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A Notoungulata az emlősök (Mammalia) osztályának egyik kihalt rendje, amely Dél-Amerika területén élt, a paleocén kortól a holocénig. Az ide tartozó állatok 57 millió éve jelentek meg, és 11 ezer éve pusztultak ki. Körülbelül 57 millió éves evolúciójuk során rendkívül sokféle változatuk alakult ki. A Mixotoxodon kívül a Notoungulata-fajok Dél-Amerika endemikus állatai voltak.

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A Notoungulata rend nevét Roth alkotta meg 1903-ban. 1988-ban Carroll a méhlepényesek alosztályágába helyezte ezt az állatrendet. Mivel Dél-Amerika igen hosszú ideig nem érintkezett más kontinensekkel, a rendbe tartozó állatok fejlődése nagyon változatos formákat eredményezett, egyesek olyan alakot és életmódot vettek fel, mint a többi kontinensen élő más állatok, vagyis konvergens evolúció lépett fel. Egyes Notoungulaták a nyulak helyét vette át, ilyen például a Pachyrukhos, míg más faj a Chalicotherium életmódját folytatta, ilyen volt a Homalodotherium.

A pleisztocén idején a Toxodon volt a legnagyobb Notoungulata, mely a rendnek a nagy amerikai faunacserét átvészelő kevés faja közé tartozott.

A Notoungulata rend egyéb dél-amerikai kihalt patásrendekkel együtt a Meridiungulata öregrendet alkotja.

Cifelli szerint a Notioprogonia alrend parafiletikus csoport, mivel magába foglalhatná a többi alrend őseit, valamint a Typotheria alrend is parafiletikus csoport lehetne, ha a Hegetotheria alrend két családját, az Archaeohyracidae- és a Hegetotheriidae-fajokat is bele helyeznénk.

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A rendbe az alábbi 4 alrend és 14 család tartozik:

†Notioprogonia
 †Henricosborniidae
 †Notostylopidae
†Toxodonta
 †Homalodotheriidae
 †Isotemnidae
 †Leontiniidae
 †Notohippidae
 †Toxodontidae
†Typotheria
 †Archaeopithecidae
 †Campanorcidae
 †Interatheriidae
 †Mesotheriidae
 †Oldfieldthomasiidae
†Hegetotheria
 †Archaeohyracidae
 †Hegetotheriidae

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https://web.archive.org/web/20101204073534/http://www.dcpaleo.org/Research/SAMammals/Notoungulata/Notoungulata.html
McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
Paleobiology Database

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Dél-Amerika állatvilága a paleocénben
Dél-Amerika állatvilága az eocénben
Dél-Amerika állatvilága az oligocénben
Dél-Amerika állatvilága a miocénben
Dél-Amerika állatvilága a pliocénben
Dél-Amerika állatvilága a pleisztocénben
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The Army Film & Photographic Unit Living History Group was established by Gary Hughes & Jeff Ball to:
Portray members of the Army Film & Photographic Unit within the context of living history events.
Promote the work of the Army Film & Photographic Unit during World War 2.
Research the work of and collect and maintain the equipment used by the AFPU.
Participate in public displays for the benefit and education of younger generations.
Forge links with and become actively involved in the activities of other World War 2 living history groups.
Provide a vehicle for the creation of an archive of primarily British World War 2 living history photography.
Actively record major World War 2 commemorative living history events.
Make available the output from those activities.
This site is a record of the efforts over the years to raise the profile & increase peoples awareness of the AFPU; whilst working with some of the finest WW2 re-enactment groups. We continue to participate in a few events and add to our stock of pictures and equipment.
The structure of the AFPU has been tucked away behind a series of pseudonyms such as War Correspondent, Official War Office Photos, Imperial War Museum material or just plain Newsreel Sources. This tends to give the impression that both stills and cine material were entirely the end product of Official War Correspondents (who did contribute some excellent material with superior equipment). However, due to limitations on access there is no way that they could have covered every theatre of war during World War 2 as thoroughly, or as well as, the Army Film & Photographic Unit.
The film and photo section began the war as part of the Public Relations Service – it was not to become the AFPU until the Western Desert. Following pressure from the British Ministry of Information the War Office formed an expanded version of the Army Film Unit, the Army Film & Photographic Unit (AFPU), in October 1941.
In those early days it vied for position with the Fleet Street boys and the likes of Pathe News etc. It was not until later that the AFPU would be granted unprecedented access to all parts of the front-line.
History of the AFPU....
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2018 was another productive year for the Agency. We faced challenges in many areas of our work. But thanks to the steadfast support of our Member States, we can take pride in many concrete achievements.
The nuclear programmes of Iran and the DPRK remain among the top items on the Agency's agenda.
We continue to verify and monitor the implementation by Iran of its nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Iran is implementing its nuclear-related commitments under the JCPOA. As I have said many times, it is essential that Iran continues to fully implement those commitments.
As far as the nuclear programme of the DPRK is concerned, we remain ready to play an essential verification role if a political agreement is reached among countries concerned.
The IAEA is the only international organization that can verify the nuclear programme of the DPRK.
I wish to make some observations about the Agency's work, including in nuclear verification generally.
For more than 60 years, the IAEA has made an important contribution to international peace and security by providing assurances that non-nuclear-weapon States are not developing nuclear weapons.
We use our considerable technical expertise to arrive at an independent assessment of all safeguards-relevant information available to us. We have a duty to protect confidential information, but when we have any concerns about a particular case, we report them to the Board of Governors for their consideration.
For six decades, a clear division of responsibility between the Secretariat and Member States has been respected. Member States have had the political role of establishing the safeguards system. They trusted the Agency to implement safeguards independently, objectively and impartially. Let us all continue to respect the wisdom of that approach. The Agency's independence must not be undermined.
Supporting the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology is core Agency business. It is just as important as nuclear verification. This is explicitly recognised in our Atoms for Peace and Development motto, to which we are firmly committed.
Our capacity for assisting countries through the technical cooperation programme has improved over the years, but more needs to be done – by the Agency itself and by Member States.
I believe we should be more assertive in reminding the world of the great benefits of nuclear applications in energy, health, agriculture, industry and other areas. The contribution which nuclear power can make to mitigating the impact of climate change deserves more recognition.
The next Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power will be held in autumn 2021. One country has formally notified us of its willingness to host that Conference, for which I am very grateful. If other countries are also interested, it would be helpful if they could inform us by this summer so that a timely decision can be made.
As far as the IAEA LEU Bank in Kazakhstan is concerned, we expect to have the LEU delivered to the IAEA Storage Facility this year.
One of the highlights of 2018 was our first ever ministerial-level conference on nuclear science and technology in November. Participation exceeded expectations.
The Ministerial Declaration recognised the importance of science and technology for development. It welcomed the modernisation of our nuclear applications laboratories in Seibersdorf, which is one of the most important projects ever undertaken by the Agency.
As many of you have seen for yourselves, great progress has been made at Seibersdorf. I look forward to formally opening the new Linear Accelerator facility at the Dosimetry Laboratory in the coming months.
I am very grateful to seven countries which responded to my urgent appeal in November for 3.75 million euros to equip the new facilities. Their pledges total more than 2.5 million euros. I urge Member States in a position to do so to contribute towards the 1.25 million euros still needed to achieve our funding goal.
We will soon begin detailed planning for the final phase of the Seibersdorf renovation, which involves the laboratories that will remain in existing buildings. I know I can count on your continued commitment to making our shared vision for the laboratories a reality.
Cancer control in developing countries remains a high priority for the Agency.
Following our review of the Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT), a Coordination Group led by my office will take charge of our work to deliver a unified, one-house approach on cancer, starting next month. I will circulate a report before the March Board.
As we consider our cancer activities, let us not lose sight of the fact that our ultimate goal is to save lives – to ensure that the remarkable benefits of radiotherapy and nuclear medicine are made available to as many of our fellow human beings as possible.
The 2019 Scientific Forum in September will take stock of our contribution to cancer control in the last decade.
Nuclear security is growing in importance as a priority issue for the Agency. We will soon finalize the process for nominating co-Chairs for the 2020 ministerial conference on nuclear security. A new nuclear security plan will be established by autumn 2020.
Preparations for the 2021 Conference of the Parties to the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material are already underway.
I believe these events will help to shape the global nuclear security agenda for the coming years.
Strong management is essential for producing concrete results.
I work hard to ensure that the resources you entrust to us are used as effectively as possible. I count on you to ensure that we have the funding we need to maintain the high standards of service which you expect.
The Draft Programme and Budget 2020–2021 has been circulated. I remain very conscious of the financial constraints in many Member States and have instructed managers to seek maximum budget efficiencies. Nevertheless, growing demand from Member States for Agency services means that a modest increase in our Budget is necessary.
We are working on a more thorough application of the results-based management approach. Coordination is being strengthened and staff are being trained on applying results-based management from planning and implementing activities to monitoring and reporting on outcomes.
Increasing the proportion of women on the Agency's staff, especially at senior levels, remains a priority for me. Women now represent 30.3% of staff at P level and above, and 33% at DDG level. I will continue my efforts to increase women's representation and aim to achieve gender parity among DDsG by 2021 or earlier.
A restructuring of our human resources activities has been completed, aimed at delivering a more efficient professional HR service to support the substantive work of the Departments.
The new Chief of Ethics and OIOS Director are now fully on board, working closely with MTHR and OLA. This is helping us to make significant progress in addressing harassment and wrongdoing, as well as promoting the highest ethical standards.
Following the successful launch of mandatory training on a respectful workplace for all staff last year, a new training programme for senior managers will start this year. As part of our efforts to promote a healthy work-life balance, more flexible working hours were introduced from this month.
2019 is likely to be another busy and eventful year for the IAEA.
Our objective is to promote peace and development through the use of nuclear science and technology. Strong management is essential for the Agency to continue delivering concrete results. I, for my part, remain fit for work and committed to discharging my responsibilities as Director General.
I know I can continue to count on your support, and on the dedication of the Agency's excellent staff, in ensuring that we maintain the delivery of high-quality services for the benefit of all our Member States.


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It's been a few weeks since he's been spotted out in public with his girlfriend FKA Twigs, rather seen heading to Kanye West's Sunday Church services.
And Friday saw Shia LaBeouf enjoy a lunch date with a mystery girl, who he's previously been spotted heading to Church with.
The 32-year-old actor appeared in high spirits as he lunched at Otium restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles.
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Shia dressed casually in a graphic T-shirt and opted for a pair of grey trousers.
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Casual: The beauty opted for a cleavage baring top and ensured her tresses and glam were styled exceptionally
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And it's not the first time the duo have been spotted out together.
Sunday saw the American Honey actor and his female companion attend Kanye West's Sunday church service in Calabasas.
Once again, they both dressed casually, while struggling to wipe the smile of their faces.
Shia's appearance comes after he's been dating FKA Twigs since last September.
First date in church? And it's not the first time the duo have been spotted out together. Sunday saw the American Honey actor and his female companion attend Kanye West's Sunday church service in Calabasas
They were last seen out and about together at the end of April, putting on quite the loved up display.
Shia and the Fukk Sleep singer began dating just days after the actor confirmed he had split from wife Mia Goth, 25.
The pair met on the set of his screenplay Honey Boy - written as part of his 10-week court ordered rehab stint, it hones in on his relationship he had growing up with his father. Twigs plays the role of Little Q.
Honey Boy received a $5 million distribution deal with Amazon Studios in February, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Shia and FKA were last seen out and about together at the end of April, putting on quite the loved up display (pictured January 2019)
On and off-screen love: The pair met on the set of his screenplay Honey Boy - written as part of his 10-week court ordered rehab stint, it hones in on his relationship he had growing up with his father. Twigs plays the role of Little Q
Both Shia and Twigs have dated A-listers in the past.
The beauty was previously engaged to Twilight's Robert Pattinson in 2015 while Shia was married to Mia.
Robert and Twigs called time on their relationship in 2017 and was due to 'distance and time apart,' according to People.
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October 2016 saw Shia tie-the-knot with Mia during an impromptu Las Vegas ceremony that was presided by an Elvis impersonator.
In September 2018 it was revealed they had split and the star had filed for divorce.
Ironically that same time saw Mia and Robert work together on the film High Life.
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STIAS Lecture Series 2019: Sylvia Tamale – Peeling away the layers of colonization: The case of the African academy
Sylvia Tamale professor and coordinator of the Law, Gender and Sexuality Research Centre, School of Law at Makerere University and STIAS fellow will present a talk with the title:
Peeling away the layers of colonization:
The case of the African academy
Any discussion of decolonization must first grapple with the content and intent of coloniality. Coloniality is manifested at two fundamental but interlinked levels. The first involved the expropriation of indigenous worlds by imperial colonizers. Such expropriation included the corralling of indigenous peoples and their ecological spaces for the benefit of imperialism. It ended with formal independence but the extraction and exploitation of indigenous worlds continues today through neoliberal capitalism and globalization. Second level coloniality is much more insidious and dangerous. It involves the colonization of the mind, patterns of knowledge and social structures of indigenous peoples. Historically, the African Academy has, if unwittingly, been key in facilitating level two coloniality. The lecture addresses ways that Africa's academies can break free of colonial legacies and domination. It discusses five layers or sub-systems of colonization that we have to painstakingly peel away in the second-level decolonization of our institutions of higher learning. Those layers lie on a potent kernel, which is the engine that pumps fuel into the veins of the layers. That kernel is called internalized colonialism. Consequently, the lecture commences with a brief discussion of how internalized colonialism operates before tackling the five layers that we need to peel away from their launch engine in decolonizing the Academy.
Sylvia Tamale is a leading African feminist, multidisciplinary scholar and Coordinator of the Law, Gender and Sexuality Research Centre based at the School of Law, Makerere University in Uganda. Prof Tamale was the first female Dean of Law in Uganda and has been a visiting professor at several universities including Oxford, Pretoria and Zimbabwe. Prof Tamale combines her academic scholarship with activism and adopts a critical approach to the Law that aims at enhancing students' transformative personal growth and agency. She has served on several national and international boards, including the Global Commission on HIV and the Law. She is the author of numerous publications, including the African Sexualities Reader which she edited in 2011. Prof Tamale is currently a fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies (STIAS) where she is developing a book on Decolonizing and Reconstructing Africa: An Afro-Feminist-Legal Perspective.
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John Exelby in his final role as managing editor of BBC World Service TV News in 1993
At the time of the Iranian embassy siege in 1980, when six armed men campaigning for Arab sovereignty in southern Iran stormed the building, two members of John Exelby's BBC news team were inside applying for visas. One was Chris Cramer, who would go on to become managing director of CNN, and the other was Simeon "Sim" Harris, a sound recordist. After two days Cramer was released because of (an exaggerated) sickness and Harris escaped across the parapet of a first-floor balcony in front of the world's cameras as the SAS abseiled in. As their news editor, Exelby had been required to be at a building next door in case he was needed to negotiate their release.
John Exelby had joined the BBC newsroom in 1971 and spent 15 years assigning reporters to stories and gathering reports from around the world. He was managing the newsroom when Brian Hanrahan famously described the Harrier bombing mission against Argentine forces during the Falklands conflict in 1982: "I'm not allowed to say [due to reporting restrictions imposed by the MoD] how many planes joined the raid, but I counted them all out and I counted them all back." Exelby was also in charge during Michael Buerk's 1984 broadcast of a "biblical famine" in Ethiopia, a report that remains a watershed in crisis reporting.
In the mid-1980s John Exelby, known to colleagues as "Ex", tired of gathering news and switched to overseeing its output. He became editor of summaries — the résumé at the top of every hour was Exelby's idea — then editor of the lunchtime news, weekend news and lastly breakfast news. His final role in the 1990s was as managing editor of World Service TV News, the news arm of the BBC World Service.
A man of biting wit, John Exelby could go a little far in his acerbity. As one of his team commented: "John was a master of the put-down when it was necessary to put any reporter into line." He may have gone farther up the career ladder had he spent more time kowtowing to his superiors. Instead, he channelled his energies into identifying and nurturing new talent, which included John Craven, Martin Bell, Nick Pollard (of the Pollard inquiry into the Jimmy Savile affair) and Jill Dando when she was a reporter in Plymouth.
Born in Gravesend, Kent, in 1941 to Herbert and Helen (neé Hyde), both teachers, John Exelby went to Nottingham High School where he shared a passion for jazz with — and was the fives partner of — Ken Clarke, the future chancellor. Developing an interest in politics alongside journalism, he read politics and economics at Durham University and became president of the union and editor of Palatinate, the student newspaper.
John as captain of the Nottingham High School cricket team
Under the editorship of Harold Evans, who had also been at Durham and edited the Palatinate and who went on to edit The Times and The Sunday Times, john Exelby was given the post of industrial correspondent of The Northern Echo, based in Darlington. When Evans left the regional newspaper he asked Exelby to go with him, but Exelby had his eye on a broadcasting route and went to work for BBC Look North, the regional TV news service. Aged only 24, he was soon made editor.
A year earlier Exelby had married Judith Hann, who had been at Durham with him. When asked where they had met, John Exelby would recount that he walked out of a cupboard at a party. "I live for kicks," he had answered when Hann asked him what he was doing. Two weeks after asking out the zoology undergraduate he proposed and would continue to ask her until eventually giving up — at which point Hann says she asked him. Following John Exelby as editor (and the first female editor) of Palatinate, Hann went on to work for 20 years as a presenter for Tomorrow's World, a BBC programme on developments in science and technology.
The couple lived in Ealing, west London, for 23 years and had two sons: Jake, who works in marketing and as a horse-racing journalist, and Dan, a TV producer.
In the 1990s John Exelby took early retirement from the BBC and moved to the Cotswolds, while keeping a flat near Trafalgar Square in central London. He worked as a freelance media consultant and media trainer for the Royal Society, the UK's national academy for sciences.
In 1994 he was pleased to receive an invitation to work at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and help with the coverage of South Africa's first multiracial general election. Exelby was also entrusted with showing the SABC how to transition into an organisation that reflected the demographics of the country. After the election John Exelby met the new president, Nelson Mandela, and shook his hand, proclaiming, "I will never wash my hand again," to which Mandela drily responded: "And neither will I, John."
John Exelby was a committed Christian and churchgoer and in retirement trained as a lay reader, preaching and participating in his local parish of Eastleach ( where he was much loved ). His faith would help to sustain him through his pancreatic cancer.
A keen cricketer, he was a member of Marylebone Cricket Club, and in his youth captained Nottinghamshire Schools' cricket team. He also supported Brentford FC. He liked to travel, particularly in India, which he and his wife visited more than any other country. He could often be found joining in a game of street cricket with the local children.
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PARIS, FRANCE 26 May 2020 – The Philippines became a member of the Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with Global Citizenship Education (GCED) launched today at the initiative of the Republic of Korea (ROK). H.E. Kyung-wha Kang, Foreign Minister of the ROK, delivered a video message at the virtual meeting.
The Group of Friends is composed of 11 countries -- Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, ROK, Senegal and Serbia. The Group aims to promote solidarity and inclusion to address the challenges of COVID-19 and beyond through GCED. In a joint statement, the Group reaffirmed that closer global cooperation is crucial to eradicate COVID-19.
Ambassador Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, affirmed the Philippines' support and encouraged development of concrete action-oriented measures for those most in need, "to turn this crisis into a catalyst for enhanced solidarity and inclusion at both the national and international levels through the vision and application of GCED."
Ambassador Lazaro also took the opportunity to commend the ROK for the effective manner in which their government has countered the spread of COVID19.
The UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, pledged to support the Group and its initiatives.
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When do we suggest React for a startup's web development?
Languages for front-end development are always changing. Startups must deal with new advanced trends and changes on a daily basis. To maintain growth and development, business owners must cope with the effects of new technologies as they progress. With new libraries and expanded functionality appearing over time, JavaScript has evolved significantly.
React has provided startups with consistency and a safe haven. To assist startups and established business owners in determining which framework to use, we've written a comprehensive essay that answers all of your questions regarding React.
In this blog, you will find out about how awesome React is and why we suggest React for Startups as well as major companies.
What is React?
As mentioned in the official website of React (also known as React.js or ReactJS), it is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. Which means React is a JavaScript library that builds user interfaces for single-page applications by dividing UI into composable components. Since it requires only a minimal understanding of HTML and JavaScript, React has risen in popularity as a front-end web development tool.
Jordan Walke from Facebook built the React framework in 2011 and was first deployed on Facebook's News Feed in 2011.
The goal was to create a toolkit that would aid in the development of extremely dynamic and responsive web pages.
Instagram, which is a Facebook subsidiary, began using it in 2012.
The React JS project became open source in 2013, and since then, leading mobile app development organizations around the world have adopted it due to its versatility.
Business owners may use React JS to create web apps, mobile apps(react native), to create fast, modern, progressive web applications.
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React is used by more than 100,000 websites and applications, according to Buitlwith.com. React is expected to be the next significant JavaScript library, thanks to strong developer support and maintenance.
So, why should you choose React to develop your mobile or web app project?
Excellent user experience
React has excellent features that allows the creation of apps with excellent user experience. React uses virtual DOM and server-side rendering to create high performance and fast apps.
Cross-platform Mobile Apps (React Native)
React Native comes as a bonus when you use React.js in your project. Yes, you can use React Native to create cross-platform apps for Android and iOS.
Consider the case where you've created a website for your bakery. After some time, you may additionally support it with a mobile app built with React Native. Of course, you or your developer won't be able to reuse the web code. Even better, you'll be able to design the mobile app using the same architecture and technique. Doesn't it sound cool?
High performance (and fast) applications
It's simple to build high-performance web apps with React.js. React.js uses Virtual DOM instead of real Document Object Models, or DOMs (the standard system browsers use to render web pages). Virtual DOM renders only the bits of a web page that have changed, rather than the complete page. Developers don't have to waste time optimizing programmes before they're ready to use; the apps just work.
React.js is also useful for creating web pages that appear to be "fast" to users (which is not at all the same thing as a website being fast for a server). Data can be compressed using tools like Next.js for Server Side Rendering, and then "rehydrated" once the React.js runtime is loaded. All these attributes lead to high performance applications.
Popularity of React
React is one of the most popular JavaScript front-end frameworks in 2019.
According to StackOverflow's 2018 surveys, React ranks #3 in most popular.
React ranks 2nd among the developers that loved it:
It ranks #1 on the list of most wanted tools:
Per the stateofjs.com survey for 2018, React ranks highly on the amount of users that have used it and would use it again.
64.8% used it and would use it again
Only 6.7% of users would not use it again
Also, on GitHub stars (Stars may not be the best ranking factor. Clicking the star doesn't always correlate to using in real life), React ranks second behind Vue for stars on JavaScript libraries/frameworks.
React: 119,425 Stars
Vue: 124,544 Stars
Angular: 44,175 Stars
When to use ReactJS?
Sites that rely extensively on user interaction with the elements will be the obvious choice. This is especially true if the status of components changes regularly – navigation arrives and disappears, users log in, content or, for example, buttons alter as a result of user interaction. React will be able to quickly manage each of these shifting states and dynamically deliver the content to end users thanks to Virtual DOM.
React is also a good solution if a website has a complicated structure that would be difficult to manage with a traditional, imperative approach. As the app grows, React will make it easier to keep track of all the interactions.
Technical Advantages of React
1. Reusable components
React JS uses a component-based structure that enables you to start with small components and progress to large components. For instance, you can start with small components like dropdown, button, or checkbox and then use them to create large wrapper components. You progress from one level of wrapper component to a higher level until you achieve one root component. The root component is your mobile application. Each component on React JS has a unique internal logic that determines how the component is rendered.
The major advantage of components on this JavaScript library is that you can re-use them on any platform. Consequently, your app or website will have the same outlook on all platforms. Reusable components simplify the app development process. Also, reusable codes enable you to grow and maintain your codebase fast.
2. Great tool set for developers
When choosing a development platform, it is important to consider the available tools. You also need to consider their compatibility or usability with different browsers. One of the reasons why React JS is popular among front-end developers is its toolset. You need to differentiate between two toolsets when using React Js. The first toolset is React Developer Tools while the second is Redux Developer Tools.
You can install both toolsets as Chrome extensions, but their functionalities are different. You can use React Developer Tools to inspect components in their hierarchy and observe their states and current props. Redux Developer Tools, on the other hand, are great for observing dispatched actions and current states and changes on stores. You can modify stores and dispatch actions and view the changes instantly when using the Redux library.
GitHub – reduxjs/redux-devtools: DevTools for Redux
All changes made with the Redux Developer tools are stored within the extension. Hence, you can move your application to any previous state for debugging purposes. One thing to note about the toolsets is that they are Chrome extensions. This means that they may not function in the same way when using other browsers. You may have to install Chrome on your device to enjoy the functionality of the developer tools.
3. Fast rendering with virtual DOM
One of the top considerations when choosing a programming framework is performance. The consideration is important if you are developing a mobile application that will involve high user interactions and constant updates. Many JavaScript libraries can create complex applications, but their DOM (Document Object Model) manipulations are slow. Webmasters can overcome the challenge of updating DOM by choosing React JS.
The library uses virtual DOM, which is a DOM kept in memory. All view changes first reflected in the virtual DOM. An efficient difference algorithm will then consider the changes in the virtual DOM and pick the best method to implement the changes. The best approach, in this case, has the lowest amount of updates. The changes are applied to the DOM to minimize the write or read time.
Virtual DOM process
The main advantage of the virtual DOM is the optimized performance and excellent results on the browser. However, the benefits go beyond the high performance. For instance, you can build your application on React JS and then render the components to other engines.
4. Testability
When you use React JS to develop mobile applications, you can easily test the functions of the applications. The simplicity of testing apps makes React JS more popular than Angular. One of the reasons why it is easy to test apps with React is that its views can be treated as functions of a specific state. Hence, you can manipulate all the states that you pass through React View.
You can then view the output and all the functions, actions and events to determine if the app is working as it should. React also comes with a list of test utilities to help you test its components. The tutorial explains in detail how to use each of the test utilities on your website or app.
Top Companies Using ReactJS to its full Potential
When it comes to its immense appeal, Facebook requires no introduction. A user base of more than 2.2 billion! Who doesn't have a Facebook account?
Yes, even Facebook, the creator of the ReactJS library, uses React — albeit this is self-evident. They have a webpage that is built with React and the script is integrated into the app code. Their mobile app was built with React Native, which is a step up in the React family and is responsible for displaying native Android and iOS components rather than DOM components.
React Fiber, a completely redesigned ReactJS version, was released by Facebook around the year 2017. This version has proven to be an essential component of every feature development project.
Instagram is a popular social media platform for displaying videos, photographs, and information, and it is widely utilized by both the young and the business world. The Instagram app has demonstrated the use of a variety of new features, and its API has performed admirably.
Instagram was built entirely with the ReactJS toolkit, allowing developers to benefit from its benefits. The ReactJS family was used exclusively in the development of the single-page web app. The Instagram site has fast performance and is quick to respond to different user-driven events thanks to React.
Geolocations, Google Maps, progressive loading, image/video delivery, and other features are available on the Instagram website.
When Twitter updated their entire website using current web technologies, they began using React. They are using React in their progressive web apps, which provide a wide range of capabilities such as an application, push notifications, and offline support.
ReactJS, Redux, and NodeJS are among the technologies used to create these progressive web apps.
Who hasn't heard of or used WhatsApp? Everyone is addicted to the app next door. React JS is used in this popular app because of its robust and safe performance. It develops user interfaces from Facebook using ReactJS as its primary engine. React is also used in the WhatsApp Web version for a better web experience.
Dropbox is one of the most popular file storage services that uses the cloud computing architecture. It has a large user base all over the world. With the help of file synchronization, users can save and share an unlimited number of files or folders.
Dropbox has just adopted ReactJS for their development activities. Dropbox engineers have noticed the many benefits that come with ReactJS — virtual DOM, smaller file sizes, and strong community support — and these are the reasons that Dropbox has chosen ReactJS as their preferred technology.
For Dropbox's hud, ReactJS was important in establishing the cloud-based online backup solution and different storage level offerings.
Atlassian is a well-known product development company with a slew of well-known products, including Jira, Confluence, HipChat, and others. Atlassian has used ReactJS and the ReactJS family in both internal and external applications. ReactJS is used in almost all of their single-page apps. Key characteristics of React, such as its reusable libraries and ease of deployment to all devices — desktop, online, and mobile — have impressed Atlassian developers.
HipChat has received a lot of positive feedback as a popular team communication tool around the world. While revamping its web edition, this team adopted ReactJS. HipChat's engineers chose React over others among their peers, describing it as a declarative, confident, and traditional framework. ReactJS has been used to revamp Jira's Dynamic Forms and the extension module for the Jira service desk.
Reddit is a famous online platform in the United States that provides a unified means for users to discuss, comment on, and post their own content/opinions. The portal is used by around 300 million people.
Reddit has been employing various components of ReactJS in the development of its framework, and their team has been praising the numerous features of React that have proven to be beneficial to them.
GitHub is the world's most popular software development platform, bringing together a large community of developers to create higher-quality software. It includes everything from open source chances to business-specific features; GitHub is capable of managing projects on its outskirts.
GitHub, being a vital and prominent platform, wanted to use ReactJS in its own development framework. GitHub developers have fully trusted ReactJS's quality and have fully realized its potential.
Zendesk is a software development firm that provides a SaaS-based suite with features such as issue recording and monitoring, help desk management, and customer care support, all aimed at making customer interactions pleasurable, easy, and successful.
Many Zendesk components have been built using the ReactJS framework and libraries. Zendesk has a Garden design system that uses React components and utilities to provide aesthetics, translations, and keyboard navigation.
There are many more organizations/applications benefiting from this amazing technology – ReactJS — than those listed here.
The list could go on and on, but the reasons behind ReactJS's popularity in the tech world are summarized in the preceding list. This fantastic technology is now being used by a growing number of enterprises.
The number of well-known companies that have adopted React demonstrates how far the technology has progressed.
The enormous potential of ReactJS to handle every form of web development is being extensively scrutinized, and it's no surprise that many well-known IT organizations are investing heavily in it.
As you can see from the headline, these digital behemoths grew even bigger by incorporating the benefits of react into their apps and websites.
ReactJS is a great complement to any project that requires component reuse, stunning user interactions, or insane animations. It is, nevertheless, a strong UI library for developing projects for small, medium, and even large-scale enterprises. That's why so many businesses rely on React to achieve their long-term objectives.
Hope your doubts about this popular yet easy tool has been cleared by this article.
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So ANN7 may soon be off the air, but will that solve South Africa's migration to digital terrestrial television (DTT) and deliver the much needed digital dividend frequencies?
Multichoice, and its parent Naspers, are adamant that their investment in ANN7 and the SABC 24 hour news channel was not a lobbying tool to get government to agree that the new digital services should be encrypted and not open as originally planned.
When the ANN7 story broke in the media, MultiChoice launched an investigation. In one of its statements the company said "No correlation was found between payments made to ANN7 and the MultiChoice lobbying effort".
However, the investigators proposed that MultiChoice should study international best practice and formalise its lobbying processes. Is this a disguised admission that lobbying efforts were not above board? Did Naspers not really know what was happening or was it convenient to look the other way?
In March 2014 the then Minister of Communications, Faith Muthambi announced that cabinet had approved the digital migration policy supporting open access. The policy was shrouded in secrecy.
From an unofficial document it was clear that it was a cut-and-paste effort with input from other interested groups including MultiChoice. Under normal circumstances that would have been perfectly acceptable, as MultiChoice was one of the interested parties. Some concerns were expressed at the time and now we know why!
DTT and the encryption saga made several turns in the courts. In 2016 the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruled in favour of encryption. Muthambi, the SABC, and M-Net then filed applications with the Constitutional Court for leave to appeal the SCA ruling. eTV and others, including the Support Public Broadcasting Coalition and Media Monitoring Africa opposed the appeal.
On 8 June 2017 the Constitutional Court upheld the appeal by Muthambi against last year's judgement of the SCA which had ruled in favour of encrypted decoders.
In the same ruling the SCA had ruled that a clause in an amendment to the Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) policy was unlawful and invalid, and set aside the provision in the policy that suggested government-subsidised set-top boxes (STBs) would not have encryption capability.
This final ruling over the technical specifications of STBs heralded the finalisation of the much-delayed digital migration process. South Africa has been planning for digital migration since 2008 but missed the June 2015 ITU agreed deadline to switch from analogue to digital terrestrial television.
However, the future of DTT is still unclear. After the president's famous midnight cabinet reshuffle last year, Ayanda Dlodlo was appointed the Minister of Communication.
Shortly after her appointment she announced that she would introduce the encrypted form of DTT in line with the policy of the ANC. She also said she would fast-track the switchover and announced that the process would start from December 2017.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) appealed to Dlodlo to consider its request for a thorough review of the migration process following the Constitutional Court's ruling. According to the DA, production of the first manufacture of 1,5-million decoders was halted in late 2015 because of legal challenges to the policy.
More than 500 000 decoders had been produced and are housed in South African Post Office warehouses awaiting distribution. But Ayanda Dlodlo's life as DoC minister was short-lived. Ms Mmamoloko "Nkhensani" Kubayi took over in October last year.
Where does this leave DTT and the much-needed digital dividend frequencies to connect the rural unconnected South Africans? Who knows? It is mind boggling!


I am trying to add a view distance script to my server and I want to use a custom version of this file: ExileClient_gui_hud_event_onKeyDown to set how the server starts up the script . This was suggested by a friend. The problem is for some reason that file is not in my code folder. Am I missing a really simple step somewhere?
Or if anyone could direct me to where Exile decides what buttons do what.
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Tykwer co-directed the nutty mosaic "Cloud Atlas," the obsessively lavish "Perfume" and, earlier, the kinetic "Run Lola Run." He's not quite right for this assignment. The material needed more of a deadpan sensibility a la Bill Forsyth and "Local Hero," and less overt filmmaking pizazz. Hanks does all he can. Individual moments and reactions (his "zowie!" non-verbal response to the local forbidden liquor, for example) remind us that he's awfully good.
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In a new study started by the Orthopedic Journal for Sports Medicine, people who enjoy running and are more laidback and slightly overweight are prone to more running injuries than their opposite, being slender and fit runners.
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Socket Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT), a leading innovator of data capture and delivery solutions for enhanced productivity, today announced the expansion of their contactless product line with the S500 Token Exchange. It facilitates tap-and-go, NFC user experiences that are popular with mobile wallets and consumer engagements, applicable for payment applications, contactless passes, identifications, ticketing, and more.
The S500 captures a cryptographically generated payload "token" from NFC-enabled devices (i.e. phone, smart watch, payment card or fob) with a high level of trust, and then passes this payload over Bluetooth to a tablet or PC that is running a connected application. The RF Front End can read anything HF (13.56 MHz) – from an RFID button to a Java Smart Card.
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Whenever the results of a vote would not have substantial impacts on the people who did not, or could not vote, eligible voters are welcome to use whatever suits their fancy: e-voting, tossing dices, goat entrails… We won't notice, so no problem. In all cases of really important voting instead, that is (at least) all political or administrative elections: here is why online/e-voting is something that you should just avoid, period.
Can secure voting exist on the Internet?
Is E-Voting a solution? To which problem?
E-voting is coming, or has already arrived, in my Country. How can I understand if it's implemented properly, without risks of abuse? What is the right way to e-vote?
Let's start with the real question that almost nobody asks: is e-voting necessary in the first place? Does it really makes any sense at all?


My friend María, a psychiatrist, added a new service to her private practice two years ago: the option of seeing her patients via Skype, a platform that allows real-time communication via text, voice and video. All you need is a computer with a video camera or a smartphone. Now, she sees patients who live in the United States. Through Skype, she has appointments in which she hears and sees patients, all free of cost for both parties, without long-distance telephone charges.
Like her, more and more owners of small and medium-size businesses are benefiting from a large number of online applications that save them time and money. For every situation there appears to be an application (also known as apps). For example, Juan, a security consultant and a leadership and life coach, uses the MailChimp tool to create a database that lets him send e-mails to groups. His plan is to integrate MailChimp into his marketing strategy. Through this tool, he has access to pre-designed newsletters. The best part is that the program lets him know what percentage of people saw the e-mail and clicked on the links included in it. This helps him determine if his customers read his messages and if the strategy he is using is the right one for his audience.
Below are other mobile and online apps that can help you in your day-to-day work.
1. FreshBooks: An online billing service. Its creators ensure that you can save up to two days of work per month using this tool. With this app, you can accept payments in cash or credit cards, in any kind of currency, or through PayPal (another excellent tool for making or receiving payments for your services quickly and securely).
2. Invoiceberry: Online billing platform that allows you to monitor your expenses and payments. As with other tools of this type, you can archive invoices in the cloud to avoid losing documents.
3. Web Cash Manager: Account management tool that lets business owners access information on their business accounts and make banking transactions from anywhere. Information on balances and transactions is available for export to the company's computers. From this application, you can make payroll and payments to suppliers, as well as transfer funds between accounts. For more information on this service, go to www.popular.com/web-cash. www.popular.com/web-cash. If you want one of our officials to advise you to choose the most convenient Popular service for you, contact us.
4. Appointlet: This application is super practical for psychiatrists, doctors and other professionals who work for themselves and lack support personnel to set appointments with patients. If you have a web site or a presence in social media, you can place a button from this tool so the consumer can choose, online, the time they want for an appointment, from the hours available. The appointments are integrated into your Google calendar and reminders are sent to you and your clients. This way, there is no excuse for forgetting a meeting.
5. Evernote: An organizer of ideas and projects. In one site, you can store everything from handwritten notes to book manuscripts. The program synchronizes your content in all your devices (cell phone, tablet and computer).
6. Dropbox: Like Juan, Manuel, an electrical engineer with more than 35 years in the business, uses this platform to share large files, such as construction plans, with others. The document is stored in the cloud and he only has to send a link via email to his contacts.
7. WeTransfer: In the communications industry, many use WeTransfer, in addition to Dropbox, to send videos and other large files. In one email, you can send up to two gigabytes (GB).
8. Google Apps: In a single platform you can access your email, calendars and documents. The service is free and has a storage space of five gigabytes (GB).
9. OneDrive for Business: This program is integrated into Microsoft Office and lets you share documents and photos with your contacts. Additionally, you can store important reports in a single location.
10. Airmail: Alberto, owner of an advertising design firm, uses this email designed for Mac users. He likes it because it categorizes messages and identifies them with icons. "It is similar to Outlook but is easier to use," he says.
11. ES File Explorer: "This is the first app I install every time I change phones. It is like having Windows Explorer on the telephone. The program lets me create files within the cell phone to have programs and apps in one place, including tools for storing on the cloud, such as Dropbox and Google Drive," says Carlos, who works as an independent consultant in human resources.
This list is only a sample of apps in the market that allow you to save time and money and help you be better organized. Contact us to learn more about the business services available to you.
*Banco Popular does not endorse the applications described here, except Web Cash Manager, an effective cash management tool from Banco Popular.