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Q: JavaScript Etch-a-Sketch shading pen stops increasing opacity after another pen has been clicked on I'm creating an Etch-a-Sketch for The Odin Project using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript. I'm having some difficulties with the JavaScript for the "shader pen" I've implemented.
Note: The "pens" described in this question are not to be confused with code pens.
There are two pens: a black pen that turns a cell black and the shader pen which, on the first pass, turns the cell black but changes the opacity to 0.1 so that it's almost transparent. This creates the illusion of slight darkening since the background behind the cell is the same as the original color of the cell. After each subsequent pass with the shader pen, the opacity increases by 0.1.
The shader pen is the default pen. It works fine at first, but when I click on the black pen and then go back to the shader pen, the shader pen increases the opacity once and stops. It also overrides the black cells.
Here's how I set up the pens:
makeGrid(16); // generate grid
pen("shader"); // default pen: shader

document.querySelector('#black').addEventListener("click", e => pen("black"));
document.querySelector('#shader').addEventListener("click", e => pen("shader"));

function pen(selected) {
  let cells = document.querySelectorAll('div.cell');
  cells.forEach(cell => {
    cell.addEventListener('mouseover', function(e) {
      if (selected == "black") {
        // turns cell black
        cell.classList.remove('shade');
        cell.style.backgroundColor = '#101010';
        cell.style.opacity = '1';
        console.log('Make cell black')
      } else if (selected == "shader") {
        let opacity = cell.style.opacity;
        if (cell.classList.contains("shade")) {
          // increases opacity by 0.1
          cell.style.opacity = (Number(opacity) + 0.1);
          console.log('If there is shade, increase opacity.')
        } else {
          // turns cell to 0.1 opacity
          cell.classList.add('shade');
          cell.setAttribute('style', 'opacity:0.1');
          cell.style.backgroundColor = '#101010';
          console.log('Else, add shade class.')
        }
      }
    })
  });
}

I ran this code with a console.log statement in each conditional block and it looks like the black pen is still running when I go back to using the shader pen. My best guess is that this is what's causing the problem, but I'm not sure how to fix it.
I've created a CodePen with the rest of the code so you can see it in action. As previously mentioned, the default pen is the shader. It works as intended at the beginning, but it just stops after the black pen is selected.
Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

A: There's so many problems with your code, The main one is when you change the pen type (when you call the pen() function) you add a new mouseover event listener.
Let's walk through it
Your code starts by calling pen('shader') making the shader the default pen type
pen("shader");

let's look at the pen() definition
function pen(selected) {
  let cells = document.querySelectorAll('div.cell');
  cells.forEach(cell => {
    cell.addEventListener('mouseover', function(e){
       ...
    })
  });
}

What happens is the event listener takes the string shader and closes on it (This is called a closure) for that instance now whenever you hover over a cell the pen type will be shader
Now when you select the black pen you call the function pen() again adding a new set of event listeners.
This does not replace the old event listener with the new one, it stacks them like calling two functions one after the other.
Now when you hover over a cell the first event listener with the pen type shader will fire and then the second one with the black pen will fire after it, you can see this in the console you see two messages being printed from both if statement conditions.
Now when you pick the shader again you add a new set of event listeners with the shader pen type, what happens is the very first event listener will fire setting opacity to 0.1 then comes the black one removing the shade class then comes the third listener again checking if the cell has the class shade if(cell.classList.contains("shade")) which is false then falls down to the last else statement.
There's a ton of ways to fix this, but seeing that you're a beginner i will give you simple solutions

*

*First make the pen type a global variable and on each button click you change it

*Second add only one event listener to all cels at the start of your code and have them check the global variable
Demo

let penType = 'shader';

makeGrid(4); // generate grid

document.querySelector('#black').addEventListener("click", e => penType = "black");
document.querySelector('#shader').addEventListener("click", e => penType = "shader");

// generate grid
function makeGrid(dimension) {
  const canvas = document.querySelector('#canvas');
  const canvasWidth = document.getElementById("canvas").offsetWidth;
  const cellWidth = canvasWidth / dimension;

  for (let x = 1; x <= dimension * dimension; x++) {
    const makeCell = document.createElement('div');
    makeCell.classList.add('cell');
    canvas.appendChild(makeCell);
  };

  canvas.style.gridTemplateRows = `repeat(${dimension}, ${cellWidth}px [row-start]`;
  canvas.style.gridTemplateColumns = `repeat(${dimension}, ${cellWidth}px [column-start]`;

  // after all cells have been generated add the event listener
  // this is not the most optimize version of this but it gets the job done
  let cells = document.querySelectorAll('div.cell');
  cells.forEach(cell => {
    cell.addEventListener('mouseover', function(e) {
      console.log(penType)
      if (penType == "black") { // turns cell black
        cell.classList.remove('shade');
        cell.style.backgroundColor = '#101010';
        cell.style.opacity = '1';
        console.log('Make cell black')
      } else if (penType == "shader") { // turns cell 0.1
        let opacity = cell.style.opacity;
        if (cell.classList.contains("shade")) {
          cell.style.opacity = (Number(opacity) + 0.1);
          console.log('If there is shade, increase opacity.')
        } else {
          cell.classList.add('shade');
          cell.setAttribute('style', 'opacity:0.1');
          cell.style.backgroundColor = '#101010';
          console.log('Else, add shade class.')
        }
      }
    })
  });
}
body {
  margin: 0;
  background-color: #514c53;
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 18pt;
}

/* DIV STYLING */

#container {
  margin: 20px auto;
  max-width: 400px;
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.full {
  width: 100%;
}

.left {
  width: 75%;
  margin-top: 15px;
}

.right {
  width: 25%;
  text-align: right;
}

#canvas {
  display: grid;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  grid-template-rows: repeat(16, 30px [row-start]);
  grid-template-columns: repeat(16, 30px [col-start]);
  background: #e8dfd6;
}

.cell {
  background: #e8dfd6;
}

/* CELL SHADING */

.black {
  background-color: #101010;
}

.shade {
  background-color: #101010;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

/* ELEMENT STYLING */

button {
  font-weight: 700;
  margin: 10px 0;
  background-color: #b9967d;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 0px 15px;
  text-shadow: 1px 1px #2e2e2e;
  box-shadow: 3px 3px #2e2e2e;
  border-radius: 5px;
  border: 0px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  height: 30px;
  outline: none;
  transition: 0.3s;
}

button:hover {
  cursor: pointer;
  background-color: #aa8062;
  box-shadow: 0px -3px #2e2e2e;
}

button:active {
  background-color: #997963;
}

.circle {
  float: left;
  height: 15px;
  width: 15px;
  border: 1px solid #fff;
  border-radius: 50%;
  margin: 1px 5px 0 0;
}

.circle:hover {
  cursor: pointer;
  /*transition: 0.3s;
  border: 2px solid #fff;*/
}

.meaning {
  float: left;
  font-size: .542em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding-top: 2px;
  margin-right: 10px;
}

#black {
  background-color: #101010;
}

#shader {
  background-image: linear-gradient(#807b76, #dfd8d0);
}

Black

Shader

One tiny problem with your logic, when go to the black pen you don't have to remove the shade class because then when you come back to the shade pen and you hover over a black cell it sets opacity back to 0.1

A: I changed a lot, so I can't describe all of the changes, but here's a link to my forked codepen:
https://codepen.io/scoutskylar/pen/ExxWPMb
The biggest change was removing the black and shade classes and just changing the opacity instead. (All of the cells now start with 0 opacity.) I also added erasers just for fun. :) The other big thing was making the event handlers once instead of adding a handler every time the pen changed.
Here's the code:

var currentPen = "shader"; // default pen

makeGrid(16); // generate grid

document.querySelector("#black").addEventListener("click", e => {
  currentPen = "black";
});
document.querySelector("#shader").addEventListener("click", e => {
  currentPen = "shader";
});
document.querySelector("#eraser").addEventListener("click", e => {
  currentPen = "eraser";
});
document.querySelector("#deshader").addEventListener("click", e => {
  currentPen = "deshader";
});

// generate grid
function makeGrid(dimension) {
  const canvas = document.querySelector("#canvas");
  const canvasWidth = document.getElementById("canvas").offsetWidth;
  const cellWidth = canvasWidth / dimension;

  for (let x = 1; x <= dimension * dimension; x++) {
    const makeCell = document.createElement("div");
    makeCell.classList.add("cell");
    canvas.appendChild(makeCell);
  }

  canvas.style.gridTemplateRows = `repeat(${dimension}, ${cellWidth}px [row-start]`;
  canvas.style.gridTemplateColumns = `repeat(${dimension}, ${cellWidth}px [column-start]`;

  let cells = document.querySelectorAll("div.cell");
  cells.forEach(cell => {
    cell.addEventListener("mouseover", function(e) {
      if (currentPen == "black") {
        // turns cell black
        cell.style.opacity = "1";
        // console.log("Make cell black");
      } else if (currentPen == "shader") {
        // turns cell 0.1 opacity darker
        let opacity = Number(cell.style.opacity);
        cell.style.opacity = opacity >= 1 ? "1" : opacity + 0.1 + "";
        // console.log("Increase opacity");
      } else if (currentPen == "eraser") {
        // resets color
        cell.style.opacity = "0";
        // console.log("Reset opacity");
      } else if (currentPen == "deshader") {
        // turns cell 0.1 opacity lighter
        let opacity = Number(cell.style.opacity);
        cell.style.opacity = opacity <= 0 ? "0" : opacity - 0.1 + "";
        // console.log("Decrease opacity");
      }
    });
  });
}
body {
  margin: 0;
  background-color: #514c53;
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 18pt;
}

/* DIV STYLING */
#container {
  margin: 20px auto;
  max-width: 400px;
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.full {
  width: 100%;
}
.left {
  width: 75%;
  margin-top: 15px;
}
.right {
  width: 25%;
  text-align: right;
}

#canvas {
  display: grid;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  grid-template-rows: repeat(16, 30px [row-start]);
  grid-template-columns: repeat(16, 30px [col-start]);
  background: #e8dfd6;
}

.cell {
  /*   background: #e8dfd6; */
  background-color: #101010;
  opacity: 0;
}

/* CELL SHADING */
/* .black {
  background-color: #101010;
} */

/* .shade {
  background-color: #101010;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
} */

/* ELEMENT STYLING */
button {
  font-weight: 700;
  margin: 10px 0;
  background-color: #b9967d;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 0px 15px;
  text-shadow: 1px 1px #2e2e2e;
  box-shadow: 3px 3px #2e2e2e;
  border-radius: 5px;
  border: 0px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  height: 30px;
  outline: none;
  transition: 0.3s;
  cursor: pointer;
}

button:hover {
  background-color: #aa8062;
  box-shadow: 0px -3px #2e2e2e;
}

button:active {
  background-color: #997963;
}

.circle {
  display: inline-block;
  height: 15px;
  width: 15px;
  border: 1px solid #fff;
  border-radius: 50%;
  margin: 1px 5px 0 0;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.meaning {
  font-size: 0.542em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding-top: 2px;
  margin-right: 10px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.penbutton {
  display: inline-block;
}

#black .circle {
  background-color: #101010;
}

#shader .circle {
  background: linear-gradient(#807b76, #dfd8d0);
}

#eraser .circle {
  background-color: #e8dfd6;
}

#deshader .circle {
  background: linear-gradient(#9e9a96, #e8dfd6);
}

  <title>Etch-a-Sketch</title>

        Black

        Shader

        Super Eraser

        Light Eraser

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It has been a good year for crowdfunding. The Securities and Exchange Commission lifted the ban on general solicitation, meaning U.S. entrepreneurs can advertise publicly that they're looking for investors. Research firm Massolution estimates that individuals have raised $5.1 billion on crowdfunding sites this year, nearly twice as much as in 2012.
Platforms that take a cut of the capital, such as Kickstarter, are no longer the only way to go, as Crowdhoster and Selfstarter have made it possible to run a DIY crowdfunding campaign. But the latest platforms, such as Upstart and Pave, don't even require a solid idea or business plan. With these services, 'treps can sell equity in themselves to accredited investors in exchange for a small cut of their future income.
Rachel Kim, a Harvard MBA who has worked at Google and Zynga, raised $100,000 from 37 investors on Upstart this year. She used half to pay off her student loans and half to launch her e-commerce company Nailed Kit. "I was able to quit my job at the end of May to pursue this full time," she says. "The money I raised basically will give me six to 12 months to prove this out."
In return, Kim will pay investors 6 percent of her income for the next decade. If her salary doesn't clear $30,000 one year, she gets a pass on repayment, and the contract extends a year. "My student loans don't have any of that flexibility," she says.
Since Upstart's launch last November, backers have made $2.1 million in offers to 160 people. "At least 50 percent are entrepreneurs specifically trying to get a business off the ground," says CEO Dave Girouard. A quarter of the 225 active investors have backed more than one upstart, he adds.
To protect borrowers, Upstart caps repayment at three to five times the total funding received. Lendees can choose a five- or 10-year repayment plan. Pave, an Upstart competitor, has similar protections. If a prospect's income drops 150 percent below the poverty line, he or she gets a pass on repaying backers that year. If prospects make a killing, they can buy out backers for five times the initial investment.
Borrowing against future income is a good bet for cash-strapped entrepreneurs, says Pave CEO Sal Lahoud. "You're allowed to fail doing this," he explains. "It allows you to get up and build something again, and your investors are completely aligned with you."
The vested interest in lendee success prompts many investors to mentor the 'treps they finance. Zimuzor Ugochukwu, who raised $5,600 from four investors on Pave, appreciated their guidance on her wearable digital health products. "I got connected to people in the digital health space I wouldn't have otherwise connected with," she says. "It has definitely opened a lot of doors."
Miguel Palacios of Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management says that as long as repayment limits protect lendees from becoming indentured servants, selling equity in oneself is a great option. "The investors are taking an extra step," he says. "They're betting that the entrepreneur is going to come up with a viable, good idea."


My voodoo mentor Earl Marlowe, featured in my Doktor Snake's Voodoo Spellbook, always said the the most powerful place to cast your spells is in the graveyard. One of the key entities involved in graveyard work is the Graveyard Snake.
You mentioned how to call-forth the Grave Yard Snake (aka the Devil). But how would you dismiss him as soon as you got what you want from him?
I probably wouldn't "dismiss", more "OK, let's go our separate ways for now on the moonbeam flow of the multiverse." Keep it all on equal terms, and a value exchange.
Hi again, Doktor Snake. Thank you very much for the clarification.
Doktor Snake another couple of questions just came up. What other offerings can you leave for "Old Nick" besides the usual alcohol? Also, does sterling silver count?
You know what I'm going to say! Literally anything you dream up in your imagination. That imaginative creative impulse is what to go with, in my view, at least. Nothing is true, everything is permitted, as the old man of the mountains once reputedly said. Silver would be great, old coins too. Or maybe you are walking in woodland, beach, or even in the urban environment. Something catches your eye, you pick it up and keep it… and that is your offering.
Is this heavy duty spell good for rappers?
Ideal to start building a success current.


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Local company Taylors Industrial Services donates £10k in memory of employee's daughter
A local company has made a generous donation to the charity in celebration of the long-service of one its employees.
Taylors Industrial Services donated £10,000 to Friends of ANCHOR to mark employee Rose Beaton's 58-year anniversary.
The family-run company made the donation at the request of Rose Beaton, in honour and memory of her late daughter, Elaine Beaton. Rose has been with the company since its beginnings in 1962 and has witnessed many changes over this time, working with four family generations. The family ethos of the company has always been at the core of its operation, and Rose is one of many long serving employees there.
Kevin Taylor, operations director for the firm, said: "Rose has been a much-loved part of our family company for an incredible 58 years. In lieu of a gift, Rose chose a charitable donation in memory of her daughter Elaine. Taylors is a family-run company and like so many others, we truly value that. Elaine was very much part of our extended family at Taylors and was known and loved by management and colleagues alike. When she passed away in December the loss was felt by so many, and it's our honour to make this donation in her memory."
Rose's daughter Elaine passed away following a breast cancer diagnosis, for which she received treatment in the ANCHOR Unit. Earlier in the year, bosses at Taylors sat down with Friends of ANCHOR and Rose to decide how the donation could bring support to patients. Now, the money has been ringfenced to purchase wig care packs for patients going through hair loss, with the funds enabling 836 of the packs to be made freely available for those who need one. The packs contain high-quality products to help keep wigs in the best shape possible, including specialist conditioner, spray and shampoo.
Charity director Sarah-Jane Hogg said: "Hair loss can often be one of the most distressing side-effects of treatment, which is why our dedicated hair and wig stylist offers a wig fitting and styling service in addition to cutting and grooming services. While the restrictions are in place at ARI, we've had to take this service online to support patients with virtual appointments. Thanks to Taylors, these new packs will be a welcome extension of that service and something we will continue to offer going forward.
"We're incredibly grateful to the team at Taylors and our heartfelt thanks go to Rose for choosing to support Friends of ANCHOR in loving memory of her daughter Elaine. Their generosity will allow us to give patients this gift that reminds them that love and support is there for them as they face this difficult part of their cancer treatment."
The wig care packs will be distributed to patients by the clinical teams in the ANCHOR Unit and will also be available through Friends of ANCHOR 'Postal Provisions' service, which launched when the lockdown began. The charity's wellbeing team is offering support from afar, including hairdresser Heather Dalgarno, who is offering virtual one-to-one sessions to give patients advice and guidance on how to deal with hair loss and regrowth through treatment.
For several years the charity has funded direct support for patients facing hair loss, including the funding of 'cool cap' machines which aim to reduce chemotherapy-induced hair loss, nourishing conditioner for dry scalps, and male and female head coverings. The charity's hairdresser Heather Dalgarno has been in post for seven years on a voluntary basis.
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HomeMusicThe Masterworks Season at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
The Masterworks Season at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
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Oct 2nd, 2010 through April 21st, 2011.
The Masterworks Season at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County will provide classical music and dance performances through 2013, with new support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The $600,000 grant, part of Knight Foundation's national Arts Program, will be matched with $1.2 million of private sector support, both through private and corporate funding.
The first Masterworks Season to benefit from the grant will be the recently unveiled 2010-11 season, which coincides with the Adrienne Arsht Center's 5th anniversary season. It has been named the "John S. and James L. Knight 2010-2011 Masterworks Season" in recognition of the Foundation's aim to fund cultural projects that enrich and engage the South Florida community. With the community's support, Adrienne Arsht Center will match the $600,000 grant with $1.2 million in private donations. Knight Foundation grant follows 2009-10 Masterworks Season that drew tens of thousands of community patrons.
The Adrienne Arsht Center launched the Masterworks Season series in 2009 after preserving the bulk of the Concert Association of Florida's 2009 season once that organization filed for bankruptcy. Since then, audiences have embraced classical music and dance presented by the Center: tens of thousands of patrons attended concerts and performances in the series' first year and ticket sales consistently exceeded the Center's budget estimates. "On behalf of the Adrienne Arsht Center and the Miami community, we express our deepest gratitude to Knight Foundation for its generous support for our Masterworks Season," said M. John Richard, president and CEO of the Adrienne Arsht Center. "Following an inaugural year that was embraced by our patrons and participating artists alike, we are committed to solidifying the Masterworks Season as a permanent fixture in our repertoire of annual Signature Series. Knight Foundation's gift will help us do just that. We encourage members of our community to demonstrate their appreciation for Knight Foundation and love for classical music and dance by answering this important funding challenge."
"The Arsht Center has moved quickly to ensure that top notch classical performances will engage South Florida in coming years," said Dennis Scholl, vice president/arts and Miami program director for Knight Foundation. The John S. and James L. Knight 2010-2011 Masterworks Season will include the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Classical Music Series, a Signature Dance Series, and for the first time, four Pops performances:
Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza, October 2, 2010: Award-winning Mexican dancer and choreographer Tania Pérez-Salas brings her Compañía de Danza to Miami as part of an international tour celebrating Mexico's 200th anniversary of independence.
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, November 15, 2010: The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra has been hailed as one of the greatest orchestras from a cultural tradition rich with extraordinary symphonic ensembles.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, December 11, 2010: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, one of America's most innovative contemporary dance companies, will perform repertory pieces by Ohad Naharin, Jirí Kylián, and Alejandro Cerrudo.
The Christmas Music of Mannheim Steamroller by Chip Davis, December 26, 2010: Mannheim Steamroller brings a signature sound combining classical and modern-day rock, acoustic, and electronic music to the holiday season.
Michael Bolton, January 17, 2011: The quintessential romantic vocalist, Michael Bolton's career spans more than 22 years, 53 million records sold, multiple Grammys, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Joshua Bell, January 18, 2011: A young violin virtuoso who debuted at the age of 14, Bell is widely regarded as one of America's youngest and most talented musical geniuses, having recorded more than 35 CDs and garnered an Oscar Award for his work in film.
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, February 2, 2011: One of Russia's finest artistic ambassadors, the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin has earned national and international acclaim featuring some of Russia's finest young string players.
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie, February 9, 2011: The Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie is Germany's official sponsored philharmonic orchestra, comprised of 88 musicians from 16 nations and celebrating 90 years of artistry.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, February 17-20, 2011: Performing at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the third year in a row, the dance company has been recognized by U.S. Congressional resolution as a vital American "Cultural Ambassador to the World," and performed for 23 million people in 48 states and 71 countries on six continents celebrating the uniqueness of the African American cultural experience.
Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, March 19, 2011: The Boston Pops Orchestra, the most-recorded orchestra in the world, will highlight the beloved popular tunes of Cole Porter, featuring Broadway darlings Kelli O'Hara and Brian D'Arcy James and world-renowned conductor Keith Lockhart.
The 5 Browns, March 30, 2011: The five Brown siblings, each began playing the piano around age three and were the first family of five siblings to ever be accepted simultaneously at the Juilliard School. At the Adrienne Arsht Center, they will perform classical pieces both individually and in complex five-piano arrangements.
Yuri Bashmet and Evgeny Kissin in Concert, April 21, 2011: Yuri Bashmet, a leading Russian conductor and violist, will be joined onstage by piano virtuoso and Grammy Award-winner Evgeny Kissin to perform a spectacular program for viola and piano.
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Fall 2011. After 20 successful seasons, Miami Dade College's (MDC) premier performing arts series, Cultura del Lobo, has changed its name to MDC Live! Performing Arts Series. When the series was inaugurated in 1991, it … +
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July 2012. This summer, Arts for Learning (A4L) launched its newest initiative "ArtWorks" made possible through a recent $75,000.00 grant awarded by UBS, the global financial services firm. ArtWorks is a paid internship program in … +
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December 2009. This new space will house the personal collection of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz and will serve as an extension of their home, which has been available for public viewing for the … +
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Deadline: May 30, 2011. WAN Interiors + Design Lighting Awards 2011 are now open for entries. The award celebrates and promotes the best in international lighting products and projects, attracting entries from all over the … +
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February 2011. Leading international "green" architect Chad Oppenheim was selected by top Philippine developer, The Net Group, to design the nation's first certified green project. The Net Metropolis is the flagship pilot development of the … +
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Spanish HARLEM Orchestra comes to Parker Playhouse
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Nu Deco at The Citadel ft. Pascal Le Boeuf
May 15 - 16, 2020. 8:00 PM
Nu Deco at Adrienne Arsht Center with special guests
Sat May 2, 2020. 8:00pm
Symphony of the Americas: Four Pianos/Four Concertos at Amaturo Theater
Tue Apr 7, 2020
Nu Deco at New World Center ft. Robert Glasper
Mar 13 - 14, 2020. 8:00pm
Eight Hands, Three Concertos at Amaturo Theater
The Bodyguard, the musical by Riverside Theatre
Apr 14 - May 3, 2020
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Multi-Awarded "The Color Purple" comes to SMDCAC for 2-performances-only
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Category: Mitt Romney Liar
Mitt Romney A Pathological Liar | A Danger to Democracy | 800+ Vetoes as Mass. Governor
November 6, 2012 November 6, 2012 by The Age of Blasphemy, posted in Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney Birthers, Mitt Romney Bullshitter, Mitt Romney Conspiracy Theorist, Mitt Romney Corrupt Politician, Mitt Romney Crazy Prophecy, Mitt Romney Cultist, Mitt Romney Faces Ethics Charges, Mitt Romney Impedes Disaster Relief, Mitt Romney Liar, Mitt Romney Lies, Mitt Romney Pathalogical Liar, Mitt Romney Scandal, Mitt Romney Sham
Democracy Danger Signs: Mitt Romney's 800+ Vetoes as Mass. Governor
Romney's blocks were overridden over 95% of the time.
By Joshua Holland
Mitt Romney's "closing argument" redefines chutzpah. "You know that if the President is re-elected, he will still be unable to work with the people in Congress," Romney said on Friday. He warned of a government shut-down, or another debt-ceiling crisis – two examples of Congressional Republicans taking the economy hostage for partisan gain – if Barack Obama emerges victorious next week. If elected, Romney promised not to "pass partisan legislation."
It's a dubious assertion. Romney has made one claim on the campaign trail that is undeniably true. He did bring bipartisanship to Massachusetts – by the time he left the governor's mansion in 2006, many Republicans in the Bay State, like their Democratic counterparts, couldn't stand him.
That's probably not what he meant. In his first debate with Barack Obama, as he shook his Etch-a-sketch, Romney said of his time in Massachusetts, "I had the great experience — it didn't seem like it at the time — of being elected in a state where my legislature was 87 percent Democrat. And that meant I figured out from day one I had to get along and I had to work across the aisle to get anything done."
The reality of his time as Governor was quite different. Mitt Romney had the dubious distinction of vetoing over 800 measures passed by that Democrat-controlled legislature. According to the Boston Globe, in a television ad for his 2008 presidential campaign, Romney even gloated about it. "I know how to veto," he said in the ad. "I like vetoes. I've vetoed hundreds of spending appropriations as governor." This endeared him to neither Democrats nor Republicans, according to the Globe:
What he doesn't say is the Legislature overrode those vetoes almost at will. When the House decided to challenge him, Romney was overridden 99.6 percent of the time: 775 to 3, according to the House minority leader's office. In the Senate, Romney was overridden every time, often unanimously.
In other words, the six Republicans in the state senate often joined their Democratic colleagues to kill Romney's vetoes. That's because he was aloof and, after a failed attempt to build up the Republican brand in his state, he withdrew, refusing to work with legislators – even Republicans.
According to NPR, "apart from health care, Romney defined success not with big-picture legislative accomplishments but with confrontation."
Democrat Ellen Story recalls a Gov. Romney who had a policeman screen visitors and who did not allow lawmakers to use the bank of elevators just outside his office: "He was aloof; he was not approachable," Story says. "He was very much an outsider, the whole time he was here."
And Story remembers something else about the former governor: "The Republican reps would grumble that he didn't even know their names."
George Peterson was one of those Republicans; he does not take issue with his colleague's characterization of Romney: "It took him a little bit to get used to dealing with elected officials, let's put it that way," he says.
"The first year was, I'd say, a struggle," Peterson says. "He was used to being a top executive, 'and this is where we're going, and this is how we're going to do it.' And this animal [the state Legislature] doesn't work that way. Not at all. Especially when it's overwhelmingly ruled by one party."
Frustrated by not being able to manage the state like he did Bain Capital, Romney spent most of his final year outside Massachusetts, laying the groundwork for a national campaign. According to Think Progress, "Romney spent 212 days out of state — more than four days each week, on average" in 2006. He then left office with a 34 percent approval rating. Today, his approval rating in Massachusetts is just 40 percent. In his final year, his unfavorable ratings among Massachusetts Republicans bounced between the mid-20s and the mid-30s.
If Romney wins on Tuesday, we can only expect more of the same inability to work with Congress – people whom Romney apparently views as "the help." He'll be forced to adhere to a severely conservative agenda by House Republicans, and he'll get little help from Democrats given the hard-right policies he's proposed. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said on Friday, "Mitt Romney's fantasy that Senate Democrats will work with him to pass his 'severely conservative' agenda is laughable."
The 844 Vetoes of Mitt Romney In the Massachusetts Legislature (indybay.org)
Bipartisan Mitt (andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com)
Mitt Romney's Guide To Flood Management (wonkette.com)
Veto Veto Veto! Romney's Nasty Dealings With Massachusetts Dems (alternet.org)
Romney's 800 Vetoes Shatter His Bipartisan Myth (politicususa.com)
Democracy Danger Signs (readersupportednews.org)
Mitt '800 Vetoes' Romney Says He'll Work with 'Democrat' Congress (crooksandliars.com)
Democracy Danger Signs: Mitt Romney's 800+ Vetoes as Mass. Governor (alternet.org)
Tagged Bain Capital, Barack Obama, boston globe, Democratic, democratic counterparts, dubious distinction, etch a sketch, governor romney, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, Politics, President, Republicans, Romney, VetoLeave a comment
Chrysler and GM Call Mitt Romney Out for Dishonesty | Claim Romney is Full of Shit
November 2, 2012 by The Age of Blasphemy, posted in Chrysler, GM, Mitt Romney Liar, Mitt Romney Lies
As Mitt Romney Spreads Lies That Hurt Their Business, Chrysler and GM Call Him Out for Dishonesty
He'll walk over anyone and anything to lie his way into the White House
It's really not surprising that spokespeople for both General Motors and Chrysler have now denounced Mitt Romney's shockingly blatant lies about their companies. In his zeal to smear President Obama in any way possible, Romney is actually willing to spread false claims that could seriously damage the auto industry; he's put them in a position where they have to call him out to preserve their own reputations: Romney Camp: Pay No Attention to the Auto Companies Calling Us Liars.
A Romney ad running in Ohio says Obama "took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy and sold Chrysler to Italians, who are going to build Jeeps in China." …
Noting that Chrysler production plans for Jeep had entered the public debate, Marchionne said, "I feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position: Jeep production will not be moved from the United States to China.
"Jeep is one of our truly global brands with uniquely American roots. This will never change. So much so that we committed that the iconic Wrangler nameplate, currently produced in our Toledo, Ohio plant, will never see full production outside the United States," he continued.
"Jeep assembly lines will remain in operation in the United States and will constitute the backbone of the brand," Marchionne said. "It is inaccurate to suggest anything different."
GM's spokesman Greg Martin assailed the ads on Tuesday, telling the Detroit Free Press that their facts come from a 'parallel universe.'
'No amount of campaign politics at its cynical worst will diminish our record of creating jobs in the U.S. and repatriating profits back to this country,' Martin said.
Is Mitt Romney The Biggest Liar? | Chrysler Busts Mitt Romney For Lying (theageofblasphemy.wordpress.com)
As Mitt Romney Spreads Lies That Hurt Their Businesses, Chrysler and GM Call Him Out for Dishonesty (littlegreenfootballs.com)
Chrysler chief slams Romney for 'inaccurate' Jeep ad (rawstory.com)
More Romney lies piss off GM and Chrysler. Now both say enough of this shit and fire back! (occupytvstations.com)
Auto toxin (toledoblade.com)
Romney Pays Dearly for Making the Fatal Mistake of Lying about Corporations (politicususa.com)
Chrysler Slams Romney with Facts, 'U.S. production of our Jeep models has nearly tripled' (politicususa.com)
GM, Chrysler tell Romney he's wrong about Chinese jobs claim – Detroit Free Press (freep.com)
Auto Companies To Romney: Stop Lying About Us Please (btco.newsvine.com)
Jeep not moving production to China, Mr. Romney (csmonitor.com)
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Exclusive: Inside modernist Gunter Buchholz's Chestnut Hill home before it lists
The midcentury modern sits on the same block as Louis Kahn and Robert Venturi homes
By Melissa Romero May 26, 2017, 10:30am EDT
Gunter Buccholz designed this home in Chestnut Hill in 1967.
Courtesy of Francesca Prieto
After undergoing extensive renovations and restorations, the Chestnut Hill home of modernist Gunter Buchholz is set to hit the market next week for $950,000.
The three-bedroom, three-bath home at 201 Sunrise Lane sits on the same block as two other iconic midcentury moderns: Louis Kahn's Esherick House and the Vanna Venturi home, which Robert Venturi designed for his mother.
Built in 1967, the German architect Buchholz designed the 3,000-square-foot home for his family. Although he has disputed the claims, the current owners say some of features of the home are Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired, including the mitered window corners and the treehouse-like aspect of the wrap-around porch.
When the home was built, Buccholz's work was highlighted in a publication, where he was quoted as saying, "I love this house. I really love it. The spaces are all mine and they are extremely dear to me."
Buchholz died in 2015, and his home hit the market for the first time that same year, selling for $680,000. Though in relatively good shape considering its age, the current owners did make some changes to the property, which was so overgrown that some neighbors didn't even know the home existed.
The kitchen, for example, has entirely new cabinetry and appliances, yet the original slate tile floors remain. The sellers say Buccholz's apparent reason for choosing slate was because he didn't want any chipped Chinaware in the house: "If he dropped something he wanted [it] to completely break."
Co-listing agent Francesca Prieto tells Curbed Philly that the home is expected to hit the market next week; we'll update this article when it does. Until then, take a tour of the midcentury modern gem.
201 Sunrise Lane [Francesca Prieto and Paul Lipowicz, Keller Williams]
Modernist Gunter Buchholz's Chestnut Hill Abode Asks $680K [Curbed Philly]


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Cryptocurrencies do badly, but VCs keep pouring money
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given that infection and the chaos we've seen since Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX cryptocurrency exchange had a sudden multibillion-dollar coronary, you might be tempted to conclude that the entire cryptocurrency industry is headed for major Chapter 11 bankruptcy in heaven and that no one is right the mind could still have faith in it.
Yet even in the freezing cold of the Crypto Winter, venture capital still pours in for a few lucky builders.
Pitchbook Analysts relationship that investment in crypto VC in 2022 (a brutal year for all tech) surpassed that of fintech and biotech, earning $6.5 billion in the past 12 months, $879 million in the most recent quarter.
Check out the last week or so of sleazy cryptocurrency industry press releases. You will see a $4.75 million round for something called Earn Alliance. A $70 million raise for something called the Ramp Network. A further $15 million for Robot Games, $3.1 million for NFT Burn Ghost and dizzying game 72 million dollars for market maker Keyrock. There are also dizzying plans for a $2 billion Animoca Brands metaverse fund, while crypto derivatives exchange Matrixport, led by former Bitcoin mining boss Jihan Wu, is shoot for an increase of $100 million, at a valuation of $1.5 billion.
It's easy to see why venture capital firms continue to take on these risks. VCs are like sharks: they have to keep swimming investing in crap (sorry, "decentralized technologies") or they will die, even in a bear market. But why do they keep putting their riches into things that keep failing?
Everywhere you look, the industry seems to be in full swing. Just last month, Multicoin Capital, Kyle Samani's feisty and feisty company, had its assets frozen due to exposure to FTX. Some of the largest lenders in the industry, such as Babel Finance, Three Arrows Capital and the venture arm of FTX, have caused some of the biggest explosions. Stellar companies like Blockstream, meanwhile, are writing their ratings orders of magnitudeand the $1.5 billion valuation Matrixport seeks looks positively modest compared to the $32 billion valuation once commanded by its now-defunct competitor.
All this caused a clear chilling effect. Every firm and VC project I've talked to says they're much more cautious about investments than before. A Coinbase spokesperson noted closely that funding has "tightened."
Animoca Brands CEO Yat Siu, meanwhile, cryptically told me that "some deals may not make as much sense as they did a few months ago due to market circumstances or changes in valuations."
Paulina Joskow, business leader at Ramp Network, told me she's heard of a number of projects that don't meet the raise requirements, along with a number of deals that fell through at the last minute. Many projects, she added, are looking forward to something bigger than a B-series before the VC faucets turn off. Kevin de Patoul, CEO of market maker Keyrock, said he has noticed a new emphasis on "due diligence," which is meaningless in most other industries, but something of a game-changing shift in cryptocurrencies.
But the eight-figure raises and sky-high valuations are still out there, largely coming from the usual suspects. These are the well-capitalised companies that know when to cash out and how to manage risk. Their ranks include industry participants with such pedigrees as Ripple, Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm, Polychain Capital, Panther, and the elephant in the room, Andreessen Horowitz. They are joined by companies in the Web3 sector, such as Animoca Brands, which is raising that optimistic $2 billion metaverse fund. (There are also some obscure specialists like VC firm "gumi Cryptos Capital," Argonautic Ventures," and "Harrison Metal.")
Presumably the main way these companies stayed afloat was by simply not being exposed to FTX. Paradigm, that invested in the exchange, managed to stay away from FTX's FTT shitcoin. (Whether this was the result of virtuous investment acumen or luck is up for debate.)
But experience also counts. Animoca's Siu told me his company learned a lot enduring "the much colder and hostile environments" of the 2017-2019 bear market. Does this mean that "crypto-native" VCs stand a better chance than relatively sane financial-world-grown firms? Don't forget, after all, that the biggest funders of FTX weren't Animoca either eGirl Capital, but legacy titans Tiger Global, Sequoia and Softbank. Were those non-crypto-native names too easily impressed by SBF's song and dance?
It's also interesting to see where post-bubble money is going without all that hype behind it. Many of the venture capital firms and portfolio projects I've spoken to since the crash have emphasized a conspicuous and renewed focus on "decentralized" investing.
Chris Perkins, of venture capital firm Coinfund, said the multiple calamities of 2022 only confirmed his longstanding wariness of overly centralized crypto firms. He attributes his company's continued survival to his avoidance of those projects.
"When we started to see centralized entities fall apart, I'm not saying we wanted to, but it further fueled our argument that we need to stay focused on decentralized technologies," Perkins told me. After the crash, he went so far as to actively thin out his portfolio of a number of centralized investments. (Although he put it obliquely: "We've taken many thoughtful actions to mitigate counterparty risk.")
It is true that a number of projects that receive funding are critical 'infrastructure' projects. For example, peer-to-peer Bitcoin lending protocol Finterest raised $1.5 million, while Fleek, which hosts decentralized digital content, raised $25 million. And there are a guest Of Other decentralized projects that have raised funds since the FTX crisis, though not all of them tame and uncontroversial: many do in fact support infrastructure for things like decentralized trading of high-risk derivatives.
The thinking is that decentralized technology is more transparent and less prone to the kind of financial shenanigans that brought FTX down. (DeFi degens have been shouting since the FTX crash, "This is why you shouldn't put your crypto on centralized exchanges!") But it wasn't Terra, the algorithmic stablecoin that got the buy-in from Coinbase and Galaxy, some kind of decentralized? And it's not even a polycule, technically, even a little decentralized? Guy?
It's important to remember that "decentralization" exists along a very long and convoluted spectrum: it's never absolute, and it never confers absolute trust. In some cases it only allows you to observe in real time how the fraud takes place and "transparently" drains your life savings.
So it's worth asking: Is the latest peer-to-peer Marxism token that raises VC money really "decentralized" or its three developers simply manage each new council proposal through a strange and experimental governance mechanism that is only legal in Estonia? ? Note that almost every "decentralized" company I contacted had their own internal PR. It would be a mempool send a canned PR quote?
Nor is the alleged move towards decentralization an overwhelming trend, and there are still signs of the old trend towards crypto-esotericism. A company called Dogami that sells barely adoptable dogs from space raised $7 million, having apparently demonstrated a strong user base of 200,000. and a blockchain game based on the popular 80's soccer manga series 'Captain Tsubasa'. raised $15 million.
These draws are not obvious safe bets by any normal standard. Indeed they ring a lot in the ICO era of 2017. But VCs still believe in cryptocurrencies.
In a interview with insulted outburst The blockThe Dogami founder pointed out that the VCs did "a lot" of due diligence before blowing the money.
Animoca's Siu, who was involved in a previous relaunch of Dogami, told me that "no matter how quirky, esoteric, and maybe even wacky" a project might be, "you need content to drive demand." He added, "'Build it and they'll come' is a difficult strategy when there's no demand. You must have both so they can feed each other.
Or maybe it's that old-school 2000s technological silliness that these particular projects embody, allowing them to keep their toes in the flashy and more believably profitable Web2 world. Burn Ghost, which raised $3.1 million and develops casual games with optional NFT rewards, has "a lot of flexibility in how and where we find our players and it's not solely dependent on cryptocurrency market conditions," its founder and CEO, Steve Curran, Tell Me.
Of course, no one is arguing that companies like Burn Ghost and Finterest will be unicorns within the hour. Crypto's VC manic period is certainly on the wane, perhaps never to truly recover. But it's still surprising how much money, even in these very dark times, there is to go around.
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Solar Panels in Montrose, SD: Solar Companies, Cost, and Installation
We're here to help you determine whether a solar power system is worth it in Montrose, South Dakota. We'll also answer your questions about how it works and which solar providers and installers are available. See the topics below:
Cost of Solar Panels in Montrose, SD
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Is solar worth it in Montrose, SD? Considering all of the above, we think so for most people. Solar is 15.1% less cost effective than the rest of the nation and will pay itself back in around 17 years 0 months for a home buyer. We like to see return times (without state incentives) under 20 years.
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