World Blockchain Forum has been instrumental in the raising of over $6.3 Billion dollars this year through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Security Token Offerings (STOs). Keynote provided the platform for Ethereum to launch in 2014, and continues to be the platform where the strongest and most lucrative companies in the world go to launch their projects. As security tokens begin to unlock a further trillion dollars in capital markets, the World Blockchain Forum returns to London, bigger and better than ever.
This industry is changing. Prices continue to fluctuate wildly, and cryptocurrency is feeling the effects of being in the global limelight. Massive raises, coupled with increasing regulation, is turning the industry on its head. This is no longer an industry for the few early adopters, it is a place for everyone, and it's therefore becoming competitive.
It's no longer a conversation about the potential of the technology; that is certain. The conversation is now about the magnitude of impact the technology will have on the evolution of humanity. This is becoming a scalable, viable, non-negotiable technology.
The promise of blockchain technology is expanding at breakneck speed and is set to shape the future economy. In every boardroom in every Fortune 500 company in the world, in big red letters, underlined, is the word Blockchain. Not having a blockchain strategy in 2018 is like not having an internet strategy in 1999. The world is being disrupted fast.
Our speaker list includes the inventor of digital cash, the founder of Salesforce, visionaries and entrepreneurs alike, sharing the stage with government officials and global investors.
The most incredible venue in the heart of London, the recently transformed Old Billingsgate is spectacular and regal 30,000 square foot building overlooking the River Thames.
The Grand Hall is Old Billingsgate's largest space, boasting a stunning triple-height ceiling and a feature mezzanine providing the perfect home for WBF London 2018. The ornate sky-lit ceiling together with The Grand Hall's magnificent proportions guarantees an inspiring space to listen, learn, and collaborate.
World Blockchain Forum networking events are the lynchpin between industry and enterprise in the blockchain space; a moment in time where you can take part in leading-edge discussions shaping the future.
A focus of WBF London is to allow attendees to forge deep connections and cut quickly to the chase with the experts, the investors and the innovators. Attendees will join the speaker line-up and expert panellists for lively debate, informed conversation and top-notch hospitality while taking in the stunning views of the River Thames.
The World Blockchain Forum is the world's largest and longest running two-day blockchain conference and will feature a star-studded lineup of over 100 world class presenters including a special fireside chat with influencers who have been part of some of the largest ICOs to date. The focus is on blockchain technology; specifically investments, successful past and future icos within the industry, legal implications and regulations, and how decentralization is disrupting the banking industry.


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British intelligence states Russian Air Force operates Su-57 Felon fighters in Ukraine war
RCAF Canadian Air Force to get 88 F-35A Lightning II fighters
Russian army receives 10 upgraded Ka-52M attack helicopters
Elbit Systems awarded $180 Mn contract to provide new Mission Training Center for Israeli F-16 fleet
Sukhoi Su-30MK Su-30MKM fighter aircraft
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The Sukhoi Su-30MK (MKM-export version) is a russian made two-seat multirole fighter aicraft. Intended to gain air superiority, deliver blows against ground and waterborne targets by guided and unguided weapons, and also to conduct group combat actions in enemy's ECM and air defense fire environment, by day and night, in any weather conditions. The Sukhoi Su-30MK enables its crew to fully implement vast capabilities of up-to-date avionics systems and the entire range of airborne weapons to defeat aerial and ground (waterborne) targets. The Su-30MK is a qualitatively new multifunctional combat aircraft, in which the combat capabilities of Su-27-family aircraft have been retained and developed. It is developed from the Su-30 production aircraft and capable of carrying air-to-surface guided weapons.
- Su-30MK: Commercial version of the basic SU-30
- Su-30MKI: A variant of the Sukhoi Su-30, it is a heavy, all-weather, long-range fighter.
- Su-30MKK: is a modification of the Su-27 SK manufactured since 1999 by KnAAPO and Shenyang Aircraft Corporation. It is considered an upgraded version of Sukhoi Su-30.
- Su-30MKM: Malaysian and export version
- Su-30MKV: Venezuela version
- Su-30MK2: with upgraded electronics that enabled support for anti-ship missiles.
- Su-30MK2V: Su-30MK2 variant for Vietnam with minor modifications
- Su-30MKA: A specialised version for Algeria is similar to the MKI, but will principally be equipped with French and Russian avionics. It will feature head-up and multifunction displays from the Thales Group and Sagem of France.
- Su-30SM: A specialized version of the thrust-vectoring Su-30MKI for Russian military
The Sukhoi Su-30MK aerodynamic configuration is an unstable-in-longitude triplane. To increase lifting effectiveness and enhance manoeuvrability of the aircraft, the canards are installed. They are deflected automatically to ensure flight at high angle-of-attack. In terms of its maneuverability at subsonic speeds and weapon options, the Su-30MK significantly outperforms all western modern tactical aircraft and is capable of enhancing the combat potential through equipping it with new avionics systems, including the foreign-made ones, and weapons complement.
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The Su-30MK is equipped with up-to-date avionics, including: a fire control radar system, an optronic fire control and navigation system integrated with a laser gyro-based inertial navigation system and satellite navigation equipment, multifunctional color displays to indicate flight and tactical information, a system intended to fairly monitor technical parameters, tactical situation, and crew actions, a mulfunction voice warning system.
The power plant of Su-30MK incorporates two AL-31FP by-pass turbojet reheated engines. The total 25,000-kgf afterburning thrust ensures 2M horizontal flight speed, 1,350-km/h speed at low altitude, and a 230-m/s climbing rate.
The Sukhoi SU-30MK is fitted with an inflight refueling system and 12 weapon suspension hardpoints. The Su-30MK can be armed with:
- Kh-'iQM general-purpose medium-range TV/command-guided missiles (up to 2);
- Kh-31A supersonic medium-range antiship active radar- homing missiles (up to 6);
- Kh-31P antiradar passive-homing missiles (up to 6);
- Kh-29T general-purpose TV-homing missiles (up to 6);
- Kh-29L laser-guided missiles (up-to-6);
- KAB-500Kr guided aerial bombs (up to 6) or KAB-1500Kr aerial bombs with TV-correlated homing heads (up to 3);
- KAB-1500L semiactive laser-guided aerial bombs (up to 3);
- unguided weapons (aerial bombs, bomb clusters, incendiary tanks, submunition dispensers, and rockets) with a total weight of up to 8,000 kg.
The airborne radar ensures detection of aerial targets in a free space and against the underlying surface background, ground and sea targets, terrain mapping, as well as low- altitude nap-of-earth flights. This radar ensures detection of large sea-surface targets at a distance of up to 400 km, and small-size ones - at a distance of up to 120 km. In preliminary long-range aiming mode, the radar locks on the target automatically, with co-ordinates transferred into the navigation system. The Su-30MK's electronic warfare system incorporates an active jamming station intended to effectively suppress enemy's electronic weapon control systems to provide individual, mutual and group protection. The communications system is intended to provide communication with command posts and airborne aircraft and ensure information exchange between group aircraft, as well as target distribution and designation. The automatic flight control system makes it possible to perform planned-route flights, return to a preprogrammed airfield in the manual, automatic or director flight modes, execute a prelanding maneuver and perform an automatic landing approach and repeated approach for landing.
Multi-role fighrter aircraft
Country user
Russia, Malaysia
Country producer
Two AL-31FP by-pass turbojet engine
Maximum speed: 2,125 km/h
3,000 km maximum
Fire control radar, satellie navigation system, laser gyro-based inertial navigation, a mulfunction voice warning system, multifunctional color displays
Length: 21.9 m; Wingspan: 14.7 m; Height: 6.35 m
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This Christmas cookie mix selection as suggested on Santa Snacks page is truly a Christmas Cookie Bonanza whether you are baking for Santa, family or friends! As simple or as fancy as you could want.
One giant step towards Christmas baking success is to mix up a batch or two of the Basic Cookie Mix so you are ready anytime to create any one or more from the Christmas cookie mix selection.
DIY mixes area great time-saver.
You may want to package this mix up for gift giving, too. Add the recipes for the Christmas cookie mix selection plus the basic cookie mix a thoughtful Christmas gift that will be much appreciated by a busy mom or even a lonely senior.
We're giving this to kids this year so they can take turns making treats for their families for their Family Home Evenings.
There are many ways to use a basic cookie mix but this Christmas cookie mix selection is, of course, geared for the Christmas holiday season.
1. In large bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt; mix well. With pastry blender or two knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
2. Place in airtight container; store in refrigerator (mixture will keep for up to 8 weeks).
3. Bring to room temperature before using.
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
2. In large bowl of electric mixer, combine ingredients; at low speed, beat until mixture forms a dough.
3. Divide dough into thirds. Working with one third at a time, onlightly floured work surface, roll out dough to 1/8" thick; cut out with 3" cookie cutters. Transfer to prepared baking sheets.
4. Bake 8 min or until golden. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool; if desired, decorate with icing, candies and colored sugars.
2. In large bowl of electric mixer, combine cookie mix, egg and vanilla. At low speed, beat until mixture forms a dough.
3. Divide dough in half; remove one half from bowl. With food paste, tint dough in bowl red; add candy. Mix well.
4. On work surface, divide each half of the dough into 20 equal pieces; working with one piece at a time, roll dough into 8" rope. Place a plain and red rope side by side; press together lightly and twist.
5. Place twist on prepared baking sheet; curve top to form cane. Repeat with remaining dough.
6. Bake cookies 10 to 12 min or until golden.
7. Sprinkle with glitter; transfer to wire rack to cool.
Step by step instructions with pictures can be found right here! I should not have looked, can't stop thinking about Pumpkin Latte and Candy Can Cookies.
Next on my list is to try Stephanie's Gummy Bear Thumbprint Cookies.
2. In large bowl of electric mixer, combine cookie ingredients; at low speed, beat until mixture forms a dough.
3. Divide dough into thirds. Working with one third at a time, on lightly floured surface, roll out dough 1/8" thick; cut out with 3" cookie cutter. Transfer to prepared baking sheets.
4. Bake 8 min or until just beginning to brown. Transfer to wire rack to cool.
5. Decorate with icing and candies.
This Christmas cookie mix selection is one of my ALL-Time Favorite Christmas Cookies - I could eat them anytime of the year!
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease two baking sheets.
2. In large bowl of electric mixer, combine cookie mix, egg, lemon zest and lemon juice. At low speed, beat until mixture forms a dough.
3. Divide dough in half. Working one half at a time, on lightly floured surface, with lightly floured rolling pin, roll out dough 1/8" thick; cut out with 3" round cookie cutter, cut out centers of half of the cookies with thimble or doughnut hole cutter. If desired, re-roll dough centers for additional cookies.
4. Transfer dough rounds and rings to prepared baking sheets.
5. Bake 8 min or until cookies are golden; transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
6.With 1 tsp jam each, cover flat sides of rounds. Place a cookie ring, flat side down, on top of each filling-topped round.
Dust tops of cookies with confectioners' sugar. Use a fine sieve to do this. Add a touch of jam to the center to make it show up well if you like.
2. Grease 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1" jelly-roll pan; line bottom and sides with sheet of aluminum foil. Grease foil.
3. In large bowl of electric mixer, combine cookie mix, egg yolks and the water. At low speed, beat just until mixture forms a crumbly dough.
4. Pat mixture over foil on bottom of prepared pan; bake 20 min or until dough is golden brown. Remove pan from oven.
6. In heavy med saucepan, combine brown sugar, corn syrup, butter and heavy cream; over med heat, bring to boiling, stirring.
7. Cook, stirring constantly, until butter melts and mixture is smooth. Stir in peanuts.
8. Spread peanut-brittle topping mixture over cookies in pan; bake 15 min or until topping is brown and bubbly.
9. Remove pan from oven; cool cookies slightly.
10. Using ends of aluminum foil, lift cookies from pan; cut crosswise into thirds. Cut lengthwise into 14 strips; remove cookies from aluminum foil. Cool cookie "fingers" completely on rack.
11. Line another wire rack with waxed paper.
12. In top of double boiler over hot, not boiling, water, combine chocolate and shortening. Over low heat, cook mixture, stirring, until chocolate and shortening are melted and mixture is smooth.
13. Dip each cookie finger into chocolate mixture to cover halfway; place cookie on prepared rack to dry.
1. In large bowl of electric mixer, combine cookie mix, egg and vanilla. At low speed, beat until mixture forms a dough.
2. Divide dough in half; remove one half from bowl.
3. To dough in bowl, add cocoa powder; knead to mix well.
4. On work surface, on separate sheets of waxed paper, roll each half of dough to 9x6" rectangle.
5. Using paper to lift dough, invert plain dough onto top of chocolate dough. Remove paper from plain dough.
6. Using long chef's knife, cut stacked dough lengthwise into 2" wide strips. Stack strips, removing waxed paper and alternating colors.
7. Cut stack lengthwise into three equal strips.
8. Stack strips so colors alternate; gently press stack so dough layers stick together.
9. Wrap stack in plastic wrap; refrigerate 2 hours.
10. Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
11. Remove plastic wrap from dough; cut stack crosswise into 1/4" slices.
12. Place slices checkerboard side down on prepared baking sheets; bake 8 min or until golden.
13. Transfer to wire rack to cool. With pastry bag and writing, decorate cookies with dots of chocolate and white icing.
Merry Christmas to you! If you enjoyed these recipes, please share! Thank you!


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Infineon to build a new factory in Hungary
Infineon's site in Cegléd – which was expanded with a central building last year – will get a new factory. With the new investment the company is creating 275 new jobs, says the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA).
In an email to Evertiq, Gregor Rodehueser, Infineon's spokesperson Markets & Business Development, says that the company is investing EUR 100 million in the project – out of which EUR 20 million has been granted by the Hungarian government. He also stresses that this is not a capacity increase as the company is building a new site. "Over the last years, Infineon has seen a continuous sustainable growth, hence a growing demand for manufacturing capacities. Within Infineon, our new factory will be a major contributor to the production of power semiconductors, dedicated to e-mobility applications," Rodehueser explains in the email. The decision to expand comes less than a year after the new central building of the company was inaugurated in June 2018 at the site in the Pest county. The semiconductor company received the grant notification on May 10 and is now starting the process of getting everything rolling. As this venture is still very fresh and the project planning still not complete, it is rather difficult to say when we will see the completion of the new factory. "Under favorable conditions, the groundbreaking may already be scheduled for fall 2019," Rodehueser says.
TI remains top, while Infineon moves into 3rd place
Volkswagen relies on Infineon for its electric future
Infineon expands its development site in Linz, Austria


Art in the 1960s witnessed a revolutionary shift when Abstract Expressionism burst onto the scene from America. In the previous decade, abstract art had been gaining ground in Britain. Prominent among its exponents were artists such as Victor Pasmore who represented the 'constructionist' tradition, characterised by rigorous structures, a sense of order and a relatively small role for colour. Some British artists were taking different directions. By the mid-1950s, Terry Frost, for example, while retaining linear structures in his painting, had become increasingly interested in the power of colour and the character of the paint surface.
In 1956 the Tate Gallery was host to 'Modern Art in the United States', an exhibition which featured work by the founders of Abstract Expressionism, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell and others. Three years later another exhibition, 'New American Painting' was shown at the Tate, as part of an eight-country European tour. The energy, inventiveness, spontaneity and sheer size of these works had an immediate and dramatic effect, exerting an influence which continued throughout the 1960s and could be seen in the work of many British artists. Patrick Heron was an early enthusiast for the new American phenomenon, though he was also a thoughtful commentator and critic, and his own work underwent change at this time. Four Vermilions, for example, uses large areas of flat colour and a version of the hard-edge features found in some of the American art labelled 'Post-Painterly Abstraction'. Red All Over by Terry Frost also deals in simplified forms using areas of colour in subtle relationship to each other.
The Warwick collection contains some North American paintings from this period. Jack Bush and Gene Davis were leading exponents of 'Color-Field Abstraction', illustrated in Joseph's Coat and Untitled (1965), respectively, the latter showing a more formal aspect of the hard-edge style. The English painter John Hoyland, like both Frost and Heron, visited New York in the early 1960s and met several of the leading American painters. Hoyland's 6.3.66 uses large tracts of uninhabited colour, exploiting the optical effects of certain colour juxtapositions. Among the new generation of British artists exhibiting in the 1960s were Tess Jaray, Jeremy Moon and Justin Knowles who also explored the interactions between colour and form, as seen in Salisbury Green, Cape Red and Blacks with Yellow and Green.
An exhibition of selected paintings from the 1960s.


Apps like Pinterest and shows like The Block wouldn't be so popular if we didn't yearn to change our homes and make that big impact. So, why do we lust over magazines and TV shows but not replicate this in our own homes? Maybe it's cost or even time that keep you from creating magic, so why not make small changes that will yield a big impact? You don't have to hire a contractor or take time off, start with these small changes and see how they can radically change the look of your home.
Chances are your curtains haven't been changed for a long while. They may have even come with the house? Investing in a stylish set of curtains online will give your home a fresh perspective that will make it impossible to imagine going back to your old dreary set. Choose a colour that will best highlight your home, as when the natural light shines between them it can be a dramatic effect with the right tone.
No, no, no - we are not talking about that kind of hardware. Your hardware sort of blends in to the rest of the house, but it doesn't have to. This is a small change that can be executed in an afternoon and can add a designer twist to every room in your home. The handles on your cupboards, the knobs on your doors and the fixtures on your windows - you can upgrade these and find some with real personality. As a rule of thumb, it's wise to stick with one key material (silver, gunmetal, gold etc) and then choose different styles for different rooms if you wish. If this is too much of a change, you can also polish your existing and let them shine again as they once did.
Changing your carpet or hardwood floors adds a huge impact, but isn't the cheapest or simplest activity. In lieu of changing what you have, you can make the small change of adding rugs and mats to certain rooms. It creates a lovely luxe feel, gives your room texture and tells your guests that you have your finger on the pulse when it comes to design. You are spoilt for choice when it comes to selecting the right rug or mat, made from a variety of materials so there is an appropriate match for your carpet and hardwood floors.
Have you ever walked into a home and felt that something is missing? The decor is great, the home is neat.. But there is no injection of personality or culture. Maybe this is your home, but don't sweat it because there are so many ways now to find local and international art for your home which changes the entire look and feel of your space. Now art doesn't simply mean prints on a wall, it can mean installations, sculptures, ceramic, statues and just about anything that speaks to you and your home. It's always nice to support local artists so have a look in your backyard before you venture too far.
There's a lot of fun to be had making changes to your home, and watching that impact flow on to residents of the home and it' guests. This is where you live, so don't become complacent with your surroundings - always strive for innovation. Start small, remember that these changes can be implemented across a calendar year or even longer. The idea is that they are changes that can be made by you, and without a band of contractors and a steep price tag.


Take a bowl or jar add malai and milk and whisk until smooth.
Add saffron,cardamom powder and transfer intoa bowl.
Add sugar,dry fruits and mix well.
Take moulds,glasses,papper cups and transfer mix into it to set ice cream.
Place ice cream sticks and freeze it for 7-8 hours or over night.
Take normal tap water in a bowl and remove foil.
Dip into water for 1 min.
Keep in between hands and press to remove kulfi.
Demould and kulfi is ready.


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Newcastle Brown Ale Launches First TV Campaign
by Karlene Lukovitz @KLmarketdaily, April 25, 2011
Newcastle Brown Ale, imported by Heineken USA, has launched its first television campaign.
The campaign includes three 30-second TV commercials with creative playing off the theme "Taste The Lighter Side of Dark."
Last year, that theme was used in videos on the brand's YouTube channel supported by an online campaign spanning music, entertainment and men's lifestyle sites (the brand's core market is men 21 to 34). One of those videos, "The Favorite" -- in which parents tell their son that he's not their favorite child, but give him Newcastle as a consolation gesture -- won a nomination at last year's Cannes International Advertising Festival.
The new TV spots, also from the Vitro agency, use dark humor to convey the ale's British origin and its message that it's "the dark beer that's easy to drink." Made specifically for the U.S. market, all take place in a real English pub (The Humble Dog), and all feature British actors. In each, a young man gets horrible news (a terminal diagnosis, a jail term, an imminent thrashing), but the bearers of the news (doctor, lawyer and "goon") soften their sentences slightly after sipping some Newcastle.
Newcastle has been nationally available at retail since the '90s (Heineken acquired it in fall 2008), but the pub setting also underlines the brand's "foundation" in on-premise consumption, notes Colin Westcott Pitt, vice president-marketing for Newcastle Brown Ale, Dos Equis and Amstel Light.
The ads will air in rotation from April 18 to June 20, and from August 29 to October 24, on CBS, ABC and cable networks including Comedy Central and TBS. The focus will be on the ale's strongest West Coast markets, but major metro regions including New York and Boston are also in the schedule, says Westcott Pitt.
Newcastle is now the U.S.'s leading imported ale and ranks eleventh among all imported beers on a volume basis, according to Heineken USA.