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Boone Speech students qualify in eleven events for State Speech Contest
Jadyn Mortenson @Jaydplant
Freshman Regan Peter Performs on the freshman Choral Reading team. The freshmen performed a piece called "Social Media."
On Saturday, January 20 the Boone speech students traveled to Roosevelt High School to perform in multiple events in hopes of qualifying for State. Boone had eleven total events qualify for state. To be eligible for State the groups perform and they must be scored a division one rating by a judge.
There were three groups of Ensemble acting, where groups perform a five to fifteen-minute play, that qualified. There were two Choral Readings, where participants perform a story with a script and focus on syncing voice tones. There were three improvs, where the performers draw a random topic and are given five minutes to plan the performance. Also qualifying was a one-act play, a short film, and a solo mime.
There was a total of eighteen groups taken to contest, the other seven that did not advance got division two ratings. Out of those seven, there were three musical theatres, two radio news broadcasts, and one improv.
"The team's success comes from two months of preparation in a wide variety of speaking and performing events." said head speech coach Jill Isley. The teams get their performance material in late November and practice from then until the contest. The teams that qualify then continue to practice for the next two weeks until State. At State, the judges then selectively choose who advances on to All-State.
The teams will be working hard up until state which in on February 3rd.
Excel students raising money for Special Olympics
Dresden Wilson @dreswilson22
Boone Excel students are looking to raise money for the Special Olympics "Fun Fair." The fundraiser is on Wednesday, May 3 from 5-9 pm at Pizza Ranch. One hundred percent of the proceeds go towards the Fun Fair.
This year excel students will be working the buffet at Pizza Ranch. Every time a buffet is bought with a coupon, $2.00 is donated to the excel program. Boone is also holding candy sales, bake sales, and there are also donation containers at the high school and middle school.
Every year the state of Iowa host the Special Olympics. Boone High School is the only school district to manage/operate the Fun Fair. The Fun Fair is a place that participants can go and enjoy themselves in between the events they're in.
In previous years Boone has raised up to $600 in fundraising and donations. This money goes to the purchase of the items they need such as; balloon sculptures, tattoos (air brush or rub-on), face painting, bracelet making, photo booth, nail polishing, and cotton candy.
2017 Prom Court
By: Jayde Orsack @jaydeorsack
Prom is right around the corner here at Boone High, which means that the Prom Court has been announced. The Queen candidates are; Erin Castle, Madalyn Sturtz, Allie Swanson, Mikayla Eppert, and Madison Neely. The King candidates are Mitch Stumbo, Greg Paul, Kurt Yaeger, Nate McBride, and Nick Behrendt.
Erin Castle will be attending the University of Iowa to further her gymnastics career. Erin is a National Honor Society Member, and a Scholastic Honors Society member. Erin advises the younger students to enjoy high school while they can. "Be Involved and be genuinely nice, and friendly to everyone. Have fun and enjoy every moment that senior year brings because it only happens once."
Madalyn Sturtz will be attending DMACC, then continuing her education and UNI for teaching. Madalyn has participated in volleyball, basketball, and swing choir. Madalyn loved participating in as many things as possible, and advises others too as well. "My advice to the future seniors would be to go to everything. Stay involved as much as possible."
Allie Swanson will also attend DMACC and then hopes to transfer to a four year school to study education. One of Allie's favorite memories from high school was being apart of the girl's basketball team when they made it to state. Allie advises future seniors to be involved, and to cherish their senior year. "Be involved in everything, and be friends with everyone because high school is over before you know it."
Mikayla Eppert will attend the University of Iowa to major in Spanish, and hopefully to start the Pre-med track. Some of mikayla's most memorable moment have came from soccer, cross country, and choir concert. Mikayla urges the future students to have a plan. "Have a plan for your future, because senior year approaches before you know it!"
Madison Neely will attend DMACC and then hopes to transfer to Iowa State to study journalism and mass communications. Some of Madi Neely's highschool highlights include being apart of fall and winter cheerleading, drill team, BooneTV, and orchestra. Maddie advises the future seniors to make the most of their time. "Make the most of your time you have in highschool and be involved in everything."
Mitch stumbo will be attending Iowa State University to study finance. His favorite memories include; Tennis, cheering on the 'Dors, dances, and stalling Mr. Wells's class. Stumbo's advice to future seniors is to be nice to everyone.
Greg Paul will be attending Iowa State University. Greg has been involved in tennis, speech team, theatre, FFA, and swing choir. Greg urges the future seniors to make as many memories as possible and to have fun.
Kurt Yaeger will be attending Nebraska Wesleyan University to continue his soccer career. He will study nursing. When asked what advice Kurt would give to future seniors he said, "If you want a varsity letter, join the soccer team."
Nate McBride will be attending Iowa State University to major in athletic training. Some of Nate's favorite memories include going to state for baseball and cheering on the 'Dors in the student section. Nate advises the future seniors to stay on top of their homework. "Don't blow off your assignments just because you're almost done with highschool."
Nick Behrendt will be attending Creighton University to major in business, while also participating in the Freshman Leadership Program. Nick participates in many activities such as: tennis, baseball, band, swing choir, and basketball cheerleading. Nick advises the future seniors to cherish their senior year. "Stay involved as much as possible, but make sure to manage your time wisely."
The King and Queen will be crowned at the Ki Hi Kapper after prom, which takes place at Boone DMACC. Crowning will begin at 2:30am.
Toreador Theater presents "I Don't Have a Clue"
By Maggy Muller
This Friday is Toreador Theater's semi annual play performance. This spring's play is called "I Don't Have a Clue" written by Craig Sodaro. Kids from all grades freshman to seniors are involved in the play and they have been putting in hard work since the end of January.
"I Don't Have a Clue" tells the story of a murder-mystery dinner party for friends, that quickly leads to hilarious hijinks and fun. The play features a varied cast, who all hope that their hard work can lead to some real laughs from their audience.
Michaela Wisecup the stage manager for this play feels that the play has a lot to offer. "I Don't Have a Clue has been one of the funniest murder mysteries to be involved in. It definitely has an exciting plot that's filled to the brim with funny jokes and pop culture references." said Wisecup.
Alaney Parker, a sophomore, plays the role of Corky Robinson. Alaney has been in productions since 7th grade and doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon. Alaney says that it's a little stressful memorizing lines, but the overall outlook is worth it. "This year has been a great experience for me getting to work with other talented actors and actresses." Says Parker.
Tickets are $3 for students and $5 for adults. Don't forget to come watch "I Don't Have a Clue" Friday the 31st and Saturday the 1st.
BHS Swing Choir pays tribute to Michael Jackson
By Sammi Crouse @sammijo019
The Swingin' Dors pay tribute to Michael Jackson during the final song of their performance on tour, Thriller.
Since November, the Boone High show choirs have been preparing for their show. The theme of the show is "Glitter and Gloves", which will feature songs from Michael Jackson himself, as well as songs that were written as a tribute to him.
The show will feature performances from the Swingin' Dors, the Girls Next Dor, and specials from the following: Katelyn Mehlhaus (junior), Kyle Peter (senior), Grayson Boggess (junior) and Alaney Parker (sophomore), Alyssa Kernohan (senior), Megan Osborn (sophomore), Emma Rose (senior), Elizabeth Coleman (senior), Mikayla Eppert (senior), and Brayden Biersner (senior).
Kelly Earll, the vocal music director, is excited for the performance. "The audience can look forward to a wide variety of music from the life of Michael Jackson, as well as many talented performers in both of the groups. The show will also feature several solo acts throughout the performance." said Earll.
The show will be held in the auditorium at 7 pm on Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th. Tickets will be $8 for adults and $5 for students.
Spanish Immersion Day at the Zoo
AP Spanish students traveled to the Blank Park Zoo this past Friday. They participated in a Spanish immersion, where they could only speak in Spanish.
The AP Spanish students took a trip to the Blank Park Zoo this past Friday. The class has been studying a zoo themed vocabulary and Mrs. Anderson thought that this would be a great way for the students to utilize what they have learned in a real life situation.
This years AP students are unique to the classes before them. The AP students consist of five seniors and two juniors. Last years AP students took 8th grade Spanish, they were the last class to receive this benefit. The juniors are native Spanish speakers, and the seniors skipped the second semester of Spanish 3 and the first semester of Spanish 4 to be able to take AP Spanish.
Senior Gabby Fuentes described the difficulty of skipping courses, but also explains the rewards that come along with it. "AP Spanish was overwhelming at first, and I felt like I was very unprepared, but Mrs. Anderson teaches us very well and it's extremely rewarding to know that I'm able to succeed in this class. We also get to do fun things, like going to the zoo."
The students could only speak in Spanish once they arrived at the zoo and even until they got back to school later that day. The trip was solely dedicated to speaking Spanish. Senior Emily Headley thought this was a challenge, but she enjoys it. "We even had to order our food at the restaurant in spanish. It was challenging at times, but we all really enjoy learning about the language."
This trip was a great way for the students to interact and employ the Spanish language. This experience has tremendous benefits, and was overall a learning moment for everybody.
Senior Sarah Schrupp explained how this trip would benefit her in the future. "I plan on minoring in Spanish during college, and I also plan to study abroad in Spain." These students will use the language for the rest of their lives, and are looking forward to learning more each day.
Give 'em the Business, Boone
Business students, seniors Skyler Eslinger, Elizabeth Coleman, and junior Autumn Rodgers pose for a picture at APC.
New business teacher Erika Wolfe and her business classes recently took a field trip to the local businesses in Boone.
"We visited 905 Ink, which is a t-shirt graphic design company, APC, which makes protein supplements for cattle all over the world, and we also visited Boone Rehab Center, Boone Physical Therapy Center, and the Boone County Hospital," said Wolfe.
Students learned different aspects of business that they can relate to their in class work on the trip.
The Boone DECA club is also traveling to Des Moines this weekend for a leadership conference.
"The DECA club will go and attend the Fall Leadership Conference. They will attend a couple of different sessions and learn about leadership skills and professional skills. After that they will get paired with students from other schools to do a service project and then Monday they will go to Camp Dodge to work on team building exercises," said Wolfe.
There are many things to look forward to for this trip, "I'm most excited about learning about leadership," said junior business student Ben Wagner.
"I'm most excited about becoming a better business man," said junior student Tate Clemons.
Wolf is also looking forward to the trip,"I'm looking forward to getting to know my students better, because we haven't really gotten to know each other yet."
Royalty Crowned at Boone High School
By: Dresden Wilson @dreswilson22
On Friday, September 30, Boone High School packed into the gym to watch magic unfold before their very eyes. The Homecoming king and queen crowning was at hand.
Previous homecoming king, Nolan Newcomb, and queen, Kennedy Bass.
The king candidates were: Braden Biersner, Colbey Wadsworth, Devan Baldus, Ethan Lewis, and Tanner Schminke. They all waited with high hopes of being crowned this year's king. It didn't take long and after a few loud cheers from the crowd, the crown was placed on the head of Devan Baldus. "It's pretty great. I wasn't expecting to win because there's a lot of other great guys out here. But we still have to come out later tonight and win the game and play hard," said Baldus.
The queen candidates: Claire Anderson, Dianna Slight, Laura Anderson, Grace Krafcisin, and Mad Santi, then assumed their positions hopeful of being 2016 homecoming queen. Diana Slight was crowned the 2016 homecoming queen. "There's so many nice people on the court that deserve it, but I guess it just means a lot that the student body gave me queen," said Slight.
The king and queen will take to the dance floor tomorrow, Saturday, October 1 at the Homecoming Dance. Door's open at 7:30 pm and the dance starts at 8:00 pm.
Voss joins Boone Staff
By Trevor Van Pelt @trevorvanpelt14
This year at Boone High there is a new face in the science department. His name is Dan Voss. At age 26, this is Voss's first year at Boone high and hopes to have a great year teaching new students and meeting different people.
Voss attended high school at Benton Community High School located in Van Horne, IA, and graduated in 2009. After graduation he got his Bachelor's of Science in materials engineering from Iowa State University. Following his graduation from Iowa State in 2013, Voss attended Northwestern University in Illinois where he earned his Master's of Science Education and Secondary Physics.
Voss got his inspiration to be a science teacher when he was at Iowa State. He moved into higher level course work and realized his peers increasingly relished the details engineering focused on and wanted to talk more about big ideas. He did internships at a company and loved his co workers and enjoyed the work, but knew he wasn't willing to pull all nighters to get a manufacturing line running again. With Voss still unsure about what he wanted to do, he went to watch Bill Nye speak at Iowa State. During the speech it hit him and he realized he wanted to teach, inspire, and help prepare the next generation of curios and informed citizens and STEM innovators.
During college Voss student taught at two different high schools in Illinois. He taught at Lincoln Park High School in Chicago and also student taught at New Trier in Winnetka, Illinois.
Voss teaches Principles of Advanced Science and Chemistry, and teaches mostly sophomores with a mix of juniors and seniors. He choose to come teach at Boone because he wanted to work in a school that had a vision for its role in it's community and really cared about it's student and he thought that BHS would be a great fit.
Mr. Voss is an avid sports fan, basketball being his favorite, but still likes to watch football and baseball. Despite basketball being his favorite sport he does not have a favorite NBA team, but does really enjoys watching the San Antonio Spurs and says he will miss Tim Duncan greatly as Duncan just recently retired a few months ago. As a former Iowa State student he is a huge Cyclone basketball fan and also enjoys rooting for the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Chiefs.
Even though this is his first full time teaching job he is looking to make a huge impact on the students taking his classes this year. He hopes he can get his students excited to come to class and learn more about science.
Big Changes for Spanish Club
By Jayde Orsack @JaydeOrsack
Spanish Club has officially begun, as the first meeting took place on Thursday, September 15th. Spanish Club is a great way for students to get involved in foreign language, and by doing so, they are able to gain perspective of the Spanish culture. Students can participate in Spanish Club as long as they are currently enrolled in a Spanish class.
The students came together to elect officers, discuss important deadlines and dates, and to add innovative ideas to the activity list. Electing officers provides a structured environment, and also gives students responsibility. They want the students to have a major role in decision making, and this is why the students elected the officers themselves. Mikayla Eppert is the president, Gabby Fuentes is the Vice-President, and Brian Bingaman is the Secretary.
Eppert is excited for the future of the Spanish Club, and looks forward to a great year. "I'm looking forward to hopefully getting more people involved and expanding the club. We are looking to hopefully have some new events that we will think will be a lot of fun".
With new events in mind, the club is already participating in a fundraiser. The Spanish Club does many different activities, and money the students raise is needed to support such things.
Sra. Anderson is wanting the students to make bigger and better changes, that will not only benefit the Spanish Club, but anybody else that wants to be involved. "I am hopeful that we can have more activities than last year, and last year was a great year".
The officers plan to take a trip to La Carreta, put on a movie night at the theater, and invite the student body to a "Skeleton Ball".
The Skeleton Ball is something completely different than anything the Spanish Club has ever done before. The students really want the club to be known about, and they think the Skeleton Ball will do just that. The Skeleton Ball is similar to a school dance, except not as formal. The goal is to have students dress like skeletons, and if they do so their admission is free.
The officers believe this is something that they can do to involve the student body, but to also promote it students who are thinking about being in Spanish Club.
Katelyn Melhaus, Spanish Club member, believes that the ball is a creative way to reach out to students that aren't in Spanish Club. "I think that if everything goes to plan the way we want it to, the ball will be a good way to reach out to students and show them what we are trying to do", she said.
Spanish Club is making major changes this year, and they aspire to have more students join. Students that are already enrolled in a Spanish class will be informed of upcoming events by their Spanish teacher. If you're not enrolled in a Spanish class currently, you can still attend the Skeleton Ball and experience the Spanish culture.


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The Flash is just two episodes away from concluding its second season as Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) a.k.a. the Fastest Man Alive has been fighting the dangerous Hunter Zolomon a.k.a. Zoom (Teddy Sears), exploring the Multiverse and much more. While we have no details yet on story elements and character introductions, we did just get a pretty dope piece of news about the creative team for the third season.
Zack Stentz (who has written films such as X-Men: First Class and Marvel's Thor), the writer of Kevin Smith's episode that aired this week titled "The Runaway Dinosaur" tweeted today that he has joined the series as a consulting producer for Season 3.
Stentz has also worked on shows like Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (which featured Arrow's Summer Glau!) and he was just recently announced as the screenwriter for the currently-in-development Booster Gold film with Greg Berlanti (The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl)attached to the project for the DC Extended Universe.
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Rock Hall Kicks Off Its Outdoor Summer in the City and Sun Sets Concert Series
Wed 7/17 @ 7PM
Once again, the plaza in front of the Rock Hall will be bustling with activity on Wednesday nights, as its Summer in the City series kicks off again, featuring a mix of local and national bands for five weeks.
It debuts this week with a couple of woman artists who do that mildly annoying thing of calling themselves by a cute band name even though it's a one-person show. Nashville's Sophie Allison calls herself "Soccer Mommy," and while she emerged from that city's underground/DIY scene, she cites such unabashed popsters as Taylor Swift and Avril Lavigne as influences. She quit school to focus on her songwriting, and is now backed by a full-time band.
That's very similar to the trajectory followed by Cleveland guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Amy Shoff, who shares the bill with Allison. Her Heavenly Creatures went from a bedroom project to an actual three-piece band, who have played at numerous clubs and festivals around northeast Ohio over the last several years.
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The shows are free, and there's a bar and food for sale on the plaza.
The Rock Hall's Sun Sets series on Fridays on their outdoor stage from 5-7PM features Cleveland favorites Vanity Crash on Fri 7/19. Free!
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The startups have received free mentoring and advice by industry experts from leading corporations including Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca and access to the international Innovation Forum network and will pitch at the Regional Finals that are taking place on the 3rd of October at the UCL Innovation and Enterprise hub at Base KX.
Regional winners will secure their participation in the Global TOP 20 startups at the Global Final in Oxford on the 5th of December 2017, where they will have the opportunity to pitch in front of international industry professionals, stakeholders and investors. The winners will be awarded with a non-dilutive cash prize professional support for rapid development of their company and 6-months of free workspace.
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Aergo was created to empower people with disabilities. In 2015, award-winning designer, Sheana Yu, became inspired by a visit to a Special Educational Needs School and built a posture support to help children interact better with their environment. Having suffered with scoliosis throughout her life, Sheana wanted to find a better solution to managing posture for children with physical disabilities. Aergo Ltd launched in September 2015 and early prototypes earned Sheana and her colleague, Dan Garrett, Fellowships from the James Dyson Foundation and Wates Giving Foundation. Aergo aims to be the world's most adaptable postural support system. It uses a network of patent-pending air cells to support individuals of all shapes and sizes. The remote-controlled system provides adjustable pressure-relief for a range of physical conditions and is the first device of its kind to grow with the user through its expandable frame. Aergo's mission is to design universally accessible products that empower everyone to reach their full potential. Their vision is a world where people are not disabled by the environment around them.
Advanced Retention Therapeutics (ART) and Research Ltd was formed by a young entrepreneur and his supervisor at the University College London in 2016. ART Research focuses on development of non-invasive technologies for controlled release of drugs in the body. With their Dosing On Time technology (DotTech) they can control the intervals and the amount of a drug released in the circulation of a patient and thereby improve drug efficacy and reduce side effects. DotTech is the first technology in the world to manage drug dosing over a period of a week. ART Research aims to improve patient health and quality of life by accurately controlling the concentration of a medicine in the circulation with a minimally invasive technology. In addition, their technology will improve drug compliance, especially in patients who suffer from brain disorders that render them unable to remember when to take their pills. IMAGINE IF! helps them expose their product, attract partners, advisors and investors to further optimise and advance their technology.
BRAINCURES is a virtual pharmaceutical company formed by Dr Krzysztof Potempa, a neuroscientist with experience in advanced analytics of neuroscience datasets gained both in academia and industry. BRAINCURES focuses on translating the knowledge we have gained about the molecular underpinnings of learning and memory into medicines that conquer brain disorders. While brain diseases affect at least 1 in 10 people worldwide and their families, most brain diseases have only symptomatic treatments due to unclear disease mechanisms. To address this translational gap and societal urgency, BRAINCURES has applied a molecular mechanism of diseases approach to turn data into actionable leads for drug development or co-development. For example, their processes and knowledgebase provide non-serendipitous and disease biology supported drug candidates for common and rare brain diseases that add value across the drug discovery pipeline.
BRAINCURES is a personal mission and a natural evolution of a bench researcher turned into a computational neuro-drug hunter over the last ten years. Being passionate about addressing this 21st century brain disease challenge, they would like to see science make a change for patients with brain diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and rare diseases that affect the aging or young populations by 2022.
So far, the company has been funded by boot-strapping efforts from returns on investments of redundancies. The IMAGINE IF! accelerator has brought them in contact with a number of mentors who are helping to convert the BRAINCURES dream into a reality.
CortiCare was formed by a team of young scientists from Imperial College London in 2016. CortiCare aims to bring the power of a diagnostic lab at home and make real-time health monitoring easily accessible to everyone, anywhere, anytime. This innovative technology company is developing a smart portable device for affordable, quick and accurate hormonal testing. CortiCare transforms the current hormone testing procedures by significantly reducing the cost, turnaround and ease of use of these tests by using novel biomimetic materials developed at Imperial College London. In addition, their technology is minimally invasive since it uses saliva as the starting medium of analysis. The greater impact of CortiCare's technology is to allow anyone to frequently monitor their health and adjust their lifestyle based on the easily comprehensible results that their platform provides. In this way people can unlock deep information about their bodies and transition to a proactive approach to their health rather than a reactive one. To date, they have received financial support from Angel Investors, have expanded their team to 5 full-time employees and IMAGINE IF! will help them reach the next inflexion points.
Founded by three PhD students at Imperial College London, Fresh Check share a mission to improve lives through innovative technology. The company is changing the way that we understand bacterial contamination by visualising levels of contamination on surfaces with a simple colour change technology, which changes from blue to orange in the presence of unsafe levels of bacterial. This colour change technology is leveraged into two products, a spray which can be used to detect dangerous bacteria in at risk areas, such as kitchens and toilets and a smart use-by date. The smart use-by date provides a qualitative on the spot measurement to the safety of your food. This technology will both empower increased food safety and reduce food waste through improved empirical measurement of bacterial contamination. Fresh check hope to initially launch their colour change spray to consumers to health standards agencies around Europe over the coming year. To date they have received recognition of the potential impact of their technology though support from Imperial College Entrepreneurship, Climate-KIC and Shell liveWIRE. The IMAGINE IF! program will help them increase their production capacity and establish global partnerships.
Neo innovations is a start-up formed in 2013 by Neomi Bennett, a nursing graduate from Kingston University and a registered nurse. Neo-slip is a low friction device, which aids the application of medical stockings, which are very tight fitting and difficult to apply. It is made from a material that acts as a barrier between the skin of patients' feet and legs and the material of tight medical stockings. By forming a barrier, Neo-slip makes their application much easier for patients and their carers. While training as a nurse, Neomi noticed that people were struggling to apply their medical stockings. Through research she discovered that 25,00 people die of deep vein thrombosis each year and stockings help to prevent this. Medical stockings will only deliver benefits to patients if they are worn regularly as directed by health professionals. However, the difficulty of applying these stockings, means patients often stop wearing them. Over the past two years, Neo-slip has gained approval for listing on both the NHS Formulary (the catalogue of products approved for dispensing via prescription) and NHS Supplies, which is the main procurement portal for NHS trusts and hospitals. Neo-innovation is also working on new products, which will be taken to the market alongside Neo-slip. IMAGINE IF! will help Neomi's plans as she hoping to access the wide network across the innovation forum platform and the potential to secure non-dilutive capital and advice from their leading professional services.
Smart Flora is a start-up which aims at providing a personalised probiotics regimen based on the individual bacterial composition of the gut. It was formed in 2017 by Shannon Doyle, a pharmacology graduate from University College London, as part of a project within the start-up accelerator Deep Science Venture. Through Smart Flora, customers will be able to send their sample from the comfort of their home for an analysis of their gut microbiome, which is the best predictor of a healthy gut. Based on this, Smart Flora can recommend the best probiotic combination for each customer. Another test is performed three months later to see whether the diversity of the microbiome has improved. The recommendation is provided based on the scientific data available on the efficacy of probiotics for specific conditions. Therefore, this is already the best solution for people with gut problems who are looking to use the probiotic which has the highest chances of being effective and to monitor their gut health with gut tests that give insight into the person's microbiome diversity. The initial package is ready and currently in its testing phase, and Smart Flora are looking for customers to trial this offering. Smart Flora is developing a bioinformatics tool which can model how the microbiome changes over time and how different probiotic formulations will affect this and will integrate this technology into the product in the future.
Smart Flora was recently awarded the first prize of £10,000 from UCL Enterprise. Imagine IF! has already been incredibly helpful by putting them in contact with their mentors who are helping to draw a marketing and an intellectual property strategy and to develop a new branding.
Surgical Consent are driven by a vision to ensure that every decision about your health is the right one for you. The company was co-founded by two practicing surgeons with over 16 years if clinical experience between them. They realised that patients were often poorly informed about the operations they were about to undertake, and often too little had been explained to them about the other options available to them. The Surgical Consent platform was built to tackle these challenges and enable better decisions to be made between patients and their clinicians. The platform strives to improve the lives of millions of patients each year, whilst also helping clinicians guide conversations towards supported decision making, giving the hospitals the confidence of an electronic fully auditable system. Surgical Consent plans to initially implement its platform on a trust-wide scale in a number of NHS trusts, positioning them to rapidly scale nationally and internationally. The company's technology and vision has been recognised through support from the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme and the Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust ahead of their trust-wide launch. The IMAGINE IF! Program will provide the international platform to showcase the potential for Surgical Consent, supported by the wealth of mentor experience and targeted funding support.
SUTR is a novel technology that enables surgical students and instructors to receive and deliver metric-driven feedback on surgical performance. It is built to fill a technology gap in surgical education for practice expertise in simulation environments – improvements that yield better patient health and quality of life for healthcare professionals and trainees. Sutures are critically important to every aspect of surgery, yet research has shown that UK medical students require more practical training in suturing in order to be competent before working with patients.
Instructor time is precious, visual assessments may vary, and while students are practising independently at home and compete for scarce practice time in the operating theatres, responsive feedback on surgical skills still requires the presence of a surgical expert. With SUTR, surgical trainees can practice suturing on simulated environments (e.g. a banana, a low cost environment whose texture simulates skin tissue). After submitting their practice suture our algorithm will give them objective feedback and advice on how to improve their suturing technique.
SUTR de-links prohibitively costly spatial and timing requirements currently limiting individual improvement. Surgical trainees will find SUTR indispensable because it provides immediate feedback and dovetails into their e-portfolios as evidence of individual practice. It will become popular among surgical instructors because of its objective metrics for efficient and informed grading. Trainees will be able to post their sutures, ask questions, and advise one another. Instructors can electronically send advice to enhance trainee learning efficiently, and at their convenience.
All that students require is a smart phone with the SUTR app installed, a suturing environment such as a banana, and a basic suturing kit. All these items are already in their possession or very easily obtainable. The low-cost entry will allow students from developing healthcare systems to improve their suturing technique dramatically while getting advice from colleagues and instructors from around the world. Furthermore, it will improve efficiency and decrease costs in developed healthcare systems such as the NHS, by increasing the suturing competency level of students with no additional burden to expert surgeons, improving the quality of care provided for patients.
ThinAir was formed in 2016 by a team of four young scientists from Imperial College London and aims to solve one of the three biggest problems on the planet, water scarcity. ThinAir has developed a bio-membrane that condenses water from atmospheric air efficiently and energy-free. The team that formed ThinAir were inspired by the potential of biomimicry and they based their idea on the way beetles capture water from the atmospheric air even in the driest habitats in the world. ThinAir aspires to provide a clean source of water anywhere in the world. The technology will facilitate agriculture in dry environments and provide clean water for human consumption in areas where clean water is scarce. To date they acquired their financial support by winning competitive grants from several national and international start-up competitions including the Global Cleantech Challenge (1st place) and McKinsey Venture Academy (1st place). IMAGINE IF! will help them to continue to develop the technology, ready for a pilot project in 2018 and publicise their technology as they look to establish partnerships.
You can meet the teams, and also our judges, mentors and investors, at the London Regional Finals.
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For the second year in a row, the Springfield Falcons finished last in the 29-team AHL after injuries and some sub-par performances by both Oilers prospects and AHL veterans. The Oilers had six forwards, one goalie and five defensemen playing for the Falcons, plus one defenseman and a goalie playing for Stockton Thunder of the ECHL.
McDonald's third AHL season with the Falcons saw him set a career high for games played (76), while matching his rookie scoring totals of 12 goals and 11 assists for 23 points. In his final year of his entry-level contract, McDonald was unable to establish himself as a legitimate scoring threat at the AHL level. While he does bring many intangibles and can be used as a utility forward, his lack of progression over the last three years casts his Oilers future in doubt.
O'Marra posted career highs in goals (12), points (18) and games played (74) in his second full AHL season. O'Marra has the size, strength and skating ability to play a third or fourth-line role in the NHL, but has been a bit of a disappointment at the AHL level. His strong defensive play and good faceoff skills will likely keep him in the organization in the short term, but O'Marra will have to improve his scoring touch in order to extend his professional career.
In his third year with the Falcons, Trukhno scored 12 goals and 14 assists for 26 points in 73 games, placing him sixth in team scoring. Trukhno is a physical player capable of contributing offensively, but he has not been able to match his rookie season's success. It is unlikely he'll challenge for a roster spot with the Oilers next season. With his entry-level contract expiring at the end of this season, his future within the organization is yet to be determined.
The 2009-10 season was Lerg's second year in the AHL. In 36 games, he scored four goals and three assists for seven points, failing to match or improve on all categories from his rookie campaign. While he showed scoring ability during his NCAA career and some scouts thought he could develop into an effective role player in the pros, it is unlikely he will make the jump to the NHL ranks anytime soon.
While Reddox saw action with the Oilers in 42 games during the 2008–09 season, he spent the entire 2009–10 campaign with the Falcons. In 70 games, he scored 18 goals and 17 assists for 35 points, good for fifth in team scoring but a regression compared to his previous pro seasons. Reddox is a hard-working player who reads the game well and can chip in offensively. However, with an expiring contract at season's end, it is yet to be seen where Reddox fits into the Oilers future plans.
Paukovich played a career-high 63 games with the Falcons in his second full AHL season, while scoring five goals, three assists and adding 75 penalty minutes. Paukovich is a strong and tough player who excels at battling for pucks along the boards. He is unlikely to be making the jump to the NHL next season, but could still develop into an effective fourth-line NHLer.
Marquardt, a power forward with a decent scoring touch, was traded towards the end of the season and spent time with four different teams. In 42 games with the AHL Providence Bruins, he scored one goal and nine assists while adding 21 penalty minutes. Before his trade, he also played nine games for the ECHL's Reading Royals where he scored one goal and two assists. Marquardt played four games for the Falcons and failed to register any points. He also played seven games for the Stockton Thunder, scoring one goal and one assist. Things picked up for Marquardt during the Thunder's playoff run, as he scored four goals and three assists in 12 games. Statistically, his second AHL season was a disappointing year for the big winger, as he was unable to find the scoring touch he had displayed during his QMJHL career and his rookie AHL season.
Dubnyk started the season with the Falcons before a season ending injury to Nikolai Khabibulin forced the Oilers to bring in Dubnyk in December. In 33 games with the Falcons, Dubnyk posted a 3.02 GAA and a career high .915 save percentage. In 19 games with the Oilers, he posted a 3.57 GAA and a .889 save percentage. One of Dubnyk or Jeff Deslauriers, who is at a similar development level, will likely be traded in the offseason, leaving the other goalie to become the future starter.
Chorney split time with the Oilers and the Falcons before injuries cut his season short. In 32 games with the Falcons, Chorney scored four goals and nine assists for 13 points and a -20 rating, while scoring three assists and a -21 rating with the Oilers. Chorney has the skating ability and hockey sense to challenge for a spot on the Oilers roster next season, but he'll need to improve his defensive game in order to have a legitimate professional career.
Plante battled injuries throughout the season, but managed to play 49 games with the Falcons where he scored two goals and seven assists for nine points, while his 122 penalty minutes placed him third on the Falcons. Plante also played four games with the Oilers, netting an assist and a respectable +1 rating. Plante is a tough and physical defenseman with a good slap shot who is definitely a part of the Oilers rebuilding plans. He could challenge for a roster spot with the Oilers next season, but it's likely he'll start the season in the AHL and be one of the first defensive call-ups.
An injury during offseason training prevented Peckham from challenging for a roster spot with the Oilers to start the season. He played 37 games for the Falcons where he registered six assists, and his 106 penalty minutes placed him fourth on the Falcons. In 15 games with the Oilers, he accumulated 43 penalty minutes and scored one assist before a shoulder injury ended his season. Peckham brings a certain edge and toughness to his game that Oilers management and coaching felt was lacking throughout their line-up. With his improved skating ability, Peckham will most likely earn a roster spot with the Oilers next season as a fifth to seventh defenseman.
After a successful three-year NCAA career with Michigan State University, Petry finished off the season by playing eight games with the Falcons where he scored three assists. Petry is a skilled, puck-moving defenseman with offensive ability. He has good size, strength and skating ability to play in the NHL. Depending on his development, he could make Chorney expendable, as both players have a similar game.
The 2009–10 season marked the first year that the big, stay-at-home Swedish defenseman played in North America. In 55 games with the Falcons, Motin scored one goal and five assists for six points, and his -5 rating was very respectable for the last-placed Falcons. Motin has the size, strength and skating ability to play as a shut-down defenseman in the NHL, but will probably spend another year improving his game in the AHL.
In his third season in the ECHL, Bendfeld played 52 games for the Stockton Thunder where he scored 10 assists and added 91 penalty minutes. In 11 playoff games, he scored one goal and four assists. He was called up to play 10 games with the Falcons where he scored one assist and earned a respectable +2 rating. Bendfeld is a strong shut-down defenseman, but needs to improve on all areas of his game in order to move up the minor-league ranks.
Pitton had a descent second year with the Thunder, as he was able to build off of his rookie year's numbers. In 22 games, he posted a 2.85 GAA, .921 save percentage and earned one shutout, career highs in all categories except for games played. Pitton also played eight games for the Falcons, where he registered a 4.71 GAA and a .857 save percentage. Pitton will enter his final year of his entry-level contract and will need to play well in order to secure a future within the Oilers organization.


Cheer on your favorite sports team comfortably and colorfully with Auburn Allover Collegiate Fleece Fabric. This dark blue fabric measures 58" - 60" wide and is made of 100% polyester fleece for warmth and a soft and smooth feeling.
The fabric features scattered images and words in bright orange and white including a layered "AU" emblem, "Auburn", a shaded basketball, a white football team helmet, and an oval with tiger eyes peeking through. Use it to make pillows, blankets, pajama pants, and other home accents and apparel that you can show off your team spirit with.
CARE INSTRUCTIONS - Machine Wash, Warm, Delicate Cycle; Tumble Dry; Remove Promptly.


Anticipating needs, changes and developments in the market and in society, keeping abreast of trends: this has always been, ever since 1983, the year the first Superstudio opened, and then since 2000, the year of inauguration of the Superstudio Più exhibition center, the guideline for the choices and projects of these two extraordinary locations in zona Tortona, which have set in motion the transformation of the whole neighborhood, turning it into the district of fashion, design, and creativity.
Surprising and emotional in its impact, the MUSEUM area , turning on the theme "The world is here – The future is now", is dominated by Melogranoblu's tower of moving lights, which makes the most of materials, ever more important in redefining the very concept of design.
The location of Superstudio Più's Temporary Museum and a few images of the exhibition.
During the "Fuorisalone Milan Design Week 2014" in Milan at the Temporary Museum for New Design, in the exhibition spaces SUPERSTUDIO GROUP will be awarded the third edition of CARBON FIBER DESIGN CONTEST – Material & 3DPrint, born from the idea of raising awareness of architects, designers and makers of using innovative technologies and materials. All participants are asked to conceive and design objects designed to be made with the new techniques of additive manufacturing and / or innovative materials such as carbon fiber.
NAUTILUS will feature the new ADAGIO chair in the section "Selected Objects", a collective of new individual objects curated by the architect Giulio Cappellini. The ADAGIO chair project started with an invitation made by Casa da Música to develop a unique seat for one of its concert rooms. The chair's seat is made in an organic form, manufactured 100% in polyester fabric, which confers it an incredible touch and the necessary comfort. The development of material used on the seat was the most challenging process of the project. NAUTILUS aimed to develop a strong but comfortable material, with good acoustic properties while maintaining its recyclability. This process took 2 years of research and tests. Additionally the chair has a stainless steel cantilever structure which gives extra flexibility and comfort.
"conic-vine", an installation by Nendo, the award-winning Japanese design studio headed by architect Oki Sato, is a key feature of the Alcantara Kaleidoscope Fuorisalone event. Superstudio hosts an original material journey of discovery through Alcantara's expressive universe. Fine layers of Alcantara are bonded by an unusual thermocompressing process to create romantic shapes which are tied to each other lengthwise to form, in Nendo's vision, rows of climbing plants that are easily linked together. They form a screen of soft Alcantara, in an original textural pattern in shades of dove-grey and pastel, which exploits specific properties of the material to capture and enchant the viewer.
Designer Yair Neuman founded anythingby studio last year in Soho, London. Josiah Ceramic Speaker is the symbiosis between old and new industry – wireless audio streaming, interactive touch surfaces and Bluetooth tap pairing technology housed in ceramic casing. Each Josiah speaker is handcrafted by traditional artisans in the English potters' capital of Stoke-on-Trent. Josiah has all you need to enjoy music in the bathroom, kitchen or study. It is not over-functional or over-complicated. Eight hours of playing time on the rechargeable battery frees Josiah from wires, and its Bluetooth receiver picks up the audio signal of your mobile device from a distance of up to fifteen metres. Yair Neuman collaborated with electronics experts and audio engineers to design a sound system that would best suit the material. Buttons and flashing lights, too common in wireless speakers, were replaced by touch sensors and soft notification tones. With the features of a state-of-the-art audio product and the characteristics of a classic artifact, we believe Josiah is truly unique.
Om is the only system that integrates Bluetooth and radio technology in order to design complete audio projects, overcoming distance problems and interference issues. The multiple customization possibilities (from custom colors to innovative sandstone finishes) expand the sensorial experience range, from sound to aesthetics, both in domestic and public environments.
Sylvie Maréchal has exhibited her latest creations for Beau & Bien at Milan Design Wekk 2014. Her ambition? Reinvent the French style, to enhance its value by combining lightness, poetry and technique, never forgetting the fundamentals. Pictured above you can find her works "Smoon Birds Looking Out" and "Wersailles" (Milan exclusivity).
BEBACK is a Designstudio/Lab. in the province of Monza e Brianza, founded by Gessica Mendilicchio in Nov. 2013, for all artists and clients sensitive to the issues of waste and dispersion of values related to the history of objects no longer considered useful or important. Everything has got a life and an affect value that often has represented precious moments of our life: for example chair, a lamp, objects popular or unknown, objects ruined or of low value could gain another value through a redesign. Every object will be born with the idea of recovery, to avoid a process of disposal and to avoid the overcharge of landfills, so new products can be reused by preserving additional materials. The object that is chosen will be redesigned but still keep some characteristic of his past. The collection will be characterized by unique operations that will allow us to remember and recognize unequivocally the object and his first function; but also give it more material value with the addition.
poplar multistratum this small table performs three functions in three different sides. In the READ dedicated area, Eileen, our round small table, shows its repetitive attitude; displayed in 10 different finishings, represents an unconventional library or a collection of design objects. In the SLEEP dedicated area, pouffi, our modular and comfortable seats, easy to combine in different settings, assure a quiet repose or a quick rest in any moment; inside expanded rubber and outside100% linen coated.
who was able to perfectly interpret the ideas and goals of Crjos Design Milano. Also in 2014 Crjos Design Milano wants to reconfirm his originality and his continuing search for future shapes of Design by presenting its new models at the Temporary Museum for New Design 2014: TOTEM stool, the line of chairs DI-SEGNO and the line ASSOLO and DUETTO.
Industrial designer Denise Hachinger presente her Chandelier LC1.0 at MDW2014. The lamp is a reinterpretation of a classic chandelier. To realize different lighting situations, the chandelier can be closed and opened. Closed, the light is focussed and the light diffuser elements are creating a lamp shade – open, the room gets illuminated. The impression of the lamp is sophisticated and constructional. The open assembling makes the construction visible and able to be experienced: a metamorphosis from a closed, statically, to an open, light and dynamic form. The option to equip the chandelier with lamp hangings enables a customized design and it is an ornamental element which creates historical references.
Developed from Milan studio Habits, digital habits gives rise to new habits and new ways to interact with objects. Digital Habits is an innovation platform where designers share with users their projects based on gestural interfaces. The projects are meant to be designed and implemented by the user who can download for free the files needed for the construction of each object, its electronic circuit, the software for control interfaces and sensors, the list of required components, the instruction manual for make it in a Fablab. Projects are licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC -SA. At Mlan Design Week 2014 were presented "DRAGON", "OPEN MIRROR", "CROMATICA", "OSOUND" and "P.A.C.O.".
In the Occasion of Milan Design Week 2014 Blauer USA presented its first design object: the lamp "Light". Made by original and captivating shapes, Light was born by the creativity of Giuseppe D'Amore, managing director at FGF Industry, that came up to the product whilst looking at the shape of a Blauer Helmet.
GRILLO – Let's bbq! Spontaneous decisions are the spice of life. GRILLO is a portable lightweight bbq which is ready to go when you are. Like an umbrella, it is set up with a single movement, providing a whole new level of versatility.
The stars of French design in Milan. for the very first time, the Talents & Economy exhibition will provide a sweeping overview of the role that French industrial design plays across the entire economy. Above you can find a small selection: Blackbody, Fermob, Orange, Tabisso, Tolix, Ligne Roset and TSL Outdoor.
VIA Design 2014, presents: the Carte Blanche awarded to eliumstudio, the Furniture Programme, six Project Subsidies, and one Partnership Project. The exhibition displays 17 prototypes (tables, sofas, armchairs, consoles, lights, tablets, and fittings) designed by 13 up and coming designers sponsored by VIA. These prototypes fulfil all of VIA's selection criteria such as the inclusion of new functions, innovative materials and experimental techniques, new industrial processes, and environmentally-friendly design. All of these 17 projects are currently seeking a backer.
Artist and designer Francesco Raimondi presents 3 artisan armchairs that are made in Italy, from series Frames. A mix of sculpture, furniture and architecture, the seats invite users to unleash their imagination in arranging their spaces like a personal and multifunctional painting, playfully pushing the boundaries of interior decoration.
GOOGY a rocking horse – Googy is a rocking horse reinvented. Its main advantage is its appeal and safety of use for the most sensitive groups of users: children of all ages. For its innovative shape and functionality, Googy was awarded a Red Dot award for outstanding design in 2012. It was designed by Wilsonic Design studio, and is produced and sold by Novak Living Design, both of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
A concept created by the communication and design Agency "Io Abito Bio", in collaboration with Vastu Architecture & Design Studio, "Green Village" presents and brings together for the first time a group of companies that make innovation and environmental sustainability the main goal of their creations and offering. "Green Village" is divided into seven thematic areas, whose general layout depicts the shape of the "Flower of Life". Specifically, the sections are the following: Home (dedicated to home and living), Food (new concepts of kitchen spaces and healthy cooking), Kids (children's rooms and activities for kids), Well-being (dedicated to physical and mental well-being), Sustainable Mobility, Alternative Energy, Conscious Tourism.
IVANKA was established in 2002 by Andras and Katalin Ivanka. Their work is based on the versatile nature of CONCRETE – main material chosen for creative expression through discovering unexplored attributes. With its material structure and the freedom of casting, concrete offers endless possibilities in product development: architecture, interior & object design or fashion. IVANKA's product portfolio ranges between cladding and covering solutions, furniture and fashion collection.
"Apartheid – tribute to Nelson Mandela" is the new artistic project of Lacrime d'Arte. It's a lamp made from a giant wooden chain that, broken in different parts, from symbol of oppression becomes source of light and metaphor of freedom. "Attesa" is the opera of Valentina and Riccardo Sartori, inspired by maternity. Two great round shapes leap in the space with astonishing lightness: symmetric but antithetical, they protect two marble spheres that look like slipping down the seatback. Looking at the laterally, the observer has the sensation that the balls have been immobilized during their drop, like stuck in a dimension were time is suspended. Sartori's opera "Attesa" is talking about this and wants to describe a circumstance between a forecast event and its happening.
The brand Maison 203, composed by the international couple Orlando Fernandez Flores e Lucia De Conti, introduces in 2012 its first line of products made through 3d printing: MYBF (My Best Friend) Collection. 3D LAB COLLECTION is produced by 3d printing firm Sharebot. The used material is 100% PLA, bio-plastic from recyclable cornflour. All the accessories of the collection can be personalized choosing from 18 different colour palettes.
The exhibition pathway designed by Massimo Crema and Ermanno Rocchi unfolds to reveal the four scenographies of light, each an independent entity, each representing the different forces that energize the space with a brilliant and scenographic light.
Shiro is the Japanese word for "white". But Shiro also means "samurai" in Japanese culture. Shiro is the word for anything pure, simply and lovely, but also indicates someone faithful and with a strong personality. Shiro collection, designed by ACT studio (Fabrizio Tozzoli & Eliana Salazar), includes some complements (a table lamp, a suspension lamp, a bookshelf and soon also dining and coffee tables) which look easy, light, minimalist and, of course, white, but hide other more complex and surprising qualities.
OYON', the first mural fruit holder by Michaël BIHAIN. Oyon's modules and endless extensions allow us to turn our walls into screens where our fruit and vegetables become pixels. It offers a different way to rediscover the colours of fruit and our own creativity.
Nikari Oy, founded in 1967, is a manufacturer of sustainable wood design products of exquisite quality. At Milan Design Week 2014 the firm presented new products by Jasper Morrison, Wataru Kumano and their creative director Jenni Roininen – naturally together with other Nikari wood designs by Alfredo Häberli and Kari Virtanen, among others.
Officina Metallica is fueled by passion capable of preserving the authenticity of it's time. They use ancient materials, recalling the values of a time by subtracting the object to the series, making it just unique.
3D COMPOSITE is an entrepreneur initiative in sectors such as creativity and technology for domestic and territorial usage. The mosaic produced is adaptable to every shape and size and can be used on any type of surface leaving space to creativity.
Tecno natura: the video-cameras turn into companion animals – for a new security concept. Ironic and technological. The animals of parson subvert the idea of video surveillance.
People of the Sun blends social, commercial and design values to help artisans in Malawi preserve their cultural heritage and lift themselves out of poverty through trade. The aim is through producing a range of handcrafted furniture and home goods, the artisans will become self-sustainable. The Blantyre Jar is the collaboration of three different micro-enterprises: Zochita Zambiri, who cut discarded wine bottles into jars by hand with a rope; Magobo who make the individually-fitted lids out of mahogany hardwood turned on a lathe; Warm Hearts who make the packaging out of recycled cardboard and paper collected from supermarkets, offices and schools. Basket-weaving in Malawi is still practiced in rural areas, where materials are readily available. Baskets can still be seen in day-to-day activities. Their functions, forms and techniques remain virtually unchanged.
The Double Room concept, developed by Grupo Porcelanosa in collaboration with the architect, writer and multidisciplinary speaker Fortunato D'amico for this "temporary museum", will count with two worldwide well-known architects. The Turin renowned architect and landscapist Benedetto Camerana has designed the night area of this contemporary apartment while the modern living room is a work from the architect Hembert Peñaranda, internationally famous for his projects all around the world. Both spaces will be equipped with Grupo Porcelanosa products, which offers from wall and floor ceramic tiles or natural products, to full equipped kitchens and bathrooms, as well as advanced systems and technologies for nowadays architecture.
PDM presents the products of the 10 winning designers of the PDM2 Awards. These designers represent the best of the current Spanish production: Antonio Serrano, with dresser and stool from the Livingblock series; Noviembre Estudio, winner of the Delta Award 2013, with the Cret-Cret table; Erick Valdivieso, with his Cupisnique bottle; María José Gutiérrez with Chandelier; Jorge Penadés, presenting Nomadic Series; Paul Manriq, with his lamps from Mimo collection; Irene Gaumé, bringing her Tipi; María Perales, with dresser from Plug-in series; Alejandro Tapias, with Calcantita bowls, and Mimétrica, with Ddiddo.
Qui est Paul ? (who is Paul ?) is a French contemporary design brand. This quirky name stands for a comprehensive and varied collection of contemporary furniture and accessories for outdoor and indoor. Their rotation moulded plastic furniture is produced by skilled workforce at a factory in Ruffec (in the French Charente region well known for its Cognac). The products are a fusion between technical know how and the creativity of designers. The combination between fresh and contemporary colours (we can even do bespoke Pantones) and organic, ergonomic shapes produces attractive pieces that have won many design accolades.
Niko Kralj, born in 1920 in Slovenia is without doubt one of the most important designers of the last century. In the 1950s to 70s, Kralj was one of the best industrial designers and his designs have developed into icons of the post-war period, especially since the Rex Lounge was added to the design collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. During the Temporary Museum for New Design 2014 Rex Kralj has introduced several new products and variations of the existing models. Shell models will get textile finish, removable felt cushion, brushed stainless legs, the introduction of a completely new Dining Chair 1960, new dining table from Stoll CC as a bar Stool version, a Mosquito variation with aluminum legs and few more things. Present meets the past.
RI_USO, born in the Alcar Italia labs from an idea of Bruna Taurino (Project Manager) and Giovanni Lamorgese (Concept Designer) following a new sustainable industrial design concept, presents "nomad RI_USO" for the Temporary Museum for New Design at the Milan design week 2014. A contemporary installation with essential lines and a soft, light design that envelopes the space making it brighter. Carpets and curtains symbolizing nomadism along with its itinerant constant changeable nature, modify the whole awareness of the location, transforming its real sense and form. "Mutamenti" lights and all RI_USO's objects have their own "conceptual essence" which generates a movement of time and space that alters the meaning and use of the materials, the sign of a metamorphosis that tells a unique story.
Some sculptures presented by SlideArt in the artistic hallways of the museum, are from designers of International fame, such as: Twist by Karim Rashid, Amore by Javier Mariscal, and Kryste by Daniele Basso, and among the artist Carré 3 by Jean Claude Farhi, Rosa dei Venti by Giuseppe Spagnulo, and Generazione by Eun-Sun Park.
The new line of LaZenArt by Laura Zeni. The placemat is made in 6 versions which have the "Testa/Head" as subject: container of ideas, experiences and dreams, it belongs to the characteristic features of the artistic vision of Laura Zeni.
The "Teste/Heads", here represented, express a real need for relationships and they give voice to the simple and straightforward message io mangio con la testa/I eat with my head, an invitation to a balanced diet which has always been one of the themes of Laura Zeni, akin to the key issues of Milan Expo 2015 (to eat, to feed, energy for oneself and for the planet).
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RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%
The Reserve Bank of India has cut down key interest rates by 25 basis points in its first bi-monthly monetary policy review for the 2016-17 fiscal. With this, Home, auto and other loans are set to become cheaper. However, RBI has kept Cash Reserve Ratio unchanged at 4 per cent.
First bi-monthly monetary policy review 2016-17
1. Repo rate: The rate, at which RBI lends to the financial system, has come down from 6.75 per cent to 6.5 per cent.
2. Cash reserve ratio (CRR): RBI has unchanged CRR and kept it at 4.0 per cent of net demand and time liabilities (NDTL).
3. Reverse repo rate: The rate at which banks can keep excess funds with the RBI, was hiked to 6 per cent.
The policy said the average overnight borrowings by banks have increased to Rs 1,935 billion in March from Rs 1,345 billion in January. RBI also retained its GDP growth forecast at 7.6 per cent, on the assumption of a normal monsoon and a boost to consumption through the implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations. However the implementation of Seventh Pay Commission will hurt inflation by 1 to 1.5 per cent over a two year period.
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Bihar imposes complete ban on liquor
The Bihar government has imposed a complete ban on all types of liquor in the state including Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL). The state Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at its meeting in Patna approved a proposal by the excise and prohibition department to impose a complete ban on the sale and consumption of all types of liquor across the state, including on IMFL brands. According to the estimates, Bihar will lose around Rs 4,000 crores in revenue due to this total ban.
Earlier, on 1st April 2016, a ban was imposed on the manufacture, sale and consumption of country liquor in rural areas but state government was compelled to ban Indian Made Foreign Liquor brands after women started protesting against the move to allow consumption in urban areas. With this, Bihar becomes the fourth state in the country to go completely dry, after Gujarat, Nagaland and Mizoram.
What is the meaning of liquor ban ?
The production, sale and consumption of all types of liquor have been banned in the state which means that henceforth person found indulging in manufacturing trade, transportation, sale and consumption of liquor across the state will be punished under the stringent provisions of the Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016. The Act has various stringent provisions including awarding 'capital punishment' for those who manufacture and sell illicit liquor that causes death.
Former Italy coach, AC Milan player Cesare Maldini passes away
Former AC Milan defender and Italy coach Cesare Maldini died on 3rd April at the age of 84. He was known for being a commanding and respected defender with good technique and passing range.
His leadership, consistency, and tactical versatility, as well as his discipline and class, both on and off the pitch is regarded with honour among the entire football community.
Facts about Cesare Maldini
1. During his career he has made 412 appearances with the Rossoneri between 1954 and 1966, winning four league titles including a first 'scudetto' in his first season with the club.
2. He had the honour of lifting the trophy at Wembley in 1963 when Milan became the first Italian club to win the European Cup, with victory over Eusebio-inspired Benfica.
3. He played 14 times for Italy, including their 1962 World Cup campaign in Chile before retiring in 1966. He moved into coaching from 1972-74.
4. He was assistant coach to Enzo Bearzot for Italy's 1982 World Cup triumph in Spain. He took charge of Paraguay for the 2002 World Cup but they did not progress beyond the Round of 16.
Waqar Younis resigns as Pakistan chief coach
Pakistan's head coach Waqar Younis (44) has resigned from his post following the humiliating exit of his team from the World Twenty20 in India. It won just one match against Bangladesh and lost to Australia, India and New Zealand.The 44-year old took on the job for the second time in 2014, having previously held the post in 2010-11.
Shahid Afridi, who had already retired from Test and 50-over cricket, has also left Pakistan captaincy due to the poor performance of his team. Afridi captained Pakistan in 43 T20Is, scoring 597 runs at 15.71 and taking 40 wickets at 27.12. He replaced Mohammad Hafeez as T20 captain in 2014.
DCB Bank launches Aadhaar-based ATM
Domestic bank, small-sized lender DCB Bank has launched India's first of its kind Aadhaar-based Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) usage facility wherein a customer can now use his/her biometric details instead of using a PIN number to make cash transactions. The first of the Aadhaar-based ATMs has been installed at the Bank's corporate office in the megapolis' Lower Parel area, Mumbai.
Features of Aadhaar-based ATM :
1. Under this facility, user can key-in the 12-digit Aadhaar number or swipe the card at ATM, but at the stage of confirming the identity, it requires biometric details rather than the PIN.
2. The solution has been developed in-house and involves connecting up with the Aadhaar server to authenticate the identity of the customer every time a transaction is initiated.
3. Aadhaar-based authentication is comparatively inexpensive solution and the bank, which currently has 400 ATMs, is targeting to cover its entire network under the system within a year.
1. If a person has mutiple bank accounts it is very difficult for him to remember all PIN codes but with Aadhaar based authentication the process becomes very easy as user needs to just put his fingers on the scanner.
2. Enrolments under Aadhaar are set to cross the 100 crore mark soon. The data is being used for a slew of purposes like opening bank accounts and the government's direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme.
India, Saudi Arabia sign 5 agreements
India and Saudi Arabia on 3rd April 2016 signed five agreements, including a key pact on terror financing and money laundering during PM Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. The visit to Saudi Arabia was part of PM Modi's three-nation visit to Belgium,United States and Saudi Arabia for Nuclear Security Summit.
Five agreements singed are
1. Agreement on Labour Co-operation: It was singed for recruitment of general category workers between the Ministry of Labour, Saudi Arabia and Ministry of External Affairs, India.
2. Technical Cooperation Program: It was signed between Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
3. Executive Program for Cooperation in the Field of Handicrafts : It was signed between the Export Promotion Council for Handicraft (EPCH) in the Republic of India and Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage.
4. MoU between Financial Intelligence Unit : India and the Financial Intelligence Unit-Saudi Arabia concerning Cooperation in the Exchange of Intelligence related to Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Related Crimes
5. Framework for Investment Promotion Cooperation: It was signed between Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) and Invest India.
During his visit Modi gifted King Salman a gold-plated replica of a mosque in Kerala, India, which was built by Arab traders in the early 7th Century. The mosque is situated in Thrissur district of Kerala and is believed to be the first mosque built in India by Arab traders around 629 AD. King Salman awarded Modi Saudi Arabia's highest civilian award, the King Abdulaziz Sash.
ECoR becomes largest freight loading railway zone
The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has emerged as the largest freight loading railway zone of Indian Railways in 2015-16.
ECoR loaded 173.49 million tonnes of freight compared to 161.91 during the last year, registering a 7.1 per cent growth.
On the earnings side, ECoR earned about Rs 15,978.28 crore which is 14.13 per cent more than the previous financial year. It registered an increase of Rs 1961.27 crore in earning.
The East Coast Railway carried 131.2 rakes loading per day from its jurisdiction against 122.4 rakes per day in 2014-15. These include coal, iron ore, cement, food grains, POL and other commodities.
Over 50% rise in Death penalty in 2015: Amnesty
A surge in the number of executions recorded worldwide saw more people put to death last year than at any point since 1989, as per Amnesty International.
At least 1,634 people were executed in 2015, a rise of more than 50% on the previous year. At least 20,292 people were on death row at the end of 2015.
Excluding China, almost 90% of all executions took place in just three countries – Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. The total does not include China, where Amnesty said thousands more were likely killed but records were kept secrect.
Methods of execution : People were mainly executed mainly through beheading, hanging, lethal injection and shooting.
In 2015, four countries namely Fiji, Madagascar, the Republic of Congo and Suriname abolished the death penalty for all crimes. In total, 102 countries have abolished death penalty.
Virat Kohli, India maintain top spot in ICC rankings
India's star batsman Virat Kohli has maintained his number one position in the ICC T20 batsmen rankings after the conclusion of the World T20.
Kohli who was adjudged player of the tournament, leads Australia's second-ranked Aaron Finch by 86 points.Team India too has retained its number one position.
West Indies are now one point behind India's 126 points. World T20 runner up England are now fourth after swapping places with South Africa. New Zealand, who lost to England in the first semi-final, have retained their third place at 120 points.
Scientists keeps pig heart alive in baboon for over two years
Researchers at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in Bethesda, Maryland, have managed to keep a pig heart beating for 945 days inside the body of a live baboon.
This record-breaking outcome gives researchers a ray of hope for the potential for xenotransplantation - the transplantation of animal organs or tissues into humans, to address worldwide organ shortages.
Cross-species transplants provoke a powerful immune reaction, leading to rejection of the organ by the host. But a US-German team used a combination of gene modification and immune-suppressing drugs. Their work is described in the journal Nature Communications.
If everything goes well and the eexperiment gets successful, animal organs can be used for transplantation in humans who are in desperate need of transplants but not getting any donor. Currently in the US, 22 people die every day just waiting for organs, which are in constant short supply.
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Jul 08, 2016 Union Government constitute Shankar Acharya Committee to examine desirability and feasibility of new financial year
The government has constituted a committee, headed by former Chief Economic Adviser Shankar Acharya, to examine "desirability and feasibility" of having a new financial year.
Committee composition: Besides Acharya, the members of the committee are former Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, former Finance Secretary Tamil Nadu P V Rajaraman and Centre for Policy Research Senior Fellow Rajiv Kumar.
Objectives of Shankar Acharya Committee:
The Committee will examine the merits and demerits of various dates for the commencement of the financial year including the existing date (April to March), taking into account the various relevant factors.
The committee will also have to analyse its impact on businesses, taxation systems and procedures, statistics and data collection and the convenience of the legislatures for transacting budget work.
Jul 07, 2016 Cabinet approves Interest Subvention Scheme for farmers for the year 2016-17
The Union Cabinet has approved the Interest Subvention Scheme for farmers for the year 2016-17. The Government has earmarked a sum of Rs. 18,276 Crore for this purpose. This will help farmers getting short term crop loan payable within one year up to Rs. 3 lakhs at only 4 per cent per annum.
The salient features of the scheme are as follows:
The Central Government will provide interest subvention of 5 per cent per annum to all farmers for short term crop loan upto one year for loan upto Rs. 3 lakhs rupees for year 2016-17.
Thus farmers will have to effectively pay only 4% as interest. In case farmers do not repay the short term crop loan in time they would be eligible for interest subvention of 2% as against 5% available above.
To give relief to small and marginal farmers who would have to borrow at 9% for the post harvest storage of their produce, the Central Government has approved an interest subvention of 2% i.e an effective interest rate of 7% for loans upto 6 months.
To provide relief to the farmers affected by Natural Calamities, the interest subvention of 2% will be provided to Banks for the first year on the restructured amount.
What is Interest Subvention?
Interest subvention is the subsidy offered on interest rates to promote some particular industry and general public interest.This implies that with the subsidy in hand, the loan borrower has not to pay total interest on loan amount and the balance interest amount is borne by the government.
Jul 07, 2016 State Bank of India launches 3 new digital offerings
The country's largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), has launched 3 new digital offerings on the occasion of 61st State Bank Day (observed on 1st July).
SBI-Flipkart Partnership:
SBI has partnered with Flipkart to offer its consumers the facility of pre-approved EMI Facility on purchases. Under this partnership SBI will provide overdraft facility to pre-qualified set of customers for transacting on Flipkart for a minimum purchase of Rs. 5000. The EMI facility will be available in 3 tenures - 6, 9 and 12 months. The bank will not charge any fees to process the facility.
SBI Mingle :
It is social media banking platform for Facebook and Twitter users. Using SBI Mingle, its customers can do a host of banking services like checking balance and requesting mini statements on their Facebook or Twitter accounts.
SBI Digital Villages :
This initiative aims to transform villages into cash less eco-system by adopting them. In its first stage of the initiative, SBI has adopted 21 villages to be moved on the digital platform. It plans to bring 100 villages under this initiative across the country by 2017.
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Momming is keeping me busy. But I am still able to enjoy a little quiet time to myself crocheting and even some knitting. My sweetheart got me a needles, notions and yarn for my birthday. He is a keeper <3 I left a browser open and he knew just what get. Knitting has been a new challenge that I am really enjoying. My Grandma taught me to make dishcloths ages ago. It sparked my love of fiber arts. Once I picked up crochet I set my needles down and never really got back into knitting. It seemed so slow, noisy (aluminum needles) and just too tricky. But I have been determined and with all these fun new toys I think I have got it! Yay!! I LOVE my Chiaogoo needles! They are just magical! I made myself a nice warm hat with the Lion Brand Wool Ease Hudson Bay yarn.
I used the Classic Super Bulky Knit Hat Pattern found HERE. I making more of those for sure!!
Pattern is found at in my Ravelry shop.
I'm still here, still hooking and raising my little ones. I just finished this little babe. I love monochromatic blankets!! It was a toddler blanket custom order for a little guys xmas present. I love to see my customers enjoy my creations. I used the "colorful cubes" pattern and used 5 colors (White, Silver, Grey, Charcoal and Black), joined as I went along and crab stitch edging. It was quick and I kinda want to start another for myself.
We have had quite a few BIG changes in our life. We moved from sunny So Cal to the great state of Idaho. Idaho is dear to our hearts cause it is where we started our love story. It is wonderful to be back. The kids are loving it and more than ready for a white Christmas. I am enjoying the cold weather too and hooking up hat after hat and a blanket here and there.
Yesterday we headed up to the mountains to find our tree. It was something I always did as a kid, but have not done in years. The kids loved starting a new holiday tradition with my family. And they didn't mind the coco and doughnuts after either.
Fun things I have been working on.
Working on quite a few fun things, enjoying extremely warm winter days, and watching my little ones grow and grow. Things are good.
2016 is looking pretty good so far.
Just a snippet from our life the past few weeks. Feeding ducks, playing with kids, and breaking out my knit socks and slippers. It's finally gotten cold here in sunny southern California. Well colder than normal. There are a few different projects on the hook right now. The grey granny squares, a batch of cute hats and working on writing up my "Scrappy Circles" pattern. I have made quite a few of theses in both shapes. I love them. They wip up rather quickly and they are great to use up bits of this and that. Which I love that! So far I have the pattern written for the blocks and joining. Each blanket I made I have added a different edging so I am still working that part out.


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