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WWW Video Games
Actually, browser games are part of the PC games category, but playing in a web browser make them so different that they deserve to be classified as an entirely separate kind of games. Most of the browser games are simple massive multiplayer online titles with poor graphics and many social options. However, there are exceptions to this rule.
Released Games 401 Upcoming Games 3
Action29 Arcade18
RPG79 Strategy167 Adventure21 Sports17 Racing3 Simulation16 Logic45 Party9 MMO170
RuneScape (WWW)
RPG 28 May 2003
RuneScape by Jagex Software is one of the most popular MMORPGs of all time. The developer team decided to make their production first and foremost simple, which is evident by the plot, controls, visuals and soundtrack.
Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming (WWW)
Strategy 26 March 2019
Extended browser production, combining elements of a strategy game and RPG. The game is based on the license of the popular TV series Game of Thrones. The Chinese studio Yoozoo Games is responsible for its creation.
Might & Magic: Heroes Online (WWW)
Might & Magic: Heroes Online is a browser game and a part of the highly popular strategic game franchise created in 1995 by Jon van Caneghem and New World Computing. The game was developed by Blue Byte Software, creators of The Settlers saga, responsible for the browser versions of various popular games (i.e. The Settlers, Anno, or Silent Hunter). In terms of the plot, Heroes Online continues the story from the last two big games of the series. In the fantasy world of Ashan, two opposing factions fight for power. Each of them has an army made of skilled warriors of different races and classes. There are two basic aspects to the gameplay: real time world exploration, where we also gather resources and recruit our army, and the turn-based tactical battles that take place on hexagonal battlefields. Unlike the other browser games, Might & Magic: Heroes Online's visuals are on rather high level, and not far behind what can be seen in the series' main games.
The Settlers Online (WWW)
Strategy 17 November 2010
The Witcher: Versus (WWW)
RPG 22 August 2008
A browser MMORPG referring stylistically to the first part of The Witcher by developers from the CD Projekt RED studio. The game consists mainly of duels with other players, where the reward is experience and gold to develop the hero, including training new skills and upgrading attributes. The characters and locations in the game have their literary prototypes in Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher's novel cycle.
Forge of Empires (WWW)
Forge of Empires is a browser strategy game in which the main goal is to transform a small town into a developed metropolis. The action takes place over several historical epochs. We erect buildings, develop new technologies, collect raw materials, earn money, and form and maintain a strong army capable of counteracting a possible attack and expansion into the surrounding areas.
The Pride of Taern (WWW)
The Pride of Taern is a browser MMORPG, produced and administered by the Polish company Whitemoon. The action is set in a fantasy world, and players create characters who were forced to flee and start a new life away from their homeland - the kingdom of Taern - due to the war turmoil. The title is distributed on a free-to-play basis with the option of micropayment.
Anno Online (WWW)
Therian Saga (WWW)
RPG 18 February 2014
An extensive browser MMORPG, the action of which takes us to the deserted 700 years ago continent of Myriaden, putting the player in the role of a colonist looking for wealth and fame. The game stands out from other similar titles, focusing on exploration and an extremely complex system of craftsmanship, allowing our hero to become an absolutely unique character. A characteristic element is also the economy co-created by the players, who independently produce items necessary for representatives of other professions.
Contract Wars (WWW)
Action 18 December 2012
Free, browser-based MMOFPS game, combining the best features of popular multiplayer shooters with an advanced character development system based on RPG productions. In the game we participate in a conflict between two private military companies whose interests converge in Eastern Europe. The advantage of the production is the high quality graphic design, unprecedented in browser titles.
BlockStarPlanet (WWW)
Unusual production, in terms of gameplay and graphics reminiscent of Minecraft studio Mojang AB. The game offers a great deal of freedom, allowing you to create your own boards and explore locations made by others. The title was developed by MovieStarPlanet ApS.
Tibia (WWW)
Tibia MMORPG, in which by exploring the title land in search of treasures and fighting against monsters, we develop the qualities and skills of the hero created by us. The game is characterized by old-school graphic design and complete lack of sound.
SUPERHOT (Prototype) (WWW)
SUPERHOT is an unusual FPS developed by Blue Brick studio. Finished in just 7 days, the first version of the game was presented during the 7 Day FPS Challenge in 2013. Gameplay of SUPERHOT consists of eliminating subsequent opponents in sterile rooms and corridors, where time stands still as long as the player doesn't move. The game focuses not on the shooting itself, but rather on achieving the mastery of time control which allows you to dodge bullets while accurately aiming at the heads of your enemies. You start the game with no weapons, but you can find them on enemies' corpses. Ammunition is limited and even a single shot can kill your avatar, forcing you to restart the game. SUPERHOT features a minimalistic visual style with a palette of colors basically limited to white, dominating the environment, contrasting with red opponents and marks left by the bullets.
Taern: Broken Ranks (WWW)
Taern: Broken Ranks is a MMORPG by the Polish studio Whitemoon, responsible for the browser game The Pride of Taern. The game was inspired by isometric RPGs of the Fallout and Baldur's Gate series.
Dungeon Rampage (WWW)
RPG 05 September 2012
Action RPG game set in a fantasy atmosphere shown with a pinch of salt. We play the role of a hero who fights hordes of evil magician monsters. In the course of the game we use the help of friends or randomly selected players and together we gain experience, gold and powerful weapons. Over time, we gain access to new character classes and develop their skills.
Zombie Lane (WWW)
A humorous social game about zombies. We face undead invasions and try to survive at all costs by repairing the house, gathering supplies and gaining better and better weapons. We also use the support of our Facebook friends.
Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances (WWW)
Strategy 15 December 2011
Mafia Wars (WWW)
Strategy 01 June 2008
Free strategic MMO game supported by the browser, in which we manage the mafia family. Our task is to develop a criminal interest and deal with competition from other players. The whole is based on a free model with micropayments.
Naruto Online (WWW)
RPG 20 July 2016
A web-based MMO role-playing game based on the popular manga universe created by Masashi Kishimoto. Naruto Online was developed jointly by Chinese studio More Fun and the CyberConnect 2 team, also known from the majority of the stand-alone games in the franchise. The game takes place in the world, where elements of the medieval Japan are combined with modern technology, and you play as ninja warriors, who represent selected villages from this universe. Apart from the perfect training, specialist equipment, and unique combat techniques, they all share the ability of using the so-called chakra energy to use special attacks. The mechanics are typical for Asian MMORPG productions, allowing you to play on your own in the PvE mode, where you do a series of story quests, while the visuals are based on those of other Naruto games and comics.
Plants vs Zombies Adventures (WWW)
Plants vs. Zombies Adventures is a tower defense facebook strategy. The player's task is to repel waves of zombies. To achieve this goal it uses seedlings that grow on plants that attack opponents or slow down their dreams. Between the missions we deal with the development of the town.
OGame (WWW)
Strategy 01 January 2002
OGame is a free browser strategy game in the MMO convention, prepared and published by the German company Gameforge. Players take control of the small planet and, by expanding its economic and military potential, try to create an intergalactic empire.
The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age (WWW)
A browser strategy game based on the film Hobbit: An extraordinary journey directed by Peter Jackson. Production allows you to lead powerful armies representing one of the three available races to battle, while taking control of the most famous characters in J.R.R.R. Tolkien's novel.
Islandoom (WWW)
An online browser MMO game by Polish studio Bloomga S.A. The game allows you to develop your own insular kingdom in a world, where things happen even when you're logged out. Even if your computer is turned off, the resources are still mined for, the shipyards keep building new ships, and the installations are built according to your orders. It also means that in every given moment your island may get attacked by another user, who hopes to steal some of your useful resources. To defend yourself against the invaders, you can attack them yourself, build fortifications, and ally yourself with others through trading and diplomacy. An important feature is the captain character and their special ship, which you can upgrade with the modifications you earn. Both the captain and your whole empire can level up, which allows you to allocate bonuses for them, according to your own development strategy.
Elvenar (WWW)
Strategy 08 April 2015
A browser MMO strategy game from the creators of Tribal Wars. In Elvenar the player joins one of two sides of conflict: humans or elves, and strives to build a prospering metropolis. Each of the two races uses different technologies and offers unique architecture, units, and a bit different gameplay philosophy. For example, elves live in harmony with nature, practice magic and coexist with other fantasy creatures, whereas humans are more of ambitious engineers, who use medieval weapons and technology. The foundation of gameplay is to provide your settlement with wealth and security as well as transform it into a big metropolis. To this end you have to produce food and collect resources, expand buildings, and recruit a strong army that would fight your battles and allow you to explore new territories. In Elvenar you can focus on story-based campaign missions or interact with other players: establish alliances, trade or wage wars with them. Battles are fought in a turn-based system on hexagonal fields. Elvenar stands out from similar games with impressive 3D visuals and high-quality graphics.
Cultures Online (WWW)
Strategy 07 July 2010
Cultures Online is a free browser strategy, combining elements of an economic game with MMORPG, produced by Funatics studio. As the leader of the Viking nations around Iceland, we care about the development of society and its expansion into neighbouring areas. Other players, with whom we can trade, wage wars or make covenants, have an important role in the game.
Nyrthos (WWW)
RPG canceled
Nyrthos is a browser action RPG inspired by the fan-favourite Diablo series and developed by the independent Czech studio BeerDeer. The game takes place in a fantasy world that is on the brink of war with the armies of darkness. We play as a hero who tries to stop the invasion of evil. Our character can use swords and magic in combat. With time and experience, we will level up his abilities and upgrade his equipment. As in many similar games, we will also explore dungeons in search for treasures. The world of Nyrthos constantly changes under the influence of our actions. New locations, quests, and enemies will appear in the game as we play. When we are not busy adventuring, we can buy an estate or create our own village and manage it. In addition to the single player campaign, Nyrthos offers an Arena Mode where heroes fight with hordes of enemies for additional Honor points and higher online ranks.


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Q: Dagger hilt injecting into activity results in UninitializedPropertyAccessException error I am trying to inject a class into an activity using dagger hilt using a Module.  I've looked through tutorials and countless SO posts.  I cannot tell what I'm doing wrong.
I have a DataStoreManger class that i'm trying to use in an activity.
class DataStoreManager (@ApplicationContext appContext: Context) {...}

I have an AppModule that provides a DataStoreManager.
@Module
@InstallIn(SingletonComponent::class)
object AppModule {
   @Provides
   @Singleton
   fun provideDataStoreManager(@ApplicationContext appContext: Context):
      DataStoreManager = DataStoreManager(appContext)
}

Then I'm trying to use DataStoreManager in MainActivity.
@AndroidEntryPoint
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
   @Inject lateinit var dataStoreManager: DataStoreManager

   private val userPreferencesFlow = dataStoreManager.userPreferencesFlow
}

This results in an uninitialized property access exception
     Caused by: kotlin.UninitializedPropertyAccessException: lateinit property
     dataStoreManager has not been initialized

A: When you use
@Inject lateinit var dataStoreManager

The dataStoreManager is only actually injected during the call to super.onCreate().
However, when you create a property such as
private val userPreferencesFlow = dataStoreManager.userPreferencesFlow

This property is created immediately as part of the construction of your MainActivity class - it doesn't wait until onCreate() runs, hence the error you are receiving.
Generally, the easiest way to avoid this is by only access the userPreferencesFlow from your injected manager when you actually want to collect it, which is presumably after super.onCreate().
However, if you want to still create your flow as a member variable at the activity level, you can use by lazy:
private val userPreferencesFlow by lazy {
    dataStoreManager.userPreferencesFlow
}

The lazy block will only be executed lazily - e.g., the first time you actually use the member variable, thus ensuring that your @Inject variable has actually been injected.

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Jason Lemkin discusses how founders, and investors look for different things from venture capital funds and how that shapes what they consider to be a great VC.
Bearing in mind that what a great VC means for founders, is a little bit different than what it means for LPs where the people who invest in VCs.
VCs is a financial product, it's like a mutual fund. Or it's just something that the VCs, own investors select all the people that they put money into VCs funds is that they care about is a number, results. What's your IRR, what's your return on capital. That's all they care about, cash on cash returns.
What founders these days really want is a VC that was also a COO and a founder. Someone who can go through the journey. They all really want that, but it turns out, founders don't actually make the best VCs. The best VCs are just grape pickers, and often times they are never an entrepreneur even for five seconds.
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Home » India, North Korea and Mexico Dominated the EM Headlines
India, North Korea and Mexico Dominated the EM Headlines
Marc Chandler
Last Updated: 12, September 2016
In the EM equity space as measured by MSCI, Colombia (+4.1%), Hong Kong (+3.9%), and China (+3.6%) have outperformed this week, while Thailand (-4.4%), Qatar (-3.3%), and the Philippines (-2.7%) have underperformed. To put this in better context, MSCI EM rose 1.2% this week while MSCI DM fell -0.5%.
In the EM local currency bond space, Colombia (10-year yield -37 bp), South Africa (-18 bp), and Ukraine (-17 bp) have outperformed this week, while the Philippines (10-year yield +27), Brazil (+20 bp), and Mexico (+4 bp) have underperformed. To put this in better context, the 10-year UST yield rose 6 bp this week to 1.66%.
In the EM FX space, COP (+1.8% vs. USD), KRW (+1.7% vs. USD), and IDR (+1.1% vs. USD) have outperformed this week, while MXN (-1.5% vs. USD), PHP (-1.1% vs. USD), and TRY (-0.7% vs. USD) have underperformed.
India has a new central bank head. Governor Patel ushers in a new era for the RBI, where a newly formed Monetary Policy Committee will determine policy going forward. The RBI has named its three members (Governor Patel, Deputy Governor Gandhi in charge of monetary policy, and Executive Director Michael Patra), and the government will name three external members this month. Governor Patel will cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie. Officials say that the MPC will be in place for the October 4 policy decision.
North Korea detonated a nuclear device. It was the second one this year, and fifth and largest test to date. The test set off an artificial earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale. Pyongyang boasted that it was now able to produce miniaturized nuclear arms. China will formally protest the action, which is another sign that it is running out of patience with Pyongyang.
The Turkish government may be eyeing the central bank for the next purge. Prosecutors are now saying the bank is dominated by Gulenists, citing as evidence the image of Halley's Comet on Turkish banknotes. According to the indictment, Gulenists use a comet symbol for organizations that they have infiltrated. None of the 73 prime suspects named in the indictment are central bank employees, but the comments suggest something is brewing. A purge here would not be taken well by markets.
Mexican Finance Minister Videgaray resigned. Some press reports are tying it to Trump's visit, but no official reason was given for his departure. If nothing else, it could be part of a wider cabinet shuffle by President Pena Nieto, who has seen his popularity fall to record lows. To his credit, Videgaray was able to push through some difficult economic reforms during his tenure, and was well respected by the markets.
Incoming Mexican Finance Minister Meade announced new spending cuts. The 2017 budget proposes spending cuts of MXN239.7 bln (MXN169.4 bln already announced plus MXN70.3 bln newly announced) to help reach a primary surplus equal to 0.4% of GDP. This would be the first primary surplus in 8 years. The budget assumes growth of 2-3% next year, down from 2.6-3.6% forecast back in April.
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Camera IconA man with a knife has threatened people on a street in Oslo before being fatally shot by police. Credit: EPA
Man with knife threatens people in Norway
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A man reportedly armed with a knife has threatened passers-by on the streets of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, before being shot dead by police, officials say.
Norwegian media published footage of the alleged attacker, naked from the waist up and wielding a knife.
Police initially suggested that passers-by had been wounded, but later said that only one police officer was slightly hurt.
"We have so far no information that this is terror-related," Senior Police Chief Egil Joergen Brekke told a news conference on Tuesday.
"To us, this appears to be a stand-alone act, so that there is no reason to fear for the safety of the city for others. This is a person who is known to us in the past and who has a history," Brekke told reporters.
The first reports to the police shortly before 9am were about a man with a knife running after another person, Brekke said.
A nearby patrol car in the Bislett neighbourhood of northern Oslo rushed to the scene and first tried to stop the man by running him down before it drove into a building between a flower shop and a cafe to halt the man's progress.
The man managed to open the car door, police spokesman Torgeir Brenden said.
He said "several shots" were fired at the man but did not specify whether it was the police officers in the car who opened fire. Brenden said the perpetrator was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died.
Norwegian media said up to six shots were heard, citing witnesses. Brekke could not give detailed information, saying the Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs is probing the events - which is customary in Norway when police officers use firearms.
"To my knowledge, there are no other injured," Brekke, the police chief, said.
Last month a man armed with a bow and arrow and a knife killed five people in a small town southwest of Oslo.


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Transhumanism and Biofascism Are Tools of the 'Technological Elite'
In an interview on "RFK Jr. The Defender Podcast," T.J. Coles, Ph.D., author of 'Biofascism: The Tech-Pharma Complex and the End of Democracy,' talked with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. about transhumanism, the billionaire class and the World Economic Forum.
by Susan C. Olmstead
in Commentary, Lede, Top, Video
Transhumanism and biofacism are becoming tools of the technological elite, according to T.J. Coles, Ph.D., author and researcher at Plymouth University's Cognition Institute in the UK.
On the March 25 episode of "RFK Jr. The Defender Podcast," Coles spoke with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., chairman and chief legal counsel of Children's Health Defense, about transhumanism, the billionaire class and the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Coles is the author of many books, including "Your Brain in Quarantine: The Neuroscience of Human Isolation and Confinement" (2020), "Capitalism and Coronavirus: How Institutionalized Greed Turned a Crisis into a Catastrophe" (2020) and "Biofascism: The Tech-Pharma Complex and the End of Democracy" (2022).
During the interview, Kennedy played a recording of Dr. Yuval Noah Harari, whom Kennedy called the "ideological commissar" of the WEF.
Harari is a historian and philosopher, according to his website, and the author of the books "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" (2015) and "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow" (2017).
He has been a featured speaker at the WEF's meetings in Davos, Switzerland.
In the recording, Harari said:
"What scientists and engineers are telling us more and more is that if we only have enough data and enough computing power, we can create algorithms that understand humans and their feelings much better than humans can understand themselves."
"Harari kind of laments that totalitarian regimes and oligarchies and plutocracies of the past have not been able to achieve this level of control over humans," Kennedy said, "but the current technology gives those cohorts that exciting capacity."
Coles agreed, stating "authoritarian vectors" began growing in power even before the pandemic: Out-of-control asset management companies, Big Tech monopolies, and Big Pharma run amok.
Kennedy acknowledged how this can sound "paranoid" to those who have not read for themselves what the global elite are actually writing and saying.
In fact, he said, it came as a shock to him as well.
"I think the first impediment is kind of persuading the listeners to this podcast that this is something real and not part of my ravings," Kennedy said.
Kennedy asked Coles:
"The billionaire class themselves seem to see transhumanism as a way to kind of permanently extend their lives, or at least their consciousness. … How do you achieve a level of control that will allow informed and enlightened elites to manage global populations and the world?"
Coles commented, "These existing authoritarian vectors of Big Pharma regulatory capture, Big Tech — they really became what I and others call biofascist after the pandemic. They completely used their power to take over the media."
The WEF is behind those efforts, Coles said.
"The World Economic Forum with all its so-called intellectuals … they provide the kind of ideological drive or the ideological cover that supports a lot of this agenda."
Watch the podcast here.
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Silver Locket is a case study on branding. This project included developing the logo, brand standards guide, and the concepts for the company's stationery, website, apparel, and advertising.
Silver Locket is the anonymous author of a fashion column that is in the new, free, street culture magazine Afoot. The column congratulates unsuspecting people on their innovative fashion style, trends or ideas.
The Silver Locket logo represents the tone and values of the brand and consists of three elements that work together as a whole. The symbol has a casual, fun, and edgy feel with the grunge brush stroke and the combination of the heart and lock shapes. The offset gray shape behind it also gives a more casual mood to the logo. The colours help further a mood of youth, fun, and fashion. The colour choices also lean towards the target audience of girls and women. And, the gray still keeps the logo connected to the brand name Silver Locket. The typography of the logotype gives it a strong foundation because of the serifs. It has very modern and edgy shapes to make it fresh and fashion forward. And the "k" in the type pairs well with the logo with its hook like form reminding viewers of a lock.
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If Donations Are Free Speech, so is Begging
ACORN August 19, 2017 August 22, 2017 by Wade
New Orleans Free speech is a funny thing, though many are no longer laughing. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
The Supreme Court in one decision after another from Citizens' United on out has said that the act of giving money is free speech for the rich. There are no limits other than the size of their bank balances. Until phenomena like the Sanders' campaign upended the role of smaller donations from regular people, the first primary for both parties has been the "money" race to determine who can amass the largest war chest. Remember the ancient history that favored former Governor Jeb Bush in the Republican lists for that reason alone.
At the same time people begging for donations in public other than politicians, arts groups, ball teams, and scores of others were seen as panhandlers and beggars. Cities, counties, and states passed ordinances and all manner of legislation defining the later as public nuisances, even though the former, especially the intersection between politicians and the rich is widely recognized as a threat to democracy, not simply public safety. Most of public officials weren't offended by the sight of politicians with their hats and hands out to the rich, perhaps because there with the grace of god go they, but they were horrified by the homeless and determined to protect the public from the destitute or the down on their luck.
The tide has been forced to turn the other way. Federal judges have ruled panhandling restrictions unconstitutional in cities in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, and Massachusetts recently. Challenges are outstanding in Washington, DC, Houston, Oklahoma City, and Pensacola, Florida.
Not only does this give more justice to the poor, but it is also a boon to nonprofit fundraising. Welcome to something called "tagging." Many credit the notion to firefighters who annually get out on street corners with their boots for a donation to this or that and would give donors a "tag," a small piece of paper thanking them. ACORN's canvass program in the 1980s taught everyone, including the organizing staff how to run a tag program. We had a hugely successfully program in New Orleans for example for both ACORN and the United Labor Unions. Cecile Richards, now the much esteemed director of the national Planned Parenthood Association, used to talk regularly about how great a tagger she was back in the day, and indeed she was! We were in and out of court with Orleans and other parishes on our free speech rights in this regard. Decades later they bent to the our wheel, though some try to claim panhandlers have to be seated and not mobile. They allow various groups to do whatever. I watched someone panhandling yesterday while I was at a stoplight, jump up from their milk crate and block traffic exiting the freeway with wild gesticulations because an emergency vehicle was trying to get through.
I applaud the overturned rulings in Colorado particularly. We had a tagger arrested decades ago in Denver, which we litigated aggressively, though unsuccessfully in the end, when the tagger was convicted of so-called "public begging." Justice delayed is indeed justice denied, but once achieved no matter the years, is still sweet.
When I recommend tagging as a fundraising mechanism both in the US and around the world organizers sometimes look at me with shock and horror in their eyes. I'm mystified. In New Orleans in the early 80s, New Orleans sometimes took in more than $1000 on a Saturday! What could be wrong or demeaning about asking the public for support for our causes?
And when it comes to the poor begging, if politicians don't like the sight of them, there's an easy solution: provide them more money, housing, and benefits.
Until then, people are going to do what has to be done. That doesn't just apply to the rich.
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Instagram provides the option through which you can change the Instagram name, in case if you are bored with that name or you want to make it more precise so that your friend can easily find you over the Instagram.
When you change the name over Instagram your friends can tag you easily in photos or videos. So, how we are going to do that we are going describe that thing in some of these steps.
Open Instagram app: Open your Instagram app in your android phone.
Tap on person icon: After login, you see person icon on the lower-right corner tap on that.
Tap on Edit profile: After tapping you see in the center of the screen an edit profile button tap on that.
Tap on name option: You see a "name" option and your name written on the box tap on that.
Type new name: Just enter your new name in the name box.
Tap on Correct icon: After typing your name in the box, you see correct icon in the top-right corner tap on that.
Now, it automatically updates your name on the bio-data of the person profile. You update can only appear in your bio-data section just after your profile picture.
Open App: Open your Instagram app in your iPhone.
Sign in: For the sign in process enter your email id or username with password.
Tap on profile picture: On the lower right corner you see a profile picture icon tap on that.
Tap on Edit profile: After tapping, you see your profile page in the top-center you see edit profile button tap on that.
Tap on name box: You see your name in the name box tap on that.
Enter your new name: Erased your previous name and enter the new one.
Tap on done: On the top-right corner you see done just tap on that.
After tapping on done button, you see your profile page then with your updated new name in your bio-data section.
Changing the name over Instagram will help your friends in searching you or it also make distinguish between you and the people who are having same name like yours.
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Video highlighting Oakland's partnership with Dell to promote Personalized Learning. This video features Urban Promise Academy in Oakland Unified School District.
At the VMworld Keynote in 2014 I was featured giving a customer testimonial for the just -released Evo-Rale.
Short highlight real I made for Startup Weekend in Oakland in November 2015.
I was a coach at the first student Startup Weekend in the Bay Area. This touching video demonstrates the creative, business, and technology skills of Oakland students.
State Superintendent Tom Torlakson visited Bret Harte Middle School in Oakland Unified to learn about how the SBAC field test went. I made a short video of the Superintendent's visit.
The Technology Advisory Board leaders appear in Fremont Unified School's District's television show, "Community Conversations".


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Key Takeaways from HIPAA Guidance on Individuals' Rights to Access Health Information
On January 7, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance on an individual's right to access health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule (45 CFR § 164.524). This guidance reflects the Administration's focus on promotion of patient access to data and patient-driven care.
This guidance does not establish new requirements. It clarifies areas of confusion related to individuals' rights and covered entities' requirements to improve institutional compliance, particularly in light of the proliferation of electronic health records and electronic health information. OCR highlighted areas where it believes covered entities historically have failed to comply with the HIPAA access requirements, which may indicate OCR intends to step up enforcement in these areas. Here are some key takeaways from the guidance:
Covered entities should be able to readily produce electronic information in electronic form and provide protected health information (PHI) via mail and email.
Many barriers to access are contrary to the Privacy Rule, such as requiring a physical visit or use of a web portal to make requests, charging inappropriate fees, or requiring that individuals provide a reason for their request.
The HIPAA access right differs from the CMS Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive program patient access requirements. Compliance with both is required.
General Right to Access
The Privacy Rule generally requires HIPAA covered entities to provide individuals with access to their PHI in one or more "designated record sets" (45 CFR § 164.501) maintained by or for the covered entity. Designated record sets extend beyond information maintained in an electronic health record or patient medical record, and they include any individually identifiable information used to make decisions about individuals, such as billing records, medical images, wellness and disease management program files, and clinical case notes.
Method of Access
The Privacy Rule requires that entities provide access to PHI in the form and format requested. If that option is not readily producible, the PHI must be provided in a readable hard copy form or other form agreed to by the entity and the requestor. If the request for an electronic copy relates to a document maintained electronically, the entity must produce it electronically. It must be in the electronic form and format requested by the individual if it is readily producible in that form and format (even if the covered entity would prefer to provide access in a different electronic form and format).
Covered entities must also meet manner of access requirements, including arranging a convenient time and location for an individual to pick up the PHI or sending the PHI by mail or email at the request of the individual. Covered entities are not responsible for a disclosure of PHI while in transmission to the individual. The guidance also references the new requirement for certified EHR technology to enable application programming interface (API) functionality to allow patients to use the application of their choice to access their data. The guidance does not, however, assert that use of APIs is required under HIPAA.
Requirements for Requesting Access
The Privacy Rule requires covered entities to take reasonable steps to verify the identity of the individual making a request, though the method of verification is at the entity's discretion. Verification may not create barriers or unreasonably delay an individual's access to PHI. Unreasonable measures include requiring a person to physically come into the office, use a web portal, or use paper mail to make such a request, and entities are encouraged to offer multiple means to make requests.
Covered entities may impose a cost-based fee for the PHI request. Fees may only include the cost of labor for copying the PHI, supplies for creating the copy, postage, as applicable, and preparation of a summary of the PHI, as applicable. The fee cannot include any other costs, even if other costs are authorized by State law. Impermissible costs include costs of verification, documentation, searching for and retrieving the PHI, maintaining systems, and recouping capital for data access, storage, or infrastructure.
Denial of Access
In its guidance, OCR clarifies that under very limited circumstances, a covered entity may deny an individual's request for access to all or a portion of the PHI requested. A covered entity may not require an individual to provide a reason for requested access. The individual's rationale for requesting access, if voluntarily offered or known by the covered entity or business associate, is not a permitted reason to deny access. Further, an entity may not deny access because a business associate of the covered entity, rather than the covered entity itself, maintains the requested PHI .
Relationship Between HIPAA and EHR Incentive Program Access Requirements
Under the CMS EHR Incentive Program, eligible providers may receive incentive payments and avoid payment reductions by demonstrating meaningful use of Certified EHR Technology. The EHR Incentive Program requires participating providers to give patients the ability to access their health information and ensure that patients can actually access that data or transmit it to a third party.
The requirements overlap with HIPAA but differ in important respects. Specifically, the EHR Incentive Program applies to a smaller set of health information, a "common clinical data set" (45 CFR § 170.102), while the HIPAA Privacy Rule applies to all information in a "designated record set," a much broader set of data. In addition, the EHR Incentive Program requires health information to be available within days, whereas the HIPAA Privacy Rule allows up to 30 days to make health information available. Ultimately, if an entity participates in the EHR Incentive Program and is covered by HIPAA, the entity must comply with both the EHR Incentive Program requirements and the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and the more stringent of the two requirements when they overlap. Despite the differences, it is possible for a provider to leverage its Certified EHR Technology to fulfill its HIPAA Privacy Rule access obligations.
We recommend that covered entities review their HIPAA compliance practices in light of this guidance, particularly to ensure compliance with the 2013 HIPAA modifications and to ensure their policies and practices are consistent with both the HIPAA Privacy Rules and the EHR Incentive Program requirements.
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I'll be at Worldcon this weekend!
Oh, we'll be there. I'm just not promising I'll be awake or coherent.
I don't think the Green Room is usually this fancy or lively.
Networking at conventions as a writer can be a daunting task, especially when you're just starting out. I certainly hate to come off as pushy or annoying. And I'm certainly not a born salesman, so I feel like an idiot going up to complete strangers and foisting my books upon them. I mean, sure, I can do the elevator pitch if I have to, and I don't mind talking about writing at all, but that's not how I am 24/7. I'd rather talk about music, or the latest book I read or movie I watched, or any other mundane subject like we're friends that met up at the bar.
On the other hand, there's one thing I've learned over the years: the convention is also full of pros who've been in the field quite a long time who feel the exact same way. Many are already self-conscious and nervous in this kind of public situation. We'd all rather just wave a quick hello and go back to hiding in our offices so we can write our novels!
In the end, the best way for all of us to break that feeling of mortification is to just jump in and go for it. It takes practice, but you'll get it after a while. It took me a few cons before I finally steeled myself to talk to the pros. Some of them are even my online friends now! And as I've said, the best way for me to do so is to treat the connection like we were friends at a typical gathering. I understand that the social link might not actually reach that far, but it helps for me to think of the conversations that way so I don't feel as nervous.
For years I twitched at the word 'networking' because for me it drags up images of businessmen gathering at a fancy overpriced bar in the city center where they all talk about things that I have absolutely no interest in. After years of social media and the occasional convention, however, I've learned that it doesn't have to be that. It can be the simple act of meeting a writer and getting to know them, they introduce you to their writer friends, and so on, until you find yourself knowing a surprisingly wide assortment of people, either as friends, associates, or acquaintances. Social media has definitely helped this become easier for many, including myself.
Convention Time Coming in 2018!
HEY KIDS! I'll be hitting the science fiction convention circuit with a force next year, as we've just bought our registrations for three of them that will be our neck of the woods! And yes, I'm planning on getting myself on some panels and maybe even doing a reading of something from the New Project (aka the Apartment Complex story)!
In a perfect world, us writers would be like Lupin III here.
When I was on a FOGCon panel about self-publishing a while back, one of the things I felt I had to point out — something that everyone else was skirting around but not really touching upon — was one of the most important parts of being a self-published author.
If you're going to be serious about self-publishing, you're going to have to be willing to fund it to some degree, out of your own pocket.
It's a tough thing to admit, I know, but it's true. You'll need to budget to some degree.
*There are many legit sources out there for these things…caveat emptor, of course, but a lot of fellow writers and editors online can steer you in the right direction.
The big part of the cost for me was after that — I had to be willing to budget for promotional things over the last few years such as flyers ($60 for 100 half-page cardstock flyers from MOO.com, which I created and mocked up myself), short-term advertising on a website ($100 at NoiseTrade.com to feature on the landing page and a mailout for a week), and cut the cost of the book for a site promotion (books 1 and 2 free for a month on Smashwords). Recently I've spent some money signing up for a few local science fiction conventions (FOGcon and BayCon over the last few months), where I will be using that time to plug my trilogy as well as talk about the writing biz. I also paid a graphic artist friend of mine to create my Mendaihu Press logo (see my blog site header, courtesy of MeaganHealy.com) that I will be using in the future.
I'm quite sure I'll be spending more funds in the future — the occasional advertising, more flyers, and so on — but so far I've been keeping it reined in pretty well. I know well enough that I shouldn't be creating thousands of flyers or having hundreds of copies of my books printed. I'm notoriously cheapass when it comes to the creative part of it; if I can pull it off well with minimum cost, then I'm happy.
Point being: if you're going to do it DIY, do it responsibly, and be aware that you're going to have to prime the pump a bit in order to start making any money out of your endeavor. Whether that's hiring an accountant or learning how to do it yourself, as long as you do it well and do it right, the end result is almost always worth it.
Note: don't forget to breathe. Also: don't tilt your head down like I did, unless you're fine with showing off your extra chins.
So! My first official convention as an author rather than a fan went well, all told! FOGcon was a very good place to start, as it's a relatively small convention attendance-wise, so I didn't feel overwhelmed by standing up in front of any large crowds.
–Dress for the occasion. What I wore is actually pretty conservative for a typical SF/F con, but my Diesel Sweeties 'Almost There' shirt went over well with a lot of people, including one of the hotel bartenders!
–Keep well hydrated, especially if you're doing a reading. There's a bottle of water hiding behind my book in that picture there, which came in handy.
–You will always end up reading faster than you think; remember to slow..it..down. I forgot this and zipped along at quite a pace, according to Amanda.
–Noted: remember to say what you're reading and give it a bit of a preface. Due to my nerves I'd completely forgotten to do so. D'OH. Thankfully I had my book front and center, so I'm sure most in the room understood that's what I was reading from.
–Important: even though I made those couple of mistakes? I'm far from a failure. I read my piece and got a positive response, and that's all that really matters.
–With some conventions (like this one), you're not doing readings alone. This works well on multiple levels: you can choose to go last if you need that extra bit of self-preparation; you're not up front and completely on your own; that little bit of camaraderie between authors before the panel starts really does help calm you down; and if someone in the audience is there to see their friend read, they'll be there to hear you as well. This last bit nicely quashes any worries that you'll read to an empty room!
–Some are picky about it, but really, don't worry about it: if you want to put your book up for all to see, by all means, go for it. I stood mine up and kept a few of my flyers next to it. As long as you're not doing the Shameless Salesman thing every other sentence.
Granted, I lucked out in that I'm fine with speaking with large groups. I'm always a little nervous about being the center of attention, but I pushed past that the best I could. As the panel went on, I became more comfortable talking with both the panelists and with the audience — it felt less like putting on a performance and more like having a fun and super geeky conversation with a bunch of other like-minded people.


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Spotlight: Sterling Diesel, Nagasaki
Meet Sterling! Raised in Okinawa, the United Kingdom and the United States, she now lives in Nagasaki.
Since she very young, she has always been creative and artistic, from drawing and painting, to even designing her own clothes. When she was 15, she made an entire outfit from scratch with her mother, from the wig to her shoes! These days, she enjoys making jewellery and clothing that she can wear and showcase. "I love working on projects that let me express myself as an individual", she says. "It's a great feeling when you can inspire someone". Her own inspiration comes from fashion designers, Alexander McQueen and Range Murata.
Her essential jewellery making supplies are, copper and silver wire, clear neon tubing, feathers, watch pieces, acrylic paint, sequins, seashells, and practically any trinket leftover in a box of antiques. She lives by these mottos, "Don't Panic", "Follow your situation" and "Never log off"! You can contact her at
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Troops find religious exemption for vaccines unattainable
By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 12,000 military service members refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are seeking religious exemptions, and so far they are having zero success.
That total lack of approvals is creating new tensions within the military, even as the vast majority of the armed forces have gotten vaccinated.
The services, urgently trying to keep the coronavirus pandemic in check by getting troops vaccinated, are now besieged with exemption requests they are unlikely to approve. Meanwhile, troops claiming religious reasons for avoiding the shots are perplexed because exemptions are theoretically available, yet seem impossible to obtain.
Caught in the middle are chaplains, who must balance the desire to offer compassionate care and guidance to personnel with the need to explain a complicated process that may well be futile. They also must assess requests from those who may be using religion as an excuse to avoid a vaccine that, while credited with preventing needless deaths, has become politically charged.
"So many of them come in thinking that I make the decision, and if they make this case, that it's a done deal," said Maj. A'Shellarien Lang, an Army chaplain for the National Guard. "I don't make the decision. And so when they find that out, it's a kind of game-changer in the sense that they know that the process has to continue."
According to the services, at least 30,000 service members are not yet vaccinated, but several thousand of those have gotten temporary or permanent medical or administrative exemptions approved. Of the remaining — which is likely 20,000 or more — thousands are working their way through the exemptions process, such as for religious reasons, or have flatly refused. That's about 1.5% of the roughly 1.3 million active duty troops.
Obtaining a religious exemption is rooted in a process that predates the pandemic and has been used for decisions such as whether troops on duty can wear head coverings or beards for religious reasons.
In addition to discussions with chaplains to determine whether they have a "sincerely held belief," troops must meet with commanders and medical personnel. The final decision is made higher up the chain of command and is also based on whether the person's vaccine exemption will pose a risk to mission accomplishment, unit cohesion, the health and safety of the force, and military readiness.
Even in the past, few troops have cleared those hurdles to get religious exemptions. And because the pandemic can directly affect the force's health and readiness, the bar is even higher, so military leaders aren't surprised by the lack of approved exemptions.
But for the troops and chaplains, it's been a bit overwhelming.
"It's just been a lot of interviews, a lot of memos," Lang said. "I find that my colleagues are stressed just because of the logistics of getting the memo done and having to make sure they're keeping up with the process. It's like rapid fire."
Air Force officials initially said religious exemption requests would be answered in 30 days. But they have gotten more than 4,700 requests — far more than the other military services, and the logistics of the lengthy review process has made it difficult to meet that timeline. The Navy has received about 2,700 religious exemption requests, the Marine Corps has 3,100 and the Army about 1,700. Some that were rejected have been appealed, but there is little data on that.
"We did not expect the surge of requests," said Air Force Col. Paul Sutter, chief chaplain for religious affairs at Space Force, which is included in the Air Force.
An Air Force reservist who requested a religious exemption said she's aware of none approved so far, and she is not optimistic. The reservist, who asked that her name be withheld for privacy reasons, said her chaplain was very straightforward, laying out the process and noting the lack of approvals.
Still, she said, she believes "God has a plan for my life."
Sutter and Col. Larry Bazer, deputy director of the National Guard's joint chaplain office, said they tell their chaplains to be impartial as they speak with service members and to follow the process.
"Meet the member where they are. Let them articulate who they are, how they believe and how they live out that faith," Sutter said he advises chaplains. "We're just looking for their articulation of their deeply held beliefs. You're looking for a consistency in how they adhere to those beliefs."
Lang, who has done more than 50 interviews, said a key question she asks is what service members plan to do if their request is denied — a possibility some don't expect.
She said some troops believe God doesn't want them vaccinated and are torn by what they see as a contradiction if God somehow doesn't ensure they get the exemption.
"If in their heart and their mind, they say this is God's will for my life, and if the answer is no, it's going to shatter that faith because there's no balance. There's no room for God to say no," she said. "When I create the space to say what if God says no, then that opens up another whole level of faith conversation."
The Air Force reservist who spoke on condition of anonymity said she was raised a Christian and is willing to retire if her request isn't granted, even though it would mean giving up her G.I. Bill tuition benefits that she would get if she stayed another year or more.
"I will have to forfeit that," said the mother of three children, including a newborn. Forgoing the tuition benefit, which she could transfer to her children, is worth it, she said. "I have no doubt God will provide for me."
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Studs Terkel moderates and comments on a round-table debate about the Montessori educational theory
A round-table debate about the Montessori educational theory. Four early childhood development professionals speak of the pros and the cons of the program. Speakers include: Fay Bauling advisor at Wilson Jr. College, Dr. Urban Fleege of DePaul University, Dr. Ner Littner from the Institute of Psychoanalysis, and Hannah MacLaren, head teacher from Ancona School.
Studs Terkel discusses use of the drug Cylert (Pemoline) with Richard Kasperson and Robert Janicki of Abbott Labs
Studs Terkel interviews two representatives from Abbott Laboratories: Richard Kasperson, V.P. of corporate regulatory affairs, and Dr. Robert Janicki, V.P. of corporate clinical research. The topic of conversation is the prescribed use of Cylert, which was a trade name for the drug Pemoline. Cylert was used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. Janicki and Kasperson respond to claims that the drug was overprescribed to school-aged children.
Rudolf Dreikurs discusses his book "Social Equality and the Challenge of Today" ; part 2
Child psychiatrist and educator Rudolf Dreikurs discusses his book "Social Equality and the Challenge of Today," Part 2 of 2.
Child psychiatrist and educator Rudolf Dreikurs discusses his book "Social Equality and the Challenge of Today," Part 1 of 2. The discussion focuses on child psychiatry and human misbehavior.
Psychiatrists discuss families and mental health
Three psychiatrists discuss mental health in urban and rural areas and a documentary that points out emerging issues.
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Discussing the book "An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales" (published by Knopf) with the author, neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks.
Oliver W. Sacks discusses the book "Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf"
Discussing the book "Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf" (published by University of California Press) with the author, neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks. Includes passage from the book.
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Discussing the book "The Broken Cord" (published by Harper & Row) with the author Michael Dorris.
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James Comer and Alvin Poissaint discuss their book " Black Child Care: How to Bring Up A Healthy Black Child In American - A Guide to Emotional and Psychological Development". They discuss raising a Black child in America in the 1970's, amid racism. Clip played of Odetta "All the Pretty Little Horses"(Studs Terkel Archive WAV ID 1853133-3-1)
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Interview with Dr. Robert Coles
Interviewing author and child psychiatrist Dr. Robert Coles.
Discussing the book "The Political Life of Children" (published by Atlantic Monthly Press) with the author, child psychiatrist Dr. Robert Coles.
Discussing the book "The Spiritual Life of Children" (published by Houghton Mifflin) with the author, child psychiatrist Dr. Robert Coles.
Ellen Afterman, Clinton Sanders, and Spellman Young discuss the drug epidemic
Ellen Afterman and Clinton Sanders (authors of "Drugs and Your Life") and Spellman Young discuss drug use through the lenses of race, sex, and socioeconomic status.
Ellen Afterman, Clinton Sanders and Spellman Young discuss the exclusionary power of language
Ellen Afterman, Clinton Sanders and Spellman Young discuss the exclusionary power of language; i.e. white, middle-class language as the standard by which people are intellectually and socially judged, and how groups are using language to define identity.
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Easton police arrest Norton man on third-offense drunken driving charge
John J. Flynn, 69, was asleep behind the wheel of his Saab at the intersection of Foundry and Eastman streets, police said.
Police charged a Norton man with a third offense of drunken driving after reportedly finding him asleep behind the wheel of his car at the traffic light at Eastman and Foundry streets on Tuesday night.
John J. Flynn, 69, of Kensington Road in Norton, was to be arraigned Wednesday in Taunton District Court on a charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, third offense.
Flynn was arrested after police received a 911 call at 7 p.m. Tuesday that the driver of a Saab was asleep at the intersection by a nearby shopping plaza. The caller removed the key from the vehicle's ignition and woke the driver, police said.
Officers Keith Boone and Robert Tuohy arrested Flynn, who was held overnight at the New Bedford House of Correction on $1,000 cash bail.


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Marketing News & Strategy
Yogurt Body Wash, Anyone? Uptick in Co-branding Brings Some Unusual Combos
Why One Brand Name Might Not Cut It Anymore
By E.J. Schultz. Published on June 23, 2014.
Kellogg's is one of the most recognizable brand names in food. Yet when the breakfast powerhouse recently decided to launch a peanut-butter cereal, the brand apparently came to the conclusion that the Kellogg name itself wouldn't be enough. So it struck a licensing deal with J.M. Smucker Co. to create Kellogg's Jif Peanut Butter cereal, whose boxes carry the familiar red, blue and green stripes of the Jif brand, along with Kellogg's red script.
Licensing deals like this are one of the oldest marketing tricks in the book. But the tactic is getting more love this year as brands look for ways to break through in the increasingly cluttered grocery aisle. In the first five months of the year, 6% of all product launches relied on co-branding, double-trademarking or licensing, which is up from 3.5% for 2013 and 2012, according to a new-product database maintained by market-intelligence company Datamonitor.
Tom Vierhile, Datamonitor's innovation-insights director, said in an email that the increase in co-branding is a way to break through ad clutter and leverage marketing dollars spent on the brands involved, noting that big players like Nestlé, Mars, Taco Bell and others are all jumping onboard.
There are drawbacks, including the fact that marketers give up total control when they rely on another brand's equity, said Michael Stone, the CEO of Omnicom Group-owned Beanstalk, a global brand-extension agency. But the upside is that co-branding allows for quicker product launches because marketers don't need to invest in the startup activities it takes to create a brand from scratch, he said.
Here is a look at some recent co-branded product launches and why they might -- or might not -- work.
Vote below for the one you most want in your house.
A&W/Betty Crocker Root Beer Float Frosting
Why it might work: Two classic brands. Cake. Enough said.
Why it might not work: This takes the root-beer float one step too far.
Dial/Froyo Frozen Yogurt Cooling Body Wash
Why it might work: Creamy yogurt is already prized by the DIY set as a key ingredient in homemade beauty products, thanks to its protein and lactic acid.
Why it might not: Some consumers might prefer eating their food to bathing in it.
Jelly Belly/Tabasco Dark Chocolate Covered Jelly Beans
Why it might work: Hot flavors are, um, hot.
Why it might not: Where's the sriracha?
Taco Bell/Kraft Southwest Ranch Dressing
Why it might work: Regular ranch is pretty boring.
Why it might not: Stick to burritos and tacos, Taco Bell.
Ruffles/Buffalo Wild Wings Classic Hot Wings Potato Chips
Why it might work: The co-branded flavor from PepsiCo and Buffalo Wild Wings is sure to intrigue chip lovers.
Why it might not: Wings taste better off the bone and dipped in blue cheese.
Kellogg's/Jif Peanut Butter Cereal
Why it might work: Jif already pairs well with breakfast.
Why it might not: Will have to slug it out with General Mills' Multi Grain Cheerios Peanut Butter.
E.J. Schultz
E.J. Schultz is the News Editor for Ad Age, overseeing breaking news and daily coverage. He also contributes reporting on the beverage, automotive and sports marketing industries. He is a former reporter for McClatchy newspapers, including the Fresno Bee, where he covered business and state government and politics.
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