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Democrats: The Party of Attack Imagery, and Outright Attacks
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In times of turmoil, is toxic, heated rhetoric emanating from the White House justifiable?
"They bring a knife – we bring a gun."
"I want you to argue with them and get in their face!"
"I don't want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry! I'm angry!"
"Hit back twice as hard."
"We talk to these folks… so I know whose ass to kick."
"The other party's victory would mean hand to hand combat."
"Punish your enemies."
"I'm itching for a fight."
Such combative political discourse must have been from Donald Trump, right? Except, Trump didn't say any of the above. Barack Obama did when he was president. Oh... well, not a big deal, you say? Then your double standard is showing. How can such statements be labeled contentious rhetoric if supposedly uttered by Donald Trump, but not when said verbatim by Barack Obama?
As the second sham impeachment hearing comes to a close and Donald Trump is not convicted, he is free to run again for public office. As such, the Left will become even more desperate, their tactics more vile, and their utter disdain for America more evident. Any excuse for another round of incrimination will do.
Orchestrated and On Cue
Beyond the Capitol Building riot -- and not coincidentally during the June, July, and August 2020 protests and eventual riots -- the Left also built up the false notion that Trump incited them. The Left has few other strategies to fire up their base. Joe Biden has no followers and motivates no one. When Biden became his party's presumptive nominee, the resulting fanfare was non-existent. Biden's handful of "rallies" drew tiny numbers; camera coverage and photos were always close-in to mask the size of his minuscule crowds. Bernie Sanders generated enthusiasm; Joe Biden does not. Kamala Harris does not.
As he signs one moronic executive order after another, employs attack imagery himself, and makes predictable verbal gaffe after gaffe, the mainstream media simply says nothing. And why would they? Biden is nothing more than a figurehead whose days as president are numbered. He has served his purpose.
The lib-stream press currently does all it can, non-stop, to make it seem as if Biden is somehow lucid and focused.
Especially during Biden's inexorable decline, the Left's strategy is to stir up more hatred for Trump and anyone who voted for him. Their various ploys could, and likely will, include having Alinsky-inspired Leftists, posing as violent Trump supporters, deliberately placed at public events, to deceive people into believing that Trump supporters are rabble-rousers.
They will continue to disrespect, dox, and de-platform GOP members of Congress. They will make constant accusations of racism and xenophobia right through to 2024. To rally the Left, the puppet masters have few alternatives other than fomenting more of the same.
Their One and Only Strategy
As the spring approaches, and Antifa and BLM find new reasons to take to the streets, the fawning press will scarcely cover any stories of these protesters blocking ambulances, throwing objects, lighting fires, or inciting violence. Because those on the Right rarely march in the street or protest – most have jobs and responsibilities – it is always easier to generate a Leftist mob. Fewer of them are employed or have any clue about the degree to which they are manipulated.
A curious question arises when assessing the Left's tactics, be they violent, manipulative, or garden-variety shenanigans. If the truth was on their side, if their proposed policies and platforms had merit, if their plans for America were viable, wouldn't they be able to intelligently debate issues? Why would they need to resort to anything beyond the power of their policies and principles?
As a case in point, in any upcoming ventures that Donald Trump might launch, such as an alternative to Twitter, the Left will stage massive campaigns to impede his progress. How, precisely, does political sabotage enhance Leftist causes? Hopefully, news of their tactics will quickly spread and, presumably, greater numbers of citizens will loathe the Left even more than they already do.
In any case, no matter what they attempt, the Left cannot increase the number of people who want more of Joe Biden's inane, off-the-mark "leadership."


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Le Palais Royal de Cetinje est situé à Cetinje, au Monténégro, il a été pendant plus de 50 ans le siège de la famille royale monténégrine. En 1926, il est devenu un musée depuis 1980, il constitue l'un des départements du Musée national du Monténégro.

Histoire et description
Le petit palais a été construit de 1863 à 1867 dans un style simple typique des maisons de Cetinje avec certains éléments du néoclassicisme. Les intérieurs ont été conçus dans le style de l'historicisme et de l'Art nouveau.

Dans le hall d'entrée sont exposés les joyaux de la couronne monténégrine, qui sont l'exposition la plus populaire du Musée national du Monténégro.

Jardins

Le Jardin Royal a été construit en 1870 sous la forme d'une allée de pins. Les jardins ont été rénovés en 1971. Il y a de nombreux parterres de fleurs avec des crocus, des géraniums, des tulipes et des rosiers et des jasmins.

Au fond du jardin, il y a un bosquet de cèdres avec une villa dominante avec une petite maison d'été, qui servait de maison d'hôtes pour les visiteurs étrangers.

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 Dynastie Petrović-Njegoš

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The support rests at 1.08980 with resistance at 1.09240 which both lines are above the weekly pivot point at 1.08870. The EMA of 10 is moving with bullish bias along the ascendant channel and it is above the EMA of 100 and the EMA of 200. The RSI is moving horizontally above the 50 level, the Stochastic is moving in middle ranges and the MACD indicator is in positive territory. The ADX is showing buy signals.
Long positions are recommended targeting 1.095 however pullbacks can be seen along the way creating stronger buy opportunity.


This year's retreat will be held slightly out of town at Lake Gaston (1.5 hours from Raleigh). We'll be staying together under one roof in a lakefront house that sleep a crowd.
As a writer and speaker, Sally Breedlove's passion is to help awaken in others the heart courage to discover the life changing mercy and love of God for themselves. She has worked alongside her husband Steve for the last 35 years, leading churches in the United States and Canada and ministering to leaders in other countries. Five children (including Redeemer's Ellen Hopkins), three of whom are married, five grandchildren, and the best of husbands have made her life rich. Sally serves on the national board of The Anglican Mission in the Americas and on the board of the Christian Foundation of the Triangle, an affiliate of the National Christian Foundation. She is the author of Choosing Rest (NavPress, 2002), one of the authors of The Shame Exchange:(NavPress, 2009), as well as a contributor to the Women of Faith Study Bible and two other books. Sally and her husband Steve live in Chapel Hill North Carolina, where Steve is Bishop for the Christ Our Hope Diocese of the Anglican Church of North America. Sally teaches a weekly Bible Study in Chapel Hill and helps to lead a small group spiritual direction ministry, called JourneyMates, that draws participants from the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area.
We'll get started Friday evening around 7:00PM. We'll hear from Sally Friday evening as well as Saturday morning and again early afternoon. Saturday afternoon we'll have some down time at the house before preparing a group dinner Saturday night. Sunday AM, we'll pack up and head back to Raleigh.
Check back for more schedule details as we get close to February.
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The RSA received a matching grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to allow us to expand our Paul Oskar Kristeller research grants, and provide a permanent source of funding for them. A significant gift from the Ambrosiana Foundation brought us partway to our goal; a second came from the Delmas Foundation. The rest has come from member support. The Paul Oskar Kristeller fund will continue to grow with your help. You can make a single donation, a recurring monthly donation at your choice, or a fixed sum split into monthly payments. These grants will be at the heart of our expanding program of research support.
Paul Oskar Kristeller stood as a genuine "trait d'union" between Europe and America, both for publications that remain fundamental to this day as well as for his tutelage of generations of scholars. Kristeller received his doctorate in Berlin in 1929 with a dissertation on Plotinus, and then moved to Heidelberg to work with Martin Heidegger, under whose guidance he prepared his Habilitationsschrift on the thought of Marsilio Ficino. Forced to abandon Germany in 1935 with the ascension to power of Nazism, he spent some important years in Pisa before emigrating to the United States in 1939, after the promulgation of the terrible racial laws. He established himself permanently in America, teaching at Columbia University.
For those who have labored on the Renaissance and continue to do so, the name and work of Kristeller remain central and fundamental. Kristeller was not only a noteworthy historian of Renaissance philosophy, but also one of the most acute interpreters of cultural humanism. He was an extraordinary researcher of new manuscripts, new documents, and sources. No publication has surpassed his Iter Italicum, in which he provided descriptions of an extraordinary number of manuscripts on humanism and the Renaissance. One can state without exaggeration that Kristeller's erudition places him in a group of exceptionally gifted exponents of human knowledge. Shortly after Kristeller's death, Eugenio Garin, his friend and colleague, recalled an afternoon in Florence, with Giovanni Gentile present, at the former location of the publisher Olschki. Presenting Kristeller's Supplementum Ficinianum, Gentile announced unequivocally "Basterebbe il Supplementum per assicurargli un posto di assoluto rilievo nei nostri studi. . . ." It is quite true: with the serenity and detachment granted to one who has concluded a study, Garin was able to capture the right phrase, even though as we well know, Paul Oskar Kristeller represented so much more. With the work he carried on, with the discoveries he made, his contribution was to an altered perception of the traditional concept of the Renaissance. [Excerpted and paraphrased from a tribute to Paul Oskar Kristeller by Professor Michele Ciliberto, Renaissance News and Notes, vol. 12, no. 2 (Fall 2000): 33.]

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Industrial Distribution Group, Atlanta, GA, reported fourth quarter 2001 revenues of $123.0 million compared to $132.5 million for the same period in 2000. The company's net income for the fourth quarter of 2001 was $76,000 compared to a net loss of $10.7 million for the comparable period in 2000. The fourth quarter and full year 2000 results include non-recurring expenses of $15.1 million related to a write off of the company's ERP project and to executive level separation expenses.
Revenues from Flexible Procurement Solutions(TM) (FPS), IDG's services-based supply offerings, including integrated supply, increased 8.3% or $4.3 million and comprised 45.6% of IDG's total sales for the fourth quarter of 2001 compared to 39.1% for the comparable period in 2000. This performance reflects growth opportunities IDG has identified in the FPS services area. The company aggressively managed its cost structure in order to meet the challenges of the continuing slower manufacturing environment.
Selling, general and administrative reductions and productivity efforts enabled the company to reduce its SG&A expenses by $2.5 million or 8.8% during the fourth quarter of 2001 compared to the fourth quarter of 2000. The employee furlough programs enacted earlier in the year and continuing into the fourth quarter, and lower variable sales expenses due to the decline in revenues, were primary contributors to the reduction in SG&A.
"The fourth quarter was important from a strategic, operating and financial perspective," said Andrew Shearer, IDG's president and CEO. "We announced our new corporate vision, began the internal restructuring of the company and achieved a profitable quarter in spite of the continuing economic recession. During the quarter we announced our accelerated focus on Flexible Procurement Solutions, positioning IDG to lead the next evolution of supply. We expect FPS to drive future profits for our shareholders by providing high quality, value-added services that solve customer needs," Mr. Shearer continued.
For the year ended December 31, 2001, sales were $514.4 million compared to $546.7 million for 2000. The company's net loss for the year 2001 was $1.4 million compared to a net loss of $9.6 million for the year ended 2000. The year 2000 results include the aforementioned non-recurring expense of $15.1 million, while the full year results for 2001 include $512,000 of non-recurring expense associated with executive severance costs. Excluding the non-recurring expenses, the net loss per diluted share for 2001 is $0.12 compared to earnings for 2000 of $0.11 per diluted share.
Total FPS revenues, including integrated supply, for the full year 2001 were up 7.4% over the prior year and comprised a growing 43.6% of total revenues compared to 38.2% for 2000. 2001 SG&A expenses were down from the prior year by 4.2%, reflecting the furlough programs, lower variable sales expenses and other cost reduction efforts.
Cash flow from operations and the balance of long-term debt both showed significant improvement during 2001. Cash flow from operations increased $18.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2001 as compared to the prior year, and IDG's debt balance declined from $53.3 million at the end of 2000 to $42.8 million at December 31, 2001.
"We look at the year 2001 as the inflection point of significant change for IDG, and we expect 2002 to be a year of continued transition," commented Shearer. "We're building IDG's future around a solid understanding of our FPS capabilities, and we expect to accomplish our objectives through a focused leadership team within a new and consistent organizational structure. Our customers are telling us we're on the right track as we solve their challenges and bring more value to their businesses. Importantly, we're creating the appropriate metrics to measure our customer's needs and our own performance," stated Shearer. "I'm pleased with our progress thus far, and we continue on track to meet our objectives," Mr. Shearer concluded.
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So Much to See and Do in the Langley Area!
There's so much to discover when visiting Langley. Where to begin is your hardest decision.
Visit the place where it all began. History comes alive at The Fort Langley National Historic Site where on November 19, 1858 Governor James Douglas read the proclamation declaring British Columbia a colony. Today, the old Hudson's Bay Company site is marked with original buildings, beautiful reconstructions and interactive displays. Complete your visit exploring the historic Village of Fort Langley where the heart of local heritage is reflected in the quaint architecture of its turn-of-the-century streets lined with unique boutiques and savory eateries.
The lush agricultural land of this community is home to a multitude of productive working farms that produce and distribute popular farm fresh products. Take a self-guided tour through the picturesque landscapes and discover the many farm-gate shops, open air markets, and beautiful flower gardens that Langley has to offer. Pick juicy berries at one of the berry farms, enjoy French cuisine at the local vineyard or stroll through an orchard, lavender field or pumpkin patch.
3. The Arts are Alive!
Langley is home to a wealth of talented artists that display their craft through many mediums. There are galleries galore showcasing beautiful handmade jewellery, canvases of acrylics, oils and watercolours, pottery, glasswork, carvings and more. Visit the Tribal Spirit Gallery's first nation's artwork to the beautiful paintings and drawings of the Birthplace of BC Gallery, Langley has artwork that will appeal to any collector or art enthusiast.
Langley has shopping for every type of shopper. Offering the largest square footage in commercial retail outside of Vancouver, there is a plethora of shops and services to choose from. Looking for hidden treasures? Downtown Langley and the Village of Fort Langley have many inviting and trendy boutiques and specialty shops. There are also the big box or chain stores where you will find everything you are looking for. But if destination shopping is your preference, indoor and quaint village malls can be readily found.
Discover what makes Langley the horse capital of BC. Approximately $50 million annually is contributed to the thriving equine industry. Home to several olympian athletes, Langley continues to attract many international competitors. Spend a day at Thunderbird Show Park, a world class equestrian facility, and take in one of the six major show jumping tournaments. If you'd rather be behind the reigns, enjoy a horseback riding adventure offered at one of Langley's riding stables, ranches or parks.
Langley is home to Cascades Casino, the most exciting entertainment facility in the Fraser Valley. Play your favourite slot machines, try your luck at blackjack and roulette, or sit in on a game of poker. If you're looking for excitement of another kind, right next door the valley comes alive at the Summit Theatre, where performers and headliners attract the attention of all ages. For a night at the movies, head to Colossus movie theatre and enjoy a truly entertaining experience.
Observe and learn about endangered species and exotic wildlife at Langley's two animal attractions. Enjoy a fun filled day at the Greater Vancouver Zoo by catching a ride on the Safari Express Miniature Train. For a fascinating and unique wildlife encounters with some of the world's rarest animals, take a guided tour of Mountain View Conservation Society.
Relax in the lap of luxury in one of Langley's many spas. Restore your senses and find peace of mind by treating yourself to invigorating massages, facials, body wraps, hand and foot treatments, scrubs, aromatherapy and much more. British Columbia has more spas per capita than anywhere else in Canada and Langley's pampering in their selection of urban day spas make it the perfect get-away from it all.
Sample classic grape and award winning fruit wines, at Langley's wineries. Find out why Langley has become a wine destination. Tour the vineyards, taste the fruits of labour and learn about the art of wine making. Consider a picnic lunch, or dine in at one of the in-house bistros before buying a bottle to add to your own personal wine cellar. If the refreshing taste of beer is more appealing, hop on over to Dead Frog Brewery. They offer a distinctive lineup of four craft brews that range from dark to light. Their brews have no preservatives and are not pasteurized.
Langley is the place to stay, and the place to play. The lush agriculture lands of the valley include rolling greens of amazing fairways. Whether you are a novice golfer learning your swing, or an experienced golfer looking for a challenge, Langley's scenic golf courses have something for everyone. With the picturesque greens, framed with spectacular mountain views, Langley is a destination for great golf and magnificent photos. There are 7 distinct courses to choose from here and the best part is you can golf year round!


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On the Ball to Avoid a Stall – AiP 006
Today's episode is with John Maris, an aeronautical engineer with two master's degrees and a Doctorate in Aviation Safety and Human Factors. John has devoted his entire professional career to understanding stall warning systems, and his Ph.D dissertation concerned the interrelationship between aircrew and stall warning systems. He has gone on to invent the Airfoil Performance Monitor (APM), the next generation stall warning system.
John has an Airline Transport Pilot License from the FAA, Transport Canada, and EASA, and is type-rated on the Boeing 747, among other aircraft types. He is an Associate Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) and is a test pilot instructor and active Transport Canada designated experimental test pilot. Further, he is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI).
In business, John Maris is President and CEO of Marinvent, a Canadian consulting services firm that helps its clients reduce their program risk and cost and bring their products to market. As president of Marinvent's US-based arm – Advanced Aerospace Solutions – John led the company to attain NASA's Small Business Subcontractor of the Year award (TASAR) in 2014. John was the first program manager for the Canadarm2 workstations on the International Space Station and is the creator of the MC3 electronic charting technology that is at the core of Jeppesen's electronic charting business (the "M" in MC3 stands for Marinvent). Further, John was Chair of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) and was named Canadian Defence Executive of the Year in 2017. He has received Canada's highest aerospace award, the Trans-Canada McKee Trophy, and was inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Idea Cellular is an Aditya Birla Group Company, India's first truly multinational corporation. Idea is a pan-India integrated GSM operator offering 2G and 3G services, and has its own NLD and ILD operations, and ISP license. Idea has won spectrum to launch 4G services across 10 key markets and has initiated multiple steps towards introduction of 4G LTE services on 1800 MHz, in a phased manner from calendar year 2016 onwards.With revenue in excess of $5 billion; revenue market share of nearly 18.2% (as on Q4FY15); and subscriber base of over 165 million, Idea is one of the top 3 mobile operators. Idea is the sixth largest mobile operator in the world, based on number of subscribers in single country operations (GSMA Intelligence). Idea carries a traffic of over 2 billion minutes a day.
Idea has a deep rooted network across the length and breadth of the country comprising of over 1,49,196 cell sites covering 7,513 towns and 3,63,580 villages as on Q1FY16.
Vodafone and Idea Cellular issued a press release on 30 January 2017 highlighting that they are in a preliminary discussion to explore merger opportunities. This deal is likely to have large-scale ramifications in the telecom industry, as the merged company may emerge as a leader with ~42% revenue market share and a strong broadband network. It would also help reduce their annual capex by ~20-25% and improve EBITDA margin by ~500bp. Assuming both Vodafone and Idea have an equal stake, the combined entity should be valued at ~7x EV/EBITDA, reducing leverage by 10-15%, albeit with a low posttaxRoCE of 5%. We believe Idea's stock is not a play on valuation, but on the likely improvement in its market standing post the merger, which should address the key concern around its earnings visibility.
Challenges: Spectrum and revenue caps remain the key hurdles :In our view, the deal could face two key challenges: India's telecom M&A rules do not allow revenue and subscriber market shares above 50%. Similarly, spectrum holding in each band is not allowed above 50%. The merger company's revenue/subscriber caps and spectrum caps may get triggered in 7 and 6 circles, respectively. However, the merged company's revenue/subscriber share is more than 60% in only one circle – Kerala. In the rest of the circles, it is between 50% and 60%. This may get resolved once RJio starts charging subscribers and taking revenue market share.Based on the current 50% band-wise spectrum cap, the merged company has ~33 MHz of excess spectrum, of which ~15 MHz is 900 MHz paired spectrum. Based on latest spectrum valuation (pro-rata for the remaining license term), the merged company may be able to generate over INR75b from the excess spectrum. This should support the merged company's cash outflow toward liberalizing the administered spectrum, which is ~20% of the merged company's spectrum.
How would the combined entity look :The merged company should have revenue of INR745b (1HFY17 annualized), assuming 20% lower revenue due to the weak outlook and revenue market share shrinkage. We expect the merged company to garner healthy EBITDA margin of 35%, at ~500bp discount to Bharti India wireless' FY17E EBITDA margin. This implies about 500bp margin improvement, which could potentially come from network synergies, employee costs and SG&A.Improving combined EBITDA could improve Idea's leverage, albeit by a moderate 10-15%. Current net debt to EBITDA of 5x could reduce to ~4x. This would still remain high for the merged company.Assuming about 20% synergy on total assets as well as EBITDA synergies, the merged company's post-tax RoCE could improve to 5%, from 3-4% for Idea and Vodafone.
* Vodafone and Idea currently are the second and third largest telecom operators, respectively, in the Indian telecom industry. We thus believe that the merged entity could emerge as an industry leader, with combined revenue and subscriber market share of 42% and 36%, respectively, and blended ARPU of INR178.
* Bharti and RJio currently hold the highest spectrum (20% of market) and cell sites. They are also the most aggressive players in the industry, given their deep network and low capacity utilization. However, the merged company could pose a major challenge with combined spectrum share of ~23% and broadband cell sites of over 1,60,000 (close to Bharti's 1,70,000 sites and ~40,000 lesser for RJio).
* Post-merger, the three strong operators – the merged company, Bharti and RJio – could be equipped with equal armory to compete in the market. This scenario could support our expectation of an improving competitive landscape and industry ARPU accretion in 2HFY18.
We expactBhartiInfratel to grow tenancies and rental revenues at 7% and 9%, respectively, over FY16-19E. We believe if this deal goes through, it will impact BhartiInratel's tenancies given that 85% of the tenancies are derived from the top three operators. As the merged company may pair down unwanted network overlaps between the two entiies, we suspect a one time 10% tenancy reduction. Also as the merged company may have higher geographical coverage, we expect ti to offer potentially 30-40% reduction in annual tenancy.
Assuming Vodafone is an equal shareholder, the combined entity should be valued at about 7x EV/EBITDA, factoring in 500bp EBITDA margin improvement. Vodafone should fetch EV of INR917b and equity value of INR360b.
We have not changed our estimates for Idea on the back of limited clarity on the deal. We put the stock under review until we gather more clarity on the likelihood of the deal and the potential impact of the same on valuations and earnings. We believe Idea is no more a play on valuation at potentially ~7x EV/EBITDA for the merged company. If the deal goes through, the merged company's wherewithal to stand in the highly competitive market will be a key monitorable. Given the merged company's superior spectrum/network position, higher revenue market share and ~20-25% lower capex requirement, the high FCF could be used to strengthen its market position.


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The Audiovector distributes the mid and high frequencies upwards, which is a unique design feature in the early Lowther range of speakers. It was introduced in 1958 at a cost of £48-0s-0d. The folded bass horn had a length of approximately 11 feet, and exited the cabinet towards the listener at floor level. It uses a single PM4A drive unit to load both horns.
The cabinet measures 34 X 26.5 X 19 inches and weighs 90 lbs.
The Audiovector Auditorium is an enhanced version of the Audiovector which incorporates an additional drive unit, a PM2A, mounted at the front of the cabinet, firing directly at the listener. It was released in 1972.


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Nuisance Abatement: Ads, Phone Calls
December 18, 2018 by funny
Yesterday evening I happened to look at the AdBlocks Plus icon on Firefox. It has a counting feature that reports how many ads are being blocked: a total of 1,204,683 blats, blips, yaks, and yips have NOT reached my eyes or ears since that handy bit of software was installed.
Have you ever noticed that we are endlessly inundated with nuisance advertising? Ever count the number of billboards, ads on billboards, ads on the sides of buses, trucks, and cars, ads inside shopping carts, hulking signs on buildings, and "helpful" messages hanging over the roadway between your house and the grocery store? We're drowning in nuisance messages. No wonder so many people do drugs: seen in a certain light, it's a reasonable way to drown out the constant buzz of distraction and advertising harassment.
On this page alone — where I'm drafting this post and no one else sees the page's contents — the program is blocking eight ads, Right now. At the current P&S Press post, two ads blocked. At the FaM home page: nine. And those are on sites that do not carry advertising! At least, not any that benefits their proprietor. At the Washington Post, where they'll shut you down unless you disable your adblocker: 30 ads are being blocked on the home page, right this moment. At Google News, only seven, but at the Huffington Post, 81 obnoxious, unwanted messages are being shoved in users' faces.
We tend to get numb to the constant intrusion and, on some level, to block it out of our consciousness. Nevertheless, it's there, hammering away at us all the time. There are a few tools to help. Though they're not perfect, they do suppress a fair amount of the static.
Adblock Plus works very effectively and is free. Mine is running on Firefox; I believe you can get it for Chrome, too. This maker also has an app that will supposedly block tracking and advertising on mobile devices. As you can imagine, an effective piece of software like this created quite an uproar among the big-money advertisers who see our time as theirs, our attention as theirs, and us as sheep to be shorn. Consequently, Adblock permits "acceptable" ads to show up, by default…as though there were such a thing. You can, however, disable this function.
Ad blocking is controversial, for the obvious reason that inundating Internet users with nuisance messages is what keeps Web content free. Consequently, some news sites will try to block you when they detect an ad-blocker. It's possible to get ad-block-blocking programs, but there's a limit. Truth is, the Internet provides such a tsunami of information that there's very little out there — possibly nothing — that's not duplicated or similar somewhere else. So I simply don't read sites that ask me to turn off my ad-blocker: you can always find the same information elsewhere.
Others will demand that you pay to subscribe to their online content. At the risk of repeating myself: nope. Not that I wouldn't like to if I were rich as Donald Trump. But I cannot afford to pay to read Web content. Hell, I can't afford to subscribe to real newspapers and magazines anymore. And certainly cannot pay to look at every random site where I while away my idle time.
Personally, I never found that running ads at Funny about Money was very profitable. At one point, the site had a high Alexa ranking and a lot of traffic, so in theory AdSense (for example) should turn a profit. It did not: at most it would make maybe $10 or $15 a month. This, in return for cluttering my site with junk and serving ads for Scandinavian "escorts" to my readers. Hardly fair pay for the hours it takes to write and wrangle a website! The Guardian, a UK newspaper, reportedly makes about the same from voluntary reader contributions as it does from advertising.
Canning the Spam
One way advertisers try to get around ad-blockers is by blitzing your e-mail with nuisance advertising and "newsletters." This is more problematic, because it means that you have to manually block each nuisance sender. Chrome has a Webmail ad blocker, and you can get software that will strip ads from Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail. How well this type of software works, I do not know, because I use Apple's mail program, which so far does not serve advertising to users. Apple mail does, however, serve up plenty of spam. A program called Mailwasher supposedly will block spam from "Outlook, Outlook Express, Incredimail, Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail, GMail, Hotmail, Yahoo, EM Client and every other email program." Whether it actually works on the Mac platform remains problematic.
Really, about the best you can do is stagger along, day to day, with various stop-gap measures: keep fiddling with your email filter to block incoming nuisances, never respond in any way to spam, hide your email address and do not share it with merchandisers who demand it, use a disposable email address for sites or vendors who demand one, and try various spam filters.
NoMoRobo!
As for the worst aggravation in our Brave New World, phone solicitation by automated robocallers, the answer has arrived if you can get access to it: NoMoRobo. For land lines, this is an application that must be made available through your phone company; some do so, and some do not. For cell phones, there's an app.
In October 2018 alone, over 5 billion robocalls were perpetrated on unwilling consumers. Our honored legislators are working to pass a law (TRACED) to get a grip on this harassment…but frankly, you know and I know about how well that's going to work. About as well as the vaunted National Do Not Call List, right? Har har hardy har har! 😀 😀 😀
For the moment — and if experience speaks truth, well into the future — the solution lies not with the government but with you: each consumer has to equip his or her telecommunications devices with call blockers. These come in the form of devices that you attach in-line with a hard-wired phone and as programs that run through the phone company's VoIP or through cell phone apps.
My first venture in this direction was with the CPR V5000 Call Blocker, a kewl little gadget that you could attach to a landline. When Cox disabled it (you don't really believe phone companies would get so reluctant to get a grip on the phone solicitation if they weren't making some kind of profit on it, do you?), for awhile I had nothing and again was receiving upwards of a half-dozen nuisance calls a day, often starting before six in the morning. While it was working, though, the thing was some kind of miracle. It cut the automated pestering down to one or at most two calls a day — sometimes even none. As far as I can tell, it was not blocking real calls from real people.
Cox finally condescended to make NoMoRobo available, for free to its landline customers. As soon as that came online, I signed up for it. This system is working at least as well as the CPR Call Blocker. It's very easy to sign up for and very easy to use. Both are very effective — incoming nuisances are now back down to one or at most two a day. And apparently once a robocall computer detects that calls are being deflected by this type of device or software, it stops calling the number. As time passes, you get fewer and fewer nuisance calls. The only disadvantage is that NoMoRobo uses the phone company's simultaneous ring feature, so you get jangled up on the first ring no matter who's calling. Similarly, a caller that is not registered in CPR Call Blocker's database will ring right through your phone: you have to manually flag it as a nuisance call,which happens for every spoofed number. In either event, it means if the crooks call you early in the morning, while you're trying to rest in the afternoon, or while you're concentrating on a work project, you are going to get interrupted. And when you're asleep or trying to sleep, one ringie-dingie is as good as an alarm clock.
There are several others. One is Hiya, which apparently works exclusively on cell phones. Same is true for Mr. Number and YouMail. RoboKiller works on both landlines and cell phones, and it has the delicious attribute of a robo-responder that engages whatever live human is on the other end with hilarious time-wasting patter (scroll to the bottom of the linked page to the RoboRadio link!).
Some of these apps have a serious disadvantage in that they access your contacts, an egregious invasion of your privacy. NoMoRobo does not do so, but before installing any other call-blocking app, read the privacy policy.
So it's all very nice that CPR Call Blocker and NoMoRobo and Mailwasher and AdBlocker put the brakes — to some degree — on the endless pestering and invasion of privacy from advertisers. But still…it's aggravating as Hell, IMHO. We shouldn't have to spend time and money to patch up devices and services that we pay for, to protect ourselves from spammers and scammers. It should flat-out be illegal to serve this stuff to consumers — whether by the sp/scammers themselves or by the telecom companies.
If that means we have to pay for content on the Web, then so be it. For most of us, that would mean a lot more limited access to news sources — I would pay for the Washington Post and for Reuters, but that's about it. It would make researching a subject a lot harder: you'd have to go to a library to get access to information that you can read in your living room right now. But…would that really be a bad thing? Consider how much time you waste cruising the Web. Because the computer is right there, calling softly for you to just enter a few more words in that search bar, you waste far more time than necessary even after you have the answers you needed. Less time spent on the Internet might be a good thing for most of us.
Categories Idle essays, Privacy Tags Ad blockers, Adblock Plus, CPR 5000 ad blocker, NoMoRobo, nuisance advertising, spam


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Plagued By Violence, Nigeria Begins To Strain
January 24, 2012 3:00PM (UTC)
KANO, Nigeria (AP) — The assault bore the hallmarks of long-term planning: Cars loaded down with heavy explosives and driven by those willing to die, men wearing security uniforms and ready to shoot any official who believed they belonged to the government they despise.
The coordinated attack in Nigeria's second largest city by the radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram has shown its metamorphosis from a group that sent out lone motorcycle-riding gunmen to one that deployed scores of killers who moved with military precision. Nigeria's ill-equipped police and military have been unable to confront this growing threat to peace in Africa's most populous nation.
"Nigeria has never seen anything like this before," said Elizabeth Donnelly, an analyst at the London-based think tank Chatham House. "It's something so diffuse, so amorphous. It's very nimble and really hard to understand and pin down."
Boko Haram killed at least 185 people during its attack Friday on Kano, a city of more than 9 million that has political and religious importance in Nigeria's Muslim north. Suicide bombers targeted police stations and men wearing police or other uniforms gunned down officials, witnesses said.
Police said they discovered 10 vehicles in the city wired with explosives before they detonated. Officers also recovered about 300 explosives packed into aluminum cans, as well as eight drums each containing 770 pounds (350 kilograms) of explosive each, local police commissioner Ibrahim Idris said.
The large amount of explosives and the attacks on multiple locations including police stations, a secret police headquarters and immigration offices shows the attack was well planned. It also shows that Boko Haram wants to make the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian, appear unable to control the country, analysts said.
It "signaled an escalation of the Boko Haram threat not only for its sophistication, lethality and coordination but for the brazenness of the attack on a city considered sacred ground by millions of Muslims," said Philippe de Pontet, an analyst for the Eurasia Group. The "near-simultaneous bombs in Kano (are) focused on more traditional adversaries — the government, the police and local supporters of the Jonathan administration. Boko Haram is seeking to delegitimize the administration."
But government itself remains unable to stop Boko Haram. Nigeria's federal police force lacks the forensic capability to investigate massive crimes like the Kano bombing. More than a fourth of its manpower is relegated to serving as drivers and personal assistants to the country's elite, Human Rights Watch says. Many of those who remain man checkpoints and roadblocks designed to collect bribes from passing motorists.
A study published in February 2011 by the U.S. Air Force's Air War College suggests the country's military strength of 76,000 suffers from mismanagement and a lack of funding.
The military is also stretched, with soldiers deployed to the east of here in the spiritual home of the sect; in the country's restive middle belt, where communal violence has killed thousands in recent years; in the oil-rich southern delta, where militants and criminal gangs run rampant; and in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, to quell unrest against the government.
"I think being overstretched is a real worry at the moment," Donnelly said. "I think that's why a plan needs to be got together. There needs to be some sort of strategy because clearly this is not sustainable.
"I think the question in everybody's mind is as well, you know: 'After Kano, where's next?'"
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POPE'S CULLEN DOES MUCH WITH LITTLE
ANDY NEY, Staff WriterSUN-SENTINEL
Success in volleyball in Palm Beach County is measured on two levels.
For teams such as Spanish River and Benjamin, frequent visitors to the regional, it's by their margins of victory.
For Pope John Paul II, also a regular visitor to the regional, it's how close it can come to state power Cardinal Gibbons.
Despite one of the most successful programs in the county and a talented team year after year, Pope has never beaten Gibbons in the regional.
Pope went on to win the district championship, its third in four years, with a convincing victory over Cardinal Newman; but even Cullen realized a win against Gibbons would take a miracle.
That desire is so strong that Cullen now devotes all her energy to volleyball. She used to split her time between volleyball and the girls' soccer team as well as serving as Pope's assistant athletic director.
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Jules Buyssens (Avelgem, 8 december 1872 – Ukkel, 15 april 1958), Belgisch landschapsarchitect, was voor België een vernieuwer in de tuin- en landschapsarchitectuur. Een van zijn beroemdste leerlingen was René Pechère, de tuinman van Expo 58.

Levensloop
Na de voornaamste medewerker te zijn geweest van Edouard André in Parijs, stichtte hij een boomkwekerij in Fort Jaco en ontwierp hij talrijke privétuinen, onder dewelke de tuin van Alice en David Van Buuren, in Ukkel.

Hij volgde Louis Fuchs op als inspecteur van de tuinen van de stad Brussel (1904-1937). In die hoedanigheid ontwierp hij het Astridpark in Anderlecht en restaureerde hij de tuin van de abdij van Ter Kameren. In 1922 creëerde hij met Jean Massart de experimentele botanische tuin Parktuin Jean Massart. Hij ontwierp ook tuinen zowel in Vlaanderen als in Wallonië. Het hoogtepunt in zijn carrière was zijn ontwerp voor het terrein van de Wereldtentoonstelling van 1935 op de Heizel, wat ook de creatie van het Ossegempark behelsde.

Hij lag aan de basis van de kunststroming die de 'Nieuwe Pittoreske Tuin' werd genoemd. Hij stichtte daarvoor Le Nouveau Jardin Pittoresque, een vereniging en tijdschrift (1910-1938). Hij behoorde ook tot de oprichters van de Belgische Vereniging van Tuinarchitecten.

Oeuvre
Jules Buyssens heeft vele bekende Belgische parken en tuinen ontworpen:
 De Brusselse stadstuinen in de periode voor WOII.
 De tuin van het Museum David en Alice van Buuren in Ukkel, later uitgebreid en vervolmaakt door zijn leerling René Pechère.
De Nieuwe Pittoreske Tuin: een romantisch park in Ossegem met een kronkelende neprivier, valse uitkijkpunten, glooiende esplanaden
 Het Park van het kasteel van Rethy.
 Het Tournay-Solvaypark in Watermaal-Bosvoorde, aan de rand van het Zoniënwoud, langs de spoorlijn Brussel-Namen. Het behoort tot de mooiste parken van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest. Hij ontwierp hier ook de klassieke rozentuin.
 park 'NeufBois' voor Emile Henricot in Court-Saint-Étienne
 tuin van 'Villa des Hirondelles' in Terhulpen.
 Park van graaf Eugène Goblet d'Alviella in Court-Saint-Étienne
 Park l'Etoile in Ottignies
 Park van de familie Hulin in Rebecq
 Park van het kasteel van Ponthoz, (graaf van der Straten Ponthoz), in Clavier
 Park Manoir aux Loups, Halewijn

Tentoonstelling
In 2022 wijdde het CIVA een tentoonstelling aan zijn werk.

Publicaties
 Le pittoresque dans les jardins, 1921
 Catalogue spécial de plantes vivaces, plantes de rocailles, arbres, arbustes, rosiers, conifères et toutes plantes rustiques servant à la composition et à la décoration des jardins.

Stichting Jules Buyssens
In 1984 werd een stichting Jules Buyssens opgericht, als onderdeel van de vzw 'Landscape Institute', met als doel de archieven samen te brengen over Jules Buyssens en zijn oeuvre, en ze open te stellen voor een breder publiek.

In 2006 werd een partnership aangegaan tussen de Stichting Jules Buyssens en de 'Bibliothèque René Pechère' – CRBDUAP.

In Brussel is er een Jules-Buyssenslaan.

Onderscheiding
In 2015 won de gerestaureerde tuin van het Museum Van Buuren een van de Europese prijzen voor cultureel erfgoed van Europa Nostra.

Literatuur
 René PECHÈRE, Grammaire des jardins. Secrets de métier, Ed. Racine, Brussel, 1995
 Marc TREIB (ed.), The Architecture of Landscape, 1940-1960, Philadelphia, 2002
 Dorothée IMBERT, Between garden and city: Jean Canneel-Claes and landscape modernism, Pittsburgh, 2009
 David JACQUES & Jan WOUDSTRA, Landscape Modernism Renounced: The Career of Christopher Tunnard (1910-1979), Routledge, Abingdon, 2009
 Odile DE BRUYN,  Jules Buyssens (1872-1958) Regard inédit sur sa vie et son œuvre (I), in: Demeures Historiques & Jardins, nr. 172, 2011, p. 16-22

Belgisch tuin- of landschapsarchitect


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District investment boost to entrepreneurs
Li Xinran
The final of a Lingang Entrepreneurship contest culminated with the winners of the competition collecting their prizes at a glittering ceremony earlier this month.
Changning District
A visitor tries to scan a QR to buy drinks from an automatic sale machine, which is on display at the opening of the Lingang Entrepreneurship contest which attracted young entrepreneurs from home and abroad.
The final of a Lingang Entrepreneurship contest culminated with the winners of the competition collecting their prizes at a glittering ceremony held at Chexiang Building, at 1520 Huashan Road, earlier this month.
The triumphant victors from the Internet and next generation information technology session had to go through several rounds of speeches and project pitching before the five winners were presented with their awards.
The selection is an entrepreneurship service program that combines competition with industry incubation.
This year's selection covered a wide range of industries, including intelligent manufacturing, biomedicine and health, energy saving and environmental protection, consumption upgrade and cultural innovation, Internet and next generation information technology.
Changning hosted the session of Internet and next generation information technology. Startup projects entering into the rivalry involved cloud computing, big data, software development and network security.
The finalists delivered speeches at the scene to clearly demonstrate the technology and business model of their projects.
Entrepreneurs share ideas during the competition.
One of the projects named Spiritual Wealth Club, a book reading club established by a local Internet company, has gathered over 2.2 million users and more than 200 bookstores nationwide. Hence this year's viewers' choice award went to the club.
Apart from the club, a job-hunting site received the best performer award while a team that developed a touch screen on smart cars won the first prize.
Another contest, named after telecommunications giant China Unicom, was launched in Changning District late last month.
A total of 221 entrepreneurs from China, France, the United States and Spain, among others, showcased their startup projects to the public in the month-long contest.
Changning has become a major hub in downtown Shanghai for entrepreneurs to develop startup projects, especially on the Internet-plus and fashion industries.
At present, there are over 3,600 Internet and life services startups based in Changning.
Changning has its own advantages in the application of Internet technology. Amid the construction of "Digital Changning and Intelligent Highland," information technologies, including Internet plus, have been widely applied in the clothing, food, housing and transport market, forming a well-developed industry environment.
The district government has selected 100 companies that are operating successfully, like the book club, as models for other entrepreneurs to follow. They include 59 Internet companies and 23 businesses on fashion and cultures.
A woman tries a hand on a virtual reality device developed by a startup company.
Though most of the entrepreneurs are enthusiastic, they also faced challenges such as high rentals in the downtown areas and a lack of guidance.
To help them overcome those problems, the district government published a handbook to incorporate contacts of the 23 incubators, 13 public entrepreneurship service centers and 28 camps providing professional skills training in the district.
By scanning the QR code of each center, entrepreneurs can find out its address, contact information and the services it offers.
Entrepreneurs can also refer to a hand-drawn map in the leaflet which shows the location of various incubators, entrepreneurship service centers and training camps in Changning.
At the end of the handbook is an introduction to the district's supportive policies regarding funding, housing subsidies, entrepreneurship subsidies and training subsidies. The handbook also contains a few blank pages for readers to take notes.
The first 1,000 books have been issued to local entrepreneurs. The district will establish the first entrepreneurship association to gather the resources and offer guidance to startup companies.
A map showing the locations of entrepreneurs service centers in Changning.
Meanwhile, Changning government has issued a new round of startup grants to encourage new businesses and promote employment.
College graduates or students, who are younger than 35 and hold a Shanghai residence permit, are eligible for a startup loan of up to 500,000 yuan (US$76,500) for no longer than 12 months if they launch their business in Changning.
They are also eligible for a startup grant of 15,000 yuan and up to 30,000 yuan of support for employees they hire.
Micro and small enterprises registered in Changning are eligible for up to 2 million yuan of loans in 12 months if they hire unemployed people.
Young entrepreneurs, who are senior college students or with higher education, and within five years of graduation, may acquire as much as 500,000 yuan of investment in three years.
The investor will quit with the same amount paid when the term is expired.
Furthermore, Changning-based incubators offer up to 12 months of free services to start-up programs. Changning authorities provide rental subsidies for new businesses, help pay their employees' social insurance and sponsor their internship programs.
Community, campus and industrial parks have become three pillars of innovation and entrepreneurship in Changning, particularly as the district plans to create its own entrepreneurial ecosystem through joint development and communication.
Changning supports innovation and entrepreneurship with preferential policies, education and an atmosphere aimed at putting entrepreneurs on the right track.
The district has invested billions of yuan to support entrepreneurship since 2012 and rolled out a series of preferential policies.
It also opened venture parks and business incubators, as well as entrepreneurship training bases, and helped thousands of young entrepreneurs start their own businesses.


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I saw that there is also a #toggleGroup. In the official API documentation I can't find something about both.

A: #group - is a template reference variable which you can name however you want
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2016 French Open round-up: Andy Murray easily moves into fourth round
Andy Murray of the United Kingdom hits a shot during his French Open men's second round match against Mathias Bourgue of France at Roland Garros in Paris on May 25, 2016. Murray defeated Bourgue 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the third round. Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo
Andy Murray of the United Kingdom reacts after a shot during his French Open men's second round match against Mathias Bourgue of France at Roland Garros in Paris on May 25, 2016. Murray defeated Bourgue 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the third round. Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo
Ivo Karlovic of Croatia hits a shot during his French Open men's second round match against Jordan Thompson of Australia at Roland Garros in Paris on May 25, 2016. Karlovic defeated Thompson 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (4), 12-10 to advance to the third round. Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo
After battling through the first two rounds in five sets, Andy Murray breezed into the fourth round at the French Open on Friday, defeating Ivo Karlovic 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
The world No. 2 and second-seeded Scot was two points from defeat as he rallied from a two-set deficit against Radek Stepanek in the first round and overcame French wildcard Mathias Bourgue to prevail in five sets on Wednesday.
Murray, 29, has never lost to 6-foot-11 Karlovic of Croatia in seven matches but this marked their first meeting on clay. Friday's match lasted just one hour and 56 minutes, compared to Murray's previous two matches in Paris with an average length of 3 1/2 hours.
"Especially at the end, it was very close in the third set," Murray said in his on-court interview. "I got off to a quick start (in the match) and against someone like Ivo, that's important. He fought right to the end and made it very tough. I'm obviously glad to win the tie-break and get off after a fairly quick match.
"The return has normally been the strongest part of my game, but even still, against him, it's not always up to you. When he serves well, there's not much you can do. I just try to stay patient and take care of my own service games."
Murray will play the winner of American John Isner, seeded No. 15, and Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia for a place in the quarterfinals.
Eighth seed Milos Raonic of Canada continued his flawless progress at Roland Garros as he advanced to the fourth round with a 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3 victory over Andrej Martin of Slovak Republic. Raonic has yet to drop a set in Paris to reach the fourth round for the second time.
Next up for Raonic will be Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who beat the 23rd seed, American Jack Sock, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Sock, who reached the fourth round in Paris last year, led by a set and 4-1 but Ramos-Vinolas fought back to claim the win and securing his place in the fourth round of a major for the first time.
On the women's side, American Shelby Rogers, ranked 108th in the world, reached the fourth round, stunning two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic.
The 23-year-old Rogers from South Carolina reached the round of 16 at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time by upsetting the 10th-seeded Kvitova.
No.4 seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain brushing aside Yanina Wickmayer of Belguim 6-3, 6-0.
Sixth-seeded Simona Halep of Romania, the the 2014 runner-up, dropped the first set before rebounding to beat 18-year-old Naomi Osaka of Japan 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
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Visually Design Tailwind Components & Responsive Images. Sync to Laravel Apps.
The style guide is really key to the entire platform in that it allows you to visually customize your Tailwind configuration. Not only does this configuration apply to the component studio, it also applies to the image studio. I think the place this is most useful is with colors and typography. You can edit existing colors for type, background, and borders or you can create your own with an integrated color picker. You can also create your own font families from Google fonts and add them to your project with a simple @brook('fonts') custom blade directive. Lastly, the style guide compiles down to a CSS file that you can use directly or with our @brook('css') blade directive, but it also includes a JS file that can be used in other build environments.
The component studio is essentially a visual Tailwind editor, but with layers of visualization that I find really useful as a developer. If you want to create or edit Tailwind components completely visually with the GUI, you can. No problem. But, the platform also adds additional views like class list views and a built in "flip side" code editor. The code editor has Emmet pre-installed and I have also built a custom Tailwind autocompleter. The other great thing about the component studio is that you can seamlessly integrate responsive images and other components that you have made on the platform.
The Brook platform gives you access to some of the greatest open licensed content all in one place. In fact, without the generosity of so many talented designers, photographers, and typographers, this platform wouldn't be possible.
In some cases, credit isn't required, but even so, we have created a custom attribution page with a JSON export that makes it a cinch to create a credits page without you having to track each asset you use.
To this point, many of the awesome illustrations on this page are from Undraw. Thanks for your amazing work and generosity @NinaLimpi.
When the project first started out, the decision was made to build the component and image studios using all realtime technologies. As you design, your designs are automatically saved in realtime, and if you are collaborating with others, all design changes are updated in realtime.
From a workflow perspective, this technology choice allows for the most versatile experience with clients and/or other collaborators. You can choose to work asynchronously or synchronously as the situation may require.
As developers, using version control systems is the absolute norm. But, often when we have to do some design work we end up with versioning through filenames. Seriously, how many of you have image folders with banner.ai, banner2.ai, banner3.ai, banner-final.ai, banner-final2.ai, banner-final-for-real.ai?
We are changing design versioning by organizing not only the history of image changes for easier design workflow with teams, but also to enable seasonal variations, short term changes like a sales event, and also allowing for much easier A/B testing.
This is really the reason this product exists. When you're used to working with Laravel Forge and GitHub, pushing code and deploying is so simple. When it comes to imagery, the process becomes tedious and repetitive. From remembering metatag markup and image sizes for favicons to complicated device based responsive image scenarios, it's just a pain. Then, you want some kind of version control, and it just doesn't feel right to store images in the code repo. We hear ya!
Our artisan commands and webhooks allow you to automatically sync images to development and production enviroments. You make changes in the design studio, commit those changes, and it automatically deploys. And, if you don't want to mess with the markup, our blade directive makes every kind of responive image, favicon, open graph image, etc. a breeze.
The Brook platform is a one person (full time) show right now, but I really hope another passionate person or two with complementary skills will want to team up this year. My background is in building software for online product designers. My first design studio was built using Flash ActionScript 3 back in like '07 or '08. After that there was the vanilla PHP & JQuery version. Then Laravel replaced the vanilla PHP. Then finally the Laravel & VueJS version. Besides building design platforms, I am passionate about building the best realtime experiences possible. Lastly, I got a BS in computer science in 2009, but I feel strongly that constantly learning is far more important.
Get in touch if you're looking to team up at the (close to) full-time co-founder level. I am especially interested in working with people that specifically have a passion to help developers and non-designers make things look great. Experience with Laravel, VueJS, Tailwind CSS, realtime technologies, as well as experience in bringing products to market are pretty much key.
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Top 5 Movies of Madhuri Dixit
by Sagar Chaudhary
Bollywood is a colossal filmmaking industry with many super-talented and hardworking actors, actresses, directors, and writers. However, a few actors and actresses put in a tremendous amount of hard work and become legends; Madhuri Dixit is one of them. She made her debut in 1984 in Bollywood with a movie named Abodh. The film was commercially declared a flop, but Madhuri got recognition from it. After that, she never stopped. Since then, she has been entertaining us with her remarkable and indelible performances.
Madhuri Dixit has received six Filmfare awards and was bestowed with the Padma Shri by the government of India in 2008. She never failed to impress us, and every single movie of her is worth watching; however, we have listed the top 5 movies that I highly recommend to watch every Madhuri Dixit fan.
Hum Aapke Hain Kon
Image credits: wifflegif.com
Hum Aapke Hain Kon is a comedy, drama, musical film that was released in 1994. The movie was one of the biggest grocers at that time. The film's story revolves around Prem and Nisha, who meet each other at weeding and fall in love. But everything starts changing when Nisha's sister dies, leaving a baby behind.
Dil to Pagal Hai
Image credits: pinterest.com
Dil to Pagal Hai is another fantastic comedy, drama, musical movie featuring Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan, and Akshay Kumar. The film was released in 1997 and was praised for its wonderful story and music. Madhuri Dixit gave an incredible performance in the movie.
Tezaab
Image credits: tenor.com
Tezaab is one of the most iconic films of Indian cinema; it was released in 1988. The movie features Madhuri Dixit and Anil Kapoor. The film's story revolves around a college student who wants to join the army and serve the country, but owing to unforeseen circumstances, he ends up being a criminal. The performance of Madhuri Dixit in the movie is awesome and will make you astonished.
Saajan
Image credits: gfycat.com
Saajan is a romantic drama film featuring Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan, and Sanjay Dutt. The film was released in 1991. It is a story of a poet and his friend who falls in love with the same girl (Madhuri Dixit). The film is full of drama and twists.
Dedh Ishqiya is a comedy-drama film that was released in 2014. The story of the movie is unique and entertaining. It features Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, and Huma Qureshi.
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With the Direct Line Car loan, there is no payment break offered, though, so you'll start paying right away. A car will only last you say, five years and you shouldn't borrow heavily on a purchase which will be "used up" long before the loan is complete, so your Direct Line Car Loan won't be accepted on a longer term than five years. Despite offering car insurance with lots of frills like breakdown cover, surprisingly there are absolutely no extra benefits for getting your car loan here- they keep rates low by dishing out cash and nothing else!
Where the Direct Line car loan really scores, though, is by breaking the normal rules of lending. A "best" rate usually masks the fact that such a rate is only on offer to large borrowers; but the Direct Line rate of 6.9% appears to apply across all loan amounts, which means you can benefit from a rate that low even if you're only borrowing say £2000. If you're borrowing to part-fund buying a car and paying the rest of the money yourself from savings, it's nice to know you won't be penalised for your prudence with a high interest rate.
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                        $scope.showDropdown = false;
                        $scope.lastSearchTerm = null
                    } else if (isNewSearchNeeded($scope.searchStr, $scope.lastSearchTerm)) {
                        $scope.lastSearchTerm = $scope.searchStr
                        $scope.showDropdown = true;
                        $scope.currentIndex = -1;
                        $scope.results = [];

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Any help would be appreciated. Thanks...