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March 2015. Until figures released today on the housing market, it seem likely that the RBA would reduce interest rates by another quarter percent tomorrow. On balance, we now think it likely that interest rates will be left on hold while they watch trends in the economy and the housing market for another month or two.
Around Australia, dwelling prices jumped 0.3% in February on the back of a 1.3% increase in January according to Corelogic RP Data. Overall, prices now at an all-time high.
The fall in interest rates in February, combined with continuing relatively strong population growth, and some signs of a turnaround in the employment market fuelling demand. Demand from foreign purchasers is also pushing prices in Sydney and Melbourne, and the imposition of an additional tax by the Federal government on foreign buyers will do nothing to affect demand.
Rising dwelling prices, combined with strengthening credit growth, suggests that interest rates will be left on the whole tomorrow. The next reduction in interest rates may get pushed back to April, giving the RBA time to assess economic trends.
But the national figures obscure very different trends in each state.
Sydney remains the hottest city in the country for real estate prices. Houses were up 1.6% on the month, and 14.7% on the year. Units were up 0.6% on the month and 9.5% on the year. Home values, being both houses and units, are up 2.9% year to date. The auction clearance rate at the weekend was almost a record at 82.8%, with reports of frenzied buying and prices well above reserve.
Sydney remains the biggest headache of the RBA as it seeks to balance the needs for economic growth against what is effectively boom conditions in Sydney. At 15% per annum growth, Sydney is redlining and at the level where the bank will want to take punitive action.
While the frenzied pace of this month is likely to last for a whole year, Sydney growth still looks to be in the range of 10% to 15% for the next year. Another month of figures at the high end would likely see the bank to take action. Initially this could be tighter supervision by APRA and the imposition of more macro prudential controls, limiting the availability of mortgage finance in Sydney. That is the most likely response, but the risk of it triggering a reversal on interest rate policy, with an increase in interest rates, cannot be ruled out.
Home values in Melbourne also of 2.9% year to date, but this was mostly due to increases in January, with February barely registering an increase at 0.1%. Unit prices showed a slightly stronger increase at 0.5% month on month, but in annual terms, house prices are up 8% on the last year, units 2.8%. So headlines reporting the boom in Melbourne do not really reflect the true picture.
However, there is no denying that last weekend was a good one for Melbourne, with the auction clearance rate at 76.5%, one of the strongest figures on record.
Once we leave Sydney and Melbourne, where the word "boom" still gets used, we might as well be in another country, where prices are struggling or declining.
Brisbane prices were up only 0.3% year-to-date and actually fell -0.5% in February.
Adelaide prices were up 0.5% in February but still down -0.8% year-to-date.
Perth is interesting. Despite signs of continued market activity, prices fell -2.1% in February to be down -2.8% year-to-date and barely higher than this time last year. Surprisingly, it is house prices that down the most, -2.3%, versus units which down -0.4%. Given the oversupply in the unit market, it has downside potential.
Canberra is not attracting headlines, yet it should be. Canberra houses were of the 1.54% in February, almost the same as Sydney, although unit prices were down -1.25%. It is fair to say that the Canberra housing market is recovering as the dangers from Federal government cutbacks receded.
Darwin was up a relatively strong 0.9% to be up1.6% year-to-date.
Hobart was down 0.9% in February, but is up 0.7% year-to-date.
It is still a tale of two countries. Sydney is in boom territory, Melbourne is still growing at a realistic pace. Canberra has joined in with house price growth. But Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth with downside bias in pricing.
For consumers, it is still a balancing act to settle of lower interest rates and borrowing costs, against a weak economy and the likelihood of fiscal tightening in the next budget. In fact, it is the next Federal budget in May that may bring an end to the party, so while the current strength in Sydney prices is of concern to the BA, we still see the most likely interest rate scenario is being another cut in March and April, followed by the expiration of the boom market after May, as the reality of budget cuts combine with the traditional slowdown in the winter months.
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The Grip of It by Jac Jemc
I picked up this smallish sized book after FSG Originals sent me a copy thinking "Oh, this will be such a quick read! Look at those short chapters! And I can toss it in my small purse!" Bewared. Short chapters or not, each page was filled with creepy, unsettling psychological or physical paranormal stuff. The first night I read it before bed gave me nightmares and I quickly finished it the next day, with all of the lights on.
Told in alternating chapters between James and Julie, a married couple who move to the suburbs to escape the big city and all of its vices, they realize quickly that they may have gotten more than they bargained for with their new home.
What I loved the most about this book, besides the fact that the supernatural side of things was SO WELL DONE (not cheesy or unbelievable, but just subtle enough that I could almost see it happening) was the deterioration of James' and Julie's relationship. Psychologically they both start to unwind a bit and by the end are questioning everything (rightly so) and everything about each other. Motives, actions, EVERYTHING. Talk about paranoia! But when the other option is a haunted house, maybe that makes sense.
"I take more photos. I say "This is only one way it might be." thinking of all the other ways. I'm either telling a lie or there are so many truths."
A long time ago, during a summer break in high school, I sat by the window in my bedroom and read The Amityville Horror in its entirety. It was so creepy! I still remember thinking about a house having a presence, how it controlled the people inside of it and how I didn't understand why after the very first suspicion, they didn't high tail it out of there. There are hotels! Move away! You can see what is coming.
I felt this way a little bit while reading The Grip of It, but the excellent portrayal of both character's mental states really made me feel as if I was there too. And no, I wouldn't jump to it being a ghost drawing on the wall but more obviously my husband who was home all day. And obviously he's lying about it. And other things too. See what I mean?! Oh goodness. This book really got under my skin!!
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a creepy haunting, who loves the paranormal. I really enjoyed it when all was said and done (and am thankful we are not still living in our century old home).
The Grip of It by Jac Jemc
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Looking Up Bio
In 1994 four young skateboarders from Brussels decided that they wanted to get even more kicks out of life than hitting the curves with their kickflips and 360's. So naturally they formed their own punk band?
JF, Get, Ian and Julian called themselves Looking Up and wanted to play and sound just like their idols the legendary Operation Ivy. Easier said than done, but have you ever tried to tell a skateboarder to quit? So they practised their asses off and started playing in every squat and community centre. But they had the odd feeling that something was missing so they brought in their second guitarist Alex. With one singer, a bass-player, a drummer and two guitarists the band seemed ready to kick some serious ass.
But a ska-punk band ain't no ska-punk band until some swirling horns blow you away. Luckily for Looking Up they had a friend Cedric who happened to play the saxophone. NOW they were really ready to kick some ass. Which is exactly what they did.
Looking Up recorded their first demo in 1995 which has led them to play shows with the likes of The Voodoo Glow Skulls, Warzone, SNFU and Strung Out. And as is usually the case with demo's it eventually ended up on the desk of Laurens Kusters, of Indie label I Scream. He put the band in a studio to record their second demo. Kusters sent off the demo to Epitaph Europe,
and that's where Epitaph came in.
Looking Up's debut album, Got Another Answer, contains sixteen skanking songs. Sounding like a jam session between Mano Negra and the Voodoo Glow Skulls, Got Another Answer is a mix of up tempo ska and adrenaline pumpin? punkrock!
The track As One is a cover version of a Tim Armstrong (Rancid) song he wrote for his first band Down Fall. So Looking Up did come very close in playing just like their idols Operation Ivy.


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Muslim Surveillance Shows Tensions Between NYPD, FBI
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A trip to a New Jersey mosque by a Federal Bureau of Investigation official was postponed Thursday, but the planned visit still underscored a rift between law enforcement agencies over the surveillance of Muslim groups.
Michael Ward, the head of the FBI in New Jersey, said the planned visit to a mosque in Paterson was meant to repair relations with local Muslim leaders amid the fallout from reported surveillance by the New York Police Department. The decision to postpone the visit was made by the mosque's leaders.
The mosque has been identified as a target of NYPD surveillance in documents. A call seeking comment on the leaders' decision to postpone the visit was not immediately returned.
Ward told reporters Wednesday that the NYPD's monitoring had damaged the good relationships law enforcement officials had built in the local Muslim community since Sept. 11, 2001.


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GIORGI, Antonio Agostino (baptized Francesco Maria). Santo Marco near Rimini 10.5.1711 — Rome 4.5.1797. Italian Monk, Theologian, and Orientalist, a Coptic Scholar and Pioneer of Tibetan Studies. Son of Antonio G. and Antonia Sempre. Augustinian monk since 1727, he was 18 years procurator general of his order. He is said to have dispelled hoary scholasticism from their colleges. He was active in theological disputes and taught often theology. A favourite of Benedict XIV. As an Oriental scholar he mainly knew Near Eastern languages and became known as a scholar of Coptic. From missionary material, especially by —> Orazio Della Penna and Cassiano da Macerata, he prepared the Alphabetum Tibetanum, an elaborate survey of Tibetan alphabet and orthography, geography, etc.
Publications: Alphabetum Tibetanum Missionum Apostolicum commodo editum. 94+820 p. R. 1762
– editions of Coptic texts, an attempt at dechipherment of Palmyrene inscriptions, etc.
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Orhan Pamuk, the well known Turkish novelist had once said, "Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight." Painter Natasha (aka Poonam) Wankhede, a resident of Kharghar, Navi Mumbai agrees completely.
"As a child I was extremely inclined towards art and had won a number of certificates for various competitions held at school level. Coming from a family which does not believe in art as a qualification or intelligence, it was a far cry for me to take art lessons at a professional level. To fulfill my parents' dream I completed my education as a Mechanical Engineer. After the education, as is the custom of our traditional Maratha family, I got married at the age of 20," says Natasha.
Speaking about her journey Natasha says that she never thought that she would become a painter and thought of doing something in the apparel designs. She took up a course in the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). "Before getting married I helped my father in his business. However after marriage things changed and motherhood was my priority. However, I was inclined to do something regarding creativity and that is when I joined NIFT and did an apparel designing course with a thought of having my own designer studio. During my training in NIFT, I took a keen interest in drawing especially the figurative ones," says Natasha.
To her surprise, she even topped the project and realized that she has a flare for painting. It was then, Natasha decided to take up painting, which was her first hobby, rather seriously.
Natasha started painting after the birth of her third child in 2011. "My elder son and daughter had started going to school. And I had lots of time in hand. I would paint, whenever my third baby would go to sleep," recollects Natasha.
In the last couple of years, Natasha has turned this hobby into a lifestyle. "I started posting my artwork on my Face book page 'Natasha'. I was showered with compliments from family and friends. This was highly motivating and encouraging," she adds.
"I use lots of colors in my paintings. Also try different techniques and perspectives. My artwork is mostly inspired by the beautiful Nature and children. The flora and fauna are my biggest inspirations. I have worked with palette knife paintings, abstracts, landscapes and portraits," she informs.
Most of Natasha's paintings depict the serene Nature and the joyful nature of children. Be it the 'Little Joys' where a small girl is looking at a fish tank which won her the international 9th ranking or 'Bubbles of Joy' where a little boy is portrayed playing with bubbles which has won her a special award by 'The Heart of Art Contest', Natasha simply enjoys painting nature and children.
"Nature and children both are pure forms of joy created by the Supreme Power and that's what draws my attention and captivates me. When something is so pure, the end result is bound to be good. This is what makes my art different," beamingly says Natasha.
Talking about her future plans, Natasha says, "A person should not be deprived of learning Art just because he cannot afford to learn it. And that is what I want to do in future. I desire to teach the underprivileged children the Art of painting."
As a step towards her goal, Natasha has already started visiting an orphanage in Navi Mumbai where she spends time and teaches the children the joy of painting.
"While I don't claim any profound wisdom nor that my path is the best one, I think that some of the aspiring artists out there might be encouraged to see the road that someone else has taken. Many housewives who think that they have wasted their lives and have nothing to do, may get motivated and this will be my biggest achievement," adds Natasha.


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It's your job as a professional to keep watch for problems — whether in yourself, on your team, in your department, or in your organization. Once you identify a problem, this is where courage comes in. Do you have the courage to do something about the issue you've identified, or, will you ignore it, writing it off as someone else's problem, until it becomes an even bigger problem?
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Another Democrat Arrested for Physically Attacking Trump Supporters
Making it the second time this week, another violent, hate-filled Democrat has been arrested for attacking a Trump supporter.
Making for the second time this week, another violent, hate-filled Democrat has been arrested for physically attacking a Trump supporter.
An unhinged Democrat lost his tiny liberal mind over a teenager wearing a Donald Trump MAGA hat at a New Hampshire polling place this week, police said.
Now, the teen who was attacked without reason is "traumatized," according to his name.
"The Windham Police Department said Patrick Bradley, 34, of Windham, was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct," Fox News reported.
Trending: Black Lives Matter Leader Now Says White People's Churches 'Should All Come Down'
Apparently, the criminal Bradley "got in the faces" of a group of teens with MAGA hats near a Windham High School polling location on Tuesday, the police reported.
Bradley reportedly attacked the teens after he exited the school. The violent liberal apparently became incensed when he spied a Donald Trump campaign tent the teens were staffing.
The victim's mother described the attack:
"My son stayed home from school on Tuesday for a doctor's appointment and we drove by the high school to go vote. When we got there, we saw Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle, and my son was over the moon," she said. "My son is the most patriotic kid you'd ever meet in your life."
The mother noted that her son was invited to help out at the tent.
"I was apprehensive about him wearing the MAGA hat, because we know it can provoke and we know people don't like Trump," the woman explained. "But he wore the hat because he's a proud 15-year-old and he doesn't know what people are going to be like."
"My son was standing outside on the sidewalk and he said, 'have a nice night,' he said it to everyone. But this man was triggered," she added. "He said 'f— you' to him and wound up his hand as fast as he could and slapped him across the face."
"It sickens me that people would be angry at a kid for wearing a stupid hat," she said. "And everybody that has reached out has just talked about what an amazing kid he is."
The president's son made note of the attack:
So a leftist attacks 3 Trump supporters, including a 15 year old child, in NH this week.
Last week a deranged leftist attempted to run over a group of Trump supporters with a car in FL.
What will it take for the MSM to finally call out leftwing violence? https://t.co/auabw5TKIW
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 13, 2020
This is the second time an unhinged Democrat physically attacked a Trump supporter this week. A similar incident occured in Tennessee.
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Chicago: Teenager Caleb Reed Who Rallied To Remove Police From Schools Is Tragically Shot To Death
Young activist Caleb Reed was shot in the head and killed last Friday afternoon in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood. He was part of the Defund the Police efforts.
CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
Caleb Reed, a 17-year-old student activist from Mather High School in Chicago, was found shot in the head on Friday.
The teen's death comes just weeks after he publicly called for the district to remove police from district schools.
What are the details?
Reed, described by the Chicago Sun-Times as a "student leader with a youth activist group," was discovered on a sidewalk of the West Rogers Park neighborhood in the city.
He had been shot in the head.
The teen, a leader with student group Voices of Youth in Chicago Education, was an advocate of removing police from Chicago schools.
No suspect have been named in Reed's death at the time of this reporting.
Just weeks ago, Reed spoke at a board of education meeting in support of removing police from the district. During the meeting, he recalled his own experience with officers in his school.
During the meeting, Reed said, "My sophomore year of high school I was arrested for attending a basketball game because I didn't have my ID. I sat in a police station for six hours. I knew it wasn't right at all, but inside I was angry, confused. More
It truly is tragic. My prayers go out to his family. May God be merciful to him. 🙏🏻
— Christine Sarracino (@ChrisMSarracino) August 3, 2020
Well, they wanted Justice! But without the police, all you have left is street justice. Hurry up and get the community organizers and the city council on the case. I'm sure they have all the answers!
Maybe a police officer could have saved him.
— Wayne Schultz (@wayneschultz75) August 3, 2020
Because it is tragic. What he quite figuratively (almost literally) digging his own grave by advocating to be less safe?
But, if anything, that makes the death more tragic, not less.
— Michael (@mcaark) August 3, 2020
Bloody July: Portland Recorded More Homicides In July Than Any Month For Last 30 Years
Wonder why?
Portland police have recorded the highest number of death investigations in a single month in more than 30 years.
July shootings have more than doubled compared to last year, according to the report. The Portland police's Gun Violence Reduction Team is one of several police units that was dismissed by the City Council's budget cuts.
Portland police record highest number of death investigations in single month in more than three decades https://t.co/8Ir9oOFIEz pic.twitter.com/BnOjrv03BC
— Alicia F. Luke (@AliciaFixLuke) August 3, 2020
Portland recorded a higher number of homicides in July than they had during any other one-month period over the last 30 years, The Oregonian reported.
The surge in crime comes after the Portland City Council voted to cut over $15 million from the police budget.
The homicide numbers come as the city also deals with a spike in assaults, burglaries, vandalism, and shootings, according to the report. 15 people have been killed in Portland in July so far, bringing the total number of killings this year to 24. Compared to past years, person-to-person and property crimes have fallen, police data shows, according to The Oregonian. More
@repblumenauer PDX MURDER CITY="Portland Recorded More (15)Homicides In July Than Any Month Over Last 30 Years. The surge in crime comes after the Portland City Council voted to cut over $15 million from the police budget ..a spike in assaults/burglaries/vandalism & shootings." pic.twitter.com/Nlmg1w1MKb
— John Day (@day1038) August 3, 2020
This is what happens when you elect Chicken Littles to positions of responsibility. It is all about creating panic and no one clucks better than these cucks. Isn't Marxism great? Cut the police budget, get a surge in crime. Who couldn't have seen that one coming?
"Peaceful protests".
I mean they only had 30 homicides, that is plenty peaceful, and it was over a month.
— Marmilin Voncarstein (@marmilin) August 3, 2020
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— toasty💜 (@Toastmmaster) August 3, 2020
Keep digging..you'll get there.
— /\2MileHigh/\ (@fordsfab5) August 3, 2020
When the city and county or state government cannot or will not establish law and order than who do you think has to? Take your time.
— Charles Hatcher (@hatcher_charles) August 2, 2020
Minneapolis Police Advise: Give Up Your Property To Criminals And Obey Them
Minneapolis City Government's 'robbery prevention tips' include giving up your wallet and obeying criminals.
Police are encouraging residents to surrender to criminals as part of their "robbery prevention tips" willingly turn over your valuables, and no matter what, don't resist.
Minneapolis City Government tells residents to be ready to give up their phones and wallets and to always cooperate with criminals: pic.twitter.com/qQhw4YLRSY
— Kyle Hooten (@KyleHooten2) August 1, 2020
Here's the not cropped, unmarked version of that message pic.twitter.com/Dpf1nqRknc
— Kyle Hooten (@KyleHooten2) August 1, 2020
Be prepared to give up your cell phone and purse/wallet," one tip read.
Another tip read: "Do not argue or fight with the criminal. Do as they say. Your safety is most important!"
Here are all the robbery prevention tips offered, according to KSTP:
• Do not walk alone
• Be hyper-aware of your surroundings at all times – pay attention!
• Carry only items you need, and carry less cash
• Be prepared to give up your cell phone and purse/wallet
• Have keys already in your hand as you approach your car
• Despite all our efforts, robberies may still occur! Do not argue or fight with the criminal. Do as they say. Your safety is most important!
• Be a good witness. When you call 911, be prepared to answer many questions. (How many suspects? Age, height, complexion, hair and eye color? Scars or tattoos? Weapon- what did it look like? What direction did they leave in? Vehicle description?)
Wait until you see their "rape prevention tips."
They forgot the last step. "Prepare to be raped and or murdered."
— ❌ JD DIZZO ❌ (@jd_dizzo) August 2, 2020
Anyone feel like hanging out in Minneapolis? I know I don't. 🤨🤔
— 🇺🇸Patriot26🇺🇸 (@gary_allen7) August 2, 2020
They left out the part about shooting the perpetrator in the face when he demands your wallet.
— Vigilant (@alsatian49er) August 2, 2020
Utter insanity! Police giving in to criminals and expecting citizens to do so as well.
— C. L. Iverson (@CLIverson6) August 2, 2020
That doesn't help your case, you see you still told people to just give up all the money they have in their wallet & their super expensive cell phones. With how things are these days that might be all they have left.
Better advice, carry a gun, if they try to rob you shoot them!
— 🌺Ethel Cross🌺 (@_Ethel_Cross_) August 2, 2020
To protect with courage?!?!? What?!?!? They're telling people to be good little victims! How about saturation patrols to decrease crime!
— Thomas T. Fluffykins (@FluffykinsT) August 2, 2020
'Robbery Prevention Tip:
Be prepared to give up you cell phone, purse/wallet"
Somebody has to do it, might as well get it over with.
"Prevention:" pic.twitter.com/yselcVP99Y
— Gary Frank (@swizze_gfrank) August 2, 2020
FBI Knew That Bill Clinton Had Been Repeat Visitor Of Epstein's Pedophile Island
Documents show that the FBI has known for years that Bill Clinton was a repeat visitor to Jeffry Epstein's "pedophile island."
Newly released FBI documents prove that the Bureau has known for years that Bill Clinton was a repeat visitor to Jeffry Epstein's "pedophile island."
The documents were released late on Thursday and includes records of a 2011 meeting between Virginia Giuffre and her lawyers where she talked about the powerful people surrounding Epstein who she said visited Epstein's island or flew on his planes.
One of the people mentioned as a visitor to the island was former President Bill Clinton.
Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys tried to halt the release of the documents.
"The newly released documents include a conversation that accuser Giuffre had with her lawyers nearly 10 years ago as part of her civil case against Maxwell in 2015," Fox News reported.
Emails between Epstein and Maxwell:
Epstein instructs Maxwell on how to deny allegations.
Epstein tells Maxwell:
She had "done nothing wrong."
"Go to parties. Deal with it." pic.twitter.com/vnAK2Y56ze
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) July 31, 2020
Per Fox:
At one point in the conversation, the subject turned to Epstein's powerful friends. Jack Scarola, one of Giuffre's lawyers, asked her if she had any recollection of Epstein telling her that Bill Clinton owed him "favors."
"Yes I do," she responded, according to the documents. "It was a laugh, though. He would laugh it off. You know, I remember asking Jeffrey [a] 'What's Bill Clinton doing here?' kind of thing, and he laughed it off and said, 'Well, he owes me a favor.' He never told me what favors they were. I never knew. I didn't know if he was serious. It was just a joke."
The lawyer asked her to clarify what she was referring to when she mentioned Clinton, and she said the former president was on the island. She said Maxwell was also there, as well as a person named "Emmy" and two young girls.
"And were all of you staying at Jeffrey's house on the island, including Bill Clinton?" Scarola asked.
"That's correct," she responded. "He had about four or five different villas on his island separate from the main house, and we stayed in the villas."
Giuffre added that orgies were a common occurrence on the island.
Clinton has refused to comment on the reports.
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Tennessee Democrat Used Federal Cash to Pay for Lavish Wedding, Gifts, Expenses
A Tennessee Democrat was charged with stealing $600,000 in federal funds and using it to pay for a lavish lifestyle.
A Tennessee Democrat was charged this week with stealing $600,000 in federal funds and using it to pay for her expensive wedding and lavish lifestyle, prosecutors say.
State Sen. Katrina Robinson, who was elected to represent the Memphis area, is accused of embezzling the federal funding that was granted to The Healthcare Institute — a company she directed.
Prosecutors said that Robinson used the money to pay for her wedding and her honeymoon, and also for legal fees for a divorce.
She is also accused of using the money to buy a multitude of gifts for her family, such as the 2016 Jeep Renegade that she gave her daughter. She also bought a $500 Louis Vuitton handbag, and gave money to her children to float a business venture.
The sen. was charged with theft, embezzlement and wire fraud.
Despite all the charges, Robinson has refused to resign her office.
On Thursday she insisted she would continue serving "with the same integrity, the same passion that I've demonstrated since you've elected me to this office."
"It is believed that if I were not in the position that I'm in, that if I did not champion the voices, the views and the faces that I represent, that I would not be in this moment right now," Robinson exclaimed.
Tennessee's Senate Democratic Caucus sided with Robinson saying that she "deserves the presumption of innocence and due process."
Now, get a load of this bald-faced lie she told during a press conference… why was she charged? Cuz yo raaaaacism!
"It is believed," this crook said to the press, "that if I were not in the position I am in, that if I did not champion the voices, the views and the faces that I represent, that I would not be in this moment right now with you today.
See. It's raaaaaacism!
At least she didn't throw Trump in there. You know she wanted to.
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Rep. Jordan Issues Blistering Video Proving the 'Protests' are Riots at AG Barr Hearing
During Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Jim Jordan played a video that proved how the Democrats are lying.
During Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General William Barr, Rep. Jim Jordan played a video that proved how the Democrats are lying about the "peaceful protests" going on around the country.
The leftists on the committee raked AG Barr over the coals hinting that he is a racist, a fascist, and any other manner of names. And throughout the hearing, the Democrat members lied and called the riots going on in nearly every major U.S. big city nothing but "peaceful protests."
But when it was time for Rep. Jim Jordon (R, OH) to speak, he played a video that proved what liars his Democrat colleagues are.
Rep. Jordan began his time by laying out all of the evidence that proves the Obama administration spied on the Republicans and President Trump during and after the 2016 election.
Jordan then played the video prove that the Democrat's "peaceful protests" are anything but.
The video goes on to expose what Democrats and the media don't want the American people to see — the horrific violence on streets across the nation being perpetrated by their domestic terrorist allies.
Jordon continued to fight against the lies of the left throughout the day:
Democrats don't want Attorney General Barr to speak.
Democrats don't want Republican members of the Judiciary Committee to speak.
Democrats don't want President Trump to speak.
They'll come for you next. pic.twitter.com/IqASrFgI8I
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) July 29, 2020
Amusingly, after he called everyone a Nazi and racist, Nadler had the gal to say it was Jordan who was "rude."
The exchange was telling (Per the New York Post:
"For months you've tried to get the attorney general to come. He's here. Why don't you let him speak?" Jordan protested. "Why don't you let him answer the questions, time after time? If you want the attorney general to come at least let him answer the questions and the accusations made against him."
Nadler fired back: "The gentleman's rudeness is not recognized!"
"Rudeness? The rudeness is on the other side" Jordan said. "You refuse to let the attorney general of the United States answer the questions posed to him."
Jordan is 100 percent right.
It's good to see a Republican fight for a change.
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Crime Explodes in Most Major U.S. Cities as Black Lives Matter Rioters Grow
Crime is up in nearly every major U.S. city as Black Lives Matter terrorists roam freely.
Crime is up in nearly every major U.S. city as Black Lives Matter terrorists roam freely.
New York Times reporter Alex Berenson recently tweeted that murder rates are far, far worse than the rate of deaths by the coronavirus.
"True story," Berenson tweeted on July 27, "if current trends hold, the number of people under 35 murdered in the US this year will RISE by more than the TOTAL number of people under 35 who die of COVID-19.
True story: if current trends hold, the number of people under 35 murdered in the US this year will RISE by more than the TOTAL number of people under 35 who die of #Covid.
Lockdowns kill.
— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) July 27, 2020
In another tweet, Berenson noted that murder rates haven't been this bad since the 1960s.
"It's not just a few cities: homicides are up 10-50% year-over-year in practically every big city – Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Boston, Houston, St. Louis, Miami – everywhere," he wrote.
It's not just a few cities: homicides are up 10-50% year-over-year in practically every big city – Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Boston, Houston, St. Louis, Miami – everywhere.
Forget the crack epidemic. Murder rates haven't gone this bad this fast since the late 1960s. pic.twitter.com/7h9cbZ6dC8
— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) July 27, 2020
Berenson also slammed his own employer for pushing a story about crime without including the growing number of homicides across the country.
"How can the Times write a piece that purports to discuss policing and violence and NOT HAVE ANY STATISTICS ABOUT THE EXPLOSION IN HOMICIDES MANY CITIES ARE SEEING? The George Floyd protests may have waned, but the reality is that the streets are markedly less safe… And to ignore that fact is to deprive readers of crucial context here; it also makes parsing what the mayors are saying (we want some kinds of federal help, but not others) hard to understand. When ideology rules journalism, it fails on every level."
And to ignore that fact is to deprive readers of crucial context here; it also makes parsing what the mayors are saying (we want some kinds of federal help, but not others) hard to understand. When ideology rules journalism, it fails on every level.
— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) July 27, 2020
We know the answer to that.
The New York Times knows that if they report that crimes and murders are exploding across the nation, that will only tend to make Black Lives Matter and their fascist defund the police campaign look bad.
And the Times can't have that.
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Hey, let me introduce you some of the libraries & tools I've been using in many PHP projects running in production.
I'm used to build my own framework by picking up libs in the below list each time I start a new PHP project. But to be honest, I must admit that I still use a micro-framework for basic HTTP stuff: Slim.
📝 I use no ORM and I mainly build backend apps with Web APIs.
1. Slim Framework
🙋 Purpose: Micro-Framework intended to build Web APIs
🌠 GitHub stars: 9,475
🔗 URL: slimphp/slim
2. Slim Framework CSRF protection middleware
Slim Framework CSRF Protection
This repository contains a Slim Framework CSRF protection PSR-15 middleware. CSRF protection applies to all unsafe HTTP requests (POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH).
You can fetch the latest CSRF token's name and value from the Request object with its
getAttribute() method. By default, the CSRF token's name is stored in the
csrf_name attribute, and the CSRF token's value is stored in the
csrf_value attribute.
Via Composer
$ composer require slim/csrf
Requires Slim 4.0.0 or newer.
In most cases you want to register Slim\Csrf for all routes, however, as it is middleware, you can also register it for a subset of routes.
Register for all routes
use DI\Container
use Slim\Csrf\Guard
use Slim\Factory\AppFactory
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php'
// Start PHP session
// Create Container
$container = new Container();
🙋 Purpose: Protect your GUI pages with a CSRF token
🌠 GitHub stars: 201
🔗 URL: slimphp/csrf
3. Slim Framework Flash Messages
slimphp / Slim-Flash
Slim Framework flash messages service provider
Slim Framework Flash Messages
This repository contains a Slim Framework Flash messages service provider. This enables you to define transient messages that persist only from the current request to the next request.
Via Composer
$ composer require slim/flash
Requires Slim 3.0.0 or newer.
// Start PHP session
$app = new \Slim\App()
// Fetch DI Container
$container = $app->getContainer()
// Register provider
$container['flash'] = function () {
return new \Slim\Flash\Messages()
$app->get('/foo', function ($req, $res, $args) {
// Set flash message for next request
$this->flash->addMessage('Test', 'This is a message');
// Redirect
return $res->withStatus(302)->withHeader('Location', '/bar');…
🙋 Purpose: This enables you to define transient messages that persist only from the current request to the next request
🌠 GitHub stars: 104
🔗 URL: slimphp/flash
4. Twig
🙋 Purpose: A very popular template engine that integrates well with Slim (slimphp/twig-view)
🌠 GitHub stars: 5,705
🔗 URL: twigphp/twig
5. Monolog
Monolog - Logging for PHP
Monolog sends your logs to files, sockets, inboxes, databases and various web services. See the complete list of handlers below. Special handlers allow you to build advanced logging strategies.
This library implements the PSR-3 interface that you can type-hint against in your own libraries to keep a maximum of interoperability. You can also use it in your applications to make sure you can always use another compatible logger at a later time As of 1.11.0 Monolog public APIs will also accept PSR-3 log levels Internally Monolog still uses its own level scheme since it predates PSR-3.
Install the latest version with
$ composer require monolog/monolog
Basic Usage
use Monolog\Logger
use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler;
// create a log channel
$log = new Logger('name');
$log->pushHandler(new StreamHandler('path/to/your.log', Logger…
🙋 Purpose: Sends your logs to files, sockets, inboxes, databases and various web services
🌠 GitHub stars: 13,388
🔗 URL: seldaek/monolog
6. Zend ACL permissions
Repository abandoned 2019-12-31
This repository has moved to laminas/laminas-permissions-acl.
Provides a lightweight and flexible access control list (ACL) implementation for privileges management.
- File issues at https://github.com/zendframework/zend-permissions-acl/issues
- Documentation is at https://docs.zendframework.com/zend-permissions-acl/
🙋 Purpose: Provides a lightweight and flexible access control list (ACL) implementation for privileges management
🌠 GitHub stars: 55
🔗 URL: zendframework/zend-permissions-acl
7. Guzzle
Guzzle, PHP HTTP client
Guzzle is a PHP HTTP client that makes it easy to send HTTP requests and trivial to integrate with web services.
- Simple interface for building query strings, POST requests, streaming large uploads, streaming large downloads, using HTTP cookies, uploading JSON data etc...
- Can send both synchronous and asynchronous requests using the same interface.
- Uses PSR-7 interfaces for requests, responses, and streams. This allows you to utilize other PSR-7 compatible libraries with Guzzle.
- Supports PSR-18 allowing interoperability between other PSR-18 HTTP Clients.
- Abstracts away the underlying HTTP transport, allowing you to write environment and transport agnostic code; i.e., no hard dependency on cURL PHP streams, sockets, or non-blocking event loops.
- Middleware system allows you to augment and compose client behavior.
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client()
$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.github.com/repos/guzzle/guzzle')
echo $response->getStatusCode(); …
🙋 Purpose: Guzzle is a PHP HTTP client that makes it easy to send HTTP requests and trivial to integrate with web services
🌠 GitHub stars: 15,355
🔗 URL: guzzlehttp/guzzle
🙋 Purpose: PHP extension to build and execute secured SQL prepared statements
9. Zend XML-RPC
zendframework / zend-xmlrpc
XmlRpc component from Zend Framework
Repository abandoned 2019-12-31
This repository has moved to laminas/laminas-xmlrpc.
From its home page, XML-RPC is described as a "...remote procedure calling using HTTP as the transport and XML as the encoding. XML-RPC is designed to be as simple as possible, while allowing complex data structures to be transmitted, processed and returned."
Zend\XmlRpc provides support for both consuming remote XML-RPC services and
building new XML-RPC servers.
- File issues at https://github.com/zendframework/zend-xmlrpc/issues
- Documentation is at https://docs.zendframework.com/zend-xmlrpc/
🙋 Purpose: Provides support for both consuming remote XML-RPC services and building new XML-RPC servers
🌠 GitHub stars: 14
🔗 URL: zendframework/zend-xmlrpc
10. PHPMailer
PHPMailer - A full-featured email creation and transfer class for PHP
Class Features
- Probably the world's most popular code for sending email from PHP!
- Used by many open-source projects: WordPress, Drupal, 1CRM, SugarCRM, Yii, Joomla! and many more
- Integrated SMTP support - send without a local mail server
- Send emails with multiple To, CC, BCC and Reply-to addresses
- Multipart/alternative emails for mail clients that do not read HTML email
- Add attachments, including inline
- Support for UTF-8 content and 8bit, base64, binary, and quoted-printable encodings
- SMTP authentication with LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5, and XOAUTH2 mechanisms over SSL and SMTP+STARTTLS transports
- Validates email addresses automatically
- Protect against header injection attacks
- Error messages in over 50 languages!
- DKIM and S/MIME signing support
- Compatible with PHP 5.5 and later
- Namespaced to prevent name clashes
- Much more!
Why you might need it
Many PHP developers need to send email from their code. The only…
🙋 Purpose: A full-featured email creation and transfer class for PHP
🌠 GitHub stars: 12,422
🔗 URL: phpmailer/phpmailer
11. Firebase / PHP-JWT
A simple library to encode and decode JSON Web Tokens (JWT) in PHP, conforming to RFC 7519.
Use composer to manage your dependencies and download PHP-JWT:
composer require firebase/php-jwt
use \Firebase\JWT\JWT
$key = "example_key"
$payload = array(
"iss" => "http://example.org"
"aud" => "http://example.com"
"iat" => 1356999524,
"nbf" => 1357000000
* You must specify supported algorithms for your application. See
* https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-jose-json-web-algorithms-40
* for a list of spec-compliant algorithms.
$jwt = JWT::encode($payload, $key);
$decoded = JWT::decode($jwt, $key, array('HS256'));
NOTE: This will now be an object instead of an associative array. To get
an associative array, you will need to cast it…
🙋 Purpose: A simple library to encode and decode JSON Web Tokens (JWT) in PHP, conforming to RFC 7519
🌠 GitHub stars: 4,574
🔗 URL: firebase/php-jwt
12. Hassankhan / Config
hassankhan / config
Config is a lightweight configuration file loader that supports PHP, INI, XML, JSON, and YAML files
Config is a file configuration loader that supports PHP, INI, XML, JSON and YML files and strings.
Config requires PHP 5.5.9+.
IMPORTANT: If you want to use YAML files or strings, require the Symfony Yaml component in your
The supported way of installing Config is via Composer.
$ composer require hassankhan/config
Config is designed to be very simple and straightforward to use. All you can do with it is load, get, and set.
Loading files
Config object can be created via the factory method
load(), or
by direct instantiation:
use Noodlehaus\Config
use Noodlehaus\Parser\Json
// Load a single file
$conf = Config::load('config.json')
$conf = new Config('config.json');
// Load values from multiple files
$conf = new Config(['config.json', 'config.xml']);
// Load all…
🙋 Purpose: Config is a lightweight configuration file loader that supports PHP, INI, XML, JSON, and YAML files
🌠 GitHub stars: 749
🔗 URL: hassankhan/config
As a PHP craftsman, the tools below are mandatory in my toolkit. Most of them (except shellcheck) are installable through composer, which allows you to add them as dev dependencies to your project's
1. Composer
🙋 Purpose: Essential PHP dependency manager, and much more
🌠 GitHub stars: 18,049
🔗 URL: Composer
2. PHPUnit
🙋 Purpose: Awesome unit tests framework with mocking features
🌠 GitHub stars: 12,785
🔗 URL: PHPUnit
3. PHP Code Sniffer
squizlabs / PHP_CodeSniffer
PHP_CodeSniffer tokenizes PHP files and detects violations of a defined set of coding standards.
PHP_CodeSniffer is a set of two PHP scripts; the main
phpcs script that tokenizes PHP, JavaScript and CSS files to detect violations of a defined coding standard, and a second
phpcbf script to automatically correct coding standard violations. PHP_CodeSniffer is an essential development tool that ensures your code remains clean and consistent.
PHP_CodeSniffer requires PHP version 5.4.0 or greater, although individual sniffs may have additional requirements such as external applications and scripts. See the Configuration Options manual page for a list of these requirements.
If you're using PHP_CodeSniffer as part of a team, or you're running it on a CI server, you may want to configure your project's settings using a configuration file.
The easiest way to get started with PHP_CodeSniffer is to download the Phar files for each of the commands:
# Download using curl
curl -OL https://squizlabs.github.io/PHP_CodeSniffer/phpcs.phar
curl -OL https://squizlabs.github.io/PHP_CodeSniffer/phpcbf.phar
# Or download using
🙋 Purpose: Static analysis tool to detect & fix coding standard violations
🌠 GitHub stars: 5,915
🔗 URL: squizlabs/php_codesniffer
4. PHP Mess Detector aka phpmd
🙋 Purpose: Static analysis tool to detect code smells, bad design, bugs, unused parameters, etc.
🌠 GitHub stars: 1,315
🔗 URL: phpmd/phpmd
5. PHP Coding Standard Fixer aka php-cs-fixer
🙋 Purpose: Automatically fixes coding standard violations
🌠 GitHub stars: 7,036
🔗 URL: friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer
6. SensioLabs Security Checker
🙋 Purpose: The SensioLabs Security Checker is a command line tool that checks if your application uses dependencies with known security vulnerabilities
🌠 GitHub stars: 1,397
🔗 URL: sensiolabs/security-checker
7. XML Linter
Sclable XML Lint
A php tool to lint and validate xml files from the commandline.
XML Lint checks the syntax of any xml files and validates the file against the XSD schema defined in the file.
Installation with Composer
If you'd like to include this library in your project with composer, simply run:
composer require "sclable/xml-lint"
Command Line Usage
To lint a single xml file:
vendor/bin/xmllint path/to/file.xml
To lint a directory and all its subdirectories:
vendor/bin/xmllint path/to/dir
xmllint has built in cli help screen:
vendor/bin/xmllint --help
-vbe verbose, display the filename of the current file to lint
-r 0don't search recursive (if the argument is a directory)
-e nameexclude files or directories containing 'name'
-sskip the xsd validation
For the changelog see the CHANGELOG file
For the license and copyright see the LICENSE file
🙋 Purpose: A PHP tool to lint and validate XML files from the command line
🌠 GitHub stars: 6
🔗 URL: sclable/xml-lint
8. YAML Linter
A compact command line utility for checking YAML file syntax. Uses the parsing facility of the Symfony Yaml Component.
usage: yaml-lint [options] [input source]
input source Path to file, or "-" to read from standard input
-q, --quiet Restrict output to syntax errors
-h, --help Display this help
-V, --version Display application version
Install as a project component with Composer (executable from the project's
vendor/bin directory):
composer require j13k/yaml-lint
Typically a binary edition (
yaml-lint.phar) is also available for download
with each release. This embeds
the latest stable version of the Symfony Yaml component that is current at
the time of the release.
Change log
Please see CHANGELOG for information on what has changed recently.…
🙋 Purpose: Compact command line utility for checking YAML file syntax
🌠 GitHub stars: 3
🔗 URL: j13k/yaml-lint
9. Dockerfile Linter
A rule based 'linter' for Dockerfiles. The linter rules can be used to check file syntax as well as arbitrary semantic and best practice attributes determined by the rule file writer The linter can also be used to check LABEL rules against docker images.
Table of Contents
- Quickstart
- Extending and Customizing: Rule Files
- Library Usage
- Credits
- License
- Change to directory where you have a Dockerfile
- run
Atomic CLI
atomic run projectatomic/dockerfile-lint atomic run projectatomic/dockerfile-lint image <imageid>
Docker CLI
docker run -it --rm -v $PWD:/root/ \ projectatomic/dockerfile-lint \ dockerfile_lint [-f Dockerfile] docker run -it --rm -v $PWD:/root/ \ -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \ projectatomic/dockerfile-lint \ dockerfile_lint image <imageid>
By default, the linter runs in strict mode (errors and/or warnings result in non-zero return code). Run the command with
-p or
--permissive to…
🙋 Purpose: Rule based Dockerfile linter
🌠 GitHub stars: 259
🔗 URL: projectatomic/dockerfile_lint
10. Shellcheck
koalaman / shellcheck
ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts
ShellCheck - A shell script static analysis tool
ShellCheck is a GPLv3 tool that gives warnings and suggestions for bash/sh shell scripts:
The goals of ShellCheck are
To point out and clarify typical beginner's syntax issues that cause a shell to give cryptic error messages.
To point out and clarify typical intermediate level semantic problems that cause a shell to behave strangely and counter-intuitively.
To point out subtle caveats, corner cases and pitfalls that may cause an advanced user's otherwise working script to fail under future circumstances.
See the gallery of bad code for examples of what ShellCheck can help you identify!
Table of Contents
🙋 Purpose: A static analysis tool for shell scripts
🌠 GitHub stars: 13,440
🔗 URL: koalaman/shellcheck
11. Swagger CLI
🙋 Purpose: Validate Swagger/OpenAPI files in JSON or YAML format
🌠 GitHub stars: 125
🔗 URL: APIDevTools/swagger-cli
All these tools can be run automatically:
- in your IDE
- in a git hook
- in your CI/CD pipeline
If you want to go further, please have a look at one of my former articles:
🚥 How to Automate Code Quality Checks in your Workflow? ⚙
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Good libraries/tools/complements to work in a PHP project !
You said this
I use no ORM and I mainly build backend apps with Web APIs.
Could you explain me how you manage in an API a dynamic filter with a resource that have relation with othe(s) table(s) ?
I would like to recommend this tools too:
thephpleague / fractal
Output complex, flexible, AJAX/RESTful data structures.
Fractal provides a presentation and transformation layer for complex data output, the like found in RESTful APIs, and works really well with JSON. Think of this as a view layer for your JSON/YAML/etc.
When building an API it is common for people to just grab stuff from the database and pass it
json_encode(). This might be passable for "trivial" APIs but if they are in use by the public
or used by mobile applications then this will quickly lead to inconsistent output.
- Create a protective shield between source data and output, so schema changes do not affect users
- Systematic type-casting of data, to avoid
foreach()ing through and
(bool)ing everything
- Include (a.k.a embedding, nesting or side-loading) relationships for complex data structures
- Work with standards like HAL and JSON-API but also allow custom serialization
- Support the pagination of data results, for small and large data sets…
thephpleague / flysystem
Abstraction for local and remote filesystems
Flysystem is a filesystem abstraction which allows you to easily swap out a local filesystem for a remote one.
- Have a generic API for handling common tasks across multiple file storage engines.
- Have consistent output which you can rely on.
- Integrate well with other packages/frameworks.
- Be cacheable.
- Emulate directories in systems that don't support them, like AwsS3.
- Support third party plugins.
- Make it easy to test your filesystem interactions.
- Support streams for big file handling.
composer require league/flysystem
Community Integrations
Want to get started quickly? Check out some of these integrations:
- Backup manager: github.com/heybigname/backup-manager
- CakePHP integration: github.com/WyriHaximus/FlyPie
- Cilex integration: github.com/WyriHaximus/cli-fly
- Drupal: drupal.org/project/flysystem
- elFinder: github.com/barryvdh/elfinder-flysy...
- Laravel integration: github.com/GrahamCampbell/Laravel-...
- Nette integration: github.com/contributte/flysystem
- Silex integration: github.com/WyriHaximus/SliFly
- Symfony integration: github.com/1up-lab/OneupFlysystemB...
- Yii 2 integration: github.com/creocoder/yii2-flysystem
- Zend Framework integration: github.com/bushbaby/BsbFlysystem
- PSR-11 containers: github.com/wshafer/psr11-flysystem
- Ftp
- Local
- NullAdapter
Officially Supported
- Amazon Web Services - S3 V2: github.com/thephpleague/flysystem-...
- Amazon…
violet-php / streaming-json-encoder
PHP library for iteratively encoding large JSON documents piece by piece
Streaming JSON Encoder
Streaming JSON Encoder is a PHP library that provides a set of classes to help
with encoding JSON in a streaming manner, i.e. allowing you to encode the JSON
document bit by bit rather than encoding the whole document at once. Compared to
the built in
json_encode function, there are two main advantages:
- You will not need to load the entire data set into memory, as the encoder supports iterating over both arrays and any kind of iterators, like generators, for example.
- You will not need to load the entire resulting JSON document into the memory, since the JSON document will be encoded value by value and it's possible to output the encoded document piece by piece.
In other words, the Streaming JSON Encoder can provide the greatest benefit when you need to handle large data sets that may otherwise take up too much memory to process.
Iteration primitives using generators
This library implements iteration primitives like
map() and
using generators. To a large part this serves as a repository for small
examples of generator usage, but of course the functions are also practically
quite useful.
All functions in this library accept arbitrary iterables, i.e. arrays
traversables, iterators and aggregates, which makes it quite different from
functions like
array_map() (which only accept arrays) and the SPL iterators
(which usually only accept iterators, not even aggregates). The operations are
of course lazy.
To install with composer:
composer require nikic/iter
A small usage example for the
map() and
range() functions:
use iter\fn;
require 'path/to/vendor/autoload.php';
$nums = iter\range(1, 10);
$numsTimesTen = iter\map(fn\operator('*', 10), $nums);
// => iter(10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100)
You can find…
thecodingmachine / safe
All PHP functions, rewritten to throw exceptions instead of returning false
Safe PHP
Work in progress
A set of core PHP functions rewritten to throw exceptions instead of returning
false when an error is encountered.
The problem
Most PHP core functions were written before exception handling was added to the language. Therefore, most PHP functions
do not throw exceptions. Instead, they return
false in case of error.
But most of us are too lazy to check explicitly for every single return of every core PHP function.
// This code is incorrect. Twice.
// "file_get_contents" can return false if the file does not exists
// "json_decode" can return false if the file content is not valid JSON
$content = file_get_contents('foobar.json');
$foobar = json_decode($content);
The correct version of this code would be:
$content = file_get_contents('foobar.json');
if ($content === false) {
throw new FileLoadingException('Could not load…
EasyDB - Simple Database Abstraction Layer
PDO lacks brevity and simplicity; EasyDB makes separating data from instructions easy (and aesthetically pleasing).
EasyDB was created by Paragon Initiative Enterprises as part of our effort to encourage better application security practices.
Check out our other open source projects too.
If you're looking for a full-fledged query builder, check out Latitude and Aura.SqlQuery which can be used with EasyDB.
If you'd like to use EasyDB but cache prepared statements in memory for multiple queries (i.e. to reduce database round-trips), check out our EasyDB-Cache wrapper class.
Installing EasyDB
First, get Composer, if you don't already use it.
Next, run the following command:
/path/to/your/local/composer.phar require paragonie/easydb:^2
If you've installed Composer in
/usr/bin, you can replace
/path/to/your/local/composer.phar with just
Why Use EasyDB? Because it's cleaner!
Let's refactor a dangerous PHP snippet that previously used string concatenation to pass user input instead…
I didn't know these libs and it sounds great.
I know that thephpleague do a great job for PHP.
Regarding the ORM, I don't use it and I prefer building the SQL queries by myself. I use a mapper layer for that which is responsible for the DTO stuff. When several tables are required, I just use a JOIN statement.
It's not ideal but even with ORM, I don't see any clean way to do that.
The problem is with REST. I have to give a chance to GraphQL 😉
Great list Boris! While I knew many of these it is good to see some I was not aware of. Would you have time to checkout a little library I put together?
davidjeddy / normie
Wrapper library that provides normalized function interfaces for the PHP standard library.
- David J Eddy firstname.lastname@example.com
Normie (short for Normalizer) attempts to make using the PHP Standard Library (SPL) function calls more consistent by implementing a norm_{function name}() wrapper function declarations. This library DOES NOT over ride the SPL functions in any way.
Function parameter order examples.
Arrays fn()
Normie array functions follow the 'array source X, operator Y (callback,key, needle, etc), other parameters are Z' mentality. The complete list of array functions are viewable here.
SPL: array array_map ( callable $callback, array $arr1, array $_ = null) { }
Normie: array norm_array_map( array $array, callable $callback, array $userdata = null): array
Strings fn()
Normie string functions follow the 'Search X string or Y target, replace with Z string' mentality. The complete list of string functions are viewable here.
SPL: array explode ( string $delimiter , string $string [, int $limit = PHP_INT_MAX ] )
Hi David,
I don't use the SPL that much and honestly, its lack of consistency doesn't bother me.
I hope PHP8 will move this in the right way.
Anyway, you made a great job for the community by providing this library.
Good list. I use Slim in one project but what is the strategy you follow with a medium app? any link to explain controllers in Slim maybe
I'm used to build small to medium apps with something like 50kLoC.
I have no specific strategy so I usually end up with big routes files.
As you may know, Slim routes take a closure to handle the request and give the response:
$app = new \Slim\App();
$app->any('/books/[{id}]', function ($request, $response, $args) {
// do the stuff here
Instead of having a big routes file, we have the possibility to define a controller class and to pass it to the \Slim\App:
$app = new \Slim\App();
$app->any('/books', BookController::class);
I never tried that but it's well described in the official doc.
You could install a DI container and do something like this
$app->get('/books', 'BookController@getBooks');
I'am in the same way. I use group + multiple files for organize a litte the mess. :)


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The joys of freelancing ... #4 Sport
I'm a big sports fan and, despite England's ignominious exit from the World Cup at the weekend, I'm still loving all the summer sport. I always work with the radio on anyway -- if I try to work in silence, my mind just seems to wander -- so keeping up with the football and the tennis doesn't seem to have a negative effect on my work rate. I generally follow online, listening to the commentary as I work and flicking to the video when the commentator's voice goes up a notch!
What's more, a recent patch of overwork has caused my RSI to flare up, so I'm trying to be strict about limiting my hours. Thus, a mid-afternoon break on the terrace with the TV set up just inside the doors is perfect for keeping me away from my desk for an hour or so. The heat's great for easing my aches and pains -- the tan's not coming along too badly either!
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LOS ANGELES (AP) Don M. Mankiewicz, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter from a legendary Hollywood family who created the television shows "Marcus Welby, M.D." and "Ironside," has died in California. He was 93.
Mankiewicz died Saturday of congestive heart failure at his home near Los Angeles, his son John told the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1GpfUpH) .
The son of Herman J. Mankiewicz, co-writer of "Citizen Kane," Don Mankiewicz grew up in Beverly Hills, where his parents" dinner guests included the Marx Brothers and Greta Garbo. His uncle was Joseph Mankiewicz, director of "All About Eve" and other classic films.
After graduating from Columbia University in 1942 and serving in Army intelligence, Don Mankiewicz became a staff writer for the New Yorker, contributed to other magazines and started working in TV.
Early in his TV career, he wrote scripts for the drama series "Playhouse 90." He was assigned to adapt F. Scott Fitzgerald"s "The Last Tycoon" at least in part because he came of age during its old Hollywood setting, the Times said.
"I was probably the only writer around who had actually seen Fitzgerald in person," he told TV historian Stephen Bowie in a 2007 oral history. "He hung around with my father a little bit."
In 1954, Mankiewicz published the novel "Trial" that was made into a film starring Glenn Ford and Dorothy McGuire.
Mankiewicz earned an Academy Award nomination for his 1958 screenplay adaptation of "I Want to Live!" about a prostitute falsely accused of murder. It was loosely based on the true story of Barbara Graham, who was put to death in California"s gas chamber in 1955 and was known in headlines as "Bloody Babs."
At the same time, he became active in Democratic Party politics. In 1952, he lost a race for the New York state Assembly but stayed involved in local and state politics for years.
As a member of the Writers Guild of America, Mankiewicz helped gain union representation for quiz-show writers, the newspaper said.
In 1967, he wrote the pilot for the long-running TV series "Ironside," starring Raymond Burr as a paraplegic private investigator. Two years later, he did the pilot for "Marcus Welby, M.D." He contributed later episodes to both.
Mankiewicz"s survivors include Carol Mankiewicz, his wife of 43 years; daughters Jan Diaz and Sandy Perez from his first marriage; son John and daughter Jane from his second marriage; and four grandchildren, according to the Times.
Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/


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More Oz Than a Car Can Hold
Day Two: I'm off to Appleton, Wisconsin. Although the Oz Club pulled loads of material out of Fred Meyer's storage decades ago, he had wanted some publications on hand to send to his correspondents. His sister Nancy and her daughter Catherine still have boxes and shelves of Club publications in a storage unit. I've known for a couple years that they would like to see the Club take it and get it back into circulation. This trip was my chance.
I was a couple hours into catching up with Nancy and Catherine when they proposed we move to the library. Nancy's Oz collection, much of it what remains from Fred, was a delight to see.
There was original Bill Eubank art that I hope Sarah Crotzer can use in the Baum Bugle, and two fun pieces Nancy wanted me to have. One, an unsigned figurine of Ozma someone made Fred, and the other a fun tin globe to which the map of Oz had been applied. I was grateful and delighted, of course.
As Catherine is telling me there's a matching Glinda figurine at an antique mall booth she manages, and I'm taking pictures of Bill's art, Nancy slipped out and came back with one of Fred's treasures. I remembered it from an old show-and-tell session. Ruth Plumly Thompson had given him her monogrammed silver dinner bell, the inspiration of the one that Jinnicky carries in her Oz books. He kept ringing it, Fred had said, but the magic must only work in Oz because no one showed up with trays of treats. We shared the story reminiscing about Fred until Nancy said she wanted me to have it. I was speechless. I am still speechless. I will treasure it always.
Time was passing and I had yet to really load the publications they wanted me to take. Catherine also was selling me a dresser she'd made that featured a Denslow image of the Cowardly Lion. We put it in first, pulling the drawers out to stack on top.
At her storage unit we then filled the base of the dresser and every remaining nook and cranny around it. Bugles and Bugles and Bugles. Club publications we've since reformatted to be consistent with Reilly & Lee Oz books, so we no longer offer them in this format in our online store. An armload of Eric Shanower graphic novels. An armload of the Fricke/Scarfone/Stillman 50th anniversary MGM book. Bags with the miniature version of Musical Fantasies of L. Frank Baum. I'd open a small box and find enameled Oz flag pins. It was just a vast supply of materials the Club now can give away to promote membership at festivals, to use as prizes, or to give attendees at Club conventions.
I'd barely made a dent, but the car was full. I couldn't express my gratitude to them enough, and those of you reading it will just have to imagine what a delight it is to have the coffers filled with material we can use to promote the Club.
With Catherine's encouragement to drive back through Appleton the next day to see the Glinda figurine when the antique mall was open, I headed north to Wausaukee, anticipation mounting, on what would be the second half of my second day.
That stop, at the Land of Oz Museum, will be my next President's Corner blog entry.
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I started my teaching career in a small, red brick village school. It only had two classes and I taught in the room that was used for assemblies, PE, and also for eating lunches at midday. This meant that I was constantly having to move furniture and children out of the way. When the tables were getting prepared for lunch I had to evacuate the children to the cloakroom (where they kept their coats). In winter we were surrounded by wet clothes and boots, very squashed, and nowhere to sit except the floor. Not an ideal situation, and I was still expected to teach something. We did a lot of chanting of the multiplication tables and reciting of poetry during those times. I only stayed at that school for a year but it was quite an experience. I recently met someone who was an eight year old in my class at the time. She recognised me instantly and started quoting Wordsworth's 'Daffodils' to me. I'd obviously made a lasting impression on her.
I made this little quilt using scraps. Some of it is quilting material, but there are also some pieces of old shirts in there as well.
I hand quilted it in the ditch around the seams of each square and across the diagonals, and outlined the roofs, doors and windows. I hand stitched the binding to the back and finished it off with a machine embroidered label. It measures just 15 1/2" x 15 1/2" square. Each of the little house blocks is made up of 20 separate pieces, the chimney stacks being the tiniest pieces at 1" square (unfinished), and is the first time I have worked on such a miniscule scale.


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Messy can be defined differently as well. A very "clean" (absence of clutter) person thinks of messy as even one or two things out of place. Those of us who are quite "messy" may tolerate a reasonable amount of clutter most of the time, but we still have a line where we know we've crossed over into "messy" territory and need to clean it up.
How we define the situation in our homes depends much on our operating definitions of clean and messy. Harmony in marriage involves finding out your spouse's definition of clean and trying hard to achieve it most of the time. When we fail, we should extend each other much grace and remember "love covers over a multitude of sins" (1 Peter4:8).
To see some real life examples of differences in definitions, let's look at some pictures!
My friend, let's call her Jane, is impeccably neat and organized. She thinks her kitchen is messy.
Let's see another one:
So how we feel about the appearance of our home is largely determined by our definitions of clean and messy. I could walk into my friend's house, even on what she thinks is her messiest day, and still feel like it's immaculate compared to my home (and my definition of messy). I can think my house is clean, and my husband can come home and think it's messy (because of his definition). He doesn't care if the counters are "clean" if he can't easily set anything down on them. (If I clear it to scrub it, why doesn't it stay clear? Good question).


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Jet2 will start flying from East Midlands to Madeira on April 8th, 2014.
Later on this IATA Summer of 2014, Jet2 will start operations from Glasgow and Newcastle. Madeira Airport will be connected to five of Jet2 major bases: Manchester, Leeds, East Midlands, Glasgow and Manchester.
Flights from Glasgow start on May 26th, with one weekly frequency at Mondays. On the other hand, flights from Newcastle start on July the 4th, once a week, every Friday.Tickets are on sale at http://www.jet2.com.
These new operations from East Midlands, Glasgow and Newcastle represent more than 22 thousand seats from the UK market to Madeira and may reflect on the arrival of 9.600 additional tourists this Summer.
The UK is the second largest source market to Madeira, 441.328 passengers were registered in 2013, a market share of 18,6% on Madeira Airport. Flying toMadeira since 2010, Jet2 has a fleet of 50 aircrafts and serves over 50 destinations, from its home bases in the UK.
Jet2 flew over 42 thousand passengers to Madeira in 2013, from Manchester and Leeds.
"Jet2 traffic has been growing substantially at Madeira Airport, not only with the increase of number of seats but also launching new routes to regional airports in the UK. This combines with our strategy to consolidate an important market and stimulate demand from different market segments like youth and families.", said Duarte Ferreira, Madeira Airports Director.
Steve Heapy, Chief Executive of Jet2.com said: "We're delighted to be launching our first flights between Funchal and East Midlands today. Our low fares, industry leading baggage allowance and famous friendly service will be welcomed by our loyal customers at both ends of the route."
These operations result from a joint effort to promote Madeira in the UK, supported by Madeira Promotion Bureau and Madeira Airports.
Kátia Carvalho, Executive Director of Madeira Promotion Bureau explains: "The work that Madeira Promotion Bureau and Madeira Airports have been done in the past years has been producing positive results. Jet2's growth is a good example of an airline that has been growing steadily and has been increasing the market share of the UK."
To celebrate the arrival of the first flight, Madeira Airports will be hosting a welcome reception, offering flowers and Madeira Wine to the passengers.
Source: ANA Aeroportos de Portugal


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It's been three months since fans, media, and handicappers all created lofty Super Bowl betting expectations for their favorite college basketball teams. Syracuse and Kentucky are basically deadlocked atop the AP 25 rankings, yet the other eight positions in the top 10 are literally up for grabs. With week 13 getting underway last night, fans and price per head handicappers alike are beginning to project, which teams will play in the March Madness Tournament at the end of the month. Here is a look at the best NCAAB teams and the best bets for the week.
Kentucky enters its second consecutive week, as the top seed in the AP 25 rankings. With a record of 21 and one, Kentucky was able to shock the sportsbooks, as for the first time since November; the Wildcats covered the spread in both of their games. To put this in perspective, consider, that leading up to week 12, the Wildcats had a record of six – 14 – one against the spread. With its two wins covering the spread in week 12, we wonder if Kentucky is actually a good team, and wasn't just the beneficiary of a weak schedule to start the season. For the reason, that on paper the Wildcats have the scariest starting five in the nation, the fact that they covered spreads in back to back games, suggests that the Wildcats are beginning to get comfortable with one another.
Another team to keep your eyes on is the 10th ranked Murray State Racers. Currently sitting at an overall record of 21 wins and no defeats, the Racers are having a difficult time showing bookie software agents, that they deserve a higher ranking, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, despite being undefeated, the Racers have gone 0-four-one in their last five games against the spread. This suggests to handicappers, that Murray State isn't necessarily a good team, but a team that has benefited from weak competition. Another reason, the Racers have not received much love from the AP 25 organizers, is the fact that they play in a weaker conference then the other nine schools to make up the top 10. For this latter reason, there is a belief, that Murray State may be one of the bubble team come March Madness time instead of a lock to make the tournament.
One game that provides bettors with the best NBA bet of the week is tonight's game featuring Minnesota Golden Gophers taking on the Iowa Hawkeyes in Big 10 Conference action. The spread on the game is only one point, in favor of Iowa, as the Golden Gophers have shown fans and critics alike, they can play with any team in the conference. What's most impressive about Tubby Smith's Golden Gophers is that they have continued to win games, even though the majority of their starting five has succumbed to injury. This game is also perfect for bettors using the revenge betting system, as the Golden Gophers will attempt to exact some vengeance on the Hawkeyes after a loss earlier in the season.


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Off grid solar cabin in the woods
Nearby: Oklahoma City National Memorial, Roman Nose State Park
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An off grid rock cabin, powered by solar panels. Water supplied by a solar well, gravity fed into the cabin. A swimming pond. A fishing pond. Access to the main house pool and hot tub. A small propane refrigerator and stove. A small generator for cloudy days or if you want to run the a/c window unit.
Lodging provided
1 site
Up to 2 guests per site
Park at listing
No ADA access
Campfires allowed
Toilet available
Pets allowed
Potable water available
Kitchen available
Showers available
Bins available
No picnic table
No wifi
Have a question? Send Robert a message!
- Check in: After 1PM
- Check out: Before 12PM
- Cancellation policy: Moderate
- On arrival: Meet and greet
- Minimum nights: 2
- Accepts bookings: 12 months out
Offered on the Host's property or nearby.
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Bobber Marketing works with local businesses to improve marketing and sales funnels and increase return on investment. In particular, Bobber helps clients manage their email marketing and lead generation.
As a marketing agency, Bobber works in a fast-paced industry. Time is at a premium, and Bobber needed a fast, scalable platform that helped them track results for their clients.
The challenge: Integration and time
Marketing agencies move fast. And a business focused on automation and lead generation has a lot of different software that needs to work together.
Bobber needed a marketing platform that could integrate well with their other software. They needed to be able to set up time-saving automations.
And, crucially, they needed a lightning fast support team—so that any questions could be dealt with quickly.
The answer: ActiveCampaign
ActiveCampaign integrates with over 150 different apps, which makes it easy for Bobber Marketing to incorporate it alongside other software.
And as a powerful marketing automation platform, ActiveCampaign has massive time-saving potential for client-facing account managers.
When customers submit forms and contact requests, ActiveCampaign can automatically notify account managers (who can then follow up in their own time). When a contact starts completing a form but doesn't finish, automated email reminders can remind them to come back later.
Automating a high number of small, everyday processes can save a ton of time for everyone in a business. When account managers don't need to manage 1,000 little logistical tasks, they're free to focus on what matters—customers.
Along with the platform itself, ActiveCampaign's support is top-notch.
Bobber account managers can't afford to wait around for answers that their clients need right away.
With email support, live chat, help documentation, and one-on-one training, ActiveCampaign makes it easy to get answers fast.
The results: More time and trackable ROI
"The biggest thing with ActiveCampaign is that you've got a great support team behind you. Every time there's any sort of question you can shoot them an email, they'll answer you right away, and there's very little lag time." – Daniel Pesis, Founder
Bobber uses ActiveCampaign to notify account managers when a customer signs up for their user portal.
This helps the Bobber team stay on top of all customer activity—and saves a ton of time compared to tracking each action manually.
Bobber is even working on building a product based on ActiveCampaign. Because of ActiveCampaign's ease of use, the platform can be extremely helpful to sales teams.
Bobber plans to use ActiveCampaign to help sales teams automate SDR work, offer upsells, create follow-up sequences, and drive positive ROI.


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A Plea…
My seven year old daughter is saving up to buy a drum carder (which cost around £240-£300!!)
To fund this, she began hand dyeing fibre & selling it in my shop. She is doing so well & I am so proud of her. She has worked so hard & resisted the temptation to spend any of her earnings.
Someone has contacted her about a second hand carder they wish to sell. She needs to sell just 2 more of her fibres to be able to buy this carder (which someone else has now expressed an interest in – arrrghh!) If you are in the market to buy fibre for spinning or felting anytime soon, please would you consider looking at her work. She dyes & prepares her fibres beautifully.
Thank you so much!
June 11, 2010 4:13 am
Lynn – I just saw this…did Elianna make enough sales to purchase her drum carder???? Pls. email me & LMK when you can. My fingers are crossed for her and my girls have been making things for yours. We received the drawing and pictures and they are just lovely! The girls can't stop talking about your girls now 😀


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Suzanne Goin, the chef at the famed Lucques in Los Angeles, marked 20 years of business in 2018 with a dinner that celebrated her now-classic blend of French cuisine and California produce. Beef cheeks, which are available at whole-animal butcher shops, have lots of connective tissue, which melts with braised and adds to the glistening, wine-fortified sauce.
How to Make It
Place beef cheeks on a wire rack set inside a rimmed baking sheet; season with thyme leaves and 1 tablespoon black pepper. Place thyme sprigs on top of beef cheeks. Cover and chill 8 hours or overnight. Let beef cheeks stand at room temperature 1 hour and 30 minutes before cooking.
Sprinkle beef cheeks with 1 tablespoon salt. Preheat oven to 325°F. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a large Dutch oven until oil is fragrant and almost smoking. Add beef cheeks, and sear, turning occasionally, until deeply browned on all sides, 15 to 20 minutes; transfer to a plate. Reduce heat to medium-high; add onion, carrot, and celery, and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are lightly caramelized, about 5 minutes. Stir in red wine, port, and vinegar, scraping bottom of Dutch oven to loosen any browned bits. Bring to a boil over high, and cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced by three-fourths, about 15 minutes. Add stock, and bring to a boil.
Add parsley, bay leaves, and beef cheeks and their juices. Cover Dutch oven tightly with aluminum foil; cover with lid. Braise in preheated oven until meat is tender and easily pierced with a paring knife, about 3 hours. Remove from oven, uncover, and set aside. Increase oven temperature to 400°F.
Let meat rest 30 minutes in juices, then transfer meat to a large plate. Pour braising liquid through a fine wire-mesh strainer over a bowl; discard solids. Let strained liquid stand 5 minutes; skim off and discard fat. Return beef cheeks and strained braising liquid to Dutch oven.
Roast, uncovered, at 400°F until meat is hot and caramelized on top, about 15 minutes.
Toss together chicories, lemon juice, and remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Season with remaining 1/8 teaspoon black pepper and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt.
To serve, divide hot green-garlic soubise evenly among 6 large bowls; top evenly with dressed chicories. Place beef cheeks on chicories, and ladle some braising liquid over each serving.


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play the percentages
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play the percentages
To make a decision or choose an action thought to have the likeliest chance of success based on data or past experience. I decided to play the percentages and put in a right-handed pinch-hitter against the left-handed pitcher. It just seems like their business plan is simply playing the percentages, lacking any real passion or intuition behind what they're selling.
See also: percentage, play
play the percentages (or the percentage game)choose a safe and methodical course of action when calculating the odds in favour of success. informal
See also: percentage, play


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Marvin Burroughs, once the quarterback of the Villanova University football team and now an elementary school teacher, says he will run for a city council seat in Atlantic City.
"When I finished college, I made a choice to return home, to a place that has given me so much. Each day in my classroom I see hope, I see opportunity," Burroughs said. "As a councilperson, I look forward to working with leaders across the city to ensure that the promises of our future here in Atlantic City remain bright".
Burroughs is seeking the 3rd ward seat currently held by first-term councilman Kaleem Shabazz.
"When I left for Villanova, I had such a wonderful opportunity to broaden my horizons and forge lifetime relationships," said Burroughs. "On the football field, I was in a position to lead, and I take those skills with me each day into my classroom. As a councilperson, I'll leverage those same skills and relationships to open doors for all residents of Atlantic City."