Cryptocurrency Made Simple – A Plain English Guide to Bitcoins

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The world of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies is moving at an incredible speed. The potential to create a new niche using the technology which later turns into the next Dropbox or Twitter is drawing in ever larger numbers of entrepreneurs and innovators. This makes assessing whats out there very difficult. If new companies pop up every

Coinapult The Company Coinapult was set up in 2012 by Bitcoin veteranIra Miller, currently the CTO. It aimsto solve one of the most difficult problems facing merchants whowant to accept bitcoins for standard transactions. If it does so (the beta was released at the end of July 2014) it stands a credible chance of

Can a quantum computer threaten the bitcoin network? From the outside it looks like many other supercomputers: a shiny black container with white light picking out its name. To George Rose, CTO and inventor of the D-Wave quantum computer, its far more than just another number cruncher. The D-Wave is the worlda first commercially available

Ecuadors Congress is in the last few hours of debate on a bill that would see its Central Bank set up a state owned and run cryptocurrency as their official currency. The bill will also make the operation and ownership of other cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Litecoin, illegal. Ecuador has used the US Dollar

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The obvious answer to how Bitcoins originally gained their value is to say when others started to buy them. Although this was the mechanism, it wasnt the primary cause. Bitcoin vpgained value when it began to be traded for real world asset. The initial trade, famously now, was for a pizza. the order was sent

Ghash.io, Bitcoins largest mining pool, now controls over 51% of the hashing rate for bitcoin. This places Bitcoin within the theoretical risk zone for an execution of a 51% attack. Although there are no signs that Ghash intends to do so, some have already started to take measures independently to either safeguard their own cash,

Why are they such a big deal? Cryptocurrencies have succeeded in answering two of the fundamental problems with moving money online: How do I stop we stop someone spending the same money twice? How do we avoid middle men? If it gets established, well all benefit from a faster, more secure way to shop online.

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Workington Comets still eyeing play-offs berth

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Glasgow 52 Workington Comets 41: Despite losing 52-41 at Glasgow yesterday, Workington Comets are still on course to make the Premier League play-offs.

Josh Grajczonek, left, and Ricky Wells

Maximum points from a shortened home double header on Saturday from clashes with the Tigers and Somerset Rebels have edged them closer to the top six.

It is still a hectic scramble to fit in their remaining seven matches by next Sunday but they should be able to garner sufficient points to qualify.

Saturdays long meeting was finally ended by the curfew after 12 heats, but the previous meeting had also been cut short after 12 races following a long delay in the aftermath of a serious injury.

Chris Mills, guesting for Glasgow, went through the fence on the fourth bend and careered into a wall.

There was a 40-minute delay while Mills was attended to and later he was flown by the Great North Air Ambulance service to hospital in Middlesbrough.

Latest word on the former Comet was that he had suffered back, shoulder and neck injuries but was stable.

Workington had always been in control of that first meeting and when referee Willie Dishington called a halt after 12 meetings it was 48-27 to the home side.

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The Newest Treatments for Psoriasis

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People who suffer from psoriasis know how aggravating it can be, but treatments for the persistent skin condition are improving.

As we better understand the disease, researchers know more about what specific factors to target in order to develop effective treatments, Melinda L. McCord, M.D., a dermatologist at the Food and Drug Administration, told the FDAs Consumer Updates page.

Psoriasis is a condition in which skin becomes red and irritated, often developing thick silver flakes called scales, according to the National Library of Medicine. An estimated 7.5 million people in the United States have psoriasis. There is no cure for psoriasis, although symptoms can be managed with the right therapy.

Traditionally, treatment has been gradual, the FDA says, with patients starting with from creams and ointments all the way to phototherapy and systemic medicines. But now, the FDA says, doctors often try to optimize treatment i.e. start at a higher level right from the beginning. And treatments will become more tailored to the needs of each patient.

Tomorrows treatments will become even more personalized because the drugs in development now are targeting different aspects of the immune system, McCord noted. Psoriasis is an autoimmune disorder, meaning that the immune system mistakenly believes it is being attacked and then damages or inflames tissue that is actually healthy.

Therapies for psoriasis include topical treatments (i.e. those applied to the skin; light treatment (phototherapy) and medicines taken orally or via injection.

In the past, the FDA says, doctors treated psoriasis using a step-wise approach. Patients who had only mild to moderate psoriasis would start with topical treatments and, if necessary, move on to phototherapy or systemic drugs. People who had moderate to severe psoriasis were immediately treated with phototherapy or systemic drugs before being offered biologic therapies, a treatment that works with your immune system. But that strategy is changing, the FDA says. Today, patients can choose a treatment based on a number of conditions include lifestyle considerations, risk factors, and other diseases.

Most recently, the FDA approved a biologic product called Stelara (ustekinumab). This contains an antibody thats designed to bind to a specific target in the immune system. When given to patients, this antibody blocks the action of two proteins (interleukin 12 and 23) that contribute to the inflammation and the overproduction of skin cells, McCord said. By targeting these proteins, ustekinumab can interrupt the inflammatory pathway.

Researchers are also exploring medicines that target another protein, interleukin 17, McCord said. Looking forward, she added, the drugs in development are targeting different pathways in the immune system.

For the best treatment, McCord recommends a team approach in treating psoriasis, saying that different health-care providers need to work with patients to address the other diseases that might occur at the same time as psoriasis. These conditions can include lymphoma, heart disease and/or depression. We do not completely understand the relationship of theseto psoriasis, but it is an area of active research, she said.

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The Silent Passing of One of Our Industry Pioneers — Andrew Kay

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A pioneer in our industry that created one of the first portable personal computers passed away this week.

This past week's headlines were filled with the hacking of celebrity iCloud accounts, an upcoming IPO of Alibaba, a security breach at Home Depot, and protests on Net neutrality, however other than a couple local San Diego newspaper obituaries in the Union-Tribune and Times of San Diego, the passing of Kaypro founder, Andrew Kay, for the most part went unnoticed in our industry.

For those wondering what the heck a Kaypro computer is, Andrew Kay's "Kaypro Computer" was one of the first "portable personal computers" on the market back in the early 1980s. It was the predecessor to tablets and laptops we have today, it even preceded the sewing machine sized Compaq Portable computer that many attribute to the earliest portables personal computer.

Although the Kaypro II computer of 1982 was preceded still by the Spring/1981 release of the Osborne portable computer, the Kaypro II had a 9" screen compared to the super tiny 5" screen of the Osborne, and by the time the Kaypro II came out, the CP/M operating system was better supported with business application software like Wordstar and PerfectCalc that provided Kaypro a leading edge competitive advantage in the early personal computer marketplace.

It wasn't until early 1983 that Compaq released their first Compaq Portable computer, and priced at $2995 compared to the Kaypro at $1,595, while Compaq ran MS-DOS that all of the new IBM Personal Computers were running, back in 1983, users of IBM Personal Computers were also running WordStar and Visicalc, so a $2,995 Compaq computer running WordStar vs a $1,595 Kaypro computer running WordStar still gave Kaypro a significant advantage in early personal computing.

However by late 1983, MS-DOS based computers, with the vast corporate adoption of software programs like Word Perfect and Lotus 1-2-3 quickly made MS-DOS based computers the defacto standard for personal computing, and thus CP/M-based systems like the Osborne computer and the Kaypro computer days were numbered in the marketplace. Osborne Computer filed for bankruptcy before 1983 was up, Kaypro held out longer and even released a series of MS-DOS based systems in the mid-1980s including systems based on more advanced 80286 and 80386 processors. Kaypro filed for bankruptcy in 1990 and while it had a round of restructuring and re-emerging through the 1990s, it never made a mark as it had done in the early 80's.

I had an opportunity to meet Andy Kay a couple times during the early days of the 1980s back when early pioneers like Bill Gates (Microsoft), Ray Noorda (Novell), Rod Canion (Compaq) roamed the halls of the Convention Center during the annual Comdex Computer show in Las Vegas.

Andy had a vision that "computing" was personal and portable over THREE DECADES before the release of the first iPad tablets. At a time when just a few years before the release of the Kaypro II, a "computer" filled an entire room and was managed by dozens of specialists, Andy put a computer together that anyone with a couple thousand dollars could buy and carry with them between home and work. We attribute visionary status to the likes of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg, but the week passes with a scant mention of Andrew Kay's contribution to our industry. So with this blog post, I thank and I recognize all that Mr Kay did for our industry and the amazing vision he had in an era of Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) monitor screens, 64-kilobytes of memory, and floppy diskette technology!

Although beyond a tribute here to Mr Kay for all he did for our industry, also a reminder of how quickly even back then that the "latest in technology" quickly gets replaced by something new and better, and unless you evolve what you do, you can quickly be made obsolete and go bankrupt or be out of a job.

We think that "the cloud" has created a special velocity in innovation that is changing our industry more rapidly than ever before, but when you think of what's new and truly unique and innovative in Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, DropBox, or the like in the past 5-yrs, while as a category "cloud computing" is a major shift from "on-premise computing" of the past, the cloud solutions themselves are for the most part similar to what was offered by these organizations a half a decade ago.

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Okyanos Cardiac Cell Therapy Clinic Scheduled to Open

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Freeport, Grand Bahama (PRWEB) September 08, 2014

Adult stem cell therapy for heart disease has emerged as a new treatment alternative for those living with a poor quality of life as a result of severe coronary artery disease. Okyanos is slated to begin delivering this innovative new treatment in the next several weeks, and is now screening qualified heart disease candidates. The procedure will be performed in their newly constructed state-of-the-art Phillips catheterization lab, as announced last month.

Just 50 miles from US shore, Okyanos cardiac cell therapy is available to qualified patients with advanced stages of coronary artery disease (CAD) and congestive heart failure (CHF). The screening process consists of a thorough review of your medical history by the Okyanos Chief Medical Officer and Cardiologist, Dr. Howard Walpole, as well as consultation done in conjunction with your cardiologist. You must be able to travel as the protocol is delivered in Freeport on Grand Bahama Island.

"As a leader in cardiac cell therapy, Okyanos is very excited to bring this innovative treatment and new standard of care to patients in a near-shore, regulated jurisdiction, said Matt Feshbach, CEO and co-founder of Okyanos. Our innovative treatment will restore blood flow to the heart helping it begin the process of healing itself, thereby improving the quality of life for heart disease patients who have exhausted all other options.

Over 12 million Americans suffer from some form of heart disease costing $108.9 billion dollars annually in the US alone. Several million patients have now exhausted the currently available methods of treatment but continue to suffer daily from chronic heart disease symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue and chest discomfort that can make simple activities challenging. Cardiac cell therapy stimulates the growth of new blood vessels which can lead to reduced angina and reduced re-hospitalizations resulting in an improvement in quality of life.

The Okyanos procedure is performed by prestigious US-licensed chief cardiologist, Dr. Howard Walpole. It is the first cardiac cell therapy procedure for heart failure and disease available outside of clinical trials in which the bodys own adult stem cells, derived from fat tissue, are injected directly into the damaged part of the heart via a catheter to restore blood flow and repair tissue damaged by a heart attack or disease.

The procedure begins with the extraction of a small amount of your body fat, a process done using advanced water-assisted liposuction technology. After separating the fat tissue using a European Union-approved cell processing device the Okyanos cardiologist immediately injects these cells into and around the low blood flow regions of the heart via a cathetera protocol which allows for better targeting of the cells to repair damaged heart tissue. Because the treatment is minimally invasive it requires that patients be under only moderate sedation. Post-procedural recovery consists of rest in a private suite for several hours that comfortably accommodates up to 3 family members.

Okyanos Heart Institute is scheduled to begin delivery in the next several weeks. Patients can contact Okyanos at http://www.Okyanos.com or by calling toll free at 1-855-659-2667.

About Okyanos Heart Institute: (Oh key AH nos) Based in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Okyanos Heart Institutes mission is to bring a new standard of care and a better quality of life to patients with coronary artery disease using cardiac stem cell therapy. Okyanos adheres to U.S. surgical center standards and is led by CEO Matt Feshbach and Chief Medical Officer Howard T. Walpole Jr., M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.A.I. Okyanos Treatment utilizes a unique blend of stem and regenerative cells derived from ones own adipose (fat) tissue. The cells, when placed into the heart via a minimally-invasive catheterization, stimulate the growth of new blood vessels, a process known as angiogenesis. Angiogenesis facilitates blood flow in the heart and supports intake and use of oxygen (as demonstrated in rigorous clinical trials such as the PRECISE trial). The literary name Okyanos, the Greek god of the river Okeanos, symbolizes restoration of blood flow.

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