We're at the beginning of another "Kodak moment" as the world shifts more and more towards bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. As the world transforms, the lessons from the California gold rush may help you put your best foot (or shovel) forward.
With bitcoin crossing the $4K mark and the market cap for cryptocurrencies currently residing around $140B, there's a definite sense of a gold rush in progress much like the dot-com era and the real California gold rush of the 1800s.
While parallels with the dot-com era have been well reported, especially related to exploring what phase of the bubble we're in, there's been relatively less comparison with the California gold rush. So what can history teach us from the physical gold rush that may guide us in the midst of today's digital equivalent? To help address this question, here's some parallels between the two and some recommendations for organizations in terms of charting your course.
Firstly, both the California gold rush and today's cryptocurrency gold rush share global impact and involvement. In the California gold rush, between 1848 and 1855, over 300,000 individuals traveled to the state from elsewhere in the U.S. and the rest of the world. It's estimated that the population of San Francisco jumped from about 1,000 to 25,000 full-time residents in two years alone.
In the cryptocurrency world, there have been recent announcements that Russia plans to challenge China in bitcoin mining and has the potential to take up to 30 percent of the overall mining market. Mining is something that's gaining the attention of entire countries as well as individuals and organizations. Just like the California gold rush, the entry of corporate players over time may ultimately make highly-profitable mining a corporate effort and less the realm of individual prospectors.
Just as the use of pans, picks and shovels was outpaced by hydraulic mining and other industrialized techniques for mining in larger volumes, today's miners and mining operations are getting more sophisticated. Miners (i.e. the machines that mine for cryptocurrency) have evolved from CPU's, GPU's and FPGA's (Field-programmable gate arrays) to ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) and mining operations have increased in size and complexity.
Just like the gold rush, today's cryptocurrency mining is a fast evolving discipline where equipment is fast outdated as mining difficulty levels increase and new techniques are introduced for improving the computational hash rate and reducing power consumption requirements. Prospective miners need to be unemotional about the currency and constantly analyze and act on these variables in order to succeed.
In the California gold rush, it was the service providers that often profited the most as the miners rushed in to grab their share of the opportunity. Businessman and journalist Sam Brannan bought up much of the local inventory of supplies, providing miners with everything they needed at the site. He sold pans worth 10c to 20c for $15, made $36K in his first few weeks, and ultimately became the first well-known gold rush millionaire.
In the crypto world, service providers include mining equipment manufacturers, exchanges and wallet providers, among many others. Much of this equipment, such as miners and bitcoin hardware wallets, are selling for strong multiples of their list price on online auction and commerce sites. Beyond mining, the broader crypto-ecosystem is therefore well worthy of corporate investigation.
Despite gold having been discovered many times throughout the centuries, the California gold rush was perhaps the first time when there were no forces to protect ownership. With California a distant outpost at the time, there was no Federal oversight and the "49ers" – as they were called – were able to come in and mine their gold, free from taxes and regulations. The downside was that crime was rampant as well as a variety of scams such as "gold grease" whereby you could supposedly apply the grease to your body, roll down the mountain, and pick up your gold.
Cryptocurrencies are in somewhat of a similar situation with few regulations and controls, a number of major hacking incidents, widespread scams related to fake mining pools, wallets and search services, as well as Ponzi schemes and phishing sites spread via social media.
In terms of recommendations for enterprise organizations, it's worth evaluating where you may wish to play in the ecosystem. Do you want to support cryptocurrency when selling your products and services, raise funds for your startup via an ICO (Initial Coin Offering), or do you want to get involved as a miner, an exchange, or perhaps another type of service provider as the market matures?
Today, many organizations are stockpiling bitcoin for paying ransom, but this is generally ill-advised since even when ransoms are paid there's no guarantee you'll get your data back. A recent study showed that nearly 25% of all malware attacks remained unresolved after the bitcoin payment was made. Stockpiling bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies can be a great investment, but this also should be done with care just like any other financial investment.
Of course, another bright light for enterprise organizations, is the technology underlying bitcoin, namely blockchain. In a prior article, "Blockchain's split personality", I shared how the real risk is turning a blind eye and not having a plan. If you make it a strategic focus area, monitor the emerging industry and application scenarios (with over 1,200 blockchain startups covering more than 13 sectors), determine when you want to dive in, and take an as-a-service approach to pilots and proof-of-concepts, you'll be in good shape to strike when the timing is right.
While the cryptocurrency market may be erratic, because this is a "digital" play I believe it's definitely here to stay and will gain an ever-increasing share of transactions in the financial markets and beyond. Innovative companies, approaches and individuals will address the current challenges with regard to security and performance. The top exchanges, cryptocurrencies and service providers will also emerge and distance themselves from the pack.
We're at the beginning of another "Kodak moment" as the world shifts from physical to digital technologies. In this case, of course, hard currencies will always be around, so I expect we'll see more of an equal billing for both. As the world transforms, remember the lessons from the California gold rush and it may help you put your best foot (or shovel) forwards.


Blockchain these days is being utilized in various sectors. With that, a technology research company ReportLinker reported regarding the future of blockchain in the manufacturing market.
According to the report, in the U.S., blockchain technology in manufacturing sector is anticipated to grow remarkably from 2020–2025, also the market evaluation of blockchain technology in manufacturing is supposed to be worth $30 million by 2020, which will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 80 percent to $566 million by 2025.
To prepare the report, the authors divided blockchain usage by application, end use, and territory. After that, the research split in the manufacturing market based on end use into energy and power, industrial, automotive, pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, aerospace & defense, textile and clothing, etc.
Here, the authors point out various factors impacting growth, key factors among them being the growth of blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) solutions for businesses, and remarkable growth in venture capital investment and Initial Coin Offerings (ICO).
Although, the report proclaims that an unsure regulatory prospect and lack of a uniform set of standards inhibits the growth of the blockchain in the manufacturing market.
Apart from that, in January 2018, manufacturing output was 4.7 percent lower than in December 2007, reportedly. The report was prepared by The MAPI Foundation, which leads research and makes policy recommendations about the conditions of the American manufacturing sector.
Even after the collapse following the 2008 recession, MAPI predicted that the U.S. manufacturing sector would fully recover all lost output by April 2019. The foundation estimated an average growth rate of 2.8 percent for U.S. manufacturing from 2018 to 2021.
In August Deloitte's 2018 blockchain survey indicates that the technology is obtaining notable momentum at the executive level of enterprises across multiple industries. 74 percent of respondents to the survey said their executive team thinks there is a "compelling business case" for the utilization of blockchain technology, wherein 34 percent stated that some form of blockchain deployment was already in process within their organization.


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Until 1980, asbestos was contained in most hand-held hairdryers. These (now vintage) hair dryers are incredibly dangerous to use, as they blow asbestos-contaminated air directly into the user's breathing zone.
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While retro appliances have become a trend in recent years, antique collectors should be mindful when considering using these older style toasters.
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Given that asbestos, by its very nature, is incredibly heat resistant, friable materials containing asbestos may be found in older domestic heaters (both portable and affixed), in the form of internal insulation. Thankfully, all heaters made from 1974 onwards have been asbestos free, thanks to laws banning the use of the fibre in manufacturing.
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Iron rests were also made with the most common variety of commercial asbestos, chrysotile asbestos. However, companies who once produced these potentially dangerous appliances, such as Craftmade Products Company (a division of Norton Accessories Manufacturers of New York prior to 1960), are no longer in operation.
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Southampton interested in signing Gary Cahill in January.
Cahill has fallen out of favour at Chelsea under Maurizio Sarri.
Southampton could be set to offer Gary Cahill an opportunity to prolong his Premier League career when January comes around.
Cahill has fallen out of favour under Maurizio Sarri, despite being granted minutes in recent cup games. There is no place for him in the squad if we're looking long-term, with both Andreas Christensen and Ethan Ampadu needing minutes on the pitch to continue their development.
The Englishman has already admitted he could be forced to leave in January if he is able to force his way into Sarri's thinking. The centre-back pairing of David Luiz and Antonio Rudiger looks to have solidified, so he has an uphill battle on his hands.
If Cahill does decide it's time to leave Chelsea, The Sun believe that Southampton would be waiting in the wings to sign him. The Saints currently sit 16th in the Premier League table, and could certainly do with the 32-year-old's experience in their efforts to remain in the division.
It's unclear whether Chelsea would demand any sort of considerable transfer fee in exchange for Cahill, or would allow to leave him on the cheap as a thanks for his exemplary service.


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AT ISSUE The Ontario government recently announced extensive amendments to Bill 148, the former Liberal government's labour and wage reform bill which included a phased-in minimum wage hike. Included in the new "Making Ontario Open for Business Act," is a freeze on the next planned jump in the minimum wage, from $14/hour to $15/hour, until… Read More
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Charges dropped against man arrested by accused Schaumburg officers
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Cook County prosecutors on Wednesday dismissed drug charges against an Elk Grove Village man who was ordered freed from prison last month because of questions about the credibility of the former Schaumburg officer who arrested him.
Victor Alvarado, 29, had served about 10 months of a six-year term when Cook County Judge Kay Hanlon vacated his sentence because of the involvement of arresting officer Matthew Hudak, a former Schaumburg undercover officer facing drug conspiracy charges in DuPage County.
Alvarado was released several weeks ago from the Sheridan Correctional Center, where he had been held since he pleaded guilty to manufacture and delivery of cocaine charges last June.
Alvarado's attorney said he initially agreed to the plea deal because he feared a longer prison term if he lost at trial.
At a hearing before Hanlon in January 2012, Alvarado testified that Hudak never read him his Miranda rights when Hudak and fellow former Schaumburg undercover officer Terrance O'Brien came to his home on Nov. 12, 2010, searching for drugs. Alvarado also testified that he never indicated to officers the location of drugs found in the home he shared with three other people. Alvarado's version of the arrest contradicted Hudak's, but Hanlon at that time found the officer's account more credible and denied Alvarado's motion to quash his arrest.
Earlier this year, DuPage authorities arrested Hudak, O'Brien and John Cichy on charges they sold drugs they skimmed from seizures. The men resigned from the police department in January. All have pleaded not guilty and are free on bond.
Alvarado appeared in court for Wednesday's hearing accompanied by defense attorney Victor Ciardelli, who said he had anticipated that prosecutors would drop the charges against his client at that time.
Despite spending 10 months in prison, Alvarado is not angry about what happened and is satisfied with the way his case concluded, Ciardelli said.
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Heritage bank Nigeria chose the 2015 Children's Day Celebrations to underline how its culture of innovation and creativity is meant to serve the aspirations of kids, popularly referred to as the future generation. The Bank organised a first-of-its-kind week long activity that gave participating kids lots of fun, gifts and unique experience of mixing with the world's most famous kid celebrity as well as role playing in Banking Halls.
The Heritage Bank Children's Day Program was designed not only to celebrate the children but, more importantly, to expose them to financial education and fire their aspiration to imbibe the culture of creating, managing and preserving wealth from childhood. Several activities such as Treasure Hunts, Handling of various banking roles and a Children Carnival at the famous Dream World Carnival in Lekki area of Lagos dominated the program that ran between Thursday, May 21 and Wednesday, May 27.
While speaking at one of the Treasure Hunt events that took place at The Riverbank School, Victoria Island, Lagos, Head Customer Engagement Heritage Bank, Kika Akpenyi, said the activity was organised to help develop the children's knowledge of/and interest in banking and financial matters. Nora Tuoyo, grade 3 teacher of Riverbank School lauded the Bank's initiative as capable of enlightening the children to be aware of how to make money legitimately in future through sound money management principles. The top three winners from the school were all filled with excitement as they revealed that the event has taught them to be smart and revealed how interesting banking institution is.
During the 'My Day as a Banker' segment of the program, students drawn from various schools in Lagos were invited to the bank's head office in Victoria Island, where they were placed in various departments and given different roles to play for the day in the banking hall. These roles bothered on day-to-day banking operations.
The Heritage Bank Financial Literacy Brand Ambassador, Miss Zuriel Oduwole who was also very active during the campaign, disclosed that she was thrilled to be part of the celebrations. In her remarks to the children, she encouraged them to develop the habit of saving, always aim high and never be discouraged from working hard to achieve their dreams in life.
Most of the students present revealed that their perception of banking had been changed through the program while a few others said they had been assisted to identify their interest in pursuing a career in banking and finance.
Manager at Heritage Bank's Ikoyi branch, Kufre Tide, explained that the event was aimed at engaging the children with information about banking, investment and other financial operations as a strategy of creating future generation of inspired, enlightened and committed wealth creators and managers for the country.
The grand finale of the program came up on Wednesday, May 27 at the Dream World Carnival where Heritage Bank, in conjunction with Inspiration FM, offered thousands of participating kids' loads of activities such as fun rides, bouncing castle and several other games to savour.
Heritage Bank's wealth creation, preservation and transfer ideology birthed Bud Savings Account targeted at children and young adults, an innovative product that provides a new world of benefits to customers and helps them through their journey to financial independence. The Bud savings account comes in three (3) variants which includes Bud Mini (0-12yrs), Bud Teen (13-17yrs) and Bud Maxx (18-25yrs). With this innovation, the bank seeks to help customers save towards targeted financial goals while enhancing the quality education of children among other benefits.
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By Samara Lynn
"Visually stunning" and "databases" are two words that you may not think of as going together, but FileMaker is changing that. FileMaker Pro 12 ($299 for full version, $179 for upgrade) still has all the ease of database creation for which previous versions were known, to which are added new features and capabilities that make it a tool for creating some truly visually stunning and interactive databases. FileMaker, Inc. is an Apple subsidiary and lives up to the Apple design aesthetic with eye-popping charts, strong design control, and multimedia file embedding into FileMaker databases. Some users may balk at the fact that any existing databases are converted to FileMaker 12's new format, because any clients that need to connect to an updated database have to be updated as well. But most FileMaker devotees will find that the enhancements of the latest version (including the new design tools for creating apps for Apple mobile devices) make it worth upgrading all of their systems to version 12.
Install and Setup
Installation is no different from the procedures in FileMaker Pro 11 . FileMaker Pro 12 can be installed on Windows XP SP3, Vista SP2, Windows 7, and Mac OS X v10.6 and up. There's also a Pro 12 Advanced version which extends customization features, such as creating custom menus and functions, script debugging, multiple table importing, and more.
Installation options include multi-language support for English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish. Once installed, FileMaker Pro supports up to 9 users sharing a database.
On first opening FileMaker, users will see a "Quick Start" window. This window features wizards for creating a new database, converting an existing FileMaker database or other file type such as an Excel or .CSV file, selecting a pre-designed template—called "starter solutions"—or accessing tutorial documents and videos.
There are starter solutions for just about any small business or personal database need. Templates exist for tracking assets, contact management, event management, invoicing, time billing, and more.
FileMaker Pro 12 introduces 40 new layout themes and they are gorgeous. Many of them have sophisticated shading and 3D effects and really enhance a database application. There are even themes tailored just for touch devices.
Templates and Container Fields
I selected the Assets starter solution—a simple, nicely-designed database application. The prefab form makes it simple for end users to jump in and get working, and the template could likely be used as is by those needing asset management. In the data entry form, I tested one of the new capabilities in FilerMaker Pro 12, dragging and dropping an image and video into a pre-defined container field. This capability makes it very easy to add multimedia into a database. One caution: when I tried to drag and drop a large file about 1.5 GB in size into the field, FileMaker crashed. Some pop-ups or warnings about files that may be too large would make this feature more efficient.
What's cool about these enhanced container fields is that they can hold images or be configured as interactive to hold hi-def video that gets streamed from the database or to add a PDF file that a user can scroll through in the database app.
Creating charts has vastly improved in FileMaker Pro 12 over version 11, thanks to the Quick Charts feature. In addition, there are five new chart styles: Bubble, Scatter, Positive/negative, Stacked bar, and Stacked column.
Making a chart is simple, even easier than in Excel. I added some data to my app and changed into tabular view. I then selected the columns I wanted to include in the chart. Since it's an Assets database, I wanted to make a "Cost by Item" graph so those are the columns I selected. I then right-clicked and had the option to create the chart. A neat, perfectly-formatted bar chart popped up on screen.
You can change the chart style by applying the same themes as you can apply to the entire database or form. I jazzed up my chart by changing the bars with a shaded 3D effect. FileMaker allows you to print the chart or to save at as a layout. Once you save as a layout, you can copy and paste the chart into other applications such as Word or PowerPoint. I was looking for a way to save the chart as an image file, which would be handy for embedding into an external document for later use, but FileMaker folks confirmed that you can only save as a layout. In any case, FileMaker users will be pleased about the advances in charting.
Designed for iOS
Keeping in step with the transition from a desktop to mobile computing word (and particularly with the frenzy for Apple mobile devices) FileMaker Pro 12 allows database designers to use layouts customized for iPads and iPhones. Users can preview how a database designed for an Apple mobile device will look in a Preview screen. Filemaker has been optimized in version 12 for creating apps for the iPad and iPhone.
The location-based functionality in these mobile devices can be integrated into FileMaker databases for tracking and projects.
Other New Tweaks
FileMaker Pro 12 offers plenty of granular formatting options. For instance, a button on a form can be configured to change color after a user enters data. I like how you can easily customize buttons in ways like making them mouse "hover" objects. Other design capabilities include gradients, image slicing, and borders.
A new accessibility inspector associates labels and fields so that visually impaired users can use assistive technology, which will read aloud form fields.
Of course, advanced capabilities such as scripting and creating reports are still in FileMaker. New script steps have been added, "Find Matching Records," "Insert Audio/Video," "Insert from URL," "Insert PDF," "Open Managed Container," and "Sort Records by Field."
Users also can connect external databases via ODBC and JDBC connections. Databases can be published to the Web, and FileMaker Server adds even more functionality for larger organizations such as 64-bit capability, improved WAN performance, backup, and more. Larger organizations can connect FileMaker to Windows Active Directory, but doing so requires FileMaker Server.
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FileMaker Pro 12 is the database solution for Apple users (and it's great for Windows users, too). It's ideal for those with little database experience and who only need a smaller database solution. You wouldn't use it to run a high-transaction financial or business solution; Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle are the powerhouses for heavier database needs.
You would be hard-pressed to find another database product that is so polished, eye-catching and fun to use. FileMaker also works seamlessly across mobile devices. Although users can't leverage the new capabilities of FileMaker Pro 12 without upgrading all connecting client devices to version 12, and it's not a database option for larger organizations, it's a well-engineered database solution that gets more advanced with each new version. FileMaker Pro 12 is an Editors' Choice pick and a sure-fire solution for small-business databases.
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The Magdalene Laundries touched women all over Clare, changing hundreds of young lives forever. One such woman was Mary*, who claims to have been cornered by a group of nuns in St Joseph's Hospital in Ennis, stuffed into a car and brought away to a Magdalene Laundry. Andrew Hamilton reports.
MARY was just 15 when she was brought to St Joseph's Hospital in Ennis in 1959. She was brought there to join her sister, who worked there as a nurse at the time, but Mary wasn't a nurse. Mary was a ward maid, and while working on the wards she was often told that her pay was being "looked after" for her. She never received any money.
But money was the furthest thing from her mind one Sunday morning in the early 1960s. On that day, she says she was cornered by a number of nuns in the chapel of St Joseph's, bundled into a car and brought away to a Magdalene Laundry.
The following is Mary's story, as submitted to the United Nations Committee Against Torture.
"On the day of my leaving of the [industrial] school, my sister who worked in Ennis, at St Joseph's Hospital, picked me up to take me to that same hospital as a wards maid. So down I went and I worked there. But I never saw any money. I was always told 'If you want anything, let us know. And we'll keep your money safe for you, because we know you're not very good at handling money'," said Mary.
"I worked on the wards and I worked helping the nurses. And I could be asked to go down to the chapel and clean out the chapel, or I could be asked to do little jobs here and there. I was supposed to be 16 but I wasn't 16 – that September I was just 15. Because they didn't have my birth certificate.
"Then one Sunday morning, it was after mass and mass used to be about 12 o'clock, I was asked to change the flowers on the altar afterwards. I loved that job. So I was up, and the chapel that was up there – say that's the altar, there were two side doors here and one at the very end. It was in the shape of a cross. So I'm up here and I'm changing the flowers. And one nun came in this side entrance and she calls out to me. And I could see the other nun coming in the other door. And I felt strange – somehow I felt, something within me, something was going to happen to me. They were going to grab me or something. Something was going to happen.
Mary believes that she was taken to the laundry for the crime of talking to one of the male porters in the hospital.
"The day before was Saturday, and I went into one end of the chapel, there was a morgue outside it. And when a patient died, we'd put them on a trolley and take them up here, and I'd put them in the morgue and lay them out. And the doors were always unlocked. It was a Saturday, and I'll never forget it," she said.
"I went in there, and this old man was dead on the slab. And this porter that worked there, he came in and he was talking to me, silly talk. I didn't know him but I knew him to see. And the next thing, the nun came in. She must have seen the man going in there – there was no harm in me going in because I was used to going in – and the next thing she saw the porter coming in and she came in and says 'You, out!' to me.
Mary's was one of three stories submitted by the Justice for Magdalene's to the United Nations Committee Against Torture. In its judgement on the information, the committee said it was "gravely concerned at the failure by the State to protect girls and women who were involuntarily confined between 1922 and 1996 in the Magdalene Laundries".
The Clare People contacted the Sisters of Mercy in relation to this story but no official comment was received at the time of going to press.
*The name Mary has been used to protect the identity of the woman interviewed.


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A security guard working at the museum. Happening upon a short, hooded figure, he attempted to make him leave, insisting the museum was closed. However, the figure pulled back its hood to reveal the skeletal visage of the Pastmaster. Using his pocketwatch, he brought to life a stuffed display of a sabertoothed tiger, which attacked the guard. Attempting to get away from the creature, the guard collided with the support for a Megasaurus Rex skeleton, bringing the entire thing crashing down on top of himself.


Your reactions to the "Bad Boys & Addictions" article was swift and enthusiastic.Turns out that almost every woman has had some kind of experience with bad boys, not all of them healthy. " Here's one from Theresa: This post really hit me.
Janet Jackson hasn't slowed down a beat since the birth of her son in January and she looks incredible thanks to her tour trainer, Paulette Sybliss.
I am looking for my love, my best friend and my passionate lover.
The strangers are selected randomly by understanding your choice of friends, so you can have a friendly talk.
In this production she gave life to Ana Leal, an undeniably beautiful woman, her smile and charisma cast a spell on anyone. Her necessity to get ahead in life lead her to become a nanny.
The list of bands that played The Palms by the time it closed in 1986 is impressive: Megadeth, The Replacements, Duran Duran, Dokken, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Talking Heads, The Psychedelic Furs, Gang of Four, The Stray Cats, The Stranglers, The Motels, Joan Jett, The Ramones and, on April 15, 1981, U2. It was a very important venue for a lot of acts here but national acts came through all the time."I always liked the fact that it was an old theater that was converted into a rock club – big stage, a dressing room area upstairs, a dressing room area backstage; it was all very cool. But the neighborhood was changing and the business was changing and by 1986, The Palms had gasped its last breath. According to a 1996 article in the Milwaukee Sentinel, "When Hoops bar was being remodeled before opening in 1986, the license holder responded to claims by Ald.


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Q: How to access res.locals from script instead of html I can print my res.locals.myData like this on client side: <%= myData%>
How can I use it within script? This doesn't work:

EDIT
Server output using res.locals.myData:
[ '83',
  { v: 294,
    f: '29    94 ' },
  { v: 210,
    f: '21    10 ' },
  { v: 1.38 } ]

Using console.log(<%= sendTableData%>)
The code is rendered as follows:
console.log(83,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object])

Which gives the

Unexpected identifier 'Object'

error
EDIT2
Another approach I've tried is using JSON.stringify and JSON.parse however something happens to the string when send using res.locals. Small piece of the string: ["83",{"v":294,"f":"29 is this when it arrives: "83",{"v":294,"f":"29. It changes the quotation marks? Anyway I would rather avoid this method and send it as it's original data.
Edit3 Solution was to use <%- myData%> client side (notice - instead of =) after sending data as a string.

A: Use the following client side:
res.locals.myData = JSON.stringify(myData)

And the following client side:
var tableData = <%- myData%>; // For .ejs
var tableData = !{myData} // For .jade (I think)

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"""This module, debugging.py, will contain utility functions relating to debugging needs."""

# TODO : Use output color
from lazyme.string import color_print

def raise_exception(exception_message):
	"""TEMP"""
	raise Exception(exception_message)

def raise_exception_abstract_method(function_name='FUNCTION'):
	"""Raise an exception for when abstract methods are not implemented."""
	raise Exception(function_name + ' must be implemented!')

def raise_type_exception(method_name, expected_type, val):
	"""Utility function for raising type errors."""
	raise TypeError('Method \'' + method_name + '\' expects a ' + str(expected_type) + ' instead of {' + str(val) + '} of type {' + str(type(val)) + '}!')

def raise_value_exception(method_name, expected_value_range, val):
	"""Utility function for raising value exceptions."""
	raise ValueError('Method \'' + method_name + '\' expects a value in range of{' + str(expected_value_range) + '} but got {' + str(val) + '} instead!')

def raise_abstract_method_call_exception(method_name):
	"""Utility function for raising an abstract method call exception."""
	raise NotImplementedError('Method \'' + method_name + '\' must be implemented by a child class to be ran!')

def print_dashed_line():
	"""Prints a dashed line to see output easier."""
	print('------------------------------------------------------------------------')

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Nikki was the Judge's Choice winner of the 3rd Annual Project Connect Fashion Show presented by the New Mexico Autism Society, held in August of 2015. The Albuquerque Apparel Center, supporters of the show since its conception, also chose Nikki's design as their favorite. She, along with other local artists, were provided with two yards of Puzzle Piece fabric representing Autism, to use with their own materials to create a clothing design inspired by a vintage fashion icon of the 1940s and 1950s.
Nikki's "Elegant Audrey Hepburn"- themed dress was auctioned off at the end of the evening to help raise money for the New Mexico Autism Society for events, Support Groups, Playgroups, Motorcycle Rallies, Charity Walks, Sensory Friendly Movie Viewings, and Holiday Parties.
She chose to participate in her first Project Runway event for Autism Awareness because as a mental health professional and member of various community service organizations, she is committed full-time to serving and helping others. Autism Spectrum Disorder is a lifelong neurobiological disorder that interferes with the development of communication and social interaction skills. Currently, ASD is estimated to affect as many as one in 88 American children.
Nikki was awarded a special guest vendor spot at this year's New Mexico Fashion Week. Nikki is a part-time seamstress showcasing her vintage inspired aprons under her label "Vanilla Pudding Aprons". She is inspired by the classy homemakers of the 1950s to create retro-styled aprons that can be worn with heels and pearls, and while cooking meals for loved ones. Nikki is thrilled that her sewing skills helped to promote the Rock-"ability" of those affected by autism through fashion, and finds it fitting that she is here in April to celebrate her win, which happens to be Autism Awareness Month. Visit her vendor booth to see her one-of-a-kind, and made-to-order creations!


Inspired by his father's love of martial arts and its secrets, Siu Dung is determined to study and become a master. His protective mother disapproves, so he learns to excel at the academics she admires instead -- but he just can't shake his dream. He eventually starts boxing, learning the skills he needs from an esteemed master. Directed by Man Kei Chin, this actioner stars Biao Yuen, YoYo Mung and Bingbing Li.


Between Milan and Nocera Inferiore we found up to 2 bus departures, including 2 night buses. The earliest departure from Milan is at 19:30 arriving to Nocera Inferiore at 04:15. The latest departure is at 19:30 arriving at 04:15. Prices for a one way adult ticket range from 55 € to 55 €.
The shortest travel distance between Milan (IT) and Nocera Inferiore (IT) is 792 km. The fastest bus which departs at 19:30 has a travel time of 08:45h. The longest travel time on the route is 09:45h. Specific information about each route can be found by clicking the route in the search results.
If you want to travel overnight, there are 2 night buses from Milan to Nocera Inferiore. The overnight buses depart between 19:30 and 19:30 and arrive between 04:15 and 04:15 in the morning.


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https://online.wsj.com/articles/who-should-qualify-to-be-an-angel-investor-1415215836
Will Higher Thresholds on Angel Investing Hurt Business?
Curbs Can Limit the Pool but May Be Necessary
The owners of Num Pang Sandwich Shops got funding totaling $1.5 million in exchange for equity stakes in their business.
Gannett, Erica
Angus Loten
@angusloten
Angus.Loten@wsj.com
and Adam Janofsky
Updated Nov. 5, 2014 2:36 pm ET
With the rich getting richer, many more entrepreneurs are turning to affluent individuals, known as "angels," for capital to expand their nascent businesses.
Angels put $24.8 billion of their own money into 70,730 U.S. businesses in 2013, for instance, 41% more than the $17.6 billion they put into 57,225 businesses in 2009. Meanwhile, Americans' wealth hit new records during the first quarter of 2014, thanks to higher stock prices and real-estate values.
Demand from business owners such as Ratha Chaupoly, co-owner of Num Pang Sandwich Shop in New York, is driving the trend. His restaurant chain had two small locations in 2013, but it wasn't generating enough revenue to cover the cost of opening a third space.
Last year, he and his partner turned to six high-net-worth individuals, or angels, who provided the business with "an outside boost" totaling $1.5 million in exchange for equity stakes. "Organic growth is difficult, and bank loans are really tough these days," says Mr. Chaupoly. He used the angel funds to expand Num Pang to six locations, with 150 employees.
Angels generally invest their personal funds, rather than raising money from others, as venture capitalists do. Most dream of making a killing—though it doesn't often turn out that way.
About half of the more than 500,000 U.S. businesses created each year shut down within five years, for example, according to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration. A third survive a decade or more. Heightening the risks of investing in private companies is the fact that the companies aren't required to publicly disclose revenue or other key financial data, such as their business plans.
To protect ordinary investors from startup failures or scams, Congress sets limits on who can qualify to invest in private firms. These "accredited" investors are only individuals who had $200,000 in annual income over the past two years, or couples with at least $300,000 in income. You can also qualify if you have at least $1 million in assets, not including your primary residence.
Whether these thresholds are appropriate is at the heart of a debate about who should be able to be an angel investor.
Some argue that the limits, established in 1982, aren't high enough to protect the Baby Boomers who have saved for retirement and now have million-dollar-plus nest eggs.
Dodd-Frank, the Wall Street-reform and consumer-protection law enacted in 2010, mandated that U.S. securities regulators re-examine who should qualify to invest in private companies.
One idea is to simply raise the limit in line with inflation, so that only individuals with a net worth of $2.5 million, or $493,000 in annual income, would qualify. Because investing in early-stage companies is "high-risk," the current minimums "are probably too low," says Mike Bartlett of North Texas Angel Network in Dallas, Texas, who supports that idea.
But opponents of raising the thresholds say doing so would sharply limit the number of people who can put their own money into the very same fast-growing businesses that tend to create U.S. jobs. For instance, only 3.7 million U.S. households would qualify under the inflation-adjusted thresholds, which is less than half of the 8.5 million people currently eligible to invest in startups, according to estimates by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Specifically, higher minimums would eliminate many working professionals in their 30s and 40s, people who might otherwise fritter away the funds on a "trip to Vegas, a car or vacations, but who now invest that same money into startups," says Jim Connor of Sand Hill Angels, an angel investing group in San Francisco.
"For younger people who want to get into the game, raising the threshold makes it that much harder," adds Laura Classen, the 27-year-old executive director of Nebraska Angels, adding that increasing the threshold could significantly impact angel investing in the Midwest, where incomes tend to be lower than on the coasts.
"You're going to lose a lot of the $20,000-to-$30,000 investments" that can make a big difference to a small business seeking to raise capital to expand, says Jeffrey Sohl, director of the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. By his count, there were around 300,000 active angel investors this year.
On Oct. 9, a subcommittee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed waiving the minimums altogether for people who have professional expertise or a relatively high level of education—in other words, promising mentors to entrepreneurs who need advice or business connections to expand their startups.
Another idea it floated is to empower third-party "accreditation" services— possibly angel-investor associations—to vet those people who would like to become investors in private companies.
For now, entrepreneurs say they'll continue to turn to angels for sums ranging from $150,000 to $1.5 million. The average angel investment in businesses in 2013 was about $350,000.
"We knew about the restaurant, and it was a chance to get involved with something that was right there in front of us," says Daniel Bartfield, a New York City lawyer and one of the six individual investors who put a total of $1.5 million in angel funds into Num Pang last year.
Bank lenders and other traditional sources of business financing "want to see sales, revenue and other numbers that most startups don't have yet," adds Jean Brownhill Lauer, co-founder of Sweeten.com, a three-year-old New York-based online marketplace for home-renovation projects. Sweeten last year netted $1.3 million from a total of 10 angel investors. Today, it has six employees.
Angels "provided a boost of capital for rapid growth," she adds. "Without their funds, we couldn't have the traction we have today—not after just one year."
"No question that angel investing is becoming more prevalent," says Ted Zoller, director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of North Carolina. He credits television shows like "Shark Tank" and "The Profit" for popularizing startup fundraising in recent years, and he says he expects the trend to "continue to evolve, innovate and democratize" next year, especially online.
Write to Angus Loten at angus.loten@wsj.com and Adam Janofsky at ADAM.JANOFSKY@dowjones.com
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Severn Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service is a blood bike charity based in the Severn Valley in western England.  Founded in 2007, it provides a free motorcycle courier service to hospitals in the region, operating a fleet of emergency-equipped motorcycles which are ridden and co-ordinated by volunteers.
Severn Freewheelers is a founder-member of the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes (NABB) and co-operates with similar organisations in the area including Freewheelers EVS (Bristol and Somerset), SERV (south England) and Midland Freewheelers (north-west Birmingham).

Operations
Severn Freewheelers works for hospitals in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and north Wiltshire, with its operations extending into southern Birmingham and Coventry.  Major hospitals served include Gloucester Royal, Cheltenham General, Hereford County, Worcester Royal, Redditch Alexandra and Swindon Great Western, with many smaller hospitals also served including Tewkesbury, Moreton-in-Marsh, Cinderford, Stroud, Dursley, Cirencester, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Bromyard, Ledbury, Kidderminster, Bromsgrove, Malvern, Tenbury Wells, Evesham, Pershore, Chippenham and Savernake.

Operating between 7 pm and 7 am on weekdays and 24 hours at weekends and public holidays, the charity provides a service enabling hospitals to avoid the need to use taxis or commercial couriers, saving the NHS an estimated £150,000 each year across the area.

By December 2019, the charity had covered over 1,700,000 miles, had responded to more than 46,000 calls, and was receiving over 500 calls each month.  Items carried include samples for pathological or micro-biological analysis, blood and blood products for transfusion, patient notes, drugs, scans and medical equipment.  Recent developments include the collection of human breast milk from donors' homes and its transport to human milk banks at Oxford, Bristol and Birmingham, and regular re-supply of blood products to the Midlands Air Ambulance based at Strensham on the M5 as part of the RePHILL clinical trial.

During the coronavirus-19 crisis the charity responded by temporarily extending its service to operate 24/7.  In addition, some 80 volunteers were recruited from the general public to make home deliveries of medications from general hospitals in Hereford and Gloucestershire.  Nearly 3,000 deliveries had been made as of September 2020.

Fund-raising
In 2011, the charity held its first Prescott Bike Festival at the Prescott Speed Hill Climb circuit near Bishop's Cleeve in Gloucestershire, which attracted 5,000 visitors. This has since become an annual event.

It also mounts displays at local shows such as the Three Counties Show, the Cotswold Show, the Emergency Services Show,  and local music festivals, and attends motorcycle safety events such as BikeSafe.  Several motorcycling celebrities including racers Carl Fogarty and Jamie Whitham have offered to help support the charity in raising funds to support its work.

References

External links

Blood bikes
Charities based in Gloucestershire
2007 establishments in England
Organizations established in 2007

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