A packaged optical comb source is demonstrated. A low-linewidth optical comb source is designed and fabricated. The device is packaged in a seven-pin high-speed butterfly package with an subminiature version A (SMA) connector for RF modulation and fibre pigtail. Fibre coupling efficiency is estimated at 43%. The packaged comb source is shown to have a linewidth of 300 kHz for the comb line set when modulated at 4 GHz, with eight comb lines within 3 dB of each other. The prototype packaged comb source has applications in high bandwidth telecommunications.
Keratoconus is an ophthalmic disease in which the cornea acquires an abnormal conical shape that prevents the correct focusing on the retina, causing visual impairment. The late diagnosis of keratoconus is among the principal causes of corneal transplantation surgery. In several previous studies, a different organization sutural lamellae was observed in keratoconic corneas compared to healthy corneas. This study is intended to investigate this anomaly by means of Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) microscopy, using an optical scheme relevant for clinical applications. In particular, we propose a method based on 3D correlation of SHG image stacks, able to appreciate statistical differences in the orientation distribution of sutural lamellae between healthy and keratoconic corneas. The proposed method offers the potential for diagnosing keratoconus in an early stage.
We report the experimental characterization of the second harmonic generated in optically poled fibers. The fibers were poled by using both linearly and circularly polarized pumps at the wavelength of 1064 nm. Polarization and transverse profile of the light generated at 532 nm depend on the polarization of the input fundamental beam at 1064 nm used to pole the fiber. The generated second harmonic is carried by the LP01 mode if the fiber is poled only one time, whereas the second harmonic is carried by a combination of higher-order modes if the fiber undergoes the poling process more than once.
We present experimental results of linear and nonlinear optical measurements from a plasmonic metasurface composed by self-assembled tilted gold nanowires. We investigated the extrinsic chiral response due to the particular symmetry breaking induced by the nanowires geometry by using second harmonic generation, photoacoustic absorption and optical reflectance measurements.
A new source of high-power broadband THz radiation has been built in Naples, Italy. The source is based on twocolours mixing of ultrashort femtosecond light pulses. The source can deliver THz frequencies in the range 0.1-30 THz, with pulses of sub-picosecond time duration and having a peak electric field amplitude as high as 1 MV/cm. A characterization of the source is given in this work together with an overview of the preliminary experiments of THzcontrolled excitations in solids.
An Nd:YVO4 laser with intracavity frequency doubling exhibits two mode-locked states with different repetition rates. The two states may coexist, interact and transform from one to the other as the cavity length is varied. The transition from one dominant state to the other takes place continuously. The proposed effect is evidence of a bifurcation phenomenon.
A chromatic-dispersion-free transmission using a time-reversal optical parametric amplifier (OPA) for 10 Gbit/s data over 25 km of standard single-mode fibre is demonstrated. The time-reversal was achieved using optical phase conjugation in the OPA. A pilot signal was first sent to estimate the optical channel, which would be reshaped by the OPA and then retransmitted with data through the same fibre. The dispersion is compensated automatically through the transmission. Experimental results showed that around 1 dB improvement can be obtained at a bit error rate of <10−9 compared to the traditional return-to-zero on–off keying link.
The use of a fluorescent fibre (15.5 mm in length) pumped in a forward direction with a 520 nm emitting LED for fast wavelength conversion to 560 nm is reported. In addition to the fact that this wavelength matches the attenuation minima of poly-methyl-methacrylate polymer optical fibres (POFs), the presented results show an external conversion efficiency of 4.7% and a bandwidth of 52.5 MHz. The device is a simple, inexpensive, compact, eye-safe and lightweight optical source at 560 nm. It can be suitable for single-channel 'long-distance' (>400 m) or WDM-based links using POFs, presenting a bandwidth–distance product of 50–100 MHz/100 m.
In this paper we describe a promising approach to increase the output energy of a laser system emitting infrared radiation in the spectral range 6.78μm based on direct difference frequency generation in non-oxide nonlinear crystals using single-mode Nd:YAG laser and tunable Cr:forsterite laser, which was developed for the muonic-hydrogen experiment. The investigated system is based on lithium thioindate (LiInS2) crystal cut for type II difference frequency generation. The pulses of the Nd:YAG laser (1,064 μm) are combined with the pulses at ~ 1.262 μm of the Cr:forsterite laser through a dichroic mirror and sent to the nonlinear crystals in different optical geometries. The generated radiation reaches an output energy more than 90 μJ in a single pass optical geometry, has 10 ns long pulses at 50 Hz frequency repetition rate and is tunable in the range 6695 - 6870 nm. These results prove the suitability of such an approach for building the laser system for the muonic-hydrogen experiment.
We experimentally demonstrated frequency comb generation in a continuously pumped, cavity-enhanced second-harmonic generation system. Our system shows a striking similarity with generation and dynamics of frequency combs in Kerr microresonators, as confirmed by a simple three-wave theoretical model we developed. This analogy unveils the possibility to predict and observe new effects, paving the way for a novel class of highly efficient and versatile frequency comb synthesizers based on second-order nonlinear materials.
The generation of nanosecond square pulse and microsecond harmonic pulse in a passively mode-locked fibre ring laser is demonstrated by inserting a 20 km long single mode fibre in the cavity. The laser operates in anomalous region based on the non-linear polarisation rotation process. The square pulse generation is because of the dissipative soliton resonance effect, which clamps the peak intensity of the laser and broadens the pulse width. The pulse width can be tuned from 28.2 to 167.7 ns. It was found that the square pulse can deliver higher pulse energy compared with the harmonic pulse. The highest recorded pulse energy is 249.8 nJ under the maximum available pump power of 125 mW without pulse breaking.
DQPSK modulation has become particularly attractive in high-speed optical communications because of its resistance to fiber nonlinearities and its more efficient use of fiber bandwidth. Because of its wavelength conversion ability, SOA four wave mixing effect has attracted much attention. We experimentally study the FWM wavelength conversion of 40 Gbit/s (20 Gbaud) NRZ-DQPSK data. A bulk SOA with 21 dB gain and 10 dBm output saturation power is used. The Q factors of the input and wavelength converted signal are measured. Some signal regeneration properties are shown. A Q-factor improvement of maximum 1.7 dB is observed. The authors make an attempt at recreating the experiment with a prototype Quantum Dot SOA. FWM efficiency of a QD-SOA with 15 dB fiber-to-fiber gain and 3 dBm output saturation power is measured.
Laser frequency combs based on optical parametric oscillators provide widely tunable sources of regularly spaced frequencies from the visible to the mid-infrared, with potential applications in precision metrology, spectroscopy and astronomy. Reported is the extension of the comb mode spacing into the GHz domain by using a Fabry-Pérot cavity, the length of which was electronically stabilised to a harmonic of the original pulse repetition frequency via a dither-locking technique. A 1500 nm femtosecond optical parametric oscillator frequency comb, the repetition frequency and carrier-envelope offset frequency of which were locked to 280 MHz and 10 MHz, respectively, was filtered by a high-finesse cavity to generate a pulse sequence at 1.4 GHz, corresponding to a factor of five increase in the mode spacing of the comb.
The high-speed amplitude limiting performance of a saturated fibre-optic parametric amplifier is numerically studied. It is shown that walk-off between the pump and signal pulses caused by a large dispersion slope makes the saturation behaviour less efficient and induces interaction between neighbouring signal pulses mediated by temporally-broadened pump depletion, both of which degrade the limiter performance.
The generation of second- and third-harmonic light with single- and dual-pitch periodically poled lithium niobate ridge waveguides for achieving a carrier-envelope-offset-locked frequency comb with low pulse energy is investigated. The wavelengths of both the second- and third-harmonic light converted by short- and long-wavelength components of supercontinuum spectra are precisely adjusted by selecting appropriate pitch size and controlling the temperature of the devices. The output powers of the second- and third-harmonic light are 9.1 and 4.8 µW, respectively, when using a 2/3-octave-wide supercontinuum light generated by a 1.2 nJ laser pulse at a repetition rate of 250 MHz.


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Founded in 2008, the St Catharine's College Girls' Choir was the first college-based choir for girls in the UK, breaking with 900 years of tradition and setting a precedent which has been followed by several other institutions both here and abroad. The choir provides a unique and invaluable musical experience for girls aged 8 to 15; with many girls continuing to age 18 in the mixed-voice College Choir.
The choir sings weekly in the College Chapel, as well as giving regular concerts and its repertoire extends from the early Middle Ages to the 21st century, including music both sacred and secular.
About the choir
The choir is currently made up of 28 girls, aged between eight and fifteen (school years four to ten), drawn from local schools. The choir meets twice a week - on Monday and Tuesday afternoons after school - and sings a service in chapel every Tuesday, as well as participating in special concerts.
The Girls' Choir is semi-independent of the mixed-voice student College Choir, though choristers leaving the choir at age 15 may, by audition, be invited to sing as a full member of the College Choir. Members of the Girls' Choir also receive regular tuition in music theory and vocal technique. The ethos of the choir differs from many other choirs of its type. St Catharine's Girls' Choir is not a school choir; nor is it limited to traditional Church repertoire. We are always looking at ways to expand the musical experience and vision of choir members, and this is reflected in the diversity of the choir's activities.
Girls' Choir Friends Scheme
The Girls' Choir Friends Scheme was launched in 2018 with the ambition to support the choir's many activities through the endowment of choristerships. You can read more about the scheme here.
To donate to the Friends Scheme, please visit our online donation page, click 'Other' in the drop-down menu entitled 'I would like my gift to support', and enter 'Girls' Choir' into the box provided.
Past successes
The choir has given performances in such distinguished venues as St Paul's Cathedral, St David's Hall, Cardiff and St John's, Smith Square, and has sung services in the Cathedrals of Ely, Lichfield and Gloucester. The choir has toured to the USA and throughout Europe. and is regularly asked to participate in major choral/orchestral works such as Bach's St Matthew Passion, Mahler's Third Symphony, Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius and Holst's The Planets. The girls have made several appearances on BBC Radio, including a special edition of Radio 3's The Choir with opera star Sarah Connolly as part of the celebrations marking International Womens' Day; and a former head chorister of the choir was awarded BBC Young Chorister of the Year. The choir have made a number of commercial recordings, released under the Resonus Classics label. See Recordings Page for details.
The choir has also been involved in special outreach and educational projects, most notably STEM in Song, the most recent in collaboration with the London Science Museum.
Monday: 16.30-17.00 Probationers only; 17.00-17.30 Full Choir; 17.30-18.30 Choristers only
Tuesday (outside University terms): as Monday
Tuesday (during University term): 17.00-18.00 rehearsal for Full Choir; 18.30-19.10 Service
For information about auditioning for the choir, please contact Edward Wickham.
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Bitcoin's Price Looks Set for a Drop to $10K
Aug 14, 2019 at 11:01 UTC Updated Aug 14, 2019 at 11:03 UTC
Omkar Godbole
Bitcoin appears on track to test the psychological support of $10,000, as the daily chart moving averages and other key indicators have turned bearish.
A high-volume price breakdown seen on the hourly chart also favors a drop to $10,000.
However, the hourly chart indicators are reporting a bullish divergence. So, a price bounce to $10,700 could precede a drop to $10,000.
The outlook as per the daily chart would turn bullish if prices print a UTC close above $12,000.
Bitcoin (BTC) is looking south, having retraced more than 50 percent of the $3,000 rally seen in the 10 days to Aug. 6.
The top cryptocurrency by market cap is currently trading at $10,500 on Bitstamp, representing a 6 percent loss on the day.
At the current price, roughly 53 percent of the rally from the July 28 low of $9,111 to the Aug. 6 high of $12,325 stands erased.
BTC's recent rally coincided with the devaluation of China's yuan (CNY). Notably, the People's Bank of China allowed the yuan to fall beyond 7 per U.S. dollar on Aug. 5.
On the same day, BTC rallied 7 percent and rose to a one-month high of $12,325 on the following day, triggering speculation that BTC is acting as a safe haven asset in China.
That narrative may become entrenched in the market as bitcoin's drop seen in the last 48 hours is accompanied by a recovery in the yuan. CNY appreciated by 0.26 percent yesterday and is reporting a 0.32 percent gain against the greenback on Wednesday.
However, Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital Group and a bitcoin skeptic, believes the cryptocurrency did not act as a safe haven in China. Investors who bought bitcoins based on the safe-haven narrative are now cashing out, tracking the recovery in yuan, he says.
Meanwhile, Jacob Canfield, featured trader on CNBC and CoinDesk, has associated bitcoin's price drop with the delay in fiat withdrawals and deposits for cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase's U.K. customers. The delay is likely caused by Barclays bank's decision to end its partnership with Coinbase.
Whatever the reason for the price drop, the cryptocurrency is now looking weaker than it did yesterday, although a drop to $10,000 could be preceded by a minor bounce.
A bearish crossover of the 5- and 10-day moving averages and a below-50 reading on the relative strength index (RSI) indicate the path of least resistance is to the downside.
The moving average convergence divergence (MACD) histogram has also crossed below zero, confirming a bullish-to-bearish trend change.
So, the cryptocurrency looks set to test $10,000. The outlook would turn bullish if and when prices print a UTC close above $12,000. That level acted as strong resistance in six days to Aug. 10.
Hourly and 4-hour charts
The high-volume descending triangle breakdown seen in the hourly chart (above left) indicates that sellers are in control.
However, both RSI and MACD have charted higher lows on the hourly chart, contradicting the lower lows on price.
That bullish divergence of key indicators suggests scope for a price bounce, possibly to the resistance at $10,700 A violation there would expose $11,000.
The oversold reading on the 4-hour RSI (above right) also indicates scope for an intraday recovery rally.
Disclosure: The author holds no cryptocurrency assets at the time of writing.
Bitcoin image via Shutterstock; charts by Trading View
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By Malene Birger, a subsidiary of the IC Group A/S, is an international premium luxury brand that charms thousands of fashion-conscious women all over the world. The fashion house passionately represents the idea of making women feel strong and self-confident in its brand. IC Group A/S decided to migrate the existing By Malene Birger online shop from a full-service environment and to manage it independently with the aim of taking all control and coordination of the online shop into its own hands. IC Group is relying on Dept in the implementation of this project.
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The international luxury label By Malene Birger launched the new online shop running on the cloud-based e-commerce solution Salesforce Commerce Cloud in March 2015 with the support of Dept. Since the go-live, By Malene Birger has managed its online shop completely independently, including logistics and customer service. Now, the fashion company has full control over the shop system and can easily and quickly adapt to shifting market conditions. The shop has also been implemented in responsive design, is optimised for use with search engines and is characterised by greater customer friendliness and better brand perception. This was achieved by connecting the brand and e-commerce sites and then carrying out migration to the Salesforce Commerce Cloud platform.
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26 Jan JUDGE OKS BYRON ALLEN'S $10 BILLION RACIAL DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST MCDONALD'S
By Derek Major A federal judge has denied McDonald's Corp's. request to toss a racial discrimination lawsuit bought by media mogul and The Weather Channel owner Byron Allen. Bloomberg reports U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin denied McDonald's motion last Friday "for improperly referencing materials outside the pleadings." The ruling requires the fast-food giant...
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The complaint was amended to include additional detail after a previous version was thrown out in late November for lack of evidence By Ethan Jakob Craft A federal judge has cleared the way for Byron Allen's $10 billion discrimination lawsuit against McDonald's to move forward, denying the fast-food giant's...
26 Jan 'Madison Avenue is the very epitome of institutionalized racism': Media mogul Byron Allen explains why he's filing discrimination suits against advertisers
The Weather Channel CEO Byron Allen Interview on Black-Owned Media Byron Allen has become the face of the Black-owned media movement that's gathered momentum in recent years, filing a string of discrimination lawsuits against big-name advertisers including Comcast and McDonald's. In an interview with Insider, the 1980s comedian and owner of The...
26 Jan Advertisers made big pledges to help Black-owned media. Black executives say their efforts fall short: 'a dog and pony show.'
By Tanya Dua and Patrick Coffee Many advertisers pledged to increase their spending with Black-owned businesses and media companies following the 2020 murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black Americans. Companies including GM, McDonald's, and Verizon now say they've made progress toward those goals, although in interviews, marketers and...
25 Jan Byron Allen on CBS Los Angeles: Remembering Louie Anderson, Comedian and Friend
[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZKTaupKan8[/embed] After a long battle with cancer, comedian Louie Anderson died on Friday. The man who made millions of people laugh has been remembered via countless posts on social media and statements from colleagues and friends. Byron Allen, longtime friend, fellow comedian and entertainment executive, joined...
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Byron Allen says losing Louie Anderson so closely on the heels of Bob Saget's death is a tremendous gut punch to comedians ...
24 Jan Judge Puts Byron Allen's Suit Against McDonald's Back on Grill
Mogul charges fast-food chain discriminates against Black-owned media By Jon Lafayette A federal court judge in California has reversed a ruling dismissing media mogul Byron Allen's $10 billion lawsuit charging that McDonald's discriminated against Black-owned media in buying advertising. In a new order entered Friday (January 21), Judge Fernando Olguin denied McDonald's motion...
19 Jan Byron Allen Ranked in MOGULS Category of Variety500's Leading Founders/CEOs
Byron Allen FOUNDER / CHAIRMAN / CEO Allen acquired seven stations from Gray Television for $380 million in April 2021, giving his Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios a total of 23 network affiliates across the U.S. His portfolio also includes 10 24-hour TV networks, including the Weather Channel,...
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Allen Media Group expects to build apps faster and add distribution on more devices By Jon Lafayette Byron Allen's quickly expanding Allen Media Group has made a multi-platform deal with digital giant Google to use the Google Cloud as its data infrastructure and carry The Weather Channel...
18 Jan Media mogul Byron Allen's firm inks multi-year cloud deal with Google
Jan 18 (Reuters) - Media entrepreneur Byron Allen's Allen Media Group (AMG) struck a multi-year deal with Google Cloud on Tuesday, through which the Alphabet Inc-owned (GOOGL.O) company will provide cloud services to the entertainment firm. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Media companies are increasingly...


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Environment-conscious capital investors can contribute to the faster end of nuclear power and thereby expect high returns now, it is so decided: Germany will have to do without nuclear power. As it appears triggers just like a miracle that just at this moment discovered a completely new technology (-> knol.google.com/k/hans-weidenbusch/das-auftriebskapillar/3fkgzmevq9sn4/1#), the way to beating all energy problems in okologisch. The real miracle in this context is but who company, the HWCV (->), a Munich-based technology transfer has succeeded, persuading all relevant opinion leaders (-> #Energiequelle) and decision makers of the technology, and to mention them by name on their Web site. Now you might think that the mentioned institutions and names are arbitrary and fictitious, as incredible as it reads the Web site of the HWCV of course, but thanks to the Internet organization books one can assume, that the be given the absolute truth. First is committed namely to the task, review the information published on the part of the HWCV, and the mentioned organisations such as Greenpeace or the Stiftung Warentest wondering whether this could be the Tasachen displayed on the page with the knowledge of the respective organizations and individuals. In addition, first reports such investment offers the Verbraucherschhutzorganisationen, such as in the present instance the Bavarian consumer protection Center (-> forum.esowatch.c/index.php?topic=5533.msg61554#msg61554). For investors this means that even without great technical understanding of it can be, to do it with a system tested on the part of the consumer organisations having, which promises an extra orbit ante return, as well as the opportunity to other investors to invest in the currently most environmentally friendly source of energy and therefore a considerable contribution of renewable energy to make (->) books, whose It's own task, and investors to sort out, makes it one of the guarantors for an investment in the HWCV, whose founder and owner, Hans Weidenbusch to said, "If first takes out a page, this check can be by the competent authorities, and then the page remains unchanged in the net, then every person knows that be made false statements here in any way".
It is strange in that even the Gwup (->), undertakes a consisting of academics skeptics Association to the Vienna Prof. Ulrich Berger, don't mind that Prof. Berger is even named, and using his reputation makes advertising for the HWCV. A spokesman for the HWCV commented that Prof. Berger would obtain an injunction within an hour, if not beyond reasonable doubt would emerge from his remarks, that the technology is the cheapest, most environmentally friendly and unerschopflichste source of energy in our time. So must the information provided on so last but not least by books as bestaigt are, and this is important, because it in fact almost incredible sound. So investors have the certainty that the Angaber-to-read correspond to the reality and they can thus with a clear conscience back sit and make a major contribution to the faster end of the nuclear age. Contact and further information can environmentally conscious investors under get H. Meyer (source: Wilhelm Bausch)
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Interest payments of the Dessauer Pauly biscuit AG overdue the Dessauer biscuit manufacturer Pauly biscuit AG a loan with 5 years brought 2010 term and an interest rate of 7.5% in the volume of EUR 8 million out. Having bought the interest for 2010 still on time, investors waiting now since January 18 this year in vain on interest rates for 2011. Rumors about the company's ability to pay are circulating on the Internet. After release of the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, the Pauly biscuit AG in an E-Mail to investors should have admitted that due to the overall economic development within the last months the company under pressure was advised and have to deal with a liquidity squeeze. There might be something off, because according to the annual report 2009 decreased revenues by approximately 26 million in 2008 to about 21 million and at the same time, the loss of 86,000 EUR rose to 425,000 EUR. Little is reassuring, that the company in January its name to 1.
Dessauer Beteiligungs AG changed its seat has moved to Herford. Finally still a Swiss investor against a commitment of Pauly biscuit AG should have decided. Because the Pauly biscuit AG with interest payments already well over 30 days in arrears, investors can cancel their bonds. While they should take legal assistance, upon the termination of some formalities are taken into account. The termination is possible however only as long as the Pauly biscuit AG not paid the interest. Therefore, investors who no longer trust the company, better hurry.
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After a lawsuit promises not enough success, you will need to engage on an extension of the amortization period on 14 years. For investors, this means a reduction of loss allocations from 2003 to roughly 6.5% and thus additional tax claims that are to pay interest on then – usually from 2004 – 6%. Increased amount of difference for the transition to the Tonnage taxation: In addition, there are also problems from the move to the tonnage tax. The declared by the shipping companies values are not accepted, making the difference (= difference between market – or going-concern value and book value) is affected. This difference, which is decisive for the tax burden on the sale of the vessel, should increase after the audit from 13% to 24%. However, it is the management benefit maintain that the financial management so-called based tonnage tax exemption on the 2008, who was so at the time unknown. There is intended to be a useful life of 25 years of calculation based. Thus water is mixed at least significantly wine of the tonnage tax in – alleged -. Still no distributions: With the current interim investors know also that they just in case not rely on distributions.
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Slide into Glasgow Trombone Weekend
Glasgow is to play host to leading brass virtuosi as international performers including Christian Lindberg and Mnozil Brass descend on the city for the Glasgow Trombone Weekend.
What's on at Glasgow Trombone Weekend
Swedish trombone soloist Lindberg will team up with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) for the prestigious festival, which also features competitions and masterclasses with the British Trombone Society in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
The events, which run from 22 until 25 June 2017, will take place in City Halls and the Royal Conservatoire, with students and staff from the institution among those taking part.
Martyn Brabbins will lead the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Christian Lindberg and BBC SSO principal trombone player Simon Johnson in a concert featuring Sandström's Echoes of Eternity, for two trombones and orchestra, and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on Thursday, 22 June.
The following evening, Brabbins and the BBC SSO return to City Halls with Lindberg and Jörgen van Rijen, principal trombone player of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, where the programme will include Lindberg's The Waves of Wollongong and the Aho Trombone Concerto.
Both events are preceded by Pre-Concerts in City Halls' Recital Rooms, featuring short informal performances by students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
World-renowned brass septet Mnozil Brass returns to Scotland with its unique brand of virtuosity and humour on Saturday, 24 June. Cirque will showcase the ensemble's reputation for stunning playing, improvisations and brilliant on-stage choreography in the plush surroundings of City Halls.
Trombone players will have the opportunity to pit their wits against each other during a day of British Trombone Society competitions in the Royal Conservatoire's Stevenson Hall on Saturday, 24 June. The following day, the institution plays host to the British Trombone Society Trombone Day, featuring clinics, concerts, workshops and exhibition stands.
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The Emerge Center Names New CEO
Deanna Whittle (Photo from WAFB.com)
BATON ROUGE, La. – On Tuesday, The Emerge Center announced that Deanna Whittle will take the helm as Chief Executive Officer on July 1. Whittle will succeed Melissa Juneau, who served in the role for the past 12 years. Details were shared in a press release.
A Baton Rouge native, Whittle brings extensive experience from multiple sectors of the healthcare field to Emerge. She began her career as a nurse at Woman's Hospital and has since served in senior-level roles for multiple local organizations, including Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Ochsner Home Medicare Corporation and Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System. Most recently, Whittle served as vice president of the southern region at The Innovation Institute, a healthcare innovation company focused on transforming care delivery.
"The Emerge Center, which was founded in 1960 as the Baton Rouge Speech and Hearing Foundation, has been a real treasure for our community. Under Melissa Juneau's leadership, we experienced tremendous growth and success," said Melissa Blake, chair of The Emerge Center board. "We are excited and eager to have Deanna Whittle drive our vision for Emerge forward as CEO and believe her vast experience, passion for our mission and commitment to the children and families we serve will lead to our continued success."
Whittle will oversee the Emerge enterprise, which includes The Emerge Center, The Emerge School for Autism and The Emerge Foundation.
"The impacts of Emerge are clear as soon as you walk in the door, and I look forward to working with the board of directors and the staff of the center, school and foundation to collectively serve the families that come to Emerge looking for hope," said Whittle. "I'm also excited to work with the community and all of the donors, partners and stakeholders who have so generously supported Emerge over the years."
Located in a state-of-the-art facility at LSU's Innovation Park, The Emerge Center provides innovative therapies to empower children with autism and individuals with other communication challenges to achieve independence. Under the direction of Clinic Director Natalee Menge, The Emerge Center utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach to tailor services to the unique needs of each child.
Born from a demand to extend education services for children with autism, The Emerge School launched in 2018 as the state's first public charter school specifically designed for children with autism. Led by Principal Leigh Bozard, the School served twenty students within two classrooms at The Emerge Center during its first year of operation. A growth campaign to enable the expansion of the School is underway and construction on a new 7,000-square-foot-facility on Emerge's campus will begin this summer. The School's building is expected to be completed by the spring of 2020.
The Emerge Foundation was established in 2018 to provide philanthropic support to The Emerge Center and The Emerge School. Shelton Jones is the Executive Director of the Foundation and her team works across the Emerge enterprise to ensure streamlined and coordinated fundraising efforts.
After an extensive national executive search, Whittle was selected from a field of nearly 200 applicants. Whittle holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Southeastern Louisiana University and a Master of Business Administration from the LSU E.J. Ourso College of Business.
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JUST MARRIED :: CONGRATULATIONS TO LUCA & NANCY SUMARI.
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Business Titans Tap Atul Gawande to Head Boston-Based Health Care Nonprofit
June 21, 2018 Media Mentions
Verrill Dana health care attorney Jim Roosevelt is quoted in a June 21 Boston Herald article entitled "Business Titans Tap Atul Gawande to Head Boston-Based Health Care Nonprofit." In the article, Jim comments that the new health care venture funded by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase has the potential to "really make a difference in the access to health care and the affordability of health care" under Dr. Gawande's leadership.
Read "Business Titans Tap Atul Gawande to Head Boston-Based Health Care Nonprofit" from the Boston Herald.
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Portugal's Sonae to Open 70 New Supermarkets in 2015
February 27, 2015 9:36 AM By square1
Portuguese retail conglomerate Sonae is planning to open 90 new stores during 2015, 70 of which are in the food retail sector.
The proximity chain of small grocery stores Meu Super will get another 50 shops, while the Continente brand (primarily the smallest format Continente Bom Dia) will add 20 stores, targeting areas of the country not yet covered. The remaining 20 new stores will spread over the other non-food retail brands of the group (Note, Wells, MO, Worten, Sport Zone and Zippy).
Last year, Sonae opened 108 new stores, 92 of them in the food retail segment, taking its total to 640 supermarkets (own stores and franchising). All the insignias increased their number of stores, with the MeuSuper network doubling its size to 140 stores. In total, Sonae owns 1,235 food and non-food retail stores in Portugal and around the world.
Joint turnover for all of Sonae's units - Sonae MC (food retail) and Sonae SR (non-food retail) - rose 2.7 per cent to €4.75 million in 2014. Sonae MC saw a 1.3 per cent growth in turnover to €3.46 million, with the Continente brand reinforcing its leadership position, with a turnover of €3.46 billion (+1.3% y/y) and additional growth in market share of 1.1 percentage point.
The Continente loyalty card represented more than 90 per cent of sales, while Sonae MC's e-commerce platform achieved 10 per cent growth in online sales.
The results were achieved despite the strong competition in the Portuguese food retail sector, marked by very high levels of promotional activity.
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Researchers evaluated the association between cataract surgery and mortality in a 5% random sample of U.S. Medicare beneficiaries. Overall, those who had cataract surgery lived longer.
Data was collected over a 10-year period from a cohort of more than 1.5 million patients. After adjustment for demographics, systemic comorbidities and ocular comorbidities, patients from the surgery group had a nearly 30% reduced adjusted hazard of mortality compared with those who did not have cataract surgery.
The association held even after excluding patients with Charleston comorbidity index (CCI) scores of 5 or above, suggesting that the results are not simply reflections of differences in systemic health between the those who do or do not have surgery. The association was strongest in women, in 80 to 84 year olds, and in those living in Western states.
The authors hypothesize that cataract surgery improves a patient's ability to care for themselves and remain physically and socially active, thus prolonging their life.
Previous research on incidence of mortality and cataract surgery utilized either small cohorts or compared patients without cataract. This retrospective study was the first to draw from a large, diverse cohort of cataract-only patients, allowing the researchers to exclude confounded associations arising from differences between individuals with or without cataracts.


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Avant-garde artist and cyborg activist Moon Ribas developed "the Seismic Sense".
Online sensors in her feet allow her to feel earthquakes taking place anywhere on Earth.
Ribas then transposes the earthquake vibrations into interpretive dance and sound.
Imagine being able to detect an earthquake on the side of the planet, or having the ability to feel the seismic activity of the very moon. This is a daily occurrence for Catalan avant-garde artist and cyborg, Moon Ribas.
Though it sounds like the stuff of science-fiction, Moon is one of the many people who are embracing transhumanism by levelling up with implants and Wi-Fi, becoming a biological extenstion of the Internet of Things. Moon then channels her unique senses into interpretive performances, translating the Earth's movements into her own dances and sounds.
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Tuesday's Pick: Aaron Carter at Stubb's
Aaron Carter performs at Stubb's on Tuesday. AP Photo.
Aaron Carter performs at Stubb's on Tuesday. AP Photo.
Yes, that Aaron Carter. The younger brother of Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter and the Disney romance of Hilary Duff, Aaron Carter was the teen heartthrob of 2000. He released a new single this summer, and he's a few months into his current endeavor, Aaron Carter's Wonderful World Tour. Before he begins the European leg of his tour next month, Carter brings his pop setlist to Stubb's in Austin.
Besides his new single 'Ooh Wee,' Carter will perform songs from his three early-2000 albums, the most famous being 'Aaron's Party (Come Get It).' Watching 26-year-old Carter perform the song he recorded when he was 12 will surely be worth the $15 advance ticket. You can also expect a shortened version of 'I Want Candy,' which he performed on an episode of Disney Channel's 'Lizzie McGuire' back in his golden era.
Ticket prices increase to $18 at the doors, which open at 6:30 p.m. Opening acts will take the stage at 7:30 p.m.
Monday's Pick: Jazz Cigarette
Wednesday's Pick: Christmas Double Feature at the Paramount


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Die Atos IT Solutions and Services GmbH ist die österreichische Tochter des französischen IT-Dienstleisters Atos SE. Das Unternehmen entstand 2011 aus der Fusion von Siemens IT Solutions and Services und Atos Origin.

Standorte

Atos ist in 10 Städten bzw. an 18 Standorten in Österreich vertreten. Zu den größten Standorten gehören Graz, Klagenfurt, Leonding, Linz und Wien.

Geschäftsfelder
Zu den Geschäftsfeldern von Atos gehören Infrastructure & Data Management, Business & Platform Solutions, Big Data & Security, Unified Communication & Collaboration Transactional sowie Cloud & Enterprise Software.

Töchter und Beteiligungen

Atos Österreich hat Beteiligungen an folgenden Unternehmen:
 addIT Dienstleistungen GmbH & Co. KG – IT-Services in Kärnten
 unit-IT Dienstleistungs GmbH & Co. KG – Mobile Data Management für die Nahrungs- und Genussmittelindustrie in Oberösterreich
 TSG EDV-Terminal-Service Ges.m.b.H – Terminal- und Desktop-Services, § 6 Bankgeschäft
 Together Internet Services GmbH – Online-Versicherungsplattform
 cyberDOC GmbH & Co. KG – elektronische Archivierung von Urkunden
 Archivium Dokumentenarchiv Gesellschaft m.b.H. – elektronische Dokumentenarchivierung für Rechtsanwälte
 smart technologies Management- Beratungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H. – IT-Management für den Energiemarkt

Data Center
Atos hat am Standort Wien einen Hochverfügbarkeits-Rechenzentrumsverbund mit einer Gesamtfläche von 1.800 m² errichtet. Dieser besteht aus dem Atos Data Center Vienna North (997 m²) sowie dem Atos Data Center Vienna South (812 m²) und steht Kunden in Österreich sowie in Mittel- und Osteuropa zur Verfügung.

Olympische und Paralympische Spiele
Atos ist der weltweite IT Partner der Olympischen & Paralympischen Spiele und leitet die technologischen Leistungen für den Betrieb der Spiele.

Weblinks
 Website von Atos Österreich
 Website von addIT
 Website von unit-IT
 Website von TSG

Einzelnachweise

IT-Dienstleister (Wien)
Gegründet 2011

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