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As a bogus food safety video reaches 83 million on Facebook, fact checkers take up the fight against fake science
By Katrina Krämer2019-10-03T13:30:00+01:00
In June, a video popped up on Facebook: Is your food fake or real? Find out with these 16 easy tests at home! The tests include heating up rice to melt bits of plastic mixed in with the real thing to 'increase manufacturer profit', and holding a slice of cheese over an open flame to check if it is 'processed cheese with chemicals [that make it] difficult to melt'.
Within a few hours, 6.5 million people had watched the video, and more than 3 million had shared it – a viral success. The only problem with this video: it was almost entirely bogus.
While the video's title suggests food experiments for a lay audience, all it contained was a mix of half-truths and outright lies. 'Plastic rice' is an almost decade-old urban legend that has never been substantiated. And while processed cheese does indeed contain additives like emulsifiers, they help it melt more evenly than regular cheese – contrary to the video.
Karen Douglas, a leading conspiracy theory researcher from the University of Kent, UK, says it's unsurprising that people worry about what goes into their food, but they often find it difficult to tell the difference between real and fake information. 'It is therefore very easy for fake scientific information to spread far and wide on the internet.'
Waking up to the problem
In early 2019, New York City and the state of Washington declared a state of emergency after they were swept by separate measles outbreaks, 19 years after the disease had been declared eliminated in the country. More than 1000 people were infected. Most had not received the measles vaccine as they believed it could harm them or their children.
Debunking can make a difference, but it is not always easy finding the right way to do it
Karen Douglas, University of Kent
US member of congress Adam Schiff wrote an open letter to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to address vaccine misinformation that was running rampant on the platform at the time. 'There is strong evidence to suggest that at least part of the source of this trend is the degree to which medically inaccurate information about vaccines surface on the websites where many Americans get their information, among them Facebook and Instagram,' Schiff wrote.
Although there is no research that confirms social media has played a part in the anti-vaccine movement, Facebook took note. The platform decided to crack down on scientific misinformation, including falsehoods about vaccines and sensational health claims.
As part of this strategy, the social media giant is paying 50 organisations to debunk hoaxes. One of these fact checkers, Lead Stories, picked up the viral food video two days after it was first published, labelling most of the claims as 'definitely false, others misleading and others so general in nature that they are impossible to verify'.
Nevertheless, the video continued to spread, amassing 87 million views on Facebook – and more on other platforms – after one week. 'Debunking can make a difference, but it is not always easy finding the right way to do it,' Douglas says. So does fact checking really reduce the harm fake science news can do?
Misinformation nation?
Millions of people follow science pages on Facebook. 33% of Americans consider social media an important way to get their science news, according to a Pew Research Center survey. This reflects a wider trend: almost half of all UK and US residents said in surveys that they get their daily news from social networks. And Facebook is ahead in the race, being more popular than either YouTube or Twitter.
Among Facebook's 30 most popular science pages are IFL Science with almost 26 million followers and National Geographic with 44 million followers. However, the 30 most followed pages rarely report on the science issues that frequently appear in traditional news outlets, such as climate change or gene editing. Many focus entirely on health and food topics, some of them offering scientifically questionable advice.
Raw food advocate David Wolfe, for example, has almost 11 million followers, making his the seventh most popular science-related page on Facebook. Wolfe has been called out repeatedly – including by scientists like David Gorski, surgical oncologist and editor of Science-Based Medicine – for promoting pseudoscientific ideas.
'A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on,' Mark Twain once said. Or was it Winston Churchill? While it turns out that neither Twain nor Churchill ever said such a thing, it is true that falsehoods usually spread faster and reach more people.
In 2018, social media expert Sinan Aral from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, and his team analysed 126,000 stories tweeted by 3 million people over more than a decade. Lies tend to be more novel than truths, are 70% more likely to be retweeted and routinely reach up to 100,000 people. True stories rarely diffuse to more than 1000 people, and take about six times longer than falsehoods to reach that number of individuals.
Checking up
The 2016 US presidential elections came with a major uptick in intentionally misleading political news on social networks. An analysis found the most popular false election stories on Facebook were more widely shared than the most popular mainstream news stories.
Although there was no proof that misinformation spread on social media had influenced the election results, people were worried. In December 2016, Facebook introduced a tool for users to report hoaxes and misleading news, as well as signing up 25 independent fact checking organisations.
People who read anti-vaccine conspiracy theories are often influenced by this material to avoid vaccinating their children
Although a lot of disinformation is related to politics, some fact checkers are starting to focus more on scientific data misuse. 'One of the big focuses has been health information, because we've identified there is a real potential risk of harm,' says Tom Phillips, who leads the fact checking team at UK-based charity Full Fact.
'Conspiracy theories on important topics such as climate change and vaccines can influence people's behaviours,' Douglas agrees. 'For example, people who read anti-vaccine conspiracy theories are often influenced by this material to avoid vaccinating their children.'
User reports and machine learning tools help Facebook identify potentially misleading videos, images or articles. These are automatically compiled into a list for each fact checking partner, who can then choose pieces of content they want to tackle.
Full Fact checks 30 to 40 pieces of content each month, Lead Stories around 60 – though the time it takes to evaluate a story varies dramatically. Scientific claims are often the trickiest to debunk. 'A lot of the time, claims will be slightly mangled – some source, way back in the chain was, in fact, real,' explains Phillips. His team tries to unwrap the layers of misunderstanding and track down the original study.
'Sometimes we just discover that [something] was copy–pasted from a satire website, and that makes the fact checking a whole lot simpler,' says Lead Stories' fake news expert Maarten Schenk. If all else fails, fact checkers will search for reliable source material and consult with experts – a process that can take weeks.
Fact checkers then apply one of eight rating options, including 'true', 'false' and 'satire'. Posts rated as false or containing a mix of accurate and misleading information are demoted, so that they appear lower on users' timeline. This, according to Facebook, reduces views by around 80%.
Moreover, a link to the debunking story is shown to everyone who clicks the post's share button. This, says Schenk, is better than deleting the post entirely, 'because if you delete something, then people wonder "What was it? Why are they trying hide it?"'
What remains unclear is the effect fact checking has on individuals. Fake news warnings might, in fact, give people a false sense of security. Massachusetts Institute of Technology cognitive scientists David Rand and colleagues found that attaching warning labels to some, but not all, misleading headlines increases the perceived accuracy of those fake news stories that have not been fact checked.
We are providing feedback to editors so that they become aware of major inaccuracies that are being published in their outlet
Emmanuel Vincent, Science Feedback
Moreover, experiments have shown that correcting misinformation – in areas such as vaccination, politics and climate change – can, ironically, reinforce people's misconceptions. But a new study by Cornelia Betsch and Philipp Schmid from Germany's University of Erfurt, found no evidence for this so-called backfire effect – at least when it comes to swaying an audience in public discussions with science deniers. In their tests, people were less likely to believe in misinformation if they were either given the facts or were informed about the rhetorical techniques – like impossible expectations and selective use of data – science deniers use.
'I think this is very, very important that we have independent fact checkers, and that they are engaged with social media to tell the users not to trust a piece of content,' says Schmid. 'The more effective way of doing that, would be to have a disclaimer that tells the user why something might be fake, which means readers activate their own immune system against misinformation.'
Emmanuel Vincent, director of Science Feedback, says that he doesn't think that the first goal of fact checkers is to convince everybody 'that what they say is correct or incorrect'. Instead, he hopes to have an impact on the wider information landscape. Science Feedback, another one of Facebook's partners, focuses on misleading science in the mainstream media. 'We are providing feedback to editors so that they become aware of major inaccuracies that are being published in their outlet – they might not have realised that before,' Vincent explains.
Correct or contest?
Once Facebook's fact checkers have done their work, publishers have two options: dispute the rating or write a correction. The viral food video's publisher, First Media, sent Lead Stories 'an eight-page pdf to support their video with information and evidence', says Schenk. However, most of its sources, which First Media also shared with several news outlets, were obscure and others directly contradicted the video's claims.
We are calling on Facebook to be a bit more transparent and to release more data so we can examine our impact
Tom Phillips, Full Fact
First Media later agreed to publish a correction, but Schenk said they instead deleted the video altogether. At that point, the video had already been going viral for more than a week and had undoubtedly generated a sizeable amount of advertising money.
According to a Facebook email shared with Buzzfeed News in 2017, it takes more than three days from the site finding and flagging a post to fact checkers rating it. 'The question of impact is important to us if something has already gone viral,' says Phillips from Full Fact. 'Some of the stuff we see on Facebook is years old.'
According to two studies – neither peer-reviewed – Facebook's efforts seemed to have reduced the overall amount of misinformation since 2017. Nevertheless, misinformation remains a problem. A BuzzFeed News analysis found that the 50 biggest fake news stories in 2018 generated a total of 22 million shares, likes and comments on the social media platform.
Fact checkers have mixed feelings about their work with Facebook. 'What is unclear at this stage is what the long-term effect is: whether the effort is actually helping to curb the spread of misinformation from the sources that keep publishing such content,' says Science Feedback's Vincent.
In a report released in late July, Full Fact expressed concern that the programme's impact is unclear. 'We are calling on Facebook to be a bit more transparent and to release more data so we can examine our impact,' Phillips says. According to a Poynter Institute study conducted in late 2018, other fact checkers are similarly uncertain whether their work does anything at all.
It's not enough to point out that information is false
Maarten Schenk, Lead Stories
Another problem Full Fact identifies is scale. 'We think that there needs to be a more open discussion of how to scale this kind of work up,' says Phillips. 'It would be good if Facebook was more explicit about their plans, for example what they're doing with machine learning methods.'
Julia Bain from Facebook's integrity partnerships responds that 'many of the recommendations in the report are being actively pursued by our teams as part of continued dialogue with our partners, and we know there's always room to improve. This includes scaling the impact of fact checks through identical content matching and similarity detection, continuing to evolve our rating scale to account for a growing spectrum of types of misinformation, piloting ways to utilise fact checkers' signals on Instagram and more.'
Despite his criticism, Phillips thinks that the fact checking programme is worthwhile. 'We do think that other social networks should consider doing something similar,' he says.
'We definitely have to make sure that the good information is out there and preferably somewhere near the bad information,' says Schenk. 'But it's not enough to point out that information is false, but to also expose the mechanisms behind it. Who is spreading it, and why? How are they making money out of it?'
Schenk compares the battle against misinformation to a marathon rather than a sprint. 'As countermeasures shift and evolve so do the threats, what works today might be obsolete tomorrow.'
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"A Splendid Delusion:" Reassessing Vaccination in England, 1796-1853
Kaitlyn Akel
Often characterized as a ground-breaking and well-integrated innovation, the smallpox vaccine encountered popular apprehension and resistance at the turn of the nineteenth century. Prior contemporary accounts relegate the bulk of England's vaccination resistance movement in this period to the late nineteenth century, ignoring vocalized resistances in the technology's first few decades. Additionally, whatever discussion exists of vaccination in the early-nineteenth century is progressive in tone, praising Jenner for developing a technology that would later eradicate smallpox in 1980. Scientific publications and archived parliamentary debates of the early 1800s reveal a fragmented consensus concerning vaccination value.
Akel, Kaitlyn () ""A Splendid Delusion:" Reassessing Vaccination in England, 1796-1853," International Social Science Review: Vol. 95 : Iss. 3 , Article 2.
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Blake Lively was born as Blake Ellender Brown on August 25, 1987 in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Elaine (née McAlpin), worked as a talent scout, and her father, Ernie Lively (né Ernest Wilson Brown, Jr.), was an actor. Lively was named after her grandmother's brother. She is of English, Irish, and German descent.
She has an older brother, Eric Lively, two half-sisters, Lori Lively and Robyn Lively, and a half-brother, Jason Lively. Both of her parents and all of her siblings are, or have been, in the entertainment industry.
During her childhood, her parents took her to acting classes that they taught because they did not want to leave her with a babysitter. Lively said that watching her parents teach acting helped her learn the "drills" and gain confidence as she got older and entered the entertainment industry. She began her acting career at age 10, when she appeared in the 1998 film Sandman, which was directed by Lively's father. She describes her role as a "bit part". She was initially not particularly interested in acting and wanted to attend Stanford University.
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John Arne Riise has revealed he believes that Liverpool fans are the best in the world, after the former Red received a warm reception on his first return to Anfield.
Riise left Liverpool for Roma in 2008, before making the move to Fulham in 2011.
And after saying it would be 'emotional' making a return to Merseyside for the first time since he moved away from the Liverpool fold, Riise couldn't believe how positive the fans were towards him.
"I didn't know what to expect really, and then I came out and they started singing [my name]," he told the official Liverpool website.
"I got goose bumps down my back and I was really thankful and grateful for that kind of response.
John Arne Riise says his return to Liverpool gave him goosebumps.
"They proved they are the best fans in the world and they never forget what players do for the team and I am really thankful for it. It's something I won't forget."
Riise has since flourished in his career at Fulham, though his personal connection to Liverpool is still very strong.
Before the game, the 31 year old admitted that while he wanted to come back to Anfield this season, he felt like the game would be different to any other.
"It was one of the first games I was looking for because I always wanted to come back," he told Fulham's website. "Now, I'm going to be playing against them and it's emotional."
While the Norwegian was unable to score for the Cottagers last night, he did have a hand in creating Martin Skrtel's own goal that finished the match at 1-0.
Fulham are now equal with Liverpool in the table, and will be hoping to finish as high as possible when the end of the season comes around, particularly with the financial incentives that come into play when the table is set at the conclusion of each campaign.


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Infected Cities #7: Johannesburg
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What is the impact of the coronavirus on Johannesburg? And how do art and culture professionals respond to the crisis?
Thursday 18 June 2020, 18:30 to 19:30
The seventh episode of Infected Cities about Johannesburg was live on 18 June 2020. Watch the recording here;
Infected Cities
The covid-19 pandemic has an enormous impact on cities worldwide. Especially within areas such as employment, health care, social services and the economy: both now as in the near future. In the fifth program of the Infected Cities series, we will look at how the city of Johannesburg is currently dealing with this pandemic. During this LIVECAST we will have conversations with different experts about the current and future impact of this crisis in Johannesburg. Together with DutchCulture, we will listen to voices of different 'city makers' such as artists, creatives, volunteers and their situation. The speakers will give us an insight into their daily works and explain how they commit to making a positive impact during this pandemic.
Africa's economic powerhouse, for some
Johannesburg, the largest and wealthiest city in South Africa, is emerging from one of the most stringent lockdowns seen in the world after recording it's first coronavirus-related death in March. Most notably there was a ban on cigarettes and alcohol sales in order to promote healthy lungs and minimise the risk of domestic violence, but spawning a underground market in the process. Since early June the lockdown has dialed down from the fifth to the third level; legalising sales of the mentioned products and partially lifting the curfew and movement restrictions. Early June the official numbers state about 1,000 South Africans have died of coronavirus, suggesting an effective policy by the government.
The impact of limitations on personal freedoms are, however, met with great differences. This becomes painfully clear in a society as unequal as post-apartheid Johannesburg, where wealthy and poor areas can be opposites of a street. Especially the 'townships' are under pressure, like Soweto which originated as separated residential area for people of color who were not permitted to live in the center of Johannesburg. Such underdeveloped racially segregated urban areas have a lot of people living closely together, often with limited access to sanitary facilities. This makes the area's inhabitants extra vulnerable to coronavirus outbreaks. Moreover, without the ability to work or receive donations, they are uncertain about their next meal.
Globally renowned creative industries
A diverse and evolving city, Johannesburg boasts a vibrant art scene and is a cultural hub in South Africa with a wide variety of art schools and cultural venues. The city is home to an extensive portfolio of public art with works that range from sculptures to murals by internationally renowned artists. It is no surprise Johannesburg has been a breading ground for a globally orientated but South African rooted creative scene spawning a wide range of influential artists.
It is expected the coronacrisis will hit the arts and creative sector of Johannesburg even harder than the sector in other global cities. Mainly because venues for entertainment and the arts will remain closed regardless the lockdown level. It is likely the lockdown will only be completely abandoned when a vaccine or effective treatment will be in place. With the little governmental support for the arts and the long time it could take before restrictions are lifted, the creative scene faces a challenging future.
The LIVECAST will be moderated by journalist, media educator and writer Zoë Papaikonomou. The speakers will be;
- Ismail Mahomed, Chief Executive Officer of the Market Theatre Foundation
- Lynsey Chutel, journalist based in Johannesburg
- Bob Meijs, board and co-founder of Afro_Vibes Festival
- Keitu Gwangwa, Head of the Windybrow Arts Centre in Johannesburg
- Niels Posthumus, correspondent for Trouw and Het Financieele Dagblad for South Africa
- Jamal Nxedlana, visual artist based in Johannesburg
- Kirsten Harris, theatre maker, director and arts educator from Johannesburg
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Infected Cities: a series of nine LIVECASTS about the impact of COVID-19
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Infected Cities #2: Jakarta
Infected Cities #3: Cairo
Infected Cities #4: Moscow
Infected Cities #5: São Paulo
Infected Cities #6: Shanghai
Infected Cities #8: Istanbul
Infected Cities #9: Tokyo
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What is the impact of the coronavirus on Cairo? And how do art and culture professionals respond to the crisis?
What is the impact of the coronavirus on Moscow? And how do art and culture professionals respond to the crisis?
What is the impact of the coronavirus on São Paulo? And how do art and culture professionals respond to the crisis?
What is the impact of the coronavirus on Shanghai? And how do art and culture professionals respond to the crisis?
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The frustrating persistence of Lance Armstrong
By Ryan Simonovich
Screenshot of Armstrong during his 2019 Tour de France commentary for NBC
In 2013, during a televised interview with Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong, the cyclist, admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs throughout his career and lying about it. The admissions came shortly after cycling's international governing body stripped Armstrong of his seven Tour de France victories and banned him for life from competition.
One might have expected that Armstrong's admission and ban would rule out a future as a cycling commentator. Yet he has remained the world's best-known cyclist (with 3.4 million followers on Twitter and a memoir, It's Not About the Bike (2000), that topped the New York Times's best-seller list) and an expert at reading a bike race—which may explain why, this year, he was welcomed as an analyst by NBC Sports to cover the Tour de France. During the race, NBCSN, which holds exclusive rights to broadcast the tour in the US through 2023, also seized an opportunity to promote a half-hour interview special, "Lance Armstrong: Next Stage," which first aired in May.
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Outside magazine, which has reported on Armstrong throughout his career and has partnered with him on tour coverage since 2017, touted "exclusive updates" from Armstrong throughout the race, and promoted Armstrong's podcast, The Move, which provides Tour de France updates and analysis in 45-minute daily episodes. "If you tuned in to our recaps last summer, you know that, as commentators go, Lance Armstrong punches hard but seldom punches below the belt," the text at the top of Outside's coverage reads. "And unlike the milquetoast play-by-play and punditry the networks deliver in their coverage—it's tough to bite the hand that feeds—he's not afraid to rip into Tour organizers, team managers, competitors, and drunk fans making a nuisance of themselves. Lance knows what plays."
During this year's Tour, even as Armstrong's astute technical analyses spurred headlines, the fact that he was given the opportunity attracted criticism. His prominence in media coverage of the Tour "has not gone over well with a vocal part of the audience, many of whom questioned the appropriateness of promoting a rider whose doping activities led to a lifetime ban from the sport," Pat Malach wrote for CyclingNews, a cyclists' website. The Virginian-Pilot's Bob Molinaro asked whether Armstrong was the only person up to the task: "For this job, NBC couldn't have chosen a former cyclist who hasn't been barred from the sport?"
It is interesting to watch NBC Sports Network's gradual rehabilitation of Lance Armstrong. I'd be interested to hear what you think of letting Armstrong, given the events of the last 20 years, appear as an expert commentator.
— Ray Suarez (@RaySuarezNews) July 9, 2019
NBCSN did not respond to questions from CJR about the network's decision to include Armstrong in its Tour de France coverage. (A spokesperson did say that Armstrong was not paid for his contributions during the Tour, or for doing the May interview.)
Chris Keyes, the editor of Outside, says that doping does not discount the fact that Armstrong is an expert on the ins and outs of bicycle racing. "We think he has incredible insight on the Tour as a veteran rider," Keyes says. "I think there's no one in America who knows the Tour de France better than Lance Armstrong."
Keyes points out that former athletes who have used performance enhancing drugs in other sports, such as baseball's Alex Rodriguez, make regular appearances on television. Christian Vande Velde, a former teammate of Armstrong's who has also appeared in NBCSN's Tour de France coverage, has worked as a cycling analyst for that network since 2014. Vande Velde received a six-month ban from competition in 2012. (That year, in a Chicago Tribune story about Vande Velde, Philip Hersh noted that the paper had declined to cover a victory by the cyclist "because of unanswered questions" concerning, among other things, his own rumored drug use.)
Ignoring an entire era of former professionals would leave a gap in cycling's history, Neal Rogers—an editor-at-large for CyclingTips, an enthusiasts' site, who has covered professional cycling for nearly 20 years—says. Athletes who raced during cycling's "doping era" are now involved in all aspects of the sport, from commentary jobs to managing teams. Still, he believes that giving Armstrong prominent placement on television is "not a good look," he says.
"What does it tell sort of the average person?" Rogers asks. "You can have a lifetime ban, be found guilty for cheating, and you're welcomed back."
Armstrong's presence on NBCSN hasn't appeared to hurt ratings. Last year, according to a recent VeloNews story about NBC's Tour de France coverage, "between 200,000 and 300,000 viewers tuned in each day on television. In 2009, Lane Armstrong's comeback year, that number was twice that size." This year, as of July 23, viewership of the Tour hovered at 307,000, up 11 percent from 2018. Whether the boost in ratings can be attributed to Armstrong's presence or to a more exciting competition is impossible to tell.
The Tour wrapped up over the weekend. Stormy weather forced race organizers to alter the planned route, shortening two stages of racing. On Sunday, a 22-year-old Colombian named Egan Bernal stood victorious on the top step of the podium in Paris. Armstrong did not make any appearances on NBCSN during the Tour's final days, but continued with his podcast, which Outside excerpted for its own coverage. On Twitter, Armstrong wrote that, even though the Tour had concluded, his podcast "keeps moving on."
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Ryan Simonovich is a freelance journalist based in Santa Cruz, California. He covers a broad range of subjects, including cycling.


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A Kahn Icon Restored
By KATE TAYLOR | July 19, 2006
https://www.nysun.com/arts/kahn-icon-restored/36340/
After a three-year renovation, a 1953 building that the renowned architect Louis Kahn designed for the Yale University Art Gallery has been restored and will reopen on December 10.
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Q: vector memory allocation call to copy constructor with push_back function #include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>

using namespace std;

class MoveableClass
{
public:
        MoveableClass() {
                cout << "Default constructor" << endl;
        }
        MoveableClass(const MoveableClass& src) {
                cout << "Copy constructor" << endl;
        }
        MoveableClass(MoveableClass&& src) {
                cout << "Move constructor" << endl;
        }
        MoveableClass& operator=(const MoveableClass& rhs) {
                cout << "Copy assignment operator" << endl;
                return *this;
        }
        MoveableClass& operator=(MoveableClass&& rhs) {
                cout << "Move assignment operator" << endl;
                return *this;
        }
};

int main()
{
    vector<MoveableClass> vecSource(3);
    cout << "----" << endl;
    MoveableClass mc;
    cout << "----" << endl;
    vecSource.push_back(mc);
//      vecSource.push_back(mc);
//      vecSource.push_back(mc);
//      vecSource.push_back(mc);
    cout << "----" << endl;
    // Copy the elements from vecSource to vecOne
    vector<MoveableClass> vecOne(vecSource.begin(), vecSource.end());
    cout << "----" << endl;
    // Move the elements from vecSource to vecTwo
    vector<MoveableClass> vecTwo(make_move_iterator(vecSource.begin()),
                                                         make_move_iterator(vecSource.end()));
    cout << "----" << endl;

    return 0;
}

From the above code I have 2 doubts:

*

*Why move ctor is not called from implemented class when I use 2 push_back(mc) functions
   call to copy ctor is 3 times i.e 1 for first push and for 2nd push first vector is resized (sequently grow) to different memory location (which should have triggered move for first push) 3rd for 2nd push

*Even when I initialize the vector object  with size 3 why the call to copy ctor increases to 4 for one push_back(mc).
Output:
Default constructor
Default constructor
Default constructor
----
Default constructor
----
Copy constructor
Copy constructor
Copy constructor
Copy constructor
----
Copy constructor
Copy constructor
Copy constructor
Copy constructor
----
Move constructor
Move constructor
Move constructor
Move constructor
----

gcc version I am using is:
> gcc version 4.7.3

UPDATE
Thanks for replies I am getting somewhere
for my 1) point I want to add
//    MoveableClass(const MoveableClass& src) {
//                        cout << "Copy constructor" << endl;
//                }

    MoveableClass(MoveableClass&& src) noexcept {
                    cout << "Move constructor" << endl;
            }
    ....
    void fun() {
                    cout << "hello\n";
            }

    int main()
    {
            vector<MoveableClass> vecSource(3);
    //        vector<MoveableClass>::iterator it;
       //     vecSource.reserve(3);
            cout << "----" << endl;
            MoveableClass mc;
            cout << "----" << endl;
            mc.fun();
            vecSource.push_back(mc);
    //      vecSource.push_back(move(mc));
    //      vecSource.push_back(move_if_noexcept(mc));
    //      vecSource.push_back(mc);
    //      vecSource.push_back(mc);
    //      vecSource.push_back(mc);
    //        for(it = vecSource.begin(); it != vecSource.end(); ++it )
     //          cout << (*it).fun() << endl;
            cout << "----" << endl;
            // Copy the elements from vecSource to vecOne
            vector<MoveableClass> vecOne(vecSource.begin(), vecSource.end());
        cout << "----" << endl;
        // Move the elements from vecSource to vecTwo
        vector<MoveableClass> vecTwo(make_move_iterator(vecSource.begin()),
                                                             make_move_iterator(vecSource.end()));
        cout << "----" << endl;

        return 0;
}

I have edited above code
//      vecSource.push_back(move(mc));               I can call move ctor only
//      vecSource.push_back(move_if_noexcept(mc));  I can call move ctor only
                 understood..

If I comment copy constructor I am getting compile error

knils@knils-HP:IteratorAdapters$ g++ -g -std=c++0x MoveIterators.cpp
Internal compiler error: Error reporting routines re-entered.
Please submit a full bug report,
  with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See  for instructions.
  Preprocessed source stored into /tmp/ccHhV599.out file, please attach this to your bugreport.

why its giving this error , why Its not using its default copy ctor
for 2) point when I initilize for size 3 , does this mean 3 memory locations are initialized with class instance ?
for(it = vecSource.begin(); it != vecSource.end(); ++it )
    cout << (*it).fun() << endl;

I am not able to use above code It gives error

MoveIterators.cpp:48:30: note:   mismatched types 'const _CharT*' and 'void'

To add I think here lies the diff for resize an reserve where reserve do not call default ctor and leaves the memory uninitialised.
I think its better to use reserve to some space for vector to an extent we need so than It avoids regular memory swaps. even if it exceeds it will to new location.
UPDATE
for piece of code changes
   vector<MoveableClass> vecSource;

    vecSource.push_back(mc);
    vecSource.push_back(mc);

The o/p I get is
Copy constructor
Copy constructor
Move constructor
I am confused by the order here.
I am expecting it
Copy constructor
Move constructor
Copy constructor
because for first push It initialize one size(copy) for second it reallocate , so moves the existing memory to new location(move) and the copy the second push in new location(copy)
compiler differs why..
Regards!

A:
vector is resized (sequently grow) to different memory location (which should have triggered move for first push)

std::vector will utilize a move-constructor during a reallocation only if that move-constructor is declared with a noexcept specifier, or if there is no available copy-constructor (see std::move_if_noexcept for more details):
By adding the following minor change:
MoveableClass(MoveableClass&& src) noexcept {
//                                 ~~~~~~~^
        cout << "Move constructor" << endl;
}

You will get the output:
Copy constructor
Move constructor
Move constructor
Move constructor

The noexcept specifier tells the std::vector implementation that it can safely apply a move-semantics to its content. Otherwise, you wouldn't have a strong exception safety guarantee, which basically states that the vector remains intact if the reallocation fails due to an exception:
§23.3.6.5 [vector.modifiers]/p1:

Requires: If an exception is thrown other
  than by the copy constructor, move constructor, assignment operator, or move assignment operator
  of T or by any InputIterator operation there are no effects. If an exception is thrown by the move
  constructor of a non-CopyInsertable T, the effects are unspecified.

In addition, the push_back member function will not attempt to move-construct a new element unless its argument can be bound by a non-const rvalue reference - if not, then it falls back to a copy-construction. If you want to move-construct a new element based on the mc instance in a push_back call, you need to pass in an xvalue of mc:
vecSource.push_back(std::move(mc));
//                  ~~~~~~~~^

Output:
Move constructor

Even when I initialize the vector object with size 3 why the call to copy ctor increases to 4 for one push_back(mc).

The initial capacity of vecSource, that one can query with the .capacity() member function, is presumably set to 3 in your case, which means that any attempt to store more elements results in a need for a reallocation, which requires all the elements already stored in the vector to be copy-constructed to a new memory location.
One can avoid unexpected reallocations by reserving a sufficient amount of storage space prior the push_back calls that follow:
vector<MoveableClass> vecSource;
vecSource.reserve(4);    // reserve a storage for 4 elements
vecSource.resize(3);     // default-construct 3 elements
cout << "----" << endl;
MoveableClass mc;
vecSource.push_back(mc); // copy-construct 4th element

Output:
Default constructor
Default constructor
Default constructor
----
Default constructor
Copy constructor

2) point when I initilize for size 3 , does this mean 3 memory locations are initialized with class instance ?

Yes, by giving an initial capacity in the vector's constructor call, or by using the resize member function, in C++11 you get that amount of default-constructed (in C++03 - copy-constructed from a default-constructed element) elements that are ready to be accessed and used.

cout << (*it).fun() << endl;
I am not able to use above code It gives error

You can't print out the result of a function call that declares void as a return type. Just remove the cout part and it wll compile:
for(auto it = vecSource.begin(); it != vecSource.end(); ++it )
    (*it).fun();

If I comment copy constructor I am getting compile error

Certain operations require the type of vector element to be CopyConstructible; in your code these are:
vecSource.push_back(mc);
//...
vector<MoveableClass> vecOne(vecSource.begin(), vecSource.end());

"Copy constructor Copy constructor Move constructor." I am confused by the order here. I am expecting it "Copy constructor Move constructor Copy constructor"

For the following piece of code:
vector<MoveableClass> vecSource;
vecSource.push_back(mc);
vecSource.push_back(mc);

According to your output, the following happens:

*

*The initial capacity of vector is set to 0.

*First push_back call: the mc is copy-inserted to a newly allocated memory storage (Copy constructor).

*Second push_back call: the mc is attempted to be copy-inserted. The capacity of vector is too small, so a new storage is allocated. The copy of mc is inserted into the new storage (Copy constructor). Then, the rest of elements are moved to the new memory location (Move constructor).

I don't think the order in which a copy-construction of an appended element goes before a rellocation is mandated by the Standard, it's just how it's implemented in libstdc++ you're using.

Side notes:

*

*Prefer -std=c++11 to -std=c++0x if the compiler supports the former.

*You should not reuse an instance that has already been moved from. I hope you're doing this only for testing purposes.

A: I have not understood your questions. Sorry. But in my opinion the only place in the code where a question can be arised why is not move constructor  used is where you call push_back
vecSource.push_back( mc );

In this place the vector reallocates memory that to accomodate one more element that is a copy of mc. If the vector would use move constructor for its already existent elements when in case of an exceprtion the state of the vector would be undefined. Using the copy constructor guarantees that even in case of an exceprion the state of the vector will be valid because the original elements will not be changed.
But if you will declare the move constructor as not throwing an exception for example
MoveableClass( MoveableClass &&src ) noexcept
{
    std::cout << "Move constructor" << std::endl;
}

then the output will be
Copy constructor
Move constructor
Move constructor
Move constructor

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Behavioral interest in the old paradigm was a backward look at purchase history. Today, you can get a much more holistic set of preferences within seconds, mapping behavioral interests with the bestseller inventory match.
The essential questions: How are you set up to ingest granular behavioral signals in near real time to identify the next-best action? In turn, how are you using seller inventory to trigger a desired behavior to keep the flywheel going?
We often know exactly what type of product we want, but all too often we have to narrow down a final decision. A marketplace must offer the ability to hone in across a selection of options, actively lower cognitive overload by surgically offering a limited but pointed selection of products or wake up a dormant conversation with fresh ideas to prod along a conversation between buyers and sellers.
The essential questions: How are you set up to absorb and react to atypical purchase journeys as new events dynamically inform a buyer's profile? Can you spark a community discussion or rekindle a dying exchange?
Time-bound events are powerful motivators that can nudge or downright influence buyer behavior. A public holiday, bad weather or a local sporting event can manufacture a spontaneous buying moment.
The essential questions: How are you gleaning insights not about the buyer but around the buyer to activate qualified liquidity?
Knowing the difference between the right time to nurture a conversation and when to go in for the close can make or break a marketplace business model. If that wasn't enough, consider the sheer number of channels and device preferences for browsing versus conversing versus buying. And we're just getting warmed up. There are a plethora of new channels emerging that will transform the purchase journey. Beacons will help give context and location, voice assistants such as Amazon Alexa will allow marketers to pick up on variations of emphasis and tone and VR will dramatically alter the try-before-you-buy stage, for starters. Through all of this, the intent graph must keep adapting and building.
The essential questions: How are you prepared to capitalize on these very different channels to influence conversion patterns?
Consumer engagement and marketing automation technology is not optimized for marketplaces. Perhaps most importantly, they are not designed to put the sellers and buyers at the center of the design experience. Rather, they are built for the convenience of the marketer. And marketplace marketers are retrofitting vanilla marketing automation technology for marketplace use cases, and they have to forfeit key capabilities that nurture and grow the community, respect dynamic inventory and demand or constantly generate liquidity. Getting the flywheel to spin at high velocity requires a nuanced approach.


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Q: Pre-compiled Finale substitute for Fedora 20? I recently lost my dual-booted HDD (with both Linux and Windows). It did some weird stuff and started changing all files to read-only on every start-up. So, I bought a new HDD and put Fedora 20 on it.
Now, the only thing I'm looking to replace is Finale (I have found acceptable substitutes or Linux versions of everything else). I have found MusScore, NoteEdit, etc, but all of these programs need to be compiled (I can't find a suitable .rpm), and typing 'make' gives me errors. First I need cmake, then qmake, then a whole ton of things I don't recognize, and some of which I don't understand.
Honestly, I've gotten to the point of saying it isn't worth it unless I can find an RPM of something, because compiling things is ridiculously difficult (I don't NEED a music writing program, just want one).
Does anyone know of a suitable replacement already compiled and ready for distribution for Fedora 20?
EDIT #1
For those who are unfamiliar with Finale, it is a music-composition software, similar to linux's NoteEdit or MusScore. It allows exportation of audio files, note annotations, and printing pages of musical scores. It also supports transposition and human playback features. Some of these things are not that important to me, and I can do some by hand (like transposition), but I would really like the audio file export and printing features. Here is the about page for Finale:
http://www.finalemusic.com/products/finale/

A: Method #1 - Using Wine + Finale
If you have Fedora 20 setup and a copy of Finale already you can apparently run it under Wine, at least according to this thread titled:  Finale 2014 without Windows or Mac.
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Hey all
Heads up: Finale 2014 is working perfectly on Linux. You can use PlayOnLinux (or basic WINE) and performance is incredible. Of course, if you insist on using VST third-party playback and whatnot, you'll be sad but it's not surprising.
For strictly notation and basic playback, Finale 2014 is golden on Linux. If all you want to do is input and edit scores, then you will be very happy. Finale 2014 on Linux does everything as the other OS can do, minus comprehensive VST support.
Even though Finale is only "supported" on Mac and PC, I figured I would share my findings with the forum in case any other users like myself prefer to use Linux whenever possible.

What's Wine?
Wine is an emulation layer that allows Window executables to run under Linux natively. It's not virtualization and it isn't emulation, it's somewhere in between both of these approaches. But it really doesn't matter how it works, just that it does. You can read more of the technology underpinnings on the project's website.
The software application Finale is listed in Wine's AppDB. It's listed as being Gold or Bronze level for versions 2011 & 2012. This is a pretty good indication that the application should run reasonably well through this approach.
Method #2 - MusScore
I did find the package already pre-built for Fedora 20. It's called mscore and looks to be in the standard repositories.

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*http://pkgs.org/fedora-20/fedora-i386/mscore-1.3-2.fc20.i686.rpm.html
To install it:
$ sudo yum install mscore*

On Fedora 19 (which I'm currently using) the packages are definitely already available:
$ yum search mscore
Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, changelog, langpacks, refresh-packagekit
============================================================================================================ N/S matched: mscore ============================================================================================================
mscore-debuginfo.x86_64 : Debug information for package mscore
mscore.i686 : Music Composition & Notation Software
mscore.x86_64 : Music Composition & Notation Software
mscore-doc.noarch : MuseScore documentation
mscore-fonts.noarch : MuseScore fonts

Method #3 - NoteEdit
There is a distro that builds on top of Fedora called CCRMA (pronounced Karma) which is geared towards doing music pre/post production along with video editing.

Planet CCRMA at Home (CCRMA is pronounced ``karma'') is a collection of free, open source rpm packages (RPM stands for RPM Package Manager) that you can add to a computer running Fedora, 18, 19 or 20, or CentOS 5 (not all applications are built on the 64 bit version) to transform it into an audio workstation with a low-latency kernel, current audio drivers and a nice set of music, midi and audio applications

This distro offers NoteEdit as a pre-built RPM:
$ sudo yum install noteedit

You should be able to add the packages from the CCRMA website directly to any stock Fedora 20 system, I'd probably add the CCRMA YUM repositories to the system so that any dependencies can also be automatically downloaded and installed as well.
Details for doing this are covered here:

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*http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/installplanettwenty.html


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'[A] calm exposition of the latest research and not a rejection of mainstream treatment.' - Cygnus Review With approximately 40 percent of men and women in the United States being diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime, very few of us escape having cancer touch our lives in some way - whether it is our own life or that of a loved one. Scientific research continues to prove the benefits of nutritional and holistic therapies, yet, for the most part, these approaches to treatment still remain unexplored by the conventional medical establishment. With integrative and holistic healing being sought after and supported by more and more of the general public and medical community for various elements of everyday life, it only makes logical sense to explore these therapies with regard to one of the most prevalent causes of death of our time. In Outside the Box Cancer Therapies, naturopathic medical doctors Mark Stengler and Paul Anderson combine their expertise to focus on the most critical components of integrative oncology care. Supported by extensive research and decades of clinical experience, Dr Stengler and Dr Anderson thoroughly explain: · the different types of cancer and their causes · how proper nutrition can help to prevent and treat cancer · the most well-studied supplements to use with cancer treatment · cutting-edge naturopathic therapies, and · natural solutions to common problems, such as the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation With a clear and focused approach, Dr Stengler and Dr Anderson provide a definitive and comprehensive resource for anyone seeking to heal from cancer or a professional looking for the most cutting, up-to-date integrative approaches to treatment.
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package com.consol.citrus.rmi.config.annotation;

import com.consol.citrus.TestActor;
import com.consol.citrus.config.annotation.AnnotationConfigParser;
import com.consol.citrus.message.MessageCorrelator;
import com.consol.citrus.rmi.client.RmiClient;
import com.consol.citrus.rmi.client.RmiClientBuilder;
import com.consol.citrus.rmi.message.RmiMessageConverter;
import com.consol.citrus.spi.ReferenceResolver;
import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

/**
 * @author Christoph Deppisch
 * @since 2.5
 */
public class RmiClientConfigParser implements AnnotationConfigParser<RmiClientConfig, RmiClient> {

    @Override
    public RmiClient parse(RmiClientConfig annotation, ReferenceResolver referenceResolver) {
        RmiClientBuilder builder = new RmiClientBuilder();

        if (StringUtils.hasText(annotation.serverUrl())) {
            builder.serverUrl(annotation.serverUrl());
        }

        if (StringUtils.hasText(annotation.host())) {
            builder.host(annotation.host());
        }

        builder.port(annotation.port());

        if (StringUtils.hasText(annotation.binding())) {
            builder.binding(annotation.binding());
        }

        if (StringUtils.hasText(annotation.method())) {
            builder.method(annotation.method());
        }

        if (StringUtils.hasText(annotation.messageConverter())) {
            builder.messageConverter(referenceResolver.resolve(annotation.messageConverter(), RmiMessageConverter.class));
        }

        if (StringUtils.hasText(annotation.correlator())) {
            builder.correlator(referenceResolver.resolve(annotation.correlator(), MessageCorrelator.class));
        }

        builder.pollingInterval(annotation.pollingInterval());

        builder.timeout(annotation.timeout());

        if (StringUtils.hasText(annotation.actor())) {
            builder.actor(referenceResolver.resolve(annotation.actor(), TestActor.class));
        }

        return builder.initialize().build();
    }
}

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Manchester United: Players
Manchester United Transfer Rumours: Wayne Rooney has reportedly put in a transfer request
This will be one of the most eventful summers in recent times for Manchester United. Will that include the sale of Wayne Rooney?
By Gene Um May 9, 2013, 5:40am BST
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According to a report by the Guardian, Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney put in a transfer request two weeks ago. Apparently, though, Sir Alex Ferguson -- you know, that guy who used to be manager for awhile -- told the former talisman that no summer move would occur. The validity of this speculation, of course, is open for debate. However, if the transfer request is true, it makes sense to an extent. United are no longer a team built around Rooney and his performances have become increasingly mercurial in recent seasons. The 27-year-old starting against Real Madrid in the first leg of a Champions League tie -- in a wide role which he does not prefer -- followed by his benching in the return leg due to his poor outing at the Bernabeu dramatically highlights how his influence at the club is waning. Perhaps he simply desires a change of scenery and a fresh start elsewhere.
On his day, Rooney is still a force. The problem, though, is that these days are much less frequent than they used to be and they're surrounded by a high number of games where he's simply been a detriment to his side. Michael Cox, of Zonal Marking fame, tweeted a few weeks back on how the range of Rooney's quality in his performances is probably wider than any other footballer on the planet. That's a great point.
If the speculation that David Moyes will be the next United manager is true, then that will be an interesting dynamic to consider in regards to Rooney's future. It was the Scotsman that was Wazza's first manager at Everton before he was sold to United. There was some contentiousness between the two after Moyes sued Rooney over some content in the latter's biography a few years back. Supposedly though, the two later reconciled after an apology by Rooney.
Ferguson is leaving behind a title-winning squad so it's reasonable to think that Moyes -- if appointed as United's next manager -- might not make a drastic amount of tweaks to it. A sale of Rooney, though, for whoever the next manager is, would open up some funds for the summer transfer market. The striker would perhaps fetch a transfer fee in the neighborhood of £25-30 million and his £250,000/week would be off the books as well.
In an ideal world, Rooney would still be a world-class player and he would still be on the trajectory to becoming a legend at the club. That's not the case, though. If another club would be willing to pay the price that I just speculated for a transfer fee (and wish for if he's sold), that would be something United and their new manager would seriously have to consider. At 27-years-old now, Rooney's transfer value is probably at it's peak and United are coming to a point where they need to consider whether it's prudent or not to commit to the striker for the long-term -- his current contract expires in the summer of 2015 so a decision is likely to be made by next summer at the latest.
Even if Rooney did want a move, his choices would likely be limited. His current wages, something he'll surely desire to replicate elsewhere, will be a concern for other clubs. And for the ones that can afford it, they may not want to because they might have comparable or better players or they could purchase another one at a similar price. Think Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid, etc...
No matter how this plays out, I'll be greatly appreciative of Rooney's tremendous contribution to the club during his time at Old Trafford. If he stays, I hope the presence of a new manager inspires him to be the world-class player he once was. If he goes, I hope United get decent coin for him and that he succeeds elsewhere -- and I'll fondly remember the good times. The one thing I don't want to see, though, is for him to stay and extend his contract on huge wages while he continues to put in jekyll-and-hyde performances.
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The Inland Empire's industrial sector showed no signs of slowing during the first three months of 2019, according data released this week.
Vacancy fell to 4.5 percent, down from 8.2 percent year-over-year, Voit Real Estate Services' reported in its first quarter analysis of the Inland industrial market.
The two-county region remained one of the most in-demand industrial markets in the United States at the start of this year, with lease rates reaching an average of 73 cents per square foot. That was a 23.7 increase from the first quarter of 2018.
Industrial leases in Riverside and San Bernardino have climbed steadily since 2011, when they bottomed out at 35 cents per square foot.
The report predicts that the Inland economy will remain "robust" in 2019, with job growth predicted for most sectors and the region's unemployment rate expected to remain stable.


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I DON'T know the content but they are being compiled at this very moment.
Keep selling those oppies you non-'solbecians'. I'm in the queue for more!


What will be the 2017 trends?
The trends have their changes, which happen annually and the experimentation ideas, innovation trends can be the pushing factors of the industry progressing, which can be applied towards any environment that includes changing and evolving industries, so the following latest web design trends could be very hot in 2017.
specification of the grid and card UIs page structures.
The responsive approach in the designing elements makes the site look very responsible and totally interesting to read articles and the containing objects have the natural look; responsive elements are seen very bright on the laptop and mobile devices as well as on the big screened desktops. The participation of the big companies such as Google in these developments seems to be very effective and the cost of these sites seems to be growing, such as the number of tools available for the developers.
The best features in the modern web design trends could be promoted by the wider responsive design integration. This means that becoming IT brands are getting in the sphere of the responsive design. It is the essential approach for using the CSS, individually combined layouts to create the single dynamic multifunctional environment of the sites. Such content based website design trends can be perfectly displayed on the various mobile devices.
The next current web design trends inform that the wider range of companies is trying to adopt the mobile-firstly development ideas. More big developer teams see themselves on the market in the process of the mobile applications designing and then are going further in their researches to the desktop computers.
They don't rush to get their apps on the desktop devices and prefer to implement the popular website designs on the smartphones and notebooks. These devices seem to be extremely popular nowadays, but they have their negative features. One of them is the limited amount of the content, which user has the ability to display on the smartphones. This allows the companies to get the adaptive visual designed elements for users in order to get the best available navigation. As the small screens are adopting the pics by different tools, the image can look perfectly as if it is displayed on the desktop.
UI patterns are developed into visual complexes.
The next trend is about the usage of the UI patterns. They emerged across the WEB, where they adapt the screen information as the previous engineering methods did. The site looks more user-pattern-friendly and it allows the big busyness, the middle- class owners and all the other teams to get their trading production as well as get the bigger audience for their services.
The next is the rapid prototyping tools expanding. We can see that these tools can help the developers to create the lower and the higher service prototypes. These easy usable and very functional devices can develop the extra detailed animation and save the precious time at the same time. The users could dig into the information without waiting for the content to pop up slowly.
Stock pictures centers see their decline.
Another trend is focusing on the status of the stock imagery, especially, decline in the popularity of such services. The rise of the patterns made the stock pictures downloads to fall down. The connection with the audience of the image stocks doesn't represent the overall desires and trends of the internet. Now the illustrations are seen as the best choice for creating the site visualization and are totally enjoyable and user-friendly; can be animated and are proven to establish the better connection between the user and the site.
Photography is back with extra resolutions and other features.
The very unique experience that comes from the brand new photography is explained by the different pattern combinations. It is expected that more and more sites will become better as well as naturally beautiful, newly diverse, because such content, presented for the user will be more interesting to consume. The information on the WEB is up-to-date and simply navigated.
The animation is evolving and simplifying.
The next – could be the animation advanced elements. They will be seen more often and will totally range from the tiny loading devices to the big entertaining pics or interesting moments of the contacting applicative forms. These will show the most exciting interacting abilities of the WEB connection. They will add the interesting pictures of the scaling, registration processes or error messages to the site.
The next is video components. Their adding becomes trendier because the video resources apply more finances from the businesses who own them. High quality colored front pages will represent the finest video scenes on the site.
The next update will concern the image aesthetics, which will be focused on the bright side of life, especially on the maximum ability of designers' tools to highlight the front pages with the help of the bravest approach in leading technologies. More individual artists are now involved in ux trends implementation.
Grid and card UIs specify the page structured information.
The more card and grid ui will be used in 2017, which could interestingly structure all the content with the additional scrolling features around it. Noticeably the parallax designs will have the best positions in 2017. The interesting mechanic scrolling and visions will be perfect for mobile small devices.
The WEB designs are now transferring into something very interesting and many companies choose the developer teams from Ukraine, Poland, India, who will help to complete the projects in different spheres so the total cost of the site development becomes more efficient, with such help it could be more affordable. All the specific information about the new trends could be found on our website.


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