Hive is a data warehouse software which is used for facilitates querying and managing large data sets residing in distributed storage.
2. What is Hive Metastore?
Hive metastore is a database that stores metadata about your Hive tables (eg. Table name, column names and types,table location, storage handler being used, number of buckets in the table, sorting columns if any, partition columns if any, etc.).
When you create a table,this metastore gets updated with the information related to the new table which gets queried when you issue queries on that table.
Hive is a central repository of hive metadata. it has 2 parts services and data. by default it uses derby db in local disk. it is referred as embedded metastore configuration. It tends to the limitation that only one session can be served at any given point of time.
3. Which classes are used by the Hive to Read and Write HDFS Files?
•TextInputFormat/HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat: These 2 classes read/write data in plain text file format.
•SequenceFileInputFormat/SequenceFileOutputFormat: These 2 classes read/write data in hadoop SequenceFile format.
4. What is ObjectInspector functionality ?
Hive uses ObjectInspector to analyze the internal structure of the row object and also the structure of the individual columns.
A complex object can be represented by a pair of ObjectInspector and Java Object. The ObjectInspector not only tells us the structure of the Object, but also gives us ways to access the internal fields inside the Object.
5. What is the functionality of Query Processor in Apached Hive ?
6. If you run hive as a server, what are the available mechanism for connecting it from application?
Thrift Client: Using thrift you can call hive commands from a various programming languages e.g. C++, Java, PHP, Python and Ruby.
ODBC Driver: It supports ODBC protocol.
7 What kind of datawarehouse application is suitable for Hive?
8. Which database hive used for Metadata store? What are the metastore configuration hive supports?
uses derby db to store data backed by file stored in disk. It can't support multi session at same time. and services of metastore runs in same JVM as hive.
In this case we need to have stand alone db like MySql, which would be communicated by metastore services. Benefit of this approach is, it can support multiple hive session at a time. and service still runs in same process as Hive.
Metastore and Hive service would run in different process. with stand alone Mysql kind db.
9. what are Binary storage formats hive supports?
Hive natively supports text file format, however hive also has support for other binary formats. Hive supports Sequence, Avro, RCFiles.
Sequence files :-General binary format. splittable, compressible and row oriented. a typical example can be. if we have lots of small file, we may use sequence file as a container, where file name can be a key and content could stored as value. it support compression which enables huge gain in performance.
Avro datafiles:-Same as Sequence file splittable, compressible and row oriented except support of schema evolution and multilingual binding support.
RCFiles :-Record columnar file, it's a column oriented storage file. it breaks table in row split. in each split stores that value of first row in first column and followed sub subsequently..
10. Is it possible to use same metastore by multiple users, in case of embedded hive?
No, it is not possible to use metastore in sharing mode. It's recommended to use standalone "real" database like MySQL or PostGresSQL.
11. What is Apache Hcatalog ?
HCatalog is built on top of the Hive metastore and incorporates Hive's DDL. Apache Hcatalog is a table and data management layer for hadoop,we can process the data on Hcatalog by using APache pig,Apache Mapreduce and Apache Hive. There is no need to worry in Hcatalog where data is stored and which format of data generated. HCatalog displays data from RCFile format, text files, or sequence files in a tabular view. It also provides REST APIs so that external systems can access these tables' metadata.
12. What is the work of Hive/Hcatalog ?
Hive/HCatalog also enables sharing of data structure with external systems including traditional data management tools.
13. What is WebHCatServer ?
The WebHcatServer provides a REST – like web API for Hcatalog. Applications make HTTP requests to run Pig, Hive, and HCatalog DDL from within applications.
14. What is Hive Present Version ?
15. What is the stable version of Hive ?
16. Is it possible to create multiple table in hive for same data?
Hive creates schema and append on top of an existing data file. One can have multiple schema for one data file, schema would be saved in hive's metastore and data will not be parsed read or serialized to disk in given schema. When s/he will try to retrieve data schema will be used. Lets say if my file have 5 column (Id,Name,Class,Section,Course) we can have multiple schema by choosing any number of column.
17. Wherever (Different Directory) I run hive query, it creates new metastore_db, please explain the reason for it?
Whenever you run the hive in embedded mode, it creates the local metastore. And before creating the metastore it looks whether metastore already exist or not. This property is defined in configuration file hive-site.xml.
Propertyis"javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL"withdefaultvalue"jdbc:derby:;databaseName=metastore_db;create=true". So to change the behavior change the location to absolute path, so metastore will be used from that location.
18. What is SerDe in Apache Hive ?
A SerDe is a short name for a Serializer Deserializer.
Hive uses SerDe (and FileFormat) to read and write data from tables. An important concept behind Hive is that it DOES NOT own the Hadoop File System (HDFS) format that data is stored in. Users are able to write files to HDFS with whatever tools/mechanism takes their fancy("CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE" or "LOAD DATA INPATH," ) and use Hive to correctly "parse" that file format in a way that can be used by Hive.
A SerDe is a powerful (and customizable) mechanism that Hive uses to "parse" data stored in HDFS to be used by Hive.
19. Give examples of the SerDe classes which hive uses to Serialize and Deserilize data ?
• ThriftSerDe: This SerDe is used to read/write thrift serialized objects.
• DynamicSerDe: This SerDe also read/write thrift serialized objects, but it understands thrift DDL so the schema of the object can be provided at runtime. Also it supports a lot of different protocols,including TBinaryProtocol, TJSONProtocol, TCTLSeparatedProtocol (which writes data in delimited records).
20. How do you write your own custom SerDe ?
•In most cases, users want to write a Deserializer instead of a SerDe, because users just want to read their own data format instead of writing to it.
•If your SerDe supports DDL (basically, SerDe with parameterized columns and column types), you probably want to implement a Protocol based on DynamicSerDe, instead of writing a SerDe from scratch. The reason is that the framework passes DDL to SerDe through "thrift DDL" format, and it's non-trivial to write a "thrift DDL" parser.
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Channel Islander Jack Butel and English teammate Dominic Paul endured a tough weekend in the UK LMP3 Cup with the British pairing retiring from both of the one-hour races despite flashes of front-running pace throughout the weekend.
After Snetterton silverware last time out, hopes were high in the Speedworks camp of a first win in 2018 with Jack Butel and Dominic Paul hungry for success at Donington Park – the scene of Butel's first sports car win a year ago.
The Ligier LMP3 pairing got off to a fantastic start on the Saturday with an electric run in qualifying to put them right in the mix at the front. Paul started and broke into the lead – a position he would hold until the mandatory pit stops. Butel took over the sports prototype and set about a rostrum position before an uncharacteristic spin in the wet conditions in the closing stages put the Speedworks team out of the race.
The second day was sadly not going to provide any reward for Butel or Paul either. Dominic once again started and was once again vying for victory. Unfortunately Paul also made a rare mistake as Butel's teammate locked up on the way into the pitlane and slid into the barrier, forcing the team into retirement.
The final two rounds of the UK LMP3 Cup will be on the 13-14 October with Butel and Paul teaming up for the final time this season to take on the full Silverstone Grand Prix circuit.


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10-19-17 Weekly Three
Academic Affairs News
First, I again congratulate this year's winners of the Provost's Student Academic Achievement Awards–it is an impressive group of students. Information about each can be found here.
Before getting to the Weekly Three, here are four important reminders:
Campus Climate Survey - The One Miami Campus Climate Survey will be open until Friday, October 27. Please complete the survey if you have not already done so, and continue to share the link with students.
President Crawford's Annual Address is scheduled for Thursday, Oct 26th at 4:00 pm in the Armstrong Student Center - Wilks Theater.
Ethics Questionnaire - The deadline for all full-time faculty and full and part-time unclassified staff to complete the mandatory annual Ethics and External Service Disclosures Questionnaire is Friday, October 20th. Please refer to the September 13 email for a link specific to each person. Part-time faculty and classified staff are not required to complete the questionnaire.
Recommendations for Benjamin Harrison and Distinguished Service Awards are due by November 1st. Please consider nominating faculty or staff colleague for these awards.
Now, the Weekly Three:
Inclusion Series - The first of this year's Inclusion Series presentations, "Universal Design in Higher Education," is scheduled for Tuesday, December 5th, 5:00-6:30 pm in Shriver Heritage Room.
The presentation will focus on the principles of Universal Design--which can be applied inside and outside the classroom--to ensure Miami offers an accessible learning, working and living environment. Following the interactive presentation and demonstration, participants will be given a tour of the new MU Access Center and the Office of Student Disability Services. A special thank you to the facilitators of the December 5th discussion:
Stephanie Dawson, Associate Director, Student Disability Services
Ashley Johnson, Clinical Faculty, Educational Psychology
Molly Kelly, Senior Clinical Faculty, Educational Psychology
Sean Poley, Director of Accessible Technology
Andrew Zeisler, Director of Student Disability Services
Kara Zirkle, Technical Specialist for Accessible Technology
New Course Information Management System (CIM)- Miami recently launched a new Course Information Management System (CIM) for all new curricular proposals and approvals. To propose a new course or academic program or to view current course/academic program proposals in process, please visit the course administration site. The Office of the University Registrar (OUR) will be issuing a user guide soon. Please contact Deb Othersen (othersdj@miamioh.edu) in OUR for assistance.
Open Access Week - Next week, the University Libraries will provide information on the benefits of Open Access (OA) and OA initiatives on Miami's campus during the international Open Access Week. Activities include:
Open Educational Resources (OER) Explore Workshop (registration required) - Monday, October 23, 3:00 - 5:00 pm in the Center for Digital Scholarship - King 303. OER can help alleviate the burden of textbook costs for students and provide faculty with content that can be customized for their courses. Faculty are eligible for a $200 stipend for their efforts in exploring open textbook options for one of their courses. Capacity is limited, and preference is based on OER textbook subject area availability.
Center for Digital Scholarship "Open" House - Wednesday, October 25, 2;00; - 5:00 pm in King 303.
Open Educational Resources/Affordable Learning Panel Discussion – Wednesday, October 25, 3:30 - 5:00 pm in King 303.

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Registration is Open. Fishing Enthusiasts Wanted.
Registration is now open for the Fish For Mandie 2nd Annual Memorial Fishing Tournament. The event will be held on April 21 and 22 and will once again be hosted by Motts Channel Seafood in Wrightsville Beach, NC.
50% of all entries will go towards The Mandie Phillips Memorial Tournament.
The remaining 50% will be divided between the winners.
(One member from each boat crew expected to attend. Event includes dinner and live music).
Lines In: 8:00 a.m. | Lines Out: 3:00 p.m.
To register today and find out more information on the 2017 2nd Annual Mandie Phillips Memorial Fishing Tournament, click the link below and stay tuned for more information to follow!


Execution/integration gaps were the #2 internal factor for why deals had not generated their anticipated value.2 These gaps can be caused by several items, including lack of knowledge transfer between deal teams as employees move within/away from an organization; lack of documented playbooks or tools to support repeatable M&A processes; teams working in silos; or any number of other items.
A shared services organization represents the consolidation of operations within one or more functions of a business, generally resulting in increased operational and cost efficiency. This consolidation is often made possible via an enabling technology (such as a cloud HCM platform) and by identifying a common set of skills/capabilities needed to execute the consolidated services in a repeatable fashion.
HRSS functions are often also leading the way in using digital technologies that drive a positive employee experience, which is an increasing trend being seen in M&A. These digital technologies often decrease the manual workload on deal teams, providing more time to focus on more value-added activities.
For organizations pursuing M&A, leveraging the processes, tools, and mind-set of your HRSS/HR Operations teams will help begin to address potential execution/integration gaps.
The #4 internal factor for why deals had not generated expected value was that expected cost synergies were not reached.3 HR Shared Services traditionally are a source of delivering services in a cost-effective manner, and this is no different in an M&A environment.
First, HR Shared Services can own the execution of activities that are standard and easily repeatable from deal to deal—for example, the development and delivery of offer letters or employment agreements. This allows the activity to be delivered at a lower internal labor cost.
Second, depending on the maturity level of the HR Shared Services organization, there may be higher skilled resources who have the capacity to manage a broader range of M&A activities, and do so from a lower cost position within the organization. This benefits the organization in two ways, as higher paid non-HRSS resources remain more fully dedicated to their current roles, and the internal labor cost allocated to the M&A deal is decreased.
Third, HR Shared Services can help identify and standardize operational M&A activities, and often deliver ongoing improvements to those activities, resulting in improvement and a decreased cost to deliver over time.
By decreasing the internal cost to execute an M&A transaction, it allows an organization to have more flexibility in the number of cost synergies that need to be pursued. That said, if an organization invests in HRSS to support M&A activity, it must ensure employees have the right skills (such as those mentioned above) to plug execution gaps. The creation of tools such as an M&A playbook can help standardize and institutionalize core M&A capabilities within an HRSS group.
A third internal factor highlighted for why deals haven't generated expected value was by not achieving cultural alignment.4 Surprisingly, HR Shared Services can play an important role here by partnering with the Integration Management Office (IMO) on activating the future culture integration strategy.
After leadership and the IMO have assessed cultural similarities and differences between the Buyer and Target, chosen a deliberate culture integration model, and identified the key behaviors they are trying to drive in the combined organization, HRSS can reinforce the new way of working in many ways.
For example, if the Buyer is bear-hugging the Target into its existing culture, the HR Shared Services team can create a tailored onboarding program that not only explains "how the work gets done around here" (which could be as simple as file-saving nomenclature), but also "why it's done that way" and how those behaviors enable the business strategy. Onboarding is an important part of activating the new culture.
From a change management perspective, it also spreads out the volume of training, communications, and other items that the acquired employees might otherwise be overwhelmed with. As the volume of change is decreased, employees are provided the space to adjust to a new culture, which is then further reinforced by HRSS in a continuous circle of activation.
The use of HR Shared Services has evolved over the past 10–15 years within organizations. As shown through Deloitte's biennial shared services survey, organizations are continuing to push the boundaries of the types of services which can be delivered from a shared services function.
As M&A becomes more of a business-as-usual event across many industries and sectors, now more than ever organizations should be looking to leverage their HR Shared Services group. These teams are tailor-made to help address execution gaps, achieve cost synergies, and support cultural alignment, ultimately helping to realize maximum deal value and drive sustainable success.
Tom Joseph is a principal in Deloitte Consulting LLP and has more than 15 years of M&A consulting experience. He works closely to plan integration strategies, plan for an issue-free "Day 1," manage enterprise-wide organization readiness, and design the cross-functional integration program.
Kyle Forrest is a senior manager in Deloitte Consulting LLP and has 10+ years of HR and M&A consulting experience. He works across the M&A deal life cycle, partnering with clients on integration/divestiture strategy and execution and how to infuse digital behaviors and technologies within the HR organization.


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Caroline has loved libraries since she could read, and she loves helping incorporate science, health, and arts into accessible and creative programs. One of her favorite things about public libraries (besides all the books!) is how libraries are safe and welcoming spaces for all people. She loves reading most genres, especially children's literature, young adult, fiction with hints of magic, novels in verse, humanities nonfiction, and graphic novels. She graduated with a B.S. in Kinesiology from UNCG and is currently in their graduate program for Library and Information Science. When not in the library, Caroline loves spending time with her husband, her kids (who love to read, too!), her extended family, reading, hiking, walking, running, music, taking care of animals, and visiting parks and our NC mountains.
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In this STEAM program for tweens, participants experiment, explore, and make connections to themes in science, technology, engineering, art, and math. In this month's program, we will be joined by James Lim with the City of...
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Home Dronin' On The 'Reach and Frequency' issue of Dronin' On 02.09.19
The 'Reach and Frequency' issue of Dronin' On 02.09.19
Hi all –
Thanks for the condolences about my LA Lambs, so yclept long before Georgia Frontiere spirited them off to St. Louis.
While SB 53 was decried as duller than watching people code, some significant drone stories have come out of it. Also a new Remote ID concept, DAA moving forward, insights into DJI, an update on bird strikes and truck platooning.
There are three stories within the story:
The Confiscations
The Intel Shooting Stars and
The Surveillance
While I covered it last week in the Big Game issue, I want to start with the Confiscations because it is still unclear if there have been, or will ever be arrests and bookings.
Confiscations
Confiscated drones SB 53- photo @AaronDiamantWSB WSB tweet with photo
Except for the evidence table, it might all be some form of psy ops, but according to many reports a half dozen droners had their drones confiscated on Thursday as the party got under way in Hot 'Lanta.
WSB-TV in Atlanta teed things up with FBI: Drone Pilots Caught Flying in Super Bowl Area Face Fines, Jail Time.
Then Reuters reported "The Federal Bureau of Investigation in Atlanta said on Twitter on Friday that it had confiscated the six drones in the run-up to the game but did not provide details."
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution added:
Pilots whose drones were seized Thursday claimed they were unaware of FAA regulations.
And Popular Science headlined No, The FAA Isn't Going To Shoot Down Super Bowl Drones, adding that If anyone does that, it'll be NORAD. Or local cops.
Why is this worthy of mention?
Because. There were no further reports of any drone disturbances or arrests for the rest of the week.
The Atlanta Metro is home to some six million, surely more than six people thought that flying their drone was a grand idea. Did others with similar intentions see the all out media coverage and the magic initials FBI and (perhaps) decide that discretion was the better part of valor?
Do we suppose for one moment that the news that some scofflaws (careless or clueless or criminal) got popped and had their toys taken away had a deterrent effect on the rest of the crew?
Or alternatively, that simply telling people not to fly, through media that they are routinely exposed to, had an effect?
Does anyone buy either argument?
Because if you do, it supports the growing numbers who contend that serious – meaning prompt, painful and well-publicized – enforcement is long overdue. Leaving out the creative merits, Buzzy the Drone has no effect because no one ever sees it.
Scofflaws don't register their drones, they don't follow @faanews and they wouldn't know what a TFR was if it bonked them on the nose.
Advertising, including PSAs (public service announcements), are based on reach and frequency. Think about the DWI/DUI ads in your state that relentlessly appear on all of the key cocktail holidays. That is frequency. The ads appear in print, online, on billboards and on radio and TV – that is reach. The FAA has neither at
its disposal.
Does it work? The Department of Interior has reported that by promoting If You Fly, We Can't through local media outlets, when wildland fires are being fought, drone incursions have been reduced by 25%. I get that this is apples and oranges. There are only so many wildland fires every year so the sample is small. That said, DOI Director of Aviation Mark Bathrick told me that he was very encouraged by the results – both statistical and anecdotal.
The Intel Shooting Stars
One of the enhanced Intel Shooting Stars used in SB 53 – photo courtesy of Intel
I was having a conversation with a friend about whether with the accession of Intel CEO Robert Swan (he having been the CFO) marked the beginning of Intel's exit from the manufacturing side of the drone business.
I also wondered why we had heard so little about the Shooting Star team.
At halftime, unannounced and unbranded, as a still wardrobed Maroon 5 broke into "She Will Be Loved," 150 Japanese lanterns floated up from the field and formed the words "ONE" and "LOVE." Not having heard anything about a Shooting Star performance I wondered what the technology was…
So I popped on to Facebook and learned that it was, in fact, the Shooting Stars. And that there were a lot of interesting things going on behind the scenes.
First, because at the time of the performance the roof was closed the performance was not under the jurisdiction of the FAA. But because the NFL wanted the option of having the roof open, Intel had secured a pile of waivers from the FAA.
(details below)
Next, I went to the Intel corporate website where according to the press release:
The Intel Shooting Star drones appearing during the show were specially preprogrammed to fly and remain within the stadium, and therefore did not enter the controlled airspace over Mercedes-Benz Stadium. [Certified by
the manufacturer?]
The Intel Shooting Star drones appearing during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show received authorization to operate under an experimental license issued by the Federal Communications Commission in compliance with federal regulations.
Posting on Facebook, Clay Coleman who is part of the Intel Drone Team added:
…We had all the necessary provisions in place (NOTAM, and TFR Waiver, in addition to a 107.29 (night flight) and 107.35 (multiple UAS) waivers in place.
AVweb added an interesting detail that I have not seen elsewhere but I am sure a few of you have wondered about:
…The Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta is enclosed, meaning the drones could not use GPS for position. Instead, Intel built its own location network, not based on LTE cell service but a proprietary "wireless" system.
A lot of work to spell ONE LOVE.
Elistair tethered drone high above Mercedes Benz Stadium – photo courtesy Elistair
The third story is a horse of an entirely different color. The first part comes from Malek Murison writing for DroneLife.com, Super Bowl Security Operation Proves Drones Can Be Part Of The Solution and a press release in DroneBelow, Skyfire Drones Secure Super Bowl.
If you're not familiar with them, Skyfire bills itself as America's Leading Public Safety UAS Experts.
Public safety UAS specialists Skyfire worked alongside the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and a team of pilots, security experts and software partners to deploy two tethered drones in the skies above Atlanta.
Skyfire CEO Matt Sloane and his team worked for more than a year to secure the necessary approvals from the FAA, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security to operate for the event.
Each of the setups consisted of the DJI Matrice 210 aircraft, a Zenmuse Z30 zoom camera, as well as the DJI/FLIR Zenmuse XT2 thermal imaging camera. Each drone was flown to a maximum altitude of 200 feet above ground and was secured and powered by Drone Aviation Corp's FUSE tethering system.
The video feeds were streamed through the DroneSense software platform and viewed by law enforcement command centers in over a dozen locations.
Both Drone Aviation Corp and DroneSense specialize in meeting the needs of law enforcement and public safety. An interesting ecosystem is evolving.
Adding to the use case, French UAS tether specialists Elistair also deployed two tethered drones. According to their press release:
…One by CNN for TV broadcasting and one by Unified Command for security. The micro-tether allowed the drones to fly for several hours without the need to charge the batteries, maintaining constant coverage.
The [CNN] tethered drone setup was a DJI M200 drone with an Elistair Light-T and was operated by Vector Aerial. The system was strategically set on the rooftop of the CNN building facing the Mercedes Benz Stadium. Operating at a height of 45 meters above the rooftop, viewers were able to watch aerial imagery before and after the show.
In parallel and in the same area as the CNN system, Unified Command teams appointed by the NFL also tethered a DJI M200 with an Elistair Ligh-T station to have access to continuous aerial surveillance of the event. The company, an expert in large public event security, set up their drone on a rooftop in close proximity to the stadium.
The drone provided Unified Command and the NFL control posts with live images of the crowd movements in and around the stadium. Tethered to the Ligh-T, it accumulated 10 hours of flight during the Superbowl, and 14 hours in total over the 2 days.
And here is the money quote which will please a few – most not so much:
NFL security officials expressed their interest in using this solution as often as possible because of its ability to follow a subject continuously without having to pass from one fixed camera to another and risking losing the subject.
Having spent some time looking into it, both the effort made and the amount of money spent to secure the game is astonishing – did you read about the helicopter conducting a low altitude radiation sweep for DOE? Apparently it's SOP at very important events.
REMOTE ID
opendroneid.org beacon concept
Getting to BVLOS and true integration into the NAS depends in no small part on developing technologies that pass muster with the FAA and become domestic, or better yet internationally accepted standards. These next two sections address progress in the areas of Remote ID and Detect and Avoid (DAA.)
Recently in the Initiatives issue, I reported on a proof-of-concept demonstration for a Remote ID solution called InterUSS developed by Wing and supported by AirMap and Kittyhawk.
Now Kenji Sugahara has shared a paper for Open Drone ID on behalf of opendroneid.org.
Open Drone ID is a project to provide a low cost and reliable "beacon" capability for drones so that they can be identified when within range of a receiver.
DETECT AND AVOID
FlightHorizon GCS display – courtesy of Vigilant Aerospace Systems
Last week I shared a guest post by Echodyne General Counsel Andrea Radosevich, Unlocking the Potential of the Commercial UAS Industry. In the article, she described how a new State Department rule:
…Removes the ITAR restrictions on airborne tracking radars that fall below certain performance thresholds – i.e. commercial, non-military radars. These commercial radars can now be controlled under the more flexible EAR.
Adding that it is A small step for us, but a big step for the industry.
This week Vigilant Aerospace Systems announced that they too "…Have obtained a Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) determination from the US Department of State for our FlightHorizon GCS product. This determination classifies the product as having an Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) of 7D994, which means it is not regulated as a "defense article" under ITAR and that, except in a very few specific cases, can be exported on a No License Required (NLR) basis."
Based on a patent and software originally developed by NASA:
FlightHorizon GCS is an airspace situational awareness and detect-and-avoid system to allow unmanned aircraft pilots to detect, track, predict and avoid other aircraft. The software sends self-separation and collision avoidance commands to the unmanned aircraft pilot to avoid conflicts quickly and efficiently.
As Andrea noted, this reclassification also greatly facilitates testing in the US when foreign nationals are on the team which ITAR prohibits.
ABOUT DJI
Frank Wang – image courtesy of DJI
It's amazing how little we know about industry leader DJI. Stealth is the preferred MO. As a result, there have been relatively few stories about DJI so since it's a slow news week I thought I would do a roundup. Here's a new one from the South China Morning Post (SCMP), How DJI Went From University Dorm Project to World's Biggest Drone Company. Which I have to say sounds a lot like Michael Dell.
No, unfortunately there is not an interview, Frank Wang prefers to let his products do the talking. But there is this bit of origin legend:
Born in 1980, Wang grew up in Hangzhou… and has been passionate about aircraft since childhood.
"I felt very lucky reading a helicopter-themed cartoon when I was a child and have been obsessed with sky exploration ever since," Wang said in rare public remarks given at Shenzhen University in 2015.
"My parents gave me a hobby helicopter as a reward for good marks in a high school exam but I was very disappointed when it crashed due to limited stability during flight," he said. "Later, I gradually got a better idea of what a perfect aircraft was and made the decision to build one."
If you're interested, I have a few stories in the archives, one here from Forbes, one here about the Four Founders (quite a crew) and a solid 2016 company profile by the LA Times here.
DJI AGRA MG-1S courtesy DJI – click to view
Another SCMP article is revealing about the state of the market and makes it clear what's next, China's DJI Turns Its Eye to Enterprise Uses Like Agriculture After Conquering Global Commercial Drone Market The industrial segment accounts for more than half of the global US$9 billion drone market. [With apologies to Colin and Mike, I have no idea but it sounds good.]
DJI, which holds a commanding 70 percent share of the world commercial drone market, is shifting more resources to developing industrial drones as part of a strategy to embrace enterprise customers to offset slowing growth in the broader consumer market.
Bill Chen, DJI's enterprise partnership manager, said in an interview. "One of the key areas for the enterprise business is [the use of drones] in agriculture. As the world's population keeps growing we have to find more hi-tech ways to meet the rising demand for food."
The DJI Agras MG-1 octocopter, the flagship of the company's agricultural fleet, is designed for precision, variable rate application of liquid payloads such as fertilisers and pesticides for spraying crops. [NOTE how different this approach is.]
The shift in strategy comes as Chinese tech companies are moving their products and services up the value chain to better compete globally in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.
"The growth in China's consumer drone market is slowing," said Pan Xuefei, a drone analyst from research firm IDC.
"The enterprise business of using drones to serve companies is expected to have big potential. It will be the major direction in China's drone industry."
Annual growth rates in China's consumer drone market slowed to 73.2 percent in 2018 from 80.6 percent the year before, according to IDC. Hardly a
massive decline…
BIRD STRIKES
USA Today analysis of birdstrikes based on FAA data – courtesy USA Today
USA TODAY bannered Planes Strike Birds More Than 40 Times a Day, FAA Data Show. While there are millions of more birds than drones, this makes us look pretty good. As for the why's:
Why so many collisions? Analysts cite several factors: an increase in flights; changing migratory patterns; bigger, faster, quieter turbofan-powered aircraft, which give birds less time to get out of the way.
One of the biggest factors might be better reporting.
The FAA has worked to improve the voluntary reporting system since Sullenberger guided U.S. Airways Flight 1549 – and all of its 155 passengers – to safety after a flock of geese took out both engines in 2009.
PLATOON TRUCKING
screen grab from Peloton presentation at AUVSI webinar
Out of curiosity, I sat in on an exceptional seminar hosted by AUVSI on the current state of truck platooning, which refers to running a pair of trucks (semi's) together with 'connected braking'.
One of the leaders in this space is Peloton Technology which describes itself as "…An automated vehicle technology company hard at work solving the two biggest challenges facing the $700 billion trucking industry: Crashes and Fuel Use.
There is a driver in each truck, utilizing Level 1 automation as defined by SAE Standard J3016 (there are Levels 0-5.) In this application Level 1 means that the driver in each truck is getting braking/acceleration support. In practice, there is a 0.03-second delay from when the lead truck hits the brakes until the second truck automatically begins slowing down.
By running the trucks ~50' apart, a fuel savings of some 15% is realized.
The whole operation is monitored by a Network Operations Center (connected via LTE) which must approve "pairing" before the process ever starts.
Here is what I found interesting. As you can see from the map, this concept is already legal in 18 states. Which leads me to wonder if there isn't something to this approach that the UAS industry might model – defining the levels of automation to support different use cases.
Thanks for reading and for sharing. Back issues of Dronin' On are here.
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Prince Harry's girlfriend is now not entitled to taxpayer-funded protection as she is not a member of the royal family. Harry last visited the Honeymoon Capital in 1991 along with his late mother Princess Diana and his brother Prince William.
Actor Harry Dean Stanton , best known for his roles in " Twin Peaks ", " Big Love ", and " Pretty in Pink ", has died. He's appeared in classic films such as Cool Hand Luke , Godfather Part II , Pretty In Pink , and almost 200 other hundreds.
Star Wars: Rian Johnson to direct Episode IX?
Trevorrow directed Jurrasic World , which found fame in 2015. It was unclear why Ms Kennedy lost confidence in Trevorrow , who is best known for directing Jurassic World , which took in US$1.7 billion (S$2.3 billion) worldwide in 2015.


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Q: How does built_value deserialize json array to object array? In built_value's official example show how to setup an array member of an object:
abstract class Collections implements Built<Collections, CollectionsBuilder> {
  static Serializer<Collections> get serializer => _$collectionsSerializer;

  BuiltList<int> get list;
  BuiltMap<String, int> get map;
  BuiltListMultimap<int, bool> get listMultimap;

  factory Collections([updates(CollectionsBuilder b)]) = _$Collections;
  Collections._();
}

it just demonstrate how to deserialize a map but not array, the array just a key/member not the data itself.
but in may case, my http response is an array itself, not play as a member of the response.
my model:
abstract class Post implements Built<Post, PostBuilder> {
  static Serializer<Post> get serializer => _$postSerializer;
  int get userId;
  String get title;
  factory Post([updates(PostBuilder b)]) = _$Post;
  Post._();
}

my request is:
static Future<List<Post>> getPosts() async {
  final response = await http.get('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts');
  if (response.statusCode == 200) {
    return serializers.deserialize(
        json.decode(response.body),
        specifiedType: FullType(Post)
      );
  } else {
    throw Exception('Failed to load post');
  }
}

response.body:
[
  {'userId': 1, 'title': 'title1'},
  {'userId': 2, 'title': 'title2'}
]

I looked up every tutorial or network discussion, no one mentions this scenario, or should I can only iterate the response.body and deserialize to object one by one? for example:
static Future<List<Post>> getPosts() async {
  final response = await http.get('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts');
  if (response.statusCode == 200) {
    final List<dynamic> data = json.decode(response.body);
    return data.map((m){
      return serializers.deserializeWith(Post.serializer, m);
    }).toList();
  } else {
    throw Exception('Failed to load post');
  }
}

A: according to @David Morgan 's reply, built_value is not support deserialize a list yet.

Currently there's no equivalent to deserializeWith for a list. You'll need to deserialize one by one.

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The Dilworth Home Tour, which features eight homes and three businesses, is planned for Friday and Saturday. Advance tickets are $20 ($21 online); $25 Friday-Saturday. To buy tickets, or for a list of businesses selling them, go to www.dilworthonline.org.
The Mint Museum will hold a kickoff celebration 2-4 p.m. today on The Green to mark the start of its new building on Wachovia's Cultural Campus, set to open in fall 2010. There will be refreshments and arts activities.
Pulitzer Prize-winner John Burns, The New York Times' London bureau chief, is scheduled to speak at the Charlotte Museum of History, 8 p.m. Thursday.
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The shoulders of Interstate 77 north of Charlotte will be used as travel lanes during daily rush hours after a regional transportation board agreed to a funding swap Wednesday.
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# `Maybe`

This type is another approach to represent the possible abscence of a value. Instead of a function returning a result of type `T` or `null` it would return `Maybe<T>`.

This technique is borrowed from the functional programming world.

For the examples below will use the given imaginary function:

```php
use Innmind\Immutable\Maybe;

/** @return Maybe<string> */
function env(string $name): Maybe {
    $value = \getenv($name);

    return $value === false ? Maybe::nothing() : Maybe::just($value);
}
```

## `::just()`

This named constructor tells that there **is** a value that can be used.

## `::nothing()`

This named constructor tells that there is **no** value that can be used.

## `::of()`

This is a shortcut so you don't have to write the `if (is_null)` yourself.

```php
$maybe = \is_null($value) ? Maybe::nothing() : Maybe::just($value);
// is equivalent to
$maybe = Maybe::of($value);
```

## `::all()`

This is a shortcut to make sure all the wrappers contain a value to easily combine them. If any of the arguments doesn't contain a value then the call to `->map()` or `->flatMap()` will return a `Maybe::nothing()`.

```php
$kernel = Maybe::all(env('ENV'), env('DEBUG'))
    ->map(static fn(string $env, string $debug) => new Kernel($env, $debug))
    ->match(
        static fn(Kernel $kernel) => $kernel,
        static fn() => throw new \Exception('ENV or DEBUG environment variable is missing (or both)'),
    );
```

## `->map()`

This function allows you to transform the value into another value that will be wrapped in a `Maybe` object.

```php
$dsn = env('LOGGER_DSN');
/** @var Maybe<array> */
$parsedDsn = $dsn->map(fn(string $dsn): array => \parse_url($dsn));
```

## `->flatMap()`

This is similar to the `->map()` function but instead of returning the value you need to return a wrapped value.

```php
/**
 * This is an imaginary function that would retrieve a User from a database
 * (or elsewhere)
 *
 * @param string $id
 *
 * @return Maybe<User>
 */
function getUser(string $id): Maybe {
    // imaginary implementation
}

$adminId = env('ADMIN_ID');
/** @var Maybe<User> */
$admin = $adminId->flatMap(fn($id) => getUser($id));
```

This allows you to continue chaining calls on `Maybe` instances by juggling with wrapped types.

## `->match()`

This is the only way to extract the wrapped value. But you need to handle both cases where the value exists or where the value doesn't exist.

The example below uses the imaginary `Logger` and `NullLogger` classes.

```php
$dsn = env('LOGGER_DSN');
$logger = $dsn->match(
    static fn(string $url) => new Logger($url),
    static fn() => new NullLogger,
);
```

## `->otherwise()`

This is like `->flatMap()` but is called when there is no value wrapped.

This is useful to create a chain of alternative strategies.

```php
/** @var Maybe<string> */
$dsn = env('DATABASE_LOGGER_DSN')
    ->otherwise(fn() => env('SENTRY_LOGGER_DSN'))
    ->otherwise(fn() => env('FILE_LOGGER_DSN'));
```

This example will first try to retrieve the `DATABASE_LOGGER_DSN`, if it doesn't exist it will try the `SENTRY_LOGGER_DSN`. If the sentry one exists then it will not try to retrieve `FILE_LOGGER_DSN`.

## `->filter()`

When there is a wrapped value it will call the given predicate. If the condition is successful then nothing happens but if it fails it will return a `Maybe::nothing()`.

```php
$dsn = env('LOGGER_DSN');
/** @var Maybe<string> */
$validDsn = $dsn->filter(fn(string $url): bool => \filter_var($url, \FILTER_VALIDATE_URL));
```

`$validDsn` will contain either a valid url or nothing.

## `->keep()`

This is similar to `->filter()` with the advantage of psalm understanding the type in the new `Maybe`.

## `->exclude()`

This is the inverse of the `->filter()` method.

## `->either()`

This returns an [`Either`](EITHER.md) containing the value on the right side and `null` on the left side.

```php
Maybe::just('something')->either()->match(
    static fn($right) => $right,
    static fn() => null,
); // returns 'something'
Maybe::nothing()
    ->either()
    ->leftMap(static fn() => 'something')
    ->match(
        static fn() => null,
        static fn($left) => $left,
    ); // return 'something'
```

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Cat owners may have heard of a condition called �rodent ulcers.� Hearing that your pet has a �rodent ulcer� can be shocking. But this condition does not involve rodents in any way.
Dear readers: Cat owners may have heard of a condition called �rodent ulcers.� Hearing that your pet has a �rodent ulcer� can be shocking. But this condition does not involve rodents in any way.
The veterinary community groups these three types of lesions under one general term �eosinophilic granuloma complex.� It gets its name from the type of white blood cells that are found in the sore when it is biopsied. Eosinophils proliferate in these lesions.
The most common presentation of these sores is the rodent ulcer or mouth ulcer. It often looks like an eroded area on the lip. Often the cat won�t even act like he notices it is there, but it looks painful.
The sores that appear on the body are usually more itchy and inflamed, and the cat may lick the area a lot, causing more irritation. Sometimes they look like little bumps or multiple small sores. I have seen the sores appear as a generalized spattering of small sores over the head and ears.
While the cause of these lesions is thought to be an underlying allergy, genetics do play a part in predisposing some cats to this disease. Allergies include insect bite hypersensitivity such as fleas, so flea control can help prevent the return of the condition. Food allergies and allergies to pollens and molds can also trigger bouts of this. Some cats are just prone to these sores and removing allergens does not aid in the control of the condition.
If the sores have the classic appearance, it is pretty easy for the attending veterinarian to diagnose and treat. If the sores are obscure or unusual, a biopsy may have to be performed to get the diagnosis. Once the diagnosis is made, treatment consists of steroid therapy. A steroid injection is often given and repeated every two to four weeks for a total of two to three injections. This will often heal the lesion. If it does not, longer term therapy may be required. Oral steroids given at every other day, or every three day intervals can sometimes keep it under control. Sometimes other immunosuppressive drugs have to be used.
While these sores can be pretty dramatic in appearance, the good news is that they are not contagious to other animals or people. They are just a hypersensitive reaction of the skin. The bad news is they can be uncomfortable to the cat and difficult to clear up if they do not respond quickly to steroid therapy.


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#162 Praise for the Victorian response to the COVID-19 pandemic
AMA Victoria President, Associate Professor Julian Rait, was invited to make a statement at the Public Accounts and Estimates Inquiry into the Victorian Government's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. On behalf of our members, this was his statement delivered on Tuesday 12 May:
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Committee today. First, it is important to note, and as you're well aware, the COVID-19 pandemic is not over and continuing vigilance is essential.
Populations who have dealt with pandemics in the past have experienced waves. Even the most accomplished public health physicians during past pandemics have been tempted (or pressured) to loosen restrictions and produced resurgent disease.
Similarly, the COVID-19 pandemic may take many months and years to play out. There will undoubtedly be comprehensive reviews and inquiries conducted in the fullness of time that can take into account the whole story, the whole picture, looking at the lasting effects of decisions made and comparing the efforts of countries globally.
It is important to acknowledge that Victoria has taken steps so far that have successfully minimised the transmission of COVID-19 and the State Government should be applauded for these efforts.
The Victorian State Government should be commended for a number of strong decisions it has made and robust actions that have been taken to help us avoid the types of tragic situations we have seen in other parts of the world – where there have been high rates of death and illness; especially in vulnerable groups such as the elderly.
Some of the decisions which have had a positive impact include:
the commitment to follow expert health advice first and foremost
the formation of the National Cabinet and Victoria's willing participation in it
the cancellation of the Formula One Grand Prix and other mass gatherings
timely staged closures of smaller group activities across the state
strict isolation and quarantine of returning overseas travellers
Victoria's recent expansion of testing has also been effective.
There have been a few issues and AMA Victoria has been publicly vocal about these. We have made known our concerns about a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health workers and a continuing issue with fair distribution across the state. This has been one of the most important issues for our members and a significant source of stress for them.
Another issue has related to general practitioners, who obviously play an important role in managing a pandemic. There has been a lack of a two-way dialogue and strong relationship between the State Government and general practitioners – and indeed, a lack of support from the State Government over many years – although there is an attempt to improve the lines of communication. In a pandemic, we see that disconnect and stress play out very clearly, whereby GPs are ignored or excluded from our disaster preparedness.
In Victoria, there have been some issues with our devolved public hospital system. Public hospitals are their own masters, to a large degree, with their own boards positioned at 'arm's length' from the government – rather than being line-managed by government.
There is a conversation to be had around whether the devolved system serves us well in a pandemic and whether the Department of Health and Human Services (and especially Safer Care Victoria) should have a more active role to play so that, for example, we might have more transparency from public hospitals; a fairer and more equitable distribution of PPE between various public hospitals; and more consistent application of processes and guidelines – such as for PPE use and training.
As we begin to lift restrictions, Victoria appears to be taking a very conservative approach. AMA Victoria has no opinion on this either way – as long as the State Government continues to be guided by its Chief Health Officer. The Chief Health Officer's expertise and advice should continue to be respected by all parties. At times, his decisions might appear more conservative than other states and we need to accept that we have our own local conditions to take into account. Over the course of this pandemic, there will continue to be circumstances where we need to make different decisions or take a slightly different course.
Moving forward, there are a number of issues we will need to deal with and the way specific outbreaks are contained and managed will be paramount. There is a lot riding on how well our public health teams can continue to detect cases and finesse their methods of containment. Public health teams will face a lot of pressure to act quickly and effectively and a culture of blame and finger-pointing will be unhelpful in achieving this and we all play a part in that – the media, advocacy groups, political parties and the broader public.
That is not to say, that we should not question decisions or actions or provide constructive criticism, but we should be wary of applying retrospective bias to outbreaks and we should seek to understand the facts. Many things are clear and straightforward in hindsight.
We will need to support the public health teams to be transparent in their decision-making. They should also be given time to apply their learnings and finesse their approaches as we slowly lift restrictions and learn how best to manage the outbreaks that will inevitably occur. Rigorous and extensive testing will also be of high importance.
AMA Victoria is also very concerned about the secondary effects of COVID-19. As a result of widespread avoidance of care and under-utilisation of healthcare, we are expecting a high number of non-COVID-19 related illnesses that may come to light later on and we need to prepare the system for this.
We are also very concerned about other secondary effects of the pandemic – such as rises in alcohol consumption, mental health issues and of course, as we've seen, a rise in domestic violence, as reported by Victoria Police.


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This was the moment he had been reading about; the defining moment. After reading so many books and listening to podcasts talking about seizing the moment and opportunity, it was actually time to seize. For the first time in his life, he decided to just jump into it without overthinking anything, putting his all into the only thing that would probably save his life.
It had been a difficult year for him. When the year began, he was filled with tons amounts of optimism of where he would be at the end of it. His business, Jugin, had launched the previous years so he had high hopes for it. "With the right amount of marketing and effort placed into this, I think it could start generating us revenue at the end of the year," he told his main stakeholder. After years of fighting to get an opportunity to expand into the market, he got it through his investor who paid 80% of his start up costs. The council had approved his land improvement idea so construction had commenced for the offices where he was to set up, hoping first of many.
His love life was also heading in a positive direction, having just got engaged to Sarah. He knew from the first date, that he wanted to spend his life with her. She was a medical practitioner in a town near his and they had met initially at Josh's birthday party, as she was friends with Josh's girlfriend. They kicked it off from the get go and went on their first date within a month of meeting. Staring at her sitting across of him during their one year anniversary, he knew that it was time to propose. He had chosen the ring a couple of months back and had it in his pocket on every date, kept convincing himself that he was ready, and when he popped the questions, he had no doubts she was the one.
Fast forward to the end of the year and everything was falling apart. Apart from Sarah, everything was going in the worst direction. His main investor had withdrawn his support and withdrawn 90% of his funding over investment quarrels. After intially agreeing to be a silent partner, the investor was being 'louder' than he expected and that led to a few quarrels. Even though it was an impossible decision to make, he had to cut off the deal and lose his biggest step in his career. Just as his was about to let go though, there came an email.
We've been following your progress throughout the year and wanted to offer you a …
"This was the light, the opp, at the end of the tunnel you always dreamt of Josh, seize it," he could hear his late father telling him in his head.
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Ottawa, Ontario – October 21, 2013 – A&W Food Services of Canada, Inc. (TSE: AW.UN) is improving guest satisfaction with Loop™ Mobile Customer Engagement by Benbria®. As part of an ongoing initiative to maximize the guest experience, A&W Canada deployed a more sophisticated method of engaging with dine-in, take-out and drive-thru customers – and acting on their insights, requests and comments in real-time.
A&W considered several options to address their requirements, including commercially available survey systems, however, they did not provide the level of real-time, location-based operational sophistication required for collecting specific guest comments on the quality of food, service and facilities, and closing the feedback loop on them immediately – preferably while the guest was still in the restaurant.
Loop™ helped A&W meet this challenge by giving guests the ability to quickly and easily rate their satisfaction levels in three seconds or less based on three key questions: Was your meal delicious? Were we fast and friendly? Were the facilities clean? Guests are given two different methods for providing their Loop satisfaction ratings, depending on the nature of their restaurant visit. In-store, take-out and drive-thru guests can enter their Loop ratings on a mobile web-based app. In-store guests also have the ability to enter their Loop ratings on an iPad located at a kiosk in the restaurant. "As part of our multi-channel strategy, these kiosks are an optional component of the Loop solution that we decided to invest in to make sure our guests had more than one option for entering their ratings," added Wuttunee.
Another unique and powerful feature of the Loop solution is its live electronic scoreboard, which gives restaurant staff real-time visibility into guest satisfaction metrics. Loop gives staff the ability to watch the counts go up in each category instantaneously as guests enter their Loop ratings. "Our experience to date shows that this kind of instant and live guest insight is instrumental in motivating our staff to improve the guest experience in real-time while creating a deeper personal connection between our staff and customers," Wuttunee said.
To date, more than 15% of A&W customers are using Loop to provide valuable input, a rate that is fifteen times higher than standard industry metrics. Response rates tend to be higher when the scoreboard is made visible to guests, suggesting that transparency and an awareness of being measured adds an important element of gamification to the process that makes guests more likely to participate.
Loop also gives A&W customers the option of commenting on specific aspects of their restaurant experience. Loop immediately relays guest comments to the restaurant manager, who is notified by text or email and can access the messages on a mobile device or computer and respond immediately – in effect closing the Loop with the customer to ensure their satisfaction.
While Loop distinguishes itself operationally in its ability to collect, display and direct actionable customer experience data in real time to staff, it also gives managers the ability to view detailed metrics over a specific time period, such as a shift, a day or a week. This at-a-glance "heat map" view is a critical tool for helping managers to identify specific periods when ratings were unusually high or unusually low. Managers can use this data to help identify the causes behind guest experience variations and devise strategies to replicate success and improve on weak results.
A&W Food Services of Canada, Inc.
A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. (TSE: AW.UN) is the nation's second largest hamburger restaurant company with 790 locations coast-to-coast. A&W Food Services of Canada is 100 per cent Canadian owned and is one of the strongest brand names in the Canadian foodservice industry. A&W Restaurants feature famous trade-marked menu items such as The Burger Family®, Chubby Chicken®, and A&W Root Beer®. For more information, please visit awbetterbeef.ca.
Benbria is leading in the area of mobile customer engagement enabling retail, hospitality and restaurant brands to deliver a superior customer experience that goes above and beyond their competitors. Using a variety of mobile, in-store and on-property technologies – including SMS, email, Web, mobile app and kiosk – Loop™ enables brands to capture and direct real-time customer requests, concerns, suggestions and positive input to management and employees for action and closure. Closing the loop through on-the-spot staff action helps brands to quickly enhance the customer experience during visits, recover dissatisfied customers, improve in-store sales conversion rates, avoid online criticisms and foster positive reviews. For more information: www.benbria.com.


I maintain a long list of potential posts, which usually don't get written unless I have a lot of downtime. Often posts are researched or written when I'm sitting in an airport or a hotel room. "Regular" life doesn't seem to provide enough time to focus on these things for long. This post is an opportunity for me to revisit some ideas I've been meaning to write about but haven't found the time to do so. This is the first real assignment for the #cnc2018 blog more challenge. For this assignment, our instructions are as follows: Come up with 10 blog ideas, then narrow those down to 3. For this challenge, your blog should fall into 1 of 3 categories: tutorial, project, explainer.
I finally managed to finish the Intro to Programming nanodegree after about three months of off-and-on work. It wasn't a hugely satisfying experience, but it did have its high points. I struggled for a long time to complete a fill-in-the-blanks quiz using Python 3. The earlier lessons, such as creating a webpage, didn't seem to require much programming at all and weren't terribly difficult. As a final project, we created a movie website that used Python objects to represent movies with their poster images. Again, this project wasn't terribly hard and I don't think I learned a ton by going through the process of making it. It was sort of a programming-by-numbers experience.
Teaching yourself to program is difficult for a number of reasons, but I've found for myself the biggest problem is distraction. I've always been distractible and I've found focusing on one thing for an extended period difficult. Learning online exposes a person you insane number of great resources and it's tough to filter through all of the various tutorials and stick to one thing. In order to limit distractions, filters can be handy. One filter that I've often applied is a financial one: I don't like to pay to learn to code when there are so many incredible free resources. I've broken this rule several times, in part because I see the value in learning with others and because a financial commitment is pretty good motivation. Plus, paid resources can often be a lot better than the free ones. If you're a beginner, there are plenty of free resources and once you've reached an intermediate level, it's much easier to teach yourself or refer to documentation and Stack Exchange.
This is my first real foray into blogging and an attempt to share what I'm learning as I begin to get serious about programming. My hope is that I might help others who are also beginners and who feel overwhelmed and lost as I have. The process of becoming a hireable programmer can be very challenging, and I want beginning programmers to know that they're not the only ones struggling. It seems that tenacity in the early stages of programming pays off more than almost anywhere else in life. Learning to persist in the face of confusion and frustration is a skill that will help out elsewhere, so learning to program has value outside of making more money. That is, I assume, why so many people are keen on becoming developers right now. From what I can tell, having skills as a programmer also open up new opportunities in unexpected places - social science, business, etc.


If you are a Twitter addict and liked MobileTwitter, the native iPhone application which I had reviewed few days back then you should also checkout Twinkle, another native Twitter client for the iPhone that has been recently released.
Twinkle has couple of additional features that got me interested.
The two interesting features about Twinkle is the Locate Me feature and ability to add images to your tweets.
The Locate Me feature works as follows: Twinkle lets you use the iPhone's location feature to add location data to your tweets. You can use the 'Near Me' tab to see tweets from twitter users who are within X miles of you. The default is 50-miles, and you can choose to change this to 1, 2, 10, 25, 100, 1,000, or 252,000 (it appears that there is a bug as the settings are lost when you exit the application).
The location information is only visible from Twinkle and not on the Twitter website, so this will only work when more iPhone users start using Twinkle.
If you do not fancy this feature then you always have the option to turn it off in the application "Settings" tab.
The other cool feature is the ability to add images to your tweets right at the posting screen, one tap on a camera icon at the bottom launches the camera and once you select the image, it takes you right back to the posting screen with your image file as an attachment. The images are then visible in your tweets as thumbnails which can be enlarged with a tap on the thumbnail.
Unfortunately, just like the location information, the images will be visible only from the Twinkle client and not on the Twitter website.
Other than these two additional features, you can see from the screenshots below (courtesy Gear Live) that the user interface is quite neat and intuitive.
In order to install Twinkle on your iPhone, you will need a Jailbroken iPhone with the cool Installer App installed. If you want to jailbreak your iPhone you can check out these posts: ZiPhone 3.0: New version of Popular tool to JailBreak and Unlock iPhone Released or iLiberty: Easy to use Application to JailBreak, Activate and Unlock iPhone.
Once you have the Installer app on your iPhone, you'll need to add the Polar Bear Farm source in Installer to see Twinkle.
Click on the Installer Icon on your iPhone's home screen.
Click on the "Sources" icon at the bottom.
As always do let me know the things you liked or did not like about this native iPhone application.


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Experience, new talent to drive Oakville
Oakville High girls' golf team could make some noise in 11′.
Oakville High head coach Cindy Maulin is optimistic about the 2011 season for her girls' golf team despite the loss of three seniors to graduation. Bill Milligan photo
By ROBERT CHALUPNY
The Oakville Senior High School girls' varsity golf squad, led by head coach Cindy Maulin, is working toward filling gaps left by last season's three graduating seniors.
"We did really well last year," Maulin said. "We lost three seniors. That's going to be a lot of shoes to fill."
One of those players was Lauren Buschhorn, who made it into the sectionals last season.
The Tigers went 6-4 in nine-hole matches and were about the middle of the pack everywhere else.
Individually they had some players medal in nine- and 18-hole matches.
Maulin does have a few returners and she is optimistic about her newcomers.
"We have three returners that are juniors and we have three new girls — two freshman and a sophomore," she said. "… We have a mixture of experience and budding golfers. So we think we are going to be OK though, because two of the girls, the two that are freshman, have both competed in the Gateway PGA, so they have some experience under their belt."
Maulin is going to be looking to those returning veterans for leadership and hopes that they can drive the team to a successful season in 2011.
"It's different when you play competitive golf out here with other schools as opposed to practicing with your friends and your family. So everything counts and the pressure is on," she said. "… You have to get used to playing in that situation and those three juniors have done that. So I think they are really ready … I'm excited for them. I think they'll do OK."
But everyone will have to contribute with her roster of six.
Juniors Tori Hotz, Sarah Witte and Francine Eichhorn, sophomore Shelby Stoltz and freshmen Alexa Shelton and Bailey Fedorchak will comprise the team this year.
Maulin is happy with what she has seen so far this year from her squad.
"I think they have a real strong work ethic. They like to come to practice," she said. "They like to be together. They cheer for one another.
"They have ownership in the program and they have great support from their families. So I think that would be our strength," the coach added.
The team's weakness, Maulin said, is getting the newcomers used to playing golf at a competitive level regularly.
"With their work ethic and their enthusiasm I think we will overcome our obstacles," she said. "So we are young but we could make some noise."
Robert Chalupny
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