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How restaurants are adapting operations during COVID-19
By Rewards Network | Blog, COVID-19 resources, Restaurant operations
Restaurant owners across the country are being forced to grapple with fast-evolving restrictions on restaurants and bars as states struggle to balance reopening the economy with public health. To learn more about how restaurants are adapting their operations as a result of the challenges posed by COVID-19, we recently conducted a survey of our partner restaurateurs who either own or operate a restaurant, and were open at some capacity at the time they took the survey.
The demographics
A total of 432 people completed the survey. Almost three quarters of all respondents stated they owned one restaurant, and close to one quarter reported they owned between two and five restaurants. Two percent of survey takers owned six or more restaurants. The majority, 60 percent, operate casual dining restaurants, while more than a quarter of all respondents own fast casual locations, and 13% run fine dining establishments.
As you can see, when it comes to what capacity they are currently operating at, it varies quite a bit between restaurants.
While a few restaurants are operating at full capacity, a quarter haven't resumed dine-in service yet, and more than half of restaurants are only open at 50% capacity.
These results alone show how difficult it can be for restaurant owners, since there is clearly no one-size-fits-all solution on how to operate during COVID-19 as the restrictions placed on dining in vary so widely. This adds one additional degree of difficulty when it comes to navigating how to manage restaurant operations during the COVID crisis.
Only 7% of respondents cited "customers ordering to-go rather than dining in" as their biggest near-term challenge. This seems a bit surprising given the spotlight placed on how the high cost of delivery is hurting restaurants during the COVID era. However, one possible explanation is that limited dine-in capacity is forcing more restaurants to figure out how to make to-go orders work for them.
Not surprisingly, the clear leaders for biggest challenge were "declining local consumer demand" and "limited dine-in capacity," closely followed by "keeping staff and guests from contracting COVID-19." It's great to hear that safety is top of mind for restaurateurs, especially when an infection could also cause a temporary closure or reduced consumer demand.
A new era of health regulations and consumer expectations is putting pressure on owners to make a variety of investments in order to ensure that patrons feel safe and operations run more efficiently.
When asked where they anticipate investing additional dollars due to COVID-19, 42% of survey takers said they would invest in changing their restaurant layout or adding COVID-related safety features, with 28% stating they will be adding or expanding a patio. This tells us that many restaurant owners believe that COVID will impact dining needs for a significant amount of time, long enough to make investing in those alterations worthwhile.
In an effort to permanently diversify their revenue streams, 31% will invest in delivery services and/or delivery technology, highlighting the notion that owners realize to-go demand is here to stay.
The need for a more effective delivery system was likely brought to light for many restaurants as they closely evaluated their third-party delivery service costs when delivery orders were their only revenue source—something they may not have done in the past. Along similar lines, 21% of restaurants plan to invest in contactless dine-in technology, such as moving away from physical menus. Not only will this reduce the need for frequent menu sanitization, it will also likely make guests feel safer, reduce printing costs, and increase ordering efficiency.
Operational efficiency is another area where owners say they will be investing, with 27% citing "employee training" and 15% choosing "kitchen efficiencies." Employee training can be especially beneficial if owners are cross training workers to function as "utility" employees who can take on multiple responsibilities and fill gaps when needed.
Only 11% of respondents said they would not be investing any additional dollars into their business.
Restaurants have always leaned on promotional efforts to encourage customers to choose them over local competitors, and in the past those promotions may have been fairly straightforward. However, in the new dining landscape, restaurant owners will need to get creative on how they manage all restaurant operations during COVID, including marketing and advertising.
When asked how they're currently enticing customers to walk through the door, 60% of restaurateurs said they're promoting their improved cleanliness and sanitation efforts, recognizing that this will likely be the main criteria driving consumer decisions on where to dine for some time to come. In addition, almost 31% said they are offering more promotions and discounts, while 12% are offering coupons—as price sensitivity is heightened for many Americans.
The survey also showed us that many restaurants are putting a renewed focus on appealing to their local base. They are reminding the public of their longstanding ties to the community, looking to their loyal customers for support, and touting their community efforts during the COVID lockdowns.
It's no secret that the crisis has put further strain on restaurants' already notoriously slim margins. With limited capacity, ingredient acquisition issues, and reduced staff, owners need to get creative with how they manage their costs.
We asked survey respondents if they have raised or lowered their menu prices. Nearly two thirds said they are not changing prices at all, but almost a third said they have raised their menu prices. Among the restaurants that have increased prices, the most common ways reported are either raising overall prices on all menu items, or just on items containing meat—likely due to the recent meat scarcity some restaurants have faced.
While recouping expenses during the COVID era may be critical, two-thirds of respondents said they have not implemented any additional charges to offset their COVID-related expenses. And although additional line items on consumers' bills have sometimes been portrayed in a negative light on social media, only 4% of respondents said they have implemented this practice.
We also asked respondents what changes they have made to their menus. Over half of survey-takers have not made any menu alterations, while 28% said they were making menus smaller and more efficient for the kitchen. Other cost-saving alterations include removing lower-margin items, using less-expensive ingredients, and including fewer meat options.
New services and revenue streams
As most restaurants around the country closed for dine-in service back in March, they had to scramble to come up with new ways to diversify their revenue streams. While about one-fifth of restaurants said they didn't implement any new services, the majority did.
Unsurprisingly, the top spots went to takeout and delivery. Restaurants that had previously relied solely on customers dining in had to figure these services out quickly to stay afloat. Another popular option was selling alcohol to go. This provided an added convenience for customers, allowing them to pick up their food and alcohol in one spot, versus making a separate trip to the liquor store.
Bulk selling by offering "family meals" and selling more gift cards to local supporters were also somewhat popular among our survey takers. A smaller majority leaned into the home-cooking angle by selling cook-at-home meals, groceries, or frozen meals.
Check out our article Coronavirus era: Marketing your restaurant in a limited capacity world for some tips and best practices on diversifying your revenue.
Third-party delivery services
Arguably, there is nothing more controversial in the restaurant industry today than third-party delivery apps. The strain they put on a restaurant's bottom line has been brought to the forefront lately as restaurants start to rethink their future takeout/delivery programs.
We asked which third-party providers respondents used before the pandemic. One-fourth said they were not using any, while the remaining three quarters reported using one or more of the following delivery services:
Of those already using third-party deliverers, the majority said they plan to continue to do so. Out of all restaurants who indicated they use Grubhub, 14% said they would not continue with their services. For DoorDash, 11% said they would discontinue their relationship with them, and for Uber Eats customers, that number is only 10%. For those respondents that said they used Postmates pre-pandemic, 18% said they would not continue with them—taking our top spot for the highest percentage of cancellations.
Looking for more ideas and tips on navigating the current and post-COVID world? Be sure to browse our dedicated COVID-19 restaurant resource section and follow us on Twitter.
We conducted this survey of Rewards Network partner members for approximately one week in early July. Customers were entered into a drawing for a $500 Visa® gift card for answering the survey questions honestly and completely. All of the information contained in this article summarizing the survey results is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as providing tax, legal, accounting, career, or other professional advice.


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Great post. But if that's that really what you had in mind when wanting to watch YouTube all day you may need some help.
Regarding Google's use of user metrics from other sources, Matt said clearly at SMX Advanced (after being really pressed by Danny) that to the best of his knowledge, Google didn't use any Bounce Rate calculations, from any source. He said he knows his team doesn't use it, and he doesn't think the quality team uses it either. Don't know whether or not that's true for all user metrics. Of course, as Todd Friessen pointed out later, high bounce rates will kill you in other ways.
Regarding Matt's hair length, we've noticed it correlates negatively with our Google traffic. We're trying to get girls to tell him how great he looks with no hair. mozGirls help us out, OK? Thanks.
Thanx Will, very interesting to see how different people deal with ADD-type issues. ReadItLater will be really helpful. And I'm so much more productive when I discipline myself to checklists (though I prefer pencil & paper for those). But can't imagine actually zero inbox. GTD says "geeks love assessing, classifying, and defining the objects in their world." I don't. I flag what I have to get back to. If I had to decide what to do with each incoming e-mail that's all I'd do all day.
Thanx Will, very interesting to see how different people deal with ADD-type issues. ReadItLater will be really helpful. And I'm so much more productive when I discipline myself to checklists (though I prefer pencil & paper for those). But can't imagine actually zero inbox. GTD says "geeks love assessing, classifying, and defining the objects in their world." I don't. I flag what I have to get back to. If I had to decide what to do with each incoming e-mail that's all I'd do all day.
Great post, Jen. I was shocked at PubCon when somebody said the hardest part of SEO was getting developers to implement it and there was a huge ovation in the audience. There's widespread pent up frustration on this issue.
I think there's one more problem / solution here. Too many people think SEO is cheating, that a good web site ranks on its own and any moron can get SEO traffic. On a related note, people feel that SEO-gains are just tactical and short lived and therefore not worth their time. You need to build a positive organizational mindset towards SEO. I did a "Fun with SEO" presentation in our company, optional attendance, and most people came (though going in most thought "Fun with SEO" and I were both oxymorons). These things help.
And (as with children) when developers express an interest, support it. One "borrowed" my "The Art of SEO Book" and I finally got a new one when I realized that copy wasn't coming back.
So the only thing I'd add to your comments is that if possible you should think broader and try to get organizational appreciation of SEO, about why it's cool, and ethical, and important. They need to take pride in winning at SEO.
Great post, and I can't wait for Google to finish that clairvoyance feature.
I don't think power + wifi are just amenities. When they're available I spend the entire conference Tweeting & blogging. Consider it a marketing expense.
Never knew that Conferences had an incentive to include many different speakers. As an attendee I would certainly love if people like you and Marty Weintraub were speaking at many sessions. In order to find the Diamonds in the Rough, conferences can only accept new speakers who provide a link to a video where they can inform & entertain.
I was going to make an obnoxious comment about how you're not going to be near Jerusalem. But you are! Cool!
I was going to make an obnoxious comment about how you're not going to be near Jerusalem. But you are! Cool!
Indexation numbers alone are useless. Businesses and websites use them as KPIs because they want to know if, over time, more of their pages are making their way into the engines' indices. I'd argue that actually, you don't care if your pages are in the indices - you care if your pages have the opportunity to EARN TRAFFIC!
is in a <span class="huge"> and appears in your page source, but is not displayed on the page in IE, FF, or Chrome. Which makes that part of the post quite confusing.
Mahalo Answers is similar to Yahoo! Answers and WikiAnswers, but about a tenth the size. Mahalo's key differentiator is that they allow some monetary payment. I'm a little biased against the site because I think it's been overhyped by prominent journalists who are (or were) business associates of Mahalo's owner (see for example: Reality Check: Blodget's Latest Calacanis Infomercial). [Note: TechCrunch has always been above board in disclosing their relationship with Jason Calacanis, and while they cover him a lot, the coverage IMO is relatively balanced (and often negative)].
Thanx for your comment, it's good point I hadn't thought about.
Thanks for all your great and supportive comments!!
Thanks, and good points about newsgroups. I think the newsgroups were more optimized for conversations, whereas the Q&A sites are more optimized for a question and answer. Also the Q&A are naturally optimized for search engines, because the question text often matches search queries and then the answer (hopefully) is at the top of the content.
Thanks, and good points about newsgroups. I think the newsgroups were more optimized for conversations, whereas the Q&A sites are more optimized for a question and answer. Also the Q&A are naturally optimized for search engines, because the question text often matches search queries and then the answer (hopefully) is at the top of the content.
I don't know of any research that's been done on this. Speaking for Answers.com, our community and technology do a pretty good job going through the links and cleaning out the bad ones. I think we'll be able to continue this way, but yes, there is the possibility that too much spam will force us to make greater user of nofollow. I hope for all of our sakes that it doesn't come to that.
I don't know of any research that's been done on this. Speaking for Answers.com, our community and technology do a pretty good job going through the links and cleaning out the bad ones. I think we'll be able to continue this way, but yes, there is the possibility that too much spam will force us to make greater user of nofollow. I hope for all of our sakes that it doesn't come to that.
Thanx. Your post on Yahoo! Answers was an inspiration for this post.
Great post, Rand. The biggest thing is that you didn't need the funding, which gave you the luxury of presenting a high minimum pre-money valuation, and to walk away when there was no good match. Nothing quite like running a profitable & growing business, with people you love, doing something you love. I'm happy for you and your team. And thanks for sharing this whole experience.
Great post, Rand. The biggest thing is that you didn't need the funding, which gave you the luxury of presenting a high minimum pre-money valuation, and to walk away when there was no good match. Nothing quite like running a profitable & growing business, with people you love, doing something you love. I'm happy for you and your team. And thanks for sharing this whole experience.
Great. Let me know if I can help in any way.
Hey, great post. I've been preparing a similar post myself, but covering more of the Q&A market. Can I ask why you focused only on Yahoo! Answers? WikiAnswers (where I work) has roughly the same number of US visitors. The dynamics are different, mostly because it's a wiki, the traffic is more SEO based (and therefore comes in over time and not in a surge), etc. But the essentials are the same. Provide quality answers, add a related link to your site if applicable, fill out your bio page, build relationships, etc. Thanks again for the post, and if anybody would like help using WikiAnswers in this way (or in including WikiAnswers info in your next post), please get in touch.
Hey, great post. I've been preparing a similar post myself, but covering more of the Q&A market. Can I ask why you focused only on Yahoo! Answers? WikiAnswers (where I work) has roughly the same number of US visitors. The dynamics are different, mostly because it's a wiki, the traffic is more SEO based (and therefore comes in over time and not in a surge), etc. But the essentials are the same. Provide quality answers, add a related link to your site if applicable, fill out your bio page, build relationships, etc. Thanks again for the post, and if anybody would like help using WikiAnswers in this way (or in including WikiAnswers info in your next post), please get in touch.
Thanks Rand. I'm going to be referring the people who keep citing these myths to your post.
Thanks Rand. I'm going to be referring the people who keep citing these myths to your post.
Cool, thanx Jen. Sadly, down to #22 now. Guess that freshness thing wore off. Still I'm #1 if you just add the keyword Mets. That's my new vanity SEO strategy. Write non-sports articles that rank if you just add the word Mets. Not very useful or profitable, but could be fun for a few minutes.
Cool, thanx Jen. Sadly, down to #22 now. Guess that freshness thing wore off. Still I'm #1 if you just add the keyword Mets. That's my new vanity SEO strategy. Write non-sports articles that rank if you just add the word Mets. Not very useful or profitable, but could be fun for a few minutes.
Wow, #17 now from what I see. I didn't expect that.
Wow, #17 now from what I see. I didn't expect that.
Good luck with that. If you're relying on SEO, you may want to check if anybody actually cares before you write that article.
Thanks. I consider the Zeroth Law a necessary starting point. I definitely agree that you should then focus on making the content engaging, etc. But my most engaging piece resided on Answers.com and was still worthless from an SEO perspective because nobody was searching for the content of that article. I agree that a new website particularly needs to also be very engaging, but if it's not what people are searching for, being engaging won't deliver search users.
This was such a sweet and clever post, I really enjoyed reading it and I'm so happy for you! Congratulations!
This was such a sweet and clever post, I really enjoyed reading it and I'm so happy for you! Congratulations!
Nice post! As Rand always says, correlation doesn't prove causation .. but I accept your takeaways. Focusing on writing good long posts with visual content will help it become linkworthy. My nature is to write long and I've been trying to shorten because that's the advice I'd received, so this is helpful to me. Thanks!
No, Fezzik is a white hat. He used to fight gangs for local charities.
We missed this exchange and you flaunt it? Why don't you just give us a papercut and pour lemon juice all over it? To the pain!!
Grandpa, can we play this again tomorrow?
Great post. (Surprised nobody's used As You Wish).


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Q: Yii2: finfo_file(C:\xampp\tmp\php29C.tmp): failed to open stream: No such file or directory Getting error finfo_file(C:\xampp\tmp\php29C.tmp): failed to open stream: No such file or directory while uploading multiple files.
tried inserting $model->save(); before saveAs() but then it upload only one file not all files, also not getting path in database for each file which is getting uploaded.
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public function actionCreate()
        {
            $model = new RoomTypes();

            if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()))
            {
                $imageName = $model->room_type;
                     $model->file = UploadedFile::getInstances($model, 'file');

                foreach ($model->file as $file_instance)
                {
                        $model->save();
                        $file_instance->saveAs('uploads/room_img/' . $file_instance->baseName . '.' . $file_instance->extension);
                        //save the path in the db column
                        $file_instance->$model->images = 'uploads/room_img/'.$imageName.'.'.$file_instance->extension;

                        return $this->redirect(['view', 'id' => $model->id]);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                return $this->render('create',
                    [
                    'model' => $model,
                ]);
            }
        }

A: It is  possible that I already have answered this here within the last update after your comments but I'll add a different answer here as it is one more different issue beside the others. This error is thrown when using $file_instance->baseName or $file_instance->extension after saving the file. saveAs() whish its content is the following :
public function saveAs($file, $deleteTempFile = true)
{
    if ($this->error == UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
        if ($deleteTempFile) {
            return move_uploaded_file($this->tempName, $file);
        } elseif (is_uploaded_file($this->tempName)) {
            return copy($this->tempName, $file);
        }
    }
    return false;
}

has a boolean $deleteTempFile argument set to true by default. which means it will delete the temporary file after saving and you will not be able to save the uploaded file again in the same request. You can set it to false if needed by doing :
$file_instance->saveAs('...',false)

BUT it won't be a good practice in this case as you are getting 2 copies of the same file. If the file is already saved to its new path then why not deleting it from the tmp folder. Just hold that path in a variable before calling saveAs() and use it when needed like it is done in the answer linked above :
$path = 'uploads/room_img/' . $file_instance->baseName . '.' . $file_instance->extension;
$file_instance->saveAs($path);
$model->images = $path;

Other issues you need to solve are :
foreach ($model->file as $file_instance)
{
     $model->save();
     $model->images = $path;
}

The $model->save() here have no logic to me. You have a single instance of an object and foreach file instance stored in its attribute $model->file you are saving the hole model again and again. And I understand from the second one ($model->images = $path) that your model have an attribute images to which you can assigning a string value. but you have multiple images here where each of them has its own path and inside the loop you are overriding it each time with the next image path string. If is the case I would probably store the path to folder where I can find all those images later instead :
$model->images = 'uploads/room_img/[a_collection_id_or_wathever_unique]/'

And inside that folder I would host the related images. Or maybe I'll host all paths separated by ; or equivalent by doing this inside the loop :
$model->images .= $path . ';';

In case if images are related models represented by an ActiveRecord class then the answer linked above should fix it.

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106. edycja wyścigu kolarskiego Giro di Lombardia odbyła się w dniu 29 września 2012 roku i liczyła 251 km. Start tego klasycznego wyścigu znajdował się w Bergamo a meta w Lecco. Wyścig ten figurował w rankingu światowym UCI World Tour 2012 i był przedostatnim wyścigiem w 2012 roku tego cyklu.

Zwyciężył Hiszpan Joaquim Rodríguez z grupy Team Katusha, dla którego było to pierwsze zwycięstwo w tym wyścigu, ale drugie w cyklu UCI World Tour 2012 (poprzednio triumfował w La Flèche Wallonne). Drugi był jego rodak Samuel Sánchez, a trzeci Kolumbijczyk Rigoberto Urán.

W wyścigu wystartowało czterech polskich kolarzy - Tomasz Marczyński z grupy Vacansoleil-DCM zajął 22. miejsce, natomiast Michał Gołaś z Omega Pharma-Quick Step, Przemysław Niemiec z Lampre-ISD i Rafał Majka z Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank nie ukończyli wyścigu.

Uczestnicy
Na starcie tego klasycznego wyścigu wystartowało 25 ekip, osiemnaście drużyn jeżdżących w UCI World Tour 2012 i siedem zespołów zaproszonych przez organizatorów z tzw. "dziką kartą".

Klasyfikacja generalna

Linki zewnętrzne
 Oficjalna strona wyścigu
 Lista startowa
 Wyścig na stronie cyclingarchives.com

2012
UCI World Tour 2012
2012 we Włoszech

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Console, Entertainment News, Indie, Linux, Mac, Opinion, PC, PS4, Steam, Switch, Trailer, Video Game News, Video Games, Xbox One
A middling week in the world of video game news, where plenty happened.
Posted by Michael Honore on March 16, 2019
This week in gaming news and releases has rolled around to be discussed and I'm going to just that. This will be for the week of March 10th to the 16th, 2019. I'll be looking at the stuff that caught my interest for the week, and ignoring anything that didn't. Well not ignoring but simply putting it aside for someone else to cover.
Truberbrook: A Nerd Saves the World –
A point and click puzzle adventure game set in an alternate history Germany in the 1960's. You play as a young American physicist named Tannhauser who has just arrived to get a break from his thesis work. It finds a strange town in Turberbrook and decides with some help to find out what's going on. The game has a claymation art style so it is best to be aware of that going into the game. It released on March 12th, 2019 for PC, Linux, and Mac with a Xbox One, PS4, and Switch version due out on April 17th, 2019. It was created by developer btf with the help of publishers Headup and WhisperGames.
Baba Is You –
A puzzle game in which you use words to solve puzzles, literally. In order to solve a puzzle you must move words around the level to match up with solutions. It's all about changing the rules of the game to win. It has over 200 levels to get through. It was released for Switch, Mac, Linux, and PC by Hempuli Oy who created and published it on March 13th, 2019.
Workers and Resources –
A Soviet based city builder that is going into early access. You must build a city that will meet the needs of the people and keeps the government happy. Build up businesses and homes to make a great city, but always be careful as you answer to the people. It was developed by 3Division who also published it onto Steam Early Access with the release date of March 15th, 2019 for PC.
Game News:
Master Chief will soon be arriving on PC and not in the form of a Real Time Strategy game. No, he'll be arriving to jump into a fight with the first person shooter Halo games. The entire collection will be called the Master Chief Collection and the titles will be coming out one at a time to make sure they're running correctly. And for fans of the digital distribution platform Steam the games will be put on there as well.
It's good that such a beloved game series is coming to PC where more people can enjoy it. The surprising thing is that it's also going to Steam and won't be exclusive to the Microsoft store. Perhaps Microsoft is opening up a bit to allowing their games on other platforms as there are a lot of Switch rumors. Only time will tell and it will be interesting to watch what they do.
Violence in video games is always a touchy topic as parents, kids, and politicians all seemingly have a differing opinion on the matter. A new study has reached a conclusion that no, video games do not cause kids to be more violent. This was a report from Royal Society Open Science and then was reported on by Research Digest of the British Psychological Society.
I'm sure that this will be ignored mostly by the media and those that harp on the subject of violence looking for something to blame. It is nice that we have some confirmation from scientists or at least a study that says that there is no connection. Now we just need a ton more, but even that might be ignored by some seeing how the whole vaccination fiasco is currently going on.
If you were looking forward to the western release of the game Judgement a spin off of the Yakuza games well its release has been thrown up in the air. A voice actor for the game in Japan was caught with a small amount of cocaine and arrested. Japan takes drug offenses seriously and it is seen as a reflection on whoever they work for that this has happened. SEGA who publishes the game is undecided as to what to do other then pull it from the shelves in Asia so far. If you wish for a full report check out Gematsu.com for all the details.
The difference in cultures is quite the shock as here in the U.S. this would not even cause a blip on the radar. I do hope that the game does get its western release, they don't have to worry about such things reflecting badly on them in the west for the most part. Though, maybe a western release with that attachment of the voice actor is seen as reflection on them as well. I don't know to be honest. In Asia I definitely see why they've done what they've done.
Is Sony going to buy Take-Two Interactive? The rumor started up after Take-two saw its stock prices going up which then sparked rumors of being bought and the stock went even further up. Take-Two are the owners for 2K Games and Rockstar Games. Meaning that there would be a potential exclusive Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, NBA 2K, WWE 2K series to the PlayStation brand. Any rumored bid is believed to be more then 10 billion dollars to get series talks going. The rumor has been debunked by Yuji Nakamura via Twitter who was told by Sony that it wasn't happening.
Everyone including Wedbush already knew this, but here you go for the record: Sony confirmed to me there's "no truth" to reports that it will acquire Take Two
— Yuji Nakamura (@ynakamura56) March 14, 2019
I'm not sure I see this happening, though it would be quite an amazing coup for them for the next PlayStation. I don't see it making a lot of sense for Take-Two as they'll lose a good portion of sales and I'm not sure being bought would be enough to make up for that loss. This is all just rumors and conjecture at this point and there may be something to it or there may not be. It's fun to speculate about what will happen, but I do hope that they stay independent as I don't think publishers being bought is a good thing for the industry as it might set off a buying spree with everyone trying to grab someone else in order to secure their future.
If you followed the game creator Tom Francis you probably already know about Tactical Breach Wizards but for those that don't… He released a video showing off a very early build of the tactical game. It of course involves wizards but as police officers and is more story driven then most turn based strategy games. Tom Francis is known for creating the games Gunpoint and Heat Signature.
This is a really cool looking game that is reminiscent of Into the Breech and it does seem that Mr. Francis has been inspired by that game. I love that this game is really interested in letting you experiment and rewind your moves before committing to them. I like that the game isn't penalizing you for trying things, hopefully it doesn't make the game too easy.
The tactical turn based strategy game Phoenix Point has managed to piss of many of its crowd funding backers. This is because they have recently announced that they are going to be exclusive for a year to the Epic Game Store. One of the backers promises is that they would get a Steam key or a GOG key for the game. Also those seeking a refund appear to be having to jump through a bunch of hoops to get it. If you wish to read up on the situation there is a blog post over on PhoenixPoint.info.
It feels like this is a situation that wasn't well thought out and we get angry customers as a result. I don't blame Epic Game Store for trying to attract customers, but at the rate things are going for them, they just wind up looking bad. This is just a situation where you wind up shaking your head and hoping that people realize how to straighten it out.
Islanders is a low poly game where you're building towns on small islands while trying to maximize the space you've been given.
This looks like an interesting take on a city builder with some limitations. It does feel a bit like a mobile game but that isn't a bad thing. There are some great mobile games out there. Hopefully this one finds its niche and doesn't wind up feeling too samey through the levels.
In somewhat mixed news, the game Dwarf Fortress will be coming to Steam with a more pleasant visual ascetic. That's the good news, the sad part about it is that the creator's family is going through health related issues. Thus to get some revenue to secure their future, they'll be selling the game on Steam, or you can support the developer via PayPal or Patreon. This news comes from PCGamesN.com so head over there for the story.
I hope the game is a great success on Steam, especially with the easier to digest visuals. It sucks to have health issues and I would not want anyone to have to deal with such things. My only fear is that it is still such a niche game with a hardcore following that perhaps it might not do well. Hopefully the gamers that do play it can help ease in newer players.
Turtle Rock Studios has teamed up with Warner Brothers Interactive to create Left 4 Blood. This will be a zombie co-op survival game and for some of you, you're thinking Turtle Rock and zombie games sound familiar, even the name sounds close to Left 4 Dead. Well that is because Turtle Rock created the Left 4 Dead series. This new game however has nothing to do with Valve or the previous franchise it is a brand new creation that happens to have zombies and is co-op. This is via a press release on Turtle Rock's website which you can read in all its glory if you so wish.
Well this seems really round about and some what awkward. I'm all for it and I'm curious to see what comes of it because so far it is just an announcement. I enjoyed the first Left 4 Dead second one was an improvement but for whatever reason never clicked in the same way. I think that was mostly due to how fast it came out after the first game.
Chucklefish has released the first trailer for Robotality's, Pathway, an exploration game where you're raiding tombs, crossing the desert, and generally on an adventure. You'll have to build a team to get where you're going and to help you fight your way through dangerous situations. The game has some turn based strategy to its fights to keep things entertaining.
This looks like a pretty cool little game. It reminds me a bit of the old classic game Oregon Trail. I don't know if this can live up to that game, but it certainly has the art style to be a charmer.
A trailer for the Batman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover movie, Batman Vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, was released. It takes place in Gotham where all the classic Batman villains escape to take on Batman and his friends. However, the TMNT also are in Gotham and well when they meet up with the Bat who isn't friendly at first. The film will be at WonderCon and then fully release on May 14th, 2019 to DVD.
I kind of like the concept but at the same time it is so weird of a thing to have happen. It looks kind of cool, plus the animation for whatever reason makes it feel like a very Adam West style Batman. I'm kind of curious to see the reviews for this and if it is any good.
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Home News Will Samsung's foldable smartphone be game-changer in 2019?
Will Samsung's foldable smartphone be game-changer in 2019?
When folded in half, the size of the smartphone is reduced to 4.58 inches.
The year 2019 will witness a revolutionary change in the form factor of smartphones, led by South Korean tech titan Samsung Electronics' launch of its first foldable display phone that could be a game-changer for the stalled global smartphone market.
According to announcements by Samsung so far, the so-called "Galaxy F" is likely to feature an organic light-emitting diode screen dubbed "Infinity Flex Display" that measures 7.3 inches diagonally when it's opened.
The unfolded screen will split into three active areas that can run three different applications at once to facilitate multitasking. Samsung also announced One UI, a new interface design that will be used with the foldable display.
Samsung plans to release 1 million foldable phones within the first half of this year, and consider churning out more, if market reaction turns out favorable.
"Samsung is targeting consumers in their 40s with purchasing power, considering that the first foldable phone would come with a high price tag of between 1.5 million and 2 million won," an industry source said.
Samsung is not the only one that is currently developing the foldables.
Earlier than Samsung's announcement in November, China's display startup Royole unexpectedly unveiled a 7.8-inch foldable Android smartphone called "FlexPai" with a starting price of $1,318. The company said it will showcase the industry's first foldable phone at the Consumer Electronics Show 2019 opening on Jan. 1.
Its archrival Apple seems to be brainstorming different ways to make a foldable iPhone, according to a patent that was filed in March and publicly posted by the USTPO in late December.
The patent image showed Apple seems to be considering using an OLED panel, too.
The US smartphone maker is presumed to be thinking a device that folds both inwards and outwards in comparison with Samsung's inwards-folding one, the patent showed. More
By Song Su-hyun/ The Korea Herald (song@heraldcorp.com)
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Google working to make Stadia games 'more responsive' than local ones
Tags: #cloud-gaming #game-streaming #lag #latency #madj-bakar #negative-latency #predictive-input #project-delorean #project-xcloud #stadia
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Google is confident it can solve one of the two biggest issues with cloud-powered game streaming on its Stadia platform, promising that games will eventually become 'faster and more responsive' than playing the same games locally.
Cloud gaming is, on its face, a tempting proposition: Instead of shelling out on high-end hardware that needs constantly upgrading to play the latest games at their best, players can instead rent time on powerful servers in remote data centres and stream the resulting video to low-cost, low-power, and even pocket-sized devices. There are only really two problems with the concept: The fact that sending input over the network to a physically-remote data centre, having it process said input into in-game actions, and stream the video result back to the user adds measurable latency which can make twitch-gamers throw down their controllers in disgust; and that high-quality video streams require relatively high-bandwidth connections and chew up gigabytes of data for every hour of play.
Google, however, thinks it has the solution to at least one of those two problems. In an interview between vice president of engineering Madj Bakar and Edge Magazine, spotted and summarised by PCGamesN, Bakar claims that 'in a year or two' games played via the company's soon-to-launch Stadia cloud gaming platform will be 'running faster and feel more responsive in the cloud than they do locally, regardless of how powerful the local machine is.'
The secret, Bakar claims, comes in the form of 'negative latency,' in which a buffer is filled using information about the network latency between the player and the server. This 'lag mitigation' buffer will be populated through a range of techniques, including increasing the framerate to reduce input lag at the server side and also predicting the player's inputs so that the game can begin the process of responding before the input signal is even received.
If the latter sounds familiar, it's because that's exactly what Microsoft proposed more than half a decade ago with Project DeLorean, since renamed following a complaint from the holder of the trademark. Demonstrated at the time with twitch-shooter Doom 3 and action role-playing game Fable 3, Microsoft's technology worked by rendering multiple possible outcomes depending on user input then discarding all but the one corresponding to the actual received input. When activated, the company claimed it could hide up to 250ms of latency from a connection - making a game played on a network with up to 250ms of lag feel as responsive as local, and reducing anything over that by 250ms.
Google has not confirmed whether its own latency reduction techniques follow those of DeLorean, which is likely to make an appearance as part of Microsoft's rival Project xCloud game streaming service.
Google announces Stadia launch line-up
The line-up includes Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey and 10 others
November 12, 2019 | 10:55
Google to launch Stadia on November 19th
Without the free tier, though.
No Stadia beta for the UK, Google confirms
No free tier at launch, either.


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Кэтлин Холл Джеймисон (Джемисон) (; род. 24 ноября 1946, Миннеаполис, Миннесота) — американский учёный, специалист в области политической и научной коммуникации.
Доктор философии (1972), профессор Пенсильванского университета и директор его , член Американского философского общества (1997) и НАН США (2020). Являлась советником Конгресса и Белого дома. Удостоена Public Welfare Medal (2020), наиболее престижной награды НАН США. Соучредитель , пионер в движении факт-чекинга.

Окончила  (бакалавр), в Висконсинском университете в Мадисоне получила степени магистра и доктора философии (1972) коммуникационных искусств, преподавала в Мэрилендском (1971—1986, ассистент-, ассоциированный, полный профессор) и Техасском (1986—1989, именной регент-профессор и завкафедрой) университетах до поступления в штат Пенсильванского университета в 1989 году, где ныне именной директор (Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director)  (APPC) и именной профессор (Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor) коммуникации , являлась деканом последней (в 1989—2003); учредила APPC в 1993 году, а в 2003 году стала соучредительницей FactCheck.org — от APPC.
В 2017 году фелло .

Фелло Американской академии искусств и наук, , президентом которой являлась, .

Отмечена Henry Allen Moe Prize Американского философского общества (2016) и Everett M. Rogers Award (2018).

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Автор или соавтор 16 книг.
 Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction and Democracy
 Packaging the Presidency — за которую отмечена Speech Communication Association's Golden Anniversary Book Award
 Eloquence in an Electronic Age — отмечена Winans-Wichelns Book Award
 Spiral of Cynicism: Press and Public Good (with J. Cappella)
 Echo Chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment
 Кибервойна: как русские хакеры и тролли помогли избрать президента (, Oxford University Press, 2018, ISBN 978-0-19-091581-0; 2-е издание ожидалось весной 2020 года) — отмечена  (2019), а также Roderick P. Hart Outstanding Book Award (2019) и PROSE Award of Excellence in the Social Sciences (2019)
Соредактор The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication и The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication (2017).

В своей книге Cyberwar (2018) она утверждает, что русские помогли избрать Трампа президентом.

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 CV  (2020)
 Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D. - Annenberg School for Communication
 25 years later, a legacy presses forward (February 4, 2019)

Женщины-учёные
Политологи США
Члены Американского философского общества
Члены Национальной академии наук США
Профессора Пенсильванского университета
Доктора философии
Члены Американской академии искусств и наук
Выпускники Висконсинского университета в Мадисоне
Выпускники Школы журналистики и массовых коммуникаций Висконсинского университета в Мадисоне
Выпускники Маркеттского университета


Linda Kinkade has been a Catholic school educator for 35 years, 31 at St. Patrick School in Larkspur. Her path at St. Pat's started with her teaching third grade, then teaching sixth and eighth grade. She later became a math specialist and assistant principal and then principal. Linda will retire at end of this school year.
"A Catholic school education is a lifelong influence on a child and helps shape the minds, values, faith, and character of children who will grow into our future leaders," Linda told me via email.
Susan Naretto has been at St. Isabella School, San Rafael for six years. She will retire as principal at end of this school year. Susan also served for 16 years at Catholic schools in Santa Barbara.
REUNION: Alumnae numbering more than 140 from San Francisco's St. John Ursuline High School gathered April 15 at San Francisco's United Irish Cultural Center for the school's annual all-school reunion. "Not bad for a school that has been closed for almost 30 years," said alumnae president Theresa Keane in a note to this column. Theresa said they "were thrilled to have Ursuline sisters in attendance" including Sister Dianne Baumunk, Sister Lillian Repak, Sister Michelle Domecus and Sister Shirley Garibaldi. Nancy Halloran '68, wrote and recited a poem reminding alumnae how grateful all should be for what the Ursuline Sisters taught them. Golden Diplomas were presented to each of the 1968 graduates. Pictured from left are alumnae sisters Maggie Murphy '79, Mary Murphy '77, Shelia Murphy '75, Cathy Murphy Cooper '68 and Clare Murphy '67. The women's family connection to St. John's also includes their mom Eileen Albrecht Murphy '37, aunts Kathleen Albrecht Morris '39, and Margaret Albrecht Murray '41, and cousin Jeanne Morris Petrini '64. The school has active alumnae from Class of '52 to the Class of '89.
A DAY FOR US ALL: Everyone is welcome to the episcopal ordination of Bishop-designate Robert F. Christian, OP, June 5, 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral. Bishop-designate Christian attended San Francisco's St. Brendan School and St. Ignatius College Prep and has served caringly and well in his 48 years as a Dominican friar. A reception follows the Mass in the cathedral's downstairs halls. I have had the privilege to witness Bishop Carlos Sevilla, SJ; Bishop Patrick J. McGrath; Archbishop John C. Wester; Bishop William J. Justice: Bishop Robert McElroy; Bishop Ignatius Wang; and Bishop Thomas Daly enter the bishops' ranks. Prayers and good wishes for Bishop-designate Christian as he does the same. Remember, the Mass is another opportunity to take advantage of the livestreaming the Office of Communications has brought to cathedral special events at www.sfarchdiocese.org.
WINNING SCRIBES: YMI St. John Bosco Council #613 presented scholarship awards totaling $17,000 to winners of its annual essay contest April 14. "The award banquet was attended by nearly 200 people and all enjoyed a wonderful Italian meal beforehand prepared by the brothers and wives of YMI Council #613," Mike Amato, president, told me in a note to this column. Contestants including students from sixth grade through college wrote on topics including the period of time they'd travel to if they could; the famous person they would invite to speak at their school and why; the one piece of advice would they would give to high school freshmen. Pictured from left are some of the top winners: Jack Kavanagh, St. Thomas More; Katelyn Chang, Sacred Heart Cathedral; Mike Amato; Amaelia Bringas, St. Thomas More; Juliana Kavanagh, Skyline College; Krystal Cheng, UCLA; Marie Althaus, El Camino High School; Ainsley Rosenthal, El Camino High School.


This review nearly didn't happen because yesterday the internet played up so I couldn't finish writing it, and today we had a power cut! I was about to use my family's mobile phone to email the publicist to explain the situation when the power went back on. Phew! I'm typing this as fast as I can (which is thankfully quick) since I've no idea if it will go back out again.
The short review is that this book is AWESOME!! It was a pleasure to be part of this blog tour because not only did I get to read an amazing book, I took part in a super fun baking challenge that everyone including Laurel the author and Laura one of the publicists took part in! More on that after this review.
I instantly loved Scarlett's voice. Her mother is cruel, which made me feel sorry for Scarlett. No parent should do what her mother did. Making fun of every part of Scarlett's life online is bullying. I'm not surprised Scarlett was so desperate to do nothing in the way of extra activities at school, it was the only way to escape public humiliation. In a way her life was like the life of some celebrities-she had no choice in what her mum posted about, and not all of it was pleasant. I felt sorry for her lack of friends, so was delighted when Violet appeared on the scene. Their friendship has an extremely rocky patch, but I promise they are friends again by the end. While I wouldn't have had Scarlett's guts to investigate the odd noise from her neighbour's house, or dared to cook there without permission, what Scarlett did was so very cool, and ended up changing several people's lives as well as her own.
I really liked that although it started as a baking club, it turned into cooking - often books stick with just baking, so hopefully this will encourage readers to get excited about savoury food as well as yummy sweet food. Baking/cooking was therapy for Scarlett, and ended up being the key to helping her mother change her career. There are plenty of plot twists which surprised me, the biggest one involved Scarlett's mother and I was shocked by what she did in a good way. It makes me smile just thinking about the moment Scarlett makes that discovery! The book covers bullying, illness, friendship, family, and possibly some other themes I can't recall.
It's frustrating that I can't say much about the end, but it made me so upset I couldn't write the review the same day that I finished the book as it reminded me of my own losses. I say that in a positive way (even though it's not the most positive of subjects). I really hope there will be a sequel as I'm sure that the secret cooking club will continue to have adventures! Be sure to have some cake when you read this!
Special Blog Tour Baking Event!
For some reason only known to me I used smaller cake tins than the recipe states, so the cake was set to be super high - I simply cut each cake in half so made 2 cakes instead of 1.
I didn't use the suggested frosting in the recipe as I'd already made & frozen buttercream, + I used jam instead of frosting to cement all the layers (minus the top layer on one of the cakes, which was buttercream since I used up the entire jar of jam and had no more).
From all I've said so far can you guess what these two cakes might turn into?
Tada! Here's my 6 colour rainbow cake! The colours were super weak looking in the cake mix, and even baked they didn't look great. However, they seemed to brighten over time - I haven't edited these photos at all.
So while not the stunningly bright colours like those who use the correct food colouring, I'm still pleased with the outcome. It makes a super yummy cake! It makes a lot so I have distributed some to friends. It was an unusual and fun challenge to accompany a book review. I'll let you know when I make the 2nd version of the cake - please do let me know if you make it too!


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Cross-country runners face risk on L.A. streets
Fabiola Holland walked up to a makeshift memorial near her Sherman Oaks home Wednesday morning and placed a single white rose next to the mountain of flowers.
She did not know the young man being mourned, but she had seen his cross-country team jogging through the neighborhood.
Conor Lynch, a 16-year-old junior at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, was killed Tuesday by an 18-year-old hit-and-run driver who was later apprehended. Police determined Conor was jogging across Woodman Avenue midblock, and not at a crosswalk.
Running cross-country in Los Angeles can be a risky endeavor because much of the training takes place on streets, and teenagers have to be cautious about cars, said Lake Balboa Birmingham Coach Scott King.
"It's a danger inherent in that sport," King said, adding that an accident like Tuesday's is "my greatest fear as a coach."
"I never feel good until everyone is back," he said.
Despite the risks, King said coaches have few options other than to allow their runners to train on streets.
"You wouldn't have anyone out for the sport if you just ran circles," King said. "You can't run 10 miles in circles. That's 40 laps. The kids wouldn't do it."
Many cross-country teams take precautions by asking runners to follow traffic laws and watch out for each other. But even the best of intentions doesn't always protect runners.
Last October, a runner at North Hills Monroe, Hernan Herrera, was seriously injured when a driver ran a red light and struck him on a street in Northridge, said Coach Leo Hernandez. Herrera survived but suffered a broken pelvis and knee injury.
Hernandez himself was injured when he was hit by a car as a runner for Cal State Northridge. He said he was thrown 50 feet and injured his lower back.
-- Eric Sondheimer and Kate Linthicum
Photo: Conor Lynch. Credit: Family photo via KTLA News


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Standing at Third
Mr. Willet's Point of View
Three Trunks, Part I
The Aging Hero sat on his stool and stared down at the black trunk. To anyone else, there was nothing special about that trunk. Barely larger than a suitcase – the old style suitcases, that is, not one of those stupid things with the wheels that tried to pretend to be small enough to be a carry on and not one of those monster things on wheels that took three people to haul off the conveyor belt. It was just your average sized trunk. No wheels. No telescoping handle. No side pockets. Just your run of a mill black trunk with brass hardware riveted to the corners to protect them, brass trim and a wooden handle. The original wooden handle had broken when he was a rookie and he fixed it with a piece of wood from the bat with which he had hit his first home run. He ran his hands over the World Series patch that he had riveted in place to cover a hole in the trunk. Some of the colors from the patch were bleeding out from the champagne that the trunk was splashed with in the clubhouse.
He opened the trunk and stared inside. On the inside cover, there was a sticker for every team he had ever played for, from high school, through the minors, the majors and even his stint in Japan last year. They were all there and there was no more room for any other stickers. He looked around to see if anyone was watching and then rubbed his hand along the inside of the trunk and pulled off the false wall his brother had built into it. Inside the false wall was a small piece of cardboard with a picture of him as a senior in high school glued to it. On the back were crudely written statistics. The lifetime totals were .315 average, 1721 RBI and 431 HR. He smiled when he saw the career win/loss record and lifetime era. His brother joked that he would be the next Babe Ruth when he gave him the card, but had said he would focus more on pitching throughout his career so he wouldn't hit the number of home runs that the Babe hit. Of course, he never did pitch a single professional game. He let his thumb rub at the home run total a little bit.
His older brother had given him the trunk when he got drafted just out of high school. He had already put his high school sticker in it and had tucked the card inside the compartment as a reminder to always set goals and to go after them. "Even if you don't reach those goals, you'll never be lost as long as you try." In the opposite corner of the trunk was a stack of real baseball cards held together with a rubber band. He grabbed an envelope from his locker and pulled out another card. His friend who worked at the company had sent him a preview of this years card. He flipped it over and starred for a moment at the lifetime totals listed on the back. He let his thumb rub the number 430 next to home runs and sighed. He put the card with the rest and put them back in the trunk.
He slowly took his stuff from his locker and put them in the trunk. He was tired and aching and felt like he could sleep forever. The uncertainty of his immediate future was wearing him down more than the 20-something kids with 96 mph fastballs. The club was bringing him north for the final two exhibition games. There was one spot left on the roster and he was battling some kid that played in the minors last year for it. He was out of options, both in a technical baseball sense and a career sense. There were two games left to decide whether he would continue to play or retire. Twenty one years and all he wanted was one more month…one more week…maybe even just one more at-bat. All he wanted was that one last home run.
Before closing the lid, he grabbed a handkerchief and polished a fireman's shield on the inside wall of the trunk, opposite the false wall. He had secured it in place to cover the hole he had put in the trunk with his baseball bat the night he found out his brother had died in the line of duty. His brother was the hero…He was just the guy who hit little white balls with a stick. His brother was the one that ran into that burning home. He was just the guy that ran home. His brother was the guy that saved a little girls life. He was just a guy who's life was saved by the sacrifices of an older brother.
He carefully made sure to clean the number on the fireman's shield – 431. One more at bat, thought the aging ballplayer…then the rookie could get his shot. And he could retire and maybe, one day, he would get The Call…The call that would bring him, the number 431 and his brother to Cooperstown.
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Q: VirtualBox in Win7: cannot acces external drive from guest Windows7 I have started using VirtualBox in Windows 7 out of curiosity and for testing purposes. (Mainly, I want to test Linux distros and to try and see how Windows works in this environment - so that I might use VB in the future in Linux and Mac, etc).
I have installed Windows 7 in this VB.

I cannot use my Samsung 500 GB FAT32 external drive in this virtual Win7.
I have connected the drive and have checked the USB under the settings of the virtual Win7.

I have also selected the drive in the right-click menu of the virtual machine's USB tray icon.

After this action the Samsung external HDD stops also being accessible from the host (non-virtual) Win7. (Unchecking this and refreshing the host Win7 Windows Explorer page would usually make it accessible again in the proper/host Win7.) At all times, the external drive is not accessible in the virtual machine.
What to do?

A: Full USB support is not provided without installing also the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack. To install, click Oracle VM VirtualBox
Extension Pack - Read more here.
Then shutdown the guest OS and restart the virtual machine.
Then, just enable USB 2.0 Controller.

Adding USB filers is not in fact necessary, just connect your devices and check them in the right-click menu of the virtual machine's USB tray icon - as seen in the last image posted in the question body. In a few seconds they should be accessible just like in the host Win7 system.
As long as the external drive is selected in the virtual machine it cannot be accessed from the host system. This is the expected behavior.
VirtualBox Extension Pack is also needed for other USB operations, namely installing and using printers, faxes and scanners.

A: It is not quite clear whether your USB external drive is USB 2.0 or USB 3.0.
It seems that USB 3.0 is still not supported in VirtualBox. I have found a workaround for this issue. I am connecting my USB 3.0 external hard drive via an USB 2.0 extension cable to the laptop's USB 3.0 port. At least it works for me. I have tested it on Windows 8, Windows Sever 2012, Ubuntu 14.04/14.10 VMs.


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Q: Retrieving forecast data from OpenWeatherMap in FIWARE ORION I am trying to get weather forecasts data from OpenWeatherMap and integrate them in Orion by performing a registeration request.
I was able to register and get the API key from OpenWeatherMap, however, the latter returns a JSON file with all the data inside, which is not supported by ORION.
I have followed the step by step tutorial https://fiware-tutorials.readthedocs.io/en/latest/context-providers/index.html#context-provider-ngsi-proxy where they have acquired the data from OpenWeatherMap using NGSI proxy, an API key is required to be indicated in the docker-compose file as an environment variable, however, the data acquired is the "current data" and not forecast and also specific to Berlin.
I have tried to access the files inside the container "fiware/tutorials.context-provider" and try to modify and match the parameters to my needs but I feel like I am taking a long blocked path.
I don't think that's even considered as good practice but I have run out of ideas :(
Can anyone suggest how I could bring the forecast data to Orion and register it as a context provider?
Thank you in advance.

A: I imagine you aim to implement a context provider, able to speak NGSI with Orion.
OpenWeatherMap surely doesn't implement NGSI ...
If you have the data from OpenWeatherMap, as a JSON string, perhaps you should parse the JSON and create your entities using some select key-values from the parsed OpenWeatherMap? Save the entity (entities) locally and then register those keys in Orion.
Alternatively (easier but I wouldn't recommend it), create local entities with the entire OpenWeatherMap data as the value of an attribute of the entity:
{
  "id": "id-from-OpenWeatherMap",
  "type": "OpenWeatherMap",
  "weatherData": {
    "value":
    ...
  }
  ...
}
Then you register id/weatherData in Orion.


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Q: What is the most effective grammar to use for issue titles? When choosing a title for a new issue, there are several grammatical options to choose from. Here are four different options for an example issue I just made up:

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*Descriptive: "Newlines are not stripped when multi-line headers are parsed"

*Imperative - negative: "Avoid leaving newlines when parsing multi-line headers"

*Imperative - context first: "Fix parsing of multi-line headers: strip newlines"

*Imperative - desired action first: "Strip newlines when parsing multi-line headers"

At my workplace the issue titles alternate between all of these formats, but I keep thinking it's better to pick a convention and stick to it.
Which option (from the above, or a different one) is the preferred one, i.e. the one that will minimize the effort of developers reading these issues?
Edit: as noted in the comments, different issue types may warrant a different choice of grammar, where an especially important distinction is between bugs and new work. To make the question more specific, let's say we choose, as msell offers in his answer, the descriptive option. Now let's look at a suggestion to improve an existing feature:

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*"Add city information to geolocation"

If we stick to the descriptive grammar, we should replace that title with

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*"City information missing from geolocation"

However, this seems less clear, since the lack of city information is not a bug, it is the expected behavior. The reporter is merely suggesting to improve that behavior. So it seems the imperative option is the way to go with that issue.
Let's look now at an entirely new feature. Consider these options:

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*"No ability to export report to XML"

*"Add ability to export report to XML"

*"Export report to XML"

Describing the current behavior seems even more ridiculous here, but the imperative option doesn't look so good too. The third option simply describes the new feature itself, which might be the way to go here, assuming the issue has meta-data that indicates this is a "new feature" issue.

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*So what's more important - sticking to one convention, or matching the grammar to the issue?

*Where would you draw the line between a descriptive title and an imperative title?

*When would you describe the current behavior and when the desired behavior?

A: Always why, rather than what. From the perspective of the user, what is the actual problem you're trying to solve? For example,

Search doesn't work if looking for a string that spans two lines.

It's impossible to tell from any of your examples. The problem being that you can't prioritise tasks, unless you have someone handy who knows why those changes need to happen.
If, when creating an issue, you have an idea what the solution is, write that into the comment instead. It's no effort for a developer to read the whole issue but, when you're prioritising, you need to look at that issue in the context of other issues. So it's important to have useful information to that end.

A: In the title I prefer describing the bug, not the fix. Also as opposed to pdr's answer, I focus on the actual bug, not what I was trying to achieve. There is plenty of space available in the detailed description for the expected behaviour, background information and even proposals on how to fix the bug.
To help me writing good titles for bugs, I try to come up with a description that sounds good in release notes. Consider the given examples:

Fixed bug #1001: Newlines are not stripped when multi-line headers are parsed

This sounds good.

Fixed bug #1001: Avoid leaving newlines when parsing multi-line headers

It is a little unclear if the bug is about leaving newlines or avoiding them.

Fixed bug #1001: Fix parsing of multi-line headers: strip newlines

While the bug in this format is clear, it sounds clumsy with the repetition of the word "fix" and usage of an additional colon.

Fixed bug #1001: Strip newlines when parsing multi-line headers

This has the same problem as the second example. It's unclear if the described line is the correct or incorrect behaviour.
Thus I prefer the first example "Descriptive".
A benefit of this approach is that less effort is needed when creating the release notes, as the information is already (mostly) in correct format. However even if release notes are not needed, this guideline still works well and produces bug titles that are easy to read and understand.


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The most unique visual quality of the star fruit is its shape — a perfect star when it's cut across the middle. There are two varieties of star fruit, and the challenge is telling them apart. One is deliciously sweet, described as a cross between an apple and a grape, and the other is sour. The sweet type has ribs with thicker flesh, while the other has narrow ribs.2 Some contain two to five tiny, edible seeds in the center of each angled cell.3 One of the great benefits of star fruit is that the entire thing – waxy coat and all – can be enjoyed.
It comes as no surprise that the greatest amount of nutrients in star fruit is derived from vitamin C, providing 57 percent of the daily recommended value in a serving.
Smaller amounts of dietary fiber, copper, niacin, and potassium (which can prevent muscle cramps by increasing blood circulation) are important components of this fruit. B-complex vitamins like folates, riboflavin and pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) are also present in star fruit, Which may help in the metabolism of the body.
The average star fruit contains around 30 calories, fewer than any other tropical fruit per serving. Along with its high fiber content, it's a great choice for anyone wanting to manage their weight, prevent constipation and keep their digestive system running smoothly. It also helps lower the absorption of LDL ("bad") cholesterol while protecting the colon from toxic substances by binding to cancer-causing chemicals that happen to be passing through.
Flavonoids in star fruit such as quercertin, epicatechin and gallic acid have antioxidant properties that offer their own benefits, including the neutralization of harmful free radicals that can cause inflammation.
Traditional Brazilian folk medicine made use of star fruit as a diuretic, an expectorant and cough suppressant.10 Its leaves have been used to help ease headache, gastroenteritis, boils and angina. Powdered star fruit seeds have been used to help relieve asthma and colic. However, dialysis patients or those with possible renal failure symptoms have reportedly developed neurological symptoms, and are advised to strictly avoid eating star fruit.
Although you can combine star fruit in your favorite recipes, you can actually enjoy it by itself. This fruit is best eaten ripe and you'll know it's ready through its vibrant yellow color. Star fruit may have some dark brown markings along the five ridges, but don't worry because this is normal. Choose those that are still firm, not mushy, and do not have brown spots all over.
Wash the fruit thoroughly using plain running water. Scrub it with your fingers to ensure any loose dirt in between crevices are removed.
Using a sharp knife, cut the fruit across its broad side so that it is divided into star-shaped slices that are at least 1/4-inch to 1/2-inch wide.
Place the chicken stock in a saucepan and boil the drumsticks until tender. Add black and white soya sauce to taste.
Put sliced star fruit, shallots, tomatoes, lemon grass and shredded kaffir lime leaves in the pan and season with fish sauce to taste. Cook further for five minutes.
To serve: pour into one large or two individual bowls and decorate with coriander and red chili. Serve warm or hot.
Hanging on the tree, star fruits look like odd little lanterns. It's when you slice them around the middle that they render the perfect star formation that is so fun to serve as a garnish or in salads with other succulent fruits. This exotic tropical fruit is also grown in the warmest areas of America and Asia, and its two main varieties are sour and sweet.
But beyond its ability to render any salad more colorful and tastier, star fruit is packed with vitamin C as an infection fighter, plus antioxidants, flavonoids, fiber and potassium. Studies have shown it to be effective in lowering the risk of liver cancer and diabetes, with more research continuing.
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Responding to a Hull Truth discussion about the value of DSC, a cruiser anchored in Panama reported how it just helped him deal with an intruder. The full story (see 8/4/07 "update" on his site) reveals that he was alarmed about the intruder by a simple wireless motion detector designed for home use and for sale at $70. Reporter Wireless looks to be a pretty powerful system, and whereas the battery operated sensor is weather proof—and it looks like the receiver can be run off a 12v supply—pretty boat worthy. The receiver, by the way, can support four sensors, and has a relay to fire a louder alarm or talk to another monitoring system. The manual is available here.
Glad to see this item make your web site. We're the two guys that were boarded after dark here in Panama and I have to say, this device just paid for itself. We bought it because we had our gas can stolen out of our dingy a few months back (we now remove it every night). Our intent was to keep our dingy and motor safe, any hands reaching into the dingy to cut the two locking cables and three locks on the outboard would set off the motion sensor alerting us. But instead our intruder crawled from his dug out canoe, into our dingy and set off the motion sensor which in turn set off the chime in the boat, alerted us, and by the time I got into the cockpit our intruder was also in our cockpit. Anyway, won't go more into that, you can read our site for the whole story.
But it's a great device at a reasonable price. We have the motion sensor velcroed to the inside of the dinghy's transom. With it's narrow beam it protects the inside of the dingy so anyone reaching in (or crawling in) sets off the motion sensor. The motion sensor is wireless, makes no sound and runs a few months off of four AA batteries. The base unit, which we keep inside the boat, has a chime. It also has a 10 amp relay if you want to hook up a light or siren or whatever. The unit comes with an 110vac adapter which converts the 110vac to 12vdc. So we just cut off the adapter and put on a 12v plug. Works great! When we're both off the boat we put the motion sensor under the dodger facing the cockpit and plug in the siren to the base unit. Now our big boat is protected. After our experience, we're sold. I may even get another as a back up.
This incident may be slightly disturbing but did it really warrant a Mayday call on either voice or DSC? Where was the grave and immediate danger to life? The loss of a dingy is a real pain but does it constitute grave danger?
Well, Roger, if the thief spoke up immediately, and said something to the effect that he was just there to steal a gas can, not to worry, then yes, this was too much bother. As he did not politely state his purpose, and clarify the ordinariness of his invasion, one is left to deal with the situation according to plan, i.e. "Battle Stations; repel invaders." Since bad poo poo does happen, grace, consideration and comportment are held in abeyance. This is much the same as waking up at home with a stranger in the bedroom. Pausing to ask if he is lost and in need of directions is not strictly appropriate. The disadvantage of hindsight is that it obviously ignores the immediate nature of the situation.
While a late comment I would like to respond to Roger by saying that yes, I felt this situation did in fact warrant a distress call. The intruder was not in our dingy when we discovered him but in our cockpit at the companionway entrance. The motion sensor went off as he stepped from his dugout, into our dingy (sensor goes off) then into our cockpit. By the time I got to the companionway door he was face to face with me. Being very dark outside, not being able to see what, if anything, was in his hands or if anyone else was onboard, we both felt we were in danger. If he was just in our dingy and not in arms reach of us, then maybe a distress call would not have been warranted. When face to face with an intruder, I believe it is warranted.


I first have to say that I am a real fan of your CFFA3000 card. When I saw it existed a few years ago, it actually got me back into Apple II retrocomputing. I ended up buying 3 of the cards and put them in my ROM 01 and ROM 03 Apple IIGSes and my Platinum IIe. I focused more on the IIGSes since that was my second computer I owned after upgrading from a IIe.
Anyway I'm having an issue with one of my CFFA3000s and I used the CFFA3000 out of the IIe to confirm the problem. First, I use both of my IIGSes to compare how they work differently. Both machines have the exact same hardware and here's what's in them. Slot 1: Uthernet card, Slot 2: Apple Hi-Speed SCSI card with an Apple CD-ROM drive connected, Slot 3: TWGS upgraded to 17 MHz, Slot 4: empty, Slot 5: Apple 3.5" Superdrive I/F card with two superdrives each. Note: right now Slot 5 is set to your card so I can have 1 3.5" 800K drive in 5,1 and a RAM5 disk in 5,2. Slot 6: empty as the two 5.25" drive are daisy chained to the back of the 3.5" drive, Slot 7: CFFA3000 with a 32 GB CF card and a 64 GB USB thumb drive. Both machines run great as I have replaced the power supplies with 140W units and a System Saver IIGS is used to keep it cool. The monitors are replaced with a converter from Nishida Radio that converts the analog RGB signals to Y, R-Y, B-Y to display on any flatscreen TV. Finally I'm running GS/OS 6.0.4. and I have 14 volumes mounted on the desktop, all from the CFFA3000, nine from the CF and 7 from the USB and about half of them are 1.5 GB HFS images and the rest 16 or 32 MB ProDOS images.
Okay now for my issues. First, all three CFFA3000 cards are v1.0 Rev C originally shipped with firmware 3.1. The USB thumb drive on the 01 machine would sit and oscillate between ready and none at about a 1 Hz rate no matter what thumb drive I plugged in. I replaced the CFFA3000 with my IIe card and it did the same thing. So I put the thumbdrive in my 03 CFFA3000 and it sort of worked most of the time. Plugging the thumb drive directly into the USB port on the card also fixed the oscillation issue. I then upgraded all three cards to firmware version 3.1.1 and, so far, no issues. But at the same time I found I had a bad USB extender cable (it was white), so I replaced it. Does the 3.1.1 firmware upgrade address the ready issue on the USB port? What are the maximum sizes the CF and USB drives the the CFFA3000 can support before there are issues? Have you had any problems with with 14 images or more volumes mounted on a IIGS at once from a CFFA3000?
The second problem is even weirder. I recently got Safe2 up and running on the IIGSes to FTP files from my Mac Pro. In the left home screen of Safe2 it lists all mounted volumes. On my 01 machine it list 13 volumes, and on my 03 machine it lists all 14 volumes. The drive not shown on the 01 machine is called SIS.Files and it's the same 16 MB ProDOS image (.2MG) I made using Ciderpress on both IIGSes. It mounts on the desktop under GS/OS 6.0.4 without an issue on either machine. So I put my IIe CFFA3000 in the 01 IIGS and that SIS.Files mounts in Safe2 just fine. I put the original CFFA3000 back in and that volume is missing on the 01 machine in Safe2. Put the IIe CFFA3000 back in and the volume is shown in Safe2's volume list. Should I return the card in question back to factory defaults and see if that fixes the problem?
Hey, great cards, I love them to death and will probably buy more. I look forward to your response.
Forgot to mention, 8 MBs of RAM in both machines.
Update. I first-birthdayed the CFFA3000 card and that cleared the problem with the SIS.FILES volume not showing up in Safe2. It now shows up in the volume list. Weirder and weirder. Have you ever seen this before? If so under what circumstances?


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Labor Day Gatherings May Be Behind Spike In COVID Cases In NorCal
California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly gave a coronavirus briefing Friday suggesting that there are "early signs" of a spike in COVID-19 cases, particularly around Greater Sacramento and elsewhere in Northern California.
"We see these trend lines, which had been coming down and then flattening, now looking like they may be coming up, and not just over one or two days but over the course of a handful of days," Ghaly said, per KCRA. "We want to sound that bell for all of you."
Ghaly says this uptick could be the result of Labor Day gatherings two and a half weeks ago, the forced movement of people due to wildfire evacuations, and/or the increasing reopening of businesses in various counties.
"We've seen that before, we've done a good job to bring it down and certainly our hospital system, with the wonderful partners we have, are able to take care of that level of patients with need," he said. But problems could arise if, as he predicts, we are seeing a possible 89-percent rise in hospitalizations in the next month.
At present, there are 2,578 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in California, and that number could nearly double, Ghaly says, if the trend holds.
Here in the nine-county Bay Area, the average daily new cases are down 28 percent in the last two weeks compared to the previous two weeks — so perhaps Ghaly isn't talking about us?
San Francisco is expected to begin allowing indoor dining at limited capacity next week — but as Eater pointed out Friday, the 25-percent capacity rule includes any employees in the restaurant, which means very few indoor seats will be available in some restaurants.
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