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Blockchain ETFs are having a great year in performance, delivering solid gains relative to the broader market. The trouble is, no one seems to care, despite blockchain being touted as “the next big thing.”
The biggest blockchain ETF, the Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF (BLOK), is up 24% year to date. The S&P 500, as measured by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), is up 18.5%. Yet investors have yanked $15 million in net assets from BLOK year to date. The fund has seen only one day of positive flows so far in 2019.
Other blockchain ETFs are also seeing negative net asset flows this year. The Reality Shares Nasdaq NexGen Economy ETF (BLCN) and the Innovation Shares NextGen Protocol ETF (KOIN) are also handily beating SPY this year (as the chart below shows), but both funds are faced with net redemptions year to date.
Chart courtesy of StockCharts.com
Good performance has done little to attract investor dollars to this corner of the market.
This apparent lack of appetite for blockchain funds, most of which debuted about a year ago, could be tied to two main factors:
No 1: Aversion To Risk
Investor appetite for riskier pockets of the market has been muted—at best—this year.
Blockchain as a segment of the equity market is perhaps the epitome of growth, as blockchain-linked companies tread the cutting edge of new technology. Many have yet to understand what blockchain is and how it works.
That’s a segment that doesn’t quite fit the overarching—prevailing—narrative this year: that investors ought to play it safe in the face of global macroeconomic and geopolitical head winds. Growth stocks are risky; technology growth stocks are particularly so.
A look at ETF asset flows this year shows an increasing aversion to risk. U.S. and international equity ETFs faced $22 billion in net outflows last month alone. Year to date, equity ETFs have attracted less than half the fresh net assets U.S. and international fixed income funds have—this has been a year for safety plays.
No. 2: Lacking ‘Proof Of Concept’
Also weighing on blockchain ETFs could be a perceived lack of “proof of concept” when it comes to blockchain’s early-on promise of revolutionizing all sorts of industries.
To many, blockchain remains the difficult-to-understand technology behind cryptocurrencies, and nothing more. That’s actually not a far-fetched perception, according to Christian Magoon, founder of Amplify.
He noted that the performance of BLOK this year has been highly correlated to price action in bitcoin, adding to that perception. Bitcoin more than doubled in value this year, and is currently sitting around $10,500 per coin.
“There’s been a lot of development in blockchain going on,” said Magoon, “but investors are looking for more projects and application beyond cryptocurrencies.”
How Will Blockchain Drive Profits?
“For blockchain to be a viable investment theme, we need two things,” he noted. “First, we need to have cryptos stabilize and rally; second, we need blockchain application for companies to become a driver of profits.”
Neither of these things is yet in place. Yes, bitcoin has rallied sharply this year, but many have been looking for a corrective move that took bitcoin off recent highs such as backing up toward support levels around $8,000. It’s a market that’s still very volatile.
On the application front, blockchain is said to be changing the global shipping industry, for example, but investors are still looking for more headline-grabbing implementation involving household-name companies doing interesting things with blockchain.
A quick glance at BLOK’s top holdings shows that a lot of companies leading implementation of blockchain are global stocks that U.S. investors may not know much about. At the top, GMO Internet and Digital Garage are Japanese internet services and infrastructure providers using blockchain technology in their tools and services.
News such as Facebook’s efforts to launch Libra would help this segment attract more investor attention.
Ahead Of Their Time?
It could, in the end, all be a matter of timing.
The big growth potential story tied to Blockchain—the same one that sent ETF issuers racing to bring first-to-market blockchain ETFs about a year ago when four funds launched within days of each other—is still intact. But it could be that these funds were ahead of their time.
It’s not unusual to see narrowly focused thematic ETFs take a few years before finding traction, and blockchain ETFs—funds accessing one of the growthiest tech edges of the market—may have been just a little too early to the party.
You can see a complete list of blockchain ETFs here.
Contact Cinthia Murphy at [email protected]


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Hello, Fairview Terraces!
November 12, 2014
Still Quezon City, but it felt like going out of town a little bit! To be honest though, if there’s no traffic jam, going to Fairview Terraces is a breeze. The most convenient route would be Commonwealth Avenue all the way. Ayala malls are the best malls, in my opinion, and just because the Makati … More Hello, Fairview Terraces!

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Saturday, April 20, 2019 | ePaper
India refuses entry of Khaleda`s lawyer Lord Carlile
BNP surprised by the move
Staff Reporter :
The denial of entry to Khaleda Zia's British lawyer Lord Carlile toÂ Delhi reportedly on pressure of Bangladesh government through Indian High Commission in Dhaka has raised many misgivings.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam in a reaction on ThursdayÂ said, "Lord Carlile wanted to address a press conference in Delhi over Khaleda Zia's illegal imprisonment, as Bangladesh refused to give him visa to visit Dhaka in this regard." He said BNP is shocked as India refused to give him permission to enter the country.
He said, "BNP think this incident is not consistent with the exercise of free thinking in the world's biggest democratic country."
He said the party thinks Lord Carlile, also member of British House of Lords, may have wanted to protest against creating obstacle in exercising democracy in Bangladesh through unjustly imprisoning BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia by an un-elected government to fulfill its political vendetta.
Fakhrul said they believed that free world would extend support to current movement of Bangladesh people against autocratic misrule in Bangladesh while taking skeptical views on the Indian government stand on imprisonment of Begum Khaleda Zia. UNB adds: Lord Alexander Carlile was denied entry into India on Wednesday for not having obtained the appropriate Indian visa. He arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday without having obtained the appropriate Indian visa, said the official spokesperson at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
His intended activity in India was incompatible with the purpose of his visit as mentioned in his visa application, he said. "It was therefore decided to deny him entry into India upon arrival," he said in response to a query on denial of entry of Carlile into India.
It was reported earlier that he is unlikely to get entry into India as the country 'does not want to see any harm' in its ongoing friendly relations with Bangladesh government. Indian High Commission in Dhaka made a strong recommendation to New Delhi seeking non-entry of Lord Carlile who reportedly also sided with war criminals in the past, a diplomatic source in New Delhi said.
He was supposed to visit New Delhi and deliver a speech through a press conference at Foreign Correspondents Club on July 13; which was also later cancelled. Diplomatic sources said Carlile wants to criticise Bangladesh's court verdicts and might make statement against the Bangladesh government.
If Carlile had made any statement against Bangladesh government from New Delhi, it might create a problem in Dhaka-Delhi relations.
Lord Carlile, a member of the House of Lords of the British Parliament, is a barrister and one of the leading legal experts in the UK. BNP's UK wing appointed him a legal adviser to Khaleda's defense team on 36 cases against her.
ANI from New Delhi adds:
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesman Robi Kumar on Thursday said that Carlile's intention for India visit was under a question mark. He obtained a business visa but was scheduled to hold a press conference in New Delhi on July 12.
His intended activity in India was incompatible with the purpose of his visit and it was, therefore, decided to deny him entry into India. The right to grant visa is the sole prerogative of a country," Kumar said.
"He was trying to create some kind of problem between India and Bangladesh governments. And he was also trying to create a misunderstanding between the Indian government and the opposition parties in Bangladesh using Indian soil. What he wanted to do in Delhi could have done from London as well. Â
He further said that Carlile was informed in advance about his visa denial yet he came to India. "He carried a return boarding pass for a flight after two hours," Kumar said. In his statement from London, Carlile said he wants an explanation from the Indian government for denying him entry.
"Yesterday whilst in mid-air I was refused entry to India. The Indian government knew perfectly well why I was coming to give this briefing and to meet the Commonwealth Human Rights initiative. This is no way to treat a 70-year-old senior lawyer and Parliamentarian. I am outraged by the political interference in Begum Khaleda Zia's case on political grounds on two governments.
"When I landed at Delhi airport, Indian authorities did not provide me with a valid reason to deny entry in India. I have no connection with any political party. The MEA's statement regarding my deportation was totally untrue," Carlile said in a press conference over Skype following his deportation.


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A few days ago we showed you the buffalo fried polenta that we cooked up for the Super Bowl this past week. Today we’re featuring the other dish we made for ourselves on Game Day: these subs with toasted ravioli as the filling. We try to make one really crazy and involved Super Bowl snack each year, and this is what we came up with – we saw something like it on an Instagram video and were determined to try it for ourselves. These sandwiches have a lot going on: they’re stuffed with fried ravioli and cheese plus pesto and vodka sauces, all on garlic bread. They’re definitely not a health food, and there’s a lot that has to come together to make them, but they were interesting and tasty, and we managed to come up with a really fun and unique dish that honors the fried-food-and-cheese spirit of the Super Bowl food while also being vegetarian. We got three sandwiches out of this recipe, plus a few extra toasted ravioli, so that should definitely be enough to feed your crowd.
To make these, you’ll need:
You’ll want to get started on these subs by doing a bunch of prep work – first, if you’re making your own vodka sauce, follow our recipe here.
For the pesto sauce, if you’re making it from scratch toast 1/3 cup of pine nuts in your oven at 350°F for 8 minutes, then place them in a food processor. Grate in 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese, then add 2 smashed garlic cloves. Process everything together, then tear off the leaves from 2 bunches of basil and mix those in as well. Then pour in 1/2 cup of olive oil and run the food processor again until you have an even sauce, adding in extra olive oil as needed to get the right consistency (the pesto should be spreadable but not runny).
You can also make the garlic butter for the bread: soften 1 1/2 sticks of butter in your microwave, then grate in 8 garlic cloves and mix the butter and garlic together. Leave this garlic butter out so it can soften further.
Slice your loaves of bread in half and generously spread the garlic butter on each half. Place the bread on a baking sheet and toast at 350°F for 8 minutes.
For the ravioli, take them out of your fridge and then whisk 3 eggs with a tablespoon of water in one pie tin and place a cup of breadcrumbs into another tin. Coat each ravioli in egg, then breadcrumbs, then egg and breadcrumbs again – you can measure out more breadcrumbs if you need to.
In a Dutch oven, heat about 1 inch of oil to around 365°F (use a meat thermometer to determine the temperature), then fry 4 ravioli at a time for 2 or 3 minutes on each side, until they’re browned but not burned. Place them on a plate lined with paper towels to drain, then once they’re slightly cooled off slice each one in half and lay these halves down on one side of each loaf of garlic bread. Keep your garlic bread on the baking sheets.
Cut your provolone into slices and place the cheese on top of the ravioli. On the other side of each bread loaf, spread some vodka sauce and pesto sauce.
Turn your broiler on low and place the sandwiches in, open faced, for 3-5 minutes, until the cheese is melted and browned in spots, but make sure you don’t leave them in too long or they’ll burn. Then you can close each sandwich, slice them in half, and serve!
You’ve probably never thought to have ravioli on a sandwich before, and we wouldn’t have either if we hadn’t seen a video of a similar sandwich being put together. There’s a lot of different things here, with two sauces, garlic bread, and cheese in additional to the fried ravioli, but these work well together because they’re all classic Italian-American flavors. The centerpiece is the toasted ravioli, which might be a head-scratcher at first because who puts pasta on a sandwich? But when you fry these ravioli up they’re nice and crispy and firm on the outside, while still retaining their cheese-filled goodness on the inside. They’re a lot like stuffed chicken cutlets, which are a pretty common sub filling, so they really are a good base for these sandwiches. Of course this isn’t something you’d want to eat everyday, but for the Super Bowl (and for leftovers several days afterwards) these are a perfect food to serve because they’re unrestrained, a little over the top, and bring in the crispy, cheesy flavors we all expect for the big game.

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Gang of human traffickers in coils in Belgium
The Belgian authorities have a mensensmokkelorganisatie rolled up from last year’s summer of Iraqis to Belgium pulled out in order to seek asylum.
In raids in Brussels, Leuven and Verviers were two weeks ago, ten suspects were arrested. Four of them are still in the cell, ordered the federal police Tuesday, know.
The gang asked 15,000 to $ 20,000 (up to 17,000 euros) for a forged passport, with which the asylum seekers via scheduled flights to Belgium flew. Others were for $ 5,000 on the road through the Balkans to Europe, starting.
The Belgian Immigration Service received last summer a remarkable number of asylum applications from Iraqis, and then the police opened an inquiry.

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Founder of Diamonte Designs since 2008 (named after my late mother).
Coming from a broken home and facing many obstacles as a young girl, I began to develop a relationship with art and then became obesessed with it in every aspect. My background includes over 5+ years in the graphic arts f
We love Verner PANTON, or rather his vision of a happy home environment" is the credo of the Essen-located company TAGWERC. In this mission the design agency has a unique showroom and blog about the Danish designer. Beeing real specialists in Verner PANTON and as official dealer of the manufacture

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Educational concerts focus on themes of ecology, conservation, recycling, farming and farm animals, the diversity and beauty of the forest, exercise and history. His songs teach subtle lessons while introducing children to a complex musical ecosystem. NATURE JAMS! is the highly interactive elementary school concert inspiring kids to appreciate and actively enjoy the wonders of nature. Farmer Jason will take the children on a musical journey through the forests and wetlands of our diverse American natural heritage. Through rockin' songs the kids will be entertained, educated, and inspired to experience the wonders of the great outdoors. FARM AND FOREST is a special Pre K-2 show. This show features songs about farm life and animals from our lovely American farms and forests. The show is highly interactive, encouraging the kids to get physically and mentally involved in their outdoor world. Farmer Jason introduces each song with a short fun lesson about the song's subject.
Farmer Jason is the brainchild of rock music legend Jason Ringenberg of Jason and the Scorchers. An Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Ringenberg created Farmer Jason to educate and entertain children about farm life and the wonders of nature. The character is based on his own farming background and love of the great outdoors. He has released 3 records and a DVD and stars in the “It’s a Farmer Jason”ť video interstitial program, which airs on several public broadcasting stations around the US. The videos won an Emmy Award in 2009, and Emmy nomination in 2010. Farmer Jason’s records have won numerous awards, including the Parents’ Choice Gold and the Los Angeles Times’ Children’s Record of the Year list.

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Category: Technology Licenses
Created On: 2022-04-28
Record Count: 17
- Scientific & Technical Instruments
- Electrical & Electronics
- Computers & Office Equipment
- Telecommunications Equip
- Identification tool
IPSCIO Report Record List
Below you will find the records curated into this collection. This summary includes the complete licensed property description so that you can review and determine if this collection covers the topics, technology or transaction type that is relevant for your needs. The full report will include all relevant deal data such as the royalty base, agreement date, term description, royalty rates and other deal terms. For reference, here is a sample of a full IPSCIO curated royalty rate report: Sample Report
IPSCIO Record ID: 27463
IPSCIO Record ID: 5037
Technology for use in Licensee's primary business fields, including dedicated computer networks, the Internet, and treasury and banking areas. A system that allows instantaneous authentication and re-authentication of biometric skin surfaces, including finger and thumbprints by means of self-authenticating panels/substrates utilizing microchip-assisted and electrically-powered sensing, storing, computing transmitting/signaling and associated technologies.
IPSCIO Record ID: 30225
'Licensor Technology' means all patents, copyright, trade secret and other proprietary rights associated with Biometric Authentication Technology that Licensor owns, including, without limitation, the Licensor Patents.
IPSCIO Record ID: 6204
IPSCIO Record ID: 5042
IPSCIO Record ID: 5659
IPSCIO Record ID: 5039
Licensed Patent Applications shall mean U.S. Application Serial No. 08/515,151, filed August 15, 1995, entitled Self-Authenticating Identification Card With Fingerprint Identification, and any and all continuations, divisions, and continuations-in-part of Application Serial No. 08/515,151. for FAA-controlled airport and airline employee security and identification systems involving a biometric fingerprint recognition card.
IPSCIO Record ID: 6201
IPSCIO Record ID: 3808
IPSCIO Record ID: 3811
IPSCIO Record ID: 6200
The Licensee may disclose the System to the Authorized Sources and others necessary for its practice by Licensee and its sublicenses. Licensor owns all right title and interest in United States Patent No. 5,623,552, dated April 22, 1997, and entitled Self-Authenticating Identification Card With Fingerprint Identification.
(1) Both general and specialty merchandisers/retailers of all kinds (including, without limitation, e-commerce wholesale/membership clubs and buying consortiums of various forms for employees and customers);
(2) Oil and gas retailers;
(3) Restaurants, whether single or multiple chain;
(4) Resorts and theme/amusement parks (excluding employee and customer room access, in-room safes, and minibar systems located within resort or theme/amusement park lodging or hospitality operations);
(5) Rental car and truck companies; and/or
(6) Acceptor(s) of those non-bank cards and non-bank systems used in the foregoing five areas provided such cards and systems are being used and accepted by such acceptor(s) solely for transactions taking place within the areas. By way of example, the Field of License does not include general-purpose credit and debit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Card, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, etc.) or general-purpose bank-issued cards of various forms, and it is also understood and agreed that the Field of License does not include use of the System for Internet security.
IPSCIO Record ID: 3809
(1) Medical and health care organizations, meaning private or public hospitals, medical clinics, doctorâ€™s offices, and other organizations that provide medical health care;
(2) Medical insurance organizations, meaning private or public organizations that provide medical health care insurance; and/or
(3) Retail pharmacy organizations, meaning private or public organizations that provide pharmaceutics to the public and/or to medical and health care organizations.
It is understood and agreed that the organizations identified may use the System for activities that relate to the operation of medical and health care services, insurance, and retail pharmacy services, respectively, including but not limited to storage, retrieval, and processing of medical and/or patient information, billing data, parking security and management, inventory control, and patient or doctor, nurse and employee security, as well as storage, retrieval, and processing of medical and/or patient information including but not limited to Medicare, Medicaid, and other government-sponsored and/or controlled programs.
IPSCIO Record ID: 3886
Sept. 14, 2004
Smart Card With Integrated Fingerprint Reader
A smart card is a card made from plastic or other suitable material that comprises some degree of processing capability. Typically, smart cards may be programmed to perform a wide variety of functions. For example, a single smart card may be programmed to open doors as a key, store medical information, and serve as an electronic credit card. A single smart card therefore has the potential to replace many of the items that people carry and use in their day-to-day lives.
IPSCIO Record ID: 274470
CIPSâ„¢ (Critical Infrastructure Protection System) for IOT (Internet Of Things) applications, everything other than Pipes. (This is used as a part of the Technology.)
The Technology or â€œBorder Senseâ€ or â€œSmart Digital Barrierâ€
Border Sense is a smart wall with inbuilt technology, including, in particular, for safeguarding country borders, prison perimeter walls or temporary walls for the US military when it goes to war need to construct adequate temporary housing facilities, generally known as a base or compound (depending on size).
The Border Sense solution offers the United States Government a sophisticated method to protect its borders far beyond the capabilities of a basic â€œwall.â€ Most significantly, the parties seek to enable the United States Government a cost-effective method to build the Border Sense System and innovative mechanisms to recover initial costs to ultimately cost the US taxpayer very little to nothing. For the United States Government, the Technology enables the parties to design a completely novel framework for a resilient low-cost Smart Digital Barrier to solve an age-old problem and resolve an important political issue, employing innovative technologies coupled with reconfigured and optimized existing security systems.
IPSCIO Record ID: 66691
Ã˜ Synthetic DNA or SDNA;
Ã˜ Any and all technologies related to TPIDâ€™s projects in China and other parts of Asia, including, but not limited to, the project with AQSIQ;
Ã˜ Any and all technologies related to TPIDâ€™s projects with Biofield Corp.;
Ã˜ Any and all technologies related to TPIDâ€™s projects with Versa Card, Inc.
Ã˜ technologies related to TPIDâ€™s projects with MacKay Group Limited or MacKay Innotech Limited;
The term 'Unpatented Licensed Technology' as used in the Agreement and its schedules and exhibits shall mean any and all components of the TPID Technology other than the Patented Licensed Technology, including, but not limited to, devices, sensors, other components, algorithms, software, systems, procedures, protocols, processes, information, data, methods of use, techniques, ideas, inventions, trade secrets and any other technical information or proprietary technologies relating to the development, use or sale of any device, sensor or other product, service, or manifestation of the TPID Technology. To the extent that the Patent for certain Patented Licensed Technology expires, lapses, and/or is otherwise terminated or rendered invalid, such Patented Licensed Technology shall be automatically and immediately deemed Unpatented Licensed Technology for the balance of the Term for the Unpatented Licensed Technology, provided that this Agreement is still in effect and has not been properly terminated.
WO/2007/014532) METHOD OF LABELLING AND DETECTIION OF GOODS AND DEVICE THEREOFPub. No. WO/2007/01453
(WO/2007/014532) METHOD OF LABELLING AND DETECTIION OF GOODS AND DEVICE THEREOFPub. No. WO/2007/014532
The present invention provides a method of labeling, detecting and managing the goods and device thereof. The method of present invention includes the step of defining the label of goods, the label comprises at least one chemical element in the chemical element inhering in the goods and/or additional chemical element; the step of providing the database which contains the labeled data; the step of detecting the signal sent by goods, generating the detection data and comparing it with data in the database; the step of determining whether the good to be detected is the labeled good or not according to the comparing result, and reading at least one message of the good in the database. The goods labeling and detecting solution of the present invention can used in many fields of society economic and administrative management, such as identification, goods label, preventing the goods replaced with others, physical distribution management, statistic analysis and so on.
IPSCIO Record ID: 122041
IPSCIO Record ID: 291202
Licensor grants a non-exclusive license to use Licensors logos and trademarks to be used in association with the Products to promote and market the Products.
For distribution, Licensor grants exclusive worldwide rights to manufacture and sell thermal transfer ribbons containing Licensors DNA markers.
Licensor owns exclusive rights to certain proprietary technologies involving the extraction, recombination, encapsulation, and preservation of botanical DNA, the DNA Technologies.
Product means thermal transfer ribbons, which utilize and integrate the DNA Technologies.
DNA Technologies mean the proprietary technologies and know how owned exclusively by Licensor involving the extraction, recombination, encapsulation, and preservation of botanical DNA and the embedding, implanting or attaching of botanical DNA into various products.
The DNA Technologies are used to forensically authenticate products, to detect and deter counterfeiting, to protect brands and intellectual property assets, to provide enhanced security for physical plant, documents, identification cards, passports, drivers licenses, currencies, databases and other products and applications, and can be embedded into various industrial and consumer products.

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ATD SKYLIGHTS - WYNCOTE, PA
A technically demanding project, the replacement of 2,000 square feet of 25 year old barrel-vaulted skylights required the elimination of glare from the skylights, which had plagued personnel, since the introduction of desktop computers in the office environment. Energy efficiency was also greatly improved.
The development of many details and finishes on both the exterior and the interior completes the picture. The skylight in Building 3 is 70 feet long, with a decorative panel at the back end. The opal polycarbonate glazing brings bright, glare-free daylight deep into the buildings.

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Bobby Keys Net Worth
Bobby Keys made money by Rock Stars niche. For all time, at the moment, 2018 year, Bobby Keys earned $10 Million. Exact sum is $10300000.
Short biography, height, weight, dates:
Birth date: December 18, 1943, Slaton, Texas, United States
Death date: December 2, 2014, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Birth place: Slaton
Profession: Session musician, Saxophone player
Nationality: United States of America
Spouse: Holly Keys (m. ?Р 2014)
Wikipedia Source: Bobby Keys
Robert Henry Bobby Keys was an American saxophonist who performed with other musicians as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Nilsson, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and other prominent musicians. Keys played on hundreds of recordings and was a touring musician from 1956 until his death in 2014.


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My family doesn’t experiment when it comes to holidays. Our crazy themed get-togethers throughout the year are your opportunity to try out a new recipe. Then, it’s welcomed. But don’t be walking through the door with something funky on Thanksgiving or Christmas. It will stand uneaten.
This Christmas, I was charged with bringing “something green.” I pulled out my mom’s tried and true Broccoli Salad recipe, well-loved by the aunts/uncles/cousins for years. It was a hit! The entire batch was eaten, save one portion that we put back for Gran to enjoy with leftovers.
In the spirit of honesty, this concoction can be defined as “salad” only in the South, where a hearty helping of mayo makes its way into many a recipe. Gran still refers to Miracle Whip as “salad dressing.” Let’s not get weighed down with titles, mkay?
The Vic’s Broccoli Salad
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons vinegar (I used apple cider vinegar)
1/4 cup sugar
5-6 cups broccoli florets
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup salted sunflower seeds (buy them shelled, obviously!)
1/4 cup red onion, super finely chopped
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
Optional for Vores: 1/2 cup cooked bacon, crumbled
*Whisk together the mayo, vinegar and sugar until smooth.
*Combine the broccoli, raisins, sunflower seeds, onion and cheddar with the dressing and mix well. Fold in the peas.
*Top with the bacon, if desired. I put bacon on about 3/4 of the recipe, and left a little uncovered for me!
*Chill thoroughly before serving.
Mom says you can sub in dried cranberries for the raisins or chopped ham for the bacon. I hope your family loves the recipe as much as ours does!


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Hello, I found some eggs and decided to leave them in the tank to hatch. How long does it take for the eggs to hatch?
I can't get a great picture because they are tucked in under some plants in a curled leaf. The male guarding them still and I have notice the other frogs are visible a lot more...
Hello everyone. I'm Masa. I'm Japanese. I have R.imitator "Chazuta", R.flavovittata, R.vanzolinii, D.auratus, D leucomelas "Cerro Autana", A.bassleri.
I breed R.imitator "Chazuta", R.flavovittata, R.vanzolinii. I want to breed all species that I have. Nice to meet you everyone.:)
How many morphs are there?
It wasn't very clear to me when they were all bassleri let alone now that some morphs are pepperi.
Only info I can find is on Dendrobates.org, UE website, & Dendrobase but a lot of the morphs are so similar.
So I see on UE site the following:

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Internet of Things … Aboard a Steamboat
Internet of Things … Aboard a Steamboat
For more than a year, the Jefferson Project at Lake George has been collecting electronic data from sensors mounted in stream beds, platforms moored on the water, and the depths of the lake bottom. A tour boat plying the southern basin of the lake may be an unexpected next step for sensor deployments, but it’s actually an ideal perch for scientific instrumentation, according to researchers Mike Kelly and Jeremy Farrell.
A few weeks ago, the Jefferson Project bolted an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) to the starboard side of the Minne-Ha-Ha, a paddlewheel steamboat and Lake George icon owned by the Lake George Steamboat Company. An ADCP employs techniques similar to active SONAR to track the direction and speed of particles suspended in the water, providing information on water circulation within the lake. Researchers also plan to use the instrument’s backscatter data to track the volume and movement of zooplankton in the lake. The Minne-Ha-Ha, which in summer months circles the southern two miles of Lake George in seven daily cruises, passes several features of scientific interest, and does so slowly and predictably enough to gather data in its path. (In the photo on the left, Farrell and David Diehl of DFWI bolt the ADCP head to a mount on the Minne-Ha-Ha.)
To put this in context, let’s quickly recap events thus far: the Jefferson Project —a partnership between RPI, IBM Research, and the FUND for Lake George— combines Internet of Things (IoT) sensor platforms with surveying and experimentation to better understand Lake George. This is a new model in environmental monitoring, a critical element of which is the IoT network of sensors —able to communicate with one another, researchers, and supercomputers— that monitor chemical and physical parameters related to weather, water runoff, water circulation, and water quality. The incoming data fuel a series of computer models depicting the lake’s weather, runoff, circulation, and ultimately food web of the lake, with the goal of understanding how human activity impacts the ecology of Lake George.
In its cruise, the Minne-Ha-Ha passes several features of the lake interesting to the Jefferson Project. Measurements taken along its path can provide invaluable information about the Caldwell Basin —the southernmost sub-basin of Lake George— said Kelly, an IBM senior research engineer. The ship crosses the mouths of three of the largest tributaries into the lake —West Brook, East Brook, and English Brook— and can gather data on how incoming waters mix within the southern basin.
It also passes one of the projects vertical profilers —a stationary floating sensor platform which monitors weather and multiple aspects of water chemistry and quality at varying depths— and data from the two sources taken together provides a more complex, robust view of conditions in the area over time.
And, as the Minne-Ha-Ha crosses the lake from east-to-west at the boundary along the deepest point of the sub-basin, it can provide information on the exchange of water between the sub-basins (there are five throughout the lake).
Here’s what Kelly had to say about the value of a mobile ADCP to the Jefferson Project:
To me, any single piece of the picture this will provide would be a sufficiently compelling reason to do this, and when you put everything together, this has enormous potential for advancing our understanding of the south end of the lake. The ADCP on the Minne-Ha-Ha will give us information on aspects of the lake that would have been far more difficult to understand with stationary sensors.
Researchers are also experimenting with the potential for tracking zooplankton using ADCP data, an application driven by Farrell, a post-doctoral researcher working under Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer, director of the Darrin Fresh Water Institute. In December, 2014, Jefferson Project researchers lowered three ADCPs to the lakebed, leaving them to collect data for 5 months. When the researchers reviewed the data, biologists Farrell and Nierzwicki-Bauer noticed a striking pattern that coincides with the diurnal vertical migration of zooplankton.
According to Farrell, during daylight hours, zooplankton inhabit the deeper waters of the lake, where, in the darkness, it is believed that they are less likely to be seen by predators. At night, the tiny animals —the primary producers in the lake —rise closer to the surface of the lake to feed on phytoplankton. Although this phenomena is well known, and can be observed by hand-harvesting plankton at various times and depths, the ADCP data can amplify those efforts to provide abundant and immediate information on the volume and movements of zooplankton. The result is an insight into a primary consumer, a food source near the base of the food web, and close to the interface between chemical and physical models of the lake and the food web model.
Collecting data on water circulation from a moving boat does present challenges, more so in the case of the Jefferson Project’s IoT sensor platform. Not only do researchers have to subtract the speed, direction, pitch, yaw and roll of the boat from the data they collect, they also have to equip the sensor with “smart technology” that enables it to communicate and adapt to changing circumstances.
To achieve this level of function, researchers are connecting an off-the-shelf ADCP head with GPS and telecommunications capability, and are building custom computer hardware and software systems to control the ADCP functions, collect data, and communicate with the Jefferson Project network. (The photo on the left shows Kelly finalizing preparations to the ADCP head, in the foreground, prior to mounting it on the hull.)
Given the level of customization and innovation needed to bring the project to fruition, Kelly emphasizes that the Minne/ADCP is a “staged effort.” With stage one well underway, stay tuned for more.
About Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is America’s first technological research university. Rensselaer encompasses five schools, 32 research centers, more than 145 academic programs, and a dynamic community made up of more than 7,900 students and more than 100,000 living alumni. Rensselaer faculty and alumni include more than 145 National Academy members, six members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, six National Medal of Technology winners, five National Medal of Science winners, and a Nobel Prize winner in Physics. With nearly 200 years of experience advancing scientific and technological knowledge, Rensselaer remains focused on addressing global challenges with a spirit of ingenuity and collaboration.


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A Heartfelt Story of a Little Girl and Her Grandfather
As a parent of two young children, we enjoy reading books together. It’s something we do during the day at random as well as before bedtime. The whole family looks forward to this quality time we get to spend together and we cherish every moment. My children have gone from picking books with bright colors, shapes, and pictures to choosing books that have a more detailed yet wonderful story line. They like hearing stories about things they can relate to, like having certain feelings or different experiences they might encounter as a child. I enjoy reading them stories that have a beautiful message and I love nurturing their love for reading at such an early age.
Don’t Drink The Pink by B.C.R. Fegan and illustrated by Lenny Wen. This beautifully written and illustrated book takes you on a journey with a little girl named Madeline and her Grandfather Gilderberry. While she sees the world in her grandfather’s eyes, her parents aren’t completely thrilled with his cooky-ness. The story takes you to Madeline’s birthday each year where her grandfather gives her the gift of magical potions, starting on her first birthday. Each potion gave her a magical birthday experience that she would never forget. As she got older, her grandfather also grew old, but her birthday experiences with him were something she looked forward to and would cherish forever. Year after year, Madeline selects a new potion with exciting results, however each time she reaches for her enchanted birthday present, her grandfather reminds her of only one rule – ‘don’t drink the pink’.
About Don’t Drink The Pink
Follow the special relationship between Madeline and her Grandfather as they both grow and share in the most magical birthday experiences. Filled with secrets to uncover and brimming with imagination, Don’t Drink the Pink explores a number of basic concepts including colors, numbers and the reality of growing older.
My family cannot get enough of this special book. It’s our favorite book to grab from the bookshelf! My children love seeing which magical experience Madeline will have year after year with her grandfather’s enchanting potion. Each year she is allowed to drink one colored potion, except for the pink one! One potion made her breathe fire and another potion turned her into a mermaid. It’s such a thrill to see what each page will bring us next. The rhyming is catchy and illustration is stunning! Towards the end, the story gently eases you in for the reality of growing older. It’s a tough subject to discuss with children when a family member is no longer with them. But, Don’t Drink The Pink is a beautiful message for children to see the importance of holding onto the beautiful memories we create with our loved ones and never forgetting them.
Grab yourself a copy of Don’t Drink The Pink and find out what happens when Madaline finally gets to drink the pink potion! This will be your family’s new favorite book to read, over and over again! Although the recommended age for this book is 3-8, I think it’s a wonderful story for all ages! The anticipation of what color potion she get’s to drink next and what magical ability she will have on her birthday is exciting! Don’t Drink The Pink would make a great birthday present since the story is based on celebrating Madeline’s birthday!
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Fine Fare, Fabulous Views & First-Class Service on the Naples Princess. Salty bay breezes, sparkling waves and matchless natural beauty make Naples perfect for cruising anytime of the year. Enjoy an afternoon lunch buffet while cruising the waters of Naples Bay, Port Royal and weather permitting the Gulf of Mexico in comfort and luxury.
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Naples Princess Yacht Lunch Cruise With Shopping On 5th Ave In Naples / June 14, 2024 / $110.00 p/p
Fine Fare, Fabulous Views & First-Class Service on the Naples Princess. Salty bay breezes, sparkling waves and matchless natural beauty make Naples perfect for cruising anytime of the year. Enjoy an afternoon lunch buffet while cruising the waters of Naples Bay, Port Royal and weather permitting the Gulf of Mexico in comfort and luxury!
Naples Princess Cruises, a premier attraction in Naples since 1991, is an experience you don’t want to miss. Quite simply, there is no better way to take in Naples than from the water, and the best way to do that is aboard the Naples Princess. Guests aboard the Naples Princess experience gracious hospitality and views of historic Naples Bay, majestic Port Royal and splashing southwest Florida dolphins.
Recently undergoing a million dollar renovation her clean white interior highlighted with high gloss cherry wood, reflective ceilings and flat screen TV’s make this yacht world class. The Captain’s Lounge features large windows, nautical décor, and rich leather chairs. Listen to the Captain’s narration of the history of the area while you view the waterfront estates in Port Royal and Royal Harbor. Keep your camera handy to spot local wildlife including eagles, dolphins, herons, pelicans and manatees.
The SeaBreeze Lunch Buffet menu features a variety of culinary delights offering something appealing for everyone including, assorted deli meats and premium cheeses, chicken and seafood salad, assorted salads, fresh fruit, breads & rolls, assorted chips and homemade chocolate chip cookies.
After cruising we will take you to the Best of Everything shop on 5th Avenue where they sell trinkets, accessories, souvenirs, clothes, jewelry, gifts, housewares and so much more. You can also stroll 5th Avenue for other little shops.
If you would like to see the Naples Princess in action you can view this YouTube Video that shows it on one of it's Day Cruises ~ Click Here!
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21 June – 27 July
This is an exhibition that celebrates our very close relationship to Pyrex glass.
Between 1922 and 2007 all of the Pyrex sold across the British Commonwealth (with the exception of Canada) was made in Sunderland. As well as making it we also used it and the shapes and patterns are woven into many family memories.
The exhibition will feature the work of the artist Erin Dickson and your Pyrex. During the run of the exhibition we will be inviting you to bring in your Pyrex, share your family memories and lend your glassware to what we hope will be a continuously growing exhibition.
If you would like your Pyrex displayed in the exhibition or have a story about Pyrex please get in touch with Posy.Jowett@sunderland.gov.uk
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Oregano is antiseptic and useful for infections of the respiratory and digestive tracts. It is a good remedy for fungal infections, coughs, tonsillitis, bronchitis, asthma, and chest congestion. Oregano is also a go-to herb to add a dash of health to many recipes from soups to tomato sauces to roasted veggies!
Ingredients: Dried oregano.
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- Supports the immune system, beneficial for respiratory and digestive health
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C4IIOT Real – life industrial and operational experiments
In C4IIOT two real-life experiments are provided by the partner CRF (FIAT Research Centre), from the Automotive sector. According to an ACEA survey in 2017, automotive manufacturers are the top targets, accounting for almost 30% of the total attacks against the manufacturing industry. Moreover, the same survey has identified the manufacturing sector as the leading target of infrastructure cyber-attacks, accounting for one third of total attacks. Combined with the fact that automotive generates a turnover of more than 6.3% of EU GDP, with ripple effects throughout the economy supporting a vast supply chain and generating an array of business services, the automotive industry is our first aim for the developments in C4IIOT.
The first application is on Inbound Logistics, tackling the complex problem of managing different parts from many origin points to manufacturing plants. IIoT is key to enable the optimisation of the logistics along the supply chain (localisation, status, conditions, etc), to maintain low stocks along the supply chain and inside the plant, to reduce working capital and warehousing costs, and to avoid stock-outs that could cause a production stop in the plant.
The second application is in the Smart Factory, a complex ecosystem where IoT data flows from machines and the plant floor to the Cloud, and subsequent information exchanges occur between all stakeholders in a supply chain (a car has several thousands of major parts, some of them manufactured directly by the OEM). IIOT enable synchronized and concerted control in all aspects of manufacturing, offering an easier, smarter, more productive and more prosperous manufacturing processes lifecycle with real-time information and real-time management.
In both cases, IIOT enable the best usage of the manufacturing systems, the tracking and best utilization of the supply chain resources, but it also brings along the risks related to devices scattered all other the plant and all other the world, interacting with many operators (also outside the FCA perimeter) and other long periods.
Inadequately protected networks, processes and operations pose huge threats to industrial plants and businesses. They are open to a range of attacks and cybercrimes, and threatened by interference, disruption or denial of process controls, theft of intellectual property, the loss of sensitive corporate data, hostile alterations to data, and industrial espionage. Once attackers gain access to a critical application, they can manipulate machines or manufacturing processes remotely, eventually harming people, burning resources, destroying business value, reputation and relationship and jeopardizing the internal processes and systems.
CRF has provided the requirements and use cases for the C4IIOT developments, plus the framework for the analysis of the applications. This will lead, in Mid 2022, to the elicitation of two business cases and a roadmap for subsequent industrialisation.


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The Virginia Association of Real Estate Inspectors
Welcome to VAREI
VAREI acts as a voice for Virginia home inspectors in regulatory and legislative issues, promotes excellence in the home inspection industry, and represents a membership that spans the Commonwealth.
From its inception in 2000, VAREI, The Virginia Association of Real Estate Inspectors has been the professional association of, by, and for Virginia home inspectors. During the fast-paced legislative session of 2001, VAREI leadership sought the opinions of the membership on important issues and acted upon them. In subsequent regulatory promulgation meetings VAREI leadership has actively advocated for all Virginia home inspectors. Membership in VAREI is clearly a way of protecting professional inspector interests and the interests of the public. In the future, as other parties attempt to influence the home inspection industry through legislation and regulatory changes, VAREI will be there.
Become a member of the Virginia Association of Real Estate Inspectors by submitting a New Member Application
To all who made the effort to attend the 2015 Annual Meeting - thank you!
Minutes of the last Board meeting are available to members here
The next board meeting is October 6, 2016 at DeFazio's following the Annual Meeting
Congratulations to Willie Macklin, winner of the 2016 membership drawing
THE NEXT ANNUAL VAREI MEETING WILL BE HELD THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6th, 2016 STARTING AT 8:00 AM until 4:45 PM at:
Trisha Henshaw, Executive Director, ALHI Board, and Robb Bohannon of Hunton and Williams, VAREI's lobbyist in Richmond, will be speaking and answering questions.
6 CE's for the meeting have been approved by ASHI and InterNACHI. Virginia accepts CE's approved by national home inspector organizations.
Anyone who is not a member of ASHI, and joins a local ASHI chapter between 7.26.16 and 12.31.16 will get a free one year membership in ASHI.
For the latest information on licensing from DPOR - click here
The licensing bill brought by the VAR (HB 741) is now reality - it has been signed by the Governor. As of July 1, 2017, anyone conducting home inspections in The Commonwealth of Virginia will have to hold a valid Home Inspectors License from DPOR. Additionally, anyone who wants to perform pre-drywall inspections, or new build final inspections, will have to have the New Construction Module endorsement on their license.
Dave Rushton, Charles Chisholm, Jim Vaughn, Mark Singer (former VAREI lobbyist), and Robb Bohannon (Hunton & Williams - current VAREI lobbyist) met at the DPOR offices in Richmond January 5th with representatives of VAR and DPOR. The language of the proposed bill was thoroughly discussed, changes were made as needed, then all parties present mutually and cordially agreed to the proposed bill.
The bill becomes effective July 1, 2017. Any inspector who is DPOR certified by a date as yet to be determined, will become a licensed inspector July 1, 2017. Click on the links below for more information.
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The Federal Aviation Administration publicly announced a $20 million grant yesterday to help pay for a new centerfield taxiway designed to reduce congestion and runway mishaps at Logan International Airport.
Construction begins next week on the $43 million, two-year project, and the FAA is expected to pick up 75 percent of the tab.
The taxiway, which will be located between Logan’s two major parallel runways, is designed to minimize the number of active runways that airplanes must cross.
Logan has had six runway incidents since October, none of them serious, says acting FAA administrator Robert Sturgell, who announced the FAA’s funding commitment at Logan. “By our estimates, the taxiway will reduce annual ground delays by up to 10,000 hours,” he said.
cw-4 Sturgell’s primary reason for visiting Logan was to announce that the airport would be among the first in the country to deploy runway status lights by the end of next year.
The FAA and Massport will split the $5 million for the embedded lighting system, which also is designed to prevent runway incursions. “As a former airline pilot, I can tell you that we’ve yet to encounter another facility quite like Logan, with its unique geometry of crossing runways,” Sturgell said. “It poses quite a challenge to our operations. You look at this configuration, and Logan’s an obvious choice to try out a new feature that hasn’t been tested anywhere else.”


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Chile Pepper Institute alumni collaborate on Pepper Yellow Leaf Curl Disease for WorldVeg
A field day for a crop that’s essential to the flavor of India.
From disease-resistant tomato to high-performance chili, WorldVeg is the source for improved vegetables in India.
WorldVeg South Asia staff Devender Pal Kaur, Ramashray Dubey and Souradeep Acharjee discovered first-hand the complexities of the chili value chain during a study trip from 13-14 November 2017 in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Characteristics of Colletotrichum populations associated with fruit anthracnose on chili pepper in Fiji
C. simmondsii is the predominant pathogen causing chili fruit anthracnose in Fiji. Sequence variation of additional housekeeping genes should be adopted to further understand the phylogenetic relationship of Colletotrichum species associated with chili fruit anthracnose in Fiji and those present in the other parts of the world.
WorldVeg Postdoc in Plant Pathology Marti Pottorff from WorldVeg East and Southeast Asia/Oceania and Project Coordinator Ellen Iramu from the Solomon Islands recently visited Fiji for discussions and training under the auspices of the project “Strengthening Integrated Crop Management (ICM) Research in the Pacific Islands in Support of Sustainable Intensification of High-Value Crop Production.” -- MORE --
This project proposes to combine anthracnose resistance genes from two less widely cultivated chili species (C. chinense and C. baccatum) into the most commonly cultivated chili pepper, C. annuum. The research is expected to benefit chili pepper producers and seed companies in Bangladesh.
Phenotypic and genotypic responses of chili (Capsicum annuum L.) progressive lines with different resistant genes against anthracnose pathogen (Colletotrichum spp.)
Anthracnose disease caused by Colletotrichum spp. is a serious disease of chili (Capsicum annuum), particularly in tropical countries. Host plant resistance breeding is one of the most effective disease management strategies.

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Yesterday we were very sad to leave Montusi as we felt it was the pure holiday feeling that made it all worth wile.
We set out to Dundee, and then on gravel roads towards Nxala Ranch.
Nxala is Zulu and stands for Mountain Reedbuck. The place is a working farm which breeds breeding bulls, and also has a small 4 bedroom guesthouse run by the couple who also run the cattle farm. The ranch is named after the animal, and has next to about 1000 head cattle also got a small zoo of indigenous ungulates. Amongst which are of course Nxala.
All our dinners and breakfasts ate home cooked by Dora, husband to Frans. The latter is most likely the most outlandish waiter we have ever encountered. Think farmer. Think outdoor man. Think about Frans serving you a bowl of buttersquash soup. 🙂
On Saturday evening, we got to ride with Frans in his Landrover T5 Diesel on the property. About 1600 hectares of land are dedicated to the African animals on the the farm. They can roam it all freely and are basically left to fend for themselves. With the absence of large predators, life is a little bit easier for them, but still dangerous as there are other predators like Jackals who do make quite a lot of kills.
The drive was great, and with the sun setting it also made for some very scenic views.
Right before that, we went out on our own little adventure from the ranch to a place called Rorke’s Drift. This is of historic value as it is the location of a hospital where about 100 English soldiers fought off an army of approximately 2000 Zulu warriors for about 11 hours. Given the fact that the same warriors defeated about 1400 Englishmen a few hours prior, defending the hospital was quite a feat. The Anglo-Zulu war took place late 1870’s a mm d early 1880’s and cost both sides a lot of lives.
The memory of these times are still vivid in South Africa!
Unfortunately for us, the drive took us through some very rough unpaved roads, and the 40km took us much longer than we anticipated. Also, it seemed to be quite a burden for our car, but it survived well. Arriving at Rorke’s Drift we found the wind had picked up considerably and made life tough. We were verily being sandblasted!
After all this, we’ll be sad to leave Nxala. Life is also good here!


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In episode 5, we talk about the many ways Sun Mountain revolutionized the golf bag industry and discuss the future of travel bags including the all-new Kube Travel Cover. During the Jackburgeroni segment, we literally laugh out loud as we talk about who our dream foursome would be during a round of golf.
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Creative England opens £250k fund for digital healthcare innovation in Humber and Yorkshire
Match funded investments worth up to £50,000 become available to digital companies in Yorkshire & Humber from this week as part of a Creative England initiative to encourage innovation in how web, mobile phone or tablet applications address the region’s healthcare priorities.
The opening of the Yorkshire & Humber programme is the latest roll-out of an Interactive Healthcare Fund, set up by Creative England, using its Regional Growth Fund money, to help small-scale enterprises outside London to develop digital health and well-being products.
The region’s £250,000 scheme will be managed in association with the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), adding to similar initiatives already running in the North West and West Midlands.
The top priorities for the initiative in Yorkshire & Humber are digital inventions which help healthcare providers and/or patients to;
- Maintain their independence while living with long term medical conditions
- Take the right doses of prescribed medicines at the right times
- Tackle obesity, deal with alcohol abuse or quit smoking
- Improve the safety of the elderly or infirm – e.g. by preventing falls
- Improve their mental health and well-being.
Announcing the call for investment applications, Caroline Norbury, CEO Creative England, said: “The Interactive Healthcare Fund is designed to combine creativity and technology, to uncover new and exciting ideas and revolutionise healthcare as we know it. The successful projects from the last round of funding are proof of how powerful creative businesses can be when it comes to developing products that extend beyond the creative industries themselves, and we can’t wait to see what innovative projects emerge next.”
Richard Stubbs, Commercial Director of Yorkshire & Humber AHSN said: “In the very near future healthcare delivered digitally will undoubtedly be a major component of how the NHS continues to deliver outstanding care for all our patients. We are delighted to be supporting the Interactive Healthcare Fund and investing in the sustainable growth and development of the digital healthcare sector. “
He added: “The investment into the Yorkshire and Humber region will enable our most creative companies to design digital solutions that enable new models of service delivery and tackle some of our most pressing healthcare challenges and we’re excited about supporting these companies to improve the lives of as many patients as possible.”
Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis with the final deadline for submissions being 30th September 2016.
For the full guidelines and an application form, please see click here.
Since its inception in 2013, the Interactive Healthcare programme has invested over £850,000 in 21 digital healthcare innovations. They include the Smart Ear app, by Braci, of Birmingham, which is helping deaf and partially hearing people to recognise and navigate their surroundings by converting sound waves into feel or see signals; and Citrus Suite, of Liverpool, now partnering Disney on the development of a healthy living app for children and families.
Both companies will be represented when Creative England runs a seminar later this month showcasing the new business opportunities arising from creative healthcare technologies to international business, brand and product leaders attending the next Advertising Week Europe conference in London.


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Adapted Development of Historical Old Towns in Cen.. (ADHOC)
Adapted Development of Historical Old Towns in Central and Eastern Europe
Date du début: 31 mars 2006,
Date de fin: 27 févr. 2008
Changing conditions, such as the lack of public funding and an ageing population, challenge the development of historical old towns. These difficult economic and social transitions require new approaches regarding the involvement of private investors in the implementation of revitalisation measures. In addition, conflicts between people aiming at preservation and others promoting modernisation of inner-city areas have to be solved. Main aim of the ADHOC project is the development and implementation of innovative approaches for a sustainable renewal of historical old towns with numerous listed buildings. The project concentrates on urbanistic and integrative solutions to develop valuable inner-city districts under changed structural and demographic conditions. Project partners are small and medium-sized cities with large-scale historical old towns under monument preservation, political and professional institutions active in this field and research institutions in the field of urban and regional development. The project shall provide transferable methods for a sustainable development of historical old towns under monument preservation in the CADSES area. The co-operation of science and practical solutions should help to overcome existing conflicts between monument preservation and strategic urban renewal and to enable joint actions of the different stakeholders in order to guarantee sustainable maintenance and utilisation of the cultural heritage. Expected Results: In the ADHOC project dialogue processes for typical problem constellations in selected historical districts will be initiated, involving administrations, owners, investors, monument preservationists and other stakeholders to overcome existing conflicts and to enable common strategic actions. By setting up public-private co-operations, long-term investments for the adaptation of historical Old Towns to social, demographic and economic changes will be achieved. The project aims at the following concrete results: - Initiation of exemplary strategic dialogue processes in nine historical Old Towns of old and new EU Member States with the relevant public and private stakeholders, - Identification of innovative project approaches for specific problem areas by bundling requirements of monument preservation and sustainable utilisation of inner-city areas, - Elaboration of nine feasibility studies and realisation concepts to prepare the implementation of strategic projects, - Implementation of five exemplary investment pilot projects demonstrating good examples and encouraging further investments, - Documentation and publication of transferable results on a virtual information platform (.eu domain) including a manual with exemplary solutions for typical challenges of an adapted development for historical Old Towns in the CADSES area, - Elaboration and dissemination of transferable methods for sustainable development of historical Old Towns under monument preservation in the CADSES area.
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For three years, Middle Tennessee State University’s exercise science experts have worked wonders with people who suffer from incomplete spinal cord injuries.
Now the National Institutes of Health is giving them an opportunity that could change the way health professionals treat these patients, who retain some preservation of sensation or motor function at the lowest segment of the spinal cord.
With a $388,894 grant from the federal agency, Drs. Don Morgan and Sandy Stevens will conduct a comprehensive study beginning in fall 2014 by recruiting, testing and following up with clients suitable for walking in MTSU’s underwater treadmill laboratory.
Thirty participants, including part of a control group, will help the university scientists determine the impact of underwater treadmill training on partially paralyzed individuals’ mobility, health and quality of life.
“We can improve their leg strength,” said Morgan, a professor of exercise science in the university’s Department of Health and Human Performance.
“We can improve their balance. We can reduce the need for external help when they walk.”
The primary goals are to improve the participants’ mobility, reduce physical inactivity, increase their participation in life activities and improve aerobic fitness.
Over a 16-week period, the participants’ gait patterns will be tracked. They’ll be videotaped and will have electrodes attached to their bodies. These electrodes will enable researchers to determine if the activity and coordination of their leg muscles change after the aquatic walking program.
Dr. Brian Hinote, an associate professor of sociology, will evaluate the participants’ lifestyles before and after the treadmill trials.
“We want to assess the degree to which the people are able to carry on the activities of their daily lives, both at home and in their communities,” Hinote said.
Morgan’s earlier research with the underwater treadmill focused on children with cerebral palsy. The results were promising enough to lead him to believe it could work for other populations, including diabetics and stroke survivors.
“It could certainly be a complementary therapeutic technique that, for some, could really spell the difference between being able to be mobile on land instead of being relegated primarily to a wheelchair or a walker,” Morgan said.
Stevens, an assistant professor of exercise science, works most directly with the clients, transferring them safely into the treadmill, adjusting the water temperature and adjusting the height of the tank for the armrests.
She knows that while restoring their full mobility might not be possible, their mobility can be increased.
“It really is possible to restore that level of independent functioning, and a lot of it can be done through fairly low-tech interventions that could potentially be done within a community,” Stevens said.
You can watch an archived video about the underwater treadmill research program below.
Part of the NIH funding will pay undergraduate and graduate students to assist with the study. It’s a move that will better prepare MTSU graduates for jobs in the health professions and improve the university’s research profile, the professors said.
Morgan and Stevens will speak directly to students during fall classes to help choose the lucky few assistants. They said they expect the humanitarian aspect of the work to be a major selling point.
“You have a chance to impact the lives of people in a positive way, and that is incredibly fulfilling,” Morgan said.
The NIH-funded study is noteworthy for a university not connected to a college of medicine or a teaching hospital, and Morgan is encouraged by the agency’s approval of MTSU’s proposal.
“We’re doing work here at MTSU that, as far as I know, is not being done anywhere else in the world at this level,” said Morgan.
For more information about the program, contact Morgan at 615-898-5549 or firstname.lastname@example.org or Stevens at 615-494-7905 or email@example.com.
You also can read the personal stories of clients who’ve used the underwater treadmill project to help increase their mobility in this story published in the April 2014 edition of “MTSU Magazine.”
— Gina K. Logue (firstname.lastname@example.org)


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Known for the fishing, Intake 2 is a small lake along the road to Lake Sabrina, just past the South Lake turn off. There are 5 walk in sites on the west shore of the lake and 11 sites suitable for small vehicles near the creek above Intake 2.
Cute and comfy campground, no camp host, so if you need firewood it’s kind of a bummer. But it’s peaceful listening to the rushing creek! Been here twice now and definitely will be back!
This is a small campground with a stream running by it. Camped here in June and the water was moving fast, and cold, put drinks in the stream to cool them. Each site has a table and fire ring, with trees for shade. It is walking distance from intake 2 lake fishing. Toilets and water are available this is a nice campground.


Walkway linking Blue Line, Aqua Line metro stations inaugurated
In good news for commuters, a 300 metre-long walkway connecting Delhi Metro`s Blue Line with Aqua Line of Noida Metro was made operational here on Sunday.
Noida (Uttar Pradesh): In good news for commuters, a 300 metre-long walkway connecting Delhi Metro`s Blue Line with Aqua Line of Noida Metro was made operational here on Sunday.
The walkway, built by the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC), was inaugurated by Durga Shankar Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). It links Sector 52 station of Blue Line with Sector 51 of Aqua Line, giving commuters seamless connectivity while travelling to Noida and Greater Noida from Delhi and other places and vice-versa.
"A 300m walkway between Sec-51 of NMRC`s Aqua Line & Sec-52 of DMRC`s Blue Line was inaugurated today by Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, @Secretary_MoHUA. The walkway built by Noida Metro Rail Corporation will facilitate those travelling to Greater Noida from various parts of Delhi," the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) tweeted.
"NMRC has built the walkway connecting Sector 51 of Aqua Line & Sector 52 of DMRC`s Blue Line. Keeping in mind the comfort of passengers, NMRC had also provided free solar-powered E-rickshaw services in this stretch to facilitate connectivity between the two metro rail networks," DMRC wrote in another tweet.
The walkway is covered from the top to prevent passengers from getting exposed to the vagaries of weather. Next to the walkway is a dedicated carriageway where solar-powered e-rickshaws ply between Sector 51 and Sector 52 stations for free of cost. The e-rickshaw service has been operational for the last few months. The carriageway has been constructed separately from the main road and two-wheelers, four-wheelers, and heavy commercial vehicles are barred from entering the stretch.
After inaugurating the walkway, Mishra said that the route will be made more commuter-friendly and NMRC will create a provision for parking space."NOIDA Authority will help NMRC to make the Walkway more commuter-friendly by providing free public convenience services in coming days. Sector 51 Metro station has a dedicated parking facility for approximately 200 cars. NMRC will provide parking space close to the Walkway in the near future," he said.
"Beautiful landscaping has been done along the Walkway to provide aesthetic appeal. It has space for cafe or vendor zone as part of future planning where small stalls and cafes will be opened," Mishra said. The nearly 30-km long Aqua Line was flagged off by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on January 25 this year and connects Sector 51 in Noida to Depot Station in Greater Noida.
The route has 21 stations and all of them are equipped with platform screen doors to prevent commuters from falling onto the tracks. Unlike the Rapid Metro Gurgaon, where Delhi Metro smart tokens and cards are accepted, the Noida Metro has a separate ticketing system. Hence, commuters will not be able to use Delhi Metro smart cards or tokens and will have to either purchase QR-coded paper tickets or an SBI NMRC `City 1` smart card to commute on the Aqua Line.


In a perfect world, everyone has what they need at the precise time they need it, especially when dealing with information technology.
Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world. A global pandemic and several years of disruption have created supply chain issues that require strategic planning on a near-epic level.
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How Hiring the Right IT Project Managers Makes a Difference
The IT industry has positioned itself ahead of many other sectors in managing supply chain issues. That’s because IT leaders have focused on developing the best practices that ensure continued and smooth service; planning for contingencies and having processes in place is a strength of most managers.
The best IT project managers:
- Immediately define the project’s scope.
- Identify collaborative opportunities, especially for acquiring resources.
- Define the methodology to be used.
- Establish communication trails.
- Require analysis and documentation.
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IT project managers are known for their ability to make the near-impossible a reality. Executing each of the steps above is a big part of project success.
However, the most critical component of any IT project is getting resources in place just before they’re needed — and communicating this process with the team. To do this, the IT project manager must remain accessible, but also set up systems that allow other team members to access progress and information.
- Create a Centralized Source of Information
Successful IT project management often includes creating centralized, accessible information like a “knowledge repository.” This is an online database that systematically captures, organizes, and categorizes knowledge-based information. Knowledge repositories are most often private databases that manage enterprise and proprietary information.
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VeloComputer Power -with bluetooth Wheel & Pedal Sensor
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Children across Scotland are being failed by a lack of action on mental heath, poverty and human rights by governments at both Holyrood and Westminster.
Young people are having their starts to life severely hampered by a lack of quality affordable housing and the cost of living crisis – including carrying lunch “debt” through primary and secondary school, according to the country’s children’s commissioner.
Bruce Adamson said the Scottish Government was not making full use of its powers obtained through devolution to protect the rights of children as he urged post-Brexit legislation designed to enshrine that in law to be passed as soon as possible.
But in a report presented alongside counterparts from other devolved administrations in Northern Ireland and Wales, he also cited the need for “concrete actions” from the UK Government to eradicate child poverty, branding it a “political choice”.
“We must not accept children going hungry, living in unsuitable housing and without the clothing and basics that they need to live,” he said.
“Poverty affects every aspect of a child’s life, including their rights to an adequate standard of living, the best possible mental and physical health, education.
“It affects their future and development – at its worst, it affects their right to life. It is a political choice to allow poverty to continue.”
He added: “The UK Government holds many of the levers for social security, but the Scottish Government has the power to do more for children and concrete actions include ensuring families have access to affordable housing, wiping parental debts to local authorities for school meals and reviewing criteria for support to ensure more children are eligible.”
The report stated Scotland had an urgent need for “national human rights based legislative standards,” branding policies at local level “inconsistent”.
In particular, it cited the need to bring forward amendments necessary to allow the United Nations Convention of Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Bill to be adopted and enacted in Scotland.
The Bill was sent back to the Scottish parliament last year after the Supreme Court ruled Holyrood did not have the power to pass four of the sections.
No amendments to the legislation have yet been made.
The report also called for a specific domestic abuse offence relating to children to be created within the confines of the Domestic Abuse Scotland Act, passed in 2018.
Adamson said: “Scotland has still not fully addressed many of these issues raised when we last reported six years ago, and for many children, life in that time has got much worse.
“Alongside the failures on poverty and mental health, we still imprison children, and our age of criminal responsibility is just 12, two years below the international minimal standard.
“What does this say about how we value children? The Scottish Government needs to take urgent action to protect, respect and fulfil children’s rights.”
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The village of Ellenville worked on some gun control legislation of its own, passing a resolution urging Ulster County, New York State, and the president to expand mental health treatment, boost school security, and more controversially, put tighter restrictions on guns. YNN's John Wagner has the details.
ELLENVILLE, N.Y. -- "At the end of the day, it's got to start somewhere," said Jeff Kaplan, Ellenville mayor.
Ellenville Mayor Jeff Kaplan didn't want to wait for lawmakers in Albany to take up the issue of gun control. He proposed a ban on handguns and assault rifles days after the Newtown tragedy. Following local backlash, the village board passed a resolution that simply asks top levels of government to expand mental health treatment, boost school security, and tighten gun laws.
If the village resolutions actually became the law of the land, every shooter would be required to pass licensing tests, there'd be a ban on high capacity magazines above ten rounds, and safer firearm storage would be requisite. With NRA members quoting the Constitution, certain wording to ban assault rifles and a requirement that new guns use fingerprint technology and be tracked through GPS was dropped.
"You want to balance emotions with the possibility of getting something accomplished that will really work," said Mayor Kaplan.
“An armed society is a polite society. These people go into places where they know there will be innocent unarmed victims to be murdered. They’re not shooters, these people are murderers," said Jonathan Conlon, Ellenville resident and NRA member.
This village resolution comes exactly a month after the tragedy in Newtown. Gun control advocates worry that if the state and federal government don't propose and pass tighter gun laws soon with their current national momentum, no real changes will happen and they say the firearm debate will wait months or years to flare up again with the next mass shooting.
Legal gun owners recognize there's a need for change, especially for gun toting criminals. They supported a measure that would make illegal possession of an unloaded unlicensed handgun a felony. They also supported making any gun related offense a mandatory 25 years to life sentence.
“If you make the penalties so bad, the criminals will stop using the handguns," said Conlon.
"I think just a moment of silence and saying that's just too bad, really isn't an appropriate response," said Mayor Kaplan.
The mayor hopes his village serves as an example to the kind of discussion and compromise he hopes to see on a national level.


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