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By Thundersmacker,
March 1, 2016 in Workshop
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1 hour ago, Matheus Rodrigues said:
I was looking for mods for GTA SA, When I Saw It:
By Automan: https://www.gtainside.com/en/sanandreas/cars/102549-gta-v-mammoth-patriot-limo/
It is longer than the Original.
that's no limo, that's a train, lol, imagine hard it'd be to turn in that thing.
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Sgt. Pooper Lonely Farts Club
Club looks good and it fits Liberty City very well.
Also, does anyone have a problem when installing both FLA and RIL.Budgeted at the same time?
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Thundersmacker
Unleash the beast that is the Zion Classic LM onto the streets of Liberty! Download it now!
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SilentSoul21
GTA Car Lover
1 hour ago, Thundersmacker said:
Man, I really don't have words to describe how happy I am to see this beast becoming a reality!
It was fun to do the sketch and the "blueprint", hehe. I hope they helped you to do the model!
Great job as always, Thunder!
8 hours ago, SilentSoul21 said:
I had a ton of fun to working on this project, as it was nice to make something all new for the game again. Those converts can get boring after a while. 😛
Thanks to you for creating that sketch for me and inspiring me to do this car in the first place. Your design was perfect and I think you'll make an epic concept artist!
Hopefully the stock Zion Classic will go just as well, and you'll be seeing that in game soon.
Edited July 28, 2018 by Thundersmacker
G.C.T. 5,350
G.C.T.
Your Zion LM was amazing, good job! the car looked like an original game car. I can not wait for the street version.
Tuntchio 454
Tuntchio
I can not wait for the street version²
Not a fan of LM cars, but the Zion Classic looks promising. Can't wait to get my hands on the street version so the old money have something to daily with besides the Glendale.
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DingoPachinko
Forget about it Mario!
I've seen this car somewhere before but I can't remember where. . .
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Cranlet534
Player Hater
cool mods guy
Hey did you guys miss me? Eh, probably not. But I bet you were wanting to see how the stock Zion Classic was coming along. Well, it's coming along very well.
The big bulk of the work on the car is done. All that is left to do is some small refinements and the LOD's.
Edited September 18, 2018 by Thundersmacker
Nico 3,777
A million bright ambassadors of morning.
I did miss you. Quite a lot, actually.
And I feared that you would make a comeback sometime, but instead of showing a beautiful car, you would say something among the lines of "Guys, I retire from modding".
The car looks nice. It reminds me of past times, many years ago, when I spent Saturdays with an old friend of mine playing GTA IV with some car mods. One of them being precisely a BMW 3.0 CSL that worked and looked great. I can only wish you took my advice of putting badges on the pillars though, I think the road car needs it, but it's fine by me if you don't want them.
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Well guys, it's finally here. The Zion Classic is finally available for download!
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I will not reupload my mods for GTA 4
Damn, that's a quite a classy vehicle! Good job!
civilian version looks sweet
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On 9/28/2018 at 6:41 PM, Thundersmacker said:
Very sexy Thunder!! ❤
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MAY_783
@Thundersmacker You will do more "Sketches that have seen Reality" from @SilentSoul21?
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CSpeed
On 9/29/2018 at 12:41 AM, Thundersmacker said:
Omg, very very beautiful 😲
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okofficer1111
I can't belive my eyes this is very beautiful
The Zion blend in well with Broker's bohemian chic atmosphere.
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Claude_Lib
Talkative like never before
So sad to see this thread die, so here are the files from the latest DLC: [removed - no sharing of original game files, sorry!] Among lots of silly creations, like Stubby Bob (yeah, like the FlyWheels one, but it's official now) and Glendale limo on a chassis from Linerunner or something like that, obviously inspired by Mad Max, there are several gems in there, you should really check it out.
Edited December 14, 2018 by RedDagger
This workshop ain't dead, just dormant. I've been busy at work and have been playing RDR 2 and Forza Horizon 4 in my free time, so obviously modding a now 10 year old game isn't a priority. That said, this new update has brought back some interest in going back to good ol' Liberty City.
Thanks Claude for sharing those files, I'll have a look at them this weekend. Hopefully you'll be seeing my thoughts on the new DLC soon, and maybe some new mods aswell.
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Street Cat
You've been playing RDR2? I hate you now. I don't even have an Xbone or PS4, dammit. Hell, I don't even have a PC that can run V FFS. lol
ive tried out the glendale limo last night in arena mod would be cool if thunder converted it to stock version
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17 hours ago, Thundersmacker said:
modding a now 10 year old game isn't a priority
Age of the game doesn't really matter. A game great for modding is still great for modding no matter the age of it.
Edited December 14, 2018 by RM76
2 hours ago, RM76 said:
It doesn't to me, but you can't deny that interest in IV modding is pretty much non existant in the online community now. It's pretty much just me, GCT, JoeVK, Jinx, and Jeansowaty having any interest in IV.
While I mostly make mods for me, the community on here factors into my motivation as well. And I know that most of the interest in my mods now, is people who are just wanting to see the modified cars converted to GTA V. I don't hold it against anyone for doing that, technically GTA V is a better game. IV is a pain to get working right, and has many limitations that do kill alot of fun ideas.
Edited December 14, 2018 by Thundersmacker
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Even if you don't plan on actually converting them, i always look forward to hearing your thoughts on the cars after each update and if they're conversion worthy
Well a new update for GTA Online is out, and that means it's time for me to give my 2 cents on the new cars included in the DLC. There is quite a lot of vehicles in this update, so be prepared for a long post.
Declasse Impaler
My favorite vehicle of the update hands down. The Impaler is a '67 Impala with a '67 Chevelle rear and the blend of the two works beautifully. The only tiny compliant I have about it is the name, it's a nod to the Impaler from GTA 1 but it's not the most creative name ever. As for as converting goes, GCT is converting this and he has a "Supernatural" 4-door version also planned.
Vapid Imperator
Hell yeah! It's the "Last of the V8 Interceptors" from the Mad Max series, and this one is based on the Pursuit Special from the first movie. While the official Mad Max game got the Road Warrior/Fury Road wasteland version of the car, it's awesome to have the clean road going version. There are obviously some design changes but it still has the same badass look as the real thing, now all we need is a Ecto-1 and a good Christine analogue and pretty much every famous movie car will be in GTA V. I am a big fan of this car and it's real counterpart, so a conversion to IV (and maybe a stock version) would be a real possibility. You'll just have to see.
Declasse Vamos
Another awesome muscle car in this update! Obviously it's a Chevy Nova, in fact it's almost a carbon copy of the real car. But that's not a complaint in the slightest, I've always liked the design of the '70 Nova so I'm glad they didn't change it too much. GCT is also going to convert this one, so I can't wait to get this beauty onto the streets of Liberty with the Impaler and Tulip. After he finishes his convert I may take it and make a beater version as a homage to one of my favorite movies "Beverly Hills Cop".
Declasse Tulip
Rockstar sure is giving the Chevy muscle cars some love in this update and this is the last one, a 4-door '71 Chevelle. There is a bit of '70 Monte Carlo influence in there and a '71 Oldmsobile Cutlass taillight design, so it's a lot like the Sabre GT in which it's mix of GM muscle cars. I do like the idea of it being a 4-door as these type of muscle cars don't get much love period. The last 4-door muscle car in a game that I remember is the Bootlegger from Saints Row 3 and 4. As I mentioned in my Vamos post GCT is converting this car as well, with plans to make a 2-door version.
Schyster Deviant
Holy moly! It's a AMC Javelin! Not only that, it's the epic resto-mod built by the Ring Brothers. Apparently someone at Rockstar watched Jay Leno's Garage, and decided they wanted to put the car in the game and put some '70 Hemi 'Cuda design elements in the car. It's great to see more muscle cars in the game, let alone a lesser known one like the Javelin. If I had a compliant about the car it's that I wish they gave us a more stock version, and had the resto-mod car as a Benny's upgrade. Oh well, nothing some modders can't do.
Annis ZR380
Well this already a very controversial choice, lots of people wanted a 350Z in the game and Rockstar delivered...sort of. While I like the whole Death Race armored killing machine look this car has, you can't deny that's it's stupid that someone at Rockstar decided not to give us a stock street car to drive. Especially something as requested as the 350Z, so bad move to whoever green-lighted that decision. Luckilly the car is already being converted to stock by the Vanillaworks crew, so once again we turn to modders to fix Rockstars dumb design choices.
Vapid Clique
Yep, someone is watching Jay Leno's Garage for sure, as this was also featured on the show. It's a cool design and isn't that much different from the real car, but like the Deviant, it would've been nice to have the modified car as an upgrade and have a stock car as the default.
Grotti Itali GTO
As always in every GTA online update, there's some more modern super cars included. This is based on the newer Ferrari 812 Superfast, along with some F12 Berlinetta influence. I like the real car, but I'm not digging the design of this GTA car. The headlights are too big, and the wheels seem too small or something, it just looks off to me and could've been much better. Not interested. Pass.
Benefactor Schlagen
The other modern car in the update and this is actually not a bad one. It's supposed to be based on a Mercedes AMG GT but it seems to have some modern BMW design in the front. I'm sure it's pleasing to all the fans of the AMG GT and the SLS (myself included) so you may see this car come to IV, but nothing is set in stone.
Pegassi Toros
Shocker, the newest Lambo in the new update! Yeah, I'm not a fan of the Urus SUV nor am a fan of this thing which seems to actually be uglier than the real car. My apologies to everyone who likes this and the real Urus, but this is of no interest to me. Pass.
Principe Deveste Eight
Yeah, no way. Pass.
Weeney Apocalypse Issi
I had to laugh at this one, it's based on the Mini Cooper that was in Mad Max: Fury Road for less than a second. Apparently George Miller (the director) hated the modified Mini so much that he only let be seen for a split second in the movie. And I agree with him, I don't like it either. Pass.
Declasse Brutus
Another cool movie homage, this one from the awesome but cheesy "Tango & Cash" The real truck was a modified '88 Chevy Silverado but this appears to have been made from a 2014 GMC Sierra. GCT is wanting to make a standard truck as a modern Yosemite, so that'll be interesting to see.
Benefactor Bruiser
Holy People Eater! It's the People Eater's limo from Mad Max: Fury Road! The real truck/car thing was a tanker truck that hauled all the fuel for the baddies cars in the movie and went out with an epic explosion near the end.
It seems Rockstar took the design of it and made it it's own vehicle without the tanker, and replaced the Mercedes body with the Glendale. It's possible to make a limo Glendale from the body of the car on the massive truck chassis, but it's not something I'm interested in doing as the standard Glendale is fine with me.
MTL Cerberus
This is probably the weakest of the Mad Max/Death Race inspired designs. It seems they blended the Dreadnought from the Death Race remake with the War Rig from MM:FR and made it all into one vehicle. I personally would've had it have a trailer along with the truck, but that's just me. It's not all bad though, the truck design itself would be cool to make into a homage to the creepy truck from Duel with all the rust and dirty paint, with a matching tanker trailer.
Vehicles too awesome for GTA IV section:
This section is for vehicles that are good but won't work in the limited engine of IV, so only read this if you interested in my opinion of cars and don't care if they aren't getting converted or modded.
Vapid Apocalypse Slamvan
No way! It's Stubby Bob from Roadkill! Probably one of my favorite shows of all time, and it's great to see one the greatest builds from the show get featured in the game officially.
The Vanillaworks crew did make they're own epic version of Stubby Bob from a Duneloader which was great, but it's even better to see an official nod to Roadkill.
Bravado Sasquatch
Oh yes it's the "Bigfoot" from Mad Max: Fury Road. Obviously it has the flamethrower, and all the creepy baby heads removed from it that the real movie truck had. It also seems to have some better, more accurate wheels and tires which I wish they would put on the other monster trucks as well. Besides the awesome monster truck, there is a good Dodge pickup analogue in there. I know GCT was saying something about taking the truck body and maybe making it into a stock truck. (Walton perhaps?) So that might be something to look for in the future.
RC Bandito
Welcome back little guy! Nice to see a fun vehicle from San Andreas return with a more realistic design. I like that it has the ability to change body styles, and of course it works as a rolling bomb.
HVY Scarab
Yep, saw this coming. With it's appearance in the latest Fast & Furious and The Grand Tour, I knew there would be a Ripsaw tank for GTA eventually. What would've been cooler, is the ability to give it the muscle car body of the Bullet Farmer's Ripsaw in Mad Max: Fury Road.
That is most of the DLC cars covered, there are a few vehicles that I didn't mention but those are variants of cars that already exist in the main game. There was a lot of good stuff in this update with many possibilities for mods and new ideas. Hope you enjoyed reading my opinions and be sure to leave your thoughts on what vehicles you liked or didn't like as I like hearing your opinions as well.
Hopefully some of these new cars will make their way to the better ga...er I mean GTA IV. GCT is already working on the three GM muscle cars and I might take a stab at the Imperator, so keep an eye out for those mods!
Glad to hear you still plan to do some work for IV. I'm not the biggest Mad Max fan, or muscle fan, so I'm not very excited about these.
Wonder who decided to add a parody of the Devel Sixteen, though. That thing is a joke, both IRL and ingame.
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Q: Git: Delete commit in both origin and upstream repo My fork is origin and the one I fork from is upstream
I have to delete a commit from my fork, but I would like to update the upstream repo in case other folks need to fork it (it's just me at the moment).
So far I've done the following:
git checkout MYBRANCH
git reset --hard <SHA_COMMIT_HASH>
git push origin MYBRANCH

As of now my upstream repo is protected (it will at some point), so I tried to push to that repo but I got the following message. I tried forcing it but it didn't work either. I doublechecked and the branch is not protected.
hint: Updates were rejected because the tip of your current branch is behind
hint: its remote counterpart. Integrate the remote changes (e.g.
hint: 'git pull ...') before pushing again.
hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.

A: You have already reset the commit. You can proceed with 2 approaches

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*Force with lease Push - git push origin --force-with-lease MYBRANCH. This will override the commit and remove it from the remote but get rejected if the remote repo has been updated since your last pull. This is not technically necessary in your case (your branch, only you committing to repo) but it's a good habit to get in to.

*Create a new branch from MYBRANCH. Push to remote and merge it to MYBRANCH upstream.

I usually follow the rules mention below when it comes to deleting commits
Deleting commits can be done in two ways

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*git reset - destroys commit making your remote branch and local branch out of sync

*git revert - create a new revert commit which can be easily pushed to the remote repository

Use RESET if you are working on your local branch and not collaborating it with other developers. Since Reset destroys the commit, your reset commit might be available at other developer's repository and he can accidentally push it again.
Use REVERT if you are working on a collaborative branch. In this case, a new revert commit will be added. So even if someone has the commit the revert will override it.
Adhering to these rule will prevent any issues related deleting a commit in future.

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Searching for the perfect project management application can feel a bit like being Goldilocks — taste-testing each app until, finally, you settle on the choice that is "just right." Are extensive reporting and invoicing capabilities too hot? Are time tracking or communication tools too cold? It can be daunting to have to search for solutions, especially when the bears (in the form of wasted time, over-budget projects, and poor task management) might return at any moment! When working from the time and budget constraints of a small business, the search can be that much more difficult and frustrating. Merchant Maverick to the rescue! Compiled below for your convenience and reading pleasure are our top three project management applications for small businesses.
A quick note about criteria: I picked these three applications based on affordability relative to other project management applications, ease of use, and an "X-factor" that makes them more desirable than their competitors. Okay, with that out of the way, on to the list!
Redbooth (read our review) is one the perennial favorite project management applications here at Merchant Maverick; in fact, I think I have recommended it in just about every project management blog I have written. It has that fantastic combination of usability and price that is nearly unmatched in other project management applications.
Pricing for Redbooth is figured per-user, meaning that you pay less if you have fewer users. Generally speaking, this kind of pricing plan favors smaller businesses, especially if yours falls into that 10-12 user category. Of course, the fact that Redbooth starts their pricing at 'zero' helps as well. Though you sacrifice a few of the features and are limited to two projects, the free plan might be a good choice for you, at least to start with. When Redbooth actually starts charging, the prices remain firmly in affordable territory, between nine and 15 dollars/user/month.
I have tested and used Redbooth in a number of scenarios over the last two years, and every time I have found it an absolute joy. Adding new tasks, creating workspaces, and communicating with team members from within the app are all accomplished without trouble or confusion.
The special thing that makes Redbooth more desirable than other, similar, project management applications is the excellence of the UI design. Seriously, I have tested a lot of project management apps, but this one is definitely my favorite. It is crisp, clean, and makes absolute sense to anyone who uses it. I love it!
Binfire (read our review) is designed especially with remote teams in mind. A strong project management app on its own, it especially shines in situations where not all team members work from the same location. Equally useful in traditional and "agile" project management styles, this app will almost certainly fill a niche for your business.
While Binfire does not offer a free option (ala Redbooth), this app is available at a lower initial cost, and with more increments to help you tailor the experience to your own needs without completely breaking the bank. Like Redbooth, Binfire is available in a per-user pricing scheme — more users = more expensive. Price tags start at five dollars/user/month and extend through four pricing levels up to $15/user/month.
Binfire is a bit more complicated than Redbooth — offering a wider variety of features — which lends itself to a more difficult user experience. Fortunately, due to good interface design and simple aesthetic, Binfire avoids most pitfalls and remains quite easy to both learn and use.
Binfire's X-factor has to be remote-work features like its interactive whiteboard. Designed to replicate a project-planning whiteboard session, the interactive whiteboard provides a digital space for teams separated by distance to collaborate meaningfully.
Teamwork Projects (read our review), another perennial favorite in the project management world, is an excellent project management platform designed to grant just about anyone the ability to manage projects effectively. One of the things I appreciate about Teamwork is that it is a very scalable product; if you have aspirations of growing your business beyond the "small" label, this could be the project management app for you.
Teamwork Projects is priced per user. Like Redbooth, Teamwork has a free option, offering a reduced feature set to users for either limited use or use as a trial phase. If you want the rest of Teamwork Projects' features, you are going to be shelling out $9/user/month, though only 100 or fewer users can jump on board at that price. While 100 user slots will be more than enough for small businesses, if your ambition is to grow rapidly, the flexibility here might come in handy farther down the road.
Like both prior apps, Teamwork Projects is exceptionally easy to use. When viewing your projects and tasks you can choose from one of several views that allow you to customize your viewing experience (a feature that can be found in many project management apps), and the interface is well designed and logical.
I think the X-Factor for Teamwork Projects would have to be the team behind it. Few project management applications that I have reviewed embrace new features and ideas quite the way Teamwork Projects does, certainly not while maintaining an otherwise excellent product. Most recently, Teamwork Projects gained the popular new "board view," giving you yet another way of visualizing your projects.
Trello: Available free to anyone who cares to sign up, the team at Trello is responsible for the original "board view" that was so recently implemented at Teamwork Projects. Trello is easy to use and brings a sense of humor to project management with their cute husky Mascot, Taco.
SquidHub: Similar to Trello but much newer, SquidHub is a free project and task management app that is so easy to use that I have a hard time accurately describing how simple the program is. Like Trello, SquidHub is a little on the cheeky side, heavily featuring a smiling squid mascot.
*I recently compared these two apps in another post.
Wesley Kriz is a writer from the misty peaks of the Pacific Northwest, or as he prefers to call it, the Best Coast. He is willing to debate on almost any topic, but he is admittedly very stubborn, so beware. When not writing for Merchant Maverick, Wesley is likely thinking about Star Wars, or reading Lord of the Rings.
One of the biggest perks offered by business credit cards, other than convenience, is rewards. Gamed correctly, business credit card rewards can be a way to save money on your biggest expenses.
Not sure which rewards are right for your business? Wondering what kinds of expenses to use your card on? Not even sure what's out there? Read on!
What Are Business Credit Card Rewards?
Simply put, they're incentives to use your card to make purchases. When you make a purchase on your card, you'll be awarded points or cash for each dollar you've spent. The number and type of points awarded vary by card. In many cases, where you're spending it matters too.
A lot. In fact, many business credit card rewards cater to a specific type of spending. Overall, you can break them down into two broad categories.
Cash: This is the simplest, and oldest, kind of reward program offered by business credit cards. Cash rewards accumulate as you make purchases on your credit card. You may, for example, earn 2 percent back on every purchase you make. Depending on your carrier, you'll have the option to redeem the rewards automatically at specific times of year, when you reach reward thresholds, or when you request them. Cash rewards can be redeemed as checks, statement credit and, in some cases, as gift certificates.
Rewards: Other business credit cards don't return cash, instead awarding points or frequent flyer miles to cardholders. These cards tend to cater to specific types of business. For example, businesses whose staff frequently travel may choose a card that awards flyer miles. A business that spends a lot on telecommunications, on the other hand, may choose a card that rewards expenditures on those expenses. Other reward programs are more general, presenting you with a diverse (but limited) array of rewards to spend your points on.
Not all business credit cards have reward tiers. Cash cards almost never have them, for example, but many reward cards do.
Reward-based cards use tiers to influence your spending habits. For example, the Chase Ink Business Preferred Credit card breaks its reward point system into two tiers. For each $1 you spend on travel, shipping purchases, telecommunications, and social media advertising, you'll earn three reward points. Any other purchases you make will be compensated with one point per $1.
Most cards that use tiers will have two or three of them. The lowest tier almost always represents miscellaneous purchases.
Business credit cards, ideally, reward a specific kind of spending behavior. With that in mind, it's best to consider which rewards best sync up with your expenses.
This means you'll probably want to itemize your monthly business expenses to see where you're spending your money. You'll also want to get the cash value of the reward points offered by any rewards cards you are considering (expect a value somewhere around a cent or two).
To make a comparison, pretend you've put all of your monthly expenses on the credit card and calculate the cash value of the points (or cash back) you would get for making those purchases. So if you have $800 of expenses that qualify top tier points (3) and $1,000 of miscellaneous purchases, you'd be earning $34 worth of rewards each month or $408 per year.
What Else Should You Factor Into Your Reward Calculations?
Sign-up Bonus: Many business credit cards will offer an initial sign-up bonus. This is a one-time offer and usually requires you to spend a minimum amount of money in order to qualify.
Annual Fee: Some business credit cards charge an annual fee to keep the card active. You'll want to deduct this amount from your yearly reward value. Note that many cards will waive the first year's fee.
Reward Limits: While it might be fun to think of ways to earn an endless torrent of reward points, your carrier is one step ahead of you. Some carriers will limit the number of top tier points you can earn. Others may stop rewarding points or cash for the year after you hit a spending threshold of, say, $150,000.
Remember that your business credit card should match your existing spending habits. Don't fall into the trap of thinking you should have a specific card just because it's popular or even well-reviewed.
Need help getting started? Check out our 2018 business credit card comparisons.
As a reviewer of small business software and services — and a human who lives in the modern era — I've seen my share of business websites. Many of them are so basic that they serve only to confirm that the business in question, be it a bowling alley or an accountancy firm, is not merely a front for backroom bookie Big Sal and his associates (Fingers, Lefty, and Slippery Joe). What is dodgier than a business without a URL, after all?
Few websites are anything other than forgettable, and the ones that stand out usually owe their memorability to monumentally funny errors rather than to craftsman-level design.
I am trying to stress the importance of having a modern, mobile-responsive site. There's a word for businesses with websites that don't work well on smartphones. And that word is defunct.
Consumers are addicted to their mobile devices. And according to this article by Marketing Land, mobile devices now drive an estimated 56% of web traffic. That's right — chances are that more than half of your customers will find your website on their mobile browser. If your site isn't mobile responsive, I guarantee they will exit your page as quickly as they enter.
When viewed on a smartphone, non-responsive sites appear either too large or too small, requiring the reader to manually adjust the screen. Responsive sites, on the other hand, automatically adjust to accommodate each device, be it an iPhone, a Kindle, or a Galaxy Note8. Mobile sites are often simpler and/or allow the visitor to scroll down for more information, rather than navigating from one page to another.
Effective mobile sites are sleek, minimalistic repositories of information. They should be reminiscent of your full site and good ambassadors for your brand. They should not make people throw their phones in anger.
Happily, most do-it-yourself website builders allow for mobile responsive design; if yours doesn't, it's time to look for a new platform. And it goes without saying that if you're paying a developer to design your site, you should insist that they make it responsive. If you want more information about this topic or tips about how to make it work for you, read our articles What Is Responsive Design? and Creating Websites For The Smartphone Generation.
To stay competitive, your site has to look current. People are only becoming more attuned to (and judgemental about) the aesthetics of their technology. Older designs simply won't cut it. You must update, and update frequently, to stay alive.
If your site looks like that, you either went out of business in 1996, or you are using the design ironically. If it's the former, and you're now trying to get back into the game, good for you. Burn the site and start over. Burn it. If it's the latter, you are invariably a hipster and I don't want to talk to you or your handlebar mustache.
This is the horrible truth: your pages don't have to be neon and underlined to look hopelessly dated. Sites built as recently as 2012 now appear sad and outre. First impressions matter, and the average consumer will ditch your site without blinking an eye if it looks sketchy or old.
To stay in the game, you must update the design of your site every few years. Yes, it's a pain. Yes, it will cost you time, money, or both. But what you gain in street cred will be worth every dime.
Updating actually isn't so bad if you're using a modern website building platform, like Wix (read our review) or Squarespace (read our review). New, intuitive site editors make it easy to switch layouts, change templates and forms, and alter color schemes — without paying an hourly rate to a spendy developer.
I know I spent a good part of the introduction talking about how business websites need to be more than just storehouses of basic information. That is 100% true, and I stand by every word. But…and this is a big but…it is vitally important to put basic information about your business on your website, front and center, or everything else in this article is pointless. Highlight your operating hours, address, phone number, and digital contact information, and put that information in more than one place. If your business occupies a physical space, your address and phone number should be above the fold. In other words, website visitors should not have to scroll down or navigate to another page to see this information.
You also need to give potential customers and new visitors at least a hint of what your company is all about on your home page. Don't write a novel at this point. As you'll see in the screenshot of Merchant Maverick's home page below, a simple summary phrase — Unbiased Reviews That Save You Time And Money — is enough to convey the purpose of our site.
An "About Us" page is a great place to go more in-depth about exactly what your business does, and why you do it. It can also be a good vehicle to introduce yourself or your staff. Include mini-bios and pictures if you can. People are social animals. We're evolutionarily wired for relationships, and that's not going to change anytime soon. The exchange of goods and services is occurring less and less in the meatspace, but we still like to know who we're dealing with.
You can get away with shocking grammar in Tweets, texts, and even over email (alas). But your website is not the place to be slipshod and careless. Save that devil-may-care attitude for Facebook or Christmas cards, where only some of your acquaintance will be judging you. If your website is riddled with typos and syntax goofs, you will lose customers, period. Error-laden copy connotes one of two things to your client base: you are illiterate or you are lazy. Ponder this riddle: What's more off-putting to a consumer — an uneducated merchant or an indifferent one? The answer, of course, is moot. Neither one is going to survive.
This may all seem terrifying if grammar isn't exactly your thing. But don't worry! There's no need to hastily enroll in a community college course. Simply running your site through spellcheck should catch most spelling errors, though you'd be surprised how many merchants neglect to do so. For higher level syntax and grammar issues, try using a service like Grammarly. It's not perfect for higher level writing, but it catches almost 100% of basic errors (there/they're/their, etc.), and it's free. You can also enlist help from friends and family. The more eyes on your website copy before you publish, the better.
It's not enough for your content to be grammatically perfect. It must also be useful and interesting. And there's the rub.
Presumably, you understand your business and your products or services well. Take the time to describe them, providing as much or more of the minutia as is reasonably warranted. Color; size; shape; weight; feel; smell; taste. Go further into the aesthetic sensibility of your items if you want. The more your customer knows about the product or service, the more likely they are to be satisfied with their purchase.
The overall helpfulness of your copy will depend in part on how wisely you've used detail in your descriptions. But you must go even a step further. It's not enough to state that a scarf is hand-knit, blue, and made of angora wool. It's not even enough to say that it is 60-inches-long and machine-washable. For optimal impact, you've got to paint a word picture for your potential customers. Give suggestions about various ways to wear the scarf. Talk about occasions or events the scarf is appropriate for. If a customer can imagine your product as a useful part of their daily life, you're far more likely to make the sale.
On the internet, as in life, it often pays to be unique. And not in an after-school-special, every-snowflake-is-beautiful kind of way. Search engines like original content. They give preference to it, in fact.
That said, unless your name is Dorothea Lange or Ansel Adams, you're much better off using BigStock or Getty Images for your graphic content than simply uploading pictures from your digital camera or smartphone. Unique isn't always equivalent to good. My iPhone pictures, for example, are invariably blurry and too dark, invoking what I'm sure are merely pity-likes on Instagram. Yours may be better (and likely are), but I can say with near certainty that they aren't good enough to be featured on your website.
Images like this don't grow on trees. They come from professional photographers and graphic designers who use professional equipment. In other words, you'll have to pay for them. Craigslist is a good place to find relatively cheap freelancers in your area, or you can solicit help from sites like Upwork and Guru.
Blogs aren't just for bloggers. Used wisely, a blog can be an excellent marketing tool for your retail, restaurant, or service business.
For starters (to reiterate my point in the section above), search engines give preference to original content. They gobble it up, in the manner of hungry hippos. To be clear, Google is an equal opportunity tool in that, if you have a URL, you'll show up in an appropriate keyword search…eventually. But if you want to rank a little higher than the two-millionth results page, you'll need to put it a bit more effort. Creating unique, high-quality content for your site increases your visibility to potential customers online. The key phrase here is high-quality, by the way. Search engines employ highly trained digital bloodhounds that can sniff out BS filler-content a mile away. You can try to cover redundant or pointless copy with metaphorical coffee grounds, but Google algorithms just keep getting smarter.
If you equate blogs solely with hot-button social issues like politics, the Mommy Wars, religion, and the like, it may be difficult to see how having one could benefit — or even apply to — your business. There are only so many edgy articles you can write about lawnmower parts.
Blogs don't have to be hilarious rants or incisive social commentaries. In fact, if you want them to work well for your site, you should avoid controversy and/or high-art altogether. Instead, think about what kinds of things your customers are interested in, and provide content that caters to those interests. Do you sell custom clothing? Write a few how-to posts about accessorizing or blog about fashion trends. Run a pet shop? Talk about what pet owners can do to keep their dogs healthy. Rank cat toys from worst to most purrr-fect. Cat owners in your area who search for toy ideas may just stumble on your article and become loyal customers. Blogs exist to provide helpful information for your current clients, but they serve to draw in new customers as well.
If you don't feel up to creating the content yourself, hire someone who is.
In our increasingly digital society, your website is the most visible face of your business. It behooves you to make that face as clean and attractive as possible. The good news is that it doesn't take much to create a professional, effective site.
Consider the tips above and take action where you can. With just a little TLC (and a little cash), your website can go from bland and forgettable to sleek and profitable.
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It's like looking at an old photo, Karl Drotning says, or hearing an old, familiar song on the radio. That's the type of feeling he gets every morning when he steps into his home garage, cup of coffee in hand, memories flooding his head.
"It just puts a smile on my face when I see it sitting there," says Drotning, 62, co-owner of Crystal Lake Automotive Inc. in Lakeville, Minn. "It takes me back to some really good times, some of my best times."
The green paint is "a little off" from the original model—or rather, his original model—but besides that, it might as well be the same 1968 Chevy Biscayne Drotning bought in 1970, the year he first started dating his wife.
"We did a lot of driving in that car; that's what we did all the time," he says. "We would go 50 miles, get a cup of coffee and drive all the way back. I had to get a second job to afford all the gas."
Drotning had to sell that first Biscayne in 1972 ("Something about having kids, starting a family—you know, that kind of stuff," he says), but in the last five years, he's restored another one, made to look like his original.
He found the car online and bought it for $9,000. It wasn't in great shape—a busted-up front end, leaky steering column and odd oil pan setup actually made it undrivable—but it was better than what Drotning thought he could find for that price.
"We were going to need to do a lot of work to it, but that's one of the main reasons I buy cars," he says. "I like to putz on them. Some play golf for their therapy, I putz around on cars."
The previous owner had used the Biscayne as a drag car, and an accident left it in the condition it was in. Drotning brought it into his shop and began plugging away.
Despite being in repair shops since he was 11 (he wasn't exactly employed, they just "didn't kick me out," he says), Drotning never worked as a technician at any point. In fact, he was only 19 when he was promoted to a supervisor role. He started his shop, which does full-service mechanical and collision, in 1986.
So, enlisting the help of his employees from time to time, Drotning got the Biscayne "looking great" within four years of purchasing it—"a world-record turnaround for me," he says.
"I have a '66 El Camino I bought 16 years ago, and it's been being 'restored' for the last 16 years," he says with a laugh.
Drotning has roughly 25 cars in two separate garages that he's worked on or will at one point or another; most of them do not run.
"As I said, I just like to putz on them," Drotning says. "I guess I must've had a little extra motivation on the Biscayne."
Drotning and his staff redid the entire frame from scratch, replaced the fenders, repainted the car and restored the interior. He replaced the 427ci big-block that was in it when purchased and swapped in a '66 Chevelle 396ci, 360-horsepower engine that was initially destined for the El Camino. The four-speed gearing in the Biscayne is a little too low for that engine, Drotning says, so he's planning to eventually swap that for a 454ci Chevy truck motor he recently picked up, another four-speed and an 11-inch clutch.
"It's a little tricky to drive right now," he says. "You're in fourth gear by the time you cross the intersection.
"The car looks great, though, and the only goal now is to make it just be a simple car to drive. I want to be able to just turn the keys, put unleaded in it and enjoy it."
Looking at the car in his garage, Drotning says it really does look almost exactly like his original one. And that's the point to having it.
"I just love sitting out in the garage with some '60s music on my radio and putzing on that car," he says.
"Any time you have project cars, those projects never really end unless you sell it. That's how it is with all my cars; I'm never done with any of them.
"I'm not sure I want to be done with this one at any point. I guess I have an emotional attachment to it."
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Weezer (as played by The Great Heights Band) vs. Blink-182 (as played by The Dude Ranch) - Thu, Feb 13, 2020
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Orion & The Melted Crayons, Dirty Grass Players, and Pierce Edens - Thu, Feb 20, 2020
From Motown To Soul Train: An Evening With Tonia Ray & The Sound Machine - Fri, Feb 21, 2020
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About The Great Heights Band:
Baltimore / DC natives, The Great Heights Band formed in the spring of 2014 after longtime friends and former band mates, vocalist/guitarist Neal Karkhanis and bassist Owen Brinser jammed on a few songs with different drummers while trying to rekindle their love and passion for music. Simultaneously, Karkhanis asked drummer Paul Martinez to record a couple of demos with him for fun and after releasing those songs themselves on their personal Facebook pages under the moniker "Great Heights", the duo recruited Brinser to play with them live.
After writing a few more songs and adding pianist/vocalist Linette Gonzalez to the fold, the band began playing in local DIY punk venues in the Baltimore area, and ultimately had an opportunity to open for Hellogoodbye and Vacationer at the storied Ottobar. Soon after, the quartet recorded the band's first EP entitled "Weird Thoughts". The EP was a short and sweet five songs that showed off the new band's ability to write fun pop music that brought people back to the simple times of 90s and early 2000s alternative rock. Only 400 copies of the EP were ever produced and that summer Karkhanis moved to San Francisco, CA. The standout track "Portland" would become an instant fan favorite, and that summer Karkhanis continued to write and record music on the west coast.
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Lyrically, rad-pop. tackles common themes of love and heartbreak, as well as larger topics such as environmental activism and political uncertainty. rad-pop. is an album about growth, love, and finding happiness in a world struggling to find stability. It is fun and introspective, thoughtful, and tongue-in-cheek.
In April 2018, the band went on tour with Eternal Boy, hitting cities throughout the north east United States, and in May and June 2018, TGHB embarked on its first west coast tour with good friends Eye the Realist.
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Do household surveys give a coherent view of disability benefit targeting? A multi-survey latent variable analysis for the older population in Great Britain
Hancock, Ruth, Morciano, Marcello, Pudney, Stephen and Zantomio, Francesca (2015) Do household surveys give a coherent view of disability benefit targeting? A multi-survey latent variable analysis for the older population in Great Britain. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 178 (4). pp. 815-836. ISSN 0964-1998
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We compare three major UK surveys, BHPS, FRS and ELSA, in terms of the picture they give of the relationship between disability and receipt of the Attendance Allowance (AA) benefit. Using the different disability indicators available in each survey, we use a structural equation approach involving a latent concept of disability in which probabilities of receiving AA depend on disability. Despite major differences in design, once sample composition is standardised through statistical matching, the surveys deliver similar results for the model of disability and AA receipt. Provided surveys offer a sufficiently wide range of disability indicators, the detail of disability measurement appears relatively unimportant.
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disability indexes,disability benefits,multiple surveys
10.1111/rssa.12107


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Public Class webchat_2000
    Dim waiting As Boolean = False
    Dim waiting2 As Boolean = False
    Dim con As Integer = 1
    Dim ran As New Random
    Dim username As String
    Private Sub closebutton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles closebutton.Click
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

    Private Sub me_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        look.Start()
        Button5.Hide()
        Label5.Hide()
        ListBox1.Items.Add("12padams")
        ListBox1.Items.Add("The Hidden Hacker")
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        username = txtscreenname.Text
        login.Hide()
        Chat.Start()
        ListBox1.Items.Add(username)
        history.Text += (username & " Has Logged On" & Environment.NewLine)
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        If waiting = True Then
            If typechat.Text = "star" Then
                Chat.Start()
                con = con + 1
                history.Text += (username & ": " & typechat.Text & Environment.NewLine)
                typechat.Text = ""
                history.Focus()
                history.SelectionStart = 999999
                history.ScrollToCaret()
                typechat.Focus()
                waiting = False
            Else
                history.Text += (username & ": " & typechat.Text & Environment.NewLine)
                history.Text += ("12padams: sorry that was the wrong password... remember that you should only type the 4 letter password and nothing else." & Environment.NewLine)
                typechat.Text = ""
                history.Focus()
                history.SelectionStart = 999999
                history.ScrollToCaret()
                typechat.Focus()
            End If

        Else
            history.Text += (username & ": " & typechat.Text & Environment.NewLine)
            typechat.Text = ""
            typechat.Focus()
            history.SelectionStart = 999999
            history.ScrollToCaret()
        End If

    End Sub

    Private Sub Chat_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Chat.Tick
    	Select Case con
	        Case 34
	            Me.Close()
	            Chat.Interval = 2000
	        Case 33
	            history.Text += ("12padams: Close any open programs now!!!" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 3000
	        Case 32
	            history.Text += ("12padams: And I will close this chat... its not good to have open programs while time traveling" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 3000
	        Case 31
	            history.Text += ("12padams: Bye " & mainname & " and Hidden Hacker. Ill see you in the FUTURE!!!" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 3000
	        Case 30
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: Ok bye 12padams and thanks for letting me time travel this time." & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 5000
	        Case 29
	            history.Text += ("12padams: Yep Its all fixed and time travel is a lot smoother... anyway see ya" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 7000
	        Case 28
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: So that wont happen anymore?" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 6000
	        Case 27
	            history.Text += ("12padams: Basically the time distorter program may have made things flash which currupted a few files" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 8000
	        Case 26
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: What do you mean time holes?" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 7000
	        Case 25
	            history.Text += ("12padams: I should mention that time distorter used to cause a few time holes" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 6000
	        Case 24
	            history.Text += ("12padams: Good and " & mainname & "'s timer is counting down too" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 6000
	        Case 23
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: Ok my Time Distorter has started the countdown" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 6000
	        Case 22
	            Label5.Show()
	            Button5.Show()
	            Chat.Interval = 2000
	            Chat.Stop()
	            waitingdownload.Start()
	            con -= 1
	        Case 21
	            history.Text += ("12padams: Ok then ill send " & mainname & " the new version of time distorter then you can both go off on your journey" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 4000
	            waitfor02download = True
	        Case 20
	            history.Text += ("12padams: So ready to get started?" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 5000
	        Case 19
	            history.Text += ("12padams: I just need to make sure that when 2 people both time travel at the same time nothing goes wrong" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 7000
	        Case 18
	            history.Text += ("12padams: Thats corrent yes... " & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 6000
	        Case 17
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: you mean 2 people at once... me and " & mainname & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 4000
	        Case 16
	            history.Text += ("12padams: Today we are going to be doing our first multi time travel test" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 5000
	        Case 15
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: Sorry got a bit to excited... go ahead 12padams and explain it :)" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 6000
	        Case 14
	            history.Text += ("12padams: Ok Hidden Hacker I am glad your happy but lets accually start talking about what the aim of this time travel is..." & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 9000
	        Case 13
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: I get to time travel with you " & mainname & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 5000
	        Case 12
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: Now I dont have to wait at all!!!" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 5000
	        Case 11
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: " & mainname & " you dont understand how boring it is to wait a whole year for you to return..." & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 6000
	        Case 10
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: YAAY OMG I AM SO EXCITED!!!!" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 6000
	        Case 9
	            history.Text += ("12padams: Yes you do." & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 4000
	        Case 8
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: Now do we get to time travel" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 3000
	        Case 7
	            history.Text += ("12padams: ok good that was the password." & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 5000
	        Case 6
	            waiting = True
	            Chat.Stop()
	        Case 5
	            history.Text += ("12padams: Just say the 4 letter password without anything else." & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 1000
	        Case 4
	            history.Text += ("12padams: wait a minute... " & mainname & " tell me the password you were given at the end of survive the day." & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 3000
	        Case 3
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: Ok lets time travel now!!!" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 6000
	        Case 2
	            history.Text += ("12padams: Oh hi " & mainname & " its good to see you again." & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 4000
	        Case 1
	            history.Text += ("The Hidden Hacker: YESSSS!!! " & mainname & " has finally come on!!!" & Environment.NewLine)
	            Chat.Interval = 5000
		End Select
		con += 1
        history.Focus()
        history.SelectionStart = 999999
        history.ScrollToCaret()
        typechat.Focus()
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button5_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button5.Click
        Dim opendownload As New downloader2000
        opendownload.Show()
        opendownload.Label2.Text = "Downloading: Time Distorter 0.3"
    End Sub
    Dim moveable As Boolean = True
    Dim mexlocation, meylocation As Integer
    Dim mewidth, meheight As Integer
    Dim maximize As Boolean

    Private Sub programtopbar_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles programtopbar.MouseDown
        If moveable Then
            If e.Button = MouseButtons.Left Then
                programtopbar.Capture = False
                Const WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN As Integer = &HA1S
                Const HTCAPTION As Integer = 2
                Dim msg As Message = _
                    Message.Create(Me.Handle, WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN, _
                        New IntPtr(HTCAPTION), IntPtr.Zero)
                Me.DefWndProc(msg)
            End If
        End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub pullside_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles pullside.Tick
        Me.Width = Cursor.Position.X - Me.Location.X
    End Sub

    Private Sub pullbottom_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles pullbottom.Tick
        Me.Height = Cursor.Position.Y - Me.Location.Y
    End Sub

    Private Sub pullbs_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles pullbs.Tick
        Me.Width = Cursor.Position.X - Me.Location.X
        Me.Height = Cursor.Position.Y - Me.Location.Y
    End Sub

    Private Sub Rightpull_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles right.MouseDown
        pullside.Start()
    End Sub

    Private Sub rightpull_MouseUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles right.MouseUp
        pullside.Stop()
    End Sub

    Private Sub bottompull_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles bottom.MouseDown
        pullbottom.Start()
    End Sub

    Private Sub buttompull_MouseUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles bottom.MouseUp
        pullbottom.Stop()
    End Sub

    Private Sub bspull_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles bottomrightcorner.MouseDown
        pullbs.Start()
    End Sub

    Private Sub bspull_MouseUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles bottomrightcorner.MouseUp
        pullbs.Stop()
    End Sub

    Private Sub maximizebutton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles maximizebutton.Click
        If maximize = False Then
            meylocation = Windows2000.desktopicons.Height - Me.Height
            mexlocation = Windows2000.desktopicons.Width - Me.Width
            mewidth = Me.Width
            meheight = Me.Height
            toprightcorner.Hide()
            topleftcorner.Hide()
            bottomrightcorner.Hide()
            bottomleftcorner.Hide()
            left.Hide()
            top.Hide()
            bottom.Hide()
            right.Hide()
            Dim w, h As Integer
            w = Windows2000.desktopicons.Width
            h = Windows2000.desktopicons.Height
            Me.Location = New Point(0, 0)
            Me.Size = New Size(w, h)
            moveable = False
            maximizebutton.Image = My.Resources.unmaximizebutton
            maximize = True
        Else
            toprightcorner.Show()
            topleftcorner.Show()
            bottomrightcorner.Show()
            bottomleftcorner.Show()
            left.Show()
            top.Show()
            bottom.Show()
            right.Show()
            Me.Location = New Point(mexlocation, meylocation)
            Me.Size = New Size(mewidth, meheight)
            moveable = True
            maximizebutton.Image = My.Resources.Maximize
            maximize = False
        End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub look_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles look.Tick
        Me.programtopbar.BackColor = Windows2000.exampleprogramtopbar.BackColor
        Me.programtopbar.BackgroundImage = Windows2000.exampleprogramtopbar.BackgroundImage
        Me.programname.BackColor = Windows2000.exampleprogramtext.BackColor
    End Sub

    Private Sub waitingdownload_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles waitingdownload.Tick
        If Not waitfor02download Then
            Chat.Start()
            waitingdownload.Stop()
            con += 1
        End If

    End Sub

End Class

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The 15,000-square-foot Beaux Arts mansion was built in 1903
By Tanay Warerkar@TanayWarerkar Dec 7, 2017, 10:39am EST
Courtesy Douglas Elliman
An Upper East Side mansion with walls bedecked in red Hermès leather (on the fifth floor) has returned to the market, albeit with a $5 million price cut, and a new brokerage firm. The six-story Beaux Arts, owned by developer Keith Rubenstein, first came on the market early last year for $84.5 million.
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Extracting Names using RNNs

PyDataSG Jan-2017

  Martin Andrews @ redcatlabs.com

  23 January 2017

About Me

Machine Intelligence / Startups / Finance

Moved from NYC to Singapore in Sep-2013

2014 = 'fun' :

Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLP

Robots, drones

Since 2015 = 'serious' :: NLP + deep learning

& Papers...

RNNs for NLP

Natural Language Processing

Neural Networks

Basics

Word Embeddings

Recurrent Neural Networks

Workshop : UPPER-CASE NER

More exotic examples

Natural Language Processing

Work with text input

Applications in :

Text Analysis

Translation

Knowledge Extraction

Digression : Basic Neural Networks

Basic building blocks are not magical

Simple mathematical units ...

 ... combine to compute a complex function

Single "Neuron"

Change weights to change output function

Multi-Layer

Layers of neurons combine to
form more complex functions

Supervised Learning

while not done :

Pick a training case (x → target_y)

Evaluate output_y from the x

Modify the weights so that output_y is closer to target_y for that x

Backpropagation

How much 'blame' to assign to a weight?

If it is connected to an output : Easy

Otherwise, calculate :

Blame to assign to each neuron in layer before output

Treat each of these errors as a source of error signal

Walk back through network

Same complexity as forward pass

What's Going On Inside?

Time to look at :

Input features

What each neuron is learning

How the training converges

Workshop : Internals

Go to the Javascript Example : TensorFlow

(or search online for TensorFlow Playground)

TensorFlow Playground

NNs for Images

Add 'convolutions' and depth

Can map images to classes

NNs for NLP?

Problem : Is a word a feature?

Problem : How long is a sentence?

Handling Words

English ~100k words

A 'one-hot' input seems wasteful

Learn about word inter-relationships from corpus?

Word Embeddings

Major advances : word2vec & GloVe

Basic idea : assign a vector (~300d) to each word

If words co-occur in sliding window across text, vectors should be close too

Keep iterating until 'good enough'

Word Embedding

A map from "token" → Float[100]

Train over corpus on windows of words

Self-organizes...

(eg: word2vec or GloVe)

Embedding Visualisation

Highlighting Analogies

Networks on Sequences

Variable-length input doesn't "fit"

Process each timestep

... with the same network

But 'pass along' internal state

Recurrent Neural Networks

Apply a network iteratively over input

Internal state carried forward step-wise

Everything is still differentiable

Basic RNN

RNN chain

Chaining State

Each node 'knows' history

... all weights are 'tied'

Network depth is time-wise

Basic RNN

Simplest RNN (but has gradient problem)

Gated Recurrent Units

A GRU

LSTM Units

A Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Unit

Piled Higher and Deeper

Can also pile up layers

... and run forwards and backwards

Key Point

Everything is still differentiable

So : RNNs can be trained

So : RNNs can learn to do NLP

- QUESTIONS -

NER : Motivation

Build a quality NLP system for a Singapore startup

Essential component : Named Entity Recognition (NER)

Cannot use most existing NLP/NER systems

Cannot use expensive data

NER : Quick Example

Transform :

Soon after his graduation, Jim Soon became Managing Director of Lam Soon.

Into :

Soon after his graduation, Jim_Soon PER became Managing Director of Lam_Soon ORG.

Learning Named Entity Recognition

Can we train an RNN to do 'NER'?

Steps :

Create a word embedding

Get an annotated dataset

Train an RNN on the dataset

Choosing a Dataset

Human annotated Corpora are difficult to distribute :

Use NLTK to annotate Wikipedia

Train RNN on machine annotations

Look at performance vs NLTK

Let's Make it "Interesting"

Twist : Restrict RNN input to single case text

9-RNN-Tagger

Learning to do ~NER

Network Picture

Bidirectional RNN

- QUESTIONS -

More Exotic

Sentences as Input == Working

Can we Output sentences too?

Where can this lead?

Feed Outputs to Inputs

Each node outputs vector

Can softmax-choose 'answer'

Feed that 'answer' in as next input

Network Picture

Each output becomes the next input

8-Natural-Language

Still a work-in-progress (training takes too long)

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Poetry : Epoch 1000

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Plays : Epoch 338

Larger network...

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	that struke you down as sweet one.
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Image Labelling

We have the components now

Image Labels

Sequence-to-Sequence

Encoder Network feeds hidden state to Decoder Network

Attention Network

Differentiable → Training : Even crazy stuff works!

- QUESTIONS -

Conclusion

Deep Learning also applicable to NLP

Language structure not as 'natural' as images

Still in its early stages

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