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We've all got those emails before – the one where someone (they don't have to be Nigerian royalty, but it helps) writes an abysmally spelled missive begging your financial assistance.
Of course, you'll be handsomely rewarded for your generosity when your benefactee becomes the benefactor, and that's precisely why they've got in touch with you – they just need you to help them out with an initial outlay, after which you'll get rich quick.
They're as obvious as they are poorly written. But what's the deal with that second part? If you're going to pull a scam using the internet – a means of mass communication whereby you could potentially make millions of people your mark – why not go to the effort of at least appearing you've had the education of a foreign aristocrat?
Also, why keep using such a well-worn trope? The Nigerian Prince is so well-known it's been called a "419" scam, which, as the Australian Government's Scamwatch website explains, "comes from the section of Nigeria's Criminal Code which outlaws the practice"?
And Scamwatch have an entire page called "Nigerian scams". Who's falling for this?
Actually, the obviousness is the point.
In the 2012 paper "Why do Nigerian Scammers Say They are from Nigeria?" for Microsoft Research, author Cormac Herley found that the point of the ridiculousness was to weed out "false positives".
These are people who may respond, even strike up a consistent line of communication, but ultimately don't send any money. In other words, a complete waste of time for scammers.
It's important that first contact is a bit ridiculous, as it will serve to filter out the people who won't ultimately come through with the goods (AKA be scammed).
"The initial email is effectively the attacker's classifier: it determines who responds, and thus who the scammer attacks (i.e., enters into email conversation with)," Herley wrote.
"The goal of the email is not so much to attract viable users as to repel the non-viable ones, who greatly outnumber them. Failure to repel all but a tiny fraction of non-viable users will make the scheme unprofitable."
A fascinating side note about the infamous 'Nigerian Prince'
This particular scam has been doing the rounds for years. And not "start of the internet" years – we're talking centuries!
In fact, it was originally known as the "Spanish Prisoner", wherein a man of nobility was being unjustly imprisoned in Spain, and required you to help pay his bail. Once he was free, you'd be handsomely rewarded.
It was so widespread that the New York Times wrote a piece about it on March 20, 1898, which opens: "One of the oldest and most attractive and probably most successful swindles known to the police authorities has again come to the surface."
Given it was already one of the oldest in 1898, we can only imagine how far back this scam goes.


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Ohm Force Ohmboyz 1.20 and Predatohm 1.10 Effects Plug-ins
Ohm Force's multiplatform effects plug-ins OhmBoyz 1.20 and Predatohm 1.10 deliver some unusual twists to two common digital signal processing (DSP) effects: multitap delay and multiband compression. For example, you can morph between presets, you can control all parameters with MIDI, and most parameters have their own dedicated LFO. That level of control makes these plug-ins capable of a variety of extreme effects. On Ohm Force's Web site, you can download demos that work for six hours before noise is introduced into the signal. While you're there, pick up a copy of the free Frohmage, an unusual multiband filter plug-in (see the sidebar, "It's the Cheese").
The Ohm Force plug-ins come in a bewildering assortment of styles and formats. For this review, I tested the VST versions on a Mac G3/300 MHz with Steinberg Cubase VST/32 5.0 as the host. With some feature limitations, I also used them in Emagic Logic Audio 4.8.1 and BIAS Peak VST 2.62. In all cases, the sound quality was excellent and the CPU drain was surprisingly low.
OhmBoyz and Predatohm are each available in 20 versions spanning three platforms, three plug-in formats, two levels of DSP quality, and two graphic styles (or skins). You can obtain most versions only as downloads, and the Ohm Force Web site is a little difficult to maneuver. On your first visit, figuring out exactly what you want and how to get it can be a daunting task.
All plug-ins are available for the Mac in VST format and for Windows in VST, DirectX, and Winamp formats. VST versions are also available for BeOS on the PC. MOTU Audio System (MAS) and Real Time AudioSuite (RTAS) versions should be available soon.
The Standard-quality versions support 16-bit audio, but they don't allow MIDI automation. Standard versions also do not include a commercial license, so you're not permitted to use them in music that you sell. The Expert-quality versions support 24-bit audio as well as MIDI automation and do include a commercial license. If you produce music mainly for free online distribution in a compressed format such as MP3, RealAudio, or QuickTime, the advantages of 24-bit processing will be lost in the compression anyway. At $9.95 the Standard versions are an incredible bargain.
The Standard and Expert versions provide one skin in one plug-in format on one platform. Bundled versions (which are called Professional) are available as well. When you buy a Pro bundle, you download whatever format you need immediately, and Ohm Force will send you a CD-ROM that includes all skins, plug-in formats, and platforms.
The Funky skins have large controls that aren't always identified clearly and have somewhat whimsical graphics and layout. The Classic skins are more compact, with smaller controls arranged in a standard fashion. I chose the Classic skins for the illustrations in this article because they're easier to understand and describe. Don't overlook the Funky skins, though; the onscreen controls respond much better to the mouse, and the goofy graphics might even inspire a little creativity. Unfortunately, you're required to make a choice before you buy; full-size illustrations of both styles are available on the Web site.
OhmBoyz begins with a stereo, four-tap predelay (see Fig. 1). Each tap has its own level, stereo balance, and delay-time controls. You can set delay times in milliseconds or in note increments synchronized to MIDI tempo. There is no feedback in the Predelay section; its main purpose is to feed the parallel feedback delays that follow. Because each parameter of each tap has its own LFO, you can produce interesting results with the predelay alone. For example, if you apply zero, quarter, eighth, and three-quarter beat taps to quarter-note snare or cymbal patterns and add a little random LFO for the tap levels, OhmBoyz produces a great ghost-16th feel that's much like the effect of a drummer playing light 16th notes throughout a pattern.
The Predelay section is followed by two parallel delay lines, each with multiband filter, distortion, and high-shelf filter stages. The predelay's left channel is fed into the first delay line, and the right channel is fed into the second. You can turn off the second delay line to save CPU cycles, in which case both predelay channels are fed into the first delay line.
The controls for the Delay section of the delay lines include level, pan, delay time, and feedback. The range of delay time is from 1/64 beat to 4 beats at tempos as low as 60 bpm, which amounts to a maximum four-second delay. (When syncing to MIDI tempo, OhmBoyz doubles tempos below 60 bpm.) Short delay times with high feedback, when applied to percussion, produce a plucked-string effect that sounds physically modeled. You can hear an example of that and other techniques in the MP3 file Ohmboyz.mp3. (I produced all of the online effects from the same four-measure percussion loop with a single pass through OhmBoyz.)
Feedback is adjusted as a percentage of the incoming level; that is, each successive echo's level is a percentage of the previous echo's level. Because no dry signal is present at the delay line output, a feedback setting of zero results in no output from the delay line. That is slightly annoying, because it makes it impossible to use the delay lines as single-tap processors. With too little feedback, you don't hear the echo, and with too much, you hear it several times.
The multimode filter section of the delay lines is one of OhmBoyz's most interesting features. Highpass, Lowpass, Bandpass, and Peak modes are available. For all modes, the frequency range is 40.00 Hz to 10.24 kHz; consequently, the first three modes always have some audible effect. For the peak filter, the resonance (Reso) control determines the amount of boost or cut, and you can eliminate the filter by setting it to zero. For the Peak and Bandpass filters, the Q control sets the bandwidth; it has no effect on the other filter modes.
The distortion and high-shelf stages hold no surprises. Distortion is a waveshaper with a variable curve that is continuously adjustable from an S shape to a sine wave. It can simulate everything from common overdrive to nearly white noise. It is most effective on pitched material, especially guitar tracks. You can set the high-shelf filter from 200 Hz to 20 kHz with maximum attenuation around 96 dB and 6 dB-per-octave rolloff.
When you use both delay lines, a balance control lets you cross their feedback. With four taps of predelay, two cross-feedback delay lines, complex filtering and distortion, and 39 LFOs, OhmBoyz can generate some pretty dense effects. When you add MIDI control and morphing between presets, things quickly get out of hand (in a good way). Fortunately, the six banks of factory presets give you a good head start, and more are available on the Ohm Force Web site.
You can think of Predatohm as a 4-band compander or a 4-band dynamic equalizer (see Fig. 2). It divides the frequency spectrum into four user-defined bands and then applies distortion and independent compression or expansion to each band.
Setting up Predatohm's frequency bands is a piece of cake. Simply move the three band sliders at the top of the control panel. The Main Edit window above the sliders shows a slider's position in hertz as you move it. You can reduce the number of bands by pulling the sliders completely to the right. When all of the sliders are completely at the right, you have a single-band compressor.
Each compression band has controls for level, compression or expansion shape and threshold, and the type and amount of distortion. The Character knob controls the compression type; the left half of the knob controls compression, and the right half controls expansion. The Intensity knob determines the compression threshold. The Distortion Type knob selects among 13 types of distortion: hard clipping, 6 tube simulations, and 6 waveshaping curves.
The output of the compressors is mixed and passed through a resonant lowpass filter with variable shape and cutoff frequency. A Feedback delay stage follows the filter. The delay time is displayed in hertz to indicate the frequency at which feedback resonance occurs.
Predatohm's last stage is a stereo simulator. All Predatohm processing is in mono; stereo signals are mixed down to mono at the input. The Super Stereo stage sends the raw signal to the left output channel while sending an inverted and delayed copy to the right output channel. The Phase control sets the delay time. Super Stereo will introduce mono incompatibilities (including total cancellation when the delay is zero), so when that's a consideration, simply turn it off.
One of the most useful features of Predatohm and the other Ohm Force plug-ins is their ability to morph between presets. As many as eight presets can be stored using the preset buttons. Recalling a preset causes the controls to change to the preset values during the indicated morph time (ranging from 0 to 99 seconds). As settings morph, you can watch the controls gradually change their values. I recorded the MP3 example Predatohm.mp3 in one pass using two ten-second morphs.
As cool as the morphing feature is, it is a pity that you can't synchronize the morph time to MIDI tempo and that you can't recall (and therefore morph) presets using MIDI Program Change messages. Rather than being able to bounce a morph completely within the digital domain, you must manually click on the preset buttons while you route the audio out and back into the computer.
I liked both plug-ins and found them useful for a wide range of digital-signal processing needs. Of the two, OhmBoyz is the more interesting and is capable of a huge variety of effects. Predatohm's compression seems a little heavy-handed, but if you happen to be into distortion, it makes an excellent choice. The Standard versions are an incredible bargain, and the Expert versions seem fairly priced (though it would certainly be nice to get both skins).
The ease of using OhmBoyz or Predatohm depends on your choice of platform and host. On the Macintosh, in everything but Cubase VST, the Classic skin controls are touchy and difficult to use. Cubase is also the only host that supports MIDI control and tempo synchronization — two key features. Nevertheless, the sound quality is uniformly good, and both plug-ins are eminently usable in all hosts.
Len Sassocan be contacted through his Web site atwww.swiftkick.com.
Minimum System Requirements
OhmBoyz and Predatohm
MAC: G3/200; 128 MB RAM; OS 8; compatible plug-in host application
PC: Pentium II/200; 128 MB RAM; Windows 95; compatible plug-in host application
Frohmage is a free multiband resonant filter that you can download from Ohm Force's Web site. It wears a Funky skin and features the same high audio quality of Ohm Force's commercial plug-ins (see Fig. A). Like the other offerings, Frohmage is available in VST (Mac, Win, BeOS), DirectX (Win), and Winamp (Win) formats. MOTU Audio System (MAS) and Real Time AudioSuite (RTAS) versions are forthcoming.
Frohmage is a parallel filter array, and you can control most of its parameters with MIDI. The lowest filter is lowpass, and the rest are bandpass. The central knob sets the lowpass filter's cutoff frequency; in a nice touch, its value can be displayed in hertz or as a MIDI note name (with C5 corresponding to middle C). The arrows and knob at the upper left set the number of bands and the band spacing. The closer the spacing, the more bands needed to cover the same frequency range.
At the bottom, the left knob controls the resonance of all of the filters. The Tone slider sets the output balance between the lowpass and the mix of the bandpass filters. Frohmage's most interesting twist is its Evolution feature. The Evol knob sets the lowpass filter's delay time when turned to the left or the bandpass filter's delay time when turned to the right. (What I wouldn't give for an LFO on that knob!)
The knob and switch at the top right control Frohmage's clipping-distortion stage. You can add distortion to the whole signal (left switch position) or to just the lowpass filter (right switch position). The buttons and slider at the top center allow you to load, save, and morph between Frohmage presets with a morph-time range from 1 to 99 seconds. The best way to get a good whiff of Frohmage is to plug it in, start a loop rolling, and morph the factory presets with a few seconds of morph time.
Ohm Force
OhmBoyz 1.20 (Mac, Win, BeOS)
multitap delay plug-in
Standard version $9.95
Expert version $79.00
Pro bundle $199.00
PROS: Unique four-tap predelay. Very flexible dual-feedback delays. Wide range of unusual effects using preset morphing and MIDI control.
CONS: Limited implementation and touchy controls in some hosts. Can't recall presets with MIDI Program Change messages.
Ohm Force
e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Web www.ohmforce.com
Ohm Force
Predatohm 1.10 (Mac, Win, BeOS)
multiband compander plug-in
Standard version $9.95
Expert version $59.00
Pro bundle $149.00
PROS: Easy multiband setup for compression and expansion. Wide range of distortion types.
CONS: Limited implementation and touchy controls in some hosts. Can't recall presets with MIDI Program Change messages. Mono processing.
Ohm Force
e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Web www.ohmforce.com

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Transport Layer Security (TLS), formerly known as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), is a protocol used by applications to communicate securely across a network, preventing tampering with and eavesdropping on email, web browsing, messaging, and other protocols. Both SSL and TLS are client / server protocols that ensure communication privacy by using cryptographic protocols to provide security over a network. When a server and client communicate using TLS, it ensures that no third party can eavesdrop or tamper with any message.
All modern browsers support the TLS protocol, requiring the server to provide a valid digital certificate confirming its identity in order to establish a secure connection. It is possible for both the client and server to mutually authenticate each other, if both parties provide their own individual digital certificates.
Note: TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are deprecated, and all major browsers aim to remove them in Q1 2020. They are already disabled in Firefox Nightly 71 (see bug 1579270). See also TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are now deprecated, disabled in Nightly for more details.


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CN Lamp
I shot this old CN oil lamp in a Canadian National Railway Caboose in Owen Sound.
This is the interior of a Caboose on display at the Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum. Here is a little history from their website. http://www.marinerail.com/caboose
The History of Caboose 78581:
Caboose 78581 started out as a boxcar. It was built in 1910 in Chicago for the Grand Trunk Western Railway. The Grand Trunk Western Railway became the American branch of Canadian National Railways.
In 1947 the boxcar was converted into a caboose at CN's Leaside shops in Toronto. This caboose was ready for use on December 13th, 1947 and was used by CN for many years until it was eventually retired. The Caboose was left sitting on a siding for a few years. A siding is a single piece of track attached to a mainline at one end for train cars to sit on. It is like a driveway for train cars.
The caboose went to the McDonalds Restaurant in Owen Sound and was used for parties and other events. A lot of changes were made to the caboose at that time.
In 2002 the caboose was brought to the museum and the restoration project began.
Tall Ships 1812 Tour
We went up to Owen Sound and Collingwood this weekend to check out the Tall Ships 1812 Tour. This turned out to be a very popular event. Owen Sound was sold out with 6000 tickets sold to see the ships and the wait in Collingwood after purchasing tickets was at least an hour. With that number of people we chose to veiw from afar. This is the Pride of Baltimore II is a reproduction of an 1812-era topsail schooner privateer docked in Owen Sound. I will post more shots later this week.
Bridges over the Welland Canal
While traveling through the Welland Canal there are not just locks to navigate but bridges also. The overhead bridge is no problem but the lift and bascule bridge you have to wait for them to stop traffic and open. Click on an image to see it larger.
Look Up – Way up
We were able to walk the Brooklyn Bridge during our New York trip this time. It is an amazing structure.
HDR 3 exposure – Photomatix, Lightroom, Photoshop, Topaz adjust.
1 Line NYC
The number 1 Line speeds into the 42nd Street Subway station in NYC. New York's subway system can be a little intimidating for a small town guy like me but it didn't take too long to figure it out. So long as I had a map of the system with me I found it to be a pretty efficient way to get around the city.
Grand Central Station NYC
One of the last places we went to see in NYC was Grand Central Station. It truly is a magnificent building.
This is a 5 image HDR panorama with each image made up of 3 exposures. Shot handheld. Processed in Lightroom, Photomatix, Photoshop, and Topaz adjust.


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Clear Fork Valley Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2015
Dan Henry (Clear Fork High School, 1995)
Ron Kochheiser (Bellville High School, 1955)
1980 Lady Colts Softball Team
2010 OHSAA Champion Colts Baseball Team
The Clear Fork Valley Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome four new members to its ranks at the annual induction ceremony coming up in September.
Jerry Marshall, president emeritus of the hall of fame, said fans will get their first look at the Class of 2015 during the Hall of Fame Classic Football Game on Friday, Sept. 4. The Colts will play Ontario at 7 p.m. The new inductees will be introduced during a pre-game ceremony at the Colt Corral.
The official induction ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6 at Clear Fork High School. Marshall said the public is invited to celebrate this special event. Admission is free. A reception will follow the ceremony.
The Clear Fork Valley Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2015 features two standout individual athletes and two historic CFHS teams. This year's inductees are Dan Henry, Ron Kochheiser, the 1980 Lady Colts varsity softball team and the 2010 Colts varsity baseball squad that won the OHSAA Div. III state championship.
Henry, a 1995 alumnus of Clear Fork, was a standout in both football and baseball for the Colts. He was honored as a U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete.
Following the 1994 football campaign, he was voted first-team All-Ohio, state co-defensive player of the year and Northwest District player of the year. He earned All-Ohio honors in 1993 as a punter. Henry finished his football career with 17 interceptions and 115 tackles.
On the baseball diamond, Henry served as team captain, earned all-district honors and was a three-year letter winner.
A quote regarding Henry in the press release announcing the his induction stated, "He had the capacity of a leader and he used it."
Kochheiser, a member of the Bellville High School Class of 1955, starred in both basketball and football. He was the Blue Jays basketball team captain and most valuable player, and was voted All-Ohio and first-team all-district. Additionally, he earned all-tournament honors and was a first-team selection on all-area squads honored by regional media outlets.
In football, Kochheiser was a four-year starter at guard and was voted first-team all-conference. He was a member of the historic 1953 Blue Jays team that finished the season undefeated.
"This team set the standard for winning Lady Colt softball teams" read the statement in regard to the 1980 Clear Fork team that is being honored this year. The squad was the first Clear Fork team in any sport to reach the state finals.
Matry Plas and Cheryl Sowash coached the ballclub that finished 18-4. The team's 17-game winning streak ended in the state tournament.
The 2010 Colts baseball team was the picture of dominance on its road to winning the OHSAA Div. III state championship. Head coach Jeremy Riddle's ballclub finished 32-2 and won 17 games via the mercy rule, including the state title game. Clear Fork pounded Wheelersburg 14-3 in a game that ended after six innings.
As a team, the 2010 Colts recorded a .416 batting average, posted a 2.34 earned run average and scored 378 runs while surrendering just 86 runs. Clear Fork finished the season ranked No. 2 in Div. III by the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association.
"This will be another special year in the Valley," Marshall said. "As you see, each of the four would have been inducted into any hall of fame in Ohio. We are very pleased that former Bellville High School and Ashland University football coach Fred Martinelli will be at the podium introducing Ron Kochheiser. The induction of the state champion baseball team will add numbers to the audience as well as the 1980 softball ladies. Clear Fork's only state football player of the year (Henry) will add to the magnitude of this year's class."
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What is sharing economy ? This question is rising among youth so lets have a answer to this. With the growing middle class and rising income levels in our country, the people of India especially the younger generation admire the progress since the time we had a tryst with an open economy and experienced an economic boom due to opening up of the economy in 1991. Slowly but steadily the country's economy got in sync with the global moves and initial trickles got strengthened to transform into major waves and spread the benefits of the economic boom touching every aspect of daily life. Things which were essential, but seemed herculean and almost impossible have been made possible due to this global integration. The fingertip revolution(mobile enabled) is a classic example which has driven businesses towards this end making economically viable and logically feasible solutions emerge, thereby creating opportunities for growth while addressing the area specific or goal specific issues. In many cases, it has turned out to be a win-win situation for both parties involved.
With more people coming up for experiencing or for using a particular service, companies have found a way to accommodate the exponential growth of users. This phenomenon of operation is often termed as "Sharing Economy", which effectively is a collaborative model where companies provide a service at a cheaper rate to a large consumer base via a platform. This type of businesses follows a simple mantra i.e. "Reuse and Reduce". Reusing the available common resources will automatically lead to the reduction of the privately-owned similar resources, leading to cost-effectiveness and economically feasible models.
Sharing Economy in commuting (cab aggregation)
Starting with the best example from our daily use is cab aggregation. Cab aggregators like 'Ola' and 'Uber' started by providing a platform to connect drivers and consumers without owning a single vehicle of its own (Nowadays it is changing, since they are investing in electric vehicles and self-driving cars respectively). The concept behind their business model being, drivers and sharing of their respective vehicles. This business model proves to be a win-win situation for both the consumers and drivers. This service proves to be quite cheaper for a common man than to maintain a car, simultaneously proves to be a job option for many and these companies take a small commission for providing a technological platform for bringing them together or in other words connecting them. On the environmental front too, it is a welcome step, since it reduces congestion on roads which leads to a reduction in pollution. Moreover, the services like Pool or share are also provided by these aggregators, in which, using technology, three to four people travelling to same area or location are facilitated to share the same vehicle at a much cheaper cost than a personal cab. This concept proves to be acceptable and profitable for all parties involved, namely the company, the consumers, while helpful in reducing pollution resulting in lesser depletion of fossil fuels.
Second example is of the service and the industry which has been on rise since last year i.e. Bicycle sharing platforms. With the rise in pollution levels and the traffic in big cities like Gurugram, Mumbai, Bangalore etc., this sector has seen a huge number of start-ups sprouting. Players like Yulu, Mobycy and some international players like Ofo are slowly expanding their footprints in India. Entry of big start-ups like Ola and Zoomcar has also been evident. The sharing concept behind this sector, being, either docked bicycles or dock-less bicycles, which can be unlocked after scanning a QR code through the respective players mobile application. This is a healthier, environmentally friendly and a much cheaper option for a person to commute. But this comfort comes with a problem i.e. maintenance. Sometimes the bikes are either damaged or stolen and different companies are using different methods to curb it. With the rise of this healthy sharing platforms, new and smart cities like Amravati, Gandhinagar are building bicycle lanes which would lead to safer and faster travel using bicycles making short distance commuting enjoyable and effectively healthy.
Sharing Economy in Office Space(Co working)
With many start-ups in different domains booming up in India, scarcity of office space is a big problem. So many start-ups are trying to monetize this by providing co-working spaces along with many amenities to early stage start-up founders. Many co-working spaces like Wework, Awfis etc. are slowly coming up in Tier1 and Tier2 cities and provide services like lunch, wifi, recreational spaces, meeting spaces at a very affordable rate. The sharing concept behind this business model being workspace and charging a customer based on the usage duration or extra services he avails. The positive effect of these type of places is that they bring all people of different domains under one umbrella clearly helping people with networking. The rates of these co-working spaces are much lesser than a rented apartment outside (with no amenities) and turn out to be economical. Hence many entrepreneurs and freelancers are using this resource to build, innovate and network.
Sharing Economy in Daily use Items
Another aspect of sharing economy is the sharing of furniture and home appliances. These items lose premium with time. Hence with the value depreciating after some time span, many people nowadays are preferring renting, over buying furniture or home appliances. Especially the bachelors who move into a city for a short duration of time find it of great use. Many players like Rentomojo, Furlenco are effectively tapping this opportunity. The basic idea behind this concept is of using an asset multiple times (through re-use) by supplier and for consumers, it is experiencing different types of goods as per their need and affordability. Many start-ups are also innovating upon this concept by combining charging points, lights etc with the furniture. The sharing concept behind this business model being, renting of furniture or home appliances on a monthly basis or on different timelines. The major challenge for these services pertains to ensuring quality work in time. This entails emphasis and close monitoring of logistics i.e. both forward and reverse logistics. This space has ample scope if catered to properly and market is projected to be around $60 billion in coming years.
A growing economy has its own unique needs, and India is no exception. With the educated talented pool of young Indians scouting for opportunities across the nation, the need for such sharing services become a necessity to cater to the ever-growing stream of professionals. Irrespective of the area and place, such basic needs remain the same. Being fast to adapt to such necessities, entrepreneurs mushroom up at regular intervals, catering to local needs. The requirement thus is for an enabler who brings them on the virtual map to connect them to customers. It is here that these platform providers play a vital, critical and timely role in bridging the distance between supplier and consumer through use of technology and offer affordable solutions with a check on quality and adherence to timeline.
These start-ups operating on the sharing principle, work on the basic concept of sharing economy which involves using a resource available multiple times by multiple people which makes the model economical due to huge user base.
The dependence on these, platform-enabled services by the citizens and growing acceptability by young and old, embolden my belief that such platforms are here to stay and will play a pivotal role in times to come.


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Just bought and replaced the factory string .. only get 10 seconds of time using the trimmer then I need to advance more line. Any ideas herer - bought good line (Rotary # 10068 Vortex Trimmer line Black Commercial Grade #.095 Dia 230' Feet 1 LBS Spool)
Are you trimming against an abrasive surface like rock or brick? If so, try running the trimmer at a lower speed, just fast enough to cut the grass, and do your best to avoid heavy contact with the backing surface.
I have no experience with that line. Is it any better or worse than the line included with the trimmer?
I have no experience with that line. Is it any better or worse than the line included with the trimmer?
Tx - I am edging the sidewalk .. The line is supposed to be very good...
Is the tap to advance mechanism clean and functional, can you push it in to advance the line. If it is stuck in, then the line of any kind will just feed out when operated. I found my tap mechanism easy to foul, and not move so I clean it frequently by disassembly. Hope this is helpful. .
I just bought some of this from Home Depot, and I trim a lot near rock walls, and this stuff has been pretty tough.
Thx - Will also look at different line
I use stihl Line and it gets eaten up pretty quick when edging the sidewalk. Though I have recently taken the gaurd off as I found the length allowed by the gaurd was not "cutting it". I get more life out of my line now but yes of course the side effect is more debris coming your way. One other thing is that I pretty well never use the trimmer at full throttle, first of all as it is not necessary when you have the proper length of line and secondly I get better run time out of the battery's.
Can you get some factory line and see if the same thing happens. Can you ping the line company for their input?
I always found Ego's factory line to be brittle, so I've been using Husqvarna's Titanium Force line and it stands up well to edging against concrete and rock.
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The friendaholic.com Beta site has now closed and been removed offline.
This has been planned for some time and warnings had been posted about the closure on the site months before the site was deleted.
So What Next?
SofSo Networks the owner of friendaholic.com will now explore as many options as possible including the possibility of uploading a new beta site with new core software, or possibly selling off the site.
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We felt that the third party core software used on the former beta site did not suit our needs. It also was too costly for us to maintain and run.
About any information held on the previous beta site:
We will take a few weeks analysing the data before all backups of the site will also be removed. The site is no longer currently online and server backups held by the data centre should be replaced with new backups in the next few days from our removal of the site. All the backups we hold will be deleted securely from our offline network. Please Note we have no control over any third party archiving services that may have archived the site during its online period. This services normally only archive publicly held material for historical recording of the Internet. So personal information should not be held by them unless the user posted it onto public areas of the site. We have no control over these services and cannot delete information they may hold.
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text: Artificial Intelligence Emerging Tech Managed Services & Outsourcing Privacy & Security Wireless & IoT Wrap-up of the CES with amazing transforming technologies Stephen Ibaraki @sibaraki Published: January 19th, 2015I reported earlier about the breaking records at the CES 2015. I was among the 170,000 delegates and 6000 media, judging the best mobile applications plus providing analysis as an invited industry board chairman by the US Embassy.This is a wrap-up of my experiences from the largest technology showcase ever!In talking with two noted executives and serial entrepreneurs who were showcased on the CES Wall of Apps for global innovation for ZAKA, I got a good sense of what technologies would strongly influence the enterprise. I asked them what hot technologies and trends would profoundly impact business.David Cheng and Elim Kay are co-founders of ZAKA a social-based relationship management and referral mobile application and platform where you discover places through the people you trust—they reported these observation:Elim Kay reported:Wearable Devices: "In my opinion, wearable devices present the next level tier of capturing categories of data on humans (e.g. state of the human bodies, external movements) which can be fused with currently captured data from mainstream sources (e.g. mobile devices). This aggregated data, coupled together with relevant learning engines, can provide richer depth and context which translates into increased precision in generating quantitative intelligence. The opportunities that result may produce huge upside to huge industries, not only healthcare but also retail, restaurants, hospitality, etc."Augmented Reality: "While augmented reality is still in a very early form, the future of augmented reality seems promising given the existing infrastructure of continuous advancement of humans' digital behavior (and increasing precision of human-profiling by machines) that, in my opinion, is leading digital societies to eventually brace augmented realities in its eventual form(s). And I believe such forms will produce significant impact virtually across all industries."Drones: "The future of embraced utility of drones is wide as drones allow humans to extend their physical reaches at lower economical means. This concept of physical extension cuts across all industries. As drones begin to gain in maturity and eventually couple with advancing machines, a question is whether a balance can be achieved in which humans maintain being in control of extending physical reach while not becoming marginalized?"David Cheng, also shared Elim's thoughts and along with a couple of additional points:More consumer friendly wearable devices: "This will have effects on the healthcare industry. The advancement in the last 12 months in the area is quite impressive. The healthcare industry have gotten pressure to move more toward maintaining a population healthcare versus treating them only when they're sick. The very specific movement toward making the devices more consumer friendly by making it more affordable and fashionable should help drive the adoption of these devices. And with strong adoption, it can actually play a major role is shifting the healthcare industry toward wellness management and more consumer driven."3D scanning and printing. "I believe this literally opens up a new dimension. Not only does this allow us to be more creative in what we design and create but it will probably open up new markets and opportunities. Real Estate developers can now easily build 3D models of their designs and inventors can actually "print" their inventions versus seeing it only on the screen (with simulations). It will be exciting to see when these devices becomes more affordable along with new advancements."Self-driving cars. "I believe this CES really is driving home the idea that a fully autonomous vehicle is here today! Which means production of the vehicles is not too far behind. Now imagine if they network all of these cars and be able to figure out (automatically) how to get everyone from point A to point B with full collaboration from every car! The stuff we've seen in sci-fi movies is actually here." Related Articles Does CES offer any value to businesses? The Last Gadget Standing winners are true innovators My hot trends and technology picks CybersecuritySony CEO Kazuo Hirai commented on cyber-attacks which underscored the reason why at the recent IFIP World CIO Forum where I participated as vice-chair, cyber security was a top enterprise priority. In addition, I was cyber-attacked while at CES. Mobile is particularly vulnerable and the pervasiveness of Internet of Things (IoT) increases the vulnerability dramatically. This is accentuated by comments at the CES where Samsung President and CEO of Consumer Electronics Boo-Keun Yoon indicated "The Internet of Things is about people, not things," and by 2020, all Samsung devices will be connected to the IoT.Smart sensors everywhereI was struck by the proliferation of intelligent smart sensors and processors in products and services backed by machine learning, deep learning, AI, and usable analytics. These are the early signs of the digital quake where over 80 percent of businesses and jobs will need to change by 2020 or massive disruptive failures will occur. There are such rapid advances in deep learning where machines mimic human neural networks that enterprises need to plan for this now. Canada is a leader with the work of Geoffrey Hinton at the University of Toronto, who is advising Google, and Yoshua Bengio at the University of Montreal. Another pioneer is Yann Lecun supporting Facebook. Microsoft has made tremendous strides with embedded AI tools in their Azure cloud, Adam innovation, predictive analytics such as in Bing and universal translator in Skype.The most obvious evidence is in autonomous devices. Dr. Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the Board, Daimler AG stated "Mercedes aims to develop truly superhuman autonomous driving ability" evidenced in the company's new concept car F 015 which can drive itself, has seats that can face each other, possesses a brain for sensing pedestrians, features gesture and eye tracking control with free floating driving instruments. Zetsche noted issues such a liability in the case of an unavoidable accidents but commented that self-driving cars will help us to achieve "the dream of freedom and mobility."Other hot technologies– Toshiba's talking ChihiraAico robot demonstrates the rapid strides being made and the tidal wave of robotic replacements for people. Another example is MeccaNoid a new robotics building system from Meccano that comes with built-in voice recognition, conversations, and users can create their own custom robot movements.– Devices which cost millions or hundreds of thousands will all be available at modest prices and this will profoundly shift resources in enterprises. An example at CES was SCiO, the world's first molecular sensor that is smaller than a computer mouse. A live demonstration had SCiO non-invasively giving the calorie count from a newly opened package of a food product, identifying medications, taking the drink challenge of identifying Pepsi from Coke. As noted on the CES Last Gadget Standing web page, "each time you scan an item you help build the world's first database of physical matter. That new database has tremendous implications on food, research, health care and our environment. The data that SCiO collects will be a great leap forward for human knowledge of the physical universe."– The ability to transform in real-time was evidenced in a product Singtrix® from the creators of the original Guitar Hero®. This foreshadows more to come that will influence customer engagement and marketing for enterprises. The product allows you to sound like your favorite star, even sound like a guitar with hundreds of vocal effects, live backup harmonies and pitch-correction. In the same vein for marketing usage was 360fly, a wearable camera designed to capture experiences in 360 degrees.– 8K TV, you have to see it to believe the detail.Appreneur Scholars supporting studentsI judged the CES Appreneur Scholar awards for the top mobile apps founded by The Kay Family Foundation and Living in Digital Times. The winners in the global search were iCPooch App and SmartTest Pro. Brooke Martin indicated "I am honored to be recognized for my contributions in developing iCPooch. To be acknowledged amongs such amazing and talented finalists is as rewarding as it is truly inspiring." Zach Burmeister went on to say: "The Appreneur Scholar Award is a great honor to me because it is a great sign of potential for SmartTest Pro!"Elim Kay added, "Kay Family Foundation is honored to partner with Living in Digital Times for a second year and recognize two brilliant young entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs like Brooke and Zach are engines to driving innovation relevant to the Information Age. I hope the Appreneur Scholar awards helps Brooke and Zach to further their journeys with their respective ventures." Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech, Managed Services & Outsourcing, Privacy & Security, Wireless & IoT ces, IoT, robotics


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On Wednesday, Spain's Acciona Energía announced that it has signed a deal with Google to power the company's data center in Quilicura, Chile with electricity from its 247 MW-DC El Romero solar project.
Acciona won an international bidding process for the contract, under which it will supply 80 MW of electricity to Google. El Romero is located in the Atacama Region in the southern part of the desert of the same name, and the data center is located 650 kilometers away near Santiago. The two are connected by Chile's Central Grid (SIC).
Acciona expects to complete the US$343 million project and begin delivering electricity during 2017. At 247 MW-DC El Romero will be among the ten largest PV plants in the world.
Google says it has entered contracts to nearly double its global renewable energy purchases to 2 GW, and this is its first large-scale purchase of renewable energy in Latin America.
Another portion of the electricity generated by El Romero will be supplied to Chilean electricity distribution companies on the SIC grid under a national auction. Acciona will begin to supply electricity under these contracts beginning in 2018.
This article includes reporting by Blanca Diaz Lopez. For her coverage of this contract in Spanish, please see the pv magazine LatinoAmérica website.


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Beginning November 16, 2017, Subaru of America will donate $250 to your selected charity when you buy or lease a new vehicle. Our partners at West Herr Subaru have selected us as one of their designated local charities!
This is the fifth year the Meals on Wheels Foundation of Western New York has been included as a local charity in this wonderful end-of-year fundraiser. During the program's history, Subaru of America has contributed more than $160,000 to the Meals on Wheels Foundation of WNY.
On a national level, Share the Love enters its tenth year. The program benefits organizations such as Meals on Wheels America, National Park Foundation, ASPCA, and Make-a-Wish.
Please choose Meals on Wheels for Western New York when purchasing your new Subaru!
Share the Love runs through January 2, 2018. Read more at West Herr Subaru.
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Florida's Bill Nelson joined fellow Democratic U.S. senators Monday in citing the Orlando nightclub shootings as another reason for moving forward with limiting gun access to possible terrorists.
Nelson said the FBI has "done a great job, but they were handicapped," in tracking Omar Mateen, the accused gunman believed to have been inspired by ISIS.
Nelson and Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California, Charles Schumer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said they were renewing efforts for the Senate to approve a gun-purchasing ban for those on the FBI's terrorist watchlist, a move which supporters said also gives investigators authority to refuse gun-access for others suspected of being a security risk.
Similar legislation failed last year.
"I don't know what it will take to change the mindset of this Congress," Feinstein conceded in a conference call with reporters.
Gov. Rick Scott, meanwhile, spoke to former President George W. Bush on Monday in the wake of the shootings.
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Battle Royale as a whole truly never interested me since the crazed for the genre surface about two years ago. For the most part, I usually don't touch multiplayer titles as a whole, with The Division or GTA Online being the few exceptions. As most of my friends are usually spewing coordinates at one another, I'll be focusing on a cutscene in the same party chat.
Both Fortnite and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds usually being the main two among my group, but I never had the drive towards purchasing/downloading either title. When Black Ops 4 released I was tempted to at least get into Blackout, but didn't see the logic in spending $60 for only 1/3rd of the game. Not until this past week is when I truly got my feet wet with the booming game genre and finally saw the craze that everyone on my friend's list has been occupied with.
Last Friday I'm pretty sure many were aware that a rumor emerged about the possibility of a Respawn-developed battle royale to get an official debut at the start of the approaching week. The current weekend had several pieces of information on the game slowly unravel as Monday made its way from industry faces being aware of the game's being and even Respawn Entertainment Boss Vince Zampella confirming the game game's reveal.
Looks like everything is unlocked now? Fun.
So, if you like Respawn, our games or even me, you should tune in tomorrow. Our stream starts at 8am pt and we'll tell you everything about Apex Legends. Everything. https://t.co/P0Svi1h5VS
— Vince Zampella (@VinceZampella) February 4, 2019
And with all the detail revolving about this upcoming title, I couldn't get enough of it. Despite the battle royale label pinned on the game, I was completely invested to get my hands on it knowing that Respawn would be at the helm of this project. Unlike many players, I didn't generalize EA with Respawn and understating the title to be schilling out a battle royale just to 'follow a trend' for the publisher's sake to make a quick buck.
2014's Titanfall became one of my favorite titles for the Xbox One as I racked up nearly 70 hours into the multiplayer-focused shooter. As I slowly started to push more towards independent titles, Respawn's first title truly reinvented the first-person genre with mech battles, wall-running, and an enormous universe in the making. Following with the sequel in 2016, this time shipped with an campaign mode and expanding on the core multiplayer pushed the limits yet again within the popularized genre.
Unfortunately the series' successor was overshadowed by DICE's Battlefield 1 by releasing two weeks after the World War 1 title. Though Titanfall 2 did release on PlayStation this time around, traction didn't stick for a more frequent player base for the game's online lobbies. As well as realizing that despite the heavy emphasis on the story mode and how well the plot was told through the game's world, the multiplayer wasn't as gripping as its predecessor.
But coming with Apex Legends, the day I could get my hands on it I was instantly addicted like many are already vocal about on social media. With influence from Blackout, Overwatch, and Rainbow Six Siege with the Respawn twist ultimately birthed an exciting title that changed my opinion on the battle royale genre fully.
The easy to learn interface, varying character types, fast-paced gunplay, and anticipating soundtrack all come together in creating a good first impression for those like me who have yet to lose their battle royale innocence. All the big to little features that are held in the new game work very well to crafting an enjoyable experience now and down the line for added content.
The launch of the game almost already being a week ago has already felt like weeks with how much time I've already invested into this title. Breaking away from the norm of an traditional release with speculation surrounding an unknown game resulted with a more ambitious debut and lesser consumer input to downplay the game's release back by the popular narrative that Electronic Arts publishes unorganized titles.
I'm not defending EA to have a better track record with their recent titles, but with Respawn developing a game that the publisher usually are less involved compared to BioWare or DICE. You can checkout my review on Need for Speed: Payback which illustrates EA's involvement with their previous titles if you need some evidence. If anything, Electronic Arts martyred their new initiative to push away from paywalls for content and season passes with Titanfall 2 releasing free content. Which later is evident with Battlefield V and also Anthem.
Apex launching free-to-play alone was also a surprise from EA with their recent history towards gaining monetary value, but yet again I suspect to be confident with Respawn behind this project. Within the first week racking up to 10 million downloads and holding 1 million concurrent players between all three platforms, the future looks promising towards how the title will hold out for 2019 and following.
One reason I can see the title continuing to progress as it is currently is from the always entertaining gameplay that's backed by the team at Respawn. To sum up what I already said, the EA-owned studio has already developed well-made titles for the first-person genre with Titanfall, but before their flagship series have worked on other prominent titles. Respawn Entertainment if you don't know already originated from Infinity Ward as Vince Zampella previously held the position as the CEO of the Call of Duty developer.
Where Zampella among others that later became Respawn prior to Titanfall worked on titles like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Fans of the franchise can identify the two listed titles to be one of the few Call of Duty installments that are associated with the franchise's Golden Age before this generation's handful of lesser successful titles. This influenced to change up how the genre currently is when looking at Titanfall and now Apex since the new studio previously worked on the most popular titles for the first-person genre at the time.
Other developers revealed to be working on Apex Legends such as Chad Armstrong, Jay Frechette and also Eric Hewitt adds onto my point of Apex's bright future from a strong studio history. As the three previously worked on both Halo 3 as well as Halo Reach prior to later joining EA/Respawn Entertainment, their experience from working on these landmark titles now continues on towards Apex Legends. As a whole, the upcoming months for Respawn Entertainment along with their titles that are already out alongside ones that have yet to release seem to have a promising future with who are working at the California-based studio
For more detail on Apex Legends, check out our rundown for the new battle royale and what is to come with seasonal content and more additions coming.


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In this post we'll show you how to make USB transfers faster and more direct between your Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone and your computer. You'll be gaining direct access to your SD card and bypassing the built-in MTP protocol entirely. While using this tweak, you will no longer be able to access you phone's internal storage through the computer (instead, your computer will only be able to see your SD card's contents), but it can very easily be toggled on or off depending on what you need, so don't worry. This tweak also requires root, as per Android tradition with anything that changes things around too much, so please keep that in mind! If you still find this tweak useful, read ahead to find out how to enable it and get faster and easier file transfers between your phone and computer.
Newer devices and more recent versions of Android have made an effort to phase out the aging Mass Storage USB protocol and replace it with MTP, a USB transfer protocol that is supposed to offer more features and flexibility. There are reasons for this, but most if not all of them are irrelevant to the user and offer no real advantage. In fact, MTP is known as being significantly slower than Mass Storage and having much worse device support. You are already familiar with Mass Storage if you have ever used a pen/flash drive on your computer, as it's exactly the same thing. With it, your computer will see the SD card on your phone as just another pen drive and allow you to easily modify and transfer files through it.
Thankfully, you can now enable Mass Storage Mode in the Galaxy S4 with one easy app. The app in question can be downloaded here, completely free of charge. Make sure the model of your device is included in the app's description as well, as some models may not be as well supported as others, even though the app should work either way. Anyway, after installing the app, open it up, and you should see the following screen:
Like the description says, you'll need BusyBox to use it. If you're using a custom ROM or are already rooted, chances are that you already have BusyBox in one way or another, so you can proceed and try to enable Mass Storage Mode right away by pressing the button and see if it works (the app should let you know). If it doesn't work and you still need BusyBox, you can download it, free of charge, through this link. After that, press the "Mass Storage Mode" button and the "Current state" text at the bottom of the app should change to reflect the new protocol. You can also press the menu button to see some extra options, like enabling or disabling in-app ads and forcing the SD card to mount/unmount, but these will be of no use to us. After that, just connect your USB cable from your phone to your computer and you should see that your computer now sees your phone just like a USB drive and allows you to easily browse and transfer files around, like so:
It's kind of baffling that Android and Android device makers have been dropping Mass Storage support when it's by far the most supported and fastest USB transfer protocol around, but at least now you can see what you're missing with this app, and easily switch between the two. MTP also has its advantages (namely, having access to the internal storage), but it's so slow and buggy that most of the time just ends up being frustrating to use, especially when such an easy and superior alternative already exists if all you want is to transfer files around. Have any doubts or questions? Let us know in the comment section below!
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The rules of gorgeous website design is the correct publication for those who can construct web pages, yet are seeking for the abilities and data to visually improve their sites.
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— Jared Spool, CEO of person Interface Engineering
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By Will Hacker
In Detail
Mobile app and web design are of of the preferred components of consumer adventure layout. Axure RP 7 lets you layout and construct cellular prototypes and install them to genuine units for checking out and stakeholder overview. It additionally enables you to create an interactive HTML web site wireframe or UI mockup with no coding. Axure 7 has new positive factors corresponding to new widget occasions, web page occasions, adaptive perspectives, and so forth, that provide you with extra flexibility whereas construction cellular prototypes.
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Getting Started with Polymer by Arshak Khachatrian
By Arshak Khachatrian
Key Features
- Get to grips with the foundations of fabric layout and Google net components
- Make complete use of the Polymer fashion designer instrument, Polymer Starter package, and Dart to create responsive internet apps
- An in-depth consultant with real-life examples so that you can examine every thing you must learn about Polymer
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Polymer is a library that is helping you increase speedy, responsive functions for the computer and cellular internet. It makes use of the net parts requisites for the elements and fabric layout suggestions to create a stunning person interface.
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- Understand the fundamentals of internet parts akin to Shadow DOM, HTML imports, Templates, and customized elements
- Familiarize your self with the foundations of fabric Design
- Install Polymer in your method and create your undertaking structure
- Use the various Polymer 1.0 parts on your code
- Work with Polymer.dart and create your individual app
- Get to understand the simplest practices in Polymer programming from the head men within the Polymer team
About the Author
Arshak Khachatrian is a programmer who used to be born on might sixteen, 1997, in Yerevan, Armenia.
Since an early age, he has constantly been drawn to pcs, and after turning 10 years outdated, he had his first desktop provided to him on his birthday via his father. per week later, Arshak was once assisting all of the pcs within the whole city through fitting the home windows working procedure and fixing quite a few OS issues.
In November, 2015, Arshak had a Polymer Code Lab at GDG DevFest at TUMO. In 2016, he and his fellow fashion designer Serge Navasardyan determined to came across their startup according to a 360 web site builder known as POP360.
Finally, in March 2016, Arshak joined the recognized programmer Rouben Meschian and commenced operating with the Cambridge Semantics corporation in Boston.
Table of Contents
- Web Components
- Material Design
- Introduction to Polymer
- Polymer Elements
- First program with Polymer
- Polymer dressmaker instrument and Polymer Starter Kit
- Working with Polymer.dart
- Best Practices


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In the city of Aleppo, units of the army confronted terrorists in al-Sheikh Said, Bani Zaid and Castello, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their vehicles and equipment.
Terrorists Eliminated in Idleb
Meanwhile, another army unit eliminated terrorists who tried to blockade roads and terrorize citizens in al-Rami town in Idleb countryside.
An official source told SANA that terrorists Amer Ibrahim al-Nayef, Wael Bakri, Adnan Mohammad al-Abras and Issa Zain Eddin were identified among the dead.
Terrorists Attacking Security Point in Daraa Countryside Repelled, LAW Rockets Seized
A unit of the Armed Forces clashed with an armed terrorist group which tried to attack a law-enforcement point in al-Mjimir town in Daraa countryside, eliminated a number of terrorists, arrested the others and seized various weapons.
A source in the province told SANA reporter that the weapons seized included Light Anti-Armor Weapons (LAW), machineguns and ammunitions.
Army Unit Kill terrorists in Dir Ezzor
A unit of the Armed forces today clashed with an armed terrorist group who attacked a checkpoint for the law enforcement personnel in Dir Ezzor, inflicting its members heavy losses.
An official source told SANA that many terrorists were killed while other were injured in addition to destroying their weapons and equipment.