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Wilson H. Beebe, Jr.
President (Retired), Thanexus, Inc.
Wilson Beebe is the retired President of Thanexus, Inc., a cooperative offering human resource management, marketing, communications, and financial services to New Jersey's independently-owned funeral homes; Mr. Beebe founded Thanexus in 2000 and served as its President from 2000-2015. Mr. Beebe is also the retired Chief Executive Officer, having served in that capacity for 30 years, of the New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association. Mr. Beebe is a former trustee of the Association Master Trust; and a director of the National Cooperative Bank, N.A. Mr. Beebe also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) from 2002 to 2014, and as the Chairman of the NCBA Board from 2011 to 2013. Mr. Beebe earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Fordham University.
Alaina C. Beverly
Assistant Vice President, Urban Affairs, Office of Federal Relations at the University of Chicago
Alaina Beverly has been the Assistant Vice President for Urban Affairs in the Office of Federal Relations at the University of Chicago since 2013, where she is responsible for sharing the University's research, scholarship, and models of urban investment with federal policymakers and national partners. At the University of Chicago, Ms. Beverly successfully launched Urban America Forward, an annual convening of national civil rights leaders, scholars, community based practitioners and foundations to examine evidence-based policies to further equity in America's cities. Ms. Beverly was previously a principal at the Raben Group from 2010 to 2013, where she provided strategic planning, communications, government relations and third-party partnership services to a broad range of non-profit, corporate and philanthropic clients. Ms. Beverly served as Associate Director, Office of Urban Affairs at the White House from 2009-2010. Ms. Beverly earned a B.A. in Political Science and African American Studies from Stanford University, and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Jennifer Smith Dolin
Vice President of Operations, Mercy Housing California
Jennifer Smith Dolin is the Vice President of Operations for Mercy Housing California, a public benefit non-profit corporation, where she manages real estate development in low income multifamily housing throughout the state of California. Her commitment to community revitalization began in New York City where she worked in the economic development department of Common Ground. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Santa Clara University.
Casey P. Fannon
Chief Lending Officer, The National Cooperative Bank, N.A.
Casey Fannon joined the National Cooperative Bank, N.A. (NCB) in 1996. He is currently the Chief Lending Officer of NCB and is a member of the bank's Executive Commmittee, Enterprise Risk Management Committee, Asset Liability Committee and Credit Risk Management Committee. As Chief Lending Officer, Mr. Fannon is responsible for corporate lending and relationship management for the bank's cooperative markets and customers. Prior to this role, Mr. Fannon served as Vice President for the bank and was responsible for overseeing the bank's business development and loan production for New York and national cooperative housing and traditional commercial real estate lines of business. Mr. Fannon has also held positions in the bank's Real Estate Group, Strategic Initiatives Group, and Capital Markets group. He received a BS in Finance from Bentley University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder.
Pedro I. Goitia
Partner (Retired), KPMG
Mr. Goitia is a retired Partner from KPMG, where he spent his entire career (32 years). After spending 11 years in the audit department serving banking and other financial institutions, he was promoted to Partner in 1995 and moved to the advisory department to specialize in the structured finance and mortgage banking industries. During his 21 years as a Partner, he lead/co-lead the securitization group, served as account representative for several large local and national securitization and mortgage banking clients and was project manager on multi-year engagements involving risk management process, financial reporting processes/controls and compliance testing of credit agreements. Throughout his career, Mr. Goitia was heavily involved in diversity and inclusion initiatives, serving as Partner Champion of the DC Area Hispanic Latino Network and Trustee of the KPMG Foundation. Mr. Goitia earned a B.S.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1983 and a Master's Degree in Accountancy from the George Washington University in 1984. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Paul Hazen
Executive Director, U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council
Paul Hazen has been the Executive Director of the U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC) since 2012; Mr. Hazen was a member of the Board of Directors of OCDC from 1999 to 2011, and the Chairman of the OCDC Board from 2009 to 2011. Mr. Hazen is Chair of the Community Purchasing Alliance Cooperative Board of Directors. Mr. Hazen served as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) from 1999 to 2011, and in other executive level positions at the NCBA from 1989 to 1999. Mr. Hazen was President of DotCooperation LLC from 2000 to 2011. Mr. Hazen was on the Board of Directors of the Consumer Federation of America from 1987 to 2001; the Cooperative Development Foundation from 1999 to 2011; Cooperative Business International from 1999 to 2010; the International Cooperatives Alliance from 2006 to 2014, and he is currently a director of the National Cooperative Bank, N.A. Mr. Hazen earned a B.A. in Economics and Finance from the University of Wisconsin.
Eli Kennedy – Board Vice Chair
Chief Executive Officer, SMASH
Eli Kennedy has been the Chief Executive Officer of SMASH, a non-profit organization focused on helping students enter and succeed in STEM majors and careers, since 2016. Mr. Kennedy is also a member of the Board of Directors of Pacific Charter School Development (PCSD) and the Diversity Council for code.org. Mr. Kennedy was the Senior Vice President – School Programs at Redbird Advanced Learning from 2014 to 2015; the President and Chief Executive Officer of PCSD from 2010 to 2014; the Director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation from 2006 to 2010; and a Regional Director of Platform Learning from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Kennedy earned a B.B.A. in Finance from Howard University and an M.B.A. in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Gail Markulin
Director (Retired), Capital Markets, Federal Home Loan Bank – Office of Finance
Gail Markulin is the retired Director of Capital Markets for the Federal Home Loan Bank-Office of Finance (FHLBank); Ms. Markulin worked at FHLBank for more than 27 years, serving in various capital markets positions. Ms. Markulin currently serves on the Board of Directors for Aspire! Afterschool Learning and previously volunteered as a tutor and mentor with AHC, Inc. a nonprofit affordable housing developer of low- and moderate-income housing in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Ms. Markulin earned an M.B.A. in Finance from George Washington University and a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University.
Domingo Rodriguez
Executive Vice President (Retired), Bank of Georgetown
Domingo Rodriguez retired from the Bank of Georgetown in 2016, where he served as the bank's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer since 2005. At Bank of Georgetown, Mr. Rodriguez directed and managed the bank's financial strategic process, accounting and operations functions and funds management function. Mr. Rodriguez has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Martha's Table, a non-profit organization that aims to increase access to healthy food, quality education, and family support in Washington, D.C., since 2007. Mr. Rodriguez earned a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Maryland and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Dan Varner
Board Chair, Chief Executive Officer, Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit
Dan Varner has been the Chief Executive Officer of Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit, a non-profit organization focused on employment training, education, support and job placement programs for residents of Greater Detroit, since 2016. Mr. Varner served as Chief Executive Officer at Excellent Schools Detroit from 2011 to 2016, and worked as a Program Officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation on both the Michigan and Education & Learning teams from 2010 to 2011. Mr. Varner was the cofounder of Think Detroit; he served as the Chief Operating/Finance Officer from 2000 to 2006, and the Chief Executive Officer of Think Detroit PAL, which was the result of a merger with the Detroit Police Athletic League, from 2006 to 2010. Mr. Varner earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
David B. Vliet
Chief Executive Officer, Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc.
Mr. Vliet has been the Chief Executive Officer of Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of the Alameda County, California community, since 2012. Mr. Vliet has more than 19 years of experience in practice management and health services administration and previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Central Texas Community Health Centers, Inc. from 2005 to 2012 and as Chief Operating Officer of Austin/Travis County Community Health Centers from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Vliet has served on the Board of Directors of numerous organizations, and currently serves on various local, regional and national boards, including as current chair for the Community Health Center Network, a partnership of Alameda county based community health centers and A Better Way, Inc., a nonprofit serving foster children and their families, the California Primary Care Association, the National Cooperative Bank, N.A., a national financial institution that provides banking and financial services to cooperatives and community based organizations, Health Outreach Partners, Inc., the American Heart Association and the National Association of Community Health Center Mr. Vliet earned a B.H.A from Florida Atlantic University and an M.B.A. from Nova Southeastern University, Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship.


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Diverse neighborhoods, segregated schools
In neighborhoods across Chicago where development and gentrification have taken hold, middle-income families are staying in the city and raising children. But there's one aspect of city life many have been slow to embrace: their nearby public school. WBEZ looks at the dynamics that come into play when higher income neighbors don't feel the neighborhood school is good enough for their kids.

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Word just broke that Facebook is set to launch its latest app Facebook Camera at some point today. The iPhone and iPod touch app brings filters, higher resolution, and most importantly, a snappy interface.
It's very Instagram-like, which is odd considering Facebook just dropped $1 Billion to buy the company.
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Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick shot down any and all rumors about Brian Kelly being fired or leaving South Bend for another job on his radio show with Jack Nolan this week, and said things are operating as usual within the Irish football program.
"I certainly understand the sort of the engagement and the discussion of the program, but it's been very much business as usual," Swarbrick said.
Swarbrick, who in an October comment to ESPN gave a vote of confidence to Kelly, said while he was disappointed with Notre Dame's 4-8 season, he evaluated the seventh-year Irish coach from a larger viewpoint. That viewpoint included 2015's 10-3 season, which Swarbrick said was a "remarkable" coaching job by Kelly after Notre Dame lost an unprecedented number of key players to season-ending injuries.
"It was an extremely disappointing year," Swarbrick said. "Every player, every coach, myself, other administrators involved in the program, we all share the same view. There's no way around that conclusion. It's not bad breaks, it's not a play here or a play there, we didn't do what we need to do.
"But I think there's a danger in overreacting to any one piece of information that you get in the course of evaluating football programs. That begins with — it looks one way from a this season perspective, but it feels a little different for me from a two-season perspective. I thought last year was one of the best coaching jobs I've seen, and I've been around elite-level coaches for 35 years. I think to achieve what we achieve with the things we faced with the attrition of our roster, which was like nothing I've ever seen before, was a really remarkable year as reflected in the contributions that the players and coaches made to collectively achieve that year.
"This year we get a different result. You don't ignore it, you certainly evaluate it and pay attention to it, but I don't look at it in isolation. I look at it in the context of where the program is overall."
Swarbrick made clear that Notre Dame's academic violations brought to light by the NCAA's Nov. 22 report are not a factor in reviewing Kelly's status, pointing to there being no evidence of a lack of institutional control or a coach or academic advisor spurring the cheating that took place a few years ago. Swarbrick's vote of confidence to Kelly came four weeks to the date of the NCAA committee on infractions' hearing with Notre Dame, at which Swarbrick and Kelly were present.
"When in mid-season I made that comment I did about Brian's future, I already had that information," Swarbrick said. "This wasn't something new coming late into the season I had to factor in."
Swarbrick said he and Kelly had a discussion the day after Notre Dame's season-ending loss at USC, after which multiple reports surfaced detailing that Kelly had explored other coaching options outside Notre Dame. Kelly said he "absolutely" wanted to be back at Notre Dame immediately after the USC game and put out an early-morning statement a few hours later pushing back on those reports.
"I fully understood the background of those reports," Swarbrick said. "Brian and I had clear discussions about his intentions and his future, and of course he clarified those I think both at the press conference after the game and then when his subsequent statement went out."
When asked if Notre Dame's board of trustees could still step in and go over his head to fire Kelly, Swarbrick said "No, no. It doesn't work that way here."
So things are operating normally at Notre Dame, according to Swarbrick, even though end-of-the-season meetings are happening a month earlier than they normally do. Swarbrick said he'll meet with Kelly on Friday to discuss the future of Kelly's coaching staff, but doesn't expect massive changes beyond bringing in a new defensive coordinator. Whatever staff changes do come will flow from the new coordinator hire.
"I think we have a very talented staff of committed coaches and broader staff in the program," Swarbrick said. "So I don't anticipate wholesale changes."


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Airline Industry Profit Outlook Cut as Ukraine Spurs Fuel Price
Airline earnings for 2014 will be $1 billion or 5 percent lower than previously predicted as political tensions drive up oil prices and growth in emerging markets slows, the International Air Transport Association said.
Carriers will earn a combined net income of $18.7 billion, versus the $19.7 billion forecast on Dec. 12, the Geneva-based industry group said Wednesday. Revenues will reach about $745 billion, about $2 billion higher than previously projected.
"This can be characterized as a tweak," IATA Chief Executive Officer Tony Tyler said on a conference call. "The overall story is positive. Staying in the black is a major achievement reflecting the restructuring that has taken place."
The cost of crude will rise to an average $108 a barrel, $3.5 higher than expected, adding about $3 billion to the industry's fuel bill, IATA said Wednesday. %VIRTUAL-article-sponsoredlinks%Kerosene accounts for about 30 percent of airline expenses, though an economic upturn is spurring demand to a level that largely compensates for the impact on oil prices of geo-political instability, it said.
Mergers and joint ventures are helping to boost overall profitability, the industry group said, though the net margin for the sector will "remain at an unsatisfactory level" of about 2.5 percent in 2014.
North American carriers will make the biggest earnings contribution, generating $8.6 billion this year, $300 million better than earlier projections, IATA said, aided by the formation of American Airlines Group (AAL) from a merger of AMR and US Airways Group.
The deal, which created the world's largest carrier, followed Delta Air Lines' (DAL) takeover of Northwest Airlines and the merger of UAL with Continental Airlines.
European carriers will post net income of $3.1 billion in 2014, a $100 million drop for earlier forecasts, while Asia-Pacific operators should lift earnings to $3.7 billion. Still, "turmoil" in foreign exchange markets has adversely affected growth prospects in India and Indonesia, and even China has slowed, albeit to a much lesser extent, IATA said.
Airlines in Latin American will more than double their net income to $1 billion next year, though that's down $500 million on past projections, and carriers in Africa will earn money for the first time since 2010, it forecast.
The number of airline passengers will rise an average 5.4 percent per year through 2017, led be growth in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, IATA said Dec. 10, taking the total to 3.91 billion travelers.
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Central England Co-operative Supports Community Games with £3,000 Grant to Help Inspire Activity
Central England Co-operative is supporting the forthcoming Lichfield Community Games with a £3,000 grant to encourage people of all ages to try a wide variety of different sports and activities to help promote a healthy lifestyle.
The games will take place in Beacon Park from noon to 5pm on 29 and 30 September and will include over 40 sports and activities for all ages to try, with everything from badminton and basketball to dancing and weightlifting.
The event is one of many planned across the region to bring communities together for a celebration of sports and other activities in the run up to the Commonwealth Games, which are taking place in Birmingham in 2020.
In a bid to get all ages fired up about becoming more active, visitors are invited to take part in a range of taster activities. Participants will receive a sticker for each activity they try, and those who complete eight activities or more will receive a medal to mark their achievement.
Central England Co-operative will be offering activities to promote healthy levels of exercise and inform visitors about healthy eating with a game to create a giant eat well plate. Visitors will also have the opportunity to make free, healthy fruit kebabs.
James Knight, Membership and Community Relations Officer for the region, said: "As a co-operative business, our values and principles are at the heart of what we do. The Community Games programme helps to get families and communities more active, encourages volunteering, engages communities, builds local partnerships and improves health, which are all aims shared by Central England Co-operative. The Membership and Community Council was delighted to award the £3,000 grant to support the games. We will be attending the event with a fun activity as well as giving the community the chance to make and eat free, healthy treats."
The Lichfield Community Games are free and there is no need to book. For more information about the event visit www.facebook.com/inspireactivity
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About Central England Co-operative
Central England Co-operative is one of the largest independent retail co-operative societies in the UK.
It is a modern, forward-looking organisation employing over 8,000 staff, with the Society's principal areas of activity being food, funeral services, and property investment.
Central England Co-operative has over 400 trading outlets across 16 counties including; West Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The Society has an ambitious food store development programme for 2018.
Central England Co-operative is proud of its reputation for ethical business practices and corporate responsibility. It is a member of Business in the Community, the membership organisation that stands for responsible business, and has also won many business awards for excellence. The Society supports a number of charities including Dementia UK and invests a percentage of its trading profit into local communities.
Becoming a member of Central England Co-operative offers a whole host of benefits ranging from collecting points every time you spend in store to earn a share of the profits, access to members activities and community initiatives including the Community Dividend Fund, which hands out grants of up to £5,000 to charities and good causes across the Society's trading estate.
Find out how to become a Central England Co-operative member by calling 0800 0501 601, emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or visiting https://www.members.coop
For more information visit www.centralengland.coop, follow Central England Co-operative on Twitter: @mycoopfood, and on Facebook: facebook.com/centralenglandcooperative
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iSoftBet, GW Games, World Match and Microgaming are among those to have launched new casino games for their operator partners this week.
GW Games
UK games developer GW Games has rolled out a new slot and instant win games exclusively on Sky Vegas across mobile, tablet and desktop devices.
The supplier said that Jackpots of Goo is based on a long forgotten scientist's lab in the middle of summer, which has jars once filled with weird experiments that have now evolved into sentient fun-filled 'Pots of Goo'.
The HTML5 slot game offers colourful cascading reels with a four stage, reel modifying, progressive Slime Trail and multiplier Wheel.
For every spin, cascade or bonus that results in a win, the trail increases by one. The Wheel feature at the top of the trail grants one spin with a chance to win x2, x3, x5 or x10 winnings from the current game.
The instant win games comprise a Match-3 front game with an 8-stage 'Goo Meter' which awards a mystery prize and carries over game to game. The Vat of Goo bonus awards a multiplier, spot prize or extra picks.
The game has a direct link across to the slot game, and features a number of the key elements, promoting familiarity to the player.
"We have worked closely with GW Games to bring Jackpots of Goo slot and instant win games onto Sky Vegas, and we anticipate an excellent performance given previous content supplied by GW Games and the performance of our on-going exclusive games offering," said Julian Beck, Sky Vegas' casino and games product manager.
GW Games' commercial director Andrew Henson added: "We continue to maintain a close working relationship with the team at Sky Vegas and have a number of exciting game releases in the pipeline."
Alderney-licensed games studio iSoftBet has unveiled a new branded slot through its deal with MGM Interactive, a subsidiary of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Platoon Wild is the sequel to the popular slot game Platoon, which was based on the 1986 Academy Award-winning film of the same name.
The 30-line action-packed slot features a jackpot which is available in progressive and non-progressive versions.
The supplier said that Platoon Wild is an enhanced version of its best-performing classic mechanical slots, with maths models which have been successfully powering iSoftBet's games since 2013.
"After a fantastic response to Platoon, it was an easy decision to come up with Platoon Wild," said Nir Elbaz, managing director of iSoftBet. "This game has a lot to offer; its theme captures the Platoon brand and comes with many opportunities to win big."
Isle of Man-based gaming supplier Microgaming will deliver three new online and mobile games to its operator partners in August.
Karaoke Party is a 5 x 3 reel, nine payline game. Along with wild multipliers across the reels, the base game also includes a gamble feature, whereby the player has the opportunity to double or quadruple their winnings on any win. Fifteen retriggerable free spins are available when three or more scatter symbols land anywhere on the reels, and all wins during the free spins round have a 3x multiplier.
The supplier will also roll out a new lotto matching style game, Monkey Keno. Featuring a dynamic pay table that updates prizes based on bet amount and the number of tiles selected, players must attempt to match numbers which the game randomly selects.
The third game to be launched is Frozen Diamonds, Rabcat's latest five reel, 20 fixed payline video slot. The base game is driven by falling win symbols instead of traditional reels. Symbols that make up a winning bet line detonate and trigger the Bonus Fall features, where all gaps arising from prior wins are filled with more falling symbols.
If the player scores a win during the second Bonus Fall, they are awarded up to 10 free spins, which is enriched with wild symbols and the ability to trigger additional spins.
"There's no summer hiatus at Microgaming as we prepare to release three diverse games to our operators next month," said Neill Whyte, head of product channels at Microgaming. "What's more, we have a number of exciting games launching in the next couple of months, including Jungle Jim – El Dorado in September and the highly-anticipated Dragonz later in the year."
World Match
Online casino games developer World Match has gone live with its latest slot - Viking Legend HD.
The Viking themed game is a 5-reel, 3-row slot which brings the excitement of heroic sea battles to players.
Developed in HTML5 to provide more detailed graphics and 3D animations, the slot is available on iOS and Android. It includes wild and free spins, with winnings multiplied by 3 in free spins.
Soul and Vibe
Games developer Soul and Vibe Interactive has signed a deal to launch two Virtual Reality (VR) games via a partnership with California-based studio Human Soft.
Casino Palace is designed to support real-money or bitcoin transactions and promote social interaction between players. It will be developed for VR devices including HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and Google Cardboard, as well as non VR devices on iOS and android.
Meanwhile, its Boxie game will also be developed for VR devices ncluding PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift.
These 'companion apps' will provide a mix of interactive and immersive experiences for the player and unlock unique content in the Boxie game, the developer explained.
"The VR market is another means through which the company can generate a recurring release calendar and further expand operations" said Soul and Vibe's CEO and president Peter Anthony Chiodo. "The VR platform will help further transition Soul and Vibe into a very robust content company with a cross section of highly valuable IP."
Human Soft president and CEO Gabor Kadas added: "We are very excited to have partnered with Soul and Vibe to publish Casino Palace and Boxie. We believe there is great potential in partnering with Soul and Vibe as the synergy created by this publishing agreement will benefit both companies long term."
Red Tiger Gaming
Isle of Man-based casino software developer Red Tiger Gaming has launched its first game in partnership with Paddy Power.
Lucky Wizard is the first game to be launched with the operator, with a range of slots, table games, progressive jackpots also set to be released, including the supplier's Smart Spins bonus engine application.
"This is truly an amazing launch from Red Tiger, we've never seen anything like it," said Mike Phelan, head of Paddy Power games and Betfair arcade. "The sheer volume of play through the first game we put live has outstripped anything that we've ever done here at Paddy Power.
"Across the board, the KPIs have been phenomenal. We've seen stellar performance from Red Tiger on our Betfair brand and are very excited to see the impact that it is already having at Paddy Power."
Giles Potter, commercial director at Red Tiger, added: "The Paddy Power team has been very responsive through the integration process and really helpful in engaging with us to customise some of our platform features to maximise the value that we deliver them through our games and promotional tools.
"We enjoy working closely with our clients to create innovative marketing solutions to complement our games; Paddy Power has been a great example of this working relationship."
Felt Gaming
Mobile gaming operator LeoVegas has signed a deal to integrate Felt Gaming's full suite of proprietary table games into its offering.
Felt's offering includes three poker games, blackjack side bet games such as Perfect Pairs, 21+3 and Lucky Lucky, as well as the supplier's unique Double Ball Roulette title.
All the games are built in HTML5 and will be available across multiple channels and devices.
"There is a real demand for innovative and stimulating table game content that provides multiple betting opportunities across different devices, attracts new players, and increases existing player value," said Felt Gaming CEO John Parsonage. "LeoVegas shares the same view, believing these games positively complement their existing game portfolio and provide them with an all-round enhanced casino offering.
"Being mobile-focused, they see the benefit of providing a suite of games that have each earned their spurs in the highly-competitive and challenging bricks and mortar environment, but are now perfectly tailored to its use."
Bosnia and Herzegovina-based software provider NSoft has signed a content distribution deal with iSoftBet, which will see games from both suppliers made available on each other's platforms.
NSoft said that the partnership was a "significant milestone" in its growth plan, with iSoftBet integrating its most popular draw-based game, Lucky Six, into its Game Aggregation Platform (GAP).
iSoftBet's online and mobile content will also be added to NSoft's SEVEN platform, which has so far been integrated with Oryx Gaming and Blue Ocean Gaming, and includes titles from NetEnt, Microgaming and Gameart.
"This deal will help NSoft to expand in UK, Italy, Spain, Denmark and Portugal, with the aid of iSoftBet's unique portfolio of certified games meeting regulatory obligations of industry standards," said NSoft.
"This collaboration is a win-win for both organisations. iSoftBet will be able to showcase its unique portfolio of games in the Eastern Europe and African market through integration into NSoft's SEVEN Platform, while NSoft is getting a tremendous opportunity to enter the Western European market."
Gaming platform provider BetConstruct has signed a deal to integrate Spigo's entire online casino games portfolio.
Spigo produces inhouse slots and games such as Freecell, 7 Solitaire, Backgammon, Yatzy and newest title Diamonds, which will be available to operators using BetConstruct's platform.
"It's fantastic for us to sign with such an esteemed and professional partner as BetConstruct," said Spigo CEO Kasper Kau. "Their innovative platform will suit our products perfectly, and we cannot wait to see their clients utilising our unique portfolio of games."
BetConstruct CEO Vahe Baloulian added: "Spigo's games will enrich BetConstruct's platform with unique creative content which I believe will prove very popular with our partners and their players."


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Yes, I'm still alive, just about. The less said about the new job, the better. But it is at least less painful than this.
Last time on The Baby Silk Moth, Strike was a piece of shit to all and sundry, pulled a knee injury out of his arse only for it to vanish two pages later, and found Owen's body. We're about a third of the way through the book but the plot has finally started.
By the way, for anyone wondering what happened to Robin, I have no idea. Once Nina showed up she was evidently deemed unnecessary and benched, because clearly she's not going to contribute anything to the story except what passes for 'romance'. Maybe she'll show up again soon.
Edited to add: Also more of Owen's book, which means a repeat of last update's warnings for necrophilia, rape, transphobia, male pregnancy, ableism, cannibalism and general grossness.
On to Chapter Seventeen, then. Strike's sitting at the police station thinking back to the last time he was here to talk about a corpse, reminiscing that he'd had sex the night before that one too. Well, I've read one paragraph and I want him to shut the hell up. This is going to be a great update, I can tell. A man is dead, mate, can we focus? He's also remembered his inexplicable knee injury.
He does eventually move on to thinking about the murder scene, and he is at least thinking of Owen in human terms now, as he compares the horror of it to other bad stuff he's seen in the past and wonders whether Owen was alive or dead when the acid was being thrown around. But this is Cormoran Strike, Our Hero, so most of that is him being concerned about his feelings after having to see something so nasty, and it only lasts a paragraph before he starts sulking that the police are ignoring him and delaying his interview in favour of, you know, investigating the crime scene. Obviously it's because they all hate him after the way he humiliated them all by proving them wrong over Lula Landry's death last book.
Let me hop on Google for a second. Ah, right. In the last decade there have been an average of 171 murders a year in London, and it's been most of a year since the last book, so at least a hundred people have been murdered since then, Strike. I think the London police force have more on their minds than you. You are not the centre of the universe. Nor was Lula Landry any more important than any other murder victim.
After whining for most of a page about being ignored, Strike changes tack and declares that actually he's just fine with being ignored and their cunning, cunning plan isn't going to work. Perhaps realising that the readers are losing the will to live at this point, someone insists that things move along, and someone enters the room – a policeman with a badly scarred face whom Strike served alongside in Afghanistan. His name is Richard Anstis, and he says he's pulled rank in order to be able to interview his buddy personally. Which I don't think you're allowed to do. This is followed by a semi-flashback retelling, because of course it's not enough for them to have served together, oh no. Strike saved his life by the magical power of psychic intuition.
I wish I were kidding.
This book.
Continuing with our theme of 'screw the rules', Strike pulls out the bottle of birthday whisky someone gifted him at some point in the last update. I can't remember who and I don't care enough to look. He pours himself a drink and his buddy lets him, which means his statement is now totally invalid because he's under the influence and nothing he says will be admissable in court. This interview is also not being recorded or witnessed; since Strike's not under arrest I don't think that's a legal requirement, but it's still damned careless and pretty unlikely.
They chat for a bit to summarise Owen's disappearance and why his wife hired Strike instead of going to the police, spending two pages on things the reader already knows. Anstis says he heard the body was a real mess, and Strike – I swear to God – says, "Wanna see?" and pulls out his mobile phone and shows him the photos of the crime scene.
Why does he still have his phone? These days I imagine the first action of any policeman in these circumstances would be to take it off him before everything gets posted to Facebook. (Yes, I realise there's no real way to enforce this, but seriously, this is hideously unprofessional for all involved.)
Also, stop acting like the sick fucks who slow down when driving past car accidents so they can stare at the mess.
They spend another page discussing the libellous book, which again, the readers already know. The conclusion is that Leonora's behaviour doesn't add up, since she says she's never read this manuscript and she 'forgot' they owned a second house. Except, no, she didn't forget – she didn't tell Strike because she was certain Owen would never go there, and Strike himself never bothered to ask because he's either lazy or incompetent. Anstis asks where Strike got the manuscript, Strike refuses to answer, and his buddy accepts this and moves on despite that being really suspicious and obviously dodgy. Strike gives him a list of suspects who've been libelled in the book – remember, Strike never finished reading it – and lies that he no longer has the manuscript when asked. Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, and arguably wasting police time. Though luckily it's not actually a criminal offence to be a complete waste of space.
He then adds he doesn't think Leonora did it, based on nothing whatsoever. I hope he's right, I don't think I can handle two successive books where the murderer proceeds to hire an investigator and thus get themselves caught.
Leonora herself phones his mobile as they're finishing up. She's calling to make sure Strike's okay, because when the police told her that her husband had been found gruesomely murdered they also told her they were holding Strike for interview. Apparently. Anyway, disregarding the issue of why she would give a fuck, she's downstairs waiting for him.
Astonished, with the whisky sitting on his empty stomach, he said the first thing that occurred to him.
"Who's looking after Orlando?"
He can only act like a decent human being when half-drunk and caught off guard. That says it all, really, doesn't it.
They meet up in the lobby, and Strike can see from the way various nearby policemen are watching her that they're suspicious of the way she reacted when they broke the news to her, and she doesn't look very upset. Honestly, given what we know of Owen, I'm not surprised. Strike talks to her a little, and she seems a bit in shock and says she's not sure how she's feeling. She also apparently hasn't been told much, since she thinks maybe a burglar broke in and killed Owen while he was hiding out at the house.
It turns out that she came to meet Strike because she wants to ask if he'll keep working for her, because she can tell the police suspect something and she wants an ally. I do not approve of her choice, but it's a smart idea, although I don't think a private investigator is very useful – a lawyer might help more. Refreshingly, Strike just says yes, without any passive-aggressive thoughts that she hasn't paid him yet and that he's been thinking all along that she'd default on the bill. Maybe if he spends the rest of the book drunk he might be a better character,
Heh. Interestingly, Chapter Eighteen sees the return of Robin. Clearly my comment at the start of this post was some sort of premonition. And it seems I should have been careful what I wished for, because her 'chapter' is less than two pages long. She's reading a book about investigative psychology she bought online while Matthew talks to his unwell mother on the phone, and Strike sends her a text.
Found Quine murdered. C.
I want to say something about this, because seriously this is not how you break that sort of news to someone, but after thinking about it I don't know how you actually would go about it. Except 'not like this'.
Sadly this does make Robin forget that she's angry with him, though I suppose I can understand that since this is fairly dramatic even if it was inevitable. She promptly vanishes into another room to call him and get the story, leaving us stuck with Matthew. He talks to his mother for another twenty minutes before going to eavesdrop on Robin, and he can magically tell from the tone of her voice that she's talking to Strike even though he can't hear a word. Finishing her conversation, she comes out and tells him Strike's found their client murdered, and Matthew decides to be a dick.
"Well, I'm glad something's happened to interest you tonight… I know you're bored shitless by Mum's health."
Dude. You were on the landline phone. Robin couldn't have taken part in the conversation had she wanted to. What was she meant to do, sit at your feet and wait for enlightenment?
Anyway, this kicks off a flaming row, which we're told about and not shown. We're given a laundry list of things they're supposedly fighting about, but it pretty much boils down to 'everything'. Since they apparently only live somewhere with one bedroom, Robin declares she's going to sleep on the sofa, and Matthew doesn't argue because he expects her to give in, but he wakes up the next morning and finds that she's already left despite it being an hour or so earlier than she usually goes to work, and naturally he decides she's gone to see (and possibly sleep with) Strike.
In Chapter Nineteen, Strike reads more of Owen's book. Help me. (He's doing this because while talking to Anstis he supposedly thought of something, and naturally the readers can't find out what it is. Have I mentioned how much I hate this writing trick yet?)
Bombyx and his companions have escaped the Cutter, and they go to a brothel where Bombyx leaves the others to become sex workers. He continues alone on his quest; apparently he's seeking a famous writer named Vainglorious, whom he hopes will become his mentor. His next encounter is a parody of his mistress Kathryn, here named Harpy, who eats rats and who ties him up and whips him and has sex with him a lot before also trying to breastfeed from him.
Bombyx is saved from this by "his nipples start[ing] to leak a dazzling supernatural light".
I'll just leave you with that mental image for a moment.
The Harpy breaks down in tears at the sight, and shows her own breasts, which do not leak dazzling supernatural light but instead "something dark brown and glutinous". I'm sorry, all I'm picturing is Marmite. (Sorry Mitchell.)
They're joined by a young hermaphrodite, described inaccurately as a girl with a penis, who is introduced as the Harpy's adopted daughter Epicoene. I assume this is meant to represent Kathryn's… sister? Friend?… Pippa, but we haven't met her yet. Epicoene insists she and Bombyx are soul mates and asks him to have sex with her after he's heard her sing, then barks like a seal until he runs away.
I'm sure you're wondering if I'm high. I'm not, but I suspect Rowling may have been.
Bombyx sees a 'castle of light' in the distance and starts making his way towards it. His next encounter is a male dwarf who claims to be Vainglorious, and who is clearly meant to be Fancourt. He offers Bombyx a bed for the night because he's heard he's a good lay. Inside, there's a young woman chained to a desk next to a fire stacked with branding irons; Vainglorious explains that this is his wife Effigy, whom he's set to writing her own book so she'll leave him alone to write his, but adds that she has no talent and needs to be punished. He picks up a branding iron and Bombyx runs away, refreshingly without being raped by anyone.
He reaches the castle, which has a sign above the entrance saying Phallus Impudicus. Nobody answers his knock, so he walks around peering in the windows, because despite featuring a castle in most of her works to date Rowling doesn't know what they look like. Eventually he finds an occupied room, and sees a nude bald man (Phallus, who as we know is Daniel Chard) standing over the corpse of a golden boy. The boy is covered in stab wounds, which are all emitting the same dazzling light coming from his breasts. Phallus's erect penis is rotting. (No, this isn't actually possible.)
The editors screwed up here and missed a scene break, so the next paragraph has Robin walking in and saying hi, and Strike thinking she's beautiful. The juxtaposition between a rotting penis and a pretty girl walking in is jarring enough to make my brain hurt, and it took me a minute to figure out what the fuck was happening. I also don't see how Strike can be thinking anything is beautiful after reading this literary sewage, but naturally he had no thoughts whatsover about any of this.
Oh, no, that wasn't actually a scene break. Strike tells her to go make the tea so he can finish reading (sadly not an exaggeration or a joke… sigh) and dives straight back into the filth. That interlude was purely so he could think about how good looking she is. Sigh.
I really can't do this any more. The gist of the rest is that Bombyx, now about to give birth, is dragged into the castle for a feast involving the seven characters we've met – Phallus (Daniel), the Cutter (Jerry), Succuba (Leonora), the Tick (Liz), the Harpy (Kathryn), Vainglorious (Fancourt) and Epicoene (…maybe Pippa) and slaughtered in exactly the way Owen was murdered, with corrosive acid and cannibalism etc.
Oh, the drama.
He tells Robin, who asks to see the photos of the crime scene, and after some waffle about how her poor delicate ladybrain might not be able to cope Strike shows her and then gives her the manuscript pages to compare. Her reaction involves a couple of 'My God's, and pressing 'ignore' on her phone a couple of times since Matthew's trying to call her, because we mustn't ignore romantic problems just because there's a plot trying very hard to happen.
They start discussing possible suspects, which dissolves into a stupid conversation about how women are far too pure and good and sweet to do something so icky. I know this sounds like Strike, but it's actually Robin. Sigh. Mercifully, they're interrupted when Robin finally decides to answer her phone, having been ignoring Matthew all morning, and he tells her his mother's dead. (Hands up everyone who saw this coming a mile off.)
Naturally, she leaves immediately to go to him, leaving us with Strike. Who, equally naturally, instantly thinks that now they'll postpone their wedding and isn't that great.
To add insult to injury, he then reveals to us that the divorcing brunette client is due any minute. And she still doesn't have a name.
I've had enough. I need a drink and some brain bleach. Next update whenever I can force myself to read more of this trash.


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Mount Olive, N.C. --- The North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) announced its selections for the 2017-18 College Division All-State Men's Basketball Teams on Tuesday. A total of 10 student-athletes from nine different North Carolina schools were named to the first and second teams.
Five different colleges and universities were represented on the First-Team All-State including Johnson C. Smith, Pfeiffer University, Queens University of Charlotte, UNC Pembroke and Saint Augustine's University.
Robert Davis of Johnson C. Smith received the most votes to lead off the All-State First-Team. Davis was named to the Atlantic Region First Team after helping the Golden Bulls to their first appearance in the CIAA Championship Game since 2009 this past season. Individually, Davis completed his JCSU career with 1,606 points while shooting 42.5% for his career (516-1215), 34.2% from long range (150-438) and 82.35 from the free throw line (424-515). He was also honored by the CIAA, earning the league Player of the Year and was tabbed an All-CIAA selection.
Pfeiffer's Josh Calhoun joins Davis on the NCSSIA First-Team All-State. Calhoun earned First-Team All-American honors from the Basketball Times and was selected to All-ECAC Second Team. Calhoun poured in 24.4 points per game which is the sixth-highest per game total in a single season in program history. The senior Rockingham, N.C. native ends his career in 10th place on the all-time scoring list with 1,655 career points. In his senior campaign, Calhoun shot 49.6 percent from the field and 46.6 percent from long range to lead the Falcons to a second straight 20-win season.
The Royals', Todd Withers, was named to the All-State first-team following a 32-4 season that finished up with an appearance in the NCAA DII Men's Basketball National Semifinals for Queens University. Withers was named an All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) as well as an All-District selection by the NABC, a Second-Team All-Region selection by the Division II Conference Commissioners' Association (D2CCA), and a First-Team All-Conference selection in the SAC. He finished the season with 490 points averaging 13.6 per game to lead the Royals. Withers shot 49.9% from the field, 40.2 % from beyond the three-point arc and 75.3% from the charity stripe.
UNC Pembroke's Nigel Grant make his second straight appearance on the NCCSIA First-Team All-State after helping the Braves to a 27-6 season that concluded in the NCAA Southeast Regional Semifinals. Grant was selected as a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District squad as well as earning spots on the D2CCA All-Southeast Region team, a Peach Belt first team all-conference selection and PBC Tournament most valuable player. A native of The Bronx, N.Y., Grant played in all 33 games (32 starts) for the Braves this season and registered a team-leading 16.0 points per game on 47 percent field goal shooting, while also turning in 1.0 blocks and 1.0 assists per game as well.
Wrapping up the First-Team All-State is Saint Augustine's senior center Quincy January. January was named to the CIAA All-Tournament Men's Basketball Team, was selected as the CIAA Defensive Player of the Year for the third straight time and made the All-CIAA team for the third consecutive year. The Atlanta, Ga., native averaged 12.2 points per game playing in all 26 contests, starting 24, for the Falcons. He finished the season with 318 points and team-highs 188 rebounds and 21 blocks.
The second team consists of a pair of Shaw Bears in Savon Goodman and DeAngelo Stephens-Bell, Jackson Whitley from Methodist University, Bobby Stenborg of Barton College and Marcus Curry from Guilford College.
Nominations were submitted by North Carolina sports information professionals and voted on by NCCSIA members.
Founded in 2002, the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) is comprised of sports information professionals from NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA and independent institutions from the state of North Carolina. The purpose of the organization is to promote collegiate athletics at all schools. Membership is open to anyone affiliated with a college, university or conference located in North Carolina, and whose area of responsibility lies within sports information.
NCCSIA selects all-state teams in the University (Division I) and College (Division II, III, NAIA) divisions for men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, softball and baseball.
North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association
2017-18 College Division All-State Men's Basketball Teams
|First-Team All-State
|Robert Davis &
|Johnson C. Smith
|West Friendship, Md.
|Josh Calhoun
|Pfeiffer University
|Rockingham, N.C.
|Todd Withers &
|Queens University of Charlotte
|Greensboro, N.C.
|Nigel Grant #
|UNC Pembroke
|Bronx, N.Y.
|Quincy January #%
|Saint Augustine's University
|Atlanta, Ga.
|Second-Team All-State
|Savon Goodman
|Shaw University
|Philadelphia, Penn.
|DeAngelo Stephens-Bell
|Shaw University
|Jacksonville, Fla.
|Jackson Whitley
|Methodist University
|Greensboro, N.C.
|Bobby Stenborg
|Barton College
|Garner, N.C.
|Marcus Curry
|Guilford College
|Greensboro, N.C.
# - First-Team All-State in 2016-17
& - Second-Team All-State 2016-17
@ - First-Team All-State in 2015-16
% - Second-Team All-State 2015-16


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The Best Restaurant Cookbooks of 2012
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Whether you're looking to re-create a dish you enjoyed while dining out or you want to be inspired by enticing fare you have yet to try, this year's impressive collection of restaurant cookbooks has you covered. The secrets behind Bouchon Bakery's precise pasty work, SPQR's modern Italian cuisine, Mugaritz's innovative two-Michelin-starred fare, and the elegant vegetarian recipes from Nobu were revealed (as well as several others!), but we're curious to learn how you felt about the stack of restaurant cookbooks released this year. Vote for the restaurant cookbook that reigned supreme in 2012.


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Manage access to resources by using collectionsEstimated reading time: 5 minutes
These are the docs for UCP version 2.2.22
To select a different version, use the selector below.
Docker Enterprise enables controlling access to container resources by using collections. A collection is a group of swarm resources, like services, containers, volumes, networks, and secrets.
Access to collections goes through a directory structure that arranges a swarm's resources. To assign permissions, administrators create grants against directory branches.
Directory paths define access to collections
Access to collections is based on a directory-like structure.
For example, the path to a user's default collection is
/Shared/Private/<username>. Every user has a private collection that
has the default permission specified by the UCP administrator.
Each collection has an access label that identifies its path. For example, the private collection for user "hans" has a label that looks like this:
com.docker.ucp.access.label = /Shared/Private/hans
You can nest collections. If a user has a grant against a collection, the grant applies to all of its child collections.
For a child collection, or for a user who belongs to more than one team, the system concatenates permissions from multiple roles into an "effective role" for the user, which specifies the operations that are allowed against the target.
Built-in collections
UCP provides a number of built-in collections.
/- The path to the
Swarmcollection. All resources in the cluster are here. Resources that aren't in a collection are assigned to the
/System- The system collection, which contains UCP managers, DTR nodes, and UCP/DTR system services. By default, only admins have access to the system collection, but you can change this.
/Shared- All worker nodes are here by default, for scheduling. In a system with a standard-tier license, all worker nodes are under the
/Sharedcollection. With the EE Advanced license, administrators can move worker nodes to other collections and apply role-based access.
/Shared/Private- User private collections are stored here.
/Shared/Legacy- After updating from UCP 2.1, all legacy access control labels are stored here.
This diagram shows the
/System and
/Shared collections that are created
by UCP. User private collections are children of the
collection. Also, an admin user has created a
/prod collection and its
/webserver child collection.
Default collections
A user always has a default collection. The user can select the default in UI preferences. When a user deploys a resource in the web UI, the preselected option is the default collection, but this can be changed.
Users can't deploy a resource without a collection. When deploying a resource in CLI without an access label, UCP automatically places the resource in the user's default collection. Learn how to add labels to cluster nodes.
When using Docker Compose, the system applies default collection labels
across all resources in the stack, unless the
has been set explicitly.
Default collections and collection labels
Setting a default collection is most helpful for users who deploy stacks and don't want to edit the contents of their compose files. Also, setting a default collection is useful for users who work only on a well-defined slice of the system. On the other hand, setting the collection label for every resource works best for users who have versatile roles in the system, like administrators.
Collections and labels
Resources are marked as being in a collection by using labels. Some resource types don't have editable labels, so you can't move resources like this across collections. You can't modify collections after resource creation for containers, networks, and volumes, but you can update labels for services, nodes, secrets, and configs.
For editable resources, like services, secrets, nodes, and configs,
you can change the
com.docker.ucp.access.label to move resources to
different collections. With the CLI, you can use this label to deploy
resources to a collection other than your default collection. Omitting this
label on the CLI deploys a resource on the user's default resource collection.
The system uses the additional labels,
com.docker.ucp.collection.*, to enable
efficient resource lookups. By default, nodes have the
com.docker.ucp.collection.shared, and
com.docker.ucp.collection.swarm labels set to
true. UCP automatically
controls these labels, and you don't need to manage them.
Collections get generic default names, but you can give them meaningful names, like "Dev", "Test", and "Prod".
A stack is a group of resources identified by a label. You can place the
stack's resources in multiple collections. Resources are placed in the user's
default collection unless you specify an explicit
within the stack/compose file.
Control access to nodes
The Docker EE Advanced license enables access control on worker nodes. Admin
users can move worker nodes from the default
/Shared collection into other
collections and create corresponding grants for scheduling tasks.
In this example, an administrator has moved worker nodes to a
When you deploy a resource with a collection, UCP sets a constraint implicitly
based on what nodes the collection, and any ancestor collections, can access.
Scheduler role allows users to deploy resources on a node.
By default, all users have the
Scheduler role against the
When deploying a resource that isn't global, like local volumes, bridge
networks, containers, and services, the system identifies a set of
"schedulable nodes" for the user. The system identifies the target collection
of the resource, like
/Shared/Private/hans, and it tries to find the parent
that's closest to the root that the user has the
Node Schedule permission on.
For example, when a user with a default configuration runs
docker container run nginx,
the system interprets this to mean, "Create an NGINX container under the
user's default collection, which is at
/Shared/Private/hans, and deploy it
on one of the nodes under
If you want to isolate nodes against other teams, place these nodes in
new collections, and assign the
Scheduler role, which contains the
Node Schedule permission, to the team.
Isolate swarm nodes to a specific team.


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And from the other side.
I really liked how it turned out. The green is a little yellower than I had wanted but it works. I'm going to make a white valance for the window and sew on ric-rac or ribbons in the colors from the shower curtain. That should be fun. My favorite little thing is this.
We found the bowl and washcloths at Target as well as the shower curtain and rugs (there are two of them, one in each room). It still needs some art work but that shouldn't be too hard to find or make.


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Becky Anderson's Story
Dr. West performed a tram flap surgery on me, when I was not a candidate. I'm a smoker and I have hepatitis C. I found out later. I consented to the tram flap not knowing that I wasn't a candidate. I was totally unaware of the risk.
The first surgery Dr. West did was to cut my abdomen open to help the blood flow. Then Dr. Morse went in and did the bilateral. Then Dr. West went in and did the tram flap.
Dr. West constantly performed over a dozen surgeries on me after the tram flap. There are too many surgeries to remember but the majority of them were done at Mercy San Juan in Carmichael, CA. He kept debreeding and doing more surgeries. There were times where he cut dead tissue and placed it on my chest. He didn't even bother to put it somewhere else where I didn't have to see it. He would cut in different parts of my abdomen. I had tons of tunnels. I had to constantly do dressings for 2 years, wound care and had repeated repeated infections.
I was suppose to have chemo but could not because I was infected and had a massive open wound. My chemo was delayed by 2 months and I could only have 4 months instead of 6 months.
The very last surgery Dr. West performed was NOT CONSENTED.
He was suppose to remove the mesh and replace it; use the oblique muscles to cover a dime size hole, but instead he cut the muscle from my right leg and filleted me open. He did not have my consent to use my leg. He asked me and I said NO. He even measured my leg and said it wouldn't work. He said the muscle was too short. This surgery was done at Sutter Roseville.
After this surgery, I was in and out of hospitals. There are just too many to mention in this complaint. Then I saw Dr. Klink after what Dr. West did to me. He worked at the Plastic Surgery Center in Sacramento. He did what he could to help me and removed mesh. It had stuck to the bowels and was colonized with MRSA. I was on a wound vac for one month at downtown Mercy General Hospital. After a month, Dr. Klink removed skin from my left leg to cover the omentum.
I don't even know how I survived all of this but I am here to tell my story. And it needs to be told. During all this time that Dr. West treated me, he never treated me for infections. As a matter fact he never knew I lost so much blood and needed a transfusion. A doctor in the hospital ordered the transfusion and Dr. West walked in and said, "Oh, I didn't know you lost so much blood."
At one point while I was in the hospital, I went to the emergency room and they admitted me at Mercy San Juan in Carmichael. I called over and over to Dr. West's office to tell them I was in the hospital. In the meantime, Dr. Kailath came to me and finally got a hold of Dr. West three days later. And Dr. West told Dr. Kailath he was on his way to see me. He never showed up because he got thrown in jail for a DUI. So he was on his way to see me and possibly treat me but he was under the influence of alcohol.
Dr. Kailath constantly told me to find another doctor and he even tried to find one for me, but no one would take me.
I will never ever be the same. I have lived like this since 1999. I don't feel like a woman. I don't look like woman. My intestines are on the outside of my body; it's like an alien with brains. I can literally lie down and watch my intestines move. I have massive, massive scaring from my neck down to my knees. My pursuit for happiness, health and life will be forever altered because of Brian R. West. His license needs to be revoked or there will be more people like me or worse.
I eventually sued Dr. West for Medical Malpractice and he settled out of court with me for $250,000. However, the money will never bring my health and body back to normal.


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The site has 2 x 16A @ 230V, each server/SAN has dual PSU set up.
1) [2 x 16A] ---> [1 x STS or ATS]----> [1 xUPS]---->[2 x PDU]----->[DUAL PSU]
As can be seen the server is actually connected to the same UPS in the end even though via different PDU, however, the STS ensures that the UPS has dual connections to input supply
2) [1 x 16A] ---> [1 xUPS]---->[1x PDU]----->[PSU 01] AND [1 x 16A] ---> [1x PDU]----->[PSU 02]
In this set up the first PSU is connected to a UPS but the second is connected directly to the secondary supply.
Please advise on which set up is preferred; I am concerned about Surge Protection for the direct connection but all products seem to be in the home consumer or audio video segment.
There is insufficient space to have another UPS set up for the secondary supply; that would have been my first choice.


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Short, simple and very flirty. What? A skirt.
This simple garment, usually perceived to be women's clothing in western world, also serves a clothing purpose for men, as for example, in Scotland and Ireland men wear kilts. That is the reason why fashion designers (for example, Jean-Paul Gaultier), got inspired and created a series of kilts.
Did you know that in certain cultures it is illegal for a woman to wear trousers? Such rules are valid in now, in 21st century. I personally believe that trousers should be forbidden in Europe at least in summer time. Well, in summer men usually enjoy examining girls' legs. So let them enjoy that at least for three months – make sure you put a nice, flirty skirt on and answer a warm look at you and your legs with a smile! ;)


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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Day 6
Day 6 is going to be a long one. I woke at midnight to the sound of thunder and pouring rain, dozed on and off until about 3.00, got up and had a cup of tea while filling in my journal, went back to bed to try and sleep some more and finally gave up and got up at 5.00. My total hours of sleep were probably not much more than two or three. Nicotine withdrawal? Well, I reckon that yesterday I had about 10 to 15mg of the stuff by NRT which, calculating on about 1mg per cigarette, is about the same as when I was smoking, so buggered if I know. Insufficiently tired? I cycled 8 miles yesterday and spent most of the day working on a synopsis so you wouldn't think so. Touch of depression probably, which is a problem I've had before when trying to give up the weed.
Anyway, heeding the suggestions of others I've ordered some melatonin – a substance that apparently aids sleep – and I'll let you know how I get on with that.
So, it is now 6.15AM and I'm at my computer, obviously, so I'll read some science articles and get on with some work.
Oh right, I forgot to post the above. It is now 9.15 and numerous science articles later it really is time for me to get on with that synopsis. But, of course, now I feel like I want to go back to bed!
Posted by Neal Asher at 9:19 am
Labels: Health
4 comments:
- daniel ware said...
It was quite a storm last night but at least today will provide some respite for those that have been complaining about the glorious heat/sun.
Stay the course!
- 9:38 am
- Phil M said...
Admit it, you were up early to watch breakfast tv about the new royal sprog!
- 10:18 am
- Jimmy Devine said...
We got awoken by the offspring and then spent half an hour identifying lightning using the iPad, whilst hanging out of her bedroom window...it was freaky, sheet, fork, the lot.
- 2:35 pm
- Neal Asher said...
Love a good lightning storm but though it was lighting up the sky here it was hidden by cloud. Some of the best I've seen on Crete. Standing on the roof of our house I remember once looking down towards the sea and thinking 'Battle of the Medway'. It is also the place where I've seen, out on the sea, pink lightning. Very odd.
- 4:27 pm
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8th European Opera-directing Prize 2015
Award Ceremony at Teatro Real Madrid: 8th May 2015: from l. to r. Peter Spuhler (Juryvorsitz), Armin Kretschmar (Camerata Nuova), Niki Ellinidou, Nefili Myrtidi, Maximilian Hagemeyer, Anna Drescher, Hudda Chukri, Staatsminister Axel Wintermeyer
MADRID. Two directors won the 8th European Opera Directing Prize in 2015. German-Swiss Anna Drescher from Stuttgart, Niki Ellinidou from Greece and their respective teams, have each been awarded the first prize in the competition. No other prizes were awarded.
The directors convinced the jury, chaired by general manager of the Baden State Theatre Karlsruhe Peter Spuhler, with their respective concepts of the chamber opera "White Rose", by Udo Zimmermann, and with their dedicated work samples. "The two candidates have pursued very different directing approaches, which both do justice to the oeuvre in their own way," said Spuhler. A decision in favour of one or the other approach wouldn't have done justice to the performance.
Niki Ellinidou
Niki Ellinidou beim Proben vor der Jury am Teatro Real Madrid
Therefore, the chairman of Camerata Nuvoa in Wiesbaden, Armin Kretschmar, and the director of Opera Europa in Brussels, Nicholas Payne, who organise the European Opera-directing Prize, accepted the jury's recommendation and awarded two first prizes.
The awards were presented by the patron of the competition, State Minister Axel Wintermeyer, at the Teatro Real in Madrid.
Anna Drescher auf der Probebühne am Teatro Real Madrid
Anna Drescher
The two prize recipients will receive 15,000 euros each. Niki Ellinidou and her designer Nefeli Myrtidi will bring their concept to performance at the Cologne Opera in October 2016, Anna Drescher, the German-Lebanese decorator Hudda Chukri, and the German dramaturge Maximilian Hagemeyer, will realise their concept at the Theater Biel Solothurn. The premiere is on 4th November 2016.
Teatro Real Madrid
160 candidates from 26 nations had applied for the 8th European Opera-directing Prize 2015. After the pre-selection, four teams were invited to the final from 6 to 8 May in Madrid. In the final round the participants had to elaborate one scene from their concept to the chamber opera work "White Rose" on the stage at the Teatro Real Madrid, in front of a prominent director Jury.
The jury of the 8th European Opera Directing Prize was composed of:
Peter Spuhler
(Chairman of the Jury) Director General Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Dr. Birgit Meyer Intendant Cologne Opera
Dieter Kaegi Directeur Général Theater Biel Solothurn
Detlef Brandenburg Chief Editor "Die deutsche Bühne"
David B. Devan General Director Opera Philadelphia
v.l.n.r.: Detlef Brandenburg, Peter Spuhler, David B. Devan, Dr. Birgit Meyer, Dieter Kaegi


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a first
Tuesday, February 15, 2000
@home 1944 hours
Expect all this to change. This being my new entry at my new home, you can certainly expect the usual growing pains, etc.
Well, we're almost to hump day. Nice to get out of the office again. Three day weekend coming up. Thursday I have a "drill-and-fill" dentist appointment, so I get to work only half a day. Very nice. Lots to do on that half day off, too, aside from just the dentist appointment. Plan to get my passport pictures and paperwork done, just in case. And I want to get a post office box.
Man, this entry is going no-fucking-where. See, this is why I hate work. All day I can stare into the cubicle walls and think great thoughts, things I'd like to put down in here, only to be interrupted by coworkers and too tired to think about anything once I get home.
Take, for instance, lunch. After lunch, I went across the street and sat on the southeast lawn of the Texas Capitol. Tried reading some more of Desolation Angels, but quickly lost interest. Opting instead to lie back in the grass with my hands behind my head, eyes closed, listening to the sounds of the city and the grass and the squirrels scurrying about and the leaves rustling and the State workers talking on their lunch breaks. The beautiful, unseen (with my eyes closed) pink granite of the Capitol looming high up above four hundred or so yards away. Closer, the branches of the "Washington Tree" (as I call it), breaking the sunlight around me. [The Washington Tree is, as the plaque beneath it reads, the grandson-or-daughter (what is the sex of trees?) of the tree under which George Washington took control of the American Army back in the day in Cambridge, Mass.]
Lying there, the Texas week of winter obviously over, humidity on the rise, the grass poking my head behind my fingers and reaching around my hands to tap me on the top of the head when the wind blows, the ground seeming to buckle, to warp a bit to accomodate my body, to allow me entrance into itself, left me reeling in happiness and delight with the world for a time thereafter. A feeling of connectedness, connection, Oneness that elevated all things with myself beyond the merely physical.
This, of course, quickly dissipated after I re-entered the realm of the artificial and meaningless worry of customers and deadlines and overtime and paperwork and computer screens and cubicles walls. Thank God for the radio. My one saving grace. I have a fairly large boombox on my desk which is always on while I'm at work. First, I start with the morning show on KLBJ, Dudley and Bob. The only live morning show worth listening to. After that, I switch over to KUT, one of the local college stations, and listen to Eklektikos, which is exactly what the title says it is: eclectic. All kinds of stuff, jazz, classical, opera. The host will find one song, sometimes, and play ten different versions of it back-to-back. On how many other stations do you hear the swing version of Metallica's Enter Sandman? After Eklektikos ends, two hours of jazz comes on, winding down my day to four o'clock. For the last hour of my day, from four to five, I listen to either 101X, the local alt-rock station, or go back to KLBJ for their usual rock programming. I swear to you, I'd have unbolted one of those fifth floor windows and jumped without that radio.
I'm going to end this one there, I have more to say… but that shall have to wait. Send me comments on how to improve this sucker. Later.
"Drink thy blood … and thy thirst shall pass."


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Will AT&T's Rural Broadband Be First-Class or Second-Rate?
As AT&T attempts to swallow T-Mobile, one of the big carrots it's holding out for government regulators is the promise of universal, wireless broadband covering 97 percent of the nation. The company is right: this could be a big deal for millions of Americans whose economic opportunities have been limited by lack of good Internet access. But if that broadband is expensive and strictly limited, as mobile broadband is now, it won't make nearly as much difference.
There are many kinds of broadband in America. The gold standard is a fast, high-bandwidth connection with a roomy data cap. That's what AT&T offers with its U-Verse service, for instance, which gives you 250 GB of 12 megabit/second Internet for $30/month. Then there's AT&T's DSL; a little slower and with a 150 GB cap, but in the same realm.
Rural America already has broadband. It just has a more expensive, limited form. HughesNet satellite Internet blankets the country. It's costly, relatively slow and has low data caps; HughesNet's middle plan costs $60/month right now for 300MB/day (~9GB/month) at 1.5 megabits down. HughesNet isn't greedy. It's just really expensive to provide satellite Internet.
The funny thing about HughesNet, though, is that even HughesNet looks liberal compared to mobile broadband offered by the wireless carriers. AT&T's 4G data plan costs $50/month for 5GB, plus $10 per GB. Every major wireless carrier, other than happily unlimited Sprint 4G/Clear, charges similar rates.
To get even the 9 GB offered by HughesNet, you would have to pay $90/month. And with LTE, you'll be able to use that data cap up at record speeds: at 10 megabits per second, you can rip through 5 GB in less than two hours.
AT&T estimates that its own DSL subscribers tap, on average, about 18GB/month. That's $30/month for a U-Verse customer. For an AT&T wireless broadband customer, that would be $180/month—not exactly a great choice for rural America.
The wireless companies have been warning about this for a while. In AT&T's LaptopConnect terms of service, the company prohibits the use of an AT&T wireless connection "as a substitute or backup for private lines, wirelines or full-time or dedicated data connections." The other wireless carriers (except Sprint and Cricket) generally have similar terms of service.
You hear that, FCC? We're not supposed to use mobile Internet as a primary home connection.
This is a pity because according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, home, PC-based Internet offers economic advantages that "mobile Internet" doesn't. In an AP article linked on Pew's site, Pew senior research specialist Aaron Smith suggests that updating a resume, for instance, is less feasible on a phone than on a PC. You can connect that phone to a PC as a modem, of course, but you won't get the lower rates and higher data allowances AT&T allows its home Internet subscribers.
"Research has shown that people with an actual connection at home, the ability to go online on a computer at home, are more engaged in a lot of different things that people who rely on access from work, a friend's house, or a phone," Smith says in the AP story.
This bears out in the much more parsimonious Internet use of phone users. When we surveyed six PCMag iPhone owners (admittedly, in the days before the Netflix app) we found nobody went over 500MB/month. Why? Because their mobile devices weren't being used as their primary connections, and because mobile Internet, at the prices currently offered, isn't an answer to lack of home Internet.
If the government is looking to cause a new flourish of business activity, most businesses are run from PCs, not phones, and those PCs need a "full-time or dedicated data connection," not an as-you-may, occasional-use mobile hookup.
I asked AT&T about this, and spokesman Mark Siegel gave a clear but somewhat dispiriting answer.
"Rural America needs wireless broadband regardless of the extent to which it may be used as a substitute for wireline… [and] the real import of the transaction is that it brings to rural America the kind of robust wireless broadband choice that is being made available to consumers in urban areas," he said.
That means AT&T's wireless broadband isn't the solution to the rural digital divide. If it's like wireless broadband in urban areas, it may be second-rate, designed to supplement rather than replace a primary connection. But as most rural folks don't have a good choice for primary connections in the first place, this promise of nationwide, rural, high-speed broadband may mean a lot less to Americans than it first appears to.


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This was the first day we were able to sleep in after several early mornings and unspeakably late nights.Â
The boys took full advantage and slept in until 11am, while the girls got up earlier and began planning the day. Once the group finally convened, we had a wonderful meditation and began practicing for our program. We had a lovely time practicing and singing together, and felt confident about our plan for the evening.Â
Upon arriving and setting up, we found that the building had strict rules regarding noise and required us to keep the door closed while conducting the program. This prevented us from drawing more audience members in, however a young university student joined at the start of the program.Â
We started with a few cultural songs and Rennie taught the meditation portion of the program. The young girl who had walked in looking quite nervous in the beginning now seemed completely relaxed. She sat with her eyes closed for several songs, and once we began to sing Qawalis she couldn't help but join in and clap along.Â
Our group sung such an unbelievable set of Qawalis led by Nicki, and the whole room could barely keep their seats. Each and every one of us were smiling ear to ear, singing our hearts out, and clapping with such enthusiasm that it seemed we were causing the very walls to vibrate. Every single person in the room felt the intensity of these moments while we sang, and could not control the amount of joy we felt just being there together.Â
By the end of it, we exchanged contact details with the young girl and took a big group photo together. We all left feeling completely and utterly satisfied.


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My daughter's Economics professor's family in Kenya was deeply affected by the Al-Sahab Massacre at the University. Two daughters were murdered. I could not stop thinking about this whole situation. It haunted me and I wanted them to know we care in America about their suffering. I gave a letter with the $100, to the professor explaining what Ten for Him was, and how we were heartbroken for him and his family. He sent a thank you letter and verification of the money transfer to Kenya.
His note said, " Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." Matthew 5:4
"I thank the Lord for using you and your Ten for Him sisters to comfort my family. Words cannot fully express the gratitude I feel for what you have shown to me and my family. Your prayers mean the world to me. Please pass my sincere appreciation to the other sisters in Christ, The Ten for Him. Maybe one day I will meet all of them and thank them in person."
I felt unified with people far away that are being persecuted for being a Christian. How easily we take for granted our religious freedom.
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The Villagers of Little Hangleton still called it "the Riddle House," even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived there.
"Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming
of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to
the International Quidditch Cup. He wants to find out about the
mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an
event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition
that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal,
fourteen-year-old wizard. But unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not
normal - even by wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the first of the big, big books that finish off the series (The Order of the Phoenix is the longest). I don't think it's the best of the later books, but one can certainly see J.K. Rowling stretching her wings even more, as she writes a much larger novel. The Triwizard Tournament is certainly fascinating as well, and makes for some great action and side-plots, as well as with all the other things that Harry's worrying about (although never does he have more to worry about than in the next book, The Order of the Phoenix).
The Goblet of Fire is way more angsty; the characters are definitely teenagers now, and are trying to figure out shifting relationships and how they relate to one another. Never is this more apparent than Ron and Hermione; some of those sections were really amusing. They're constantly bickering. Ron and Harry also have a huge fight, which isn't amusing in the slightest.
Other new things are fleshed out, such as who the Death Eaters are, and more about the dark days when Voldemort was in power. Harry and his friends go to the World Quidditch Cup, and Harry unexpectedly competes in something else entirely - the Triwizard Tournament.
I found some plot holes in this book though, such as the fact that gillyweed isn't mentioned earlier in the book by Neville. Also, at one point Ron is talking about Percy "not recognizing a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing Dobby's tea towel" (paraphrased). Well, if it was wearing a towel, it wouldn't be naked then, would it? Poor editing, or maybe that was the joke. I know, I know, one is not supposed to criticize Harry Potter, but there a few little incongruities that came to my attention this time around. It is a large book, and I'm sure it's super easy to miss certain things and not patch up certain holes. It's still a great story, after all, and the little things didn't bother me that much.
More characters who will reappear in later books are of course added: Moody, Fleur, Viktor Krum, and Rita Skeeter among them. Of course, there are still many more that haven't been introduced: Tonks, Luna, and Kingsley. Lupin is not in The Goblet of Fire either, but he comes back in the next book. That's one of the joys of rereading this series: encountering familiar characters as you go on, and sometimes catching things you didn't before.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is an excellent fourth book; I'll probably reread the rest of the series in the next few days. It strikes me that my reviews of the HP books are all saying the same things: that it's amazing and that each book adds more characters and more developments. I'll have to think of something else...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Champion Nutrition Recipe of the Week - Chicken & Spaghetti Squash
Chelle's Chicken & Spaghetti Squash
● 1 Spaghetti Squash
● 1 Crown of Broccoli - about 2 cups chopped
● 1 Crown of Cauliflower (colored cauliflower makes a great addition if you can find it!) - about 2 cups chopped
● 2 Cups Shredded Chicken Breast (increase for more protein)
● 1 Cup Serrano Cilantro Salsa (or any green salsa)
● 1/8 to 1/4 Cup shredded 2% Cheddar Cheese
● Cut spaghetti squash in half, lengthwise, place in a microwave safe bowl open side down and cover with plastic wrap.
● Microwave for 7-10 minutes (the longer you cook it the softer - more pasta-like - the "strands" become).
● Allow to cool slightly (so you don't burn yourself when you touch it).
● Chop Broccoli and Cauliflower.
● Place in Large Ziploc Steamer Bag
● Add some Mrs. Dash Garlic and Herb (or whichever flavor you prefer).
● Microwave for the time specified on bag.
● Reheat shredded chicken.
● Shred the squash with a fork (forming spaghetti-like strands).
● Scoop into a bowl.
● Add the broccoli and cauliflower.
● Add Chicken.
● Add salsa and mix it up.
● Top with a sprinkling of cheese.
Makes 4 standard size servings: 205 calories, 25g protein, 16g carbs, 5g fat.
6 comments:
Hey Chelle...love the recipe. I make spaghetti squash all the time for the kids and they eat it up...actually ask for it. who knew.ReplyDelete
Quick question..I am interested in the ISSA Fitness nutrition certificate...did you do this/ What was your experience...Would love to hear your thoughts.
Hi Rachel!ReplyDelete
ISSA is a great organization with a solid reputation. Which organization (and certification) you choose to pursue should match your needs... what are you wanting to do with it, does the course address your purpose and goals, does the organization provide customer service and continuing ed? In addition, you should factor in the time involved, as well as the money. There's a lot of due-diligence in choosing the correct path for your education.
Thanks Chelle, I am thinking the Fitness Nutrition route, though when I spoke with them over the phone, I was less than impressed. Felt like they were reading a script and not really listening to my questions/concerns. I am currently seeking info. from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition...Congrats on the writing gig for World Physique Women! I too create recipes (though mostly for the allergy challenged) and write about it...would love to get a magazine gig...good for you!Delete
Love the blog...and I did Tabitha's Ab workout the other day...needless to say I was very sore (and I didn't even do the planks)!
Thanks again for your keen insights.
PS Did you see they featured my blog post on the ECD homepage! Woot Woot!
This looks tasty but might I suggest that you swap cage-free organic for pastured organic. From what I know, it seems like a kinder option!ReplyDelete
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Love your post. It's really amazing & helpful too. Being foodie i keep trying new dishes i tried this recipe & it turned out to be really tasty . Keep sharing :)
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So, one of the big differences I've noticed between the startup scene in Dublin and the one I was weaned on in New York is around this thing called funding. Early stage funding (up to amounts of €50K) is relatively plentiful here in Dublin, thanks mainly to local and national government supports.
Instead of emptying bank accounts, running up credit cards or tapping relatives with a few bob, entrepreneurs here can apply for funding to take their startups through those early stages of development, from concept to MVP and beyond.
This approach may benefit the entrepreneur's pocket but I'm wondering how it ultimately impacts their businesses, and the startup ecosystem here in Dublin. Clyde Hutchinson, an expert on the Israeli scene, says that Israeli companies tend to be leaner than Irish ones and quicker to deliver a product because seed funding is so hard to get and they've no cash. Sounds like New York to me.
DC Cahalane, one of my advisory board members (and favourite person from Cork's impressive startup scene) also suggests that one reason our angel community is so small in Ireland is because there's less of a need for early stage "friends and family" funding. Again, this resonates even if we don't have the data to prove it.
Last night at a Bell Labs startup event, one of the company executives introduced himself by saying that he comes from an era "when startups had products and customers, even if they didn't have revenue". The remark made me wonder whether early stage companies are being taken seriously enough, and whether they always deserve to be.
When I meet startups in Dublin I ask them how much of their own money they've invested and where they want their businesses to be in 3 years time. I never took funding for either of my startups in New York. Not because I didn't want it; I just preferred to keep building and selling than give away early equity at a lower valuation.
We all have our own stories to tell and Dublin's great story is just starting!