To the editor: Your article spells out the facts about the continued decline of the Republican Party in California, much which can be attributed to the GOP's lack of attention to the voters of our state. However, it fails to identify the danger of becoming a "one-party" state.
History has shown that when power is concentrated in one political party, the prospect of losing some of our freedom is real.
This country enacted a constitutional amendment limiting the number of terms an individual can serve as president, fearing that concentrated power in the executive branch of government could undermine our democracy. Single-party governments throughout history have demonstrated that the people in power tend to disregard those who do not fully agree or comply with their ideology.
Time will tell if history repeats itself.
To the editor: Since we are close to having effectively a one-party state, wouldn't this be the ideal time to overthrow the horrible "top two" system of elections that has proved to be a real hindrance to democratic choice?
This effectively eliminates any third-party candidate from appearing on a general-election ballot, and it has certainly shown itself not to result in more moderate candidates. If we went back to party primaries, then at least we could have a chance to elect from a broader field.
I'm a Democrat who would love to see a variety of parties represented in Sacramento — Republican, Green, Libertarian and more. We could be more like a European parliamentary scheme that seems to work better than our two-party system in solving problems.
To the editor: The comment from a former Republican Party official that the GOP "exists in small regional pockets, where there are enough white, non-college-educated working class communities," underscores exactly why the party has become all but irrelevant in California.
The Republican Party's leadership at both the state and national levels is run by people who prey on the fears and insecurities of their supporters. The California electorate has rejected the tactics of these party leaders.
One can only hope that the old adage, "as California goes, so goes the nation," is correct.
To the editor: What can the Republican Party do to turn California red again? Frankly, as a conservative, I believe we can do nothing to make that happen.
But there is a monster on the horizon that could do the trick: single-payer healthcare. The progressive left has been emboldened by the election of Gavin Newsom, who ran on his support for single-payer, to succeed Gov. Jerry Brown. The results will be major payroll and sales tax increases to support this monstrosity.
Upper-end earners will flee California, and healthcare costs will spiral out of control. Taxpayers will revolt, and the people of this state will turn to conservative values once again.


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Q: When using plt.draw(), incoming serial data is received strangely This a very strange problem, where one thing seems to affect a totally different other a lot.
I have an external device (connected through a COM port), that constantly sends the value of a sensor (10 bit sensor = 0-1023).
The code I'm writing takes this data and draws it in a chart.
At present there is a line at the bottom commented out (plt.draw()). Like this, the chart is obviously not drawn properly. In this state though, the input from the serial port is fine, it is as you would expect.
The problem comes when you uncomment that line to allow the chart to be drawn. When you do this, suddenly, the input just comes in as one seemingly random value, and doesn't change as expected. This random value is printed and logged on the chart.
Here's the code.
import serial
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from collections import deque

size=50
plt.ion()
q=deque([0]*size)

ser=serial.Serial('COM3',57600)
lastbyte=None

line,= plt.plot(range(0,size),list(q))

if ser.isOpen():
  while True:
     x=ser.readline()
     try:
       x=int(x)
     except ValueError:
       x=0

     if x!=lastbyte:
       print x,
       lastbyte=x

     q.append(x)
     q.popleft()
     d=list(q)

     plt.axis([size,0,0,1024])

     line.set_ydata(d[::-1])

#    plt.draw()                  THIS LINE
ser.close()
plt.ioff()

So is there anything to do with the way I've used matplotlib that could mess up the input?
I have tested this extensively with different way to get and process the data, but it alway comes down to the plt.draw() messing it up.

A: After almost giving up on it, the problem's been fixed!
I'd noticed that the external device was sending data faster than my program could recieve it, and after fixing this, it worked!
Magic!

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With early-2010 data providing conflicting indications over the sustainability of the global recovery, Fitch Ratings believes the largest emerging market (EM) economies are demonstrating a greater resilience than their developed market peers, underlining the prospect of a two-speed return to trend growth levels.
In turn, this is leading to a relatively faster rate of recovery in the credit quality of non-financial corporate issuers domiciled in the major emerging markets.
However, given the challenges still facing the global economy, the agency cautions that the recovery momentum being generated by the leading EMs could be curtailed by a number of variables – including stubbornly high US unemployment levels; an absence of recovery in the US housing market; increased protectionism impacting global trade; and potential policy mis-steps by leading economies' central banks and governments, as they seek to time their exit from stimulus-induced loose fiscal and monetary policies.
Any or all of these factors could still produce a "double-dip" recession scenario, which would have a substantial negative impact on corporates in EM economies – and particularly those that are more exposed to, and dependent on, global export markets.
The principal credit themes impacting EM corporates in the first two months of the year were the initiation of tightening measures by the Chinese authorities to try to rein in price inflation in various asset markets, and the continuing deterioration of credit quality among certain Indonesian high-yield issuers.
China's tightening measures have included increasing bank capital reserve requirements, raising interest rates, and implementing directives to the banks regarding their lending practices.
Some specific measures have also been directed at the housing market, reflecting concerns about the development of a potential bubble in certain regional markets. While Fitch shares these concerns, and recognises the need for the Chinese authorities to manage pro-actively the pricing dynamics of the market, the agency's outlook on the sector is for a generally stable environment in 2010 – leading to reasonable financial performance by the rated issuers in its universe.
With Asia's large EM economies – China and India – expected to continue leading the global economic recovery with projected GDP growth rates of 8.8 per cent and seven per cent, respectively, for 2010, Fitch expects that corporates in these countries will continue to pursue targeted growth strategies.
These would likely involve increasing levels of outward cross-border M&A activity designed to enhance access to commodity raw materials and energy security, as well as expanding geographical diversification and vertical integration. Fitch expects that some Indian corporates will opt to use debt to finance acquisitions, potentially exerting some stress on credit metrics, whereas Chinese state-owned companies are more likely to utilise the government's huge foreign exchange reserves as an acquisition currency.
In Latin America (LatAm), Fitch is seeing an improvement in market sentiment, as well as a return to a more "normal" business environment. Liquidity risk, in particular, has declined as the availability of financing recovered strongly in the second half of last year.
Since the middle of 2009, several non-bank corporates with ratings that range from 'B' to 'BBB' have successfully tapped the debt capital markets. Total cross-border issuance volume by non-financial corporates during this time period was $36.1bn. This compares with about $5.6bn during the first half of 2009, and less than $5bn during all of 2008.
As a result of these capital market conditions, plus above-average support provided by relationship banks and government development banks, capital structures can generally be described as above average. Debt amortisation schedules appear manageable for most rated companies in the region.
Commodity prices play a key role in credit risk, and are also expected to have a significant impact on GDP growth.
Leading the growth will be Brazil, with a projected GDP growth rate of 5.3 per cent in 2010. Mexico is projected to grow by three per cent during 2010, after falling sharply during 2009.
The outlook for the Latin American commodity producers, specifically metals and mining, is stable in 2010. The companies in this region have been better able to weather the global downturn than their international peers, despite significant falls in operating profit during 2009.
Demand should improve in the region for many commodities – owing to government stimulus programmes, which have increased construction activity, industrial production, and infrastructure projects.
China also continues to be a key market for these companies, and its demand for commodities such as iron ore and copper is anticipated to be strong in 2010.
Assuming limited M&A activity, rating actions should be minimal during 2010, and leverage should begin to return to pre-credit crisis levels.
Corporate credit quality in global emerging markets has continued to improve in the first two months of 2010, with upgrades outnumbering downgrades by two to one. This contrasts with an almost exactly inverse relationship for H2 2009, when downgrades outnumbered upgrades by the same ratio – and reflects the overall improvement in EM corporate credit quality as recessionary conditions eased through the second half of 2009.
With the exception of some idiosyncratic downgrades in Asia in January – principally affecting distressed Indonesian high-yield issuers – downgrade intensity across Fitch's corporate EM universe is down significantly relative to H2 2009, with an average of only 2.5 downgrades in January/February 2010 versus an average of 8.7 per month during Q4 2009. Highlighting the recent trend of increasing convergence between corporate and sovereign debt, a high proportion of outlook revisions in January reflected sovereign rating actions (principally Russia and Indonesia. The trend of outlook/rating watch revisions in January and February reinforced the overall positive picture for credit direction, with only three negative revisions compared with 17 positive revisions, the large majority of which were seen in CEE with the stabilisation of previously negative outlooks on Russian corporates in line with that of sovereign.


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Civil society organisations call for Germain Rukuki's acquittal in Burundi
Today, the appeal hearing of human rights defender Germain Rukuki took place in Ngozi before the Bujumbura Court of Appeal, with no security incidents reported. The Court took the case under advisement and the decision is expected to be announced within the next 30 days.
Mr. Rukuki was arrested by the Service National du Renseignement (SNR, the National Intelligence Service) on 13 July 2017 and unjustly sentenced to 32 years in prison on 26 April 2018, after a process characterised by serious violations of the right to fair trial. Sentenced for "rebellion", "attacking the authority of the State", "participation in an insurrectionist movement" and "receiving contributions and funds from foreign organisations", he appealed the conviction on 29 May and subsequently applied for bail on 26 June, in order to receive adequate medical treatment and full rehabilitation in hospital after fracturing his ankle in jail.
We, the undersigned organisations, demand:
That the Burundian authorities:
Release Germain Rukuki on humanitarian grounds; and
Acquit Germain Rukuki of all charges.
That the international community:
Continues monitoring the proceedings in order to ensure fair trial guarantees, and;
Expresses support and solidarity with Mr Rukuki and his family.
Germain Rukuki's arrest and imprisonment is an unjust attack against his peaceful human rights work, as part of a deliberate and continuous attempt of Burundian authorities to silence and criminalise human rights defenders in the country.
The signatory organisations
DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project)
Féderation Internationale des ACAT (FIACAT)
Front Line Defenders
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
For media inquiries, please contact ao@protectioninternational.org - +32 2 609 44 05.
Statement appeal hearing Germain Rukuki
Burundi - Human Rights Defenders
[ACHPR] Oral statement on Human rights situation in Africa ACHPR63
[Statement] HRC39 - FIACAT's statement during the interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
[Press release] Examination of Burundi by the Committee against Torture: civil society condemns a human rights crisis
[CAT 58] Burundi reviewed by the Committee against torture
[CAT] Burundi reviewed by the Committee against torture
[CAT] Burundi considered by the Committee against Torture
[CDH] Burundi considered by the Human Rights Committee
What strategies for the abolition of the death penalty in Central Africa and Madagascar
ACAT Burundi

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Outsiders visit Dunwich as seldom as possible, and since a certain season of horror all the signboards pointing toward it have been taken down. Wilbur's twin, known as the Dunwich Horror, was kept secret for years in the Whateley farmhouse. One September, it broke free and left a trail of barrel sized tracks and drained cattle. The beast itself, was invisible to the naked eye. It was finally found amongst the strange stones atop Sentinle Hill. A spell was able to reveal its horrid appearance, and only for a moment.
Lovecraft drew influences from many different cultures and mythologies. In this case, Bast (or Bastet) comes from Egypt, and is the goddess of warfare. Bast also found worship from the Greeks under the name of Ailuros. Lovecraft in many instances showed his preference for cats.
Alhazred, the man known as the mad poet of Sanaá or the mad Arab, lived in Yemen around 700 A.D. His travels took him to the subterranean realms of Egypt and the ruins of Babylon. He later spent 10 years wandering the deserts of Arabia alone. "Dahna", or the Crimson Desert, as it is now known, is said to be home to monsters and evil spirits. It is here that he found the Nameless City. He later moved to Damascus, where he wrote the Al Azif. In 950, it was translated into Greek with the name Necronomicon.
The remains of the Nameless City are in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula. The city pre-dates human history and was inhabited by a race of reptilian creatures. Their features were an ugly mix of crocodile and seal. The head was stranger still.
When Abdul Alhazred, the mad poet and author of the Necronomicon, traveled the deaserts, it was here that he dreamed and wrote the following passage.
They came to colonize Earth sometime during the Paleozoic. On an island in the Pacific Ocean, they built a great city out of basalt, call R'lyeh. When it sank, they were trapped beneath the waves with Cthulhu.
These beings were originally created for use as a slave race by the Elder Things. Their versatility of shape and form made them ideal workers. The Elder Things grew dependent on their use, despite attempted rebellions.
Moon Beasts are said to sail ships between the Moon and the Dreamlands, and trade with the denizens of Dylath-Leen's port.


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Just how strong are the legal protections for those posting critical reviews under pseudonyms on the Internet?
Over the past few years, seven people have been so dissatisfied with the service they received from Hadeed Carpet Cleaning of Alexandria, Virginia, that they took to Yelp to air the details of their dissatisfaction. They, like so many unhappy customers since Yelp launched in 2004, did so under pseudonym.
The right to complain—anonymously or not—is a right that Americans enjoy (and they do seem to enjoy it). But such complaints, in order to receive legal protection, must be factually true. "There is no constitutional value in false statements of fact," the Court has held.
But in order to press that claim, Hadeed Carpet Cleaning would need to know who made those reviews. And so to find out, they subpoenaed Yelp to turn over the identities. Yelp refused, and the case headed to court. Earlier this week, the Court of Appeals of Virginia ruled that Yelp must out its seven anonymous reviewers.
Anonymous speech is a central component of America's First Amendment legacy. The Supreme Court has repeatedly protected the right to speak anonymously, holding in 1960 that, "Anonymous pamphlets, leaflets, brochures and even books have played an important role in the progress of mankind." In 1995 they affirmed that earlier position: "Under our Constitution, anonymous pamphleteering is not a pernicious, fraudulent practice, but an honorable tradition of advocacy and of dissent. Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority." This right, the Virginia Court of Appeals noted, does not disappear at a website's log-in screen. "The right to free speech is assiduously guarded in all mediums of expression, from the analog to the digital," it held.
That position notwithstanding, the court continued, the right to speak anonymously is not an absolute one: "Defamatory speech is not entitled to constitutional protection."
The court turned to Virginia's state law, which requires, among other things, that the plaintiff need show that the reviews "are or may be tortious or illegal," or that Hadeed Carpet Cleaning has "a legitimate, good faith basis" to believe that they were the victim of actionable conduct. The court held that the lower court's assessment was correct: "If the Doe defendants were not customers of Hadeed, then their Yelp reviews are defamatory." Moreover, the court believed that Hadeed had conducted a sufficient review of its own corporate records to have "a legitimate, good faith basis" for believing the reviewers had invented their claims.
Paul Levy, an attorney at the advocacy group Public Citizen who argued the case for Yelp, says that he believes this is where the court's ruling falters. The standard for a claim of defamation is just too soft, not requiring any showing of falsity or damages.
"They don't say that the substance is false," he told me. "They say, well, we can't be sure this person is a customer. No one with this pseudonym from this city is in our customer database. Well, of course! It's a pseudonym. They haven't shown anything that really would lead any person to believe that this isn't a customer."
Levy and Public citizen believe "If you've been defamed, you ought to be able to [show evidence of your claim of defamation]," Levy says. "And that's both what Hadeed didn't do here—they just refused—they didn't do that here and the court didn't require them to do that." Many other state courts, such as Delaware, Maryland, D.C. (not a state per se, but, alas), Arizona, California, Texas, New Hampshire, and Indiana, have all required supporting evidence in order to unmask the identities of anonymous communicators online.
its constitutionality," again quoting from an earlier decision. With those principles in mind, the court "decline[d] to declare [the unmasking statute] unconstitutional."
Instead, that job will next fall to the Virginia Supreme Court, as Yelp has already decided to appeal the decision, Levy told me.
The case illuminates the growing role of courts in mediating anonymous speech. In an earlier time, when anonymous speech happened via paper and ink, there may have been no one for a victim of defamation to subpoena. If you print your diatribes yourself, and plaster them about town, without at least very good detective work, there's no one who could possibly reveal your identity.
That's no longer the case. Online, with the exception of highly sophisticated Internet users who take deliberate steps to cloak their identities using encryption, there are many third parties who know the identities behind anonymous communicators. There are sites such as Yelp, who might have your real email address; there's your Internet service provider. If you wrote your diatribe on your own, nameless website, there's still be a domain name provider and a hosting service. Online, anonymity is spurious; someone out there almost always knows who you are. Each one of these links in the chain could be subpoenaed, and if and when they refuse to comply, courts will have to decide whether the claim is meritorious, or whether the anonymous actor deserves protection.
That's why the standards that courts choose to employ in making those decisions are so important. Will they, like Virginia did, defer to a claim without a showing of falsity or harm? Or will they require more? How will they balance the very real concerns of those whose good name is at stake, with those who may be vulnerable to retaliation, say an employee who speaks ill of an employer, or a citizen of a police chief?
But that's not necessarily a bad thing. If courts can craft a fair standard, they'll be able to balance the competing interests of free speech and protection from defamation on a case-by-case basis. If the court finds that you should be found, you'll be found.
Levy, for his part, thinks that's right."That's the way it should be," he told me. "Because you shouldn't, and Public Citizen doesn't believe that you should be able to go accuse somebody of wrongful conduct, make a very factual statement, which you know to be false, and get away with it." Courts just need to make sure that is, indeed, the case.


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Roger's Gleanings
Roger W. Smith's writings: personal essays and reminiscences; views; literature; culture; day to day jottings; people and places.
Sheldon Silver
The following quotes are from The New York Times. (My comments are in boldface.)
"Sheldon Silver, Former N.Y. Assembly Speaker, Will Finally Go to Prison: Mr. Silver receives a sentence of 78 months after two trials. He had asked for home confinement, arguing that he was vulnerable to the coronavirus.," By Benjamin Weiser and Jesse McKinley, The New York Times, July 20,2020
QUOTES FROM THE TIMES STORY
"Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, said Mr. [Sheldon] Silver [former New York State Assembly speaker] 'will now finally report to prison to begin serving a sentence that can begin to repair the harm his conduct caused.' " [italics added]
Such reassuring words. I will sleep better knowing this? (I mean that sarcastically.) This is actually sophistry, masked as sober reasoning.
"During the sentencing [of former Assembly Speaker Silver, to six and a half years], Judge [Valerie] Caproni said she recognized the risk of Covid-19 in prison — 'I do not want Mr. Silver to die in prison, either,' she said — but she noted a variety of safeguards that could be taken to protect him.
" 'I cannot guarantee that Mr. Silver will not contract Covid in prison,' the judge said. 'But I also can't guarantee that he won't contract Covid if he stays out of prison.' "
The judge is getting off on making what she is sure is a gnomic, wise statement — will be taken as such — showing her cleverness and perspicacity. It's actually nonsensical and cold blooded, and shows that she has no common sense and, at the best, scant regard for humanity.
These are FLAWED PREMISES (to put it kindly), UNCALLED FOR ASSERTIONS.
What is the point of inflicting a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence (plus a million dollar fine) on a seventy-six-year-old man with no prior criminal record?
To punish him for naked greed and corruption. For abusing his office and the power and influence accruing to and entrusted in him thereby.
To make an example of him. To provide an implicit warning to other officeholders who might be tempted to commit similar crimes.
I presume that's what the answer would be.
Money is undoubtedly one of the main temptations man faces. It's so hard to come by, to accumulate. When it seems to be there for the taking, the temptation is hard to resist. Especially because money provides access to expensive luxuries and pleasures that an honest person on a fixed income probably can't afford.
How many people have I known, including close relatives — or friends or relatives of relatives or friends — who cheated on their taxes, betting (almost always rightly) that they wouldn't be caught? And not suffering any qualms that they were "cheating" the public.
Sheldon Silver's punishment is pointless. It will not serve as a deterrent. It's also gratuitously cruel and harsh. He will suffer. The damage to the body politic or injury to the public will not be repaired. Should one somehow feel better about things in general knowing he is in jail?
No one will consider or care about him or his plight.
What would be a "just" punishment? As I was thinking about this, my wife, whom I had been discussing the case with, almost took the words out of my mouth. A fair and sensible punishment/penalty for such a crime would be (1) removal from office and loss of the power and privileges that go with it; (2) requirement that the offender make restitution.
Jail makes no sense, does no one any good. And ruins the remainder of a flawed person's life.
We are all flawed. And capable of doing things of the same nature — if not necessarily of the same magnitude or with the same degree of notoriety — ourselves.
— Roger W. Smith
addendum, July 28, 2020
Under questioning by Representative Hank Johnson, Democrat of Georgia, Mr. [William] Barr [United States Attorney General] agreed that the prosecutors' recommendation was within sentencing guidelines. "But it was not within Justice Department policy in my view," he said.
In an especially heated exchange, Mr. Johnson retorted: "You are expecting the American people to believe that you did not do what Trump wanted you to do? You think the American people don't understand that you were carrying out Trump's" wishes?
"Let me ask you," Mr. Barr replied. "Do you think it is fair for a 67-year-old man [Roger Stone] to be sent to prison for seven to nine years?" [italics added]
— "Barr Defends Protest Response and Stone Case Intervention in Combative Hearing," By Nicholas Fandos, Charlie Savage and Sharon LaFraniere, The New York Times, July 28, 2020
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Daniel Defoe A Journal of the Plague Year
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separating tender age children at the border
separation of mothers and children
separation of undocumented children from parents
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William Handy
William S. Dalzell
William Sage Dalzell
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Q: How to find last but one array element in PHP? How to fetch the last but one array element
 $ele1 = array(23,24,45,56,32,78)

to get maximum value max($ele1)
The expected return output is 56

A: If you want to remove the last element from your array, use
array_pop($ele1)

It will remove the last value, then you will have max($ele1) = 56

A: Sort your array using arsort($ele1); and then get last but one element using $ele1[count($ele1)-2]


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Addicting Games is bringing Little Big Snake to Nintendo Switch
Posted 3 years ago by nestaff
Disclaimer: Our parent company, Enthusiast Gaming, is an investor in Addicting Games and Little Big Snake. The following developer quotes about the process of porting the game to Nintendo Switch were provided exclusively to Nintendo Enthusiast.
Ideas behind creating Little Big Snake
What started with a fun idea created in Flash has rapidly become one of the most popular games in South East Asia, reaching #1 organically in Indonesia. The team of Little Big Snake shares how it went from a simple io game to something played daily by over 500,000 users in 21 languages.
Dmitri Gusarov, Lead Game Designer and Co-Founder
I was very passionate about playing browser games. But in many cases there was no progress, no achievements; the results were not saved anywhere. In addition, I wanted to play a game with friends. Therefore, I got the idea to make a game about a snake in which people can play together in groups — receive achievements, titles, and keep their records. In addition, I wanted to make such a world richer, add other creatures: slugs, bubbles, and jujas. And while we were working on all these features, we came up with many other interesting solutions that make our game unique.
Andrey Kuzmin, Co-Founder
We spent a year and a half on creating the basic version of Little Big Snake, and on December 31, 2017, we first uploaded the game on one free American portal with .io Games in order to test the functionality on live people. In the game back then there was not even a store, no sounds, not much else, just core gameplay. And then the game began to spread fantastically quickly. After one-to-two months, millions of people around the world had played it; we were full of rave reviews. People could not come off and played for days, and we ourselves spent a significant part of our time playing the game. Here we realized that we urgently need to develop success, add features and platforms.
How long it took and major hurdles from switching from Flash to Unity to mobile
Igor Shcherbak, Team Lead
From the very beginning of 2019, everyone began to seriously talk about the impending death of Flash. Our task was to choose an alternative to this technology and transfer the entire game to it as quickly as possible. There were several criteria for choosing:
Cross-platform, including at least WebGL and mobile
Minimum entry threshold, good knowledge base, documentation and engine support
Large community
The presence of a good base of third-party services on this technology
We studied several game engines and eventually settled on Unity, which meets all our requirements.
The first problem was that none of us had ever dealt with either C# or Unity. It was not possible to find ready-made specialists for adequate time and money, and we had to study this technology from scratch and comprehend all its subtleties. It was very interesting, and at the same time difficult, like everything new. I had to read smart books on the basics of C#. Coped! With Unity itself it was already easier, the benefit of documentation, training, and ready-made examples in abundance. By that time, we had found a good specialist who helped us understand many of the intricacies of the engine.
Around the end of spring 2019, we began to port the core of the project, the main classes and managers. The approaches in Flash+ActionScript and Unity were fundamentally different in some ways, and we had to adapt as we developed. For example, we had our own UI system on .json prefabs, quite advanced, supporting inheritance, inclusion, overrides, and included a separate editor. Unity has its own prefab system, similar in functionality, and we had to manually transfer all the UI to this system. Boring and painstaking work, but subsequent work with the UI has been greatly simplified.
The next challenge was the lack of direct socket connections for the WebGL version. Flash supported socket on all platforms, including browsers, while everyone else used WebSocket. The problem was compounded by the fact that for some time we had to support both types of connections, since a smooth transition from the Flash version to Unity was supposed. We had to teach this to our C++ server. Coped!
In the course of development, a certain number of restrictions specific to the WebGL platform surfaced. For example, restrictions on working with sound, complete lack of debug, (Everything is fine with Flash on all platforms.) problems with copying/pasting text in WebGL, and many others… Our guys also had to torment themselves by porting shaders from Flash AGAL to Unity. Coped again!
After about four months of hard work by our small team, we launched the WebGL version on Unity. While there was a lack of functionality (sounds, smiles, chat), in general the version showed good performance. It was possible to finally exhale and say with confidence that we coped with the task! Two weeks later, we launched a full WebGL version and started to finalize the version for mobile devices. This mainly concerned the adaptation of UI, mobile controls, optimization, and screwing up various services for advertising, shopping, sharing, etc. In parallel, the development of a new unique observer mode was conducted, where any player could see how real game titans play!
On November 15, 2019, this happened and we completely switched to Unity on all platforms, and Little Big Snake took off on mobile devices around the world.
Aspirations on getting to Nintendo Switch
Alexandr Yazynin, Art Director
I have both versions of Nintendo Switch, and I use Nintendo Switch Lite every day. Many great games have been bought and completed, especially from indie developers. But the main thing for us is that our game is very well suited for this console both for controls and for the family audience of Nintendo — funny, dynamic, competitive, and kind games. And since the game is popular on desktops and mobile devices, there is every chance to repeat the success on my favorite console from Nintendo.
Bill Kara, Addicting Games – CEO
It has been incredibly exciting to watch Little Big Snake evolve and grow from Flash to Unity, from desktop to mobile and now possibly Switch. The greatest reward any game developer can hope for is that their game is enjoyed and played by millions of players around the world. I remember playing games on the original Nintendo, and having one of our titles actually being used on a Nintendo Switch is our goal for 2020.
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Who Old do tu think is the 皇后乐队 Stepmother of Snow White in the 日本动漫 Grimm Fair Tale Classics And this Ilustration? ? Is She a Young Adulthood 或者 Middle Age?
Which versión of these of the evil spepthmother evil 皇后乐队 the 皇后乐队 of Snow white is the most beautiful woman in the land? Which one 你 like it the most?
Which is your 最喜爱的 location in the Queen's Castle?
* The 糖果 Cauldron is a sweet 商店 in Downtown 迪士尼 themed around the Queen/Witch. It specialises in 焦糖 Apples.
* Mickey 老鼠, 鼠标 Revue was an animatronic musical attraction featuring a wide variety of characters including Snow White and the Dwarves.
The newest attraction to be themed on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at 迪士尼 World. It is part of the expanded Fantasyland and is a rollercoaster themed around, obviously, the diamond mine the dwarfs work in.
Only opening in 2014, I've yet to ride it, but as a massive 粉丝 of rollercoasters I look 前锋, 期待 to putting the experience 最佳, 返回页首 of my 列表 when we return to Florida in the future.
I've titled this post with the French 标题 for this classic 迪士尼 'dark ride' as that is the version I have most recently ridden. However, I will take a look back at the 迪士尼 World version, as well as using some online sources to compare and contrast the Disneyland California and Tokyo 迪士尼 versions.
A 迪士尼 Tale: A young princess narrowly avoids death on the command of her evil stepmother. She shacks up with a group of mining dwarves but the stepmother finds her and puts her to sleep with a poisoned apple. The dwarves put her inside a glass coffin until a prince comes and kisses her, releasing her from the spell to live happily ever after.
They gave me a 首页 when I had no where else to go.
Snow White which started of Walt 迪士尼 Pictures is about a young girl who's evil stepmother wants to try and kill her in order for her to be the fairest one of all. Scared she runs away and befriends dwarves.
This is my least fav movie as we don't get to see the prince as much as the other princes in other 迪士尼 电影院 such as Beauty & the Beast 或者 TLM.
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2. "Tell me well-nigh a province of affairs inwards which yous had to address a disagreement or conflict inwards the workplace." With this question, you're trying to attain insight into a candidate's "soft" skills too mightiness to negotiate component subdivision politics. There are e'er differences of sentiment inwards the workplace, then endure wary of those who order they've never encountered a negative situation. Maybe a candidate disagreed amongst her colleague on how best to acquaint an advertizement drive to a novel client. If she steamrolled her coworker's ideas, she may non endure the ideal somebody for the job. She should instead hand yous an instance that demonstrates solid communication too diplomacy abilities inwards her efforts to move amongst the other person.
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Oct 16 There is an Ocean in Times Square
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A National Geographic Installation is now in Times Square!
Aug 14 Rainy York City
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Scenes from a rainy day in New York City.
Aug 3 Coney Island Love Letter
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Coney Island is a true New York City treasure. This film is a love letter to Brooklyn's beautiful and magical Coney Island, sent from Robert Kolodny of House of Nod
Jul 7 Moving Through New York
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The best way to explore New York City and all its alternatives is on foot. So let's take a walk, moving through the city that never sleeps.
Jul 1 New York Capitol Building
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New York City is the largest city in New York, the state capital is actually Albany, which has 1/80 the population of New York City. Find out interesting facts about this interesting city.
Jun 30 23 Cities in Four Minutes
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This short film is a collection of time-lapse photography shot, processed and edited by myself over the past year, showcasing 23 unique cities.
Jun 29 A Day in a Minute
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This video puts together a selection of time-lapse filmed in New York City.
Jun 28 The Fourth
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Cool time-lapse video of Fourth of July fireworks in New York City.
Jun 26 An Impressive Timelapse in New York
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Technology evolves faster and faster. So do videos and its impressive visual effects. Watch this fantastic time-lapse about NYC
Jun 25 The Good Vibes of New York
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Every time you think New York is a tough city to live in, watch this uplifting video that puts together a cool time-lapse and a cool tempo music.
Jun 13 Colossus by Pat Vale
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Enjoy this beautiful drawing work by the artist Pat Vale,
Jun 2 How To Not Look Like A Tourist In NYC
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Visiting New York City? Great! Enjoy being a tourist, blend into the city like a New Yorker. It'll be much more fun
Jun 1 13 Things Not To Do In New York
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Before you consider yourself an NYC expert, check out these 13 things you should not do in the Big Apple.
May 16 A New York Minute
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Throwing in some video shots and time-lapse VIDEOS taken in and around New York City in 2015 and 2016.
May 10 Micro-moments in the Big Apple
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Daily scenes, micro-moments, small interactions making a great video. It's like a walking tour on the streets of New York City
May 9 New Year, New York
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The countdown to a New Year in New York's Times Square: the crowd on the streets gathering and the beautiful essence of the NYC skyline. Click and watch
May 5 Planet New York
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It's a concrete jungle where dreams are made. More than 8.5 million people from all over the world call the Big Apple home, and another 60 million visitors every year. New York is the place where you can find whatever you want – and much more.


Following distinguished service with Braddock, George Washington was appointed colonel and commander of the Virginia militia forces in 1756. The 23-year-old was assigned responsibility for protecting the vast frontier from Indian attack. This area was outside of the main theaters of war and the major decisions were made by British officers and officials.
Nevertheless, the future commander of the Continental Army faced a challenging experience. Independent-minded militiamen presented frequent discipline problems. Washington established his authority by ordering the flogging of recalcitrant soldiers and the hanging of several deserters. He also had to cope with the undependability of the Virginia assembly, which was slow to provide supplies and pay for the soldiers; even when the money arrived, the colony regularly paid at a lower scale than its neighbors — a fact that did much to undermine morale.
Late in 1757, Washington reluctantly returned to his home at Mount Vernon, having failed to overcome a long bout with dysentery. His health improved enough for him to rejoin his soldiers in the spring campaign of 1758. Later that year he joined John Forbes in his march on Fort Duquesne. A somewhat disillusioned Washington resigned his command a few months later. He returned home and was elected to serve in the House of Burgesses, where he remained active until 1774.
Washington's military activities on the frontier proved to be a great training ground. He was required to deal with major supply and discipline problems, as well as balky politicians. The experience also soured his relationship with British military officers, who in his estimation regularly blamed Americans for defeats, but refused to give credit in victory. He also found many of them to be impervious to advice. It also should be noted that Washington had lobbied unsuccessfully for promotion.


Spirituality and science have been at odds with each other since the beginning of time. Yet they actually compliment each other. Equal and yet opposite – one supports the other.
We must *ask* in order to *receive*, and in asking, we create the flow to receive. Asking is the opposite of receiving which supports the scientific theory: "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." No one from the higher dimension can interfere with our free will. WE must ask in order to receive.
We have to ask for ourselves. This is a very difficult thing for many to do. We are taught from an early age that to ask for ourselves is selfish, and we should pray for others. Of course, we should pray for others, yet we can't expect our desires, no matter how well intended they are, to override some else's free will.
There is one prayer we can pray that will spill into the lives of other people. It begins by asking for ourselves, "God, I am now ready for all things in my life to come to me through joy and happiness." So when we are asking for joy and happiness for ourselves, and then we hear that our loved ones are doing well, it makes us happy and brings US joy, and creates a flow that opens the door for them to do better.
Semantics play a large part in our communication with spirit. Which is why we hear, "Be careful what you pray for…" For example, when we pray for strength, we will find ourselves dealing with lessons which require all our strength to get through it.
Many times the way we ask actually ties our angel's hands. For example when we ask "What do you want me to do, God?" To answer that question is against our free will. No one can "tell" us what to do. Instead, the way to ask about our spiritual path may be, "God, please show me what I promised You." When we ask God about our promise to Him, He can then remind us and open the door to "our" spiritual path.
As that door opens, remember we still have free will to do it or not to do it. It is still up to us to follow through or walk away. The choice is made by our own free will.


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