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HBO News: All Def Comedy special debuts Nov. 12

ALL DEF COMEDY, A STAND-UP SPECIAL FROM RUSSELL SIMMONS DEBUTS NOV. 12, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO

He launched a host of today’s comedy superstars in the ‘90s on the HBO series  “Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam.” Now, Russell Simmons returns to the network for ALL DEF COMEDY, debuting SATURDAY, NOV. 12(10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. Taped before a live audienceSept. 7 at the Avalon Theatre in Los Angeles, the special is based on “All Def Comedy Live,” a weekly comedy experience produced by All Def Digital (ADD), Simmons’ cross-platform media company.

Other HBO playdates: Nov. 12 (12:55 a.m., 4:05 a.m.), 14 (3:00 a.m.), 18 (10:00 p.m.), 23 (11:30 p.m.) and 29 (3:45 a.m.), and Dec. 5 (2:30 a.m.), 15 (1:20 a.m.) and 20 (11:00 p.m.)

HBO2 playdates: Nov. 16 (9:00 p.m.), 26 (10:40 p.m.) and 30 (10:30 p.m.)

The special will also be available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and affiliate portals.

Hosted by Tony Rock (“All of Us,” “The Tony Rock Project,” “Apollo Live”) with DJ Drama (Atlantic Records, T.I., L’il Wayne), the uncensored special features stand-up performances in a variety of styles from up-and-coming comics, discovered at ADD’s weekly comedy showcase: Chris Powell, Zainab Johnson, Kevin Tate, and Robert Powell, as well as HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam” veteran Tony Roberts.

Known for highlighting African American comedians and launching the careers of such comedy legends as Bernie Mack, Dave Chappelle, Chris Tucker, Martin Lawrence, Cedric the Entertainer and Bill Bellamy, “Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam,” aired on HBO from 1992-1997 and returned in 2006.

ALL DEF COMEDY is executive produced by Russell Simmons and Stan Lathan, along with ADD programming executives, Chris Conti and Jeru Tillman. The special is directed by Stan Lathan.

LightCyber Announces New UK Channel Partners, Delivering Behavioural Attack Detection to Stop Costly Data Breaches

Alex Moyes, LightCyber UK & Ireland

Magna combines full network visibility with machine learning to detect active attackers

LONDON, UK – 12 October 2016 – LightCyber, a leading provider of Behavioural Attack Detection solutions, today announced that it has signed four value-added resellers – Cygnia, Pentesec, Satisnet and SJG Digital – to deliver its award-winning Magna products to the UK market, with scope to add a few more before the end of the year. LightCyber’s technology combines full network visibility with machine learning, allowing organisations to detect an attacker that might otherwise be invisible to the security team.

“Our route to market is exclusively through the channel,” said Alex Moyes, Regional Sales Director UK&I at LightCyber. “As a fresh vendor to the UK, we have been able to build a channel of genuinely value-added resellers who are looking for a real turnkey product to secure their customers’ networks. These partners are led by industry veterans with proven experience and I’m delighted with the speed at which they have adopted our technology.”

Finding active attackers in networks must be accomplished by identifying their operational activities as they methodically conduct reconnaissance in an unfamiliar network and move to expand their sphere of control. Having a complete vantage to network traffic is essential, as the primary attack activities occur on the network, between users and devices. Discerning these comes through behavioural profiling of all users and devices. Once a baseline of learned good behaviour is obtained, it is possible to detect anomalies. These anomalies need further refinement to find those that are truly indicative of an attack. LightCyber’s Behavioural Attack Detection technology delivers on all of these aspects.

Moyes continued, “Trusted customer relationships are extremely valuable to our partners and I’m excited that they are, in turn, being entrusted to us, so we can achieve our ultimate aim – an industry where the tables are turned on cyber attackers and network dwell time is counted in minutes, not months.”

LightCyber enhances revenue opportunities for channel partners by broadening partners’ security solution set and associated services offerings via its LightCyber Technology Alliance Program (LTAP). With LTAP, channel partners can add greater value and increase the scope of deployments for completeness by integrating the LightCyber Magna™ platform with other leading security products, such as the HPE ArcSight ESM Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), the Check Point Next Generation Threat Prevention Solutions, Palo Alto Networks’ Next Generation Firewalls and Gigamon GigaSECURE Security Delivery Platform. The resulting solution provides greater security intelligence and remediation options for channel partners’ customers to protect their networks.

Comments from LightCyber’s new UK channel partners:

“As a cyber security solution provider, Cygnia is always looking for technologies that are at the leading edge of the fight against cybercrime and enhance our customers’ security posture by identifying weak areas in their existing infrastructure. LightCyber fills this gap in our portfolio and we have already had a positive response from our customer base to the benefits it will bring to increasing their security,” said Jon Busfield, MD at Cygnia.

“As a technically founded business we are constantly reviewing emerging technologies to provide our customers with solutions to combat the ever evolving security landscape. With breaches on the increase, Pentesec were looking for a product that performed behavioural attack detection across the entire network. We were impressed with the sleek and elegant, user friendly design of LightCyber Magna. With the bonus of built-in remediation it felt like an obvious choice,” commented Ian Turnbull, MD at Pentesec.

“At Satisnet we are excited about the potential of our relationship with LightCyber, in no small part due to the reception we’ve had from our customers whilst discussing the technology with them. We’ve had a lot of vendors speak to us about their solutions and we’ve seen a rapid growth in vendors talking about monitoring command and control communications, monitoring the network for anomalies, identifying malicious insiders and raising an alarm. LightCyber gives us the opportunity to perform all of those functions and not only solve a particular problem for our customers of finding malicious actors once they are inside the network, but also to prevent further attack, by integrating with some of our existing vendors,” said David Gray, Sales Manager at Satisnet.

“LightCyber Magna rocks! We’ve seen many solutions that claim to plug this gap but none are as informative and easy to use as Magna. Often, when something looks good and is intuitive, there’s a sacrifice to be made somewhere but in LightCyber’s offering they’ve hit the nail on the head with a cracking product. Given that there’s also the ability to “make safe” from within Magna, even the most isolated Network Defender is empowered to prevent an issue from becoming a crisis before the cavalry arrive. As if having a good product isn’t enough, LightCyber are also a great bunch of people to deal with so doing business is a breeze,” commented Stuart Green, MD at SJG Digital.

Watch LightCyber’s new animated video about how to reduce security alerts and accuracy, here:http://lightcyber.com/how-many-security-alerts-are-too-many-…

Zycko joins the Nokia Global Partner Program

Paul Eccleston and Jerome Jullien

London, England: 12th October 2016: 13.00 BST –

Specialist value added distributor (VAD) Zycko, now part of the Nuvias Group, today announced it has been selected as Nokia’s first pan-EMEA distributor and will have access to a comprehensive suite of Nokia solutions.

This partnership marks an important step forward in the go-to-market diversification at Nokia, extending channel and value-added distribution, to help expand the company’s footprint in the enterprise and mid-market space across EMEA.

Initially, Zycko will focus on hardware and software integration of IP routing and optical transport networks, fibre-based LAN connectivity infrastructure for buildings/campus’, open standards DDI management software, and software defined networking.

Nokia is uniquely positioned to help communication service providers, governments, and large enterprises deliver on the promise of 5G, the Cloud and the Internet of Things. Nokia’s solutions are carrier/telco-grade, scalable to meet the most demanding XLE environments, whilst offering partners limitless scope to create their own global services across multiple products.

Dave Parker, VP Strategic Partners, at Nokia, commented: “We are delighted with this appointment. It gives us access to a wide network of resellers experienced in communications and networking across the EMEA region. We are impressed with Zycko’s extensive portfolio of value added services. As part of the Nuvias Group, Zycko can offer a true, professional EMEA solution, with sales, marketing and technical support, as well as consistent delivery spanning the region. The type of distributor that Zycko and Nuvias are building internationally complements our own growth plans.”

Significant move forward for Nuvias

Paul Eccleston, head of Nuvias Group, commented: “This deal with such a major global brand as Nokia is a massive vote of confidence in Zycko and Nuvias, and is a strong endorsement of our concept of redefining international, specialist value distribution. Nokia has a unique place in the connected world, with exceptional products, and we look forward to helping them successfully grow their pan-EMEA distribution network and increasing sales in the enterprise and mid-market sectors through the channel.”

About Zycko

Zycko is an international specialist IT distributor of innovative IT solutions, covering technology areas for every part of the business IT infrastructure. Areas Zycko covers include data networking, data storage, virtualisation, cloud, monitoring & management, and data centre infrastructure. Zycko selects leading edge strategic partners and technologies that provide its customers with an opportunity to differentiate themselves in a crowded market. Today Zycko has 17 offices across EMEA and serves the rest of the world from its UK-based headquarters. Zycko delivers first class, sophisticated professional services, accredited training, marketing and business development support to its customers. http://www.zycko.com

About Nuvias Group

Nuvias Group is the pan-EMEA, high value distribution business being built by Rigby Private Equity (RPE) to redefine international, specialist value distribution in IT. The Group provides a common proposition and consistent delivery across EMEA, allowing channel and vendor communities to deliver exceptional business value to customers, and enabling new standards of channel success.

The Group today consists of Wick Hill, an award-winning, value-added distributor with a strong specialisation in security; Zycko, an award-winning, specialist EMEA distributor, with a focus on advanced networking; and SIPHON Networks, an award-winning UC solutions and technology integrator for the channel. All three companies have proven experience at providing innovative technology solutions from world-class vendors, and delivering market growth for vendor partners and customers. The Group has 17 regional offices across EMEA, as well as serving additional countries through those offices. Turnover is in excess of US$ 330 million.

What the Human Race Can Learn from Crocodiles

Craig Franklin and a crocodile

We in the human race have long seen ourselves as the most advanced species on the planet, perhaps because of our intelligence, our ability to communicate, and our capability to manage the environments that we live in.

But, as Professor Craig Franklin of the University of Queensland has found through his research, there are species in the animal kingdom whose physiologies are, in certain aspects, far more advanced than our own.

Craig is an animal ecophysiologist and zoologist, and alongside his research at the University of Queensland, he is also Director of Research for the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve, a wetland conversation area of 135,000 hectares on Australia’s Cape York.

Steve Irwin achieved international fame as a conservationist and wildlife expert before he tragically passed away as the result of a stingray injury at the age of 44.

At the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve, Craig’s team, alongside Steve Irwin’s daughter Bindi and the rest of the family, has undertaken arguably the longest and largest tracking programme of its type anywhere in the world, monitoring the locations and body temperatures of over 150 crocodiles.

“We’ve been surgically inserting transmitters into the crocodiles, and today have over five million individual recordings from our 150 animals – a really impressive amount of data.

“The reason that we measure the crocodiles’ body temperature is that it governs, to a major extent, the physiology of organisms, from how they move to how they process food and how long they can stay underwater.

“Where we have made some large advances is the understanding of body temperature patterns. It is quite surprising that in the tropical river system in which we are working, the crocodiles’ body temperatures conform to their aquatic environment – it mimics the temperature of the water.

“That goes against the paradigm for crocodiles in that they bask and warm up. That doesn’t seem to be the case with our animals.

“We have had some beautiful results that show that a small increase in water temperature has a huge impact on the crocodiles’ ability to hold their breath underwater. We’ve seen crocodiles dive for up to seven hours at a time.”

This is just one example of Professor Franklin’s studies into how life evolves to meet the physiological challenges associated with extreme environmental conditions. One species that shows remarkable adaptation to an environment humans would consider hostile is the green-striped burrowing frog, an amphibian which survives in the arid Australian desert despite having a permeable skin. Professor Franklin explains how this is achieved:

“They are an amazing group of animals which can remain underground, entombed in clay burrows, wrapped in a mucous cocoon, for years at a time in between rainfall. They are completely immobile and inactive and enter a state of dormancy called aestivation. What is remarkable is that when the rain does come, their muscles haven’t wasted away, despite not having fed or used their muscles for the long period of dormancy.

“Our interest is in how the frogs prevent muscle wasting, or muscle-disuse atrophy. This is of huge significance to human medicine because of its implications on the treatment of patients in casts, or those who are bed-bound for months at a time.

“In space, in a micro-gravity environment, an astronaut’s muscles waste away quite dramatically, yet these frogs have solved that problem.

“I think that looking at mechanisms such as the frogs’ defence against muscle disuse atrophy, and working out which genes are turned on and off, could have an impact on medicine in the future.

“I am a zoologist and from my perspective, I want to present this type of information to a biomedical or medical audience because I think that when two fields come together, we can create synergism. It is often serendipity that allows us to make big advances in science.”

Professor Franklin will be presenting his findings on these incredible adaptations to the World Extreme Medicine Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland on 19 November 2016.

Mark Hannaford, founder of conference organisers World Extreme Medicine, said, “Craig Franklin is the embodiment of what the World Extreme Medicine Conference is about: experts from a wide variety of fields sharing knowledge and information in the hope that their expertise could help someone in a totally different field.

“World Extreme Medicine was founded around a campfire in Namibia, and we coined the phrase ‘World Extreme Medicine’ as an umbrella term for all practices of medicine outside of a clinical environment, whether it is prehospital, disaster and humanitarian, endurance, sport, expedition or wilderness medicine.

“Our message is that there is a great diversity of careers in medicine, and that traditional hospital environments are not the only option for a fulfilling career. To put it into a layperson’s terms, there’s never been a more exciting time to work in medicine.”

For further information about the World Extreme Medicine Conference and Expo, which takes place 18 – 21 November 2016, please visit: http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/events/event/extreme-medi… . Alternatively, see a message transmitted from the International Space Station by astronaut Kate Rubins to the event organisers here: https://vimeo.com/184097597

About the World Extreme Medicine Conference & Expo

Location: Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS

Dates: Friday November 18 to Monday November 21

Ticket information: http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/events/event/extreme-medi…

Prices from £124.17 (for one day) to £825.00 (for all four days) excluding VAT

Website: http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/

Videos: Being a Doctor Just Became the Most Exciting Career https://vimeo.com/170846844

Extreme and Wilderness Medicine – Our Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhPrFGFIFXI

A Hundred Years of Medicine in the US National Parks

Will Smith MDGrand Teton National Park

This year the US National Park Service celebrates the hundredth anniversary of its establishment by President Woodrow Wilson, and in that century the list of iconic North American landscapes under its management has grown dramatically.

The US National Parks contain some of the continent’s most extreme and remote terrain, and with over 300 million tourists visiting last year, maintaining the safety of visitors is an immense challenge for rescue workers.

Will Smith MD, Paramedic is the Medical Director for Grand Teton National Park, which is in Wyoming, just south of the famous Yellowstone National Park. With a number of high peaks including the 4,200m Grant Teton, an area of 480 square miles, and an average of 3.5 million visitors per year, the park presents a range of complications for medical professionals.

The rugged interior of the United States has a proud history of wilderness survival, and Will Smith embodies the spirit that has been exhibited by Native Americans and European settlers in the country across the centuries. As a serving US Army reservist who grew up on a cattle ranch in southeast Wyoming, an understanding of the wilderness and how to deal with emergency situations comes naturally to him.

As Medical Director, Will Smith’s role takes him into the heart of the National Park on some of the most high-profile rescues in the region. For example, in 2010, he coordinated the medical operations of a rescue of 17 climbers who had been struck by lightning near the summit of Grand Teton – the largest single rescue effort in the park’s history. However, the high-profile cases are the tip of the iceberg, as Will explains:

“The average hiker requires rescuing much more frequently than the high-profile climbing injuries and avalanches. One thing that the National Park Service is trying to do is educate people in order to prevent search and rescues – to take water and clothing with them, to be aware of altitude sickness, not to go too close to the large wild animals that are common around here.

“Getting outside and enjoying nature is really important, especially for younger generations. I think that experiencing the National Parks gives people a better understanding of the planet, an understanding of personal responsibility and making sure that they are well-prepared.

“Today, it’s common for technology to be too deeply ingrained into people’s lives – it’s important that they have an alternative that exposes them to parts of nature they wouldn’t otherwise see.”

Will Smith continues, “Technology does, of course, play a role in modern remote and wilderness medicine. I think that there is a lot of technology out there that can help extreme medics, but the over-reliance on technology is also dangerous. When it fails, when your batteries go dead, or when you don’t have phone signal, you need to be able to rely on yourself and on your training.

“In Grand Teton National Park, we have areas that are very commonly without phone reception, so we have to train our pre-hospital providers to know what to do in pretty much all circumstances, to make decisions quickly and correctly.

“Whether they have been there before or not, they can draw on previous experiences or training. A key skill for wilderness medical professionals is the ability to think outside the box, to relish the challenges associated with taking care of people in the wilderness.

“Sometimes the presentation of the injury or illness won’t be straightforward, sometimes we won’t have all of the tools available, but we figure out what needs to be done. Evacuation can be a priority over the medical procedures.”

Will Smith will be speaking at World Extreme Medicine Conference and Expo at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS on 19, 20 and 21 November 2016. The Extreme Medicine Exposition brings together leading experts from around the globe to share learnings on prehospital care, expedition and wilderness medicine, sport, endurance, humanitarian and disaster medicine.

Mark Hannaford, founder of conference organisers World Extreme Medicine, said, “One of the key missions of the World Extreme Medicine Conference is to see practitioners of extreme medicine from around the globe learning from one another, and Will Smith has a huge wealth of experience to share.

“At the conference, Will is covering the dramatic rescue of 17 climbers from the summit of Grand Teton, the use of combat medicine skills in emergency medical services and practicing medicine in areas that ambulances can’t reach – all areas that can benefit other medical professionals from a range of backgrounds.

“World Extreme Medicine was founded around a campfire in Namibia, and we coined the phrase ‘World Extreme Medicine’ as an umbrella term for all practices of medicine outside of a clinical environment, whether it is prehospital, disaster and humanitarian, endurance, sport, expedition or wilderness medicine.

“Our message is that there is a great diversity of careers in medicine, and that traditional hospital environments are not the only option for a fulfilling career. To put it into a layperson’s terms, there’s never been a more exciting time to work in medicine.”

For further information about the World Extreme Medicine Conference and Expo, which takes place 18 – 21 November 2016, please visit: http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/events/event/extreme-medi… .

Links:

World Extreme Medicine Conference and Expo: http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/

World Extreme Medicine Conference Info: http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/events/event/extreme-medi…

Grand Teton National Park: http://www.nationalparks.org/explore-parks/grand-teton-natio…

US National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm

Kate Rubins’ transmitted message supporting the World Extreme Medicine Expo from the International Space Station: https://vimeo.com/184097597

Humanitarian Aid: What Happens When the Cameras Go Home?

Peter Skelton in Kathmandu, Nepal

When many people consider humanitarian aid in disaster situations, they think about the media’s coverage of the crisis: people being rescued, aid packages being delivered, shelters being built. But what happens when the cameras leave?

Peter Skelton, a London-based Physiotherapist and Rehabilitation Project Manager with Handicap International, a charity which remains in a disaster-affected region for months after the public’s attention has moved on.

Peter specialises in helping people injured during emergencies, often in countries with limited resources and support frameworks. Speaking about his work, Peter said, “Most people’s experiences of physiotherapy in the UK come from their own direct interactions with a physiotherapist, normally because of a sports injury, back pain or a similar issue. That experience is completely different if you’ve had a major accident such as a spinal injury or an amputation, when you will see a very different side to physiotherapy.

“In many ways, the work we are doing in disaster situations is not markedly different from what we would do in major trauma centres within the UK. The difference is linked to the resources we have available, and the situations in which people find themselves.

“Invariably, in the UK when you provide treatment, you know that people can get access to the follow-up care that they need, you know that they’ll have support from social services if they need it, and they’ll generally have a supportive family around. There are all sorts of systems set up to support people while they are unwell and throughout the recovery process. In a disaster zone you generally don’t have access to these.

“We aren’t dealing with disaster injuries in isolation. Frequently, patients will have not only experienced a catastrophic injury, but may also have lost their home, their business, family members, friends. The country itself may also be experiencing severe upheaval so they are unlikely to have the same social support that we expect to be available in the UK.”

Peter Skelton works for Handicap International, an international aid organisation working alongside disabled and vulnerable people in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. He has worked in emergency teams responding to crises in Ecuador, Nepal, Gaza, Iraq, the Philippines, Libya, Jordan and Haiti.

Peter Skelton will be speaking at the World Extreme Medicine Conference and Expo at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS on 18 November 2016, focusing on the issue of psychological first aid.

The Psychological First Aid training package was developed by the World Health Organisation, and is targeted at anybody that is helping out in response to a disaster: humanitarian aid workers, medical professionals and even laypeople. It is designed to give a basic framework that they can use to deliver immediate support to people in disasters.

Peter said, “There is a misconception that the victims of disaster are always traumatised. Actually, my experience has been that people in disasters are incredibly resilient. What they really need is access to things like shelter, food and water, and if you can help them to meet those needs then they’re going to be fine.

“It’s only a much smaller number of people that require any specialist intervention and psychological first aid comes in one level below that.”

Mark Hannaford, founder of conference organisers World Extreme Medicine, said, “Peter is a hugely respected figure on the UK humanitarian scene, and his perspective is of particular interest because of his experience of the long term rehabilitation of disaster victims.

“World Extreme Medicine was founded around a campfire in Namibia, and we coined the phrase ‘World Extreme Medicine’ as an umbrella term for all practices of medicine outside of a clinical environment, whether it is prehospital, disaster and humanitarian, endurance, sport, expedition or wilderness medicine.

“Our message is that there is a great diversity of careers in medicine, and that traditional hospital environments are not the only option for a fulfilling career. To put it into a layperson’s terms, there’s never been a more exciting time to work in medicine.”

The World Extreme Medicine Conference and Expo brings together leading experts from around the globe to share learnings on prehospital care, expedition and wilderness medicine, sport, endurance, humanitarian and disaster medicine.

For further information about the World Extreme Medicine Conference and Expo, which takes place 18 – 21 November 2016, please visit: http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/events/event/extreme-medi… .

Links:

World Extreme Medicine Conference and Expo: http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/

World Extreme Medicine Conference tickets: http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/events/event/extreme-medi…

Handicap International: https://www.handicap-international.org.uk/

Kate Rubins’ transmitted message supporting the World Extreme Medicine Expo from the International Space Station: https://vimeo.com/184097597

NASA Gives Thumbs Up to World Extreme Medical Conference

Kate Rubins

Kate Rubins, one of three astronauts aboard the International Space Station, has transmitted a message of support to the organisers of the World Extreme Medicine Conference and Expo, which will be held at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on Friday 18 to Monday 21 November.

Taking time off from sequencing DNA 400km above the Earth’s surface, Kate Rubins reinforced the importance of extreme medicine:

“Here in Earth orbit we have a unique appreciation of the concepts of ‘extreme’ and ‘remote’, very applicable to the World Extreme Medicine Conference, especially provisioning and point-of-care diagnostics in similar remote environments as well as on a wider global scale.

“The concept of extreme medicine resonates with so many corners of human health, such as disaster and humanitarian medicine, prehospital care, wilderness medicine, and in isolated villages in the developing world.

“The breaking down of traditional silos between these disciplines is leading to more effective treatments and devices, and of course the sharing of knowledge and best practices on a wider stage.”

The video was put on the World Extreme Medicine Facebook page last Friday and already has over 9,100 views.

The attendees at the World Extreme Medicine Conference represent an eclectic mix of disciplines, united by one thing: they all specialise in medical practice conducted away from a usual clinical setting, typically in remote and sometimes dangerous locations.

Four core disciplines are covered by 100 key speakers: disaster and humanitarian medicine, extreme, expedition and space medicine, human endurance and sports medicine plus prehospital medicine. Highlights include:

Disaster and Humanitarian Medicine

Dr David Nott, an NHS surgeon who spends several months of each year working overseas for Médecins Sans Frontières and the International Federation of the Red Cross, will be speaking about his most recent work at a makeshift hospital in Aleppo, Syria, and previously, in other conflict zones.

Peter Skelton, a London-based physiotherapy and rehabilitation specialist who has worked in emergency teams in Ecuador, Nepal, Gaza, Iraq, the Philippines, Libya, Jordan and Haiti, will be speaking about the importance of Psychological First Aid training to responders in disaster situations.

Extreme, Expedition and Space Medicine

Speakers come from as far afield as Australia, such as John Cherry, a rural doctor working in Orange, New South Wales, around 150 miles west of Sydney. Dr Cherry has had an incredibly varied career and will be speaking about how he created the blueprint for preparing ESA astronauts for medical situations in space.

American MD Will Smith is travelling from Jackson, Wyoming, where he is the US National Parks Medical Director. He provides consultancy services to extreme medicine and rescue organisations across the world and will be sharing his experiences of practicing medicine in remote and austere locations.

Human Endurance and Sports Medicine

Speakers include the elite sports expert, Edinburgh-based Dr Andrew Murray, who has worked for the Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth games. He is also an incredible athlete in his own right, having run 4,300 km from Scotland to the Sahara Desert and completed a husky trek in -40C in Outer Mongolia.

Pre-Hospital Medicine

Londoner Eoin Walker is a Pre-Hospital Mass Casualty Incident Management Paramedic with the London Air Ambulance, and will be discussing prehospital care alongside Zoe Hitchcock. In 2013, Zoe suffered a cardiac arrest whilst shopping in Oxford Street, central London, and Eoin was the first on the scene and re-started her heart.

World Extreme Medicine Founder Mark Hannaford said, “In today’s world, more than ever before, the human race is determined to access remote areas, whether it be for science, exploration, business or a myriad of other reasons. People going into these areas need medical support, and the skillsets of the medical professionals required are very different to those needed in a traditional clinical environment.

“Likewise, there are conflicts and disasters happening in parts of the world where access to equipment and medicine is extremely difficult or impossible. Medical professionals in these conditions need to be able to work with very limited resources and frequently overcome new challenges.

“The area of extreme medicine is in growth, and our message is that it’s a great alternative to a traditional clinical career. My belief is that there’s never been a more exciting time to work in medicine, and the fascinating speakers at the World Extreme Medicine Conference will prove that point.”

Mark Hannaford concludes, “We are thrilled to be bringing 100 speakers to Edinburgh at a unique event attended by 800 doctors, nurses, paramedics, surgeons and medical students. New medical research findings will be shared, making the conference an unmissable and historic event.”

About World Extreme Medicine Expo

Location: Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS

Dates: Friday November 18 to Monday November 21

Ticket information: http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/events/event/extreme-medi… Prices from £124.17 (for one day) to £825.00 (for all four days) excluding VAT

Website: http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/

Videos: Being a Doctor Just Became the Most Exciting Career https://vimeo.com/170846844

Extreme and Wilderness Medicine – Our Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhPrFGFIFXI

TDB Fusion Signs OEM Agreement with Anuta Networks to Integrate NCX into the Federos™ Product Suite

Colin Aurelius, CEO, TDB Fusion

TDB Fusion, the UK based software company, has signed an OEM agreement with California based Anuta Networks International for its NCX product. The agreement enables TDB Fusion to integrate Anuta’s product into the Federos Product Suite as Federos NCX. Federos NCX will drive Network Service Automation & Orchestration for the Data Centre, Campus, Branch and Carrier Core Networks. The Federos Product Suite provides organisations with a converged information solution significantly enhancing functionality and increasing management flexibility, enabling users across the business to review and consume key data through a simple browser based interface. Federos NCX will become another integrated module available within the Federos dashboard accessible to current and future TDB Fusion customers.

Commenting on the agreement Colin Aurelius, TDB Fusion CEO, said, “I am excited about the enhanced functionality that Federos NCX will provide to our customer and the business benefits and savings that will be achieved for them by adding this new module to the Product Suite.”

“There is a tremendous amount of synergy between our two companies and our two product ranges”, said Chandu Guntakala, CEO of Anuta Networks. “This OEM agreement will see our joint product offerings adding significant benefits to customers internationally and we are looking forward to working closely with the team at TDB Fusion”.

TDB Fusion has been expanding rapidly reporting a revenue increase of 145% in 2016, along with a doubling of the workforce, the opening of a new sales and support office in London and increasing the headquarters facility in Bracknell. This OEM agreement will enhance Federos breadth of offerings and opportunities for the company enabling it to continue its growth during 2016/7.

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About TDB Fusion

TDB Fusion provide market leading software solutions to control and manage the convergence of business applications, IT management, cloud and data centre systems. Our Federos™ Product Suite delivers a unique approach to bridging the gap between traditional and cloud based systems with a flexible, automated and dynamic user dashboard enabling more effective business management. Federos™ removes silos of information across the business and provides real-time access to key information whenever and wherever it is needed. From the NOC to the boardroom, Federos™ delivers significant operational savings and efficiency improvements to the complete business.

Our range of software solutions are utilised across key environments including IT Systems Management, Network Management, and Data Centre Management and embraced across key market sectors of service providers, financial institutions and enterprise organisations worldwide including Fujitsu, GEO Networks, a Tier 1 Bank, Global Cloud Xchange, Tata Communications and Virtus Data Centres.

About Federos™

Federos™ provides organisations with a converged information solution significantly enhancing functionality and increasing management flexibility, enabling users across the business to review and consume key data through a simple browser based interface. Your business becomes more responsive, through the operational orchestration and automation of regular and critical business processes.

Federos™ integrates multi-vendor systems and data centre management tools to provide organisations with a holistic, bi-directional view of their IT infrastructure and data centre operations. It provides organisations with a unified view of Business, IT and Data Centre Management Systems underpinned by customisable business led workflow and integration.

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Danish happiness trend alive and well in UK homes

Created by the Danes, hygge, pronounced (‘hoo-ga’ or ‘hue-gah’), comes from a Norwegian word meaning “well-being”. It is quintessentially Danish and means the art of cherishing oneself, and others. It’s broader than just having a good time and being cosy, it’s a mind-set and a way of life. And it’s heading to a town near you!

One online retailer, The Rug Seller, is reporting a surge in sales of fluffy, cosy rugs in warming colours and believes that the UK is embracing the concept by creating warm and snug home environments as we enter the autumn.

During September, sales of deep pile rugs increased by 300% and demand for red and orange rugs went up by 82%.

The Danes create hygge in their lives in many ways. They believe that your overall happiness can be improved by making small changes to your everyday living space.

Speaking about the trend, Daniel Prendergast of The Rug Seller said, “Despite not having a direct translation for hygge it would appear that we are making our homes feel hyggelig (the adjective for hygge).

“This is a new trend where people are swapping soft furnishings to make their homes cosier for the winter months. People are now seeing that they don’t have to live with the same cushions, throws and rugs all year round and are cosying up for the winter.

“What’s not to like? And let’s not forget, the Danes are consistently top of the polls as the happiest nation on the earth, so it’s not a bad idea to be taking some tips from them.”

To add some warming floor coverings to your home, visit The Rug Seller

Warm up October as 5pm.co.uk & Glayva Partner to Offer a Free Liqueur to Diners

Ruth Broers, Head of Marketing, 5pm

October is going to get considerably cosier with restaurant booking website 5pm.co.uk’s latest partnership.

They’ve teamed up with Glayva whisky liqueur to offer 5pm diners a free drink with selected restaurant bookings made on 5pm’s website throughout the month of October.

Seventy restaurants across Glasgow and Edinburgh are taking part in the promotion and offering the complimentary drink with their 5pm restaurant offer.

Most awarded liqueur in the world

Glayva is an exotic fusion of blended Scotch whisky, spices, Mediterranean tangerines and honey and originated in Leith, Edinburgh.

The liqueur has been awarded fourteen times at the International Wine and Spirit Competition, more than any other liqueur in the world.

5pm.co.uk offers their users a range of discounts and dining deals across Scotland and during this promotion participating restaurants will serve their customers a complimentary Glayva liqueur on top of their dining offer.

5pm customers can select their free drink when booking at the participating restaurants.

Toast your meal

5pm’s Head of Marketing Ruth Broers said of the partnership:

“Seventy of our restaurants in Glasgow and Edinburgh have come on board to join this partnership with Glayva, from fine dining restaurants to bistros and. Glayva is the perfect complement to a dining experience and this partnership gives even more value to our customers.”

“At 5pm we are focused on offering our customers the highest quality dining experiences. We are delighted diners will now have the opportunity to finish off their meal with a warming complimentary Glayva liqueur.”

You can see what restaurants are giving away a free Glayva with 5pm.co.uk here.

(Photo – Ruth Broers, Head of Marketing at 5pm.co.uk at The Buttery restaurant in Glasgow)