A little more than a century ago, football was on the verge of being banished. Deaths on the gridiron occurred almost weekly during the football season; there were 18 in 1904 and 19 in 1905. Numerous colleges, including Northwestern, Columbia, and Duke dropped football in 1906 due to its violence and dangers. If it were not for President Teddy Roosevelt's efforts to broker a plan that revamped the game's rules and lessened the sport's inherent violence, football might have disappeared (see fig.1).
Fig. 1. President Teddy Roosevelt brokered a change in football rules to lessen it's inherent violence.
Today, concern is again arising about the violence and dangers that are part of the game. The primary impetus behind this concern comes from the growing body of evidence that concussions cause a risk in later life of persistent cognitive impairment, dementia, and depression. Retired professional football players have initiated a number of pending lawsuits. Even ESPN, whose success is at least partially dependent upon football, has raised concern regarding the incidence and management of concussions, and has suggested that rule changes may be needed to reduce the frequency of brain injury. Responding to these concerns, even President Obama entered the discussion. During a January 2013 interview published in The New Republic magazine, he encouraged the NCAA to explore options that would reduce the incidence of concussion among football players.
Up until the past decade, the primary focus on scientific studies on football related brain injuries and prevention have focused on more serious traumatic brain injuries such as intracranial and intracerebral bleeds. An article in the December 6, 1931 New York Times reported 40 football related deaths during that season and a total of 275 football related deaths between the years 1906-1931.1 Since 1931, The National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury has tracked sports related injuries. Their data indicate a reduction in the total number of deaths directly attributable to football. But while the number of deaths related to playing football—which are primarily due to brain and spinal cord injuries—has been reduced dramatically, the incidence of concussion has not. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that sports-related concussions in the U.S. occur at a rate of 1.6-3.8 million/year. Of these, concussion in high school athletes is estimated to account for 300,000/year,2 with football accounting for an estimated 67,000/year.3 This statistic converts into an average of one concussion in every American football game.
Over the years the nature of the game has change dramatically. Tackling has progressed from wrapping arms around the ball carrier and dragging him to the turf to impacting and knocking the ball carrier to the ground. Players are bigger, stronger, and faster than 50 years ago. The Laws of Physics being what they are, the impact forces in collisions must be greater today than in the past, which translate into greater acceleration/deceleration of the head and an increased risk of concussion.
Roughly beginning in the 1990s, there has been considerable research on the morbidity of concussion in sports. It is now accepted that individuals sustaining multiple concussions are at an increased risk of a subsequent concussion and chronicity and severity of symptoms. Of major concern is the evidence suggesting that football players, with the number of head hits suffered, are at increased risk of developing neurodegenerative disorders manifested in dementia and mood and behavioral disorders.
In 1928, "dementia pugilistica" was described in boxers. This constellation of Parkinsonian and dementia like symptoms included the presence of impaired motor skills, altered mental status, speech impairment and tremors. Now referred to as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), this neuro-degenerative disorder is attributed to repeated concussive and subconcussive injuries. CTE, with its association with repeated brain trauma is a preventable dementia. Though principally associated with athletes in contact sports (e.g. American football, professional wrestling, professional hockey, boxing, soccer), it has also been identified in a victim of physical abuse, a patient with epilepsy, a self injurer, and a circus clown who was repeatedly shot from a cannon. The symptoms of CTE are not simply attributable to protracted post-concussion syndrome,8 but occur later in life, often years after the suspected trauma.
While the clinical symptoms are often similar to those occurring in individuals with Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal lobar degeneration, the neuropathology is distinctly different.9 There are currently 49 neuro-pathologically confirmed cases in the literature. Postmortem neuro-pathological findings include excessive accumulations of hyperphosphorylated tau and TDP-43 proteins in the brain that disrupt normal brain function, but there is a relative absence of the senile amyloid plaques seen in Alzheimer's disease. Other findings include atrophy of the hippocampus and other medial temporal structures (especially the amygdala), and the orbital frontal regions of the brain.
Early neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric symptoms typically fall into one of 3 domains: cognitive (memory impairment, executive function deficit); mood (depression, apathy, irritability, suicidal tendency); and behavior (impulse control problems, disinhibition, substance abuse and other addictions, aggression, and increased violence). Neurological symptoms often involve difficulty with gait and balance, and slowed or dysarthric speech.10 The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University reports cognitive symptoms in 69%, mood and behavioral disturbances in 65%, and motor disorders in 41% of those diagnosed with CTE.
HOW MANY AND HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?
There are insufficient research and data pertaining to who is at greater risk for developing chronic neurobehavioral impairment or CTE. The number, severity, or cumulative extent of head traumas necessary to cause CTE is not clear. That said, there is a relationship between CTE and increased exposure to head hits in football, soccer, boxing, and horse racing. While a history of repetitive brain trauma has been documented in all cases of CTE, other risk factors may be involved. Age has considered a factor, with the belief that injuries in younger individuals may lead to greater risk of CTE, but this has not been clearly validated. Genetics may contribute to risk with studies reflecting increased incidence of the APOE-e4 allele among those developing CTE. ApoE protein production increases following brain injury and has been theorized to impact neuronal repair.11 However, at this time, there are no definitively identified factors for greater risk of developing CTE.
When is the brain truly concussed? What about subconcussive injury?
The American Academy of Neurology defines concussion as a traumatically induced alteration in mental status caused by a direct or indirect blow to the head. Thus, concussion has traditionally been diagnosed based on symptoms, which assumes a functional and not a structural injury. But with the accumulation of evidence that athletes who sustain multiple concussions are at greater risk for dementia or major depression later in life,12 there is increased concern about the potential cumulative effect of blows to the head that do not result in observable concussive symptoms.
In many sports, particularly football, a player may sustain hundreds of hits in the course of a season. Using helmet accelerometers in a study of high school football, players sustained approximately 652 head impacts during a 14-week season.13 Linemen experienced the greatest number of impacts per season (868), followed by tight ends, running backs, linebackers (619), quarterbacks (467), and receivers and defensive backs (372). The cumulative effect of multiple blows that often do not cause concussive symptoms has become a major area of concern. The Crisco et al14 study involved 3 NCAA football teams and revealed that the median number of head impacts on each team was 4.8, 7.5, and 6.6 impacts per practice and 12.1, 14.6, and 16.3 impacts per game. Linemen and linebackers had the largest number of impacts per practice and per game.
While the vast majority of these hits do not result in clinically identifiable concussions, the cumulative effects of these "nonconcussive" events may potentially alter brain integrity. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies have detected differences in white matter integrity among high school football players sustaining subconcussive head hits.20 Other studies using functional MRI (fMRI) have identified altered neurophysiologic function, as well as impairment on neuropsychological testing (primarily visual working memory), among high school players who experienced higher numbers of subconcussive hits.12 Long-term longitudinal studies are necessary to clarify the persistence and long-term morbidity of these subconcussive events.
When has the concussed brain fully recovered?
Standard protocol following concussion emphasizes that following concussion it is important for the individual to have considerable rest and not to overexert mentally or physically. Activities that cause exacerbation of symptoms are to be avoided. With resolution of symptoms, a graduated approach toward re-engagement in usual activities is prescribed. Athletes should never return to sports-related activities or play until they are symptom-free and fully recovered. Determination of full recovery is typically based on clinical examination and neuropsychological testing, but research on subconcussive injuries raises doubts that this standard protocol assures "complete recovery." There may be no observable clinical symptoms, but has the brain thoroughly recovered? Greater access to quantitative functional neuroimaging would appear to be a promising future tool to identify an individual's readiness to return to play, academics, work, and other everyday activities.
Are helmets the answer or the problem?
Fig. 2. Protective leather headgear in use in 1902.
On contact the head is subjected to linear and rotational forces; the former are more likely to result in skull fractures and intracranial bleeds, while the latter appear to account for the majority of concussions. Helmets do serve a protective function in reducing linear forces, and the advent of padded hard-shell helmets has dramatically reduced and virtually eliminated the incidence of skull fractures and intracranial bleeds. In the middle of the 20th century, as many as 30 football players per year died annually due to head injuries, but there have been no identified skull fractures in the NFL since the 1980s. It has been estimated that newer helmet design has reduced the incidence of concussion by 10-20%.23 But as noted, improvements in protective equipment may have created a false sense of safety.
Fig. 3. Equipment manufacturers turn to new technology to reduce the incidence of concussion by 10-20%.
What does appear to be clear, based on input from helmet manufacturers and biomechanists studying helmets, is that development of a concussion-proof helmet is unlikely. The minimal amount of padding inside a helmet's outer shell would have to decelerate a player's head slowly enough to prevent significant injury. One expert on helmet design noted that "In a car crash, you stop in a matter of feet. In an NFL impact, you stop in inches." The goal in designing helmets is to extend the duration of the impact in the range of hundredths of a second. University of Nebraska physics professor Dr. Timothy Gay believes that football helmets are "85 percent as good as they're ever going to get," and a concussion-proof helmet would need 15 inches of foam rubber on the outside of the helmet.
Still, the design of helmets has received considerable attention, and there have been significant improvements that appear to decrease the risk of concussion. Dr. Stefan Duma at the Virginia Tech Center for Injury Biomechanics studies and releases an annual rating system of the protective benefits of various football helmet models. Future research and ratings are also planned for hockey, baseball, softball, and lacrosse helmets.
Should children be playing contact sports?
The greatest number of concussions occurs in children. Research indicates that children are more vulnerable to concussions and have more protracted recovery than adults. Approximately one-half of the emergency room visits for concussions in America are children aged 14 and under. A 2011 study by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed a 60 percent increase in emergency department visits among children for suspected concussion between the years 2001-09. Concern regarding concussion in younger children is in part associated with the uncertainty of the effects of injury on the developing brain, especially the maturation of white matter. Furthermore, the risk of catastrophic injury in cases of second impact syndrome warrants increased concern in children.
Robert Cantu, M.D., a leading researcher of concussion and author of Concussions and Our Kids, suggests restricting children less than 14 years of age from playing tackle football, body checking in ice hockey, and heading in soccer. His approach is certainly controversial given the number of children playing contact sports without suffering any known significant consequences. While engagement in sports-related activities certainly carries risk, there are numerous positives that come from participation in sports and team play. These include acquiring the benefits of: exercise, a sense of belonging, increased self-confidence, and the principles of team work.
Monitoring of progressive return to normal activities.
Standard practice continues to prescribe rest and avoidance of physical and mental exertion following injury. Typical guidelines suggest 2-5 days of nearly complete rest following a concussion, as exertion may exacerbate symptoms or delay recovery. Education regarding proper concussion management including rest, adequate nutritional and fluid intake, and stress management is also indicated.
When the patient is free of symptoms, an individualized plan of graduated return to physical and mental activities should be prescribed, with progressive increases in duration and intensity of activity as long as symptoms aren't exacerbated. That determination should be made on the basis of monitoring by health care professionals using tools that include symptom checklists, neurological examinations, and cognitive assessments.
Any suspicion of concussion should result in immediate discontinuation of play.
There should be no return to sports-related activities unless the individual is symptom free.
High school age or younger individuals with concussion should be managed more conservativelythan older athletes regarding return to play.
Accommodations may be necessary for either academic or work-related activities.
There are no medications specific to the treatment of concussion or post-concussion disorder. Symptom-specific medications have been used with variable effectiveness in the treatment of attention deficit, fatigue, headache, dizziness, vertigo, nausea, mood disorder, and sleep disturbance.
Physical and occupational therapy and vision therapy treatments have become more common for the treatment of post-concussion symptoms. Evaluation and treatment is often beneficial in the attenuation of vestibular symptoms such as dizziness, vertigo, and problems with balance. Post-concussion headaches may be the result of myofascial or cervical injuries, temporo-mandibular joint injury or muscle activity of the superior trapezius and semispinalis capitis muscles in the suboccipital region. Core and neck strengthening programs can reduce vulnerability to these consequences of concussion.
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF CONCUSSIONS IN ATHLETICS?
1. First and foremost, education of the medical community is necessary to enhance identification and management of concussion, along with public education for coaches, players and parents. To date, 47 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia have passed student-athlete concussion laws that require education of coaches and players about concussion, and establish guidelines for return to play.
2. While education and awareness of the significance of concussion has improved, survey data from athletes suggest that many continue to underreport their symptoms. A paper presented at the 2012 American Academy of Pediatrics' annual meeting reported that high schools with athletic trainers identified concussions at a much higher rate than schools without athletic trainers,24 which implied that athletic trainers are more reliable at identifying symptoms of concussion.
3. The greater the time that athletes spend engaged in contact sports, the greater their risk for brain injury. Since the number of head hits received during a season and throughout a lifetime is a major concern, a reasonable first step is decreasing the number of full contact practices. This means restricting full contact football, heading the ball in soccer, or checking in hockey. Noncontact practice during off-season would also significantly decrease the number of head hits. The NFL has restricted the number of full contact practices to only 14 times during its 18 week season. In 2011, Ivy League football limited contact during practices to 2 sessions per week, and in 2012, Pop Warner Football limited contact in practices to 3 hours per week. More schools are using concussion screening programs to compare players' brain function after a hit to baseline measurements taken pre-season.
4. With the use of accelerometers in helmets to measure linear and rotational acceleration forces of the head, data have been gathered to establish thresholds for impact forces that could potentially serve as guidelines or cut-off scores for removal of players from play. Whether guidelines for removal from play should be based on cumulative g-forces over a specified duration of time, or solely on a single hit, will need further study. Much as Little League Baseball™ has limited the number of pitches a player may throw in a game or over a defined time, it should be possible to monitor the number or intensity of head hits and acceleration forces that a player experiences. These could serve as criteria to immediately remove a player from the game for evaluation and treatment.
5. Core strengthening and neck strengthening programs are beneficial in decreasing head acceleration associated with head impact.
6. Proper selection and wearing of head gear is of paramount importance as there is research that suggests a difference in concussion risk between various models of helmets. The Virginia Tech Star Helmet Ratings provide guidance on football helmets with ratings as: not recommended, marginal, adequate, good, very good, and best.
8. Proper coaching, skills training, and rule changes can also reduce the risk of head injury. USA Football, the official youth football development partner of the NFL, has emphasized training of coaches and players in proper ("heads up") tackling and fitting of equipment. After the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury reported an average of 19.7 deaths directly related to football in the 10 years from 1967-1976, rule changes were made that penalized leading with the helmet while blocking or tackling, and coaches began teaching tackling with the shoulder while keeping the head up. In the following 10 years football-related deaths from spinal cord or brain injuries dropped to 7.9 per year. In 2011, the NFL moved the kickoff line forward, resulting in fewer kick-off returns. This change resulted in a reduction in concussions/year from an average of 26.3 between 2008-2010 to 15 in 2011.
Reduction in the risk of the long-term sequelae of multiple concussive injuries requires expanded understanding of both concussion and sub-concussion injury. Longitudinal studies should increase our understanding of the brain's capacity to endure injury, and guide earlier counseling of athletes. Developments in clinical and radiological technology offer hope of earlier detection of those injuries that have consequences later in life, thus reducing morbidity and mortality. While repetitive brain trauma is necessary for CTE to develop, it is not a sufficient cause alone. We need further investigation and identification of other factors that escalate the risk of CTE.
Finally, it is assumed that greater diligence in immediately identifying potential concussion and sub-concussion injuries in real time (game time) through the use of helmet accelerometers, would provide improved protection. Other potential benefits may come from the development of early interventions to manage brain inflammation and modulate metabolic disturbances following concussion.
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The ninja knew how to use society's assumptions to their advantage. These assumptions greatly influenced their disguises and combat tactics.
As modern ninja, you too have to know the assumptions of modern society. And in knowing how society thinks, you will be able to use the knowledge to your benefit.
The old ninja disguised themselves as merchants sometimes. Merchants could travel around without arousing suspicion. It was also common for merchants to be social with the locals. This gave the old ninja opporunities to gether vital information.
Modern society too have their assumptions. People are stereotyped and labeled by the way they dress, act or look. When gathering information in disguise. Choose an appropriate identity to blend into and don't act too stereotypical. It will arouse suspicion as well.
In combat, the ninja of old Japan used the element of surprise. They did this by acting in contrast from society's assumptions. They thought out of the box and used weapons in unexpected ways.
The shuriken (or throwing star) was expected to be a killing or cutting weapon. Instead, shuriken was used by ninja to surprise and distract the enemy. The distracted enemy would consequently leave himself open to a ninja's followup attacks.
The ninja's short sword was expected only to be used for stabbing and slashing. But the short sword was also used as a leverage to climb trees.
In modern day combat, using weapons is a sure way to get into trouble with the law. However, we can follow this concept of using assumptions and surprise to make inconspicuous weapons. They are everyday items that could be used in combat; either used as weapons or distraction tools. If you want self defense weapons that are effective, inconspicuous and won't get you into trouble with the law, buy the Kubotan that can be fitted on your keys.


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Keighley & Airedale Business Awards – Financial/Legal Business of 2018
Hurrah! We are very proud to announce that WTW Solicitors have won the Financial/Legal Services Business of the Year 2018 at the Keighley & Airedale Business Awards on Friday night.
The prestigious award ceremony, now in its sixth year, was held at Victoria Hall, Keighley, West Yorkshire. The awards celebrate the success of the area's wide and diverse business community. It was great for WTW Solicitors to celebrate with some of the team and enjoy the night.
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It was also great to meet Harry Gration MBE. He was hosting and presenting the KABAs in his normal enthusiastic fashion as well as visiting all the tables.
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Author Spotlight: Kate Elliott
by Laurel Amberdine
Published in Aug. 2018 (Issue 99) | 866 words | Related Story: A Compendium of Architecture and the Science of Building
How does this story fit with your other works?
The story is set in the universe of the Spiritwalker Trilogy (Cold Magic et al, published 2010-2013), aka Afro-Celtic post-Roman Ice Age Regency-style fantasy adventure with Phoenician spies, hungry sharks, revolutionary sentiments, and lawyer dinosaurs. Over the last few years, I've been writing standalone short fiction set in this alternate history fantasy world to fill in events and details that fall outside the timeline of the trilogy itself.
Can you tell us what inspired you to write this story in particular?
Some months ago, a call went out for stories "celebrating masculinity" (you may recall the discussion that raced around Twitter and other spots online). As a feminist who has spent all of her career centering women in epic stories of adventure, I wanted to do my part. This story is a departure for me, featuring (as it does) only male characters (women are briefly mentioned but never seen). The main character, Magnus Diarisso, is in my opinion a fine role model for positive masculinity in a patriarchal, class-conscious, hierarchical society.
I really enjoyed the demonstration of contrasting masculine attitudes in this story, the two old men, one flashy and proud, one subtle and proud, the sensitive and vain teen, and the other insensitive and vain teens. And all of them in fear of the wise old women—ha! Did you set out to explore and contrast these kinds of common male attitudes or did that just happen in the course of writing?
The culture and characters already existed, as it were (in previous publications). So although this story takes place before the Spiritwalker Trilogy, I relied on my knowledge of the worldbuilding I had already set up for the larger cultural and familial relationships and attitudes. And while I did not deliberately set out to contrast the varying masculine attitudes, the characters were already there, with all that built-in conflict, which perhaps is why this story called to me.
Architecture and woodworking are both presented with authentic detail. Are you familiar or involved in either of those fields, or did you do research for this story?
Thank you! Alas, I have no carpentry training, although I have used a saw, hatchet, axe, and hammer back in the day. I had already done research on architecture (it's a thing of mine), and for the second two Spiritwalker books I researched early nineteenth-century woodworking techniques and tools because they were important for the story. So I used that research as well as some very handy YouTube videos to decide on what details I could reasonably highlight. On this subject, however, I want to mention Juliet E. McKenna's The Green Man's Heir, a contemporary fantasy whose main character is a young (half dryad) man who works as a carpenter. The carpentry details are just fabulous. She really knows her stuff.
I loved young Andevai's attitude toward pursuing perfection for its own sake. And while that is an excellent (if rare) quality in any vocation, I definitely sensed a message for the aspiring writers out there. Did you have that in mind? How important is that kind of self-motivation to a writing career?
No, that aspect of message never crossed my mind until this question! I specifically wrote the story to stand alone and be readable by people who have no familiarity with the Spiritwalker Trilogy (and of course by Spiritwalker fans as well). But in all honesty, I wanted to write the story to fill in some backstory of one of the major characters in the trilogy. In other words, I already knew Andevai's character quite well from the novels, so my goal was simply to show him as he would have been at sixteen. In that sense, his situation is secondary to Magnus's journey, which is the focus of the tale.
Having said that, I agree wholeheartedly that self-motivation and the willingness to keep working to get better are keys to a writing career, so if that is a message readers take from the story, then I'm good with it.
What recent and forthcoming works of yours can fans look for?
My most recent works are:
The M19 story arc for Magic: The Gathering, an origin story for one of the game's biggest villains.
The Court of Fives trilogy, a YA fantasy I call "American Ninja Warrior meets Little Women in a setting inspired by Cleopatra's Egypt."
Black Wolves, epic fantasy with a bit of Jane Austen's Persuasion and a bit of Dragon Age, whose main character is a snarky older woman in a position of authority who has had enough of your shit.
Forthcoming:
From Random House, "Bloom," a story in Gardner Dozois's final edited anthology, The Book of Magic. This tale is also set in the Spiritwalker Universe and, oddly enough, also features an older male POV.
From Tor Books, 2019:
Genderbent Alexander the Great as space opera.
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Laurel Amberdine
Laurel Amberdine was raised by cats in the suburbs of Chicago. She's good at naps, begging for food, and turning ordinary objects into toys. She currently lives in Portland and works (remotely) for Locus Magazine. Find her on Twitter at @amberdine.


The last few days at NYCC 2014 saw a flurry of new series named, and I mean flurry. From Silk to Fables: Wolf Among Us, there's barely a rock left unturned. Unable to feature them all (partly because some would be cancelled before I hit 'post') here are the five that stand out most and a few words to say why.
Let's just pause to marvel at another awesome Mark Brooks cover. Right, moving on, with an Ant-Man movie in the works, this is a bit of a no-brainer. Hopefully Nick goes down the road Ed Brubaker walked with Ant-Man Scott Lang in Secret Avengers, by having Cap challenge him to make more of himself than a either a deadbeat dad or a criminal has been. Fighting to rise to this challenge would be the only way Scott could 'out cool' original Ant-Man and James Bond of the Marvel U, Hank Pym for a solo series.
The last Hawkeye series pretty much won every award not nailed down, some even twice. That said, as a die-hard fan of the old Avengers West Coast, it seemed just a little too far removed from 'super-hero' for me to see it as 'my Clint Barton'. That said, Hawkeye is one of the best character's in the Marvel U, and one of it's most defined personalities. Watching Jeff debut at Marvel, so soon after handling DC's hit-archer Green Arrow, will hopefully see the success continue, with a bit more Terminus kind of villains thrown in too.
Sorry Drax, you win the 'Last person in Guardians of the Galaxy not to get your own series'. Gamora will be written by the woman who first picked Guardians out as a property for Marvel to develop for the big screen, and wrote the script that persuaded Marvel to give it the big tick. Given how awesome that film is, the records it crashed all over the world, and what it did for Groot alone, I'd say this series is definitely one to watch.
Some people just don't see Wonder Woman beyond the legendary efforts of actress Lynda Carter, in the now-iconic TV series. There's nothing wrong with that in the slightest, Lynda is flippin' amazing, and DC is recognising exactly that by creating this six-part weekly digital comic launching in December, with print editions to follow. After all these years, you're now a digital wonder, Wonder Woman.
As a massive MK fan who has never felt any game has reached the standard set by MKII (even with all the modern tricks and wizardry) this is the one announcement from Comic Con that made me most jump up and down and scream like a banshee. Yes, on the inside, and yes, just as much as Secret Wars 2015. Taking place 25 years after 2011's Mortal Kombat relaunch continuity wise, this prequel to the upcoming game of the same name will also feature covers by superstar Ivan Reis - well, like those shown above.
Thought you might say both of those comments Karl, good to know some things don't change!


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Better Collective increases its ownership to 90% of the shares in Mindway AI that specialises in software solutions based on artificial intelligence and neuroscience for identifying, preventing and intervening in at-risk and problem gambling. The investment supports Better Collective's ambition to make betting more safe.
As of January 1st 2021, Better Collective has exercised its option to acquire a further 70% of the shares in Mindway AI for a total price of 17 million DKK. The acquisition follows a preliminary investment made in 2019 where Better Collective acquired 19.99% of the company for 4 million DKK. With the new investment, Better Collective now holds 90% of the shares in Mindway AI, whereas the reimaing 10% is held by Kim Mouridsen, Founder of Mindway AI and Professor at Aarhus University.
CEO of Mindway AI, Rasmus Kjærgaard, who has played an instrumental part in commercialising the business during its growth phase over the last 12 months, continues in his current position. Kjærgaard joined Mindway AI in December 2019 from Danish IT company, Signaturgruppen A/S, where he spent over four years as VP of Sales. Also, Professor Kim Mouridsen stays on board in the role as Chief Scientific Officer and member of the board of the company. Mindway AI will continue to operate as a stand-alone company within the Better Collective Group.
Jesper Søgaard, CEO of Better Collective, says:
"Responsible gambling remains a strategic focus area for Better Collective where we continue to increase our efforts. We see Mindway AI's technologies and software solutions as best-in-class and foresee the business will play an increasingly important role in the iGaming ecosystem, as responsible gambling continues to be at the very top of the industry agenda and in society as a whole. It has been impressive to follow the strong development of the company over the last year since our initial investment and I am excited to further build on the promising collaboration we have established and to find new areas where our core competencies can be crossed and utilized for the benefit of the partners and players."
Rasmus Kjærgaard, CEO of Mindway AI, says:
"I am excited that Mindway AI now joins the Better Collective Group, an organisation that shares our purpose and values and has a genuine wish to create a safe and sustainable betting and gambling environment for players worldwide. With this investment, we now form closer ties to an organisation that has the industry network and muscles to further accelerate the development of our business. I look forward to continuing the strong growth journey Mindway AI has been on and to further expand our footprint globally."
Strong momentum
Mindway AI is an award-winning company that develops state of the art software solutions for fully automatic monitoring and profiling of gamblers and for identifying, preventing and intervening in at-risk and problem gambling. At the core of Mindway AI's DNA is a research-based foundation, and the development of the solutions is done by combining neuroscience, artificial intelligence and a deep collaboration with a team of industry experts. Common to Mindway AI's software solutions, GameScanner, Gamalyze and GameChanger, is that they empower iGaming operators to create safer customer journeys as well as to become proactive if players show signs of having problems.
Mindway AI has over the last year accelerated its transformation from being an academic-based start-up focusing on building products and software solutions with a strong scientific foundation into commercialising the business. Today, Mindway AI plays an increasingly important role in the iGaming ecosystem supporting operators on a global scale such as Entain (formerly GVC Holdings), Flutter Group and Holland Casino to create safer iGaming experiences.
In October 2020, GameScanner, an AI-based solution that fully automatically 24-7-365 identifies and monitors problem gambling behavior, became the first responsible gambling solution to have its performance on detecting at-risk and problem gamblers tested and validated in a sample by Gaming Laboratories International® (GLI). GLI is the gaming industry's leading testing and assessment company that provides gaming regulators, operators and suppliers with certification and testing with the highest level of independence and integrity. Currently, GameScanner has a patent pending for its innovative technology. Also, Mindway AI's Gamalyze solution, a gamificated self-test of players, won the Compliance Innovation of the Year award at the Global Regulatory Awards 2020 that recognises excellence in compliance and responsible gambling.
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A long time participant of the Liberty's Gears All Motor class will be out on Friday night as usual. Dan Ostgen driving the 1969 Camaro that has gone 7.99 and 170.6 MPH. They're feeling confident coming into this mid-season race. We don't blame them for the confidence as they've been closing the gap between themselves and the top of the field during the 2018 season.
The 1969 Diamond Pistons Outlaw 10.5 Camaro of Joel Wensley is FAST. The best run in the car is a 4.12 at 189 MPH. Joel Wensley said his team is "like the Jeffesons…. MOVIN ON UP!" They are looking to set a new record this Friday. All this record chasing is going to turn into a hell of a show for the fans!
Tony Petrovski pilots the 1992 Ford Mustang Notchback with 598 cubic inches under the hood, that is owned by him and Riste Pancevski. This Liberty's Gears All Motor machine has run 7.84 and 175 MPH. The P&P Motorsports Race Team says they are going to try to be more consistent this event. With runner up finishes at both races this season, they seem to be finishing pretty consistently already, but we know they want to see those 7.8 passes every time. With two of the smaller All Motor trophies, they're looking for the big one this month.


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Third, arylphosphonic acid derivatives have been made by or-ganometallic reactions, such as the reaction of C6H5MgBr with (C^HsObPOCl or of phcnyllithium with phosphorodipiperididic chloride 9c 11
Fourth, the present procedure bears a resemblance to the photochemical reaction of aryl iodides with trialkyl phosphites, by means of which several dialkyl arylphosphonates have been prepared.13 However, prolonged irradiation (>24 hours) in quartz vessels was employed.
1.	Board of Studies in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064.
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4.	J. K. Kim and J. F. Bunnett, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 92, 7463, 7464 (1970).
5.	R. A. Rossi and J. F. Bunnett, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 94, 683 (1972); J. Org. Chem., 38, 1407 (1973); J. F. Bunnett and J. E. Sundberg, Chem. Pharm. Bull. (Jap.), 23, 2620 (1975); J. F. Bunnett and J. E. Sundberg, J. Org. Chem., 41, 1702 (1976).
6.	X. Creary, unpublished work.
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8.	J. F. Bunnett and X. Creary, J. Org. Chem., 39, 3173 (1974).
9.	K. Sasse, �Methoden der Organischen Chemie� (Houben-Weyl), 4th ed., Band XII/1, Georg Thieme, Stuttgart, 1963, (a) p. 314; (b) p. 352; (c) p. 372; (d) p. 392.
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Chemical Abstracts Nomenclature (Collective Index Number; Registry Numbers)
Diethyl phenylphosphonate: Phosphonic acid, phenyl-, diethyl ester (8,9); (1754-49-0)
Diethyl phosphonate: Phosphonic acid, diethyl ester (8,9); (762-04-9)
Benzene, iodo- (8,9); (591-50-4)
Acetone (8); 2-Propanone (9); (67-64-1)
Ammonium nitrate: Nitric acid, ammonium salt (8,9); (6484-52-2) Ethyl ether (8); Ethane, l,l'-oxybis- (9); (60-29-7)
Potassium diethyl phosphite: Phosphorous acid, diethyl ester, potassium salt (8,9); (54058-00-3)
Benzene, bromo- (8,9); (108-86-1)
C6H5MgBr: Magnesium, bromo phenyl (8,9); (100-58-3) (C2H50)2P0C1: Phosphorochloridic acid, diethyl ester (8,9); (814-
49-3)
Lithium, phenyl- (8,9); (591-51-5)
Phosphorodipiperididic chloride: Phosphonic dichloride, piperi-dino- (8,9); (1498-56-2)
SULFIDE SYNTHESIS: BENZYL SULFIDE (Benzene, l,l-[thiobis(methylene) Ibis-)
(C6H5CH2)2S2 + [(CH3)2N]3P	(C6H5CH2)2S + [(CH3)2N]3PS
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1.	Procedure
Caution! See benzene warning, p. 168. (Note 1).
A 100-ml., one-necked, round-bottomed flask is equipped with a magnetic stirring bar and an efficient reflux condenser topped with a drying tube. The flask is charged with 3.92 g. (0.024 mole) of freshly-distilled hexamethylphosphorous triamide (Note 2), 15 ml. of dry benzene (Note 3), and 4.93 g. (0.020 mole) of benzyl disulfide (Note 4). The mixture is then refluxed for 1 hour (Notes 5 and 6), during which time it may develop a slight yellow color. After cooling to room temperature, the solution is concentrated on a rotary evaporator (Note 7), and the residue is chromatographed
over 75 g. of silica gel (Note 8). After eluting with hexane-chloroform (8:2 v/v) at 3-4 ml. per minute (Note 9) and monitoring the eluant by gas chromatography (Note 10), an initial fraction containing no product is collected (typically 100 ml.)- Successive fractions (ca. 1.45 1.) contain the product. These are combined and evaporated (Note 11), 20 ml. of absolute ethanol is added to the residue, and the mixture is heated on a steam bath for ca. 30 seconds to form a homogeneous solution. The solution is filtered hot through a Buchner funnel (medium-porosity fritted disk) and washed three times with 3-ml. portions of absolute ethanol. The solvent is then removed to constant weight of residue by rotary evaporation to yield 4.15-4.27 g. (96.7-99.5%) of benzyl sulfide as a white solid or as a colorless oil that crystallizes on standing (cooling on dry ice for ca. 1 minute may be required), m.p. 46.5-47.5�. This product is of sufficient purity for most purposes (Note 12). Further elution of the column with 1.1 1. of chloroform (same flow rate as above) and removal of solvent by rotary evaporation afford 3.94-4.06 g. (101-104%) of crude (ca. 95% pure) tris(dimethylamino)phosphine sulfide (Note 13).
2.	Notes
1.	To avoid benzene, dry toluene or acetonitrile can be used as solvents following the same procedure.
2.	The hexamethylphosphorus triamide is obtained from the Eastman Kodak Company. It is distilled under reduced pressure (water aspirator) to yield a clear, colorless oil, b.p. 46-48� (7 mm.). It is then stored under nitrogen (rubber septums should be avoided as they tend to deteriorate on prolonged contact with phosphine vapors). Hexamethylphosphorus triamide that has not been freshly distilled often requires much longer reaction times. Since this chemical is an irritant, all operations with it should be performed in a well-ventilated hood. Hexamethylphosphoramide is a classified carcinogen; see Org. Syn., 55, 103 (1976). It should not be confused with hexamethylphosphorus triamide used in this preparation.


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Province warns next 10 days could be 'quite challenging' as more storms set to hit B.C.
Up to 80 millimetres of rain is forecast for Metro Vancouver, Howe Sound, Whistler and the Fraser Valley, starting this morning and continuing until Friday.
Debris litters a road in the Sumas Prairie flood zone in Abbotsford, B.C., on Monday, Nov. 22. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
A series of storms in coming days and weeks is raising concerns for communities dealing with roads already impacted by flooding and washouts.
British Columbians who were forced to evacuate due to flooding are now entitled to $2,000 from the Red Cross — that's in addition to other financial support programs.
Canadian Pacific Railway resumed operations through B.C. on Tuesday, and Canadian National Rail plans to resume rail traffic today.
Non-essential travel restrictions remain in place for several areas of highway impacted by floods.
Restaurants are running out of food and other supplies, which is impacting their bottom line after an already difficult two years.
Recycle B.C. is asking residents to hang on to glass and foam packaging as transportation delays have forced a temporary pause on collection.
British Columbia is bracing for more rainfall in the coming days and weeks as the province works to rebuild after unprecedented precipitation earlier this month.
Strong southeast winds near the water are also predicted as part of this weather system, and freezing levels will rise above mountain tops, which could trigger snowmelt and worsen the flooding situation.
Hay bales are pictured floating in the middle of a street surrounded by floodwaters in the Sumas Prairie flood zone in Abbotsford on Monday. An already dire flooding situation could worsen as heavy rainfall is predicted for the rest of the week. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
The River Forecast Centre has issued a High Streamflow Advisory for the South Coast including the Fraser Valley and near Hope — both of which have been trying to recover from severe flood damage.
Forecasters expect rivers will rise Thursday as a result of the rainfall.
Wind, rain and snowfall warnings are in effect for parts of Vancouver Island, the Central Coast and North Coast.
But once that storm passes through, another one is set to arrive on the coast on Saturday.
"The next nine or 10 days could be quite challenging," Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said during a news conference on Tuesday, as he asked British Columbians to pay close attention to weather forecasts for the coming days.
Abbotsford mayor Henry Braun is advising residents to prepare an emergency kit ahead of the storm.
Highways closed for non-essential travel
Highways washed out by floods remain closed, though essential travel is allowed in some areas.
Transportation Minister Rob Fleming advises people to check highways before heading out on the road, because many are closed for non-essential travel.
An aerial view shows a damaged road near Lytton, B.C., on Nov. 15. (B.C. Ministry of Transportation/Reuters)
On Tuesday, Highway 7 between Hope and Mission was closed to non-essential travel. However, the definition of essential travel was updated to include charter buses, school buses and public transit vehicles so that people are still able to get to school or work.
"First rule is ask yourself, 'Do I need to be out there?' Don't be out there unless it's absolutely essential," Fleming said Tuesday afternoon.
"If you are driving, slow down and follow the direction of traffic control personnel and be patient. It will be slow as you make your commute. If you're heading out of the Lower Mainland, be prepared for winter conditions."
Keep recycling at home for now
Road conditions have made it difficult to transport recycling in B.C., which has prompted the organization in charge of recycling to pause collection on some materials.
Recycle B.C. is asking residents to hang on to their glass and foam, as it has had to temporarily suspend collection from both residential addresses and depots.
Containers and paper will continue to be collected as usual, because Recycle B.C., says they can be baled and stored more compactly.
It is unclear how long the collection suspension will last, as the transportation situation in B.C., continues to change.
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High on quality and low on prescription, Tech's M.A. in English includes only one required course: Introduction to English Graduate Study. Students select the remaining nine courses of their 30-semester-hour degree program from a challenging variety of literary, cultural, interdisciplinary, linguistic, creative and rhetorical seminars.
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The Partech Shaker offices are filling up! Back at the inauguration on 17 December last year, two-thirds of the space had already been taken by around twenty businesses. Since then, several more have seized the opportunity to work alongside other startups and big name companies in a dynamic setting in central Paris.
No sooner had Selectionnist moved into its choice office overlooking Rue Montmartre than a slew of post-it notes appeared on Partech Shaker windows to publicise its arrival. Founders Lara Rouyres and Tatiana Jama dreamed up Selectionnist to bridge the gap between print media and e-commerce. The app recognises over 10,000 products so fashion-lovers can 'See it, Find it, Shop it' – scan an item they like, such as makeup, shoes or clothing in a magazine and be redirected to a site where they can easily order it. Barely 30, the two co-founders already have some solid successes under their belts; their previous startup Dealissime was acquired by American company LivingSocial after just a year.
Another newcomer to the Shaker is Hotel Tonight. This booking app started life in San Francisco in 2010, enabling users to find last-minute cut-price hotel rooms (up to 7 days in advance) at prices as low as $7 a night! Now available in 28 countries and covering 15,000 establishments, the company has offices in Toronto, Sydney, and latterly Paris – with the Partech Shaker being chosen as its launch pad into France. Two factors underlie the pick: the Shaker offers just the international environment needed for this tourist industry player, but equally tempting might be the presence of algorithm specialists PriceMatch for optimising hotel revenue management.
Seevibes is another foreign startup that views a move into the Shaker as part of its European development plan. The Canadian specialist in audience measurement for TV shows on social networks enables advertisers, brands and media agencies like Havas and Netflix to harness real-time social data so they can select the shows their target market engages with most and thereby optimise media planning and brand content. Also a player in the audio-visual industry, new resident TVShow Time is a sort of TV social network where users can 'subscribe' to news about series, comment and share content with friends.
With all these startups operating in such different sectors, the Shaker is continually broadening the scope of its activities to provide residents and partners with ever-increasing opportunities for open innovation. The growing number of foreign businesses coming into the Shaker is a strong signal that it's a great place for French startups to give their international development strategies a boost.


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Sales of European non-performing loans (NPLs) and non-core assets (NCAs) are expected to push through €130 billion in 2016, a 25% increase on the €104.3 billion total for 2015, according to analysis from Deloitte. The figure of €104.3 billion for 2015 was itself a 26% increase on 2014's €83 billion. The rises are driven by increased loan sale activity in continental Europe, particularly in Italy, Spain and other Central and Southern European countries. Between them they racked up almost €30 billion in completed deals, with a further €30 billion still ongoing at the end of 2015.
In 2016 European financial institutions will deleverage further as they tackle over €2 trillion of non-core and non-performing assets. Meanwhile debt investors have reportedly raised around €100 billion in the past 18 months targeted for Europe, which with leverage, means they potentially have over €300 billion in cash ready to spend.
David Edmonds, global head of portfolio lead advisory services at Deloitte, commented:
"Non-performing loans are a significant drag on a bank's overall performance, both financially and operationally. Selling these types of assets becomes a good option to improve capital positions, with banks under increased pressure from regulators and shareholders to clean up their balance sheets.
"There are two trends to watch out for in 2016; increased activity in continental Europe, and a change in the asset class being traded. Regulatory changes and market pressure to improve returns are now driving a disposal of performing products. Sophisticated banks are really paring back to core, profitable business lines and either exiting or offloading risk in areas that don't deliver on their strategic objectives."
Deloitte estimates loan sales reached €45.8 billion in 2015 in the UK, and €17.4 billion for Italy (an increase of 36.7%). Meanwhile Spain completed €8 billion of loan sales at the end of 2015, with another €12 billion continuing into 2016.
David Edmonds concluded: "The UK is still by far the largest market, with many banks seeking to adjust their balance sheets, as well committing to an active deleveraging programme. However, there is significant activity in Italy as local banks start the deleveraging journey their UK counterparts started almost six years ago. Moves last week by the Italian Government and the European Commission to support NPL sales through the State Guarantee programme will only accelerate market activity.
"Looking ahead, we expect sales will continue to increase with such a significant amount raised by distressed debt and private equity funds looking for a home across Europe."
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Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the kielbasa and brown. Remove the kielbasa to a paper towel-lined plate. Add the potatoes, paprika, coriander, allspice, carrots, celery, garlic, onions and some salt and pepper. Cook, partially covered, 5 to 6 minutes. Then wilt in the cabbage and season with a little nutmeg. Deglaze the pan with the beer. Add the stock and passata, then slide the kielbasa back in the pot and simmer to combine flavors, 15 minutes. Cool and store for a make-ahead meal. Reheat over medium heat. Finish the soup with the creme fraiche, herbs and lemon juice; serve in shallow bowls.


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global TRAEFIK_BASIC_AUTH_USERS "[default]='$(u_str_basic_auth_credentials traefik_dashboard_creds)' [help]='Http Basic Auth credentials for traefik dashboard. Defauts to a randomly generated password that can be retrieved locally from a remote instance with the command : make remote-traefik-basic-auth (see cwt/extensions/remote_traefik/remote/traefik_basic_auth.sh)'"

global TRAEFIK_LOG_LEVEL "[default]='WARN'"

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# host shutdown.
global TRAEFIK_SYSTEMD_SETUP "[default]='false' [help]='Set to true if you need to setup auto-restart i.e. after host shutdown using a systemd service. See cwt/extensions/remote_traefik/host/systemd_service_setup.sh'"

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Signs of slowness in Australia
by Jennifer Rauch | Posted on November 19, 2011
With Australia in the news now, it reminded me of a lingering question: Why do people down under seem especially interested in Slow Media and Unplugging, compared to other countries? Not sure I can answer this, but please share any theories you might have!
There's mounting evidence that Aussies are really into being Slow (guffaw). I've been tracking this matter closely and found five compelling indicators:
Richard Watson, a business strategist who writes for Fast Company and foresaw the credit crunch, predicted to The Australian newspaper that Unplugging would become a "watchword" as people started feeling too connected. The Sydney-based Brit envisioned digital diets and renewed interest in analog media such as fountain pens, wet-film photography and vinyl records.
Transformations Journal, edited by some great blokes at Southern Cross University and University of Queensland, recently devoted a whole issue to articles about Slow Media. If you're interested in how this subculture originated, you can read my contribution here. There's a great piece on Facebook suicide, too.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired an hour-long radio program in 2010 about the Slow Movement, with a big segment on Slow Media. On the show called Future Tense, reporters asked me how my college students react to their Unplugging assignments and interviewed Carl Honore (In Praise of Slowness) about Slow Food and Citta Slow.
Another article in The Australian dropped the term "Slow Media" into a 2010 story about media impatience with parliamentary independents who deliberate slowly. I don't really see the connection between the two, but it's interesting that they casually cite the idea and assume people will know what it means.
Susan Maushart, who just published a book fantastically entitled The Winter of Our Disconnect that chronicles how she and her three "totally wired" teenagers gave up technology for six months, lived in Western Australia for many years. She's an NYU grad who lives in Long Island now, but she went back to Perth to write her book.
Someone once told me that going to Oz is like traveling back in time 50 years (she meant it in a good way–that Aussies are more trusting than Americans, and stuff like that). Maybe they're just behind the curve, or maybe they're ahead of the next one…
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Lucas Ihlein says:
I can't, obviously, speak on behalf of the whole nation. But I do think there is a direct relationship between the rise of slow media, and the increasing stress caused by the internet-isation of every-bloody-thing.
So contrary to your friend who told you that Australia is backward, it could be the opposite – a backlash against being too forward?
I've heard said (where?) that Australians are very eager to adopt new technologies. Which means nearly everyone has at least one i-Thing, which they are constantly checking and pecking with their index fingers poking away.
But this early adoption is not something that we're uncomplicatedly pleased about – perhaps more a sign of anxiety – a sense that if we don't keep up, we'll miss out on something important.
At least three high-up Australian university professors I know have said almost exactly the same thing, unprovoked: "the main thing i do as part of my job is to send and receive emails".
It's almost unnecessary to say that they find this state of affairs frustrating.
Which made me think of the crappy meme "what people think i do versus what i actually do":
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/what-people-think-i-do-what-i-really-do
none of this really helps you with your quest to probe our national psyche.
why don't you travel here, by bicycle and rowboat, foraging roadside weeds along the way, with your paper maps, and find out for yourself!
when you arrive, i'll get you to do a guest workshop with our media arts students.
Jennifer Rauch says:
You've shared a lot of intriguing ideas here, Lucas… First, I'll note that my friend thought Australia was backward in a good way — as in: not all change is progress, sometimes modernization means losses as well as gains.
You're right that I should visit and probe the national psyche for myself! Though I'm pretty handy with maps, so don't assume that I'll wind up in the weeds 🙂
What school are you affiliated with? Your profs are spot on about the time spent e-mailing… People falsely believe profs only work 6 hrs/wk (e.g. when in classes), and I spend at least double or triple that just keeping up with e-mail — not to mention teaching and grading and preparing lectures and going to meetings and furnishing reports, then doing research and writing and publishing and attending conferences in my "spare" time. Surely there's a What-They-Think meme on this!
If I had a job with lots of downtime sitting at a computer (a.k.a. bored at work syndrome), I'd probably love Facebook as a pastime. But as it is, FB, Twitter, et al. would take up sparse leisure time when I'd rather be doing other things, away from screens.
So, back to Australia: I was talking yesterday with another colleague acquainted with your fair continent who suggested that some Aussies take a stand against technology as a way to defend the uniqueness of their culture, and that geographic isolation empowered them to do this more adamantly than, say, Europeans seem to.
Another idea was that the Australian economy is doing pretty well and people aren't afraid for their livelihoods, as in the U.S. and Europe where people feel like they can't resist the culture of digital overwork and must stay connected and responsive in order to keep their jobs (or to market/brand/promote themselves online in order to get a job, or jockey for a better one). Think there's any truth to these theories?


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Court 5 at 10am trial continues of Dr Manish Shah, who is accused of sexually abusing 20 women, who attended his Romford, Essex surgery between June 2009 and July 2013. The youngest was aged 15. He is alleged to carried out unnecessary breast and vaginal examinations
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will pursue alternative arrangements to the Irish backstop - the most contentious part of the Brexit withdrawal deal - in its future trading relations with the European Union, Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said on Tuesday.
The "Malthouse Compromise", which has been championed by Conservative lawmakers from the party's pro and anti-EU wings, seeks to use technology to replace the Irish backstop, an insurance policy designed to stop a return to a hard border between EU-member Ireland and Northern Ireland, part of the UK.
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Is there a terminal command that I can execute where I can find out Ruby dependencies for gems? Gems are the only place I think may be causing the problem since the message doesn't appear for all my folders.

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Channel Programs, Internet of Things, Storage
Hitachi Vantara channel partners climbing the Stairway to Value
by Mark Cox • September 27, 2018
With a year in the books since the launch of Hitachi Vantara, and five months into a brand new partner program, the company looks at the evolution of the channel changes that accompanied its own reinvention of itself, and what more remains to be done.
Kimberly King, Hitachi Vantara's VP, Global Partner Strategy and Programs
SAN DIEGO — Hitachi Vantara channel partners may or may not think that all that glitters is gold, but they are climbing the Stairway to Value.
The Stairway to Value – something that was developed this spring – is branding primarily aimed at customers, to show the incremental value in the different stages of Hitachi Vantara's business focus, and how those stages build on each other. It has three components: storing and protecting data; enriching the data by applying metadata and applying context, including legal compliance frameworks; and activating the data to drive business value, which is where the biggest value will be created. These three stairs lead to the successful monetization of the data.
While the stairs are designed to explain to customers how Hitachi Vantara's business model works, they also are also reflected in three of Hitachi's four competencies, around storage, enriching the data, and using the data to drive business value
"The competencies reflect our three Stairways to Value, plus the cloud, for a total of four," said Kimberly King, Hitachi Vantara's VP, Global Partner Strategy and Programs. "They have gone amazingly well. Most partners have adopted at least two of the three stairways, and 30 per cent of them have adopted all three Stairway competencies."
In Canada, progress there hasn't been quite as strong, but there has been progress.
"With some partners, climbing the stairs is hard because it's a major transition of their business and a major investment for them," said Peter Kriparos," Regional Manager, Canadian Strategic Partners and Commercial Sales at Hitachi Vantara. "It's a matter of getting them on the path."
Bringing in net-new partners with a skillset in that data enrichment sphere is also a priority in Canada.
"We are looking to bring in new partners who specialize in that space," Kriparos said.
The program has seen an overall influx of partners since the new Vantara program launched in April.
"We've onboarded between fifty and sixty new partners since the new program started, with about a fifth of these partners being from the Operational Technology side," King said. "We facilitated this with gap training, as well as regular solutions training. The gap training allows them to test, if they already have analytics training, and if they pass, just do a two to three day workshop to fill the gap on Hitachi specifically."
They also lost some partners, but King said that there weren't that many of these, and that they may well do as much business with Hitachi as they did before.
"Some partners departed the program by mutual agreement," she said. "We lost a few, but they were transactional partners who might do one deal a year. They can still do that, through distribution. We kept good will with them. We just no longer manage the relationship with them through the partner program."
That is possible now because one of the changes implemented through the new program is an expanded role for distribution.
"We moved our less engaged partners to distribution, which has been very good for them and very good for us," King said. "We also expanded our focus with both Arrow and Tech Data, who both are strong in the Internet of Things. We have expanded our business with both of them around Smart Cities initiatives. That's an offering that I expect will really take off in the near future, both for them and for us." In Canada, Tech Data is Hitachi Vantara's sole distributor.
The Stairway to Value is all about monetizing the Internet of Things. At the same time, that first stair, on which the others rest, is Hitachi's core storage business, and that's not something where the emphasis is going to change.
"Storage is the foundation of our strategy and our business," said Shawn Rosemarin, SVP and CTO, Global Field and Industry, Hitachi Vantara. "Every single IoT project is an analytics project, and every analytics project involves gathering data. That data needs to live somewhere. You will always need somewhere to store that data. We are committed to maintaining our position as a key innovator in the storage business, and you can count on us to be a key partner in storage."
From a partner perspective, a key is getting partners to add steps beyond that first one, that was the foundation of the original Hitachi Vantara partner base, while another is getting them to understand that the different nature of IoT products places a much higher premium than traditional business on collaboration. That collaboration involves both multiple vendors, and multiple channel partners, all contributing a different part of the equation.
"We are really emphasizing this idea of partner-to-partner collaboration," King said. "The channel is used to collaboration being between one partner and one vendor. Now you have these much more complex relationships because that's how the IoT works, and doing business this way will allow us to expand. It means that Hitachi may not be the primary vendor in a deal. The main one may be an OT vendor, but we will still be part of that deal."
"We are seeing strategic vendor partners like Cisco and SAP become more important than ever because of the IoT," Kriparos added.
The first day of the NEXT event included the Hitachi Vantara Partner Summit, and King said the reaction was very positive, both to the company's direction and the new solutions offerings made at the event.
"The hottest topic there, was around the analytics, helping customers understand their data, with the knowledge that only around five per cent of customer data is actually being used to generate insights, and that there is a great opportunity to help them expand that," King said.
Reaction was also very positive to Hitachi's first all-NVMe hyperconverged system for the Hitachi Unified Compute Platform.
"They loved it at the Partner Summit, and we got a ton of positive feedback on how we can package it," King said. "The transition to the IoT was a shock to the system in some cases in our partner community. We have listened to them around these current solutions, and they are really excited about the opportunities they see here."
King said that Hitachi messaging at the Partner Summit emphasized channel centrality to the Go-to-Market strategy.
"We are very focused and prescriptive about how we go to market," she said. "We don't exclude our partners from any accounts. That's one of the messages that we sent loud and clear yesterday. They can work with us in any account. They can see the fact that we embrace them, and that not all the vendors in this space have that same philosophy."
Hitachi Vantara is half-way through their fiscal year, the start of which is typically when any major channel program changes take place. King said no big changes are in the works, however.
"We don't anticipate any big changes in structure, and partners like that," she said. "We always want to add more value into the program, focusing on the customer experience and things that we can do to make that experience better. So while we are not looking to make any structural changes, we will eventually add more competencies and more depth to the business solutions that we have for the four areas now."
The other change that Hitachi Vantara is driving in its channel policies involves furthering that idea of greater partner collaboration, because they see it as fundamental to success in the IoT market.
"We are getting really focused on partner-to-partner collaboration and allowing partners to collaborate together," King said. "Our goal is to fully map out those partner relationships, so that where we have ones who can work collaboratively together, where we can drive solutions together with them, we can take advantage of that. This is something that we are in the process of building now. We have a Partner Locator today. But we want it to be more collaborative around solutions expertise."
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