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Halloween	 October 31, 2018 November 5, 2018
Ghosts – The Hunt
In this eerie Rising Rock special, we followed Mystique Paranormal, a local Chattanooga paranormal investigation team. The team investigated the home of a group member where paranormal activity has been reported multiple times. We discussed paranormal experiences that the group has had and why they do what they do. We figured out possible reasons for the ghost activity in and around the house, and we had a few out of the ordinary experiences of our own.
Meet the Storytellers
Savannah Champion
Savannah Champion is a Junior at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She also works as a Marketing Coordinator for a local infrastructure company, where she utilizes her love for content writing and graphic design to create clear and consistent messaging.
Cade Deakin
Cade Deakin is a photographer and videographer based in Chattanooga, who has worked at the student newspaper, The University Echo, while completing a communications degree at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and completed a media internship making promotional photos and videos at Songbirds Guitar Museum.
Nik Jones
Nik Jones is a senior communications student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with experience in photojournalism. He is passionate about art in its many forms, but more importantly people and the stories they have to tell.
Copyright 2018, Rising Rock Media, all rights reserved.
Filed under: Chattanooga, Ghosts, Halloween, Rising Rock Media
Daily Life, UTC	 October 31, 2018 November 5, 2018
What is time? Three UTC students sat down with Dr. Joshua Hamblen, a UTC physics professor, who contemplates the meaning of time and its effects on us. With the time change coming up on November 4, 2018, everyone will set their clocks back one hour, effectively losing one hour of daylight each day.
Katie Haremski
Katie Haremski is a senior at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Outside of contributing to Rising Rock, she is the Creative Coordinator at Counsel Creative and the Features Editor at The Echo. Katie is a storyteller, writer, designer, social media marketer and photographer.
Ashley Rutledge
Ashley Rutledge, a Chattanooga native and senior communication student at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, plans to work in the marketing industry after graduation. Her skills include social media management, public relations and graphic design.
Phillip Kiefer
Phillip Kiefer is an international Musician and amateur photojournalist with skills in multimedia production and marketing strategies. He is a senior at UTC studying communication and anthropology. His interests in local music and the outdoors drive him to produce fun and informative stories.
Filed under: Chattanooga, Rising Rock Media, UTC
Daily Life, Diversity	 October 24, 2018 October 29, 2018
Barber Kings – Chattanooga One Snip at a Time
Chris Palmer edges a clients hair on September 10, 2018 (Photo by Troy Stolt).
Barber Kings, a well-known barber shop on MLK Boulevard in Chattanooga, Tenn., creates a space where area neighborhoods find community.
Established in 2013 by owner Victor Bronson, Barber Kings has been a place where the people of the MLK Neighborhood Association frequent on a daily basis.
Not only can people walk in to receive a professional cut or shave from one of their barbers, they can also come in to spend hours of time with their neighbors.
Clients wait on their turn in a chair on a Saturday morning at Barber Kings on September 15, 2018 (Photo by Troy Stolt).
Barber kings, September 17, 2018. Barber kings is located on Martin Luther King Blvd (Photo by Troy Stolt).
According to Master Barber Chris Palmer, Barber Kings is a place to not only receive a good haircut, but also a good conversation. By growing up spending time in barber shops himself, Palmer understands the effect a barber shop can have on people.
"As a kid, going to the barber shop was like going on a field trip. It was a place to sit and listen, to have conversations with the barber and the people who lived in this community," Palmer said.
By having a personal experience and understanding of the effects a barber shop can have on someone, Palmer and the other barbers work hard to make this shop a place for community.
Messiah waits for a haircut at Barber Kings on Martin Luther King Boulevard on September 8, 2018 (Photo by Troy Stolt).
"We try to make this a place where boys can learn how to become young men," Palmer said, "We want to be there to help mentor the children that come and sit in our chairs."
Even with all of their passion for their work and the people they encounter, Barber Kings recently changed locations due to the gentrification of MLK Boulevard.
The landscape of MLK and the neighborhood has drastically changed over the years. What used to be a street made up of predominantly black business owners has been flooded with people from the nearby neighborhoods and has changed to appeal and conform to a younger, middle-class taste.
Terrance Bragg cuts a client's hair at Barber Kings on Martin Luther King Blvd on September 8, 2018 (Photo by Troy Stolt).
These changes have allowed new shops, bars and restaurants to open up along MLK Boulevard as well as allow more college students, tourists and locals enjoy what this part of Chattanooga has to offer. The new businesses like OddStory Brewing Company, 2 Sons Kitchen and Market, Hutton & Smith Brewing, and The Camp House to name a few, fall under the category of change on this street. Unfortunately, because of this change, Barber Kings could no longer stay in their previous location on MLK.
Terrance Bragg finishes a clients hair September 6th, 2018. Jessica Boggs
With these changes, Barber Kings had to face the choice of leaving a neighborhood they had spent years building a community with or work hard to stay and continue being involved with their neighborhood.
The shop ended up remaining on MLK, but changing locations to a little ways down the road. Barber Kings is currently located next door to Hutton & Smith Brewing and across the street from Champy's Restaurant at 517 East Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Terrance Bragg shaves his face with a straight edge razor on September 10, 2018 (Photo by Troy Stolt).
Having been around this community for many years, the barbers have seen shops come and go. They are aware of these changes, but they are prepared to face them together and adapt how they see fit.
"I know lots of families who have moved out of this neighborhood. They talk about the way things used to be around here, how it made them strong," Palmer said.
By seeing other businesses let these changes move them out, Palmer and the shop understand how different this neighborhood used to be. However, it is also important to them to be a part of this newly formed community inhabiting the neighborhood.
The Barber kings staff cut clients hair on September 7, 2018 (Photo by Troy Stolt).
"These are the streets that musicians like Bessie Smith and James Brown used to roam. As this neighborhood experiences a shift from gentrification, it's important to us to be an example for other ethnic owned businesses in this community. We don't want to lose that history," Palmer said.
Barber Kings is a business that does not let gentrification force them out of a place they call home. These barbers and this company represent strength, community and history in an important part of the city of Chattanooga.
Meet the Storytellers:
Troy Stolt
Troy Stolt is a student photojournalist based out of Chattanooga Tennessee, where he is the photo editor of the UTC student newspaper, the University Echo, he has experience covering news, sports, in the creation of multimedia, studio portraits as well as making featured photos. His work has also been published University relations, Nooga.com, and the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Abigail Frazier
Abigail Frazier is a senior communications major at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She works for the student newspaper, The University Echo, as the News Editor. Frazier hopes to pursue print journalism or an online publication in News Media.
Jessica Boggs
Jessica Boggs, Senior at UTC, is pursuing a degree in Communication and minoring in International Relations. She is an experienced international photojournalist as well as feature photographer for The Echo. Jessica is passionate about speaking for those without a voice through the lens of a camera.
Filed under: Chattanooga, Rising Rock Media
Daily Life, Sports	 October 8, 2018 November 5, 2018
Chattahooligans
The Chattahooligan feature is designed to do two things: to familiarize the viewer with the Chattanooga Football Club fan base known as The Chattahooligans, and to highlight their influence in the city by showing their support for Operation Get Active (an organization started through the CFC Foundation).
In this multimedia piece, three Chattahooligans are interviewed at an OGA event, and while each are interviewed separately, they all touch on the importance of building community through organizations like OGA, which emphasizes inclusiveness, and giving everyone the opportunity to participate. Inclusiveness and opportunity are two core ideals in the The Chattahooligan fan base, and while they are comprised of many members, with each having varying levels of interest in the game, each ultimately share the same passion for cultivating community in Chattanooga.
Filed under: Chattanooga, Rising Rock Media, Sports
UTC	 October 3, 2018 October 4, 2018
Why We Walk
Christian Watson participates in the UTC ROTC's 11 Hours of Remembrance around Chamberlain field. The memorial went from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., making sure that the American flag never stopped circling the field. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018 (Photo by Allie Schrenker)
Captain Kevin Beavers walked onto Chamberlain field with one goal in mind–to remember the impact of 9/11.
"We're just having conversations," Beavers said. "The biggest thing with us, in the military, is that we never forget. Someone is truly never forgotten as long as you speak their name."
From 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., Captain Beavers encouraged people to show up, be patriotic, and tell their stories. And for 11 hours, the American flag never stopped circulating the field, passing from one pair of hands to another.
Both UTC students and members of the public were encouraged to show their support by walking or running laps around Chamberlain field.
UTC students Rhonda Watts, Brooke Burns, Morgan Hill, nd Pare Penne carry lags around Chamberlain Field in memory of 9/11, on Tuesday September 11, 2018. (Photo by Elian Richter)
Candy Johnson, a community member and apart of the Chancellor's Multicultural task force, participated in the event. Johnson was in college when she heard about 9/11. "I thought the world was ending," Johnson said, "I thought we were going to have another world war."
Johnson said her participation in this event was out of reverence than respect and that she was "honoring the military for continuing the mission that was established that day."
Stephen Zurlo carries an America flag around Chamberlain Field as part of a memorial service for 9/11 on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. (Photo by Elian Richter) Zurlo said that he was in New York, at the age of four, during the time of the attack in 2001 and feels that he has a personal connection to the event.
However, some participants were too young to really recall much of the events of 9/11. Mason Beebe, a senior and member of UTC's ROTC program, said, "I remember seeing it on TV and that it was a really big deal. It took a couple years to sink in."
Eventually the impact did sink in. "It was an affirmation for me," he said, referring to the events of 9/11, "This is why I want to serve."
Christian Watson (left) and Bailey Ferguson (right) march around Chamberlain field to show their respects for the victims of 9/11 during UTC ROTC's 11 Hours of Remembrance. Tuesday, September 11, 2018. (photo by Allie Schrenker)
Many different groups came out and showed their support during UTC ROTC's event, "11 Hours of Remembrance." Members of fraternities, sororities, and athletic teams walked laps around the field, holding the American flag high. Many veterans and current servicemen also paid their respects.
Avery Hurst, a member of the community and surgeon for the armed forces, also participated in the event. Like Mason Beebe, Hurst used the tragic event to fuel her own inner fire, inspiring her to become a surgeon and join the military. Hurst dedicated her walk to both her "strong roots in service" and the heroism of the first responders.
Army Recruiter Justin Jones participates in UTC ROTC's event, 11 Hours of Remembrance on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. (photo by Allie Schrenker)
Captain Beavers wanted Chattanooga to remember the victims of 9/11 and the impact it's had in this country. He set out to connect the past, present, and future of those who experienced it first hand and those who have only heard about it through history books. And through this event, "11 Hours of Remembrance," he did exactly that.
Allie Schrenker
Allie Schrenker is a committed athlete studying Communications and Creative Writing at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with plans to graduate in May 2019. She is one of the editors for UTC's literary journal and is currently pursuing a career in photojournalism.
Tiffany Closson
Tiffany Closson is a senior marketing major at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She studied luxury fashion in Paris and has spent time in photojournalism working with local stories. As a marketing intern she has knowledge in website analytics and social media management.
Brianna (Charlye) White
Brianna (Charlye) White is in her senior year at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, majoring in Communications. She is the Community Outreach Assistant for the Bethlehem Center, and a Writer and News Anchor for her school news media, Mocs News. Visit www.thbeth.org to view her work and email her at white.brianna17@gmail.com to learn more.
Jackson Hollis
Jackson Hollis has been a photojournalist for the UTC Echo for almost a year. He has shot many events for the paper including including parades, rally's, sports events, and more. Jackson has lived in Chattanooga for over 3 years and loves sports and the outdoors. Jackson can be contacted either by cell (615) 479-5115 or by email jvaughnhollis@gmail.com.
Elian Richter
Elian Richter is an climbing instructor and action photographer. Elian works at High Point Climbing gym as a certified instructor and as a backup photographer. He now combines the skills learned from climbing with the skills he's acquired in photography to do photo shoots for climbers and outdoors enthusiasts.
Environment, Sports	 September 26, 2018 October 1, 2018
Climbing in Chattanooga
Caleb Timmerman attempts "Rustoleum" (V6) at the Upper Middle Creek boulders on Tuesday, August 28, 2018. (Photo by Elian Richter)
Climbing has been a part of Chattanooga since the 80's, but Rob Robinson's discovery of the Tennessee Wall put the city on the radar of climbers around the nation. In the past five years, the climbing scene in Chattanooga has experienced a surge in its popularity.
Outdoor hobby magazines such as Outside Magazine and Climbing Magazine recognized this boom in attention. In 2015, Climbing magazine coined Chattanooga, "America's new climbing capitol."
Climbers nationally have noticed the endless amounts of climbing that Chattanooga offers and are moving here to pursue it.
Matthew Waits attempts to climb a route named "Jahreusalem" (5.13b) at Deep Creek. Waits was accompanied by his belayer Ethan Ibach and his friend Erin Flettrich on Saturday, September 8, 2018. (Photo by Elian Richter)
According to Chattanooga Climbing Impact Report, climbers had a total economic impact of $694,055 in Hamilton County. Additionally, 16,565 non-resident climbers visited Chattanooga in the 2015-2016 season.
"The influx of climbers is constantly outweighing the exodus of climbers in Chattanooga," said Mike O'mara, a sales representative at High Point Climbing and experienced traditional style climber. O'mara previously lived in Illinois and would drive eight hours with the sole intent of climbing in Chattanooga. After frequent weekend excursions, he decided to make the leap to move.
Mike O'mara maneuvers through the. middle section of the climb "S'mores" at Sunset Rock. O'mara was practicing a style of climbing called traditional climbing where he is requires to place pieces of gear along the cracks in the wall to protect against a fall, on Tuesday, September 18, 2018. (Photo by Elian Richter)
Mike O'mara and TJ Rubert climb a traditional route named "S'mores" at Sunset Rock. This was the first route O'mara and Rubert climbed on Tuesday, September 18, 2018. (Photo by Elian Richter)
"The climbing here was definitely a big factor in why I moved because it's just that great," said O'mara.
There are two main contributors to a great climbing environment, the rock composition and accessibility, and Chattanooga checks both of those boxes.
In this region the rock is sandstone, which has a soft but gritty texture like a fine grain sandpaper, and lends itself to better climbing.
"Chattanooga is a great place for climbing for several reasons, the sheer abundance of rock here which allows for new routes and cliff lines to be developed constantly,"said O'Mara. "The rock quality and composition is some of the best in country as far as density and hardness."
Matthew Waits attempts to climb a route named "Jahreusalem" (5.13b) at Deep Creek. Waits made it to the end of the climb but took a few falls along the way on Saturday, September 8, 2018. (Photo by Elian Richter)
Although rock composition is a major factor for a climbing, accessibility is just as important.
Phil Purney, rock climber of 20 years and local climber of 10, shed some light on what makes Chattanooga rock climbing unique to anywhere else. "It's a fun small city, where in just a few minutes, I can be outside, out in the woods," said Purney. "The access is not common. It's world class convenient climbing." Purney specializes in sport climbing, a style that emphasizes moderate to tall climbs ranging from 30ft to 120ft with a few pre-placed bolts in the wall to attach a rope to in case of a fall.
Drew Mayo is a local climber that is recognized for developing much of the Upper Middle Creek bouldering area, located on Signal Mountain. When asked about what makes Chattanooga a great climbing city Mayo said, "It's the proximity to some of the greatest quality stone and some of the most loved stone."
Mayo said that when he originally began developing the area, he didn't intend on telling anyone else about his discovery, but later changed his mind and began spreading the word of this new spot.
"At first it was a selfish pursuit and then it turned into "I want to enjoy this with my friends," said Mayo. "Only for so long can you sit there in the woods and be alone and enjoy something. Nature's really enjoyable, but when you don't have anyone to share it with it kinda feels a little empty."
Although the future of Chattanooga is uncertain, the climbing community will continue to grow and evolve.
Climber Profile-Drew Mayo
Drew Mayo begins a workout on gymnastic rings in the upstairs training area of a climbing gym on Sunday, September 16, 2018. (Photo by Elian Richter)
Drew Mayo is a local rock climber and dedicated developer of climbing areas in Chattanooga. The Upper Middle Creek boulders on Signal Mountain are one of the most notable areas he has helped to establish.
There are several steps that go into the process of developing a rock climbing area; his first step is to look at and examine the rock.
"I'd usually just sit there maybe five minutes in front of the rock by myself, just looking and wondering, 'Can I use that?', 'Can I grab on to that?" said Mayo. "If I did end up finding something that was usable, I would take my brush and I would try to clean off any of the lichen or moss."
Mayo said that since the Cumberland Plateau is home to the world's largest hardwood plateau forest, the leaf and branch buildup on these rocks can be extremely dense and take extensive amounts of time to clean.
"Usually it was like a two, three day process because once you clean all the leaves and dirt off the top, you throw that to the side, you throw that away, and usually it's wet," said Mayo. "So you get all the moss off and the holds that you saw, the incuts and such, they'd be soaking wet; and if you know climbing, you're not supposed climb on wet sandstone because that's when it becomes fragile and can break really easily."
Mayo said at that point, he would have to wait a day, or sometimes several, until the rock was dry enough to be able to try the climb he'd worked so hard to clean.
There are still many undiscovered places around Chattanooga for climbing, said Mayo, and he already has a new location in mind to start developing this fall.
About the Storytellers
Abby Ray
Abby Ray, a senior at UTC studying Communications and Business Administration, is from Memphis, Tennessee. She currently works as an intern at Delegator, which is a digital advertising agency in Chattanooga. A few of Ray's passions are working out, watching the Memphis Grizzlies and scrolling through twitter.
Ayriel Ayers
Ayriel Ayers is a senior at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She's skilled in photography, human development, and public relations. As the NAACP President, Resident Assistant for UTC housing, and a Community Service and Membership Development Chairwoman for her sorority, her leadership and positivity characteristics continually pointed her to success.
Filed under: Chattanooga, Climbing, Rising Rock Media
Diversity	 February 4, 2018 February 2, 2018
Small Battles
Cameron Mulienberg's perspective on striving for inclusivity in Highland Park.
Small Battles was created by Kristjan Grimson. This multi-media piece was made in COMM 4750, Photojournalism 2, during the Fall 2017 semester. In December 2017, he received his B.A in Communication from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Filed under: Chattanooga, COMM 4750, Kristjan Grimson


The conditioned crawl space is only open to the inside of the house.
We hand painted the exterior of the concrete foundation (which we formed and poured on site) with a Sampson water proofing tar.
We will be posting more finish details shortly. Stay tuned!


Hawaii is quarantined after a bio chemical weapon renders a great majority of the state into flesh eating Zombies. The carnage and despair strengthens and brings to life an ancient army known as Kaimoni, adding to the Chaos. This is the story of a handful of survivors, with helmets that protect and give them strength, as they fight to survive and escape the nightmare that is Hawaii.
We had an awesome panel at AHCC this year, presented by Wayward Nerd. For more convention photos, check out the Pineapple Man events page.


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Q: Regex to find content not in quotes I'm trying to find parameters outside quotes (Single ou Double)
$sql = "
INSERT INTO Notifify (to_email, msg, date_log, from_email, ip_from)
VALUES
    (
        :to_email,
        'test teste nonono',
        '2013-02-01 10:48:27',
        'bar@foo',
        :ip_from
    )
 ";

  $matches = array();
  preg_match_all('/:[A-Za-z0-9_]*/', $sql, $matches);

The above code will produce the follow result,
print_r($matches);  // array(:to_email, :48, :27, :ip_from)
And I want only:
:to_email
:ip_from

A: '/^\\s*:[A-Za-z0-9_]*/m'

Should do the trick, checking for beginning of line and white-space and make sure the RegEx query is set to multiline.
edit
preg_match_all('/(?:^\\s*)(:[A-Za-z0-9_]+)/m', $sql, $matches);
print_r($matches[1]);

This uses the passive non-capture group (?:) which puts the proper results, without the space padding into a sub array of the matches variable at index 1.

A: You can use a negative look-behind. This way you will match exactly what's needed.
preg_match_all('/(?<!\w):[a-z0-9_]+/', $sql, $matches);

Demo

A: What about this:
/\s+:[A-Za-z0-9_]*/

It's not very rigorous and might fail for more complex examples like like tennis scores (15 : 30) but is probably good enough for your needs.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors should regularly screen babies and young children for delays in motor skill development - including trouble sitting, standing and speaking - at well-child visits, pediatricians said today.
In a clinical report, an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) panel said diagnosing and treating those problems early on may ultimately improve kids' outlook and help families gain additional support.
"Identifying children with delays and motor abnormalities, theoretically or hopefully would set them on a better trajectory," said Meghann Lloyd, who studies motor development at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Canada.
Lloyd, who was not involved in the new report, called it "a really big step forward for the field."
Dr. Garey Noritz and colleagues on the AAP's neuromotor screening expert panel lay out the skills that a child should have developed by office visits at ages 9, 18, 30 and 48 months.
For example, a 9-month-old baby should be able to roll to both sides, sit well without support and grasp objects. At 18 months, that child should be able to walk, sit and stand on its own.
Pediatricians should also ask parents open-ended questions about their child's development and watch the child play for signs of delays or loss of motor skills at well-child visits, the panel said.
On a general exam, it recommended that doctors measure head size and look at children's muscle tone, reflexes and eye movements.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government-backed expert panel, said in 2006 there wasn't enough evidence to recommend for or against screening instruments designed to detect speech and language delays in young kids. The task force does not have screening recommendations for motor delays in general.
"The AAP… recognized that we as a profession weren't necessarily doing a good job screening for motor problems," Noritz, from Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, told Reuters Health.
Cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy are two of the most common motor-related diseases and could both be picked up and treated earlier than they typically are now, according to Noritz.
He said families often refer to the "diagnostic odyssey" involved in getting a definitive diagnosis for a sick child.
"We're hoping that people can get to a specialist more quickly and thus get diagnosed more quickly, but that primary care clinicians at the same time as they're looking for a diagnosis, will refer (kids) to therapy," he said.
PROMOTING MOVEMENT
There is normal variation in how kids develop, Lloyd said - so if a child is a couple of months late to walk, for example, parents shouldn't be overly concerned.
But longer delays, or combinations of multiple motor problems, are a good reason for a visit to the pediatrician, she told Reuters Health.
"Other types of movements that don't seem right, like a tremor or a rigidity or some sort of repetitive motor movement would be another red flag for me," Lloyd added.
Typical motor delays that aren't a result of more serious underlying conditions are treated with physical or occupational therapy.
Parents can bring their children to an early movement program such as Kindergym to promote development of motor skills, Lloyd said, regardless of other treatments and whether or not they are delayed.
Having poor motor skills in general "sets you on a trajectory for low levels of physical activity, which of course is related to obesity," she said.
"The prevention of these delays or the promotion of motor ability can actually impact your health for your lifespan."
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Japan as aging bellwether: experiential VR, claim that robots increase activity by 50 percent
February 9, 2018 | by Donna Cusano
Japan's population is the oldest on average in the world, with over 27 percent of its population aged over 65 and the highest average life expectancy at 83.7 years. Writer Shiho Fukada spent a year researching aging tech supported by the Pulitzer Center. In STAT, he profiles innovation in two areas we've highlighted previously: VR experiences for those who are restricted in their mobility and the effect of robots in elder care.
Bringing experiences to the older person. A Tokyo therapist, Kenta Toshima, takes videos of his travels to 29 countries and 55 cities, then shares them with his patients on a smartphone mounted on an inexpensive cardboard viewer to simulate full VR. His concept, Virtually Able, has positive results and he is trying to develop a study. Yet in the US, Dr. Sonya Kim has been developing this in a commercial model via OneCaringTeam and Aloha VR. [TTA 21 Nov 16 and 11 Nov 17] These VR experiences for residents of long-term care are being researched for easing anxiety, increasing positive feelings, stimulation, and connectedness in older people with mobility difficulties or dementia, with Cedars-Sinai in LA evaluating VR for pain reduction with mixed results.
[grow_thumb image="https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Pepper-daughter.jpg" thumb_width="200″ /]Robotics in monitoring and connectedness. It's another look at Palro and Pepper [TTA 24 Oct 17], this time in action at the Flos Higashi-kojiya Senior Care Facility in Tokyo, at a nursing home run by the Social Welfare Corporation of Tokyo Seishinkai, and in a home with an older couple. Robots, as we've noted, are stepping in the care and connectedness gap.
For older adults living at home by themselves, interactive robots like Pepper can aid with tasks but as you'll see in the video, the wide-eyed Pepper becomes a 'daughter-bot' (left and above from the video) that remarkably increases engagement between this older couple in a typically crowded Japanese home.
In Japan, as in the West, there's a shortage of care staff able to engage with residents in senior living. In the video, Palro struts across a table to the admiration of a group of older women in assisted living and leads them in an exercise routine.
In a Tokyo nursing home, a Guardian desktop robot not only monitors the well-being of patients in nursing care using audio and video, but also communicates interactively with the patient to give a feeling of personal attention and encouragement. Mr. Fukada at 06:14 quotes a study that residents living with robots are 50 percent more active and that 70 percent without robots are less active, but unfortunately this is not footnoted.
What is evident is that Japan continues to pioneer in robotics for care of older adults and in general (CES), but the takeup in other countries, with some exception for Europe, is not that great–yet. Previously in TTA: Japan's workarounds for adult care shortage, Japan's hard lessons on an aging population
Breaking news – an NHS innovation failure
October 13, 2016 | by Charles Lowe | 2 Comments
As a sad indication of the NHS's – and the UK health & care system in general's – inability to innovate, v-connect, previously known as Red Embedded, has made the following announcement:
"It is with great regret that we are discontinuing the v-connect service as of the 31st October 2016. I am sure that the reasons will be understandable to you but here is a short summary. The video technology has been in development for more than eleven years. The efforts to commercialise the technology, in care, have been in progress for more than seven. In that time we have developed many features that support people to live independently at home supported by a personalised set of connections and facilities matched to their needs. We were guided by the continual calls for integrated care, personalisation and care closer to home. We have been somewhat successful in obtaining project and grant funding to facilitate this. (more…)
Telemedicine coordinators help improve user numbers in Queensland
June 11, 2015 | by Chrys Meewella
The demand for telemedicine services in south western Queensland is reported to have tripled from 8 consultations a month [grow_thumb image="https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Charleville-hospital.jpg" thumb_width="150″ /]to about 35-40 following the appointment of coordinators who show patients how to use the service. The Queensland Government media statement issued last week quotes the coordinator at Charleville Hospital as saying 99% of people prefer the service to traveling to see a specialist face to face.
The video link service connects doctors with patients from 2 rural hospitals and one district hospital in south west Queensland. These are relatively small hospitals with 24 to 39 beds and use Flying Doctors to provide some of the facilities such as surgery. Alternative for patients, say in Charleville, could be a 7 hr 620 km drive to Toowoomba or a 8 1/2 hour 750km drive to Brisbane to see a specialist for a 10 minute appointment.
Sony to launch new telehealth camera at Australian Healthcare Week
March 21, 2014 | by Chrys Meewella
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Sony Australia and New Zealand today announced it will officially launch its new Patient Monitor telehealth camera system at Australian Healthcare Week. Sony's IP Patient Monitor, NCSRS46P, has been developed in Australia to meet the specific needs of regional healthcare, according to Sony.
The solution enables two-way audio and one-way video communication over IP, typically a broadband internet connection. It has been created in an environment where privacy, ease of installation, simplicity of use and reliability are key concerns. The camera has a powerful 36x optical zoom that allows the healthcare professional or specialist to easily and efficiently view the area of interest and effectively assist with diagnosis.
Although the official launch is next week, there are over 200 IP Patient Monitors in use across Australia, say Sony, including in New South Wales where they are used as part of the Greater Western Clinical Outreach Project.
The Australian Healthcare Week will be from 25-27 March at the Australian Technology Park in Eveleigh, New South Wales.
Telepsychiatry: a new practitioner's experience
January 27, 2014 | by Donna Cusano
Daniel W. Knoedler, MD in Psychiatric News chronicles his first week as a full-time telepsychiatrist, working for the Green Bay VA Hospital in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He is definitely a bit stressed as he adjusts to working alone in a cold basement, his image in the video system and the Loneliness of the Long-Distance Psychiatrist who doesn't have face-to-face contact with patients–and his own socialization. Yet he thinks telemedicine is useful in addressing the lack of access to care for patients and that the technology is not much of a barrier. He does worry about the consequences of not shaving, leading to some musings on Howard Hughes. Telepsychiatry: First Week in the Trenches
Smaller scale telehealth and telecare successes
January 4, 2014 | by Chrys Meewella
It is usually the large scale telehealth and telecare projects that hit the news, be it for their successes or, indeed, failures. So as the new year starts, let's celebrate a couple of smaller scale projects which have made progress recently.
From Coldwater, Michigan, we have a student telehealth scheme opening this month. With significant funding from the Michigan Department of Community Health, clinics will be opened in two schools in Branch County to provide primary healthcare services from a central Adolescent and Pediatric Center which has four physicians and a nurse practioner. A school based nurse provides physical assessment of students in need and, if appropriate, links via video to the Center to consult a physician or the nurse practitioner. Diagnostic equipment at the schools are also networked so the Center staff have access to these in real time. Prescriptions, if needed are sent direct to a convenient pharmacy. The state funding provides the majority of costs for equipment, a nurse at each school and operation for 3 years. See Branch County CHC website for more details.
From the other side of the Atlantic, in Doncaster, England, the local council's telecare service reported that it has reached its 1,000th user. Doncaster's service povides access to a comprehensive range of sensors from simple fall detectors to other sensors placed discreetly around the home on ceilings, doors, walls, beds and chairs. The 24-hour monitoring service attracts a weekly charge under £4 and there is no charge for the equipment. The benefit to the user is obvious and the Council benefits too, as it has an obligation to provide care services to residents who are unable to live at home.
Phone chats between deaf and non-deaf now possible (the Netherlands)
November 17, 2013 | by Toni Bunting
For deaf people wanting to have a conversation with non-deaf people remotely, there aren't too many options. In the Netherlands, Royal Dutch phone company KPN has launched its Tele Interpreter service, which translates sign language to speech (or text) and vice versa, in real time. The service uses a combination of technology and real-life translators. Read more: Springwise
Telekinesis to help paralysed people – gets closer
June 6, 2013 | by Steve Hards
Happy to add another 'tele-' to our range of interests when it's as interesting as this…a relatively untrained volunteer controls a flying model helicopter drone my means of thought via an electrode cap, a computer, and wifi. Article about it here. Heads up thanks to Toni Bunting, TANN Ireland.
[This video is no longer available on this site but may be findable via an internet search]
Related item, also thanks to Toni: Use Universal Gesture Control From Any Room In Your House.
O2's mobile care – in a shop near you (UK)
March 5, 2013 | by Steve Hards | 13 Comments
It is just over five years since Paul Gee, then CEO of the Telecare Services Association (TSA), flagged up to members in a prescient article that the time would come when it would be possible to buy a mobile telecare device in a supermarket [Telecare Soapbox: Tesco Telecare]. The question he posed was 'How far away?' Now we know. It took five years, but it arrives today. The telecare suppliers of the time did not respond to the wake-up call and they have now been overtaken by O2, the mobile arm of Telefónica in the UK. At the press conference in London yesterday O2 announced the next stage in the development of its Help at Hand service and several points struck this editor as particularly interesting: (more…)
Kompaï by Kompaï (France)
February 18, 2013 | by Steve Hards
Gesture-based control of the Kompaï robot (France)
A number of Robosoft's Kompaï robots were put out and about with academic institutions [TA May 2010] to encourage a diversity of developments that may eventually lead to it becoming a companion robot for old or disabled people. The following video shows the result of one such collaboration, with Kompaï being taught to respond to gestures. It's all very early stage but could have potential for use by people who have lost language function owing to strokes.
According to the information on YouTube, the video "shows gesture-based control of the robuLAB10/Kompaï robot performing the tasks of person tracking and person following. Both gesture-recognition and person-tracking algorithms use input from the Microsoft Kinect camera mounted on a pan-tilt mechanism. We used a set of gestures to switch between the tasks and to finally stop the robot. The video shows two scenarios in which we implemented two different person-following algorithms. This work was done in collaboration between Humbolt University of Berlin (Germany), Ben-Gurion University (Israel) and Robosoft (France) as a part of EU FP7 INTRO project."
Telemedicine from Mt Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
February 5, 2013 | by Steve Hards
Yes, it's a telemed publicity stunt – but what a good one! A photo of a retina is taken at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro and transmitted for analysis to an ophthalmologist at Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore.
[Video now unavailable. So much for modern communications!] Heads-up thanks to the Shropshire Cares Info Central website via David Sandbach.
Cometh the hour, cometh the video (UK)
January 28, 2013 | by Steve Hards | 5 Comments
Just now, as telehealth proponents circle the waggons to stand firm against the onslaughts of telehealth opponents, what is needed is a GP to sit down and have a relaxed consulting room chat explaining from his experience of telehealth vital signs monitoring just where the benefits are for GPs, what the learning curve was, and why they should consider using it.
And here is South Gloucestershire GP Dr Richard Berkley, doing just that…
The 16 minute video could be tightened up a little but any GP who takes the time to sit through it is surely likely to be a lot less resistant by the end. The mystery is why a Tunstall-produced and branded video put on YouTube by Gloucestershire PCT has had so few views – 133 to date since it was posted 15 months ago in October 2011. Maybe the time was not right before the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) programme results and the subsequent kerfuffle but it seems much more relevant today.
Perhaps, with the blessing of Tunstall's CEO Gil Baldwin, who is the 3ML Working Group's vice-chair, 3ML could get one of its other contributing companies to edit out the Tunstall references, re-brand the video as 3ML and put it on their home page.
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Is 'independence' the key reason people value telecare and telehealth?
January 24, 2013 | by Steve Hards
Appello asked delegates at the International Telecare and Telehealth Conference – and Twitter users following the event – to fill in the blank in the following question: "I believe what service users value most is…". They created the video below to demonstrate their findings. It identifies that key words used by delegates were; 'independence', 'reassurance', 'peace of mind' and 'convenience'.
Carl Atkey, head of Appello said: "We wanted to get real insight into how people in the telehealth and telecare industry think patients perceive telehealth. Words like 'independence' illustrate that telehealth and telecare can provide a real life-line to the people at the heart of the service, who often have no one else to rely on or who would like to have greater control over their long term condition. We want to obtain as many views as possible, so if you would like to tell us your opinion, tweet @talk2appello."
P4 Digital Conference 2012 videos (Scotland)
December 17, 2012 | by Steve Hards
Over 160 delegates attended Scotland's P4 Digital Conference last month (20 and 21 November 2012). Topics concerning digital healthcare branding, consumer psychology, sports physiology and design were covered. Thanks to the Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the conference sponsors, LifeScan Scotland Ltd, Health Science Scotland, Healthcare Group CSC, NHS 24, Scottish Lifesciences Association and Video3 Technologies for making 5 recordings of the sessions available to the public here: P4 Digital Conference 2012.
Kompaï brings the scissors (France)
October 10, 2012 | by Steve Hards
One-and-a-half minute video showing that French Robosoft's testbed care robot Kompaï is still charming public, politicians and media. Kompaï brings the scissors to VP Kroes (Robosoft's YouTube channel.)


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Video: Stevie Nicks on The Tonight Show... with @jimmyfallon @NBC #TonightShow
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Jimmy and Stevie playing Tom and Stevie
This was so great! Stevie also performed "Edge of Seventeen" with The Roots. Sharon, Lori and Waddy were also there backing her up.. She looked great, sounded exceptionally well and lit the place on fire with the performance.. it was great!! No video of Edge just yet, but there will be. But this re-creation was awesome... I can't believe Stevie went for it!
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Is it me, or should Stevie go her own way again? Seriously, every interview about FM and the footage of the performances are, while well done, just not inspired. Here, she's totally relaxed and having fun not taking herself seriously while hitting STMHA out of the park, rocking out like we've wanted to see her do for YEARS now with the Sound City Players, and delivering the most gorgeous, moving performances we've seen, again in years, with LA. Just my two cents ;-)
John Seger said...
ROCK ON!! Stevie nailed it! BEAUTIFUL, haunting and loved the hair!
That was amazing !!!!!
MplsMike said...
Wow absolutely freaking awesome!!!!! Love the shawl she chose and the wig (that is a wig, right? yes it has to be). Love that they performed it so close to the original.
Saw a clip of the video for "Edge..." Yes I just answered my own question that had to have been a wig.
Stevie looks like she is having so much fun! She can definitely rock. I would love to see her do a harder rockin sole project....say with Dave Grohl. Love everything she does but that would be great.
Is it just me or does her voice sound better than in recent years? It's like she lost a lot of nasality and found a nice throaty sound... I may be mistaken... Can't wait for the Edge of 17 video :)
Joseph Gould said...
Sounds great in these videos, Anonymous #5 has hit the nail on the head - less nasal, more throaty. JUST how I love Stevie to sound! She's incredible.
Are they the 'Frankensneakers'? I ask, because I haven't seen them (or what people have referred to as the 'Frankensneakers' before)
This is hilarious. Loved that she went with it, even though she's talked about how she hated making that video because she didn't know the words and those beads in her hair kept slapping her in the face!
You're correct about her voice - I noticed that when she sang with Lady Antebellum the other night. She sounds really good.
I haven't heard her do Edge live like this-- ever!! Her voice was the best I heard in years! To be fair, we usually hear this 1 1/2 hours into the set, so....
But both songs-- incredible! Freak in nailed it!
She should be in great voice for Libda Ronstadt tribute tonight!!
I'm hoping she and LA do a video for Golden too-- she sounds amazing and looks stunning!
That's my baby girl she is having a lot of fun with these gigs in last week or so. Ya love the Fleetwood mac but I think someone nailed it she having more fun by herself when she not around FM.
Anybody notice she takes away the "Clouds never" part and the "OOOOOHYEEEEAH" the last tour and here?
^^ ^^ John Seger - "Edge of Seventeen" is usually edited when performed live for length. The original album version is just under 5:30. The live stage version often exceeds ten minutes. If I recall correctly the version of this track she performed on 'The Voice' in 2011 was also heavily edited. I think it was 'The Voice,' or was it 'America's Got Talent?'
She REALLY dug in to that song! I had goosebumps and a big smile on my face by the end.
This was totally awesome!!! Stevie, you are amazing! You just keep getting better!!!! Loved it!
Amazing job and surprise from Stevie - can't believe she did this - big cool points lol. Awed and inspired!
and love Jimmy's comment about when she was on his show a few years ago which I remember well. It was adorable when she gave him that gift. He was genuinely touched then and still now. And yes I agree she nailed her performance. Yes, better solo but for now will enjoy the FM tour in the fall.
I think the reason Stevie sounds so frikin awesome is that... Well, she isn't on tour where tens of millions of $$ are at stake with cancellations, etc & not having the stress of performing 3 nights or more a week she has the freedom to "let it rip" and really sing like she is fully capable of. She sounds so great these past several performances. With a 2 song set why not just give it your all! And She Does!
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Can an Arbitrator award back pay to reinstated striking employees?
In a recent award in an unfair dismissal arbitration, the Commissioner ordered the Respondent to reinstate the Applicant retrospectively from the date of his dismissal in the same or similar position to that which he had occupied and on the same terms and conditions of employment enjoyed before his dismissal. She furthered ordered the Respondent to pay the Applicant back pay in the amount of R47 589.40, which amounts to his salary from the date of the dismissal up until the date of reinstatement.
The Applicant was dismissed for various acts of misconduct which were committed during a protected strike which commenced on the 11th of September 2017 and that was still ongoing at the time the award was made.
The question that must be answered is "does the Labour Relations Act give the Commissioner the power to make such an award?"
Section 193 of The Labour Relations Act, Act 66 of 1995 (LRA) stipulate the remedies for unfair dismissals.
If the Labour Court or an arbitrator appointed in terms of this Act finds that a dismissal is unfair, the Court or the arbitrator may:
order the employer to reinstate the employee from the date not earlier than the date of the dismissal
order the employer to re-employ the employee, either in the work in which the employee was before the dismissal or in other reasonably suitable work on any terms and from any date not earlier than the date of the dismissal, or
order the employer to pay compensation to the employee.
What is clear from the above provision is that the arbitrator may reinstate/re-employ the dismissed employee or award compensation. The awarding of backpay in the case of reinstated employees does not amount to compensation – it is simply the awarding of a loss of income for the period of termination and gives the reinstatement award retrospective effect.
In Nel v Municipality & another (2013) 34 ILJ 1737 (SCA) the meaning of reinstatement was explained by reference to the Constitutional Court's finding in Equity Aviation Services (Pty) Ltd v Commission of Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration that reinstatement meant:
"To put the employee back into the same job or position he occupied before the dismissal on the same terms and conditions. Reinstatement is the primary remedy in unfair dismissal disputes, and it is aimed at placing an employee in the position he would have been before the unfair dismissal. It safeguards workers' employment by restoring the employment contract. Differently put, if employees are reinstated, they resume employment on the same terms and conditions that prevailed at the time of their dismissal, and do not conclude an employment contract afresh. The employer merely restores the position to what it was before the dismissal."
When we look at the award ordered by the Commissioner, it seems that she did not take the ongoing strike action into consideration. To restore the employee in the position he was before the dismissal would mean that he can go back to work, but as he would have been part of the ongoing protected strike, he would not have received a salary during the strike action, which commenced before his dismissal and is still ongoing.
The amount the Respondent is ordered to pay will, therefore, amount to compensation, as it is more than the employee was entitled to in terms of the formula set out in Nel supra. Therefore, it is my opinion that by awarding retrospective reinstatement and compensation as a remedy for an unfair dismissal she is exceeding her powers as stipulated in section 193 of the Labour Relations Act, Act 66 of 1995.
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Xolani sipho 19 September, 2018 at 11:21 pm
I went to ccma settlement was sign buy they failed to pay me I went back to ccma was given another form to take it to police station which I did ,,they promised me the money will be paid on the 15th until today nothing I was given to count up to 14days tomorrow it's 14days what will happen now on when I return to ccma
Carlien Nienaber 27 September, 2018 at 11:48 am
As we are a registered employers organisation we would refer you to the CCMA website for any further inquiries in this regard (https://www.ccma.org.za)


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Q: ASP.NET WebAPI default landing page I've created a RESTful web service using ASP.NET WebApi v2 and I'm using Swashbuckle to generate swagger UI for API documentation.
All API calls are under http://localhost/api/ and the swagger UI page is at http://localhost/browser/index (the 'browser' part is configurable).
Browsing to http://localhost/ however will land on a empty page, so my question is is it possible to route http://localhost/ to http://localhost/browser/index so the user will be able to see the API documentation just by visiting the base uri.
One solution I can think of is to use a physical file system and create a static html page which does a meta fresh to redirect to the landing page I want, but I guess there must be a better way of doing this…

A: Change the route configuration RouteConfig.cs.
Instead of the default setting:
routes.MapRoute(
    name: "Default",
    url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);

Change it to point at swagger:
routes.MapRoute(
    name: "Default",
    url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    defaults: new { controller = "Browser", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);

Make sure you update RouteConfig.cs and not WebApiConfig.cs.


"Chandra. The journey of a star" is a movie about the renowned Astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, written by Giuseppe Mussardo. Prof. Mussardo will say a few words about the movie, followed by the screening of the movie at the Chandrasekhar Auditorium, ICTS-TIFR.
On the morning of 1st August 1930 in Bombay, the wharf of the P&O -- Peninsular and Oriental Lines -- was fully crowded and there was the usual confusion of any departure: porters were loading luggages and big crates, officers were busy in giving the last orders and sailors were climbing up and down from the decks among ropes and shrouds. Foreigners walked around looking with open admiration at the Gateway of India, considered the quintessence of colonial India, a monument erected by England in the Twenties to be the symbol of its entry in the Raj, but that was going to become soon the sad witness of its leaving.
Till a few hours before, the rain carried by the monsoon had swept the docks with strong gusts, but after a brief pause of relief, a suffocating heat had reappeared; the heavy humidity soaked the dresses that, almost transparent, stuck to the bodies. Near the pier of the steamer Pilsna, a liner of Lloyd Triestino traveling from Bombay to Venice, a small crowd was gathering: there were friends and relatives come to bid farewell to a young man heading for Europe.
The boy was slender, with dark, almost black-skin, a broad nose, fleshy lips and glossy black hair framing his forehead. That young Indian man had the solemn gait of a Brahman and a thoughtfulness unusual in a boy of his age. His eyes were shaded by a veil of sadness: surrounded by all those friends, relatives and brothers, among all those hugs and kisses he was missing the embrace of his mother. She had encouraged him from the beginning, pushing him to set out on that journey to England, to the temple of science called Cambridge. He knew that he would not see her anymore: his mother was at home, lying in her bed, seriously ill. At last the ship steamed off, the profile of the large colonial hotel Taj Mahal and the city of Bombay soon became a small point on the line of the horizon. That voyage across the Arabic Sea, the Channel of Suez and the Mediterranean changed the course of astrophysics forever. It also changed the life of that impressive young man: his name was Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, universally known as Chandra.


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Oilers ink Draisaitl to monster eight-year, $68 million deal
By Mike HalfordAug 16, 2017, 2:12 PM EDT
The Edmonton Oilers have locked up their cornerstone players for the foreseeable future.
They didn't come cheap.
Just weeks after signing Connor McDavid to a eight-year, $100 million deal, the Oilers signed fellow forward Leon Draisaitl to an eight-year, $68 million deal. The contract carries a $8.5M average annual cap hit and, combined with McDavid's $12.5M, will now cost the Oilers $21M annually through 2025.
Crosby + Malkin: $18.2 million
Kane + Toews: $21 million
McDavid + Draisaitl: $21 million (starting next season) https://t.co/iZ6Ndkp31k
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) August 16, 2017
McDavid certainly warranted his payday. The same can be said of Draisaitl.
The 21-year-old just wrapped his three-year, entry-level deal, and couldn't have done so in finer fashion. Draisaitl enjoyed a terrific season, platooning between the second-line center position and the wing alongside McDavid, and finished with 29 goals and 77 points.
Then, the playoffs happened.
Draisaitl had a terrific postseason, racking up six goals and 16 points in 13 games. At the time of elimination he was sitting second among all scorers — trailing only Evgeni Malkin — and was downright brilliant in Edmonton's seven-game loss to Anaheim, finishing with 13 points.
Tags: Connor McDavid, Evgeni Malkin, Leon Draisaitl
Report: Vegas among teams in on Pens draftee Byron
Will Butcher isn't the only college free agent garnering interest in free agency.
University of Maine senior Blaine Byron, Pittsburgh's sixth-round pick in '13, has passed on signing with the club and can now ink with a team of his choosing. Per The Hockey News, the four "lead suitors" for Byron are Vegas, New Jersey, Ottawa and Buffalo.
Byron, 22, is coming off a great year. He racked up 18 goals and 41 points in 36 games, finishing tied for 18th in the country in scoring. It's unclear where he would've fit in the Pittsburgh organization, though, and one has to think the signing of Northeastern's Zach Aston-Reese might've played a factor in his departure.
In a recent Tribune-Review piece, Byron did make a list of the club's top-20 prospects, coming in at No. 17.
Yesterday, Butcher — the reigning Hobey Baker winner — announced that he wouldn't sign with Colorado, the team that drafted him four years ago. Instead, Butcher will parlay a successful senior campaign at Denver University into interest on the open market.
Under Pressure: Barry Trotz
By Mike HalfordAug 16, 2017, 12:41 PM EDT
This post is part of Capitals Day on PHT…
When the Capitals hired Barry Trotz three years ago, they said he was "the only coach we coveted," calling him "an ideal fit to help lead our club."
And in many ways, Trotz has been an ideal fit. He's led to the club to consecutive Presidents' Trophies, racking up 156 wins over the course of three seasons. He won the 2016 Jack Adams as coach of the year. Players have performed exceptionally well on his watch: Braden Holtby won his first-ever Vezina, Alex Ovechkin racked up a pair of Rocket Richard trophies and both Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov were named All-Stars.
Despite all this, Trotz is now coaching for his job. Essentially.
A string of disheartening playoff failures — each more painful than the last — have put him in an uncomfortable and pressure-packed situation. He's heading into the the last of his four-year deal with no contract certainty beyond.
Yes, it's true Caps GM Brian MacLellan didn't make any changes with Trotz or to his coaching staff following the Game 7 loss to Pittsburgh.
But MacLellan didn't offer an extension, either.
Brian Burke once likened this scenario to being a lame duck. Trotz refused to see it that way, insisting that he wasn't worried about the spot he was in.
"No," he told CSN Mid Atlantic in June, when asked if not having a contract changes his approach at all. "It has 0.0 effect on me, actually. Not at all. I think it might have [had] an effect 10, 12 years ago for me. Not now. It has zero effect.
"I'm not worrying about that at all."
This is pretty much on par with Trotz's messaging from the moment Washington crashed out of the playoffs. While his players were visibly dejected and downright hurt during locker clean-out day, the 55-year-old was upbeat.
Defiant, almost.
Trotz talked about how the team's window wasn't closed, and how it would eventually "break through that barrier." He suggested "laughing at the past" could "ease us into the future."
The assembled media took note of this, which contrasted the vibe of his visibly distraught players. So it was asked — why did he seem more upbeat than his players?
From the Washington Post:
"Put it this way — I haven't slept in two friggin' days. To say that I don't feel very distraught, that really sort of angers me, because talk to my family to see if I'm distraught.
"I have to be positive in terms of, 'do I think we're going in the right direction?' Yes, and I'm positive of that. But we haven't broken through. That's why I'm probably the way I am. I also said we didn't get to where we wanted to get to.
"That angers me. When something doesn't go your way, you can roll up in a ball and feel sorry for yourself. I don't."
That Trotz took this approach isn't surprising. Coaching is a leadership role, and there didn't seem to be any point to piling onto what was already a fairly miserable day in D.C.
So hey, why not keep that vibe going when it comes to contract uncertainty?
Trotz will likely continue to do so, even in the face of growing pressure. And pressure will continue to grow. Remember, there's one final and very important dynamic at play — right next to Trotz behind the Washington bench is assistant coach Todd Reirden. The same Todd Reirden who's thought to be a head-coach-in-waiting, and has been tied to previous openings in Colorado and Florida.
Fun times in Washington. As they always are.
Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Braden Holtby, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom
Looking to make the leap: Nathan Walker
By Mike HalfordAug 16, 2017, 11:33 AM EDT
Should Nathan Walker jump to the NHL this season, it'll be a significant one.
Washington's third-round pick at the 2014 draft, Walker would be in line for his big league debut if he makes the team out of training camp — but that's not the only milestone at hand.
Should the speedy forward get the call, he'll also become the first-ever Australian to play in the NHL. Heady stuff for a 23-year-old who, just six years ago, was playing for the Sydney Ice Dogs.
Walker's rise has been a grind. He logged time in the Czech League, the USHL and the ECHL before emerging as a valuable contributor for Washington's AHL affiliate in Hershey. Last year, he racked up 11 goals and 23 points in 58 games for the Bears — and another six in 12 playoff games — while emerging as a high-energy guy that liked to finish his checks.
More to the point, Walker's a pest.
Despite standing just 5-foot-8 and weight 186 pounds, the Aussie a real edge to his game. It was certainly on display last preseason when, in a game against Montreal, Walker fought Andrew Shaw after Shaw tattooed Connor Hobbs into the boards. Walker would go on to scrap three more times for Hershey last year, one of the club's more active pugilists.
That style of play will work to Walker's advantage, as Washington's thinned-out forward group has spots up for grabs — especially in the bottom six. Justin Williams, Marcus Johansson and Daniel Winnik are all gone, which means potential promotions for the likes of Tom Wilson, Brett Connolly and others. Wilson and Winnik were wingers on last year's fourth line — centered by Jay Beagle — and Walker looks to have the inside track on a replacement spot.
That said, there will be competition. Devante Smith-Pelly was signed in free agency. Riley Barber, who played alongside Walker in Hershey and made his NHL debut last year, is in the mix. Farmhands Chandler Stephenson and Liam O'Brien will battle as well.
But the Caps like Walker, enough to have signed him to a two-year extension this summer. In announcing the deal, GM Brian MacLellan suggested Walker could very well make history this season.
"Walker has a good chance of playing," MacLellan said, per CSN Mid-Atlantic. "These guys can all come up, and there's just going to be more opportunity for them to play this year."
Tags: Andrew Shaw, Brett Connolly, Chandler Stephenson, Devante Smith-Pelly, Drew Shaw, Jay Beagle, Justin Williams, Marcus Johansson, Nathan Walker, Riley Barber, Tom Wilson
Report: Devils, Sabres, Vegas in on Hobey Baker winner Butcher
The Will Butcher sweepstakes began today, and there are already a few interested suitors lined up.
Per the Denver Post, Butcher — the Denver University product that captured this year's Hobey Baker — has officially balked on signing with the team that drafted him, the Colorado Avalanche, and will begin talking to various NHL clubs.
Teams that are expected to pursue the now-free agent include New Jersey, Buffalo and the expansion Golden Knights, per the Post.
Butcher, 22, is coming off a terrific senior campaign with the Pioneers. He captained the school to an NCAA title while emerging as the top offensive d-man in the country. The 5-foot-10, 186-pounder racked up seven goals and 37 points in 43 games.
Originally taken in the fifth round of the '13 draft by Colorado, Butcher has gone through a number of up and downs with the organization. At first, the Avs reportedly had no interest in signing him to a pro contract, only for GM Joe Sakic to pull a 180 and say the team wanted him.
Butcher responded by saying he didn't want the Avs to make him an offer.
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The second stage of the Africa Fintech roadshow was held on Thursday 19 July at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Benin (CCIB). Intended to share the opportunities and innovations of the market, the event deals more specifically with the theme "Fintech, beyond payment". The opportunity to take stock of the success stories of the region.
The regional Fintech ecosystem, made up of telecom and banking players, but also experts and investors, discusses a panel of discussions ranging from big-data to blockchain, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence. , insurtech (insurance technology) or regtech (regulatory technology).
The young shoots have had the opportunity to make themselves known and to present their innovations. About ten selected Beninese start-ups, the best will have the opportunity to represent his country in a final that will bring together the 10 participants in the Africa Fintech program (Benin, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mali, Burkina-Faso, Niger, Togo, Guinea, Cameroon and Ghana). This is the first time that such a conference on financial technologies has been held in West Africa. A laggard in digital development, the French-speaking West African countries, faced with booming Anglo-Saxon neighbors, are still home to innovative start-ups in the field of online payment systems. The opportunity to take stock of the best Fintech innovations developed in the area.
The company offers the first "cash-to-goods" cash transfer, ie the use of cutting-edge technology for the African diaspora, allowing direct payment of all health, education and food expenses. in Africa, from abroad thanks to a voucher system. The client connects to the site, chosen from Afrimarket partners (supermarkets, bookstores, pharmacies, clinics, etc.) and designates a beneficiary to whom he wishes to send the voucher. The customer's close will receive an SMS notifying the sending of money in the point of sale. Afrimarket raised 13 million funds and today has more than 30,000 customers, the start-up joined the Orange group in 2015.
The consumer secures his remittances and ensures the receipt of vouchers for Africans. The service makes it possible to obtain qualitative products and avoids the losses of money between the countries of destination and Africa.
Born in Douala, Infinity Space is a start-up of Fintech social innovation that has grown in Kenya and is now headquartered in Marseille. The start-up is specialized in providing online payment solutions for unbanked people and therefore deprived of online payment. 800 million of them are based in Africa, however, the majority of these people own mobile phones, hence the goal of taking up this challenge and working to enable people from these regions to be part of the wave of business that drives the world today and that will create the next generation of social innovation in the future. The young company has developed an extension at the Innovation Center (iHub) in Nairobi, Kenya, as well as in Cameroon and is also targeting the Chinese market.
This service combines different areas of digital payment. It is positioned both in the niche of online commerce and mobile secure payment. Many synergies exist between these two services, and it is in this that we can observe the strong potential of the startup that also offers a crowdfunding service.
In Senegal, 90% of the inhabitants own a mobile phone but the rate of banking is only 21% of the population, according to a report of the ministry in charge of the budget published in 2017. This Senegalese start-up created in 2015 develops secure and digital payment solutions for paying on websites, mobile applications or non-commercial sites like the social network marketplaces on which individuals sell their products. The founder has developed two products; a service for websites and mobile applications to integrate on their platform an online payment solution and a secure online payment solution service for non-merchant sites.
A new technology allowing Internet users to pay directly on online platforms whether they are market or non-market. Its strong point is the optimization of the interface between sellers and online buyers and facilitates the development of the industry by creating a bond of trust between users. The start-up facilitates new digital opportunities for other entrepreneurs who can in turn make their applications profitable with this payment solution.


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IHH team attends wedding, opens masjid in Bangladesh
A seven-member IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation team which travelled to Bangladesh took part in various activities in the country which includes attending a wedding ceremony, opening of a masjid and
Arakan, Bangladesh, South Asia 29.03.2011
The IHH team arrived in Bangladesh following an eight-hour-long flight. Having several meetings in the capital city of Dhaka, then the members of the IHH team moved to the country's largest city Chittagong.
The IHH team firstly visited the Soufi Fateh Owaysi Mohila Madrasah where they were welcomed by the teachers and students who were reciting hymns in the yard of the madrasah. IHH team members received some information about the education at the madrasah. The administrators of the madrasah who briefed the IHH members offered their thanks to the Turkish charity givers for their support to the madrasah. They said that the madrasah does not receive any financial assistance from the state of Bangladesh other than distribution of free course books. The madrasah administrators also asked assistance from the IHH team for the construction of concrete masjids in the yard of the madrasah because the current ones are in a very poor condition. They said they believe Turkish charity givers will also meet this need in their region after the establishment of a school and opening of water wells.
Following their visit to the madrasah, the IHH team visited the Dar al Iman Orphanage where 35 orphans receive education and live. The orphans who are supported by the IHH and most of whom were brought from Arakan welcomed the IHH team members with flowers. Examining the circumstances under which the orphans live and receive education, the IHH team members offered some presents to the orphans. In return, the orphans showed their love for Turkey and the IHH with a thanks message written on a white cloth banner.
Delivering a speech to the orphans and the guests, Gülden Sönmez, a member of the IHH executive board, said Turkish people always extend a helping hand to the orphans through the donations they make. "We are always with our orphans here, we will always be with them so that they can continue their education. Allah willing, we will see some of the orphans here continuing their education in Turkey," she said.
The orphans offered their thanks to the IHH team and the charity givers who make donations for them by reciting the holy Quran and praying for them. Receiving the presents given to them by the IHH team, the orphans showed the biggest interest in the model of the Mavi Marmara ship.
The IHH team also attended the opening ceremony of a masjid near the orphanage which was constructed thanks to donations from benevolent people. A 12-year-old orphan led the mass prayer in the masjid which was also joined by the IHH members. The masjid will not only make it easier for the orphans to pray but it will also make the praying of the Bangladeshis in a nearby village easier.
Following the inauguration of the masjid, the IHH team visited the water wells opened by the IHH benefactors. The team members later attended the wedding of an orphan girl in a nearby village whose wedding expenses were met by the IHH. The team members who were joyfully welcomed by the residents of the village gave some presents to the newly-wed couple.
The IHH team later moved for Cox Bazaar to offer medical screenings to orphans and learn about the problems of the Arakenese refugees.
2.8 million people have been affected by the drought in Somalia
Somalia is suffering from drought due to a lack of rainfall for two years straight. IHH launched aid operations to help more than 2.8 million Somalis affected by the drought.
An orphanage for girls in Bangladesh
IHH has just opened the Atila Orhan Orphanage for Girls in Bangladesh to care for 48 female students.
120 humanitarian aid trucks Off to Syria
IHH has launched an aid campaign with the slogan "Winter is Coming, Don't Leave Them Alone" for Syrians that are forced to live under extremely difficult winter conditions. As part of this campaign, 120 humanitarian aid trucks were sent off from Istanbul and various Anatolian cities to Syria.


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-Govt activities to be founded on six fundamentals to achieve "Prosperous Nepal, happy Nepali"
KATHMANDU, March 28: Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has said that all the activities of his government shall be founded on the six fundamental pillars for achieving the motto of "Prosperous Nepal, happy Nepali".
In his remarks to Kathmandu-based diplomats on the major policies and priorities of his government at a luncheon Tuesday, Prime Minister Oli said the pillars of his policies and programs shall be nationalism, territorial integrity and national independence, and th efulfillment of national interests. He described nationalism as the protection of sovereignty.
"Pursuit of national interests and fulfillment of international obligations go hand in hand. This comes as a non-negotiable priority for us. We will serve this cause on the basis of our values, realities and aspirations," the prime minister said.
The prime minister mentioned that sustainable peace and prosperity based on equality and stability, progress and development are two other pillars of his government's policies and programs. "We have learnt hard lessons from our own experiences what the price of instability would be. Any attempt to undermine peace and stability will not be tolerated at any cost and will be dealt firmly and resolutely," he said.
During the luncheon meeting at his official residence at Baluwatar coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), the prime minister also mentioned that the new government had a strong commitment to good governance and this would continue to guide the policies, programs and activities of the government. "With an end to the protracted political transition, the exclusive focus of the government now will be to fulfill people's aspirations for broad-based, inclusive and sustainable development," he said and also spoke of his resolve to overcome the vicious cycle of poverty.
On foreign policy priorities, Prime Minister Oli said that promoting the image of Nepal at the international level as a State that is practicing comprehensive democracy as well as advancing Nepal's cause of socio-economic development will remain the priority of his government. The overall engagement of the government with other countries will be directed by the principles of Panchsheel, non-alignment, the UN Charter, international law and the norms of world peace, he said.
Prime Minister Oli also said the motto of his government shall be "amity with all, and enmity with none". Arguing that development imperatives at home will be the guideposts for diplomatic engagements abroad, the prime minister further said that building Nepal's image as the land of diverse and bountiful resources will be the goal of the government.
On neighborhood policy, Prime Minister Oli said Nepal enjoys cordial and friendly relations with both immediate neighbors-India and China. While stating that mutual trust will be the key ingredient of Nepal's relationship with the immediate neighbors, the prime minister said that the new government wishes to enhance relations with all other friendly countries in Nepal's extended neighborhood.
Prime Minister Oli also said that the new government will work towards enriching the substance of cooperation in bilateral engagements with major powers and development partners. "Given the level of our development, we still need an enhanced level of development cooperation mainly for economic development. We urge the development partners to align assistances with our priorities," he further said.


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