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Advocate angry after stray found in bitter cold euthanized

February 13, 2019

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A dog rescued from the cold last week in St. Louis County has been euthanized, angering the leader of the rescue group that saved her.

Faust, a 6-year-old pit bull, was found by a letter carrier during a bitter cold snap. The group Stray Rescue began posting updates showing Faust being put on oxygen, given fluids and slowly starting to recover.

But Stray Rescue says the dog apparently bit a veterinary technician. St. Louis County animal control officers euthanized her, saying she was showing signs of rabies.

Stray Rescue founder Randy Grim said in a social media video posting that Faust “was treated like her life didn’t matter.” But the county says it was following state law that says a dog showing signs of rabies should be euthanized.

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David Ciccolo Appointed as New Managing Director for Bibby Financial Services

January 31, 2019

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 31, 2019--Bibby Financial Services US (BFS) welcomes David Ciccolo as its new Managing Director for its US Factoring & Asset Based Lending (ABL) business based in Atlanta.

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David Ciccolo, Managing Director for Bibby Financial Services US (Photo: Business Wire)

David brings over 30 years of experience in commercial banking, factoring and asset-based lending. He previously held executive-level positions at Wells Fargo Capital Finance in Denver, CO, most recently as the Executive Vice President/National Sales Manager of Commercial Services. Prior to that role he held the title of Executive Vice President/National Manager of Accounts Receivable and Purchase Order Financing. His earlier career experience included positions in business development and portfolio management, as well as commercial banking.

Ian Watson, President of Bibby Financial Services North America said:

“We are delighted to have David join BFS and look forward to him leading the company’s initiatives to enhance its product offerings and service capabilities. With his 30 years of commercial finance expertise and background in portfolio management in factoring and ABL, he will provide fresh insights and perspectives to our strategy. David will be instrumental in growing the business and expanding our client base.”

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David graduated from Regis University in Denver, CO with a double major in business administration and economics. He is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and the Commercial Finance Association. David has relocated from Denver, CO to Atlanta, GA to take up his position.

About Bibby Financial Services

Bibby Financial Services is a leading independent financial services partner to more than 10,900 businesses, providing more than $1.25 billion in funding annually and handling $11.6 billion in annual client turnover. With over 40 operations in 14 countries spanning 3 continents, BFS provides asset-based lending and factoring solutions to help businesses grow in domestic and international markets. Established in 2001, Bibby Financial Services supports businesses in virtually any industry. BFS is part of Bibby Line Group, a diverse and forward-looking family business with over 200 years’ experience of providing personal, responsive and flexible customer solutions. To find out more about Bibby USA and Bibby Canada, please visit www.bibbyusa.com or www.bibbycanada.ca.

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Syracuse's Oshae Brissett (11) shoots after getting by Pittsburgh's Terrell Brown, right, and Jared Wilson-Frame, center, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, in Pittsburgh. Syracuse won 65-56. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jim Boeheim doesn’t believe in midseason evaluations. The Syracuse coach knows it doesn’t matter. All everyone remembers is how it ends.

That being said, Boeheim does know one thing: the Orange are pretty good when Frank Howard is hitting shots the way he did in Saturday’s 65-56 victory over Pittsburgh.

With leading scorer Tyus Battle struggling, Howard scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half — including a pair of 3-pointers during a decisive 16-5 run — as Syracuse (16-6, 7-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) swept the season series from the Panthers.

Howard missed four games at the beginning of the season with back injury but the senior guard has picked it up recently. He collected 16 points in an upset of then top-ranked Duke last month and is averaging 11.1 points in conference play.

“I know we’re a lot better than we were when Frank didn’t play earlier in the year,” Boeheim said. “Without him we don’t win this game.”

Pitt (12-10, 2-7) had trimmed a 16-point deficit to just 39-36 in the second half the Orange responded behind Howard and Oshae Brissett. Brissett, who led the Syracuse with 18 points, started the Orange’s surge with a pair of free throws then later collected an offensive rebound and kicked it out to Howard, who calmly hit a 3-pointer from the corner.

Howard nailed another 3 on Syracuse’s ensuing possession as the Orange pushed their advantage to 55-41 with 8:02 to go. Pitt never got closer than seven the rest of the way as Syracuse improved to 4-1 on the road in the ACC a season after just going 3-6 away from the Carrier Dome in league play.

“This is a different team, you see that,” Howard said. “Tonight is a prime example of that. It could be anybody’s night.”

Syracuse needed it to be anybody’s night with Battle going just 2 of 13 from the floor on his way to six points, 12 below his season average. Ultimately, it didn’t matter.

“That’s what I’m most happy about,” Battle said. “You never know when nights like this are going to happen and for us to come out here and get a pretty solid win in a hostile environment in the ACC is pretty impressive.”

Brissett used his 6-foot-8 frame to get into the lane with relative ease while making 6 of 9 shots from the floor and added a game-high 12 rebounds.

“I stayed aggressive the whole game, I never let up,” Brissett said. “Coach was calling my number and every time he did I felt like I was able to get a bucket for him.”

Terrell Brown scored a season-high 16 points for Pitt. Xavier Johnson scored 14 points to go with six assists and five rebounds but the Panthers dropped their fifth straight. Pitt shot 32 percent (18 of 57) and made only 5 of 22 3-pointers, giving the Orange little reason to extend their 2-3 zone defense.

“At times we played really good offensively,” first-year Panthers coach Jeff Capel said. “We’ve just got to do it for 40 minutes.”

Syracuse suffocated the Panthers for large portions of their 74-63 victory on Jan. 19 as Pitt struggled to generate any sort of offense outside of Jared Wilson-Frame and Johnson.

Two weeks later and 360 miles to the southwest, it was more of the same. Wearing gold retro jerseys and playing in front of a sellout crowd that included former program luminaries like Billy Knight and Chevy Troutman, the Panthers looked tentative at times and overwhelmed at others. By the time Pitt found its footing early in the second half, the Panthers were in a hole they couldn’t find their way out of.

“Adversity is something you have to go through,” Capel said.

The Panthers upset Louisville and Florida State last month thanks in large part to the play of freshman guard Trey McGowens, scoring at least 30 points in the victories. McGowens has cooled off significantly since. He finished with three points against the Orange and missed all five shots from the field and is averaging just 7.2 points over his last five games.

“He just needs to play better,” Capel said. “And he will.”

Syracuse: The Orange have the proper ingredients to be a threat in the ACC into March. The fact they could survive on a day when Battle or second-leading scorer Elijah Hughes (five points) couldn’t generate much of anything is tangible proof they’re developing the kind of depth they’ll need down the road.

Pittsburgh: The Panthers need Brown to show more of the assertiveness he showed offensively in the second half if they ever want opponents to stop playing zone against them. Brown scored 14 of his 16 points over the final 20 minutes, most of them on dunks after he got position inside.

Syracuse: Hosts Florida State on Tuesday at 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh: Visits Wake Forest on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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Danbury’s Black Angus Grill ‘temporarily closed until further notice’

February 2, 2019

DANBURY — The city’s Black Angus Grill is temporarily closed “until further notice,” according to a sign on the front door of the business Saturday.

The sign indicated that the closure was due to a water pipe that burst because of the inclement weather.

“We are attempting to restore the water as quickly as possible but we are temporarily closed until further notice,” the sign reads. “We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to seeing you soon.”

The eatery made headlines last month after a rash of food-related illness complaints, a bulk of which came from patrons of Barbarie’s Black Angus Grill at 5 Eagle Road in Danbury, city Health and Human Services Director Lisa Morrissey said back in January.

City health officials confirmed that norovirus — a highly contagious virus that can come from an infected person or contaminated food, water or surfaces — was the cause.

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Gemini Continues to Build Trust and Confidence in Crypto Exchange Through Completion of SOC 2 Type 1 Examination

January 29, 2019

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 29, 2019--Gemini Trust Company, LLC (Gemini), a New York trust company that is a licensed cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, has completed a SOC 2® - SOC for Service Organizations Type 1 examination. This is a significant security and compliance milestone for the cryptocurrency exchange and custodian. A SOC 2 examination consists of an independent evaluation of the design and implementation of system security controls.

The SOC 2 Type 1 examination was performed by an independent, third-party assurance provider, Deloitte & Touche LLP, and covers the security and availability of Gemini’s exchange and custody platform. The SOC 2 Type 1 report can be distributed by Gemini to authorized users of the Gemini system.

“Gemini is the world’s first cryptocurrency exchange and custodian to demonstrate this level of security compliance. The SOC 2 Type 1 Report issued by Deloitte & Touche LLP further demonstrates our commitment to safeguarding our customer’s cryptocurrency and data,” said Yusuf Hussain, Gemini’s Head of Risk. “Achieving this level of compliance across both our exchange and custody platform raises the bar for security and compliance standards of the crypto industry and is what retail and institutional consumers should require of any cryptocurrency exchange and custodian they do business with.”

Gemini’s SOC 2 Type 1 report is intended to meet the needs of users that require detailed information and assurance about the controls implemented within the Gemini exchange and custody platform. These controls have been independently inspected to meet the trust services criteria established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

Additionally, Gemini is committed to obtaining its SOC 2 Type 2, a higher level of SOC 2 assurance, within 2019 to further test the effectiveness of its internal controls.

About Gemini

Gemini Trust Company, LLC (Gemini) is a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian that allows customers to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ether, litecoin, bitcoin cash, and zcash. Gemini is a New York trust company that is subject to the capital reserve requirements, cybersecurity requirements, and banking compliance standards set forth by the New York Department of Financial Services. Gemini was founded in 2014, by brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, to build the future of money.

In December of 2018, Gemini extended its trusted platform by launching the Gemini Mobile App, making trading easy for customers on the go. In September of 2018, Gemini launched the world’s first regulated stablecoin, the Gemini dollar, that combines the creditworthiness and price stability of the U.S. dollar with blockchain technology and the oversight of U.S. regulators. In December of 2017, Gemini, in partnership with the Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC, launched the first-ever bitcoin futures contract. Gemini was also the world’s first licensed exchange and custody platform to offer trading and custody services for ether and zcash.

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AppTech Engages Maxim Group for Investment Banking Services

January 28, 2019

CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AppTech Corp. (OTC PINK SHEETS: APCX) announced today that it has engaged Maxim Group LLC (“Maxim”), a leading investment banking, securities and investment management firm, to provide investment banking services to the Company.

Maxim will provide its full scope of investment banking services that includes strategic planning, developing strategic partnerships, and introducing the company to the investment community.

“We are very pleased to have formally engaged with Maxim Group and we are delighted to have selected them as our strategic financial advisor”, stated Chief Executive Officer Mickey Gross of AppTech Corporation.

About AppTechAppTech Corp. is a FinTech company with a foundation in electronic processing technologies and merchant services, and has expanded its core merchant processing services to include enterprise-grade, patent-protected software, and intellectual property for advanced text messaging incorporating the ability to transact payments via secure text messaging based on NSA technology, SMS text messaging for notification, authentication, marketing, advertising, information queries, and reports using our patented computer to Mobile Chat application. AppTech continues to provide digital marketing, software development, mobile app development, website development, website hosting, IT support, robust cloud computing & comprehensive payment processing for brick-and-mortar, e-commerce, and ACH. Please visit our website at www.apptechcorp.com.

About Maxim Group LLCMaxim Group LLC is a leading full-service investment banking, securities and wealth management firm headquartered in New York. The Firm provides a full array of financial services including investment banking; private wealth management; global institutional equity, fixed income and derivative sales & trading; equity research; and prime brokerage services to a diverse range of corporate clients, institutional investors and high net worth individuals. Maxim Group is a registered broker-dealer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), and is a member of the following: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Securities Insurance Protection

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Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP: Announces Important January 31 Lead Plaintiff Deadline in Securities Fraud Class Action Filed Against Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) by Kessler Topaz as Lead Counsel for the Class

January 21, 2019

RADNOR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 21, 2019--The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP was appointed as Lead Counsel and its client, the Lead Plaintiff, by Court order dated September 17, 2017 in a securities fraud class action lawsuit filed against Snap, Inc. (NYSE:SNAP) (“Snap”) on behalf of purchasers of Snap securities. The class action, which asserts claims on behalf of investors who purchased Snap securities between March 2, 2017 and August 10, 2017, inclusive (the “Class Period”)including those who purchased Snap common stock traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with Snap’s March 3, 2017 initial public offering (“IPO”), is pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California before the Honorable Judge Stephen V. Wilson and is captioned In re Snap Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 17-cv-03679-SVW-AGR.

Pursuant to Judge Wilson’s Order described further below, investors who purchased Snap securities during the Class Period may, no later than January 31, 2019, seek to be appointed as a Lead Plaintiff representative of the class. For additional information, access to the pleadings in the matter, or to learn how to participate in this litigation please visit: .

Kessler Topaz has been actively prosecuting Snap investors’ claims for more than one year in preparation for trial, previously scheduled for March 2019. Kessler Topaz’s efforts on behalf of the class have included, among other things:

investigating and drafting a complaint that withstood Defendants’ motions to dismiss; developing confidential witness testimony supporting the complaint; reviewing more than one million pages of documents produced during discovery from Defendants and third parties; defeating Defendants’ efforts to seek interlocutory appellate review of the Court’s opinion denying Defendants’ motions to dismiss and sustaining Plaintiffs’ claims; retaining industry and damages experts and preparing for expert disclosures; and preparing for depositions and briefing a motion for class certification.

The allegations in Kessler Topaz’s complaint, sustained by the Court, have spurred SEC and DOJ investigations into Snap’s representations to investors in its IPO documents. As a result of the current Lead Plaintiff’s inability to continue to serve as a Lead Plaintiff through trial, on January 10, 2019, Judge Wilson issued an Order reopening the Lead Plaintiff process and thus allowing any investor who purchased Snap securities during the Class Period to seek appointment as a replacement Lead Plaintiff.

Snap is a self-described “camera company” whose primary product is a free mobile chatting application, Snapchat, and it generates revenue by growing user engagement of Snapchat and delivering advertisements to Snapchat users. On March 2, 2017, Snap raised $3.4 billion in its IPO by selling 200 million shares at a price of $17.00 each. The complaint alleges that Snap made false and misleading statements and omissions in Snap’s IPO offering materials and during the Class Period about: (i) the impact of competition from Instagram, a Facebook subsidiary, on Snap’s core business, including Snap’s Daily Active Users (“DAU”); (ii) the existence and substance of a lawsuit challenging the metrics by which investors and advertisers valued Snap’s platform, and internal control deficiencies at Snap; and (iii) Snap’s misrepresentations concerning its now admitted use of “growth hacking,” a technique use to artificially inflate DAU numbers.

The Class Period ends on August 10, 2017, when Snap reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2017, which included DAU growth of only 4% quarter-over-quarter, from 166 million in Q1 2017. This disclosure revealed the relevant truth concealed and/or obscured by Defendants’ prior misstatements and omissions, which created the false impression that Snap expected its user growth to continue unabated and that the risk of Instagram’s clone features directly competing against Snap was a hypothetical risk rather than a concealed reality. As a direct and proximate result of this corrective disclosure of Defendants’ fraud, Snap’s share price declined $1.94 per share, or approximately 14%, from a closing price of $13.77 on August 10, 2017, to close at $11.83 per share on August 11, 2017.

Snap investors who wish to discuss this securities fraud class action lawsuit and their legal options are encouraged to contact Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (James Maro, Jr., Esq. or Adrienne Bell, Esq.) at (888) 299-7706 or at info@ktmc.com.

Investors interested in seeking appointment as Lead Plaintiff may do so through Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, or other counsel, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. A Lead Plaintiff is a representative party who acts on behalf of all class members in directing the litigation. In order to be appointed as a Lead Plaintiff, the Court must determine that the class member’s claim is typical of the claims of other class members, and that the class member will adequately represent the class. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision of whether or not to serve as a Lead Plaintiff.

Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check prosecutes class actions in state and federal courts throughout the country involving securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duties and other violations of state and federal law. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check is a driving force behind corporate governance reform, and has recovered billions of dollars on behalf of institutional and individual investors from the United States and around the world. The firm represents investors, consumers and whistleblowers (private citizens who report fraudulent practices against the government and share in the recovery of government dollars). For more information about Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, please visit www.ktmc.com.

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National Aquarium Launches Planning Phase for Future Presence in Nation's Capital as DC Venue Closes September 30

National Aquarium announced today the next step in establishing its future presence in Washington, DC, by engaging with a strategic collaboration of new partners Studio Gang Architects (SGA) and IMPACTS Research & Development. The assembled team will lead a process entitled BLUEprint, which will include research, engagement, design and analysis to determine the National Aquarium’s best use of resources in the nation’s capital, identifying key partners, defining the optimal facilities and program and delineating the range of costs.

After 81 years of welcoming visitors, National Aquarium must close its DC venue on September 30 due to necessary renovations to the historic Herbert C. Hoover Department of Commerce building. After announcing the closing in May 2013, a National Aquarium Board task force embarked on a feasibility study to explore future opportunities in the nation’s capital. The outcome of this study led to the hiring of the SGA/IMPACTS team to partner with the National Aquarium in this process.

“As the National Aquarium, we are committed to a presence and a voice for ocean conservation in Washington, DC. The SGA/IMPACTS team brings together substantial expertise to help us pave the way for an exciting future,” said John Racanelli, National Aquarium CEO. “The feasibility study is also the catalyst for a larger strategic initiative that includes the National Aquarium’s overall mission to become a leading advocate for ocean health around the world.”

Led by visionary architect and MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, SGA is an internationally recognized, Chicago-based collective of architects, designers and thinkers who confront pressing contemporary issues. Each of the studio’s projects resonates with its specific site and culture while addressing larger global themes such as urbanization, climate, and sustainability. SGA was recently honored with the 2013 National Design Award in Architecture Design by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

Led by Scott Corwon, IMPACTS provides predictive intelligence to clients in the public policy, government, entertainment and nonprofit sectors, helping them to understand the attitudes, preferences and actions of their audiences. The National Aquarium, Monterey Bay Aquarium, United Nations, US Department of State, Wildlife Conservation Society and other clients use that intelligence to inform their development, economic, marketing and policy strategies.

Originally formed in 1873 in Woods Hole, MA, as part of the Federal Fish Commission, the National Aquarium moved to Washington, DC, in 1885, opening its doors to visitors with a collection of 180 species of fish, reptiles and other aquatic animals. The Aquarium has been housed in the Commerce building since 1932. Preparations are underway for the closure of the facility, starting with the relocation of more than 2,500 animals to National Aquarium, Baltimore, and other accredited institutions.

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RAVENNA gets ready for busiest IBC yet
Lawo's A_WAN Series of WAN-capable AoIP nodes
Published: 11 September 2018 - 12:27 p.m.
By: Pranav Vadehra

IBC 2018 is set to be the busiest yet for RAVENNA as the RAVENNA community continues to expand and with it, the number of new RAVENNA-enabled product announcements.

It’s also a consequence of the increasing adoption of the AES67 interoperability standard that has been championed by RAVENNA since its introduction in 2013, and now ST2110 which looks after the audio part of video-over-IP transmission. No fewer than eight RAVENNA partners are launching new products at IBC 2018, confirming RAVENNA’s status as the number one audio transport technology for broadcast IP workflows.

Lawo has announced the A_WAN Series of WAN-capable AoIP nodes for high quality mic/line/AES3 and dual-redundant MADI interfacing with SMPTE 2110-30/31, AES67 and RAVENNA support. A_WAN series devices also offer SMPTE 2022-7 class C streaming redundancy and PTP/Wordclock sync in a fanless, low-noise 1U format with dual redundant power.

Ross Video has also been busy with the announcement of two new products: the IGGY-MADI is a RAVENNA/AES67- and ST2110-to-MADI AoIP converter which supports up to 80 channels per stream. Iggy also natively bridges/supports multiple audio networking technologies such as RAVENNA, Livewire+, Dante/SAP, NMOS, JSON and DashBoard. Ross Video is also launching a drop-in replacement, pin-compatible module to Dante Brooklyn II, named BACH Liberty - a fully compliant AES67 and ST2110 implementation, complete with full-stack support of NMOS, RAVENNA, Dante/SAP, Livewire+ and various other network control solutions. Equipment manufacturers no longer have to wait for full AES67 and ST2110 compliance, nor tie themselves to a single supplier for their audio networking technology.

Qbit unveils the new QARION RAVENNA Interface Series which interfaces AES3 and analogue audio with RAVENNA/AES67 networks. QUARION offers straightforward ingress, egress and monitoring of RAVENNA/AES67 streams in audio networks and plug-and-play integration of legacy audio equipment to RAVENNA/AES67 networks.

GatesAir is launching the Intraplex IP Link 200A codec which provides two full duplex stereo channels with RAVENNA/AES67 compatibility. The model also supports AES3/Analog channel for mix-mode operation. IP Link 200A features three network interfaces with patented Dynamic Stream Splicing and SynchroCast® technologies for transport reliability and SFN application.

Sonifex has committed to AES67 (and by default, RAVENNA) with the launch of a range of new multi-channel AES67 audio interface mix engines, the AVN Portal range for use in any application where mixing of signals is required. Two further additions have been made to the AVN range of talkback intercoms that link devices over a standard Ethernet network using AES67 for simple installation and web browser configuration.

Ward-Beck Systems is introducing the PreMo-222, a fully AES67- and ST2110-compliant dual mic preamp and dual stereo headset driver which connects performance to producers, voices to ears, talent to task and audio with networks. Featuring PoE plus redundant local power supply, PreMo-222 is perfect for talk show radio, reporters on the go, live-casting, live sports commentary, etc.

From DirectOut is the PRODIGY-MC modular audio converter and router. Capable of routing up to 320 inputs and 324 outputs, the device provides eight converter slots for AD/DA, mic-pre and AES3 plus MADI and network audio option boards. A RAVENNA module supports AES67/ST2110 and ST2022-7 for redundant streaming; control is via globcon, a browser-based GUI and touch display.

DHD Audio presents the versatile RX2 mixing console designed for the most demanding radio and TV broadcast environments. Fully RAVENNA/AES67-compliant, RX2 features integrated touch screens for fader modules and central modules and from 6 to 60 faders in a slim table-top design.

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Archi Spotlight – Municipality Nijmegen chooses Archi

This Archi Spotlight has been written by Ad Gerrits. Ad is an Enterprise Architect at the municipality of Nijmegen and works as an independent entrepreneur at AG4IT. He mainly works within the Dutch government and has contributed, among other things, to the reference architecture for Dutch municipalities. He is a fan of ArchiMate and actively promotes its use in practice.

Nijmegen is one of the 380 Dutch municipalities in the Netherlands. With the increasing importance of IT for business operations, it is becoming increasingly important to work ‘under architecture’. That is why it was decided to adopt ArchiMate as the descriptive language for architecture a few years ago. Recently, Archi was chosen as the standard application to work with ArchiMate.

We love ArchiMate

There were several reasons for choosing ArchiMate: it helps in practice to better describe architecture, it is a worldwide standard and, nowadays, it is widely used within the Dutch government.

The GEMMA Reference Architecture for municipalities makes intensive use of ArchiMate. For, among other things, the modeling of business and application elements and their relations. Every municipality can register its own applications via the National Software Catalog and relate it to the nationwide reference architecture. All data can be exported in AMEFF-format (ArchiMate Model Exchange File Format) and imported into architectural tools used by municipalities.

Tooling that fits

In order to work well with ArchiMate, supporting tooling is necessary. There are several applications that support the use of ArchiMate. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages and are provided by companies with different business models.

We did not have the ambition to find ‘the best application’. Our aim was to select the application that is most suitable for us. For example, we find it important that tooling is easy to use, we don’t need support for BPMN or UML (‘Do one thing and do it well’), it must be affordable, etc.

Although we already used Archi and were charmed by it, there was always a major showstopper: the absence of a shared repository to be able to work well as a team. This is why we came to consider one of the well-known commercial products. However, the pricing of this solution was such that it was impossible for us to get the required funding.

Let there be collaboration

And then Archi’s ‘Model Repository Collaboration Plugin‘ was announced: “an extension to Archi that allows collaborative work on Archi through sharing and versioning of models in a repository”. Archi was back in the race! And more than that…

With the “Grafico” plug-in created by Jean-Baptiste Sarrodie as a base there was now a multi-user distributed repository solution to share and collaborate on Archi models. Because of the genial decision to use git-based repositories, features such as sharing, versioning, branching and reverting came into reach. Finally, the new and exciting features that Software Developers had enjoyed over the last 10 years were available for Enterprise Architects (more about this in ‘ArchOps: a new paradigm for EA Toolsets’).

Because the plug-in was still under development, we did a pilot to check the stability and whether the already available functionality was sufficient for us to get started. The answer to both was a clear ‘yes’.

Open development, open source

More than 10 years ago, the city council of Nijmegen decided to give preference to providers who work according to the ‘open source’ principle when purchasing software. In practice, this has led to a dormant existence, but in recent years the use of open source software has become very current again. Partly because open source products today are just as good or better than commercial products, and partly because with the increasing importance of IT, (too) high dependence on suppliers is undesirable.

With Archi, the benefits of open source development are well realised. There is a quality product, an active development that is driven by the needs of users, and there is no vendor lock-in. All code is public, the AMEFF exchange format was supported immediately after its introduction, and for version management git is used.

One argument against the use of open source is that often no security can be bought from a commercial supplier. Apart from the question of which type of security yields the most in practice, it is true that there is a completely different business model. This is the reason why we as Nijmegen decided to actively contribute to the further development of Archi in the form of a monthly donation. Comparatively, this is a fraction of the amount that commercial packages cost, but a gesture that shows our support for this type of development.

The road ahead

In Nijmegen we are learning step by step to make effective use of the possibilities that ArchiMate and Archi offer. We use Archi on Windows and Linux with Gitlab-hosted repositories. We periodically generate an HTML export that is published on the company intranet so that all employees have easy access to all information. We can continue for years to come.

The Archi roadmap depends for a large part on the available resources. There is still plenty of room for new functionality (go go ‘Scripting and Command Line Tools’!). Hopefully more organizations will choose Archi and are willing to give in the form of development capacity or a donation. In the Netherlands, we as Nijmegen will certainly do our best to encourage use at other municipalities!

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Madre, a new furnishings store in Dallas that specializes in children’s items.

Dallas has a chic new source for all things kids, thanks to Madre, which opened in the city last month. Founders Mia Brous, Kerri Goldfarb, and Louise Marsh set out to create a shop featuring their favorite items, from Madeline Weinrib dhurries to children’s totes. Since all three partners are mothers, they realized the importance of carrying pieces that could easily transition from nursery to playroom to guest room.

The shop occupies four rooms in a light-filled bungalow.

Located in a sunny 1,250-square-foot bungalow, Madre features children’s clothing and accessories, furniture, lighting, artwork, handmade ceramics, and gifts. Locally made headboards, slipper chairs, desks, and side tables are offered alongside works by Kate Schelter, Caitlin McGauley, and photographer Gray Malin. Custom upholstery, wallpaper installation, and other design services are also available. “Our goal for the store was to showcase our style and fill a niche in the Dallas market that we felt was missing,” says Marsh.

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"What it comes down to is that we get the means to help countries that actually receive refugees"

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees looks back on the EU's difficulties in finding a common solution to the migration crisis and is concerned about the decline of solidarity in Europe.

Filippo Grandi visits a health center on Oct. 11, 2018, that houses Venezuelan migrants in Tumbes, Northern Peru.

At the head of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) since 2016, Filippo Grandi calls on the European Union (EU) to maintain the right of asylum and believes that the return of Syrian refugees to their country will be dropper.

Due to the migration crisis, the European Union has been torn apart since 2015. She seems to have fallen behind. Has the problem been resolved?

There is excessive manipulation by those who have spoken about an invasion, the end of the European identity or security threats. Now that political interest is shifting, the risk is not to do what is necessary to better manage these population flows. Europe has not yet given all the answers. A postponement can only aggravate the situation in the event of a new crisis.

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Autodesk 3ds Max training
3ds Max Essentials training

3 days £625+ VAT

Dates and booking

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Bristol training centre

Milton Keynes training centre

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Key details

Key details

3ds Max training course for beginners teaching core skills for creating 3D models, rendered images, animations and games.

Autodesk 3ds Max is used in a wide range of industries. Architects, interior designers and engineers use 3ds Max to produce comprehensive 3D models and visualisations. The gaming, film and television industries use the application to produce stunning 3D animations.

Our 3ds Max Essentials course teaches the key functionality, features and principles behind 3ds Max, and the key theory and techniques that you need to use the application effectively. You’ll learn how to:

  • Configure and render scenes.
  • Create and edit 3D geometry.
  • Understand and apply lighting and materials for realism.
  • Create desktop animations.

The course includes a session looking at the most popular renderers used with 3ds Max, including ART, Arnold, V-Ray and mental ray, to help you ascertain the one that best meets your needs.

Who should attend?

This course is ideal for new users of 3ds Max from all industries, including:

  • Architects, interior designers and engineers.
  • Game developers.
  • Artists and animators who produce film and video content.

Where possible, delegates carry out exercises relevant to their industry.

Upcoming course dates

Birmingham / Bromsgrove
Milton Keynes
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Accredited 3ds Max training

Armada is an Autodesk authorised Training Centre (ATC), and our 3ds Max training courses are accredited by Autodesk.

3ds Max courses are hosted by Autodesk Certified Instructors who are experts in 3D design, CGI and the production of visualisations and rendered images. For details, see Expert trainers.

How will I learn?

3ds Max training is hands-on and practical.

Our trainers teach the necessary theory then demonstrate techniques step-by-step. You then practice the techniques taught on a computer running 3ds Max.

There is plenty of time to ask questions, and you can take away all the files you create.

Training guide and certificate

Course delegates receive:

  • A comprehensive training guide for 3ds Max, to refer to throughout the course, and to use as a refresher afterwards.
  • An e-certificate confirming successful completion of an accredited 3ds Max training course. This is emailed to delegates directly from Autodesk. Click here to see an example of the certificate you receive.

After course support

Following 3ds Max training, delegates are entitled to 30 days’ email support from their 3ds Max trainer to help with any post-course issues. For further details, see Support.

No prior 3ds Max knowledge is necessary.

3ds Max Version

Training is based primarily on 3ds Max 2018, running on Windows. Most techniques taught are relevant to all recent versions of the application.

Our guarantees to you

Our price guarantee is your assurance that you’re getting the best value for money.

Our training guarantee ensures that you learn the concepts and skills you need.

On-request 3ds Max training available

3ds Max Essentials training is also available on-request, i.e. one-to-one training or a ‘closed’ course for your group, hosted at one of our venues in Bromsgrove, Reading, Milton Keynes or Sheffield, or yours anywhere in the UK.

On-request training can be tailored to take into account any existing knowledge you have, and the work you’re going to be doing in AutoCAD. Please contact us for a quote.

General information

General information

Course times

Payment for 3ds Max training can be made bank transfer or card. View training course payment options.

We accept purchase orders from UK-registered companies.

Cancellations and transfers

If a booking on a scheduled 3ds Max Essentials course is cancelled giving less than 10 working days’ notice, a cancellation fee is payable. View cancellation terms.

If a delegate requests a transfer to a different scheduled 3ds Max Essentials course giving less than 10 working days’ notice, a transfer fee is payable. View transfer terms.

Terms and conditions

Training course bookings are subject to our terms and conditions.

Expert trainers

Expert trainers

3ds Max courses are hosted by Rod Cleasby, Stewart Cobb and Andy Roe.

Rod Cleasby

3ds Max trainer Rod Cleasby

Rod has over 20 years’ experience in the production of rendered images and animations using 3ds Max.

He is an expert user of the most popular renderers used with 3ds Max, including V-Ray, mental ray, Arnold and ART. He’s also a skilled user of many related tools, such as AutoCAD and Photoshop .

Rod is an Autodesk-Certified Instructor, and he spends the majority of his time these days hosting courses. He does, however, continue to undertake project work to keep up-to-date with the latest technologies and practices.

Away from training and visualisations, Rod is an accomplished artist and musician.

Stewart Cobb

3ds Max trainer Stewart Cobb

Stewart began his working life as a junior draughtsman, and progressed through to Design Director leading a studio of designers working on 2D and 3D projects and the production of rendered images and visualisations.

Stewart then worked for himself for many years. He specialised in the production of rendered images using 3ds Max and V-Ray, completing around 100 projects per year for clients that included household names such as Vauxhall and McDonalds.

Stewart is an expert user of other Autodesk applications, including AutoCAD, Revit and AutoCAD Plant 3D.

More recently, Stewart has focused on training. He has been an Autodesk Certified Instructor (ACI) since 2010. In between courses he continues to carry out project work to keep up-to-date with the latest technologies and practices.

Outside of work, Stewart enjoys music (he runs the sound desk for a number of local bands), reading and playing with any new piece of technology he can lay his hands on!

Andy Roe

3ds Max trainer Andy Roe

Andy has worked in CAD for over 30 years in roles including Draughtsman, CAD System Manager, Project Manager and Design Engineer.

He is an expert user of 3ds Max. He uses the tool extensively in his project work, both for 3D modelling, and to produce photorealistic rendered images and visualisations from projects he’s created in AutoCAD and Inventor, other Autodesk applications he’s an expert user of.

In recent years, Andy has focused on developing and delivering training courses. He is a long-established Autodesk Certified Instructor (ACI).

Industries in which Andy has significant experience include aerospace, defence and automotive.

Course content

Course content

  • Understanding the 3D environment
  • The 3ds Max user interface
  • Command panels
  • Other UI elements

Getting started

  • Setting preferences correctly
  • Viewport navigation and configuration
  • Object creation and selection
  • Scene management

Assembling project files

  • Starting a project
  • File linking
  • Holding/fetching
  • Merging files
  • Importing/exporting

Basic modelling techniques

  • Basic concepts
  • Modelling with primitives
  • Modifiers and transforms
  • Reference coordinate systems and transform centres
  • Cloning and grouping
  • Polygon modelling tools

  • Modeling with 3D geometry
  • Spline theory
  • Working with splines
  • Create 3D models from 2D objects
  • Using shape modifiers
  • Using lofts
  • Creating multiple model concepts from one idea
  • Polygon theory
  • Creating and editing 3D polygon objects
  • Using snaps and align tools for precision

Materials and Mapping

  • The principles of materials and surfaces
  • Introduction to the materials editor
  • Different types of material
  • Applying materials
  • Using 2D maps
  • Introduction to UVW mapping
  • Editing UVW map coordinates
  • Applying materials and maps

  • Introduction to direct lighting
  • Creating 3 point and dome lighting rigs
  • Shadows and shadow theory
  • How to get the most from using shadows by adjusting their parameters
  • Using sky light and light tracer for external scenes
  • Colour light theory
  • The daylight system

  • Physical camera
  • Target and free camera parameters
  • Camera paths

  • Review of the renderers available in 3ds Max: ART, Arnold, Scanline
  • Review of populat third-party renderers: V‑Ray, mental ray.
  • Render scene dialog
  • Scene states
  • Batch render

To make your 3ds Max training as affordable as possible, we offer:

Training discounts

Multiple places

If you book multiple course places, we can offer you:

  • 10% discount if you book two places.
  • 15% discount if you book three or four places.
  • 20% discount if you book five or more places.

This can be for several people attending one course, one person attending several courses, or a combination.

We offer a 10% discount on scheduled 3ds Max course places to:

  • Students, teachers and lecturers.
  • People who work for a registered charity.
  • ISTC members.
  • Delegates self-funding their training for career progression purposes.

Please call us if you qualify for a discount. Evidence of your status that entitles you to a discount may be requested.

Terms and exclusions

Only one of the above discounts can be applied to any booking.

The above discounts are not available for training bundles or on-request course bookings (one-to-one training or a course for your group).

Price guarantee

When you book training with Armada, we want you to be certain that you’re not paying over-the-odds. So, if you book a place on any scheduled (public) course and then find the same course at a lower price elsewhere, we will match that price.

To qualify for the price match:

  • The course you find must be comparable. By this we mean it must:
      • Cover the same subject.
      • Be the same duration or longer.
      • Hold the same accreditations as our course, i.e. it must be provided by an Autodesk Authorised Training Centre (ATC).
      • Be in the same region, i.e. within 50 miles of our centre.
  • The lower price must be advertised on the other company’s website.

To claim a price match, just call any time before attending your course and tell us where you saw the price.

Certification exams

Certification exams

When you attend 3ds Max training at Armada, you’re not assessed. Our courses have been developed to teach you skills you can use in the real world, not pass an exam. Separately, and in addition to our training, you have the option of taking a certification exam that leads to an industry-recognised credential in 3ds Max.

There are two levels of 3ds Max certification which are suitable for users at different stages in their careers: Autodesk Certified User and Autodesk Certified Professional.

Successful candidates receive:

  • A personalised e-certificate (PDF) from Autodesk confirming their 3ds Max-certified status.
  • An official Autodesk-Certified badge that you can use to market your skills, e.g. on your business cards, in your email signature, on your website, etc.
  • The option of appearing in Autodesk’s publicly-accessible database of certified 3ds Max users.

Autodesk Certified User (ACU) exam in 3ds Max

Entry level exam covering the fundamental concepts and procedures in 3ds Max, as well as specific skills that are appropriate for ensuring a base level of proficiency in 3ds Max.

  • Qualification: Autodesk Certified User in 3ds Max.
  • Cost of exam: £100 + VAT per candidate.
  • Length of exam: 75 minutes.
  • Recommended preparation: Attend 3ds Max Essentials training, and have 50+ hours’ experience using the application.
  • Further details: download exam guide.

Autodesk Certified Professional (ACP) exam in 3ds Max

Covers a broad range of skills and requires you to perform more complex tasks and design challenges in 3ds Max.

  • Qualification: Autodesk Certified Professional in 3ds Max.
  • Cost of exam: £150 + VAT per candidate.
  • Length of exam: 2 hours.
  • Recommended preparation: Attend 3ds Max Essentials training, and have 400+ hours’ experience using the application.
  • Further details: download exam guide.

Practice test

If you book an ACU or ACP exam with us, a practice test is available. The test reflects the questions you’re likely to be asked in your exam; you can take this test online from home.

The test has two modes:

  • Testing mode, which replicates your exam.
  • Training mode, which provides step-by-step help on questions.

The practice test fee is £45 + VAT.

The practice test can be retaken up to 100 times in a one-year period.

When can I take my exam?

You can take your exam in one of our monthly exam days.

2019 exam dates: 22 Feb, 15 Mar, 26 Apr, 14 Jun, 19 Jul.

Start time: ACU exams: 10am. ACP exams: 2pm.

You can take both an ACU exam and an ACP exam on the same day.

Exam sessions are hosted at our Saxon Business Park, Bromsgrove centre.

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Digital CRM consulting and technology provider artegic AG is joining the Location Based Marketing Association (LBMA). With the development of its own technologies and practical cases in location-based marketing and proximity marketing, artegic is an innovative driver for digital best-in-class dialogue marketing. With its membership in the LBMA, artegic is keen to expand its involvement.

The Location Based Marketing Association is an international association with the aim of supporting research, education and innovation in location-based communication and services. The goal is simple: Inform, exchange, instruct. This promotes the use and establishment of new services and offers of our member companies. Members of the LBMA include retailers, agencies, advertisers, media, software and service providers as well as mobile phone companies. Worldwide, there are 1200 active companies in the association.

Proximity Marketing – Important Part of Customer-centred Communication

Users nowadays are expecting a best-in-class experience in marketing and service: customer-centred, cross-channel, quick response to real time, context-sensitive, highly individualised and relevant at the right moment. Location-based marketing and especially proximity marketing take on an important role here. Proximity marketing identifies mobile users and responds in real time to mobile triggers (e.g. a change in location) with location-based and context-sensitive communication. Event venue provider Weser-Ems-Hallen, for example, uses an app developed by artegic and task communication to send out location-based restaurant vouchers and was thus able to increase the length customers stay at a venue. Proximity marketing is only at the beginning of its development, many scenarios are today only possible via an app, but this is bound to change in the near future.

Carsten Szameitat, CEO of the LBMA DACH says: “We are happy to welcome artegic as the newest member of the Location Based Marketing Association. As an international association, our goal is to promote research, education and innovation at the crossroads of man, location and media. A marketing specialist like artegic who focusses on customer-centred dialogue marketing perfectly fits our criteria with its more then 10 years of experience in marketing engineering. We look forward to our collaboration.”

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Welcome, we're delighted that you've joined the Arts Award community.

Arts Award Supporter is a free scheme which helps you reach young people who are doing their Arts Award. You don’t have to provide free activities and your existing education programme is likely to link well with Arts Award.  Being a Supporter offers you a new marketing channel to audiences looking for events and arts opportunities in your area.

Read on for our guidance on creating a great Arts Award offer:

Develop your offer - Create your web page - Promote your offer - Case Studies - Sign up

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Why be a Supporter?

Being a Supporter is an excellent way to show teachers, parents and young people that you welcome young people into your organisation. Many teachers and young people are looking for activities to complete their Arts Award and carrying the Arts Award Supporter logo on your website and marketing materials gives them a reason to choose you over a competitor.

Supporters are useful in enabling young people to get the final part of their Arts Award and display their artwork in galleries. Professionals coming into school helps the children engage, and the staff learn a lot too. Teacher, SEN School

Being a Supporter has helped us to generate community awareness of, and interest in, a variety of art forms and commitment to Arts Award through students and their families.  Arts Award Supporte

You are looking at the wider world, that is what’s useful, your teacher has been doing the same thing for so many years, it shows that there is a different thing each season, so you are pushing yourself outside of that inner circle and building the contacts and learning more about what style you might be into as well, one theatre might be completely different to another one but you’ve got to realise what artist you want to be, you are not going to get that if you are in the same shell, you’ve got to branch out and see what’s going on. Arts Award Youth Members Network

Your Supporter offer

Your Arts Award Supporter offer can include any activity you currently run for young people. As a Supporter you are providing stimulus and opportunities, whereas the Arts Award adviser will ensure that young people complete their award.

Young people doing their Arts Award range from 5-25, and you can offer activities to any or all age groups. There are five Arts Award levels and you can read a handy overview in the Supporter Starter Kit or find out more on the Arts Award website

Your offer could include: workshops, courses, gallery/museum viewings, meet the artist/crew/staff, watching performances, work experience/volunteering opportunities

Art forms include (but not limited to): theatre, dance, visual art, storytelling, writing, puppetry, pottery, craft, photography, videography, backstage/technical skills, heritage, curation, game design

Case Studies

What do other people do?  Check out our Supporter spotlights profiling a range of arts and cultural organisations with very different offers.

Your Supporter webpage

We recommend that the webpage which carries your Arts Award offer is badged with the Arts Award Supporter logo and provides:

  1. a short overview of what you offer to schools and young people
  2. a photo and a brief paragraph on each area of your work, including which age group you work with eg performances, workshops, courses, exhibitions, volunteering opportunities, festivals etc, with links to other pages with details about prices, booking etc.
  3. a clear call to action with contact details

You can incorporate this into your existing education or youth page - just add the Supporter logo!

Get some ideas from our short video called Making your Supporter webpage

REMEMBER it’s likely to be busy teachers viewing this page or young people trying to find relevant activities. Make it as easy as possible for them to understand what you do and how you can help them, then click through to get details of areas which interest them.

How to sign up

When you sign up as a Supporter we ask for your company name, address, public email, public phone number, website address. We recommend you use an email such as [email protected], [email protected], rather than a specific person.

We recommend that the public weblink you share on the Supporter map provides information about your Arts Award Supporter offer, or is an education or young people’s page, rather than your home page, so that busy teachers can find relevant information quickly.

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How to promote your offer:

Main Supporter Logo:

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Download all Supporter logos, including white backgrounds, png etc as a zip file here.

The Supporter Starter Kit

The Starter Kit is a downloadable PDF that gives you an overview of each of the levels of the Arts Award, and suggestions of what your offer might be at each level, plus helpful advice on promoting your offer.

How to be a Supporter videos

How to videos – a series of videos looking at how to create an offer, how to promote your offer, your Supporter web page and how to find local Arts Award centres

How to promote to young people

Arts Award Voice is a young people's online magazine, where you can list upcoming events, workshops, performances and opportunities. Create a profile on Voice and young people can find your offer near them. You can also request that young people review events at your organisation and their reviews will appear on your profile.

How do I know if anyone is using our Supporter offer?

Ask if young people are doing Arts Award:

  • when groups (schools, youth or uniformed groups such as the Guides) book onto workshops/tours/performances
  • at open workshops and events
  • when teachers provide email addresses to get access to education packs

Hold this information with your education or young people databases so you can track numbers.

Make sure other staff (like box office or reception) know about your Arts Award Supporter offer and can help you collect the data.

Further help

Need to change any details which appear on the map? Contact [email protected] or call 020 7820 6178

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Perhaps one of the best films to come out of Italy and no doubt one of the most acclaimed . It was awarded a special Academy Award for “most outstanding foreign film” seven years before the category officially existed. Written by neorealist Cesare Zavattini and directed by Vittorio DeSica, Bicycle Thieves is a uncomplicated film that highlights the life of Antonio (played by Lamberto Maggiorani) and the circumstances around his bicycle which gets stolen on the first day of a new job. He employs his son Bruno (played by Enzo Stailo) to help him recover his stolen bike and along the way some valuable lessons are learned.

HIGH NOON (1952)
No doubt you have heard of this movie even if you haven’t seen it. To say it is a classic is an understatement – it is undoubtedly one of the best Westerns of all time. Staring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, the marshal prepares to give up his job due to his wife, a Quaker, being a pacifist. Word gets out of the marshal’s pending retirement and four outlaws show up in town at “High Noon” to kill the lawman. High Noon set the bar for the genre. This film is an absolute must see.

SKYFALL (2012)
If you are a 007 fan, undoubtedly, you’ll agree, Sean Connery was the best actor to play James Bond and Goldfinger was the best 007 film. While the second best actor to play James Bond may be up for debate, SKYFALL qualifies as one of the best Bond film to date which, clearly, makes Daniel Craig the second best actor to play the part of 007. In SKYFALL Bond is shot and presumed dead. He resurfaces as MI-6 is under comes under attack. This movie has everything one would expect in a Bond film and then some. While I wasn’t entirely sold on Daniel Craig being cast as James Bond, in Skyfall all doubt was removed and he earns his spot among all the other that have played the role.

This animated movie has gotten rave reviews and for good reason -its message is one of inclusion. Because of this, this is a great family film. In the modern animal metropolis of Zootopia (a melting pot where animals from every environment live together) – a place where no matter what you are, you can become anything. In this movie, the first rabbit to join the police force teams up with a sketchy fox to solve a crime. It is everything you have come to expect in a Disney film and then some.

BOYHOOD (2014)
This is a long film, at 165 minutes and a daring project to say the least. Boyhood is filmed over 12 years with the same cast so you literally see the main character, Mason, grow up before your very eyes. This film has a magical quality of getting to vicariously experience the nuances of growing up through the eyes of the main character. If you have ever wanted to go back and experience childhood all over again, this is your opportunity. Along with being an amazing film, it will certainly take you on a nostalgic journey of your own youth. It also has a great soundtrack.

While I am a HUGE fan of superhero movies, especially those made by Marvel, Doctor Strange was not high on my list of films to see. I attribute this to not having read any of the comic books and , because of this, not knowing the back story. As it turns out, Doctor Strange was a magnificent surgeon who had his hands crushed in an auto accident. After spending all of his money to rehabilitate himself, he is still unable to return to his life as a doctor. He meets a man who was miraculously healed by a sorcerer. He journeys to Kathmandu with the goal of getting his life back and finds that there are greater things in store for him. This movie’s special are amazing and the film was nominated for an Academy Award because of them. This was one of my favorite films of 2016.

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Every year developers from around the world descend on Mountain View, California, in order to share ideas with their peers and explore the latest trends in technology for the web, mobile and beyond. This event is called Google I/O, and as the event name may suggest, it is an event run by Google as a chance for them to set out their vision of the future to the development community and a wider technology-consuming public.

In previous years Google I/O has seen Google launch a number of initiatives including Google Now, Chromebooks and Android Wear. Traditionally the event is broken into two sections: a keynote speech which focuses on Google’s various web services and the Android operating system and developer sessions which are focused on helping developers get to grips with a wide range of web technologies, for many of which Google is a key player.

Martin Dunford, Head of Technology, Ashfield Digital & Creative, shares what he found most interesting from this event and what’s next in healthcare technology.

Machine medical experts

Along with many of the other tech giants, Google is currently putting a huge amount of focus on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, most notably machine learning. In the field of AI, similar to other technological developments, what has started in academic and industrial research labs has now ended up in the hands of creative software developers where the technology begins to have a real-world application. Google’s biggest contribution to this developer community is TensorFlow, a toolset to help power many of its own products (speech recognition, image recognition and search). Google released this toolset for free to developers as open-source software in late 2015 and much of the focus of this year’s I/O event was on practical applications of the software, with the hope that the AI adoption rate will accelerate.

For the medical sector, AI techniques such as these can have dramatic and far-reaching effects. Imagine a system that has taken the expert knowledge from the medical community and used it to identify diseases of the human eye, providing in pictures a basis for its own iterative learning. Eventually, through machine learning, the system may become even more prolific in the initial diagnosis of that disease than, for example, a general practitioner. That is not to say that humans will be replaced, there will always be a role for human expertise. However, early identification provided by software that is constantly refining its own understanding with specialised knowledge, could be an invaluable tool for early diagnosis. This could be of particular value in developing countries where resources may be limited and, in theory, all that will be required is a smartphone and a network connection.

What’s next for VR?

Another technology that was covered during Google I/O, and is likely to have increasing use for the medical community, in terms of training and even therapy, is virtual reality (VR). A lot has been made of VR in the last couple of years, partly down to the interest in high-end devices such as the Oculus Rift, but also because of the Cardboard initiative that Google announced at Google I/O 2014. At that time many thought the initiative was some kind of joke; Google has a long and storied tradition of April fools’ jokes, as it was essentially just a piece of cardboard and some £1 plastic lenses into which the user would slide their existing smartphone. But what Google achieved with Cardboard was to create the basis of a manufacturer-neutral VR standard, something that had been missing within an ecosystem which until then had been a battleground for expensive proprietary technology. It also helped get VR tech into the hands of developers and in turn consumers (Google claims that more than 5 million Cardboard viewers have been shipped and over 25 million Cardboard VR applications have been installed).

The success of Cardboard has led Google to develop a more advanced standard which it unveiled during the Google I/O 2016 keynote. Named Daydream, the new initiative uses the same principles of Cardboard, i.e. creating a set of standards that hardware manufacturers can adhere to, and ensuring consumers are provided with a consistent experience. Where Daydream goes a step further than Cardboard is that the standards now cover the phones themselves and adds a motion controller for increased interaction. We have seen in the past (with smartphones, wearables etc.) that when technology proliferates to the mainstream, the general public become more comfortable with it and the medical community working with developers create great experiences.

AI and VR are just a couple of noteworthy areas that Google I/O covered this year. Other topics included the Internet of Things (IoT) – which we will provide more information on in the coming weeks – location-based experiences, security, mobile web performance and many more.

The great thing about Google I/O is not what you see presented at the event, but what comes from the development community in the weeks and months following it. With that in mind I’ll be keeping a keen eye on further developments and either I, or one of my Ashfield Digital & Creative colleagues, will report back again on anything that we think will help to shape the future of healthcare technology.

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