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For AI, artistry is all about analysis
Vincent Varney
AI is proving to be a powerful force in today's art, and it's all because of analytical thought.
Artificial intelligence is continually proving itself to be an indispensable analytical mind. Its capacity to almost instantly study far more information than a human could ever hope to is making it a crucial tool in tomorrow's businesses, transport, and cities. It's also why AI pushing the boundaries of art.
Let's get this out of the way early: there's no consensus on whether or not machine-generated works constitute art. Some argue that because AI builds from what engineers have exposed it to, it's incapable of creative thinking, but the same could be said of people. Given that AI is still in its relative infancy, it's too soon to draw any conclusions, but there's one thing we can say with certainty: AI's value to art isn't merely in emulating the creative thought of humans; it's in harnessing the analytical thought that humans can't.
One of the ways in which many people are used to letting a computer take over the artistic reins is image editing, and there's no shortage of apps that can automatically adjust photos to bring out their best qualities. But even on a consumer level, AI is already doing much more than being a glorified Instagram filter. For years, hobbyists have been utilizing the analytical prowess of neural networks to search for and accentuate objects in images to produce fascinating (if sometimes horrific) Deep Dream creations, or to envision one artwork in the fashion of another. And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Machines are making art from scratch without human intervention, such as with Generative adversarial networks (or GANs). These systems comprise two competing neural networks: a "generator" that produces images, and a "discriminator" tasked with determining if those images are human- or computer-made. The generator continually responds to the feedback and modifies its output until it can fool the discriminator into thinking its images are 'real.'
Neural networks aren't the only ones being fooled. Researchers at Rutgers University conducted a Turing Test of sorts to see if people could discern if GANs creations were computer-made, and its subjects thought the generated images were human-made 75 percent of the time – more often than a human-made contemporary art collection, which was correctly identified in only 48 percent of instances. Furthermore, the GANs' work wasn't believable simply because it mimicked existing styles, as the generator was instructed not to follow the conventions of the art it was taught on, leading to novel productions.
AI isn't about to replace human artists, though – its analytical approach and unique output make it well suited to being a collaborator. Royal College of Art student Anna Ridler, for example, fed her illustrations into a GANs system, and then had it draw the frames for a short film. And it's not just the visual arts that can benefit, with companies and musicians finding ways to involve AI in composition.
Flow Machines, a music-writing AI from Sony's Computer Science Laboratories, is designed to inspect songs, uncover patterns, and invent its own tunes, and its best pieces were released earlier this year in an album titled Hello World. But it didn't get that far without some human help: a group of musicians were responsible for taking Flow Machines' melodies and determining the arrangement, allowing them to ensure the music has structure and emotion.
It could be a long time before the artistry of AI is widely accepted, but the era of AI contributing to art is already here. Its analytical methods open new possibilities, especially in collaboration with human artists, and with the technology rapidly improving, the best is likely yet to come.
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Agreement CEBE-UAM
CEBE Traineeship Programme 2023
Would you like to act as host supervisor?
The Association of Spanish Scientist in Belgium (CEBE) is pleased to announce the launch of the CEBE Traineeship Program 2023. In its fourth call, up to 30 trainees/students Spanish Universities will have the opportunity to perform a Traineeship in a public or private institution in Belgium, with a CEBE member as host scientist.
The goal of these international traineeships is to further extend skills and competencies of the participants. Trainees will gain deeper knowledge on how-to procedures, increase their employability, and gain international experience, while host scientists will increase managerial and leadership skills. The trainee will be a student enrolled in Bachelor or Master studies at one of the three universities participating in this traineeship program for this 2023: UAM, UCLM and UNAV. She/he will be supported within the Mobility Program for Students from their respectives faculties and funded by the Erasmus + Placement Program. Please find all the information about the Erasmus + Program here.
Election of the host scientist will be made on a competitive basis on research excellence, training plan, CV of the applicant, and expected impact to both the student and host.
This Traineeship Program is the result of the commitment between the university and CEBE to collaborate in different modalities and resulted in the establishment of the International Cooperation Framework.
--> DOWNLOAD APPLICATION FORM
Deadline: CEBE members interested in hosting a trainee must apply before 25th January 2023.
For further information, contact convenios@cebebelgica.es
Terms and conditions of CEBE Traineeship application
Conditions and awards
Up to 30 host positions are available in the scientific, technologic and health areas. Please, refer Annex I for more details. The number of summer studentships awarded to each scientific area will be proportional to demand.
A host scientist can apply for several students. In this case, independent applications, with different (independent or complementary) projects, must be sent.
Hosts supervision will be certificated by the respective universities. Only in case this supervision includes ECTS credits for the students the activity will be certificated as "curricular" (see our FAQs for more details).
Traineeships can last a minimum period of 2 months and a maximum period of 12 months (only the first 3 months are funded by Erasmus+ program).
Traineeships can take place:
a) between 1st June and 30th December 2023 (summer preferred)* for students of UAM
b) at any time of the academic year 2023/2024, starting on 1st July 2023 for students of UCLM and UNAV
Grant funded by Erasmus + Program is directly awarded to the trainee and provides only funding for mobility of the trainee (350 Euros/month).
The trainee will be fully covered with the insurance of sending university and Erasmus Program.
* The final dates of the Traineeship can be agreed after the matching period between the student and the supervisor. Please, consider that most of the students would prefer a summer period for the traineeship because they may need to come back to their Sending Institution to continue with their studies.
Host eligibility criteria
The host supervisor must be part of an Institution (located in Belgium) sustainable of been elected into the Erasmus + Internship Program**
This call is open to scientists (from academy (PhDs or PhD-students) or business profile) that are CEBE regular members of the Society and want to act as host for Spanish Universities trainees. Non-members can apply only after submitting their membership registration form, provided they have paid their annual membership at the moment of traineeship application. Find out about our different membership fees and please register here.
The host must prove availability of funding to assure resources for project development, this should be specified in the application form (point 15 in the funding information of the application form). If no independent funding is available, the applicant must provide support to the project from their Line Manager, Head of Project or PI.
Applicants must confirm eligibility with their Belgium host institutions.
** The host organisation can be private or public. They must be active in the labour market, though, or in the fields of education, training or youth. Ineligible host organisations for traineeships include: EU bodies and other EU institutions, including specialised agencies. Organisations managing EU programs, for example National Agencies
Selection criteria of host candidates by CEBE
Applications will be evaluated by a joint Committee composed of members of the CEBE Program Coordinators and the Board of Directors of CEBE.
Evaluation will be based on the following criteria:
Training plan (project description in the application form, evaluated up to a maximum of 35 points in total)
Research Excellence / Project Excellence (project description in the application form, evaluated up to a maximum of 25 points)
CV of the applicant (evaluated up to a maximum of 25 points)
Matching process between selected host and a potential trainee
The matching between the selected host (CEBE member) and trainee (UAM/UCLM/UNAV student) will be based on the following steps:
first, future trainees will choose their preferred destinations among the offer of given projects by the host supervisors (applicants of this call)
second, depending on the established agreement, CEBE or the University will match the specifications from the trainer (time of mobility, degree, experience requirements and willingness to evaluate the performance project) with the specification of the trainees.
third, the receiving institution, the university or CEBE will arrange online interviews for the host and pre-selected trainees.
fourth, in case of more than one trainee choosing the same host, the host will nominate a minimum of two candidates after the interview.
fifth, the University or CEBE will arrange the final matching of these two pre-selected candidates with a host and communicate to the host the final resolution.
The expected time for final resolution would be in May (approximate dates, the final dates may differ according to the development of the process).
Download and complete the Application Form. Then, submit together with your CV (max 2 pages) in a zip file to convenios@cebebelgica.es with subject: CEBE Traineeship 2023: Name of the project. All documents of the applications must be filled in English.
Once the selection from both sides is done (Trainee and Trainer), before the traineeship starts the sending institution and the receiving organisation must sign a Learning Agreement for Traineeship under Erasmus + Program to ensure a transparent and efficient preparation of the exchange abroad
After the traineeship abroad, the receiving organisation/supervisor should send a Traineeship Certificate to the education institution, normally within 5 weeks after successful completion of the traineeship
At the end of the traineeship, awarded CEBE members (hosts) must fill an internal evaluation survey that will be sent by mail before 31st of December 2023
The deadline to apply for CEBE Traineeship 2023 is the 25th January 2023

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Matthew Boulton was one of the most desired and famous Birmingham makers. His name is synonymous with quality and was undoubtedly one of the finest silversmiths who pushed the boundaries of design with regard to what could be achieved with silver.
These candlesticks are a perfect example of his more refined simpler style with the plain design incorporating several bands of gadrooning around the base and two on the stem and again on the scounces.
These antique English Silver Birmingham Georgian Candlesticks Matthew Boulton 1810 are priced at £3,750 Sterling.
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package worms.util;

public class Util {
	public static final double DEFAULT_EPSILON = 1e-4;

	/**
	 * This function replaces % with more precision and is meant to be used when working with modulo Math.PI.
	 * This function returns the rest of the dividend / divisor.
	 *
	 * @param dividend The dividend
	 * @param divisor The divisor
	 *
	 * @return  The rest of dividend/divisor.
	 *
	 * @return If dividend or divisor is Not a Number this returns Double.NaN
	 * 			| if(Double.isNaN(dividend) || Double.isNaN(divisor)) then
     *			| result == Double.NaN
     *
     * @return If dividend is infinite Double.NaN is returned.
     * 			| if(Double.isInfinite(dividend)) then
     *			| result == Double.NaN;
     *
     * @return If dividend is not infinite and divisor is infinite 0 is returned.
     * 			| if(!Double.isInfinite(dividend) && Double.isInfinite(divisor))
     * 			| result == 0;
     *
     * @return If divisor is 0 or 1 the dividend is returned.
     * 			| if(Util.fuzzyEquals(divisor, 0, 1E-9) || Util.fuzzyEquals(divisor, 1, 1E-9))
     * 			| result == dividend;
	 */
    public static double modulo(double dividend, double divisor) {
    	if(Double.isNaN(dividend) || Double.isNaN(divisor))
    		return Double.NaN;

    	if(Double.isInfinite(dividend))
    		return Double.NaN;

    	if(!Double.isInfinite(dividend) && Double.isInfinite(divisor))
    		return 0;

    	if(Util.fuzzyEquals(divisor, 0, 1E-9) || Util.fuzzyEquals(divisor, 1, 1E-9))
    		return dividend;

    	while(Math.abs(dividend / divisor) >= 1) {
    		if(dividend / divisor >= 1) {
    			dividend -= divisor;
    		} else if(dividend / divisor <= -1) {
    			dividend += divisor;
    		}
    	}
    	return dividend;
    }

	/**
	 * Returns true if x == y (with precision DEFAULT_EPSILON)
	 */
	public static boolean fuzzyEquals(double x, double y) {
		return fuzzyEquals(x, y, DEFAULT_EPSILON);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns true if x == y (with precision eps)
	 */
	public static boolean fuzzyEquals(double x, double y, double eps) {
		if (Double.isNaN(x) || Double.isNaN(y))
			return false;
		return Math.abs(x - y) <= eps
				|| Double.valueOf(x).equals(Double.valueOf(y));
	}

	/**
	 * Returns true if x <= y (with precision DEFAULT_EPSILON)
	 */
	public static boolean fuzzyLessThanOrEqualTo(double x, double y) {
		return fuzzyLessThanOrEqualTo(x, y, DEFAULT_EPSILON);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns true if a <= x <= b (with precision DEFAULT_EPSILON)
	 */
	public static boolean fuzzyBetween(double a, double b, double x) {
		return fuzzyBetween(a, b, x, DEFAULT_EPSILON);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns true if a <= x <= b (with precision eps)
	 */
	public static boolean fuzzyBetween(double a, double b, double x, double eps) {
		return fuzzyLessThanOrEqualTo(a, x, eps) && fuzzyLessThanOrEqualTo(x, b, eps);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns true if x <= y (with precision eps)
	 */
	public static boolean fuzzyLessThanOrEqualTo(double x, double y, double eps) {
		if (fuzzyEquals(x, y, eps)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return Double.compare(x, y) < 0;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Returns true if x >= y (with precision DEFAULT_EPSILON)
	 */
	public static boolean fuzzyGreaterThanOrEqualTo(double x, double y) {
		return fuzzyGreaterThanOrEqualTo(x, y, DEFAULT_EPSILON);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns true if x >= y (with precision eps)
	 */
	public static boolean fuzzyGreaterThanOrEqualTo(double x, double y,
			double eps) {
		if (fuzzyEquals(x, y, eps)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return Double.compare(x, y) > 0;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the absolute error |expected - actual|
	 */
	public static double absoluteError(double expected, double actual) {
		return Math.abs(expected - actual);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the relative error |expected - actual|/|expected|
	 */
	public static double relativeError(double expected, double actual) {
		if(excpected == 0)
			return Double.NaN;
		return absoluteError(expected, actual) / Math.abs(expected);
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve a deepclone of the provided 'matrix'.
	 * @param matrix The 2-dimensional boolean array to clone.
	 *
	 * @return The cloned 2-dimensional array.
	 *
	 * @return If matrix is a null reference returns a null reference.
	 * 			| if(matrix == null) result == null
	 */
	public static boolean[][] deepClone(boolean[][] matrix) {
		if(matrix == null)
			return null;

		boolean[][] result = new boolean[matrix.length][];

		for(int row = 0; row < matrix.length; row++) {
			result[row] = matrix[row].clone();
		}

		return result;
	}

}

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New Portfolio Company Kobiton Raises $5 Million Series A Led by BIP Capital
Stephanie Valenti — Aug 21, 2019 Aug 21, 2019
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The United States of Venture Capital: For 4th Time, BIP Capital Named The Most Active VC in Georgia
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DemandJump, Newest Martech Company in BIP Capital Portfolio, Raises $5.5M Series A2 Funding
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Is Your Startup Ready for Tomorrow's Success?
Mark Flickinger — Jul 22, 2019 Jul 22, 2019
How to create companies that are positioned for success today, tomorrow, and into the future Everybody knows that it's uniquely challenging to start a business. And, even though two-thirds of Americans dream of beginning a new business, relativ...
BIP Capital Leads $7M Series A Funding for ConnexPay
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BIP Capital Portfolio Company Cypress.io Closes $9.3M Series A Funding
Today we're honored to announce that our portfolio company – the automated software testing startup Cypress.io – has closed a $9.3 million Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. We're excited to follow on in this series wi...
Healthcare VC Sarath Degala Shares Commentary on Chronic Care Management in MGMA
Stephanie Valenti — Jun 18, 2019 Jul 01, 2019
In June, Sarath Degala, our healthcare focused lead at BIP Capital published a new article for the members of MGMA: The Medical Group Management Association on how medical practices could leverage new solutions for their patients' chronic care mana...
New Portfolio Company ChartSpan Raises $15 Million Series A Round Led by BIP Capital
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Today's Healthcare Innovations, Invested Capital Will Drive 5 Key Trends in 2020
Stephanie Valenti — May 29, 2019 Jul 16, 2019
In May, BIP Capital's Sarath Degala, a healthcare focused VC, shared his perspective on how "Today's Healthcare Innovations, Invested Capital Will Drive 5 Key Trends in 2020" in Healthcare Innovation Magazine: In the changing healthcare la...
Portfolio Company UserIQ Names Tyler Winkler as CEO
Stephanie Valenti — Apr 24, 2019 Apr 24, 2019
Today we announce that industry veteran Tyler Winkler has been appointed as CEO of our portfolio company, UserIQ, by its board of directors. Winkler was formerly the VP of Global Sales & Marketing at SecureWorks, where he played a key role in t...
Podcast Interview: Mark Flickinger Discusses How BIP Capital Team Determined Four Mega Trends in New Report
In our inaugural BIP Capital 2019 Outlook report, we attempted to answer the question "where should we invest today in order to be part of tomorrow's successful innovation?" Our experts analyzed data from over 50 VC firms, reviewing the past...
BIP Capital 2019 Outlook Identifies Four Mega Trends for Investors to Watch
Posted in Announcements, Investing Strategies, Venture Capital
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ThingTech Names Andy Davies President & Chief Operating Officer to Accelerate Growth
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BIP Capital & ATA Lead $1.35M Seed Round for New Healthcare Portfolio Company OncoLens
Today we welcome OncoLens, a technology company serving cancer care programs, to our portfolio of #healthcare companies. BIP Capital and Atlanta Technology Angels (ATA) led the company's $1.35 million seed round, which will be deployed to strategic...
BIP Capital Portfolio Company VoApps Names John Fasano as CEO
BIP Capital Portfolio Company VoApps Names John Fasano as CEO Today our portfolio company VoApps, a technology company that provides innovative voicemail solutions to help businesses reach mobile contacts with consideration and compliance, a...
BIP Capital's Mark Flickinger Shares Talent Advice on Entrepreneurial Podcast
Stephanie Valenti — Mar 20, 2019 Apr 16, 2019
In a recent podcast episode entitled "Leading Your Company to a Ten-Year Unicorn Journey", our COO Mark Flickinger was interviewed by Tayo Rockson, host of the entrepreneur podcast, As Told By Nomads. As Rockson highlights in the interview, Fl...
You're Funded. Now What? Four Ways to Accelerate Growth
Cres Ferrell — Mar 12, 2019 Mar 12, 2019
For fledgling companies, venture capital investment can feel like the prize at the end of a long, arduous journey. Less than one percent of startups receive this coveted cash influx, and venture capital can be vital in providing new companies the fun...
New Portfolio Company Pointivo Raises Series A Funding of $7 Million Led by BIP Capital
Stephanie Valenti — Feb 19, 2019 Mar 27, 2019
We're honored to announce the newest addition to our portfolio, Pointivo, a software company that uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to provide automated analytics for drone and manned aerial platforms. Pointivo announced today that i...
Three Natural Next Steps for SaaS Integration
Dan Drechsel — Feb 18, 2019 Feb 20, 2019
Software as a Service (SaaS) has quickly become a ubiquitous part of the modern business environment, replacing legacy systems and reorienting established workflows along the way. Indeed, SaaS is in the midst of an unprecedented boom. Gartner expe...
BIP Capital Named Georgia's Most Active VC For The Third Time
Stephanie Valenti — Feb 12, 2019 Feb 13, 2019
We're honored to be named by CB Insights as Georgia's most active VC for the third time in a row. We are dedicated to growing the vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Southeast and are excited to see others comment on just how much innovati...
Tropical Smoothie Café Names Charles Watson as New CEO
Mark Flickinger — Jan 25, 2019 Jan 25, 2019
Tropical Smoothie Café, a BIP Capital portfolio company and leading national fast-casual café, announced the appointment of Charles Watson as its new Chief Executive Officer. Watson will lead the brand through its next phase of strategic growt...
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BIP Capital Adds IIoT Company ThingTech to Portfolio, $4M Funding Raised
Mark Flickinger — Jan 23, 2019 Feb 06, 2019
We're proud to announce the addition of our latest portfolio company - ThingTech, an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Platform-as-a-Service provider that helps asset-intensive organizations connect equipment, devices and people. In a press...
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Healthcare Technology Trends From the 2019 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Sarath Degala — Jan 18, 2019 Jan 18, 2019
Last week, I traveled to San Francisco to attend the 37th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. The conference is the largest healthcare investment event in the industry, bringing together thousands of investors, innovators and healthcare prof...
Sarath Degala Shares 5 Healthcare Innovation Trends Shaping 2019 in MedCityNews
The behavioral health epidemic, artificial intelligence and more procedures being done in outpatient settings are some of the key 2019 trends that will determine how decision makers purchase technology. In a new piece in MedCityNews,...
Round-Table Talk with BIP Capital: Entrepreneurism and Investing in the Southeast and Beyond
Mark Flickinger — Dec 18, 2018 Dec 18, 2018
What We Learned in 2018, What's Ahead in 2019 There is no denying that the U.S. economy is booming. Consumer confidence is at its highest in 18 years, unemployment has dropped to its lowest since 1969 and consumer spending between July and Septe...
Paul Iaffaldano Advises CEOs + Leaders to Invest in EQ Growth in Workforce News
Paul Iaffaldano — Dec 12, 2018 Feb 20, 2019
If you're a CEO or leader looking to grow your business or attract new investors, it's time to leave your ego at the door and focus on growing your EQ. Paul Iaffaldano, our Chief Investment Officer, offers this advice in a new Workforce News piece:...
BIP Capital Fintech Portfolio Company, Gro Solutions, Acquired by Q2 Holdings, Inc
Today Gro Solutions, one of our portfolio companies focused on fintech, announced its acquisition by Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:QTWO). Gro Solutions is a leading provider of digital growth solutions for banks and credit unions, and became part of our po...
Mark Flickinger Gives Leadership & Recruiting Advice for High Growth Companies in Recruiter
Mark Flickinger — Nov 27, 2018 Dec 12, 2018
In a new Recruiter.com article on building a team as an entrepreneur to scale to unicorn size and status, Mark Flickinger, BIP Capital's COO, provides this advice: So many startups fail to ever get off the ground. For your business to make it...
BIP Capital Expands Leadership Team with Addition of Dan Drechsel as Senior Vice President
Today we're excited to share the news that Dan Drechsel has joined our team as senior vice president. An experienced entrepreneur with a demonstrated history in the growth and management of emerging technology businesses, Drechsel was most recently...
BIP Capital's 2018 The State of Startups℠ in the Southeast Report is Here
We're proud to offer our second annual The State of StartupsSM in the Southeast report, delivering an overview of the venture capital and startup ecosystem in this region. The report takes an in-depth look at startup activity throughout nine stat...
Mark Flickinger — Aug 22, 2018 Aug 23, 2018
We're excited to announce that five BIP Capital portfolio companies have ranked in this year's Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies. These companies include AchieveIt, QASymphony, Ingenious Med,...
Ipreo, Financial Services Solution & Data Provider in BIP Capital Portfolio, Acquired for $1.855B
As reported in PE Hub in early August, "IHS Markit Ltd has completed its previously announced acquisition of Ipreo, a financial services solutions and data provider, for $1.855 billion. The sellers were private equity funds managed by BlackSton...
BIP Capital Portfolio Company Cypress.io Secures $4M Seed Funding
Today it was announced that our portfolio company Cypress.io secured $4M in seed funding. BIP Capital, along with previous investors Tech Square Ventures and BLH Ventures supported the latest round, which was co-led by Las Olas Venture Capital and Be...
BIP Capital Portfolio Company QASymphony Merges with Tricentis to Drive Innovation in Continuous Testing for Enterprise DevOps
Mark Flickinger — Jun 22, 2018
This week our portfolio company QASymphony and Tricentis announced their agreement to merge under the name of Tricentis. The combination of QASymphony's industry-leading test management solution with Tricentis' expertise in Continuous Testing r...
Leveraging Technology for Cost-Savings Opportunities in Healthcare
Sarath Degala — Jun 12, 2018 Jun 12, 2018
The United States isn't shy about its healthcare expenditures, spending more on healthcare per person than any other country in the world. Wasteful healthcare spending accounts for 30 percent of the $3.2 trillion spent on healthcare each year,...
Aspirion Health Resources Acquired, Second Exit of BIP Capital Healthcare Portfolio Company in Q2
Mark Flickinger — May 29, 2018 May 29, 2018
Following a recent string of exits, today we announce the acquisition of portfolio company Aspirion Health Resources, netting a return of more than five times its initial investment. The healthcare technology startup uses a tech-enabled proprietary c...
BIP Capital Continues to Lead Healthcare Technology Investments with $10.5M Series A Funding for PriorAuthNow
Mark Flickinger — May 15, 2018
At BIP Capital, we're continuing our focus on technology solutions that have the potential to disrupt the healthcare industry. Today we announced that we led a Series A Funding of $10.5M for PriorAuthNow. PriorAuthNow connects directly with insur...
Cres Ferrell Provides Entrepreneur Advice in Startup Mindset
In a new Startup Mindset article on how entrepreneurs can achieve success with VCs, Cres Ferrell provided this advice: Every day, investment firms receive countless emails from entrepreneurs eager to pitch them their next big idea. And every day, bu...
BIP Capital's Portfolio Company REACH Health to be acquired by InTouch Health
Mark Flickinger — Apr 30, 2018 May 01, 2018
Today it was announced that our portfolio company REACH Health was acquired by InTouch Health, the leading enterprise telehealth platform. This acquisition solidifies InTouch's leading position as a telehealth partner of choice for hospitals and heal...
VoApps Announces Paul Gies as New President
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Atlanta Innovation at Its Finest: Car360 Acquired for $22M after BIP Capital-Led Series A Funding in 2017
Paul Iaffaldano — Apr 17, 2018
Less than one year ago, our team at BIP Capital led the Series A financing round of $3.55M for Car360, a company that was at the forefront of bringing computer vision and augmented reality to the auto industry, with participation from Mark Cuban's ...
BIP Capital Promotes Two to C-Level Positions to Support the Firm's Rapid Growth
BIP Capital, one of the most active and successful venture capital firms in the Southeast, today announced the promotion of two internal leaders into new roles. Mark Flickinger is now the firm's chief operating officer and Todd Knudsen now serves a...
Becker's Health IT & CIO Report Publishes Sarath Degala Commentary on AI in Healthcare
Sarath Degala — Mar 27, 2018 Feb 06, 2019
The Becker's Health IT & CIO Report recently published the following commentary from BIP Capital's health industry expert, Sarath Degala in his piece "The future is now: Two exciting advances in healthcare AI": In its recent report, �...
Sarath Degala Shares Insights on Healthcare Scheduling in Health IT Outcomes
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Atlanta – A Market Leading Innovation Hub: Atlanta Inno Features Commentary from Mark Buffington
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Three Strengths That Can Help Ensure SaaS Success
Cres Ferrell — Feb 02, 2018 Feb 02, 2018
SaaStr is one of the largest gatherings of enterprise software professionals in the world. This will be my third time attending, and I'm excited to connect with other investors and meet promising founders to learn and share about the future of SaaS...
Healthcare Informatics Features Sarath Degala's 5 Tips for Greater Interoperability
Sarath Degala — Jan 08, 2018 Feb 06, 2019
Sarath Degala, BIP Capital's healthcare sector expert, recently shared these "Five Tips for Seeking Greater Interoperability in 2018" in Healthcare Informatics: The recent merging of Aetna and CVS has me thinking about the potential implic...
Four Important Healthcare Technology Trends to Watch in 2018
Sarath Degala — Jan 05, 2018
Posted in Investing Strategies, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
I'm traveling to San Francisco next week for the 36th annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference.This conference is one of the largest healthcare investment events out there, with over 400 private and public companies presenting to more than 8,000 atte...
New Story Highlights Huddle's GOFAN Contribution to Entrepreneurial Growth in Atlanta's Northern Suburbs
Mark Flickinger — Dec 22, 2017
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BIP Capital Invests into Acivilate's Solution to Help Prisoners Return to Society
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AchieveIt Poised for Continued Growth with Series E-1 Investment of $1.7M
Mark Flickinger — Nov 16, 2017
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BIP Capital Expands Healthcare Leadership with Strategic Hire of Sarath Degala
Posted in Announcements, Venture Buff, Venture Capital
Today we're proud to announce that Sarath Degala has joined our leadership team as vice president and portfolio company lead. Degala's deep healthcare expertise will complement and extend BIP Capital's existing healthcare investment operations....
Cres Ferrell VC-List Feature: "Six Tips for Helping CEOs Maximize Valuations"
Cres Ferrell — Nov 14, 2017
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Mark Flickinger — Oct 19, 2017
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Tipperary digital project: Nenagh library to get an upgrade and extra PCs
Mobile phone coverage around Lough Derg 'atrocious'
Nenagh library is to get five new PCs
Nenagh library facilities are to be upgraded following a grant of €293,000 to Tipperary County Council.
This was the fourth largest grant to any county council under a Department of Rural and Community Development investment package for digital services and facilities in public libraries, local councillors have been told.
Work is underway at the library to remodel it as a digital hub, with the facility set to increase its current bank of seven PCs up to 12.
The new hub will also offer 3D printing as well as access to iMac PCs and remote / wifi printing.
Meanwhile, councillors were told that that there had been no progress on a library for Newport since the amalgamation of north and south Tipperary county councils in 2014.
They were advised by the library service to get the project "back on the table".
They were told the situation in Tipperary Town had "resolved itself by accident" when space became available in the Excel Centre.
When it comes to mobile phone coverage in North Tipperary, certain areas around Lough Derg are "atrocious", according toCllr Ger Darcy.
He made his comments as Tipperary County Council revealed at Nenagh MDC that it had commenced a pilot scheme to identify mobile phone black spots.
Cllr Darcy was supported by Cllr Phyl Bugler who said poor coverage was an issue for B&B owners.
"Everything is online. Lack of coverage is a major problem. We have to offer the tourist wifi," she said.
Cllr Michael O'Meara wondered why phone signals could not be bounced into problem areas.


was at Lendrick between 1960 and 1965.
After leaving school, worked for several years in Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy area. Married another ex pupil (June Purdie) in 1970, have two offspring aged 28 and 24 and one grandson aged 6. Moved to a small village outside Peterhead in 1980 when I began working with North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board. Would love to correspond with anyone who remembers either, or both of us.
Heather Gollabeck was living in London,and June Purdie is living in Aberdeenshire. There are a few other names from my time some may remember. Irene Berry, Margaret Richardson, June Whitfield, Beefy Munroe, Norman Seggie, Moira Seggie.
I ( Michael Riddle ) was a pupil at Naemoor/Lendrick Muir from January 1960 to December 1965, and my wife (June Purdie ) was also a pupil there from 1959 to 1964.
Since finding your site a couple of days ago we have been trying to put together some cohesive thoughts on the time we spent there. We will start off by going through the teachers, matrons and other staff we remember from those times and their nicknames as far as we can remember.
Firstly the headmaster was Mr. Grieve ( Uggy ) and his wife (Nelly ), They were followed by the Nicholsons, who were in turn followed by Mr. Thornber who was soon the envy of every senior boy in the school when he married and brought his new bride to live in the school ( you all know to whom I'm referring ).
Mr Morrice ( Papa ) taught maths, Mr. Sim ( Sammy ) taught French and took hockey, Miss Gibb taught primary, Miss Eccles taught primary after Miss Gibb left, Mrs MaGlennan ( Hairy ma ) taught geography, Mrs Wilson can't remember her subject, Miss Urquhart ( Fanny ) think she taught English, Mrs. Clark ( Molly ) taught P.E., Mr. Kerr taught woodwork and crafts, he also helped Mr. Sim and Mrs Clark with the hockey teams, Mrs. Anderson itinerant piano teacher, Mr. Haig taught science after Mr. Grieve, Maurice Bridgeland taught English, Roger Wildman can't remember his subject, Mr. Weatherhead was the youth leader, Miss Magellan was his assistant.
The senior matron was Miss Watt, others were Lisbeth Muirhead Grieve ( the Grieves daughter), Miss Duff, Miss Lansdale, Miss Mansfield, Mrs Quinney, Miss Spink, Miss Morriceon .
Matrons at Craigard were Miss Bruce and Miss Brown.
Mr. Quiney caretaker and groundsman, Miss Middleton and Mrs Kerr worked in the office and of course Mrs. Gilchrist the cook.
My 5 years at the school were for the most part enjoyable and I have a lot of happy memories of my time there. Before I went to Naemoor I had never seen a hockey match let alone played in one, however that was soon to change as I took to the game like a duck to water and at the tender age of 12 played my first and only game for the school 2nd eleven, I only played for the 2nds once as I was then thrown in at the deep end and was put into the first eleven in the annual game against Fettes ( Edinburgh ) and there I stayed until I left school in 1965. I have a photograph of the 1st eleven from this period which I will scan and send with another letter.
I also remember the April dining room incident described by Mrs. Gilchrist but I seem to recall that due to the quantity of pupils at that time, some of us were eating in a different room and missed out on the fun of eating from " TROUGHS " as the upside down tables were named by Mr. Grieve.
When I arrived at Naemoor, the school consisted of the following buildings, The Mansion House itself, which housed the dorms for all the boys and the primary aged girls, most of the classrooms, and cloakrooms, dining room, kitchen etc.
The courtyard interior where the Gymnasium , woodworking room and crafts room were housed . on the outside of one wall of the courtyard were the matrons flats where most of the matrons lived during term, one exception I remember was Miss Watt who had her own house in Powmill.
The Bungalow where Mr. & Mrs Quiney lived.
Later on the following changes occurred, the courtyard was turned int an evening recreational area ( clubs ) which consisted of The Cobbles where we had our very own rock group, a table tennis room, where darts could also be played, a quiet room where the stamp collectors etc. could meet, and a snooker room, ( thanks to one pupil who built a full size snooker table ). When Mr. Quiney retired and they moved to a house in Kinross the Bungalow was acquired for the "CLUB" and here dances were held and various other activities which I won't mention here.
One thing I do remember happening in the clubhouse,( as the bungalow became known ) were some tremendous jam sessions with Messrs. Weatherhead, Wildman and Haig. This building holds one extremely happy memory for my wife and I as it was here at a former pupils reunion dance circa 1967 that we re-met, and have been together ever since.
We live in the Peterhead area where I am an instrument/environmental technician with Scottish and Southern Energy (Scottish Hydro Electric ) based in Peterhead Power Station.
June and I celebrated our silver wedding anniversary in 1995, we have two grown up children and one grandchild.
Well I hope this of some interest to you and that you can use some of the information on your site, as I mentioned earlier I will look out any photographs we may have, and I will scan and send them to you shortly.


HTB is an improvisation trio by Johnny Hostile, Gemma Thompson and Jehnny Beth. Each piece of music is live recorded with the members playing simultaneously in three separate rooms, Hostile and Thompson create the soundtrack while Beth sings her words.
In this context, the musicians depend only on what they are suspended and react to one another spontaneously and completely freely. Each track was left exactly as it was performed.
Although improvised, the trio already worked together on Savages' albums made by Jehnny Beth and Gemma Thompson.


Le Lyaud is a village of some 1 600 inhabitants located in the department of Haute-Savoie. At the feet the Hermones massif et spread on a total of 917 hectares, the town is at some 628 meters high. Relatively small size-wise, Le Lyaud offers though all that is required to live serenely. The town has a kindergarten and a primary school, both shared with the bordering town of Armoy. Culture is not left aside either. You can see there the church of Saint Nicolas du Lyaud, built in a neoclassical style in between 1859 and 1861 as well as important Gallo-Roman ruins.
Le Lyaud clearly has an advantage: its geographic location. The town has numerous forests and plateaux that offer a panoramic view both vast and contrasting. The agricultural fields and the vast forests guarantee an ideal living environment if you look for nature and calm. Le Lyaud is located at only 8 kilometres from Thonon-les-Bains and represents thus the perfect compromise to enjoy the advantages of a dynamic city all the year through, while living in a more restful area.
Similarly to the growth of its population, which has doubled over the last 25 years, real estate in Le Lyaud has known a spectacular development. Its residential area keeps on spreading and the quality of the land as well as of the habitations contribute to this development – one never seen so far in this village. The geographic situation and the numerous green areas attract every year a growing number of families.
Investing and living in Le Lyaud means to decide to improve one's quality of life. Lots of efforts have been made by the town to meet the increasing demands. A real choice for flats and houses is then now offered.
Who could better than De Cordier Immobiler help you in your real estate project in Le Lyaud? We are known as experts of the market in Haute-Savoie. By becoming our client, you are assured to benefit from the expertise of a reliable contact. According to both your expectations and needs, we will be able to present you the best offers on the market. Do not hesitate to contact us to receive more information.


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#### According to
The Catalogue of Life, 3rd January 2011

#### Published in
Comm. fung. clav. (Lipsiae) 69 (1797)

#### Original name
Clavaria helvola Pers., 1797

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Burns - tissue damage caused by the action of high temperature (thermal burns), chemicals, primarily of strong acids and caustic alkalis (burns), electric power (electrical burns), radiation-UV (including solar radiation, x-ray and other (radiation burns).
Burns (combustiones) - tissue damage arising from thermal, chemical, electrical or radiation exposure.
Fig. 1. Burn the brush I and II degrees.
Fig. 2. Burn brush II and III degree.
Fig. 3. Deep burn brush (III and IV degree).
Thermal burns arise from the action of flame, hot liquids and gases (for example, water steam) or from contact with hot objects such as metal (the so-called contact burns). The severity of burns is primarily determined by the depth of tissue damage; there are the following degrees of burns (Fig. 1-3): I - redness and swelling of the affected skin; II - exfoliation of epidermis with the formation of bubbles; III And - death of the surface layers of the skin; III B - mortification of all skin layers; IV - the more deep superficial necrosis of soft tissues, bones, joints. Burns I and II degree is called the surface, all the rest - deep.
The severity of burns depends on its size: the larger burned surface, the harder burn. Before the introduction of modern methods of treatment was believed that burns even only II and III a degree, but it occupies 1/3 of the surface of the skin, fatal. Burns 10% of all skin and more considered to be extensive, less than 10% is limited. Limited burns III and IV degree life-threatening in case of severe complications and can lead to disfigurement (burns on the face), development of cicatricial contracture (burns the joints, neck), stenosis of the esophagus, deformation of the genital organs.
The most severe burns caused by fire (burning clothes of the victim). Burns hot liquids can be very extensive, but seldom reach more than III A. Contact burns and scalds incendiary substances (Napalm, phosphorus), on the contrary, deep tissue damage often are limited (if not my clothes caught fire).
Large and deep burns, in addition to local changes, always accompanied by a number of common disorders, United under the name "burn disease". In it there are 4 periods: 1 - burn shock; 2 - the period of burn infection; 3 - the period of exhaustion; 4 - the recovery period. In the first period is developing clinical picture of shock, the characteristic feature of which is a significant violation of urination (decreases sharply daily quantity of urine and blood clots. Very severe burn shock can rapidly lead to death of the victim, in simpler cases, the duration of the shock is usually no more than 1-2 days. The second period of burn disease - period burn infections - caused by the collapse of the burnt tissues, their suppuration and abundant absorption of toxic substances from the surface burns. There is a purulent-resorptive fever (see). The body temperature of the victim can reach 40-41 degrees, that is very unfavorable prognostic sign. When pollution deep burns of land can grow tetanus. In this period often develop various complications, especially often - pneumonia, rarely - renal disease. In especially difficult during infection, possible sepsis (see). In severely burned may experience stomach bleeding, ulceration of the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract, sometimes acute mental disorders.
Long purulent-resorptive fever burns, as with extensive purulent wound leads to traumatic depletion (see), which in such cases is called a burn depletion. This period (third) of burn disease is manifested by a sharp loss of weight of the patient, anemia, weakening or disappearance of febrile reactions, despite continued purulent process. The patient becomes weak, often formed decubitus (see), sometimes even on the face, cheekbone. If the period of burn depletion managed to prevent or he happily over, then comes the period of recovery. The condition of the patient improves, there is an appetite, normalizes sleep, burned surface is cleaned and granuliruth.


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First Novels: Under The Gavel Of A Book Auction Martha Woodroof continues her series on first novels with a look at the book auction: how do they work, how do authors react to them, and how on earth to you celebrate a big success?
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First Novels: Under The Gavel Of A Book Auction
March 13, 20148:47 AM ET
Martha Woodroof
This series on first novels continues with a look at the book auction: what triggers one, how one is organized, and what running one is like. Previous posts covered how agents fall in love with books and how editors acquire them.
Book auctions are not all that uncommon. As Karen Dionne writes in dailyfinance.com: "For a book to go to auction, all that's required is for two or more publishers to want to purchase it."
There are three basic models for book auctions. Michelle Brower of Folio Literary Management – who sold Tara Conklin's first novel, The House Girl – explains them:
The most basic and most frequent is a round robin auction, where publishers submit offers and keep besting each other until there is only the highest bidder left. There is also a best bids auction, where publishers know how many other people are bidding, but they only have one chance to make an offer and the highest wins the auction. Then there's the two-round best bid auction, which is like the best bid but the top two or three publishers get another chance to improve their offer.
As for what constitutes good manners during a book auction, Michelle says, "The main piece of etiquette I can think of as an agent is to keep the rules clear so that publishers know how to participate.["]
At the moment, Chris Parris-Lamb of The Gernert Company may be the most visible agent to the general reading public. He's had two high-profile first-novel offerings: Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding went for around $650,000 in 2009, and in 2013, Garth Risk Hallberg's City on Fire reportedly garnered close to $2 million. Both sales made news, because — let's face it — mega-prices for first novels are rare.
Parris-Lamb echoes Karen Dionne on why certain books go to auction and others do not, saying it's simply a matter of publishers wanting some books more than others. "I know that's a bit of a tautology," he says, "but that's pretty much it. It's not necessarily that the books that go to auction are 'better' than the ones that don't — though multiple publishers almost always want a novel that is truly great — it's just the ones that go to auction are the ones that publishers want the most."
More from Michelle Brower and Chris Parris-Lamb:
How do you decide how much you're expecting for a first novel gone to auction? Gut? Exhaustive research? Complicated algorithms?
M.B: I'd love to think I could even interact with a complicated algorithm. I go with my gut; sometimes I have a sense of how much a book should be worth ahead of time, and sometimes I have no idea.
C. P-L: It's not a 'decision' — I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a ballpark in mind of what I thought I could get for a book, but my job is to let the market decide; that is, to create a situation in which the publishers who want a book tell us the maximum they're willing to pay for it. Sometimes the final numbers are in that original ballpark, and sometimes they're far outside it, for better or worse. And remember, we don't just sell the book off to the highest bidder – it's about placing the book with the best publisher for the most they'll pay, which is not always more than everyone else.
How do you pick the editors to whom you submit the manuscript? Are they generally people you know? Have had lunch with? Or, do you just know their work?
M.B: I submit almost entirely to people I know, and often they are people that I've developed a relationship with over a number of years. But I always love to take a chance on people I've just met or whose taste I've respected from afar.
C. P-L: Yes to all three! One of the most important parts of an agent's job is knowing editors' tastes, sensibilities, strengths and weaknesses, and trying to get their books in the hands of the best editor for it. That knowledge comes through observing what books they acquire and publish, listening to what people who have worked with them have to say about the experience, and knowing them personally and talking to them about books.
Do you ask other people for advice on price? Including friends, your wife, your PR department?
M.B: I often ask for advice from my foreign rights department, especially as I am preparing to send a book out to editors. They tell me what territories they think would be a good fit for translations.
C. P-L: We don't set a 'price.' But I do confer with the other agents at the agency quite a bit at all points in the process of selling a book, including assessing the offers that come in.
How difficult is it to turn down a hefty pre-emptive bid from a single publisher that would stop an auction before it starts?
M.B: Oh, man, it's very hard. There's something about turning down a great deal of money that is somehow against my inner nature. But again I rely on my gut. I only consider taking a pre-empt if I feel like it's the right publisher and enough money that the author is getting a fantastic deal.
C. P-L: It can be nerve-wracking, but if you actually turn it down, then it's for a good reason — because you're confident that publisher will pay more, or that other publishers you'd rather be with will pay more. If I felt like turning down a pre-empt was something an author would regret doing — because it is her decision, remember — then we wouldn't turn it down! It's also important to note that a lot of authors don't want to snatch their book away from people who haven't had a chance to read, or finish reading, yet. Or they just want to see what different publishers have to say about it. Which is a perfectly good reason to turn down a pre-empt — it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with strategy.
Is running a book auction more a high or an ordeal?
M.B: It's entirely nerve wracking. But somehow really fun at the same time.
C. P-L: It can be exhilarating, certainly, and it's satisfying to see your author rewarded for their work. But it's not all fun — I truly hate having to make calls to the editors who didn't get the book when the auction is over to tell them that we've gone with someone else.
How are authors to work with during this process? Do they have a lot of input or say, you're the professional, you do it?
M.B: The author always makes the decisions, but I offer my advice along the way and lay out the various possible scenarios so that they feel informed about the sometimes byzantine ways that auctions can work.
C.P-L: Every author is different, in all respects. Generally they're pretty anxious, as you would expect. Some cope with that by wanting to know every single piece of information about what's going on, others by wanting to be in the dark as much as possible until it's time to make a final decision. But the decision about who is going to be their publisher is always theirs, and not something I'd ever make for them.
Since I, personally, am always in search of creative ways to celebrate, I ended my conversations with both Chris Parris-Lamb of The Gernert Company and Michelle Brower of Folio Literary Management by asking how each of them likes to celebrate a successful auction outcome. Parris-Lamb's classic way of celebrating — "with something bubbly" — is just a teeny bit too staid for my tastes.
Michelle Brower, on the other hand, is a bird of my very own celebratory feather. "I usually do a little happy dance," she says. "Seriously. I hope no one ever has to see it because it's pretty silly, but after the tension of the day it's the perfect way to celebrate."
Martha Woodroof's own first novel Small Blessings will be published by St. Martin's Press in July 2014. Next post in this series: OMIGOD! and other Astute Comments from Writers on the Sale of their First Novels.
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While it may be okay to be proud of being humble, boasting about it to everyone you know seems like it misses the point.
Telling your coworkers, "I can't talk to you right now, I'm working on my humility"? Not so much.
Deliberately screwing up so that you have things to be humble about (admittedly, there is a school of thought in Mussar that calls for making oneself appear foolish–for instance, walking into a bakery and asking to buy a hammer–in order to inculcate humility, but that's different).
Refusing to take a drivers test because you might pass, and after all, you know you're not worthy of passing.
Offering to teach a class in humility.
After beating someone else's highscore, explaining to them that they shouldn't feel bad, because really, you're not very good.
Going around all day and pointing out to everyone how they would act differently if they were as humble as you. (This is just a bad idea in general…it really will get you smacked a lot…which now that I think of it might lead to learning some humility…well, your choice on this one).
Aspiring to be a Master of Humility.


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This is a colourful and flavoursome dish, and I expect it would go nicely with a leafy green salad on the side, or perhaps some asparagus. The tomatoes burst during cooking and the juice seeps from the lemons, mixing together at the bottom of the roasting tray with juices from the birds to form a tangy sauce. You can squeeze the rest of the juice from the lemons over the poussins.
Rub the paprika over the poussins so that they are well covered. Chop the peppers and onion into bite sized pieces and cut the lemon into eights. Put these into the dish with the tomatoes and poussins and sprinkle over some sea salt, pepper and olive oil. Roast at 200c for 40-50 minutes until the poussins are cooked through.


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Q: What is meant by diameter of a network? The diagram shown on this link of the "A graph with 6 vertices and 7 edges where the vertex no 6 on the far-left is a leaf vertex or a pendant vertex." has DIAMETER 4? right or wrong?
Definitions are

The diameter of a graph is the maximum
  eccentricity of any vertex in the
  graph. That is, it is the greatest
  distance between any pair of vertices.
  To find the diameter of a graph, first
  find the shortest path between each
  pair of vertices. The greatest length
  of any of these paths is the diameter
  of the graph.
Diameter, D, of a network having N
  nodes is defined as the maximum
  shortest paths between any two nodes
  in the network
Diameter, D, of a network having N
  nodes is defined as the longest path,
  p, of the shortest paths between any
  two nodes D ¼ max (minp[pij length(
  p)). In this equation, pij is the
  length of the path between nodes i and
  j and length (p) is a procedure that
  returns the length of the path, p. For
  example, the diameter of a 4  4 Mesh D
  ¼ 6.

A: The Wikipedia Example
Looks like the diameter is 3 to me by definition.

The longest shortest paths have length of 3 edges, e.g. between 6-1 and 6-2.

The Mesh Example
Here's your second definition, with some typographical correction so that it makes sense:

Diameter D of a network is defined as the longest path of the shortest paths between any two nodes. For example, the diameter of a 4x4 mesh D = 6

Let's take a look at the 4x4 mesh example:
A---B---C---D
|   |   |   |
E---F---G---H
|   |   |   |
I---J---K---L
|   |   |   |
M---N---O---P

The longest shortest path has length of 6 edges, i.e. between A-P and M-D.
References

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*Mathworld - Wolfram/Graph Diameter

The length of the "longest shortest path" between any two graph vertices of a graph.

*Graph and Digraph Glossary - cudenver.edu

Diameter: The diameter of a graph is the length of the longest chain you are forced to use to get from one vertex to another in that graph. You can find the diameter of a graph by finding the distance between every pair of vertices and taking the maximum of those distances.

See also

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*Computing Distances and Diameter

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*Has examples on weighted graphs

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Faith Hill | This Kiss (CD Single)
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"This Kiss" is a song recorded by American country music singer Faith Hill from her third studio album Faith. It was written by Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner, and Annie Roboff, and produced by Hill and Byron Gallimore. It was released in March 1998 as the album's first single.
The song became a crossover hit, reaching number one on the American and Canadian country charts and peaking within the top 10 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Outside the US, it reached number four in Australia, number 13 in the United Kingdom, and number 24 in Canada, while also charting within the top 30 in Austria and Sweden. "This Kiss" was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song, losing both to "You're Still the One" by Canadian singer Shania Twain.
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Bryan Cranston's heist thriller and the "Top Gear" non-spinoff spinoff are among Amazon's most-watched original series of the year.
Bucking conventional practices when it comes to streaming services and their (typically secret) ratings, Amazon has released data on their most-watched series of 2017.
Globally, "The Grand Tour" Season 1 was the top series of the year, with "Sneaky Pete" Season 1 coming in second, "The Man in High Castle" landing in third for Season 1 and fourth for Season 2, while "The Tick" snuck in at the No. 5 slot. Those rankings were the same for U.S. viewership, except No. 1 and No. 2 switched, as "Sneaky Pete" took the top slot in the States.
Notably, two of these seasons — "Sneaky Pete" and "The Tick" — were new to Amazon in 2017. "The Grand Tour" debuted in November 2016, and its second season has only been available since Dec. 8.
But there's more good news for "The Grand Tour," as well as another new Amazon series, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." According to the report, Dec. 30 was the biggest streaming day of the year, and "The Grand Tour" Season 2 and the new Amy Sherman-Palladino series were the top streamed series that day.
As for movies, the most streamed film available on Prime in 2017 was the Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell holiday comedy, "Daddy's Home," followed by Michael Bay's "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi," and the original "Iron Man" movie. Those rankings remained the same globally and in the U.S.
"Wonder Woman" was the top movie rented or purchased globally.
"Bubble Guppies," a children's show on Nick Jr., was the most downloaded series globally and in the U.S.
"The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" was the most downloaded movie globally and in the U.S.
Prime members streamed the least overall content on April 3, the same day as the NCAA men's basketball championship.
Austin, TX was home to the highest streams per customer in the U.S. last year, while Vienna, Austria took the global crown.
"Sneaky Pete" had the highest number of streaming customers among Amazon Original series in most U.S. cities, but in our nation's capital of Washington D.C. — and the political capital of the world — "The Man in the High Castle" had the most streaming customers.


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A behind-the-scenes interview with Amanda Darby who worked on The Pirates! Band of Misfits as a Rapid Prototyping Supervisor.
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Hope You Know Something About Camels – It's Quiz Day!
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Strange how these things happen, but today's quiz seems to feature camels.
Not to worry though, there is the usual random selection of questions to go along with that so you may do okay anyway.
As usual if you get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating.
Q. 1: Which Ocean goes to the deepest depths?
Q. 2: What kind of animal is a 'St Lucia Parrot'?
Q. 3: What is the common name of the stir-fried rice noodle dish commonly served as a street food or as meal in Thai restaurants.
Q. 4: Each year the Moon moves away from the Earth by what distance?
(a) two inches (b) two feet (c) two yards (d) two miles?
Q. 5: What do you call a triangle with two equal sides and equal opposite angles?
Q. 6: Where is the world's largest aquarium located?
Q. 7: What continent do camels originally come from?
Q. 8: And on which continent do you find the most camels today?
Q. 9: What are the first and the last letters of the Greek Alphabet? (You need both answers to score a point.)
Q. 10: What does the chemical symbol 'U' represent?
Q. 11: What word is used to describe someone who is neither left handed nor right handed, but can use both hands with equal ease?
Q. 12: What type of insect is a 'Spanish fly'?
Q. 13: What is 61 degrees Fahrenheit in degrees Celsius?
Q. 14: What allegedly happened to British scientist Sir Isaac Newton that made him think about his theory of universal gravitation?
Q. 15: The sum of two numbers is 53 and their difference is 9. What are the two numbers?
Q. 16: What two creatures are on the Australian coat of arms?
Q. 17: What planet in our solar system has the strongest surface winds?
Q. 18: What are sticks of blackboard chalk made from?
Q. 19: What is the wizard called 'Olórin' from 'The Lord Of The Rings' better known as?
Q. 20: How many colors are there in the rainbow?
A. 1: The Pacific Ocean.
A. 2: It's a Parrot, from St Lucia. You coulda guessed it!
A. 3: It is called Pad Thai.
A. 4: The correct answer is (a) two Inches.
A. 5: It is known as an 'Isosceles Triangle'.
A. 6: At Disney World's Epcot Center in Florida.
A. 7: North America, not Africa.
A. 8: Australia.
Q. 9: What are the first and the last letters of the Greek Alphabet? (You need both to score a point.)
A. 9: Alpha and Omega.
A. 10: Uranium.
A. 11: Ambidextrous.
A. 12: It is a 'Beetle'.
A. 13: This is one of the easy ones to remember, just reverse the numbers, 61 degrees Fahrenheit is 16 degrees Celsius.
A. 14: The story goes that an apple fell on his head.
A. 15: 22 and 31.
A. 16: A Kangaroo and an Emu.
A. 17: Neptune. (If you guessed 'Uranus' you don't get a point but I like the way you think.)
A. 18: Gypsum (Calcium Sulphate).
A. 19: He is better known as 'Gandalf'.
Q. 20: How many colors are there in a rainbow?
A. 20: Seven. Known as the spectral colors they are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. What do you think, Peggy….
Start The Week With An Idiot, Preferably Several – It's Quiz Show Monday Again!
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There are times and places I suppose one shouldn't laugh, not that I bother too much about that, but one time when it is socially acceptable is on a Monday morning.
Here is your chance to test that out with another selection of ridiculous quiz show answers.
Q: Name something roofs are made of
A: Chalk stuff
Q: Name something men do when they run out of clean underwear
A: Turn them inside out
Q: Name something that people steal from work
A: Cash register
Q: Name a famous Peter
A: Peter
Q: Name something that finishes the sentence: "You're slower than…"
A: Moses
Q: Name something you feel before you buy it
A: Excited
Q: Name something you hope your dog doesn't do right before he licks your head
A: Burps
Q: The ideal daily temperature
A: 98.6?F
Q: Name something with claws
A: Christmas
Q: Name something you wear two of at the same time
A: Underwear
Q: The first thing you take off after work
Q: An occasion for which you stayed up all night
A: Lost virginity
Q: Name something that just you know is going break when its warranty runs out
A: Glass
Q: Name a bird that some people look like when they walk
A: Dolphin
Q: Name something you hope your husband never loses (asked to 100 married women)
A: His pants
Q: Name something a woman needs to have before she gets married
A: A pap smear
Q: Name something babies throw out of their crib
A: Prayer book
Q: Name something that gets wet when you use it
A: Toilet paper
Q: Name something that guests get hit with on Jerry Springer
A: Keys
Q: An occupation that begins with the letter "J"
A: A jackhammerer
Q: Name something people take to a bath
A: Duck
Q: Name a letter many words begin with
A: Dear John
Q: Name something you wish you had one of for each person in your home
A: A house
Q: Name something office workers turn off at the end of the day
A: Their brains
Q: An actor who played a gangster
A: Al Capone
Q: Name something you throw away daily
Q: Name a place where you take off your clothes, besides home
A: School
Q: Name something you wash more than once per day
A: Socks
Q: Name a man's name that starts with the letter "P"
A: Porcupine
Q: Name something that rhymes with 'coke'
A: Toke