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Q: Align content of a TextArea in JavaFX I'm making a simple text editor for training purposes. I want to create a button which would center my text input from TextArea just like in MS Word. I have my button in FXML, but I don't know what method should I use for my TextArea object, I tried setStyle() or getChild() but neither worked.
<Button onAction="#toTheCenter"  text="center"/>

Thats my button in FXML
<center>
    <TextArea fx:id="textArea"/>
</center>

Thats TextArea
@FXML
private void toTheCenter(ActionEvent event){
    String text = textArea.getText();
}

And thats the method from controller.

A: You need to set the -fx-text-alignment property on the text node of the text area.
The best way to do this dynamically is to define a custom CSS pseudoclass for the text area:
PseudoClass centered = PseudoClass.getPseudoClass("centered");

and then in your external CSS file you can do
.text-area:centered .text {
    -fx-text-alignment: center ;
}

Then you can call
textArea.pseudoClassStateChanged(centered, true);

to switch centering on, and
textArea.pseudoClassStateChanged(centered, false);

to switch it off.
Here is a SSCCE (put the CSS code above in centering-text-area.css):
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.css.PseudoClass;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.TextArea;
import javafx.scene.control.ToggleButton;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class TextAreaWithCentering extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {

        TextArea textArea = new TextArea();

        PseudoClass centered = PseudoClass.getPseudoClass("centered");

        ToggleButton center = new ToggleButton("Center");
        center.selectedProperty().addListener((obs, wasCentered, isNowCentered) ->
                textArea.pseudoClassStateChanged(centered, isNowCentered));

        BorderPane.setAlignment(center, Pos.CENTER);
        BorderPane.setMargin(center, new Insets(5));
        BorderPane root = new BorderPane(textArea, null, null, center, null);

        Scene scene = new Scene(root, 600, 600);

        scene.getStylesheets().add("centering-text-area.css");

        primaryStage.setScene(scene);
        primaryStage.show();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }
}

A: #text-area *.text { -fx-text-alignment: center; }

Create a style.css file in your project folder and then add the following line to the java code.
scene.getStylesheets().addAll(this.getClass().getResource("style.css").toExternalForm()); primaryStage.setScene(scene);


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Health and Wellbeing Board - Friday, 21st January, 2022 10.00 am
Agenda reports pack
Supplementary Agenda for Trafford Health and Wellbeing Board 21 January 2022 PDF 581 KB
Printed draft minutes PDF 286 KB
Venue: Virtual meteing to be held throuh zoom
Contact: Alexander Murray, Governance Officer
Note: This meeting is to be an informal meteing of the Board and held virtually through zoom. The meteing will be Broadcast live on Youtube and can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjwbIOW5x0NSe38sgFU8bKg.
APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR FOR THE MEETING
As apologies had been received from the Chair and Vice Chair Board Members were asked to nominate a Chair for the meeting. The Corporate Director of Adult Services was nominated, the nomination was seconded by the Joint Accountable Officer for Trafford CCG and agreed by the Members in attendance.
RESOLVED: That the Corporate Director of Adults services be appointed as Chair for duration of the meeting.
To receive and if so determined, to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 24 September 2021.
Minutes Public Pack, 24/09/2021 Health and Wellbeing Board , item 20. PDF 285 KB
RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held 24 September 2022 be agreed as an accurate record.
Members to give notice of any interest and the nature of that interest relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the adopted Code of Conduct.
No declarations were made.
QUESTIONS RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC
A maximum of 15 minutes will be allocated to public questions submitted in writing to Democratic Services (democratic.services@trafford.gov.uk) by 4 p.m. on the working day prior to the meeting. Questions must be relevant to items appearing on the agenda and will be submitted in the order in which they were received.
No questions were received.
CDOP ANNUAL REPORT PDF 1 MB
To receive a report from the Acting Director of Public Health.
The Acting Director of Public Health delivered a presentation which provided an overview of the report that had been circulated with the agenda. The Committee were informed of the make-up, role, and functioning of the Panel. The CDOP panel was a collaboration between Trafford, Stockport, and Tameside. The presentation contained data on notifications of child deaths from 2014/15 up to 2020/21. In the last two years 19 children had died in Trafford and over the last seven years 99 children had died in Trafford. The deaths were then broken down by age range, ethnicity, levels of deprivation, and categories of death in cases closed.
The Acting Director of Public Health spoke about the importance of having accurate data collection and reporting to ensure that the Board were able to identify any trends or areas of concern. Deaths in under 1-year olds and expected and unexpected deaths had been identified as areas of focus for the CDOP Board. The Committee were shown the levels of deaths with and without modifiable factors and given examples of modifiable factors, which included parental smoking and substance misuse. The presentation concluded with the 8 recommendations that were to go to all the authorities who were part of the CDOP Board.
Following the presentation, Board Members discussed the different aspects of the report. The Corporate Director for Children's service spoke of the importance of ensuring the recommendations were shared across interconnected forums, including the Safeguarding Partnership. The Director of Public Health expressed that there was a need for a campaign to inform people of the risks associated with multiple births, especially those considering IVF treatments, and to ensure IVF providers implanted two or more foetuses only in exceptional circumstances.
The Chair moved the recommendations of the report, which were unanimously agreed.
The Chair noted the large number of Boards the report was to be disseminated to and asked whether it was being tracked and would be fed back to the Board. The Acting Director of Public Health responded that she would meet with the Corporate Director of Children's Services to agree where the report would go and when. The Chair added that the Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing, and Equalities should also be consulted as the report would need to go to the Start Well and Live Well Sub Boards and possibly the Age Well Sub Board.
The Joint Accountable Officer for Trafford CCG added that the report should also be taken to the One System Board and she would pick it up as an action.
1) That the report be noted and all recommendations agreed.
2) That the Acting Director of Public Health is to meet with the Corporate Director of Children's Services and the Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing, and Equalities to discuss the distribution of the report.
3) That the Joint Accountable Officer for Trafford CCG plan for the report to be taken to the One System Board.
PUBLIC HEALTH ANNUAL REPORT PDF 1 MB
The Director of Public Health went through a presentation that provided an overview of the annual report. Board Members were asked to note the report's recommendations and consider whether there was overlap from the CDOP report and the health protection forum report and how the recommendations could be grouped to avoid duplication.
The Director of Public Health then went through a presentation on the annual report, which was focused upon health inequalities. The report covered the healthy life expectancy gap, mental health and the impact of covid, the importance of trust between residents and providers, and intersectionality. The presentation concluded with the specific recommendations on weight management and the more general recommendations from the annual report.
Following the presentation Board Members were given the opportunity to ask questions or make comments. Board Members welcomed the report, its findings, and recommendations. In discussions Board Members made it clear that they appreciated the approach of linking the wider determinants of health with deprivation and around taking learning from the COVID 19 pandemic.
The Corporate Director of Children's services added that when considering the wider determinants of health, she was surprised that speech and language therapy and child development did not come up. The Corporate Director of Children's services was also surprised that neglect was not covered in the report, as the point that "healthy children turned into healthy adults" was very well made. The final point from the Corporate Director of Children's services that there was a need to look at the mental health of adults as well as children as one impacted the other. The Director of Public Health responded that she agreed with the points raised but there were always going to be some areas left out of the annual report, given the wide range of areas covered by public health, and assured the Board that the areas mentioned were picked up through other pieces of work.
The Chair asked if the Board accepted the recommendations for noting. The Corporate Director of Children's Services suggested that the wording of one of the recommendations be changed. The Director of Public Health responded that work would be done with the Board to turn the recommendations of the annual report into an action plan, which would provide opportunity to adjust the recommendations.
The Chair requested ambitions be set for each of the different areas of work within the Annual Report and for them to be aligned with the performance measures agreed as part of the health and social care integration.
1) That the report and its recommendations be noted.
2) That the recommendations of the report be progressed into an action plan.
HEALTH VISITING AND SCHOOL NURSING REVIEW PDF 272 KB
To receive a report of the Acting Director of Public Health.
The Acting Director of Public Health pulled out the key salient points from the report. The Board were informed of the key elements of support delivered by School Nurses and Health Visitors. The review had begun in 2018 and, as part of the review, the Public Health Team had built a strong working partnership with MFT, which would help to deliver work going forward. The review looked at a wide range of elements of both services. Public health commissioned both services and MFT was the provider of those services. The current contract was in place until April 2022 and the service specification being developed was for the provision of a stepped approach that would develop over time.
The Acting Director of Public Health then detailed how the review was conducted and the key findings of the review. The key findings had been divided up into four areas of performance, staffing, service delivery, and other. There were many outcomes from the review and they had been captured within the service specification. An outcome framework had been developed and some of the outcomes were already being delivered.
The Acting Director of Public Health spoke of the important roll School Nurses and Health visitors had played in the delivery of the vaccination programme and how they would continue to support immunisation. The stepped approach would eventually lead to the creation of a separate immunisation team. The Board were informed of the crucial roll the service would play in supporting children's healthy weight programmes. The Acting Director of Public Health concluded the overview by informing the Board of the plans to create an advanced care team to help manage demand.
Following the overview, the Corporate Director of Children's Services noted the importance of developing the digital patient record mentioned within the report and the data analysis it would enable. The Corporate Director of Children's Services added that the report needed to be circulated to various other Boards, including the Start Well Board, to ensure all relevant partners had sight of it.
The Chair of the Trafford Safeguarding Partnership welcomed the report and noted the need for an in-depth discussion around the findings of the review and the outcomes in relation to safeguarding.
The Chair of Healthwatch Trafford noted that the School Nursing service struggled with the levels of staffing and, while she welcomed the recruitment approaches suggested within the report, voiced concerns as to whether the service would be able to retain staff. The Chair of Healthwatch Trafford also raised concerns around nutrition in schools and noted that it would have been helpful to have funding figures benchmarked against neighbouring authorities. The Acting Director of Public Health responded that an exercise had been conducted at a Greater Manchester level, but it was difficult to compare due to the different types of funding used by each authority. The Chair asked whether there was an analysis which could be shared detailing the number of young people per member of staff. The Acting Director of Public Health ... view the full minutes text for item 25.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD RESET
To receive a presentation from the Acting Director of Public Health.
The Acting Director of Public Health delivered a short presentation on the LGA peer review. The Board were informed the purpose of the review was to look at the Health and Wellbeing Board in the context of the wider governance arrangements within Trafford and to determine how it should align with partners, including the Integrated Care Board and the One System Board. The presentation detailed what Trafford had asked the LGA to provide support on, the support proposal, and the next steps. Board Members were informed that the review would involve several interviews between Board Members and the Peers from the LGA. A survey would also be circulated to all Board Members and the Acting Director of Public Health asked them to take time to complete it. The aim was to have the findings of the review ready for discussion at the Health and Wellbeing Workshop in March 2022.
Following the presentation, The Director of Public Health added that the review was about thinking of the relationship of the Board with partners who could deliver change. The Chair Commented that it was a particularly crucial to ensure the Board was well positioned within the new Health and Social Care System, as it would enable the Board to set priorities that effected delivery, to influence work across the system, and to hold elements of the system to account.
RESOLVED: That the presentation be noted.
NHS AND INTEGRATED CARE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTS PDF 615 KB
To receive a presentation from the Shared Accountable Officer.
GM ICS – Implementing the Operating Model (GM JDPC 22.12.21) , item 27. PDF 747 KB
The Health and Social Care Programme Director went through an updated version of the presentation included within the agenda pack. The presentation covered the background to the development of the One System Board, recent changes and priorities, the draft Trafford Locality operating model, the transition assumptions and approach, an overview of governance arrangements of the 5 key boards, the development of the working groups, the staffing make up of the CCG, the functions of the different elements of the One System Board, a description of the Place Leader roll, a list of the Place Leader roll's characteristics and duties, and the next steps for the programme.
Following the presentation, the Joint Accountable Officer for Trafford CCG summarised that the ICB would be delivering the locality plan. The locality operating model would continue to deliver services with communities and neighbourhoods utilising coproduction to ensure a bottom-up approach was taken.
The Local ICB Shadow architecture was built upon Trafford's existing structure. The Locality Board was based upon the Joint Commissioning Board, which had been in place since 2018, with additional partners added to strengthen it. The Provider Collaborative Board was built upon the Local Care Alliance, which had been operating for several years and had expanded throughout the pandemic.
The Place Leader roll was in discussion across the whole of Greater Manchester and for Trafford it would be accountable to the ICB but anchored within Trafford. The appointment of the Place Leader roll was subject to a HR process and until the process was complete the Joint Accountable Officers from Trafford CCG would hold the position. Everybody below Board level at Trafford CCG would be subject to "lift and shift" with their roles moved into the ICB. Trafford CCG was to be disestablished at the end of June meaning all its statutory duties would be transferred to the ICB at that point.
The Chair of the Joint Safeguarding Partnership added that there was an expectation the current safeguarding arrangements would remain in place despite the changes to local system architecture. The Board were assured that the Safeguarding Partnership were being engaged in discussions to ensure the statutory responsibilities for safeguarding continued and how they could be strengthened through the ICS and ICB.
RESOLVED: That the NHS and Integrated Care System Developments be noted.
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Adapting to extreme weather: Protecting the farm
by Tamara Scully
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As precipitation events increase, assessing the potential for flooding in previously dry areas is necessary. Are access lanes on high ground, or will they be unpassable in heavy rains? Do bridges over waterways need to be enhanced, and are culverts and storm drains adequately sized for additional precipitation amounts?
Power outages due to weather events are expected to become more frequent. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), having a working generator that is properly maintained, and knowing how to safely use it, is a must for every farm operation. Generators need to be hooked up safely to prevent power from returning to the grid, which can — and do — cause fatalities.
Weather happens. Whether it's wind, precipitation or temperature extremes, the impact on the farm can be drastic. Erratic weather is expected to increase as the consequences of climate change. Destructive weather patterns, and atypical weather extremes, will become common occurrences.
Preparations for severe weather can't be accomplished once the weather event is underway. Planning in advance for the worst-case scenario will help you weather lesser storms, and keep your family, your livestock and your livelihood protected no matter the weather.
The webinar, "Agroforestry and Climate Change in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic," can be viewed here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/555566026408702466
Preparedness resources for farms: www.prep4agthreats.org/index.php
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describe Spotify::Client do
  let(:authenticated_client) { described_class.new(access_token: 'test', raise_errors: true) }
  let(:anonymous_client) { described_class.new(raise_errors: true) }

  describe "BASE_URI" do
    it "should have correct value" do
      expect(Spotify::Client::BASE_URI).to eq('https://api.spotify.com')
    end
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  describe ".me" do
    let(:fixture) { request_fixture('me') }

    it "should raise error as authenticated client" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => '/v1/me', :headers => { 'Authorization' => "Bearer test" } }, { :status => 401 })
      expect {authenticated_client.me}.to raise_error(Spotify::AuthenticationError)
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    it "should raise error as anonymous client" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => '/v1/me' }, { :status => 401 })
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      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => '/v1/me', :headers => { 'Authorization' => "Bearer test" } }, { :status => 200, :body => fixture })
      response = authenticated_client.me
      expect(response.keys.count).to eq(8)
      expect(response['id']).to eq('some_random_user')
      expect(response['display_name']).to eq('Some Random User')
    end
  end

  describe ".user" do
    let(:fixture) { request_fixture('user') }

    it "should raise error as authenticated client" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain", :headers => { 'Authorization' => "Bearer test" } }, { :status => 401 })
      expect {authenticated_client.user('masterkain')}.to raise_error(Spotify::AuthenticationError)
    end
    it "should raise error as anonymous client" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain" }, { :status => 401 })
      expect {anonymous_client.user('masterkain')}.to raise_error(Spotify::AuthenticationError)
    end
    it "should get response" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain", :headers => { 'Authorization' => "Bearer test" } }, { :status => 200, :body => fixture })
      response = authenticated_client.user('masterkain')
      expect(response.keys.count).to eq(5)
      expect(response['id']).to eq('masterkain')
      expect(response['type']).to eq('user')
    end
  end

  describe ".user_playlists" do
    let(:fixture) { request_fixture('user_playlists') }

    it "should raise error as authenticated client" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain/playlists", :headers => { 'Authorization' => "Bearer test" } }, { :status => 401 })
      expect {authenticated_client.user_playlists('masterkain')}.to raise_error(Spotify::AuthenticationError)
    end
    it "should raise error as anonymous client" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain/playlists" }, { :status => 401 })
      expect {anonymous_client.user_playlists('masterkain')}.to raise_error(Spotify::AuthenticationError)
    end
    it "should get response" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain/playlists", :headers => { 'Authorization' => "Bearer test" } }, { :status => 200, :body => fixture })
      response = authenticated_client.user_playlists('masterkain')
      expect(response.keys.count).to eq(3)
      expect(response['href']).to match(/http/)
      expect(response['total']).to be_a(Integer)
      expect(response['items']).to be_a(Array)
    end
  end

  describe ".user_playlist_tracks" do
    let(:fixture) { request_fixture('user_playlist_tracks') }
    let(:next_fixture) { request_fixture('user_playlist_tracks_next') }

    it "should raise error as authenticated client" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain/playlists/my/tracks", :headers => { 'Authorization' => "Bearer test" } }, { :status => 401 })
      expect {authenticated_client.user_playlist_tracks('masterkain', 'my')}.to raise_error(Spotify::AuthenticationError)
    end
    it "should raise error as anonymous client" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain/playlists/my/tracks" }, { :status => 401 })
      expect {anonymous_client.user_playlist_tracks('masterkain', 'my')}.to raise_error(Spotify::AuthenticationError)
    end
    it "should get response" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain/playlists/my/tracks", :headers => { 'Authorization' => "Bearer test" } }, { :status => 200, :body => fixture })
      Excon.stub({ :method => :get, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain/playlists/6Df19VKaShrdWrAnHinwVO/tracks?offset=1&limit=1", :headers => { 'Authorization' => "Bearer test" } }, { :status => 200, :body => next_fixture })
      response = authenticated_client.user_playlist_tracks('masterkain', 'my')
      expect(response.keys.count).to eq(7)
      expect(response['items']).to be_a(Array)
      expect(response['items'].count).to eq(2)
    end
  end

  describe ".create_user_playlist" do
    let(:fixture) { request_fixture('create_user_playlist') }

    it "should raise error as authenticated client" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :post, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain/playlists", :headers => { 'Authorization' => "Bearer test" } }, { :status => 401 })
      expect {authenticated_client.create_user_playlist('masterkain', 'my')}.to raise_error(Spotify::AuthenticationError)
    end
    it "should raise error as anonymous client" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :post, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain/playlists" }, { :status => 401 })
      expect {anonymous_client.create_user_playlist('masterkain', 'my')}.to raise_error(Spotify::AuthenticationError)
    end
    it "should get response" do
      Excon.stub({ :method => :post, :path => "/v1/users/masterkain/playlists", :headers => { 'Authorization' => "Bearer test" } }, { :status => 201, :body => fixture })
      response = authenticated_client.create_user_playlist('masterkain', 'my')
      expect(response.keys.count).to eq(13)
      # expect(response['tracks']).to be_a(Array)
    end
  end
end

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What Illumina sequencers are supported for Single Cell 3' libraries?
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CFMoto 250SR sports bike spied
By Ben Purvis
LinkedIn Profile. Writing about bikes for 20 years. Published in dozens of titles on five continents. Mildly obsessed with discovering how things work.
The number of single-cylinder 250-300cc sports bikes on the market has taken a nosedive in recent years with the disappearance of models like Kawasaki's Ninja 250SL and Honda's CBR300R but CFMoto is about to step into the breach with the new 250SR.
The Chinese firm already teased us by showing a race-spec version of the bike earlier this year, and now near-production road-going versions have been spotted on final tests.
The first impression is that the production machine is remarkably similar to the racer that was shown before, but unsurprisingly there are some changes. At the front, slanted headlights fill the gaps that were air intakes on the racer, flanked by C-shaped LED strips working as daytime running lights.
Moving back, the road version gets a pillion seat and pegs, and the racer's conventional exhaust, with an Akrapovic end can, is replaced with a belly-mounted exhaust.
That exhaust, like most of the mechanical parts of the bike, is taken directly from the existing CFMoto 250NK naked model. Other shared components include the engine, frame suspension and brakes, so we can get a pretty clear idea of the 250SR's specs by looking at those for the 250NK. They reveal we should expect the single-cylinder, 249cc DOHC motor to make around 26hp at 9200rpm, which should give fairly sprightly performance in a machine weighing around 150kg ready-to-ride. The forks are no-brand upside-downers, while the single 300mm front brake has a radial-mount caliper from Spanish manufacturer J.Juan in place of the earlier race version's Brembo unit.
A tablet-style full-colour LCD instrument pack is fitted, giving access to multiple riding modes and including a host of information including a gear position display as well as readouts for revs, fuel level, engine temperature, air temperature, battery voltage and time.
From the look of the spied prototypes, it seems that the CFMoto 250SR is ready to be launched imminently. Unlike many Chinese-made bikes, it is almost certain to be offered in the UK. At the moment, the naked 250NK version costs £3099 here, so a price of around £3500 for the 250SR seems likely.
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Are We Headed for Single Payer Health Care?
posted by Aaron White | 65sc
It's been interesting to listen to the debate rage over what will happen to the individual health insurance mandate in President Obama's health care reform bill as the issue moves its way up through federal courts. The mandate was recently ruled unconstitutional by one (Bush-appointed) federal judge in Virginia, but was ruled constitutional by a couple of other federal judges. It seems that most pundits agree that this issue is headed for the Supreme Court.
Ezra Klein of the Washington Post noted that Republicans may be doing some long-term damage to their cause by focusing on the individual mandate, which as my last post explained, was originally a Republican idea. To be certain, the mandate is essential to have a health-care system where everyone has coverage but private insurers dominate (Obama's plan). If the Supreme Court ultimately rules the mandate unconstitutional, the only other options for universal coverage will be the single-payer system, as found in Canada, or the fully nationalized system, as found in the United Kingdom. The mandate, as Klein states, is a very "common device" used in several other industrialized countries (including Switzerland and the Netherlands) that ensure universal coverage while relying on private insurers.
Klein makes a convincing argument when he states, "if Republicans get [the insurance mandate] ruled unconstitutional in America, they'd be wise to ask themselves what other options they have: After all, the constitutionality of Medicare is not in question, and that's really the other model we could eventually trend toward."
Another columnist argues:
By fighting the mandate needed to make private insurance solutions work, and doing nothing to ease the health cost burden on everyday Americans, you'll hasten the day when the public throws up its hands and says, "Just give us single-payer and price controls." Don't think the anti-government wave this fall won't reverse itself on health care if the most private sector-oriented health care system on earth keeps delivering the world's costliest, most inefficient care.
The current unrealistic threats by the new Republican-controlled House of Representatives to repeal the 2010 health care reform bill are good political theater, but will likely backfire. Anyone with a rudimentary understanding of how our federal government works, knows that Republicans do not have the numbers they need to repeal. They don't have a veto-proof majority in the House and are in the minority in the Senate. Additionally, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, which typically acts as a referee in the partisan atmosphere of Congress, has indicated that a repeal of the health care bill would increase the national deficit by $230 billion.
What is ironic about the last election, which was supposedly about run-away government deficits, is that Republicans have supported positions that drastically increase the national debt. The extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for the rich have added far more to the long-term debt of our nation than Obama's 2009 stimulus plan. The CBO estimated that the health care reform bill would actually decrease the deficit by $143 billion in its first 10 years and $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years. In an upcoming post, I'll go into some of the details of the new law, including its cost savings, but the fact of the matter is that repeal would drive us further into debt, notwithstanding doing nothing to improve our antiquated health care system including helping the tens of millions of uninsured working-class Americans and their families.
Isn't it ironic that the new House majority voted against a measure this week that would have required all Representatives to disclose whether they would accept their government-provided health insurance? As Rep Steve Israel (D-N.Y), stated, "every Republican voted to hide their own government health care, while many of them are pledging to repeal health care for everyone else." Don't we think it is relevant for constituents to know whether their representative is accepting government-sponsored health care? Nonetheless, repeal isn't going to happen. The Supreme Court is really the only mechanism by which the Obama heath care reform bill (and Romneycare) can be annulled at this point. And in the remote chance that occurs, it will probably lead us to something that is actually closer to what conservatives label as "socialized medicine."


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Home Latest News PM Nawaz Sharif asks for quick formulation and promulgation of Anti-terror Laws
PM Nawaz Sharif asks for quick formulation and promulgation of Anti-terror Laws
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At a meeting held on Monday at the Prime Minister House. PM Nawaz Sharif directed attendees to expedite the formulation of anti-terror laws in the country.
The attendees including Ch. Nisar, Minister for Interior, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Chief of General Staff Lt. General Ashfaq Nadeem, Director General ISI and MI along with Secretaries of Interior and Law ministries.
"There is no space for the elements attacking innocent civilians and armed forces and they must be prosecuted with effectiveness," said the Prime Minister.
"We will adopt coordinated strategy to root out the menace of terrorism," he further added.
Terrorism has been a menace for this region and despite the 'War on Terror', militant forces have continually disrupted social, political and economic conditions in Pakistan and its neighbouring countries.
Attacks across different cities of Pakistan are common and they further fuel sectarian violence which leads to innocent civilian deaths along with government apparatus being attacked.
Pakistan has been an ally of the United States in the war against terrorism and has suffered huge financial losses along with a hefty body count. The PM stated that the civil and military administrations are going to be working together to curb terrorism in Karachi, FATA and PATA.
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tip#23 - How can I learn phrasal verbs?
Learning phrasal verbs is definitely difficult but well worth the effort as it will undoubtedly make you sound more natural in your communications. The most important thing is to remember that it will take some time. The following are some tips that may help.
When you see or hear a phrasal verb you don't know, write it down. But don't just write down the verb and the preposition. Write down the sentence so that you can understand the context. By learning the context in which it is used, it will be possible for you to use the phrase yourself in the future.
Find out the meaning in that specific context.
That is where people like me come in. A native English speaker can save you time, because there is often more than one meaning for each phrasal verb, but if you don't have one of us around, look it up in a dictionary and try to find the definition that best fits the context.
Practice it in conversation and/or writing.
Use or lose it! Try to find out from your teacher or native English speaker if you're using it in the correct way (a.k.a. the way native speakers do). And keep practicing!
Study your list of phrasal verbs and continue adding to the list.
When you find a phrasal verb from your list used in a different way, write down the new example. Also, make a smaller list of your phrasal verbs to focus on a short number of them at a time, especially as your list grows. Keep the small list in your pocket, wallet, or bag and bring it out periodically throughout the day. Make a new small list every few days.


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Huawei seems to be on a launch spree, the company has announced two new devices in China, the G9 Lite and M2 7.0. The G9 Lite is a smartphone while the M2 7.0 is a tablet. Huawei has not revealed whether it will be launching these devices on a global or not.
The Huawei G9 Lite will be up for sale in China from May 13 in White, Gold and Black color options at 1,599 yuan (approx. Rs. 16390) and 1,699 yuan (approx. Rs. 17,415), depending on the variants. On the other hand, the M2 7.0 will be available from May 6 in White, Pink and Blue color options, at 1599 yuan (approx. Rs. 16,380 for 16GB variant) and 1799 yuan (approx. Rs. 18,440 for 32GB variant.
Coming on to the specifications, the Huawei G9 Lite bears a 5.2-inch 1080p display, and is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 650 16nm chipset or Snapdragon 617 SoC as per the carrier version. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow with EMUI 4.1 skin on top, and sports a 13-megapixel primary camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, 5P lens, along with an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It also features a fingerprint sensor on the rear. While the M2 7.0 tablet comes with a 7-inch full HD display and is powered by a Snapdragon chipset clubbed with 3GB of RAM. It features a 13-megapixel primary camera with LED flash. There is a fingerprint sensor onboard as well, embedded into the home button on the right side panel. The device is backed by a 4,360mAh battery.
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Grab your soldering iron, it's time to make some music. We take a look at how to build a modular synth complete with sequencer. Press the buttons, twiddle the knobs and you'll be able to create a unique sound based on a device you've constructed.
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At Byrd Eye Clinic, we may use advanced wavefront diagnostic technology to gather important information about your ocular shape and perform customized bladeless LASIK surgery. Our wavefront system passes carefully calibrated rays of light through the eyes and measures how they refract to produce a detailed model of your ocular tissue.
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With the Golden Globes crowning Bohemian Rhapsody for Best Picture – Drama all thoughts turn to the Oscars and the inevitable Best Picture nomination of the Queen biopic.
I want to get one thing straight. I have nothing negative to say about Rami Malek's performance as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. His performance was absolutely suburb. The problem with the film goes back to the screenplay's embellishments. The paint-by-numbers biopic embellishes so much of what we actually know about the band. This is why it gets docked some major points in my book with regards to Best Picture. How can we call a film the best picture when it has many problems with the screenplay?
Listen, I have nothing against Queen's music. That I don't believe the film is not the best picture has nothing to do with how I feel about Queen's music. I know that this film was a crowd-pleaser in that it brought so much nostalgia for the music. My issues with the film have everything to do with how the LGBTQ community is portrayed in Bohemian Rhapsody. I said as much when I wrote my review of the film in October 2018. When I write that the film does a disservice to Freddie Mercury's legacy, I mean exactly that. I'm not the only LGBTQ critic who feels that the community has been poorly portrayed during the film. I linked to a few of these critiques when I posted my worst films of the year in late December.
Bohemian Rhapsody is this year's equivalent of The Greatest Showman in that the film features crowd-pleasing music but the script is absolutely awful. You can read the band's real story on Wikipedia and then be flabbergasted by what they did in the film. Moving Freddie's AIDS diagnosis up by two years turns the Live Aid performance into emotional blackmail (I'm probably not the first to describe it this way and I'll happily give credit to whoever did)! Moreover, Freddie was a THIRD BAND MEMBER to go solo. The film convinces the audience that he was the first! He was most definitely not, thank you. Can we talk about how the film shows some films being recorded a few years before they actually were? There's a strike for that, too.
The biggest worry come following the initial trailer came true in that the film did a disservice to the singer. When Freddie receives his AIDS diagnosis, the moment is not as emotional as it could be. This is a serious disease that killed many people and instead, the moment comes as one that feels extremely anti-climactic. AIDS led to his tragic passing at the age of 45 years old on November 24, 1991. Here it is, the film missed an opportunity to have a bigger focus on his battle with the disease. Need I remind you that Freddie was diagnosed two years AFTER the Live Aid performance and yet as they rehearse for the gig, he opens up about his battle with AIDS! If you're going to tell the story, please tell it the right way.
What ruined the film for me was finding out just how much Anthony McCarten's script (story by McCarten and Peter Morgan) embellished AFTER THE FACT as I was writing my review. All the goodwill that was delivered by the climactic recreation of the Live Aid performance vanished without a trace.
With surprising win at the Golden Globes, a nomination by the Producers Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild for Outstanding Performance by a Cast, a nomination for Best Picture is seemingly inevitable. That may be the case but we don't have to be happy about it.
The Oscar nominations will be announced on January 22, 2019. Will Bohemian Rhapsody be among them?
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Dev Update: Upgrade to MonoGame, Score Screen, Diplomacy Voice Recordings, Challenge Maps, Fleet Combat Overhaul, and more!
November 3, 2017 Brain and Nerd, Game Design, Graphics, Mechanics
Recently we released the massive V0.9 update to Predestination, our second last major update before we hit V1.0 and officially enter our final beta phase, at which point we can start delivering all of the remaining content (singleplayer missions, kickstarter backer content etc) and heavily polishing the game up for full release. We've been busy working on V1.0 and on a few unannounced things since V0.9 went live, and in this Dev Update we'd like to share details of all of that with you along with an updated estimate on the impending release of V1.0.
The biggest change is that we've upgraded the Predestination engine from using parts of the old XNA 3.1 framework to using the newer MonoGame framework. This took considerable work but is now complete and will lead to performance improvements, 64-bit compatibility, memory problems solved, more scope for modders, and possibly even cross-platform support. We've also recorded voice lines to spice up the Diplomacy system, added a Score screen after each game to let you know how well you did, and we're part way through developing the first Challenge Map. Also on the agenda for V1.0 are major improvements to fleet combat (both gameplay and graphics improvements), graphical improvements to weapons, new sound effects, notification improvements, building models, and AI improvements.
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Dev Update: Singleplayer Mission Update is now live, User Interface and Content update in development!
March 24, 2017 Brain and Nerd, Game Design, Graphics, Mechanics, Screenshots
We've just released V0.9.7.0 and activated the first Singleplayer Mission in the Predestination storyline. You can play this mission after updating your game to 0.9.7.0 by pressing the Singleplayer Mission button on the main menu. In this dev update, we'll be talking about the Singleplayer Mission system and getting an in-depth look at the mission editing and modding toolset that we've built as part of our mission framework. We'll also discuss the significant improvements to the Robotic race gameplay in this patch, small UI improvements, the Morale/Health/Security V2.0 overhaul, and a slew of other gameplay improvements. Finally, we discuss plans for the next update, which will finish off the remaining dropdown menus, completely overhaul the main menu, add more content throughout the game, and make some much-needed UI improvements.
Read on for a full breakdown and progress report on everything in 0.9.7.0 and details of what's to come in 0.9.8.0.
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Villanova earned their second National title in 3 years in a big win Monday night over Michigan. The hero of the game was Donte DiVincenzo who scored 31 points off the bench. DiVincenzo is a backup guard, and when he came off the bench and scored 18 points in the first half, the tide of the game turned. DiVincenzo's career-high 31 points is the most for a non-starter in a championship game. To no one's surprise, Donte earned the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. The Wildcats became only the 8th school to win 3 or more titles (1985 and 2016 and now 2018). Villanova 79, Michigan 62.
Philadelphia has now become the first city to win a Super Bowl (Eagles in February) and an NCAA basketball title in the same year.
Baseball season officially began last Thursday, and the last thing anyone thought would happen is a game would be postponed due to snow, but that's exactly what happened in the NY Yankees home opener on Monday. The Yankees will now play their home opener against the Tampa Bay Rays today at 1;05 pm. For more on the Yankees and why it's good for baseball to hate them, watch Mike Greenberg's "Return of the Evil Empire".
In a completely bizarre court testimony, NASCAR driver Kurt Busch testified that his former girlfriend Patricia Driscoll is an assassin….yes, that's right "a trained assassin dispatched on covert missions around the world". These claims all came about in court because Driscoll wants a protective order against Busch for alleged abuse.
The New York Jets have a new coach and new GM. Arizona's former defensive coordinator, Tom Bowles, will try and lead the dreadful 4-12 Jets into a new era.
If you've ever watched Mike and Mike on ESPN (the highest rated sports talk show in the country), you know how talented and entertaining this team is. You may also know that Mike Greenberg (Greeny) is also a great novelist. He's come out with his second novel, "My Father's Wives". It's in pre-release now and it's gotten great reviews. I'm ordering now!


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Fantastic Fest 2010 Review: I SAW THE DEVIL
by: J.C. De Leon
Director: Ji-woon Kim
Cast: Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi
Ji-Woon Kim already has one Fantastic Fest hit with his previous work THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD, and he has had an excellent follow-up to that film with A BITTERSWEET LIFE. His latest effort, I SAW THE DEVIL, is without a doubt his darkest, but still one of his greatest. It most certainly doesn't follow the same tone of any of his previous work. Violent, relentless, brutal. Those are the tamest words that can describe this film. Heartfelt, touching, and great would be the best words to describe it. Certainly not for the squeamish, but its intensity is where the story lies.
When the head of the brutally murdered wife of our main character (Byung-hun Lee) is discovered by children, the chain of events that move along the entire film begin to fall into place. The merciless serial killer (Min-sik Choi)meticulously, almost delicately, cuts up his victims in various ways, disposes of the bodies, and then searches for his next victim. No amount of begging will help their cause, there is no moral compass to appeal to. He looks directly into the eyes of his victim and proceeds to simply, kill. In the context of the film, his latest victim is the wife of a Korean Secret Service agent, one who has at his disposal the means of finding out who his wife's killer is, his past, information on his family, whatever he may need so that he can exact his revenge.
In typical Ji-woon Kim fashion, this is a story with incredibly deep layers that are pulled back ever so gently, all the while, an immensely violent tale is unfolding. What would appear to be a simple enough revenge story, Ji-woon Kim has constructed a framework of a story so intense that at times you won't know who your rooting for. The story does follow most of the revenge story cliches, like having those closest to Lee's character tell him that no matter what he does, it won't bring back his wife. What I SAW THE DEVIL does differently is also show the perspective of the serial killer, while still never explaining his motivation to kill, even in situations where his own self-preservation would be better served rather than his need to be a monster to women, he can't resist himself.
Byung-hun Lee is a staple in Ji-woon Kim's movies, and it's easy to see why in this role. Almost mimicking the nature of the serial killer who murdered his wife, he portrays a character that is just as, if not more meticulous. about his actions. While doing the mortifyingly violent things he is doing, he has the same almost emotionless face that so many Ji-woon Kim performances demand. Yet he executes that look so convincingly that he never seems like a character who is out for revenge. In contrast, the character of Min-sik Choi, while being equally violent, is more showing with his emotions. His performance is staggeringly good, right on par with his performance in OLDBOY.
At times I SAW THE DEVIL will feel a little long and some of beats are repetitive, but every moment is significant as they serve to develop the character since so little is known about either, especially Choi's character. This is without a doubt going to be one of the more violent and gory movies of the year, so much so that not even the most seasoned thriller/killer movie fan will be able to resist squirming in their seat. But overall, this film is fantastic, any fan of Ji-woon Kim's will enjoy this movie that while, not very humorous, and doesn't have as many shootouts as his previous work, is still right on par with the quality of his resume up to this point.
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Home » Is This Enough Compensation? » Help, the names on my kids' airline tickets are wrong — what should I do?
Help, the names on my kids' airline tickets are wrong — what should I do?
By Christopher Elliott | June 12, 2013 June 13, 2013
Heather Matinde's problem is fairly common, but when it happens to you, it can sure seem like the end of the world. She'd just paid a small fortune for airline tickets from Los Angeles to Brussels on Expedia, only to discover a serious problem with her sons' reservation.
Each boy had each others' middle names on their tickets, and the airline was balking at making a correction. Unfortunately, Matinde didn't reach out to Expedia and the airline, Jet Airways, within 24 hours and — you guessed it — the airline was refusing to fix the names.
But Matinde wasn't freaking out about it. Instead, she'd stumbled across my site, and appropriately enough, my error page in which I quoted the great surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, who said, "Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them."
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I love that quote, because halfway through my career as a consumer advocate, I feel as if I've made almost every mistake in the book. And as Salvador suggests, I have learned to embrace them.
"It puts a positive spin on the situation," said Matinde.
I like that outlook.
I decided to contact Expedia to see if 1) she really needed to get this fixed; and 2) If it could help.
Before I get to Expedia's answer, let me make one more point. Some of you will probably be saying to yourself, "She should have used a real travel agent." I understand. But a lot of "real" agents don't do these simple point-to-point airline tickets — there's just no money in them. Most people turn to an online travel agency or book directly, and that's where problems like this happen.
Turns out this is a borderline case. The TSA would have probably let her sons through, dismissing this as a small difference. Also, the airline should have fixed the names on the tickets at the airports without charging anything extra; most airlines do.
Expedia takes it from here:
Thank you for contacting Expedia on behalf of Ms. Matinde. Expedia's records found that the customer booked a flight reservation validated by Jet Airways for four travelers online for roundtrip travel beginning September 3, 2013 from Los Angeles, California to Brussels, Belgium. There was also a connecting flight in Newark, New Jersey.
Expedia's records show that the customer misspelled the names of children, age 13 and 6, as Cody Joseph Matinde and Ian Ochieng Matinde. The names should have read as Cody Odhiambo Matinde and Ian Okinyi Ishmael Matinde.
Expedia advocated on the customers behalf and was told by Jet Airways that without exception, tickets are non-transferable and the names cannot be changed. The Expedia representative was also informed that although middle names are not required, to avoid problems they suggest splitting the incorrect names from the ticket and exchanging them for a fee of $100 per person for a total of $200, as long as the same flights in the same class of service are available. This change would cover all airlines associated with the ticket, preventing additional name correction fees.
It's an offer Matinde gratefully accepted.
There are at least two really important lessons to be learned. First, and most obviously, always double-check the names on your tickets before you click the "buy" button. Remember the DOT 24-hour rule, which allows you to fix the mistake, with certain limitations.
But second, I think these name changes are too often used to generate more money for the airline. Look at these reservation change fees for 2012: $2.5 billion, according to the U.S. government.
Does anyone really think another passenger named Cody Joseph Matinde would steal Cody Odhiambo Matinde's ticket and use it for nefarious purposes on a flight to Belgium?
Yeah, neither do I.
I'm happy Expedia helped resolve this DIY error, but I think I'm leaning towards Dalí's interpretation of this case. Why correct it?
Note (June 13, 2013): Some of the comments on this post went a little sideways yesterday, veering into territory this site tries to avoid. After a slew of flaggings by readers, our moderator team consulted late today and early yesterday and deleted some of the threads that violated our comments policy. We didn't take this action lightly. We favor an open debate, but we also want the comments to be reasonable — and readable. Thank you for your understanding.
Did Jet Airways do enough for Heather Matinde?
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Despite Peace Talks, Darfur Sees Spike in Violence
Amanda Hsiao February 18, 2010 No comments
Posted by Amanda Hsiao on February 18, 2010
The recent resumption of violence in Darfur has left thousands displaced, many dead, and seven peacekeepers wounded according to the A.U.-U.N. mission in Darfur, or UNAMID. According to one source, the number of people displaced in the fighting is as high as 14,000.
The recent uptick in clashes in Darfur began early February, when, according to Reuters, infighting in one Darfur rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Army faction headed by Abdel Wahid al-Nur, or SLA-AW, drove 10,000 people from their homes in West Darfur. According to rebel leaders, the fighting broke out between those who want to unify with other Darfuri rebel groups and enter into peace talks with the Sudanese government in Doha, and those who didn't.
Days later, on February 10, Reuters reported that janjaweed militias raided an internally displaced camp in a region bordering West Darfur, killing two people. One resident of the camp was quoted as saying:
"The Janjaweed came in on horses and camels and were looting and shooting. They burned many huts and looted the people's belongings."
The article also quoted an anonymous senior U.N. official who said members of an Arab militia entered the camp shooting.
Most recently, rebel group SLA-AW reported being attacked twice by Sudanese forces. The Justice and Equality Movement, another large rebel force, has also reported being attacked on land and by air by government forces. UNAMID, though, did not specify who was involved in the fighting in its press release yesterday, in which it called for restraint from "all parties."
On Tuesday, the violence extended to UNAMID. Seven Pakistani peacekeepers were wounded in an ambush in South Darfur.
While a UNAMID spokesperson announced today that two suspects had been apprehended in connection with the Tuesday ambush of peacekeepers, the lack of detail surrounding this recent violence is in large part due to the fact that UNAMID has not been given access to the affected areas, yet another example of the information blackout that the Khartoum regime has imposed on the area. Without a thorough investigation of what is occurring on the ground and who is behind it, these clashes will not only contribute to Darfuris' sense of insecurity and injustice, but further jeopardize the fragile peace talks in Doha.
Photo: SLA rebels in South Darfur (IRIN)


A sentimental look rear at 90s web design, and a alert to anyone whose webpage is a great unintended anachronism.
Bear in mind the days the moment every single PC was bis, every webpage had a bit of Netscape icon in the site, Geocities and Tripod hosted you'll find solitary personal site, and "Google" was simply a funny-sounding word?
The mid-late nineties were the playful earlier childhood days of the net, a time of big expectations for future years and very low expectations for the actual. Those had been the days when you are performing a web search meant poring through several pages of listings instead of glancing in the first three results–but at least relatively few of individuals websites had been unabashedly profit-driven.
Of course , when someone says that a website looks like that came from mil novecentos e noventa e seis, it's simply no compliment. You start to imagine deafening background images, and very little "email me" mailboxes with letters planning and in an endless loop. Amateurish, silly, unprofessional, conceited, and unusable are all adjectives that pretty much describe just how most websites were made simply just ten years previously.
Why had been websites too bad back then?
Know-how. Few people understood how to build a fantastic website in the past, before professionals like Jakob Nielsen beginning evangelizing their studies of web consumer behavior.
Problems. In those days, generally there weren't packed software and templates that can produce a visually pleasing, easy-to-use website in 10 minutes. Rather, you possibly hand-coded your internet site in Notepad or employed FrontPage.
Browsing through the Internet Archive's WayBack Machine, it's hard not to truly feel a twinge of nostalgia for a much easier time whenever we were most rookies only at that. Nonetheless, one of the greatest factors behind looking at 90s website design is to avoid reproducing history's website creation faults. This would be a useful physical exercise for the purpose of the tragic range of today's personal homepages and in many cases commercial enterprise websites which have been unintentionally popular.
Someday around 1998, websites all round the web discovered Show, the application that allowed for easy cartoon of images on a website. Out of the blue you might no longer visit 50 % the internet pages on the internet with no sitting down through for least twenty five just a few seconds of a logo design revolving, glinting, slipping, or perhaps jumping along the screen.
Show "splash pages, inch mainly because these opening animated graphics were called, became the internet's variant of vacation pictures. Everybody loved to show Flash issues site, and everybody hated to sit through somebody else's Flash introduction.
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Complete sentences of textual content focused. All things considered, never have millennia of flush-left margins just made our sight lazy?
"This Internet site Is Best Seen in Netscape some. 666, one particular, 000×3300 resolution. " It had been definitely consequently cute when ever web owners basically dreamed of anyone but their moms might care and attention enough to modify their particular internet browser set up to random person's internet site.
All-image no-text establishing. Some of the most severe websites would actually do the earth the service plan of placing all their text in picture formatting in order that no google search will at any time see them. What sacrifice!
TV-envy was obviously a prevalent factors malady in 1990s web page design. Seeing that surging video and Expensive were continue to in their childhood, web-site designers resolved for the purpose of easily making the www.fisioterapistabocormilano.it factors issues webpages progress like Mexican jumping coffee beans.
In mil novecentos e noventa e seis, prior to the start of Expensive, animated gifs were ramping up, belly dancing, sliding, and rolling their approach across the retinas of net browsers aiming to see the textual content relating to the web page.
For a while, the owner of a business may even individual the serious in the hopeful prospective primarily based only on how (un)professional their organization websites seemed. Regretfully, the introduction of template-based website writing computer software shows that actually someone with no flavor or good sense whatsoever could make websites that glimpse as good as the biggest-budget style of five in years past.
Of course , you will still find a lot of websites in whose owners appear to be trying to ignite upset in animated gifs, backdrop images, and ugly text message. 'll just have to trust that everybody is having a laugh with them, not in all of them.