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News | Iceland Monitor | Sun 15 Jan 2023 | 18.00 GMT
Took the next flight back after a thorough drug check in customs
Lise Nørgaard in her much more successful second visit to Iceland. mbl.is/Þorkell Þorkelsson
When Danish writer and journalist Lise Nørgaard , who passed at the beginning of the year, made a long-awaited visit to Iceland at the invitation of the Danish ambassador, it would be a shame to say that she received a generous welcome. This respectable older woman was taken for a thorough drug check at customs. She was severely insulted, and flew home immediately with the next plane.
Nørgaard explained his ordeal some years later in a television interview in Denmark. Bjarni Sigtryggsson, a member of the Icelandic embassy in Copenhagen, saw that interview and was mortified. "God almighty! We need to fix this!" he thought, and he called Nørgaard and invited her to visit Iceland in the fall of 2000.
That visit turned out to be much more successful. Ambassador Helgi Ágústsson arranged to drive Nørgaard to Kastrup himself, and in Iceland a private car by the Minister of Foreign Affairs was waiting for her arrival. Customs officers were on the honor guard by the airplane.
Nörgaard signing her book Kun en pige (Just a girl) in the bookstore Mál and Menning at Laugavegur in Reykjavík. mbl.is/Árni Sæberg
Bjarni accompanied Nørgaard on the visit, who immediately took an unexpected turn at a meal at Hótel Sögu. "Kári Stefánsson came to greet us and we invited him to sit down with us," recalls Bjarni. "From then on, Kári invited us to visit his father-in-law, the painter Kristján Davíðsson, where he had intended to drink evening coffee. Christian and Lise immediately took to each other like old playmates, and she was impressed by what he was working on in his workshop."
Can't I just watch with you guys?
Then there was a another pleasant surprise. Davíðsson's wife, Svanhildur Marta Björnsdóttir, announced that she was going to watch an episode about a Danish women on television once they had finished drinking coffee. That TV program turned out to be about Lise Nørgaard. "Can I not just watch the show with you?" Nørgaard will asked, but she had previously made two attempts to watch said episode about her lifetime, but somehow it had never worked out. The first time she was going to watch the show with Queen Margaret, but she missed most of it because the Queen was asking her so many questions. The second time, the same thing happened, when Nørgaard tried to watch the show with her children. This time she was given a good deal of privacy.
According to Sigtryggsson, the trip made for a very good time for Nørgaard, who signed books at Mál and Menning bookstore, saw a performance at the Icelandic Opera and enjoyed the nightlife. "Lisa's stamina surprised me, but at the time she was in her 80s," says Sigtryggsson," but when I asked if she didn't need to rest, she looked at me in amazement and asked, 'Tell me, how old are you?'
Created the TV series Matador
Nørgaard was thrilled with the trip and later recounted it in a television interview in Denmark. Sigtryggsson received Christmas cards from her until the very last few years of her life.
Nørgaard created and co-wrote the TV series Matador , which is one of the most popular TV series to be shown in Denmark and in Scandinavia in the late 1970s and early 80s and it was also a huge success in Iceland at the time.
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Ukraine at D+11: Stalled advances, intense fires, and cyber ops.
Russia's advance remains largely stalled; both Russia and Ukraine turn to auxiliaries in the cyber phase of Russia's hybrid war of aggression.
Within hours of agreeing to cease-fires late last week that would have permitted civilians to evacuate areas of active fighting, Russian forces resumed shelling the evacuation routes they'd agreed to protect. The attacks have been particularly severe and indiscriminate around the southern port city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian resistance continues. Russia today declared new humanitarian cease-fires in areas with heavy refugee traffic, but it seems unlikely that these guarantees will prove any more reliable than those that accompanied the earlier cease-fire promises.
A surprisingly slow advance yields to tactics out of Russia's "Syria playbook."
The UK's Ministry of Defence, in its regular update on Russia's war against Ukraine, yesterday assessed the situation as follows: "Russian forces probably made minimal ground advances over the weekend. It is highly unlikely that Russia has successfully achieved its planned objectives to date. Over the past 24 hours, a high level of Russian air and artillery strikes have continued to hit military and civilian sites in Ukrainian cities. Recent strikes have targeted Kharkiv, Mykolaiv and Chernihiv, and been particularly heavy in Mariupol."
The Russian advance on Kyiv in particular has been stalled for days, and Russian forces in the southern part of the country, while enjoying more success, have also this weekend faced setbacks. Military Times reports statements by the US Department of Defense to the effect that the US has seen only "limited changes on the ground." "Russian forces continued efforts to advance and isolate Kyiv, Kharkiv and Chernihiv across the north and east are being met with strong Ukrainian resistance," the Pentagon said. The Wall Street Journal looks at the surprisingly mixed combat performance of the Russian army and lays much of the responsibility at the feet of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. He holds a general's rank in his present position, but Mr. Shoigu is a lifetime civilian, and it seems that he's overestimated the success of his efforts to modernize the Russian army and bring it to a higher level of readiness.
An essay in Foreign Policy argues that Russian forces are now following their "Syria playbook," referring to the tactics Russia used when it deployed their forces as deniable "mercenaries" or "volunteers" or "contractors" to prop up the Assad regime in Syria. Those tactics are marked by the use of heavy conventional forces against civilian targets with a view to obliterating infrastructure and punishing civilian populations. The Russian invasion has stalled in the face of stiff Ukrainian resistance and Russian operational failures; President Putin appears to have decided to redress his military failures through direct terrorism in what is the most unambiguous and one-sided case of aggression in Europe in 1939.
Ukrinform claims that Ukrainian forces have regained control of Hostomel, a Kyiv suburb. The report says that the Russian forces "did not have military badges and any identity documents, except for vaccination certificates and blank medical books." Weapons taken from the Russian personnel were redistributed to local Ukrainian defense units. Hostomel is the site of an airfield that fell early to Russian forces and was used to insert troops for the push on Kyiv.
Ukrainian refugees continue to flee the war. There's a much smaller but interesting flow of Russian refugees, too, mostly into Finland, where, Finnish news media report, trainloads and busloads of Russians are arriving, apparently seeking to exit Russia before a feared imposition of martial law.
On Saturday, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, in what POLITICO characterizes as an "emotional" teleconference with members of the US Congress, called for more aid, a comprehensive ban on Russian oil exports, and a NATO-enforced no-fly zone over the theater of operations.
Russian influence operations fail as few support Russia's war of aggression.
"Aggression" in this case isn't mere tendentious name-calling. The UN General assembly called Russia's war "aggression" when it voted overwhelmingly to condemn it last week. But the epithet "Nazi," meant by the Kremlin to be taken literally, is mere tendentious name-calling.
The terror is, in Russian President Putin's view, the fault of Ukraine and NATO, since sanctions against Russia amount to a declaration of war. "These sanctions that are being imposed are akin to a declaration of war, but thank God it has not come to that," Mr. Putin said (arguably blasphemously). Ukrainian actions (and not, as one might think, the full-scale and unrestrained Russian invasion) have called Ukraine's continued existence as a state into question. "The current leadership," that is, Ukraine's government, "needs to understand that if they continue doing what they are doing, they risk the future of Ukrainian statehood," Mr. Putin said. The "de-militarization and de-nazification" of Ukraine remain Russia's non-negotiable war aims. In a call with Turkey's President Erdogan, President Putin said that suspension of hostilities would only be possible "if Kyiv stops military operations and carries out well-known Russian demands." Russia would negotiate, Mr. Putin said, but it would not stand for protracted negotiations designed simply to draw the fighting out.
The Daily Beast has an account of how the Russian line is playing out over state media. Essentially, "Nazi" has become a very expansive and inclusive term. NATO? Nazis. The EU? Nazis. The German government? Nazis. The US? Both Republicans and Democrats are Nazis. And so on. The war is a defensive one, forced on Russia by "NATO's [Nazi] fist."
Russia boycotted today's opening session of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, Reuters reports. The ICJ is holding an inquiry into Ukraine's claim that Russia is illegally using international law against genocide to justify its war against Ukraine. The Telegraph outlines six Russian actions that arguably qualify as war crimes: the aggression itself, the deliberate targeting of civilians, use of prohibited munitions, against protected places (like hospitals), the firing on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (because of the possibility of indiscriminate effects), and, on the local, tactical level, widespread alleged sexual assault.
Demonstrations around the world this Sunday ran strongly against Russia, the Washington Post reports, with governments disputing Russian government propaganda in social media. The Russian embassy in South Africa, claiming to see a surge in public support that's been invisible to everyone else, tweeted, "Dear subscribers, we have received a great number of letters of solidarity from South Africans, both individuals and organizations. We appreciate your support and glad you decided to stand with us today, when Russia, like 80 years ago, is fighting Nazism in Ukraine!" The first response in the Twitter thread came from Germany's embassy in South Africa, which was direct and uncompromising: "Sorry, but we can't stay silent on this one, it's just far too cynical. What [Russia] is doing in [Ukraine] is slaughtering innocent children, women and men for its own gain. It's definitely not 'fighting Nazism'. Shame on anyone who's falling for this. (Sadly, we're kinda experts on Nazism.)" Bravo, Germany.
The one front on which Russian disinformation may be enjoying some traction is the home front. The New York Times reports that Ukrainians are finding that some of their Russian relatives are buying into the Kremlin's line that it's not really a war, but a defensive operation with fundamentally humanitarian aims. Russophone Ukrainians have not, generally speaking, greeted the Russian army as liberators and rescuers (some of the bitterest resistance has been in the largely Russian city of Kharkiv) and the Telegram believes that this reception surprised President Putin, who'd counted on the support of ethnic Russians.
Ukraine will become a "contributing participant" in NATO's CCDCOE.
The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) announced Friday that Ukraine will become a "contributing participant" in the CCDCOE. The twenty-seven members of the CCDCOE voted unanimously to extend membership, which Ukraine has accepted. Estonia's Minister of Defense made a representative comment on Ukraine's participation: "Capability and knowledge comes from experience, and Ukraine definitely has valuable experience from previous cyber-attacks to provide significant value to the NATO CCDCOE. Estonia as a Host Nation of the CCDCOE has been a long-term partner for Ukraine in enhancing its cyber security capacity and cyber resilience and we welcome the decision of the members of CCDCOE agreeing to Ukraine's membership." (The CCDCOE is hosted in Estonia.)
Participation in the CCDCOE isn't necessarily restricted to NATO members—Austria, Finland, and Ireland are members who don't belong to the Atlantic Alliance—and participation doesn't constitute NATO membership.
Ukrainian cyberattacks, and the marshaling of hacktivists.
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, relatively easy to mount, lend themselves to the sort of hacktivism that's surged with sympathy for Ukraine. BleepingComputer reports that Russia's National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI), a service established by the FSB, has distributed a list of 17,576 IP addresses said to be used in the DDoS campaign and a second list of referring domains involved in the operation. The NKTsKI also recommended measures organizations should take to defend themselves.
The volunteer hacker army that Ukraine has sought to rally, and succeeded in rallying, to its cause have been given some targeting instructions. They've been told, Reuters reports, to hit Belarusian railroads and the GLONASS positioning system. The volunteers are said, according to official Kyiv, to be principally tasked with collecting intelligence, and aren't supposed to pursue non-military targets. Thus stated Ukrainian policy is to have its volunteer IT Army operate under real operational control.
Tight control over a quickly assembled and protean volunteer corps may be difficult to achieve in practice. "We are really a swarm. A self-organizing swarm," AP (via SecurityWeek) quotes Roman Zakharov, described as "a 37-year-old IT executive at the center of Ukraine's bootstrap digital army." And some inducements seem likely to goad the swarm in unpredictable directions. The Record reports that "Cyber Unit Technologies, a Kyiv-based cybersecurity firm, has been particularly outspoken — on Tuesday, the company started a campaign to reward hackers for taking down Russian websites and pledged an initial $100,000 to the program."
Concerns about control aren't trivial. The responsibility to exert control over an armed force is a central concept in the law of armed conflict. While international law governing the cyber phases of a hybrid war remains largely unformed, there are analogies with armed conflict that ought to give one pause. To whom do the hackers answer? When peace is negotiated, will they cease virtual fire? What about the familiar difficulty of attribution of cyber activity?
In some respects the hacktivist enthusiasm represents, WIRED says, "pandemonium." The New York Times, while reporting that Ukraine has been deliberate and intentional in its recruitment of hackers, quotes Matt Olney, director of threat intelligence at Cisco Talos: "It is crazy, it is bonkers, it is unprecedented. This is not going to be solely a conflict among nations. There are going to be participants that are not under the strict control of any government."
Much of the hacktivist activity so far has involved website defacements and DDoS attacks. The DDoS attacks have raised more questions among observers. Security firm Avast, no crew of Russian stooges, and very alive to the iniquity of Russia's war (they've released a decryptor for HermeticRansom, used in the early stages of that war), nonetheless cautions that freelancing DDoS can be a dangerous game. For one thing, it's worth remembering that even in a war, there's such a thing as an illegal combatant. Avast offers four reasons to think twice before casually signing on to a DDoS operation:
"Performing DDoS attacks is illegal.
"Ensuring your security while using such tools is difficult to achieve, and by participating in these actions, you risk your privacy.
"By using these tools, you could cause counterproductive collateral damage, especially if you don't understand what you're doing by using them.
"Historically, similar tools have been abused by various actors who piggybacked on their popularity and started distributing their own variants including malware."
Russian cyberattacks.
Russian cyberattacks have been more muted since the outbreak of President Putin's war against Ukraine, but they haven't been absent. Ukraine's State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) tweeted Saturday, "Russian hackers keep on attacking Ukrainian information resources nonstop. Since the beginning of invasion, DDos attacks have been primarily aimed at the resources of Verkhovna Rada, Cabinet of Ministers, President of Ukraine, Defense Ministry and Internal Affairs Ministry." The distributed denial-of-service attacks are said to have been contained; the other effects are said to have been limited to some webpage defacements. The SSSCIP summarized the results of the attacks: "The most powerful attacks exceeded 100 Gbps at their peak. Despite all the involved enemy's resources, the sites of the central governmental bodies are available. The only thing the occupants managed to do was to substitute the front pages at the sites of some local authorities."
More serious than DDoS and defacement is GPS interference. Satellite firm Hawkeye 360 has observed GPS interference in the Donbas region which it tentatively attributes to Russian jamming, Space News reports.
This morning the UK's Ministry of Defence tweeted an assessment of Russia's operations, highlighting their effects on communications. "Russia is probably targeting Ukraine's communications infrastructure in order to reduce Ukrainian citizens' access to reliable news and information. Russia reportedly struck a TV tower in Kharkiv yesterday, suspending broadcasting output. This follows a similar strike on a TV tower in Kyiv on 01 March 2022. Ukrainian internet access is also highly likely being disrupted as a result of collateral damage from Russian strikes on infrastructure. Over the past week, internet outages have been reported in Mariupol, Sumy, Kyiv and Kharkiv." Ukrainian President Zelenskyy tweeted Saturday that SpaceX was sending more Starlink terminals to his country: "Talked to @elonmusk. I'm grateful to him for supporting Ukraine with words and deeds. Next week we will receive another batch of Starlink systems for destroyed cities. Discussed possible space projects. But I'll talk about this after the war." The first deliveries of Starlink terminals arrived on February 28th, accompanied by warnings that Russia had the capability of locating and targeting satellite uplinks.
This activity apart, Russian cyber offensive operations have thus far had a negligible effect on either the war or on international support of Ukraine, particularly as that support has been manifested in sanctions. Defense Daily, Government Technology, and the Hill all reiterate warnings that organizations should remain on their guard against Russian cyberattacks. These warnings are mostly matters of a priori possibility, based on an assessment of Russian capabilities as opposed to specific indicators and warnings. The Hill on Saturday published an appreciation of why a general cyber campaign against Western supporters of Ukraine has so far not materialized. As much as sanctions have hurt Russia, Moscow's risk-and-reward calculus so far indicates that it may have more to lose than to gain from an escalation in cyberspace. InfoRisk Today late last week offered an inventory of various explanations for Russia's relative restraint. They include such disparate assessments as operational incapacity, a decision to hold cyber capabilities in reserve, a desire to avoid escalation, and (the least plausible, in our view) simple unreadiness.
One section of Ukraine's infrastructure Russia seems to be leaving intact is the country's cellular system. POLITICO suggests three reasons this has been so: first, Russia may by monitoring those networks for intelligence collection, second, Russian forces are themselves using cell phones for communications, and, third, they're looking ahead to an occupation, during which such networks will be important to the occupiers.
Lessons from the Conti leaks.
KTVH reports that hackers are split over the war. But the division seems pretty clear cut: If Kyiv has the hacktivists. then Moscow has the hoods. The hoods are probably a lot more biddable than are the hacktivists, so in terms of control of a tractable asset, advantage Moscow.
Brian Krebs has been poring over the leaked chatter from the Conti ransomware gang, a criminal enterprise that moonlights as a Kremlin goon shop, such being the cost of running a cyber gang out of Russia. He's so far divided them into three thematic groups: Evasion, The Office, and Weaponry. The chat logs show that Conti indeed suffered disruption when the US NSA and FBI took action against the gang's infrastructure, that Conti turned to a target list of US healthcare organizations as it reestablished itself, and that the gang was confident it wouldn't be interfered with by Russian authorities. (Russian authorities, for reasons that remain unclear, were more interested in Conti's rival REvil.)
The chats also show that Conti operated like a business. It has (or had) the equivalent of an HR department supporting functional groups that fall out roughly as follows:
"Coders: Programmers hired to write malicious code, integrate disparate technologies
"Testers: Workers in charge of testing Conti malware against security tools and obfuscating it
"Administrators: Workers tasked with setting up, tearing down servers, other attack infrastructure
"Reverse Engineers: Those who can disassemble computer code, study it, find vulnerabilities or weaknesses
"Penetration Testers/Hackers: Those on the front lines battling against corporate security teams to steal data, and plant ransomware."
The gang faces many of the problems any badly run business faces. Krebs describes what he sees in the logs:
"Like countless other organizations, Conti made its payroll on the 1st and 15th of each month, albeit in the form of Bitcoin deposits. Most employees were paid $1,000 to $2,000 monthly.
"However, many employees used the Conti chat room to vent about working days on end without sleep or breaks, while upper managers ignored their repeated requests for time off.
"Indeed, the logs indicate that Conti struggled to maintain a steady number of programmers, testers and administrators in the face of mostly grueling and repetitive work that didn't pay very well (particularly in relation to the earnings of the group's top leadership). What's more, some of the group's top members were openly being approached to work for competing ransomware organizations, and the overall morale of the group seemed to fluctuate between paydays.
"Perhaps unsurprisingly, the turnover, attrition and burnout rate was quite high for low-level Conti employees, meaning the group was forced to constantly recruit new talent."
For all of these problems, Conti has been good at identifying and attacking victims. And, not suffering from the romantic confusion of cost with value that can seize so many non-criminal operations, It's also realized the value of open-source intelligence, and is willing to pay for the use of legitimate commercial business intelligence tools:
"Conti budgeted heavily for what it called 'OSINT,' or open-source intelligence tools. For example, it subscribed to numerous services that can help determine who or what is behind a specific Internet Protocol (IP) address, or whether a given IP is tied to a known virtual private networking (VPN) service. On an average day, Conti had access to tens of thousands of hacked PCs, and these services helped the gang focus solely on infected systems thought to be situated within large corporate networks.
"Conti's OSINT activities also involved abusing commercial services that could help the group gain the upper hand in ransom negotiations with victims. Conti often set its ransom demands as a percentage of a victim's annual revenues, and the gang was known to harass board members of and investors in companies that refused to engage or negotiate."
Aaron Sandeen, CEO of Cyber Security Works, thinks that recognizing Conti as a malign business, and understanding its techniques, will prove useful to defenders. He wrote, in an email:
"What's fascinating about these leaked chats is that they seem to be struggling with the same challenges (turnover, attrition) that any other legitimate company would. I am not surprised that they could find new targets and victims quickly. Most organizations still do not prioritize cyber hygiene, and they do end becoming victims of ransomware gangs like Conti.
"Knowing your opponent is vital to secure your defenses. For instance, Conti uses 17 vulnerabilities that exist in products such as Microsoft, Adobe, Apache log4J to launch their attacks. They were quick to weaponize Log4J vulnerabilities even as organizations around the world scrambled to patch their digital environment.
"It is possible that these leaks could cause Conti to temporarily disappear then reemerge as a new group. Ryuk disappeared after successfully targeting 67.3 million targets in 2020. There have been persistent rumors that they rebranded themselves as Conti. Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) is becoming a mature SaaS commodity with every passing day, and they are going after targets pretty much the same way a sales team goes after their leads."
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Dr. Luigi Calzolai
Project Leader - European Commission Joint Research Centre
He obtained his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Sienna. After a Postgraduate Research at the University of California, Davis, he joined, in 1998, the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich, in the laboratory of the then Nobel laureate Kurth Wuthrich, where he solved the three dimensional structure of prion proteins. He then moved to the School of Pharmacy of the University of Kent (UK) as Senior Lecturer in biochemistry. He joined the Joint Research Center of the European Commission in 2008 where his research focuses on the development of methods for the characterization of nanoparticles, nanomedicines, and biotherapeutics. He is a member of the Core Expert Team of the European Union Nanomedicine Characterization Laboratory (EUNCL). He is part of the H2020 project ATAC (Antibody therapy against coronavirus -COVID-2019).
Prof. Habil. Gabriel Dimofte, MD, PhD
Professor of General Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa" in Iasi
Prof. Gabriel Dimofte also works as Senior Consultant Surgeon in the 2nd Oncologic Surgery Department in the Regional Institute of Oncology. As medical director and Chair of Medical Research, he is actively involved in the coordination of basic and clinical research in the institute and was actively involved in the development of Transcend as a major centre for biomolecular research. He grew a major interest in the bio distribution of nanoparticles in the context of malignant tumors and was involved in two major European projects, as project leader in multinational consortium: Euronanomed-ERANet -CheTherDel (study of the bio distribution of nanoparticles functionalised with Anticollagen IV antibodies in microwave thermal modified liver tissue/liver metastasis using subliminal conditions) and EEA funds – NANOHer2RRESTORE (development of Nano carriers using ph sensitive polymers for targeted delivery of Trastuzumab and AXL inhibitors for breast cancer with ove expressed Her receptors).
Prof. Laura M. Lechuga, PhD
Head of the Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group at ICN2 in Barcelona
As full Professor of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the principal focus of her research is the development of novel nanobiosensor devices based on nanoplasmonics and silicon-based photonics for point-of-care diagnostics. She has been at the forefront of the Photonic Biosensor area during more than eighteen years, making key contributions and opening new horizons in this technological field. She has published over 270 articles, book chapters and proceedings, has eight families of patents, and has presented her work worldwide in more than 365 invited talks. She has co-founded two spin-offs companies and has received prominent prizes and recognitions along her career.
Eng. Gabriela Macoveiu
Director for Communication Innovation and External Cooperation/North-East Regional Development Agency
Gabriela graduated in 1989 as engineer the Technical University Ghe. Asachi Iasi. Her experience in business was accumulated by practicing as engineer for 10 years on the Fibrex Nylon Savinesti Chemical Platform; in 2003 she obtained an MBA certificate issued by INCCOR Bucuresti that was successfully used in the field of european programs management in RDA North-East, where she works since 1999 as regional development manager. During the last 20 years Gabriela coordinated multidisciplinary teams, implemented strategic regional development and smart specialization activities, elaborated and coordinated economic development projects, both for RDA and other similar public authorities and private managers from EU and accessing countries. Her experience as consultant was accumulated by delivering regional development technical assistance and trainings for RDA North-East, EURECNA CNA Veneto, European Commission Delegation in Yerevan, Assogal Toscana, European Institute for European Policies in Berlin. She is a certified trainer for projects evaluation and strategic management
Assoc. Prof. Oommen Podiyan Oommen, PhD
Leader of the Bioengineering and Nanomedicine Lab, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technologies & BioMediTech Institute, Tampere University
Dr. Oommen received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay in 2010. He, then moved to Uppsala University, Sweden to pursue his Post Doc in the field of regenerative medicine. In Sept. 2016 he joined Tampere University-Finland as an Assistant Professor where he has established the Bioengineering and Nanomedicine Group. Since Aug. 2020, he is working as an Associate Professor and he leads a multidisciplinary team of chemists, molecular biologists and material scientists. His research interests are in the fields of designing functional materials (biomimetic 3D scaffolds and nanomaterials) for disease modeling, tissue engineering, drug delivery and nucleic acids therapeutics. He has established extensive collaborations with leading scientists in Europe and Japan and participate in several collaborative projects. He authored several peer reviewed articles and book chapters. He has also filed several patents and is a co-founder of a spin-off called 'Uppsala Therapeutics AB' that focus on nanotherapeutics for brain delivery and nucleic acid delivery.
Dr. Ian Proctor
Interim CEO and Commercial Director, Sci-Tron Limited., University of Manchester
Ian has a successful track record of supporting the commercialisation of early stage technologies and taking them through to a commercial offering, generating funding and returning revenues to a range of clients including academic institutions, SME's and large corporates through a career working at the interface of academia, government and commerce.
Experience in executive roles has allowed him to develop strategic planning and delivery capabilities and to provide required leadership and management to meet challenging priorities, targets and requirements.
Ian was a founder and Managing Director for Dhahran Techno Valley Company (DTVC) growing all aspects of the business with focus on establishing a technology commercialisation business unit and science park management, setting the vision and strategy and subsequently building multi-disciplinary teams to facilitate the commercialisation of technologies which generate revenues and maximise social and economic benefit for Saudi Arabia.
This included developing a number of economic development programmes and an early stage investment fund with private and public sector partners; leading on a number of proof of concept, seed and series A investments.
Ian was then recruited to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) as Director of Technology Transfer.
Previously, Ian worked at University of Manchester Intellectual Property Ltd (UMIP) for nearly 10 years gaining recognition for designing and managing technology based projects from initial research concept through to new products and services; delivering a number of license agreements with industry which generated economic benefits and has led on the set-up and financing of spin-out companies, across a number of industry sectors, including the medical, advanced materials, energy, oil and gas, and sensors sectors, including the design and transfer of new technology through service providers to end users. Ian has held a number of board, steering committee and advisory positions; designing and implementing a number of regional and national innovation programmes. Ian has a BSc (Hons) Biomedicinal Chemistry and Neuroscience, and a PhD in Chemistry from Keele University, UK.
Dr. Maria Jesus Vicent
Head of Polymer Therapeutics Lab, Prince Felipe Research Center, Valencia
Dr. Vicent received her PhD in 2001 in chemistry on solid supports from Univ. Jaume I after several scientific stays in Prof. Fréchet's lab. Univ. California, Berkeley (USA). Then, she moved to more biomedically oriented research, initially with a company Instituto Biomar, and then at the Centre for Polymer Therapeutics with Prof. Duncan after the award of a Marie Curie Postdoc fellowship in 2002.
In 2004, María joined Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF) as research associate through a Marie Curie Reintegration contract and was promoted to her current position, head of Polymer Therapeutics Lab at CIPF in 2006.
Currently, she is the responsible for the Screening Platform, a Specialist site in the ERIC EU-OpenScreen and also coordinates the Advanced Therapies Program at CIPF. She is part of the Strategic Committee of the Valencian Agency of Innovation (AVI), Member of the International Advisory Board of Institute Nanoscience Nanotechnology Univ. Barcelona (IN2UB) and Consortium Foundation Hospital Provincial Castellón (CFHPC).
Her research group focused on the development of novel nanopharmaceuticals for different therapeutic and diagnostic applications, in particular Polymer Therapeutics for unmet clinical needs and has been funded by national (i.e. Fund La Caixa-NanoPanTher) and European grants (ERC Consolidator grant-MyNano and ERCPoC-Polyimmune) from academia and industry.
María received several prizes including Idea awards or Concepció Alexandre award to Women in Science. She is fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows 2019 and Controlled Release Society College of fellows 2021. She co-authored >125 peer reviewed publications and 10 patents, 3 of them licensed to the pharmaceutical industry and one used as foundation of the spin off 'Polypeptide Therapeutic Solutions SL' in 2012.
She is widely invited to talk in international conferences and is currently vicepresident of the specialised Chemical Biology Section of the RSEQ and chair of key conferences on the field (i.e. Int. Symp. Polymer Therapeutics or CRS2019 Annual meeting). María is executive editor of ADDR, DDTR and board member of key journals.
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Jorell Coiffic-Kamall | Cast & Creatives | The Wind in the Willows - Official Website.
Theatre includes: Ross (Chichester Festival Theatre); Bend it Like Beckham (Phoenix); The Water Babies (Leicester Curve); The Jungle Book (Birmingham Rep / Camden Roundhouse); Jack & the Beanstalk and Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Royal Stratford East); The Jungle Book (Citizens); The Harder They Come Songs (Olympic Park); The Warriors (Barbican); Jackson 5 Alive (UK Tour); Freaked (Helix, Dublin); [email protected] – Breakin' Out (Unicorn / Butts); Be Aware (Mermaid); Connect '05 (Sadler's Wells); Move It (Olympia) and Street Dance Weekend UK vs USA (Wembley).
Television and Film includes: When I'm Gone; Ahead of the Class; Top Of The Pops; Blue Peter; The Queens Jubilee; Eylem Concert; Proms in the Park; Basil Brush; DJ Ironik's Music Video 'I Wanna Be Your Man'; MTV Sweet 16 and MOBO Music Awards.
Jorell & his dance crew were nominated for Best Dance Crew in the UK in the 2007 Dance Off Awards.


Adobe Systems Inc reported a profit that topped market expectations for the ninth quarter in a row on strong subscriber growth for its Creative Cloud package of software tools such as Photoshop.
Adobe's shares jumped 4.7 percent to $93.10 in extended trading on Thursday and are set to hit a record high on Friday.
The company said 833,000 subscribers signed up for Creative Cloud in the fourth quarter ended Nov. 27, more than the 678,200 additions analysts on average were expecting, according to research firm FactSet StreetAccount.
Creative Cloud includes graphic design tool Photoshop, web design application Dreamweaver and web video building software Flash among other software.
"We continue to migrate existing customers to Creative Cloud, and are attracting large numbers of first-time customers. Overall Creative Cloud retention remains strong," Chief Financial Officer Mark Garrett said on a call with analysts.
Adobe has been switching to web-based subscriptions from traditional licensed software to enjoy a more predictable recurring revenue stream.
"(Adobe has) largely completed this transition to a recurrent revenue model. You are starting to see revenue stack even though your expenses aren't rising as quickly," said Samad Samana, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets.
Despite the 21.7 percent increase in fourth-quarter revenue only matching analysts' estimates, a relatively lower 3.4 percent rise in total operating expenses helped Adobe's profit beat estimates.
Revenue from its digital media business, which houses Creative Cloud, jumped 35 percent to $875.3 million (roughly Rs. 5,847 crores).
The business – also home to Acrobat, which enables the ubiquitous PDF format for ebooks – makes up the bulk of Adobe's revenue.
Revenue from its digital marketing business, which offers tools for businesses to analyse customer interactions and manage social media content, rose 2.3 percent to $382.7 million (roughly Rs. 2,556 crores).
Total revenue rose to $1.31 billion from $1.07 billion (roughly Rs. 7,148 crores).
Adobe's net income soared to $222.7 million (roughly Rs. 1,487 crores), or 44 cents per share, in the quarter, from $88.1 million (roughly Rs. 588 crores), or 17 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, it earned 62 cents per share.
Analysts on average were expecting a profit of 60 cents per share and revenue of $1.31 billion (roughly Rs. 8,751 crores), according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Adobe forecast current-quarter revenue of $1.30-$1.35 billion and adjusted profit of 56-62 cents per share.
Analyst were expecting revenue of $1.33 billion (roughly Rs. 8,885 crores) and profit of 61 cents.
Adobe's shares had risen 22.4 pct this year, including hitting a record high of $92.88 earlier this week, through Thursday's close.


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Mr. Vishnu Suresh talks about his solid career in HR so far and sheds light on the functioning of the industry
Mr. Vishnu Suresh was always interested in Advertising and Sales promotions, which is why he joined SCMS Cochin School of Business. And, during the course of his academic stint he was given opportunities to interact with experts in the field, as he was the part of the Industry Interaction Committee. He thrived on the challenge of making sure these professionals came to the institute's campus for various interactive sessions. "That made me realize that I was more of a Human Resources person," he admits. This self-realization has translated into a prolific 8-year career, which sees him as the Business Partner, Human Resources at Tata Elxsi.
The successful journey in HR began for Mr. Suresh during the campus placements in 2007. "It was there that I met people from Allianz and managed to impress them," he says. "It was a campus placement and I joined the company as Senior Executive, HR. When I was working with them I figured out that HR as a domain was my strength and I should be working on it." Mr. Suresh worked with the company for around 6 years, and was the Assistant Manager, HR when he decided to move on. Since then he has been HR Business Partner for the Automotive Business Unit at Tata Elxsi.
He believes that his time working at Allianz was a huge learning experience for him. "I started out handling a group of around 160 Software Engineers," he recollects. "I was managing the key operations for around 3- 4 years and then I was handling the major operation, which was set up in UK and Germany." Mr. Suresh also agrees that the job was filled with challenges, which made him innovate and come up with ideas that would adapt to individual situations. One example of his success is the Back to Homeland campaign (Boomerang club), which was employed by Allianz with great success.
Talking about that campaign, he says, "It was basically for those who had left the company and were working outside Kerela, who we thought should be working with us. We sent them mail and flyers inviting them to join us again with a 60% success rate." Another tricky situation he had to handle was when Allianz KPO needed to hire around 60 veterinary doctors with only a small pool to pick from. He adds that most of them preferred to work in the medical field rather than KPO. That's when they came up with the idea of a loyalty bonus for the doctors, which worked quite well.
There's indeed a lot to learn from Mr. Suresh's experiences since he has hands-on exposure in the field. He shares some of the pointers for the HR industry, saying that there are three parameters that acts as the pillars of employee retention: work, work life and compensation. "If any of the two parameters are missing then the person will not able to work. Well, that's the first sign of employee Dissatisfaction. It is a triangle which has to be intact," he adds. His understanding and efforts have not gone unnoticed, as can be seen from the Best Performer accolades he has won. It was again an innovation on his part that brought him the recognition.
Mr. Suresh sheds light on the achievement, saying, "It was a project where we put an end to HR process in the UK and outsourced it to India. The HR department is considered to be a support system and a non-billable department. But we were able to generate good revenue; so, based on this project and some others I was given the award." It was on this high that he moved from a "flamboyant and warm" company like Allianz to a "seasoned company" like Tata. He agrees that it was tough to join a pure engineering company that deals with automobiles, but his passion for the field and expertise in HR has made the transition seamless.HR is an integral part of an organization and where hiring happens. So, Mr. Suresh is probably the best person answer the question: what do hiring professionals look for in a job candidate? He ponders before answering, "The first thing we look for the style of the candidate's presentation and the style of communication, including how much the candidate knows about the topic, and how creatively he puts it in words.. Secondly, I like to ask a question to see if they have a different approach to varied situations. I also like to see presentable students who make an impression and have the capability of thinking out of the box."
That's something he says he was prepared for by SCMS Cochin where he was awarded the Best Outgoing Students award during his academic years. He remembers being part of every activity that he was interested in and learning immensely from them. "One of the important lessons I learned is to value relationships," he says. "I even made a film on relationships during Panorama 2006, and it was quite appreciated. It's something I pay importance to till date." No wonder he keeps his relationship with the institute going and has visited the campus since his graduation. And, he hopes to return for hiring in the near future, and that's more good news for the students.
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The Berkeley UPC compiler project is seeking to develop a fully-portable, high-performance UPC compiler that will run on a wide variety of shared-memory and distributed-memory platforms using different network interconnects, including large-scale multiprocessors, PC clusters, and clusters of shared memory multiprocessors. One of the main goals of the project is to experiment with parallel compiler optimization techniques, without being tied to a particular system architecture or network. Portability is achieved by translating UPC programs to an intermediate representation in C, which can then be compiled using the system's ANSI C compiler and linked to a standardized runtime system and communication system tailored to the specific platform.
High-level system diagram The figure shows the high-level system diagram for a UPC application compiled using the Berkeley UPC compiler. The generated C code runs on top of the UPC runtime system, which provides platform independence and implements language-specific features such as shared memory allocation and shared pointer manipulation. The runtime system implements remote operations by calling the GASNet communication interface, which provides hardware-independent lightweight networking primitives.
The Berkeley UPC-to-C translator performs source to source translation from UPC code to ANSI-compliant C code, with shared memory operations transformed into calls to the Berkeley UPC runtime. The translator is based on the Open64 compiler suite; please refer to their documentation for information about the design and specific features of that compiler. Numerous modifications have been added to the translator to support UPC features, and the translator's C front end has also been extended to support both 32- and 64-bit platforms. A detailed description of our modifications can be found here.
The figure gives a high-level overview of the translation process. Upon receiving a preprocessed UPC program, the translator invokes the UPC front end, whose function is to parse, type-check, and generate the Whirl intermediate format for the program. UPC-specific information such as shared types and block sizes of distributed arrays are kept in the symbol table, so the translator could take advantage of such information during optimizations. The back end operates on the Whirl intermediate language and lowers shared memory operations into equivalent runtime library calls. The Berkeley UPC runtime provides a wide of variety of shared memory accesses from non-blocking to bulk, so that the translator could experiment with different strategies for communication optimizations such as message pipelining and prefetching. Finally the whirl2c component translates Whirl into ANSI-compliant C code, with shared variables declared as the opaque pointer-to-shared construct.
The Berkeley UPC runtime specification documents the platform-independent interface between compiler-generated C code and the UPC runtime system. It provides platform-independent job/thread control, shared memory access (put/get operations and bulk transfer operations), shared pointer manipulation and arithmetic, shared memory management, UPC barriers and UPC locks. The shared memory operations provide very flexible non-blocking shared memory access with a wide range of synchronization alternatives.
In addition to providing platform independence, the Berkeley Runtime interface provides a cleanly-documented, compiler-independent "UPC abstract machine" that can be used as a compilation target by other front-end UPC compilers.
GASNet is a language-independent, low-level networking layer that provides network-independent high-performance communication primitives tailored for implementing parallel global address space SPMD languages such as UPC and Titanium.
We've written a network-independent reference implementation of the extended API purely in terms of the core API, which allows GASNet (and the GAS compiler) to quickly and easily be ported to a new network architecture by re-implementing only the minimal core API. GASNet is structured such that implementers can choose to additionally bypass certain functions in the reference implementation of the extended API and implement them directly on the hardware to improve performance of specific operations when hardware support is available (e.g. special network support for puts/gets or hardware-assisted broadcast).


Remixes for "This Is What You Came For" are also coming tomorrow.
Calvin Harris has been getting back to work after those photos of Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston were published.
The Scottish DJ has been teasing tomorrow's (June 17) unveiling of the video for "This Is What You Came For," the latest dance banger from Harris and Rihanna.
Harris announced that remixes for the track are coming tomorrow as well, including one from Dillon Francis, which the DJ says is "so good."
"This Is What You Came For" has so far peaked at number two in the U.K. and seven on the Billboard Hot 100. It's the second track to be lifted from Harris's upcoming as-yet-untitled album.
Meanwhile, he has been hitting the headlines for non-music-related news, as it was revealed that Harris has unfollowed his ex-girlfriend on Twitter.
The former couple has been on a social media purge, deleting all existence of their relationship, with Harris also deleting a previous sympathetic tweet concerning their split.
Before the photos were published, the DJ also apparently posted and deleted a cryptic tweet that suggested he knew about Hiddleswift before the rest of us.


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11-11-11themovie.com, the official website of 11-11-11 went live this week.
The movie 11.11.11 is an upcoming horror thriller movie written and directed by Darren bousman (who helmed three movies of the Saw franchise). The story focuses on the date 11-11-11, a time when a supposed gateway will open and something will come through.
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30X To Run Inaugural U.S. Focused Korean Startup Accelerator
Leading global technology advisory firm, 30X, selected to run the Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development (KISED) program for Korean startups seeking globalization and U.S.-based investors
The emergence of 30X as a leading boutique technology advisory firm was reinforced after the company's latest initiative – its 30X Global Accelerator Program – was selected as the U.S. accelerator for the newly launched Startup Fundraising Acceleration Program by the Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development (KISED), the largest division within the Korean government's Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS).
The KISED program is designed in line with the institution's goal of exporting Korean technology globally by offering programming focused on customer discovery, business model validation, business development, global fundraising, and investor relations.
Kent Lucas, Founding Partner of 30X
"We're truly excited about this inaugural accelerator program focused on bringing some of our top and most promising startups to U.S. investors and the U.S. market," said Edward Lee, Director of the KISED program. "30X was selected for their impressive success in supporting global startups, their understanding of the Korean technology ecosystem, and the customized programming they put together for this accelerator."
The three-month virtual program, as managed by 30X, consists of intensive online curriculum and 1-on-1 engagement, providing each startup team with a mentor and at least one 30X executive working closely with them. The customized curriculum focuses on preparing and accelerating the companies for U.S. markets and for fundraising targeted at the U.S. and other non-Korean venture capital investors.
"This inaugural KISED program attracted a wide array of companies resulting in a competitive application and review process," said Kent Lucas Founding Partner of 30X and Director of its Global Acceleration Program.
After the review of close to 60 applicants, the 30X team met the 20 semi-finalists 1-on-1 in Seoul, Korea, ultimately choosing the final 10 for the program. Kent continued: "We were impressed by the overall quality of the technologies and teams as we tried to choose companies that were ready to expand in the U.S. or who we believed would best appeal to U.S. investors."
The ten companies chosen are quite diverse, covering various stages and sectors, using different technologies, and solving a wide range of problems. The winning startups are:
Adriel (MarTech), AIZEN Global (FinTech), DSLAB GLOBAL Inc. (Click AI) (AI Solutions), Farmskin (Beauty/Wellness), IM Technology (Materials/Manufacturing), KBioLab Co., Ltd. (Beauty/Wellness), LUPIN COMPANY INC. (Hernine) (Beauty), Plasmapp Co. Ltd. (Medical Equipment), Telofarm Inc. (AgTech), VisualCamp (EdTech)
The accelerator program culminates with a Demo Day scheduled for December 8th at 5 pm EST/2 pm PST.
For more information about 30X and their Global Accelerator Program, please visit – www.30xpartners.com.
About 30X LLC
30X LLC is a global tech advisory firm that partners with exceptional teams and organizations to provide trusted advice and intelligence regarding growth, disruption, and innovation. The 30X Global Acceleration Program empowers select entrepreneurs with indispensable knowledge and resources to accelerate their company's growth and access to capital.
About KISED
Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development (KISED) is a public institution under South Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups that offers various forms of support for aspiring startups and support for South Korean businesses to expand globally.
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Students spend a minimum of 50% of their time focusing on their education goals as part of our program. Most of the students that participate have dropped out of traditional school programs and many times haven't been attending on a regular basis for several years. A primary requirement when they make application for our program is that they also re-enroll themselves into an education program (high school diploma or GED). We work with alternative schools in the area for high school diploma preparation and have an in-house GED program on campus. Students spend their mornings attending classes and then transition to our program in the afternoons.
Over the past fifteen years, Project REBUILD has been responsible for the creation or renovation of over 100 units of housing in our community. YouthBuild participants are involved in construction training utilizing the classroom, training platforms, and worksites throughout Stark County. Through the worksites, young people are creating housing for low to moderate income families in their communities. Project REBUILD uses the PACT Curriculum with a focus on carpentry. Successful demonstration of competencies learned result in the attainment of an industry recognized credential.
One of our program goals is that our students become a leader in their lives, in their families, and in their communities. We work to teach them to take responsibility for themselves and their actions. We also work to show them how they can have a positive impact on their community through providing service and getting involved. Participants spend at least two days per month working with community partners and providing a service whether that be cleaning up the neighborhood or serving a hot meal to those in need.
As we plan for future success for our students, we understand that many times it's not the lack of knowledge and training that lead to difficulty in the workplace – it's the challenges and obstacles they're facing in their personal lives. These challenges may include reliable transportation, childcare, substance abuse or mental health issues. Our program works to help participants identify and create strategies to help alleviate or remove those barriers to success.
The ultimate goal for our participants is a successful transition into the workforce and/or post secondary education. Throughout our nine month program students are being taught and are practicing good habits that lead to those successful transitions. They participate in career and post secondary exploration activities, prepare resumes, participate in mock interviewing and work towards post-program specific activities.


hello readers! please forgive me for neglecting this blog of mine. It's been a very insane few weeks and I haven't really had much energy to post here. I've also been a little inspiration-less these days. I think when your work life takes over, it's hard to think about anything else. Wouldn't you agree?
The only other thing stressing me out more than my work stuff is thinking about my hair. For those who don't know, I am growing my hair out to donate. this is my second time doing it. It's fun, easy, and something i feel good about committing to.
but when it gets close to being long enough to donate, i start to go a little insane inside. deep down, i'm a short hair girl, and as much as i admire people's beautiful long locks, i can't really manage my own. i am dyyyyying to cut it. so lets brainstorm some ideas.
ditto - i'm loving the michelle williams!!! it would look great on you!


Start taking classes at Boulder Movement and other studios!
Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed at low heights on artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses, instead, bouldering mats are used to prevent injuries from falls. Bouldering walls at Boulder Movement typically go up to 4 metres, which help ease a lot of first timers who have a fear of heights to give rock climbing a try. Climbing will provide you a total body workout, incorporating the use of several muscle groups simultaneously. In addition, skills such as problem-solving, hand-eye coordination and judgement are developed and enhanced during participation in the sport. Climbing may also provide you with the ability to conquer fears, build confidence, self-esteem and self-reliance, all while developing social connections.
Boulder Movement is located at 6A Shenton Way, #B1-03, Singapore, 068815. Take the travellator down to Basement 1. We're located at the back from where The Providore is.
Awesome facilities and very thoughtful changing rooms. Pretty good for first timers. Would recommend for noobs!
Good bouldering gym to check out and start off for beginner in particular esp when u will be in town area. There's shower facilities with even conditioner for females!


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HOUSTON, U.S.A./LONDON, U.K., November 14, 2019–The World Petroleum Council announced today that 2,000 abstracts were received for the 23rd World Petroleum Congress (WPC) Call for Papers – the highest number of submissions ever achieved in the history of the Congress.
"We are delighted that the 23rd WPC Call for Papers attracted so much interest from around the world with a record 2,000 submissions from 59 countries and more than 400 companies," said Pedro Miras Salamanca, WPC Vice President, Program and Chair of the Congress Program Committee. "Our Program Committee is looking forward to working closely with the Chairs of the Technical Forums to select the best papers and posters for the Congress."
The Technical Forum Chairs are responsible for evaluating the 2,000 abstract submissions to select the top 300 abstracts to be presented as papers and posters at the Congress in December 2020. The high-level program features 23 Technical Forums on innovative energy solutions across the oil and gas sector, from disruptive technologies to cleaner energy solutions.
Organized by the World Petroleum Council, the Congress takes place in Houston, Texas, U.S.A. December 6-10, 2020. The triennial Congress is the premier event of the oil and gas sector and attracts the highest-level industry and government leaders from around the world, including heads of state, ministers of energy and C-suite executives. More than 100 countries, 50 ministers, 700 expert speakers, 1,000 media and 10,000 delegates are expected to participate in the Congress, which will also feature the World Petroleum Exhibition in the 50,000 square meter George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston's Downtown Campus.
Further program and event details for the 23rd World Petroleum Congress can be found at www.wpc2020.com
About the World Petroleum Council
The World Petroleum Council was established in 1933 and provides a neutral platform for discussion of the issues facing the oil and gas industry and its stakeholders around the globe. It is a non-advocacy, non-political organization, dedicated to the application of scientific advances in the oil and gas industries, technology transfer and the sustainable use of the world's petroleum resources for the benefit of all. The WPC is registered as a charity in the UK. Its nearly 70 member countries represent 96% of the world's oil and gas production and consumption.
The triennial World Petroleum Congress is the oil and gas industry's largest and most prestigious international event. Known as "the Olympics of the oil and gas sector," the 23rd World Petroleum Congress will be held in Houston, USA, in December 2020.
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Last June 29, I got invited to witness the collaboration of Ponds and Plains & Prints at Shangrila Hotel in Makati. The event launched the new collection from Plains & Prints called Ponds, inspired by the latter's Flawless White and Age Defying skin care lines.
Ponds collection is made up of of classic and elegant red and white dresses, that won't easily get out of style just like our favorite LBD (little black dress).
gorgeous ladies in their equally gorgeous outfits...breathtaking, i must say.
now ladies, isn't the collection more than enough to make you go running to your nearest Plains & Prints store?
For every purchase of specially marked Pond's Age Miracle or Pond's Flawless White Day Cream 50g, Night Cream 50g, or Serum 30ml, you'll get Php200 off the Pond's Plains and Prints dresses or Php100 off on any Plains and Prints regularly-priced apparel.
yeah, it's like getting your Ponds item for free!
so what are you waiting for...go now and grab your very own Ponds-inspired classic dress from Plains & Prints. but please, spare me a Flawless White and Lydia Red-capped sleeve dress?
I am so getting them!


Heisuke Hara (Ryo Nishikido) works as a teacher at an all boys high school in Shizuoka Prefecture. 15 years ago he had an unfortunate accident which made his life go crazy. He has since become obsessed with his hometown and the school where he graduated from. Due to declining enrollment at the all boys high school where Heisuke Hara works, the school plans to merge with an all girls high school next year. Prior to the merger of the schools, a culture festival is held for the students from the two schools. Heisuke Hara struggles to make the culture festival a success.


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Q: JSON парсинг в C# Мне нужно получить значение balance и username, у меня возникла проблема с получением данных из массива(не могу понять, как это делать).

{"success":true,"status":"generic.ok","statuses":["generic.ok"],"response":{"users":[{"num":1,"user":{"id":200291,"uuid":"9da37ea6-7267-4092-a394-beb684d6aa96","username":"Zitz"},"balance":42277378.81}]}}

Мой код на данный момент:

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)WebRequest.Create($"https://api.hil.su/v2/economy/top?limit=1&currency=coins").GetResponse();
            JSON coinstopone = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JSON>(new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd());
            response.Close();

            label4.Text = "Червонцев: " + coinstopone.response;
        }

        class JSON
        {
            public dynamic response { get; set; }
        }

A: В вашем случае можно сделать так:
string result = JObject.Parse("json").SelectToken("response.users[0].balance").ToString();

Username вытягиваете аналогично:
string result = JObject.Parse("json").SelectToken("response.users[0].user.username").ToString();

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Complete carpet set for all Rover P6 models; 2000, 2000TC, 2200, 2200TC and 3500 from 1963-1977. Due to the existence of several configurations, please note that carpet sets for the P6 are currently only available on a send and return basis.
Throughout the production process we closely match factory specifications; from stitching, edge binding, right down to furnishings and heel padding. All materials are precision cut, pressure glued and pre-formed to guarantee a factory authentic fit.
We use top quality velours from a wool/nylon blend which is available in most original colours; Black, Gray, Red, Dark Blue (not navy), Beige, Biscuit and Tan. If required, original heelpad will be sewn in on an exchange basis.
Installation requires no specific tools and is comfortably within the ability of a home mechanic.


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11/30/2021 Continuous growth of customer services business in France
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(The local applicable corona specifications were complied with.)
Since opening its doors in France, just north of Paris, in 2004, the customer services and liaison office of Liebherr-Transportation Systems has grown continuously. It offers after-sales support and third-party maintenance activities to customers in the region.
The service technicians on-site are qualified for all types of rail and bus interventions. The facility stores spare parts of all brands and is able to perform maintenance, repair, and overhaul of HVAC units, plus leak detection and duct cleaning among other capabilities.


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Keogh keeps passing test
Peter Breen
There comes a time when you look deep down and ask yourself about motivation and the desire to succeed.
For Stephen Keogh, the time is now. Same as it always has been.
The Limerick man has been in devastating form for the province over the course of the past four months, and the level of his general play has been of a particularly high standard.
Not that that should surprise you. The outstanding form of others in arguably one of the most competitive areas of the squad has curtailed the number of opportunities that he would have liked to have had at this stage, but in his appearances to date this season he has shown the hunger and enthusiasm which has endeared himself to the Leinster faithful.
Even though he turns 28 in May, it is fair to assume that his best years are ahead of him. And the Ireland 'A' wing forward is determined to take whatever opportunities come his way.
"I'm pretty pleased with my own recent form, but I still know there are areas of improvement," he said ahead of the visit of Connacht to the RDS tomorrow afternoon.
"It can be a difficult time of the calendar when you're down numbers, as we were, because of players either involved in the Six Nations or with the Ireland under-20s. We have a big game against Connacht coming up this weekend and we will need to be right on the money because these games are always tough. And they're always keenly contested.
"Connacht have really improved over the past few months and they, like ourselves, have a European quarter-final to look forward to. They beat a good Dragons side last week and their pack is strong and competitive. I'm sure that they'll also be determined to build on that this week and finish the year on a high for Michael Bradley."
On the future, he has been impressed with the up-and-coming talent who have stepped into the breach and believes that the future of the game in the province is bright.
"It was good to win our last three games over the Six Nations period, and it was especially pleasing to win against Glasgow last weekend because we had four Academy players on the pitch at the end of the game.
"That can only be a good thing for Leinster because, not only are these players stepping up, they're making a big impression.
"If you look at the likes of Paul Ryan and Andrew Conway in recent weeks, they have stepped up for games and have taken their chances. That's the kind of environment you want to be a part of: young fellas taking their chances and keeping the pressure on in training.
"Throw in playing alongside experienced guys like Girvan (Dempsey) and Mal (O'Kelly), and it's the perfect grounding for them. It also helps when you're winning too, but the important thing is that these players aren't fazed."
So, in a sense, Keogh believes that tomorrow's game will resort to a type of unofficial trial for the Ireland players on show.
"Absolutely," he maintains before adding a caution, "but when you're playing in a squad as competitive as ours is, then every match and every training session is a trial.
"We will have to sharpen up the areas that we weren't as strong on last week because if we don't then Connacht will punish any mistakes we make.
"The margins (for error) are so slim these days because of the competitiveness of the Magners League that there are a lot of sides who can still qualify for the top four. That's why it's definitely one of the best leagues in Europe at the moment, because lots of teams can still make the grand final."
Given the nature of fiery local derbies, Keogh is expecting nothing but a stiff examination of Leinster's credentials by a Connacht side that boasts a degree of familiarity in their ranks.
"I'm sure that the likes of Fionn Carr, Jamie Hagan and Ian Keatley will be motivated to come home having come through the Leinster Academy, while I was also in college with Frank Murphy, so I'm sure there will be a few words on Saturday!
"Because of the fact that you're playing your near rivals and, in a lot of cases, your friends, you want to do well. It's up to every player to take opportunities like this. It's an important game for our supporters as well as for the team so we're determined to win, without a doubt.
"It will be another test of the quality of our strength in depth this season and we know that we have to bring a real intensity from the off and match their physicality."
In truth, it seems to be a mantra he lives by -- and one he also sticks by.


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Parish Summary: West Dereham
This Parish Summary is very much an overview of the large quantity of information held for the parish, and only selected examples of sites and finds in each period are given. It has been beyond the scope of the project to carry out detailed research into the historical background, documents, maps or other sources, but we hope that the Parish Summaries will encourage users to refer to the detailed records, and to consult the bibliographical sources referred to below. Feedback and any corrections are welcomed by email to heritage@norfolk.gov.uk
The parish of West Dereham is situated in southwest Norfolk, to the east of Ryston and Crimplesham. Dereham probably comes from the Old English for 'enclosure for deer'. The parish has a long history, and was certainly well established by the time of the Norman Conquest, its population, land ownership and productive resources being extensively detailed in the Domesday Book of 1086.
The earliest evidence of human activity comes in the form of a rather worn Palaeolithic flint handaxe (NHER 13405) found in Anzac Gravel Pit in 1976. There are currently no Mesolithic finds, but Neolithic objects recovered include polished flint axeheads (NHER 2450, 11986, 14577, 14578 and 14579), pottery fragments (NHER 4390), a stone axehead (NHER 14578), a flaked flint axehead (NHER 31047) and a flint laurel leaf. A stone axe hammer (NHER 4388) found to the east of the village in 1957 may be Neolithic or Bronze Age.
Bronze Age objects recovered to date include two copper alloy axeheads (NHER 2511 and 18447), a palstave and shield ornament (NHER 2512), a spearhead (NHER 1070), pottery fragments (NHER 4390), a pin (NHER 4393) and two barbed and tanged flint arrowheads (NHER 4389 and 11986). Aerial photography has identified several ring ditches (NHER 16162, 16163, 18825 and 50566), which may be the flattened remains of Bronze Age round barrows. Iron Age finds include pottery fragments (NHER 1070, 4390, 4392 and 18423), a brooch (NHER 4390), a coin (NHER 4004) and a gold coin (NHER 1070).
There is plentiful evidence of Roman activity. Excavation, observation and metal detecting in Anzac Gravel Pit since 1969 have revealed evidence of a Roman building and kiln (NHER 4390). Many Roman finds have also been recovered, including coins, metalwork, pottery and tile fragments and a fine copper alloy mount depicting the head of Silenus, the companion of Bacchus (NHER 4390). In the north of the parish, aerial photography shows the cropmarks of a square enclosure and other smaller enclosures, ditches and a trackway (NHER 4393). The large quantity of Roman finds recovered from the area since the 1950s, including coins and pottery fragments, indicate that the features observed from the air are Roman in date. Roman pottery, tile and brick fragments found in 1882 indicate the former presence of a salt works (NHER 4394).
Quite a number of Roman objects have been recovered from elsewhere in the parish, selected examples including pottery fragments (NHER 1070, 2513, 4392 and 23731), coins (NHER 22633, 22912 and 31151), brooches (NHER 28340, 31151, 4004 and 44106) and a spur (NHER 50192). A large gold finger ring (NHER 14521) found in 1965 could be Roman or Saxon in date.
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Saxon finds include pottery fragments (NHER 1070, 12504, 17433 and 17434), a buckle and brooch (NHER 1070), a harness mount and strap end (NHER 22912) and coins (NHER 31151 and 4004). Metal detecting in 2002 recovered a rare Late Saxon or Viking period gold ingot (NHER 37525). It was declared Treasure in 2003 and purchased by Norwich Castle Museum.
The medieval period has left the parish with its oldest surviving building, St Andrew's Church (NHER 4425). The earliest part of this building is its big round carstone west tower, which is Late Saxon or Early Norman in date. The tower is of exceptional diameter, has walls that are 1.2m thick and is the largest example of its type in Norfolk. The octagonal belfry stage on top is 14th century and has six bells, though these are no longer rung. The 15th century south porch houses a 13th century south door, the north door, now blocked, being of a similar date. The porch was probably rebuilt in the 17th century, when the shaped gable was added. The remainder of the church is mainly 15th century. The chancel was restored in 1895 and a few years later the nave roof collapsed and had to be replaced. Inside is a simple 14th century octagonal font and an early 17th century pulpit and reading desk. On the north nave wall is an alabaster monument to Robert Dereham (who died in 1612) and his father (who died in 1559) and next to this a very decorative panel to Sir Thomas Dereham (who died in 1722). Best of all, standing opposite, is a finely carved life-size marble figure of Colonel the Hon. Edmund Soame (who died in battle in 1706), wearing armour and striking a suitably martial pose, one of the best standing monuments in Norfolk. The memorial was commissioned by Edmund's sister, who also provided the fine set of three-sided communion rails. Original 15th century stained glass survives in fragmentary form in the east window and one south nave window. The churchyard has plenty of interesting 18th century headstones.
Other medieval ecclesiastical buildings have not survived. St Peter's (NHER 4423), another medieval church, once stood within the same grounds as St Andrew's, but no trace of it remains today.
East of West Dereham is the site of St Mary's Abbey (NHER 4396), founded in 1188 by Hubert Walter, Dean of York, as a daughter house of Welbeck Abbey, for canons of the Premonstratensian order. It sits within a monastic precinct surrounded by a moat and was among the larger religious houses in Norfolk, with up to twenty six canons in the late 13th century, and was also quite wealthy, with extensive estates. Following the Dissolution in 1539, the site and associated lands were granted by Henry VIII to Thomas Dereham of Crimplesham. A house built on the site in the later 16th century was altered and extended in the 1690s by Sir Thomas Dereham on his return from Italy, where he had been envoy to the court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. This house was largely demolished in around 1810, the remaining part being converted to a farmhouse, the ruins of which were restored in the 1990s. Almost all the abbey buildings have been demolished, but buried foundations survive and can be seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs, as can other earthworks and fishponds.
At Grange Farm is an area (NHER 4422) that was the principal local grange to St Mary's Abbey (NHER 4396), the grange being replaced in the 17th century by a mansion, the remains of which were demolished in 1947. Within the area is a square moated feature surrounded by large banks and with a small central island. The feature is classified as a medieval moat, but it has also been suggested that it was an integral part of a 17th century garden landscape. Large quantities of medieval roof tile fragments, three bricks and a piece of pottery were collected from the surface in 2003, together with many post medieval pottery fragments and a brick. Perhaps the feature started out as a medieval moat and was re-landscaped in the 17th century as part of a garden layout.
Numerous medieval objects have been recovered, selected examples including buckles (NHER 1070, 4393 and 12504), coins (NHER 15832, 22634, 22912 and 30807), seal matrices (NHER 31151 and 44096), a very nice sword belt chape (NHER 28340), a horse harness pendant and a brooch (NHER 4004).
Of the post medieval buildings to survive, probably the earliest are White House Farm Barns (NHER 32759), two high quality 16th or 17th century brick barns, incorporating much re-used medieval material, altered and extended in the 18th century. They were in ruins in 1997 but are now thought to have been converted to residential use. To the north is White House Farmhouse (NHER 41156), a flint house of one storey and attic, dated 1698; it was extended to the north soon afterwards, with re-used medieval stonework. The upper floor was added at two periods in the 19th century. The interior is almost all 20th century.
College Farmhouse (NHER 12533) on Basil Road is an early 17th century timber framed house, one storey high with dormer attics, sandwiched between carrstone and flint gable walls added in 1626, the north gable having this date on it. The windows are 20th century replacements. The gault brick two storey west extension dates to 1900. Restoration work in the late 1990s revealed inglenook fireplaces and other original features.
West of Church Road is White Hall (NHER 18876). This house appears to be a normal two storey three bay Georgian building with a central round-headed doorway. However, it began life as a single storey thatched dwelling of flint, brick and re-used medieval stone from St Mary's Abbey (NHER 4396). A major transformation took place in about 1780, when the upper floor and north wing were added, the interior layout completely changed and a new façade made (it was once rendered). The scale of the reconstruction suggests that it was for a person of considerable means.
South of Lime Kiln Road are the remains of a square lime kiln (NHER 12517). The bell of the kiln has collapsed in front, but is complete on three sides, with tap holes. Other post medieval buildings, including a windmill (NHER 14522), a 19th century engine shed (NHER 2554) and a drainage pump (NHER 2555) have now gone.
On Ryston Road is the site of a 17th century and later house (NHER 12534), built with much re-used medieval stone, probably from the abbey (NHER 4396). The house was demolished in 1997 and new houses built on the site. Some of the material from the old building has been incorporated into structures in the grounds of White House Farm (NHER 41156).
The most historically recent entry on the record is the site of a World War Two searchlight and anti-aircraft gun emplacement (NHER 12518), in use between 1939 and 1945. The buildings have now gone, but their foundations can still sometimes be seen as cropmarks.
P. Aldridge (NLA), 20 September 2007.
Brown, P., 1984. Domesday Book; Norfolk (Chichester, Phillimore & Co)
Pevsner, N. & Wilson, B., 1999. The Buildings of England: Norfolk 2: North-West and South (London, Penguin Books)
Rye, J., 1991. A Popular guide to Norfolk Place Names (Dereham, The Larks Press)


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Let's face it, nobody is thinking about burglar alarm faults over Christmas but unfortunately these things have a habit of cropping up when they're least welcome. The good news is you don't have to worry too much as we are here throughout Christmas if you need us.
If your alarm displays anything out of the ordinary or sounds any usual beeps then give us a call. We can often talk you through re-setting it over the phone and this could potentially avoid false activations later.
If you have a key holding service just double check that your details are up to date, especially if you are going away, so that you can be contacted quickly in the event of an activation.
If you are going away but don't have a key holding service then it's a good idea to leave a number with a neighbour so that they can contact you if the alarm goes off. If you could leave a key and the means to re-set the alarm with a trusted neighbour or family member that would be a good idea. If your alarm has a speech dialler fitted you could set it up to let you know when the alarm is activated.
If your alarm activates and you can't turn it off with the code or fob then ring us on 01924 371941. We have engineers on call 24/7 over Christmas and if we can't talk you through the problem over the phone then we can come out to fix it. Your neighbours won't thank you for your alarm going off while people are at home enjoying the festive period.
Our shop is also open as usual over Christmas; we're only closed for the bank holidays – 25th and 28th December and 1st January. Therefore, we can also deal with key cutting, locks and safe sales over this time.
We do, of course, hope that you won't need us but at least you have the peace of mind to know that we're here if you do.
That number again is 01924 371941.


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Maria recording vocals for the new album!
My favorite part of recording. . .
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You know that thing I'd been working on for, like, a year? That thing that, 99 rides ago, seemed beyond impossible? Well, I did it.
I hit 100 rides at my spinning studio, Harness Cycle.
When I took my first class last April - an introductory class, just 30 minutes long - I felt... pretty terrible about myself. The class seemed impossible, & my body seemed broken, & I was just so mortified by my inability to keep up.
Why did I want to stick with it? God, I have no idea. I cried in that first class, & I cried after it. I blogged about it, ending that first post with, "I have 10 classes to use up by June, after all. I have to do something - & I guess, for now, it might as well be this, right?"
So I went back. And then I went back again. And then I went back 97 more times - until I hit my 100th class last Friday.
There are days I still cry on the bike - not because it's hard but because it's emotional, because it makes me feel things, because the instructors say thing that hit me right in the gut, in the best way possible.
And no, I still can't always keep up. I am by no means in shape or an athlete, & some days I still feel like I can't do a damn thing well enough to be there. But I show up. I walk through the door & ride even when I don't feel like it, even when I'm not very good at it, even when my knee hurts or my lungs burn or I'm sweating so hard I can barely see straight.
Three wonderful friends rode with me for my 100th, & one of my favorite instructors, who is such a badass, played some of my favorite songs, from Lizzo to the Backstreet Boys to Alanis Morissette to Bonnie Tyler (that's ride, we rode to "Total Eclipse of the Heart"). We rode & danced & laughed & cheered & could barely breathe at the end, & damn, was it ever fun. Afterward, my friend Marisa & I went across the street to Saucy Brew Works, where we ate my favorite pizza & drank beer & caught up... & then, when I got home, Mike had three cupcakes with "100" candles waiting for me.
I am so grateful to everyone who supported me & cheered me on & sent me DMs or left me comments or showed me any kind of love on my road to 100. I know this is the kind of thing that other people - athletes - do all the time, & I am under no illusions that I am somehow special for doing it. But this is huge for me; this has changed everything for me. I am a better person, a growing person, a stronger person both mentally & physically. And I just so proud of myself for it.
I'm now at 102 classes, & while I won't keep up a public count anymore (for now!), I have no plans to stop cycling any time soon.
Thanks for everything, Harness. Let's keep ridin'.