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Commercial Crew Program
Author: Amanda Griffin
NASA, SpaceX Work Toward Crew-1 Mission Launch Targeted for Nov. 14
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting Saturday, Nov. 14, for the launch of the agency's Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station. Managers of the Crew-1 mission held a media briefing on Oct. 28, to discuss the upcoming launch, including results from recent testing of the Falcon 9 Merlin engines following unexpected data SpaceX noted during a recent non-NASA launch.
"We've been working hand-in-hand with SpaceX to work through this engine anomaly," said Steve Stich, Commercial Crew Program manager. "We have a little bit more work to do, but we see a pretty good path to get to flight."
The unexpected data resulted in an auto-abort during engine ignition caused by early start behavior on two engines. The SpaceX team inspected the engines on the launch pad, but did not find any signs of misconfigurations, so the two engines were removed and sent to the company's facility in McGregor, Texas, for additional testing.
Once in Texas, the team replicated the same early start behavior on the test stand. After additional inspections, the team found blockage in a passage leading to a relief valve on the gas generator caused by a masking lacquer residue that had hardened during the engine build process. Once the blockage was removed, the gas generator performance was restored to normal behavior during subsequent testing.
The team then analyzed data signatures across the Merlin fleet and found similar early start data results on two engines for the Crew-1 booster, which are being replaced.
"It was a really great find; it allowed us to fix something that is very subtle but can have some negative impact on the engine operation," said Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX vice president of build and flight reliability. "We continue to make progress on the Dragon spacecraft. The team is processing ahead of the Nov. 14 launch attempt and everything is going well there."
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), will launch on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft on the first crew rotation mission to the space station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:49 p.m. EST on Nov. 14 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
"Sitting in this seat, I'm able to look at the phenomenal progress the team has been making as we're moving toward our first full increment launch and crew capability for the International Space Station," said Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. "It's a really exciting timeframe for the agency, really exciting timeframe for our partners."
More details about the mission and NASA's Commercial Crew Program can be found in the press kit online and by following the commercial crew blog, @commercial_crew and commercial crew on Facebook.
Author Amanda GriffinPosted on October 30, 2020 November 6, 2020 Categories Commercial Spaceflight, International Space StationLeave a comment on NASA, SpaceX Work Toward Crew-1 Mission Launch Targeted for Nov. 14
First Look at the Crew Access Arm For Launch Complex 39A
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Eric Boe walk down the Crew Access Arm being built by SpaceX for Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: SpaceX
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Eric Boe walk down the Crew Access Arm being built by SpaceX for Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The access arm will be installed on the launch pad, providing a bridge between the crew access tower and SpaceX's Crew Dragon – or Dragon 2 – spacecraft for astronauts flying to the International Space Station on the company's Falcon 9 rocket as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
The access arm is being readied for installation in early 2018. It will be installed 70 feet higher than the former space shuttle access arm on the launch pad's Fixed Service Structure. SpaceX continues to modify the historic launch site from its former space shuttle days, removing more than 500,000 pounds of steel from the pad structure, including the Rotating Service Structure that was once used for accessing the payload bay of the shuttle. SpaceX also is using the modernized site to launch commercial payloads, as well as cargo resupply missions to and from the International Space Station for NASA. The first SpaceX launch from the historic Apollo and space shuttle site was this past February.
NASA's Commercial Crew Program is working with private companies, Boeing and SpaceX, with a goal of once again flying people to and from the International Space Station, launching from the United States. Boeing is building the CST-100 Starliner to launch on an United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41. For information on Boeing and ULA's work on Space Launch Complex 41, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/crew-access-arm-installed-for-starliner-missions.
Author Amanda GriffinPosted on September 1, 2017 Categories NASALeave a comment on First Look at the Crew Access Arm For Launch Complex 39A
Dream Chaser Spacecraft Marks Critical Step Ahead of Free Flight Test
Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser completed an important step toward orbital flight on Wednesday, with a successful captive carry test at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, located on Edwards Air Force Base. A helicopter successfully carried a Dream Chaser test article, which has the same specifications as a flight-ready spacecraft, to the same altitude and flight conditions of an upcoming free flight test.
The captive carry is part of a series of tests for a developmental space act agreement SNC has with NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The data from the tests help SNC validate the aerodynamic properties, flight software and control system performance of the Dream Chaser.
The Dream Chaser is a lifting-body, winged spacecraft that will fly back to Earth in a manner similar to NASA's space shuttles. The successful captive carry test clears the way for a free flight test of the spacecraft later this year in which the uncrewed Dream Chaser will be released to glide on its own and land.
The test campaign will also help finalize the design for cargo version of the Dream Chaser in preparation for the spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS2) contract beginning in 2019. The cargo Dream Chaser will fly at least six resupply missions to and from the space station by 2024.
Author Amanda GriffinPosted on August 30, 2017 September 1, 2017 Categories Commercial Spaceflight, NASA, Sierra Nevada CorporationLeave a comment on Dream Chaser Spacecraft Marks Critical Step Ahead of Free Flight Test
Recovery and Rescue Teams Practice with Full-Size Crew Dragon Trainer
SpaceX, NASA and Air Force personnel who will help astronauts out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft returning from a mission to the International Space Station have begun practicing for that using a full-size model of the spacecraft. In certain unusual recovery situations, SpaceX may need to work with the U.S. Air Force to send parajumpers to recover astronauts from the capsule in the water. Recently, the Recovery Trainer was lowered into the Indian River Lagoon near NASA's Kennedy Space Center so Air Force pararescue and others could learn techniques for getting aboard the spacecraft and rescuing the astronauts.
Such rescue practice is typical of all human missions because it gives astronauts and support teams many opportunities to practice and refine the critical steps in safely rescuing the crew in a contingency situation. A number of procedures will be developed and then practiced over time to deal with recoveries in many different conditions.
SpaceX is developing the Crew Dragon in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. The Recovery Trainer was built by SpaceX and subsequently modified by Kennedy's Prototype Lab to SpaceX specifications. The same dimensions as the outside mold line of a Crew Dragon, it has indicators where thrusters will be and other markings on the exterior. Inside, the crew area matches that of the operational spacecraft and includes an instrument panel.
Photo Credit: SpaceX
Author Amanda GriffinPosted on July 20, 2017 July 20, 2017 Categories Commercial Spaceflight, NASA, SpaceXTags Commercial Crew Program, Crew DragonLeave a comment on Recovery and Rescue Teams Practice with Full-Size Crew Dragon Trainer
NASA's Commercial Crew Program Target Flight Dates
*NASA and Boeing provided updates on Oct. 11, 2019. For the details on Boeing flight tests and the schedule, visit https://go.nasa.gov/328xeSL.
The next generation of American spacecraft and rockets that will launch astronauts to the International Space Station are nearing the final stages of development and evaluation. NASA's Commercial Crew Program will return human spaceflight launches to U.S. soil, providing reliable and cost-effective access to low-Earth orbit on systems that meet our safety and mission requirements. To meet NASA's requirements, the commercial providers must demonstrate that their systems are ready to begin regular flights to the space station. Two of those demonstrations are uncrewed flight tests, known as Orbital Flight Test for Boeing, and Demonstration Mission 1 for SpaceX. After the uncrewed flight tests, both companies will execute a flight test with crew prior to being certified by NASA for crew rotation mission. The following schedule reflects the most recent publicly-releasable dates for both providers.
Targeted Test Flight Dates:
Boeing Orbital Flight Test: June 2018
Boeing Crew Flight Test: August 2018
SpaceX Demonstration Mission 1: February 2018
SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 (crewed): June 2018
Author Amanda GriffinPosted on July 20, 2017 October 11, 2019 Categories Boeing, CCtCap, Commercial Spaceflight, International Space Station, Kennedy Space Center, SpaceXTags Boeing Commercial Crew, Commercial Crew, SpaceX
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Commercial Crew Basics
NASA's Commercial Crew Program has worked with several American aerospace industry companies to facilitate the development of U.S. human spaceflight systems since 2010. The goal is to have safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the International Space Station and foster commercial access to other potential low-Earth orbit destinations.
NASA selected Boeing and SpaceX in September 2014 to transport crew to the International Space Station from the United States. These integrated spacecraft, rockets and associated systems will carry up to four astronauts on NASA missions, maintaining a space station crew of seven to maximize time dedicated to scientific research on the orbiting laboratory.
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Excellent Accommodations. This was as described. Roomy and clean. Walking distance to beach and restaurants.
Villa Princesa is a beautiful and clean villa. We loved staying here and enjoyed the outdoors.
What can I say to a perfect Holiday that came to a end to soon. This Villa was amazing and I highly recommend it to any one looking for a perfect Villa in a great location. No hot water on arrival, however, this was quickly sorted.
FABULOUS - COMFORTABLE - QUIET - IMMACULATE - that is what holidays are about !! We arrived at about 2230, it was dark and we were tired. The house was clean, very large rooms, beds comfortable and there was bread/milk/cheese and butter in the fridge. This was a home from home and we would love to come back for longer next time. We booked this through Agni travel and I could not fault them. Everything was streamlined from booking to the directions. I would definitely recommend this property.
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Q: Is Mac OS Extended (Journaled) safe to be used as a developer instead of the Case-sensitive type? I am coming from Linux world. I just realized that my MacBook is using Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition type today and it's case-insensitive. That concerns me a lot as a developer. Because my previous life never use a case-insensitive partition. I will mainly use Terminal.app in MacBook and Homebrew, Xcode, Flutter etc. Will this case-insensitive partition give me any problems in the future? Since I am really new and wondering what other developers use and recommend for the partition type??
I did find a case where Adobe Photoshop can not install on case-sensitive partition. So does it mean case-insensitive is more common than case-sensitive among users of macOS?

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Will this case-insensitive partition give me any problems in the future?

No. You should be fine.
In the default installation mode, the disk is formatted with case-insensitive filesystem (true for older OS releases before APFS). All the developer tools will continue to work fine without any issues. (I'd go ahead and state that the majority of folks run a Mac with this default case-insensitive format).
I have personally seen apps (Photoshop, Steam) not working with case-sensitive filesystem and hence have abstained from using it. (I once formatted the drive on my MacBook with case-sensitive filesystem, sharing similar concern as yours.)

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SAP Hybris Launches 20th Anniversary Podcast Series
March 8, 2017 by Sarah Kellman
It's been two decades since hybris was launched as an e-commerce company in the back room of two student apartments in Munich in 1997. Since then, the industry has come a long way, scores of new technologies have been invented, and the company is now known as SAP Hybris.
Importantly, the language we use to describe customer interaction has completely transformed, and today's method of connecting with customers is fundamentally different than it was 20 years ago. It's essential that companies have a roadmap to help them take advantage of the multitude of resources available today.
Recognizing the challenging nature of keeping pace (or exceeding it) in this fast-moving world, SAP Hybris thought it was the perfect time to launch a podcast and speak directly to those innovators who are seeking to transform their organizations. We've gathered our most hilarious and talented experts, Jamie Anderson, senior vice president and CMO, and Johann Wrede, vice president of Global Audience, Brand and Content Marketing, to serve as your Sherpas as we tackle the Age of the Customer together. With honesty, personal anecdotes, and some much needed humor, we hope to break down industry buzzwords, provide relatable insights, and help navigate customer expectations (so you can better meet them!).
We'll be inviting influencers, experts, and major brands to join in the conversation as we discuss pertinent issues across the business landscape. In our pilot podcast series, we take a look back at the past 20 years, focusing on three major themes that have impacted the industry at large since the company began: customer experience (CX), cloud, and artificial intelligence.
Kicking things off, Jamie and Johann use the rapidly evolving music industry as a microcosm to define the evolution of CX. Reaching as far back as vinyl, they'll discuss how technology and customer demand have challenged norms and brought us to a pinnacle of sophistication and flexibility today. Addressing factors like nostalgia, business processes, and micro-experiences, the duo provide a compelling look at CX while offering concrete examples to help visualize this seismic shift.
We hope you enjoy our very first SAP Hybris Live podcast, and that you'll tune in for others down the road. Have a listen here:
Take a look at this short history of SAP Hybris with key milestones reached over the last 20 years. And please join the conversation by tweeting directly to Jamie (@CollsDad) and Johann (@Wredefine), or follow along at @SAPHybris.
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Magento is taking a leap in technology by integrating PayPal and HTML5 in the latest mobile versions of Magento community and Magento Enterprise software. This was announced in Las Vegas city during Magento Imagine eCommerce 2012 Conference.
Proudly announcing the latest news, Roy Rubin, general manager of Magento and chief product and customer officer of X.commerce also shared that "From research to checkout and beyond, merchants can now drive conversions more effectively, increase order size and build customer loyalty."
These new adaptations have given a strong push to Magento eCommerce taking place on mobile phones. Mobiles have brought the whole world on your palms and shopping can become a really 'handy affair' by incorporating eCommerce software like Magento.
Magento also announced many new offerings like Gesture based controls, device specific audio and video facilities, Cross sell and up-sell caliber, Multi touch functionality, image scaling, drag and drop products directly into the shopping cart, switching product images and more.
These are highly beneficial for online merchants as they can easily convert the leads into customers plus expand the order size and can always stay connected with the customers. Mobile commerce is anyways a buzz word and gives a wider scope to eCommerce.
Integrating PayPal is a smart decision as through PayPal payments can be made online, offline or in-person. Nearly 83% of organizations availing PayPal votes in its favor and agrees to an increase in sales since the use of PayPal.
Magento Community and Enterprise edition users can leverage any of the three - PayPal Standard, PayPal Advanced or PayPal Express for making payment. Except PayPal and Google checkout, Magneto facilitates its clients with nearly 700 third party payment extensions.
Magento has also incorporated smart updates which include advanced visitor segmentation, Auto generation of coupon codes; expanded rule based relations, enhanced CMS, multiple wish lists, backup and rollback etc. All this suggests that mobile eCommerce would reach greater heights with Magento!!!
X.commerce has formed a nexus of developers and has assembled all the technological virtues of PayPal, eBay, GSI commerce and Magneto to expand the vision of eBay which is to enable and spread eCommerce. It is a great aid for merchants who can leverage this end-to-end technology for eCommerce and can easily gain customers and expand their business.


Is humanity headed for collapse?
Or for something entirely different?
Imagine a satellite being launched into orbit, but its controls aren't working too well.
If the trajectory gets too steep, it will break through earth's gravity field and soar into outer space.
If it accelerates too rapidly, atmospheric resistance will cause it to come crashing down in a fiery ball.
The trajectory of our civilization is a lot like that satellite.
At the accelerating rate of technological innovation, artificial intelligence may soon transcend our own, and human DNA might be re-engineered to produce a genetically enhanced species – like the satellite leaving its home planet forever.
On the other hand, the rate at which we're exploiting the earth's resources is unsustainable: in addition to climate change, there's a rapidly accumulating list of equally daunting crises, such as capacity limits in crucial resources, deforestation, and a massive extinction of species. If the convergence of these multiple threats becomes too much to handle, our global civilization could face a total collapse – like the satellite hitting too much resistance and crashing down.
To me, and perhaps to you too, neither of these scenarios is attractive. But is it possible for our civilization to manage its trajectory capably enough to reach a stable orbit? What would it take to achieve that?


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Sola Fide The Reformation
Autor: Christian Leonhard, Jason Matthews
Boardgamegeek: Sola Fide
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Despite earlier attempts, Martin Luther started the Reformation in 1517 with his "Ninety-Five Theses". Luther criticized the selling of indulgences and stated that the Catholic doctrine of the merits of the saints had no foundation in the gospel. The "Protestants" soon incorporated doctrinal changes such as Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone) and Sola Fide (faith alone). These changes turned out to be not only theological, but also influential in the Reformation in other ways: the rise of nationalism, the Western Schism that eroded people's faith in the Papacy, the perceived corruption of the Roman Curia, the impact of humanism, and the new learning of the Renaissance that questioned much of traditional thought. The Roman Catholic church responded with a counter-reformation initiated by the Council of Trent.
In the two-player game Sola Fide: The Reformation, by the renown design team of Jason Mathews and Christian Leonhard, players attempt to install Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire or try to prevent it, battling the Holy Roman Empire's Imperial Circles.
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VieCure chooses Microsoft Azure for their cloud-based A.I. Platform and Smart EMR in Oncology
VieCure, a rapidly growing cancer care company with an A.I. enabled clinical decision support platform in oncology, announced that it has chosen Microsoft Azure to host its platform.
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders aligns with VieCure to provide A.I. driven precision oncology to cancer patients in Texas
CCBD and VieCure announced an important strategic collaboration agreement to create a leading clinical reference site for cancer treatment excellence.
VieCure is excited to announce its Clinical Advisory Council!
The CAC comprises global leaders from top cancer programs who review clinical evidence and literature to develop algorithms and codified clinical rules for VCurePrecision™.
VieCure announced today its VCurePrecision™ platform has been selected by the leadership at The Cancer Centre Bahamas (TCCB, Nassau) and The Cancer Centre Eastern Caribbean (TCCEC, Antigua) as the preferred solution to support their clinical operations. The Centre in the Bahamas has treated thousands of patients dating back to 2004 and the relatively new Centre in Antigua for The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has been operational since 2015.
VieCure collaborates with Adaptive Biotechnologies
VieCure and Adaptive Biotechnologies (Adaptive) announced a collaboration in which VieCure will build, test and validate the required code and related algorithms as well as identify, review and codify relevant clinical references into VieCure's Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform. The resulting logic will be deployed via the platform's cloud-based hosting environment to facilitate rapid education, awareness and understanding of the appropriate timepoints for use of Adaptive's clonoSEQ Assay in the Multiple Myeloma (MM) and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) patient populations. VieCure will also work with Adaptive to design and build appropriate analytics to measure incorporation of the clonoSEQ Assay.
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Cancer research is changing rapidly and it's vital for patients to have comprehensive genomic profiling of their cancers. With this information, patients can advocate for the most complete range of options and personalized care offering the hope of a longer and higher quality of life.
Trial by Fire: How to Action N-of-1 Clinical Trials for Cancer Patients
The availability of and correct interpretation of next-generation sequencing results gives the physician the information she or he needs to help the patient be an N-of-1 trial. Decision support tools make this decision possible at point-of-care; the physician can easily be made aware of the drivers, the potential targeted therapies and have the tools to apply, monitor and manage the patient throughout her or his treatment. These can then be compared to results the intervention achieves in other patients who have the same genomic driver regardless of what site the cancer is first reported in (e.g. if the same gene is driving lung cancer and colon cancer in different patients does the drug work in both?)
Matching, notification, treatment management and data collection becomes a much simpler and manageable problem for an AI platform that "thinks" like a doctor and applies sound logic and medical management rules. VieCure's platform was built to address this need, literally in seconds, when the physician requires it.
Factorial Complexity in Cancer Care is Here and Overwhelms!
Genomics-based research is advancing at a pace that it is difficult for any cancer practitioner to interpret, absorb and action. The growing list of biomarker-driven care options compounds the already complex list of factors required for efficient and effective decisions to be made at point of care.
Research in cancer care is at an all-time fever pitch. The Scopus database shows more than 1 million peer-reviewed publications and scientific proceedings on the topic of cancer research since 2008. How can any single physician or practice stay current, sift through and select from this vast library, and ultimately make safe sense of it for her/his patients?
From 1997 to 2003, there were only 27 new cancer drugs approved by the FDA. From 2004 to 2011, there were another 30. From 2011 to 2017, 92 more were approved. In 2017, there were more than 630 cancer drugs in late stage clinical trials.
Storm Warning: Old Ways Will Fail in Cancer Care
Streamlining care with AI decision-support tool.
By 2026, there will be ~26 million cancer survivors in America, and more than 2.1 million people who will be newly diagnosed with some form of cancer. Alarmingly, by this timeframe, about 25% of oncologists will be retiring and given current and projected enrollments in medical school, the replacement rate of oncologists will be only 13%.
This means by 2026 that 1.9M - 4.5M Americans who have new cancer or require cancer follow-up will not have access to an oncologist, given currently accepted care delivery models and capacity metrics for oncologists. These estimates do not take into account that 80% of cancer patients are seen by community oncologists who are already operating over capacity.
Intelligent Mobile App Keeps Cancer Patients Out of the ER
Intelligent mobile app will improve communications between cancer patients and providers and reduce ER visits.
Nonadherence to treatment plans is estimated to account for as much as 50 percent of treatment failures overall, and even for cancer patients, whose lives are on the line, adherence can be as low as 14 percent. Technology can help head-off these negative outcomes.
Cancer patients become overwhelmed. The complexity and volume of daily medications and symptom monitoring, while they are experiencing life-altering emotional and physical changes, is the perfect setup for mistakes, oversights, stress and hopelessness. Intelligent mobile technology can break these daily tasks into bite-size pieces and deliver them at the right time, relieving a patient's responsibility to constantly monitor all facets of their care.
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In honor of National Cancer Control Month, we honor those we love who have battled cancer and the survivors who continue the fight. We also thank the healthcare professionals who care for patients and those working toward a cure.
Our friends at SURVIVEiT® have developed patient resources that have been reviewed and approved as "best in class" by Team SURVIVEiT®'s medical and survivor advisory boards.
Visit their cancer resources page to find related medical, financial, and support resources specific to each type of cancer.
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CMS decision transformative for cancer care
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) decision to reimburse for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for patients with advanced cancer is a major step to realizing personalized cancer treatment. This reimbursement approval fits perfectly with the expanding use of VieCure's comprehensive platform for precision cancer care that optimally utilizes NGS within its proprietary VCureEyellation™ AI engine.
Genomics-based research is advancing quickly, that makes it difficult for cancer practitioners to keep up. The basis of precision, or personalized, medicine is understanding the unique cellular mutations that are driving each person's cancer. NGS is a major step forward to know a cancer patient's unique type of cancer. Medicare has recognized that knowing the drivers of each person's cancer is beneficial to treating advanced stage cancers. VieCure uses sequencing data to generate personalized and comprehensive care plans curated by the world's top research scientists. Reimbursement by Medicare will continue the path of broad adoption of NGS and precision care.
MONTGOMERY, AL (March 5, 2018) (VieCure and related products are the property of Viviphi Ltd) VieCure and Baptist Health announced today that the VCurePrecision platform will be deployed across the central Alabama cancer network, offering personalized cancer treatment to an estimated 4,000 patients annually throughout the region.
Baptist Health is a 689-licensed-bed and accredited health system in Montgomery and is the largest provider of cancer services in central Alabama. They have committed to advancing the care offered to cancer and hematology patients through the AI platform developed by VieCure.
The VCurePrecision platform allows clinicians to generate and manage comprehensive, personalized care plans in real time. Powered by the Eyellation™ inference engine, the platform combines patient-specific data with expert codified knowledge to create and manage personalized and actionable treatment plans based on nationally and internationally-accepted standards of care, including the latest genomic-based considerations where and when appropriate.
VieCure (Greenwood Village, CO) and Avera Health (Sioux Falls, SD) announced today that the VCurePrecision™ platform will be fully implemented across the multi-state cancer system. The platform was developed through a clinical collaboration between the two organizations.
VCurePrecision™ is an AI platform that generates comprehensive, actionable and patient-specific treatment plans in a matter of seconds. It combines patient-specific diagnostic, surgical and demographic data from the electronic medical record (EMR) with codified expert knowledge to generate personalized treatment plans that comply with nationally respected evidence and the latest clinical guidance.
VieCure (Greenwood Village, CO) announced the appointment of Dr. Howard McLeod, to the position of Senior Research Advisor in Precision Medicine. McLeod will also join the VieCure Clinical Advisory Board. He is well known to the Precision Medicine community given his leadership responsibilities for the Department of Individualized Cancer Management at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa Bay, Florida.
In his role with VieCure, Dr. McLeod will assist in translating research and clinical advances in precision medicine in oncology. He will help to drive the VieCure technology roadmap and will function as an active ambassador of the Company and the VCurePrecision™ AI platform at national and international research and clinical symposia.
VieCure Ltd (Greenwood Village, CO) announced the appointment of Dr. Pradip De to the position of Director of Translational Oncology. Dr. De is the Senior Scientist and Head of Translational Oncology at the Avera Cancer Institute Center for Precision Oncology. He holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.
In his role with VieCure, and in light of his superb comprehension of oncogenic signaling pathways, Dr. De will support the development, maintenance, testing and validation of sequence-guided oncology treatment rules. These codified clinical rules enable the translation of patient specific data into actionable knowledge for physicians. VieCure has created an AI platform that produces actionable and patient-specific treatment plans in real time.
Avera Innovations in the Management of Cancer Conference – A Focus on Breast
National and international experts will convene at Avera in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to discuss the latest techniques in breast cancer treatment.
Designed to provide surgeons, radiation oncologists and medical oncologists practice innovations from national and international experts on topics of electron based intra-operative radiation therapy, genomic targeted therapy and oncoplastic surgery techniques.
The conference will focus on the role of genomics, oncoplastic surgery techniques, electron-based intraoperative radiation therapy, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and the future of surgery and radiation oncology. Attendees will include Surgeons, Radiation Oncologists, Medical Oncologists, and representatives from pharmaceuticals.
The course directors include Julie Reiland, MD, FACS, who specializes in breast cancer treatment and technology at Avera, and Brian Leyland-Jones, MB BS PhD, Vice President of Avera Cancer Institute for Precision Oncology and Vice President of Molecular and Experimental Medicine at Avera.
DENVER — (December 15, 2016) — VieCure and Avera Health (Sioux Falls, SD) announced today a first-of-its-kind clinical collaboration in personalized medicine for oncology. The strategic collaboration will combine Avera's world leading position in evidence-based knowledge and practical application of genomic-based precision medicine for cancer patients with VieCure's AI platform. Avera's preeminent molecular cancer knowledge, along with nationally accepted standards of care, will be made accessible, in real time, to patients and treatment teams around the world through the VCurePrecision™ platform.
Precision Medicine World Conference
Dr. Howard McLeod from the Moffitt Cancer Center and Dr. Fred Ashbury, Chief Scientific Officer at VieCure, will host a discussion on the challenges and lessons learned to implement a precision medicine program in oncology at the Precision Medicine World Conference at Duke University on Wednesday, May 24.
Session Synopsis: Precision Medicine (PM) leaders will discuss issues and lessons learned implementing PM programs as well as opportunities for community oncology practices. Topics include: requirements for creating a precision medicine program (personnel, supports); working with sequencing labs;interpreting results; and tools needed to scale and bring genomic-guided therapies to physicians and patients. A presentation of the VCurePrecision™ platform to facilitate patient-specific genomic-guided treatment plans at point-of-care in real-time will support the discussion.


Katherine Lemansky, or Katie Brown as she's known on her Facebook page, proudly posted a picture boasting about duct-taping her dog's mouth shut. If she was looking for praise — that was the last thing she was about to get.
Without thinking twice, Lemansky thought sharing this horrific picture (on the next page) would be funny. The problem with social media is, once it goes up — there's no taking it down. Even if you think you did, it doesn't mean that people didn't see it or save it.
Apparently, Lemansky didn't think about that.
Of course, the image immediately went viral. Pet lovers and animal advocates everywhere wanted her to be charged with animal cruelty and abuse. It wasn't long before a Wake County, North Carolina courtroom judge found her guilty.
Continue to the next page to see what happened to Lemansky when she was put in front of a judge. We want to know how you feel about the ruling.


We have an amazing Parent Teacher Organization at C.S. Lewis Academy that is always looking for more parents who want to be involved in our different events and on our committees. Our PTO President, Emily Wright, will gladly answer any questions you may have about getting involved with our PTO. We will be having raffles each month for parents who volunteer, as way to say to thanks for all you do!!!
The PTO Needs Your HELP!
We are getting items together for our Literacy Festival Silent Auction. Each grade will be putting together a basket. Their themes are listed below. But, to make this happen, we need your help! We are asking for NEW items, activities, gift cards, and even cash to be donated to help us build these baskets and make them great. If each family donates even $5 we know we can make some wonderful baskets up.
Kindergarten: Family Night- movies, games, popcorn popper, miniature golf certificate, gift cards, cash donation.
1st Grade: Building Blocks- Jenga, Lego sets, Lincoln Logs, cash donation.
2nd Grade: Sports- anything sports, balls, games, water bottles, sportswear, sporting event tickets, gift cards, cash donation.
3rd Grade: Pamper Night- nail polish, foot spa, face masks, spa certificate, massage certificate, gift cards, cash donation.
4th Grade: Coffee/Hot Chocolate Break- coffee, hot chocolate, mugs, coffee maker, hot chocolate maker, chocolate spoons, flavorings, gift cards, cash donation.
5th Grade: Backyard Party- bubbles, kids beach chair, sidewalk chalk, bbq sauce, apron, grill accessories, Omaha Steak gift certificate, cash donation.
6th Grade: Beach Party- towels, toys, sunscreen, umbrella, folding chair, portable speaker, ice chest, gift card, cash donation.
The items listed are just suggestions. Please be creative and donate what you like!
If you own a business, or have business connections and would like to donate any items or even a full basket please let us know.
Please have all donations to the school by Tuesday, February 19th. If you would like to help organize the baskets please contact Camille at camillekmetzsch@gmail.com.
We have set up an online method for making donations that will go toward our PTO. Below is the link for all general PTO donations as well as donations for PTO events.


Android : Root Cdma Cell Phone?
HTC Desire :: CDMA Rooting Different From GSM Instructions?
If I ever figure out how to root my cellularsouth hero, can i or should I download and install 2.1 when we finally get it from my carrier? Will it just over write what I have on there or will it need to be flashed back to stock? There really is no way to back up the OS from what I can tell. When i jailbroke my iphone an upgrade just put it back to factory default with the upgrade. I don't think it works like that with Android right? Because of not baing able to back up the phone before hand i worry about bricking it.
I am also wondering since there is so much trouble rooting the cellularsouth version of the hero, if it is even worth it. By the time i or someone else figures it out 2.1 will be out and then it may be a long time to get that rooted too. Sometimes I wish this company I am with was not cdma. cdma seems to have the most trouble getting rooted. But we do get great signal and service, but thats about all with this company.
Have an alltel htc desire, looking for an cdma rom. any suggestions where i might find one ?
Does anyone know when the US desire will be getting the anrdoid 2.2 update? I'm pretty sure angry birds is consuming what little internal memory I have left, but it's too fun to delete.
Wondering if I have to root the CDMA Desire different from the GSM instructions? also, there are no stable CDMA roms yet I know, but does anyone think there will be soon?
Looks like from the specs it's a cdma desire with a slightly better camera. No 8gb ROM not even the 1gb ROM space of the evo 4g. Even the ram is the same.
WANTED: Android 2.2 w/ Sense for CDMA Desire on US Cellular!
How to root my HTC desire HD. i begun using custom roms. As there are a lot of roms out there. Some of them I like others I don't. The other day I was wondering about how nice it would be if there was some sort of Emulator voor my pc to try the custom rom. I've heard about the AVD manager (SDK tools) But I don't get my custom roms to work.
3.booted in d recovery...installed d superuser manually included in d All-in-one-kit-for-htc-desire-x as the perm root wasnt working..
but d device isnt rooted...moreover d app superuser su says "cant find d su binary" i want to install a custom rom badly..


As mentioned in an earlier blog post there are several options available to get your video room systems and Skype for Business together (see previous post). Today I like to mention another option for video room systems and Skype for Business: West Unified Communication Services (hereinafter: West) offers another option: The West Video Meeting Gateway.
West is company with its headquarter located Omaha, Nebraska, USA. It has a global footprint employing approximately 11.000 people in total distributed in different countries and world regions: the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Latin America. (West FAQ) West is a leader for UCaaS (Unified Communications as a Service) as stated by Gartner (Globalnewswire, Gartner MQ UCaaS 2016). West shares are traded on the NASDAQ (Marketwatch).
What could it contribute to your enterprise video collaboration?
The West Video Meeting Gateway (VMG) is a cloud service wich connects Skype for Business Online, Skype for Business, Lync 2013, Lync 2010 and H.323/SIP video endpoints. The VMG checks what is coming in number/SIP-URI and routes the call to the appropriate destination / endpoint. Within that routing protocols/standards are converted if necessary that video communication and collaboration can take place as intended.
In spring this year, Polycom and Microsoft announced that they work on delivering a video interoperability service in the cloud to get your video room systems and Skype for Business Online together (http://www.polycom.com/company/news/press-releases/2016/20160309.html, http://www.lyncinsider.com/office-365/microsoft-positioning-office-365-future-cloud-voice-video/). I rarely find a collaboration environment with only one or the other solution. Most conferencing and collaboration deployments have been growing and changing over time, as usual. Unfortunately not putting the user experience and collaboration experience in the center as key to a satisfying and successful collaboration service delivery. As you may know, if you have a versatile set of video room systems from Cisco, Lifesize, Polycom … on one side and Skype for Business users on the other side… not nice but often available and common equipment… Finally users get different modalities, handling and connectivity … which are neither unified nor really collaborative. So if you are the lucky collaboration expert in your enterprise and you have to explain users why system x does not work like or / with system z as soon as they complain you might find relief with the new option? Put things together by leveraging the new offered service for video interoperability.
What does it look like? Well, you can put systems together via Polycom RealConnect hosted on Azure and operated by Polycom. The cloud video interop service enables you to use video room systems and Skype for Business Online alike.


Famous for being famous is a pejorative term for someone who attains celebrity status for no particular identifiable reason and appears to generate their own fame, or someone who achieves fame through a family or relationship association with an existing celebrity.
Famous for being famous is a pejorative term for someone who attains celebrity status for no particular identifiable reason (as opposed to fame based on achievements, skill or talent) and appears to generate their own fame, or someone who achieves fame through a family or relationship association with an existing celebrity.
People who have been described as "famous for being famous" include Angelyne, Paris Hilton, Katie Price and the Kardashian family.
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Both academic publications and public media often make inappropriate use of incommensurate conflict statistics, creating misleading impressions about patterns in global warfare. This article clarifies the distinction between combatant deaths, battle deaths, and war deaths. A new dataset of battle deaths in armed conflict is presented for the period 1946–2002. Global battle deaths have been decreasing over most of this period, mainly due to a decline in interstate and internationalised civil armed conflict. It is far more difficult to accurately assess the number of war deaths in conflicts both past and present. But there are compelling reasons to believe that there is a need for increased attention to non-battle causes of mortality, especially displacement and disease in conflict studies. Therefore, it is demographers, public health specialists, and epidemiologists who can best describe the true human cost of many recent armed conflicts and assess the actions necessary to reduce that toll.
This article was reprinted as Lacina, Bethany Ann; & Nils Petter Gleditsch (2006) Monitoring Trends in Global Combat: A New Dataset of Battle Deaths, in Brunborg, Helge; Ewa Tabeau; & Henrik Urdal, eds, The Demography of Armed Conflict. Berlin: Springer (145–165).