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/**
 * This class handles the serialization of StorageTokens to JSON as well as the deserialization of JSON to StorageToken
 *
 * @author auerbach
 */
package edu.usc.ict.superglu.util.tokenformat;

import edu.usc.ict.superglu.util.StorageToken;
import org.json.simple.DeserializationException;
import org.json.simple.JsonArray;
import org.json.simple.JsonObject;
import org.json.simple.Jsoner;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.Map.Entry;

/**
 *  """ JSON Serialization for SuperGLU Format Handler ""
 * @author auerbach
 *
 */
public class JSONRWFormat extends TokenRWFormat {

	private static Map<String, Class<?>> NAME_MAPPING = new HashMap<>();

	private static Map<Class<?>, String> TYPE_MAPPING = new HashMap<>();

	static
	{
		NAME_MAPPING.put("bool", Boolean.class);
		NAME_MAPPING.put("unicode", String.class);
		NAME_MAPPING.put("float", Float.class);
		NAME_MAPPING.put("int", Integer.class);
		NAME_MAPPING.put("tuple", List.class);
		NAME_MAPPING.put("list", List.class);
		NAME_MAPPING.put("map", Map.class);
		NAME_MAPPING.put("long", Long.class);

		TYPE_MAPPING.put(Boolean.class, "bool");
		TYPE_MAPPING.put(String.class, "unicode");
		TYPE_MAPPING.put(Float.class, "float");
		TYPE_MAPPING.put(BigDecimal.class, "float");
		TYPE_MAPPING.put(Double.class, "float");
		TYPE_MAPPING.put(Short.class, "int");
		TYPE_MAPPING.put(Integer.class, "int");
		TYPE_MAPPING.put(List.class, "list");
		TYPE_MAPPING.put(Long.class, "long");
		TYPE_MAPPING.put(Map.class, "map");

	}

	public static StorageToken parse(String input)
	{
		try {
			Object rawParseResults =  Jsoner.deserialize(input);
			Object nativeObject = makeNative(rawParseResults);

			StorageToken result;
			if(nativeObject instanceof StorageToken)
				result = (StorageToken) nativeObject;
			else if (nativeObject instanceof Map<?,?>) //TODO: what should the classID be?
				result = new StorageToken((Map<String, Object>) nativeObject, null, null);
			else
			{
				Map<String, Object> data = new HashMap<>();
				data.put("data", nativeObject);
				result = new StorageToken(data, null, null);
			}
			return result;
		} catch (DeserializationException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}

	}

	public static String serialize(StorageToken data)
	{
		Object processedObject = makeSerializable(data);
		Map<?,?> processedObjectAsMap = (Map<?, ?>) processedObject;
		String result = Jsoner.serialize(processedObjectAsMap);
		return result;

	}

	//remember to check for null values.  Python code didn't have to explicitly do so.
	private static Object makeNative(Object input)
	{
		if(isNullOrPrimitive(input))
			return input;

		Class<?> inputClass = input.getClass();

		if(TokenRWFormat.VALID_ATOMIC_VALUE_TYPES.contains(inputClass))
			return input;

		if(!(input instanceof Iterable<?> || input instanceof Map<?, ?>))
			return input;

		if(input instanceof JsonObject)
		{
			JsonObject inputAsJsonObject = (JsonObject)input;

			//corner case if object is empty
			if(inputAsJsonObject.isEmpty())
			    return new HashMap<String, Object>();

			String datatypeName = inputAsJsonObject.keySet().iterator().next();
			Class<?> dataType = NAME_MAPPING.getOrDefault(datatypeName, StorageToken.class);

			if(dataType.equals(StorageToken.class))
			{//We are deserializing an object

				Map<String, Object> nativizedData = new HashMap<>();
				boolean primitivesPresent = false;
				for(String key : inputAsJsonObject.keySet())
				{
					Object value = inputAsJsonObject.get(key);

					if(isNullOrPrimitive(value))
					{
						nativizedData.put(key, value);
						primitivesPresent = true;
					}
					else
					{

					    if(value instanceof JsonObject)
					    {
						JsonObject innerData = (JsonObject) value;

						for(String innerKey : innerData.keySet())
						{
							Object innerValue = innerData.get(innerKey);
							nativizedData.put(innerKey, makeNative(innerValue));
						}
					    }
					    else if(value instanceof JsonArray)
					    {
						JsonArray innerData = (JsonArray) value;

						int index = 0;
						for(Object currentInnerItem :  innerData)
						{
						    nativizedData.put(Integer.toString(index), makeNative(currentInnerItem));
						    ++index;
						}
					    }
					}
				}

				if(primitivesPresent)
					return nativizedData;

				StorageToken result = new StorageToken(nativizedData,null,null);
				return result;
			}
			else if (dataType.equals(List.class))
			{
				for(String key : inputAsJsonObject.keySet())
				{
					Object value = inputAsJsonObject.get(key);
					return makeNative(value);
				}
			}

			else
			{//We are deserializing a Map

				Map<Object, Object> result = new HashMap<>();

				Map<Object, Object> innerData = inputAsJsonObject.getMap(TYPE_MAPPING.get(Map.class));

				for(Object key : innerData.keySet())
				{
					Object value = innerData.get(key);

					Object nativizedKey = makeNative(key);
					Object nativizedValue = makeNative(value);
					result.put(nativizedKey, nativizedValue);
				}

				return result;
			}
		}

		if(input instanceof JsonArray)
		{
			List<Object> result = new ArrayList<>();

			for(Object currentElement : (JsonArray)input)
			{
				result.add(makeNative(currentElement));
			}

			return result;
		}

		//should never reach here
		return null;
	}

	private static Object makeSerializable(Object data)
	{
		if(data == null)
			return data;

		Class<?> clazz = data.getClass();

		if(VALID_ATOMIC_VALUE_TYPES.contains(clazz))
			return data;

		if(VALID_SEQUENCE_TYPES.contains(clazz))
		{
			Collection<Object> dataAsCollection = (Collection<Object>)data;
			Map<String, List<?>> sequenceDataDictionary = new HashMap<>();
			String typeName = TYPE_MAPPING.get(List.class);

			List<Object> sequenceData = new ArrayList<>();

			for(Object o : dataAsCollection)
				sequenceData.add(makeSerializable(o));

			sequenceDataDictionary.put(typeName, sequenceData);
			return sequenceDataDictionary;
		}
		if(VALID_MAPPING_TYPES.contains(clazz))
		{
			Map<String, Map<?,?>> mapDataDictionary = new HashMap<>();
			Map<Object, Object> dataAsMap = (Map<Object, Object>) data;
			Map<Object, Object> processedMap = new HashMap<>();

			for(Entry<Object, Object> entry : dataAsMap.entrySet())
			{
				processedMap.put(makeSerializable(entry.getKey()), makeSerializable(entry.getValue()));
			}

			mapDataDictionary.put(TYPE_MAPPING.get(Map.class), processedMap);

			return mapDataDictionary;
		}
		if(clazz.equals(StorageToken.class))
		{
			StorageToken dataAsStorageToken = (StorageToken)data;

			Map<String, Map<String, Object>> processedStorageToken = new HashMap<>();
			Map<String, Object> storageTokenChildren = new HashMap<>();

			for(String key : dataAsStorageToken)
			{
				Object value = dataAsStorageToken.getItem(key);
				storageTokenChildren.put(key, makeSerializable(value));
			}

			if(dataAsStorageToken.getClassId() != null)
			{
				processedStorageToken.put(dataAsStorageToken.getClassId(), storageTokenChildren);
				return processedStorageToken;
			}
			else
			{
				return storageTokenChildren;
			}
		}

		throw new RuntimeException("Tried to serialize unserializeable object of type " + clazz.toString());
	}

}


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« All This Connectivity Is Killing Us
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Bar Code Sales Tool Is Failing Campus Test
Source: http://nyt.com
By ELIZABETH OLSON
IN parts of Asia and Europe, marketers have been using bar code technology to help sell things to people on their cellphones. A consumer can point a phone at something intriguing that bears a signature black-and-white square, then get information about a product or service or an offer to purchase it.
In the United States, the spread of this technology has been slow, in part because cellphones here are not equipped with the necessary software. There have been a few small-scale tests, but judging from the experience of one under way at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, the technique is nowhere near ready for widespread use.
A bar code display at a Case Western Reserve bus stop.
A company called Mobile Discovery, based in Reston, Va., is conducting the test at Case in conjunction with the university's engineering school, whose students are helping to manage it. Students and other people affiliated with the university can download software to their cellphones and then can get campus bus arrival times, order magazine subscriptions, enter a sweepstakes sponsored by QVC and get text alerts from USA Today, among other applications.
Twelve Case engineering management students, working in two teams, helped design the trial and are marketing it as part of their new product development course, said Gary E. Wnek, who teaches the course. Students have plastered bus shelters and other locations with posters, which have bar codes imprinted on them that can link, via the Internet, to mobile content like pictures, music and videos.
But interest in the pilot project, which started Feb. 1 and will run at least through May 15, has been tepid, according to students on campus, in part because of the cellphone fees associated with it. (It costs 2 cents or more to check when the next shuttle bus arrives, for instance.)
Then there was the presentation by the chief executive of Mobile Discovery, David H. Miller, whose slide show in Professor Wnek's class devolved into sexist banter after he showed an image of a topless woman, back to the camera, who had a bar code on the back of her blue jeans.
The photo evoked a few titters, but then a student bantered with Mr. Miller about the technology's use in meeting girls.
"So I take a picture of a broad, you know, a good-looking girl, and her name and phone number are loaded in my phone — I'd pay five bucks a month for that," a male student commented, according to the university's recording of the class in February.
Mr. Miller replied that it might work as a marketing technique to post a woman's picture with a bar code underneath that said, "sign up to a service to get more girls like that."
The classroom exchange gained wider notice when Catherine Vermeersch, a fifth-year engineering student who was in the class, wrote an article of complaint for the campus newspaper, objecting to "slapping bar codes on women as if they were six-packs of Budweiser from the local grocery store."
"I think one reason people in the class didn't react at first was because the ad was sandwiched in a series of ads that were not like that," Ms. Vermeersch said in a telephone interview. "But I was surprised to see something that dehumanizing."
Alison Dietz, news editor of the campus paper, The Observer, said that along with apathy and cost, the classroom episode may have influenced the willingness of some of the university's 4,200 undergraduates to enroll in the trial. "It may make people think more about whether to take part," said Ms. Dietz, who added that she could not name a student who was participating.
Mr. Miller, formerly of Sprint, would not say how many people had enrolled in the trial, saying that was confidential information, and he would not say how much the pilot project was costing. He said that five phone carriers, including Sprint and AT&T, were cooperating in the trial — but not contributing money for it.
Mr. Miller said that the advertisement with the bar code on the woman's behind came from a French company, Denim Code, whose jeans carry a tag that allows access to a free audio/video recording via mobile phone. Despite the controversy, he said that he would not remove the image from his presentation because he was "trying to create awareness by showing examples from around the world of how bar codes are used."
According to Ms. Dietz of the campus paper, the biggest downside of the Mobile Discovery trial is that the technology is not free. The price for each transaction varies by participating carrier (the others are Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Alltel Wireless) and by whether the phone owner has an Internet access plan or pays by the data download.
The posters around campus list a range of carrier fees, and information is also available on the Mobile Discovery Web site, but Mr. Miller said that students had complained they were afraid of running up big cellphone bills.
"This is a real issue not only for students but for everyone around the country," he said. "It's one of the reasons more people around the country are not using mobile Internet. The costs are complex even for a technical person."
The Mobile Discovery trial aims to test possible uses of bar codes before any mass commercialization, which is still years away, in part because there is no standard technology in the United States.
The software being used in the Case pilot project, EZcode, was developed by Scanbuy, a mobile marketing company that is conducting a separate trial involving restaurants and other stores in its home city, San Francisco.
In Japan, code-ready phones are used to retrieve information on everything from street signs to food packaging, but American consumers must download code-reading software to participate.
So far, the most popular use of the technology at Case has been real-time arrival information for campus buses, called Greenies.
"You come up, scan the code, then the site connects to a G.P.S. that tells you when the bus is coming," said Melissa Paradise, 23, one student who has been managing the trial. "The winter's pretty cold here, so why walk when you can wait inside and know when the bus is coming?"
She and others have been staffing information booths to drum up student interest, but she said that participation appeared limited so far. The student newspaper has run a few bar codes, including one for a movie trailer, and Ms. Dietz thinks that interest could increase if links were offered to more campus events, like a coming Springfest where various bands will play.
"Students would be interested in accessing schedules for their appearances, and voting for who they like at Battle of the Bands," Ms. Dietz said.
QVC, the shopping network, introduced a campaign last month called Make It or Break It, inviting participants in the trial to create codes on mobilediscovery.com, then post them around campus for others to scan. Each scan gives the student an entry into a QVC sweepstakes, increasing the chance of winning a prize.
QVC also put up banners around campus with bar codes that people could scan to become eligible for daily prizes, like beauty products and a flat-screen television, said Jeffrey Charney, a QVC marketing director. "Bar codes are the next killer app," he said. "We want to be a pioneer because we see everything changing in the next five years."
Ultimately cellphone carriers would like to tap into the 30 million households that Forrester Research estimates have camera phones, and encourage them — and the millions of others who will be upgrading their phones — to add the pricier Internet access service plans necessary for bar code reading.
Ms. Vermeersch, for one, does not share that vision. "Students don't perceive it as practical," she said. "Why would anyone actually pay for advertising?"
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One Response to "Bar Code Sales Tool Is Failing Campus Test"
Chris Borish said
To whom this may concern:
I am one of the Master of Engineering and Management students at Case Western Reserve University who, along with 11 of my classmates, have been working diligently on managing the campus trial Mobile Discovery has been holding on campus throughout the entire 2007-2008 school year. I am outraged at the title of the article, which declares to all readers of your newspaper that this trial has been a failure. First of all, the trial has not even concluded, so calling it a failure is absolutely ludicrous. When the Kansas Jay Hawks were down 9 points with 2 minutes left in the NCAA Men's National Championship game last night, Sports Illustrated did not begin printing advance issues with headlines declaring the Kansas team as losers. Why? Because the game was not over! In fact, they came back to win the game in a triumphant fashion and are now national champions. If a writer for that magazine would have printed such an article, with a premature headline, she would undoubtedly be relieved of her position because the headline would have clearly been misleading. This is precisely what your newspaper has done.
Second of all, two of your sources, who clearly have negatively biased opinions about the trial, have limited knowledge about the technology and campus acceptance in general. For some reason, however, their opinions seem to matter much more to your writer than the 12 students have put their blood, sweat, and tears into making this trial a success. In fact, if you ask our professors, and industry leaders such as Verizon, this trial is already a success. We have captured valuable customer feedback from surveys and feedback from multiple use cases, which Mobile Discovery will undoubtedly be able to use in developing and fine tuning their product in the future. Ms. Vermeersch, a writer for the school newspaper, clearly trying to make a name for herself by writing a controversial article about a school project, is merely one disgruntled student who completely misunderstood David Miller's intention of using the example of a woman with a code on her denim jeans. He was not dehumanizing women…he was giving a real life example of an over seas use case for jeans. It seems that you are basing the "failure" of this trial on her negative comments. Ms. Dietz, who also works for the school newspaper commented that she could not name a student who was participating in the trial. Well, Ms. Dietz must not know too many students then, because just last week, L3, a campus eatery, was flooded with students interested in learning how to scan and create their own codes. It is interesting that your writer was unable to find anyone on campus to comment on that event.
Over the past 8 months, our team has been meeting with campus groups, creating use cases for codes, posting signs on a weekly basis, and working closely with the student body to see what they want out of this innovative product. In other words, we are capturing the voice of the customer in order to tailor this product and its applications to the needs and wants of its potential users. We meet on a daily basis with professors, campus leaders, student groups, and Mobile Discovery executives to make this trial a success and nothing was said about that. I am personally offended by this one-sided article. It gives a bad name to Mobile Discovery, Case Western Reserve University, The Institute of Management and Engineering, and myself.
Chris Borish

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Dire straits: Western sanctions and the Strait of Hormuz
In January 2012, Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz if Western sanctions blocked its oil exports, prompting declarations from the West that such an action would not be tolerated and that it would increase its naval presence in the region. David Roberts and Lee Willett of the Royal United Services Institute talk to Elly Earls about how the situation has developed.
In January 2012, Iran threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil passageway through which 17 million barrels of oil passed every day in 2011. The threat was prompted by sanctions, including an oil embargo imposed on Iran by the US and the 27-nation EU over its contentious nuclear programme.
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The West insists the programme is aimed at producing atomic weapons, but Iran vehemently denies this charge, claiming it is designed to generate civilian electricity and produce medical radioisotopes needed to treat cancer sufferers.
The US and the UK responded strongly to Iran's threat to block one of the world's most crucial oil conduits, with senior Obama administration officials saying that Iran would cross a "red line" if it made good on its threats. General Martin E Dempsey went as far as to state the US would "take action and reopen the strait", a feat that could only be accomplished by military means. UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond warned in a similar vein that any blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would be "illegal and unsuccessful".
"A strategically crucial waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, the Strait of Hormuz sees about a fifth of the world's daily oil trade."
Global oil threat
A strategically crucial waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, the Strait of Hormuz sees about a fifth of the world's daily oil trade. Analysts warned in January 2012 that the price of Brent crude could temporarily jump to as high as $210 if it were closed, significantly impacting the global economy.
According to Dr Lee Willett, senior research fellow in the Maritime Studies programme at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the region is so important to global powers that they will do whatever it takes to ensure the Strait of Hormuz stays open.
"This is one area that the UK will not compromise on," he says. "It will gap [drop] other commitments elsewhere rather than compromise its strategic position in the Persian Gulf, which is simply too important to national interests."
But does Iran really have either the military capacity or the desire to carry through on its threat? For David Roberts, deputy director of RUSI Qatar, it's possible, but not for long.
"It's unrealistic for anyone to say 'Yes, Iran can definitely close it for an indefinite period of time' or 'No, it can't," he says. "Iran's strength lies in its asymmetric capacity, and, by definition, it's quite tricky to work out exactly what that is – what weapons it would use, how exactly it would use them and when they would use them. But, given that Iran would have first movement advantage, it seems more than likely that it could 'block the strait'."
Willett agrees. "Iran has fast-attack craft, surface-to-surface cruise missiles and submarines," he explains. "It also has a new submarine base at Jask, right at the mouth of the strait, which gives it more leverage and the potential to deny access to the strait at an earlier phase. One single submarine can have a major strategic impact on how a conflict unfolds."
The more important question is whether the Iranians have any desire to block the strait, and on that point, Willett is sceptical. "Firstly, Iran relies on it economically, as much as anybody else does, and secondly, the region is so important to other nations that it would act with a significant military response," he explains.
"The potential retaliation from the US is absolutely devastating," Roberts adds. "It's conceivable that Iran would lose any and all its waterborne vessels of the military variety quickly. Although, domestically, it will get a huge surge of rally around the flag, the basic ramifications could be terrible for Iran. It knows perfectly well that it can't begin to take on the US."
UK influence
It's not only the US that Iran would have to deal with; the British Navy deployed the £1bn HMS Daring, a Type 45 destroyer, to the Persian Gulf in January 2012 in response, some claim, to the imminent threat from Iran. Not only does the warship have the technology to shoot down any missile in Iran's armoury, it also carries the world's most sophisticated naval radar, which is capable of tracking multiple incoming threats. Yet for Roberts, the deployment of this ship was not as significant as many news reports have implied. "Because of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference [held in March 2012], there are a lot of port visits around this time of year," he says. "The Royal Navy committed to sending a least one or two ships and they've known about this for months; however, it is a possibility that the choice of ship changed on the back of what the Iranians said."
Willett agrees that one shouldn't read too much into the deployment of HMS Daring: "The Royal Navy is in the process of bringing into service the Type 45 destroyer, a new class of ship, and the simple fact of the matter is that the first few of this new class are available for deployment now and are going to take the next task in hand," he explains. "It's a coincidence rather than any sort of strategic plan for the UK to increase pressure and presence."
The deployment of the UK's mine-countermeasure ships is a far more significant move, according to Willett. "The UK has state-of-the-art mine-countermeasure capabilities that few other nations, including the US, have, and our primary mine capability is now forward-deployed in Bahrain on behalf of the coalition interests."
"Looking to the future, there is one issue that could put a whole different spin on the situation: the direction of Iran's nuclear programme."
Despite its largely routine nature, perhaps the increased naval presence in the region has had an effect on Iran, as talks that took place in Istanbul in April 2012 between Iran, the US, Russia, China, Germany, France and the UK led to the most productive negotiations on the nuclear programme in 15 months, with delegates praising "the constructive dialogue and Iran's positive attitude" according to the Guardian. A source at the talks told the newspaper that there had been a string of signals from Tehran that it would be prepared to limit its enrichment of uranium in return for a relaxation of sanctions.
For Roberts, this development is not surprising. "I fundamentally believe that Iran really doesn't want this continuing kind of cold war," he says. "Yes, it serves some political ends domestically, but more generally, I think Iran is a perfectly rational actor and perfectly rational actors don't really want conflict. It wants to de-escalate things, but, like the US, it has to do it in a way that saves face."
Nuclear hypothesis
"There is some public evidence that suggests that some of the things Iran is doing are taking its programme in one direction and one direction only, a weapons programme, and that's the strategic unknown in all of this," Willett explains. "A nuclear power sitting astride the Strait of Hormuz is a different matter; whether it would make Iran more aggressive or more cooperative, no one can tell, but in terms of making a military threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, the message is different if you're a nuclear power."
Hypotheticals aside, the situation seems to be progressing in a positive direction and, for Roberts, there will be little change in the naval presence in the region over 2012. "Barring some obvious escalation from the Iranian side, not necessarily caused by them, I don't see any imminent changes," he says.
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In my last post, I mentioned participating the Scott Kelby's World Wide Photo Walk for this year. This is something hubby and I have done for the last five or so years. Besides helping out a charity, it's just plain old fun to spend a couple hours with other photographers doing something we all enjoy.
Our group leader had planned the walk to take in three bridges in Folsom, CA. Two of the bridges are over the American River – a great place to shoot photos. The plan also included walking footpaths down under the bridges. As there was some construction going on, the footpaths were closed to us. No problem, a good excuse to go back when the work is done.
The highlight of crossing these bridges was to get a better view of the river below. I just love to shoot water. It's just so pretty. And it's so calming.
After we were done at the bridges, we headed back into town. Having spent the morning mostly looking down at the river, it was nice to start looking up and noticing some of the other sites I enjoying photographing. But I'll save that for another post.
I went camping once somewhere along the American River, so many years ago that I can't remember the exact location, but it was so beautiful! My 4-year-old son caught his first fish there. Good memories...it's fun to see it again.
There is just something about water, that brings you in!
Such a beautiful area, Carol, it looks so peaceful. I've never taken part in one of those walks but I would love to.


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Madore A, Talbot JR, Weintraub R. Electronic Medical Records at ISS Clinic Mbarara, Uganda. Harvard Business Publishing. 2012.Abstract
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This case traces the evolution of the medical records system at the Immune Suppression Syndrome (ISS) Clinic in Mbarara, Uganda. After providing some background on Uganda, its HIV epidemic, and the general rise of electronic medical records and software, it explains the history of the ISS Clinic and its service delivery model. ISS Clinic had used paper records to manage care, treatment, and reporting needs until it partnered with the University of California, San Francisco on research initiatives. In 2004 ISS Clinic became a global health initiative beneficiary and the outpatient antiretroviral therapy center of Mbarara Regional Hospital. Offering free treatment, patient enrollment jumped dramatically. The clinic's electronic Access database was unable to keep up. The clinic secured a grant to implement a new medical record system, and leaders struggled to convince the physicians and other stakeholders of its value. The most clinically-relevant pieces were slow to be put in place, and new Ministry of Health regulations posed minor setbacks. At the end of 2010, the clinic had seen nearly 21,000 patients. Clinic research had contributed to more than 20 peer-reviewed articles, but the long-term prospects for the database were unknown.
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Learning Objectives: This case documents the evolution of medical records at an HIV/AIDS clinic in a resource-limited setting. A productive class discussion will allow students to appreciate what it takes to collect and systemize accurate health data for patient care and research, what it takes to implement an electronic medical system in a resource-limited setting, and the relationship between a health record system, clinical care, and public health.
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Vault Selections
Selections from The Punk Vault [Mighty Sphincter]
Mighty Sphincter – In the Kingdom of Heaven 12″ EP (1987 Placebo Records)
Is it any surprise that after the last two selections that I'd follow it up with this band?
Mighty Sphincter are, in my eyes, one of the most under-appreciated bands to come out of the Phoenix sands. Formed in 1981 by Greg Hynes (Teds) and Doug Clark (The Brainz), they'd release a handful of records, none of which would sound like the one that came before it, but all of which were quite good. The band's releases all have the distinction of practically having no to singers the same!
Their first singer was a man named Ron Reckless who dressed up like Satan in drag. He had a penchant for consuming large quantities of narcotics and that would be his undoing. This fellow was the singer on their first single, Heathouse. They eventually kicked him out, then told stories about how he died. These stories were told in the advertisements for their records. Before ousting him, they recorded an EP with him that became half of the Ghost Walking album. Guitarist/songwriter Doug Clark (or Dominic Royale as he sometimes referred to himself as) would take over the vocal duties for the second side of Ghost Walking and also sing on most of their first "real" full-length titled The New Manson Family. Ghost Walking was billed as a double EP because the plan was to actually have released those as their own records.
The album had the distinction of being "produced by Alice Cooper". It was Sphincter most angry sounding album but it con a few real gems. This would also mark the end of the sheer demented sound of the band as they were evolving into a more serious act by this point.
This leads us to this record. In the ads they were running, they made up a story that said that Doug Clark had died of AIDS and now they had a new singer! Bill Yanok would be the singer on this one and musically the band was going in a more gothic direction. Bill sang 4 of the 6 songs on here, with Greg Hynes singing the other two (the featured track being one of them). After this record, the band played a handful of shows and then called it quits for a bit. Bill ended up starting a new band but I can't recall the name, nor have I heard them. This was easily my favorite Sphincter record and I still listen to it all the time.
They resurrected in the early 90s and put out a self-released 7″ and then vanished again until a few years ago when they'd reform yet again and self-release a CD titled The Holy Unholy. These days they kept the goth feel but mixed it with a more metal like sound that is really quite good. Greg handles all the vocals now for the most part, with Doug handing them here and there. They are still at it as I type this and I believe are planning a new recording soon.
There is a somewhat dated small interview with Greg Hynes on the Spontaneous Combustion site and you can check it out here.
As always if you have any information or were in the band, please get in touch.
Listen to "Secret Ceremony" from the record
https://punkvinyl.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/Mighty-Sphincter-Secret-Ceremony.mp3
Selections from The Punk Vault [Rik L Rik]
Selections from The Punk Vault [The Brainz]
john swank says:
Hey i played with doug in new orleans after the sphincter where the fuck is he our band was called voodoo parade we never recorded with him though what a shame!!I am currentley in a new orleans based band called stephie and the Whitesox hope you are ok doug john
J.J. Gentry says:
I live here in Phx. and I've seen the Sphincies a few times. Wonderful band, witty and halarious. Loads of fun to see live. I think they are more popular now then they ever were in the 80's when I used to see them.
To whom it may concern: My name is Lucien. I recorded two albums with Doug Clark in the mid and late 90s. I have been a progressive metal musician all my life(yeah, I know big fucking deal). Anyway, I encouraged Doug to beef it up a little and the end result was far superior to his previous recordings. I also have some video footage from the studio. I may release a C.D./D.V.D.. I could send you photos if you let me know where. Avec sincerite…L
bill morgan says:
who the hell did the song 'going to a fag bar'??? nobody believes me it was a real song?!?!
MXV says:
That was Ron Reckless who sang that one, from the first single.
JOE ALBANESE says:
MY NAME IS JOE ALBANESE. I THINK YOU FORGOT TO MENTION I WAS IN THE BAND
Sam Atakra says:
I agree with Joe Albanese, he was a member of the band longer than Ron Reckless and definately contributed to the overall sound of the band (and is still performing in the Seattle-based underground circus group Curcus Contraption). In addition, a chaotic biography of the band can be found (in the band's own voices) at http://www.atakra.com/mightysphincter.htm And finally the bulk of that tribute page is also now available on wikipedia. I feel a wee bit insulted that my tribute page was not mentioned in this listing since I've been working with the band for over a decade in order to capture a complete profile of the incredibly influential music genre that they pretty much were essential in creating along with acts like Wall of Voodoo, 45 Grave, and the Screamers.
pestisLibushe says:
could you please define more exactly — was it Bill Yanok singing for"in the kingdom of heaven"? or what?
David Nichols says:
The band Bill Yanok sang in post-Mighty Sphincter was Tweny-Four Hour World. Sphincter cut their last record (Holy Unholy)here at Livinghead with Doug Clark playing guitar and Greg Hynes singing lead. At a studo party, they played a stupendous live set that had each member of the band driven by Hearst and delivered in coffins by pal-bearers to the stage! There was also a naked woman with a medusa mask jumping all over, dry-humping the band. She knocked over a fog machine and fell from the stage. good times.
Oh, and Holy Unholy is an classic album that freaks out everybody I've played it for.
Benito says:
holy unholy is a wonderful album!
Ron Reckless kills 86 year old woman in hit & run.
http://www.examiner.com Look up -Ronald Grotjan arrested- In a nut shell, Ron was drugged-out, ran a red light, killed an old woman, tried to get away repeatedly. The denouement to a long list of low class scum-bag stories. Here's to Ron detoxing in his own filth, tent city Phoenix jail system.
Thats BS cATHY.I know Ron and Robin well and Ron had a stroke. Thats why he wrecked. You should not write such cruel shit bout someone you dont even know.
James Strate says:
JJ — nope, no stroke he's fine. Look for my band coming soon the Very Idea of Fucking Grotjan — BTW — I've known Ron thirty years — call him Bongo, he really loves it (it's his old hippie name)
Sonja Zelada says:
No, hes not fine. He's actually very ill. Wherever you're getting your information from is incorrect.
On 5/2/2012, Ron Reckless was found guilty of Negligent Homicide & Endangerment. Ronald Denton Grotjan is his real name. His official case number is CR2009-145880-001. I was at the trial. No mention of a stroke causing his running a red light and constant attempts to escape the crash. An 83 year old woman died, not much is ever mentioned about that. Then there is the big punchline to the longest joke in Phoenix Punk history = Ron's wife, Robin Grotjan never had anything to do with Phoenix Punk. Just a sociopath using other persons stories as her own.
Friday, the 13th of 2012. Ron Reckless sentenced to 6 years for Negligent Homicide and 2.25 years for Endangerment, to be served consecutively. Easy to call the PHX Superior Court and hear for yourself. Case # CR2009-145880-001. 602 506 8575.
Well I feel bad for Ron. I don't know ALL the circumstances but I read all the transcripts that were public. Last one says the sheriff's office was to "bring him to Court in his wheel chair for sentencing". He is 61 yrs. Old now? Sad deal all the way around. Not by any means discounting who died when their paths crossed. A friend. Of mine passed a few years ago and his local band was "O.N.S." (Our Neighbors Suck) RIP Vince! You were one of a kind.
Robin Grotjan says:
Ron Grotjan DID indeed have a stroke while driving! Unreal! Do you believe you read? Ron was not even charged with a D.U.I./D.W.I.!!! Ron has never hurt anyone! He unfortunately had a stroke while driving at 8:30 a.m. followed by Grand mal seizures. Arthur was NOT at the trial except for 20 minutes. Get the FACTS STRAIGHT. Speaking of you James, Ron took you to AA & got you STRAIGHT 30 years ago! What does any of this have to do with the Phoenix Punk scene? I'm talking to Sonja (No Discussion) who by the way has known Ron for THIRTY FIVE YEARS & she says, " regardless of how simple minded people choose to view this case, the fact is, the toxicology report, which Ron's first lawyer forwarded to me, proved that Ron Grotjan was NOT under the influence at the time of the accident, furthermore, had he been, they would have charged him with that, strengthening their case… In conclusion, whatever ill feelings people have for each other, for whatever reason, has NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS CASE!!!!!" If y'all don't like Ron & Robin… that is YOUR problem." All sympathies to the lady that later passed away, that is TRULY heart wrencing, however, criminal behavior or negligence were NOT a part of this according to the FACTS."- Sonja Zelada
This was an accident precipitated by a medical emergency.
Ron always helped people during the "punk" days in Phoenix! He put up bands, people, helped rape victims, homeless, abused kids, anybody!
No good deed goes unpunished, esp. in Phoenix.
http://www.courtminutes.maricopa.gov/docs/Criminal/092012/m5425933.pdf
Punk Rock used to be about fighting the system, not accepting the status quot. What the hell happened to that?
I went to NA with Ron once or twice when HE was trying to clean up — he was worried about being an old drug addict washed up and out … ironic how it all works out … Ron the caregiver to the world now sits in prison for being a dipshit. Robin you hooked your self a winner. I remember that Doug C. went also at least once … and what system did you and Ron fight? The Welfare system and CPS?
I did clean up myself 18 mos. later but Ron was hanging out with underage girls at teenage hangouts …
DRA389 says:
MIGHTY SPHINCTER released a 7″ called 'Resurrection' in 2010 on A389 Records.
Two older songs redone with The Count on vocals and contributions from Dwid Hellion of INTEGRITY.
The Count is also working on a solo album called CHAPELLE DES MORTS which is incredible.
Anyone know how to contact Bil Yanok? KOH is my fave MS album and I love 24 HR WORLD too.
MS rules!!!
RIP Joe Albanese.
Selections From The Punk Vault – The Bees
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Kratom NY City – Buy From Several Smoke Shops And Herbal Clinics
Published by greenolistic on February 3, 2020 February 3, 2020
Its scientific name is Mitragyna speciosa, and it originated from southeast Asia countries Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea as a traditional drug. The leaves of kratom are handpicked for harvest, just like tea. Kratom comes from the Rubiaceae family. Coffee also comes from the Rubiaceae family, which explains why kratom has energy-boosting effects.
Traditionally, kratom was used as a pain reliever, and it cured diarrhea and coughs, but in recent years, research shows that it can aid in curing people with opioid addictions.
Kratom in New York City
1 Kratom in New York City
2 The legal battle of kratom in New York City
3 Why New Yorkers use kratom
3.1 Kratom is an energy booster
3.2 Substitute for opioid
3.3 Offers fast pain relief
3.4 Relaxation
3.5 Calms nerves
3.6 Enhances confidence
3.7 Treatment for withdrawal symptoms
3.8 Reduces fatigue
4 How New Yorkers buy their kratom
4.1 Pills and capsules
4.2 Chewed
4.3 Smoked
4.4 Brewed
5 Where to find kratom in New York City
5.1 ● Random police raids
5.2 ● Low-quality products
5.3 ● Cost
5.4 ● Health issues
5.5 ● Personal gain
6 Smoke shops in New York City
6.1 Kavasutra
6.2 East Village Smoke Shop
6.3 Midtown smoke and vape
7 New Yorkers share their stories about Kratom.
8 New York law that prevents selling to minors
New york city, the city that never sleeps, is always a buzz of activities. It is one of the most densely populated states in the USA, with a population of more than 20 million people. New York is the fourth largest state in the USA. It is a place you can visit and never feel homesick because of the many different cultures it houses. It brings the globe into one place.
The Kratom scene is huge in New York. There are several smoke shops and herbal clinics that sell and distribute kratom.
New York is always in the limelight because of the different views the people living in the Big Apple bring to the table. The issue of legalization of kratom is one of the significant discussions the residents encounter.
New Yorkers took to the street at one time about the legalization of marijuana. They were for the legalization of it. It was also the first state to set up a heroin rehabilitation center.
The state senate and leaders are open about the legalization of marijuana and that of kratom in the city that never sleeps.
The legal battle of kratom in New York City
Kratom is legal in New York, but numerous bills have been put up to ban its selling and use.
The Senate bill 6924 and New York Assembly Bill 8787 was passed in 2017 that restricted people under the age of 18 to purchase kratom.
The bill stated that the sale of any part of the plant, Mitragyna speciosa, and in any form that is pills, capsules, or tea brewed would result in the payment of a fine, not less than 500 US dollars.
A third bill, Assembly Bill 213, was also proposed that wanted to ban the sale of kratom in New York completely, but it was scrapped off after the residents of New York put together a petition to help with its legalization. It is not only the politicians who make policies in New York, but the residents have a significant impact on what goes on.
Why New Yorkers use kratom
Kratom is very popular in New York. They are several vendors and distributors of it. These are the reasons why kratom is popular in Big Apple:
Kratom is an energy booster
People who use it attest that their energy levels are high after its use.
Substitute for opioid
Research shows that kratom is less harmful to the body of the users as compared to someone who uses opioids like heroin or morphine.
Offers fast pain relief
Kratom has some opioid compounds that aid in the comfort of pain.
New York's hustle and bustle require one to relax before it all starts the following day again. A small amount of kratom in your evening cocoa relaxes the mind and body.
The relaxation needs to start a new day.
Calms nerves
Kratoms reduces anxiety and depression.
People who suffer from anxiety use kratom to reduce it and calm them.
Enhances confidence
Kratom gives a boost of confidence to its users.
They can make conversations and enjoy the company.
Treatment for withdrawal symptoms
People withdrawing from hard drugs suffer from withdrawal symptoms like fever, vomiting, nausea, sweating, diarrhea, and chills.
Research shows that kratom gets rid of these symptoms.
Reduces fatigue
Since it is from the coffee family, then it contains caffeine that reduces fatigue.
How New Yorkers buy their kratom
As explained earlier, the leaves of Mitragyna speciosa are handpicked for harvest and processed to acquire the end product, kratom.
Kratom comes in many different forms. They are:
The leaves are dried and fitted into capsules to be taken as prescribed.
Chewed
The leaves of kratom can be chewed raw for maximum absorption.
The leaves are dried and grounded and rolled in special paper then smoked.
Kratom is dried and grounded; its powder can be brewed into a tea.
Where to find kratom in New York City
New York has many kratom shops and smoke shops. Although kratom is legal in New York, the shops are subject to many raids conducted by the area police. However, the police do not raid the shops in search of kratom. They conduct unplanned raids to catch the sell of laced marijuana and other illegal drugs that are moved from the smoke shops.
For this and other reasons yet to be discussed, most New Yorkers do not buy kratom from smoke shops. They purchase it online.
The following reasons explain why New Yorker prefer online purchases that store-bought kratom:
● Random police raids
They are police randomly raid kratom shops in search of illegal drugs.
● Low-quality products
They prefer online bought products because the kratom is gotten directly from farmers in southeast Asia who grow it as their source of livelihood.
Shop-bought products are usually not original kratom; they mix it with other herbs. Online kratom pure and high quality
● Cost
Store-bought kratom is expensive while that that is bought online is cheaper and of high quality.
● Health issues
Store-bought kratom is sometimes laced with other herbs that can be harmful to the user's health.
Some have even lead to death.
● Personal gain
Some of the sellers of kratom are in it for personal gain.
They handle the product in an unsanitary way and do not care what goes into it.
The only downside to buying kratom online is that it takes a bit more time to be delivered. Also, if you purchased the leaves of the plant, they could arrive having dried up or withered.
Smoke shops in New York City
The following are the most reputable kratom shops in New York:
Kavasutra
It prides itself on having the best kratom brewed tea in New York.
It has a tranquil ambiance, and it is located in the East Village.
East Village Smoke Shop
This place has friendly staff and pure kratom products at affordable prices.
Midtown smoke and vape
It has different forms of kratom and a range of other herbs at affordable prices.
New Yorkers share their stories about Kratom.
A blogger whose website is Kratom Stories interviewed a couple of New Yorkers about their use of kratom, and here is what they had to share:
The first to be interviewed was Matthew Catlin, who is a mechanic from Long Island, New York. He suffers from bad knees and fatigue. His job demands a lot of energy from him, and the fact that his knees are bad proves a challenge to him.
He explained that he started using kratom two years ago, and he noticed a big difference in how he did his work. Matthew informed the blogger that his knees are healed. Matthew went on to say that he mixes kratom powder with fruit juice on sunny days and with hot tea or coffee on cold days to relax him after a long day's work.
Mathew is an influential activist for the rights that involve Kraton. He often takes to the streets to fight for it. He says that kratom helps him cater to his wife and kids. Since he started using kratom, his job satisfies him, and he is forever grateful for it.
2. The second to be interviewed was Gabrielle Callea, a 57-year-old born and raised New Yorker. He started by saying that he has gotten himself in a lot of trouble over the years and even served 18 years in jail. He was a drug addict who used street drugs like heroin. Gabrielle lived a life of crime and has scars to show for it. He had bullet scars on his head.
He got himself in a terrible car accident that made him change his drug ways. He had just used heroin before the accident. Gabrielle got himself clean with a friend's help. His friend told him about kratom and how it helps to treat heroin addicts. That was his journey to recovery. He has been sober and does not revert to the opioid drugs that almost ended his life. Gabrielle decided to get his life back together, and he owes it to his friend, who suggested he tried kratom.
New York law that prevents selling to minors
The Senate bill 6924 and New York Assembly Bill 8787 passed a law that kratom and its products should not be sold to anyone less than 18 years of age. Anyone found selling to minors will have to pay a fine of not less than 500 US Dollars and is at risk of losing their vending licenses.
Earlier this year, five were caught selling kratom to minors. One of the "minors" was an undercover agent who pretended to be minor to catch the culprits in action. The culprits were charged and lost their vending licenses. This goes to show that laws are taken seriously in New York.


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US trade commission to investigate Samsung and LG washer imports
Author Evan Fallor
Theme Retail & Consumer ProductsBanking
The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that increased imports of large residential washing machines harm U.S. producers, potentially setting the stage for the Trump administration to impose penalties on two major South Korean electronics companies.
On Oct. 5, the ITC voted 4-0 that imports of large residential washers from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics Inc. pose a "cause of serious injury" to the domestic industry, meaning the commission will now look into imposing duties on the foreign corporations' washers.
In May, Michigan-based Whirlpool Corp. filed a Section 201 petition, also known as a safeguard petition, with the ITC seeking an investigation into South Korea-based Samsung and LG, which it argued were "country hopping" to evade U.S. trade laws, and that this allowed them to sell washers at lower prices in the U.S.
Whirlpool argued that Samsung and LG had been "cheating" after the U.S. government applied anti-dumping remedies on the Korean companies, covering washers made in South Korea, Mexico and China. The company charged that Samsung and LG moved production to Thailand and Vietnam to evade the U.S. anti-dumping duties.
The petition also applied to parts of washing machines, including washer cabinets, assembled washer tubs and assembled washer baskets. Whirlpool said any action should cover the individual parts to prevent Samsung and LG from circumventing any potential tariffs on whole-machine imports.
Whirlpool chairman Jeff Fettig said in an Oct. 5 statement that the investigation could lead to an increase in American production jobs.
"The ITC vote is an important win for American manufacturers and American workers," Fettig said. "This vote sets the stage for the administration to put in place an effective remedy to create a level playing field for American workers and manufacturers. This type of corrective action will create U.S. manufacturing jobs."
The ITC will hold a public hearing on the matter Oct. 19 and is scheduled to submit its report containing findings and recommendations, including tariffs, quotas or other restrictions, to President Donald Trump by Dec. 4.
Trump will then decide whether to impose any duties or quotas on the foreign producers.
The U.S. found in 2013 that Samsung and LG were engaging in unlawful dumping of South Korean and Mexican washers in the U.S., eventually moving production to China. Whirlpool filed a petition with the ITC in 2015 against Samsung and LG, which it said led the companies to then move production to Vietnam and Thailand.
In January 2017, the U.S. issued an anti-dumping order against the two companies.
The ITC vote comes after both the Korean producers announced plans to expand production in the U.S. On June 28, Samsung reached an agreement with the state of South Carolina to open a $380 million home appliance manufacturing plant in Newberry County. The plant will produce washing machines beginning in early 2018, Samsung officials said in June.
On Feb. 28, LG announced plans for an 829,000-square-foot home appliance plant near Clarksville, Tenn. That production facility, which is slated to open in 2019, will initially produce front- and top-load washing machines, LG officials said in the announcement.
Samsung said in an Oct. 5 statement that it was "disappointed" with the ITC's decision, adding that it could potentially raise the cost of residential washers for U.S. consumers.
"Restrictions on imports of Samsung washing machines will negatively affect American consumers by limiting choices, raising prices, and offering less innovative washing machines," the company said. "We believe that safeguard remedies should not discriminate in favor of one group of U.S.-based workers over another and should not negatively impact a fair appliance marketplace for consumers."
LG did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The decision comes as the U.S. and South Korea agreed to begin the process to renegotiate their existing trade deal after wrapping up trade talks Oct. 4 in Washington.
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EA's portfolio is still heavily dependent on third party IP licenses
EA's revenue is heavily dependent on licensed IP titles. This includes FIFA, Madden NFL, NHL, as well as its whole Star Wars games portfolio. Codemasters' key titles portfolio also consists of license-dependent Dirt and Formula 1 titles. Though EA has been working hard to build up its own third party license-independent portfolio, particularly with Apex Legends and Sims 4, the acquisition of Codemasters will tilt EA's portfolio balance further towards dependency on third party licenses.
License-based USP for pure-play games companies will weaken
The strategy of licensing entertainment IP to games has worked well thus far, particularly due to the fact that up until mid-2010s, the entertainment industry has been largely siloed across sectors. Sports, video and music rights holders alike had no real interest in getting into games themselves – instead they chose to license out their brands and IP assets to games industry experts such as EA. This used to be the most straightforward way of monetising non-gaming brands in gaming. The trust EA has managed to build with licensing partners has helped cement its competitive advantage thus far.
However, the deeper entertainment intertwines across sectors, the higher the risk of EA having its license-based competitive advantage diluted.
Individual athletes will put increasing pressures on sports organisations to monetise games beyond licensing
In the era of direct fandom monetisation, consumers are likely to begin increasingly valuing their attachment to individual athletes rather than teams. A number of factors propel this. Games modes like Ultimate Team, for example, foster attachments to individual stars, rather than team brands. Additionally, during lockdown sports team activities were significantly dented and with them their ability to keep up posting engaging content on social media promoting their brands. Individual athletes, however, could still post engaging content around their lives during Coronavirus and other personal experiences and challenges.
Furthermore, marketing teams of sports clubs are spread thinner than those of individual athletes, regarding human resources. A sports club has one marketing team taking care of the overall club brand, from which individual athletes also benefit. However, each pro athlete will also have a manager overseeing their individual success on social media. So, while there are two marketing teams promoting individual athletes, there is typically only one marketing team promoting the club itself. The more desirable and easy to deploy cross-entertainment partnerships become, the closer we will get to unlocking a new wave of direct fandom monetisation opportunities for individual athletes (for example via branded in-game spending). Such opportunities promise a higher reward for individual athletes than those reaped from a league-wide games licenses. For context, at the time of writing, Cristiano Ronaldo has 124 million Facebook likes, compared to his club Juventus at 43million likes. No wonder he has voiced concerns over the reward system of licensing strategies with games companies and called for being rewarded more directly. Right now, this trend is still in early days with Cristiano Ronaldo being one of the early outliers, as his personal brand is impactful enough to speak up – but over time this trend will in all likelihood follow through to the wider athlete sphere.
Sports teams and organisations need to make sure they keep talent happy. If there is a sense that there is a better way of monetising and marketing athletes brands in games than simply agreeing a license deal, there will be an increasing pressure on teams, leagues and associations to start doing so. In turn, games companies like EA could find themselves under more competitive pressure and hardship of sustaining exclusive license renewals. Growing games-centric entertainment worlds, such as Roblox or Fortnite, can offer direct incremental revenue opportunities to individual athletes as well as teams and leagues, while putting them in virtually any fan-related environment, way beyond just sports. Consumers will not have a virtual dinner with Cristiano's avatar in FIFA, but they might well be able to do so at a hefty premium in Roblox or Fortnite one day.
Tech-majors cross entertainment ecosystems and original content will dilute license-based USPs further
The future of promoting and monetising fandom is in creating cross-entertainment synergies. In the era of siloed entertainment sectors, there wasn't a single type of partner to offer the 'whole package' to sports brands. However, the rise of tech majors' cross-entertainment ecosystems brings about competitors such as Google and Amazon, who will not only engage in heavily funded original games development, but offer synergies offering exposure via original TV shows, films, e-commerce etc. These companies will also have an increasing influence on traditional sports teams and leagues, as they will account for an increasing share of sports distribution to younger and digitally savvy audiences. A cross-entertainment fandom monetisation partner such as Amazon or Google will dilute the proposition which a pure-play games company such as EA will be able to offer to its future licensors.
Pure-play games companies will fight harder for cross-entertainment partnerships
With pure-play games companies becoming keener to capitalise on cross-entertainment opportunities, EA will find itself under increased pressure from other pure-play games companies as they ramp up efforts to pursue non-gaming licensing partners themselves. An early-days testament of this is recent partnership between LucasFilms and Ubisoft. The Star Wars rights holder has been in partnership with EA for nearly a decade. However, LucasFilms has decided not to carry on with the relationship on an exclusive basis. While this is not the end of its collaboration with Electronic Arts, it does dilute EA's competitive advantage.
Extending its license-centric games portfolio will help EA maintain its current positioning, buying more time for EA to build up its license-independent revenue channels. However, tilting the portfolio split back towards license-dependent titles could prove to be a double-edged sword, as games companies and non-gaming partners alike explore more innovative ways of building symbiotic cross-entertainment relationships. If EA ends up having to allocate more resources to maintain its exclusive licenses before its license-independent titles can fully support its business, it will likely negatively impact its margins and profitability in the mid to long term.
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Is the ayatollah a RINO?
Pat Buchanan sees Iran's supreme leader as shrewd 'revolutionary in name only'
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Published January 18, 2016 at 7:14pm
Is the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, a RINO – a revolutionary in name only?
So they must be muttering around the barracks of the Iranian Republican Guard Corps today.
For while American hawks are saying we gave away the store to Tehran, consider what ayatollah agreed to.
Last week, he gave his blessing to the return of 10 U.S. sailors who intruded into Iranian waters within hours of capture. He turned loose four Americans convicted of spying. And he gave final approval to a nuclear deal that is a national humiliation.
Ordered by the U.S. and U.N. Security Council to prove Iran was not lying when it said it had no nuclear weapons program – an assertion supported by 16 U.S. intelligence agencies "with high confidence" in 2007 – the ayatollah had to submit to the following demands:
Decommission 12,000 Iranian centrifuges, including all the advanced ones at Fordow, ship out of the country 98 percent of its enriched uranium, remove the core of its heavy-water reactor in Arak and fill it with concrete, and allow U.N. inspectors to crawl all over Iran's nuclear facilities for years to come.
Iran is being treated by the great powers like an ex-con on parole who must be monitored and fitted with an ankle bracelet.
Why did the ayatollah capitulate to these demands?
Comes the reply: To get $100 billion. But the money Iran is getting back belongs to Iran. It is not foreign aid. The funds had been frozen until Iran accepted our conditions. The sanctions worked.
There is another reason Tehran may have submitted.
When Iran said it did not have a nuclear bomb program, it was telling the truth. Indeed, it is Iran's accusers, many from the same crowd that misled and lied to us when they said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, whose credibility is in question today.
Iran's accusers should produce their evidence, if any, that Iran had, or still has, a nuclear bomb program.
Otherwise, they should shut up with the lying and goading the U.S. into another war that will leave us with another trillion-dollar debt, ashes in our mouths, and thousands more dead and wounded warriors.
Yet, if Iran does not have a nuclear bomb program, we must ask: Why not? And the answer suggests itself: Because Iran concluded, years ago, that an atom bomb would make it less not more secure.
For, as soon as Iran tested a bomb, a nuclear arms race would be on in the Mideast with Saudis, Turks and Egyptians all in competition.
The Israelis would put their nuclear arsenal on a hair trigger. And most dangerous for Iran, she would find herself confronting the USA.
Yet, no matter how much the mullahs may hate us, they are not stupid, and they know a war with America would leave their country, as it left Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, smashed and broken.
Iraq is today splintered into Sunni, Shiite, Kurd and Arab. And Iran, after a war with the USA, could decompose into a tribalized land of warring Persians, Arabs, Baluch, Kurds and Azeris.
Yet, if a war with America would be a disaster for Iran, detente with America might bring a time of peace that could enable this largest nation on the Persian Gulf, with 80 million people, and an ally now of its old rival Iraq, to achieve hegemony in the Gulf.
Which brings us back to the ayatollah.
From his actions, he appears to have blessed Iran's taking the same road on which Deng Xiaoping set out some four decades ago.
After Mao's death, Deng found China with a backward economy in a booming world led by Reagan's America and a Japan on the march.
To save Communism, Deng decided to embrace state capitalism.
And as there is nothing new under the sun, Deng had a model.
In 1921, in the wake of Russia's crushing defeat in the Great War and bloodletting in the Civil War between "Reds" and "Whites," Lenin saw his regime imperiled by a rising revolution against the Bolsheviks.
He dumped "war Communism" for a New Economic Policy, opened Russia to Western investors, while assuring the comrades that the capitalists "will sell us the rope with which we will hang them."
Similarly, Iran's regime seems to have concluded that the path to power and permanence of the regime lies not in conflict with the United States, but in avoiding conflict – and taking the China road.
President Hassan Rouhani, who also sees Iran's future as best assured by resolving the nuclear issue and re-engaging with the West, described his triumph to the Iranian parliament:
"All are happy except Zionists, warmongers, sowers of discord among Islamic nations and extremists in the U.S. The rest are happy."
If this deal is truly in the interests of the United States and Iran, whose interests would be served by scuttling it? Who seeks to do so?
And why would they want a return to confrontation and perhaps war?
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Video conferencing at home? What you need to know before turning to free technologies, and other key cyber security advice
By Ghonche Alavi
Lockdowns implemented across numerous countries have left individuals and employees with a need to connect. The rush to deploy new technologies and the discovery of free solutions has been a welcome addition in many households.
However, deploying such technologies across companies can pose significant security threats if rushed. Here's what you should be looking out for.
The potential security issues with video conference software
We have seen a rise in employees being forced to use trials or free versions of video conferencing services, such as Zoom, before businesses have had time to test and procure the most effective solution across their enterprise. While we should collectively be embracing new technology, it is critical that parallel to this effort, IT and information security professionals should be approving the technologies that will be used before deployment. Over the past couple of weeks, Zoom, and other similar solutions have been heavily scrutinized. Whether justly or not, free and trial versions of such solutions typically provide limited security assurance. You get what you pay for—and it is no different for cyber security.
While governments and employers continue to remind employees of physical hygiene practices in the midst of this pandemic, cyber hygiene should also not be forgotten. Here are the 7 steps you can take to reduce the risk of falling victim to cyber crime:
1. Use a secure Internet connection when accessing company data or using company devices.
2. Where possible, enable two-factor authentication for emails and other applications.
3. Remain vigilant—there is likely to be a prolonged period of uncertainty around COVID-19 and cyber criminals will continue to exploit this at every opportunity.
4. Do not click on links or open attachments from unknown sources.
5. Be wary of all unsolicited emails particularly if there are spelling or grammatical mistakes—if in doubt, phone the sender.
6. Refer directly to credible websites rather than using links in emails.
7. Only download apps from verified vendors using official platforms.
IT and information security professionals need to play an active role
In addition to taking the steps above, it's a crucial time to ensure that critical information security functions work adequately. Considerations around remote access and support volume required should already have been considered in the early stages of the lockdown, if not earlier. However, additional resourcing requirements, including procurement of sufficient VPN licenses, perhaps changes to your Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy and deployment of security controls around authentication of privileged accounts, disk encryption and collaboration tools, should now be a priority.
Cloud solution providers (CSP) offer a range of robust security controls and, therefore, businesses are encouraged to use this time to collaborate with CSPs and the information security community to source effective solutions.
The main cause of security breaches continues to be the misconfiguration of security controls when deploying new systems. Today, there is a delicate balance to be reached between a timely set up and access for employees on the one hand, and the time to set the correct security controls by IT on the other.
With the use of cloud solutions, we have seen an ever-expanding digital footprint, which must now be secured. Companies must consider the minimum technical security requirement across the business, and clearly establish who is able to authorize this.
Take the time to properly prepare for this new normal
With the ongoing uncertainty posed by COVID-19, it is fair to say that this new work environment and pattern will be the new normal for the unforeseeable future. Therefore, it is crucial for companies to take the time to set a clear policy and gradually deploy measures with adequate security controls in place, rather than hastily setting up a volatile and often untested framework.
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Den Hoppenhof is a defunct restaurant in Geldrop in the Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin stars in 1983 and retained that rating until 1985.

The restaurant was closed before 1993.

The villa in which Den Hoppenhof was located is to be demolished and replaced by a new building containing six apartments. The actual building of this project was delayed but due to commence in late 2016. During a fire drill in the empty building, something went wrong and the building burned down.

Head chef in the time of the Michelin stars was Jacques Zeguers.

See also
List of Michelin starred restaurants in the Netherlands

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Q: IzPack: How to show UTF-8 license with LicensePanel? As title. My license file contains UTF-8 characters and by default IzPack's LicensePanel seems to expect ASCII text files.
Is there a solution to this?
UPDATE:
I tried using "encoding" attributes with my resource line:
<res id="LicencePanel.licence" src="Licence.txt" encoding="utf-8"/>

It didn't work.

A: I have had a similar problem with my LicencePanel.licence resource. I have an InfoPanel.Info resource in my installation as well. Both my info file (readme.txt) and licence (licence.txt) are in plain text format. My compiler accepts the readme file, but not the licence file when I run the installation.
Perhaps it isn't an encoding problem, since both files were in the same format, but the info file was accepted and the license was not.

A: Looks like this isn't going to work.  I looked at the source for 4.3.5 and it looks like this may be a bug.  Maybe it is fixed in a future version.  I had a look at the source and this is the issue.  Inside LicencePanel.java:
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The first second one is being used while the first one should be used.
Edit: Just checked 5.0.0-rc1 and I think the issue occurs there too.  (Didn't test just glanced at the code).

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Hot weather and pets don't mix well and require extra measures to keep them from getting overheated.
If your pet is an indoor pet so much the better but for those owners that can not leave their pet inside during the hot weather. A couple of things to keep in mind.
If just put in the backyard without plenty of water and we mean plenty of access to water. That would be about double the amount of water that you would normally have for your pet that is kept outside. In addition to water, and just as important is plenty of shade. Pets want to get out of the sun just as much as we do.
Pets don't mix well with cars either no matter how much they love to go for rides. The best rule is leaving your pets at home when gets warm.
If you walk your pet try to keep it late in the afternoon or for you early risers early in the morning. even in those times, you need to keep a close eye on your pet for signs of trouble. Glassey eyes and frantic panting indicate a dog that needs to see a vet quickly.
So, you're saying to yourself about now that you don't need to worry about the hot weather because you keep your pets indoors always. Not so fast a hot house can kill as well. Try to keep the temp in your house if possible at 76 -78 degrees. Your pet doesn't want to drink hot water any more than we do.
Whatever makes you uncomfortable during summer does pretty much the same for your pets.


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Startups often represent excitement in the small business world, because of their ability to innovate with great new ideas. Some even grow into giants that become household names and many have created products and services that make our lives easier.
Despite a major bump in the road with the recent recession, startups have still grown by 49 percent since 1982. And in their first year, new startups create an average of three million jobs.
Obviously, these small businesses serve an important function in our economy. Take a look at the infographic below and find out more about the world of startups, from the best places to launch them to their survival rates and more!
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