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Data Protection Regulations
Dear customer,
These data protection regulations provide an overview of what personal data is collected by Ringier AG (hereinafter 'Ringier' or 'we') and the companies affiliated with Ringier (hereinafter 'Ringier Group'), how this personal data is processed, and to whom it may be disclosed. It also explains what rights you have under data protection laws and how you can exercise these rights.
By using a website or mobile application operated by Ringier or a Ringier-affiliated company, you agree that your personal as well as non-personal data may be processed according to the terms in these data protection regulations and accept the following data protection regulations.
Please review these data protection regulations at regular intervals so that you are always informed about how your personal data is being used and can exercise your rights.
What you need to know about us:
1. Who is Ringier?
We are required by law to notify you regarding the issue of ownership rights over collected data. The owner of the data collection is Ringier AG, Brühlstrasse 5, 4800 Zofingen, Switzerland.
Ringier is a diversified media group operating in 18 countries with about 6,900 employees. Founded in 1833, Ringier manages leading brands in print, TV, radio, online and mobile media and runs successful print, entertainment and internet businesses. Throughout its more than 180-year history, Ringier has always stood for innovation, individuality and independence, as well as freedom of expression and diversity of information. Ringier is a Swiss family-owned business with head offices in Zurich.
Find out more about Ringier here: http://www.ringier.ch/en/about-ringier-1
2. Who belongs to the Ringier Group?
The Ringier Group includes the Ringier-affiliated companies located in Switzerland. These include, for example, the following Ringier subsidiaries: Geschenkidee.ch GmbH, DeinDeal AG, Swissprinters AG, Scout24, JobCloud AG, Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz AG and several others.
If you would like to find out more about the Ringier-affiliated companies and other holdings of Ringier in Europe, Asia and Africa, click here: http://www.ringier.ch/en/participations-europe
3. What is the nature of the Ringier Group's operations?
Today, Ringier manages leading brands in print, TV, radio, online and mobile media and runs successful print, entertainment and internet businesses. The Ringier Group produces Blick, Sonntagsblick, Schweizer Illustrierte, Landliebe, Handelszeitung, der Beobachter, le Temps, and others. The complete portfolio is listed here: http://www.ringier.ch/en/portfolio
4. What data does Ringier and companies affiliated with the Ringier Group generally process?
Essentially, there are two categories of data that are processed when you contact us: personal data (4.1) and non-personal data (4.2).
4.1 What is personal data and what is the definition of "processing"?
Personal data refers to any information relating to you and that reveals something about you as an individual, such as your first name and surname, postal address, email address, date of birth, phone number and similar information.
Information that cannot be associated with you, i.e. with your identity as an individual, is non-personal data.
Processing encompasses any handling of your personal data, for example, the entry, collection, anonymisation, saving, management, use, transfer, disclosure or erasure of your personal data.
4.1.1 How do we process your personal data and what is the legal basis for doing so?
Your trust in us when it comes to protecting your personal data and your privacy is important to us, which is why we want you to know that:
We adhere to the basic principles set out in data protection laws effective in Switzerland and, where applicable, the European Union. This means that we are transparent concerning which of your personal data we process and how. We only process personal data that we have obtained by legal means and, when required, with a legal basis for doing so. A legal basis may take the form of a contract, your consent, a law or a public interest that allows us to process data, or a legitimate interest on our part.
We will notify you whenever we process your personal data. If we no longer need your personal data and are no longer legally required to retain it, or you no longer want us to keep and process it, then we will cease to do so.
Your rights in relation to your personal data and how you can exercise these rights are explained later in Section 5.
4.1.2. What personal data does Ringier process, and when and why does it do so (purpose)?
Essentially, we process your personal data each time you contact us. In the case of Ringier products, for example, this happens when you:
- purchase a subscription for a product (newspaper or e-paper) and enter a contract with us for that reason or when you already have a subscription;
- participate in a competition, contest, draw, crossword puzzle (online, via SMS or entry form);
- have signed up for an email newsletter;
- receive advertising about our media products and services (direct marketing);
- register online so that you can comment on content in newspaper articles;
a) Subscription for Ringier products (newspaper or e-paper)
If you want a subscription and have entered into a contract with us for that reason, we collect the following personal data from you along with your order:
- Gender (Mr/Ms)
- First name
- Surname
- Address, including house number, postal code and place of residence
- Phone number (landline and mobile number)
- Email address
- Payment information
We process this personal data for the duration of the subscription for the following purposes:
- to fulfil and handle contractual and legal obligations (e.g. newspaper delivery);
- to manage and maintain the customer relationship (e.g. change of address);
- to verify access authorisation and administration of the user account (if available);
- to issue invoices.
If you select an online payment option such as a credit card when purchasing a subscription, payment will be processed using the online payment system of the respective provider. In such cases, personal data and payment details are processed directly by the provider of the respective payment system. We are not privy to nor do we save your payment details. Please note the data protection regulations of the respective online payment system provider in such cases.
In order to provide you with additional offers on products and services from the Ringier Group, we also process personal data in the following ways:
- for marketing purposes, i.e. we advertise additional products from the Ringier Group by post, phone, email or SMS (see Section 2 above). You have the option to object to this processing at any time (see Section 5.5.).
b) Competitions, contests, draws, crossword puzzles
If you participate in a competition, contest or draw via an entry form or online, or if you solve our crossword puzzle and send in the answer, we normally collect the following personal data:
- Gender (Mr/Ms)
- First name
- Surname
- Address, including house number, postal code and place of residence
- Phone number (landline or mobile number)
- Email address
We process this personal data for the following purposes:
- to draw the winner;
- to announce who the winner is
In order to provide you with additional offers on products and services from the Ringier Group, we also process personal data in the following ways:
- to develop and manage the relationship with you;
- for marketing purposes, i.e. we advertise additional products from the Ringier Group by post, phone, email or SMS (see Section 2 above). You have the option to object to this processing at any time (see Section 5.5.).
c) Email newsletter
If you have agreed to let us use your email address for advertising purposes, we will send you newsletters at regular intervals to inform you about the Ringier Group's additional offers and services.
You can object to the processing of your email address at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of each newsletter.
d) Advertising about our media products and services (direct marketing)
In order to provide you with additional offers on products and services from the Ringier Group, we and the companies belonging to the Ringier Group also process your personal data for marketing purposes. This means that we advertise additional products and services from the Ringier Group by post, phone, email or SMS.
For the purposes of customer acquisition, we also obtain personal data (addresses) from publicly available as well as professional third-party sources.
You always have the option to object to the processing of your personal data for these purposes in general or for a specific product or service (see Section 5.5.).
e) Online registration for comments function
When you register to use the comments function on a Ringier website, we collect the following personal data:
- First name
- Surname
- User name
- Gender
- Email address
- Address, including house number, postal code, place of residence, and country
- Phone number (landline and mobile number)
We process this personal data for the following purposes:
- to fulfil and carry out legal obligations;
- to verify access authorisations and administration of the user account.
In order to provide you with additional offers on products and services from the Ringier Group, we also process the personal data mentioned above:
- to develop and manage the relationship with you;
- for marketing purposes, i.e. we advertise additional products from the Ringier Group by post, phone, email or SMS (see Section 2 above). You have the option to object to this processing at any time (see Section 5.5.).
All content that you have uploaded using the comments feature is publicly visible and can be reused for editorial purposes, e.g. published as a letter to the editor.
Further information on the processing of your personal data can be found on the websites for the respective products.
4.1.3 Disclosure of personal data to third parties
All personal data collected when you contact Ringier is shared within the Ringier Group and can be processed for the purposes mentioned above, in particular for marketing purposes. You have the option to object to this transferring and processing at any time (see Section 5.5.).
Your personal data can also be shared with third parties that are not part of the Ringier Group and who provide technical or organisational services on behalf of Ringier or companies belonging to the Ringier Group and that we require for the purposes mentioned above or to carry out their general business activities. Examples include hosting partners, printers or supplier organisations. These service providers are contractually bound to process your personal data exclusively on our behalf and as instructed by us, and to guarantee that the appropriate technical or organisational security measures are in place to guarantee your personal data is protected.
These service providers are primarily located in Switzerland and in the European Union, both of which have reasonable personal data protections in place. If a service provider is located in a country that does not ensure a level of personal data protection comparable with that found in Switzerland, we enter contractual agreements with these providers to ensure compliance with Swiss standards of data protection. In doing so, we use the EU standard contractual clauses: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-transfers-outside-eu/model-contracts-transfer-personal-data-third-countries_en. If the company in question is certified under the Swiss-US Privacy Shield agreement, this means that they have entered into a standard contract.
When you post comments on an article on a website or in a mobile application and log into a Ringier user account via Facebook or Twitter, you are also agreeing to the publication of your surname and first name and potentially your place of residence (as provided by you in your user account, Facebook account or Twitter account) together with your comments. Your comments, including personal data, can be further shared on third-party websites and indexed by search engines.
Your personal data shall not otherwise be passed on, transmitted or sold to third parties outside the Ringier Group unless required to manage a contract that you have concluded with Ringier or a company belonging to the Ringier Group, or unless you have expressly consented to it.
This notwithstanding, Ringier may disclose personal data for legal reasons; for example, to law enforcement agencies for the purpose of prosecuting and detecting illegal activities or to tax authorities.
4.2 Non-personal data
When you contact us, our websites and applications use various technologies provided by us and by third parties to collect non-personal data.
4.2.1 What constitutes non-personal data and why do we process it?
Non-personal data is information that cannot be traced back to your identity. As a matter of principle, we do not combine this data with your personal data, meaning that this data is anonymous to us.
We collect and process this data so that we can continually improve our products and services and tailor them to your needs, to identify trends as well as to generate and evaluate statistics about the usage of our digital products and services. This data is also used to provide you with a positive advertising experience. That is to say, it is our basic assumption that you appreciate our informative and entertaining media products and are also willing to pay for them. Our products and services are therefore either financed through paying users (subscribers) or advertising. This is why you will find advertising both in our print media and especially in our free online products.
You have the option at any time to opt out of the processing of non-personal data. The procedure for doing so is explained in Section 4.3. The following sections also include links for disabling certain technologies.
4.2.2 What technologies do we use and why?
We use the following technologies:
a) Cookies
We use our own as well as third-party cookies on our websites and in our mobile applications. A cookie is a small text file that is saved on your device when you visit one of our websites.
Cookies fall into two categories: session cookies and permanent cookies.
Session cookies can be used to track the websites you visit and to save your user options. A session cookie is only saved for the duration of your site visit, i.e. a single web session. This means that when you close your web browser, the session is ended and the cookie is deleted.
Permanent cookies can be used along with other items in order to identify you again the next time you visit our website and, for example, to detect your reading preferences. A permanent cookie is saved for a longer duration than a single session.
Cookies can also be divided into functional and non-functional cookies. Ringier uses both functional as well as non-functional cookies on its websites.
Functional cookies are required to offer the functions used on our websites or services. Non-functional cookies are not necessarily required for the functionality of the websites. This type of cookie is used to collect and analyse data about how websites or mobile applications are used (language preference, duration of a single user session, etc.) so that we can improve your reading and advertising experience. Such cookies include the following:
In order to provide you with tailored direct marketing and therefore to reduce unnecessary advertising and tailor our products and services to your interests, the following cookies are used to analyse your behaviour, for example:
We use our own cookie technology to collect non-personal data on our websites and in our mobile applications. This data is not combined with your personal data. We do not create any personal profiles or carry out any profiling as defined by data protection laws.
We use this data to analyse our users' behaviour in relation to our individual products and services, to identify interest groups that are not tied to any specific individual and to better tailor advertising and content to these interest groups. You can object to the data processing just described by clicking here.
The cookie technology provided by Admeira AG is used to collect anonymous web tracking data on Ringier's websites and in its mobile applications. Your IP address is also shared with Swisscom (Switzerland) AG. If you are a Swisscom (Switzerland) AG customer, this provider may, in certain cases, pass on your anonymised personal data in encrypted form to Admeira AG for advertising purposes.
You can object to the aforementioned data processing by clicking on the following link: http://www.admeira.ch/optout. Detailed information on this can be found here (DE/FR/IT): http://www.admeira.ch/datenschutz. Swisscom customers also have the option to control how Swisscom (Switzerland) AG (Customer Center) processes their data.
You can also configure your browser so that it blocks cookies in general (see Section 4.3).
Our websites also employ technology from nugg.ad AG (www.nugg.ad) to collect data for the purpose of controlling display advertising. To do so, nugg.ad uses cookies to record how frequently you use certain parts of particular websites. These cookies are saved in the browser on your device (e.g. PC, laptop, smartphone, etc.) and expire after a maximum of 26 weeks. The technology provided by nugg.ad can also use the raw data about your Internet use across multiple websites in order to make rough estimations about which advertising is most likely to interest you.
If you are interested in receiving website advertising tailored to your interests with the technology provided by nugg.ad AG, you may give your consent (opt-in: http://ad-choicesiehenuggad.net) for the continued interest-based analysis of your user behaviour. When you give your consent, this opt-in cookie is also saved in the browser on your device for a period of one year. If nugg.ad has already saved information in browser cookies on your device in the past, the opt-in cookie will have the following effect: by giving your consent, you extend the validity of the existing nugg.ad cookies for a total of one year (from the moment at which cookie was set). The information saved in the cookies prior to the opt-in will therefore be kept after you have given your consent and consequently deleted after the cookie has expired, i.e. after a maximum of one year.
You can prevent nugg.ad from collecting metrics at any time by exercising your right to object (link for opt-out cookie: https://www.adition.com/en/privacy/). If you have already given your consent, you may also withdraw it any time, effective from then on. An opt-out is saved in a browser cookie on your device, is valid for 10 years, is named 'nuggstopp' and is set by 'nuggad.net'.
Website advertisements displayed on the basis of metrics collected with nugg.ad technology are indicated with a pictogram. Clicking on this pictogram will redirect you to the page http://ad-choicesiehenuggad.net. This page will provide you with further information on the data protection practices of nugg.ad and you can use the My Topic Monitor https://mtm.nuggad.net/ to see which of your interests have been ascertained from your browsing history.
Our websites also use Google Analytics, which is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). Use includes its 'Universal Analytics' set of features. When a user is logged into a Google service, this makes it possible to associate data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices with a pseudonymous user ID so that a user's activities can be analysed across multiple devices. Google Analytics cookies. The non-personal information generated by the cookies about your use of our website is generally sent to and stored on a Google a server located in the USA. The IP addresses are anonymised first, however. The anonymised IP address sent by your browser for the purposes of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. Google uses this information on our behalf to analyse how you use our websites, to generate reports on website activities, and to provide us with additional services associated with the use of the website and the Internet. More detailed information on the terms of use and data protection can be found here: https://toolsiehegoogle.com/dlpage/gaoptout/. You can also prevent cookies from being saved by configuring your browser software accordingly (see Section 4.3).
A list of the tracking tools we use can be found here.
b) Log files
When using websites or mobile applications, the web servers record non-personal usage data in what are known as log files. Log files provide information about your IP address, the operating system you are using, the web pages you visit, browser type and version, date, time, and the requested file. This information is required for technical purposes in order to correctly provide the website content you have requested and are generated whenever a person uses the Internet. This anonymous data is saved separately from any personal data you provide and therefore cannot be traced back to your identity.
We evaluate this non-personal data for statistical purposes in order to optimise our website and the technology used to operate it, to identify trends, as well as to improve offers and products and/or to tailor it to your needs in the best way possible.
c) Third-party website elements, e.g. plugins
Elements from third-party providers (e.g. social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube) may be used on our websites or in our mobile applications. If you click on an element from a third-party provider (e.g. the Like plugin from Facebook), a connection to the servers of that third-party provider may be established automatically. This may result in the transmission of information about your visit to our websites or a mobile application to the third-party provider. In some cases, it may be possible to associate this data with your user account with the third-party provider (e.g. your Facebook or Twitter account). Furthermore, the third-party provider may share personal data (surname, first name and email address) from your Ringier user account, insofar as you have authorised the third-party provider to carry out this function. Information about the collection and use of your data by third-party providers can be found in the data protection information of the relevant third-party provider.
4.3 How can I disable cookies?
a) Cookie settings
By using our websites and applications, you agree to the processing of your personal data in the manner described and for the aforementioned purposes. However, you can control and/or delete cookies at any time using the opt-out links listed above.
Most web browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. It is up to you, however, to configure your browser so that it rejects cookies as a rule by selecting the 'do not accept cookies' setting in your browser or so that it prompts you to accept cookies whenever you visit a website.
You also have the option to delete cookies stored on your computer or mobile device by using the function provided for this purpose in your browser. Remember that you will have to disable or delete the cookies on all of your devices.
Please note that deleting cookies in the browser will also cause an opt-out cookie, such as the one from Admeira, to be deleted. This means that if you want to keep an opt-out cookie enabled and have deleted all cookies, you must enable the opt-out cookie again when you revisit the website. Otherwise, you will be identified as a new user and the collection of your data will resume. Please also be aware that you will have to disable the cookies on all of your devices.
If you choose one of the options described, you may not be able to fully use all of functions of this website. Please note that there is no option to opt out of general advertising on our websites or in our applications.
5. What are your rights with respect to your personal data?
Your personal data belongs to you. You therefore have the right to control what happens with your personal data and are permitted to find out at any time how your personal data is being handled.
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:
5.1. Right of access
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, you are entitled to information, free of charge, concerning which of your personal data, if any, is being processed. Your request for information must be sent to us in writing along with a copy of your proof of identity.
You may scan this and send it to us by email (firstname.lastname@example.com) or by post to the following address: Ringier AG, Kundenkontakt Center, Brühlstrasse 5, 4800 Zofingen.
5.2 Right to rectification of your personal data
Under the data protection law, you are entitled to the rectification of your personal data at any time if you find that the personal data that we are processing contains any errors.
If you would like to have corrections made to your personal data, send an email to us at email@example.com or a letter to the following address: Ringier AG, Kundenkontakt Center, Brühlstrasse 5, 4800 Zofingen. Do not forget to include a copy of your proof of identity.
5.3 Right to erasure of your personal data
If the processing of your personal data is no longer necessary because, for example, you no longer have a contractual relationship with Ringier or you have withdrawn your consent to the processing of your personal data, you are entitled to request the erasure of your data. We will erase your personal data, provided that we are not otherwise obliged to retain your personal data, for example to comply with statutory data retention obligations.
You may request the erasure of your data by sending us an email to firstname.lastname@example.com or a letter by post to Ringier AG, Kundenkontakt Center, Brühlstrasse 5, 4800 Zofingen. Please include a copy of your proof of your identity along with your erasure request.
5.4 Right to restriction of processing of your personal data
You have the right at any time to restrict the processing of your personal data, provided that we are not otherwise obliged to retain your personal data, for example to comply with any statutory data retention requirements.
If you would like to restrict the processing of your personal data, send an email to email@example.com or a letter to the following address: Ringier AG, Kundenkontakt Center, Brühlstrasse 5, 4800 Zofingen. Do not forget to include a copy of your proof of identity.
5.5 Right to object and withdraw your consent
If you have granted us your consent to the processing of your personal data, you have the right at any time to withdraw or refuse your consent. If personal data is processed for marketing and advertising purposes, you can withdraw the consent to processing for these purposes in general or for specific products or services.
You also have the option at any time to object to receiving advertising and to the processing of your personal data for marketing and advertising purposes if we do so on the basis of our legitimate interests in continually improving our range of products and services. In this case, personal data will no longer be collected or processed for this purpose in the future.
You can exercise your right to object by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com or a letter to Ringier AG, Kundenkontakt Center, Brühlstrasse 5, 4800 Zofingen. Do not forget to include a copy of your proof of identity.
Section 4.3 contains the relevant details regarding the objection to processing of non-personal data. Please note that there is no option to object to general advertising on our websites. Such advertising falls into the same category as the advertising you would also find in a print newspaper or magazine.
5.6 How you can protect your children
We all need to work together to ensure that future generations become responsible citizens of the digital world.
Because children are less cognisant of the risks and consequences of the processing of their personal data and are unlikely to know their rights in this regard, special protections should be in place when it comes to their personal data. In particular, this of course applies to the use of such personal data for advertising purposes, which is why you will also find the relevant age limits in our terms of use as well as information about the legal age of consent.
Information and tips on using media can be found here (DE/FR/IT): https://www.jugendundmedien.ch/de/home.html.
6. Data security
Ringier operates secure data networks which meet the relevant technical standards. All necessary and reasonable technical and organisational precautions are taken to protect your data against loss, destruction, falsification, manipulation and unauthorised access.
Although Ringier has taken every necessary step to prevent data from being disclosed through data transfer errors and/or unauthorised access by third parties, it cannot accept any liability for such unwanted incidents.
7. Who can you contact?
There are various ways to contact us:
If you have a legal question regarding data protection, you can send an email to email@example.com. You may also write to our data protection officer: Ringier AG, Datenschutz, Dufourstrasse 23, 8008 Zurich.
If you have a question regarding your subscription or other customer relationship with us, please send an email to email@example.com or a letter to Ringier AG, Kundenkontakt Center, Brühlstrasse 5, 4800 Zofingen. You can also reach our Customer Contact Centre by calling +41 (0)848 880 850.
8. Legal basis
When processing your personal data, we observe the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection along with its regulations and – where applicable – the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (GDPR).
9. Changes to and acceptance of these data protection regulations
Ringier modifies these data protection regulations as appropriate according to new or changing requirements. The latest version of this data privacy statement can always be found in the appropriate place.
The data protection regulations in their latest amended versions shall apply. By continuing to use Ringier's website or mobile applications, the user agrees to the current data protection regulations in their most recently amended versions.
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The Greek and Hebrew terms that are translated as "redeem" or "redemption" in most English translations (see more on that below) are translated in Kissi as "buying back." "Ownership of some object may be forfeited or lost, but the original owner may redeem his possession by buying it back. So God, who made us for Himself, permitted us to accept or reject Him. In order to reconcile rebellious mankind He demonstrated His redemptive love in the death of His Son on our behalf.
"The San Blas Kuna describe redemption in a more spiritual sense. They say that it consists of 'recapturing the spirit.' A sinful person is one in rebellion against God, and he must be recaptured by God or he will destroy himself. The need of the spirit is to be captured by God. The tragedy is that too many people find their greatest pleasure in secretly trying to elude God, as though they could find some place in the universe where He could not find them. They regard life as a purely private affair, and they object to the claims of God as presented by the church. They accuse the pastor of interfering with the privacy of their own iniquity. Such souls, if they are to be redeemed, must be 'recaptured.'" (Source: Nida 1952, p. 138)
In Ajië a term is used, "nawi," that refers to the "custom of planting a small tree on land cursed either by the blood of battle or some calamity." Clifford (1992, p. 83ff.) retells the story: "Maurice Leenhardt tells how he finally arrived at a term that would express 'redemption.' Previous missionaries had interpreted it as an exchange — an exchange of life, that of Jesus for ours. But in Melanesian thinking more strict equivalents were demanded in the exchanges structuring social life. It remained unclear to them how Jesus' sacrifice could possibly redeem mankind. So unclear was it that even the natas [Melanesians pastors] gave up trying to explain a concept they did not understand very well themselves and simply employed the term "release." So the matter stood, with the missionary driven to the use of cumbersome circumlocutions, until one day during a conversation on 1 Corinthians 1:30, [Melanesian pastor and Leenhardt's co-worker] Boesoou Erijisi used a surprising expression: nawi. The term referred to the custom of planting a small tree on land cursed either by the blood of battle or some calamity. 'Jesus was thus the one who has accomplished the sacrifice and has planted himself like a tree, as though to absorb all the misfortunes of men and to free the world from its taboos.' Here at last was a concept that seemed to render the principle of 'redemption' and could reach deeply enough into living modes of thought. 'The idea was a rich one, but how could I be sure I understood it right?' The key test was in the reaction of students and natas to his provisional version. They were, he reports, overjoyed with the 'deep' translation.
The translation into English also is noteworthy:
"In Hebrew there are two terms, ga'al and padah, usually rendered 'to redeem,' which have likewise undergone significant changes in meaning with resulting obscurity and misunderstanding. Both terms are used in the Old Testament for a person being redeemed from slavery. In the case of padah, the primary emphasis is upon the redemption by means of payment, and in ga'al the redemption of an individual, usually by payment, is made by some relative or an individual of the same clan or society. These two words, however, are used in the Old Testament in circumstances in which there is no payment at all. For example, the redemption of Jews from Egypt is referred to by these two terms, but clearly there was no payment made to the Egyptians or to Pharaoh.
"In the New Testament a related problem occurs, for the words agorázō and exagorazó, meaning literally 'to buy' or 'to buy back' and 'to buy out,' were translated into Latin as redimo and into English normally as 'redeem.' The almost exclusive association of Latin redimo with payment became such a focal element of meaning that during the Middle Ages a theory developed that God had to pay the Devil in order to get believers out of hell and into heaven.
"As in the case of the Old Testament, New Testament contexts employing the Greek verb lutroó, literally 'to redeem' or 'to ransom,' do not refer primarily to payment but focus upon deliverance and being set free. But even today there is such a heavy tradition of the theological concept of payment that any attempt to translate lutroó as 'to deliver' or 'to set free' is misjudged by some as being heretical." (Source: Nida 1984, p. 114f.)
See also redeemer and next-of-kin / kinsman-redeemer / close relative.

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Oh! Maybe I do. Obviously, any company could advertise a feature they don't implement. I don't know enough to know how common that is.
And any company that claims to "automatically merge rails when needed" is saying that they "automatically disable the per-rail overcurrent shutdown before it triggers", which is a stupid way if saying "our per-rail overcurrent alarms are disabled", which is most easily implemented by simply omitting them altogether.
But ones that have a switch could do something. Whether they do or not is not something I can answer.
Ah, once jonny explains it it makes sense. I WAS wondering about whether rails were 'additive' or not. But in sum, it seems as if virtual rails are (in the Epsilon's case) tapped off a 56.666A rail and then have OCP put on it.
My next question would be: Why do they 'overspec' OCP on each rail? Why not do the math so that each virtual rail, fully loaded, would match the specs of the single rail?
What's considered "safe" is 20A, or 240VA. This is the limit the safety spec uses. Usually an 18A rated rail can do 20A peak. They "overspec" the rails to make sure there's almost twice as much power available to the connectors on the rail as the connectors would actually need. If they really DID take the +12V capability and divide it up evenly across the rails, then you REALLY WOULD have "trapped power". That's what makes the PCP&C FUD so laughable. NOBODY evenly divides the +12V into separate rails. Each rail IS "overspec", as you put it, because you do not want "trapped rails".
If we take Be-quiet Straightpower 550W as an example. It has the following spec:
+3.3V +5V +12V1 +12V2 +12V3 +12V4 -12V +5vsb
Total comibined output on +12V: 41A (492W) = The PSU's maximum capabiliy on +12V
On each rail on +12V we are allowed to draw 18A according to the spec. A theoretical maximum output of 4*18A = 72A (864W). But 864W is more than the PSU's total output of the psu (550W) and even more than the psu's capability on +12V, 41A (492W).
4*18A = 72A only tells us we are allowed to draw maximum of 18A on each of the four rails on +12V, but not on all of the rails at the same time. The maximum we can draw from +12V at the same time is 41A (492W).
The gap between the theoretical output on +12V of 72A (864W) and the capability of 41A (492W), is the headroom the spec gives us to use "unused amps" on one rail on +12V, on another rail on +12V.
In reality, the gap is bigger, all psu's with a specified maximum output of 18A on the rails, have an OCP which will shut the psu off if the draw from one of the rails on +12V exceeds 20, 22 or even 25A.
The OCP's are always programmed to shut the psu off at a higher current than specified on the label, no matter what is printed on the label.
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All this because measuring more exactly than 5% costs more money.
It'll shut down somewhere between 18 and 20 A, and not even the manufacturer knows where.
now if I could only wrap my head around what it is this guy is thinking:
http://www.wikihow.com/Buy-a-Power-SupplySo one PSU has dual 12V rails, and another has quad 12V rails. The quad rail model is worse off compared to others because a rail is isolated. It can't provide any more amps than it can generate unless it starts to dip the voltage supplied.
I still don't see how it you could potentially trap power though. Even if a rail is OCP'd at, say, 10A or something, if there's no draw from that rail that 10A is still available to other rails, right?
So, in sum, it seems as if OCP is meant to prevent nasty things from happening that end up melting stuff in the PSU. The 20A or something in that ballpark limit is meant to stop a bundle of wires on that virtual rail from carrying more than that and causing some sort of catastrophe. Does this make single rails more vulnerable to melting, as OCP or OPP is only applied to a whole rail, and not into smaller bundles of wires?
If what I'm typing is what I believe I am typing (late at night, eyes unfocused, tired), then isn't multi-rail an inelegant solution to the true way of being safe: putting a mini OCP on each wire for the max current it can draw?
The post that prompted this post by jonnyGURU has been snipped by me. The original post was badly formatted, rambling, and severely lacking in structure. A number of people were either confused or angered by it, so I have chosen the most challenging post to use as a response post to attempt to defend the conclusions I have drawn that I attempted (Very badly, it is true) to communicate in the original post.
It also had a number of statements in it that were blatantly incorrect, and upon reviewing it with my brain's power switch firmly in the ON position, I want to my foot and then have a six pack of while going
The primary reason I have removed it is simply because it IS extremely confusing, and not at all up to the standards of a post I would like to see submitted to an FAQ thread by anyone - Much less myself.
Not a single word in this post should be in any way construed to be sarcastic, because that's simply /not/ my intent in posting it. When I say "Okay", I mean it - There are many things many of you know that I don't.
At the same time, I am not completely ignorant, I do know how to read specifications, and while it's very true that some things will confuse me in ways that are probably unexpected to all of you, isn't that true of anybody who is a human?
I've also already learned some things from all of this and realizes some of my assumptions were very ill-founded.
This is my attempt at a re-do. Please be critical, please point out anything I've got wrong, and please read the following official statement:
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In any case, without further ado, I give you the meat of this post:
However, I resent the bald statement that I understood nothing.
I don't feel you need to work on making the first post easier to understand. Your technical writing is of very high quality.
I believe, instead, I need to work better at explaining what I was trying to say in that post. I'm selecting your response to reply to because it presents the most challenge.
It would not be the first time it has happened, either.
My point is that a single rail with amps limited to the wattage the PSU is rated to provide, there is a lot less math to do. Same with multi-rail PSU's.
It's also worth noting that having all your numbers match logically is not at all required in ATX 2.2 or EPS V2.91 specifications. This is a personal bias.
(* - Please note, this is an attempt at humor. )
How I handle mathematics will vary depending on what I'm trying to show, where I'm trying to get, and my methodology of double-checking something.
As for having a thick skull, absolutely. However, the same difficulty I encounter when learning new information has on more then one occasion prevented me from learning bad information from people who were respected for being the absolute knowledge on a topic.
It has also kept me alive.
Any blessing can be regarded as a curse, and any curse can be regarded as a blessing - It depends on your point of view.
I very much do at times struggle with what other people master easily, now. Nonetheless, it has created a habit of double-checking myself in as many ways as possible.
This is the information I went off of to try and make my case, albeit badly.
The internal wiring was not central to the case I was attempting to make.
Actually, max combined load on 12v: 1080W.
Or 90A.
Amperage if you add up all the rails? 90A.
Snipped here to remove an incorrect statement.
Now, this is the kind of label I would LIKE to see - we can see easily the difference between the amperage limit on each rail, the amperage limit on the two pairs of rails, and the overall amperage limit on BOTH rails.
Now, you're saying what I'm doing is completely nonsensical, but I fail to understand why.
This unit is capable of delivering 1188W on the 12V rails, which considering that both 5V and 3.3V rails are listed in the same 1200W is perfectly sensible.
Especially considering that the PSU, according to the sticker, has the capability of putting its full 1200 watts on the 3.3V, 5V, and 12V rails.
This SeaSonic http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply Illustrates what I have a problem with:
We have four rails with 18A limits. We have a total combined of 38A.
We can fully utilize 2.11 rails. Why do we have four? We definately did not add an extra rail here because we needed it - No, we have four rails simply for the sake of having four rails. If you try and balance between all four rails, you're actually bleeding them dry at 9.5 amps.
Here's another example, a ThermalTake ToughPower this time: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply
We have 96A available on all four rails before we hit the limit. We have a total max combined power of 62A. We could toss one of those 30A rails and still have 76A before we hit the limits. We have a 60 second peak limit of 950W on an 850W PSU. Even tossing a 30A rail, we can still hit 912W on the 12V rails alone. The amperage limits are set for a total of 1152 watts according to the sticker.
This SeaSonic: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply
This CoolMax: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply
This SeaSonic: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply
And this SeaSonic: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply
Another SeaSonic: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply
SeaSonic Again: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply
One last SeaSonic: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...pply+-Open+Box
An Antec: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply
Decent units that do NOT show combined capability (For sake of arguement, I'm only using ones that do not show max combined amps OR max combined wattage - ie, you have no way to calculate the maximum amps or wattage:
A SilverStone: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply
This BFG: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...s+Power+Supply
How about a ThermalTake: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply
Another TT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply
One more TT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...W+Power+Supply
Now, the interesting thing is, the sticker on the OCZ in question does most definitely not match the stickers shown on newegg. I'm going to have the guy snap a photo of it and send it to me; either A) I'm remembering incorrectly - (Very possible), B) I was given bad information and the guy is going to go "Huh, errr" or C) We have a different sticker on this particular OCZ.
The good boards use the CPU 4pin 12V connector, which does not have a required rail, however per the ATX version 2.2 spec, this is to be used for the CPU +12v signal voltage regulators.
I find no provision in spec that the PCI-e power on the motherboard slot be provided from an alternate rail. It's entirely possible I'm missing something.
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NovoSpeech allows devices to 'hear' clearly
As reported in Israel21c:
More devices than ever use automatic speech recognition (ASR), allowing users to "tell" their device what to do — like dial a phone number by speaking a name rather than tapping a button.
However, ASR technology often doesn't work well, says Zvi Hava, the CEO of Petah Tikva-based NovoSpeech. "Current ASR solutions are unable to attain 100 percent real-time accuracy of all words spoken by a person, because of background noise, accents and vocabulary," says Hava.
"In general, these systems succeed only when they are in low noise-controlled environments or when they are either 'trained' to recognize a voice, or when the task involved requires some basic and simple commands with a limited vocabulary."
NovoSpeech has developed a technology that can overcome these problems, Hava says, "enabling devices to clearly recognize what is being said and responding, even if there is a lot of background noise."
The system can adapt to individual speaking types, accents and dialects without any need for training samples, as nearly all other ASR systems require. The technology is language-independent as well, again without training.
Despite advances in processing power, software algorithms and microphones, speech-to-text technologies have achieved only marginal penetration of a large and growing market, from mobile phones to home appliances to assistive devices, says Hava.
"Some analysts estimate that speech recognition has achieved a mere 15-20 percent of its market potential, but we believe that NovoSpeech can make a major impact in this field."
The system's secret is its algorithms based on a unique encoding engine that analyzes natural language sentences and offers extremely high accuracy under real-life conditions.
For example, drivers using a GPS device with voice input might need to change their route or destination on the fly – and if the device "hears" the information wrong, the resulting directions may not be accurate.
"One of the problems with speech recognition is that you often need to use it under noisy conditions. With NovoSpeech technology installed, the background noise that would usually interfere with a driver's giving instructions is ignored by the device, making it less likely for drivers to get lost."
The same goes for cell phone voice dialing; with NovoSpeech, the odds of the phone failing to dial a number – or worse, dialing the wrong number – drop dramatically, even for calls made outdoors.
Controlling appliances, remediating speech
NovoSpeech has already had a major success in audio remote-control devices. In January, it signed an agreement with a remote-control manufacturer to integrate NovoSpeech's speech-recognition engine into the company's infrared device for controlling home appliances via iPhone.
"Audio remote controls need to be able to operate in noisy environments, like living rooms where TVs and stereos are playing," says Hava, adding that the manufacturer was quite impressed at the 85%-plus accuracy rate exhibited by NovoSpeech's ASR engine when integrated with the company's iPhone app.
NovoSpeech is also in discussions with large manufacturers of Bluetooth device players, for use in embedded speech-recognition engines suitable for voice commands in noisy car environments.
Perhaps the most promising application of NovoSpeech technology is in the area of speech therapy. Previous attempts to use ASR systems to provide feedback to clients were hampered by the systems' inability to understand influent speakers.
"A successful speech therapy requires precise understanding of what is being said, whether the client is working with a human or a machine," says Hava. "In either case, there are often many things – nuances, inflections and pronunciation – that get missed because of the limitations of the human trainer, who has a hard time understanding what is being said. Our system ensures crystal-clear reception, leading to much more accurate, objective and effective feedback for clients.
Especially of note, NovoSpeech technology could make feasible, for the first time, production of a home-based speech therapy system.
NovoSpeech is a member of the Trendlines Group's Mofet B'Yehuda Innovation Accelerator, which is its major funding source. The company was established in 2008 by Hava and others. Dr. Yossef Ben Ezra recently joined as the company's CTO.


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Court skeptical of IQ scores in deciding execution
Eds: Updates with details from arguments. With AP Photos.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to say that states can't rely on intelligence test scores alone in borderline cases to determine that a death row inmate is mentally able and thus eligible to be executed.
The justices heard arguments on a snowy morning in a challenge from a Florida inmate who says there is ample evidence to show that he is mentally disabled and protected from being put to death, even though most of his IQ scores have topped 70.
That score is the widely accepted as a marker of mental disability, but medical professionals say that test results have a margin of error and in any case are just one factor in determining mental disability.
The decisive vote appears to belong to Justice Anthony Kennedy and he repeatedly questioned the state's argument for a rigid cutoff.
"Your rule prevents us from getting a better understanding of whether the IQ score is accurate or not," Kennedy said.
The case centers on how authorities determine who is eligible to be put to death, 12 years after the justices prohibited the execution of the mentally disabled.
The court has until now left it to the states to set rules for judging who is mentally disabled. In Florida and certain other states, an intelligence test score higher than 70 means an inmate is not mentally disabled, even if other evidence indicates he is.
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the state law regarding executions and mental disability has no wiggle room if an inmate tests above 70.
Inmate Freddie Lee Hall, convicted of killing a 21-year-old pregnant woman in 1978, has scored above 70 on most of the IQ tests he has taken since 1968 but other evidence indicates he is mentally disabled.
The focus of questions by Kennedy and the four liberal justices who appeared sympathetic to Hall was on whether he should get the chance to persuade a court that, taking account of all relevant information, he is mentally disabled.
Justice Stephen Breyer said a defendant may want to tell a judge or jury that IQ scores come with a margin of error. "What's wrong with that? It doesn't sound so terrible," Breyer said.
Florida Solicitor General Allen Winsor responded that abandoning the 70 cutoff could double the number of death row inmates who claim they are mentally disabled.
Justice Elena Kagan cut in to acknowledge that Winsor might be right about the number of claims. "But some of them may be mentally retarded," Kagan said.
Winsor responded that state law has determined "they are not mentally retarded if they don't have an IQ score of 70 or below."
Justice Antonin Scalia pointed to the brutality of Hall's crime and the several steps it took to abduct and kill the pregnant woman, and a sheriff's deputy a short time later, as indications that Hall seemed to have sufficient mental capability.
"Could the state show that in refutation of his mental retardation evidence?" Scalia said, using the term for mental disability that both sides use in court papers.
The justice also noted that Hall, 68, has been on death row for 35 years and that he did not raise a claim of mental disability for the first 10 years of his time in prison.
A judge in an earlier phase of the case concluded Hall "had been mentally retarded his entire life." Psychiatrists and other medical professionals who examined him said he is mentally disabled. School records from the 1950s classified Hall as "mentally retarded" - then the commonly accepted term for mental disability.
Psychiatrists and psychologists who are supporting Hall say an IQ test alone is insufficient for a diagnosis of mental disability. They say there's a consensus among the mental health professions that accurate diagnosis must also include evaluating an individual's ability to function in society, along with finding that the mental disability began in childhood.
They and Hall also contend that an IQ score is properly read in a range because the results are generally reliable, but not 100 percent so. The range takes into account a margin of error, a feature of all standardized testing.
The case is Hall v. Florida, 12-10882.
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For a day, at least, the roles in the "war on women" were reversed.
Republicans, for once, backed Democrats into a politically tenuous corner over a hot-button social issue – abortion – while Democrats cried foul, arguing that legislation before the US House was more political ploy than policy change.
The House rejected a measure Thursday that would explicitly ban abortions undertaken on the basis of the fetus's gender, by a vote of 168 against to 246 in favor. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R) of Arizona, did not carry because it was subject to a legislative rule that required approval of 60 percent of House members to pass.
Democrats, who previously knocked Republicans for their stances on the Violence Against Women Act and who are pushing legislation requiring equal pay for men and women, called the vote a political charade.
"The maker of the motion has said he brought it to the floor for a purpose that was not exactly scientific," said House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D) of California at a press conference.
Democrats also took a page out of House Speaker John Boehner's book by redirecting discussion of a social issue to the economy.
"We should be talking about jobs, but instead we're spending time on this divisive issue," said Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D) of Oregon, on the House floor Thursday.
But conservative groups sensed they had found a way to cast their frequent tormentors into their own choppy political waters with the vote.
"It is to be hoped that even many Members who deem themselves 'pro-choice' will recoil at the notion that 'freedom of choice' must include even the choice to abort a little unborn girl, merely because she is a girl," wrote Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Council (NRLC), in a letter to House members that urged passage of the bill. "Members who recently have embraced contrived political rhetoric asserting they are resisting a 'war on women' must reflect on whether they wish to be recorded as being defenders of the escalating war on baby girls."
While the bill fell short, its defenders and critics disagreed sharply about what exactly the measure would have accomplished. The bill would make it illegal to perform an abortion "knowing that such abortion is sought based on the sex or gender of the child." However, the legislation tilted culpability toward doctors, noting that "[a] woman upon whom a sex-selection abortion is performed may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable for any violation."
Democrats argued that this put doctors in the role of playing moral arbiter. ABC News's Jake Tapper reported that the White House opposed the bill for just such reasons.
"[T]he end result of this legislation would be to subject doctors to criminal prosecution if they fail to determine the motivations behind a very personal and private decision," said White House spokesman Jay Carney on Thursday.
The NRLC, however, pointed to language in the bill that absolved health-care providers from having "an affirmative duty to inquire as to the motivation for the abortion, absent the healthcare provider having knowledge or information that the abortion is being sought based on the sex or gender of the child."
At the issue's core is this question: Are many sex-selection abortions performed in the United States?
The bill's proponents pointed to a study showing that analysis of the third child born to Chinese, Indian, and Korean parents in the United States "strongly suggest[s]" prenatal sex selection. However, a review of the legislation by the Guttmacher Institute, which backs abortion rights, argues that such practices are not widespread in the the United States overall and that the studies offered by Representative Franks and allied lawmakers cannot prove that abortions for the purpose of sex-selection are a significant problem even in particular immigrant communities.
"What is conclusively known," wrote Guttmacher's Sneha Barot, "is that the U.S. sex ratio at birth in 2005 stood at 105 boys to 100 girls, squarely within biologically normal parameters."


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The Northwest Herald/AP
MCHENRY, Ill. — Two bins. One blue and one red are wheeled into the dining room from a side hallway at Fox Point Manor in McHenry.
Eighteen chairs are placed in a semicircle around the bins, and the residents, sauntering over from the living room, slowly pick a seat. Some fuss, some quietly shuffle, and others are excited to leave their wheelchair for another seat.
When the residents see the contents of the bins, their faces light up. Passive glances quickly turn into smiles and excitement about what's to come.
Inside the bins are percussion instruments.
Drums, maracas, hand bells and mallets soon are in the residents' eager hands, and as soon as the blue instruments are placed between their knees, noise erupts throughout the large room.
Fox Point Manor, an assisted-living facility in McHenry, specializes in caring for residents who suffer from any form of dementia, but primarily Alzheimer's disease.
The severity of cases ranges from patients in the early stages of the disease to lower-functioning and severely affected patients. Staff plans a full schedule of activities each day to keep residents sharp and active.
Five months ago, life enrichment coordinator Donna Rasmussen brought in the Rev. Phyllis Mueller, who recently left her church to devote full time to leading therapeutic drumming sessions for people. Rasmussen had heard good things about music therapy and thought it was time it was added to the list of activities.
The monthly session quickly has become one of the more popular and successful activities.
The idea of music therapy has been around for more than 200 years. Its benefits were noticed early on, but didn't gain much traction until after World War II. The first accredited academic program emerged in 1944, when Michigan State University established a program.
"The special thing about music is that it has the ability to bring back memories for all people," said Melanie Chavin, vice president of program services for the Greater Illinois Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. "It's just something we do; when we hear a song from high school, we find ourselves remembering who our friends were and what we were doing."
Chavin has had a long career working with and caring for people with dementia and Alzheimer's, and taught the positive effects of music therapy. Chavin has written a book on the subject, "The Lost Chord," and has co-written many articles, as well.
"Music also has this effect on people with Alzheimer's and dementia because hearing music doesn't rely on thinking too hard," Chavin said. "It's something they can do, too."
Mueller stood in the middle of the semicircle with a multicolored drum slung over her right shoulder, steadily beating her drum - something she asked the residents to do, as well. Once a beat was established, Mueller started to sing songs such as "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," ''Old McDonald," ''B-i-n-g-o" and others.
The emphasis was on a steady and recognizable beat, something all of the residents caught onto quickly. When a song was finished, some would turn to their neighbor and make a comment about the song. Some even yelled out that they remember a song as it started. It is during this time one could see the strong effects of the drumming unfold.
"Some of them are really quiet and don't speak a lot," Rasmussen said. "But after drumming, you can tell that they are alert and they will even chat up a storm."
Director Jerri Beers spoke highly of the monthly session and is excited that Fox Point Manor has the means to hold the sessions regularly.
"The drumming is very important to them," Beers said of the residents. "A lot of them have trouble doing simple exercises and movements, but with drumming, they can all participate. A lot of improvement that we see is based on success. When a resident feels a part of something and can successfully beat a drum, that's really important."
Chavin, who has been a part of many drum sessions during her time working in residential and community-based settings, agreed, saying percussion is beneficial because it is simple. The patients become familiar with the steady beats, and they can recognize it and play on their own.
When the drums went back into the bins, most of the residents were smiling and even talking about their favorite song. The one hour of drumming created an upbeat atmosphere for everyone.
"Believe it or not, these are the people I love working with best because percussion largely affects lower-functioning people in a positive way," Mueller said. "I once had a lady who hadn't spoken in two years actually speak after one of my sessions. One of the caregivers started to cry and they thanked me. That is why I do this."


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MediWales UK HealthTech Conference
11th December, Cardiff City Hall
MediWales is pleased to announce that registratons for its national health technology conference are now open!
With presentations on novel technologies and healthcare trends; innovation and adoption in the NHS; and finance and funding, this event will be a valuable day of briefings and networking for health technology companies and those who work with them.
The programme is set to include Baroness Ilora Finlay, Mirella Marlow from NICE and Helen Kuhlman from the Technology Strategy Board in addition to speakers from Johnson & Johnson, Fusion IP, Excalibur and Finance Wales.
There are opportunities to sponsor and exhibit at the conference; see here for more information about the available packages.
Seminar topics are set to include:
- Finance and funding
- Research and development
- Regulatory changes
- Access to clinical expertise
- IP and tax
- International trade.
Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 029 2047 3456 with any enquiries, or see the UK HealthTech website.
This event is supported by the HealthTech and Medicines KTN, Medilink UK, ABHI, One Nucleus, Welsh Government, UKTI, and UK Lifescience Industry Magazine.
Date and time
- Start Date :
- 11/12/12
- End Date:
- 11/12/12
- Duration :
- 08:30 17:30 (Time Zone Sensitive)
- Type :
- Conference