Laravel is a web application framework that incorporates expressive and elegant syntax. It offers a full-stack solution for front-end as well as back-end developers.
It comes with a built-in SCSS and script collector.
All the relevant modules are connected as service provider packages.
It uses a notable Blade template that allows users to aggregate webpage slicing from the PHP code.
Caching, working with file storage and multiple databases.
Task scheduler, task queues, console, work with SSH.
WebSockets support to develop real interactive apps.
Flexibility possibilities to rewrite REST API.
This is a multi-level framework based on MVC architecture, designed to build web application by using database. It is one of the most powerful tools that are used to create web applications for various websites. One of the highlights of Ruby on Rails is the speed of development. The high speed is determined by an extensive set of ready-to-use standard RoR tools, pre-created solutions in the community, the Ruby language and simple coding.
YII is a component-based PHP framework designed to develop large web apps. It enables developers to optimally utilize the code, reuse the concept and speed up the web development process. YII is a universal framework that can be used in multiple types of web apps. It is suitable for large development projects including portals, forums, CMSs, stores and RESTful application.
Enables you to cache the entire page and separate fragment.
Enables you to work with forms effectively ensuring development and validation.
Ability to connect third-party libraries.
Enables automated testing and TDD style development.
Django is a Python-based web application framework. DRY (Don't repeat yourself) is one of the essential principles of the platform. It is developed from multiple apps that are suggested to developed detachable and connectable.
Enables fast development, making it suitable for developers who are working on deadlines.
It comes with various features that help with user authentication, content administration, website maps, RSS, etc.
Protection against security errors that may influence the project.
A good option to work on projects that require high-level web traffic.
The ASP.NET MVC platform is a framework designed to develop websites and web applications, integrating the MVC pattern. It offers high convenience, flexibility and various usage.
Additionally, it also ensures a high productive coding model, allowing users to develop purer code architecture through testing. The framework supports ubiquitous extensibility.
Flask is a robust Python web development framework that does not use any tools and libraries. It is a widely used framework for operating web applications using mixed devices. It integrated Unicode-based maintenance and strong documentation, thereby decreasing a lot of manual tasks for programmers and design analysts. Furthermore, it also has a restful call dispatch that offers authority to the framework by implementing inter-network mechanism. The quality of code augmentation enables developers to replace contemporary phase to attach solicited characteristics.
Each of these frameworks come with its own set of advantages. Deciding a web development framework primarily relies on the features of a particular project. Above are some of the top web frameworks of 2019 that offers strong support to the overall development process and speed up the development process in the most effective manner.


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@end

@implementation VideoFeedNodeController
{
  ASTableNode *_tableNode;
  NSMutableArray<VideoModel*> *_videoFeedData;
}

- (instancetype)init
{
  _tableNode = [[ASTableNode alloc] init];
  _tableNode.delegate = self;
  _tableNode.dataSource = self;

  if (!(self = [super initWithNode:_tableNode])) {
    return nil;
  }

  [self generateFeedData];
  self.navigationItem.title = @"Home";

  return self;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
  [super viewDidLoad];

  [_tableNode reloadData];
}

- (void)generateFeedData
{
  _videoFeedData = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

  for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
    [_videoFeedData addObject:[[VideoModel alloc] init]];
  }
}

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- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableNode:(ASTableNode *)tableNode
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  return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)tableNode:(ASTableNode *)tableNode numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
  return _videoFeedData.count;
}

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{
  VideoModel *videoObject = [_videoFeedData objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
  VideoContentCell *cellNode = [[VideoContentCell alloc] initWithVideoObject:videoObject];

  return cellNode;
}

@end

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The BSG02H is a 19" grill security panel made of steel. The BSG02 can be installed in front of any 19" device, preventing any unauthorized persons from accessing your devices. The fine grilled structure allows monitoring of indicators such as LED's and displays on the front panel, while providing 23 mm space for extending controls.


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Sophie Turner's Pre-Wedding Dress Is So Stunning, She Should Re-Wear It On Her Big Day
It's simple, sleek, and very '90s.
By Samantha Sutton
Jun 28, 2019 @ 10:00 am
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There's no wedding quite like a Jonas Brothers wedding (hello, Nick and Priyanka's multiple, extravagant events), but Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas's weekend-long celebration is practically a mini fashion show. As the couple prepares to say "I do" in France this weekend, they've been pulling out all the stops when it comes to their outfits. The latest look that has us feeling a bit like a heart-eyed emoji? Turner's white Cushnie column dress, which she wore on Friday while hanging out with family and friends.
VIDEO: Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner's Cutest Couple Moments
The piece looked stunning on the bride-to-be, who kept the rest of her look minimal, only adding a small "J" pendant necklace and metallic heels. It was simple, sleek, and very '90s, in our opinion, reminding us of something similar that Gwyneth Paltrow wore back in 1995.
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Of course, it wasn't just this pre-wedding ensemble that had us talking. We're also big fans of Turner's knot-front Choosy shirt dress, which she wore earlier in the week while having dinner at Ralph Lauren's restaurant.
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If this is what the Game of Thrones actress is wearing before her big day (err, second big day), we can't wait to see what she walks down the aisle in!

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GOP Senator Presses FBI Director Over Handling Of Alleged Hunter Biden Laptop
Published by Newsplate on October 17, 2020
By Chuck Ross –
The chairman of a Senate committee pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray for details of the bureau's handling of Hunter Biden's laptop.
Sen. Ron Johnson asked Wray whether the FBI has investigated both the contents of Biden's laptop and the claims made by a Delaware computer shop owner who claims he turned the device over to investigators last year.
Johnson's committee met with the shop owner earlier this month.
The Republican said the FBI has declined to inform the committee whether there are any inconsistencies in the shop owner's story or if any foreign governments are involved in the Biden email saga.
Sen. Ron Johnson said in a letter on Saturday that the FBI has declined to provide insight into its handling of a laptop purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden.
Investigators on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, which Johnson chairs, have met with a computer shop owner who says he obtained the laptop last year.
In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Johnson asked whether the owner, John Paul Mac Isaac, provided accurate information about his handling of the computer and his interactions with the FBI.
The Wisconsin Republican is also asking whether the FBI has investigated the contents of the purported Biden laptop and whether investigators have found evidence of any criminal wrongdoing.
"The committee must know whether the FBI has assessed the validity of materials the whistleblower has provided, and what, if any, actions the FBI has taken since obtaining this information," Johnson wrote.
Johnson said that the whistleblower contacted his office on Sept. 24, a day after Republicans released a report on Hunter Biden's business dealings.
Isaac "informed my staff that he had possession of a laptop left in his business by Hunter Biden," Johnson wrote.
Investigators on Johnson's committee reportedly met with Isaac on Oct. 5.
"He also informed us that he provided its contents to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in response to a December 9, 2019 grand jury subpoena," the letter stated.
The New York Post began this week publishing some emails purportedly from the laptop. Rudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer for President Trump, provided the Post with the documents last week.
Isaac has claimed that a man he believes to be Hunter Biden dropped off his laptop for repair in April 2019 but never came back to retrieve it. He said he made a copy of the computer's hard drive before turning the device over to investigators last year. He shared a copy of the device with Giuliani, who fed the documents to the Post.
The documents published by the Post have raised questions about Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine and China. The newspaper has also published photos purportedly from Biden's computer showing him in an apparent inebriated state. Biden has been open about his struggles with drug addiction.
Johnson said in his letter that his committee staff contacted FBI officials about the laptop after meeting with Isaac in order to validate his claims. He said the agency rebuffed the inquiry.
"Unfortunately, several days later, the FBI responded that it would not confirm or deny any information identified by the committee even though several of our questions were not related to the possible existence of an ongoing grand jury investigation," Johnson wrote.
Johnson said he wants to find out whether Isaac's claims "could be fraudulent or not accurate."
"If any information offered to the committee was linked to a foreign adversary's attempt to interfere in the election, I would expect the FBI to ensure the committee is protected and receives a defensive briefing," Johnson wrote to Wray.
Democrats have alleged that the Russian government may have been involved in some way in the publication of Biden's emails. They have pointed to Giuliani's past collaboration with a Ukrainian lawmaker who is sanctioned in the U.S. because of his ties to Russia.
The Associated Press also reported on Friday that the FBI is investigating whether foreign intelligence services played a role in obtaining or publishing the emails.
The Biden campaign and Hunter Biden have not disputed Isaac's claim about how the computer ended up at his shop. They have also not disputed the veracity of any of the emails published so far.
One person on an email chain published by the New York Post has confirmed the accuracy of the document, Fox News reported on Friday.
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A financing strategy is integral to an organisation's strategic plan. It sets out how the organisation plans to finance its overall operations to meet its objectives now and in the future.
A financing strategy summarises targets, and the actions to be taken over a three to five year period to achieve the targets. It also clearly states key policies which will guide those actions.
A suggested structure and contents for a financing strategy are outlined below.
1. Where are we now?
This section summarises where the organisation is at the start of the strategy. This includes an assessment of the key risks facing the NGO and the opportunities and resources it has available.
2. Where would we like to be?
This section summarises key financial targets for three to five years' time, and is informed by the risks and opportunities identified in the first section. It will include as a minimum:
The desired funding mix – the balance and sources of restricted and unrestricted funds.
Donor dependency – linked to the funding mix, this is the realistic and appropriate level of funding to accept from donor agencies (expressed as a percentage of overall income).
Level of general reserves – usually expressed as the number of days that the organisation could continue without external funding.
3. How do we get there?
This is the 'meat' of the financing strategy. It describes what actions you will take each year to finance the strategic plan and achieve the financial targets identified in the second section.
This might include sections on:
how to increase the mix and level of unrestricted funds
how to finance core costs
how to build up reserves
how to replace and maintain fixed assets
how to apply funds to achieve maximum benefit
For example, actions to increase the percentage of unrestricted income might include:
increasing or introducing fees for users of services to recover some or all of the costs of providing the service;
introducing income-generating activities;
making use of under-utilised resources (eg renting out office space, vehicles);
increasing the priority given to fundraising for unrestricted funds.
4. Key policies
This section will include policies that guide the financing strategy. The examples given are for guidance only, and may not be appropriate or detailed enough for your organisation.
Reserves policy – what level of reserves you aim to build up, and how surpluses will be handled.
Example: It is our policy to maintain general reserves equivalent to 6 months of operating expenditure. This policy is reviewed by the Board every three years. General fund surpluses in a given year will be added to this reserve. If the reserve level exceeds the policy level, we will spend it on behalf of the beneficiaries in line with our strategy.
Core costs policy – what method will be used to recover programme support costs from projects and funders. It will also clarify the policy on subsidising 'poorer' projects and how that will be decided and managed.
Example: It is our policy to appoprtion overhead costs to projects on a monthly basis, in proportion to the direct costs incurred by each project. Each project should generate enough income to cover both its direct and apportioned indirect costs, unless the Board authorises otherwise for particular cases.
Pricing and cost recovery policy – where charges are to be made to service users, this will explain the basis and formula used for the charging, and the pricing structure.
Example: It is our policy to charge users of the clinic for consultation, drugs and lab tests. The basis for the charge is cost plus 10% to cover overhead. Patients unable to pay may apply to our 'Special Scheme' for assistance.
Ethical policy – this will explain who the NGO will or will not accept funds from and what funds may or may not be used for. This will be particularly relevant to NGOs involved in advocacy work.
Example: It is our policy to consider the ethical nature of all funds offered to us before accepting. For example, we will not accept funds derived from any illegal source, or from corporates engaged in arms dealing or child labour. We will not accept funds that create a conflict of interest. We consider each case in line with our values.
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New Uncharted 4 Update Adds Lost Legacy Character And More To Multiplayer
More than a year after launch, Uncharted 4 is still getting free new DLC.
By Eddie Makuch on August 16, 2017 at 11:13AM PDT
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End may be more than a year old, but developer Naughty Dog is not finished supporting the celebrated PlayStation 4 game just yet. An update due out on August 22 adds a character from Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Asav, along with skins for Chloe and Nadine based on their appearances in the upcoming standalone game.
Asav, the new character, is the antagonist of The Lost Legacy. He's playable in Uncharted 4's Survival and Multiplayer modes, and he has "uniquely menacing VO."
Also new for Uncharted 4 with the August 22 update will be the Survival Arena. It's a spin on on the Survival mode that introduces "over 100 new waves" with never-before-seen enemy types, Siege zones, and other wave modifiers. People who successfully clear the waves will get items like the Savage Starlight Skeleton skin.
As announced previously, The Lost Legacy includes Uncharted 4's multiplayer mode, and Lost Legacy players will be grouped with owners of the main game.
In other Uncharted news, Naughty Dog has announced new iOS Message stickers based on The Lost Legacy. Chloe and Nadine are represented, of course, and one of the stickers shows Nadine saying, "YAS QUEEN !!!"
The Lost Legacy, a standalone game where you play as Chloe, launches for PS4 on August 22. Keep checking back with GameSpot for more.


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Andrea Scherz is Hotelier of the Year
Mon, 24. Jun. 2019
Andrea Scherz has been awarded the Hotelier of the Year 2019 accolade by the renowned journalist and hotel critic Karl Wild.
"Many well-heeled guests only stay at one place when in the Bernese Oberland: The Gstaad Palace," writes hotel critic Karl Wild. The reasons come in droves: "This fairy-tale castle with battlements, bay windows and turrets is unique and one of a kind. The facilities and services are world class." That's not all. The hotel has character, charm and history into the bargain. Not all of the five luxury hotels in the town hold so many aces.
Then, of course, we come to the family that owns the hotel, the Scherz family. "Andrea Scherz manages the dream hotel, now into its third generation, with as much passion as his father and grandfather before him." He has seen many changes in his 18 years as general manager: new competitors have sprung up, billionaires who were once his guests now have their own chalets.
And yet, Wild says: "With many successful years in the past, last winter's occupancy rates at the Gstaad Palace were better than ever before. Every year, around CHF 4m is invested in the hotel." The main person responsible for this great success story is Andrea Scherz, who sincerely deserves the award of Hotelier of the Year, which is long overdue in Wild's view.
Owner and hotel manager
Scherz is the director of one of the last owner-managed luxury hotels in Europe. As the owner, he has dedicated himself to the 90-room Gstaad Palace Hotel since 1996. "This prestigious hotel in Oberbort, Gstaad is a real 'family affair'," writes the Gstaad Palace in a press release. "I was born and raised with a sense of hospitality. My grandfather Ernst and my father Ernst Andrea (who still helps me to make important decisions) passed on their passion for the hotel industry to me. My mentors have always reminded me of our main goal: There is no such word as 'no' at the Gstaad Palace", explains Scherz. He ads about the award: "This honour brings me great satisfaction – not just for me personally, but above all, for our talented, comprehensive team of up to 300 individuals. Every day, we work hard to preserve our tradition of hospitality. This can be challenging as we are now living in a time where the entire luxury hotel industry has never been as demanding as it is today."
The hotel industry runs in the family's blood
It's true that quality runs in the family's blood. In 2015 Andrea's father, Ernst Andrea, was honoured with the Leading Legend Award by Leading Hotels of the World. "I entered the hotel industry voluntarily. It really interested me and I was driven by a spark of madness, which is intuitive to every member of the Scherz family." The Gstaad Palace was a kind of playground for Scherz. Numerous personalities have been regular guests there since his childhood, including Roger Moore, Roy Emerson, Yehudi Menuhin, the former president of France, Jacques Chirac and the former prime minister of Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher (who even wrote her memoirs at the Gstaad Palace).
Hotels from the region
As in every year, the hotel rankings list contains a number of the region's hotels: In the best holiday hotels category, the Gstaad Palace was 4th. Le Grand Bellevue Gstaad was 7th, the Ultima Gstaad 9th, the Alpina Gstaad 13th and the Park Gstaad in 15th place. In the Nice Price Hotels category, as in previous years, the Hotel Spitzhorn in Saanen scooped a podium place, coming in 3rd. The Hotel de Rougemont was 7th, HUUS Gstaad 8th and the Romantik Hotel Hornberg in 13th place. The Wellness & Spa Hotel, Ermitage was listed in the Wellness Hotels category as in every year. This year, it came in 7th place.
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New governance rules
New governance rules have been introduced by the Hadlow Group following a string of resignations on the back of an ongoing investigation into the group's finances.
By Malcolm Triggs
Principal Paul Hannan and deputy principal Mark Lumsdon-Taylor were suspended when the Further Education Commissioner and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) launched an investigation into the financial management of the group, which runs Hadlow and West Kent and Ashford Colleges. Meanwhile Lumsdon-Taylor's resignation, announced in January, came into effect on 1 March.
Lumsdon-Taylor, formerly a high-profile figure who once boasted: "I do things differently" and spoke of taking "targeted" risks, has remained tight-lipped about his part in events that could have a huge impact on the future of Hadlow College.
A Hadlow spokesman has now confirmed that the group is receiving "exceptional financial support" from the ESFA to ensure it can keep functioning during the crisis.
The group has announced the resignations of Paul Dubrow, Theresa Bruton, Bob McNicoll, Harvey Guntrip and Chris Hearn from the Hadlow College Board of Governors, along with the resignation of Paul Hannan as Principal and CEO. Meanwhile George Jessel and April McMahon have resigned from the board of West Kent and Ashford College.
In the immediate aftermath of the probe into financial concerns, the group has moved to ensure governors can no longer sit on both boards.
The spokesman revealed that Dubrow had been chair of the West Kent and Ashford board while also serving as vice-chairman of the Hadlow board, while Bruton had been chair of the Hadlow board and vice-chairman of West Kent and Ashford. Guntrip also sat on both bodies.
Bruton had originally taken on the interim chairmanship of the West Kent and Ashford Board following Dubrow's resignation when the ESFA and FE Commissioner launched their investigations.
"During his visits to the college, the FE Commissioner identified some issues relating to the leadership and governance of the colleges within the Hadlow Group, which we have addressed through the appointment of two new chairs of governors and the establishment of two distinct governing bodies for Hadlow College and West Kent and Ashford College, which will operate independently of each other," the spokesman confirmed.
He added that Interim principal Graham Morley had taken the decision with advice from the FE Commissioner.
Early reports suggested that the Commissioner's investigation relates to accounting irregularities around land sales, and there have been suggestions that the ESFA is looking to reclaim "significant sums" of money.
The new Hadlow College chair of governors Andrew Baird said he was "really pleased to see the work being done by the staff to ensure the learners are unaffected by the current troubles the college faces."
He added that he was pleased to have been appointed as interim chair "while we explore options for the future of Hadlow College". The spokesman said it was "too early" to say what those options might be The FE Commissioner's report is expected to be published in June.
Professor Martin Doel CBE has been appointed as chair of governors for West Kent and Ashford College and said it was clear it faced "a range of financial and related problems".
The Hadlow Group spokesman went on: "We are currently receiving exceptional financial support from the ESFA and are working closely with them to ensure we are able to meet all of our liabilities while not compromising on the quality of the courses currently on offer at any of the Hadlow Group colleges or sites.
"Our primary goal has always been to provide our students, and the wider communities we serve, with an excellent learning experience. The successes of our students are testament to this."


Tonight on FOX is an all new episode of Take Me Out. On tonight's show 30 single women continue their search for a match. If you missed last week's show, we have a full and detailed recap here for you. On last week's episode where the host of the show is George Lopez. The show started with 30 single women who were lined up at podiums.
A bachelor was introduced for inspection by each of the women. If they didn't like the guy, they pressed a button and the light went out on their podium. If she liked him, the light stayed on. The final round was the guy's choice: he asked a question to two finalists and chooses a winner who he then asked out on a date. After watching the show, yes, yes, it is the ultimate in cheesiness, but will I be watching? Probably, I am a sucker for these show!
So how did Take Me Out do in the ratings? Well they grabbed 3.3 million total viewers and 1.3 in adults 18-49 demo. Not earth chattering but probably good enough for summer ratings to keep it around for a couple of weeks.
On tonight's show the 30 women continue their search for their summer fling on the provocative and hilarious dating show.
RECAP: Here we go again! It's our second look at Take Me Out, the new dating game hosted by George Lopez. It's demanding bunch, 30 ladies with a check list of must- have's for their potential suitors. You remember the drill, if the girl's don't like the guy they shut off their light.
Guy number one enters to "You Dropped A Bomb on Me" and looks like a cowboy. No wait, he IS a cowboy named Jesse. 24 lights stay on after round one. In round two he tells us about himself. He is a cowboy and loves country life. He took care of his mom and sisters when his dad passed away. He has manners and seems very genuine. 7 lights remain, 7 potential women to date. Jesse shows off his bull riding skills and ends up with a few interested women.
They are smart. They see that he respects his mother so he'll likely respect them. Jesse decided he favors Ire and Debra and will choose just one of them.. His question to them, "How will you take this bull by the horns?" Debra says she'd take the bull by the horns. Ire would rather take him by his arms. Both women will go off into the sunset with him. He picked Debra for her smile, and well, everything else I'm sure.
Last week Alan and Mackayla went out on a date and now we get to catch up with them. The Italian hottie has really won Mackayla over and the two are actually happily dating.
Here comes single guy number two, Johnnie chooses "Beautiful People"to make his entrance and the women go crazy. 25 lights stay on for the boxer. He is always training- 8 hours a day. Lights are going out like mad and that's before he mentions how cheap he is. He likes to take his women out to "specials" to save money. One light remains on. Nina's. Johnnie got knocked out when he revealed he sleeps on an air mattress in the boxing ring!
Samantha and John met last week but he came on a little too strong. The touchy feelyness turned her off.
Panos is single guy number three and he enters to Luck Be a Lady Tonite. He is from Brooklyn and ends up with 22 lights remaining on at first glance. He used to be a Wall Street Mogul but quit in favor of writing children's books. He can't wait to have a wife and children of his own. He is a romantic, old fashioned guy that wants a woman to take care of. He has six girls to choose from and he decides it'll be a toss up between Courtni and Leslie. He wants to know how they'll surprise him on his birthday. Courtni will cook him dinner in her apron. Leslie will distract him with lingerie while food cooks. Panos chooses Courtni.
Our last single guy, Dave, chooses Bad to the Bone as he makes his grand entrance. He is looking at 24 interested women. He is a CEO and gym rat, also born deaf in one ear. Women don't like men that refer to themselves in the third person, Dave is doomed. He does have a few date possibilities and I'm sure it's only because he is kind of hot. It is between Erin and Kristin and he wants to know what charitable thing they'd do. Erin would clean up the ocean and Kristin would start a charity to empower women. Kristin wins or at least gets a date with Dave. Tune in next week to see how these dates play out!


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The following describes the model to be implemented. It combines a city-scale building energy model with a people activity model.

## Sets

* P: people
* B: buildings
* K: time steps
* A = {work, sleep, shower, transit, ...}: people activities

## Parameters

* Tout, k: outdoor temperature at time k
* δthermal: vector of thermal building parameters
* rb: position vector of building b
* vpeople: average transit speed of people
* Γp, b, a, k: restriction of activity a at place b for person p at time k (0 = activity not possible, 1 = activity possible)

(possible more restrictions apply to Γp, b, a: only one work place, sleep only at home, etc.)

## People Movement Model

* rp, k: position vector of person p at time k
* Pb, k ∈ P: people in building b at time k

where

r'p, k = vpeople * (rbdestination - rbsource)

rp, k = rb ∀ p ∈ Pb, k

See `conceptual-activity-model.md` for more details.

## People Activity Model

* Acurrent: P x K x A ↦ A

See `conceptual-activity-model.md` for more details.

## Building Energy Model

* Tin, b, k: indoor temperature in building b at time k
* Pthermal, b, k: heating or cooling power in building b at time k

where

Pthermal, b, k = Pthermal, b, k(Tin, b, k, δthermal, Tout, k, θset, b, k, H, θset, b, k, C) ∀ b ∈ B, k ∈ K

Tin, b, k = Tin, b, k(Tin, b, k-1, δthermal, Tout, k-1, Pthermal, b, k-1)

θset, b, k, H = θset, b, k, H(Pb, k)

θset, b, k, C = θset, b, k, C(Pb, k)


As a marketer, what do you think is the best method of converting leads into customers?
If you're like most, you probably said something along the lines of building an effective and well-maintained email list. And it's true – an email list can easily become your best friend when it comes to conversions.
It's an avenue that allows frequent and direct communication to keep you top of mind and it can be one of the best ways to direct traffic to new content. In fact, email automation platform Campaign Monitor conducted an annual report for 2016 that shows for every dollar spent on email marketing, you'll typically earn back $44. That's some impressive ROI!
But that kind of return is only possible if you're using your email list wisely. The five tactics outlined below will help you not only grow your email list, but also turn it into a customer converting machine.
An email list without opt-in forms is like a flower without roots – it won't last long and it makes you wonder how it came to be in the first place. But it's where you place these opt-ins that really drives conversions.
In classic newspaper form, above the fold placement on your page is essential. It's all about being able to spot the opt-in quickly and easily. Draw the eye with some colors and make it especially visually appealing to bring in more subscribers and grow your list a breakneck pace.
The sight of an opt-in may be enough to scare off some prospective leads. That's why you should also incorporate a different tactic – lightboxes. Think of these as mobile opt-in forms, ones that are activated once a prospect reads a certain post or scrolls through your page enough.
Technically considered popups (which if you're completely opposed to then checkout tip #5), these nifty features have a clear call to action, catch the eye, and trigger strategically, among their many other benefits.
This should be a major priority already but just in case it isn't, split testing is absolutely essential in the marketing game. Color psychology, word connotation, length, and structure all come into play when someone decides whether or not to engage with content.
Thankfully, most email platforms have this capability built right in. Beyond that, there are a host of other software options out there to help you along the way. Happy testing!
Depending on the platform you use, asking your users to forward your emails along to others can be a great way to grow your list without having to put in nearly any time at all.
You've heard of the power of asking followers to retweet on Twitter (which can boost these numbers by 23x)? Well the same principle applies to email.
But be sure to check the terms and conditions of your platform first as some may outlaw this technique specifically.
And as with almost any other marketing tactic, be sure to keep the pushiness down to a reasonable level.
Popups may be the go-to for a lot of marketers these days but for others, they're the bane of their existence. And while the efficacy of such tactics can certainly be backed up by some impressive numbers, some people are moving away from popups entirely.
Luckily, though, there are a number of other ways you can still drive growth for your email lists without the help of these intrusive ads.
Emails are by far one of the most effective methods for making a connection, staying top of mind, and ushering prospects through your expertly crafted sales funnel. In fact, many marketers turn to email campaigns as their primary source of new customers.
And when you use the tactics above, you can be sure that your list will grow faster than ever!


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Ranveer Singh Age, Bio, Height, Family, Worth & More
January 5, 2022 December 28, 2021 by starcanvas
Real Name Ranveer Singh Bhavnani
Nickname Rambo, Bittoo
Father Name Jugjeet Singh Bhavnani
Mother Name Anju Bhavnani
Profession Actor, Model
Birthdate 36 year
Birthplace Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Height in Meter 1.78 m
Height in Inches 5′ 10″
Waight in Kilograms 75 Kg
Waight in Pounds 165 Ibs
Chest Size 42 cm
Waist Size 30 cm
Biceps Size 16 cm
Eye Color Dark Brown
Wife/Girlfriend Deepika Padukone
Education Bachelor of Arts degree from
Indiana University, USA
Home Town Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Favorite Food Chocolate, Cheese, Laddo, Maton curry
Favorite Actor Sharukh Khan, Johney Deep
Favorite Actress Kareena Kapoor
Debut Film Band Baaja Baaraat
Salary Per Movie 12 croor Rupiya per film
Net Worth 15 million $+
Ranveer Singh is one of the best successful sectors in Bollywood today, in which he is seen as a different character in every film.
Apart from his acting, Ranveer also attracts the audience a lot with his off-screen shows where he is always different. Let's do a level show which is rarely seen in Bollywood Celebrations, today we will tell you such interesting facts related to Ranbir Kapoor that you might not know.
Interesting Facts About Ranveer Singh
While playing the character of Alauddin Khilji in Padmavat, Ranbir Kapoor came across many psychical Jesus where like Khilji's character he himself started looking at things with a very angry and very negative frame of mind. He told that playing the role of Khilji has been the most chromatic experience in my life.
Where in real life too, as soon as I started behaving like Khilji, one day someone made a mistake on the set, I had the feeling of killing him,
the same day I realized that Khilji's character was dominating me and called it I had called my parents on shooting to normalize where I spent time with them after shooting and because it was very important for me to feel normal.
Be it Ranveer's first film or any he always goes to the theater to watch his film because he says that I love to see the reaction of the audience that how they judge my acting so I always change my look I go to the theater and enjoy the film by sitting with the audience.
Before the shooting of the film Band Baaja Baaraat started, Ranveer was sent by the producer to an acting workshop where he met Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Nawaz was hitting that workshop and he had trained Ranbir Kapoor for Bittu Sharma.
Even after being popular, Ranbir respects every fan like during a promotion, the fan-requested him to come on the stage because he wanted to show something to Ranveer,
Ranveer called him on the stage without taking any time and showed it That a permanent tattoo of Ranveer Kapoor's name was made on his fan's hand.
Seeing this thing, Ranbir became very emotional and he hugged his fan loudly. Huh.
Ranveer's name is Ranveer Singh Gurnani, so he changed his name because of the length of his name. Decided that my screen name would be Ranveer Singh.
Ranveer was fond of acting since childhood and his Grand Mother has a big hand behind it. Ranveer told that his grandmother used to show him Amitabh Bachchan's films and used to tell that Badhaao like you to want to be like him. That was the first incident where Ranveer started showing interest in acting.
Ranveer's Inspiration Apart from Amitabh Bachchan, Govinda used to be Mithun and all the three Khans, but after growing up,
his impressions remained Hrithik Roshan and during his struggling period he was very impressed by Ranbir Kapoor's acting Ranveer said that when I was in Bollywood When I was a newcomer,
I had to become an actor of Ranveer Kapoor's level because acting like him used to be the benchmark for every youngster in those days.
After finishing his schooling, Ranveer was very confused about his acting impression and college education because everyone used to tell him that he should keep acting only as a hobby and make a career in some other field by studying, then during the same phase, he was in the US.
where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana College.
Creative writing English literature was Ranveer's main subject in college, but he also got optional subjects in the curriculum, one of which was acting class. Ranbir Kapoor told in the interview that when I came to know which subject also has an acting class, I Involved his name in it, that class was not a serious actor class.
Just the student had to go there and do some scene and the teacher used to give only some tips, then when my turn came in the class, I acted in the film of Amitabh Bachchan's wall, no one understands what I am doing in Hindi. I am speaking but everyone applauded seeing the acting art in me.
When Ranveer came back to India after graduation, he started working as a copywriter in an advertising agency. Ranveer was not that active in his career in those days, so he worked as a copywriter for 1 year where he did many big products. Write k add the cap.
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Advanced Micro Devices' profit margins will rise next year as it rolls out new wave of more-expensive chips, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
The back story. AMD's stock has risen 57% so far this year through Friday, as investors grow optimistic about the company's product pipeline later in 2019.
Late last year, AMD unveiled its next-generation seven-nanometer (NM) server chip, called Rome, which will be launched in mid-2019. Intel 's first chips based on 10 NM technology won't ship until the 2019 holiday season. Smaller-nanometer manufacturing processes have historically allowed semiconductor companies to create faster, more-power-efficient chips.
What's new. BofA Merrill Lynch chip analyst Vivek Arya raised his price target for AMD stock on Monday, predicting the chip maker's profit margins will rise significantly next year. He also reiterated his Buy rating for the company.
"With the rollout of 7nm based Rome servers in 2H, AMD will undeniably have a lead in manufacturing-node versus INTC that for the first time ever," he wrote.
The analyst said AMD's new products—including more expensive server chips—will drive its margins higher. He forecasts the company's gross profit margin will rise to 43.5% next year from 38.5% last year.
"A core tenant of our bullish thesis of late has been the underappreciated impact of new product mix on AMD's blended ASPs (and thus sales)," he wrote.
Looking ahead. Arya raised his price target for AMD to $35 from $30, representing a 22% upside to the current stock price.
In December, Barron'ssuggested AMD could be a big winner in the cloud-computing server-chip market in 2019 because it has a promising lineup of products scheduled for release.
AMD stock was down 1% to $28.70 in Monday morning trading.


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Q: Why does GA4 Data API Beta version does not have metrics that available in GA Reporting API V4? I want to calculate exitRate, dropFromPage, PageTime and pageImpression using GA4 API Beta version mentioned below Analytics Data API Overview
However I have not able to find any metric for the same in documentation.
Any Idea
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/data/v1/api

But these metrics are available in Google Analytics V4
UA Dimensions & Metrics Explorer and core reporting api

A: The simple answer.

Why does GA4 reporting API Beta version does not have metrics that available in reporting API V4?

First off there is no Ga4 reporting api beta.  Its called the Google analytics Data api and it is currently in Beta test.  This api is used for access data behind google analytics GA4 accounts. It only has access to metrics for GA4 accounts.
The Google Analytics Reporting api v4 is used to access data behind universal analytics accounts not GA4 accounts.
GA4 and Universal analytics are not the same system and do not have the same metrics.
The long anwser.
The first thing you need to understand is that there is a difference between Universal analytics and Google analytics GA4.
The old Universal analytics systems can not be compared with Ga4 they are not not the same and they are not completable in any way.
Univeral analtyics

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*UA Dimensions & Metrics Explorer

*core reporting api
So checking for your dimensions and metrics in the universal analytics UA Dimensions & Metrics Explorer  is not going to tell you what is available for use with ga4.
To find the dimensions and metrics that work with GA4 ou should check GA4 Dimensions & Metrics Explorer
Remember these systems are totally different i don't think you are going to find those dimensions in GA4.
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*GA4 Dimensions & Metrics Explorer

*Analytics Data API Overview

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Jorge Alberto Salas Chávez (* 17. Juli 1914 in Avellaneda; † 24. Juni 1992) war ein argentinischer Segler.

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Jorge Salas Chávez nahm an fünf Olympischen Spielen in der Bootsklasse Drachen teil. 1948 belegte er bei seinem Olympiadebüt bei der in Torquay stattfindenden Regatta den siebten Platz, dabei war er neben Jorge del Río Salas Crewmitglied des von del Río Salas' Schwager Roberto Sieburger angeführten argentinischen Bootes Pampero. Acht Jahre darauf verpasste er in Melbourne als Skipper der Pampero als Vierter knapp einen Medaillengewinn. Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1960 in Rom war er Skipper der Tango, deren Crew aus del Río Salas und Héctor Calegaris bestand. Mit der Tango belegten sie mit 5715 Punkten den zweiten Platz, nur elf Punkte vor dem italienischen Boot Venilia, und gewannen damit die Silbermedaille. Olympiasieger wurden die Griechen in der Nirefs.

Mit Calegaris und del Río Salas hatte Salas Chávez bereits ein Jahr zuvor bei den Panamerikanischen Spielen in Chicago die Goldmedaille gewonnen. Bei den Panamerikanischen Spielen 1963 in São Paulo gewann Salas Chávez im Drachen mit Rodolfo Rivademar und Fernando Sanjurjo eine weitere Goldmedaille. Die Olympische Regatta 1964 in Tokio schloss er mit der Tango dagegen nur auf dem zehnten Platz ab. Seine Crew umfasste dabei erneut del Río Salas sowie Rodolfo Rivademar. Bei seiner letzten Olympiateilnahme kam Salas Chávez nicht über den 23. und damit letzten Platz hinaus.

Jorge Salas Chávez war der Neffe des olympischen Seglers Julio Sieburger.

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 Jorge Salas Chávez in der Datenbank von World Sailing (englisch)

Regattasegler (Argentinien)
Panamerikaspielesieger (Segeln)
Olympiateilnehmer (Argentinien)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1948
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1956
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1960
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1964
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1972
Teilnehmer an den Panamerikanischen Spielen (Argentinien)
Argentinier
Geboren 1914
Gestorben 1992
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Screenwriter Profile: Abi Morgan
The Writer: Abi Morgan has had some of the biggest dramatic hits of the last five years with her scripts for Shame, Suffragette, and The Iron Lady. These days, the British writer spends much of her time executive producing River, a UK drama that she created and has written every episode of. She got her start... Continue Reading →
Screenwriter Profile: Katie Dippold
The Writer: Katie Dippold is one of the top comedy writers of the day. She started out as a staff writer for Mad TV, and now she's the scribe behind the highly-anticipated all-female Ghostbusters reboot, along with director Paul Feig. She also wrote seven episodes on one of our all-time favorite shows, Parks and Recreation.... Continue Reading →
Screenwriter Profile: Lawrence Kasdan
The Writer: Lawrence Kasdan is the writer of some of the best, most loved movies of the last forty years. He's at the heart of the Star Wars franchise -- he wrote The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as well as the upcoming seventh installment, The Force Awakens -- and he penned Raiders... Continue Reading →
Toni Morrison on Failure, Rewriting, and Experimentation
As this month is Women's History month, we wanted to take a moment to highlight one of the most important writers -- male or female -- of the last century. No, Toni Morrison isn't a screenwriter, but her thoughts on writing surpass form and are completely applicable whether you're writing a broad comedy or an... Continue Reading →
Screenwriter Profile: Richard Linklater
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Jordan Zakarin of Buzzfeed went a little crazy and put together a pretty massive collection of advice from some of the most successful writers working in Hollywood today. He asked them all questions about their creative process, developing characters, dialogue, and much more. Go through the treasure trove of insights at Buzzfeed. Here are a... Continue Reading →
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package main

import (
	"context"
	"errors"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"log"
	"os"
	"strings"
	"time"

	"github.com/google/go-github/github"
	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
)

var (
	sourceOwner   = flag.String("source-owner", "", "Name of the owner (user or org) of the repo to create the commit in.")
	sourceRepo    = flag.String("source-repo", "", "Name of repo to create the commit in.")
	commitMessage = flag.String("commit-message", "", "Content of the commit message.")
	commitBranch  = flag.String("commit-branch", "", "Name of branch to create the commit in. If it does not already exists, it will be created using the `base-branch` parameter")
	baseBranch    = flag.String("base-branch", "master", "Name of branch to create the `commit-branch` from.")
	prRepoOwner   = flag.String("merge-repo-owner", "", "Name of the owner (user or org) of the repo to create the PR against. If not specified, the value of the `-source-owner` flag will be used.")
	prRepo        = flag.String("merge-repo", "", "Name of repo to create the PR against. If not specified, the value of the `-source-repo` flag will be used.")
	prBranch      = flag.String("merge-branch", "master", "Name of branch to create the PR against (the one you want to merge your branch in via the PR).")
	prSubject     = flag.String("pr-title", "", "Title of the pull request. If not specified, no pull request will be created.")
	prDescription = flag.String("pr-text", "", "Text to put in the description of the pull request.")
	sourceFiles   = flag.String("files", "", `Comma-separated list of files to commit and their location.
The local file is separated by its target location by a semi-colon.
If the file should be in the same location with the same name, you can just put the file name and omit the repetition.
Example: README.md,main.go:github/examples/commitpr/main.go`)
	authorName  = flag.String("author-name", "", "Name of the author of the commit.")
	authorEmail = flag.String("author-email", "", "Email of the author of the commit.")
)

var client *github.Client
var ctx = context.Background()

// getRef returns the commit branch reference object if it exists or creates it
// from the base branch before returning it.
func getRef() (ref *github.Reference, err error) {
	if ref, _, err = client.Git.GetRef(ctx, *sourceOwner, *sourceRepo, "refs/heads/"+*commitBranch); err == nil {
		return ref, nil
	}

	// We consider that an error means the branch has not been found and needs to
	// be created.
	if *commitBranch == *baseBranch {
		return nil, errors.New("The commit branch does not exist but `-base-branch` is the same as `-commit-branch`")
	}

	if *baseBranch == "" {
		return nil, errors.New("The `-base-branch` should not be set to an empty string when the branch specified by `-commit-branch` does not exists")
	}

	var baseRef *github.Reference
	if baseRef, _, err = client.Git.GetRef(ctx, *sourceOwner, *sourceRepo, "refs/heads/"+*baseBranch); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	newRef := &github.Reference{Ref: github.String("refs/heads/" + *commitBranch), Object: &github.GitObject{SHA: baseRef.Object.SHA}}
	ref, _, err = client.Git.CreateRef(ctx, *sourceOwner, *sourceRepo, newRef)
	return ref, err
}

// getTree generates the tree to commit based on the given files and the commit
// of the ref you got in getRef.
func getTree(ref *github.Reference) (tree *github.Tree, err error) {
	// Create a tree with what to commit.
	entries := []github.TreeEntry{}

	// Load each file into the tree.
	for _, fileArg := range strings.Split(*sourceFiles, ",") {
		file, content, err := getFileContent(fileArg)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		entries = append(entries, github.TreeEntry{Path: github.String(file), Type: github.String("blob"), Content: github.String(string(content)), Mode: github.String("100644")})
	}

	tree, _, err = client.Git.CreateTree(ctx, *sourceOwner, *sourceRepo, *ref.Object.SHA, entries)
	return tree, err
}

// getFileContent loads the local content of a file and return the target name
// of the file in the target repository and its contents.
func getFileContent(fileArg string) (targetName string, b []byte, err error) {
	var localFile string
	files := strings.Split(fileArg, ":")
	switch {
	case len(files) < 1:
		return "", nil, errors.New("empty `-files` parameter")
	case len(files) == 1:
		localFile = files[0]
		targetName = files[0]
	default:
		localFile = files[0]
		targetName = files[1]
	}

	b, err = ioutil.ReadFile(localFile)
	return targetName, b, err
}

// createCommit creates the commit in the given reference using the given tree.
func pushCommit(ref *github.Reference, tree *github.Tree) (err error) {
	// Get the parent commit to attach the commit to.
	parent, _, err := client.Repositories.GetCommit(ctx, *sourceOwner, *sourceRepo, *ref.Object.SHA)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// This is not always populated, but is needed.
	parent.Commit.SHA = parent.SHA

	// Create the commit using the tree.
	date := time.Now()
	author := &github.CommitAuthor{Date: &date, Name: authorName, Email: authorEmail}
	commit := &github.Commit{Author: author, Message: commitMessage, Tree: tree, Parents: []github.Commit{*parent.Commit}}
	newCommit, _, err := client.Git.CreateCommit(ctx, *sourceOwner, *sourceRepo, commit)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Attach the commit to the master branch.
	ref.Object.SHA = newCommit.SHA
	_, _, err = client.Git.UpdateRef(ctx, *sourceOwner, *sourceRepo, ref, false)
	return err
}

// createPR creates a pull requesit. Based on: https://godoc.org/github.com/google/go-github/github#example-PullRequestsService-Create
func createPR() (err error) {
	if *prSubject == "" {
		return errors.New("missing `-pr-title` flag; skipping PR creation")
	}

	if *prRepoOwner != "" && *prRepoOwner != *sourceOwner {
		*commitBranch = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", *sourceOwner, *commitBranch)
	} else {
		prRepoOwner = sourceOwner
	}

	if *prRepo == "" {
		prRepo = sourceRepo
	}

	newPR := &github.NewPullRequest{
		Title:               prSubject,
		Head:                commitBranch,
		Base:                prBranch,
		Body:                prDescription,
		MaintainerCanModify: github.Bool(true),
	}

	pr, _, err := client.PullRequests.Create(ctx, *prRepoOwner, *prRepo, newPR)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fmt.Printf("PR created: %s\n", pr.GetHTMLURL())
	return nil
}

func main() {
	flag.Parse()
	token := os.Getenv("GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN")
	if token == "" {
		log.Fatal("Unauthorized: No token present")
	}
	if *sourceOwner == "" || *sourceRepo == "" || *commitBranch == "" || *sourceFiles == "" || *authorName == "" || *authorEmail == "" {
		log.Fatal("You need to specify a non-empty value for the flags `-source-owner`, `-source-repo`, `-commit-branch`, `-files`, `-author-name` and `-author-email`")
	}
	ts := oauth2.StaticTokenSource(&oauth2.Token{AccessToken: token})
	tc := oauth2.NewClient(ctx, ts)
	client = github.NewClient(tc)

	ref, err := getRef()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Unable to get/create the commit reference: %s\n", err)
	}
	if ref == nil {
		log.Fatalf("No error where returned but the reference is nil")
	}

	tree, err := getTree(ref)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Unable to create the tree based on the provided files: %s\n", err)
	}

	if err := pushCommit(ref, tree); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Unable to create the commit: %s\n", err)
	}

	if err := createPR(); err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Error while creating the pull request: %s", err)
	}
}


If you ask actor Lou Ferrigno, the original Incredible Hulk, about the future of Marvel's largest and most ill-tempered Avenger, he'd tell you that the green giant is getting his own movie sometime after next summer's The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Given that Marvel Studios has yet to outline all of their Phase 3 plans for 2016-17 it's certainly possible.
Marvel Studios president of production Kevin Feige said as much in interviews for The Avengers two years ago, but warned that if there were to be another Hulk movie for star Mark Ruffalo, it wouldn't be until after The Avengers 2. Skip forward to present and Ruffalo says it's now actually (read: finally) under "consideration." Although it probably has been that way for a while.
The Hulk however, isn't one of Marvel Studios' most bankable characters. Having had a pair of adaptations with two different actors in the last decade, the box office results weren't impressive enough either time to warrant a sequel, especially when so many other characters and properties are vying for a chance (and potential franchise) on the big screen.
Hulk might just be a better supporting character, and writer/director Joss Whedon proved that in The Avengers. Thing is, that movie also made the Hulk and his friendlier alter ego Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) fan-favorites and ever since Hulk smashed alongside Captain America, Iron Man and Thor in summer 2012, a lot of fans want to see more.
And they're going to get that next summer as Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner and Hulk (he does the motion capture work for "the other guy" as well) get more screen time in The Avengers sequel. As of right now, Hulk's sort of an exclusive hero to The Avengers and that works well for Joss Whedon and adds a little something special in addition to seeing the other poster heroes who have solo franchises team-up again.
"I think they are, for the first time, entertaining the idea of it. When we did The Avengers it was basically 'No!', and now there is some consideration for it. But there's still nothing definitive, not even a skeletal version of what it would be. I look forward to going down that road, if we could crack that nut."
It's difficult to read into what the talent can actually say about their roles and potential upcoming projects given the strict NDAs they need to sign, but with Marvel Studios always planning many films ahead for story and contractual reasons - all the way to 2028 in this case - if there's a Hulk movie coming, Ruffalo probably knows about it and there's already a tentative plan in place based on where The Avengers: Age of Ultron leaves the character. Maybe we'll find out next month at Comic-Con when we can expect to see the next slate of films officially titled and dated.
Would you like to see a new Hulk-centric live-action adventure or should Marvel Studios focus on introducing more new characters and/or teams?


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Can there be plants on the dark side of a tidally locked world?
In my story, there is an Earth-sized planet orbiting a red dwarf, tidally locked to its parent star, with large oceans like Earth, two moons similar to ours and a thick atmosphere to distribute heat around the planet.
On the dark side of the planet there are two small continents, each about the size of Greenland, as well as other smaller islands. Now, I've been wondering, would it be possible for plant life to exist on the dark side of the planet?
I mean, considering that the planet doesn't rotate, then obviously plants on the dark side can't photosynthesize, but what about the sunlight bouncing off from the moons surface. Could that be enough sunlight for anything to grow? And if plant life could exist on the dark side what would it be like? Considering the fact that even though the atmosphere does distribute heat around the planet, the dark side is still slightly colder.
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$\begingroup$ How do you apply Taxonomic terms like "plant" to an alien ecology? $\endgroup$
$\begingroup$ "slightly colder"? You are aware the temperature differences would be bigger than on Earth, so that if your hot side is below boiling [of water], the cold side would be below freezing? So even if you had "continents" and "isles" on the cold side, the point would be moot because everything would be connected by kilometer thick ice sheets? $\endgroup$
$\begingroup$ I would perhaps edit this Q to define what you mean by plant life - perhaps any multicellular non-motile organism lacking a nervous system would suffice. Mushrooms (fungi) are phylogenically closer to animals than plants, but would likely fit the kind of "flora" that you are seeking. $\endgroup$
– DoctorWhom
Photosynthesizing plants will have serious troubles and are already well covered by the other answers.
But what about other kinds of plants?
Life is not limited to using the sun as a power source (it just happens to be most abundant one on earth, so most organisms using it easily outcompete others in ecological niches where sunlight is available) - many bacteria can live off hydrogen or other electron rich elements (sulfur or elemental metals). Traditionally higher organisms like us humans, but also plants (or fungi) like to cooperate with microorganisms for various reasons.
I see no reason why some plants that evolved on the day side of your planet (and already had the ability to attract bacteria for symbiosis) couldn't have made it to the dark side and once there establish a symbiosis with microorganisms that can extract energy from non-solar sources.
NicolaiNicolai
$\begingroup$ In essense, the light/dark side of the planet are no different from ecological biomes (desert/tundra/temperate forest/jungle/...) where different plants thrive because of different environmental conditions. $\endgroup$
– Flater
$\begingroup$ @theonlygusti I wanted to say electron-rich elements/substances, which actually can be oxidzed and not reduced (this is where I went wrong), the choice of words was also probably not the best. (will edit this now) $\endgroup$
– Nicolai
$\begingroup$ It's life, Jim - but not as we know it! $\endgroup$
– Peter Wone
Not all plants photosynthetise. About 1% of all angiosperms are freeloaders.
Your plants might have evolved from regular photosynthetizing plants from back when the planet was not tidally locked. Millions of years in the eternal dark will have caused the ones on the dark side to evolve an absence of chlorophyll.
Such plants may thrive by parasiting fungi and/or animals.
Alternatively, if there is a lifeform on the planet that thinks of itself as intelligent, plants may take advantage of their technology in order to get a light source for photosynthesis:
Source: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/mimic
The Square-Cube LawThe Square-Cube Law
One possibility could be wind-powered plants.
A tidally locked planet with a stable atmosphere must necessarily have powerful winds transporting heat from the day side to the night side. (Ocean currents can also contribute to the heat transport, but you're still going to have a significant temperature differential between the two sides, which is going to generate winds.) A plant growing near the terminator could supplement the meager sunlight available there by extracting energy from the wind, and once such a mechanism evolved to be sufficiently efficient, it could even allow those plants to grow without any sunlight at all.
What would such plants look like? I'd imagine a primitive (or simply convervative) form might look like a tree with leaves that flutter in the wind, just like they do on trees here on Earth. The differences would be at the cellular level, where the hypothetical wind-trees would have some way of converting mechanical oscillation into chemical energy — perhaps by using the alternating compression and decompression of their cells to drive an ion pump and create an ion concentration gradient across the cellular membrane, which they could then use to drive chemical reactions (like ATP synthesis in an Earth-like biochemistry).
All of this seems perfectly doable using little more than standard Earth biochemical building blocks. The fact that no plants on Earth have evolved to exploit this power source is probably due to the combination of insufficient selection pressure (there being few places on Earth with lots of wind and little sunlight) and simple lack of time for evolution to explore this particular corner of the fitness landscape.
Of course, once a plant on our hypothetical planet becomes fully wind-powered and fully loses its dependency on sunlight, there's likely to be lots of rapid morphological evolution and divergence as the descendants of these plants spread and adapt to their new niche. For one thing, these "plants" would most likely lose their photosynthetic capability entirely — it's complex, expensive to maintain and useless on the dark side. This in turn will free their leaf morphology to evolve to fully maximize wind capture efficiency, with no constraints on having to also collect sunlight.
So I'm imagining something like tall rigid masts rising up into the windstream, with pale white banners fluttering behind them like sails on a boat turning into the wind. Or perhaps the semi-rigid stems could themselves be the vibrating elements, like giant cat's whiskers standing upright and humming in the wind. Or perhaps some varieties could look like long streamers, anchored to a suitable terrain outcrop (or to another plant!) at one end, with the rest of the plant just freely fluttering in the wind behind it.
What I don't really expect to see would be rotors of any kind: while efficient at capturing wind energy, they'd necessitate the evolution of a freely rotating biological axle, something that evolution on Earth never seems to have managed. If such a mechanism did evolve, the rotating part would likely be fully composed of dead tissue — the rotors would grow while still attached to the main plant, then harden and detach so that they can start rotating. But I'd still find a purely vibrational ("fluttering") mechanism more likely.
Also, while I've been imagining all this evolution occurring on land, there's really no reason why it couldn't happen underwater as well. Actually, now I'm wondering why it apparently has never happened that way on Earth, given that there are surely lots of places underwater with plenty of currents but very little light. Perhaps it's just the difficulty of converting the existing photosynthetic machinery over to a new energy source, coupled with the fact that this source can really only be efficiently exploited by multicellular organisms (which tend to have longer generation times, and consequently slower evolution, than unicellular microbes) with advanced materials like cellulose to stiffen their structure (which, on evolutionary timescales, have only appeared relatively recently).
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$\begingroup$ Related worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/122867/… $\endgroup$
– Qami
The dark side honeymoon hideaway!
Bright moon. Here is a question about a bright moon driving photosynthesis.
Nocturnal Photosynthesis
In my answer I used data from cave plants fed by artificial lights. Your moonlight needs to be 100x brighter than on our world. I humbly propose metallic, reflective moons, one silver and one golden. Aesthetics, you know.
Coldness. Yes the dark side will be cold. But maybe you can compensate with internal heat! Your oceans are warmed from below with geothermal fires. They steam and sometimes bubble in the light of the gold and silver moons. Places close enough to the ocean to be warmed by steam will be good places for plants. But as you climb in altitude it gets very cold. And snowy - the steam falls as snow and produces glaciers which gradually push their way downslope back into the oceanic hot tub.
A great place for a ski vacation!
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$\begingroup$ With large oceans and a thick atmosphere cycling heat, geothermal warming on the dark side isn't necessary. Current models of this sort support largely ice-free antistellar surfaces. $\endgroup$
– rek
$\begingroup$ The problem with a bright moon is that it's kind of incompatible with a tidally locked planet. Specifically, the tidal force exerted by the moon is proportional to the cube of the angular diameter, while brightness is proportional to its square. So a bright moon needs to loom big in the sky, and that means it's going to exert a strong tidal force on the planet, preventing the planet from tidally locking to anything else. $\endgroup$
$\begingroup$ (A very high albedo moon would help some, since it could be smaller while still being bright. But it's hard to see how a moon around a planet warm enough for life could have such a high albedo, since most of the low molecular mass volatiles that could form a high albedo coating — like water, ammonia, etc. — would evaporate and escape so close to the sun. Unless, of course, the moon was big enough to retain them gravitationally — but then we'd basically have a double planet, and again run into the same tidal issues. Unless the planets were really far apart, but then they wouldn't stay bound...) $\endgroup$
$\begingroup$ @IlmariKaronen - what about a metal moon? Metal can be shiny. Like this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Psyche $\endgroup$
– Willk
$\begingroup$ Also possible (and brighter than a moon) is a binary star system, with the second star larger and brighter than the one that the planet is locked to, but distant. (It can't be close for reasons of orbital stability). $\endgroup$
– nigel222
It's possible, but complicated, and probably limited to very simple things at best.
The first thing to keep in mind is that tidally locked planets are going to have crazy weather, due to the massive energy differential in the atmosphere. I'd expect strong winds to be common, especially around the more temperate transition zone where you'd expect life to concentrate.
While the hot winds will keep the dark side warmer than it would otherwise be, it will still be extremely cold - think the months-long Antarctic nights on Earth for an idea of how cold. If the oceans flow freely between the light and dark sides, they would also have strong currents powered by the huge energy difference, but the precise geography would determine how much this can warm the dark side.
Plants on Earth absorb light within specific wavelengths, mostly but not exclusively red. The star will be emitting more in the red, but that has to get to the plants to be used. For the moon to do this, it needs a very high albedo, and to reflect in wavelengths that the plants can use. It's possible for the plants to be adapted for different wavelengths, so color doesn't have to be an issue, but the moon needs to be extremely bright. The closer to the planet, the better, but beware how its gravity and orbit would affect the planet (could it even orbit like this, or would it need to also be tidally locked? If so, would the planet not block most of the light?)
Even with all that, supplementary lighting would be helpful, if you want more than the sorts of lichens and such we find in Antarctica. You could add other light-sources, such as nearby gas-giants. If the setting allows for it, orbiting mirrors could be used to focus more light on the dark side of the planet. Artificial lights and greenhouses would also help.
Realistically, though, getting anything more than Antarctic levels of growth on the dark side would be very difficult. The closer to the transition zone, the better, just because it would be warmer there, but you're still looking at mostly mosses and lichens, or setting-appropriate analogs.
CAE JonesCAE Jones
On Earth, Fungi are not plants (nor animals. They're a third major branch of the tree of life).
Before modern understanding of DNA it used to be thought that fungi were plants that first became parasitic on other plants, and then lost the ability to photosynthesize because they no longer needed it. Finally, they evolved the ability to live off the bodies of dead plants, as well as parasitizing live ones.
Elsewhere, this may be exactly what happened.
On the dark side, are plant-fungi, getting their energy from stuff brought in on ocean currents such as driftwood. They'll be found in a thin zone close to the shore (no further than their roots / hyphae can stretch).
It's also possible for life to use geothermal energy, such as the life on Earth around deep volcanic vents "black smokers". Again, elsewhere, this may be evolved from plants rather than animals.
nigel222nigel222
I am afraid your main problem will be the low temperatures.
Lunar light is sufficient to have a visible effect on vegetation (the old school farmers knew that seeds grew better with rising moon, but not because the rise influenced the growth, as they believed, but because of the additional dose of photons supplied by the moon), however the temperatures staying on the low side will severely affect the growth of any plant.
With the right conditions you might get some moss or lichens to grow, but nothing more, I am afraid.
L.Dutch♦L.Dutch
$\begingroup$ How do you know that the dark side temperature will be low enough to preclude plant life? A tidally locked planet will have a very large temperature range assuming it has an atmosphere. Why couldn't there be a band that was habitable? $\endgroup$
– Mike Nichols
$\begingroup$ I'm talking about heat distribution via winds and currents from the light side to the dark side. The planet will be hottest in the middle of the light side and coldest in the middle of the dark side, but every temperature in between those extremes will exist at some band along the planet. Air will expand on the hot side and condense on the cold side driving massive winds that will redistribute the heat from the light side to the dark side and reduce the temperature differential. $\endgroup$
$\begingroup$ @MikeNichols and the condensed air on the cold side will magically melt again and go back to hot side, I guess... $\endgroup$
– L.Dutch ♦
$\begingroup$ There are models of tidally locked worlds with large oceans and thick atmospheres supporting the idea of ice-free (or largely ice-free) antistellar surfaces; the larger/thicker the more heat will be transported and the farther the warming will extend. The dark side as a permanent icebox slowly locking away all moisture and freezing out the atmosphere is no longer a given. $\endgroup$
$\begingroup$ The preconditions of the question don't imply this answer. What if the whole planet is really hot (due to being close to the sun or somesuch), and the dark side is in fact the only side with a temperature low enough to allow plant life? $\endgroup$
– T.E.D.
Why not plants that can use the radioactive decay to power photosynthesis? (see this great answer for the chemical feasibility)
Since the planet is tidally locked, the tidal heating could cause strong volcanic activity. These magma hotspots could provide heath (still necessary for the plant in order not to freeze) and a steady flow of radioactive elements to the surface. Plants could then grow and activate photosynthesis thanks to the gamma radiation from these elements.
Regarding the evolutive path, the best explanation is that some plants near volcanoes in the dusk zone (the part of the planet in the transition zone from day to night) developed a mutation that allowed their leaves to exploit the gamma radiation (directly, or through a scintillator layer, that is a substance that can convert gamma photons to visible-wavelenght photons).
Such a mutation would be very advantageous, since it allowed them to colonize the dark side of the planet. They could indeed spread their seeds in the atmosphere (exploiting the strong winds), so that the ones landing near another volcano could germinate and slowly colonize the dark zone.
We have them here on Earth. Sure, Venus Fly-Traps, Pitcher Plants, and the like still rely on photosynthesis in addition to their steady diet of insects, spiders, and small birds, but had they evolved on a world without a regular source of sunlight, they might have become more specialized at catching and digesting unwary animals for nutrition, possibly becoming large enough to even pose a danger to humans (or whatever other sapient race(s) inhabit your planet). It's possible that on the borders of the dark side you'd see some less dangerous carnivorous plants, since they still have some access to light at certain times of the year, but on the full-dark side, it would be truly perilous for adventurers to tread - the less light the plants get, the more they rely on meat to survive, so the more vicious they become. This would especially be a problem for any animal that relies on eyesight to identify potential threats, as they'd be effectively blind on the dark side.
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Avoid using the word 'convenient' while selling

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                    Posted by John Kageche on March 18, 2015

Avoid using the word 'convenient' when selling. Let it come from the buyer. Strive instead to get the buyer to vividly visualize how your product solves his problem. The word 'convenient' when selling is anything but.

Using the word 'convenient' when selling could be losing you sales. First, the definition, which the dictionary gives as, "fitting in well with a person's needs, activities, and plans".

And therein lays the problem. Every person or organization may have similar universal but wildly different individual needs, activities and plans. To therefore say your product offers convenience (and all products claim to) is not useful to the buyer because he does not see how from his point of view. For example, with millions of Kenyans on Mpesa which is "convenient", millions others still aren't because they haven't had their aha! moment. Average sellers who use only the word convenient to show how their product benefits the buyer, work under the assumption that "the buyer knows his problems, will see how my product/service can resolve it, and will therefore buy". In truth, he doesn't see, nor buy. Instead of telling the buyer how convenient your service is, and leave it at that, help him visualize by connecting the dots for him.

Borrowing from last week's example, a through-way elevator (one that opens from opposite sides) fits well into an airport's needs, activities and plans because it eases traffic flow and therefore queues by allowing passengers to alight from either side of it; that's how convenience shows for the airport. Same product, in a hospital, saves lives because it cuts down by half the time it takes in an emergency to wheel a patent from casualty to theatre and because entry and exist is possible without turning the stretcher-that's how it fits into the hospital administrator's needs, activities and plans; the convenience to a warehouse manager is the time saved and heightened safety as the forklift's movement across the floor are limited and there's no ramp to climb.  That's how it fits into the warehouse managers needs, activities and plans. Looking at these three scenarios, one begins to see why a plain, "our two-door lift will offer you convenience" lacks descriptive usefulness.

Even dictionaries give an example of the usage of a word after defining it. Not spelling out how your product dovetails with the buyers pain, forces him to do so himself which is not a priority as he has other pressing problems- like meeting his targets. And even if he were to do so, it's a strain because he does not know how your product works and may therefore create the wrong connections in his mind, which will hamper your sales efforts. In addition, the seller who plainly uses the word convenient, loses a golden opportunity to emotionally connect with the buyer by showing him that he understands his business and feels his pain. It is this connection that lends itself to an easier close.

The word convenient is not entirely misplaced in the selling process though. In fact, it's music to the seller's ear when, after connecting the dots for the buyer, a bulb lights up in the buyer's head and he says, "Wow! That's convenient", like I did when my aha! moment at M-Pesa's convenience sunk in. Then you know you are on the same page-  your prognosis and diagnosis of his problem are correct and complete.

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This post originally appeared on the OSHWA website.
Last weekend, during the Open Hardware Summit, OSHWA unveiled version 1 of the Open Source Hardware Certification. This certification was the result of a community discussion process that began back on June 2nd and continues to this day. Since the announcement there has been a great discussion about the certification, including onHackaday (including in the comments), in the comments for the original announcement, and on the Evil Mad Scientist blog. Those discussions have raised some concerns and shed light on some potential misunderstandings, and it seemed reasonable to begin to address both with a blog post.