Based on the business requirement we create different type of contracts. In this demonstration we will create a service agreement.
1. Inbox – It gives all the notification that is sent to logged in user related to service contracts.
2. Recent Document – Shows up last 10 contracts that the user is working on.
3. Bookmarked Document – Shows any bookmarked contract that user bookmarked for quick reference.
Choose Operating Unit – This is nothing but the Vendor which will be selling the contract.
We can also use – Create Contract from a Template. If chosen we need to select an already create template. Choosing a template eases our work and requires less data entry.
Service Contract Authoring form opens, By default Summary –> Parties tab will be open.
Number – Enter a number. If the auto numbering setup is done then it will be grayed out and number will be populated automatically once we save the record.
Status – Initial status of the contract is 'Entered' as per seeded functionality. We can change as per business requirement. Once contract is approved and signed it will move to Active status.
Start Date / End Date /Duration / Period – By default start date will be system date, but if required we can create back dated contract as well. Either put an End Date or provide data for duration and period that will automatically calculate end date.
Currency will be auto populated based on the ledger setup.
Select appropriate party role and select a valid party.
If need add contact details for Vendor and Customer parties.
Price List – Choose a price list from LOV. Price List are defined in Advanced Pricing and used to get the price of the services.
Accounting Rule – Chose Accounting Rule from LOV. It determines how the accounting will happen in Receivables once contract is billed.
Invoicing Rule – Choose Invoicing Rule from LOV. If we are charging in advance for the services then select 'Advance Invoice'. If services need to be charge after we provide them then select Arrear Invoice.
Payment Term – Choose the payment term that will be reflected on the invoice.
Contract Value –This section show detailed information about pricing. It show terminated amount, total amount and amount billed till date.
Currency Conversion – Shows details related to currency conversion if there is any. If we use currency conversion we need to provide the conversion type, conversion date and conversion rate.
Renewal – We enter the renewal details in this section. We decide what should be done with the contract upon expiration. If we want to renew we provide the Renewal Process. Choose a renewal process. If approval is required choose appropriate value.
Renewal History – When we create contract for the first time it will be null. This field will have details if it's a renewed contract.
Effective Date – Most values in this section will be automatically populated. We use this only when we need to provide a grace pried on the existing contract.
Contract Groups – Choose a contract group from LOV. This is used for logical grouping of contract based on business needs.
Approval –>QA Checklist – Select a Quality Assurance checklist. It has list of check list that need to be satisfied before activating the contract.
Approval –>Name – Select approval workflow. By default value is 'Approval Process'.
In effectivities tab we can change the effective date of a contract line. At any given point of time the start date and end date of a line must fall within contract header date.
Additionally we can choose different price list and modify the coverage details for specific line.
Pricing / Products will open the doors to navigate to sub-lines. It actually hold the consolidated price and taxing details of its child sub-lines. A single service line can have multiple sub-lines.
In this section we navigate to sub-lines and enter the serviceable item details.
Item refers as an item in inventory. There is no reference to install base.
Product represents a single item instance. We need to enter instance number in Reference Number filed.
Site refers to a particular site of a party. If chosen all the instance installed to that site will be covered.
Customer refers to party account. If chosen all item instances associated with the customer account will be covered and eligible for service.
We have selected 'Product'. Based on that either enter the serial number in 'Serial Number' field or enter the instance number in 'Reference Number' field.
We can also change the effectivity dates at sub-line level. While doing so we need to make sure start and end dates fall with Line start and end date.
At sub-line pricing tab we get the price for the sub-line. We can define the billing schedule and reprice the sub-line as well.
We can change a renewal type for sub-line, if we don't want to copy a particular sub-line while the contract is getting renewed.
Enter the sales credit details. This is used to generate sales representative commission.
Once we are done with contract authoring we need to perform Quality Assurance check to verify all the required information / details are in place to activate the contract.
QA check will result in 3 states. Success, Warning or Error.
If a process result comes as warning, we can ignore it and continue considering that warning does not impact have any legal / business impact.
If a process results in Error then we can't continue. We must resolve the error to continue.
As we see there are errors coming for billing schedule. We have not yet entered billing schedule, Let's enter the Billing Schedule.
Billing schedule is required to let the system know how we going to bill to customer. Service Contact gives us flexibility to have flexible billing schedule which is suited for business / customer. We can bill the contract all at one go, annually, quarterly or monthly.
We will bill the customer annually; since it's a 3 years contract it generated 3 lines in the schedule.
Once done, we will perform QA check again.
Now can see Continue Approval is enabled. Click on Continue Approval. Upon click the contract will be submitted for approval. Based on the approval setup done in AME (Approval Management Engine) it will choose the approver and send a notification.
While the contract approval workflow is active the 'Monitor' and 'Stop' button will be activate also the active check box will be checked. That shows the approval workflow is action. We can check the current status of approval workflow by clicking on 'Monitor' button. If we need to stop the approval process then click on 'Stop' button.
We may also receive the notification in email if configuration is in place and workflow notification mailer services are up and running.
Click on Respond. It will open oracle workflow notification that allows to take required action.
Provide some notification connects if needed and click on Approve. We can also reject but that mandates the notes. If you are not the right person we can reassign to correct person. If you feel it you need more justification before approving you can use 'Request Information' button.
Once its approved, we will get another notification in our Inbox for signing the contract. Please note that whoever is assigned as approval in AME need to approve the contract. As far as signing is concerned it needed to be signed by the user who submitted the contract for approval.
Click on Respond to sign the contract. Oracle workflow notification page opens.
If you agree to sign the contract, click on 'Yes'. Once its signed we get the details in our workflow notification.
The contract is approved and signed now. If we open it now the status will be changed to 'Active'.
Once the contract is Active it does not allow to make any changes. All the fields become read-only. If there is need to make changes to active contract we need to use 'Open for Update' button. The contract will be moved to QA Hold and upon successful Tools -> QA Check it will again move to Active.


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Here's what Utah parents need to know about school safety after the deadly shooting in Texas
Should the tragedy prompt more state funding for classroom security here?
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ensign Elementary in Salt Lake City has implemented security measures to improve school safety, including a doorbell with camera that alerts the front desk to gain access to the building. But such efforts haven't received the level of funding that one lawmaker said was needed.
By Courtney Tanner
| May 25, 2022, 8:11 p.m.
| Updated: May 26, 2022, 3:52 p.m.
After 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Utah Republican lawmaker Ray Ward called for a historic investment of nearly $100 million to make Utah schools safer.
His bill received just 1% of that amount, or $1 million total, from the 2019 Utah Legislature.
And in the years since then — and 119 school shootings across the country later, including Tuesday at a Texas elementary school where 21 died — the initiatives that Ward called for have never been fully funded by the state.
The Bountiful lawmaker said at the time that the Parkland murders should prompt Utah to hire more campus police officers, retrofit old schools to be more secure, and add more locks, better cameras, bigger fences — and more counselors.
But the conversation fizzled and nothing was changed on a large scale.
Now there is another school shooting in the headlines. Will the same happen again? Or will it prompt lawmakers to more fully back efforts to protect students?
Here is how prepared Utah is, with the the few things that lawmakers have approved and what schools are doing to improve safety.
What does Utah law require of schools to keep students safe from a possible shooter?
There is no state law around limiting or locking school "access points," said Rhett Larsen, student and school safety specialist for the Utah State Board of Education.
Access points are places where people can enter a school, including doors and windows. And that's typically considered the place to start for school safety.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ensign Elementary in Salt Lake City has implemented new security measures to improve school safety, including a doorbell with camera that alerts the front desk to gain access to the building.
Some schools in the state, for instance, lock all doors and have doorbells and video cameras at entrances. They funnel visitors there for screening before they can come inside.
But, Larsen said, those are not required. State law, he noted, doesn't really have much that schools are mandated to do for safety.
There are some rules, though, from the Utah State Board of Education, which oversees public K-12 schools here, that districts and charters must follow. The main one is that each school must have an emergency preparedness plan for how it would respond to a shooter, including protecting kids and reuniting them with family afterward.
Those have to be created in coordination with local fire and law enforcement officials, Larsen noted.
Additionally, it is required that schools create a threat assessment team made up of individuals from multiple disciplines, including police and mental health counselors, to regularly review possible threats.
What about shooter drills? Do schools have to hold those?
Yes. Under a rule from the Utah State Board of Education, schools must hold drills to teach students how to respond to the threat of a shooter.
Elementary schools are required to conduct a fire drill within the first 10 days of the start a new academic year, and then hold one every month after. On alternating months, they are supposed to hold other types of drills, including for: sheltering in place, earthquakes, lockdowns for violence, bomb threats and others.
It is not specified how many lockdowns for violence — what some refer to as an active shooter drill — must be held. But a school district is supposed to work those into the schedule.
In middle schools, junior highs and high schools, there must be an emergency evacuation fire drill held every two months, for a total of four a year. But state law permits that the second and fourth drills "may be substituted" with a safety drill for sheltering in place, earthquake or lockdowns for violence. Again, how many lockdowns is not specified.
Larsen said schools are encouraged to hold these shooter drills so students can be prepared. "We cannot do what we don't practice," he said.
But he also acknowledged they can be traumatic, especially for younger kids. He said schools are told not to create or add any drama to the drills, such as having someone dress up as a shooter and walk around the school (which Larsen said has happened in other states). Administrators are not supposed to make any sort of scenario, but instead just focus on the proper procedure.
Larsen said the timing of the drills can be tricky, so the Utah State Board of Education is working on an infographic for districts and charters to explain the different types and when they need to practice them.
What improvements have lawmakers funded since Parkland?
In 2018, when Ward first suggested his bill, it was put on hold. Then it was gutted of funding. Then it was delayed by a committee. "There was an outcry to do whatever we could do to make our schools a safe place for students," Ward pleaded at the time.
On Wednesday, Ward's reaction sounded similar. "The horrible shooting in Texas gets our attention, and we worry so much about something like that occurring in our state," he said.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Ray Ward, R-Bountiful, facilitator of the Utah Safe Schools Commission, talks about student safety on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, during a press conference at the Utah Capitol.
Ward's pared-down bill did help fund a new Student Safety Center under the Utah State Board of Education. That group meets to come up with recommendations for school safety.
The lawmaker says he believes that effort is going well. And he would like to see what ideas have come out of that before putting more money into school safety.
"It's not easy to understand what to put money toward that might help this," he said. "We need to know what works, what makes it better, what makes the risk less."
Some money went to a different bill that ended up funding school counselors.
When asked if enough money was going to this effort, Larsen said he appreciates what has been spent but said it could be helpful to reassess what's needed. He said school districts are largely left to figure out funding for themselves, without state support.
Where can schools get help?
Five Utah school districts have received grants, up to $31,250, to fund safety improvements through the Student Safety Center.
Those schools are: Frontier Middle School in Alpine School District, Mountain Crest High in Cache County School District, Union Middle in Canyons School District, Northridge High in Davis School District and North Sanpete High in North Sanpete School District.
Union Middle School is in the process of being rebuilt, so Canyons spokesperson Jeff Haney said he believes the grant money will go towards the new construction and making the new building safe for students.
Construction at the district's Mount Jordan Middle School, for instance, recently finished, and the school was designed with a line of sight so that you can see the entire length of the school for safety reasons.
North Sanpete School District is using the funding to provide staff additional training from The "I Love U Guys" Foundation, named for the last text Ellen and John-Michael Keyes' daughter, Emily, sent her parents before she was killed in a 2006 school shooting.
Superintendent Nan Ault, whose district is nestled among the mountains of the Manti-La Sal National Forest, said the school regularly has active shooter drills, but she is wondered how she would get students from a school to somewhere safe if there was snow on the roads.
Ault said staffers will go through what's called "reunification" trainings this summer to practice how they would evacuate a school, if necessary, and get students back to their parents. It also teaches staff ways to keep children and parents calm. The idea, according to the foundation, is that a orderly, predetermined process can reduce the stress during an already chaotic and likely tragic scenario.
"It's not perfect, I have to tell you," Ault said. "There's always something that needs to be updated or addressed or practiced. And we're trying. … We're going to try everything we can."
She said she hopes the shooting in Texas shows state officials that Utah school districts need more funding for safety resources, like these trainings or an increased police presence.
Larsen said not as many Utah schools applied for the state-funded grant as hoped. The center is now looking at how to expand the grant and maximize the funding so all schools and districts can receive help.
Additionally, three Utah school districts — Provo, Nebo and Ogden — all received funding from the U.S. Department of Justice in 2020 to improve school safety. That could be spent on training for local law enforcement officers, metal detectors, locks and lighting.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tooele School District Superintendent Scott Rogers demonstrates the resilience of new security doors at Rose Springs Elementary in Stansbury Park.
Tooele School District showed off its school safety features at Rose Springs Elementary School in August 2018, including steel doors that snapped shut and blocked off classrooms with the push of a button.
It was heralded by then-Gov. Gary Herbert. But the district noted that it cost "hundreds of thousands" of dollars, with most of the work done pro bono by four local companies.
The state did not try to replicate that in other schools.
How often are students bringing weapons to school?
The Utah State Board of Education does track these numbers.
For last school year, starting in fall 2020 and ending in spring 2021, there were 617 weapon infractions reported. The majority of those — 266 — were a knife or sharp object.
That's a slight decline from the 2019-2020 year, where there were 679 total. Both years were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which limited in-person learning.
The numbers before that were higher. In 2018-2019, there were 849 weapons reported in Utah public schools. In 2017-2018, there were 753.
Look-alike weapons and items that were reported but didn't turn out to be a weapon are the next most common categories after knives. Guns and explosive devices are among the least likely.
In the 2019-2020 school year, there 16 handguns or shotguns reported and 12 explosive devices. The year before that, there were 18 guns and 18 explosive devices, according to the state's numbers.
"One is too many," Larsen said. "Any weapon is alarming. Any threat of violence is alarming."
The state also tracks what reported violent infractions occur in schools. The vast majority for every year are listed as "fighting," with about 5,000 incidents of that reported each year, followed by physical assault and harassment.
Larsen said it's important for schools and the state to continually watch these numbers and assess what can be done to respond.
What should schools be looking at?
Violence is obviously a red flag, Larsen said. But there is not an easy answer for what might prompt someone to violence or what might precede it.
He advises school administrators against thinking about school shootings as just a problem of guns or of mental health. "It's a human problem," he said, "and human problems are complex."
He said school officials and parents should be mindful of all sorts of avenues that are affecting kids, from bullying to depression to academic failure. Parents should be encouraged to openly talk to their kids, too, about any struggles.
The threat assessment teams are helpful in this, too. Larsen said they can actively look for patterns and gaps and intervene when needed.
What about training? Are teachers and principals being instructed on what to do?
Larsen said the state school board does provide training for school districts and charters on how to deal with the threat of a shooter in the classroom.
They annually bring in a national expert — Dewey Cornell, who created the most widely used manual for school threat assessment — to speak to teachers and administrators. The state board has also given its official approval to his manual and provides copies for schools to read.
Where can students report issues?
Students are encouraged to use the SafeUT app.
(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) The SafeUT app provides real-time crisis intervention to youth through texting and a confidential tip program on a smartphone, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016.
The app, run by the state, allows students to anonymously chat with crisis counselors or report threats at their school.
Larsen said this is crucial because students are on the ground and may see or hear of a threat before an administrator. He said with most school threats, another person knows about it before it happens.
The app has already been credited with stopping some plans in schools this past year. That includes a bombing threat at Weber High School, which someone reported through SafeUT.
Larsen said data typically shows "our schools are generally safe places." The app, he said, helps.
Last school year, from 2020-21, students reported 256 threats on the app, according to a report. Of those, 19 concerned a reported school attack.
Where can parents learn more about safety plans at their kid's school?
Larsen said any parent who wants to know more about what their kid's school is doing about safety should just ask. All schools are supposed to have safety plans and provide those to anyone interested in learning more.
Larsen, who is a parent and whose wife is an educator, said school shootings can cause people to pause and reflect. Parents, administrators, teachers and politicians should think about what can done to improve, he said.
"Everything thinks: Is our school safe?" he said. "Is my kid safe to go to school?"
—Tribune reporters Paighten Harkins and Chris Samuels contributed to this report.
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The year is 2012. Square Enix reveals a gameplay trailer of its upcoming action-adventure title, Tomb Raider, at E3. At a pivotal moment, gaming legend Lara Croft has been discovered in a hiding place during a dramatic escape from an enemy encampment. A grizzled, armed man grabs her by the shoulder, then proceeds to run his hands down the sides of her body. The camera pauses as he's doing so to allow the viewer to process what they're seeing: one of gaming's strongest and most fearless protagonists — who has never before even shared a kiss in-game — is about to be sexually assaulted.
Credit: Crystal Dynamics
This moment was supposed to sell a "new Lara Croft" to us.
Luckily for Lara and the rest of us, that doesn't happen, but the attitude with which this moment of implicit threat was treated by the developers left some gamers with a bad taste in their mouths. It raised a question which, eight years later, still has not been answered by the industry at large: When is sex and/or sexual violence in games okay? And when one does include it, how far is too far?
A brief history of sex in games
Given the roots of the games industry really took hold in the seventies, sex has been folded into the medium from the very beginning. Some of the earliest console games involve pixelated depictions of sexual conquest — take, for example, the Atari 2600 game X-Man, in which a nude man navigates a labyrinth to find his paramour. That game ends with the player attempting to please the blonde woman by wiggling the Atari's joystick. In spite of how rudimentary the graphics are, one of the first things someone thought to make with them was a sex scene.
One of the first companies to specialize in adult video games was Mystique, an offshoot of a company called American Multiple Industries (AMI). Mystique's Atari 2600 canon includes such charming games as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em (two nude women have to catch in their mouths the falling semen of a man masturbating off the side of a roof), Burning Desire (an air rescue worker must save a woman from being burned to death by cannibals and is given "a hero's favorite reward") and Bachelor Party (probably self-explanatory). The president of AMI is quoted by the New York Times as saying his company's products exist because, "I just don't believe adults want to shoot down rocket ships."
Sex-as-gameplay-reward remained a staple that cropped up in games well into the 21st century. From the antics of gaming's most snappily-dressed loser lounge lizard, Leisure Suit Larry — the point of whose games is the seduction of beautiful women in the most hilarious way possible — to the headboard-rattling antics of Kratos in God of War, sex being either the point of a game, or a lucrative side activity, has never been unusual.
Over time, sex has become less of a pornographic oddity and more of a common element of storytelling in games. Sex-with-woman-as-gameplay-goal is still an unfortunate part of the medium, but some games have incorporated it in a less lurid manner. The "romances" of Witcher or Dragon Age make the activities about the characters involved in them and how they relate to each other, which is probably as close as the medium is likely to get to a nuanced portrayal of sex as a normal part of human relationships.
It's worth noting that, in many of the examples of modern games that include sex, the act itself is not interactive. The player controls the character on the way there, but doesn't "take part" in the activity. There are exceptions, though — the aforementioned Kratos, the rather awkward Heavy Rain love scene, and of course the 'Hot Coffee' mod, which we'll get to in a moment.
Even in the modern industry, games that attempt to throw sex scenes in for the spectacle are usually widely derided — Ride to Hell: Retribution, whose scenes were incredibly poorly animated and even more poorly contextualized, is probably the first example to spring to mind. Destructoid's review of the game called each of these scenes "a silent, fully-clothed (because rendering undressed characters would be just too much work), shoddily animated few seconds of what a child might believe sex looks like." It also noted the game's "casual misogyny" in treating its female characters as "[walking] fuckboxes, who exist to get kidnapped, rescued, and screwed."
While the gaming industry has seemed to reach its own equilibrium with sex in games — namely, what counts as a "mature" depiction of it — the rest of the world still seems to struggle with it. The question of whether sexual content in games is ever appropriate has gone as far as the legal system, and the dubious court of public opinion.
Sex, like violence, is often flogged as something games have in such excess as to corrupt the minds of the innocents playing them. One of the first major moral panics surrounding video games came in 1993, when the US Congress held hearings over the question of morally dubious actions in games. Two games were at the epicenter: Mortal Kombat and Night Trap.
While Mortal Kombat — with its gore and hyperviolence — was an obvious target for potential censorship, Night Trap's objectionable content was a bit more ephemeral. The goal of the game was to protect a house full of young women from vampires and dangerous traps, the style recalling the schlocky B-grade slasher movies of the preceding decade. The senators who viewed footage of a specific event in the game — in which the player is unsuccessful in protecting a nightgown-clad woman from a group of bloodsuckers — claimed the game aggrandized sexual violence against women (there is no depiction of sexual violence in the game). Senator Joseph Lieberman in particular claimed it would "teach a child to enjoy inflicting torture."
Then-Chairman of Nintendo of America, Howard Lincoln, told the committee holding the hearings that Night Trap, which was originally released on the Sega CD, would never be available on a Nintendo console: "Obviously it would not pass our guidelines. This game … which promotes violence against women, simply has no place in our society." Night Trap was released on the Nintendo Switch in 2017.
Since then, the question of whether to include sex in a game — interactive or otherwise — has been a perennial complaint amongst parents and moral guardians. Rockstar Games, not a company known for its squeamishness, considered at one point having a scene in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas where protagonist CJ has sex with his girlfriend that the player can control. This was not accessible in the retail version, but, as the code remained in the game, modders were able to access it. This "Hot Coffee" minigame sparked a widespread controversy, particularly since its existence was apparently not disclosed to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) before the game was given its rating.
Interestingly, Hot Coffee apparently caused such a problem for Rockstar that, when I approached employees asking about the company's use of sex in their games, they demurred from speaking on the subject solely because of this. Even today, the company can't shake the repercussions despite the act of sex still playing an important role in the Grand Theft Auto games.
But that's not to say gamers themselves are immune to this sort of knee-jerk disgust over sex in games. In 2017, a game called House Party arrived on Steam's Early Access program, offering gamers a chance to play what the developers describe as "an open-ended social simulator mixed with a point-and-click adventure inspired by classic comedies of the 90s." After it'd been available for some time, it was pulled following numerous complaints from gamers over its sexual content. Rock Paper Shotgun called the early access version a "misogynistic pile of shit," and said it was "a fascinating exploration of a certain type of male mind… that sees women as goals to be conquered, rather than autonomous individuals."
Credit: Eek! Games/Steam
This is from the House Party Steam page, which says "There's also a button to take your pants off."
Bobby Ricci, the creator and lead developer of House Party, told TNW: "My intention wasn't to write a game about sex. I wanted to have a game with sex in it, because why not try to push the envelope a bit?" Ricci said the game's perceived misogyny was the result of the game being in early access at the time, saying there were supposed to be in-game consequences for being sexually aggressive with the female partygoers. "A lot of that stuff wasn't really present at the beginning, and I think that shaped some people's perceptions. They thought it was a sex simulator — go in and do whatever you want, no repercussions."
But Ricci said giving gamers the option to attempt to pursue those interactions was part of the point. "If you took all the sex in the game, and compared it with the rest of the content, it would only amount to around five percent of the game." He said the House Party developers themselves weren't sure where the line was. "I don't see a difference between grotesque violence and sex. I thought, 'Well, if this was okay, then this must be okay.' I learned where the line was relatively quickly because I apparently crossed it." House Party was later reinstated on Steam, where it remains available today.
The first roadblock to answering the question, "How far is too far?" is the bias of personal taste. One gamer may be able to play a Leisure Suit Larry game without blinking, while the chaste kisses in the likes of Stardew Valley might be all another gamer is willing to tolerate. "Too far" means different things to different people.
The question of rape
All of the above covers the use of consensual sexual encounters in games. As you might expect, the water gets ten times muddier when the topic is sexual violence in games.
Sexual assault has, unfortunately, been in games for just as long as sex itself. Mystique's most infamous product is undoubtedly Custer's Revenge, which depicts the apparent rape of a Native American woman by the eponymous historical figure. While its other games were, at worst, gross curiosities, this one raised protests from women's rights groups and Native Americans alike. Even now, 37 years after its release, Custer's Revenge is still cited as an example of the worst the medium can produce.
In many cases, for many publishers and platforms, lack of consent is the line, the bridge too far. Adult gaming website Nutaku, which offers a platform for some of the most explicitly sexual games on the market (yes, this is the same site that made my hentai hot sauce), prohibits games which depict non-consensual acts.
"Games themed around molestation, sexual assault or otherwise non-consensual sexual acts, are not permitted on the platform… We aim to provide fun, engaging, sexy games for players around the world," a Nutaku spokesperson told TNW. When asked whether this is affected by player demand — the whole "this wouldn't exist if someone didn't want to play it" argument — the spokesperson reiterated: "Our compliance guidelines set a clear standard. They are unaffected by context or consumer demand."
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For another example of rape being the line, see the infamous Rape Day controversy. To fully give context, Valve said in June 2018 it would take a hands-off approach to the games sold in its popular gaming storefront, Steam. After a history of banning and unbanning whatever was considered tasteless by the general public, Steam appeared to be removing itself from culpability with this laissez-faire approach.
But everyone could tell it was only a matter of time before a game came along to test that resolve. Enter Rape Day.
Credit: Change.org
This screenshot is from a petition asking for Steam to ban Rape Day.
This game, in which you played a serial rapist preying on women during a zombie apocalypse, hit Steam like a perfect storm. It was everything Steam's detractors feared would flourish on the platform if Valve really did take its hands off the wheel — an ugly, terrifying game that seemed to revel in a highly taboo subject.
Steam banned Rape Day shortly after its existence was brought to light, saying "We respect developers' desire to express themselves, and the purpose of Steam is to help developers find an audience, but this developer has chosen content matter and a way of representing it that makes it very difficult for us to help them do that."
Keep in mind, other games have been banned from Steam due to public pressure and eventually came back. Hatred, Active Shooter, and House Party all survived the onslaught of outcry and were eventually released. But not Rape Day — because apparently a game that unrepentingly depicts sexual assault is the "content matter" Steam chooses to abhor.
When violence is acceptable
There's also the aforementioned Tomb Raider controversy. In that particular case, the distaste of implied sexual violence was compounded by an undercurrent of sexism based on certain remarks by the developers. Shortly after the 2012 E3 trailer was released, the game's executive producer, Ron Rosenberg, said in a now-infamous Kotaku interview that the attempted rape was "a huge step in [Lara's] evolution."
He also went on to say, "When people play Lara, they don't really project themselves into the character… They're more like 'I want to protect her.' There's this sort of dynamic of 'I'm going to this adventure with her and trying to protect her.'" This was in response to a question about what it's like developing a game with a female protagonist.
Needless to say, gamers were not pleased, either by the implication that playing the game with a female lead necessarily casts the player as her protector, or by attempted rape being the cudgel with which Lara is beaten into being a tougher, more ruthless protagonist. Here's a snippet of some of the article's comments, responding to what Rosenberg said:
Credit: Kotaku
Darrell Gallagher, then-head of developer Crystal Dynamics, later clarified that this scene is not intended to be read as an implied assault threat: "Sexual assault of any kind is categorically not a theme that we cover in this game" In the final release of the game, Lara will not be sexually assaulted by the mercenary even if the player fails that particular quicktime event. Instead she'll only ("only") be throttled. The only hint left in the game is the uncomfortable groping seen in the original trailer.
That said, there are cases where even rape has been used in games to create an effect, without raising an outcry. For example, there's a scene at the end of F.E.A.R. 2 in which protagonist Michael Beckett is summarily captured and left at the mercy of villainess Alma, a sort-of semi-corporeal psychic spirit who's been pursuing him all game.
Interspersed between an intense final boss battle Beckett's fighting in his mind, we're treated to disturbing cuts of Alma raping his subdued body. And there's no ambiguity about what's happening — in the next game, a traumatized Beckett reveals that Alma is pregnant from her assault on him.
This is an instance of non-censensual sex being used in a game without raising a general outcry. Whether this is because the rape is important to the story, because it's at the very end of the game, or because the victim is a man, is difficult to say. Incidentally, the ESRB rated this game "M," and described the above scene thus: "A sexual assault is vaguely depicted accompanied by images of a writhing body and moaning sounds."
Context is key
The only practical solution, at least according to gaming's moral guardians, is to judge each game's use of sex on its individual merits. Whether a sex scene is merited by an in-game relationship, whether it's depicted as artistic or realistic, whether it even makes sense to include — these are all things gamers subconsciously consider when processing sex in games, and the officials who rate games have to find ways to quantify them.
A spokesperson for the ESRB, when asked about the organizations judgements with regards to sex in video games, said such content doesn't automatically garner a particular rating — they have to know the context in which it's included: "For instance, is the content explicit or implied, is it a reference or a depiction, how distant or close-up is the depiction, how realistic is the portrayal or graphical style of the content in question, is there partial or full-frontal nudity, is genitalia exposed, etc.?"
ESRB reps determine a rating after seeing a game's questionable content, which is provided to them by the publisher. "In many situations, one may find that perspective or camera angle would play a key role in determining the rating. If the player can see sexually explicit content in detail or a prolonged basis, it's reasonable to expect that a game would receive a more restrictive rating assignment. But again, context is a hugely important factor in determining a rating assignment."
The line is still ephemeral enough that game developers can cross it without realizing they have done so. And when it comes to the gamers and officials who make the final ratings call, it appears the gold standard for judging the appropriateness of sex is still that old Supreme Court chestnut: "I know it when I see it."
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Why Indian parlimenterians are not interensted in early Elections ?
Posted date: March 21, 2013 In: Articles | comment : 0
Whether People of India Will Find in Form the 'THIRD FRONT'?
By Balbir Singh Sooch:
Due to self-interest and opportunism (somebody who takes advantage of something, especially somebody who does so in a devious, unscrupulous, or unprincipled way), no member of parliament (MP) wants early Lok Sabha elections.
About the question as specially debated on almost all the TV channels on March 20, 2013, the general view was that early Lok Sabha elections are inevitable.
Otherwise, the Union government has to exercise bargain almost on a daily basis to survive on the Floor of the House as rightly said by the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal on March 19, 2013.
Also reported that speaking to reporters in Ludhiana, Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Badal said another United Progressive Alliance (UPA) ally, the Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party is also "breathing down their neck after being branded as terrorist", by Union minister Beni Prasad Verma. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president said with the Congress led UPA government reducing to a minority,
Similarly, the regional parties feel better not to form the 'Third Front', but join an alliance with BJP or alliance with Congress and then exploit and or selfishly and blindly follow like their (alliances) slaves respectively at the cost of their minorities, communities etc, who are always facing open and also unreported one-sided aggressive communal cashes and hatred in India.
As was the talk on one TV channel today i.e. on March 20, 2013, that alone during the rule of Samajwadi Party so far in Uttar Pradesh, confessed communal cashes were said to be 27 and non-confessed were said even more than 100 communal cashes happened and instigated.
Instigated (to cause trouble, especially by urging somebody to do something destructive or wrong)!!! By whom…, participants in discussion did differ and blamed each other's party, group etc by gestures- the use of body movements to communicate, but were not difficult to understand them and their politics.
Why is the third front 'non-Congress and non- BJP' not visible for the coming Lok Sabha elections so far? Who are Guilty? THIRD FRONT: 'A non-Congress and non- BJP as an option to opt to vote in the coming elections is must'.
The Indian voter is likely to prove enlightened and possibly opt (go for) third front, provided the third front honestly and sincerely formed now, before Lok Sabha elections.
The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav said that "his father and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh has been among the handful of political heavyweights who have tried often during the last few years to consolidate the smaller parties of the country and the Left into a non-Congress, non-BJP front as an electoral option at the Centre", that's a ray of hope not lost for people India, seems so far.
As already said and as it looks now, the case (Congress has depended on its grand history and on the preset option of the undecided Indian voter-unsure, unclear and open i.e. friendly with congress so far) may not be so for new generation of congress, led by Rahul Gandhi to offer in Lok Sabha elections.
The Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi asks Congress MPs from Uttar Pradesh to gear up for Lok Sabha polls, that's also be taken as an indication that early Lok Sabha elections are inevitable and the political parties have to be ready and willing for adopting the free and fair means into practice in the elections to serve the country.
Again, the question remains whether people of India will find in form the 'THIRD FRONT', a non-Congress and non- BJP' as an option to opt to vote in the coming elections?


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Mont Blanc Summit Course
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Yes, it's gorgeous. Yes, it's the highest summit in the Alps and yes, the Mont Blanc is commonly a first step for many of us seeking to experience the vast world of high-altitude alpinism. Actually, it has become a rite of passage for trekkers readying themselves for the more technical aspects of mountains. The combination of challenging terrain, comfortable mountain huts and an exposure to a diversity of skills and environments make this experience a great overview of the many possibilities and trajectories that we can choose to explore from here. The cherry on the cake is the town of Chamonix, where we stay during this adventure. It's epic!
Alpine Academy, Summit
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The highest summit in the European Alps.
This experience focuses on teaching you mountain skills. The summit is the cherry on top.
You'll be guided by vetted, LHO-trained and IFMGA-certified guides throughout the experience who care about your progress in the mountains.
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Rami Rasamny
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This adventure sets the foundation for all mountaineering trajectories because it provides a taste of all the possibilities that alpinism has to offer. There's a sharp learning curve so a good level of physical fitness, with a focus on cardio and endurance, will enable you to benefit the most from our time together and enable you to truly enjoy climbing the Mont Blanc.
DAY 1: ARRIVING TO CHAMONIX
Day 1 is arrival day. If you require pick-ups from Geneva airport please let us know otherwise we'll meet you at the hotel or Chamonix central train station. Check-in starts at 3 pm but we can store our bags at the hotel and roam around if we arrive early. We highly recommend arriving early in order to rent gear. The gear stores close at 7 pm. A team dinner and briefing will take place at 7:30 pm with your team leaders and mountain guides at the Hotel.
DAY 2: TRAINING
Our first day together will start early in the morning. We'll depart from the hotel and head through the Mont Blanc tunnel to Courmayeur. From there we'll take the skyway cable to Punta Hellbronner. After checking at the Torino hut we'll start our training on the glacier. Training will consist of crampon techniques, the use of the ice axe, and how to manipulate climbing robes. Dinner and overnight will be at the Torino hut.
DAY 3: MARBREES TRAVERSE
On our second day at altitude, we'll be getting an early start to traverse the Aigulles Marbrees. This is perfect training for the Mont Blanc as it includes glacier travel, ridge climbing, and an opportunity to get used to exposure at altitude. Once done, we'll return to Torino hut for a second night that will maximize our acclimatization.
DAY 4: RETURN TO CHAMONIX
After breakfast we'll depart the Torino hut and descend the Skyway to Courmayeur and then to Chamonix. This day will be an opportunity to rest and recover at the hotel in Chamonix.
DAY 5: THEORY AND ROPES
Our fourth day is dedicated to rope techniques and mountain theory. We'll also head down to the local crag to practice some climbing with our big mountain boots. This is a great way to gain much needed confidence on a rock for the upcoming section between the Tete Rousse and Gouter huts when we head to the Mont Blanc. We will not physically push ourselves too much on this day in order to recover for our Mont Blanc summit window.
DAY 6: DEPARTING FOR THE MONT BLANC
We'll start our day late at around midday. This gives everyone the chance to rest fully and ready themselves for the big ascent. We'll first catch the Bellevue cable not far from our hotel before taking the mountain train to Nid d'Aigle. From there we begin our 3 hour trek to the Tete Rousse hut/base camp. This is just a sustained inclined trek and will not require the use of any technical gear. There is a small glacier just outside the hut that we'll need to cross. The guides will determine if the gear is needed to cross it based on the conditions on the day. Once we arrive, the guides and team leaders will determine the best course of action to give the team the highest possible chance of reaching the summit.
DAY 7: SUMMIT WINDOW 1
The team will move from Tete Rousse to the Gouter Hut at 3,812 meters. This should take no more than 3 hours. An early morning move is desirable to avoid the warming of the couloir. It is possible to push directly to the summit and return to the Gouter hut for the evening. Alternatively, it may be desirable to remain at the Gouter hut and push for the summit early the following morning.
If the team pushed for the summit on the previous day then this day will be dedicated only to descending the mountain. We usually arrive around 11 am. If the summit is still ahead of us then we will make an early departure from the hut to the summit with the aim of returning to Chamonix on the same day. A team dinner will be held at 6:30 pm with the guides in Chamonix.
DAY 9: AU REVOIR!
Our final day together will be dedicated to airport transfers and farewells. Breakfast is included on the day. Please make sure that you provide us with your departure details before the first day of the trip so that arrangements can be made.
The reward from the top is a panorama that stretch from the Mediterranean Sea across the French, Italian and Swiss Alps all the way to Geneva and beyond.
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A completely transformative experience both mentally and physically!! Highly recommended for anyone looking to push the limits even if it ends in a few tears 😂😂😂
Noor Arar
I don't know where to begin, but this trip has been one of the best life experiences I have had. The organization was on point, and I never felt worried about anything as Rami went above and beyond to accommodate all of us. When I read that there will be "professional photos taken" I expected 1-2 photos taken. However, I received tons of beautiful photos taken by Rami. He basically jumped around from team to team to make sure all of our photos were taken, and that ways a lot. The program itself has a great build up, which I really appreciated. I enjoyed the training as much as the journey to the summit of Mont Blanc. The guides were wonderful. My favorite day was the day we pushed to the summit, the feeling of accomplishment is indescribable. If you are thinking of signing up for this trip, do not think twice, you'll have the time of your life! This will definitely not be my last trip with LHO
Ahmed Al Monsouri
From the moment I landed in Geneva till the last hour of the trip, everything was perfect. Going to the Alps had been a dream of mine for a long time, and LHO made it one of the most memorable experiences of my life. Rami and Ghida greeted us with utmost generosity, and the team bonded with each other in no time! Everything ranging from accommodation to transportation was carefully planned and seamlessly executed. The guides Philip and Fred were very professional and played a big part in our success. I can go on for hours talking about my experience, but to sum it up, I learnt that it's all about the journey rather than the summit. Learning from professionals like Rami, Fred and Philip was a real blessing as an 18 year old going into the mountaineering world. The team spirit and mentality during this climb truly reflects the real meaning of mountaineering. If you're looking to get a taste of alpinism, don't think twice, go with LHO. The experiences and memories will stay with you for a long long time!
Nareg Panossian
I've known members of the LHO community since the company was founded and have been wanting to join and be part of that community ever since. And after a long wait, my first and most recent trip with LHO has been to summit the Mont Blanc. Though I've hiked several mountains this has been my first alpine climbing experience and definitely not the last one. It has been one full of learnings, exploring and testing my limits on many levels. The team were very accommodating to our needs ensuring that everything ran smoothly including the logistics of the whole trip. I also like the fact that they consider every person a part of the LHO community once you are onboard. I do hope to experience and be part of more adventures in the future!!
Aisha Alnaama
Will there be training on how to use crampons and other technical gear?
We include training for first-time mountaineers that includes crampons, ice axe and rope skills.
Would it be too hot on summit day to use ski pants or just thin waterproof pants?
Removable layers are generally recommended for summer mountaineering in the Alps. Ski pants may be too thick on warmer days. It's best to bring a thermal base layer, mountaineering pants and a waterproof or Gortex layer as three separate and detachable pants.
Would it be possible to find gear in Chamonix?
Yes. There are many options in Chamonix to rent and buy gear. If you are planning to buy essentials from Chamonix then we recommend arriving a day earlier to have the time to get what you need.
What hiking boots and mountaineering would be you recommend for this trip?
You don't need hiking boots on this trip. We will be using mountaineering boots throughout. Mountaineering boots are stiffer than regular trekking boots and are designed to fit mountaineering crampons. If you're new to mountaineering, we recommend renting mountaineering boots from Chamonix rather than buying.
If you want to buy mountaineering boots, we suggest La Sportiva GTX Cube. It's best suited for something like the Mont Blanc and you're likely to use it for most climbs in the f
If you want to buy mountaineering boots, we suggest La Sportiva GTX Cube. It's best suited for something like the Mont Blanc and you're likely to use it for most climbs in the future.
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Made according to a classic European method from Kisi grapes grown around the village of Argokhi close to the town of Akhmeta, and later laid down to age in barrels of French oak. A light-straw-yellow wine with golden hues. First aromas reveal notes of roasted hazelnuts and the sweet flavour of ripe white plums. This is a nicely acidic wine with quite a long finish, and would best be enjoyed with smoked salmon.


Dec 11: Barbara came by with her quilt. We measured it, squared the backing a bit & then sampled several musical symbols pantos but settled on Bam Meander, Warm & White batting & Bottom Line Silver thread. All planned out we went out for burgers.
Dec 12: Pressed back & top. Cut batting. Ready to load. Barbara will come tomorrow & Monday. Since Barbara is using Bottom Line thread & the machine is all set for that thread, I am doing her quilt before Sara's.
Dec 13: Barbara decided it would be best to flatten the borders rather than quilt in puckers. I agree. Four borders (was able to keep the 2 innermost borders as 1 one unit)on the sides and bottom have been removed & re-attached. Long day.


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Q: References for the following statement? Our professor told us that the following result we saw in exercise session is from Kiz (I could not find any kind of informations about it).
Here is the statement :

Let $P\in \mathbb R[X]$,and let us suppose that in the neighborhood of $0$ : $P(x)= O(x^n)$ (resp. $P(x)=o(x^n))$ with $n\in \mathbb{N}$. Hence $P=X^{n}Q$ (resp. $P=X^{n+1}Q)$ for $Q \in \mathbb R[X]$.

Basically it is just a reasoning using Euclidean division and so on.
Then we apply this statement to the following result :

Let $N \in \mathcal{M_m}(\mathbb R)$ be a nilpotent matrix of order $n$. Hence the polynomial $L = X-\frac12 X^2 + ... + (-1)^n \frac{1}{n-1} X^{n-1}$ is a solution of the equation : $\exp(L(N))= I_m +N$.

I was wondering if there are informations or references about this kind of results. If so, it would be great to share, I am very curious about it ! Maybe Kiz does not exist and it was a joke but I'm doubtful...
Thanks in advance !

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Samsung And 3rd Party Experts Did What They Needed To Do With Its Note7 Disclosure And Plan
/ Personal Computing, Smartphone / By Patrick Moorhead
Samsung Electronics has the number one market share position globally at 20% (Q3 IDC) while Apple has 12.5% global market share and Huawei has 9.3%. Apple's iPhone has over 60% share of the premium $500+ smartphone space. The Samsung Galaxy Note7 was Samsung's best challenge to the iPhone's premium dominance for years and went after their somewhat newer larger screen devices like the iPhone 6 and 6S. Some of the best things about the Galaxy Note7 were its almost borderless HDR display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, Iris scanner and secure folder with Knox security, water resistance and an S Pen that worked better than ever, just to name a few.
I believe Samsung Electronics did a pretty good job of handling the initial recall until the second set of issues started to arise. Recalls rarely have long-term consumer impact, just look at automobile deaths and how many people must get injured until a vehicle is recalled. To regain the trust of consumers that it had lost, Samsung needed to explain exactly what happened, why it happened and even more importantly, show how they would ensure it will never happen again. Samsung did this tonight in a webcast straight from Seoul, Korea.
Huge investment and 3rd party help
Samsung Electronics invested enormous resources into this recall effort including the discovery of the core issue and how to resolve and prevent it. Never have I ever seen this many resources dedicated and number of devices tested. Samsung said they used over 700 R&D staff to look at over 300K devices and 30K batteries. This effort was not only done internally by Samsung, they also enlisted the help of household names like UL, TUV Rheinland. Both of those firms are internationally recognized for their testing rigor and their certification logos on consumer products around the world. Samsung also enlisted the help of a third 3rd party organization to validate and confirm Samsung's own findings, Exponent, who helps with accident and failure investigation as well as product performance and safety recalls. I believe leveraging these third parties was smart as it wasn't just Samsung talking.
These three companies and Samsung looked at things like PCB hardware, software, manufacturing and logistics, discharge tests and they didn't find anything until they did a battery cell analysis. This was the common root cause that was discovered by UL, Exponent and Samsung. The discovery resulted in realizing that both, yes both battery suppliers had two different defects that produced battery overheating.
When it came to batteries supplied by Manufacturer A they discovered some unintended damage in the cell closest to the negative tab. This damage was caused by inadequate volume to accommodate the electrode assembly. This caused multiple ways for internal cell faulting to occur which caused thermal failure with normal battery discharge.
Manufacturer B was discovered to have sharp edge protrusions in the welding joints which caused damage to the positive tab in the battery and eventually resulted in a short circuit between the positive tab and the copper of the negative electrode. That discovery was in addition to preventative measures that could have prevented the internal shorts like missing insulation tape and misaligned insulation tape which could have been contributing factors. Net-net there were two different supplier issues and that explains the secondary problem with replacements.
I'm stunned at the low probability of issues in the same phone by two battery manufacturers and the fact that against all odds, it happened. The key to understanding this is that smartphone batteries are custom for virtually every phone.
New 8 point battery safety check
Now that we know what happened from Samsung Electronics and third parties, it's important to shift forward to what matters most, which is what will Samsung do to reduce the likelihood this happens again. Batteries in the future will just get more challenging as consumers demand even smaller devices with better battery life.
To prevent such things from ever happening again to any Samsung phone, the company said it has instituted a series of measures that starts with an 8-point battery safety check. The first step in the 8-point safety check is the durability test, which Samsung has already done in the past but is adding increased frequency to the sampling they had done in the past.
The second step is their visual inspection which will now have an increased standard by which Samsung rejects batteries. This process will be done at both the component level and at the production level with component level visual inspections being a sampling and production level being every unit produced.
Following that, in the third step they will do an X-Ray test which is done by both the supplier and Samsung at the component level to see inside the sample battery and find any abnormalities.
In the fourth step, Samsung added a new charge/discharge test which puts large-scale sampling of approximately 100,000 units under a test that charges and discharges the batteries, this test and the X-Ray test would have been tests that could've caught the Note7 faults before they reached consumers.
In their fifth step in their 8-point battery safety check, Samsung is implementing a TVOC (total volatile organic compound) test which looks for the leakage of any battery component. This test is a new test that Samsung has added to their battery safety check process and is done during the production process on all Samsung smartphones.
For their sixth step in their new battery safety check the company is enhancing their battery disassembly test which is done at the component level to disassemble the battery and assess its overall quality including the battery tab welding and insulation tape conditions. This process is done in samples by both Samsung and their component supplier.
In the seventh step, Samsung has added a new accelerated usage test which simulates accelerated consumer usage scenarios with a massive sampling of up to 100,000 units. This test and the enhanced disassembly test are designed like steps three and four to prevent a similar recall in the future.
The last step in the 8-step process is the OCV (open circuit voltage) test which tests the battery in an unloaded state and checks for any change in voltage throughout the manufacturing process from component level to complete device. This test is done on all batteries and phones by both the component suppliers and Samsung.
In addition to enhancing five of their standard battery tests as part of their battery safety check, Samsung has also added three entirely new tests to act as protection from such a thing ever happening again.
These improved measures are paired with Samsung's implementation of a Battery Advisory Group which includes four Ph.D battery experts including three professors from Cambridge, Stanford and UC Berkeley. This group's role will be to ensure that Samsung maintains a clear and objective perspective on battery safety and innovation.
All of these measures combined not only exhibit Samsung's extreme commitment to resolving the issue, but also investing in preventing it from ever happening again.
Did they do and say enough?
It's important to first put the Samsung Note7 issues into perspective. Consumers are very forgiving as every auto manufacturer has had made decisions that have led to recalls, and yet consumers still buy their cars. Every big consumer electronics brand including Apple, HP, Dell and Sony have all had safety recalls. This also isn't Samsung's only safety recall in 2016 either, but consumers continue to buy their electronics.
I believe Samsung did what it needed to do to start rebuilding trust with those who actually still care with the Note7 issue. For most Americans and Europeans, it has pretty much blown over as an issue. China may be a different story, however, and Samsung really needs to land this message there.
I perceived that Samsung took overall responsibility even though it appears this is a supplier issue. The odds that two different suppliers had issue with the same phone is extremely low likelihood and may signal we may have reached an inflection point in smartphone battery technology. I really like that Samsung brought in household safety names like UL and TUV Rheinland, they did much of the talking, as the rest of the world pretty much drafts off those companies for the most part and they really are the certification standard. The Battery Advisory Group is also a good future move because it helps Samsung address the future and isn't a bunch of Samsung insiders.
In the end, it's up to Samsung to execute on their plan and to make it real. They cannot have a major incident like this for years, not just in smartphones but in any of their consumer products that carry the Samsung brand. People don't care what product it is, if it carries the Samsung brand, their products will be connected and considered synonymous. If they do have another recall of this magnitude, then I believe they will have brand issues that will impact sales and consumer confidence.
At this point, I am excited to see if Samsung brings out their 8th generation at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the end of February.


The planners of the 9/11 Global War on Terrorism Memorial want your stuff.
They are going to include a time capsule in the memorial, which will be built this summer on the grounds of the Tuolumne Veterans Memorial Hall on Fir Drive.
The memorial is sponsored by Keith Dale Wann Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4748.
"One of the most exciting and interesting items of the 9/11 Global War on Terrorism Memorial will be the time capsule," said Aaron Rasmussen, co-chair of the project and a veteran of the war in Iraq.
They are looking for a wide range of items: photos, signature scrolls, essays, telephone books, papers/magazines, flags, clothing, electronic devices, credit cards, seeds, life forecasts, membership rolls of civic/social groups, veterans organizations, items from Columbia College, the Me-Wuk Tribe, the Chicken Ranch Tribe, letters from city, county, state and federal elected officials, money, military memorabilia, firefighter/law enforcement and EMT/paramedic/first responder memorabilia.
They'd also like to hear from community members about other items they haven't thought of.
The capsule is being made by Stainless Steel, a Pennsylvania company that specializes in time capsules.
"We need for the citizens of Tuolumne County to come forth and present items for possible inclusion in the time capsule and our committee will give each and every submission due diligence," Rasmussen said.
Items for consideration may be dropped off at the Tuolumne Park and Recreation District office across the street from Veterans Memorial Hall at 18606 Pine St. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The last date for submissions is July 15.
There will be a form to be filled out and eventually the Time Capsule Committee will convene to examine the submissions. In some instances the submitter will be asked to speak to the committee about their item.
For more information contact Frank M. Smart at fsmart@rocketmail.com or 536.0439 or 559.1908.
Smart is co-chair on the project.


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Chicago the Musical
Lyrics by Fred Ebb, music by John Kander, book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
Sunderland Empire and touring
Publicity photo
Sexy, sassy and ever so slightly sleazy kind of sums up Chicago the Musical. And this particular offering is slinky and sophisticated, a real jazzed-up show-stopper.
A satire on the cynical power of the press, the greed of clever lawyers and corruption, this may be a tale set in 1920s Illinois, but it translates just as easily to our times. And the storyline seemed remarkably fresh and modern-day!
Based on real-life events in the roaring 20s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover, and along with cellblock rival, the double-murderess Velma Kelly, she fights to keep from Death Row with the help of smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn.
Step forward Mr Jimmy Osmond as the greedy, manipulative Flynn. The big attraction with this touring version of Chicago was the star billing of the legendary Osmond. And he did not disappoint. He got a round of applause the moment he made his entrance, although a blip with his microphone on his opening number was easily glossed over when he was given a hand-held mic.
He has just recently finished his West End debut in Grease, and I, for one, was intrigued to see him in an acting role. What a pro, though. He's a man who knows his way around the stage, having lived in the spotlight with his siblings and as a solo artist since he was knee-high to a grasshopper. He seemed so relaxed on stage, it's clear he's in his comfort zone. He more than held his own with a commanding performance - and the voice was as strong as ever.
His sparkling Razzle Dazzle number did just what it said on the tin. And the scene where he works Roxie like a dummy, feeding her the right lines to spout to reporters, is a terrific piece of theatre.
Emma Barton (formerly Honey Mitchell from EastEnders) is a class act as Roxie Hart. Vulnerable, yet explosive, she is very believable.
Twinnie-Lee Moore smoulders as Velma, and you can't help but sympathise with her plight, as she shimmies and high kicks her way across the stage.
Both Emma and Twinnie-Lee are mesmerising and a pleasure to watch.
And Adam Stafford as Roxie's poor put-upon husband Amos is fantastic in his Mister Cellophane scene, bemoaning how nobody ever notices him. Well, we noticed him.
The spartan, pared back sets - a few simple chairs, and clever use of light in the form of spotlights and to depict prison cell bars on the floor - captured the mood terrifically. All very atmospheric and spell-binding. And the orchestra, on stage throughout, as a backdrop to the action front of stage is as much an integral part of the show.
It's exciting and fast-paced, and clatters along at a pace. Show-stopping stuff.
Reviewer: Katharine Capocci