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Flats fishing
New developments for the Wavewalk S4 motor-kayak skiff
TX Fish
Wavewalk has been developing new solutions to work with its S4 skiff, namely the S4 kayak outfitted with a powerful outboard motor.
Aside from these technical developments that enhance the boat's performance in rough water, shallow water, launching and beaching, fishing and hunting, Wavewalk now offers the S4 in a new color – the Gator Drag Green, seen in some of the pictures below. This color matches the typical drab green color of Jon boats, and it can serve as an excellent base for camouflage.
1. Portable set of large-size, wide wheels for carrying the Wavewalk S4 over rough terrain
The first is a set of large-size, wide wheels that allow for easier carrying of the S4 when outfitted with a heavy outboard motor. This is particularly useful for anglers who want to launch this skiff in remote beaches on the Gulf coast, in marshes, flats, etc. The wheels work well on rough terrain, but pulling the boat in deep sand is still not easy.
2. Large-size spray shield for the Wavewalk S4
Sometimes the Gulf of Mexico gets choppy, and you want to drive your S4 skiff in it at full speed. No problem with that, except that if you have a passenger sitting in the front (e.g. a fishing buddy), they might get splashed when the bow hits waves.
The solution is a large-size, lightweight, detachable, transparent spray shield, and shown here:
Easy to attach. full size spray shield
Since this spray shield is attached to the deck with just a few bungees, detaching is quick and easy, in case it gets in the way during a fishing trip.
Wavewalk does not offer this spray shield for sale, but the good news is that making a DIY version is easy and inexpensive, and the materials can be purchased at home improvement stores.
3. Powerful mud motor for driving in marshes and flats
Chris from Northern Tribe Outdoors use a Wavewalk S4 outfitted with a 6.5 HP mud motor in their duck hunting trips. Since the S4 won't take all of them on board plus the mud motor, wheels, and retriever dog, they take a Wavewalk 700 kayak too. The S4 can easily hip-tow the non-motorized W700, and carry all the team over long distances, in shallow water, mud, marshes, etc.
The wheels in this picture are just inflated tire tubes. Note that a mud motor weighs more than a regular outboard motor of similar power
Duck hunter, retrieving dog, and all-terrain all-water hunting boat – kayak.
Flats fishing, Microskiff, Ocean fishing, Rough water, Shallow water, Texas fishing
New movies of the Wavewalk S4 in action
The Wavewalk S4 keeps changing people's perception of both kayaks and car-top boats. Anglers, kayakers and boaters are learning that with this lightweight craft they can expect more, get more, and achieve more than they previously could, even if they owned several boats of different types and sizes, for fishing in different places. Texas is a big place that offers a wide variety of fisheries, both inland and in the ocean, and the S4 delivers high performance in all of them.
The S4 does much more, and it does it better too.
Here are some new demo movies that show the S4 in action –
1. Driving the S4 at high speed in narrow, winding mangrove creeks. The unrivaled stability and balancing capability that the S4 delivers to its crew allow for making sharp turns, and having a lot of fun – Because a good boat should be able to get you to the fisheries and fishing holes that you'd like to fish in, whether it's the ocean, the flats, or the mangroves, and you should have fun while you drive there, and on your way back. Note that passenger sitting in the front is a big and heavy guy (6'3″ 260 lbs) who happens to be disabled as well. He rides the saddle-seat with a foot in each of the S4's twin hulls, while the driver sits side-saddle, with both feet in the boat's left hull, and facing sideways, dinghy style. Both positions are comfortable and stable, and switching from one to the other is effortless –
2. Driving the s4 at high speed offshore, in the ocean chop. This movie shows how seaworthy the S4 is. In fact, this 98 lbs Polyethylene boat that's designated as a kayak is more stable than any kayak, as well as from many larger boats. The S4's stability, together with its user's ability to easily and effectively keep their balance on its saddle, result in a new level of seaworthiness, comparable to that of a personal watercraft (PWC), namely the ability to drive it standing up –
3. The S4 breaks the world speed record for motor kayaks – Captain Larry Jarboe drives his S4 powered by a 9.8 HP Tohatsu outboard motor at 17 mph –
4. Comparison of the S4 powered by a 5 HP outboard motor to an S4 powered by a 9.8 HP motor – Both work perfectly, and provide a smooth and enjoyable ride, but the bigger and more powerful motor drives the S4 at a higher speed. Note that if you want your S4 to go faster, you'd need to outfit its motor with a high pitch propeller, and you may also want to consider outfitting the motor with a hydrofoil.
Read more in this article How much HP for my S4 skiff's outboard motor? »
New guide to portable boats
Like anglers in other regions, Texas anglers don't appreciate wasting their precious time driving to boat ramps, or waiting in line while other anglers launch their boats there, or take them out. Popular launching spots can get crowded, and people waiting in them can get impatient and frustrated –
But what is the alternative to launching a boat that's transported on a trailer?
Well, the alternative is to downsize to a car-top boat that you can launch in spots that are closer to where you want to fish, and where you won't have to worry about finding a parking spot.
Portable boats are by definition smaller than full fledged boats, but this is not necessarily a problem if you fish the flats, and you don't venture too far offshore into the Gulf. And for a the price of a trailer, you can buy a lot of fishing gear…
Micronautical published a new guide for people who are looking to know more about portable boats. The article is entitled "The Portable Boat", and it provides insight about different types of portable boats, including small dinghies, inflatable dinghies, Jon boats, and ultralight skiffs, their advantages, and disadvantages.
So, if you happen to be stuck in traffic on your way to a boat ramp, or worse, you've just arrived there only to find that there are no parking spots left for your vehicle and trailer… think about a car-top boat!
And by the way, if you're worried about the performance of a portable boat in the ocean, or with more than one person on board, watch this movie:
And if you're totally desperate about boating, and you're thinking about downgrading to a fishing kayak, or you think not to downsize because of the need to go fishing with additional passengers on board (going solo isn't necessarily that much fun), there are good news for you too:
Fisheries along Texas's coastal areas are diverse and most productive, from flats to estuaries, and to deep blue water.
The Wavewalk S4 works extremely well in all these environments, since it can go in shallow water that bigger skiffs that draft more cannot access, and if necessary it works perfectly with a paddle, be it a canoe or a kayak paddle.
But the S4 shies in choppy water too, as well as in actual ocean waves, which means that crossing bays and estuaries with is not only possible, but it can be fun too. Unlike other skiffs that may get their crew to feel seasick in rough water, the passengers of the S4 ride a saddle seat much like the saddles of big personal watercraft (PWC – "jet-ski"), all terrain vehicles (ATV), and dirt bikes. These vehicles allow their users for the most effective balancing possible, so they don't feel seasick.
This first movie shows the Wavewalk S4 driven in wavy seas and towed behind a big motorboat, as a tender boat. Note how well it moves with a second passenger on board -This is not a solo skiff!
This second movie shows the WAvewalk S4 driven in choppy water –
Both these movies demonstrate the S4's versatility and high performance that rival and even outperform various types of skiffs and microskiffs out there.
Mud motor for kayak fishing the flats?
Flats fishing is very popular in Texas, since the flats are very productive fishery. The warm and shallow water are home for the most prized fish species, including redfish, seatrout, flounder, and more.
But the skinny water and tides present a challenge to local anglers who fish from boats, since they risk being stranded, or worse – damaging the motor's propeller and even its lower unit.
Kayaks are often used for fishing the flats, but their limited range of travel and the discomfort imposed on their users has most anglers stay away from them.
The solution seems easy, and it is to fish out of a boat that's lightweight enough to have a very shallow draft, and that can be propelled manually with paddles, since poling isn't much of a real world solution for non athletic anglers. But such a boat would still be drafting as much as its outboard requires for proper functioning, which raises the question why not use a mud motor with it, as mud motors can operate in extremely shallow water –
The reason why mud motors are less popular than conventional outboard motors is mainly their bigger size and heavier weight, which require the boat to be more stable. Price wise, mud motors are not necessarily more expensive than conventional outboard motors of similar horsepower.
The following video shows a Wavewalk S4 kayak skiff powered by a 6.5 HP Twister from Mud Skipper
The video shows how effective the motor is for going through aquatic vegetation, and over underwater obstacles.
This kayak skiff is by no means a solo skiff, and it can carry on board up to three anglers and their gear.
Unlike most microskiff, the S4 is a seaworthy boat that can go in choppy water and waves, which makes it ideal for crossing open water, bays and estuaries even under rough conditions, and it can serve fishermen who fish in deep water.
Flats fishing, Microskiff, Shallow water, Texas fishing


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Navy skydiver dies when parachute fails to open in New Jersey
JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- A member of the Navy's skydiving team was killed Sunday when his parachute malfunctioned during a team jump, the Navy said.
The team called the Leap Frogs was conducting a jump into Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey as part of planned Fleet Week activities for New York Harbor, Rear Admiral John C. "Jack" Scorby Jr. said at a news briefing.
The parachute of the team member, a Navy SEAL, failed to open properly and he landed in the water near the state park, Scorby said.
Coast Guard personnel retrieved the parachutist and the Jersey City Fire Department Marine Unit took him to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:10 p.m. ET, Scorby said.
"Our hearts and our prayers go out to his family and I ask for all of your prayers for the Navy SEAL community who lost a true patriot today," Scorby said. "The cause of the mishap is under investigation and his next of kin are being notified at this time."
The parachutist name has not been released.
Fleet Week is an annual weeklong celebration during which people in the New York area can meet "Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness firsthand the latest capabilities of today's maritime services," according to the Fleet Week webpage.
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World War II films "Dunkirk" and "Darkest Hour" strengthen their positions at the Cinema Audio Society and Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild awards ceremonies respectively.
"Dunkirk" and "Darkest Hour" are going into the 90th Academy Awards on March 4, 2018 with a strong chance of taking the Oscars for Best Sound Mixing and Makeup & Hairstyling, respectively.
"Dunkirk" won the Cinema Audio Society's motion picture award on Saturday February 24, while "Darkest Hour" -- which sees the prosthetics-laden Best Actor Oscar frontrunner Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill -- won both Special Makeup Effects and Best Period/Character Makeup at the Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards the same day.
The Cinema Audio Society's motion picture award has led to the Sound Mixing Oscar on 12 out of 24 occasions.
At the Oscars, "Dunkirk" has been nominated alongside "Baby Driver," "Blade Runner 2049," "The Shape of Water" and "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" for Sound Mixing as well as Sound Editing.
All but "Blade Runner 2049" had been put forward for the CAS award.
By contrast, the MA&HS Guild runs a more granular set of motion picure award categories with five separate groupings for Contemporary Make-up, Period and/or Character Make-up, Special, Contemporary Hair, Styling and Period and/or Character Hair Styling.
Still, "Darkest Hour" was preferred to fellow Oscar nominee "Wonder," while the Academy's third consideration was not one of the Guild finalists.


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Review: Our 15-Year-Old Intern Mulls The Import Of Telltale's Walking Dead Collection
nygcc / January 1, 2018
After the series won hundreds of awards for its story, gameplay and characters; Telltale Games released The Walking Dead Collection. One disk compiles the entire series and all episodes of Telltale's The Walking Dead along with, 400 days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne. So how is it?
Nothing about the game has been touched other than its glorified, enhanced graphics. But they're compelling so you see the game in a new, er, light. The lighting effect, in fact, makes it so much easier to absorb the game's detail. You witness the rotted pores, decayed teeth, and bleached eyes of the disheveled walkers. As a fan of the Walking Dead myself, I found the changes make the game more sinister and attractive at the same time. Other than the tension rising in the story, you won't need to worry about staying on your toes with the controls. You simply move your mouse or analog stick and press the correct buttons when the game prompts you.
If it has to do with life during a zombie apocalypse, I'm hooked. I've read the entire comic book series of the Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, and right then and there I became zombie enthusiast. The dystopian society in the world of The Walking Dead gave me a new perspective of life to view; one focused on survival, deceit, disorder, and death around every corner. Somewhat like a hobby, I like to think about how the world would be during a zombie apocalypse. However, I found playing through the Walking Dead Collection by Telltale to be a chore. It wasn't because I found the game to be lackluster, but because I already knew everything about the game.
Instead of buying the past series when they were released, I took to YouTube. I've spent many hours watching YouTubers play the Walking Dead. When viewers waited for the next episode of the game to be released, I impatiently waited with them. I could have simply bought the game in order to play at my pace. I binge watched the game on YouTube with a bag of popcorn as it felt like it would be a little more suspenseful. Tension was high, and I was not in control. Instead of viewing The Walking Dead as a game, I viewed it as a TV show, and that is where my conundrum comes in. If I play the game, what's the point in watching it, and if I watch the game, what's the point in playing?
I decided to delve into the game and take another look with a different intention in mind. Rather than nitpicking and fussing about how I knew about the story, I played to see how I felt. Memories of when I first watched The Walking Dead by Telltale Games flowed back to me periodically.
While I played through the segment where the police officer unwillingly crashed into the first walker I saw, I remembered that this was the scene many years ago that sparked my fear of disaster and also of fiction becoming a reality. Deterred from his trip to jail,I remembered Lee in the forest being attacked by a living corpse. Anyone could look into his eyes and see that he was confused and terrified. Season One of The Walking Dead also gave me my first animated view of a post-apocalyptic world. The enhanced graphics made all of my resurfacing experiences more surreal. The character models for both the zombies and characters were sharpened and, the yellow lighting effect made it easier to view the horrors that stalk the survivors and plague the world.
The Walking Dead is an interactive story that you can manipulate to watch relationships grow and break. Although the player is not particularly inside the game, you feel for the characters you control. I enjoy the emotion within The Walking Dead because there are times where I regret my decisions and times where a situation is in my favor, and I felt good watching how the story unfolded afterward.
Needless to say, the Collection has hours worth of story and gameplay. But this is also Telltale's way to soothe anxious fans after the pre-hype of Season Four. It's quite the worthy attempt to keep fans occupied and interested until the final series drops in 2018.
Kimari Rennis is a New York Videogame Critics Circle intern, part of our ongoing partnership with Bronx's DreamYard Prep School.
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Have you noticed how much time young kids spend playing on the floor? I can bet that over 90% of the time spent playing (indoors), they are on the floor!
My third tip for designing with young kids in mind is all about providing a soft, beautiful, yet durable surface for them to sit and play on. Rugs add softness and texture, and often "ground" spaces. They also help warm up hard surfaces, like wood and tile.
I know that some would rather leave their hard-surfaced floors bare because they're afraid of spills, stains, and such. This seems especially true when it comes to dining areas. Well, one of my favorite tips for kid-friendly, pet-friendly, and high-traffic areas is to use an indoor/outdoor rug or natural fiber rug. They are extremely durable and can handle most messes and spills. They are also easy to maintain, as most require only vacuuming, shaking off, or even hosing down!
I especially love natural fiber rugs. They are quite versatile and inject so much texture into a space. From my own personal experience, they are soft underfoot. They are also great for layering. Flat-woven, kilim, and dhurrie rugs are all wonderful layering rugs that are kid/pet-friendly!
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Modular carpet tiles are another great option. I like to use them in family rooms, bedrooms, and playrooms. They are very durable and easy to replace, if needed. They also give you the flexibility to create an "area rug" in the exact size, shape, colors, and patterns that you want. There are so many options!


Osprey high above on the river near my apartment for th last 2 days, the first Swallows of the year (yesterday), another osprey and the usual common stuff at Onuma today.....................otherwise not much around.
Still waiting for my first Swallow - any day now. I would love to see a male Smew again - so many years and no shows.
so crisp and tailored looking, similar to a waxwing in that regard.
Mandarin is truly marvelous. I think that the UK has the largest population now and I am hoping to renew my acquaintance with this species in July. Great shot of that handsome male. We have Wood Duck here, of course; very similar in some ways but not quite as spectacular. I saw three males the other night - not too shabby!
I saw my first mandarin properly recently. But as it lived in a park, it literally came up to people's feet looking for food.


The ever-popular Wilson Pro Overgrip is now available with perforations. The super thin, high stretch felt offers optimal feel. Now with perforations, this grip offers improved feel, moisture absorption, and is faster drying. This pack is conveniently packaged with 12 grips for the frequent player. Storage is a breeze with the resealable package, which means you can throw this in your racquet bag and the grips will stay protected.


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Action design is the combination of planning, choreography and storytelling all culminating in thrilling action sequences for feature films and TV. Mr. Sargeant is undeniably one of the premiere action experts in Hollywood using films most advanced and cutting edge stunt technology. He has been in the motion picture and television industry for over 29 years as a Stunt Coordinator, Stuntman and 2nd Unit Director, delivering dynamic and heart pounding action to the big and small screen alike. He is sought after by producers and directors around the world. His safety record is impeccable and he comes highly recommended by industry professionals and studios globally. Gregg's vast experience in front of, as well as behind the camera has been displayed in movie blockbusters such as:"Alien Resurrection",Godzilla","Batman","Master and Commander" starring Russell Crowe, "War of The Worlds" starring Tom Cruise, the Jerry Bruckheimer Pirates franchise, " Pirates of The Caribbean At World's End" starring Johnny Depp,Orlando Bloom & Keira Knightley, "Pirates of The Caribbean On Stranger Tides", Warmer Bros. "Gangster Squad", "Get Smart" starring Steve Carell ,the HBO series "BIG Love" produced by Tom Hanks, the NBC hit TV series "Heroes", "Ray Donovan" for Showtime, Carlton Cuse's futuristic series COLONY, the J.J. Abrams HBO series, "Westworld" and most recently the TNT Mini-Series "I Am the Night" starring Chris Pine, teaming up with Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins.
In addition, He is sought after by magazines, newspapers, radio and television shows to speak on the subject of stunts. He has been featured on national news networks around the world, showcasing the stunt industry, most recently in Germany, Australia and Japan as well as publications such as Filmmaker Magazine, Inside Film, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Backstage and Inside FX.
In 2006 Mr. Sargeant was inducted into the Hollywood Stuntmens Hall of Fame. He has trained some of the top stunt performers and actors in Hollywood and around the world for movies and television and has been fortunate to work with renowned actors such as Kevin Costner, Julia Roberts, Dustin Hoffman, Sigourney Weaver, Eddie Murphy, Russell Crowe, Tom Cruise, Ryan Gosling, Johnny Depp, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Jean Claude Van Damme to mention a few - as well as legendary directors, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Rob Marshall and Francis Ford Coppola.


The Oatmeal Comic (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple) really hit the nail on the head with their satiric comic illustrating the phenomenon of owning an Apple product.
It makes me ponder the lengths people are willing to go to, to get their hands on the latest Apple technology... and once attained, how long will these early adopters stay at the front of the pack, before the next release is available?
Apple's unique fan base of loyal self marketers have become completely obsessed with being at the forefront of apples innovation and it's no wonder with 2 million iPad's sold in 59 days and growing (that's 1 iPad sold every 3 seconds). The commitment for some means a cyclical obsession to have the latest of everything Apple, to the degree of lining up for days to be the first in line to purchase newly released products.
As technology continues to grow at a rapid rate and mobile devices are becoming increasingly more web focused, Apple's launch of the iPad in the market has certainly filled the gap between the Smartphone and the laptop - being a device that that combines features of both.
The recent release of the iPad marks another step in Apple's revolution and plays an important part in ensuring their loyal fan base continues to market their range of influential products.
While there are those like myself who question first generation technology and will wait for the next release of the iPad with expectations of the iPhone4 offerings to be included, others crave the instant gratification and attention of having what only a few are willing to purchase now.
Whatever direction mainstream consumers travel along, there's no doubt the iPad has revolutionised the way we interact with the email, photos, video and digital content. Best of all, when compared to the cost of a tablet or laptop, the iPad offers an attractive price-point for potential buyers.


The Olympic Council of Ireland has announced a team of 40 athletes to represent Ireland at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Gyor, Hungary 23rd – 27th July 2017.
Bearach Gleeson has been selected to represent Judo at the EYOF and will be accompanied by coach Paul Green.
We wish Bearach & Paul the very best of luck as they represent Team Ireland.


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San Francisco City & County commits $50 million to Thoma Bravo fund
The $20 billion San Francisco City & County Employees' Retirement System committed up to $50 million to private equity firm Thoma Bravo Discover Fund, said Norm Nickens, board secretary.
The board made the commitment to the U.S. focused buyout fund that targets software investments in closed session at its Nov. 18 meeting.
An initial $35 million investment closed on Nov. 25.
San Francisco City & County taps 2 bond managers to run $1.3 billion
San Francisco City & County to divest coal stocks
San Francisco City & County Employees issues call for custodian
San Francisco City & County commits $75 million to TriGate Capital
San Francisco City & County commits $150 million to 2 funds
San Francisco City & County Employees sets $136 million for 2 funds
San Francisco City & County commits up to $185 million to private equity
Thoma Bravo Fund XII closes at $7.6 billion


Will Florida Senate Republicans embrace Trump's health care agenda, or quietly kill it to keep greedy docs happy?
One of the best and most effective concepts for keeping health care costs low is about to be strangled to death in the Florida Senate by a small group of Republicans who are either in the pocket of, or being bamboozled by, a group of greedy doctors. These doctors are quietly pushing hard to kill off SB 972, a bill sponsored by one of the most forward-thinking Republicans in the state: Senator Jeff Brandes. His bill would recognize nurse practioners as independent health care providers.
And the doctors are increasingly desperate because Republicans in the Florida House, in solidarity with President Trump's push to lower health care costs for all Americans, are rapidly advancing a similar bill there.
The Florida House's version could pass as early as this week.
Critics claim that allowing nurse practitioners to diagnose certain types of illnesses and prescribe treatments might lead to some patients seeking help from unqualified individuals. But in study after study, statistics say that treatment from nurse practitioners is just as safe as treatment from physicians.
The truth is, many doctors actually charge nurse practitioners exorbitant sums of money to practice under their license – in some cases, as much as $50,000 per year. So it's little wonder why these docs would fight so desperately to keep nurse practitioners under their thumbs.
For decades, Republicans across the country have advocated for initiatives that would put downward pressure on health costs. One of those initiatives is already in place: high deductible health plans which incentivize the insured individual or family to shop around for less expensive ways to treat health issues.
Obamacare did nothing to lower health costs. Gone are the days when someone could wake up with a sore throat and call the doctor for an inexpensive appointment and prescription to fix the problem. Doctor visits cost money, diagnostic tests cost money, and medical treatment in the United States costs a lot more than it really should.
But a high deductible plan is useless if there are no savings to be found. That's why Senator Brandes's bill is so important. It gives consumers more treatment options. More options means more competition and lower costs.
My family of six relies on a high-deductible health care plan that we found far, far away from the absurdly expensive Obamacare exchanges. Our plan protects us against catastrophic illness or expensive medical treatments.
One of the ways we keep our health costs down is by seeking the advice of nurse practitioners for routine diagnostic care and treatment. Nurse practitioners don't charge anywhere near the same rate as our family physician. While we value our doctor's expertise, the vast majority of ailments our family deals with on a regular basis can easily be handled by a nurse practitioner. If there were more of them, the costs would be more competitive.
Families across the state would easily see their out-of-pocket medical costs go down if state senators would give Senator Brandes's bill a hearing.
Nurse Practitioners (NPs) can increase access to health care and drive down costs. Research shows that NP care is safe and of high quality with the same outcomes as physicians. Florida has a physician shortage , especially in rural areas. Again the research shows those states that allow autonomous practice for NPs have increased access to care in rural areas while driving down the cost of state Medicaid programs. It's time to modernize Florida's health care laws and let nurse practitioners practice autonomously.
Generalizations are never a solution as many nurse practitioners (NPs) have great physicians as friends and mentors. However, stating that NPs do not know their limitations, implying that there would be delay in care, or that NPs are poorly trained are unfair excuses to perpetuate the extra amount of money many physicians collect for supervision which is unnecessary. These same physicians, so interested in the well being of the people allow or facilitate unlicensed individuals to provide care unsupervised as happens in many medical spas. NPs in Florida must carry malpractice insurance as a profession we are the most trusted and the ones who really are patients advocate. NPs are eager and willing to collaborate with physicians and assist with all health care professionals in an independent manner to the better of the people we serve. Also, any physician can legally only supervise a small amount of NPs or physician assistants (PAs). We have the means to make this an non-issue, request and support independence to NPs!
As a nurse practitioner (NP) of 23 years, I have several points to make regarding why NPs should be given independent practice.
First, if the public believes that physician oversight means close collaboration then I need to provide some information. A collaborating agreement is only a piece of paper that says that we can practice. For a signature on that paper, someone has to pay the physician (above noted $50,000). For the nurse practitioner, it is like this analogy. I have a car, I have been educated on how to safely drive the car, I have a license to drive the car, and I have insurance to drive a car. But, I still have to ask my husband (the doctor) whether I can drive. It is insulting and an outdated discriminatory tactic that has been used to suppress our ability to function. We are suppressed, that is until physicians realize they can use us as money makers. The more NPs involved in practice the more the wealth from our labor is spread. The collaborating agreement is also for control, it is not for providing any physician oversight. The doctor signs the agreement, bills for the agreement, the NPs drive the car and the physicians reaps the benefit of added income from our services.
Second, for seven years, I owned and operated a house calls practice (Nurse Practitioner on Call / NPOC) in Pensacola. During this period I employed at least 3 different physicians, 10 nurse practitioners, 3-4 LPNs, 8-10 LPNs, and 3 different office managers. We also were a site for NP and MA students. I brought amazing jobs to the community, helped others provide for their families and helped others obtain valuable education. Patients were very satisfied with the care that they received.
My NP Company promoted access to care to patients who could not independently leave home for their primary care appointments. At one time my patient population was 30% Medicaid. Without our care, their only option was to call 911 to transport them to the ER for evaluation. As a nurse practitioner, I was able to evaluate the patient in the home, order tests and procedures which could be done in the home and develop plans of care. As a nurse, I was able to identify not only medical needs but also focused on health promotion and disease prevention. We prevented unnecessary ER visits and hospitalizations as well as promoted quality of life.
My company provided high paying jobs to the Pensacola area. The company saved Medicare and Medicaid money. Our care provided access to care to a "lost" population. Our company was able to refer and take referrals from other companies which depended on our relationship. The business was a win/win for the patients and the community.
Because of the cost of the collaborating agreement, other unfair Florida Laws and the hostage state that I was in I decided to close my practice.
As a nurse pracititoner, I always find it fascinating to hear the arguments from some physicians and physician groups in Florida, that Nurse Practitioners are not safe to practice independently; or that we are important memebers of a healthcare team – but that team needs to be physician led. Really? As a retired Navy Nurse Corps Officer with over 26 years service; I practiced independently as a nurse practitioner. My "supervision" as it were – came from my Commanding Officer, Director, Department Head and/or Division Officer. In many cases, as a nurse, I filled several of these roles myself. These various leadership positions could often be staffed with a nurse or advanced practice nurse, a dentist, a healthcare administrator or a physician. I humbly ask our state senators to consider this in their deliberations. If independent nurse practitioners are good enough for our war fighters on active duty and within the Veteran's Administration Healthcare System; why then are they not good enough to help improve healthcare access and reduce costs for Floridians? Today, as a Florida Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, I truly hope to see our Senators finally stop listening to physician special interests; and take up Senate Bill 972. Do the right thing for our patients and your constituants – Please support independent practice for Nurse Pracititoners!
Heath are costs today are soaring and while the number of insured has risen, there is still an extreme shortage of providers available to care for these patients. In the current state of Florida legislature our practice is not collaborative in that physicians are providing oversight of our practice. Often times, APRNs do not even know their collaborating physician, let alone do they discuss the care that they are providing their patients. APRNs are essentially practicing independently with identified restrictions limiting our ability to do many simple things that are necessary to provide quality care to our patients.
APRNs, while we have not had 10 +years of education, have completed at or above the amount of clinical hours and work hours necessary to qualify to be independent practitioners. We bring new insight and perspective to the field of medicine and are taught, from the very beginning, the value of collaborative care and health promotion to provide the best possible outcomes for our patients. While physicians are often hesitant to "ask for help" when they come up to something they aren't familiar with or to allow another provider to provide input or care for "their patient", APRNs do not shy away from collaboration with other providers. Studies show that APRNs are are excellent at coordinating care for their patients and collaborating with other providers in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for the patient. Granting full practice authority to APRNs Will not degrade the quality of care that patients receive but will enhance the quality, improve access, and decrease both the out of pocket costs for patients and the national healthcare costs. Please support independent practice and Senate Bill 972.
As a Nurse Practitioner (NP) who specializes in geriatrics, I find that there are not many doctors wanting to take care of this population. When I see new med students coming through for their rotation, not a single one will say, "This is where I want to practice". They are going into Internal Medicine or high specialty practices. Collaborating physicians do not collaborate and are just there in name only. It makes our ability to practice difficult when we need certain obscure protocols signed by a physician. I came from New Mexico where NPs had full practice authority and ironically, I saw more collaboration with physicians than I see here in Florida. Nurse practitioners provide excellent care and it is often in populations the doctors do want anything to do with. I hope the legislative bodies realize the value of NPs, look at the evidence-based data, and avoid the rhetoric from associations that are afraid NPs will infringe on their practice.
I am a Nurse Practitioner practicing solo in my own medical practice in Miami, FL, serving an under-served Latino population of people over 65 years old. We have been practicing for more than 5 years getting reimbursed 85% of regular physician fees by all insurers. We experienced the Physician protocol burdensome BON/AMA approval requirements, which finally was removed form Florida legislature. Now we have the opportunity to obtain a full practice recognition which will allow us NPs to serve our patients without restrictions. I am OK with the lower reimbursement, even happier like that as we provide valued care with lower cost. Full practice will also untie the restrictions to be direct providers for HMO's and Obamacare. I see for free many Obamacare holders just because I cannot become a provider for the insurers due to my NP protocol requirements. Lets support this legislation now and become independent within our scope of practice.
I have been a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner since 1997. The collaborative agreement has never been utilized. When a patient problem was brought to legal counsel, the physician I worked with was not even named in the suit. The case went to trial and I was not found liable as the patient was seen by several MD specialists who did not identify what later became an apparent problem. This was eye opening to how physicians want to dictate NP care, but do not want to be a part of the practice.


As has been mentioned, one outcome of Prof. Raven's research has been the realisation that it is necessary to "turn psychology inside out" in a manner analogous to the way in which Newton turned physics inside out. Newton "de-animated" explanations of movement. No longer was it attributed to the internal properties of the object or to the whims of the gods.
In a similar way, we need to de-animate explanations of behaviour in psychology.
No longer are we to attribute most of the behaviour of teachers, public servants and politicians to their personal properties. Most of what they do is attributable to the systems forces which act upon them. Indeed, it turns out that, despite what was said in relation to some of the research programmes mentioned earlier, much of the variance in performance of occupational roles is to be explained in this way.
It is relatively easy to construct a systemogram illustrating the interacting and supporting nature of such forces (although the choice of which variables to include and exclude and the way in which the map is to be laid out in such a way as to highlight the most important issues which emerge is much more difficult).
In Newtonian physics, the actual strength of the multiple forces acting on a sailing boat can be measured and plotted as vectors on a diagram of forces. The overall effect of this network of forces can then be calculated to accurately predict the direction and strength of movement. See Appendix to Conceptualising, Mapping and Measuring Social Forces for an illustration.
Other illustrations of what is to be achieved will be found in the circuitry of the networks of connections in electronic cybernetic (control) systems.
Yet in what appears to be the closest approximation to what seems to need to be done to map socio-cybernetic forces, ie the work of Jay Forrester (see Conceptualising, Mapping and Measuring Social Forces, no attempt was actually made to measure any forces which might have been involved.
Instead, attention focussed on measuring the inputs and outcomes – rates of depletion of physical or animal resources, increases in particle content in the atmosphere, rise or decline in infectious diseases, population, etc. The impacts of each of these on all of the others could then be calculated … or at least the correlations between them assessed.
In Raven's opinion, ways will be found to do one or other of these things if the task of transforming systemogram 20.6 in The New Wealth of Nations into a genuine socio-cybernetic diagram taken seriously.
The task is of inestimable importance to the future of humankind.
The distinctly "unsophisticated" first steps that need to be taken toward conceptualising and measuring forces which were in the process of conceptualisation can be illustrated from the work of Newton and Faraday. The way in which Newton initially measured "force" in the wind has already been described. Faraday likewise "measured" the strength of an electric current by observing the distance his elbow jumped in various conditions.
In both cases what occurred was a distinctly cyclical process of measurement and conceptualisation and the same can be expected in the domain of socio-cybernetics.
And it is not entirely irrelevant to remark that one can sense the strength of various social forces acting upon one.
In closing, it is perhaps important to reiterate that the way forward being suggested here differs markedly from attempts to explain social behaviour in terms of the "power" of the actors. It is often claimed that we are at the mercy of powerful politicians or bankers. Such statements well illustrate the power of animistic explanations. The argument here is that the power of these "gods" is precisely what has to be explained. What are the systems processes which consistently lead to the selection, promotion, and appointment of people who consistently drive society in a particular direction – ie toward hierarchy enacted through the continuous creation of senseless work? The point being made here - i.e. the need to genertae systemic explanations of social behaviour instead of resorting to "explanations" in terms of schemes of evil people or groups - can be illustrated at the opposite end of the scale where it is more difficult to explain such things as the way in which the seats of school pupils once labelled as having "special educational needs" do not remain empty but are immediately filled by other pupils. Clearly,what is happening is being determined by the system itself, not by the characteristics of the individuals within it. The Question is "How is this stratification - with all its undesirable and destructive consequences - maintained despite changes in the personnel occupying various positions in the hierachy?"


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// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

'use strict';

/**
 * SelectAlbumDialog contains a message, a list box, an ok button, and a
 * cancel button.
 * Operates on a list of objects representing albums: { name, url, create }.
 * If user chooses to create a new album, result will be a fake album with
 * |create == true|.
 *
 * @param {HTMLElement} parentNode Node to be parent for this dialog.
 * @constructor
 */
function SelectAlbumDialog(parentNode) {
  this.parentNode_ = parentNode;
  this.document_ = parentNode.ownerDocument;

  this.container_ = this.document_.createElement('div');
  this.container_.className = 'select-album-dialog-container';
  this.container_.addEventListener('keydown',
      this.onContainerKeyDown_.bind(this));

  this.shield_ = this.document_.createElement('div');
  this.shield_.className = 'select-album-dialog-shield';
  this.container_.appendChild(this.shield_);

  this.frame_ = this.document_.createElement('div');
  this.frame_.className = 'select-album-dialog-frame';
  this.container_.appendChild(this.frame_);

  this.caption_ = this.document_.createElement('div');
  this.caption_.className = 'select-album-dialog-caption';
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  this.list_ = new cr.ui.List();
  this.list_.classList.add('select-album-list');
  this.frame_.appendChild(this.list_);

  this.dataModel_ = this.list_.dataModel = new cr.ui.ArrayDataModel([]);
  this.selectionModel_ = this.list_.selectionModel =
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  // TODO(dgozman): add shades at top and bottom of the list.
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  this.list_.activateItemAtIndex = this.activateItemAtIndex_.bind(this);
  // Binding stuff doesn't work with constructors, so we have to create
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  var self = this;
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  var buttons = this.document_.createElement('div');
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  this.frame_.appendChild(buttons);

  this.okButton_ = this.document_.createElement('button');
  this.okButton_.className = 'no-icon';
  this.okButton_.addEventListener('click', this.onOkClick_.bind(this));
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  this.cancelButton_ = this.document_.createElement('button');
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  this.nameEdit_ = this.document_.createElement('input');
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  this.nameEdit_.addEventListener('input',
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}

SelectAlbumDialog.prototype = {
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};

/**
 * Renders item for list.
 * @param {Object} item Item to render.
 * @return {HTMLLIElement} Rendered item.
 */
SelectAlbumDialog.prototype.renderItem = function(item) {
  var result = this.document_.createElement('li');

  var frame = this.document_.createElement('div');
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  var box = this.document_.createElement('div');
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  cr.defineProperty(result, 'lead', cr.PropertyKind.BOOL_ATTR);
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  return result;
};

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 * @param {string} message Message in dialog caption.
 * @param {Array} items Albums to render in list.
 * @param {string} defaultNewName Default name of the new album.
 * @param {string} okCaption Text on the ok button.
 * @param {function} onOk Callback function.
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SelectAlbumDialog.prototype.show = function(
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  this.caption_.textContent = message;

   // Fake item to create new album.
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  this.parentNode_.appendChild(this.container_);
};

/**
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SelectAlbumDialog.prototype.hide = function() {
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};

/**
 * List activation handler. Closes dialog and calls 'ok' callback.
 *
 * @param {number} index Activated index.
 * @private
 */
SelectAlbumDialog.prototype.activateItemAtIndex_ = function(index) {
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  this.hide();
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  this.onOk_(album);
};

/**
 * Closes dialog and invokes callback with currently-selected item.
 * @private
 */
SelectAlbumDialog.prototype.onOkClick_ = function() {
  this.activateItemAtIndex_(this.selectionModel_.selectedIndex);
};

/**
 * Closes dialog.
 * @private
 */
SelectAlbumDialog.prototype.onCancelClick_ = function() {
  this.hide();
};

/**
 * Event handler for keydown event.
 * @param {Event} event The event.
 * @private
 */
SelectAlbumDialog.prototype.onContainerKeyDown_ = function(event) {
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};

/**
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 * @private
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SelectAlbumDialog.prototype.onSelectionChanged_ = function(event) {
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};

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Fuji Xerox plumps for power of Memjet
Fuji Xerox has become the latest company to announce a wide-format printer powered by Memjet's waterfall printhead technology.
The Fujifilm and Xerox joint venture has developed a 1,066mm (42in) wide, roll-fed, aqueous inkjet single-pass printer that is being shown as a technology demo at Drupa.
The four-colour device can be seen on the Caldera stand (Hall 4, stand A14) printing on a wide range of media, from 85gsm coated stock to much heavier canvas and polyester-based stocks.
Caldera's RIP is a key part of the equation as it is responsible for keeping pace with the very high data rate that is required to run the 1,600dpi printer at its 9m/min running speed.
A Fujifilm spokesperson said the company planned to launch the product in Asia Pacific later this year, primarily for the computer-aided design and graphic information systems markets.
However, Xerox, which is responsible for Fuji Xerox sales in the US, Europe and some emerging markets, is understood to be targeting the device much more towards graphic arts production.
This can be seen from the range of substrates and the type of images produced in the sample book on the Caldera stand, which includes prints on backlit film, polyester, canvas, mesh and lightstop, as well as on the live, on-demand demonstrations.
The printer's print speed doubles to 18m/min when printing at lower 1,600x800dpi resolution, taking it from 14 A1 pages per minute (ppm) to 28 A1 ppm.
Pricing for the printer is not currently available and Fuji Xerox would not disclose the cost of the consumables, including the inks and printheads. The company did reveal that the printheads had an average life of 10,000 metres of print and that they would be user-replaceable.
The manufacturer added that the total cost of print, including all consumables and service costs, would be "very competitive" and that the company was aiming for a 2013 launch in the US, Europe and emerging markets.
The new printer has potential for multiple market applications


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Q: What is the file 0000000000000001.db? I am trying to use a pre populated sqlite database in my android app using phonegap. Following this blog I understood how to begin. Now I can open the database, my tables are there but it's not populated, all my selects are empty, and I think the problem lies on this file 0000000000000001.db. Can someone explain why it's needed?

A: The file 0000000000000001.db is my database. The file databases.db relates the database file (0000000000000001.db) with the database name. If you have more databases in that app they will be ordered: 0000000000000002.db,0000000000000003.db,0000000000000004.db etc..

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IOTA: Experiments, Forming Ecosystem and Projects, Development and Tooling
21 Nov 2018 Martin Banov
IOTA weaves together an interesting assemblage of unorthodox and esoteric technologies and concepts in a broad and ambitious undertaking that goes well beyond guerilla crypto-finance and libertarian anarcho-capitalism.
A previously published article provided a brief summary of the IOTA project, its specific purpose and place among experiments at engineering distributed crypto-economies.
IOTA lays the groundwork for a fluid system of dynamic relations in which sub-systems themselves differentiate and integrate in the process of probing and mapping out the various correlations.
Dynamic complex systems as such tend to contain a very large number of variables, showing a plethora of emergent features that arise in a broad range of contexts. The neural networks for cognitive information processing are one archetypal example of a complex adaptive system. Complex and complex adaptive systems are defined more by connectivity rather than structure and in many respects, IOTA resembles an effort at building a globally extended nervous system.
In studying the dynamics of complex systems, a key issue is discovering the organizational principles necessary for a dynamical system to show the emergent phenomenon of "self-organized criticality". This, however, is more of a process of gradual learning, discovery and mapping out uncharted territories rather than a ready recipe, a sterile model or a set of repeatable prescriptions (thus, the necessity for the Coordinator in the early stages of the network's infancy).
IOTA lacks the rigid boundaries and definitions of monolithic blockchain-based consensus engines (as the tangle is designed to deal with probabilities), setting instead a more flexible ground level allowing much room for creative experimentation and integration of a very wide range of possible solutions to a given problem.
Complex systems organizational map (broken into seven subgroups).
A philosophy of engineering pragmatism underpins the ethos of IOTA, one as distanced as possible from the ideological tendencies surrounding other familiar projects that have ambitiously undertaken on re-designing our financial and economic systems.
Shifting the Consensus Center of Gravity
Roman Semko wrote in a blog post in the end of 2017:
By paying someone to run the network, you are giving away your power. By giving away your power, the system becomes unbalanced: there are few powerful players and the large, powerless base. The base cannot exist without the powerful miners, who get more and more powerful as time progresses.
Proof-of-Stake is just shifting the problem. In PoS whoever has the biggest pile of coins runs the show, so to speak. So you exchanged hashrate for wealth, which is just the same. It might be better for the environment but doesn't solve the problem of centralization.
A seemingly decentralized coin becomes just another flavor of the current financial order where the wealthy few can manipulate the system as they see fit. Again, the coin or its tech does not matter a dime. PoW, PoS or whatever. As long as it rewards the miners, it puts them above and beyond the system. The only motive for miners to keep everything running is money.
Hence, when it comes to upgrades of the blockchain, they will always put their own selfish interests first.
If you have a very few individuals that control the destiny of a coin, what makes it different from the current monetary system? You replace the central banks with central miners.
In IOTA, there is no direct financial incentive, but rather users have to do their share in maintaining the network to be able to make use of it (presently, by verifying two previous transactions when making one). That is, the value and incentive in IOTA lies in its usefulness and services provided.
A segment of a tangle visualization with colored point indicators denoting some specifically tagged transactions or their status.
Anybody can spawn his own tangle or sub-tangle and following the recommended tip selection algorithm or consensus on what constitutes valid transactions is optional. However, to be able to merge and split off with the IOTA tangle and thereby take advantage of the benefits (partition tolerance, reputational legitimacy, data integrity and availability, etc.) of the distributed ledger, one must conform to some variation of the same rules.
MAM: Masked Authentication Messaging Protocol for Data Streams
Masked Authenticated Messaging (MAM) is a second layer data communication protocol in IOTA, provided by a library module that adds the functionality to broadcast and access encrypted data streams (similar to RSS) over the tangle. The integrity checks performed when issuing new transactions (data, not value transactions, in this case) that make up the IOTA consensus mechanism gives MAM streams important properties needed in industries where integrity and privacy meet. MAM specifies a method of symmetric-key encrypted and signed data that takes advantage of Merkle tree Winternitz signatures for extended public key usability.
MAM is integral to many IOTA-based applications built to gather, store and process diverse kinds of data and structured datasets within the networks of their operational arrangements. More detailed description of the MAM protocol can be found here.
Trinity Wallet
Trinity is the official easy-to-use IOTA wallet that interfaces with the tangle and IOTA nodes and takes care of all the complexities (e.g., seed generation, address reuse, etc.) under the hood.
The IOTA unit system. IOTA tokens are usually measured as MIOTAs (a million iotas).
Ledger Nano Integration
The IOTA Foundation announced in November that Ledger Nano S hardware wallet now has support for storage of IOTA tokens. The Ledger Nano integrates with the Trinity and Romeo wallets, isolating the user's seeds from their computer or smartphone device, providing an additional layer of security. Users will be able to validate transactions on their Ledger wallet as part of the security protocol.
Ledger Nano S. A cold storage hardware wallet.
IRI: IOTA Reference Implementation
The IOTA Reference Implementation (IRI) is the official Java build embodying the IOTA network specification. It is a full-featured node with a convenient JSON-REST HTTP interface. It allows users to become part of the network as both a transaction relay and network information provider through the API. An automated script for spinning up a node easily and quickly is available here with the Ansible playbook.
IOTA Controlled Agent (ICT): Swarm Intelligence and Economic Clustering
A fairly recent development (although on the original roadmap), ICT is client software for IOTA nodes running on low-end devices that, as founder Sergei Ivancheglo (Come-From-Beyond) clarifies, is:
...using the final design of the transaction structure, swarm logic and relying on (static) Economic Clustering instead of the Coordinator for double-spending protection.
Extra service plugins can be attached to ICTs to allow their operators to earn iotas.
ICT is being developed for the Internet, not for the Internet-of-Things.
The IOTA swarm client is intended for running in resource restrained environments and works by sharing the core logic and database among several devices that collectively run it as a single full-node or a cluster of nodes. Its main purpose is to do with Economic Clustering.
An installation tutorial for setting up an ICT is available here.
Other Libraries and Tools
There is a long list of both officially released and community built tools and applications. Some of those include:
PyOTA, the official Python library for the IOTA core, implementing both the official API, as well as more recently proposed functionalities (such as signing, bundles, utilities and conversion).
An IOTA gossip protocol dissector available as a Wireshark plugin (one just needs to copy the lua file into the plugin directory).
Masked Authentication Messaging wrapper for Javascript.
A command-line interface app that acts as an IOTA wallet and node management tool.
DevIOTA: A Full-Node Implementation, Peer Auto-Discovery, Load Balancer and a Portable Lightweight Ledger
DevIOTA began as a hobbyist project to create a financial management system on top of IOTA by Roman Semko and went on to develop into a full-fledged set of tools and libraries to make the Tangle easier to run and use. These include:
Nelson: A large part of the IOTA full nodes are using Nelson for easy neighbors management.
Bolero: Intended as a one-click desktop full node.
Field: A proof-of-concept load balancer for IOTA nodes.
Romeo: A lightweight ledger built on top of the IOTA Tangle and a portable, cross-platform "wallet" runnable from virtually anywhere, which goes beyond a simple wallet. It will be our test ground for innovative concepts of Tangle usage.
Hercules: A lightweight "full node" with significant improvements on speed and efficiency, capable of running on low-end devices (e.g., Raspberry Pi). Hercules uses a combination of Redis and CouchDB databases to securely store and instantly access the tangle.
It supports user defined auto-snapshotting of historical records (reducing what is no longer needed to a flat key-value store of non-zero balances), with optionality for marking certain addresses as "permanent" (so that their records of associated transactions are never wiped) or selective post-snapshot storage of transactions based on certain conditions (tags, etc.)
A marketplace API should allow nodes to offer different services to other nodes, optionally collecting fees for the provided services (e.g., remote proof-of-work, permanent storage, retrieval of certain archival transactions).
Delion: Integrating the Tangle's Data Transport Layer with Applications
Delion provides a REST-based API that connects to the IOTA Tangle and makes use of its distributed ledger in minutes with just a few lines of code. It's a service intended for reducing the efforts and complexity of distributed ledger applications. It allows for integrating any number of IOTA-driven applications with a single account, customizing the number of parallel PoW-Qeues to meet throughput requirements of tx/sec, etc.
The API is well documented here.
Fog Computing and Computational Resources Marketplace
Fog networking is considered particularly suited for the emerging landscape of the IoT and meshnets of connected devices.
Fog networking is an architecture using edge devices (i.e., network entry point) to carry out much of the computation, storage and communication routed over the strategic Internet backbone. It is particularly appropriate in the context of the Internet-of-Things, providing a supporting infrastructure for organizing connected devices and sensor networks in localized subsystems and economic clusters. Fog computing commonly refers to extending cloud computing to the edge of an enterprise's network.
Fognet
Fognet is an IOTA-powered peer-to-peer routing system based on Bluetooth that instead of relying on Internet Service Providers (ISPs), distributes the costs of running a network among all participants — motivating people to participate and increasing overall availability. The Fognet router works together with phones and laptops in their local area vicinity to distribute data with limited or no Internet access (making it a useful solution for deployment in resource-constrained environments). When a node has access to the Internet, it can share its connection with others. With no Internet connection directly available, devices can share cached and locally stored data.
IOTA tokens will be used on the FogNet to stabilize network traffic, monetize content and sell valuable data or services without an intermediary and the data streaming MAM protocol will be employed for broadcasting and publishing encrypted streams with user-controlled permissions.
Fognet routers are meant to automatically self-organize into resilient ad-hoc meshnets that don't rely on any central routing tables, thus having no single points of failure. FogNet routers consist of an Arduino microcontroller and a Bluetooth Low-Energy device, that can connect to a neighborhood mesh of other routers. Web content can be requested from neighbors and served across the mesh to any other connected device.
The long-term vision and end-goal include fleshing out a component-based design framework on top of a new layer of abstraction on top of the modern web for rapid development on the Fognet stack. This overlay would render websites from simple configuration files rather than HTML, CSS, and Javascript, making apps much more lightweight and faster to load.
The Fognet Github repository is available here.
The Data Marketplace
Data is the base ingredient driving a machine economy in a connected world and a decentralized data marketplace opening up the centralized data silos currently keeping data limited under the control of a few powerful entities is an integrative component for fulfilling IOTA's vision.
Data marketplace front page.
As such, the data marketplace is one of IOTA's earliest and most comprehensive pilot studies, including a long list of participants (such as Arduino, Bosch, T-Mobile, Fujitsu, a number of universities and academic institutions, etc.) and to provide a public API that would allow anyone to contribute sensors in building new data-driven applications.
Environmental Data Network: Production and consumption of global sensor data
An IOTA ecosystem supported project aims to facilitate the creation, query, acquisition and consumption of data generated by IoT-connected, sensor agnostic, environmental monitoring devices.
The vision is to create a public, global, open and cryptographically secure source of truth, aggregating from the rapidly expanding web of environmental sensors around the globe.
Data can be shared around the network (and cross-network) for a price set by the producer, creating a self-regulating economy of supply and demand revolving around authenticated data streams around the globe.
RuuviLabs have added MAM support to their RuuviTag low-power sensors.
Higher resolution sensor devices are more expensive, but produce more accurate results and can consequently set a higher price per data-point. Lower resolution sensors are cheaper, but can be networked together to produce averaged results, allowing for many single sensor nodes to collaborate in a networked data pool.
High-granular data can be purchased and consumed right through large datasets registering thousands of sensors spanning millions of data points. Payment will be automatically calculated and divided among participants, at a per-data-point/resolution cost.
The system aims to provide those who need access to environmental data (governing bodies, aviation services, marine services, mining corporations etc.) with access to real-time, on-demand and historical data at an instant.
The system also aims to empower organizations and regulatory bodies with the ability to quickly detect and act accordingly and in a timely manner on issues that might otherwise be uncovered too long after the fact.
E-Mobility and Energy Sector
As a next evolutionary step in the history of computing itself, and the first major initiative seriously dedicated to distributed systems design and developing open protocols for the IoT and emerging machine economies, IOTA naturally aims to work towards resolving the inefficiencies of our fragmented legacy systems.
The purpose of engineering feats like IOTA in the 21st century is to efficiently organize complexity so that it would coordinate and channel the flow of resources and data, allocating and distributing them along clearly defined vectors and desired outcomes. Below are to proof-of-concept examples of solutions implementing IOTA.
Electric Charging Station
In April earlier this year, ElaadNL released an electrical charging station based on the IOTA protocol where charging and paying can be done with IOTA, in a machine-to-machine fashion. Transactions are exchanged directly without the use of a charge card or subscription and the station can make direct payments from car to charger by using just a cable. The meter values are stored in the tangle registry every fifteen minutes, ensuring reliable and irrefutable administration.
The charger is equipped with hardware to set up a TCP/IP connection with a car, compliant with the developed communication standards for e-Mobility and vehicle-to-grid communication interface.
The IOTA charger will be available to the public for charging. In case a car wanting to charge is not equipped with the required hardware and/or software, they can still charge their car by simply sending IOTA tokens to the charger using the interface provided with the normal IOTA wallet.
IOTA Operated Powerhouse
The range of applications of IOTA also includes larger systems infrastructure. The Trondheim project of ENTRA in Norway is deploying a "large-scale demo project for how to utilize and control energy distribution between different actors in the neighborhood", using IOTA for energy delivery and automatic charging.
It is to set the circulatory groundwork for efficient energy allocation, allowing surplus power to be sold and exchanged with nearby constructions and buildings without any middlemen administering bureaucracies or settling transactions.
This is one of the projects emerging from IOTA's partnership with the "+ CityxChange", an EU-financed project for developing smart cities.
Supply Chain Audit Trails
The Industrial IOTA Lab at Aachen University is working on a proof-of-concept implementation using the IOTA MAM protocol that would create a digital replica for every piece manufactured within a large-scale cyber-physical system, such that users could interact with the data and verify the integrity and "certificate of origin."
Partitioning in the IOTA Tangle. Regions of the Tangle graph can detach and re-attach back and forth, given the validity of records after mutually auditing the ledgers. Source: White paper.
IOTA's Partition Tolerance also has important implications for that particular application as it allows portions of the tangle to detach and re-attach at later point in a way that guarantees consistency (e.g., in the case of cargo ships that are disconnected from the Internet).
Medical Records and Healthcare
As the basis of healthcare, data and the digitization of healthcare records have produced big rewards in terms of information sharing, coordination and research.
Clinical research is however reliant on the integrity of data collection and the continuous recording of granular real-world data - one of the applications that IOTA is specifically geared towards.
Immutable records of trustworthy, quality data combined with the shared resource economy and computation in a distributed environment can be applied to the computation of many intensive scientific, mathematical, and academic problems, clinical research, drug discovery, forecast, etc.
Coordinator Dissolution: Open Source Coo and Coo-Free IRI
The foundation published a series of blog posts recently, outlining the various pathways towards obsoleting the IOTA network coordinator (Coo). In short, the coordinator will be removed when the IOTA foundation research team are satisfied with sufficiently understanding the coordinator-free Tangle.
Presently, the role of the Coo is to issue signed non-value transactions (called milestones) at regular intervals. Other incoming transactions in the current implementation of IOTA are confirmed only if referencing (directly or indirectly) milestone transactions on the graph of the Tangle. This is a safety mechanism for securing the network in its early stages.
A number of possible arrangements and scenarios are described, including a reputation system for node accountability, coordinator nodes run by trustworthy entities (e.g., government institutions, corporations, academia, etc.) in their respective neighborhoods, improved tip selection algorithms and local modifiers to how nodes interact with the ledger, etc.
A release of a coordinator-free IOTA reference implementation (IRI) in the near future is also announced (for enabling local instances and global testnets of a coordinator-free Tangle) - a major development in realizing IOTA's vision. In the meantime, an open source implementation of the coordinator has been released (called Compass), with instructions for setting up a private tangle available here.
Set of IOTA tools.
Official community forum.
Official blog of the IOTA Foundation.
A list of published academic research papers.
A popular series of explanatory IOTA tutorials.
A list of possible/potential IOTA use cases with examples.
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