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9. “New Trading Systems and Methods” by Perry J. Kaufman – An update of the classic and bestselling book of Perry Kaufman that includes more systems, more methods, and extensive risk analysis to keep this the most comprehensive and instructional book on trading systems today.
10. “Trading Systems That Work” by Thomas Stidsman – Thomas Stidsman reviews and analyzes today’s major software programs, and helps traders determine which will work best for their personal trading style and habits – and which could actually work against them.
"There has been a reallocation of funds and foreign investors are moving out of Indian equities."
The outflows are more from India focussed offshore funds compared to India focussed ETFs, Himanshu Srivastava, Senior Research Analyst, Morningstar Advisers India, tells ET Now.
You track inflows, outflows very closely. In September, we have seen almost Rs 9,000 crore exiting as FPIs turned net sellers in September, as against being buyers in July and August. What went wrong in September?
In July and August, there were net inflows but the quantum was very small. In the past, when FIIs came in with full conviction, the quantum tended to be higher than what was in the month of July and August. This indicates that there was a fair bit of uncertainty and cautiousness among foreign investors when it came to investing in India.
In September, we have seen net outflows from FPIs. That was not unexpected as you can see FIIs have been focusing on the economic growth prospects of India which is not very clear in the current macro environment what we are seeing. So we are seeing widening current account deficit due to surging crude prices, depreciating currency and we have seen global trade war between US and China, definitely impacting not only India but other emerging countries as well.
On the macro front, India does not look too good from the FII perspective and that is where they have been adopting a cautious stance on India and pulling out money in September. Things escalated in September largely because of higher crude prices, rupee depreciation, weakness on macro front and also the trade war between US and China has escalated over a period of time and that is not auguring well for India and other emerging markets.
Given the fact that emerging markets are riskier compared to their developed counterparts, FIIs are adopting a cautious approach and staying on the sidelines to get more clarity. The factors that we are discussing are moving factors and they can change from positive to negative for India and that is what we have seen in July and August where there have been a fair bit of positiveness in terms of macro given that the GDP numbers showed a positive trend and we have seen some inflows coming in. But again they turned negative in September and we are seeing FIIs moving out of the country. This is the trend that we have been seeing this year so far. It is a dynamic trend and is going to continue for some more time.
Forget gold, the new safe haven globally seems to be the US dollar. Our equity markets may as well brace for the fact that FPIs going forward will continue to be net sellers. They all seem to be relocating their portfolios and money towards the dollar. Is this trend here to stay?
There has been a reallocation and there is no doubt that investors are moving out of Indian equities. What we are also seeing in the offshore space is that India focused offshore funds and ETFs are also seeing outflows since February. Till August, there had been a net outflow of around $3.7 billion. This year, January was the only month when India focused offshore funds and ETFs received net inflows. Since then, there has been net outflows and that too from India-focused offshore funds which are considered to be long term in nature. The outflows are more from India-focused offshore funds compared to India focussed ETFs.
We are seeing dollar getting appreciated and obviously gold is also a safe haven as the dollar is. Whether this trend will continue depends on macro factors which will domestically impact India. If India has a better domestic environment, we may see the FIIs coming back to the Indian equity markets. But there has to be more clarity and sustainability of economic growth rather than just one odd number showing positive trends.
Where FIIs are concerned, they are not seeing too much prospect of the sustainability of economic growth and that is where they are staying on the sidelines when it comes to investing in India. This trend may continue for some time unless until there is more clarity. We are entering into an election season. There is anticipation that there will be increased volatility in the market and FIIs will also want to get clarity on the election front as well.
The Cabinet Office is advising that Premier Michael Dunkley and his Ministerial Colleagues will be conducting today’s [July 26] Cabinet meeting at Commissioner House in Dockyard.
“As the public is aware, the Cabinet Office on Front Street is currently undergoing extensive renovations. And since the start of the refurbishment project, the Ministry of ‎Finance and other locations such as Camden have served as the alternative venue for the weekly Cabinet meetings,” a spokesperson said.
Increased use of mobile devices is putting more and more people at risk of cyber-attacks, security firm warns.
Smartphone users have been urged to ensure their devices are properly protected against cyber threats in a new report from one of the world's top security firms.
The latest Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index has warned that over-reliance on mobile devices could be putting consumers around the world at risk as they stop using PCs for many everyday tasks.
For example, the company's research found that the proportion of users who had accessed emails on the mobile devices has risen from 59 per cent in the second half of 2016 to 67 per cent now - more than two thirds of the total. In contrast, 78 per cent of users accessed their email account from computers, compared to 87 per cent in the previous six months.
This growth was also seen in the amount of users using their mobile devices for online shopping, which increased from 41 per cent in the previous six months to 50 per cent now, with those using PCs decreasing from 80 per cent to 75 per cent.
Despite this increase in mobile usage, Kaspersky Lab has warned that many of these devices are unprotected, leaving them vulnerable to attack.
It found that 41 per cent of users admitted they have no security protection at all on their mobile devices. This is despite huge recent growths in mobile malware, with Kaspersky Lab’s databases have listed over 20 million malicious objects targeting Android devices since the start of 2017. This had also shown an increase in detected attacks, with over one in four (27 per cent) respondents saying that they had been a victim of cybercrime, on some type of device.
“Irrespective of people’s age and occupation, the focus of their digital lives is increasingly shifting onto mobile devices – people trust them with their secrets, files, confidential information, money and many other things," said Andrei Mochola, head of consumer business at Kaspersky Lab.
"However, cybercriminals are also shifting their tactics and are increasingly attacking mobile platforms. It is therefore imperative that modern smartphones and tablets be as protected as our computers. In addition to safeguarding our own devices, people need to look out for each other and help friends and family members to practice safe Internet usage to reduce the risks they face."
Charles Buddy Kale, 29, 104 Fairwood, York, May 27, charged with PDP.
Richard Wayne Colton, 48, 12914 Tahoe Drive, Charlotte, May 30, charged with shoplifting and obtaining goods under false pretense.
Ontavius Laron Knox, 23, 1366 Tom Joye Road, Clover, May 31, charged with malicious injury to property.
Christopher Paul Morgan, 17, 301 Clinton Ave., Clover, May 22, charged with AB.
Clifford Ray Cecil, 52, 2136 Southbend Road, Clover, May 23, charged with OC and PMJ.
Jesse Alexander Cochran, 17, 885 Canipe Road, Clover, May 19, charged with PDP.
Timothy Eugene Hiland, 49, 2420 Justin Drive, York, May 25, charged with PDC and OC.
Kevin Renard Thomas, 28, 800 W. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, N.C., May 23, charged with attempted murder and discharging a firearm into a dwelling.
Gary Vincent Boyd II, 20, 819 Generation Lane, Clover, May, 25, charged with attempted murder and discharging a firearm into a dwelling.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- University of Cincinnati football coach Rick Minter was fired Monday after 10 seasons, taking the Bearcats to four bowls, but only to a 5-7 mark this year.
This year's losing season was Minter's first since 1999.
The Bearcats won their first three games this season, but stumbled to the finish, capped by a 43-40 loss to Louisville on Friday.
The 49-year-old Minter was 53-63-1 at Cincinnati, making him the program's most winning and most losing coach. He ended Cincinnati's 47-year bowl drought in 1997 when the Bearcats went to the Humanitarian Bowl.
Despite the success, Minter came under increased criticism for failing to create a larger fan base and national profile.
Friday's game with Louisville, played in inclement weather, attracted only 11,993 fans, only slightly more than one-third of the stadium's capacity.
Minter's departure comes as the Bearcats prepare to leave Conference USA and join the Big East in time for the 2005 season.
Minter was an assistant for 16 years in the college ranks and was defensive coordinator at Notre Dame before going to Cincinnati.
Peppa's family are staying at cousin Chloe's house. After a long day everyone is tired and wants to go to sleep. But baby Alexander's crying is keeping everyone awake!
Mummy Rabbit comes to visit with a big tummy. Everyone is excited to find out there is a baby rabbit inside, but they are in for an even bigger surprise!
A motorcyclist from Worthing suffered fatal injuries following a collision with two cars on the A286 in Birdham, near Chichester, yesterday.
The 56-year-old motorcyclist from Worthing collided with a Jaguar travelling in the same direction, close to the road’s junction with Walwyn Close, Birdham, before a secondary collision with a Mercedes-Benz A180 car travelling in the opposite direction, police said.
He was flown by air ambulance to Southampton General Hospital but sadly died, confirmed police.
Neither the Jaguar driver, a 28-year-old man from East Grinstead, or his passenger, a 26-year-old woman from the same town, were hurt, police said.
Nor were the other car driver and his passenger, a man and a woman, both aged 30 and both from Chigwell, Essex, confirmed police.
The collision, which took place at 12.30pm, caused significant traffic delays and the A286 was closed for four hours while the incident was dealt with.
Sergeant Alan Spicer, of the Sussex Police serious collisions investigation unit, said: “We are grateful to those drivers whose journeys were delayed or disrupted for their patience and understanding.
They can contact police online or by phoning 101, quoting Operation Hildon.
Officers believe that given the weekend’s hot, sunny weather and the fact that motorists travelling from far and wide often use the A286 to access beaches at East and West Wittering, potential witnesses may live outside the immediate area.
People are therefore being urged by police to spread word of the collision and the need for information as extensively as possible.
VANCOUVER—A beekeeper in Nanaimo, B.C., is the first to document what could be a devastating parasite in Canadian honey bees.
Sarah Wallbank says she noticed bees from her hive were flying erratically at night, persistently circling lights and then dying.
An online check led her to ZomBee Watch and its director, biology professor John Hafernik at San Francisco State University, who tracks the Zombie fly and its parasitic attack on honey bees across North America.
Hafernik says Wallbank’s bees are the first in Canada to be confirmed as infected, although hives are being checked in Victoria and Kelowna.
He says the infection is concerning but not surprising, because the Zombie fly is native to North America and has targeted other native wasps and bumblebees. It appears only recently to have turned its attention to honey bees introduced by Europeans, however.
Honey bees are a vital pollinator of agricultural crops and it’s not yet known how severely the infestation will affect populations, so Hafernik is appealing for what he calls citizen scientists to watch for insects acting strangely.
“By acting strangely, I mean flying around at night when they should be huddled, staying warm in their hives, and often getting attracted to light, which is sort of our indicator that something unusual is going on in the hive,” says Hafernik.
Bees are likely infected while foraging, and become increasingly disoriented as the eggs hatch in their abdomens.
“After about five to seven days, the larvae have completed feeding on the inside of the bee, they literally eat the inside out of the bee and they then kind of erupt out of the area between the head and neck of the bee, sort of like aliens,” he says.
A map of infected bee colonies shows heavy infestations on both United States coasts and Hafernik says the big question is whether the bug has spread through British Columbia to Alberta and possibly Ontario.
Anyone seeing bees attracted to light, especially at night, should carefully collect the dying insect and save it in a container or baggie, observe if any larvae emerge, and report to ZomBee Watch, he says.
Hafernik says it has been “really great” making contact with citizen scientists such as Wallbank in Nanaimo, and her counterparts in Canada and the U.S.
“These are people who can make real scientific contributions and discoveries that have been missed by scientists like me and others over the years,” he adds.
DES MOINES, Iowa – City leaders in Des Moines have approved a settlement with the family of a man killed by a police officer.
Twenty-eight-year-old Ryan Bolinger was shot and killed by Officer Vanessa Miller in June of 2015.
Following a low-speed chase, Bolinger stepped out of his car along Merle Hay Road and Urbandale Avenue. When he approached the driver’s side window of Miller’s police cruiser, she fired one shot — killing him.
Miller claimed she repeatedly warned Bolinger to get back. However, video and audio of the shooting showed there was no warning.
A grand jury cleared Officer Miller of any wrong doing. She resigned from the department last year.
A $225,000 payment to settle a wrongful death lawsuit was approved in Monday night’s city council meeting.
Four engineering students have drowned in a large pond in West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh. The undergraduate students had gone for an outing on Saturday, during which they decided to jump into the water for a quick swim, police said.
All the four bodies have been found.
Police said the students left their backpacks and lunchboxes at a clearing near the pond. A polythene bag full of guavas, which the boys had plucked from trees near the pond, lay scattered near their jeans and shirts.
Police said the boys have been identified as K Harikrishna Raju, Kota Sai, ASK Parasuman and G Vijaya Sankar, all engineering students of Ramachandra College of Engineering in Eluru, some 330 kilometres from Hyderabad.
What are the four components to mobile health care security?
According to Mac McMillan, CEO of CynergisTek, says that there are four core components to his clients’ healthcare mobile security strategies, HealthIT Security reported.
The first two are mobile device management, since one aspect of customer strategy is management of mobile devices themselves, and network access control, which includes deploying technology on the network that allows you to interrogate devices that are trying to connect with your network, Health IT Security said.
The last two are changing your perception of the perimeter, as in getting a better understanding of how network access works, and mobile applications, which asks the question of how we access applications and data on the back end?
Innovator Hensley Foster says having lab space within UWM's School of Freshwater Sciences is an incredible asset.
So in 2012, Foster created Stonehouse Water Technologies, and UW-Milwaukee carved out lab space within its School of Freshwater Sciences for his research.
It has since morphed into a mini water utility. “When we started out, we were looking at capturing water using cisterns and things like that and we knew once we captured it we would have to filter it….but we had this revelation that what we really needed to do was concentrate on a core module to purify,” Foster says.
Water Pod kiosk inside Stonehouse Water Technologies office within Global Water Center.
With a mantra of low energy / low flow, Foster’s water pod took shape. He says what the public will see is a sleek 5-foot tall water dispenser.
“We have completely redesigned it because like our guy says this looks like coffee maker,” Foster says.
Yet behind the scenes, the mini-utility is cleansing the water. “This is the water coming in over here, goes through these series of filters and UV treatment and then it comes back,” Foster says.
Foster’s creation is gaining momentum. His crew installed a system in Algoma, Wisconsin, and next week, one will go on line at an El Rey grocery store on Milwaukee’s south side.
Later this year Foster expects to launch projects in the Dominican Republic and Africa.
He considers himself one of the lucky few. Foster's was among first start ups to move into the Global Water Center as it launched its BREW Accelerator.
It brings together established businesses, researchers and entrepreneurs at the Global Water Center to collaborate.
Foster has garnered $300,000 in grants and services to push his product forward.
Yet he worries that others with promising water tech ideas will fall through the cracks due to short incubation time and scarce funding.
Dean Amhaus inside Global Water Center during its construction.
Dean Amhaus doesn’t disagree. He heads The Water Council.
It has exploded with growth. Six years ago, Amhaus was a staff of one.
In 2013, the group transformed a century old warehouse into the Global Water Center and rolled out its BREW accelerator program. It has nurtured 19 startups and facilitated a dozen products/patents.
Yet, Amhaus says increasing the funding pool to support more than a few entrepreneurs at a time, and for longer than a year, remains a nagging challenge.
“There are not a lot of seed funds, angel funds, investors who are saying ‘boy, I’m going to put my money into water because of the fact that it’s a long return, some of these investors want to put it in an app where you can make a billion dollars in a few years. That’s just not the nature of this.,'" he says.
Federal funds help fuel research in Dan Zitomer's lab at Marquette University, and fuels collaboration with colleagues at UW-Milwaukee.

9. “New Trading Systems and Methods” by Perry J. Kaufman – An update of the classic and bestselling book of Perry Kaufman that includes more systems, more methods, and extensive risk analysis to keep this the most comprehensive and instructional book on trading systems today.

10. “Trading Systems That Work” by Thomas Stidsman – Thomas Stidsman reviews and analyzes today’s major software programs, and helps traders determine which will work best for their personal trading style and habits – and which could actually work against them.

"There has been a reallocation of funds and foreign investors are moving out of Indian equities."

The outflows are more from India focussed offshore funds compared to India focussed ETFs, Himanshu Srivastava, Senior Research Analyst, Morningstar Advisers India, tells ET Now.

You track inflows, outflows very closely. In September, we have seen almost Rs 9,000 crore exiting as FPIs turned net sellers in September, as against being buyers in July and August. What went wrong in September?

In July and August, there were net inflows but the quantum was very small. In the past, when FIIs came in with full conviction, the quantum tended to be higher than what was in the month of July and August. This indicates that there was a fair bit of uncertainty and cautiousness among foreign investors when it came to investing in India.

In September, we have seen net outflows from FPIs. That was not unexpected as you can see FIIs have been focusing on the economic growth prospects of India which is not very clear in the current macro environment what we are seeing. So we are seeing widening current account deficit due to surging crude prices, depreciating currency and we have seen global trade war between US and China, definitely impacting not only India but other emerging countries as well.

On the macro front, India does not look too good from the FII perspective and that is where they have been adopting a cautious stance on India and pulling out money in September. Things escalated in September largely because of higher crude prices, rupee depreciation, weakness on macro front and also the trade war between US and China has escalated over a period of time and that is not auguring well for India and other emerging markets.

Given the fact that emerging markets are riskier compared to their developed counterparts, FIIs are adopting a cautious approach and staying on the sidelines to get more clarity. The factors that we are discussing are moving factors and they can change from positive to negative for India and that is what we have seen in July and August where there have been a fair bit of positiveness in terms of macro given that the GDP numbers showed a positive trend and we have seen some inflows coming in. But again they turned negative in September and we are seeing FIIs moving out of the country. This is the trend that we have been seeing this year so far. It is a dynamic trend and is going to continue for some more time.

Forget gold, the new safe haven globally seems to be the US dollar. Our equity markets may as well brace for the fact that FPIs going forward will continue to be net sellers. They all seem to be relocating their portfolios and money towards the dollar. Is this trend here to stay?

There has been a reallocation and there is no doubt that investors are moving out of Indian equities. What we are also seeing in the offshore space is that India focused offshore funds and ETFs are also seeing outflows since February. Till August, there had been a net outflow of around $3.7 billion. This year, January was the only month when India focused offshore funds and ETFs received net inflows. Since then, there has been net outflows and that too from India-focused offshore funds which are considered to be long term in nature. The outflows are more from India-focused offshore funds compared to India focussed ETFs.

We are seeing dollar getting appreciated and obviously gold is also a safe haven as the dollar is. Whether this trend will continue depends on macro factors which will domestically impact India. If India has a better domestic environment, we may see the FIIs coming back to the Indian equity markets. But there has to be more clarity and sustainability of economic growth rather than just one odd number showing positive trends.

Where FIIs are concerned, they are not seeing too much prospect of the sustainability of economic growth and that is where they are staying on the sidelines when it comes to investing in India. This trend may continue for some time unless until there is more clarity. We are entering into an election season. There is anticipation that there will be increased volatility in the market and FIIs will also want to get clarity on the election front as well.

The Cabinet Office is advising that Premier Michael Dunkley and his Ministerial Colleagues will be conducting today’s [July 26] Cabinet meeting at Commissioner House in Dockyard.

“As the public is aware, the Cabinet Office on Front Street is currently undergoing extensive renovations. And since the start of the refurbishment project, the Ministry of ‎Finance and other locations such as Camden have served as the alternative venue for the weekly Cabinet meetings,” a spokesperson said.

Increased use of mobile devices is putting more and more people at risk of cyber-attacks, security firm warns.

Smartphone users have been urged to ensure their devices are properly protected against cyber threats in a new report from one of the world's top security firms.

The latest Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index has warned that over-reliance on mobile devices could be putting consumers around the world at risk as they stop using PCs for many everyday tasks.

For example, the company's research found that the proportion of users who had accessed emails on the mobile devices has risen from 59 per cent in the second half of 2016 to 67 per cent now - more than two thirds of the total. In contrast, 78 per cent of users accessed their email account from computers, compared to 87 per cent in the previous six months.

This growth was also seen in the amount of users using their mobile devices for online shopping, which increased from 41 per cent in the previous six months to 50 per cent now, with those using PCs decreasing from 80 per cent to 75 per cent.

Despite this increase in mobile usage, Kaspersky Lab has warned that many of these devices are unprotected, leaving them vulnerable to attack.

It found that 41 per cent of users admitted they have no security protection at all on their mobile devices. This is despite huge recent growths in mobile malware, with Kaspersky Lab’s databases have listed over 20 million malicious objects targeting Android devices since the start of 2017. This had also shown an increase in detected attacks, with over one in four (27 per cent) respondents saying that they had been a victim of cybercrime, on some type of device.

“Irrespective of people’s age and occupation, the focus of their digital lives is increasingly shifting onto mobile devices – people trust them with their secrets, files, confidential information, money and many other things," said Andrei Mochola, head of consumer business at Kaspersky Lab.

"However, cybercriminals are also shifting their tactics and are increasingly attacking mobile platforms. It is therefore imperative that modern smartphones and tablets be as protected as our computers. In addition to safeguarding our own devices, people need to look out for each other and help friends and family members to practice safe Internet usage to reduce the risks they face."

Charles Buddy Kale, 29, 104 Fairwood, York, May 27, charged with PDP.

Richard Wayne Colton, 48, 12914 Tahoe Drive, Charlotte, May 30, charged with shoplifting and obtaining goods under false pretense.

Ontavius Laron Knox, 23, 1366 Tom Joye Road, Clover, May 31, charged with malicious injury to property.

Christopher Paul Morgan, 17, 301 Clinton Ave., Clover, May 22, charged with AB.

Clifford Ray Cecil, 52, 2136 Southbend Road, Clover, May 23, charged with OC and PMJ.

Jesse Alexander Cochran, 17, 885 Canipe Road, Clover, May 19, charged with PDP.

Timothy Eugene Hiland, 49, 2420 Justin Drive, York, May 25, charged with PDC and OC.

Kevin Renard Thomas, 28, 800 W. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, N.C., May 23, charged with attempted murder and discharging a firearm into a dwelling.

Gary Vincent Boyd II, 20, 819 Generation Lane, Clover, May, 25, charged with attempted murder and discharging a firearm into a dwelling.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- University of Cincinnati football coach Rick Minter was fired Monday after 10 seasons, taking the Bearcats to four bowls, but only to a 5-7 mark this year.

This year's losing season was Minter's first since 1999.

The Bearcats won their first three games this season, but stumbled to the finish, capped by a 43-40 loss to Louisville on Friday.

The 49-year-old Minter was 53-63-1 at Cincinnati, making him the program's most winning and most losing coach. He ended Cincinnati's 47-year bowl drought in 1997 when the Bearcats went to the Humanitarian Bowl.

Despite the success, Minter came under increased criticism for failing to create a larger fan base and national profile.

Friday's game with Louisville, played in inclement weather, attracted only 11,993 fans, only slightly more than one-third of the stadium's capacity.

Minter's departure comes as the Bearcats prepare to leave Conference USA and join the Big East in time for the 2005 season.

Minter was an assistant for 16 years in the college ranks and was defensive coordinator at Notre Dame before going to Cincinnati.

Peppa's family are staying at cousin Chloe's house. After a long day everyone is tired and wants to go to sleep. But baby Alexander's crying is keeping everyone awake!

Mummy Rabbit comes to visit with a big tummy. Everyone is excited to find out there is a baby rabbit inside, but they are in for an even bigger surprise!

A motorcyclist from Worthing suffered fatal injuries following a collision with two cars on the A286 in Birdham, near Chichester, yesterday.

The 56-year-old motorcyclist from Worthing collided with a Jaguar travelling in the same direction, close to the road’s junction with Walwyn Close, Birdham, before a secondary collision with a Mercedes-Benz A180 car travelling in the opposite direction, police said.

He was flown by air ambulance to Southampton General Hospital but sadly died, confirmed police.

Neither the Jaguar driver, a 28-year-old man from East Grinstead, or his passenger, a 26-year-old woman from the same town, were hurt, police said.

Nor were the other car driver and his passenger, a man and a woman, both aged 30 and both from Chigwell, Essex, confirmed police.

The collision, which took place at 12.30pm, caused significant traffic delays and the A286 was closed for four hours while the incident was dealt with.

Sergeant Alan Spicer, of the Sussex Police serious collisions investigation unit, said: “We are grateful to those drivers whose journeys were delayed or disrupted for their patience and understanding.

They can contact police online or by phoning 101, quoting Operation Hildon.

Officers believe that given the weekend’s hot, sunny weather and the fact that motorists travelling from far and wide often use the A286 to access beaches at East and West Wittering, potential witnesses may live outside the immediate area.

People are therefore being urged by police to spread word of the collision and the need for information as extensively as possible.

VANCOUVER—A beekeeper in Nanaimo, B.C., is the first to document what could be a devastating parasite in Canadian honey bees.

Sarah Wallbank says she noticed bees from her hive were flying erratically at night, persistently circling lights and then dying.

An online check led her to ZomBee Watch and its director, biology professor John Hafernik at San Francisco State University, who tracks the Zombie fly and its parasitic attack on honey bees across North America.

Hafernik says Wallbank’s bees are the first in Canada to be confirmed as infected, although hives are being checked in Victoria and Kelowna.

He says the infection is concerning but not surprising, because the Zombie fly is native to North America and has targeted other native wasps and bumblebees. It appears only recently to have turned its attention to honey bees introduced by Europeans, however.

Honey bees are a vital pollinator of agricultural crops and it’s not yet known how severely the infestation will affect populations, so Hafernik is appealing for what he calls citizen scientists to watch for insects acting strangely.

“By acting strangely, I mean flying around at night when they should be huddled, staying warm in their hives, and often getting attracted to light, which is sort of our indicator that something unusual is going on in the hive,” says Hafernik.

Bees are likely infected while foraging, and become increasingly disoriented as the eggs hatch in their abdomens.

“After about five to seven days, the larvae have completed feeding on the inside of the bee, they literally eat the inside out of the bee and they then kind of erupt out of the area between the head and neck of the bee, sort of like aliens,” he says.

A map of infected bee colonies shows heavy infestations on both United States coasts and Hafernik says the big question is whether the bug has spread through British Columbia to Alberta and possibly Ontario.

Anyone seeing bees attracted to light, especially at night, should carefully collect the dying insect and save it in a container or baggie, observe if any larvae emerge, and report to ZomBee Watch, he says.

Hafernik says it has been “really great” making contact with citizen scientists such as Wallbank in Nanaimo, and her counterparts in Canada and the U.S.

“These are people who can make real scientific contributions and discoveries that have been missed by scientists like me and others over the years,” he adds.

DES MOINES, Iowa – City leaders in Des Moines have approved a settlement with the family of a man killed by a police officer.

Twenty-eight-year-old Ryan Bolinger was shot and killed by Officer Vanessa Miller in June of 2015.

Following a low-speed chase, Bolinger stepped out of his car along Merle Hay Road and Urbandale Avenue. When he approached the driver’s side window of Miller’s police cruiser, she fired one shot — killing him.

Miller claimed she repeatedly warned Bolinger to get back. However, video and audio of the shooting showed there was no warning.

A grand jury cleared Officer Miller of any wrong doing. She resigned from the department last year.

A $225,000 payment to settle a wrongful death lawsuit was approved in Monday night’s city council meeting.

Four engineering students have drowned in a large pond in West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh. The undergraduate students had gone for an outing on Saturday, during which they decided to jump into the water for a quick swim, police said.

All the four bodies have been found.

Police said the students left their backpacks and lunchboxes at a clearing near the pond. A polythene bag full of guavas, which the boys had plucked from trees near the pond, lay scattered near their jeans and shirts.

Police said the boys have been identified as K Harikrishna Raju, Kota Sai, ASK Parasuman and G Vijaya Sankar, all engineering students of Ramachandra College of Engineering in Eluru, some 330 kilometres from Hyderabad.

What are the four components to mobile health care security?

According to Mac McMillan, CEO of CynergisTek, says that there are four core components to his clients’ healthcare mobile security strategies, HealthIT Security reported.

The first two are mobile device management, since one aspect of customer strategy is management of mobile devices themselves, and network access control, which includes deploying technology on the network that allows you to interrogate devices that are trying to connect with your network, Health IT Security said.

The last two are changing your perception of the perimeter, as in getting a better understanding of how network access works, and mobile applications, which asks the question of how we access applications and data on the back end?

Innovator Hensley Foster says having lab space within UWM's School of Freshwater Sciences is an incredible asset.

So in 2012, Foster created Stonehouse Water Technologies, and UW-Milwaukee carved out lab space within its School of Freshwater Sciences for his research.

It has since morphed into a mini water utility. “When we started out, we were looking at capturing water using cisterns and things like that and we knew once we captured it we would have to filter it….but we had this revelation that what we really needed to do was concentrate on a core module to purify,” Foster says.

Water Pod kiosk inside Stonehouse Water Technologies office within Global Water Center.

With a mantra of low energy / low flow, Foster’s water pod took shape. He says what the public will see is a sleek 5-foot tall water dispenser.

“We have completely redesigned it because like our guy says this looks like coffee maker,” Foster says.

Yet behind the scenes, the mini-utility is cleansing the water. “This is the water coming in over here, goes through these series of filters and UV treatment and then it comes back,” Foster says.

Foster’s creation is gaining momentum. His crew installed a system in Algoma, Wisconsin, and next week, one will go on line at an El Rey grocery store on Milwaukee’s south side.

Later this year Foster expects to launch projects in the Dominican Republic and Africa.

He considers himself one of the lucky few. Foster's was among first start ups to move into the Global Water Center as it launched its BREW Accelerator.

It brings together established businesses, researchers and entrepreneurs at the Global Water Center to collaborate.

Foster has garnered $300,000 in grants and services to push his product forward.

Yet he worries that others with promising water tech ideas will fall through the cracks due to short incubation time and scarce funding.

Dean Amhaus inside Global Water Center during its construction.

Dean Amhaus doesn’t disagree. He heads The Water Council.

It has exploded with growth. Six years ago, Amhaus was a staff of one.

In 2013, the group transformed a century old warehouse into the Global Water Center and rolled out its BREW accelerator program. It has nurtured 19 startups and facilitated a dozen products/patents.

Yet, Amhaus says increasing the funding pool to support more than a few entrepreneurs at a time, and for longer than a year, remains a nagging challenge.

“There are not a lot of seed funds, angel funds, investors who are saying ‘boy, I’m going to put my money into water because of the fact that it’s a long return, some of these investors want to put it in an app where you can make a billion dollars in a few years. That’s just not the nature of this.,'" he says.

Federal funds help fuel research in Dan Zitomer's lab at Marquette University, and fuels collaboration with colleagues at UW-Milwaukee.