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Global HealthTech Summit
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2020'S PREMIERE VIRTUAL
GRAB THE BEST DIGITAL HEALTH MOMENTUM IN HISTORY
100% Virtual Platform | 11-12-13 November, 2020
Global HealthTech Summit 2020
November 11, 12, 13
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HEALTHTECH STARTUPS
TAKE THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD
These are turbulent and unpredictable times amidst a pandemic. Disruptions in health systems around the world are impacting the way we receive healthcare. As we march on, let's leap forward into the future of healthcare and digital health. The digital health ecosystem is now called to the front to serve those in need. Join the global revolution to uncover new opportunities, fresh perspectives and ground-breaking technologies to transform your business for tomorrow.
Keep a leading position on future trends to seize new opportunities
Understand the landscape to accelerate your digital health strategy
Connect with global innovators to grab the best momentum HealthTech in history
Discover global digital health perspectives in one space
Challenge, enlighten and empower thought-leadership through forward-thinking and focussed discussions
Gain new ideas and knowledge to add value to your organisation and innovation strategies
Develop your network with over 1,000 high-value decision-makers from around the world
Strengthen existing relationships with new opportunities to collaborate
Meet the most promising startups that are creating healthcare 2.0
"The Summit has made a tremendous impact on the healthcare entrepreneurship community. It has been a privilege to be part of the Galen Growth Summit for the last four years. The scale of the community, thought leadership, attendee quality, engagement, and deal-making has really set the bar for Asia and global HealthTech. I'm really honoured to be part of the Galen Growth family."
Gavin Teo
General Partner of Altara Ventures
23% Startups
Create the best business development and visibility opportunity of 2020
Expand your global network of friends and build partnerships to boost scalability
View the HealthTech space in a global outlook to understand competition to assess strategies and solutions
25% Investors
Meet aspiring entrepreneurs around the world who are shaping the future of digital health
Expand your portfolio with a vast variety of solutions targeting different health issues
Develop a stronger foundation of understanding of the digital health space and how it is transforming to make successful investment decisions
37% Corporates
Find best-fit partnerships with promising digital health startups around the world
Craft competitive health digitisation strategies based on well-rounded knowledge and insights
Embrace the culture of collaboration and innovation in a bright and dynamic ecosystem
Broaden perspectives and collect insights to innovate and improve current health systems
Collaborate and partner with the best innovators in the global digital health space
Find real-world solutions to solve issues in today and tomorrow's healthcare concerns
"A lot of our strategic partners are present at the event, so it helps us tighten our relationships and explore new ways to collaborate"
Chief Growth Officer at Hello Health Group
"This is a melting pot where I can collect different wisdom from different organisations that not only makes me think bigger but also different."
Stanley Li
Founder & Chairman at DXY
PARTICIPATING STARTUPS
DAY 1 November 11
15:00 - 15:15 SGT
Welcome / Status of Asia Pac HealthTech Ecosystem
Galen Growth's unmatched and unparalled briefing on the Asia Pac ecosystem key trends in 2020 (Q3 YTD) with a snapshot focus on Insurance partnerships and digital biomarkers
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 15:00 11/11/2020 15:15 asia/singapore Welcome / Status of Asia Pac HealthTech Ecosystem Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
VIP Opening Keynote
Thoughts on the importance of digital health innovation in the new or next normal with Gilles Litman (Vice-President, Digital Health, Sanofi)
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 15:15 11/11/2020 15:35 asia/singapore VIP Opening Keynote Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
15:35- 16:05 SGT
Telehealth 2.0: The Opportunities for the Future of Healthcare
Probably one of the earliest applications of digital health application, Telehealth has come a long way from being simply an online doctor's consultation. From telesurgery, teleradiology, tele-pharmacology to name but a few, the role Telehealth is playing in transforming healthcare systems across the world, improving access to and quality of healthcare across the geographic and economic spectrum is far from being fully deployed. Come and learn with Dr Snehal Patel, a doctor, lawyer and digital health startup CEO, the evolution of telehealth and what transformations to expect in the future.
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 15:35 11/11/2020 16:05 asia/singapore Telehealth 2.0: The Opportunities for the Future of Healthcare Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Partnerships and Collaborations: What You Should Know Before You Say "I Do"
In the digital health space, partnerships and collaboration are fundamental to execute and scale ambitions of both parties. Still, some key elements must be taken into account before saying I do. In collaboration with our partners Baker & McKenzie, come and learn from panellists and their experience to avoid some of the pitfalls.
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 16:05 11/11/2020 17:10 asia/singapore Partnerships and Collaborations: What You Should Know Before You Say "I Do" Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Ecosystem Discovery Through the Eyes of Digital Health Startups
There is no better way to understand an ecosystem than asking entrepreneurs who are navigating unchartered waters to build their digital health solution. On this panel, we hear from 4 HealthTech startups journey and their ecosystems. Choose between 3 tracks: Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 17:10 11/11/2020 18:25 asia/singapore Ecosystem Discovery Through the Eyes of the Digital Health Startups Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
How Is Digital Health Innovation in the Patient and HCP Journeys Rewriting the Engagement Model for All Industry Players?
The conventional engagement model between manufacturers, payers and providers with HCPs and/or patients is being disrupted and this phenomena has been accelerated during the pandemic. Although much of the industry has significantly increased its investment in online sales and marketing activities, both HCPs and patients are rapidly turning to alternative platforms to connect with each other. In this panel, we explore this transformation with leading innovators in the HCP and patient digital journeys.
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 18:45 11/11/2020 19:40 asia/singapore How Is Digital Health Innovation in the Patient and HCP Journeys Rewriting the Engagement Model for All Industry Players? Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Connecting Innovators With the Resources They Need to Succeed in Asia Pacific and Around the World
By fostering innovation across the global life sciences community and helping to accelerate the development of breakthrough solutions for patients and consumers, JLABS' overriding mission is to give startups the operational tools, infrastructure and mentoring opportunities necessary to reach patients and consumers as quickly as possible. JLABS is an integral part of Johnson & Johnson innovation strategy. In this panel, you will hear from JLABS Asia and four incubatees in their region.
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 19:40 11/11/2020 20:45 asia/singapore Connecting Innovators With the Resources They Need to Succeed in Asia Pacific and Around the World Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Creating the Next Digital Health Hub for the Region
South-East Asia is perhaps the most diverse region on Earth and home to close to 500 Digital Health startups. With the rising demand for healthcare across the region, Singapore - often recognised as early adopters – stands apart from the region. A combination of factors has driven the country's uptake of digital healthcare, and Singapore's value propositions for digital health is an encouraging promise to deliver better care.
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 20:45 11/11/2020 21:10 asia/singapore Creating the Next Digital Health Hub for the Region Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Future of Insurance - Digital Biomarkers, Wellness and Insurers
In this session we take a deep look at the evolving nature of wellness apps, as they move from marketing acquisition vehicles, to meaningful contributors to preventative health. As wearables become increasingly sophisticated, the volume, variety and velocity of biomarker data is increasing exponentially. Join us for this series of keynotes and panel discussion, as we look at what this means for the insurance industry, and how data might power new thinking around risk, personalised pricing, and products.
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 21:10 11/11/2020 21:45 asia/singapore Future of Insurance - Digital Biomarkers, Wellness and Insurers Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Future of Insurance - The Role of Digital Data in Underwriting
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 21:45 11/11/2020 22:15 asia/singapore Future of Insurance - The Role of Digital Data in Underwriting Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Future of Insurance - Informing the Future Insurer With Digital Data
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 22:15 11/11/2020 23:10 asia/singapore Future of Insurance - Informing the Future Insurer With Digital Data Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Corporate Digital Health Readiness for the Great Leap Forward
LEK Consulting and Galen Growth are teaming up to create the Digital Health Index (DEX) to continuously monitor the current readiness and ambitions of key healthcare industry verticals in Asia and Europe. We contrast this by continuously monitoring the experience of digital health ventures in their engagement with prominent healthcare vertical players. Join us to hear from the LEK and Galen Growth team on the latest analysis and findings.
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 23:10 11/12/2020 00:00 asia/singapore Corporate Digital Health Readiness for the Great Leap Forward Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Babylon & Prudential: Partnering to Deliver a Common Ambition at Scale Across APAC With AI
UK digital health startup Babylon has achieved significant momentum in its first six years. It aims to bring its AI driven health solutions, including personalised health assessments, treatment advice and face-to-face appointments, within the reach of everyone. In this session, we look at the Babylon and Prudential relationship, the nature of the partnership, the solutions provided, and the benefits to consumers, particularly in Asia, as well as the progress the partnership has seen in its first year of operation
Add to Calendar 11/12/2020 00:00 11/12/2020 00:50 asia/singapore Babylon & Prudential: Partnering to deliver a common ambition at scale across APAC with AI Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Welcome / Status of Europe & M. East HealthTech Ecosystems
Galen Growth's unmatched and unparalled briefing on the Europe & M. East ecosystems key trends in 2020 (Q3 YTD) with a snapshot focus on Telehealth & Mental Health
Add to Calendar 11/12/2020 15:00 11/13/2020 15:15 asia/singapore Welcome / Status of Europe & M. East HealthTech Ecosystems Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Thoughts on the importance of digital health innovation in the new or next normal with Jacob Laporte (Co-Founder & VP, Global Head of BIOME by Novartis)
The Great Leap Forward - Digital Health Transformation in Healthcare Innovation
2020 has demonstrated the limitations of existing health systems and the reliance on conventional business models within key healthcare verticals from pharmaceuticals and insurance to medical devices, representing a unique opportunity for incumbents to transform through digital health innovation: "2 years of digital adoption in 2 months" Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. Adapting to the digital era of 2021 will require an abrupt shift towards a risk-taking mindset approach. Come and hear how these leaders in digital health innovation are changing their outlook to yield significant results for the upcoming year.
Add to Calendar 11/12/2020 15:40 11/12/2020 16:45 asia/singapore Pharma Corner: The Great Leap Forward - Digital Health Transformation in Healthcare Innovation Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Connecting Innovators With the Resources They Need to Succeed in Europe and Around the World
By fostering innovation across the global life sciences community and helping to accelerate the development of breakthrough solutions for patients and consumers, JLABS overriding mission is to give startups the operational tools, infrastructure and mentoring opportunities necessary to reach patients and consumers as quickly as possible. JLABS is an integral part of Johnson & Johnson innovation strategy. In this panel, you will hear from JLABS Europe and four incubatees in their region.
Add to Calendar 11/12/2020 23:05 11/13/2020 23:25 asia/singapore >Day 2: Ending Remark Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Fireside Chat with CEO & Founder of Ada Digital Health: An Intelligent Front Door to Health Systems
Offering an AI-powered health platform empowering millions of people around the world to understand their health and navigate to the appropriate care, Ada, a leading European digital health venture, is fast becoming the preferred digital front door of health systems across the world. Join us for the Fireside Chat with CEO Daniel Nathrath to explore Ada's success story and global roadmap.
Add to Calendar 11/11/2020 17:40 11/12/2020 18:40 asia/singapore Day 1: Ending Remark Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
DayOne Collaboration: Entrepreneurs Talk (6:30SGT if no delay)
In collaboration with our Swiss partner Basel Area Business & Innovation, join us for a segment of DAYONE on the panel: Entrepreneurs Talk with Alexandra T. Greenhill, Founder Careteam Technologies (Canada) and Siva Ramamoorthy, serial entrepreneur and investor (India).
Ecosystem Discovery Through the Eyes of the Digital Health Startups
There is no better way to understand an ecosystem than asking entrepreneurs who are navigating unchartered waters to build their digital health solution. On this panel, we hear from 4 HealthTech startups journey and their ecosystems. Choose between 3 tracks: Nordic, Switzerland, Japan
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare : Trends & Case Study
Keynote & Panel
Whilst, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have the potential to transform many aspects of patient care, as well as administrative processes within provider, payer and pharmaceutical organisations, many challenges are still ahead of us, from regulatory to integration and standardisation. A brief look on the subject with AWS, to see what is needed to have AI and ML to grow by leaps and bounds.
Add to Calendar 11/12/2020 20:50 11/12/2020 21:30 asia/singapore Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare : Trends & Case Study Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Fireside Chat with Head of Health Innovation and Strategy Europe of Withings: How an European Digital Biomarkers Champion Is Conquering Healthcare
How is a European digital health startup, successfully contributing to focus areas such as corporate wellness, remote monitoring and Remote Clinical Trials. In this Fireside Chat, • Vincent Vercamer, Head of Health Innovation at Withings will share the company's global roadmap in the health sector from B2C to B2B2P - the why, what and how of a European digital health champion on the global scene.
Add to Calendar 11/12/2020 21:30 11/12/2020 22:15 asia/singapore Fireside Chat with Head of Health Innovation and Strategy Europe of Withings Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Germany's new Digital Health Reimbursement Framework - Insights, Learnings & Outlook
Dr Henrik Matthies, a serial entrepreneur and now the managing director of hih, Health Innovation Hub of the German government, will reveal the history, principles, expectations and lessons learnt to date of the 'DiGA Fast Track', Germany's new digital health reimbursement framework. This will be a unique opportunity to better understand what it means for health systems, patients, corporations and digital health ventures.
Add to Calendar 11/12/2020 22:15 11/12/2020 23:05 asia/singapore Germany's new Digital Health Reimbursement Framework - Insights, Learnings & Outlook Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Welcome / Status of USA HealthTech Ecosystems
Galen Growth's unmatched and unparalled briefing on the USA ecosystem key trends in 2020 (Q3 YTD) with a snapshot focus on DTx & Partnerships
Add to Calendar 11/13/2020 15:00 11/13/2020 15:15 asia/singapore Welcome / Status of USA HealthTech Ecosystems Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Thoughts on the importance of digital health innovation in the new or next normal with Thomas Hummel (Head of Strategy & Innovation, Siemens Healthineers)
Can Insurers and HealthTech Solve the Growing Issue of Mental Health in the Workplace?
According the WHO, Mental Health related issues have grown 13% over the last decade, and affecting 11% of the global population. COVID-19 has exacerbated the issue, as fears over job security increase, and the lines between work and home life become blurred. For employers managing a remote workforce, new challenges have emerged. How to ensure employees mental health is catered for? How to provide new ways to access support? How to understand the overall trends impacting the workforce? In this session, we examine how a combination of health technology, insurers, and corporate health plans, may be able to help alleviate the issue
Add to Calendar 11/13/2020 15:45 11/13/2020 16:30 asia/singapore Can Insurers and HealthTech Solve the Growing Issue of Mental Health in the Workplace? Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Cloud and Healthtech Observations in Public Sector: A Comparison Between EMEA and APJ
The AWS EMEA and APJ Heads of Healthcare come together to discuss the parallels and the differences between the two regions that they see in the uptake of healthtech in Public Sector HealthCare.
The session will provide an overview of recent trends and enablers for demand in health tech and success cases, such as disease management and telehealth, as well as the key challenges still in the adoption of healthtech
Add to Calendar 11/13/2020 16:30 11/13/2020 17:20 asia/singapore Cloud and Healthtech Observations in Public Sector: A Comparison Between EMEA and APJ Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Rethinking Innovation in the U.S. Health Systems in 2021
The United States has a vast health system with over 6,000 hospitals. As digital health innovation has grown in adoption in the healthcare field, both hospitals and digital health startups have found unique ways to improve their offerings and revolutionise the industry. The American Hospital Association will moderate a panel with some of its members to showcase how they will be looking at innovation in 2021, what they will prioritise and how they intend to work with startups in the forthcoming year.
Add to Calendar 11/13/2020 17:20 11/13/2020 18:30 asia/singapore Rethinking Innovation in the U.S. Health Systems in 2021 Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
There is no better way to understand an ecosystem than asking entrepreneurs that are navigating all unchartered water to build their digital health solution. On this panel, we hear from 4 HealthTech startups journey and their ecosystems. Choose between 2 tracks: USA, Canada, Australia
Connecting Innovators With the Resources They Need to Succeed in North America and Around the World
By fostering innovation across the global life sciences community and helping to accelerate the development of breakthrough solutions for patients and consumers, JLABS overriding mission is to give startups the operational tools, infrastructure and mentoring opportunities necessary to reach patients and consumers as quickly as possible. JLABS is an integral part of Johnson & Johnson innovation strategy. In this panel, you will hear from JLABS North America and four incubatees in their region.
Add to Calendar 11/13/2020 19:40 11/13/2020 20:40 asia/singapore Connecting Innovators With the Resources They Need to Succeed in North America and Around the World Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Global Investors Panel: 2021 Outlook on Digital Health Investments
The global innovation landscape in HealthTech is undoubtedly healthy and promising, with close to 7,000 startups around the word. Innovative solutions can be scaled across populations and geographies, achieving sizable gains in health and wealth in countries that have a limited ability to fund innovation individually. During this panel, we will explore with digital health investors what they are seeking in 2020.
Add to Calendar 11/13/2020 19:50 11/13/2020 20:20 asia/singapore Global Investors Panel: 2021 Outlook on Digital Health Investments Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
DTX 2.0 the Promise and the Proof
DTx is quite the fashionable term and has been used to date to describe many an aspiring digital health solution but has found solid foundations within the therapy companion category aka DTx 1.0. A new race of DTx is emerging with a focus on therapy replacement aka DTx 2.0. Discover the merits and challenges of realising the value of DTx 2.0 thru the eyes of a Akili's CEO, their pharmaco partner and a leading clinician.
Add to Calendar 11/13/2020 21:45 11/13/2020 22:40 asia/singapore DTX 2.0 the Promise and the Proof Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Biofourmis the Journey: Past Winner of the Galen Growth Most Innovative HealthTech Startup Award Raises US$100 Million in 2020
Founded in Singapore, before relocating its base the United States, Biofourmis' journey is one of relentless work to become the leader in using AI and machine learning-based solutions to advance digital therapeutics and provide personalised care. Come and learn how the 2017 winner of Galen Growth Most Innovative HealthTech Startup Award raised US$100 million, secured FDA regulatory approval, acquired a wearable company and what is the roadmap for this fast-growing HealthTech startup.
Add to Calendar 11/13/2020 22:40 11/13/2020 23:30 asia/singapore Biofourmis the Journey: Past Winner of the Galen Growth Most Innovative HealthTech Startup Award Raises US$100 Million in 2020 Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
Winner of the World's Most Innovative HealthTech Startup 2020
Revealing the 2020 Winner! After thousands of votes and five rounds of intense competition, the ecosystem will have selected the World's Most Innovative Asia HealthTech Startup 2020 from a line-up of 64 startups carefully curated for their promise. James Miles-Lambert, CEO of Hello Health Group, the winner of last year's competition, will confer the new Champion with eye-watering prizes, as well as the trophy for the Most Innovative HealthTech Startup 2020. A special thanks to AWS, a proud supporter of Worl's Most Innovative HealthTech Startup Competition, for providing the top final 4 HealthTech startups US$25,000 in AWS Activate Credits valid for two years, one year of AWS Business Support (up to $5,000) and 80 credits for self-paced labs to continue solving the world's most pressing healthcare pain points. All other 60 competing startups will receive US$10,000 in AWS Activate Credits valid for two years, one year of AWS Business Support (up to US$5,000) and US$1,000 in AWS AI ML Credits valid for one year.
Add to Calendar 11/13/2020 23:30 11/14/2020 00:00 asia/singapore Winner of the World's Most Innovative HealthTech Startup 2020 Click here to join the virtual summit:globalhealthtechsummit.com We recommend logging in 15 minutes early to ensure you are able to access the event. Online Apple Google (online) Office 365 (online) Outlook Outlook.com (online) Yahoo (online)
"Galen Growth has curated an extremely valuable group of companies, making it easy to identify the best players in the HealthTech arena. It has been a real privilege to be here, and wonderful use of my time."
Simon Hopkins
CEO at Milltrust International Group
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Pablo Accinelli | Técnicas Pasivas
Pablo Accinelli, Técnicas Pasivas, exhibition view, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, 2016. Photo: Marcus Schneider
Técnicas Pasivas
January 30 – April 21, 2016
Certain events, which have actually happened, are horrible, but what is more horrible still is what hasn't happened, what has never existed.
Solaris, Stanisław Lem
Galerija Gregor Podnar is pleased to announce Técnicas Pasivas, Pablo Accinelli's first solo exhibition in Berlin.
A nail screwed on the back of a playing card, shards of glass in a glass, the image of a cutting mat projected 1:1, and a wooden rod going through a series of screw eyes, abbreviate sculptural and painterly forces without accelerating the pace of these processes. Near the paradoxical edge of the obvious in all its complexity, Técnicas Pasivas refers to the functional and morphological sincerity in which the combustion of Accinelli's works occurs. Their literalness embodies the plasticity of the Barthesian neutral – which does not allow just one unique sense of things, but several, none of which are correct. The neutral is exacerbated here by the discrete economy and the detailed position of the works in space. Each of them retains its autonomy, shaping at the same time an elliptical system of relations experienced during the course of the exhibition, raising awareness of a virtual world in which nothing is separated from the other.
Furthermore, a typeface developed in 2013 by Accinelli transcribes every sentence of Solaris by Stanisław Lem into ideograms. This work transforms a science fiction novel into an eight hours long concrete poem, in which each phrase returns to the synthetic world of geometry. One might recall Solaris is a philosophical fiction about the anthropomorphic limitations of human beings; in which the leading characters attempt to communicate with an ocean endowed with psychic intelligence. A fluid plasma able to read their minds and express their secrets and guilt.
This duel between subjects and object, spectators and work, in which the object is no longer passively waiting to be discovered, but is in fact the discoverer itself, infiltrates Técnicas Pasivas. This argument adds to the resources derived from hard-boiled fiction often used by Accinelli to arouse in the viewers the rational distance of a detective; whilst at the same time giving a twist to this idea, present in many of his works, of the artwork as a tool of knowledge, a way of relating to the world, and its capabilities to give shape.
If in previous displays the tools served to develop utopian systems outside of the exhibition space, in this new context they seem to point – as the fluid colossus in Solaris – towards the personal space of the viewer. So, what or who is being measured by the four levels suspended at 70 cm from the floor and structuring the show as ribs? Are they evocations to linear time or links to critical thinking on the eve of its disappearance? What or who is being examined by the sheets of paper on aluminium structures called Higrómetros?
Técnicas Pasivas exhibits a number of instruments with negative capacities (the ability of looking at the world without wanting to reconcile opposites in a system of rational units, as the Romantic poet John Keats suggests). The only thing we have to do is let the sensitivity of these works, designed to produce paradoxical thinking, and poetic, intangible, enigmatic, and therefore accurate knowledge, act upon us.
Text by Valentina Liernur
This entry was posted on November 14, 2015 by Galerija Gregor Podnar.

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Number 1 High School Football Player In The Nation Story of Kaleem Ullah Khan – Pakistan's Famous Football Player
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Kalim Ullah is a famous Pakistani football player who was born on September 20, 1992 in Chaman. He is a graduate of Chaman State High School. Kaleem Ullah comes from a sporting family as he is the cousin of Pakistan's top scorer and former national team captain Mohammad Essa Khan. Kaleem Ullah Khan is the first Pakistani footballer to be signed by an international football management agency known as Corastars Sports Agency. He signed to play in this agency in 2015.
He plays for K-Electric on loan from the Pakistan national team and the Tulsa Roughnecks. He plays as a midfielder or forward and has also played a variety of attacking roles, whether as an attacking midfielder, center forward, second striker or on both wings. He has such great energy and passion for football and has made a name for himself in a very short period of time. He is always praised for his tenacity, tenacity, hard work and his correct positioning to score and score many goals.
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In 2011, Khan scored a record 77 points in the Pakistan Premier League. He also won the Pakistan Premier League with Khan Research Laboratories. In the same year, Kaleem Ullah played for KRL and also won the Challenge Cup with a 1-0 gold win over rivals K-Electric. In the 2013 season, he won his fourth league title and it was his last league title. In the AFC Chairman's Cup held in 2013, Kaleem Ullah Khan was adjudged the best player of the Pakistan Premier League due to his passionate performance not only domestically but also internationally. He was also named Player of the Year by the Pakistan Football Federation in the same year.
Khan began his international career in 2010 when he played for the Under-23 team at the 2010 Asian Games. He has represented Pakistan at various youth levels and also achieved a 6-0 thrashing of Thailand on his debut in the group stage. He also scored one goal and made seven appearances for the team. On 4 March 2011, before the qualifiers, Kaleem Ullah Khan earned his first senior cap for Pakistan in a 0–0 draw against Palestine. In this match, at the Punjab Stadium, he made his debut as a substitute.
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When I got back yesterday I was too tired to re-arrange the bikes in the garage, so I went to work today on the Ducati again. Damp and uncomfortable are pretty much the only words that fit the bill. I uploaded my unedited footage to youtube yesterday and set up a Headbehindthebubble youtube channel, which I plan on updating with footage filmed at the track.
As you can see this is just pretty raw footage with no editing done, but its shows just how wet it was yesterday.I took some time to clean the Ducati today. Is it just me or is cleaning the bike one of the most therapeutic and annoying things at the same time?


Barrys fit and Micahs alright now i think.
Silva will miss tomorrows game and Ajax but Mancini is hopeful he'll be back next weekend.
I do hope so, I like to think he was one of the reasons we were so poor last night.
For David Silva there is little left to achieve in football. At 26 years of age the Manchester City playmaker is the x-factor in Roberto Mancini's team and a star in a Spain constellation that is surely the brightest ever to light the international stage. He has won the World Cup and two European Championships, opening the scoring in this summer's 4-0 demolition of Italy in the Euro 2012 final before being named in the tournament's best XI by Uefa. And yet the Premier League's most decorated player, as hungry as ever, believes retaining the title this season would rank alongside all those outstanding feats.
In person, David Josué Jiménez Silva seems even slighter than he does at a distance on the pitch. When we meet he is sporting a shaggy beard and offers a forthright view. On helping City in their attempt to become only the third club after Manchester United and Chelsea to claim consecutive Premier Leagues, Silva says: "It would be right up there with all the other big competitions that I've won. Winning the Premier League is seen as a big thing. It would be a great achievement to retain it. I've been lucky I've won a lot of medals but I'd still like to win more."
Silva admits that securing a first league championship for the Blues since 1968 may have taken the edge off so far. "You don't have the pressure anymore to win because you have won it, perhaps," he says. "The players do have the hunger to win it again so we'll go for it." Is keeping grasp of the crown proving harder than the midfielder thought? "It is a difficult thing to achieve but certainly there's still a long way to go and we'll keep at it to win it again," he concurs.
Silva is relaxed that the group led by Yaya Touré, Sergio Agüero, Carlos Tevez and himself is yet to really fire this season, and he believes the Sheikh Mansour project is firmly en route to becoming the English game's Barcelona. The recent arrival of Ferran Soriano, the chief executive, and Txiki Begiristain, the director of football, each of whom previously held the same positions at the Catalan club, prompts Silva to say of his countrymen: "They were part of a club which won every title there was to win in both Spain and in Europe. They were part of a very successful era at Barcelona.
"Hopefully that's what they are bringing here and we can do something similar. We hope one day we'll be able to be a club that is talked about like Barcelona. It's hard to say we're close to that because, although we won the Premier League, we went out of the Champions League, but it's a question of working at it and trying to make more of an impact in Europe."
Silva's trophy count stands at the 2010 World Cup, the 2008 and 2012 European Championships, the FA Cup and Premier League, plus the 2004 European Under-19 Championship. But there will be no chance in this campaign of completing this glittering collection of major medals with the Champions League, after City were dumped from European football when finishing bottom of their group. "I can't put my finger on what it was," he says.
"All I can say is when I came to City they were looking to get in the top four, since then they have won the Premier League, the FA Cup, we have qualified for the Champions League and people can't expect to win the Champions League straight away. We've got very good players and we will get there. I wish to win it with City but one step at a time."
Sunday's last gasp 3-2 derby defeat to Manchester United has left them six points behind the 19-times champions. City lost to United after a spirited comeback from 2-0 down, before Robin van Persie's 90th-minute free-kick claimed the victory for the red half of the city. Silva places it in context: "Yes it was three points lost but there is still a long way to go, the disappointment is over with – we need to keep going."
The prerequisite for all champions is the refusal to cave in, so City's equaliser with only three minutes remaining was pleasing. "The fact is that this season we have done that, come back in the second half, the team know how to react, which is good," he says.
As expected, Silva absolves Samir Nasri, whose half-turn in the City wall allowed Van Persie's shot to deflect in. "I don't think that was why we lost," he says. "You can have one person in the wall and they hit it into the stand or you can line up five and they put it in the top corner. It was just one of those things, we don't blame him."
The big issue in City's title defence has been too many draws – six to United's none – with Sunday their first defeat. Silva says: "You can always improve, but each game has its own circumstances and I'm sure we will improve and get back to our normal self. Six points is a gap, it is a big gap. But last year we saw how they were in front by quite a lot of points [eight] and we won the league anyway. It can be done."
City preceded the derby loss with the 1-0 Champions League reverse at Borussia Dortmund that confirmed there will not even be Europa League football at Eastlands in the new year and led to severe criticism of manager Roberto Mancini. Do the players think this is fair? "We're responsible for what has happened," he says. "The way we played in the Champions League – we all have to take the blame for that. It didn't start well in the Champions League and it became an uphill task. But you can't just blame the manager."
Is Mancini still the man to move City forward? "All I would say is that since I joined City up to now we have made progress with Roberto. All there has been is progress."
They travel to Newcastle United on Saturday looking to avoid a third consecutive defeat in all competitions. There are fond recollections, however, of their last visit to St James' Park when, in the penultimate outing of the title chase, Mancini pushed Yaya Touré forward and the Ivorian scored twice to set up a breathless final day which climaxed with Agüero's championship winner in the 3-2 victory over Queens Park Rangers.
"There are good memories from last season. It's always a difficult place to go and play but hopefully we will get the same memories this year," says Silva, before declaring himself happy with his own form since recovering from a hamstring strain last month. "I'm feeling great again. Before the injury I was good, I was playing very good – I had three weeks out but now I can hopefully keep going that way."
Silva was the player of the first half of last season, living up to the "Merlin" nickname he was given by Shaun Wright-Phillips shortly after he joined the club. But in a post-Christmas dip, his uneven performances were reflected in him managing only one more league goal that season, with his opener in the 5-0 rout of Aston Villa in November only a second of 2012. Mancini has said that the amount of football Silva has played is a factor in these fluctuations.
"It is true I have played a lot of games in the last three or four seasons with the European Championships and World Cup and league," Silva says. "But you have to recover well after every game and just be there: that's football and that's the way it is."
Another issue is the ankle injury that Silva has to manage. "Yes, I do have to keep on top of it, always work on it and constantly care for it and there are parts of the season where I have to look after it a bit more, but it's OK."
Would, then, Silva one day like to return to play in Spain, where the game is considered less physically imposing? "I'm very happy at City at the moment," he says. "I've no plans to move back but you never know what might happen in the future." For now City need him: when he plays well, so does the team. The second half of the season could be his time.
David Silva hasn't completely ruled out making the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea, though he admits the clock is ticking against him.
The Blues' playmaker was in superb form against Manchester United on Monday evening but pulled up with a tight hamstring in the closing stages and must be rated as doubtful for Sunday.
Silva, however, hasn't given up hope.
"I'm having tests today and we will see," he said. "The tests will confirm whether I will be able to play or not.
"I can still feel the injury so I have to wait to see what the tests show, but hopefully I will recover enough to travel with the squad.
It would be a big blow for me to miss the semi-final because it's a game every player wants to play in. If I can't play, there's always a strong replacement that can come in for me but let's see how things pan out.
If Silva does miss out, it will deny the millions around the world the opportunity to watch him go head-to-head with his international team-mate Juan Mata in a duel of two of the best play-makers in Europe.
David is already looking beyond the FA Cup and ahead to City returning stronger and more experienced in next season's title race.
The Spaniard admits the standards set in the 2-1 win over United must become the norm if the Blues are to ensure the title challenge is more sustained than it has been this campaign.
"To win the title next year we have to show the fight we showed at Old Trafford and also last year we had that little bit of luck at the right time. We haven't had much luck this year, but hopefully we will next time.
"United have done very well but we now have to concentrate on the teams coming from behind who are playing well and finish as strongly as we can this season.
I feel I've had a good season, again I feel we've not had the luck but there's still the FA Cup which I hope we can win.
"We are growing every year as a club. With the new contract for Yaya for example, it shows how we're growing and building for the future and it's always exciting when we are linked with new players.
SilvaAccording to the RFEF (Royal Football Federation), Silva experienced slight discomfort in his hamstring following the team's training on Sunday afternoon at the Las Rozas training facility.
Silva was granted permission to leave the camp and will likely head to Manchester to continue his treatment, while Spanish national team manager, Vicente Del Bosque has ruled out the possibility of calling anyone else up for Tuesday's friendly to replace Silva or Real Madrid midfielder, Isco, who also suffered an ankle injury and was forced to leave the camp to return to Madrid for treatment.
He belongs to Manchester City.
Out for a month? That is a blow.
We seem to have a lot of muscle injuries. Is it just that I don't really pay attention to other teams or de we have a disproportionate number?
Who has time/interest to pay attention to other teams?!
He's too angry with God to reply.
Few reports he has signed for fenebache..
David Silva puts out official statement on his personal situation.
Hope the little fella makes it through this tough time.
Aye, had been wondering what the personal reasons had been, hope it pans out ok for him and his family.


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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! é um jogo eletrônico de plataforma desenvolvido pela Rare e publicado pela Nintendo para o Super Nintendo Entertainment System em 1996. É a terceiro título da série Donkey Kong Country e serve como uma sequência direta de Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Ele também foi relançado como um remake para o Game Boy Advance (GBA) em 2005. O jogo foi disponibilizado para download no serviço Virtual Console do Wii em 2007 e do Wii U em 2014.

Jogabilidade
Ao contrário do jogo anterior, que possuía um tema de piratas, este apresenta um tema que mistura ficção científica com a jogabilidade do primeiro jogo da série. Porém, ao contrário de Donkey Kong Country, Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! apresenta cenários de jogo mais baseados nos das regiões do norte da Europa, tendo inclusive a presença de ursos que na verdade são irmãos. Espalhadas pelas fases, há "Moedas de Urso", que desempenham as mesmas funções das Moedas de Banana do jogo anterior. As Moedas de Bônus desempenham a função das Kremkoins de Diddy's Kong Quest, mas desta vez as Moedas DK possuem função diferente: pegue todas para poder habilitar um veículo novo no aluguel de barcos de Funky.

Enredo
Para comemorar a derrota de K. Rool no jogo anterior, Donkey e Diddy saem numa viagem para conseguir bananas em novas terras, como Northern Kremisfer por exemplo, mas demoram muito a voltar. Logo então, os Kongs descobrem que uma figura misteriosa de nome "Kaos" (que é na verdade um robô secretamente controlado por K. Rool, conhecido como Barão K. Roolenstein neste jogo) sequestrou os dois. Então Dixie (mais tarde seguida pelo seu primo Kiddy) vai rumo ao Kremisfério Norte para resgatá-los. Passando por 48 fases. E acabar com K. Rool e Kaos.

Mundos e Fases

Mundo 1 - Lake Orangatanga
O primeiro mundo do jogo é um local cheio de serralherias e trechos de floresta, além de um lago com uma ilha no meio e uma montanha de neve. O seu chefe é Belcha.
 Fase 1: Lakeside Limbo
 Fase 2: Doorstop Dash
 Fase 3: Tidal Trouble
 Fase 4: Skidda's Row
 Fase 5: Murky Mill
 Chefe: Belcha's Barn

Mundo 2 - Kremwood Forest
O segundo mundo é uma área com serrarias, florestas e algumas sequoias (arvores gigantescas), além de um rio que corta o local. O seu chefe é Arich.
 Fase 1: Barrel Shield Bust-Up
 Fase 2: Riverside Race
 Fase 3: Squeals on Wheels
 Fase 4: Springin' Spiders
 Fase 5: Bobbing Barrel Brawl
 Chefe: Arich's Ambush

Mundo 3 - Cotton-Top Cove
Este mundo fica numa area aquatica com 3 cachoeiras e rios. O seu chefe é Squirt.
 Fase 1: Bazza's Blockade
 Fase 2: Rocket Barrel Ride
 Fase 3: Kreeping Klasps
 Fase 4: Tracker Barrel Trek
 Fase 5: Fish Food Frenzy
 Chefe: Squirt's Showdown

Mundo 4 - Mekanos
Este mundo é um local cheio de fabricas e poluição, além de uma rede de encanamentos e algumas sequoias que estão sendo serradas. O seu chefe é Kaos.
 Fase 1: Fire-Ball Frenzy
 Fase 2: Demolition Drain-Pipe
 Fase 3: Ripsaw Rage
 Fase 4: Blazing Bazukas
 Fase 5: Low-G Labyrinth
 Chefe: Kaos Karnage

Mundo 5 - K3
O mundo é uma area cercada por neve, ele contém um desfiladeiro e uma fábrica, além de uma cachoeira. O mundo faz referência a segunda maior montanha de neve do mundo de nome K2 e seu chefe é Bleak.
 Fase 1: Krevice Kreepers
 Fase 2: Tearaway Toboggan
 Fase 3: Barrel Drop Bounce
 Fase 4: Krack Shot Kroc
 Fase 5: Lemguin Lunge
 Chefe: Bleak's House

Mundo 6 - Razor Ridge
O sexto mundo é uma area com desfiladeiros, cavernas e rios, além de conter 2 teleféricos controlados pelos ursos Benny e Bjorn. O seu chefe é Barbos.
 Fase 1: Buzzer Barrage
 Fase 2: Kong-Fused Cliffs
 Fase 3: Floodlit Fish
 Fase 4: Pot Hole Panic
 Fase 5: Ropey Rumpus
 Chefe: Barbos's Barrier

Mundo 7 - Kaos Kore
O mundo é uma area com florestas, uma caverna, uma rede de encanamentos e uma tempestade elétrica próxima de um lago, além de ter o castelo de K. Rool. Os seus chefes são Kaos e K. Rool.
 Fase 1: Konveyor Rope Klash
 Fase 2: Creepy Caverns
 Fase 3: Lightning Look-out
 Fase 4: Koindozer Klamber
 Fase 5: Poisonous Pipeline
 Chefe: Kastle Kaos

Mundo 8 - Krematoa
O mundo secreto é uma espécie de vulcão que fica no fundo do mar (até os kongs o reativarem), ele contém um lago no centro, desfiladeiros, uma floresta, uma caverna e sequoias. O seu chefe é K. Rool.
 Fase 1: Stampede Sprint
 Fase 2: Criss Kross Cliffs
 Fase 3: Tyrant Twin Tussle
 Fase 4: Swoopy Salvo
 Fase 5: Rocket Rush
 Chefe: Knautilus

Chefes

 Belcha: Belcha é um barril enorme que ataca os kongs os empurrando para trás. Para derrotá-lo os kongs devem jogar besouros na boca do chefe que sai dele mesmo através de barris, a cada besouro que os kongs acertam ele vai para trás, quando ele cair no buraco atrás dele, o chefe morre.

 Arich: Arich é uma espécie de aranha gigante que ataca os kongs com veneno que ele joga pela boca. Para derrotá-lo os kongs devem jogar barris (que aparecem acima do cenário) na cabeça do chefe.

 Squirt: Squirt é um monstro que fica atrás de uma cachoeira e ataca os kongs com jatos de água que ele solta pela boca. Para derrotá-lo os kongs se tranformam em Ellie, onde o elefante atira jatos d'agua nos olhos do chefe.

 Kaos (Round 1): A primeira batalha contra Kaos acontece em Mekanos, ele é um robô criado por K. Rool que sequestrou Donkey e Diddy. Ele ataca os kongs com uma chama que fica embaixo dele e com raios laser que sai da sua primeira cabeça. Para derrotá-lo os kongs devem acertar sua primeira e segunda cabeça 3 vezes cada, mas os kongs só destroem a primeira cabeça do chefe, pois após a batalha ele foge.

 Bleak: Bleak é um boneco de neve robótico que ataca os kongs jogando bolas de neve. Para derrotá-lo os kongs devem jogar bolas de neve no botão piscando dele que fica no seu pescoço.

 Barbos: Barbos é um ouriço gigante que ataca os kongs com ouriços menores, dardos e espinhos. Para derrotá-lo os kongs se tranformam em Enguarde, onde ele precisa atacar o chefe 5 vezes quando ele estiver aberto para matá-lo.

 Kaos (Round 2): A segunda batalha contra o robô ocorre no castelo de K. Rool, ele ataca os kongs com uma chama que fica embaixo dele e com bombas que sai da sua terceira cabeça. Para derrotá-lo de vez os kongs precisam atacar sua segunda e terceira cabeça 1 vez cada.

 Baron K. Rooleinstein (Round 1): A primeira batalha contra K. Rool acontece em seu castelo, ele ataca os kongs andando de um lado para o outro e com raios elétricos. Para derrotá-lo os kongs precisam jogar barris (que aparecem quando os kongs acionam alavancas que ficam acima do cenário) em suas costas.

 Baron K. Rooleinstein (Round 2): A segunda e ultima batalha contra K. Rool é em seu submarino no mundo secreto. Ele ataca os kongs andando de um lado para o outro, com bolas de fogo e com raios elétricos. Para derrotá-lo os kongs precisam jogar barris em suas costas.

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A trilha sonora foi composta por Eveline Fischer e David Wise

Ligações externas

Country 3 Dixie Kongs Double Trouble
Jogos eletrônicos de 1996
Jogos eletrônicos da Rare
Jogos eletrônicos da Nintendo
Jogos para Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Jogos exclusivos para Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Jogos para Virtual Console (Wii)
Jogos eletrônicos desenvolvidos no Reino Unido
Jogos eletrônicos de plataforma
Jogos eletrônicos de ficção científica
Jogos eletrônicos com protagonistas femininas
Jogos eletrônicos compostos por David Wise

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Q: Configure hadoop/hbase in fully-distributed mode I'm new in Hbase and I need to do some experiments with it in fully distributed mode. I am using ubuntu.
I want create a cluster with two nodes (a master and a slave) and according to what I read, HBase runs under a Hadoop Distributed File System which I need to have both properly configured.
I've tried to follow some tutorials on the Internet but I can't run Hbase in distributed mode properly. I think the problem is in the hadoop and hbase configuration.
Does anyone have Hbase running in fully distributed mode?
Can you tell me all the steps should I follow? And correctly setup hadoop and hbase configurations? Or even if there is some easier way to use Hadoop / HBase...

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*HBase Installation in Fully Distributed Mode

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THIS MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTICLE I'VE EVER WRITTEN FOR THE VIOLA DA GAMBA PLAYER, AND QUITE POSSIBLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTICLE I WILL EVER WRITE FOR THE VIOL PLAYER.
I want to look at why the viola da gamba player, when offered a chance to be free of all technique and posture problems on the viol, doesn't jump at the chance. Here's the answer.
IF YOU COULD PLAY EVERYTHING YOU WANTED ON THE VIOLA DA GAMBA WITH EXTRAORDINARY EASE, THEN WHAT WOULD THERE BE TO LIVE FOR, GIVEN THAT PLAYING THE VIOL IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR LIFE?
Let me say it a different way. If you had no more problems to solve on the viola da gamba, could you handle such a unique situation psychologically and emotionally and continue to play the viol?
In my mid-twenties I discovered the book NEW PATHWAYS TO PIANO TECHNIQUE by Luigi Bonpensiere. It said if you trusted your hands and played with absolute abandon, you couldn't miss. I experienced this on the guitar.
I finally had what I always wanted on the guitar. I had already created a really complete guitar technique, and now I had extraordinary accuracy through faith, so I didn't have to get angry at myself anymore when I played the guitar.
What did I do? I quit playing the guitar. Why? Because I couldn't handle what had been the most important goal in my life – striving for effortless "perfection" on the guitar. Simply, I found it and couldn't handle it.
As I'm writing this, I realize all of the above has come together just in the last couple of weeks in my awareness. It finally explains why performing viola da gamba players who come to me in physical trouble don't always continue with their Alexander Technique sessions.
I show them their potential on the viola da gamba; that they can truly solve all of their problems on the instrument, and many don't come back. This really puzzled me, until I had the epiphany that most, if not all, humans give meaning to their lives by living in a steady state of problems that are TOO IMPORTANT TO BE SOLVED.
IF WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN IS TRUE ABOUT YOUR VIOLA DA GAMBA PLAYING, THEN WHAT DO YOU DO? DO YOU SEE THE TRUTH OF WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN, AND CONSCIOUSLY DECIDE TO NOT SOLVE ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS ON THE VIOL, THUS GIVING YOURSELF SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR?
I really don't like the idea that you'd have to live your life with artificial limitations on what you could do on the viola da gamba to give meaning and purpose to your life. In fact, I'm not sure you could consciously do such a thing without feeling more and more conflicted over not solving all of your problems on the viol, knowing you could.
Here's the obvious question. COULD YOU LIVE A LIFE WITH MEANING, IF THE VIOLA DA GAMBA WAS SOMETHING YOU DID EVERY DAY, AND IT TRULY WAS EFFORTLESS?
There are 5 solutions to being able to psychologically and emotionally be at peace on the viola da gamba after solving all of your problems on the viol. YOU CAN FOCUS ON NON-VIOLA DA GAMBA OLD PROBLEMS THAT SEEM UNSOLVABLE, CREATE NEW PROBLEMS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT EVER GET SOLVED, WORK ON BOTH OLD AND NEW PROBLEMS, SOLVE PROBLEMS AND KEEP CREATING NEW ONES, OR YOU CAN BECOME ENLIGHTENED.
By definition a viola da gamba player who truly realizes that life has meaning and purpose and joy without problems is enlightened. Why not let the viol be the place in your life where you solve most if not all your problems playing the viol?
In other words, why not let the viola da gamba be the place that you come to as an enlightened being with no problems, and let the rest of your life be where you create and solve or not solve your problems?
This allows the viola da gamba to be the most important thing in your life artistically, creatively, and spiritually; a place where you truly get to play in pure joy, peace, bliss, and ease.


Japanese Yen: Intervention is Imminent?
I last mused about the possibility of Japanese Yen intervention in June (Japanese Yen: 90 or 95?): "It seems that anything between 90 and 95 is acceptable, while a drop below 90 is cause for intervention." Since then, the Japanese Yen has fallen below 86 Yen per Dollar (the USD/JPY pair is now down 7% on the year), and analysts are beginning to wonder aloud about when the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will step in.
The BOJ last intervened in 2004. Given both the price tag ($250 Billion) and the fact that in hindsight its efforts were futile, it appears somewhat determined to avoid that route if possible. In addition, any intervention would have to be implemented unilaterally, since the goal of a cheaper Yen is not shared by any other Central Banks. As if that were not enough, the cause of intervention would be further contradicted by improving reports on the economy and by higher-than-forecast earnings by Japanese exporters, both in spite of the strong Yen.
Analysts remain mixed about the likelihood/desirability of intervention. Most admit that as with the last time around, it would be an exercise in futilty, since "the yen's gain isn't being driven by speculation," and investors would probably be willing to buy any Yen that the Central Bank sells. Instead, the BOJ will probably continue to pursue a policy of vocal intervention, which can be equally effective and much less expensive.
Government officials – at least the ones with any jurisdiction in currency issues – have remained reticent on the topic of intervention. That's not to say that they couldn't be swayed by pressure from the Minister of Trade and others, which have repeatedly voiced their irritation over the Yen's strength.
Ultimately, trying to predict whether intervention will take place is probably just as futile as any intervention, itself. Still, 85 is a level of obvious psychological importance, as is 84.83, the 14-year high set last November. If the Yen drifts below that, one would expect the Bank of Japan to at least make a token effort to depend the Yen. Even if the economy can withstand a weaker Yen, it will nonetheless benefit from a stronger Yen, and regardless of what the BOJ says, that is what it would like to see.
To my mind Yen is likely to rise up by the end of the summer. And USD seems to lose all positions against EUR and Yen at the beginning of October, because both Europe and Japan are trying to suppress the further rise of the American currency.
actually the USD/JAP is my favorite par to trade. I can be delightfully volatile.
I don't know what else the BOJ can do.. what if USD/JPY falls below 80? Then what? Do we drop further? or does BOJ have soething up their sleeve?


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Arrests of Mick Wallace and Clare Daly
December 10, 2015 Afri
Afri strongly endorses Shannonwatch's condemnation of the arrest of Deputies Mick Wallace and Clare Daly as a result of their action to inspect war planes passing through Shannon.
As the world drifts deeper and deeper into war, wreaking havoc on families, communities and our planet the actions of people like Mick Wallace and Clare Daly in attempting to put on the brakes should be applauded and commended – not penalised. Wars facilitated by Shannon have helped to destabilise areas in the Middle East and beyond, created the anger contributing to the rise of IS/Daesh and unleashed the most serious refugee crisis since the Second World War
It is extraordinary that perpetrators of war and destruction can parade through Shannon unhindered while those who are opposed to war are arrested, demonised and imprisoned. The actions of Mick Wallace and Clare Daly should be a wake-up call to the Irish Government to reverse the shredding of the last remnants of our neutrality and end the use of Shannon for war and destruction.
Shannonwatch Welcomes Attempts by TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace to Inspect US Military Aircraft at Shannon Airport
July 23, 2014 Afri
Shannonwatch, 22 July 2014
Shannonwatch welcomes attempts by TDs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly to inspect US military aircraft at Shannon earlier today. At a time when the airport may be helping to supply the weapons used by Israel to kill and main civilians in Gaza, it is vitally important that we have proper oversight of what is on the military planes at the airport. Despite repeated requests, the authorities refuse to search the planes to ensure they are not in breach of international law.
"We are being told repeatedly that there is no proof there are illegal weapons on the planes" said Mick Wallace. "It is nonsense to suggest that none of them are involved in military operations or that there are no weapons on board these planes, which is what the government says. But because the authorities won't search the planes to find out if that is the case, people like us have to do it." Continue reading "Shannonwatch Welcomes Attempts by TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace to Inspect US Military Aircraft at Shannon Airport" →


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I never thought to leave Seaforth
style="text-align: justify;"> CHAPTER XVII.
_MOVING_.
Mr. Dallas's visits became frequent. He talked of a great variety of things, but never failed to bring the colonel's mind to the subject of Esther's want of education. Indirectly or directly, somehow, he presented to the colonel's mind that one idea: that his daughter was going without the advantages she needed and ought to have. It was true, and the colonel could not easily dispose of the thought which his friend so persistently held up before him. Waters wear away stones, as we know to a proverb; and so it befell in this case, and Mr. Dallas knew it must. The colonel began to grow uneasy. He often reasserted that he would never leave Seaforth; he began to think about it, nevertheless.
'What should I do with this place?' he asked one evening when the subject was up.
'What do you wish to do with it?'
'I wish to live in it as long as I live anywhere,' said the colonel, sighing; 'but you say--and perhaps you are right--that I ought to be somewhere else for my child's sake. In that case, what could I do with my place here?'
'I ask again, what do you wish to do with it? Would you let it?'
'No,' said the colonel, sighing again; 'if I go I must sell. My means will not allow me to do otherwise.'
style="text-align: justify;">'I will buy it of you, if you wish to sell.'
'You! What would you do with the property?'
'Keep it for you, against a time when you may wish to buy it back. But indeed it would come very conveniently for me. I should like to have it, for my own purposes. I will give you its utmost value.'
The colonel pondered, not glad, perhaps, to have difficulties cleared out of his way. Mr. Dallas waited, too keen to press his point unduly.
'I should have to go and reconnoitre,' the former said presently. 'I must not give up one home till I have another ready. I never thought to leave Seaforth. Where do you say this place is that Mrs. Dallas recommends?'
'In New York. The school is said to be particularly good and thorough, and conducted by an English lady; which would be a recommendation to me, as I suppose it is to you.'
'I should have to find a house in the neighbourhood,' said the colonel, musing.
Mr. Dallas said no more, and waited.
'I must go and see what I can find,' the colonel repeated. 'Perhaps Mrs. Dallas will be so good as to give me the address of the school in question.'
Mrs. Dallas did more than that. She gave letters to friends, and addresses of more than one school teacher: and the end was, Colonel Gainsborough set off on a search. The search was successful. He was satisfied with the testimonials he received respecting one of the institutions and respecting its head; he was directed by some of Mr. Dallas's business friends to various houses that might suit him for a residence; and among them made his choice, and even made his bargain, and came home with the business settled.
Esther had spent the days of his absence in a very doubtful mood, not knowing whether to be glad or sorry, to hope or to fear. Seaforth was the only home she had ever known; she did not like the thought of leaving it; but she knew by this time as well as Mr. Dallas knew that she needed more advantages of education than Seaforth could give her. On the whole, she hoped.


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Vessels is the third album by American alternative rock band Ivoryline, and their second with record label Tooth & Nail, released on July 27, 2010.

Track listing

2010 albums
Tooth & Nail Records albums
Ivoryline albums
Albums produced by Aaron Sprinkle


Oct. 31: The Lakeway Village Square, 1200 Lakeway Drive, will host its 21st annual Halloween trick-or-treat from 4-6 p.m. The free event will include a concert by children's musician Joe McDermott and appearances by the Lakeway police and fire departments.
Through Dec. 18: The Lakeway City Hall Art Gallery, 1102 Lohmans Crossing, presents "Going for the Gold – A Visual Narrative of Progression" by Janet Sopp-Sims from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The series portrayed in the exhibit started with the discovery of an acrylic medium tar gel and an idea — a simplified, stylistic approach, on canvas, that represents an oil well. These paintings were done in sequence, and the last one was entered in the 2012 Hunting Art Prize. Sopp-Sims was a 2011 finalist with a work titled "For a Young Man." Her efforts produced about a dozen works, some much smaller, that are part of several private collections. The remaining originals are what will be exhibited, along with some of Sopp-Sims' earlier black, white and gold abstract works.
Nov. 1: Local barbershop chorus The Wildflowers will perform at 7 p.m. at the Lakeway Activity Center, 105 Cross Creek. The concert is open to the public, and there is no charge. Tickets are available at the Lakeway Activity Center and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis from any Wildflower member. The concert will feature popular music from the early 20th century such as "Blue Skies" and "Side by Side."
Nov. 2: The Iguana Grill, 2900 RR 620 N., will host the South Shore Blues Festival from 3-10 p.m. The event will include a powerhouse musical lineup led by the Jacqui Walker Band and Mojo House as well as a costume contest and other festive activities. Tickets are $15 at the door for adults and $5 for ages 5-12. Children 5 and younger are free. Visit iguanagrillaustin.com for more information.
Nov. 2: The Lake Travis Community Library, 1938 Lohmans Crossing, begins a new Hola-Hola! bilingual story time on the first Saturday of every month at 10:30 a.m. This story time is for all ages, but in Spanish. Join Ann Benson from Spanish immersion language group Somos Amigos for stories, songs, finger plays. Benson is a bilingual educator and recording artist. Please contact the library for information at 512-263-2885 or visit laketravislibrary.org.
Nov. 3: The Lake Travis Community Library, 1938 Lohmans Crossing, will host a reception for painter Jane Wilson from 1-3 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Wilson is a member of the Lakeway Painters and the Waterloo Watercolor group. She moved to Lakeway four years ago and has enjoyed painting landscapes of local interest such as the food trailers on South Congress Avenue, the State Capitol building and places on Lake Travis and around the area. She also paints florals and has started to paint portraits, usually of people she knows. Her exhibit will be on display at the library through November.
Nov. 4: Dr. Joshua Tomasik will host the fourth annual Tomasik Family Dental Halloween Candy Buy Back on from 3:30- 5:30 p.m. The event, hosted by participating dentists across the country, benefits American military troops while helping trick-or-treaters reduce their sugar intake over coming months. Children and parents should bring their leftover, sealed Halloween candy in a disposable bag. Team members of Tomasik Family Dental will be on hand to weigh the goodies and give kids $1 cash per pound (up to five pounds) of donated candy. There will also be a variety of door prizes for parents to win. The program is free. Tomasik Family Dental is located at the corner of Bee Cave Road and Highway 71 in the HEB Shopping Center at 12400 Hwy. 71 W., No. 320. Call the office at 512-402-1818 or visit www.TomasikDental.Com for more information.
Nov. 6: Local historian Fred Hazen will speak at the Lakeway Men's Breakfast Club at the Lakeway Activity Center at 8 a.m. Hazen will discuss the Civil War in the Deep South. A $1 continental breakfast is served at 7a.m. No reservation or membership is required.
Nov. 7-9: The Lakeway Players present "Side By Side By Sondheim" at the Lakeway Activity Center, 105 Cross Creek, at 7:30 p.m. Enjoy songs from a wide variety of his musicals, as well as informative and comedic tidbits about the shows and songs. The performers include some of the favorite veteran Lakeway Players such as Linda Bradshaw, Annette Brown, Barbara Calderaro, Lee Dilday, Mark King, Theresa Lingren, Brandy Meeks, Cathy Rose and Bill Walker. Joining the troupe this year will be Linda Durkin, a veteran actress and director who came to Austin from Chicago in 2000, and Rudy Roberson, a Broadway actor, singer, dancer, and teacher, who was with the touring cast of "The Lion King." Tickets are on sale at the Lakeway Activity Center, and the $15 purchase price includes set ups, soft drinks and munchies. Call 512-261-1010 for more information. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 8: The Spicewood Arts Society will host a concert by Mingo Fishtrap, the popular Austin soul/funk band who constantly delivers a mash-up of melodic pop and gritty Memphis soul with a twist of New Orleans funk. The 7 p.m. performance will be at the 225-seat Spicewood Vineyards Events Center, 1419 Burnet CR 409. Although Mingo Fishtrap is the second concert of the season, a few reduced-price season tickets remain and are the only way to assure seating. A wait list for individual performance tickets also is available. Those on the list generally get tickets, which are $45 each with reservations. Visit www.spicewoodarts.org or call 512-264-2820 for more information.
Nov. 11: Retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Colonel Julius "Jay" Jayroe will recall his 2,236 days in captivity during the Vietnam War at the annual Lakeway Veterans Day Ceremony to be held at the Lakeway Heritage Center, 963 Lohmans Crossing, at 11 a.m. Visitors are encouraged to arrive no later than 10:30 a.m. due to limited parking. While seating for more than 400 will be available at the Heritage Center, should inclement weather cause the event to be relocated to the Lakeway Activity Center, seating will be reduced to just more than 200. If necessary, the change of venue will be reported on the City of Lakeway website, www.lakeway-tx.gov on Nov. 8. Reserved seating will be available only to participants in the program and the 29 veterans being recognized this year for their prior service. Questions may be directed to the Heritage Center at 512-608-9533 or history@lakeway-tx.gov.
Nov. 12: The Lake Travis Democrats Club will host a conversation about the Texas drought and its effect on the state's resources from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Lake Travis Community Library, 1938 Lohmans Crossing. The discussion will include Andrew Sansom and Karen Huber. Sansom is the executive director of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and Research Professor of Geography at Texas State University. He is the former Texas Parks and Wildlife executive director and one of Texas' leading conservationists. Huber is a former Travis County Commissioner and a water policy professional consultant.
Nov. 15: The Rotary Club of Lakeway/Lake Travis will host its 13th annual car raffle at The Hills Country Club (26 Club Estates Parkway) from 7-9 p.m. All funds generated by this fundraiser benefit Lake Travis High School scholarships, ShelterBox and other charitable projects supported by the Rotary Club of Lakeway/Lake Travis. As in other years, the $100 raffle ticket includes more than $100 in coupons to local restaurants and other businesses. Contact Keith Barker at 512-261-0620, 512-799-3857 or barker@lakewayaquatics.com to purchase tickets. Purchasers don't need to be present to win.
Nov. 17: Enjoy memorable music from the combined choirs of The Lakeway Church and the Lake Travis United Methodist Church, with orchestral accompaniment, from 2:30-3:30 p.m. at The Lakeway Church, 2203 Lakeway Blvd. Donations will benefit the Lake Travis Crises Ministries. Contact Mark Savage-Rains at 512-261-6331 or mark@lakewaychurch.net or Patty Highland at 512-266-9877 or music@ltumc.org for more information.


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Fanfictions I Have Loved: An Interview with Nonymos
Posted by Phoebe in Learnin', Readin', Writing Life
comics, fandom, interview, writing
Welcome to my first WHL interview! With a writer no less! A fanfiction writer! I'm so excited!!! Clue screaming and wavy arms, a la Muppets.
Okay. Now I'll quit with the exclamation points. But I can't stop won't stop my gratitude towards Nonymos, whose exciting, smart, adventurous, and well-composed fics prompted me to establish a OTP before I even knew what the term meant. It was through interacting with her in the comments section of a story that an idea was birthed: maybe other folk who've been curious about fics but feel too shy to try 'em . . . or people who love learning about artists' processes . . . or maybe even interview-junkies, will want in on this conversation, too. You're welcome.
Nonymos was ever so gracious as to embark on this effort with me. Who knows where it will lead? Here we go. Oh, wait. In the spirit of full-disclosure, some non-graphic but nonetheless adult themes are discussed below. If you click through to fics, please be aware of the same (save for the non-graphic part).
1. Starting from the beginning, what did your early reading life look like and who are your writing influences?
Most of my life has been devoted to reading. Even as a little girl it was all I wanted to do—I exhausted my parents asking for my favorite books to be read again and again and again, and that is actually how I learned how to read, when I was four years old.
When I was a kid, I read a lot of early YA stuff and a boatload of Franco-Belgian comics (I still know them by heart.) I've also been very interested in manga for a couple few years. After I got into fandom I started reading American comics, and my collection is steadily growing. All of this taught me about the importance of having good characters and an engaging plot.
The love of beautiful writing came when I started my Literature studies. During those years I caught up on all the classical reading I hadn't done before. It taught me how to analyze, criticize and dissect a piece of fiction; and it also helped me understand the value of poetry in language—aka why it's possible to write a good book about nothing as long as it's well-written. But I firmly believe truly great books are the ones that know how to combine good writing with good content. I was already writing a bit then, but that's when I really started seriously, and I haven't stopped since. Won a couple of prizes for short stories, which was very encouraging.
My Masters thesis was about the fantastic in modern fiction. Most of it focused on Argentinean author Julio Cortázar, who taught me how to use words beyond their immediate meaning, and Neil Gaiman, who… NEIL! GAIMAN! I think I can safely say he's my favorite author. I'm still not done talking about American Gods. I never will be.
I'm in the middle of another Masters now (in publishing) and working a part-time job in a publishing house. My job there is to screen the manuscripts, which as you can imagine fits me perfectly. It's also teaching me to see books from the other side of the publishing barrier for the first time. I'm still learning a lot inside and out.
2. When and how did you arrive at fanfiction?
I first became familiar with the concept of fanfiction when I was fifteen, thanks to the manga community. What little I read was in French, and as embarrassing and cringey as you can imagine. Baby's First Fandom! I quickly lost interest in it, and for a couple of years I was convinced I was done being into stuff "so obsessively."
Illustration by Parisa for 'War, Children' saltdryad.tumblr.com
Oh what a fool I was.
The year 2012 was a game-changer. It's ridiculous but it's true. If I hadn't decided to go and see Avengers with friends, my life would have been very, very different. I came out of the movie absolutely hyped up on fun. My classical training infused me with a vague contempt for mainstream stuff—but Avengers smashed through those barriers. To the point that I yearned to stay in that universe for a bit longer; a feeling I hadn't had since my manga days. Mostly I longed to explore the fallout of what had happened between Clint Barton and Loki Laufeyson. So I wrote a fic. It's still on the AO3. It's absolutely terrible. But it sated my need at the time. I stepped back thinking I was done.
But then I wrote another one. And then another one. I fully expected the obsession to fade eventually, like it had every time such a thing had happened to me before. But it didn't fade. It just branched out; through it I discovered a lot of new things (Tumblr, its particular brand of deadpan cynicism, and many things about gender and sexuality) and learned a helluva lot about writing, thanks to the feedback of my readers and my own continued discontent with what I was posting.
3. Your style has a lot of interesting rhythm: bold sentence variation and moments where characters go completely stream of consciousness. Is this flow intuitive, are you drawing from influences and/or writing instruction? Maybe a mix?
Thanks! And no—I am utterly unable to follow instructions when it comes to writing. Europeans in general consider that writing cannot be taught, only learned. I mostly agree. I write what feels right. Same goes for influences; I let myself be influenced, it's not conscious work. So yes, it's mostly intuition.
It's when I reread myself that some instructions come into the mix—kill your darlings; show, don't tell; substance over style. I try to delete as much as I can. Tighten up my writing to the max. If I'm using several sentences to express one idea it's not good. Reread, delete again, aim for maximum efficiency.
4. What's easiest and most difficult about writing fanfic?
Writing fanfiction is addictive. Mostly because it's so easy. (It's a slippery slope, too—my first stories were bad because I mixed up easy and cheap.) The characters are already there. The universe is already there. All you have to do is combine them in new and exciting ways. And you get so involved in it—because you've spent so much time there, it's like home. I've read stories I would have found absolutely inane if they'd involved original characters; but since they were about my OTP they were suddenly fascinating.
There's nothing I find difficult about writing fanfiction in itself. The difficult part happens when it's time to break the habit—aka when I work on my original stuff. I get frustrated with my characters because I do not immediately love them and know them. I must relearn patience and worldbuilding.
5. What's it like writing in a second language?
Immensely satisfying regarding the punctuation. Bet you didn't think I'd say that!
The French dialogue is in hyphenated form, and it's absurdly frustrating.
Observe:
"Wait," said Bucky. He was shaking. "That's not what I meant."
Ahh. So clear. So clean-cut.
And now with French punctuation:
— Wait, said Bucky. He was shaking. That's not what I meant.
I HATE THIS. Of course you could use French quotation marks, but it's a tiresome and frankly old-school business. Punctuation forces me to pace my writing (and particularly my dialogues) differently in English and in French. Same goes for vocabulary. Some things cannot be translated. Such as "What the hell?" There is no equivalent in French. Of course, it goes both ways—I'll think of a perfect French phrase, and then I'll grumble trying to express it in English.
Mostly I'm a lot more confident when I write in English—and that's because I am tone-deaf to a lot of preconceptions and subtleties. I learned English at school. I've become more comfortable with the language as I wrote and I read and watched movies in it. But it's not organic to me and it never will be. When I write in French I agonize over every single detail; I am aware of the hidden meanings under every single word; every single sentence seems either too heavy or too bland. In English, I'm happy when I achieve proper grammar and when I manage to get my point across. It's relaxing.
6. In the first story of yours that I read, "In The Details" from "The Marvel Fractions" series, New York City factors largely. Have you ever visited? What is important to consider about describing a location not your own?
Nope! Never been to New York! (I did spend three hours in JFK once, on my way to Arizona. But that was after writing the fanfic, anyway.) But it didn't matter. I wasn't writing about New York; I was writing about Clint's building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, which is largely described and explored in the comics. I didn't feel the need to learn anything about the real New York. That happened later—when I wrote War, Children. For that one I did a lot of research.
I think the most important thing to consider is this: if you've never been there, then you've never been there. You don't know how it actually is. No amount of research is gonna change that. So don't spend too much time waxing poetic about the atmosphere of the city—describe the building or the street you need, and move on.
7. Continuing with "The Marvel Fractions," this series was my first time reading about a deliberate and positive mismatch in sexuality. One protagonist – Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye- identifies as straight and the other -Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk- doesn't specify any sexual identity, yet [spoiler alert!] they get together. Of course, both are solidly heterosexual in the Marvel Comics canon. What drew you to depicting the characters this way?
I actually already wrote a huge rant about this here http://archiveofourown.org/comments/28327105 if you're interested.
I'm tired of heterosexuality as the norm. But I'm also a bit tired of "everyone is inexplicably queer" rewritings in fandom (though I ain't judging—I've done it before and will do it again!) I wanted to try something different. Clint Barton is conspicuously heterosexual in the comics, having had many affairs with numerous women. Bruce Banner spends too much time on the run to ever really focus on romance, so his canon is more flexible and so he was the one I chose to depict as (presumably) pansexual.
And I really like writing about uncategorized love. In the end, are Bruce and Clint boyfriends? Are they "just" friends with one-sided benefits? It doesn't really matter. They've become family to each other. The rest is just… technicalities.
8. Continuing with this subject, sexuality and sexual situations factor significantly into fanworks. I'm fascinated by the idea that many (female?) writers are not only focusing on same sex male pairings, they're also imbuing men with feminine values, strengths, and cultures while at the same time remarking on masculine values, strengths, and cultures. What are your thoughts on this?
Fandom is definitely a female-dominated space. It's amazing in many ways, but it also has its shortcomings. People have criticized the staggering amount of M/M pairings by accusing the female writers of fetishism (the same way straight guys enjoy lesbian porn.) For some of them it's definitely true, but in our general defense (speaking for the MCU fandom here) I can say this:
– Setting aside love interests (Peggy Carter, Pepper Potts) and secondary characters (Maria Hill, Darcy Lewis) we only have two female characters: Natasha Romanov and Wanda Maximoff. Neither of them has their own movie, and I can't recall a single line of dialogue between them.
– Fanfiction is about pushing back against a very patriarchal mainstream media; so we write lots of queer characters, lots of men who are actually allowed to access and express their feelings, and lots of women who do not engage in sex and/or romance. When you add all those factors up, you get a predominance of M/M pairings.
– Seriously. We're desperate for male characters to finally get a bit of sweet lovin', and we're desperate for female characters to do literally anything else with their time. Look at how Tumblr reacted to Pacific Rim, Captain America: Winter Soldier and Mad Max: Fury Road. It was like a breath of fresh air.
Society and entertainment influence each other. People do what they see, and write what they do. I think writing stories is essential to shaping ourselves as a culture. Despite the very real threat of fetishism, I think fanfiction is mostly a feminist endeavor.
9. It's not an exaggeration to say that fanfic writers crave comments! How does reader input impact your process? Do you have rules around criticism or negative comments?
In my author's notes I'm regularly screaming I LIVE FOR COMMENTS! and encouraging readers to leave comments as long and detailed as they want. Feedback is essential to understanding what works and what doesn't when it comes to posting a story. You learn how to reference it better, so readers find it more easily; you learn how to pace it better, so your readers will be hooked after the first chapter and willing to bear with you for several thousand words; you learn how to maximize the emotional impact of your writing, so readers will want to read more of your work. Puzzling out all that would be a lot more difficult without comments!
And it's about the joy of sharing, too. The happy feedback loop of fanfiction is so pure. I had fun writing this; you had fun reading it; let's rant about the things we love!
Criticism is always difficult to absorb, but it's also needed. If it's polite and legitimate, I'll welcome it. But negative comments—people who just come in to say "I didn't like it"—those are just malicious. If I'm reading something I don't like, I just close the tab. The author doesn't need to know about it. Thankfully, gratuitous rudeness isn't encouraged in fandom at all, and I'm happy I never had a lot of comments like this.
10. Name three other artists, writers of fanfic or otherwise, to whom you'd like to give a shout out. What should we know about them?
Speranza! One of the most amazing writers in the MCU fandom, imo. (20th Century Limited should be illegal.) Everything they touch turns to gold.
M_Leigh! Her works are spectacular (I am still sobbing over Middletown)—and she's the co-founder of Big Bang Press. Now that's applied fanfiction.
bluandorange! Their writing and drawings leave me breathless—but mostly it's their meta I'm awestruck by. Their opinions on Steve Rogers heavily influenced the way I write him.
11. Okay this last question is inspired by one of my new favorite podcasts, Fanbros. At the beginning of each episode, the hosts dub themselves with funny and clever code-names, which they call AKAs (also-known-as). In the spirit of fanfic, where writers largely go by pen names, what other monikers might you choose for yourself?
Oh, I didn't know about that—thanks, I'll go listen to them! And um… I don't know… This is Nonymos, aka Nobody Expects the Superhero Obsession. Keep writin'!