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'Game of Thrones' makes an epic return!
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Former redhead Sansa remains a brunette. Tyrion grows a beard. East and West shall meet. And, once again, more will die gruesome deaths.
Welcome to season five of the cult TV series "Game of Thrones," which premieres Sunday worldwide to a rapturous global following.
So popular is the medieval-flavored saga of blood, sex and treason that HBO is airing the new season simultaneously in 170 countries.
New York fans who tune in Sunday at 9:00 p.m. will thus see the same action as counterparts in London who stay up into the wee hours of Monday.
The globe-girdling simulcast is HBO's response to "Game of Thrones" being the world's most pirated TV program.
The season four finale was illegally downloaded eight million times, according to file-sharing news site TorrentFreak, a nightmare for HBO's marketers but a tribute to the show's appeal.
Adapted from the "A Song of Ice and Fire" fantasy saga by George R.R. Martin, "Game of Thrones" revolves around a ruthless power struggle between noble families who covet the Iron Throne in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
Lovers, warriors, princesses, eunuchs, dragons and zombies, among many others, take their turn in a multi-plot narrative in which the only common denominator is death.
So much so, in fact, that it had the second-highest body count of any US television show in 2012, with an average of 14 deaths per episode, according to Funeralwise.com. (Gladiator schlock-fest "Spartacus" was first at 25.)
Going into season five, the plot "just keeps getting bigger and bigger," said David Benioff, who co-created the show with Dan Weiss.
"For four seasons, you've had all these characters who've been separated by geography ? from Daenerys and her band of warriors roaming around to everyone in Westeros," he said.
"Now, these storylines are starting to merge. It's going to be a big East-meets-West season."
In the run-up to Sunday's premiere, spoilers have been trickling out.
According to USA Today, Jon Snow, a bastard son of the noble House Stark, played by Kit Harington, will figure prominently this season.
"This year, you're going to see some of the most horrible things and darkest places. Parts of my story are a horror," Harington said.
Set visits made by Entertainment Weekly magazine in Croatia, Spain and Ireland revealed that half the Alcazar palace in Seville, a major attraction, was closed to the public during production.
Missing, at least this season, will be the disabled boy character Bran Stark and his mute guardian Hodor.
The dragons of blonde warrior queen Daenerys, portrayed by Emilia Clarke, will grow in strength, while the diminutive Tyrion sports facial hair.
For those playing catch-up, several media are running recaps of seasons past, and gossipy news site Gawker has summarized the entire saga so far in a two-minute video.
The Washington Post has meanwhile produced an "illustrated guide" to the 456 deaths that occurred over the first four seasons.
The show's extraordinary success was underlined in June when Queen Elizabeth II — who occupies a real throne — toured the Belfast studios where interior scenes are shot.
HBO has already commissioned a sixth season, while reports say the actors are under contract for a seventh — after which it is believed the creators will bring their epic to an end.
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Gorogobius stevcici (English name: Stevcic's goby) is a species of gobies in the family of Gobiidae, endemic to the coastal waters of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, where it occurs at depths from . The species was named and described by Kovačić and Schliewen in 2008. The fish grows to a maximum of 3.3 cm in length for males and 2.3 cm for females.

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Fish described in 2008
Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
Fauna of São Tomé and Príncipe
Fauna of São Tomé Island
Ilhéu das Rolas

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The objective of the project was to increase the total capacity of Riga railway junction, improve the safety of train traffic, and to relieve the historical centre of Riga of the rail freight, as well as join the terminals of Krievu island to the main rail infrastructure. Within 24 months Skonto Būve quickly and efficiently carried out the building of the station Bolderāja 2 with the connecting road to the terminals of Krievu island and all the necessary preparatory works. Skonto Būve supervised the project and construction management: building of the centralized steering posts, internal and external networks, engineering preparation of the territory, construction of embankments, railway tracks and roads, landscaping, etc. One of the main challenges was the geological conditions on the territory of the construction site. Marshy environment provided opportunity to use innovative soil consolidation methods - sand columns and vertical geosynthetic filters were embedded in the embankments, as well as load on the embankments was built up with the with the transported soil. Its supply alone required more than 17 000 tipper truck trips. Controlled soil consolidation is a relatively rarely used method in Latvia, proving high professionalism of Skonto Būve and its creative approach to complex situations. It was also highly appreciated by the client, who made note of Skonto Būve resourceful approach, taking into account the environmental factors to have minimal effect on the landscape and the adjacent ecosystems, and creating a complex of civil engineering structures with modern industrial accent. Bolderāja 2 is undoubtedly one of the most significant transport infrastructure projects in Latvia and the Baltic States.


The FHS Boys' Basketball team beat Edmonds-Woodway 64-62 in the Regional Tournament tonight. They next face Arlington who lost to Stanwood 65-55 tonight. That game will be played Friday at 7pm at Arlington.
Committee members will engage in a Q&A with city staff about the city's interest in the building.
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"There were some rough edges starting out, but I think this reflects working through that."
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The Canadian Food Guide suggests that we eat between 5-6 portions of fruit and vegetables per day. Eating them raw or slightly cooked help decrease your risk of developing cancer such as lung, mouth, esophagus, stomach, and colon. These foods also help you look healthier and better. In fact, only 3-3.5 portions of orange-red pigments found in fruit and vegetables can visibly change your skin tone in only 6 weeks! These correct redness and yellowness disappear from your face. This is cheaper than going to get a facial and it is a natural way to treat your skin well; just give it a try and see the results. Take a before and after photo and see the difference yourself.


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<?php

namespace app\controllers;

use Yii;
use app\models\Integrante;
use app\models\Registrar;
use app\models\Invitacion;
use app\models\Institucion;
use app\models\Estudiante;
use app\models\EstudianteSearch;
use app\models\Equipo;
use app\models\Usuario;
use yii\web\Controller;
use yii\web\NotFoundHttpException;
use yii\filters\VerbFilter;
use yii\helpers\Json;
use yii\filters\AccessControl;

use yii\web\UploadedFile;
/**
 * ParticipanteController implements the CRUD actions for Participante model.
 */
class InscripcionController extends Controller
{
    public function behaviors()
    {
        return [
            'access' => [
                'class' => AccessControl::className(),
                'rules' => [
                    [
                        'allow' => true,
                        'roles' => ['@'],
                    ],
                ],
            ],
            'verbs' => [
                'class' => VerbFilter::className(),
                'actions' => [
                    'delete' => ['post'],
                ],
            ],
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Lists all Participante models.
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function actionIndex()
    {
        $this->layout='estandar';

        $equipo=new Equipo;
        //$equipo->foto='no_disponible.png';
        $institucion=Institucion::find()
                    ->select('institucion.id,estudiante.id as estudiante_id,ubigeo.department_id')
                    ->innerJoin('estudiante','estudiante.institucion_id=institucion.id')
                    ->innerJoin('usuario','usuario.estudiante_id=estudiante.id')
                    ->innerJoin('ubigeo','ubigeo.district_id=institucion.ubigeo_id')
                    ->where('usuario.id='.\Yii::$app->user->id.'')
                    ->one();

        $estudiantes=Estudiante::find()
                    ->where('estudiante.grado!=6 and estudiante.institucion_id=:institucion_id and estudiante.id
                            not in (select integrante.estudiante_id from integrante
                                    inner join estudiante on estudiante.id=integrante.estudiante_id
                                    where estudiante.grado!=6)
                            and estudiante.id!=:id and estudiante.id not in (selecte estudiante_id from integrante)
                            ',[':institucion_id'=>$institucion->id,':id'=>$institucion->estudiante_id])
                    ->orderBy('grado asc')->all();

        $docentes=Estudiante::find()
                    ->where('estudiante.grado=6 and estudiante.institucion_id=:institucion_id and estudiante.id
                            not in (select integrante.estudiante_id from integrante
                                    inner join estudiante on estudiante.id=integrante.estudiante_id
                                    where estudiante.grado=6)
                            and estudiante.id!=:id
                            ',[':institucion_id'=>$institucion->id,':id'=>$institucion->estudiante_id])
                    ->orderBy('grado asc')->all();

        $integrante=Integrante::find()->where('estudiante_id=:estudiante_id',[':estudiante_id'=>$institucion->estudiante_id])->one();
        if($integrante)
        {
            return $this->redirect(['panel/index']);
        }

        $invitacionContador=1;
        $invitacionContadorDocente=0;
        if ($equipo->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $equipo->validate() ) {
            $equipo->foto_img = UploadedFile::getInstance($equipo, 'foto_img');

            $bandera=true;
            $nombres="";
            $equipo->fecha_registro=date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
            $equipo->estado=0;
            $equipo->save();
            if($equipo->foto_img)
            {
                $equipo->foto=$equipo->id. '.' . $equipo->foto_img->extension;
            }
            else
            {
                $equipo->foto="";//cambio img
            }
            $equipo->update();
            $lider=new Integrante;
            $lider->equipo_id=$equipo->id;
            $lider->estudiante_id=$institucion->estudiante_id;
            $lider->rol=1;//lider
            $lider->estado=1;
            $lider->save();

            Invitacion::updateAll(['estado' => 0], 'estado = 1 and estudiante_invitado_id=:estudiante_invitado_id',
                              [':estudiante_invitado_id'=>$institucion->estudiante_id]);

            if(isset($equipo->invitaciones))
            {
                $countInvitaciones=count($equipo->invitaciones);
                for($i=0;$i<$countInvitaciones;$i++)
                {
                    $invitacion=new Invitacion;
                    $integrante=Integrante::find()
                    ->select('estudiante.nombres_apellidos')
                    ->innerJoin('estudiante','estudiante.id=integrante.estudiante_id')
                    ->where('integrante.estudiante_id=:estudiante_id',[':estudiante_id'=>$equipo->invitaciones[$i]])->one();
                    if(!$integrante)
                    {
                        $invitacion->estudiante_id=$institucion->estudiante_id;
                        $invitacion->equipo_id=$equipo->id;
                        $invitacion->estudiante_invitado_id=$equipo->invitaciones[$i];
                        $invitacion->estado=1;
                        $invitacion->fecha_invitacion=date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
                        $invitacion->save();
                    }
                }
            }

            if(isset($equipo->invitaciones_docente))
            {
                $countInvitaciones=count($equipo->invitaciones_docente);
                for($i=0;$i<$countInvitaciones;$i++)
                {
                    $invitacion=new Invitacion;
                    $integrante=Integrante::find()
                    ->select('estudiante.nombres_apellidos')
                    ->innerJoin('estudiante','estudiante.id=integrante.estudiante_id')
                    ->where('integrante.estudiante_id=:estudiante_id',[':estudiante_id'=>$equipo->invitaciones[$i]])->one();
                    if(!$integrante)
                    {
                        $invitacion->estudiante_id=$institucion->estudiante_id;
                        $invitacion->equipo_id=$equipo->id;
                        $invitacion->estudiante_invitado_id=$equipo->invitaciones_docente[$i];
                        $invitacion->estado=1;
                        $invitacion->fecha_invitacion=date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
                        $invitacion->save();
                    }
                }
            }

            if($equipo->foto_img)
            {
                $equipo->foto_img->saveAs('foto_equipo/' . $equipo->id . '.' . $equipo->foto_img->extension);
            }
            Yii::$app->session->setFlash('equipocreado');
            return $this->redirect(['panel/index']);

        }
        return $this->render('index',[
                                      'equipo'=>$equipo,
                                      'estudiantes'=>$estudiantes,
                                      'invitacionContador'=>$invitacionContador,
                                      'invitacionContadorDocente'=>$invitacionContadorDocente,
                                      'institucion'=>$institucion,
                                      'docentes'=>$docentes]);
    }

    public function actionParticipante($q = null) {

        $participantes=  Estudiante::find()
                    ->where('nombres_apellidos like "%'.$q.'%"')
                    ->all();
        $out = [];
        foreach ($participantes as $participante) {
            $out[] = ['value' => $participante->id,'label' => $participante->nombres_apellidos." ".$participante->dni];
        }
        echo Json::encode($out);
    }

    public function actionActualizar($id)
    {
        $this->layout='estandar';
        $integrante=Integrante::find()->where('estudiante_id=:estudiante_id',[':estudiante_id'=>$id])->one();
        $user=Usuario::findOne(\Yii::$app->user->id);
        $Comprobandolider=Integrante::find()->where('estudiante_id=:estudiante_id',[':estudiante_id'=>$user->estudiante_id])->one();
        if(!$integrante || $Comprobandolider->rol==2)
        {
            $this->redirect(['panel/index']);
        }
        $equipo=Equipo::find()->where('id=:id',[':id'=>$integrante->equipo_id])->one();
        if(!$equipo->foto)
        {
            $equipo->foto='no_disponible.png';
        }

        $institucion=Institucion::find()
                    ->select('institucion.id,estudiante.id as estudiante_id,ubigeo.department_id')
                    ->innerJoin('estudiante','estudiante.institucion_id=institucion.id')
                    ->innerJoin('usuario','usuario.estudiante_id=estudiante.id')
                    ->innerJoin('ubigeo','ubigeo.district_id=institucion.ubigeo_id')
                    ->where('usuario.id='.\Yii::$app->user->id.'')
                    ->one();

        $estudiantes=Estudiante::find()
                    ->where('estudiante.grado!=6 and estudiante.institucion_id=:institucion_id and estudiante.id
                            not in (select invitacion.estudiante_invitado_id from invitacion
                                    inner join estudiante on estudiante.id=invitacion.estudiante_invitado_id
                                    where invitacion.equipo_id='.$equipo->id.' and invitacion.estado=1 and estudiante.grado!=6)
                            and estudiante.id
                            not in (select estudiante_id from integrante where equipo_id='.$equipo->id.') and estudiante.id!=:id
                            and estudiante.id not in (selecte estudiante_id from integrante)
                            ',[':institucion_id'=>$institucion->id,':id'=>$institucion->estudiante_id])
                    ->orderBy('grado asc')->all();

        $docentes=Estudiante::find()
                    ->where('estudiante.grado=6 and estudiante.institucion_id=:institucion_id and estudiante.id
                            not in (select invitacion.estudiante_invitado_id from invitacion
                                    inner join estudiante on estudiante.id=invitacion.estudiante_invitado_id
                                    where invitacion.estado=2 and estudiante.grado=6)
                            and estudiante.id
                            not in (select estudiante_id from integrante where equipo_id='.$equipo->id.') and estudiante.id!=:id
                            ',[':institucion_id'=>$institucion->id,':id'=>$institucion->estudiante_id])
                    ->orderBy('grado asc')->all();

        $invitacionContadorDocente=Invitacion::find()
                            ->innerJoin('estudiante','estudiante.id=invitacion.estudiante_invitado_id')
                            ->where('invitacion.estado=1 and invitacion.equipo_id=:equipo_id and estudiante.grado=6',
                                              [':equipo_id'=>$equipo->id])->count();

        $integranteContadorDocente=Integrante::find()
                            ->innerJoin('estudiante','estudiante.id=integrante.estudiante_id')
                            ->where('integrante.equipo_id=:equipo_id and estudiante.grado=6',
                                              [':equipo_id'=>$equipo->id])->count();

        $invitacionContadorDocente=$invitacionContadorDocente+$integranteContadorDocente;

        $invitacionContador=Invitacion::find()
                            ->innerJoin('estudiante','estudiante.id=invitacion.estudiante_invitado_id')
                            ->where('invitacion.estado=1 and invitacion.equipo_id=:equipo_id and estudiante.grado!=6',
                                              [':equipo_id'=>$equipo->id])->count();

        $integranteContador=Integrante::find()
                            ->innerJoin('estudiante','estudiante.id=integrante.estudiante_id')
                            ->where('integrante.equipo_id=:equipo_id and estudiante.grado!=6',
                                              [':equipo_id'=>$equipo->id])->count();

        $invitacionContador=$invitacionContador+$integranteContador;
        if ($equipo->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $equipo->validate()) {
            $equipo->foto_img = UploadedFile::getInstance($equipo, 'foto_img');
            if($equipo->foto_img)
            {
                $equipo->foto=$equipo->id. '.' . $equipo->foto_img->extension;
            }
            else
            {
                $equipo->foto="";
            }

            $equipo->update();
            if(isset($equipo->invitaciones))
            {
                $countInvitaciones=count($equipo->invitaciones);
                for($i=0;$i<$countInvitaciones;$i++)
                {
                    $invitacion=new Invitacion;
                    $invitacion->estudiante_id=$institucion->estudiante_id;
                    $invitacion->equipo_id=$equipo->id;
                    $invitacion->estudiante_invitado_id=$equipo->invitaciones[$i];
                    $invitacion->estado=1;
                    $invitacion->fecha_invitacion=date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
                    $invitacion->save();
                }
            }

            if(isset($equipo->invitaciones_docente))
            {
                $countInvitaciones=count($equipo->invitaciones_docente);
                for($i=0;$i<$countInvitaciones;$i++)
                {
                    $invitacion=new Invitacion;
                    $invitacion->estudiante_id=$institucion->estudiante_id;
                    $invitacion->equipo_id=$equipo->id;
                    $invitacion->estudiante_invitado_id=$equipo->invitaciones_docente[$i];
                    $invitacion->estado=1;
                    $invitacion->fecha_invitacion=date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
                    $invitacion->save();
                }
            }

            if($equipo->foto_img)
            {
                $equipo->foto_img->saveAs('foto_equipo/' . $equipo->id . '.' . $equipo->foto_img->extension);
            }

            //return $this->refresh();
            return $this->redirect(['panel/index']);
        }
        return $this->render('index',[
                                      'equipo'=>$equipo,
                                      'estudiantes'=>$estudiantes,
                                      'invitacionContador'=>$invitacionContador,
                                      'invitacionContadorDocente'=>$invitacionContadorDocente,
                                      'institucion'=>$institucion,
                                      'docentes'=>$docentes]);
    }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


To the casual observer, the Holiday Season (November 1-January 1) is a time to spend with loved ones, splurge on the electric bill and watch those same Classic Christmas movies. Classic is the word that represents the line of demarcation for this discussion. Classic Christmas movies can be the feather in the cap for some actors. It can be the high water mark for their career. Can be, but not necessarily has to be.
All of the notable actors in classics, tend to be actors whose resumes speak for themselves. Jimmy Stewart, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Richard Attenborough, etc. Jimmy Stewart was a household name before It's A Wonderful Life. As was Chevy Chase (Christmas Vacation wasn't even the first big hit of the National Lampoon's franchise). Bill Murray is one of the more accomplished comedic actors of the time, he did not need Scrooged. And just off of recollection, Attenborough at the very least had Jurassic Park. Big names can carry big Christmas movies, no question.
The bigger question is what happens to an actor whose career is not peaking who chooses to do a Christmas movie? And more specifically choose to do a made for TV Christmas movie? In some cases it can catapult an actor or serve as a jolt to an otherwise once promising career that has become stagnate. Peter Billingsley may be the greatest case of how a Christmas movie role can do one of two things. Keep a name relevant long enough that they are able to parlay that into a respectable career (i.e. Peter Billingsley) or it can be the crowning achievement never to be duplicated again (i.e. Macauley Culkin). After starring as Ralphie in A Christmas Story (a movie that was never supposed to be a classic) Billingsley, over time made quite a name for himself. You just never noticed because he wasn't in front of the camera.
Billingsley has 33 acting credits including A Christmas Story. Essentially, 32 of which would not be impressive by most standards. However, as a producer and even a director, Peter Billingsley has made a nice little career for himself. He has directed Couples Retreat (starring Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, and Jon Favreau) and almost a quarter of the episodes of Sullivan and Son. He has also produced Made (another Vaughn/Favreau film), Zathura, The Break-up, Iron Man, Four Christmases, and has been the executive producer for all 33 episodes of Sullivan and Son. Now, are these comparable to Stephen Spielberg's resume? No, but for the kid who would shoot his eye out, it's not bad work. And sure, connect the dots. Much of his work comes from Vince Vaughn or Jon Favreau or both. But in the end, the guy still has to do the job once he gets the job.
Macauley Culkin seems to be the exact opposite. As an exercise (without google or imdb) what was the last meaningful thing you heard Culkin involved with that happened after 1995. I'll give you the cliff notes. Home Alone-1990, My Girl-1991, Home Alone 2-1992, The Good Son-1993, and the less popular Pagemaster and Richie Rich were both in 1994. Since then, I don't recognize a single thing short of a cameo on someone else's show. Maybe Home Alone money is just that good.
On the other side of the spectrum, David Huddleston will probably always be remembered as Santa Claus in the 1985 movie co-starring Jon Lithgow and Dudley Moore. There are a number of versions of A Christmas Carol, half of which can boast the "I remember him from" moment. I can say with some level of confidence that even if George C. Scott had an acting career before or after A Christmas Carol, he will be widely remembered for playing Scrooge. Now once we leave the realm of "Christmas Movie Classics", the pendulum swings hard in favor of the 'jump start their careers' direction.
Two big name examples to consider are Kelsey Grammar and Tim Allen. Kelsey Grammar started out strong, faded and resurged. Wings (TV), Cheers, Frasier, Down Periscope (still one of my favorite 1990s mid budget comedies), Just Shoot Me, Toy Story 2, then the bottom fell out. Bartok The Magnificent, The Sports Pages, 15 Minutes (do you recognize any of those? Ok maybe 15 Minutes). Then our first lead in a made for TV Christmas movie, Mr. St. Nick, followed by A Christmas Carol: The Musical, which was then followed up by a number of cameos and little known small stuff. Then in 2006, Kelsey Grammar was cast as Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy (otherwise known as Beast) in X-Men 3: The Last Stand. Then as President Andrew Boone in Swing Vote which eventually lead to the leading role of Mayor Tom Kane in the political drama "BOSS". Reprised role of Beast in X-Men: Days of Future Past, Transformers, Think Like A Man Too, The Expendables 3, and he currently has four projects spanning the next 18 months that are recently completed, post production, or filming. Now at the end of the day, he is still Kelsey Grammar. But at one point, the prevailing wisdom was that Dr. Frasier Crane of Cheers and Frasier fame would be the apex of his short career.
Tim Allen's struggles had shorter gaps and were allegedly caused by the demons of his own choosing. There were two schools of thought on Tim Allen in the early days. He's either the biggest stand up turned sitcom actors of the time or once Home Improvement runs it's course he'll be thrown out like last week's trash. While Grammar went from high to low back to high again, Tim Allen has lived most of his career bouncing between pretty good and almost bad. During his Home Improvement days, Tim Allen was smart enough to capitalize on two franchises that would keep him employed long after Home Improvement. One is obvious, the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the Pixar juggernaut Toy Story (1995-2010). The other is the Santa Clause franchise that when from 1994-2006. In between those gems, Tim Allen fluttered in what most would consider to be mediocrity. Jungle 2 Jungle, For Richer or Poorer, Galaxy Quest (which I personally love), Joe Somebody, Big Trouble (not bad if you have the time), Christmas with the Kranks, The Shaggy Dog, Zoom, and Wild Hogs. In Tim Allen's case, Christmas movies kept his career relevant (along with Toy Story) while he was doing the kind of movies most people would wait to see on video.
As we move along the progression, there is no end to some of these household names who have slummed it in Christmas movies, especially made for TV versions. Whoopi Goldberg, Victor Garbor, Anne Heche, Jamie Lee Curtis, Wallace Shawn, Jenny McCarthy, Tom Cavanaugh, Verne Troyer, Larry Miller, Dan Akroyd, Cheech Marin, Lauren Holly, Tom Arnold, Kristin Chenowith, Sam Elliot, and a number of less known names that used made for TV Christmas movies as a tool to start or jump-start their respective careers.
The most intriguing group is those that turned made for TV Christmas movie success into a dramatically improved acting career post-Christmas movie. These will be random so bear with me.
After The Christmas Wish, Neil Patrick Harris took that success and slowly turned it into Undercover Brother, Harold and Kumar. Then starred in The Christmas Blessing opposite Rebecca Gayheart (Felicity) and Rob Lowe. Which promptly became a role in How I Met Your Mother. And since the start of HIMYM, he has leaned heavily on his affection for Broadway starring in many Broadway productions, hosting the Tony's, winning a Tony, and even having a significant role in a Muppets movie.
Doris Roberts' success on Everybody Loves Raymond, she transitioned nicely into the role of Mrs. Miracle which she played in three separate movies. And while her career didn't take the path of NPH, she has stayed busy. I choose to believe due to Christmas movies.
In 2002 a made for TV Christmas movie came out starring William Devane, Meredith Baxter, Dean McDermott, and Aaron Ashmore. Devane took it and ran. The West Wing, Stargate SG-1, 24, The Dark Knight Rises, and Interstellar. Meredith Baxter has continued to work, but nothing I'd call impressive. McDermott who is best known as Tori Spelling's husband followed up Christmas Visitor with Santa Baby 2 and a myriad of made for TV movies, and TV series'. Most surprising is Aaron Ashmore. The West Wing, Veronica Mars, Fringe, Smallville, Lost Girl and Warehouse 13. Not to mention a number one time engagements on major network dramas.
Following Fred Claus, Paul Giamatti booked the title character in HBO's John Adams and never looked back. Let's be honest, Giamatti never needed help scoring roles, but getting John Adams right after Fred Claus is interesting.
After A Season for Miracles, Carla Gugino left the smaller roles as in her work on projects like The Son in Law, Michael and Snake Eyes and transitioned into more substantive roles like Chicago Hope, Sin City, Night at the Museum, American Gangster, Watchmen, Entourage, Californication, Political Animals, and Man of Steel.
A surprising one is Tate Donovan. Before Silver Bells, Tate Donovan was a notable "also in…" After Silver Bells, The O.C., Shooter, Damages, Argo, Deception, Hostages, and 24: Live Another Day.
Not the biggest one, but one I find intriguing. Warren Christie who played Morgan Derby on The Most Wonderful Time of the Year in 2008. Previous to that I would be able to pick Warren Christie out of a police lineup. Since then, Flashpoint, Apollo 18, Once Upon A Time, Alphas, Arrow, Castle and Motive. Mr. Christie went from being only a smidgen more famous than me to a staple in major network action drama TV.
As recently as 2012, Katie McGrath who I wouldn't know from Eve take A Princess for Christmas and flip that into a recurring role on the short-lived, but at the time thought to be a major player TV show called Dracula starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
In 2013, Chyler Leigh who I only knew from those horrible "Not Another Teen Movie" type stuff, did maybe my favorite made for TV movie, all things considered called Window Wonderland. Full disclosure, she apparently was in Grey's Anatomy and it's spin offs. After doing Window Wonderland, she was immediately offered the starring role in Taxi Brooklyn. Before you laugh, yes it was short-lived, but we're still talking about headlining a drama on NBC in primetime.
In 2011, it seemed Lindy Booth might try to contest Candice Cameron's strangle hold on Queen of TV Christmas movies. A Christmas Visitor (2002), Christmas in Boston (2005), Christmas Magic (2011), Twelve Trees of Christmas (2013). Then a one episode appearance on Supernatural before locking up a spot on TNT's adapted TV series that was modeled from the movie series, The Librarians.
After all of that, which is only the tip of the iceberg so to speak, does an appearance in a theatrical release Christmas movie or made for TV Christmas movie signal a spike in one's acting career? I don't have a definitive answer for that. What I do know is that it is entirely to frequent for it to just be a coincidence across the board. Would Kelsey Grammar still get BOSS without Mr. St. Nick? Probably. Does Tate Donovan get Argo and Hostages without it? I can't exactly say. But again, this is extremely frequent. It's frequent enough that I am compelled to believe this is an approach that agents do suggest as a way for their clients to surge ahead in their careers.
Sometimes, it can also work in the relative opposite direction. Sometimes an actor or actress visits Christmas movie land and never leave. After Candace Cameron exhausted herself in 1980s and 1990s sitcoms like Who's the Boss, Growing Pains, and Full House, she eventually starred opposite Tom Arnold in Moonlight and Mistletoe. Which she followed up with The Heart of Christmas, Let It Snow, and Christmas Under Wraps. The prevailing wisdom is that as long as people are still excited to see D.J. Tanner starring in made for TV Christmas movies, she may never stop until the viewers do.
Lacey Chabert may be another leading lady that is stuck in TV Christmas movie land. Dating all the way back to 1994, Chabert has been a presence in voice over work. Then in 1998 played young Penny Robinson is the Lost in Space remake which lead into Party of Five. Then if you subtract animated movies and series' and voice over work, there is very little of note until the first appearance of a Christmas movie, Black Christmas (not exactly the kind of thing that inspires the joy of the season). Then Matchmaker Santa, A Royal Christmas, and The Tree That Saved Christmas all within one calendar year.
The bottom line is, like it or not, made for TV Christmas movies have played a part in the redirecting of careers. Maybe not all that go down that path are better off for it, but enough are that it makes the assertion at least viable. So the next time you and your loved one sit down to watch something indicative of the season, remember there are more that A Christmas Carol, Story, Vacation, or Grinch. In many ways since about 2000, the made for TV circuit has dramatically stepped up their game. One thing is for sure. There is a blueprint to these movies. A toddler could write half of them. But on occasion, when you see a name you recognize slumming it in made for TV Christmas movie land, chances are pretty decent that you'll enjoy the time you spent. They always have happy endings, the guy always gets the girl, and there is an overall sense of joy and whimsy when it's all said and done. They all aren't winners, but when you do catch a good one, it's a nice alternative to the Christmas Movie Classics that we all know by heart at this point.


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Language and the Pattern of History Friday, Jul 13 2007
In all places and at all times it has been agreed that the direction of history is always "downward", from the Golden Age, or Garden of Eden to the Iron Age or Latter Days. The religions, philosophies and traditions of the world are unanimous in seeing not a pattern of progress, but of decline and degeneration.
If they are correct, then it follows from what we know about the matriarchal origins of civilisation that the highest and noblest and most spiritual forms of culture must have been those primordial feminine ones, while masculine-dominated civilisations must have come into being as quite a late phase of the process of decline.
This view of history, is, of course, completely alien to that of the late-patriarchal world-view with which we have all been inculcated from the earliest age, and which places late-patriarchy itself at the pinnacle of a long process of 'human progress', relegating earlier civilisations to varying degrees of 'ignorance' and 'barbarism'.
Nevertheless, when one looks at the facts pertaining to the very medium of our thought itself—language, it is hard to deny that superior intellectuality lies with the past rather than the present. Every language we know is a debased and simplified "scaling-down" of some earlier language. The modern Romance languages, for example (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Roumanian) are greatly simplified dialects of Latin. Many of the grammatical complexities have slipped away with time, leaving the language less expressive, less flexible, less capable of dealing with subtle ideas, but very much easier. Latin and Greek are a maze of case-endings for modern speakers, but as we go back further in time, to even earlier languages in the same Indo-European family, such as Sanskrit, we find language which makes Latin and Greek seem positively childish by comparison.
And wherever a language or group of languages can be historically studied, we find the same thing. The ancient forms of language require more concentration, more presence of mind, more sheer intelligence on the part of speakers than do the later forms. Language is clearly being progressively simplified for a simpler people.
These changes, as we might expect, also alter the character of language. It becomes less and less an instrument for expressing subtle spiritual and metaphysical concepts and fine shades of meaning, but it becomes increasingly well adapted to handling physical phenomena and the material world.
From Satya Yuga to Kali Yuga: The True Pattern of History

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Q: Lookup based on three criteria I have this sheet.

I want to lookup the value of Execution (%) based on three criteria: Year, Week, and Machine. So I want to tell the lookup to search for Year: 2018, Week: 2, Machine: Filler, I should get the number 100%. I want to do the same for CILT date, Duration (%), and Score.
VLOOKUP seems very limited for this sort of thing.
The information about INDEX and MATCH that I found is not well explained.
Can VLOOKUP do this? If not, what is the way to retrieve the desired values?
I have this formula
=INDEX('L5 Data'!M5:M15,SUMPRODUCT(--('L5 Data'!A5:A15="2018")('L5 Data'!B5:B15="2")('L5 Data'!F5:F15="Filler")*ROW('L5 Data'!5:15)))
But it returns the value one row down. In other words, for the Year: 2018, Week: 2, Machine: Filler, it returns 81.8% instead of 100%. What could be the reason?

A: You have asked three questions.
One is: "Can VLOOKUP() be used to do this?" Miroxlav has posted an excellent answer showing how to do this using a helper column.
Your second question asks how to get your desired result, and your third asks what could be the reason for your current formula returning the wrong answer.  I'll try to answer the last two.
Your formula is very close to working correctly.  Let's do some troubleshooting to find out what's wrong.
First, your formula has a couple of typos - the multiplication sign is missing in 2 places between parentheses.  Excel suggested a correction for this, and I've removed the data sheet references ('L5 Data'!) for simplicity:
=INDEX(M5:M15,SUMPRODUCT(--(A5:A15="2018")*(B5:B15="2")*(F5:F15="Filler")*ROW(5:15)))
Excel has a built-in troubleshooting feature where you can highlight part of a formula in the formula bar and type F9 to see the value of the highlighted portion of the formula.
Click on the cell containing your formula and then highlight the expression (A5:A15="2018") in the formula bar and hit F9 (function key 9).  You'll see an array containing all FALSE values.  This says that no cell in A5:A15 = "2018". That's because you have 2018 in quotes.  If you remove the quotes and try again, you'll get the array {TRUE;TRUE;TRUE;TRUE;TRUE;FALSE;FALSE;FALSE;FALSE;FALSE;FALSE} which is what you expect - the first 5 cells in the range are = 2018.
The same problem exists in the second expression - remove the quote marks around the 2 in (B5:B15="2").  The third expression (F5:F15="Filler") does need the quotes, because "Filler" is text rather than a number.
Now highlight (A5:A15=2018)*(B5:B15=2)*(F5:F15="Filler") and hit F9. You'll see the result is {0;0;0;1;0;0;0;0;0;0;0}.  What has happened here?  Multiplying arrays of logical values converts True/False values into 1's and 0's and also performs the equivalent of the logical AND().  So this result says that there is only one position in the range of rows 5:15 where column A is 2018, column B is 2 and column F is "Filler".  And that position is the fourth one.
Next your formula multiplies this array times the array of row numbers 5:15.  Using F9, you can see that result - {0;0;0;8;0;0;0;0;0;0;0}.  Now SUMPRODUCT() adds up the elements of that array and returns a result of 8, which is the row number where all three conditions are true.  Again, you can see this result using F9.
And now here's the main problem - after these intermediate calculations, your formula is: =INDEX(M5:M15,8), which returns the 8th element from the range M5:M15.  But you don't want the 8th element, you want the 4th one, because the range M5:M15 starts in row 5, and 100% is in the 4th cell in the range M5:M15.
So the solution is to subtract 4 from the SUMPRODUCT():
=INDEX(M5:M15,SUMPRODUCT((A5:A15=2018)*(B5:B15=2)*(F5:F15="Filler")*ROW(5:15))-4)
This returns the correct result - 100%.
Notes:

*

*I couldn't get your formula to return 81.8%, no matter how hard I tried.

*The double unary negative (--) in your formula isn't necessary.  It is often used to convert logical arrays into 1's and 0', but the multiplication of the arrays accomplishes that.

I hope this helps. The changes I've outlined will allow your formula to work correctly.  Use Miroxlav's answer if you want to use VLOOKUP().  Best of luck.

A: Yes, VLOOKUP() can do this, bringing you the single value you need (If you need a sum, use SUMIF()).
In these cases I typically create and use compound key for VLOOKUP().
In your case, such a key simply contains values from all three columns.
It enables you to specify lookup criteria using three columns.
Details:

*

*Insert column A with heading Year|Month|Machine and formula (for A5)
=B5 & "|" & C5 & "|" & D5

So for A5 it will evaluate to 2018|1|Filler.

*Then spread the formula down.

*Wherever you want to do a lookup, assemble the same key and perform VLOOKUP(), for example:
=VLOOKUP("2018|2|Filler", A5:R9999, 8, FALSE)

*

*Adjust searched expression to what you want, e.g. 2018|1|Labeler or assemble it from values in other cells.

*Adjust data range A5:R9999 to actual one.

*Adjust value 8 to match column Execution (%), counting from left column of the above range.

Once you get this working, you can also create the similar mechanism for the lookup based on the other three columns. Just add another column to the left of the same data. (Reason: VLOOKUP() expects lookup column as the leftmost.)
Note: Typically it is important to have a separator (in the above example I used |) to keep the keys unique. Otherwise, 2018,10,Filler and 2018,1,0Filler will create the same key what is obviously incorrect. For separator, use character not present in values.
UPDATE: This solution works. In comments below, there were mentioned some issues and these are now corrected or points made more clear. Thanks to Rajesh for proofreading.

A: Your Formula Should like this,
{=INDEX(K$96:K$100,SUMPRODUCT(($D$96:$D$100="2018")*($E$96:$E$100=2)*($I$96:$I$100="Filler")*ROW($96:$100)))}

NB: only You need to put " * " sign between every Data range, and don't use " - - " after SUMPRODUCT.
Note, it's CSE Formula so finish with Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
Also, use your Data range in place of mine.
Hope this help you.

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Flussgebietsmanagement bezeichnet einen neuen Ansatz der Raumordnung, der Gewässerbewirtschaftung und des Gewässerschutzes mit dem Ziel Einflüsse auf das Gewässer, deren Ursachen sich in der Fläche des Einzugsgebiets finden, bereits dort zu beheben. Als interdisziplinärer Ansatz verbindet es unterschiedliche Planungen, wie etwa kommunale Bauleitplanung, Landschaftsplan, Gewässerentwicklungsplan (in Österreich auch als Gewässerbetreuungskonzept bekannt) und Hochwasserschutz.

Ökosystemarer Hintergrund
Gewässer und Einzugsgebiet sind über den hydrologischen Kreislauf verbunden. Dies bedeutet, dass, beginnend mit dem Auftreffen des Niederschlags auf die Erdoberfläche bzw. die Vegetation, Prozesse einsetzen, deren Auswirkungen später im Gewässer bemerkbar sind. Menschliche Einflüsse auf die verschiedenste Eigenschaften unserer Landschaft wirken sich auf diese Prozesse aus und verändern somit den Chemismus des Wassers oder dessen quantitative Verteilung auf Verdunstung, Oberflächenabfluss und Grundwasser.

Gesellschaftspolitischer Hintergrund
Menschlichen Aktivitäten in der Landschaft beeinflussen immer stärker die Gestalt, Eigenschaften und das Verhalten unserer Gewässer. Neben ökologischen Zwängen und Überlegungen spielen aber auch ökonomische Gründe eine besondere Rolle, da Wasser in vielerlei Hinsicht für unsere Wirtschaft von Bedeutung ist und somit eine nachhaltige Nutzung im Interesse der Gesellschaft liegt. Die intensive Nutzung der Flussauen führt zu Eindeichungen der Fließgewässer, so dass die Steuerung der Hochwasserabflüsse auf deutlich reduzierter Fläche erfolgt.
Die Wasserrahmenrichtlinie der Europäischen Union (Verordnung) bildet in Europa die Basis für eine stärkere Koordinierung aller Maßnahmen mit Wasserbezug auf interdisziplinärer und internationaler Ebene.

Entwicklungen
Im Rahmen des Projektes ILUP – Integrated Land Use Planning and River Basin Management werden momentan Konzepte für Flussgebietsmanagement auf nationaler und europäischer Ebene entwickelt.

Weblinks
 ILUP – Integrated Land Use Planning and River Basin Management deutsch
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Raumordnung
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package com.baidu.openrasp.cloud;

import com.baidu.openrasp.cloud.model.CloudCacheModel;
import com.baidu.openrasp.cloud.model.CloudRequestUrl;
import com.baidu.openrasp.cloud.model.ErrorType;
import com.baidu.openrasp.cloud.model.GenericResponse;
import com.baidu.openrasp.cloud.syslog.DynamicConfigAppender;
import com.baidu.openrasp.cloud.utils.CloudUtils;
import com.baidu.openrasp.config.Config;
import com.baidu.openrasp.messaging.LogConfig;
import com.baidu.openrasp.plugin.js.JS;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * @description: 创建rasp与云控的心跳线程并初始化rasp的config
 * @author: anyang
 * @create: 2018/09/17 16:55
 */
public class KeepAlive extends CloudTimerTask {

    public KeepAlive() {
        super(Config.getConfig().getHeartbeatInterval());
    }

    @Override
    public void execute() {
        String content = new Gson().toJson(generateParameters());
        String url = CloudRequestUrl.CLOUD_HEART_BEAT_URL;
        GenericResponse response = new CloudHttp().commonRequest(url, content);
        if (CloudUtils.checkRequestResult(response)) {
            handleResponse(response);
        } else {
            String message = CloudUtils.handleError(ErrorType.HEARTBEAT_ERROR, response);
            int errorCode = ErrorType.HEARTBEAT_ERROR.getCode();
            CloudManager.LOGGER.warn(CloudUtils.getExceptionObject(message, errorCode));
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void handleError(Throwable t) {
        String message = t.getMessage();
        int errorCode = ErrorType.HEARTBEAT_ERROR.getCode();
        CloudManager.LOGGER.warn(CloudUtils.getExceptionObject(message, errorCode), t);
    }

    public static Map<String, Object> generateParameters() {
        Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<String, Object>();
        params.put("rasp_id", CloudCacheModel.getInstance().getRaspId());
        params.put("plugin_version", CloudCacheModel.getInstance().getPluginVersion());
        params.put("config_time", CloudCacheModel.getInstance().getConfigTime());
        params.put("plugin_md5", CloudCacheModel.getInstance().getPluginMD5());
        return params;
    }

    private static void handleResponse(GenericResponse response) {
        long oldConfigTime = CloudCacheModel.getInstance().getConfigTime();
        String oldPluginMd5 = CloudCacheModel.getInstance().getPluginMD5();
        Long deliveryTime = null;
        String version = null;
        String md5 = null;
        String pluginContext = null;
        Object configTime = CloudUtils.getValueFromData(response, "config_time");
        Map<String, Object> pluginMap = CloudUtils.getMapFromData(response, "plugin");
        Map<String, Object> configMap = CloudUtils.getMapFromData(response, "config");
        if (configTime instanceof JsonPrimitive) {
            deliveryTime = ((JsonPrimitive) configTime).getAsLong();
        }
        if (pluginMap != null) {
            if (pluginMap.get("version") instanceof JsonPrimitive) {
                version = ((JsonPrimitive) pluginMap.get("version")).getAsString();
            }
            if (pluginMap.get("md5") instanceof JsonPrimitive) {
                md5 = ((JsonPrimitive) pluginMap.get("md5")).getAsString();
            }
            if (pluginMap.get("plugin") instanceof JsonPrimitive) {
                pluginContext = ((JsonPrimitive) pluginMap.get("plugin")).getAsString();
            }
        }
        if (configMap != null) {
            try {
                if (deliveryTime != null) {
                    Config.getConfig().loadConfigFromCloud(configMap, true);
                    CloudCacheModel.getInstance().setConfigTime(deliveryTime);
                }
                if (configMap.get("log.maxburst") != null) {
                    //更新http appender
                    DynamicConfigAppender.fileAppenderAddBurstFilter();
                    DynamicConfigAppender.httpAppenderAddBurstFilter();
                }
                //云控下发配置时动态添加或者删除syslog
                Object syslogSwitch = configMap.get("syslog.enable");
                if (syslogSwitch != null) {
                    LogConfig.syslogManager();
                }
                //云控下发配置时动态更新syslog.tag
                Object syslogTag = configMap.get("syslog.tag");
                if (syslogTag != null) {
                    DynamicConfigAppender.updateSyslogTag();
                }
                //是否开启log4j的debug功能
                DynamicConfigAppender.enableDebug();
                //更新log4j日志的最大备份时间
                if (configMap.get("log.maxbackup") != null) {
                    DynamicConfigAppender.setLogMaxBackup();
                }
            } catch (Throwable e) {
                String message = "config update failed";
                int errorCode = ErrorType.CONFIG_ERROR.getCode();
                CloudManager.LOGGER.warn(CloudUtils.getExceptionObject(message, errorCode), e);
            }
        }
        if (version != null && md5 != null && pluginContext != null) {
            if (JS.UpdatePlugin("official.js", pluginContext)) {
                CloudCacheModel.getInstance().setPlugin(pluginContext);
                CloudCacheModel.getInstance().setPluginVersion(version);
                CloudCacheModel.getInstance().setPluginMD5(md5);
            }
        }
        long newConfigTime = CloudCacheModel.getInstance().getConfigTime();
        String newPluginMd5 = CloudCacheModel.getInstance().getPluginMD5();
        //更新成功之后立刻发送一次心跳
        if (oldConfigTime != newConfigTime || !oldPluginMd5.equals(newPluginMd5)) {
            String content = new Gson().toJson(generateParameters());
            String url = CloudRequestUrl.CLOUD_HEART_BEAT_URL;
            new CloudHttp().commonRequest(url, content);
        }
    }
}


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Xamarin vs. Native: What Should You Choose?
With mobile applications, creating waves in the technology industry, we keep coming around new apps almost each day. However, the release of a new mobile application is not an easy task, as it's always the result of long and laborious work.
Further, the issues arise owing to the creators and manufacturers of mobile devices. At the moment, there are three major operating systems for mobile devices (Android, iOS, and Windows), gaining the most prominence. Now each of them is based on its own logic, uses particular languages and SDKs. This limits the number of potential buyers of the new application to the platform's audience.
Meanwhile, you can develop an application using the cross-platform frameworks that hugely facilitate the adaptation of the complete software to different operating systems. But, it ultimately comes to the fact whether it is worth it or it's better to avoid such apps.
In the case of native apps, they also deliver superb performance on reactivity, as well as the number of issues with the finished native product, is largely lower as compared to the Xamarin cross-platform.
Hence, before making this crucial decision, it's always better to carefully compare features of both development approaches in particular, like Xamarin vs. Native.
Firstly, let's understand Xamarin and Native
Xamarin Platform:
This is a great solution which works wonders in building awesome apps. Like, Xamarin can be used for the development of native apps for multiple platforms via same IDE, API's and Language. If you are interested in Xamarin platform, then you are required to write a code in C#.
Native Platform:
If you are keen on building an app for a single platform, then you can consider the Native platform. Native mobile apps are built on Android (Java), iOS (Objective-C or Swift) and Windows (C#, Visual Basic, and XAML).
Xamarin is a cross-platform software used to create native apps with platform specific UI's. It uses C# to write codes unlike swift, java or objective C. Being an open source platform, it enables developers to change it as per their own needs. This is something not possible with other native app development tools. At the same time you develop with Xamarin, you need to write the code only once, as it works on the shared code concept. While when you opt for native apps, then you are required to write codes again and again.
Let's go into depth and compare Xamarin vs. Native Apps
With Xamarin, you get multi-platform mobile apps, and it targets all major platforms such as iOS, Windows, and Android. Here you won't come across any difference in functionality between platforms. Further, it uses few of the most prominent frameworks to create cross-platform mobile apps, such as PhoneGap, Ionic, Titanium, etc. However, Native applications don't support all platforms.
Result: Xamarin is crowned as winner in this aspect as it targets all major platforms.
App's Performance
Native apps rules for sure, as it comes to the performance. The common challenges faced by Xamarin/Hybrid apps are: screen transitions are not smooth, buttons don't respond well when compared to native buttons and reaction time is higher.
Result: In the case of the performance of applications, Native apps steal the show and come around as the clear winner.
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Mobile Apps Development Time
So, which of the two, among Xamarin and Native, take less time while developing mobile apps, entirely depends on how much technologies are needed at the time of development. With the use of Xamarin, entrepreneurs save the extra development time for each platform. It also works brilliantly to test and save development cost.
Result: Xamarin apps prove to be a winner here as well, as when compared to Native apps, they are accessible to wider audiences at a lower cost.
Specific Framework/Tool
Often, operating systems need a specific framework to access existing framework such as TouchID, push notification, motion data, Bluetooth connections, GPS data. So, in case Xamarin developers find the need for any one of the above frameworks while creating an application, they have to build a bridge between app and framework – now this result in additional cost. Thus, in that case, you are required to develop the Native application.
Result: Native platform is surely the winner here owing to its simplicity.
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Now there are certainly some shortcomings with Xamarin, for which we can't blame Xamarin developers, yet this framework comes around as a very qualitative and effective instrument for the development of cross-platform apps. The activity of Xamarin developers keeps on encouraging their users as they continually modify and improve their product. In addition to that, the team is always willing to meet customers' expectation by changing pricing policies. This says a lot about the developers of the framework, as well as its prospects.
Despite its high cost, today Xamarin is hugely popular among application developers. This must be because its price is consistent with the quality and breadth of capabilities it offers. Meanwhile, Xamarin is not as appealing for small software companies as free tools that come with other cross-platform frameworks, still established companies employing the framework is a positive sign.
In fact, the very comparison between Xamarin and other cross-platform framework is not valid in itself, as unlike them, Xamarin generates code that is close to the native. And when the span of opportunities offered by Xamarin is compared, the free tools, mainly fall behind the prominent framework.
Regardless of the same, native applications still tend to be the most trouble-free and efficient mobile apps at the moment, even though software developed using few of the Hybrid and cross-platform framework come closer to native in terms of performance every year. Native programs also have access to the entire hardware and software capabilities of respective platforms and don't require the internet connection to function.
Therefore, Native apps can't be ignored, and thus instead of recommending Xamarin or Native apps, we suggest that enterprise must choose any one according to their business requirements.
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So here it is the - inaugural Possibly Roughly Monthly Fun Painting Challenge. So without further ado here are the entries.
We are still waiting on the entries from Blue, Chico & Exilesjjb. All thats left to be said is get painting and remember to have fun.
Thats 17 people entered now, still room for more.
Wow some nice stuff being prepped.
Yep - there's going to be some good eye candy out of that lot.
Sorry John by the way - the wife was hogging the lap top all evening "working"
and yes those are dots of white paint on the archers - they got to close to the minis I was priming a while back for the LPL!
Aye, this will be a fine lot when painted up. Let's hope we can all stick to our plan! I know I'll be sorely lagging behind! Been trying out shades of green on a few snotlings though... =D I haven't painted a greenskin since the end of the 90s!
And Thants, what your wife is doing in your lap is a matter for a whole other forum.
Also - if anyone have a spare Harboth's pre-slotta musician for me it would be wonderful to get the whole regiment painted in one go!
Are we still aiming for an end of July deadline?
Tasty stuff, looking forward to seeing the greenskins in particular.
Oops - sorry about that Zed. All corrected now.
Citadel Collector wrote: Are we still aiming for an end of July deadline?
Yes we are, that gives us about 6 weeks or so. Do we want to do updates every couple of weeks - just to keep people interested and help others keep up with their painting?
Just John wrote: Do we want to do updates every couple of weeks - just to keep people interested and help others keep up with their painting?
I definitely want to, seeing the others advancing shall help us keep the pace.
Very interesting and different minis form everyone, that's nice.


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Sting var fänrik 1581 vid Västgöta ryttare och ännu 1594. Adlad av konung Johan III för gjorda tjänster och fick då upptaga sin morfaders namn och vapen. Häradshövding i Göstrings härad i Östergötland 29 juli 1596 och i Gudhems härad i Västergötland 29 augusti 1598. Var fogde i Orreholmens län mellan åren 1596–1598. Han satt i rätten över riksråden i Linköping 1600.

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Fintech jigsaw pieces are falling into place
Governments are striking alliances with private players and that speeds up transition
Published: March 06, 2020 13:41 Reem Alsayegh and Waleed Rasromani, Special to Gulf News
Last year, the UAE accounted for 47 per cent of all fintech deals in the region. It also topped (50 per cent) in overall funding for fintech start-ups since 2015.
The UAE's unique demographic, with a majority expatriate population made up of a diverse mix of nationalities, makes it a strategic jurisdiction for a number of international operations connecting people to services from their home countries. Local fintechs are also on the rise with a number of incubator programmes run by local regulators focusing on developing home-grown start-ups.
The focus on fintech that we are seeing has mostly originated from non-traditional financial services companies rather than traditional financial institutions. Nonetheless, traditional financial institutions have been exploring and, in some cases adopting, new financial technologies.
As fintech lowers the barriers to entry and changes consumer habits and preferences, traditional financial institutions need to innovate to maintain market share. Fintech services have the potential to save a huge amount of operating costs — for example, by automating traditionally labour-intensive tasks such as KYC checks — and reduce compliance risk if used correctly.
There are a variety of stakeholders who have vested interests in the development of fintech. New entrants are clearly concerned about the legality of their business model and set up. Traditional financial institutions explore how they can use new technologies to offer new products, or offer existing products through new platforms and the associated conduct risk that that entails.
Regulators are also not immune to the challenges that Fintech raises and they seek to ensure that new technologies do not compromise the stability of the financial system, consumer rights and the ever-ongoing fight against financial crime.
We expect to see continued and more coordinated scrutiny of the moves by Big Tech into finance by regulators in the finance, data and competition spheres, with the potential for more enforcement action as regulators focus on the protection of consumers.
It's all about resilience
We also expect firms to intensify their focus on operational resilience to address commercial risks and meet mounting concerns among regulators. This is in the wake of larger and more frequent systems failures and hacks globally, and in the context of certain systemic risks being concentrated as firms increasingly outsource key functions.
Firms will look to collaborate where appropriate including on cybersecurity arrangements.
Policymakers will prioritise public-private engagement and industry outreach to find tech-driven solutions to cyber crime threats, including on threat assessment and action plans, information sharing, payments systems and authorised push payment fraud, digital identity services, the use of cryptoassets for money laundering, and the detection and reporting of suspicious transactions (including through the innovative use of cryptography and machine learning).
While some of the necessary tech already notionally exists, regulators and major firms will strive to agree on marketwide solutions that are more effective than siloed efforts.
One of the challenges in the expansion of fintech relates to the regulatory classification of the products and services. In many jurisdictions in the Middle East, temporary regulatory sandboxes have been created but more permanent licensing regimes remain nascent.
The UAE Government is committed to making the country a regional and world leader for fintech. We therefore expect the Government's strategy of moving early to implement regulations and making significant amounts of capital available to fintech start-ups to continue.
The UAE's Securities and Commodities Authority released the initial draft of its Regulation for Issuing and Offering Crypto Assets in October last for feedback from interested parties. This year, this regulation will be finalised and brought into law, making the UAE one of the first countries in the world to have a comprehensive legislative approach to crypto assets.
The UAE Central Bank has announced that it will be creating a fintech office. This office will legislate at a federal level and aim to coordinate across the UAE's various jurisdictions and fintech initiatives.
Fintech has had a good start — now it's time to consolidate the gains it's made so far.
Reem Alsayegh is Counsel, while Waleed Rasromani is Head of Corporate — Saudi Arabia at Linklaters.
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'Beehive: The 60s Musical' Comes to Canyon Theatre Guild
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"Beehive: The 60s Musical" opens Friday, Jan. 21, at the Canyon Theatre Guild. Created by Larry Gallagher, this jukebox musical plays every weekend until Feb. 26. This non-stop journey follows 8 women through the decade of the 60's as they bring to life their memories of the music that shaped them. Paying tribute to every female singer, from iconic girl groups including the Shirelles, the Ronettes and the Supremes, to legendary solo artists like Leslie Gore, Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner — there's something for everyone!
Under the direction of Ingrid Boydston and vocal direction of Leslie Berra, this show features the talents of Le'a Jefferson, Kelly Miyake, Katrina Negrete, Jacqueline Rich, Arianna Sonnenburg, Jill Scott, Sarah Stoddard and Megan Vargas.
When asked where she drew inspiration for the show, Boydston said, "I am one of five daughters. We spent a major portion of our childhood singing, dancing, and if possible dressing up in the living room pretending to be the voices we heard on the radio and our records."
She hopes audiences embrace "that crazy joy, that almost indefinable feeling of happiness that only music can bring."
Multi-talented vocal director Lesie Berra was recruited from Nashville, Tennessee to enhance the vocal stylings of the cast.
She remarks, "To quote John Denver, 'Gee, it's good to be back home again.' I am thrilled to return to the Canyon Theatre Guild, working on Beehive with such a high caliber cast and crew. This show features my favorite genre of music, especially the amazing harmonies that are flawlessly executed by the stellar cast!"
Called "A rafter-raising musical!" by People Magazine and "Pure irresistible fun" by the New York Times.
The Canyon Theatre Guild is located at 24242 Main Street in Old Town Newhall.
For reservations, call The Canyon Theatre Guild at (661) 799-2702 or visit canyontheatre.org/beehive.
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For those who don't know how to play Tetris, the idea is simple. You rotate the pieces and move them left or right in order to fill up solid rows of blocks. Every time you fill another row, it disappears and the stack moves down one space to make more room.
This game keeps a record of high scores, so you can compete with other players. You will see the high scores after your game is over. If you want to earn points faster, skip ahead a few levels by pressing the plus (+) key.
You can earn more points by clearing multiple lines at once. Also, lines are worth more points at higher levels. You will notice that as the game goes on, the pieces fall faster and your level increases. For that reason, a line at level 0 (the first level) is worth only 40 points, while one at level 1 is worth 80 points, and so on.


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Trackography paints a picture of who is reading over your shoulder.
Trackography, an open source project developed by the Tactical Technology Collective, lifts the veil on the global tracking industry by providing a snapshot of the third-party trackers in over 2,500 media websites across 38 countries. Collaborating with partners around the world, we created an interactive visualization of these third-party trackers. By showing the route your data travels—from your computer to the servers of the websites and the servers of the third-party trackers—Trackography paints a picture of who is reading over your shoulder.
The goal of much of this tracking is to target us with advertising. Data about our online activities is collected and aggregated into profiles. These profiles tell third-party trackers who we are, what we're interested in, and predict what we will do in the future. This might sound harmless. But a closer look at the global tracking industry reveals new and troubling power dynamics.
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This is a dangerous trend, marking the calamity of our age increasingly turning the age of 'merchants' ! See how even nation heads are first acting like marketing officer for the business community in their respective countries ? Their foreign trips are first and foremost marketing trips !
This attack on privacy of citizens is aggravated by similar, or even greater 'tapping' of citizens activities, especially their internet activities by the governments; there was a news in Indian newspaper Hindustan Times today, that govt. has achieved direct access to citizens phone, internet including social-media activities without the aid of telecom providers... it is grave control of citizens lives and thoughts, a calamity against which citizens own govt.system-democracy-was devised by its founding fathers. The trend of govt and business gaining more and more control over men's lives is a danger that every man and freedom and rights institution must fight tooth and nail..
thanks for the information. I would love to track my trackers.
Wow that is what technology has done. Thanks for enlightening me.
Thank you for such pro community sentiments. Good work and keep it up Open Society as ever!!! A good turn deserves another!!!
When I consent to go to site A, lurking there are a multitude of tracking sites, B-Z, that I have not consented to and are running scripts, leaving unwanted cookies, slowing down my computer, outlaw this! Comment to the FTC/FCC, tell them to outlaw tracking sites! IF they want us to shop, how about better/safer products that last and better customer service and product descriptions that actually describe what the the product is and who made it not rebranding?
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Very interesting article. This does not come as a shock of course but it brings it home for me. More than annoying, it is downright scary to realize that all you do online is "followed". You do a simple search for anything and you are instantly bombarded with adds specific to that search and that's just the annoying stuff. The potential for abuse ( Ha!) in tracking is immense. It reminds me of the film "The Lives of Others". Having diverse interests, I sometimes stop myself from going to specific websites for fear ( irrational, a rational person would say ) of triggering red flags, while having no ill-intent. Thank you.
This tracking stuff is not just commercial and you know it!
In this epoch of terrorism -drug trafficking ,money laundering- etc ,if an international reputed agency under U.N.O or Interpol is tracking all communications, Money transactions,postings and messages It will surly help to curb terrorism of all kinds . If the data Industry is made transparent -much of the miss-use can be avoided . It seems to be more practical .If I am using certain fire- walls to prevent somebody looking over my shoulders (it is surly annoying I agree ) they can use better technology and even deny my access to sites and details I am looking for. Better to enforce data Industry to be accountable and transparent at least the data to be made available to reputed international agencies under U.N supervision.
Laws on third party cookies need to be written making the trackers completely liable when using or selling someone's personal information(leaving fingerprints). There is no consent by these companies and they are operating crossing international boarders doing it. Most all of the so called "blocking" software does nothing to prevent them from tracking your address,clicks and all online behavior. They claim they can do it because you opt in....that is b.s. nobody opts in for personal tracking.
Fieke Jansen is the project lead of politics of data at the Tactical Technology Collective.


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lm2 is my ordered key-value storage library. You can read my post about it here. There's a lot to say about this little library, so this will be the first of a few posts about how lm2 works and why I chose to do things a certain way.
lm2 is essentially a linked list on disk. Everyone knows linked lists aren't very fast. Searches take a ridiculously long time and require a lot of seeking. That's why lm2 has a record cache, which stores a subset of the key-value records in memory. This cache really speeds up searches, but it's used for much more. It's also used for the write path. All writes in lm2 happen in memory before they're durably recorded to disk.
There is only one level of caching at the moment. If you think about it, the architecture looks like a 2-level skip list.
A cache like this has some interesting behavior when you have large scans over many records.
Scan resistance is about keeping the cache "good" when faced with large scans. A scan will access lots of elements, but many will not be accessed again. For example, an LRU is a bad choice for scans because it will insert every accessed element, but many won't be accessed again.
lm2 uses probability to insert elements into the cache. Like a skip list, records are probabilistically inserted into the record cache whenever they're accessed. A frequently accessed record may not be in the cache, but it's definitely more likely. Rarely accessed elements will rarely make it into the cache.
This approach is scan resistant because a single, full collection scan won't destroy the cache. The other benefit is that cached records tend to be at the areas that are read the most, which I think is what you want from a cache like this.
The bad thing about using a probabilistic cache is that it can take a while for it to "warm up." We'll get back to this later.
Besides the time during a write, lm2 does not hold dirty records. This means that the cache has records as they appear on disk. This makes it really easy to evict elements because there isn't any flushing to do.
The fact that lm2 is append-only and does not overwrite records only applies to some data, like the actual keys and values. There's a bunch of metadata (pointers, versions, tombstone versions, etc.) that is updated in-place. As I mentioned earlier, all of these updates first happen in memory.
Some systems (like InnoDB) use rollback information to undo changes that happen in place. This doesn't exist in lm2. Once something changes, there's no going back. But what if something bad happens halfway (or some other arbitrary point) into a write? This is undefined. So what do you do? Crash!
Crashing isn't a big deal in lm2. Writes are guaranteed to be fully durable when acknowledged, so partially written data is cleanly discarded. The in-memory state is always thrown out. This includes the cache (which takes a while to build!).
Early on during testing, I realized that recovery after losing the cache was horrible. This is where the poor performance of a linked list really shows. To counteract this effect, lm2 now periodically saves the cache state in the background. Every few seconds, it writes the offsets of the records in memory to a separate file. After a crash, it reads these records back into memory and is able to perform just as well as it did before the crash.
For more on scan resistance, check out this page titled "Making the Buffer Pool Scan Resistant" in the MySQL reference manual.
Also see "Saving and Restoring the Buffer Pool State". This is where I got the record cache saving idea :).


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