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Amy Heffelfinger, PhD, ABPP-CN
Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI)
The Division of Neuropsychology in the Department of Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin offers APA-accredited postdoctoral fellowship options in either Adult Neuropsychology or Pediatric Neuropsychology. The program is a member of the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN) and participates in the National Match Program for residencies in clinical neuropsychology. The MCW postdoctoral fellowship also is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) Committee on Accreditation in the Specialty of Clinical Neuropsychology and adheres to the Houston Conference standards and model.
The program, which recruits three to four fellows per year, offers many unique training opportunities for both adult and pediatric fellows including rotations in the following:
Adult Track Major Rotations:
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Memory Disorders
- General Medical/Psychiatry
- Forensic/Traumatic Brain Injury
Adult Multidisciplinary Specialty Clinics: Brain Tumor, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Pediatric Track Major Rotations:
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Preschool and Infant Neuropsychological Testing (PINT)
- Neurological and Medical Disorders
- Developmental Disorders/Forensic Evaluations
Pediatric Track Specialty Clinics: Autism Screening, Brain Tumor, Sickle Cell, Sports Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury, Genetics
Using an apprentice model for training in clinical, research, teaching and supervision, they place a strong emphasis on career mentoring. MCW provides comprehensive didactics and training with competency-based assessment of knowledge and skill to prepare each fellow for board certification with AACN/ABPP.
Amy Heffelfinger, PhD, ABPP-CN, directs the Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Training Program at MCW. She is board certified in clinical neuropsychology and holds the academic rank of Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Pediatrics. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN). She specializes in pediatric neuropsychology, with her current research interests involving attention and executive functioning in preschoolers, neuropsychological functioning in children with Phenylketonuria (PKU), neuropsychological outcomes following pediatric brain tumors, and autism.
The key to "lifespan neuropsychology" is remembering that all of our patients are/were children and hopefully will develop into adults. Fellows only work with adult or pediatric patients, but much discussion occurs regarding development across the lifespan for individuals with epilepsy, brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, stroke, developmental disorders and genetic disorders. Many of our pediatric patients grow up and are transitioned to the adult side for continued neuropsychological care.
For example, we regularly follow our children with brain tumors over time, and, when they are 18, we ask the adult team to see them. Because we know the child and family, we can help the adult side understand the psychosocial, developmental, and cognitive issues of the individual. Conversely, the adult side regularly provides informal consults on assessment and interpretation of classic "adult" neuropsychological syndromes like aphasia and apraxia, and help with conceptualizing potential prognoses. All of our faculty and fellows are housed together, so, discussion about these patients is natural and seamless. Additionally, our didactics strongly focus on topics that are relevant across the lifespan including early neural development, neuroanatomy, and neuropsychological syndromes.
What, in your opinion, are other strengths about your program?
You were perceptive to identify that our lifespan approach is one of our proudest strengths, and we have several other strengths as well.
1) We provide outstanding depth and breadth in patient populations. It is not unusual for a fellow to work with several different types of medical/neurological/genetic disorders in one week! Additionally, every fellow receives sufficient training to develop expertise in specific disorders such as epilepsy, TBI, brain tumor, dementia, and developmental disorders such as autism.
2) Fellows have opportunity to work in multidisciplinary clinic settings, including those that serve patients with epilepsy, brain tumors, and mild TBI. It is not unusual for our fellows to directly interact with faculty and residents in neurology, neurosurgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and neuroradiology.
3) We emphasize a flexible approach to answering referral questions. We do in-patient or in-clinic consults providing education on the impact of treatments on cognition or assessing decisionality, and brief evaluations to answer specific questions, and comprehensive evaluations. It is so important for fellows to learn how to provide cost-effective, referral driven evaluations.
4) We really have a lot of fun here! Fellows, faculty, and staff work closely together and enjoy each other. We emphasize a culture of kindness, cooperative collaboration, and humor. In the department, we are known as the life of any party. First to come and last to leave!
MCW is a known leader in neuroimaging research and is the birthplace of AFNI (Analysis of Functional Neuroimages), a widely-used image analysis package. Do fellows at MCW have the opportunity to participate in neuroimaging research?
With others tools as well, AFNI is a component of neuroanatomy education. Residents can become involved in neuroimaging research in several areas both inside the division of Neuropsychology and in other research labs at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
What other research opportunities are available?
Our division in engaged in research in the following areas:
- Autism
- Brain tumor
- Development of attention
- Dyslexia
- Epilepsy
- Genetic disorders
- Language
- Memory
- Movement disorders
MCW is one of a select number of institutions to use both Wada testing and fMRI in evaluation of pre-surgical epilepsy candidates. How does the addition of fMRI enhance the overall clinical picture traditionally obtained through neuropsychological evaluation and Wada testing for epilepsy surgical candidates?
Published research conducted at MCW has demonstrated that language fMRI with a Semantic Monitoring task is a better predictor of both language and verbal memory outcome after left anterior temporal lobectomy than Wada testing. Moreover, fMRI is noninvasive with lower risk of complications. FMRI laterality scores, when combined with pre-operative cognitive test scores, are an excellent predictor of cognitive morbidity which can be used in surgical decision making. Our residents are involved in both Wada and FMRI procedures. When fellows leave the program they are competent in state of the art presurgical epilepsy evaluation.
A postdoctoral fellowship is the last opportunity for a neuropsychology trainee to prepare for those anxiety-provoking job applications. What do you think fellows should prioritize to make themselves attractive job candidates?
Fellows should always be encouraged to 1) carefully define their ideal position, and 2) maximize opportunities on fellowship that prepare them optimally for that type of position. Neuropsychology offers many career options, and fellows really need to become concrete about what is most important to them regarding this big career step. Do they want to primarily do research, clinical work, or teaching? While neuropsychologists can still do the "trifecta," they typically have to prioritize one. Fellows can request additional supervised opportunities to help them focus on their choices. They can ask for focused time with patient populations of interest. We encourage all of our fellows to publish one paper and if they want research to be central to their career, we encourage them to publish more than that. Learning to supervise students is also very important, and fellows can request supervision opportunities, if they are not built into the program. Importantly, they should make sure they receive supervision for their supervision.
Foremost, fellows should be assertive at defining what is personally important for them and their family from the beginning. Do they need to work in a certain location? You would be amazed at how often supervisors can help fellows create an ideal position in that location, but that takes time. Do they need a position with flexible time requirements? Then some places and types of jobs will be better.
At MCW, fellows are assigned a professional mentor. That mentoring relationship is designed to help them define their goals and obtain experiences to achieve them. This works! It is very rare for one of our fellows to not obtain the type of job that they want.
The field of neuropsychology continues to grow and adapt to new changes in technology and healthcare. Where do you see the field of neuropsychology in 10 years?
What an intriguing and tough question! Like all providers, we are going to have to be able to change our practices with a changing health care system. Changes in research and training naturally have to lead the way for neuropsychology to determine what we need to successfully make these changes. What really works in neuropsychology? How do our evaluations actually help improve the health of our patients? Fellows from our program are acutely aware of how neuropsychology "fits" into the healthcare system primarily through functioning on multidisciplinary teams. As a field we need to understand how we are most helpful to our referral sources and we need to be very focused on how we can promote functional, positive outcomes in our research and patient care.
Although I believe there will always be a place for traditional assessments for traditional problems that really depend on long, comprehensive evaluations, we have to tailor our evaluations for the specific individual and referral question with consideration of the medical costs to the patient, society, and the neuropsychologist.
Neuropsychology will learn to embrace technological solutions to measure our effectiveness, monitor our business practice, and administer and score our tests. Telemedicine is a catching term and it is a necessary reality. Neuropsychology has to evolve to use technology to provide better care. We will find ways to meet the needs of individuals in remote locations and impoverished countries, for example.
All of that said, I really hope that neuropsychology can remain a stable discipline, but stability is not a given. Our recent history includes the establishment of neuropsychology as a distinct sub-specialty of clinical psychology, and our roots are not deep enough. Students really need to understand the history of neuropsychology and the current events in the political and professional aspects of neuropsychology. Issues regarding reimbursements and billing procedures, unified training programs, "the match" and board certification are really important issues. They might determine whether neuropsychology remains a recognized subspecialty of psychology. Education and involvement in organizations that make decisions regarding these issues can solidify our stability as a field.
Would you like to add anything else about your program?
I asked for help reviewing my answers, because my editing skills are notably subpar! I was so touched by the fellow's last comment.
"I think that one of the best parts of this program is that these great training opportunities are provided in a very supportive and nurturing environment. I don't think that doing great work and being challenged is always synonymous with being happy."
That really sums up how I feel too! I am proud to train such a talented and fun group of individuals.
To learn more, please visit:
- APPCN website (www.appcn.org )
- MCW and the Department of Neurology at: http://www.mcw.edu/neurology/divisions/neuropsych.htm


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One of my most favorite photographers, Jason Paul C. Laxamana, is a finalist in this year's Cinemalaya 2013 Film Festival. His movie entry is entitled "Babagwa" and he'll be competing in the New Breed category.
Here are the other finalists of Cinemalaya 2013 Film Festival taken from Inquirer.
Directors' Showcase:
Cesar Evangelista's "Amor y Muerte"
Jeffrey Jeturian's "Extra"
Gil M. Portes' "The Liars"
Jerrold Tarog's "Sana Dati"
Adolfo Alix Jr.'s "Porno"
New Breed:
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Emmanuel Palo's "David F"
Christopher Ad. Castillo's "Diplomat Hotel"
Eduardo Roy Jr.'s "Quick Change"
Richard S. Legaspi's "Primera Bella"
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Jason Paul C. Laxamana's "Babagwa"
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I wonder who's their male model that usually appears in their Facebook fan page.
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Mario Maurer is also featured in the January edition of Tenn Magazine and he's as gorgeous as ever.
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By Robert Reich
By arrangement with Robert Reich
The biggest economic debate is between Keynesians (who want more government spending and lower interest rates in order to fuel demand) and supply-side "austerics" (who want lower taxes on the wealthy and on corporations to boost incentives to hire and invest, and who see government deficits crowding out private investment).
But both approaches have problems.
George W. Bush tried supply-side tax cuts but nothing trickled down. Jobs and wages declined. And austerity economics has been a disaster for Europe.
Unfortunately the U.S. is now adopting supply-side austerics by making the Bush tax cuts permanent for 98 percent of taxpayers, hiking Social Security taxes back up, and implementing the sequester.
I'm on the Keynesian side. Yet the biggest weakness of modern Keynesian economics is it doesn't have a clear answer for how much spending is necessary in an economy, like ours, in which wages keep dropping and government debt keeps growing. Simply arguing "more" won't cut it.
John Maynard Keynes urged that governments "prime the pump" to stimulate demand but pump priming has limited effect if the well is running dry.
Both sides of the modern debate have neglected the scourge of widening inequality.
We're now witnessing what happens when all of the economic gains go to the top, and the rest of the population doesn't have enough purchasing power to keep the economy going.
Widening inequality is not inevitable. If we wanted to reverse it and restore middle-class prosperity, we could.
Four years into a so-called recovery and we're still below recession levels in every important respect except the stock market. A measly 88,000 jobs were created in March, and total employment remains some 3 million below its pre-recession level. Labor-force participation is it's lowest since 1979.
Businesses won't hire and expand unless they have more customers, but most Americans can't spend more. Last Friday's retail sales report showed sales down .4 percent in March. Consumer sentiment has fallen to its lowest level in nine months.
The underlying problem is the vast middle class is running out of money. They can't borrow more—and shouldn't, given what happened after the last borrowing binge.
Real annual median household income keeps falling. It's down to $45,018, from $51,144 in 2010. All the gains from the recovery continue to go to the top.
Widening inequality is not inevitable. If we wanted to reverse it and restore middle-class prosperity, we could.
We could award tax cuts to companies that link the pay of their hourly workers to profits and productivity, and that keep the total pay of their top five executives within twenty times the pay of their median worker. And impose higher taxes on companies that don't.
None of this will happen until the public understands why widening inequality is so damaging.
We could raise the minimum wage to half the average wage.
We could increase public investment in education, including early-childhood.
We could eliminate college loans and allow all students to repay the cost of their higher education with a 10 percent surcharge on the first ten years of income from full-time employment.
We could expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.
And we could pay for all this by adding additional tax brackets at the top and increasing the top marginal tax rate to what it was before 1981—at least 70 percent.
But none of this will happen until the public understands why widening inequality is so damaging. Even the rich would do better with a smaller share of a rapidly-growing economy than a large share of one that's barely growing at all.
Our political leaders in Washington have for now chosen supply-side austerity economics over Keynesian economics. That's bad enough. Their inability or unwillingness to do much of anything about widening inequality will prove a larger problem.
Robert B. Reich, one of the nation's leading experts on work and the economy, is Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton.
Time Magazine has named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the last century. He has written thirteen books, including his latest best-seller, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future; The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism which has been translated into 22 languages; and his newest, an e-book, Beyond Outrage. His syndicated columns, television appearances, and public radio commentaries reach millions of people each week. He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine, and Chairman of the citizen's group Common Cause. His widely-read blog can be found at www.robertreich.org.


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The UN is accused of negligently allowing peacekeeping soldiers to pollute Haiti's water with cholera.
The epidemic, which is spread by infected sewage, has killed more than 8,000 people since late 2010.
'Alarming' situation
"There have been grand plans - a 10-year $2.2bn project," Duncan McClean, a senior manager for MSF, told the BBC.
But the UN plan had not been implemented, he added.
"I travel regularly to Haiti; the impact on the ground today is almost non-existent."
The UN plan to improve drinking water and sewage outlets - which MSF says is unfulfilled - was widely seen as the international body's attempt to deflect calls by the victims of cholera for financial compensation.
Responding to the MSF charge, the UN told the BBC that "enormous efforts" had been made to support Haiti's cholera eradication plans. These efforts had resulted in significantly fewer cases and reduced mortality rates.
But the UN also recognised that a shortage of funds meant "resources mobilised to date are clearly insufficient to face a potential peak of cases" in the forthcoming rainy season.
It has called for more resources from member states to tackle the cholera epidemic.
The UN says it has legal immunity from the compensation case.
Lawyers for the cholera victims say that unless talks on compensation begin in the next few weeks, they will take the UN to court in New York.
MSF said the cholera situation in Haiti was currently "extremely alarming". The rainy season had begun - causing the usual flooding of infected open sewers - while donor countries had reduced aid commitments.


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An enthusiastic group of 22 novice hikers proudly completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on Saturday 6 May, raising almost £5,000 for vulnerable children.
The team comprised a range of ages, abilities and nationalities, and all completed the hike for the first time to support The Children's Society's work with disadvantaged young people.
Together they have raised £4,927 so far.
Laura Balcombe, aged 22, from Stotfold, was delighted to make it across the gruelling terrain.
She said: "I love hiking, so thoroughly enjoyed completing the trek with my amazing colleagues – I'm very keen to go back and walk the beautiful route again one day!
"It's fantastic to know that the money we've raised through this experience will help so many vulnerable children and young people all over the country, and I hope it will inspire others to take up a challenge of their own to support The Children's Society."
Team member Louise Paine Davey, has resolved to get fit and raise money to mark her fiftieth birthday. She said "The Yorkshire Three Peaks was a serious physical challenge, but a huge achievement.
"I thought that rather than spend money on loads of parties, I'd spend it on getting fit and take on challenges to raise money for the wonderful charity I work for. It's looking to be one of my best years yet."
Kiera Auty, from Carshalton, who organised the trip and works as a Partnership Manager at The Children's Society was delighted with the group's efforts. She said: "I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone and do something a bit different.
"After weeks of training, it felt amazing to finally complete the challenge."
Reena Ruda, Challenge Events Co-ordinator at The Children's Society said: "This team deserves to be really proud of their achievement, and we are so grateful for the impressive training and fundraising so far."


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For a few weeks now we've been talking about Oppo and its upcoming Find 7 smartphone. Like we've been getting signs of lately with devices from other Southeast Asian OEMs, these rumors quickly wrapped themselves up in the idea of a 2K display – a hefty 2560 x 1440 resolution – along with other similarly high-end specs. Today we finally see Oppo itself confirm that 2K resolution, but even as we get that answer, some new questions are popping up about just what size that panel might be.
That's Oppo's teaser image up top, posted to Twitter last night. While it's crystal clear about that 2K business, no mention is made of screen size.
Previously, we'd heard that the phone might get a 5.7-inch display, and since the Find 5 had a five-inch screen, there's also been the remote possibility that the Find 7 might be more like a seven-incher (even though no one's been calling it a "tablet").
Instead, a former Oppo exec took to Google+ to insist that whatever size the Find 7's screen ends up being, it most certainly will not be either 5.7 or 7 inches. So, where does that leave us? Much lower than 5.7 sounds like we'd be pushing our luck for what's possible with 2K fabrication, so maybe more like 6 inches? Time will tell, and hopefully we'll get our hands on some pics of actual Find 7 hardware so we can start seeing for ourselves.
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Kimbar was high point rider at Sunday's home show. (PHOTO BY Tom Eng Photography)
Skyhawk riders earn five blue ribbons, led by Kimbar's high point performance on Sunday
Stonehill Home Show
Junior Baylee Kimbar (Worcester, Massachusetts/West Boylston) earned high point rider status to lead four blue ribbon performances as Stonehill took second place at its home show on Sunday. The Skyhawks accumulated 34 points to finish behind Boston University (38 points), which also took first place at Brandeis on Saturday.
Kimbar placed first for both intermediate equitation on the fences and on the flat on Sunday to highlight the show for Stonehill. Seniors Nina Fultz (Littleton, Massachusetts/Littleton) and Kayla McNulty (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts/Academy of Notre Dame) both also earned blue ribbons for the Skyhawks for novice fences and walk-trot-canter, respectively.
Second place finishes went to freshman Emma McConville (North Attleboro, Massachusetts/Wheeler School) for both intermediate fences and novice flat in her first IHSA show, while classmate Kaitlin Kotfila (Hadley, Massachusetts/Hopkins Academy) also had a strong IHSA debut with a second place ribbon for intermediate flat.
Junior Caitlyn Maloney (Chepachet, Rhode Island/LaSalle Academy) competed in both open classes, posting a fourth place finish on the flat to go with a sixth place show over fences. Senior captain Kristin Buckley (Leominster, Massachusetts/Saint Bernard's) collected a fourth place ribbon for walk-trot-canter, while classmate Allison Calder (Mansfield, Massachusetts/Mansfield) was fifth for walk-trot.
McNulty collected blue ribbons for walk-trot-canter on Saturday and Sunday. (PHOTO BY Tom Eng Photography)
Brandeis Show
Senior Micaela Caulkins (Old Lyme, Connecticut/Old Lyme) highlighted the accomplishments for Stonehill at its season-opening show hosted by Brandeis on Saturday at August Farm in Holliston, Massachusetts. She is the first Stonehill rider to qualify for the IHSA Zone 1, Region 4 Championships next spring after her point total following a sixth place finish for intermediate fences.
Kayla McNulty started her season off with a first place finish for walk-trot-canter, which she would double the next day at Stonehill, while Kristin Buckley placed second. Nina Fultz earned a red ribbon for novice fences, while placing fourth for novice flat, and junior Abigail Westerlind (Auburn, Massachusetts/Auburn) was second in novice flat.
Freshman Laura Solar (Melville, New York/Our Lady of Mercy Academy) was solid in her IHSA horse show debut with a third place finish for novice fences, while Allison Calder earned a fifth place ribbon in her IHSA debut.
Stonehill is back in action on Saturday, October 29, at the Boston College Show at Hillside Meadows Equestrian Center in Grafton, Massachusetts, at 9 a.m.
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One of Ireland's first ever political Rap songs
Tipperary man Senator Alan Kelly has released a Rap song
Now we don't favour one politician over another here in Tipp Tatler Towers (we prefer cold hard cash instead of political posturing) but this video caught our attention here today. And even though he hasn't advertised in our latest issue (an oversight, for which heads will roll, I am sure) he has advertised with us in the past. So seeing that we look after all our customers, past and present and the fact that video is a fantastic piece of work, we couldn't but post it here on our blog. Enjoy!
The following text is from the YouTube site where the video is hosted: (Written by Garry McCarthy aka GMC featuring State of Jay)
One of Irelands first ever political rap songs will be revealed by Labour MEP candidate in Cork City, this coming Wednesday, May 26th at 10am on the docks outside the Clarion Hotel.
The song, recorded by GMC, the famous Cork rapper who previously had a Top 15 hit with Not tonight has composed a song entitled Dont make the wrong choice Vote Alan Kelly in support of the Labour campaign
Speaking ahead of the unveiling, Senator Kelly said:
It is a very entertaining, humorous song but with a very serious message portraying the anger that many people are feeling but talking using Europe as a mechanism to create jobs and come out the other side of the recession. GMC has done an amazing job getting to the heart of a real issue in a way that is entertaining to young people who would not typically have an interest in political matters, stated Senator Kelly.
The song, Dont Make the wrong choice – Vote Alan Kelly was written by Garry McCarthy (aka GMC) with music by famous Cork band State of Jay


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The Last Sheriff is the debut comic from Reckless Hero. It's an exciting action packed adventure through a futuristic wild west. Written and designed by the reckless trio of Chris Imber, Chris Jenkins and Matthew King. Independently created and published.
Part 5 - Following the successful sacking of Railtown, The Sheriff and his new posse are on the run from the Coalition's top bounty hunter, Sixx.
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Written by Chris Jenkins
Art by Davide Tinto
Cover by Chris Imber
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For lovers of bright and modern spaces, we have the Minimalist Beauty Barcelona apartment in Barcelona; perfect for those who want to enjoy quiet and pictures areas of the city, it has an area of 60 m2 and is fully furnished and equipped to make your stay in the city unforgettable.
The apartment has two rooms; one (1) double room, one (1) single room. It has a very cozy living room for the office with your family, a fully equipped kitchenette (dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, toaster, and all the necessary services for cooking). Apartment for the seasons in Barcelona.
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Active Incidents: Smart Cities, App Friday, and Hyperloop
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Categories: Friday Fun
Happy Friday! Next week is one of the laziest of the year, but this week gave us plenty of revolutionary technology to discuss, so let's do it.
Smart cities
You may have seen the stories or videos we've published about Town of Cary pushing technical boundaries to better serve its customers. The "smart city" wave is currently sweeping the globe. As Tech Republic documented this week, cities are using technology to help citizens find parking spots, build motion-detecting streetlights, and predict traffic patterns for more efficiently programmed traffic lights.
Chicago uses predictive analytics for everything from crime fighting to fending off the rat population. Parking is more convenient in London thanks to HD cameras and parking sensors to cut out the need for meters or cash transactions. Barcelona saves $58 million per year using smart water meter technology.
If you still deposit coins in a parking meter, call your representatives!
App Friday
Speaking of parking, remember fighting for spots at the mall on Black Friday, then fighting for the last of a dwindling stock of holiday sale items? It's all very… 2002.
We transitioned to opening our laptops, clicking pictures of shiny holiday items, and waiting for them to arrive at our doorsteps. But in 2017, opening the computer and entering your login information is a bit too cumbersome for most. This year, Americans are projected to spend over 6 million hours shopping on the top smartphone apps in the days following Thanksgiving, a 45% increase from last year.
Time to get out your smartphone and pre-order a new smartphone for that special someone in your life!
The Change Management Award goes to…
Colorado officials announced a partnership with hyperloop tech company Arrivo this week to build the first network of transportation tubes. The hyperloop network would move drivers and their cars up to 200 mph to the most common destinations around the state including the Denver airport, downtown area, Boulder, and popular ski mountains. Arrivo CEO Brogan BamBrogan says it could be ready by 2021.
Arrivo's tubes would be above ground, at least in this case. This model is in contrast with Elon Musk's The Boring Company, which wants to drill tunnels for alternative transportation. The Boring Company has had discussions with Maryland officials, but no deal has been announced.
The Colorado models call for the Arrivo transportation system to move passengers or cargo at the speed of sound, cutting 90 minute car trips to 10 minutes or less.
ITSM Links
- The State of Today's ITSM (ITSM Tools)
- Are we having the right conversations about artificial intelligence?
- ITSM Glossary: What's the difference between incidents and problems?
Enjoy your holiday week next week. Send your users to the self-service portal so you can enjoy your turkey and football.
About Chris McManus
Chris McManus is a Marketing Manager with a variety of media and creative content experience. He works with SolarWinds Service Desk customers on case studies, webinars, and spotlight videos.
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Standard Rate, per person: $2,650
Shoulder season, per person (October – 25th December 2019): $2,650
Standard Rate, per person (December 25th 2019 – April 2020): $2,800
This is an all inclusive tour.
Return transfers from Hobart, three nights accommodation at Friendly Beaches Lodge, exclusive to your walking group (max 10). Superb meals made lovingly by our lodge hosts. Boat trips, award winning regional wines, park passes, two knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides, jacket and pack use. Prices are quoted in AUD and include GST.
Reasonable fitness and the ability to walk for up to 6 hours a day will help you enjoy your Freycinet experience to the full.
Before Christmas 2019
Per child (8 – 16 years) $2,550
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Per child (8 – 16 years) $2,650
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We recommend the Old Woolstore Apartments. Staff will look after you and they are happy to offer our guests a special rate. Centrally located and within walking distance to some of Hobart's key attractions, including Salamanca Place (home to the iconic Salamanca Markets), historic Battery Point and nearby Constitution Dock where you catch the ferry to MONA.
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By: Iain Ferguson
AYR Racecourse has been named Racecourse of the Year 2015 for Scotland and the North by members of the Racegoers Club.
The vote across the 5,000 strong membership of the Club saw Ayr take the honour in the category for 11th time in 12 years.
Ayr Racecourse managing director David Brown (pictured above) said: "It is a great honour to win this award and be voted top racecourse in Scotland and the North by members of the Racegoers Club. This is voted for by the racing regular racegoers so that makes it all the more pleasing. We are all delighted."
This is the latest accolade for the racecourse which in recent months was awarded VisitScotland's Five Star Visitor Attraction Award in recognition of its outstanding standards, was one of only six racecourses to be awarded the Racehorse Owners Association Gold Standard in the large racecourses category and also won a coveted first prize at the prestigious 2015 National Racecourse Catering Awards.
For further information please contact Iain Ferguson on 01292 294972 or 07795 565691.
Ayr Racecourse and the associated Western House Hotel are Founder Members of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle.


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SEATTLE, DECEMBER 1, 2016 – Tempered Networks, the pioneer of Identity-Defined Networking (IDN), today announced that CRN,® a brand of The Channel Company, has named Tempered Networks to its 2016 Internet of Things 50 list, recognizing companies whose innovative offerings are helping connect objects, computing devices, infrastructure, data storage and data analytics to transform and improve the way we work and live.
For the first time in the industry, Tempered Networks has introduced the concept of giving every connected thing a unique cryptographic identity and has made it a reality. This new identity-defined networking paradigm means all networks, applications, and IoT devices can be cloaked, micro-segmented, and mobile. IDN provides a simpler, faster and more flexible secure networking fabric for protecting and easily networking all connected things, legacy and modern, like never before. Unlike other solutions available on the market, IDN is the only one that creates all policies and trust based on unique crypto-identities, not spoofable IP addresses. Every device, including vulnerable IoT devices, can get a uniquely assigned identity or can be cloaked and protected by one of our gateways with no disruption.
Tempered's advanced IDN orchestration engine makes it simple to cloak, connect, segment, move, revoke, or provide failover for any or all networked things within the encrypted IDN fabric, at scale. Because Tempered Networks' foundation is based upon the open Host Identity Protocol (HIP) standard, the IDN fabric is both backward and forward compatible, making it simple, fast, and predictable to deploy, with little to no modification of the underlying infrastructure.
"It's an honor to be recognized today for our outstanding contribution to the IoT movement," said Erik Giesa, VP of Product Management at Tempered Networks. "The breakthrough actually started over ten years ago with HIP, an open IETF standard that was ratified in 2015. HIP has enabled us to build a new identity networking pardigm, where a trusted identity can effectively be native to every connected thing. Our HIP Services and orchestration engine makes it simple for customers to instantly and securely connect, segment, cloak, move, failover, or revoke any IoT device, anywhere. We believe that HIP should be on every networked client, device, sensor, system, or application. Only then can we achieve a secure and mobile Internet and put an end to hacking as we know it."
"The emerging Internet of Things market holds enormous creative potential, with the capacity to touch and streamline nearly every aspect of our daily lives," said Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel Company. "CRN's Internet of Things 50 list celebrates vendors who are exploring this potential with utmost energy and ingenuity. On the very cutting edge of innovation, their offerings are poised to transform the way we live and work with an unprecedented level of interconnectivity. We congratulate each of these vendors on the vision and creativity that has earned them a spot on our 2016 list."
The Internet of Things 50 list will be featured in the December issue of CRN and on CRN.com at crn.com/iot50.
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Related Resources
- Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) on Cyber Security for IoT
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The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers, solution providers and end users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequaled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. www.thechannelco.com
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About Tempered Networks
Tempered Networks is the pioneer of Identity-Defined Networking (IDN), unifying networking and security with a simplified approach that removes the constraints of IP networking. Our elastic and fully encrypted IDN fabric protects every connected resource with a unique crypto identity, instead of a spoofable IP address, enabling you to cloak any IP or serial-enabled endpoint, machine or network--with no IP modifications. For the first time, any network and connected resource can be orchestrated, cloaked, and encrypted from the start. Device-based trust is flexible and portable and extends from any external and public cloud network to internal network hosts and clients. Any IP resource can now be instantly provisioned, moved, or revoked, making your network as adaptable as software, more secure, and simpler to manage. For more information go to www.temperednetworks.com.
You can also follow us @TemperedNW on Twitter or visit us on LinkedIn for more information about Tempered Networks and our technology.
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The smart city project is being coordinated by the Union urban development ministry.
After celebrity nominations akin to the famous ALS ice-bucket challenge for its Swachh Bharat campaign, and a nationwide contest for an e-governance mobile app for the Prime Minister's Office, the government is going to choose 100 urban centres for its 'smart city' project through a competition.
State governments, according to a source, will participate in a 'city challenge'. That means states will compete among themselves to have their cities among the 100 to be developed as smart cities.
The smart city project, announced in July last year, is being coordinated by the Union urban development ministry.
According to an official in the know, after states have nominated their cities, a Central expert panel will make the final selection on the basis of certain criteria, such as the cities' size, population, infrastructure level and upgrade potential.
The first round of selection, perhaps of 20 cities, will be completed by the end of this year, it is learnt.
The remaining 80 will be subsequently selected in phases.
Though many countries have expressed interest in the project and entered into partnership pacts, agreements are to be signed only after selection of the cities to be developed. Government officials, however, indicate some target smart cities like Ajmer, Allahabad, Visakhapatnam and Varanasi are expected to make the final list.
The smart city project's take-off has been slow -- even the concept note is still in the draft stage -- but the international attention it has received so far has been significant.
The US, Japan, China, Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Singapore have already expressed interest in the project.
While these countries are to bring technical knowhow and expertise to the table, the project's financial model and types of smart cities are still in the works.
At a recent conference showcasing Amsterdam's experience in smart cities, Karuna Gopal, president of the Foundation for Futuristic Cities, said the government was currently working on the concession agreements and standards for the project.
FFC is a knowledge partner for the project.
A government official confirmed the public-private partnership structure, earlier recommended for smart cities, was now being tweaked to make funding more flexible.
The annual project cost, initially estimated at Rs 35,000 crore (Rs 350 billion), is also being reworked.
The annual Budget for 2014-15 had allocated Rs 7,016 crore (Rs 70.16 billion) for the project but only Rs 924 crore (Rs 9.24 billion) has been spent so far.
The allocation for 2015-16 has been brought down to Rs 143 crore (Rs 1.43 billion).
The new funding format is believed to have a higher share of states and industry in the smart city project's overall investment.
Also, the nature of the project will determine the cost.
For instance, a greenfield (new) project will be much more expensive than a city that needs redevelopment or retrofitting.
A large part of the 100 smart city project will be on the retrofitting model, an official says.
But there will be some greenfield ventures as well.
Jayesh Ranjan, commissioner of industries, Telangana, had recently told Business Standard that chances of smart cities being inclusive were greater they were under brownfield projects (redevelopment of existing cities).
But experts point out that retrofitting projects are time-consuming and problematic.
The project format is being visualised in the midst of a debate on whether smart cities should be elitist or inclusive.
There also is a proposal to link many signature projects like smart cities, Swachh Bharat and Digital India.
Smart cities are broadly defined as urban spaces that are technologically integrated, well-planned and environment-friendly.
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BOSTON — Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jerseys are back with the Patriots.
The jerseys worn by Brady during this year's Super Bowl and the 2015 Super Bowl were returned to Gillette Stadium Thursday, the FBI announced.
Brady's 2017 jersey went missing from the Patriots' locker room after the team's win over the Atlanta Falcons on Feb. 5, touching off an investigation stretching from Boston to the Mexican border.
Mexican authorities searched the property of tabloid journalist Martin Mauricio Ortega, where they found the jersey, along with a Brady jersey that disappeared after the 2015 Super Bowl. A Denver Broncos helmet also was found.
Ortega has not been charged in the case and has not commented.
In a statement Thursday, Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he looks forward to giving the jerseys to Brady when he returns to New England.
Kraft thanked the FBI, Mexican authorities and other law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation.
"It is another example of the importance of teamwork and what can be accomplished when everyone works together," Kraft said.
The team released a photo of the jerseys being held by Harold Shaw, special agent in charge of the FBI Boston Division, and Col. Richard McKeon of the Massachusetts State Police. Kraft is standing between the two jerseys and behind the Patriots' five Super Bowl trophies.


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Why Choose the Law Offices of Philip R. Brown?
The reason we can be the lawyer for such a diverse range of clients, in a wide variety of cases is the legal background of Philip R. Brown. Although Phil Brown became a full time civil litigation attorney in 1985, he became a Hawaii attorney after moving to Honolulu in 1993.
Before becoming a lawyer in Hawaii, Brown worked for two of the most prominent law firms in the nation. Upon graduating from Washington & Lee University School of Law in 1985, Mr. Brown worked for Hunton & Williams, one of the largest law firms in America. He then joined the litigation section of the New York law firm Reid & Priest (now Thelen Reid & Priest). As a New York lawyer, Mr. Brown represented corporate clients focusing primarily on commercial litigation. In 1993, Mr. Brown moved to Hawaii joining its largest firm, Carlsmith Ball. In 1995, famed Hawaii Plaintiffs lawyer Dave Schutter asked Mr. Brown to pursue the claims of approximately 4,000 plaintiffs in a large commercial litigation. After two years, the case resulted in a $39 million settlement for the Plaintiffs. In October 1997, Mr. Brown started his own office.
Mr. Brown's Background
Mr. Brown carries the highest legal ability rating in Martindale-Hubbell and may be found in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers under the subject matters civil trial practice, commercial litigation, and personal injury. Since 1997, Mr. Brown has continued representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of cases. From defending a luxury hotel to protecting the civil rights of a private citizen, Mr. Brown has become one of the busiest attorneys in Hawaii.
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Netflix release dates 2019: all the original films coming this year
Timothée Chalamet and Robert Pattinson in The King, new releases from Martin Scorsese and Steven Soderbergh - and much more
Netflix made significant headway in its bid to compete with the major Hollywood film studios last year, with smash hits Bird Box and The Christmas Chronicles, and critical darlings The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Roma. Its romcom revivals, too, like To All the Boys I've Loved Before and Set It Up, were wildly popular.
- 50 of the best Netflix movies available now
- Netflix release dates 2019: all the major upcoming TV shows revealed
There is no longer any doubt about it: Netflix is now a major force in film.
In 2019, the streaming service is doubling down on this recent success with massive releases like the latest outings from veteran film-makers Martin Scorsese and Steven Soderbergh and directorial debuts from on-screen stars Amy Poehler and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Plus, they've got crush-of-the-moment Timothée Chalamet and Robert Pattinson starring in a new adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry the IV and Henry the V, another Noah Centineo romcom, and Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac and Charlie Hunnam as US military vets who band together to steal from a South American drug lord…
Check out our guide to all the Netflix Original films still to come in 2019 below.
Friday 1st November
Holiday in the Wild A divorcée (Sex and the City's Kristin Davis) embarks on a safari in Zambia and rediscovers herself while working at a local elephant sanctuary. Watch on Netflix
Kristin Davis and Rob Lowe star in "Holiday in the Wild," a touching new film about a divorcée who embarks on a safari in Zambia where she rediscovers herself while working at a local elephant sanctuary — FIRST LOOK: pic.twitter.com/zkXMUfhIgP
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The King Timothée Chalamet stars as reluctant sovereign Henry V. Watch on Netflix
Friday 8th November
Let It Snow Kiernan Shipka and Shameik Moore lead this teen Christmas comedy set during a snowstorm in a small town on Christmas Eve. Watch on Netflix
Friday 15th November
Earthquake Bird A young woman is missing in Tokyo. The prime suspect in the disappearance is her friend, Lucy (Alicia Vikander), a quiet translator who has lived in Japan for five years. Watch on Netflix
Klaus A fresh animated take on Santa Claus's origins from the writer/director of Despicable Me. Voice talent includes Rashida Jones, Jason Schwartzman and JK Simmons. Watch on Netflix
Wednesday 21st November
The Knight before Christmas Following last year's The Princess Switch, Vanessa Hudgens returns to Netflix in this equally absurd holiday romance involving a time-travelling Medieval knight. Watch on Netflix
Wednesday 27th November
The Irishman Crime drama from Martin Scorsese starring old favourites Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel. Watch on Netflix
Friday 29th November
Atlantics A Senegalese Oscar contender from film-maker Mati Diop
I Lost My Body Acclaimed French animation about a man whose severed hand goes on a mission to find its body again
Thursday 5th December
A Christmas Prince: the Royal Baby A pregnant Amber must find out who stole a priceless Aldovian artefact before Christmas Eve arrives
Friday 6th December
Marriage Story Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson have their Blue Valentine moment in Noah Baumbach's latest
Friday 13th December
6 Underground Michael Bay's latest action flick stars Ryan Reynolds
Friday 20th December
The Two Popes Anthony Hopkins plays Pope Benedict and Jonathan Pryce plays Pope Francis in this account of "the most dramatic transition of power in the last 2,000 years"


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1. Grammy's Little Ones
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
My First Blog Award - Ever
My first blog award ever!
You have no idea how excited I am!
Thanks so much to Life with Lebedas for thinking of me and nominating my blog for this award.
Check them out sometime, She has some really adorable children!
I'm supposed to share 10 honest things about myself and then pass this to 10 bloggers!
1. I am a great grandmother at the ripe old age of 45. My 17 year old grand-daughter had a little girl right after I turned 44. When I married Santa he already had grown children.
2. I have had a lot of surgeries, starting when I was just 5 years old. Even though I have had a lot of operations all four of my children were delivered naturally . . . no C-sections.
3. Each of my 4 children were born in a different city and state. Germany, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas.
4. I am kind of a smart aleck, so much that my entire family refers to me as "a goober". Actually, just this Sunday, a little girl asked me if I had seen her mommy and I said, "Yes, sweetie, your Mommy is very beautiful." LOL!!!
5. I took music lessons for three different instruments piano, flute and oboe, but can't play any today. This is probably because I was awful at all three. Honestly, I was last chair flute in band, and first chair oboe . . . first chair because there was only ONE! LOL!
6. I am a nerd/geek/dork according to an authority on the subject, my 17 yr. old daughter. We were in Best Buy and I was looking at one of those little pouches to hook your flash drive to your key ring or purse strap. She rolled her eyes, and said, "Seriously, Mom? You don't need that!" I said, "Yes, I do." and I pulled a little flash drive out of my purse. She started laughing hysterically, "OMGosh Mom you are such a nerd." Okay? I didn't know that was one of the requirements but there you go . . . it's official.
7. I have never lived on my own, my entire life. I have always lived with someone, parents, husband(s), kids, but never alone. I got married the first time 2 weeks after I graduated high school. Left him to move in with Santa, so that doesn't leave any time to live on my own.
8. I have never smoked a cigarette in my entire life. I told someone just the other day, that if I smoked a cigarette you would probably have to take me straight to the hospital. They said, "No, not after just one cigarette." I said, '"Yeah you would because Santa would beat the tar out of me." Ha ha ha ha !!!
9. I am a bowler. Once again adding to the nerd/geek/dork image. I bowl on 2 different leagues, two nights a week. I have a 161 average on one night and 151 on the other. So I guess that works out to be about a 155 overall average. The highest game i ever bowled was a 229.
10. I have put my kids to bed without giving them a bath, I have fed my kids chocolate chip cookies and milk for supper and they lived right through it. I'm just sayin' as long as we are being honest, right?
Here are my Blog Award Recipients! Check out their blogs to see if they play along with our little blog hop.
The Bloggers I am Passing this Award Along to Are:
1. Grammy's Little Ones
1. Grammy's Little Ones
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i love your random things! that's so fun! especially the last one..! thanks for passing on the award...i really want to continue it..but i'm so blog illiterate and i don't know what to do! lolReplyDelete
Thank you for the award (hug) It made my day!ReplyDelete
Love your honest list and what a blessing to be a Great Grandma!
Thats funny! Thanks for keeping the award going! I love your reading your blog too! My Mom always says she's the youngest Grandma around - she turned 45 today but has been a grandma for almost 3 years. :) Loved reading your 10 things!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much! Now, I get to write about my first blog award ever!! I'm sure it will take me some time to put a top ten list together, but I'll be sure to drop you a line when I do.ReplyDelete
Thanks again!!!
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Conversation Stoppers
Tue, November 16, 2010
For the full article, go to: http://www.utexas.edu/features/2010/11/15/conversation_stoppers/
On the left and the right, recent episodes in politics have left many people wondering how they can make sense of and perhaps improve the unwieldy ways people talk about race in the United States.
As pundits, reporters and commentators squabble over what is and isn't construed as racist, more people are choosing their words carefully when they talk about race and many bite their tongues altogether.
Among the many conventions that limit how people talk about race, accusations about people "playing the race card" are the most debilitating, says Simone Browne, assistant professor of sociology.
During the 2008 presidential campaign, for example, Obama was accused by opponents of "playing the race card" when he said he would look "different" as president.
"Most often the accusation of 'playing the race card' works to deny racism and its effects or discount and shut down a meaningful discussion about racial inequalities," says Browne, co-author of "The Obamas and the New Politics of Race," a special issue of Qualitative Sociology. "So 'playing the race card' is really just an exercise of power often played by those seeking to deny racial inequalities. It is a rhetorical tool that silences."
Another silencing rhetorical tool is political correctness, says John Butler, a management professor in the McCombs School of Business and a sociology professor who is also director of the university's IC² Institute. When public debates become muddled by charges of racism, people will focus more on racial tensions and less on the issues that matter — like improving upward mobility for black America, Butler says.
"People have the right to protect their freedom of speech," says Butler, who advised George W. Bush's presidential campaign and was appointed by Bush to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
"There should be an open debate on the direction this country is going — regardless of the racial background of the President and the racial demographics of the people who are debating his policies, Butler says. "Once we can switch our focus from political correctness to opportunity structures, we can finally make a change."
Although some believe journalists have come a long way in challenging people's beliefs about race, Ben Carrington, associate professor of sociology, says there's still room for improvement, especially in sports journalism.
"In the past, sports commentators often compared black athletes to monkeys, gazelles and cheetahs," says Carrington, author of the recently published book Race, Sport and Politics.
"Although they no longer make these blatant comparisons, they still use code words and phrases to describe black athletes' abilities like speed, power and strength," says Carrington, who co-authored "The Obamas and the New Politics of Race" with Browne. "Yet commentators associate white athletes with cognitive descriptors, such as the ability to read the game or having composure under pressure."
Carrington says sociologists and social scientists need to do a better job at intervening in public debates to raise awareness of how non-white athletes are represented in the sports media.
"The sports media remains overwhelming white and male," says Carrington. "It tends to reflect the unexamined interests of whites and men, further limiting a diversity of viewpoints that might challenge common sense ways of thinking about race and sport."


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HTC Phone Deals For Contract Customers
The benefits to choosing a contract phone are numerous, with many handsets coming free to customers willing to sign up for long-term contracts. When looking at the HTC phone deals available, you might first want to consider shopping online. As if you were not already going to be staying right here on the friendly Internet to do your research and find the best deals already, but we just wanted to be sure that you got the best bang for your money.
If you can narrow your handset choices down to three very good phones, then we can take a look at some of the contract options available for them.
Let us take three HTC phones and look at HTC phone deals which accompany them.
Perks of the Contract Phone
First off, you might be eligible for a free handset, especially if you are willing and able to sign up for 24 months of service with one operator. Take the HTC One, for instance. Vodafone offers a free HTC One handset when you sign up for a monthly plan at £29 a month during a 24 month contract with them. This is the kind of plan you can get behind, especially when you consider the unlimited talk time minutes, unlimited text messages and one full GB of data you will have access to. The HTC One is the most powerful of the HTC line-up we will be looking at, and it is certainly a smartphone which makes commuting and communicating a fast and fun experience.
The HTC One
The HTC One is a sleek, all aluminum bodied smartphone which is thinner and faster than most competitor phones. At 137.4 x 68.2 x 9.3 mm, the One is small enough to fit into a back pocket and not leave a noticeable profile. Weighing in at 143 grams, the One does not take up a lot of room and does not make your wallet, purse, or pocket feel like you have a lead balloon inside.
As it is a quad band phone, the HTC One can go to any country and find a GSM network to operate on.
It is an Android phone through and through with a Qualcomm Snapdragon, quad core 1.7 MHz processor and HTC Blind feed, the user experience on the One is as fast as any out there.
HTC One contract deals
Let us say that you want a low monthly tariff and are able to buy the HTC One outright. Talk is offering a contract on the HTC One for as low as £7.50 a month, but at this price you will need to purchase the One yourself for the somewhat steep price of £454.99. At this stunning price, customers will be able to use 150 talk time minutes, send and receive as many text messages as they would like, and use 500 MB of data.
Need a bit more data and a few more minutes on your plan? Three is offering an HTC One handset for only £249.99 when you sign for a 24 month contract at £19 a month. This plan doubles your minutes to 300, gives you 5000 text messages and as much data as you can handle. This HTC phone deal has a nice balance of allowances, especially for the infrequent talker who needs constant access to the web.
If you need even more minutes for business or you just really enjoy talking on the phone, then you can switch to a £17 a month plan with O2. The operator is going to have you paying £579.99 for the handset before giving you unlimited minutes, unlimited text messages, and 1 GB of data to play with each month.
Now, let's suppose you would like those high allowances but do not want to shell out big bucks for the One. Vodafone offers just such a deal, with unlimited talk time, as many text messages as you care to send and receive, and 1 GB of data each month. For this 24 month contract, customers pay only £29 a month.
The HTC One X
The HTC One X has some give and take with regards to features of the One. The display is the same on the One and One X at 4.7 inches, but pixel density is actually a bit higher on the One, at 468 PPI versus the 312 PPI of the One X.
Then again, do not think the One X is the economy version of this line of HTC phones as it does have twice the megapixels of the One, snapping photos at 8 MP rather than the average photos taken by the 4 MP rear facing camera of the One.
Customers who do not need as much computing power as is available in the One can opt for the One X and still get an impressive 1024 MB of RAM for high speed applications and the power of a Quad core, 1500 MHz processor.
With the One X, you still get the sleek profile of the One, the quad band experience for travelling, and GPS for use with navigation apps when you just cannot find that restaurant or coffee shop.
The HTC One Silver
When looking at the difference between the HTC One Black and One Silver, look mostly at hiding the sweaty oils and fingerprints with the Silver-bodied One than the Black version.
While not much else has changed in terms of internal mechanisms, the different colours do mean different construction processes. This might mean a difference in longevity, but it is not clear as yet which colour has the advantage. What is clear is that the silver shows off more than black Ones, catching eyes more readily with its starkly contrasted black display and white body.
HTC phone deals are available on all three versions of the HTC One, with the mean price being about £30 a month for a decently stocked allowance. Sure, you can opt to spend just £7 a month, but access to the web and talking on the phone will be severely limited.
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For the first time, the Awardees Meeting was held in Strasbourg where the HFSPO Secretariat is based.
The scientific sessions took place at the Palais de la Musique et des Congrès. All Long-Term and Cross-Disciplinary Fellows, Young Investigator and Program Grant holders, Career Development Awardees and local HFSP alumni were invited. In all there were 26 oral presentations and 104 poster presentations. 241 guests attended including scientists from the University of Strasbourg and other local institutions.
The generous contributions from the French Ministry of Research and Higher Education, the town of Strasbourg (Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg) and the Region of Alsace (Région Alsace) helped to make this an enjoyable and memorable meeting for all participants.
Plenary Lectures
Molecular chaperones: function in protein quality control and implications in neurodegenerative disease
Franz-Ulrich Hartl, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
HFSP Nakasone Lecture - Precision measurement in biology
Stephen Quake, Stanford University, USA
Mechanisms of programmed cell death through structural biology
Yigong Shi, Tsinghua University, Beijing, Peoples' Republic of China
The origins of cellular life
Jack Szostak, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Special Lecture
Martin Fenner, Chair, ORCID Outreach Working Group
You can download the 2013 Awardees Meeting programme here


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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Monday, May 9, 2016
Locals in this area know that May and October are the BEST months to be here at the beach! The weather is perfect, and tourist season hasn't really kicked in to high gear so traffic to and fro is a breeze. High temperatures range from 75 to 85, with lows only about 62-70 and the humidity isn't out of control. The Gilliland Team was out at the beach this past weekend for Mother's Day. The water was crystal clear! Emerald water, green flags, and a high of 79! It was a great reminder of why we live here, and we are so lucky that we do!


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Penguin Random House India has acquired Indian Subcontinental rights for business book The Digital Matrix: New Rules for Business Transformation Through Technology, written by Venkat Venkatraman and published by LifeTree Media. Hailed by IBM CEO Ginny Rometty as "groundbreaking", The Digital Matrix shows business leaders how to rethink their business model, assemble the right team for necessary change, and make bold strategic choices along the three phases of digital transformation. Venkatraman is the David J McGrath Jr Professor of Management at Boston University's Questrom School of Business, a scholar and a business consultant who has built his 30-year career on studying industries and business systems transformed by digital technologies. Publisher and CEO Maggie Langrick of LifeTree Media intermediated the deal.
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