser, Nicola Maxwell, Landon Myer, Franziska Schöni-Affolter, Michael Schomaker, Gilles Wandeler.
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Abiomed, Inc. engages in the research, development, and sale of medical devices to assist or replace the pumping function of the failing heart. It also provides continuum of care to heart failure patients. The company offers Impella 2.5 catheter, a percutaneous micro heart pump with integrated motor and sensors for use in interventional cardiology; and Impella CP, a device used by interventional cardiologists to support patients in the cath lab and cardiac surgeons in the heart surgery suite. It also provides Impella 5.0 and Impella LD, which are percutaneous micro heart pumps with integrated motors and sensors for use primarily in the heart surgery suite; and Impella RP, a percutaneous catheter-based axial flow pump. In addition, the company engages in the development of Impella 5.5 and Impella BTR that are percutaneous micro heart pumps with integrated motors and sensors; and Impella ECP pump that is designed for blood flow of greater than three liters per minute. It sells its products through direct sales and clinical support personnel in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts.


text: Diplast Plastic Ltd. is considered to be one of the top ten companies of India due to its quality, technology, turnover, production capacity and various types of quality products. Many new innovations in plastics are being brought to India by Diplast Plastics Ltd. The Unit was set up in the year 1972 and was inaugurated by none other than the Honorable ex-president of India â Mr. Giani Zail Singh Ji. Our main products are Water Storage Tanks PPR Pipes & Fittings PVC Plumbing PIpes Rigid PVC Pressure Pipes PVC Electrical Conduit UPVC SWR Pipes & Fittings Diplast Dustbins DIplast Saral Toilets UPVC Column Pipes CPVC Plumbing pipes & Fittings Rain Water Harvesting Systems The company is well renowned for its remarkable range of products that have been manufactured adhreing to the quality standards. Apart from this we have our own complete testing laboratory, R&D where dozen proficient Engineers/Technicians work without getting exasperated and exhausted. There is an annual growth of about 30% in the turnover. And recently, the company has successfully completed its 45 years in the plastic industry.


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Dollar Store DIY Buffalo Check Sign
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
I'm showing you how to make this farmhouse friendly buffalo check sign from dollar store items, including a video tutorial.
Tips to Create a Bright and Cozy Winter Home
Monday, January 27, 2020
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I'm sharing 5 ideas to brighten and cozy up your winter home so it feels warm and inviting!
Fluffy Farmhouse DIY Tassels for Wood Bead Garland
Friday, January 24, 2020
These large fluffy farmhouse tassels are made from something unexpected I found at the dollar store. I'm sharing a video tutorial for making the tassels and tips for attaching them to your wood bead garland.
Dollar Store Valentines Day DIY Sign
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
This sweet heart sign is made from dollar store items, and will add farmhouse charm to your Valentines decor!
Painted Valentine's Day Sign
Monday, January 20, 2020
Give your existing signs multi-use function by turning the back into a different sign! I'll show you how easy it is!
Rae Dunn Inspired Buffalo Check Valentines Tea Towel
Friday, January 17, 2020
Add some Rae Dunn style to your Valentine's Day decor with this easy and inexpensive decorative, no-sew tea towel!
Farmhouse Valentines Wood Bead Napkin Rings
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
This video tutorial shows you how easy it is to make a farmhouse favorite - napkin rings using wood beads. The removable wood heart makes them perfect for any time of year, not only Valentine's Day!
Winter Home Decor Ideas from Etsy!
Monday, January 13, 2020
Winter Dining Room Decor and a Giveaway
Friday, January 10, 2020
I'm sharing some simple changes in my black and white neutral dining room that are perfect for the winter months, and joining some friends for a Huge home decor giveaway
Farmhouse Valentines Heart Shaped Coasters
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
These easy coasters cost just a couple bucks to make. They add farmhouse texture and style perfect for Valentines Day! Learn how to make them following the video and a step by step tutorial with pictures below
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Henry Richard Dawson1792 - 1840
dean of St. Patrick's cathedral, 1828-1840
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Edward H. Baily
to the memory
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this statue has been erected
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to his exertions the institutions of the deanery
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his mortal remains are deposited in this cathedral,
his spirit rests with the saviour he loved and glorified.
he died oct.r 24th 1840, aged 48 years.
"More than any other building in Ireland, Dublin's St. Patrick's Cathedral embodies the history and heritage of a nation and its people, from earliest times to the present day."
There are about 200 monuments in St Patrick's Cathedral, comprising everything from the big architectural monuments through brasses, marble statues, marble on the walls, and stained glass. On this website, we include the statues, busts and relief portraits.
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The Power of Opportunity(2015)
There are two types of people in life, the ones who occupy front row seats and watch their lives unravel, savoring the happy moments and reacting to the gloomy ones. Others, on the contrary, take charge of their lives, develop the script and try to control the events in their lives. The former are usually categorized under reactive, while the latter is grouped under proactive people.
Give it a thought; where can you classify yourself? Is your approach towards a reactive or a proactive life? Or better yet, what do you aspire to become? The choice is truly yours, but before you make a decision, you should be aware of the pros and cons of each.
For those who plan each and every detail of their lives and wish to take charge of it, a life plan comes in handy. What is a life plan? A life plan is, in simple words, a dream churner for various people. Everyone has the right to dream, but only a few fortunate ones have the willingness and ability to turn their dreams into a reality. A life plan helps you achieve just that, a direction and a way forward, so that you can embark on a journey of self-fulfillment and self-actualization.
Various critics often question the importance and the need for developing a life plan. These people usually belong to the school of thought, which believes that plans never work out and life has a sinister way of surprising us, at various points in time. What they fail to consider is that life plans are made for a person's need for obtaining a direction in life. Typically, life plans help an individual in three main ways. Life plans provide clarity, in terms of the nature of the route to take in life, they help you juggle between various spheres of your life and most importantly, they provide you with peace of mind. Knowing that you have a certain degree of control over your life is, at times, oddly comforting and reassuring, especially from a psychological perspective.
Develop A Positive Vision
Do you have a vision in life? It does not have to be an elaborate one; a simple mental picture would suffice. A vision is generally a visualization of where you would want to see yourself, say a few years down the road. A vision is an accumulation of various aspirations and dreams. In a nutshell, a vision is a preferred way of life. Nobody can stop you from dreaming, but that does not mean you become a day dreamer. Convert your dreams into visions and then give it all you have got to materialize it into reality.
Vision Board Sessions
One of the most creative and constructive ways to motivate yourself to accomplish your visions and goals is to create a 'vision board'. Have you ever heard about vision boards before? They are widely used for corporate and entrepreneurial purposes, but can serve to be extremely helpful in shaping your future. A vision board is a visual illustration of your experiences, achievements and aspirations. You can place it either at your work station, at home, or somewhere you can see it every day. A vision board acts as a constant reminder of your goals and ambitions and to urge you to accomplish them.
Is a Vision Board Session Effective?
Research reveals that approximately 90% of how our brain works is stored in the visual part of your memory. Think of it this way, if you are planning a vacation to the Bahamas, you are more likely to develop a mental picture of the beach and the sand. These visions are generally at the back end of our brains and a vision board helps to extract these images and refine them in a sequential manner. Since a vision board is so illustrative in nature, it often extracts visions from your subconscious mind. Try designing a vision board and, if you are lucky, you will discover long lost visions, which you once used to cherish.
How It Works?
A vision board session is not only about collecting magazines and pasting relevant images on a board. While cutting and pasting pictures, you should ask yourself of why you made a particular choice. This will provide you with the opportunity to voice out your visions, goals and ambitions and will further help you filter each of them, in order of their importance in your life. Meanwhile, you will also be able to identify the various obstacles, which have prevented you from achieving and fulfilling your aspirations.
Who are they For?
If you think that vision board sessions are only for creative and artistic people, you will be surprised with its results for even the most basic of things. Vision boards can be for anyone looking for a sense of purpose and direction in life. Vision boards are specifically useful when you are going through drastic changes in life and when your priorities alter, over time. It might also be a good idea to develop a vision board during the start of a new year, so that you can plan out your life, based on your new year's resolutions.
So, what are you waiting for? There is a plethora of vision board sessions being conducted, almost all over the world. Try to find out the nearest one and enroll yourself. However, if there aren't any classes being offered in your vicinity, there are various online sessions available. All you need to do is book them in advance. Tryout a session, chances are you will experience a renewed sense of clarity and purpose in your life. A vision board will not only help you focus on your destination, it would also help you figure out how to get there. Take life as a journey and its obstacles as challenges, you would be surprised to discover your inner strengths and capabilities. For what it's worth, a vision board can be a fun and exciting experience.
You cannot be the Jack of all traits in your life. Even when you feel that you are swamped with chores and activities, you need to realize that all tasks and responsibilities in your life cannot be positioned on the same tangent. Some are less important than others and need to be prioritized accordingly.
Prioritizing your life is never an easy task and it always involves opportunity cost. This simply means that you must learn to forgo certain tasks or elements such as time, cost or resources, in order to accomplish your goals and ambitions. With respect to prioritizing, follow the tips highlighted below:
Is Everything Equally Important?
The first and foremost question that you need to ask yourself is whether you think that everything is of equal and unrivaled significance. An effective way of answering this question is to ask the people involved and those who would be affected by this process. Be it your family, colleagues, subordinates or friends, you need to ask them if they need any help or if there is any work that needs to be completed on an urgent basis. If nothing, this would help you chalk out your calendar dates for the next week, to say the least.
Another crucial way to answer this question is to work back, towards your deadlines and assess the hours of work they require and prioritize them on the basis of due dates. This would provide you with a sense of direction and purpose. Tasks or projects which require the maximum amount of input from your end can be prioritized first on your to-do list, followed by the least important and demanding ones.
Organize Your Tasks
You cannot just randomly decide to perform a specific task every day, there needs to be a properly laid out guide or manual. For your own sake, you need to have a system of accountability and productivity in place; otherwise, you would end up either repeating tasks or skipping the important ones. For starters, try to make do with to-do lists and later on when you get the hand of it, progress to advanced methods such as Gnatt charts or Asana. However, make sure that you are comfortable with your current methods, or else you would hardly use them later on.
Follow the Triple Constraint Model
From a project management perspective, the triple constraint model would be of particular importance, not only for project managers, but also for anyone who wishes to prioritize their day-to-day activities. Envision an equilateral triangle, with the three sides denoting time, cost and scope. It is practically impossible to reach all three sides of the triangle- this is where opportunity cost kicks in. If you increase the time to perform a specific task, its cost and scope would naturally increase.
In order to effectively prioritize your tasks, you need to work around the triangle and try to find the optimal combination of the three elements. This can be quite a demanding and difficult task, but with practice you will eventually get the hang of it. Of course, a lot depends upon the situation at hand. If your task is time critical, you would probably focus more on getting it done in a timely manner, paying little or no heed to the cost and scope implications.
As mentioned earlier, it is practically impossible for you to perform everything. Therefore, delegation is often referred to as the essence of prioritizing. You need to delegate the slightly less significant or pressing tasks to co-workers, subordinates or even friendly, who are willing to help. Delegation is crucial for your project or task's success or failure, since it allows you to focus on the more demanding and pressing issues in your life.
Challenge Yourself
Assess your life, try to analyze it's worth. Ask yourself, do you like the same, old monotonous way of life? Do you want to do something to make it better? Or are you too afraid to step out of your comfort zone and try to bring a change in your life?
Challenging yourself every step of the way, is the single most effective way to bring about necessary changes in your life, don't you agree? Life is a challenge in itself and if you truly want to get out of the web of the same, old obligations and responsibilities, just step out of your cocoon and embrace life for whatever it has to offer. Whenever you are faced with a challenge, do not shy away from it, follow the tips listed below to make the most out of it.
Stop Shrinking
Various challenges come and go. Some people embrace them with their head held up high, while others simply choose to shirk their roles and responsibilities, until the calamity gets washed away. Instead of meekly entering the storm, enter it head first, all the while, preparing yourself for the worst-case scenario. You should know that life has a bitter and ugly side and the sooner you accept and acknowledge that fact, the better it would be for you.
Fight Fear
Fear is the most natural emotion your body can ever feel, especially during challenging times. Running away from fear would simply multiply it, embracing it with open arms would help subside it. Fear usually acts as a signaling mechanism and warns your body of the danger that lies ahead. However, what you need to realize is that, sometimes, all it takes is a major breakdown, for a breakthrough to occur. Always remember, fear would always be there, there will come a point when opportunities will cease to exist.
Remember Your Accomplishments
Your achievements and accomplishments shouldn't just be in the shape of a medal or trophy, forgotten on the shelf. They should be a constant reminder of the various challenges you faced and the emotions you experienced during that journey. Try to remember how nervous and afraid you felt at the start of it, but also assess where it eventually got you. Take pride in your achievements and learn from your failures that is the true essence of life.
Avoid Over-thinking
It is not that you do not have the capabilities to tackle a challenge, it's only because of your attitude that you end up suffering. Many of you make the mistake of over-thinking and only see the daunting task that lies ahead. Your focus should be on breaking down the task into a series of achievable targets. The trick is to take one step at a time and deal with the obstacles that come your way, one at a time.
Learn From Your Mistakes
You know what's as real and sure as death? Failure. No matter how capable or successful you might be, at a certain point in your life, you will have to deal with failure. Many people take failure as a sign of discouragement and as an end, in itself. You will fall down, you are bound to stumble, but the greatness of a person lies in dusting himself up and standing up for what he truly believes in. At the end of the day, when you look back, failure should only be taken as a tool to learn from your past mistakes and prevent them in the future.
Limiting Beliefs VS Creating Opportunity
Belief. Hope. Faith. These are the three bold words, which are always easier said than done. It is said that beliefs alter a person's outlook towards life and in troubled water, when the world shows you a cold shoulder, faith is what determines whether or not you reach the shore.
What is faith? Faith is looking at the darkness and spotting a speck of light, faith is taking the plunge, not knowing whether or not you will splash in the water or fall flat on the ground. Faith is that little voice inside your head, one that urges you to move forward, leaving behind the demons of your past.
Having said that, some people have what it's called "limiting beliefs" and these people need a bit of extra push to take a life-altering plunge. There are quite a few limiting beliefs that actually prevent you from being positive:
Different People are Weird
When you are used to a certain way of things or certain types of people, accepting diversity not only becomes difficult, at times it becomes impossible. What you need to understand is that not everyone is alike and life, at the end of the day, is not perfect, in any sense. You need to develop a degree of acceptability, so that you can give them a chance, you never know they might present to you the opportunity of a lifetime.
People are either "good" or "evil"
Some of you either filter out people and place them on a pedestal, or they simply position them on the lowest levels of morality. This means that they only have two measuring criteria for people, good or evil. Life does not work that way, every individual has a flair of good and bad, the degree of each varies and in certain instances one outshines the other. You need to give people a fair chance and let them prove themselves, before making hasty generalizations and making poor judgement.
Thoughts are an Indicator
People with limiting beliefs are usually unhappy or pessimistic, which is why they are always consumed with negative thoughts. They take their thoughts at face value and do not stop to fight off their feelings and emotions. For example, if they are getting a sinking feeling about a particular decision in life, they would take that as a sign to abandon that particular endeavor.
Control Comes With Love
Negative people usually believe that when they love someone, they are automatically given the right to control them. On the contrary, true love does not really demand authority and control; it is based on the foundations of trust and loyalty.
Want for More and More
Chasing after money, power and status lead you nowhere and makes you lust for more and more. This constant chase often makes you greedy and robs you of your inner peace and happiness. This simply means that no matter what you accomplish, you can never be truly happy and satisfied and you will keep yearning for more, all your life.
All the Bad Things Happen To Me
If you think that all the bad things happen to you, you are surely a victim of self-pity. Self-pity is such an unsettling state of mind that it simply erodes away all traces of joy and happiness in your life. Therefore, even if an opportunity comes by, such a person will not realize it, amidst the cloud of negative thoughts.
Create Positive Energy
Believe it or not, all of us produce and emit energies or vibes; these determine our personalities and how we behave under various circumstances. The energies intrinsic to your personality are usually channelized and externalized by your thoughts, feelings and actions. These, in turn, affect the people around you in either a positive or negative manner.
Various kinds and types of energies are around us, how you interpret those energies varies entirely from person to person. In order to develop the right kind of attitude towards life, you need to create an aura of positive energy around you. If this doesn't help, try to surround yourself in a positive and elating environment so that the positive vibes can rub off on you.
Ways to Obtain Positive Energy
If you think positive energy represents rays of sunlight shining upon you, think again. Positive energy is nothing but a state of mind, it is how you interpret changes around you and translate them in your personality. If you wish to create positivity around you, try to make a list of things that make you feel good. Therefore, the meaning of positive energy is a subjective concept and differs from person to person. Categorically, the following things might help in flooding your life with positivity:
-Close proximity to nature
-Maintaining a diary or journal
-A vacation
Tips and Tricks
Positivity cannot be bought off an auction; it takes considerable time and effort to build a sphere of positivity around you. However, the following might help you think and feel positively:
- As soon as you wake up, resolve to have a good day. A positive attitude really helps, especially if you develop one early in the morning. Always remember that only you have the power to turn things around and make them happen for you.
- There are plenty of soap operas out there; you do not want your life to become one, do you? You should manage your relationships and try to reduce the number of emotional encounters with your partner. At the end of the day, you don't want more emotional baggage.
- You need to understand that no family is perfect; each has its own set of differences and problems. The sooner you make peace with this idea, the better it would be for you. Embrace the shortcomings of each of your family members and try to work around them, if you truly want to be a source of positive energy.
- Embark on a journey of self-improvement and self-assessment. You can do this alone or ask a friend to accompany you. This journey can be as simple as taking a foreign language class together with your friend or spouse. Know that you are not alone; you have all the emotional support system you need. This would really help you appreciate people for the positive role they play in your life.
- Use your imagination and form a rosy picture of how you want to see yourself, later down the road. Visualizing a positive, future state of affairs would probably motivate you to convert that image into a reality.
- Everyone has their own set of issues in life. If you truly want to be the source of positivity for yourself and people around you, helping a friend in need is at times the best thing to do. Helping someone out in times of need would make you feel a lot better about yourself and will clear your head. You would be able to focus on solving your problems in a better and more effective manner.
Identify Blocks
Life is a never ending road, or so it seems but it is in no way a smooth and uninterrupted path. You will not cruise through this path all your life. Always remember that good things never come easily in life, you really need to put in all you've got.
Before you embark upon any journey, prepare yourself for various obstacles and blocks along the way. How you tackle these challenges truly depicts your inner strength and capabilities. These blocks are not always physical in nature; they usually come in the form of mental demons, ready to pounce from time to time. Broadly classified, almost everyone faces the following obstacles, at least once in their life:
Failure to Set Goals
Some people simply cannot set goals and targets in their life, which makes it difficult for them to reach a particular destination. Having nothing to achieve in the future is a serious mental block, especially when you lose focus and direction in life. Like it or not, you need to list down your goals, so that you have a way forward. If you are afraid of setting goals because you think you might not be able to achieve them, you need to realize that everything in life is a gamble, it is completely up to you, how you wish to play your cards.
If you think that fear is a multi-headed monster, standing in your way, preventing you to succeed in life, so be it. Imagine yourself as a dragon slayer, ready to look at fear in the eye and slash it in two. Fear is the most natural feeling you can feel, especially when you face obstacles along the way. The truest greatness of a person lies in embracing his fears and taking life as a challenge.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." – Ambrose Redmoon
Demons of the Past
Everyone has emotional baggage from the past; some keep it hidden behind doors, while others simply act as if they do not exist. The most constructive way to deal with such demons is to face them and let them out of your system, for once and all. Holding onto your past would only stop you from moving forward and achieving success in life. The trick is to rid yourself of all the negativity of the past and make peace with what the future has to offer.
During the course of your life, you will face many distractions, which might turn into obstacles if you get derailed from your original mission. Your eyes should be on the prize and any distractions that come your way should shortly be disregarded. Do not try to find comfort in unhealthy activities like smoking, drinking or drug consumption. Life might present many shortcuts to you, but always remember that opting for them might prove to be highly destructive for your future, dreams and ambitions.
Bad Company
A man is known by the company he seeks. If you surround yourself with negative people, you might never be able to achieve your goals in life. Nothing can be as big a block along the way, as bad company. Your friends play a major role in shaping your thoughts, feelings and actions. If the people in your life are unsupportive of your beliefs and goals, you need to find the kind of people who believe in you. Emotional support is crucial and even an ounce of negativity from a loved one can act as a boulder on your path to self-fulfillment.
Worst-Case Scenario
When life gives you lemons, what should you do? Most people would say make lemonade but shouldn't you instead save them for rainy days? Either way, life will give you your fair share of troubles and sorrows. The question is, how are you going to deal with it? Will you face your troubles with your head held high or will you run for cover and wait until the storm abates? Research reveals that the best way to deal with your fears is to confront them. Know that you control your fears and it is not the other way around. The most proven method for doing so is to mentally form a picture in your head. Imagine the worst-case scenario that you could have to face in a situation that you fear.
When you come to terms with the worst possible thing that can happen to you, you automatically prepare yourself for whatever you are about to face. The worst-case scenario can be anything. It could be a modification of your past incidents or an imaginary or hypothetical situation that is created around the characters in your life. You learn to accept life as it is, for its bitterness and ugliness and consider it as a true test of your capabilities.
In other words, you take up life as a challenge. You are willing to put in all that it takes in order to come out as a survivor. Thinking of the worst-case scenario gives you a will to fight back, knowing that you have nothing to lose and realizing that you have gambled everything that is dear to you. In such a situation, fear becomes an ally, not an enemy. In return, you come to terms with the idea of conquering fear and fighting off your demons.


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Lynd Ward – master of the wordless novel
Lynd Ward's sinister wood engravings for Madman's Drum, 1930
Lynd Ward produced wordless graphic novels in the 1920s and 1930s, creating stories made up entirely of illustrations. Although the genre was pioneered by Frans Masereel, Ward is perhaps the most influential of the early wordless novelists. Art Spiegelman, Will Eisner, Allen Ginsberg and many others have cited him as an inspiration in their own work.
Ward worked primarily in wood engraving, which allowed for a refined line and detail. These images are from Madman's Drum, the story of a slave trader, an African drum, and a devastating family curse.
Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985. Madman's drum, a novel in woodcuts by Lynd Ward. New York, J. Cape, H. Smith [c1930]. MERLIN catalog record
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Our weekends have opened up and, suddenly, we have more time on our hands than we know what to do with. Here's a suggestion: why not organise and clean out your beauty collection? A little bit of spring cleaning is a must right now, with social distancing measures currently in place due to the pandemic. Why not hit two birds with one stone by keeping productive and also disinfecting your personal space? If you don't know where to start, we've broken down your spring cleaning check list — from skincare you don't like to makeup you haven't used in months — so you can downsize your collection in a jiffy.
Toss out broken or expired makeup
It goes without saying that makeup doesn't last forever. For this, it's better to check the label for a "Period After Opening" (the open tub with 6M inside, for example) or a "Best Before Date" (the hourglass symbol with a date) symbol on the packaging. The Singapore Health Services Authority mandates that the product's manufacturing and/or expiry date should be clearly stated on the carton and inner label. So take this time to see which items in your collection are safe to keep and which belong in the bin. And next time you open a new item, place a small label of the date you opened it and when it's expected to expire.
Give away makeup you no longer use
We all have that one makeup product that we bought on a whim but have barely used or even swatched. Instead of throwing it away, you can give it a new home in the hands of a fellow beauty lover. It might be your mum, sister, cousin, or friend who's looking for the exact eyeshadow palette or lipstick that's just gathering dust in your drawer. If you want to make a quick buck from your love of makeup, some people aren't opposed to buying used makeup as long as it's disinfected beforehand. There are also organisations that accept lightly used makeup to distribute to their female beneficiaries. If you're interested in donating, you can contact The Foundation Foundation-Philippines and The Salvation Army-Singapore for the proper process of donating gently used beauty items.
Sort through the skincare you don't like
In our quest for our holy grail skincare items, we may have picked up some that don't really agree with our skin. There's nothing wrong with giving skincare a second chance, but sometimes it's just not meant to be a part of your regular rotation. If that's the case, there's no use keeping it in your skincare cabinet. If it hasn't already expired, you can give it away or donate — especially if it's still sealed.
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While cleaning your beauty stash, don't forget to sort through your beauty tools. Items like your beauty sponges can last a relatively long time, but it's still better to replace these every three months. Even if you diligently wash them before and after every use, they could still be a site for bacteria buildup so it's better to be safe than sorry! Your facial brushes (or the brush heads) should also be replaced every two to three months to maximise their effectiveness in cleansing your skin. In an interview with Elle Magazine, professional makeup artist Ashleigh B. Ciucci recommends checking your makeup brushes to see if they have started to shed, get misshapen or discoloured — tell-tale signs that they're in need of replacement.
Wipe and disinfect storage containers
Before putting back the makeup and skincare you've decided to keep, get some disinfectant spray and wipe down the shelves, drawers, bins, or skincare fridge that act as your storage. Let it dry as you figure out how you'd like to organise your makeup and skincare. Then, arrange your collection according to your preference. And that's it, you've finally completed your spring cleaning beauty checklist!
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Let's see first, which tilesets I can do custom for SMB3 (I already have two ideas in mind, and mybe I get more), and how many expansions I can do, and after that, I will work onto a SMW-pack ^^.SuperMario7 wrote:Yes, I agree with this.Joey wrote:I voted for Super Mario World. I think the more expansion that game can get, the better; it would get more people to use SMW graphics in their episodes and move away from SMB3's dominance, I think.
It would be awesome if you could do both! Take your time, though. :P
Most levels are SMB3 styled so I think a SMW pack would be better. But SMB3 would be cool too! :)
For now the poll clearly shows off, that about twice as much people want to have SMB3 expanded first, but the pack won't take forever for me to do ^^. I guess I can post the pack with the first 6 expanded tilesets next week.
I would be glad, if you do so :-). Hopefully you will have fun with it.Anphiba wrote:This is an amazing expansion pack.
I'm actually going to use this for an episode I'm working on, if that's ok with you.
I also first thought, that most people would vote for SMW, but the surprise is always around any corner xD.Natsu wrote:Even though an extension of SMW graphics would be pretty damn awesome, I think the established poll should be respected. I'm not saying that you shouldn't extend SMW graphics, but that you organize your priorities. Looking forward to that SMB3 extended pack. ;)
I try my best for the pack. It will be lot of fun for me, for sure.
Thank you very much. Your Idea actually is also quite good, in my opinion. I never thought about using the already existing trunks as a basis for the trees. But otherwise we had the same idea, as it seems xD.HenryRichard wrote:That forest tileset is amazing! I did the trees a long time ago, but they aren't as good.. It's too bad that SMB3 won over SMW, because SMB3 is way overused, but still, I know it will still be amazing!
I guess SMB3 is more liked for expansion, because it's graphical styles are more "deeper", by which I mean, it uses the colors differently, and it looks a bit more "mature". I for myself like both styles equally, since both have their charm, in my opinion.
Not just ice cubes, but also ice pipes, an actual ice tileset, and more ;-).JeffTheSpiny wrote:very good!
let's make ice cubes like smb3
Thanks for these words xD. I try to be of no disappointment with that.icemario12 wrote:Well, it's SMB3. Let's see what you've got! Can't wait for it, cos' you rock, mate.
Well, this sounds like I really shouldn't ask, or maybe I also get some other stuff to eat, than just that code ^^.doomoocv wrote:I made a GFX pack for SMB3 on my computer,and I use that.
(don't ask me for it.I'll shove my useless Minecraft redeem code down your throat)
Thats why I want a SMW GFX.Besides,SMB3 has enough graphics,while SMW doesn't.
The resaults of the poll have spoken, so I will do first SMB3, and then SMW.
I hope, they will proof useful for you. Have fun and good luck for it :-).Zeldamaster12 wrote:Decided to download this. It'll be of great use for the classic levels I'm going to be making.
Don't worry, as I will work on the other GFX-pack, after I have the SMB3-pack on a soild size (I assume, that it will take about 5 months to 6 months, though). Of course I will work them on differently, so I do not just "steal" other peoples hard works. That is really not what I want to do.Christian07 wrote:Too bad SMW didn't win, I was hoping for a SMW expanded tileset. Oh well, at least you'll start making it after a few months, I guess, and also, I'd like to see a SMB3 expanded tileset as well, even though other people made some of them.
I don't know for sure, but for him it seemed to be needed ^^.CaptainSyrup wrote:That was totally needed or?doomoocv wrote: (don't ask me for it.I'll shove my useless Minecraft redeem code down your throat)


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Chip industry makes pitch for $50bn to keep manufacturing in US
China's government is pouring money into its domestic semiconductor industry, says lobby group
San Francisco — The US chip industry said it needs as much as $50bn in federal incentives to halt a decades-long trend of manufacturing moving overseas as China spends heavily to become a leading semiconductor producer.
The federal government needs to deploy $20bn to $50bn to make the US as attractive a location for plants as Taiwan, China, South Korea, Singapore, Israel and parts of Europe, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said in a study released Wednesday. Failure to do that threatens US leadership of the sector as a whole, it added.
The lobby group, which represents companies such as Intel and Qualcomm, is making the pitch at a time when it believes Washington is more open to listening. The China-U. S. trade war and supply-chain disruptions caused by the pandemic have revealed the risks of having such vital components made abroad.
"Six months ago, I don't think we could have had this discussion, the world's gone in our direction," said John Neuffer, CEO of the SIA. "It's not a bit of a change in Washington, it's a significant shift."
The $400bn semiconductor industry is led by US companies, but many chipmakers, such as Nvidia and Qualcomm, outsource production to factories mostly in Asia. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing dominates that part of the market and also makes chips designed by Apple and other US tech giants.
Production techniques, including chemical processes, and complex manufacturing equipment play a vital role in determining chip performance. The US needs to keep a chunk of this work domestic so it can maintain its knowledge base and ownership of the skills, the SIA said.
While US production ebbs, China's government is pouring money into its domestic semiconductor industry, conferring the same kind of priority on the effort it accorded to building its atomic capability. That has made chip manufacturing a matter of national security.
The SIA said new US plants built with federal support "would bring state-of-the-art manufacturing technology and sufficient capacity to cover semiconductor demand from the US defence and aerospace industries".
Only 6% of the new global capacity in development will be located in the US. In contrast, China will add about 40% of the new capacity over the next decade and become the largest semiconductor manufacturing location in the world, the SIA noted in its report.
Senator John Cornyn is sponsoring a bipartisan Chips for America Act to increase government support for the industry, and he weighed in on the issue on Wednesday. "Domestic semiconductor manufacturing has been steadily declining, and the Covid-19 pandemic has made clear how vulnerable our existing supply chains are," the Republican senator from Texas said. "This report underscores the need to boost American production of semiconductors."
Locating a plant in the US costs about 30% more over a decade than comparable sites in Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore. China may be as much as 50% cheaper, according to the report.
It takes as much as $20bn to build a big chip plant, considerably more than a new aircraft carrier or nuclear power plant, the report estimated.
Over a decade, semiconductor factories cost as much as $40bn. Government incentives about the world reduce that bill by up to $13bn, according to the report.
Most incentives in the US are provided by state governments that cannot compete against countries with bigger budgets, the SIA said. Some countries offer grants to make the required land free. Others slash corporate and property taxes or help with the cost of equipment purchases. The US ranks way down the list in most of those categories, many controlled by Washington, the group added.
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Portland Food Scene
We had lots of places on our list before heading up to Portland, but were only able to visit a couple due to being too full to eat, or too far to get to without a car at the moment. We initially thought of going to Pok Pok, but just couldn't convince ourselves to spending a lot of money on Thai food. This is my list of my favorite places that we got to eat at.
Nuvrei Patisserie & Café
Joy's favorite place for breakfast each morning was at Nuvrei in the Pearl District. I really like their Bacon & Cheddar Biscuit sandwich with eggs, and bacon, and should've gotten another one both days. Their plain croissants were also very flakey, and the almond croissants were full of flavor.
Blue Star Donut
We started off with 4 donuts, and after eating two, we had to get four more when we saw that they brought out even more types of donuts. I realy liked the Blueberry, Bourbon & Basil donut, and the Passionfruit, Cocoa nib donut. They've got their own version of a maple bacon donut which i appreciate that it was bits of bacon vs. a strip of bacon on top of the donut.
Nong's Khao Man Gai
The very tasty Thai style Chicken and Rice served with some soup. Its a bit difficult to eat while standing up so you have to make sure you have a place to sit down and eat.
The People's Pig
You can never go wrong with some porky action, and The People's Pig does the Porchetta right. Its really flavorful that sits in between arugula and a bread that holds up well to the juices that comes out of the pork.
Andina is a Peruivan restaurant that came recommended by a friend and is highly rated on TripAdvisor so I made rsvp on Open Table for a Sunday night dinner. The place was packed and we actually got seated at a poor place because it was close to the entrance, and the kitchen ventilation needs some work. The food for the most part was delicious, particularly the shrimp and mango ceviche, scallop with fried onions, and the stuffed piquillos peppers. Probably wouldn't get the lomo saltado as it was good, but didn't necessarily much different from the versions i get close to home.
Park Kitchen
Park Kitchen was a restaurant that i wanted to try since it seemed to have a more unique menu, but sadly it just couldn't pull it together in my opinion. The best dish we had was the fried green beans, with bits of fried bacon mixed in.
Good Taste Noodle House
Saturday night i left dinner plans open, and had some thoughts of going to Apizza Scholls or Tasty N Sons but ended up getting some of our comfort food, of wonton soup, and pan fried noodles in Chinatown. Not quite located at the best area, and has a pretty sad looking store, but at least the food was tasty enough.
Cool Moon Ice Cream Co.
Cool Moon was the first ice cream shop we found in Portland while wandering around the Pearl District, and left the most impressionable flavor to our memories. We got a Lemon Lavender flavor which i don't know because of just eating lunch was very refreshing. It also seemed to be the most down home place that we visited.
Salt & Straw
Salt & Straw was another recommendation from multiple friends and looks like everyone has friends because the line was out the door and around the corner. Salt & Straw goes a little farther with their flavors and here i tried out their beer flavored ice cream, getting a half scoop of Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout and Hopped Farmhouse Ale in a fresh waffle cone. Both were really good.
Ruby Jewel
Ruby Jewel was probably the least memorable ice cream we had. It happen to be National Ice Cream Sandwich day, so they were offering up ice cream sandwiches for half off. I got a strawberry ice cream between some lemon cookie, but nothing wrong with it, i just didn't want to finish it.
Pine State Biscuits
I really wanted to try more biscuits, but most of places were beyond walking distance or took too long via public transportation. We made it out to the Alberta area of Portland our final night out there, and even though i was full from dinner i wanted to try a biscuit at Pine State Biscuits, and they had a Fruit and Whip version which i thought could be a good dessert, but sadly not. I really should've just gotten it with jam, or honey. Next time for sure i'll make it out for breakfast, so i can get some gravy.
Departure Restaurant + Lounge
We decided against going to a traditional bar so that i could try some local brews and went to the Departure which is at the top of the Nines Hotel. They've got a relatively peaceful patio compared to the loud bar inside, and the views are pretty amazing from the bridges and rivers on the east to the hills to the west.
Rogue Ales Public House
We got to the airport a little early so i had time to grab one last Portland beer before heading back to California. I wanted a Guiness type beer and got a Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout which was very good. The food didn't look that appetizing so i was find sticking to my beer.
Kaylee's Birthday Weekend
I can't believe that my sister's kid is already 1 year old. Feels like yesterday that Kaylee was still just a fat ball of a human, and now she's a babbling, walking machine. The whole family came down from SF to celebrate with family this weekend and we had much fun.
We ditched the baby on Friday night and went out to dinner at M.B. Post in Manhattan Beach which i've been meaning to go to for over a year, and randomly made RSVP for that night so it was perfect timing. It was a fun and tasty evening of just adults.
Saturday was the big day that was a luau theme, with lots of hawaiian food, and a Nemo themed cake. It was funny how many people were so excited when they learned it was a Paradise Cake from King's Hawaiian.
Sunday morning Nina met up with Joy and I back at Manhattan Beach to enjoy some ice cream for breakfast, and enjoy the sun on the sand. We also went to the Aquarium at the end of the pier to check out the fishies. After some fun time we went back to Cerritos for some Dim Sum with our parents.
West LA Date Night
Saturday afternoon was spent at Joy's family's house to celebrate Chinese New Years, and afterwards we went home to do some cooking and cleaning because we were told not to do any cleaning on Sunday. Something about sweeping your fortune away or something like that.
Saturday night we were getting really lazy, but we forced our butts out of the house and went out to Next Door by Josie, which happens to be next door to Josie. We were looking for something light to eat, and we've been to the parent restaurant Josie a few years ago for my birthday and thought we should give it a shot.
We focused on half glasses of European wines and little bites and was very happy about everything we ordered. The Beer and Bacon popcorn were sweet and crunchy, the deviled eggs were savory, and the meat and cheese plate were a fun plate of different tastes on the palette.
Afterwards we wanted to enjoy the westside a little longer and got some what i coined that night, Fancy Jack in the Box tacos at Tito's Tacos. Its a icon of fried tacos that can get stupid busy during the day, and in reality they're not super good, but its basically a place to go when you need some greasy food.
Silent Night
Joy and I spent Christmas Day by ourselves after the long day before at Disneyland. We reached out to friends about getting dim sum but without anyone able to meet up with drove out to Arcadia for some Xiao Long Baos at Din Tai Fung. We weren't the only ones thinking that as we were faced with an hour and half wait for a table and we braved out the hunger until we got seated. We feasted on a bunch of soup dumplings, fried rice and chicken soup and it was well worth it.
After lunch i needed to walk off some of the food and decided to check out the Santee Alley to hang out with the Mexicans. Not many places are open on Christmas and itt was pretty busy. Ireally got tempted on bringing home a bunny, but of course we didn't. It felt like any other back alley shopping area around the world with lots of fake movies, purses, and street vendors selling fruits and corn.
In the evening we enjoyed a quiet night at home watching Bourne Legacy and enjoy a home made short-rib stew with some stove-top stuffing. I really made up the recipe in my head and happy it came out really well, especially the next day when it had time to develop more flavor.
Let the Holiday Parties Begin!
December weekends get filled up so fast with various holiday parties i had to book my very own the first weekend of December. Its one of those sad realizations during the year when you notice that you haven't seen certain people for an entire year and so it was time to get together with the old Costa Mesa Roommates for a feast.
With a few new additions and another on its way we had to have it at Robin's spacious recently completed house. I asked everyone to bring something to eat and i'm so proud that everyone actually cooked something and the only thing store bought were the crescent rolls. (which i found out not many people have had before!)
For the main course Robin cooked a beautiful 10lb coffee crusted prime rib, along with pecan tartlets, . Joy and i made corn chowder, mashed sweet potatoes and macarons. Ben and Tiffany made cornish game hens, a lemon tart, chocolate pudding. Shane and Joann made bbq riblets and cheesy potato hash. Jon and Janelle made fried rice. Andy and Jennifer made baked fried chicken and veggies.
The kids even had a table to themselves and were pretty good (and quiet) while they ate. I think Noah has a new found love of Crescent Rolls along with Milo Milk.
Lots of wine was consumed and stories shared and its always makes me thankful for December get togethers as a reason to see everyone again. Weekends throughout the year seem never free with endless birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, and kid things that we're having to plan fake holidays as a reason to get together now.


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Diane Schmidt
Diane Schmidt, 72, of Bryant died on Thursday, October 31, 2019 at her home. She was born on Sunday, December 29, 1946 in Indianapolis to Iris and Anna (Campbell) Tyson. She was married on Saturday, April 17, 1965 in Berne to Larry Schmidt who survives her.
A graveside service will take place at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 5 at West Lawn Cemetery in Geneva.
Arrangements provided by Downing & Glancy Funeral Home in Geneva.