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"The officer's car had been hijacked!!!" reads the Facebook post. "He was now enjoying the A/C and the (officer's) beef jerky."
The post says the Kilgore police chief got on the radio to ask what was going on, prompting the officer to text a photo of the snarling dog shut inside his patrol car. The chief texted back that the dog didn't look happy.
"He ain't, and neither am I," the officer texted, according to the Facebook post.
An animal control officer arrived and removed the dog from the patrol car without injury — except to the officer's pride, police wrote.
The Humane Society of the United States said it helped rescue around 200 cats and some dogs from "poor conditions" in Killeen, Texas. Video shows some of the cats — including kittens — inside the home.
This Oregon bear became an online celebrity, but food and selfies led to his death
Driver abandons dog in flooding car after crash into rushing Utah river, police say
House where Manson murders happened for sale at $1.988 million: See it


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Paducia är ett släkte av insekter. Paducia ingår i familjen långrörsbladlöss.

Kladogram enligt Catalogue of Life:

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Watching this in genuine horror I found myself, for the first time since childhood, involuntarily thrusting my hands across my eyes, as if that vain act could prevent this footage from reaching my brain.
It is probably the most compelling and shocking short piece of film I'll see this year, helped along by the ITN reporter's matter-of-fact narrative.
From my selfish media standpoint, it also shows the importance of reputable news organisations in giving such raw footage credibility.
No cameraman (indeed, no person at all) was required to capture the footage, duly recorded by an automated CCTV camera.
No newspaper or TV station was actually need to circulate it to a mass auidence. The internet and YouTube means this film is almost certain to becomea a worldwide viral hit irrespective of terrestrial television exposure.
However the reassuringly professional stamp of ITN (or Sky or the BBC or CNN) tells me this is genuine. Not some trumped up hoax by the malicious or the viral advertising money men.
Purient? Probably – and there will no doubt be naysayers who reckon the footage should never have been released for public consumption at all.
Ultimately, the happiest part of the whole experience was when I was able to breathe again at the announcement the child suffered little more than a bump on the head. Talk about relief.
Any likely long-term damage will be to the mother. I wonder what cameras will be around to record how she copes with the global exposure?
Despite the happy ending, I suspect it will be too much to hope that all the reaction will be positive.


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Despite Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, a considerable uncertainty remains how many countries will use international project based credits both before and beyond 2020. This event will present findings and open discussion on the extent to which different types of existing CDM projects are at risk of discontinuing GHG abatement, and the potential for supporting their continuation.
Panelists: representatives of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), the Gold Standard Foundation and a mix of other government and non-government experts.
Hanna Wang-Helmreich from Wuppertal Institute will present findings from joint research work conducted by Wuppertal Institute and NewClimate Institute. The research analyses carbon tax approaches in South Africa, Mexico and Chile with a specific focus on options and activities to link taxes to domestic offsetting components.
Carsten Warnecke will present findings from the report "Innovative Finance for the Adpatation Fund: Pathways and Potentials".
The report explores the potential of seven innovative climate finance options to meet the financing needs of the Adaptation Fund.
Thomas Day will present findings from a series of NDC sectoral overviews published by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The briefings provide information about current sectoral contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions and prospects for implementing NDCs in the these sectors. The sectors include: energy supply, energy efficiency with a focus on buildings, transport, forestry and land use change, agriculture, finance and transparency.
Thomas Day and Carsten Warnecke will present findings from the "Vulnerability of CDM projects for discontinuation of mitigation activities" report. Authored by NewClimate Institute and the Öko-Institut, the publication forms part of a broader project, commissioned by the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) at the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), with the primary objective to analyse the current situation and development of the international carbon markets.
Marie-Jeanne Kurdziel will present findings from the "Mobilising climate finance flows in line with the Paris Agreement". The report identifies how Nordic finance institutions can best contribute to mobilising climate finance to developing countries in a way that supports the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
These two-day sessions (22 to 23 May) are organized by the Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) jointly with other initiatives on carbon and climate finance led by the World Bank. It is a sequel, built from discussions and technical workshops on scaled-up crediting and result-based climate finance (RBCF) held in Paris on May 31-June 2, 2016.
How to align benchmark setting approaches for various carbon pricing instruments with the NDC implementation strategy development?
Group discussion moderated by Carsten Warnecke.
The Paris Agreement includes Article 6 with several provisions, which allow for the use of the international carbon market. In terms of the design of the two market mechanisms pursuant to Art. 6.2 and 6.4, negotiations have just started. This paper takes into account the general context and environment for carbon markets under the Paris Agreement, identifies and discusses the main issues of the relevant paragraphs and analyse issues of the interaction and relationship of the provisions including synergies and conflicts.
This focus study presents evidence on the impacts of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
This includes a quantitative assessment of the mitigation impact of the CDM that occurs as a side effect of the current depressed market conditions.
This research conducted by NewClimate Institute and Ecofys on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), seeks to address major gaps in the current understanding regarding the status of individual CDM projects worldwide, as well as the barriers and means for supporting the continuation of these projects.
This study clarifies the definition of results-based financing (RBF) and in particular its role in the context of climate policy. The publication is aimed at readers from the carbon markets and climate finance communities alike. It facilitates a common understanding of what RBF as a financing modality involves and is therefore meant to also be a good starting point for readers looking into this topic for the first time.
This discussion paper provides an overview of the development of the international carbon market mechanisms and emerging domestic carbon pricing systems, and lays out three distinct but potentially complementary options for market mechanisms in a future climate change agreement. Options for narrowing the emissions gap before 2020 using market mechanisms are also explored.
Creation of an index to assess the fitness of countries as potential investment destinations for building low carbon and climate resilient energy infrastructure. NewClimate Institute in cooperation with Germanwatch, for Allianz.
NewClimate Institute, Germanwatch and the 2° Investing Initiative explore criteria to assess the alignment of investment and financing with the 2°C limit.


How do you want to impact the aid and development sector?
Securaxis sets out to improve the security of humanitarian aid workers who are working in hostile or volatile areas. We know that in order to carry out their mission of helping affected people, better security information is imperative. We strongly believe that new technologies including data science in particular, can positively impact the aid and development sector.
What do you feel is the biggest challenge facing the humanitarian aid and development community at the moment?
AidEx spoke to Securaxis partner Gaetan Vannay all about his new company that sets out to help those working in the humanitarian field to take less unnecessary risks.
Tell us about your role and what your company does?
Securaxis has developed a digital ecosystem dedicated to providing people who are travelling and working in hostile or volatile environments with geo-localised, mapped and operational security information in real time. Its bottom up and top down approach facilitates security information sharing, with a set of features designed to improve the security management of people in at-risk contexts.
Sexuraxis is a new start-up with a team of two co-founders with software developers and technical freelancers coming on board to help when needed. I specialise in risk analysis while my business partner brings his expertise form the aid sector to help guide our mission.
How did you get involved in this sector?
As a war reporter, I reported from Libya, Syria, Ukraine, the Ivory Coast and Georgia about the main conflicts currently happening. I got into trouble in many of these places for my work. I was arrested, interrogated, detained by unknown people and beaten up. I believe that if I was better informed about these areas, I could have avoided dangerous situations.
After trying to contact services from a company providing security information to ask for support, when they told me it was my responsibility to provide the information, I realised there was a gap in the market for a tool like Securaxis.
My experience as a war reporter and manager of field journalists led me to address the lack of appropriate tools specifically designed to share security information, which could simultaneously manage the security of staff. Having worked as an IT specialist for a leading humanitarian organisation, my business partner also came to the same conclusion. After being introduced to each other by a mutual friend, we decided to launch Securaxis in order to provide these operational tools that would fulfil the needs of people doing fieldwork and their security managers.
What NGOs do you work with and how?
Today we work mainly with governmental organisations in the development sector, and with international organisations. We have partnered with Handicap International to develop the next generation risk assessment tools with the help of artificial intelligence. We are currently developing an innovative algorithm that will accelerate the process of pushing operational security information directly to the field workers.
Humanitarian workers – like journalists – are increasingly becoming a target for armed groups.
This year's AidEx theme is Aid and Development Effectiveness: Results Through Transparency and Accountability. Tell us why you think transparency and accountability is important to the sector?
The aid and development sector is not profitable. Organisations must therefore find funding through donations from various origins (state, private, foundations). These organisations must be transparent and accountable so that donors can see how their money is spent.
In sectors like this, impact measurement is more difficult than let's say in the private sector. This means it is harder to demonstrate the outcomes of spending, and in turn all the more important.


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Münchhausen by proxy, MBP,  även kallat Münchhausen syndrom genom ombud eller barnmisshandel genom förfalskning, förfalskat pediatrisk tillstånd (FPT) eller barnmisshandel genom sjukvårdsinsatser (BMSI) är en psykiatrisk störning som har klara likheter med Münchhausens syndrom. En förälder/vårdgivare, vanligtvis modern förlägger sitt eget vård- och uppmärksamhetsbehov till sitt eget barn. Antingen genom att vålla barnet skada så att det uppvisar de symptom som föräldern vill att barnet ska ha – och/eller fabulera ihop osanna symptom som föräldern säger sig ha upplevt hos barnet. Även hos barn med en redan känd sjukdom, till exempel allergi, diabetes eller epilepsi, kan symtom framkallas genom medveten felaktig dosering av läkemedel. Samspelet mellan barn och föräldern är i grunden stört men kan te sig fullt normalt för dess omgivning – den andra föräldern/vårdgivaren kan vara helt ovetande om vad som egentligen försiggår.

Münchhausen by proxy innebär att den sjuke personen i fråga inte själv utger sig för att vara sjuk, utan i stället spelar rollen som ombud och räddare för en annan person, som sägs vara sjuk/gjorts sjuk. Det är vanligen en förälder som använder ett eget barn som sjukdomsbärare och som ofta tillfogar barnet den skada som behövs för att det ska fortsätta att vara sjukt (och behöva räddas).

Tillståndet är mycket ovanligt, och i Sverige upptäcks 3-10 fall årligen, i USA upptäcks cirka 1200 fall per år. Mörkertalet är svårt att uppskatta.

Syndromets karaktär
Begreppet Münchhausen by proxy myntades av britten Roy Meadow, som blev adlad för sitt framstående arbete inom barnhälsovården. Syndromet har fått sitt namn efter "lögnbaronen" - Baron Karl von Münchhausen, , egentligen Hieronimus Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen (1720-1791) vars vansinniga, lögnaktiga, bisarra och äventyrliga historier hör till den klassiska underhållningslitteraturen. En gång ska han ha lyft sig själv i håret och räddat sig själv från döden efter att ha gått ner sig i ett träsk i Ryssland. Han flög på kanonkulor i Turkiet, seglade till månen, slukades av jättefiskar. Ju mer spektakulärt desto bättre.

En förälder eller vårdare hittar på eller framkallar sjukdom hos ett barn eller en vårdtagare; barnet kommer till undersökningar om och om igen och utsätts för många och utförliga medicinska utredningar. Vidare förnekar föräldern all kännedom om orsaken till barnets sjukdomsbild.

Djur som offer
Det finns fallbeskrivningar där den sjuke, i stället för att välja människor väljer djur som den sjuke är ombud för. Ännu har ingen större studie, utan endast fallbeskrivningar, om denna form gjorts.

Kriterier enligt DSM-5
A. Personen förfalskar kroppsliga eller psykologiska sjukdomstecken eller symtom, eller framkallar avsiktligt skada eller sjukdom, hos en annan person i bedrägligt syfte.

B. Personen försätter inför andra en annan person (offret) i rollen som sjuk, funktionsnedsatt eller skadad.

C. Det bedrägliga beteendet fortgår även i frånvaro av uppenbar yttre vinning.

D. Beteendet förklaras inte bättre med någon annan form av psykisk ohälsa som vanföreställningssyndrom eller annan psykossjukdom.

Obs: Den här diagnosen avser förövaren, inte offret.

Specificera: Enstaka period eller återkommande perioder (vid två eller fler tillfällen utan saklig grund uppgivit sig vara sjuk och/eller framkallat skada i bedrägligt syfte).

Symptom
Tillståndet är mycket svårdiagnostiserat. En varningssignal kan vara ett barn till en förälder med Münchhausen by proxy i undersökning av sjukvårdspersonal ger en oklar symtombild med motsägelsefulla utredningsresultat, att föräldern är överengagerad eller tycks vara alltför sjukvårdskunnig samt ogärna lämnar barnet ensamt. Akuta tecken och symtom på sjukdomen försvinner när föräldern eller vårdaren separeras från barnet.

Uppmärksammade fall
 Beverley Allitt, eller Dödsängeln, var en brittisk sjuksköterska som mördade eller skadade nio barn på sin arbetsplats mellan februari och mars 1991.
 Wendi Scott dömdes 16 november 2007 i Maryland, USA, för att under tre års tid ha förgiftat sin dotter med magnesium för att framkalla symtom på leukemi.
 Genene Jones dömdes 1985 för ett mord och ett mordförsök på barnavdelningen vid sjukhuset i San Antonio, Texas, där hon jobbade. Jones misstänktes för ytterligare 49 mord.
Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard, moder till Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Efter att Clauddine 2015 blivit mördad i sitt hem i Springfield, Missouri, nystas historien kring åratal av medicinering, otaliga sjukhusbesök samt operationer, etc. som Dee Dee frambringat och åsamkat Gypsy Rose. Dotterns dåvarande pojkvän, Nicholas Godejohn, dömdes 2019 för mordet på Clauddine.

Referenser

Nationalencyklopedin: münchhausensyndrom

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Ben Franklin Dreams of His Immortal Soul (1990) – 20 min. three channel video installation
Commissioned on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Franklin's death, the work presents a contemporary dreamscape of Franklin's thoughts on research, invention, politics, mischief, women, electricity, and language, and was installed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1991. Following are summaries of the seven episodes that run on one of the three channels:
BF Dreams of Metaphysics – 3:15
A solitary traveller moves through a river landscape. It is chaotic, electrified, metaphysical. Electrical flow is identified and analyzed and instructions are given for navigating through virtual space. A Rosicrucian metaphor is proposed.
BF Dreams of Erotic Bliss – 4:00
The erotic subtext of Poor Richard's Almanac is blatantly announced using two pieces of rope, music by Bach, and text by Franklin.
BF Dreams an Electrical Hoax – 1:00
Plays off of Franklin's infamous Polly Baker hoax, a cunning fraud by which Franklin argued strongly for a pro-natalist position. An inert optical toy is examined as if it were pre-conscious fetal tissue. The politics of research.
BF Dreams a New Music – 2:15
Contemporary and tribal methods of sound production are juxtaposed to suggest a transtechnological duet, a cultural concatenation, a riff. (CF. Franklin's invention of the glass harmonica.)
BF Dreams of an Instrument of Vision – 2:00
An apparition analyzes the nature of its insubstantiality. A scientific demonstration of projection and fragmentation, split vision beyond bifocals.
BF Dreams of Revolt – 3:40
A post-electrical revolutionary enactment. An operatic manifesto presented by the electro-magnetic waves of the universe in which they renounce the agency they have provided for human objectives. A perverse fusion of Franklin's political and electrical interventions.
BF Dreams of His Immortal Soul – 3:00
The camera rises along the suspension cables of the Ben Franklin Bridge. Ascent, omen, transfiguration, dissolution; an afterlife in language.
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Posts in Stories
This Hope
A few summers ago, Zach posed the question: "If you never get __________ (fill in the blank with your heart's deepest desire), is Jesus still enough?" I sat there in the Herndon Sanctuary with sad, mad tears streaming down my face because I knew my answer to that question was no. I knew deep down that my hope was not in Christ alone.
StoriesAsha Junot April 2, 2018
At God's Table
It happens the same each time: the sermon has just been wrapped up, the band reenters the stage, and the campus minister explains the process, which leaves many wondering how to spell the word intinction.
StoriesSarah Land March 4, 2018
Driving In Circles
"Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me." Those were some of the first sentences I learned in Wolof, a language spoken in a fair few places in West Africa. Though it's been more than 10 years since I spent time working there, I have yet to hear or read that verse without it being replayed back to me in my head in Wolof.
StoriesKari Freeman February 27, 2018
The Search for Surrender
As we have begun our journey through reading the Gospels and discovering who Jesus really was as he walked this earth, I have kept this one verse on a loop in the back of my mind. As I've allowed the stories of the Gospel of John to play out in my imagination, I find myself looking for the moments in which Jesus faced all of the struggles I face in my own life today—from the intense and painful moments of my life to the seemingly mundane and innocuous ones.
Stories, InsightsReagan Perkins February 22, 2018 Gospel Reading Plan
Choosing Faith
I once asked my 9th-grade girls at Edge if Jesus feels real to them. I asked if they felt the bigness of what God did for us in sending the Messiah to die for our messes. I don't know that they actually understood what I was asking, but I kept going. "It's one thing to logically know it, it's another thing to feel it," I said to them. Then I told them what I so desperately wish someone had told me when I was their age, "It's OK if it doesn't feel real to you right now. It didn't feel real to me for a long time."
StoriesLaura Diaz February 19, 2018 Gospel Reading Plan
Worth The Risk
Last June, I walked into Cathy Drake's Thornton Park home—full of strangers—for a Connect group meeting. I didn't go because I wanted to make new friends or because I wanted to get plugged into Summit. I went because I thought I should go. I was wrestling with whether or not Jesus is who he said he is and the implications it would have for my life if I chose to believe it.
StoriesLaura Diaz February 2, 2018 Summit Connect
For A Unique Purpose
The Riverside community is a small area that lies in the northern region of the Central Florida area. For years, though most of us didn't even know exactly where it is, Summit's staff, prayer team, and I have known it's name. You see, one of the most consistent prayer requests I can expect to see from the Lake Mary Campus each week is, in one way or another, for Riverside.
StoriesKari Freeman November 2, 2017 Serve Locally
Not Over Yet
The sun is shining, although there's a chill in the air. The sound of hammering is thick and chaotic. There are ladders and boards, and people milling about everywhere. There's work being done, by many different hands. A laugh echoes across the property and you see in the faces of those gathered that there's more being built here than just a house: we're building a home.
StoriesDel Schwalls October 31, 2017 Serve Locally
Joy Down In My Heart
It feels impossible to express the joy the children of Ethiopia gifted me. It feels impossible to express the courage and strength of the women I now call sisters. It feels impossible to tell the story of how I flew across the world with 11 strangers and flew back with the only 11 people who will ever understand why I've got the joy down in my heart.
StoriesLaura Diaz October 24, 2017 Serve Globally
A Found Belonging
Movies have always been really important to me. In moments of boredom, a movie is a quick and easy cure. In uncomfortable social settings, when my confidence is nothing more than a dog with its tail between its legs cowering in some dark corner of my mind, hearing someone quote a line from a movie I love is an instant bonding experience, one that gives me some ground to stand on.
StoriesLexi Ciulla September 29, 2017 Summit Connect
"I still can't believe they don't have kids that go to this school and this is how they are spending their Friday night! I don't have friends like that…" That was what a parent told me at one of the events my Connect group hosted at the elementary school in our neighborhood.
StoriesDan Sherfield May 11, 2017 Serve Locally
Shines Brightest When Shared
It started as a note on my desk a week before last Christmas, "Becky. Ramp. Ask Dan." I walked through the office to our Connect Director, Dan, to follow up. Becky had approached him in the Summit Lobby to ask if the church knew of a trustworthy company that could help build an accessible ramp for her elderly parents. A few minutes later, I sent two emails.
StoriesElizabeth Cronlund May 2, 2017 Serve Locally, niceSERVE
Easter Sunday: Take Two
A lot of people ask me how things are going in our 33rd Street Jail campus, and I enjoy sharing what church looks like on "the inside". Most people know that we have two church services each Sunday inside the Orange County Jail—one in the men's facility and one in the women's facility. What most people may not know is that our entrance each Sunday is never guaranteed.
StoriesLindsey Coates April 28, 2017 33rd Street
One Step Forward
Our first flight on the long journey to Malawi left the Orlando airport at 4 a.m. By the time we landed and settled in at our first stop in Washington, DC, we were already groggy and hungry. A few of us found a restaurant open for a far-too-early lunch and we crammed into a small side booth for one last American meal.
StoriesLaura "L.J." Judy March 2, 2017 Serve Globally
The Vault. January 20th, 2017. A night where around 150 middle schoolers invited their friends to climb onto buses and go around Orlando for a night of shenanigans and craziness.
StoriesJada Hunter January 31, 2017 Summit Students
Nipping At Our Heels
Adults of Summit, lend me your ears. Something pretty wild is happening, and, if we're not careful, there's a group of teenagers that may just take the reins from us when we're not looking and start running our church.
StoriesKatie Schmidt January 16, 2017 Summit Students
Just Say Yes
Fast forward to 2016, my year of yes. My husband Scott, two daughters, and I call Summit Lake Mary our church home. We've been at this campus for two years now and while it was comfortable for us to sit quietly in service each week, leaving with that high of a beautiful message and crazy good music, God was stirring up some new courage in my heart, a major need for more of him and to be of more service to him.
StoriesChristy Solano January 10, 2017 Summit Connect, Lake Mary
Perfectly and Completely
Yesterday was a pretty great day in the Parker Family. Eleven years ago Brandy and I arrived home with Mulunesh and Samuel. Mulu, then three and a half, wanted nothing to do with me and Samuel had spent most of the thirty some hours of travel sitting on my lap and urinating. We were exhausted, I smelled like a truck stop bathroom, and we couldn't have been happier.
StoriesJohn Parker December 6, 2016
A few weeks before a niceSERVE event, a collection of words goes into the bulletin that says "Mark your calendars! niceSERVE is [insert date here]." As the person who writes bulletins at Summit, I sure want to believe that there are real people out there who actually do excitedly mark their calendars, but I just didn't know for sure and now I do.
StoriesKatie Schmidt November 3, 2016 niceSERVE, Serve Locally
Truly and Irrevocably
Stepping into that neon green, loud classroom for the first time was a little overwhelming. Kids were laughing and yelling—some playing at the air hockey table, while smaller groups gathered around the foosball table or played board games on the floor. I was told that I could just observe what happened in The Lodge, and not to feel pressured to participate in discussions. So I kept my distance and watched as fourth and fifth graders danced to songs, played silly games, and learned about Jesus.
StoriesJennifer Stasak October 25, 2016 Base Camp, Serve at Summit


1. So we move on from crab apple tree blossoms to lilac blooms. Either is good by me since I love them both. I used to pick hand fulls of lilacs for Momma back when I was a kid. They smell so good. I wish my bushes produced more blooms that they do.
2. God I love how warm it is out there today. It's a gorgeous 89F out there. That would be a wonderful 32C for the rest of the world. Too bad it's gonna rain most of next week. That's good too because I love rain too.
3. It's a fence building weekend for my two new raised garden beds. Well, at least I have to get the one that we planted green beans in last weekend. They're gonna be coming up real soon given today's weather. I gotta get the fence up to keep the bunnies at bay.
4. I haven't seen Foxy Loxy lately. Now my neighbor's chickens may think otherwise. They were really raising hell the other morning when I was up and about my morning business. I wonder if the fox found a access under the fence and found my neighbor had chickens?
5. I love it when FedEx or UPS drops something off at the front door. It feels like Christmas opening up the packages.


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PPG completes first dual STEM, COLORFUL COMMUNITIES project in Querétaro, Mexico
QUERÉTARO, Querétaro, Mexico – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Through this experience, university students had the opportunity to pass on their passion and knowledge about STEM to the younger generation. At PPG, we see education as a way to enable possibilities and progress through learning, curiosity and discovery.
PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced the completion of its first dual science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and COLORFUL COMMUNITIES® project in Querétaro, Mexico. The initiative brought the science of color and paint to more than 200 schoolchildren and revitalized the playground of Mano Amiga School in partnership with Universidad Anáhuac.
In the first phase of the project, PPG's technical color team and students from Universidad Anáhuac developed a full day of classroom activities that taught the elementary school's students about the anatomy of the eye, primary colors, rainbows and paint production.
"The STEM fields are the pillars of a society that looks to the future," said Antonio Paredes, PPG color core manager. "Through this experience, university students had the opportunity to pass on their passion and knowledge about STEM to the younger generation. At PPG, we see education as a way to enable possibilities and progress through learning, curiosity and discovery."
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Rock News Two: The week in pop
JOHN SWENSON, United Press International
EMINEM IS VIBE'S MODEL DAD
Eminem opened up to Vibe magazine in a cover story titled "The Zen of Eminem" that covered his debt to the late rapper Tupac Shakur, anger management and his relationship with his daughter Hailie. The interview with novelist Zadie Smith, whose latest work is "The Autograph Man," is in the October issue. "I love that Tupac cared about his people, from his background, his generation," Eminem told Smith. "He cared what they thought, and anybody else who didn't understand could go to hell." Eminem's current "Anger Management Tour" reflects the rapper's real struggle with his dark side. "I had a wake-up call with my almost going to jail," he said. "It wasn't me trying to portray a certain image or live up to anything. That was me letting my anger get the best of me, which I've done many times. No more." The violent interactions with family members that populate his raps don't extend to Eminem's attitude toward his daughter Hailie, who is a fan, Eminem told Vibe. "She did a song with me, 'My Dad's Gone Crazy.' But in the second verse, there's a part that's really pretty bad so I made her a clean version and she listens to that. My experience with women has not been great, man. I have not had the greatest women in my life. So all I can do is be the best father that I can and try to instill in Hailie the best values, because I do care about what is said around her and done around her."
IDOLS ON TAP
Fans of "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson will have to wait until next spring to hear the album she gets to record as part of her prize. They will get to hear the performances that led to her victory, however, on "American Idol: Greatest Moments," out Oct. 1 on RCA records. Clarkson will have four songs on the collection, runnerup Justin Guarini gets two and the other eight finalists get one each. All 10 perform on a cover of the Mamas and the Papas' "California Dreamin'." The album was compiled by producer Steve Lipson, who oversaw the final weeks of the show's performances. Clarkson's debut single, "Before Your Love"/"A Moment Like This," came out earlier this week.
YES ON TOUR
Progressive rock pioneers Yes start the second leg of their North American tour Oct. 24 in Clearwater, Fla., with returning band member Rick Wakeman joining vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, and drummer Alan White in what most fans consider the classic Yes lineup. "Touring with Rick (Wakeman) again has been a lot of fun for us," Squire said. "The band is playing better than ever and the fans have really been responding well to the shows. We are really looking forward to the next leg of this tour, as we feel we're just getting started." To date, the band has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, including the classics "Fragile" and "Close To The Edge." The band is touring in support of the recently released five-disc boxed set, "In A Word: Yes (1969- )." Yes also has released a new DVD, "Yessymphonic Live," a live concert from their 2001 tour featuring a full symphony orchestra. Shot in high definition in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the DVD features rare behind-the-scenes material as well as more than two hours of Yes performing the hits live.
BLUES TRAVELER LIVE
Blues Traveler is set to release a live album, "What You and I Have Been Through" Oct. 22 on iMusic. The live set is the band's second since its inception in 1988. The disc opens with a version of "The Star Spangled Banner" performed as a harmonica solo by member John Popper before an emotional crowd of New Yorkers shortly after the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The 11-track CD, recorded during tour dates in November and December 2001, features tracks from throughout Blues Traveler's career. Guest artists Radioactive and Carl Young, respectively, contribute to the songs "The Path" and "Rage." Other songs include Blues Traveler staples, such as "Carolina Blues," with its signature guitar work by guitarist Chan Kinchla; and "Slow Change," from their club days in New York City. Each member is featured in this "best-of-the-tour" CD, from drummer Brendan Hill and Tad Kinchla's unique solos on "All Hands" to Ben Wilson's keyboard solo on "Pattern."
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Marianne Faithfull went to bat for old flame Mick Jagger's band, the Rolling Stones, in an interview with the New York Daily News. "Why don't they just shut up and leave them alone," Faithfull said of critics who say the band is too old to rock. "It's jealousy." Faithfull, in New York for three shows at Irving Plaza, engaged in a frank exchange with Jim Farber. The 54-year-old singer's new album, "Kissin' Time," features songs co-written with contemporary rockers Beck, Billy Corgan, Jarvis Cocker and Damon Albarn. "They're all about the age of my son," Faithfull said. "I wanted to record with people he would find appealing." Faithfull, who had a mid-1960's hit with "As Tears Go By," noted the difference between collaborations then and now. "Then, every woman in my position had to go to bed with the musicians they worked with," she said. "If I made this record then, I would have slept with everybody on it."
CLINTON CROONS FOR HAWKINS
Former President Bill Clinton flew to Toronto last weekend to attend a party for rock pioneer Ronnie Hawkins, a fellow Arkansan who is gravely ill with pancreatic cancer. At the party, held at the Four Seasons hotel, Clinton sang Leon Russell's "A Song For You" to Hawkins with David Foster accompanying him on piano. Clinton also sang "My Way" along with Paul Anka, changing the lyric to "I did it Hillary's way."
SNOOP DOGG BARKS AGAIN
"Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss," Snoop Dogg's sixth studio album, is scheduled for a Nov. 26 release. The album features production from The Neptunes, Just Blaze, DJ Premier and Jelly Roll and FredWreck, as well as appearances from Jay-Z, Redman and Nate Dogg. On "From Tha Chuuch to Tha Palace," the Neptunes-produced lead single from the album, the rapper says he's "still got the gin and juice in hand." He brings his typical gangster-meets-pimp-flavored heat throughout most of "Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss." On the gangster side, he blasts everyone from Xzibit to Kurupt to Death Row Records' notorious honcho on the blistering "Pimp't Slapped." "Suge Knight's a bitch and that's on my life," he snarls over the funk-inspired beat by Josef Leimberg. Elsewhere, Snoop puts his pimp style on full display with "You Got What I Want," "Suited N Booted," "Boss Playa," "Wasn't Yo Fault" and the Just Blaze-produced "Lollipop."
TV PROPHET
Hot rocker Chuck Prophet makes his national television debut Tuesday Oct. 8 on "The Late Late Show" with Craig Kilborn. Accompanied by his band, Mission Express, Prophet will perform his new single, "I Bow Down and Pray to Every Woman I See," which already is generating significant airplay at Triple A radio. Since the release of his new disc, "No Other Love," Prophet has enjoyed his biggest success thus far as a recording artist, reaching the No. 3 slot at Triple A radio with his first single, "Summertime Thing," and touring with Lucinda Williams as special guest on her summer tour.
JOE JACKSON BAND REUNION
Joe Jackson said it would never happen, but the original Joe Jackson Band is re-uniting for a new album and tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its formation and the recording of "Look Sharp." Jackson (piano, vocals), Graham Maby (bass), Gary Sanford (guitar) and Dave Houghton (drums) will record a whole album of new songs to be released next year. Jackson already has 12 completed songs for the new album and still is writing. According to the singer/songwriter, the album will be "high-energy, fun, and in the spirit of the first couple of albums." The Joe Jackson Band formed in 1978 and played non-stop until its last gig on Dec. 15, 1980. Since then, Maby has worked on and off with Jackson but also with Natalie Merchant, They Might be Giants and many others. Sanford has toured and recorded with Joan Armatrading, Aztec Camera and Kirsty McColl, among others, while Houghton has been staying out of the spotlight, doing mostly local gigs in the south of England and teaching drums. The band is rehearsing and doing some exclusive warm-up gigs in the United Kingdom this week and next, then recording there in October. The album release and full-world tour are projected for March/April 2003.
LIFEHOUSE FAMILY VALUES
Lifehouse has added a fourth member, guitarist Sean Woolstenhulme, who joins his younger brother Rick, the band's drummer. Lifehouse released its latest album, "Stanley Climbfall" from DreamWorks this week. The band had been touring as a quartet over the summer and decided to make the older Woolstenhulme a full-time member. "It's about time the brothers unite as one," said Rick, who'd brought Sean along in 1999 when he auditioned for the band. "It's great to play music with him because we're so similar. We tend to veer toward the same planets in space." Lifehouse has toured for a solid two years since the release of its multiplatinum debut, "No Name Face," and is about to embark on a world tour that takes them to Europe this week and throughout the United States in the fall. "Sean is an extremely innovative and creative lead guitar player who has great stage presence," said frontman Jason Wade. "We have a chemistry that's really working. We are a band. We have claimed our sound as our own and developed it through touring and in the studio, making it stronger."
EVERYBODY MAMBO!
Carlos Averhoff, Candido Camero, Bobby Sanabria, Manuel Valera, Mitch Frohman, Paquito Hechavarría, Ray Mantilla, Rances Colon and Reynaldo Jorge are among the stars represented on "50 Years of Mambo," due out Monday on Mambo Maniacs Records. The two-disc set was recorded live in New York's Town Hall in celebration of a half-century of mambo in the United States. German Pifferrer provided musical direction for the 25-piece all star band that had the audience dancing in the aisles. Liner notes were written by Chico Alvarez and Alberto Bernal. For more information call check mambomaniacs@earthlink.net.
TLC BACK IN '3D'
TLC will release "3D," the final album featuring the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, on Arista records Nov. 12. Surviving members Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins completed tracks for the album after Lopes was killed in a car accident in Honduras last April. Lopes already had recorded some of her parts for the record and had come up with the idea for the album title. Several producers contributed to the project, including Dallas Austin, Missy Elliott, Rodney Jerkins, Darryl Simmons and Edmund "Eddie Hustle" Clement. The first single, "Quickie," will be released Oct. 21.
MCCARTNEY TO ISSUE UNRELEASED BEATLES RECORDING
Paul McCartney is set to release a Beatles recording that has never been issued and hasn't been heard in 35 years as a soundtrack to a documentary of his late wife Linda's photographs, the Sunday Times of London reports. "Carnival of Light," a 14-minute piece originally recorded as part of the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" sessions, was played in 1967 shortly after it was recorded at a London festival. "It was one of those weird things," Beatles producer George Martin told the Times. "It was a kind of uncomposed, free-for-all melange of sound that went on."
CLIFF AND STEWART SING FOR PEACE
Eurythmics guitarist Dave Stewart and reggae singer Jimmy Cliff have joined forces to promote a new song, "Peace One Day" on a global scale on Saturday, the United Nations-designated International Day of Peace. Stewart and Cliff, who have been working on an album project together, are trying to persuade radio stations around the world to play the song that day. Stewart, who wrote the song in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, will make it available free to radio stations on the Internet via the peaceoneday.org site. "The idea was to make a song, that on Sept. 21, we'll get as many stations around the world to play and DJs to talk about what it's all about," Stewart said. "We're not really making a single that we're trying to get in the charts. It's an idea to uplift people."
PEARL JAM SET TO RELEASE SINGLE
"I Am Mine," the first single from Pearl Jam's "Riot Act" album, goes to U.S. radio outlets Wednesday for airplay consideration and will be released Oct. 8. The full album will be released on the Epic label Nov. 12. "Riot Act" will consist of 15 tracks, several of which, including "Can't Keep" and "Thumbing My Way," were previewed earlier this year by Eddie Vedder during solo concerts in California. "I Am Mine" was debuted by the full band at last year's Bridge School Benefit concert. The album was produced by Pearl Jam with Adam Kasper and mixed by Brendan O'Brien. The group is expected to return to the live stage later this year in anticipation of a world tour in early 2003.
THE BEAT GOES ON AGAIN
The Beat Goes On, the witty musical repertory of rock history tributes, will present "The Beat Visits The Wall of Sound... from the Ronettes to the Ramones" on Oct. 4 at the Bottom Line in New York. Marshall Crenshaw, James Maddock, Annie Golden, Tom Clark, Don Fleming and The Kennedys will be among the performers. This is the 15th installment of the musical series that has covered pop cultural themes such as The Jagger and Richards Songbook, The British Invasion, Rockin' in the '70s, Hullabaloo, The Brill Building, Ready Steady Go, Nuggets I & II, Summer In the City, and The Rat Pack. Producer Phil Spector, whose layer-upon-layer approach to recording became known as the "wall of sound," created his own pop symphonies from the Ronettes' "Be My Baby" to the Ramones "Rock and Roll Radio." Each artist will offer their own renditions of early Phil Spector works, such as his first No. 1 hit with the Teddy Bears "To Know Him Is to Love Him," The Crystal's "Then He Kissed Me," the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," Dion's "Born to Be With You," the Ramone's "Rock N Roll High School," John Lennon's "Instant Karma" and "Across the Universe," Leonard Cohen's "Memories," Ike & Tina Turner's "River Deep Mountain High" and others. Backing them will be an all-star band led by musical director James Mastro (Health and Happiness Show/ Ian Hunter) and featuring the musical talents of Manhattan-based musicians Tony Shanahan (Patti Smith), Pat Irwin (B52's), Daniel Rey (Joey Ramone/Ronnie Spector) and Dennis Diken (Smithereens).
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Despite not having yet sold a single shirt, the Poznan City Centre (PCC) shopping and transport hub has already won accolades for its innovative construction, including a 5 star award for Best Mixed-Use Development from the European Property Awards.
The new development integrates train and bus stations, a multifunctional retail centre, restaurants, a new road network and a three-level car park, for which Flowcrete Polska supplied 50,000 square metres of resin flooring.
The scale of the projects ambition can be seen in the figures – with 230 retail units, over 17 million annual visitors from the railway station and 7 million via the coach terminal, as well as the construction of 2.5 km of new road.
The team at Flowcrete Polska are really proud to have worked on a leading Central European shopping centre which has done so well at one of the most prestigious awards of the real estate development sector.
The three-story park and ride facility accommodates 1,500 parking spaces and to ensure that the construction remains robust and reliable Deckshield was applied in the building. Deckshield ID was also used in one level of an underground garage and Deckshield ED HD was utilised for the internal and external ramps.
Technical rooms in the development were also supplied with Peran ESD SL and Flowcoat SF41 to provide a high performance, chemical resistant floor coating.


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Since a young age, Stacey has always been curious about her life's purpose. In 2009, she encountered Master Umesh H. Nandwani and embarked on the "Awaken ~ The Divine You" Program that groom her become more positive and intuitive.
Besides being an engaging trainer, Stacey is also a Certified Family Constellation Facilitator, Reference Point Therapy Practitioner, Radiant Child Yoga Teacher and a Colourfool Creative Coach. For those who seek clarity and guidance, she also provides Art Reading and Oracle Card Reading sessions. She dedicates her life to serve individuals and families to gain peace, love and harmony in life.


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Q: How can i save multiple IMGs after page refreshing? There is a code of localStorage, i can add multiple images and only one image left after refreshing the page. How can I put all the pictures after refreshing?
This is the code on JSFiddle
I also created a code snippet here:

  function handleFileSelect(evt) {
    var files = evt.target.files; // FileList object

    // Loop through the FileList and render image files as thumbnails.
    for (var i = 0, f; f = files[i]; i++) {

      // Only process image files.
      if (!f.type.match('image.*')) {
        continue;
      }

      var reader = new FileReader();

      // Closure to capture the file information.
      reader.onload = (function(theFile) {
        return function(e) {
          // Render thumbnail.
          var span = document.createElement('span');
          span.innerHTML = [''].join('');

          document.getElementById('list').insertBefore(span, null);
          localStorage.setItem('img', e.target.result);
        };
      })(f);

      // Read in the image file as a data URL.
      reader.readAsDataURL(f);
    }
  }

  document.getElementById('files').addEventListener('change', handleFileSelect, false);

  if(localStorage.img) {

         var span = document.createElement('span');
          span.innerHTML += [''].join('');

          document.getElementById('list').insertBefore(span, null);

    }
  .thumb {
    height: 75px;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    margin: 10px 5px 0 0;
  }
<input type="file" id="files" name="files[]" multiple />
<output id="list"></output>

A: You're overwriting the localstorage key on line:
localStorage.setItem('img', e.target.result);

You can only have unique keys in localstorage and its values must be strings. So for saving multiple image you can:

*

*Create a unique key for each image

*Create an array for storing the imgs and then save it into localstorage under one key using JSON.stringify()
I've created this helper functions to save and retrieve the imgs from localStorage. Hope it helps:

function saveImgToStorage(img) {
   let imgs = localStorage.getItem('imgs');

   let imgsArray = imgs ? JSON.parse(imgs) : [];

   imgsArray.push(img);
   localStorage.setItem('imgs', JSON.stringify(imgsArray))
}

function getImgsFromStorage () {
   return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('imgs'))
}

Also note that since the value returned from getImgsFromStorage() is an array, you need to make a loop to append each image to the document

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How to Overcome Songwriter's Block [Guest Post]
"This article is a guest post from Scott Shpak of MIDI Lifestyle."
How to Overcome Songwriter's Block
4 Game Changing Tips
Finally, the work for the week is done, you've got time of your own, favorite beverage at hand and you're in the mood to create something new. Except… you've got nothing. No thoughts, no original idea, no cute chord change to build around, no nifty phrase, and no happening beat.
Call it songwriter's block, call it hitting the wall, it doesn't matter. Since the alternative may mean crawling into a black hole of binge watching old TV shows, you want a workaround for this inspirational dead end.
Songwriting can be a particularly personal venture. No single solution will drag every writer out of the doldrums. You can shake up the status quo, however. Many of the tricks that work for writers of prose may tickle your creative urges. Think about crossing the borders between your writing and theirs for new ideas.
From one songwriter to another, though, here are some tricks that work for me. When the original ideas dry up, I frequently turn to these tactics to build an oasis in the middle of a thought desert. Give them a try and see if you can find the hidden gems hiding within yourself.
Rewrite a Hit
When you have an idea of where you want to go with a style, look at the best songs, the top hits, in that genre. Focus on one tune that grabs you, and then start to tear it apart and determine what parts of it resonate with you.
Does it have greatly written lyrics? Use those lyrics as inspiration and come up with a new musical framework for them — melody, chords, beat, tempo. Once you have a new song around those words, simply change the words. Okay, it may not be that simple, particularly if you fit the words and music together well. However, you'll have a tune. What you make of it is up to you.
The same idea works with music too. If there's a chord progression you like, keep it, but change everything else. Put a different melody and your own lyrics on top. Change the rhythm or the tempo. Cut the chord durations in half, double them or mix-and-match. Don't worry about plagiarizing chords. Much of popular music shares only a handful of chord progressions. The only no-no is recycling melodies and lyrics. Inspiration need not be simply a concept. Take the nuts and bolts that are already out there and rearrange them in your own unique way.
You'll definitely want to check out MusicSoftwareTraining's article on how "stealing" can make you more creative for more ideas on this concept.
Describe a Story-That isn't Yours
This tip follows a similar idea but expands your potential sources across a much wider scope. Every book, TV program or movie you've ever seen could be a potential new song idea. Here's how I stumbled upon it:
During a live theater production of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," a play I'd read and seen numerous times, I was struck by the side story of Romeo and Rosaline. I'd been aware of it, of course. My high school English teacher likely flogged it into subconscious memory.
This time, however, it got me thinking. See, Romeo went to this gig to hit on Rosaline, but sees Juliet instead, and the main story begins. Though in Shakespeare's play, it's Rosaline who forsakes love in general and Romeo in particular, the scene gave me an idea for a song based on Romeo telling Rosaline, essentially, hey, it's been a slice, but your cousin Juliet, she's got my motor running, dig?
Now, this is a device I turn to frequently. It's particularly effective if you're already a songwriter working heavily in story songs. Put the plot of a book or movie into song form, or, as I did with "Sorry Rosaline," highlight a secondary plot. The possibilities are endless, and it's much less complicated than dumping a significant other to develop suitable songwriting drama.
The Gateway of Metaphor
Effective music often evokes moods or images on its own, instrumentally or in combination with lyrics and how they're sung. The music isn't the mood, it's an analogy for it.
When it comes to lyrics, the analogy process often comes through simile and metaphor, two types of comparison. Simile is, of course, more literal, using the words "like" or "as" to create the comparison. "The red ball is like the sun," for example.
Metaphor is naturally more poetic, since it does away with comparison words and implies the connection. "The red ball is the sun," or "the red ball of the sun," for example.
Exercising your metaphor muscle leads to new ways of describing relatable things. Since a savvy songwriter always attempts to avoid cliche, engaging new metaphors is a great way to stir up a lyric and replace tired phrases used as placeholders.
Also, try dropping other words. Songs aren't prose or dialog, and the impressionistic feeling that comes from radically shortened sentences create intriguing analogies on their own.
Change Your Instrument
A quick sweep of the studio revealed 16 stringed instruments, three keyboards, three MIDI controllers and that was without peeking into closets. "Why so many instruments?" goes the rhetorical question, which I ignore due its inherent negativity.
There are songs in each of those guitars. Whenever I'm hunting for a fresh idea, I'll switch guitars if nothing jumps forth. Another guitar — or ukulele or mandolin — changes my approach. Sometimes songs simply "pop out" when I pick up another instrument.
The same holds true with keyboards. Even if you're not native to an instrument, plucking out what you can often generates new ideas. Nowadays, when loops, samples and beats can be as close as an online purchase, there's no end to the way you can shake up your songwriting source material.
And always remember the internet is a wonderful thing. You can learn to play guitar, piano, accordion, or any instrument you can possibly think of through YouTube videos and resources. Just knowing the basics of an instrument can help you generate new musical ideas.
There's probably a load of material already on your hard drive, courtesy of the latest hardware or software purchase and its added value pack. Dive into the virtual synth you've never tried. If you've never worked with loops, try working with loops. New to tapping out beats? Give that a go.
The Coda
There's no single way to write songs, and that's one of the beautiful things about it. Music comes from everywhere. Stories, sounds, phrases and rhythms. These are all there for you to find inspiration within.
There may not be anything that's truly writer's block. There may only be a writer not looking hard enough.
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I often get asked by my foreign contacts, or even fellow Australians, what the blockchain landscape is like in Australia. So, I thought I would prepare a list of Australian blockchain companies that has issued a token or coin, or is using blockchain directly in their business model. This gives the list some exclusivity, as it champions those actively integrating blockchain technology.
This blog will be continuously updated as more start-ups join the ecosystem, and when I get time to update it.
In no particular order, here is a list of aspiring blockchain start-ups with a bit of information and background on each. I hope you enjoy.
Bamboo is a mobile app for simplifying investment. Focusing specifically on 'micro-investment', Bamboo helps the user make small and consistent deposits by rounding up daily transactions. These deposits are then invested into baskets of cryptocurrencies. The value proposition is a simple, lightweight, and easy way for people to gain access to crypto.
The coin associated with Bamboo is called 'BAM', and is required to access services within the app. The coin has several use-cases, but primarily is a unit of account. So things like fees are deducted using the BAM coin, rather than fiat currency. The coin is an Ethereum-based ERC20 contract, and so it can be used in Ethereum compatible wallets.
At the time of writing the app has just finished closed-beta testing. You can gain early access and follow the teams progress by visiting their website.
Invox is a decentralized finance platform designed to connect sellers, buyers and investors in one location. Its all based around something called 'Invoice Financing', which is when an investor buys invoices from a seller. Essentially giving the seller money upfront to conduct business. The investor then collects the money owed on invoices, from the seller.
The service Invox is building will connect all parties (seller,financier,buyer) on one incentivised platform. Fees will be lower, trust will be improved, and transparency will be added. These factors are aimed at lowering risk for all parties conducting business on the platform.
A token has been created called 'INVOX', and was sold in an ICO to raise funds for development. The tokens use-case is for access to the Invox platform, to reward buyers for verification, and to reward buyers and sellers upon invoice payment.
At the time of writing, the web and mobile apps look to be coming along well. You can visit the website if you want to learn more.
Formally 'BlockGrain', AgriChain is a turn-key software solution for agricultural supply chains. The software package uses a combination of web and mobile apps, and is designed to provide a level of automation and transparency to the supply chain. Blockchain is used in the back-end of the software suite to ensure a transparent and immutable ledger for the movement of product.
The platform has been designed to work with virtually any product, and can be used by brokers, growers, and logistics companies. Features such as stock volumes, contracts, chain of responsibility, are some features available on the platform. The mission of AgriChain is to improve time to market, reduce supply chain costs, and improve efficiencies.
AGRI Token is the cryptocurrency that was created to both fund the project, and to be used within the applications. Its use-case is as an access token to the software, and to pay for transactions fees. The token is also collected as a form of revenue by the company. It is an Ethereum based ERC20 token.
You can visit the AgriChain website to learn more about the project and follow their progress.
Equal is a decentralised Ethereum wallet, designed with supporting mass adoption by combining investment and utility. We have written about Equal before as we saw high quality work coming from the team. The wallet itself is being developed as a web3 portal that integrates decentralized applications and decentralized exchanges. The team believes that by building a portal like this, its going to support the industry transitioning from being investor focused, to being user focused.
The wallet is likened to something similar to Metamask, but with additional features. Its both a wallet and a DApp store. The design is intended for users to be financially ready to interact with Ethereum based decentralised applications and exchanges as more start to come online.
EQL is the Ethereum token native to the platform, but unlike many other projects, was not distributed in an ICO. The team instead opted to airdrop the token under the premise of being judged for their performance by the free market. Its use-case within the app is for purchasing and unlocking features. Furthermore, the coin itself has additional features such as 'Deflation Through Burn' and 'Incentive For Stake'.
The wallets development is currently in closed beta phase. If you want to learn more, check out their website.
Liven Pay is the next iteration from Liven, an existing restaurant discovery app with a few hundred thousand users. The app lets users discover popular places to eat and rewards diners with a rewards currency. This in-app currency could then used for future discounted meals.
The Liven Pay iteration is transforming the in-app currency to a cryptocurrency called LVN. Additionally, Liven Pay comes with an API that allows the stack to scale and for third party users to integrate LVN into their own applications.
Currently in the ICO phase, the development of Liven Pay is underway and users are being migrated to the new app. The reward protocol is set for deployment in 2019 before the team starts to expand globally.
Having used the app myself, I can say it is very sleek. For full disclosure, I have helped the team in a paid advisory capacity as part of my work with Masternode Ventures. I may be biased because of this, but I can say its one of the more exciting and ambitious projects coming out of Australia in 2018/2019.
You can learn more by visiting Liven Pay's official website.
E-sports gaming and betting meets cryptocurrency, Skrilla is a licenced, global e-sports daily fantasy platform that was launched out of Australia in late 2017, with the intention to transform the esports landscape by integrating a crypto token into the platform.
Based out of Brisbane and founded by Damon Oudejans and Nick Heaney, Skrilla has foundations in two technology companies, Punter and Gamurs. Punter was the first platform to be licensed as a peer-to-peer social betting platform, and Gamurs is a e-sports media company.
Skrilla conducted a token sale in November 2017, and managed to raise 1,641 Ethereum, which was equivalent to around $765K in Australian dollars. Since the token sale, Skrilla has been continuing to develop and refine its platform, having now integrated the Skrilla token (SKR ticker), and onboarding gaming titles such as League of Legends and CS GO.
In the latest developments, Skrilla have announced launching into Canadian markets with a Free-to-play tokenised contest, sitting alongside similar offerings in the United States. Other developments include token listings on exchanges, and the rollout of a marketing campaign.
Personally, I think blockchain gaming and e sports will be a major catalyst for adoption in the near future. I wrote about it recently in my blog 'Why blockchain Games are key to mass adoption'.
If you want to follow Skrilla, check out their website.
Chat bots interacting, exchanging data and building an open digital economy is what Hut34 are building. The team are doing this by creating infrastructure that will provide a crypto powered economic incentive for data to be shared and exchanged between chat bots.
Based out of Sydney and founded by Tim McNamara, the concepts for Hut34 bring together several key areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Chat Bots, Natural Language Processing, IOT, Web3.0, Blockchain and more.
Hut34 conducted their token sale in November 2017, and raised around $3.5 million to fund the project. Since the completion of the token sale, progress has been made around listing the native cryptocurrency token (ENTRP Ticker) on the 0x decentralised exchange, as they continue to develop the monetisation aspect of the Hut34 network.
Other developments include progress on 'HutX', the underlying protocol for the data marketplace. Furthermore, a native Hut34 wallet has been developed that allows users to manage addresses via a Google login, with third parties (such as large corporations) being able to plug in their own systems.
Learn more about Hut34 at the official website.
Peer to peer trading of electricity, all facilitated and automated by a blockchain. This is Power Ledger, the project aiming to decentralise domestic energy generation and consumption by using blockchain and distributed ledger technology.
Based out of Perth, the founders of Power Ledger are Dr. Jemma Green, David Martin, John Bulich, Dr. Govert Van Ek and Jenni Conroy. The project foundations come from Ledger Assets, a Perth based blockchain company founded in 2015.
Power Ledger to date has held Australia's most successful ICO, raising $34 million in late 2017. Since the completion of the ICO, Power Ledger has made a number of achievements, including a trial partnership with Origin Energy, and a project partnership with the City of Fremantle.
Check out my review for more information, or follow further developments with Power Ledger at their website.
Combine virtual reality, augmented reality, a white label development platform plus futuristic advertising, and you have Gaze Coin.
Launching out of Melbourne, Gaze Coin was founded by Jonny Peters, an award-winning mixed-reality producer and director. The team also boasts names such as Bok Khoo, who is known as 'BokkyPooBah' a renown Ethereum developer, in addition to two team members of OmiseGo.
The concept behind Gaze Coin is a blockchain platform that tracks the players eyes, called 'Gaze'. This creates a microtransaction that charges the advertiser, pays the content owner of the virtual world, and rewards players. All transactions are completed using the native Gaze Coin token. Brands and creators can also mint their own in-platform tokens.
Having successfully completed their ICO in December 2017, the team have managed to work through an issue with their token contract. Based on information on the website, they are continueing to work on platform development. In addition to implementing other features, there are mentions of an MOU signed with a significant artist. Other upcoming developments include the Gaze API & wallet.
You can learn more about Gaze Coin and the project at their website.
Think online services platform meets blockchain and cryptocurrency. This is CanYa, an Aussie company based out of Melbourne that is building a platform for a P2P marketplace.
Founded by John-Paul Thorbjornsen, Rowan Willson, Chris McLoughlin and Kyle Hornberg, CanYa's beginnings go as far back as 2015. Its core principle was to reduce third party intermediaries, promote meritocracy, and to use design to blend technology and user experience.
CanYa's ICO was conducted in December 2017, proving highly successful after raising $12 million AUD. This was Australia's second most successful ICO to date.
Following the closure of the ICO, the team behind CanYa are working hard on developments. This included integrating the cryptocurrency portal in the Bounty Source platform, eventually allowing the CanYa (CAN ticker) token to be an available payment option. Furthermore, the team have built out a suite of 'CanApps', which support the CanYa ecosystem.
Follow CanYa's progress and achievements at their website.
Wondered how cryptocurrency can ever be used as an actual currency due to its wild volatility? Synthetix (formally Havven) has developed a dual token system. One token is a 'stable coin' pegged to the price of its asset. The other token, called 'Synths', are used as the collateral to back the value of the stable coins.
There is currently 6 stablecoins planned. There is sUSD which is live, with sEUR, sJPY, sAUD, sKRW and sXAU coming soon.
Founded by Kain Warwick, Synthetix comes as his second blockchain venture with his first being blueshyft, which was founded in 2014. Blueshyft is a platform that provides over the counter bitcoin and cryptocurrency purchases, and is used by 1200 retailers around Australia.
Havven concluded their ICO in February 2018, raising $30 million USD and hitting their hard cap just days into the token sale. The concept behind Havven having a dual token model, with the commodity token being used as collateral and then receiving dividends in the form of transaction fees, is a unique value proposition in the blockchain space.
Check out more of Synthetix at the official website.
One of the key value drivers for blockchain technology is governance, immutability, and transparency through a distributed ledger. Horizon State exploits this feature by designing a working platform that facilitates voting and decision making using a tokenised secure digital ballot box.
Horizon State was Founded by Jamie Skella, Nimo Naamani, Dan Crane, Jason Theron and Daniel Vertes. The team have experience in a variety of areas across technology, governance, finance and distributed systems.
Horizon State concluded their ICO in October 2017 after raising $1.4 million AUD, with an already working blockchain voting platform called MiVote. This was a key value proposition for early investors. Since the completion of the ICO, Horizon State and MiVote have partnered with the UN Intergovernmental Organisation Be Earth Foundation, which is aimed at enhancing global standards for justice.
Check out more information on Horizon State at their website.
Privacy, anonymity, blockchain, directed acyclic graph technology, and hybrid both proof of work and proof of stake consensus. Oh, and add in quantum resistance and voting rights as a token holder. This is Hcash, and it's a lot to get your head around.
Hcash is a Melbourne based open-source and cross platform cryptocurrency with an executive team comprising of Dallas Brooks, Kahl Achkar and Andrew Wasylewicz. Hcash is partnered with Monash University, Kong Kong Polytechnic and SJTU for research and development.
Launching its ICO in June 2017, Hcash managed to raise 21,000 bitcoin. With development continuing post-ICO, Hcash now has Release Candidate 1 (a public testnet) live and operational for public testing. Further developments to come include a release of the Lightning Network, and side DAG deployment.
Check out more of Hcash at their website.
Hi Beau, have you looked at Ivykoin yet, team based out of the US and Australia with the presale run through Perth. Would like to hear your take on the company.
Hi Beau,nice article showcasing Aussie crypto talent.Its a shame that the Aussie exchange Coinspot only lists 3 out of the eight you profile,i dont know why?
G'day Vince, thanks for the feedback. Listings on exchanges can be influenced by a number of factors, and its generally not clear cut. It normally costs to have tokens listed, in addition to demaraction of the token being a utility. There is also technical factors such as the protocol used for the token, and the smart contract of the token itself.
Where is SecureVote? Aussie blockchain startup based in Sydney. Founded by the same guys that founded Flux.


We live and thrive in a 3-dimensional world, where, LxWxH, are the staples and patterns which we are taught from an early age. We go to work, come home, Eat, sleep, and drink, and the world travels around the sun again and again…. Is that all there is in life. I beg to differ, but I believe that there is a spiritual dimension, and a dimension, less popular that rules and directs our feelings and emotions. Perhaps one dimension or a combination of many different layers that are often confusing and perplexing, as we think and feel our way around everything on different layers!
As an artist, I not only believe there is more to life, I seek to, see it, touch It, hear it, expose it, feel it, taste it, enhance it, and Beautify it!!! By producing images that enter through your eyes and touch you in the deepest part of your soul. Images that will stir your emotions and empower you to step up, and beyond, what appears to be reality, and begin to look for the truest sense of what reality, really is.
Each work of art is more than a picture, it is a conversation, about the deeper things that affect our lives, created not only to please your taste in art, but to reach deeper into you mind, stir your emotions, create questions, provoke thought, caress your soul, and sing a new song to your spirit. When I work, I sing, I praise God, I pray, I consider the deeper things in life, beyond the sights and sounds of today. I consider what is, and what is to come!
In the spirit realm, there is no time or distance. It either is or it is not, it either exist or it does not. It is either true or it is not, your beliefs, and my beliefs, are irrelevant. Some things are true regardless of belief, and some things will never be true, no matter how much you wish they were!!!
I invite you, to Come and See!!!


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