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AI Paving the Way for Polar Science
As we speak, Antarctic iceberg A68a is making headlines as it cruises towards South Georgia, having been of interest to scientists since its separation from the Antarctic peninsula in 2017... Undoubtedly, the North and South pole environments are ever-changing: this is partly due to natural cycles, such as the decadal ejection of bergs like A68a from the Larsen C Ice Shelf, but also influenced by unnatural global warming... The polar regions comprise large, complex ecosystems whose ecological relationships are threatened daily by climate change
AI Earth Sciences
AI & Pharmaceuticals: What Can We Expect?
In 2020, medical research is more important than ever before... The COVID-19 pandemic has opened eyes to the flaws of our global public health mechanisms and demonstrated the need for earlier, faster diagnosis - especially in the case of infectious diseases... The opportunities for AI within healthcare are infinite, enabling drug discovery, management of medical data, clinical trialling and more
AI Life Sciences
Thinking Beyond the Clouds with HPC and AI as a Service
I recently had the pleasure of presenting to a team from Dell Technologies talking about high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads within enterprise organizations... The scale and complexity of HPC is growing tremendously... Even with a predicted slowdown for 2020, analyst firm Intersect 360 is still anticipating the market to grow to $55B by 2024
HPC AI
Will AI Transform Your World and Wardrobe?
Would a robot suit the role of a personal stylist? Whilst the latest vogue changes each month, the fashion industry wreaks environmental havoc... It's a huge culprit of overproduction, making it the 2nd largest water polluter in the world and also responsible for 300 million tonnes of waste each year... As ever, technology has an answer to this dilemma
AI Sustainability
Industrial Scale GPUs – Rumours from the Virtual Trade Show Floor
NVIDIA's GTC going virtual in February was the main attraction for the rest of the HPC show industry... My industry event calendar has been replaced by an endless stream of Zoom-like briefings and webinars... Three months after Covid-19 disrupted the HPC industry some patterns are emerging
Banksy Meets HPC & AI in Bristol
As a late sign-up for the recent HPC & AI Meetup in Bristol, I was feeling relaxed coming in without a speaking slot and only the objective of meeting some colleagues and hearing a few lightning talks... Well, all that changed with two minutes from the start when our MC for the night, Verne Global's fabulous Simone Warren, told me that I had just been awarded the honour of giving the closing remarks... Her rationale was sound - it was a technical meeting - perhaps the CTO should give the exit speech
Water Trends – Rumours from the Trade Show Floor
Perhaps it is because I returned from my last business trip of 2019 to a flooded house, but more likely it's all the wicked cool water-cooled equipment that I encountered at SC-19 that I'm in a watery mood!... Many of the hardware vendors at SC19 were pushing their exascale-ready devices and about 15% of the devices on a typical computer manufacturer's booth were water-cooled... Adding rack-level water cooling is theoretically straight forward, so I spent a few minutes checking out the various options.
AI Tech Trends
Think Before We All Jump: The Most Important AI Considerations for Humans
As I've recently discussed in my latest blog post, artificial intelligence operates most efficiently when it is commoditising intelligence and decision making... Simple and repetitive tasks, and later complex and repetitive tasks, will be 'solved' through artificial intelligence... While we are starting to see real proof of the scientific and business benefits that come from this streamlining and processing of data, there are moral and ethical discussions beginning to take place
AI Sustainability Data
Why AI Could Be Our Best Conservation Tool Yet
Since the 2nd December the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) has been taking place in Madrid and next week sees the 10th anniversary of the excellent Sustainable Innovation Forum, organised by Climate Action... The forum is the largest business event alongside the conference and underpins the important role business and technology has in helping accelerate efforts to mitigate climate change... At the forum this year AI will be a major talking point - both in terms of its potential to protect ecosystems, and unfortunately - to damage, unless AI is powered by genuinely green energy.
Sustainability AI
Think Before You Jump: The Most Important AI Considerations for Businesses
Last month I moderated an AI disruptor panel at the World Summit AI in Amsterdam... Our conversation covered the moral, economic and practical considerations that need to be taken into account when it comes to the future disruptions AI will bring... As MIT President, L
The AI Circuit – Rumours from the Trade Show Floor
I'm starting to feel like a Formula 1 racing driver where every month is a new venue with huge crowds but in my case it's AI industry events... This autumn I'm alternating events across the Atlantic providing a great insight into any differences in current practices between North America and Europe.... Back in October I attended the excellent World AI Summit in Amsterdam
Qubits North America - Rumours from the Trade Show Floor
It's lunchtime here in the beautiful city of Amsterdam where I am enjoying my time at the excellent World Summit AI, at which Verne Global are exhibiting, and earlier today our CTO Tate Cantrell moderated an engaging panel on today's hottest AI disruptors... As I take a breather from the networking, I thought I would write some reflections about another excellent event which I went to a couple of weeks ago - Qubits North America.... Run by D-Wave, Qubits was a fabulous event, held in a superb venue in Newport, RI without the summer crowds but with the summer weather
HPC AI Quantum Computing
HPC & AI workloads lead to Rome
Last week I travelled to the Italian capital, Rome, for an event which I believe will prove very significant for the international high performance computing (HPC) industry... After many years away from the HPC arena and the overall server market, AMD is back with a bang and a new range of powerful processors through its AMD EPYC series... The company started its comeback with the AMD EPYC 7601 range - codenamed "Naples" in 2017 and on Wednesday I witnessed the European launch of their next edition - the AMD EPYC 7002 processors which, as you've now probably realised, are codenamed "Rome"
HPC AI Data Center
HPC & AI on Wall Street - Rumours from the Trade Show Floor
New York is always an exciting, energetic city to visit and last week was made even more so as I attended the 'HPC & AI on Wall Street' conference which HPCWire are now championing... It was well worth the train ride from Boston and interesting to see the varied mix of attendees present and hear how HPC and AI is evolving in the world of finance.... All sectors of the financial services industry (FSI) were represented at the conference from traditional, old school banks to venture capital firms, fintechs and hedge funds
Financial Services HPC AI
AI in Sports - When the Video Assistant Referee Can Save the Game
As a fan of the England national football team, I have gotten used to regular disappointment... Most recently there was the heartbreak of the 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-final loss to Croatia, and prior to that the embarrassment of not even making it out of the group stages in 2014... However, going back further there is one moment that stands head and shoulders above the rest for me, THAT Frank Lampard goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final between England and Germany.
What's Lang Lang Got That AI Hasn't?
In my first blog discussing the role of AI in the music industry, which you can check out here, I explored how software is transforming the way music is produced behind the scenes... It led me to further explore how AI technology is learning to perform music itself, and to share my own opinions, speaking as a musician, on the exceeding potential but also definitive limitations of AI...
Could Your Next Favourite Artist Be A Robot?
We've discovered that AI can perform methodically and analytically, but does it have the potential to mimic the human mind's creativity in order to produce a unique work of art such as a musical score? The devising process for music takes imagination; it is a challenge for even the most right-brained people to compose something brilliant that a listener has never heard before... It is even more of a challenge for that music to hold feeling and soul - so how could a computer possibly manage such a task when it ultimately has neither?...
Trust is not a Four-letter Word
A couple of weeks ago Frankfurt may have hosted the purveyors of the fastest machines on the planet at the International Supercomputing Conference ISC19, but it also was the location of a really fascinating meetup focused on innovation in the field of Artificial Intelligence.... Verne Global joined up with hosts WeWork to help sponsor the June Artificial Intelligence Meetup Frankfurt... As I joked with the standing-room only crowd of over 170 participants, there are just so many options when thinking about a topic for a 20-minute talk on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI Trade Show
AI is taking centre stage in today's film making
When watching a film, you may be the sort of person who immerses themselves in the story and special effects with a view to a couple of hours of escapism... Or, perhaps like me, you are the type who wants to work out what is real and what is computer generated imagery (CGI) and how realistic it really is... Either way, filmmakers continue to push the boundaries to improve the quality and variety of the special effects they deliver with the purpose of enhancing the audience experience and keep us coming back to the box-office
Wolf in Open Source clothing
In an interesting Medium Article, Andrew Leonard wrote about how Amazon may be starting to compete with some of its Open Source software partners... Andrew's article delved into the specifics of the case involving Elastic and their Elasticsearch open source software... Elastic has been happy to offer Elasticsearch in its Open Source form on the AWS platform, and many customers were happy to consume Elastic's capabilities that way.
AI HPC
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Bank of England
On Monday of this week, the Bank of England governor Mark Carney promised to reinvent the Bank of England to make it fit for the "new economy" of the "Fourth Industrial Revolution", reflecting changes in how society, business and government operate.... The governor indicated that the bank was beginning to opening up its own payments infrastructure to start-ups from the FinTech sector, while also delivering increasing emphasis on concerns such as climate change... At the same time, the bank would also be looking to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) to assist the bank in facing changes in technology and the world economy.
AI Financial Services
Where are all these AI chips coming from?
... Blink, and the silicon industry changes... I thought we knew what kinds of microprocessor we needed, and the silicon chip makers were just getting on with making them faster, cheaper and better
How AI can keep your executives out of jail
Only artificial intelligence (AI) can prevent social media firms from shutting their doors... Costs, fines and executive jail terms are threatened as the government tackles online harm.... Stricter regulation of social media companies is now high up on the agenda of many national governments
AI NLP Social Media
AI and HPC Field Trip - Rumours from the trade show floor
... The long-lasting Icelandic winter didn't impact the momentum of our second AI and HPC Field Trip... Once again we gathered around 15 practitioners from the worlds of AI, machine learning, deep learning and high performance computing to network and brainstorm together, as well as tour our industrial scale campus on Iceland's former NATO based near Keflavik.
AI HPC Field Trip Iceland
2019 GTC San Jose – Rumours from the trade show floor
NVIDIA's GPU Technical Conference (GTC) in San Jose always marks the start of spring... Although at this time of year the daffodils haven't yet broken ground in Boston, but the days are warming, and the snow is becoming less frequent... In San Jose spring was in full swing with sunny days and temperatures above 20⁰C following a winter of record rains
AI GTC NVIDIA Trade Show
AI & HPC in France
As a French citizen living in London with the dark Brexit cloud looming over us all, I am pleased to see some things moving in the right direction in my beloved home country such as the massive investments the Macron government has made to push for tech innovations throughout the country and the upgrades it so desperately needed... ...
AI HPC France
Classic HPC v New HPC – Rumours from the trade show floor
Sometimes the combination of networking at a trade show and catching an insightful presentation provide a valuable insight into market dynamics... Earlier this year I attended the HPC and Quantum Computing summit in London and following this, watched Addison Snell's (CEO of Intersect360 Research) "The New HPC" presentation from the last Stamford HPC Conference... Both confirmed my HPC suspicions garnered over the last year
HPC Tech Trends AI
NeurIPS – Rumours from the trade show floor
Generally, trade shows follow the sun and tourists to popular vacation destinations... Everyone loves a conference in San Diego or Orlando! The recently rebranded NeurIPS (formally NIPS) took a different road this year and visited Montreal in early December... Montreal is one of my favourite cities but in early December it's the season for cold, cloudy weather and infrequent freezing rain
Insights HPC Tech Trends
Integration of AI systems at scale
Today, data scientists and machine learning engineers can implement systems for tackling discrete tasks with a very high degree of success... Results in fields such as image processing to support cancer diagnosis can be extremely accurate, with the best performing algorithms even exceeding experienced clinicians for certain categories of cancer diagnosis....
SC18 here in Dallas is proving once again to be a fascinating melting pot of HPC insights and observations, and it's intriguing to see the continuing convergence of AI into the supercomputing ecosystem... Along these lines I started to think about the movement towards 'Explainable AI'... Being able to explain and understand how models work when making predictions about the real world is a fundamental tenet of science
AI Tech Trends HPC Insights
What to look out for at SC18
SC: The big show with an international HPC audience celebrates its 30th year in 2018... It's the World Cup of supercomputing and now it's more than "just" supercomputing... Advancements in data analytics have topics like artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning and deep learning, as stars of the show.
Insights HPC AI Tech Trends
AI Icelandic Style – Deep Learning in Reykjavik
Last week I was privileged to be part of our AI and HPC Field Trip to Iceland... The goal of the trip was to share insight and observations around the evolution of AI deep neural network (DNN) training and to tour our HPC-optimised data center... The attendees spanned DNN veterans like Eric Sigler of OpenAI, large enterprise data science leaders like Pardeep Bassi of Liverpool Victoria Insurance (LVE) and start-up pioneers like Max Gerer of e-bot7
Iceland AI Insights
Deep Learning at Scale
Deep learning is a current hot topic in HPC and I am sure it will be one of the key themes at SC18... In many cases, we have been hearing about artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning discussed together, though in reality, machine learning is a type of AI, and deep learning is a subset of machine learning... In this article, we will try to best define deep learning and its industrial applications and, more specifically, the benefits of scale - from big data to high-performance computing - to the successful implementation of deep learning.
AI Tech Trends HPC
AI needs to be 'explainable' but is that possible?
Amazon's AI made the news early in October after it was revealed that the company had scrapped a recruitment engine because it was 'sexist'... Private Eye, the UK's satirical news magazine, described it as "a reminder to take an extra big pinch of salt whenever you hear that AI will improve the world"... However, the reality is more complicated...
AI Insights
GTC Munich – Rumours from the trade show floor
It was a treat to be in Germany for the last two weeks attending NVIDIA's GTC Europe in Munich and prior to this the HPC User Forum in Stuttgart... The Autumn weather was mostly warm and sunny - great for the Octoberfest but certainly not "free air cooling" for computer clusters despite most of Europe's AI, HPC and Virtual Reality boffins being in town! Once again, here are some observations and insights from my travels......
Insights HPC AI
Trends Advancing Industrial HPC
The global research community, be it academic or applied, has a rich heritage of driving innovation and breakthroughs enabled by HPC... From a business perspective, what are the industry trends around supercomputing and HPC in advancing innovation in key markets?... Three particularly hot topics
Insights Tech Trends Engineering HPC
DeepL Anchors Neural Machine Translator at Verne Global's HPC-Optimised Data Center
Leverages Verne Global's access to Iceland's abundant, renewable power for its 5.1 petaFLOPS supercomputer... ...
My Ai Summer – Rumours from the trade show floor
It's been almost a couple of months since my last blog and my marketing team are getting unpeaceful! Luckily there is nothing like the energy and bustle of an industry trade show to get you back into the groove.... ...
Insights AI
AI and HPC Field Trip to Iceland (23-25 October 2018)
Verne Global is excited to announce we will be running an AI and HPC Field Trip to Iceland between the 23-25 October... The Field Trip will bring a select group of European and North American AI pioneers together to share insight, network and showcase how AI communities in Iceland are pushing the boundaries of AI and deep neural network development....
AI is a great opportunity, but banks must innovate faster
The impact of AI on the lives of consumers and the operation of businesses is slowly growing... Whether it's the increasing visibility of autonomous vehicles or the small conveniences of a voice assistant such as Amazon's Alexa, we're beginning to get a sense of what AI can do... However, we're still at the beginning
Financial Services AI Tech Trends
Talking Ai with London Cab Drivers
Being a daytime Londoner one of my favourite pastimes is to take an occasional ride in a proper London black cab and have a natter along the way... This is often a pretty cathartic experience - probably more so for the driver than the passenger, but I find it entertaining being the listening post, and London cab drivers are a good measure of the mood of the city....
3D Map Making Challenges for Autonomous Driving
Building accurate road maps is a central part of the effort to build and deploy more autonomous vehicles in the real world... The term "map" may be a bit of a misnomer, though, because these maps aren't anything like the flat 2D images available online, they're complete three-dimensional recreations of roadside environments that are updated on a continuous basis to provide a high degree of accuracy — often down to the centimeter scale... These 3D digital maps are a critical part of an autonomous vehicle's ability to perceive the world, and have key applications in other technologies, which has made the effort to develop the definitive map a highly competitive endeavour.
Engineering AI Tech Trends
Faster mobile speeds will bring big changes…but it will take time
The noise around 5G is growing... The new mobile data standard is not only faster than 4G but also capable of handling many more devices, which promises a huge boom for the Internet of Things (IoT), smart cities and all kinds of connectivity... However, there is still plenty of work to be done
Tech Trends Insights
hpcDIRECT scales new heights with SATAVIA
As I take a short break from the exhibition floor here at another excellent ISC18 in sunny Frankfurt, I'm delighted to announce SATAVIA as the latest customer to join our bare metal high performance computing (HPC) platform - hpcDIRECT.... ...
HPC Insights
AI Events - Rumours from the trade show floor
After of a couple of weeks sunning and sailplane racing in Florida it was straight back into the saddle for a London-based Quarterly Business Review and the excellent "Rise of AI" event in Berlin... Following a year of attending various international AI events I'm starting to develop a feel for their differing textures and here is my current evaluation...
AI Insights HPC
Death, taxes and rack power density
While not as certain as death and taxes, there are signs that high-density racks will finally become more commonplace thanks to AI and other compute intensive workloads... ... It feels like we are living in increasingly uncertain times
Insights AI Tech Trends Power
Heavy metal and tag lines – Rumours from the trade show floor
On the cusp of spring I regularly refresh my GPU technology suntan at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose... This year was fascinating as the speed and scale of both AI and Virtual Reality industries has leapt forward... Here are my takeaways..
Tech Trends Insights AI HPC
HPC and AI collusion – Rumours from the trade show floor
Recently I've garnered much of my blog inspiration from industry events... February has been no exception and I benefited from a fascinating day earlier in the month at the HPC and Big Data conference in London, just a stone's throw from the Houses of Parliament... Here are some of my observations from my discussions there..
Insights Tech Trends HPC AI
Iceland provides the power behind Germany's most pioneering AI start-ups
This week has seen the announcement of Analytic Engineering, a pioneering German AI engineering firm, choosing Verne Global's data center in Iceland as the location for their intensive computing... This represents another impressive AI and Machine Learning client win for us, following DeepL joining us just before Christmas...
Data Center AI Iceland Engineering HPC
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Q: Auto-update Windows on dual boot machine I am planning to set myself up a brand new dual boot Ubuntu/Windows machine in the next month or so. I use Ubuntu for 95% of everything but there are some games/software that I find too painful to emulate/do without, so I like to have Windows around as a fallback. Also, my wife uses Windows for some work things.
I had a dual boot machine before about a year ago, and the problem I ran into was that booting into Windows always took forever. Because I wasn't using Windows more than once or twice a month, it would always have a lot of updates and maintenance to perform before it was in a usable state. This made switching over to Windows more of a pain, which made me more reluctant to do it, which exacerbated the problem.
So, here is my idea, which I am hoping you can help with: If I leave Ubuntu running every evening, could I script it to reboot to Windows at 2am every night, wait a bit for Windows to apply it's updates, and then reboot back to Ubuntu? So every morning I'll be looking at the Ubuntu login, but if I need to switch over to Windows it should be pretty quick.
I realise this will involve both Ubuntu and Windows scripting, the latter of which is unlikely to be anyone's strong point here. Still, any help appreciated!
I'll probably be installing Ubuntu Desktop 19.10 and Windows 10.

A: An unattended reboot will choose the top item in the GRUB menu to boot from.
You would need to script in Ubuntu

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*a change of GRUB to boot Windows, once

*followed by a cron command to reboot at a time certain, then

*when Windows boots, execute a script to run updates, and conditionally
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*reboot into Ubuntu.

3A is especially tricky because Windows updates sometimes lead to more Windows Updates which cannot be performed until Windows reboots. You would need to find a way to conditionally execute one branch or the other of your Windows script depending on whether Windows needs you reboot and run more updates.
3B is even more risky, since writing to Linux filesystems from Windows is chronically troublesome and often results in filesystem corruption. I would recommend against it.

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Inter Legend Bergomi: "Lautaro Is Amongst The Best Performers Every Game, He Can Always Be Dangerous"
Inter legend Giuseppe 'Beppe' Bergomi shared his thoughts and feelings on Inter's performance in their goalless draw at home to Roma on Friday night.
"When you have a few more points over those you will be facing, it gives you a different kind of energy that enables you to think of going out and winning games. Barring a 20 minute spell in which Roma dominated the match, Inter deserved to win against them due to all the chances that they had," he explained in an interview with Italian broadcaster Sky Sport Italia show Sky Calcio Club.
Bergomi, who spent the entirety of his playing career on the club's books, then sang the praises of Inter striker Lautaro Martinez, who has scored 13 goals in 20 appearances across all competitions this season.
"Lautaro is amongst the best performers every game because he grows and can always be dangerous even when he is well marked."
Frey: "Inter Really Want To Become Stronger, Giroud Is Very Useful, Eriksen Is Great"
In an interview with French news outlet L'Equipe, former Inter goalkeeper Sebastien Frey has spoken on Inter's pursuits of compatriot Olivier Giroud and Tottenham Hotspur…


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Q: Can you install applications onto different partitions? I have a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook running Windows, but I want to get Ubuntu or some distro onto it.
I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 before and it runs flawlessly on it.
So, the Mini 10 has a 8GB SSD and I have put a 16GB SD card in the slot. I can save my own files onto the SD card, but I would like to be able to install apps onto the SD card rather than them just installing onto the default partition on the SSD.
Is it possible, remembering that when I install via the software packager I have no options where to install the program? I remember how Windows gave you that option of destination folder when installing. That's what I want.

A: The problem is an application in Ubuntu is spread out all over the filesystem.
It will put the bulk of it's stuff in /usr (binaries and libraries), some stuff in /etc (configuration), some stuff in /var (transient files, logs), etc.
An application generally doesn't fit neatly into a single directory that you can just put somewhere else unfortunately.
You could copy files from all those locations over to the SD, and symlink where they came from so that the system can still find them, but it would get really messy really quickly.
Also, even if you did that, and if you were hoping to remove the SD and use it in another Ubuntu and use the apps on it, that won't work either, because the package database saves quite a bit of "state", meaning it knows what packages are installed and where all the files are, what version the app is and so on. If you simply plopped the SD containing the relevant files into another Ubuntu it wouldn't realise the files on it were part of an application.
In short - not really feasible.


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Konstantinos Kotis (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7838-9691) owns a B.Sc. in Computation from University of Manchester (UMIST), UK and a Ph.D. in Information Management (Knowledge Representation/Ontology Engineering) from the University of the Aegean, Greece. He has worked as a post-doc researcher and adjunct lecturer at the AI Lab of the University of the Aegean (2005-2010), as an ERCIM "Allain Bensoussan" (Marie Curie) post-doc fellow at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (2011-2012), and as a post-doc researcher at the University of Piraeus, Dept. of Digital Systems, AI Lab (2013-2018). He is currently a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of the Aegean, Dept. of Cultural Informatics and Communication, and a research associate at the University of Piraeus, Dept. of Digital Systems, AI Lab. His research interests include but not limited to: Knowledge/Ontology Engineering, Semantic Web technologies, Semantic Data Management, the Semantic Internet/Web of Things, and Knowledge Graphs-based Chatbots. He has published more than 70 papers (Google Scholar's h-index 18, citations > 1500) in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences and served as a reviewer and PC member in several journals and conference events. He has also contributed in several national and European projects from different roles/positions (in FP7, H2020, Interreg, and national programs).
Current Research Interests: Ontology Engineering, Semantic Web, Linked Data, Semantic Web of Things, Intelligent Systems..
Currently, I am a member of Intelligent Systems Lab (i-lab), Univ. of the Aegean, leading my own research group (Semantic Web of Things).
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EXNESS and WWF have joined forces to restore tiger and leopard population
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As part of projects to protect animals, EXNESS and WWF Russia have joined forces to restore the Persian leopard population in the Caucasus and the Siberian tiger population in central Sikhote-Alin. These special projects, which are being implemented with EXNESS' support, will help preserve and restore these subspecies.
Not long ago the Persian leopard was spread quite broadly in the Caucasus and inhabited virtually all of the region's mountainous areas, but due to intensified extermination at the end of the last century its numbers have fallen sharply. It has almost disappeared from Russia. In 2007 WWF Russia advanced an initiative to restore the rare leopard subspecies in the Russian Caucasus. With the participation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a program was developed to restore (reintroduce) the Persian leopard to the Caucasus.
The Siberian tiger has met a similar fate. The ongoing human-induced destruction of habitats and the poaching and illegal sales of tigers, and tiger body parts and derivatives seriously threaten the subspecies' fate. The new five-year program to preserve the tiger population at the Sikhote-Alin Reserve began by reinforcing the technical capabilities, expanding the size of the anti-poaching brigade, and monitoring the state of the Reserve.
In 2014 our company also joined the effort to protect and restore the population of rare animals. Thanks to EXNESS' support, WWF plans to continue the restoration of the Persian leopard by creating, in captivity, conditions similar to the natural environment in order to prepare a group of leopards to be released into the wild. In order to develop, animals require not only food and care, but also special structures that imitate the natural landscape and allow the leopards to develop their dexterity and strength. And to observe the leopards after their release into nature, the Fund and EXNESS will purchase special radio collars and equipment to broadcast information about the animals' movements.
EXNESS will also support WWF Russia's work to preserve the Siberian tiger. Specifically, the infrastructure at the Sikhote-Alin Reserve will be improved by cleaning paths for employees' movements and building at least four inspection huts on the Reserve.
EXNESS believes it is important and proper to support wildlife and thus assist the growth of the environment in which we live. EXNESS is proud to contribute to the restoration of the populations of rare animals and to partner with one of the world's largest independent nature conservation organizations.
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I love rocking a look that is sporty but feminine at the same time. White sneakers are always a dream to wear, especially paired with white trousers. The pink accessories add just the right amount of pink without overdoing it.


"I am a stone," Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) repeats meditatively while on sniper patrol in director Jean-Jacques Annaud's most unusual World War II film-- 2001's Enemy at the Gates.
Despite the way it soon veers into unique territory--shortly into the work there's an obvious nod to the opening sequence of horrifically intense combat devastation that puts viewers right in the midst of battle as witnessed in Steven Spielberg's bravura opener to Saving Private Ryan which was the most effective and tightest piece of cinematic craftsmanship contained in that particular film.
However, Annaud's contemplative work fixates more on the individual experiences of Law's "lone wolf" sharpshooter Zaitsev in a stark contrast to the more traditional devotion to one specific Band of Brothers that we're repeatedly presented with throughout the genre.
Despite its absence of a traditional credit, the film co-written by Annaud and Alain Godard drew inspiration for the title from as Variety reports William Craig's book by the same name which centered on "a duel between a Russian shepherd and a German nobleman during the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43)." Yet when the screenwriters discovered several differing accounts throughout the official Zaitsev files, they decided to employ artistic license in basing the work on actual individuals but presenting the narrative in a way they saw fit.
Much to its benefit, this decision resulted in the creation of an ideal rival for Zaitsev's sensitive but naturally gifted shooter who's racked up well over two hundred kills. The "villain" of the piece arrives in the form of Ed Harris's brilliantly acted (yet most likely composite character) Major Konig who is brought over from Germany to try and put a stop to Zaitsev. His goal in doing so is not just because of Zaitsev's talent but because he's been crafted into a Russian propagandist folk hero in order to rally Stalingrad into what would become one of the greatest turning points of the battle to halt Hitler's Germany from gaining even more territory.
However, on the less effective "creative invention" side, the film fumbles in its development of a believable and engrossing love triangle. Although again they based the participants on real people including Law's Zaitsev who was in fact romantically linked to Rachel Weisz's highly educated scholar turned soldier Tania-- and you can never go wrong by inserting a Fiennes brother into the romantic mix (in this case Shakespeare in Love's smoldering Joseph)—the movie screeches to a halt whenever this becomes the main focal point. It's exacerbated sadly by the awkward dialogue with which Fiennes's political soldier turned expert journalistic propagandist Commisar Danilov is saddled that weakens his characterization considerably.
Following a breathtaking and overwhelming battle sequence that rivals Saving Private Ryan for its authenticity and ability to transport us right into the start of the earliest battles in Stalingrad as soldiers are ominously advised that one man will get a rifle and the other one will follow until the first dies and he takes over—Zaitsev and Danilov encounter one another underneath a pile of corpses.
While the nervous yet determined Danilov secures a rifle-- determined to pick off a handful of German soldiers to avenge the deaths of the hundreds of his comrades within close range-- the lower-ranking Zaitsev intervenes, offering whispered advice, admitting he can shoot "a little" before he takes over the assault. And in a dazzling feat of bravery, he manages to stay calm under pressure in his stoic or stone like level-headed approach, executing them coolly and quickly at precisely the same moment explosions go off to ensure their survival.
Forming an instant brotherly bond and intellectually daring to go against the traditional wisdom of trying to use fear and threats to spur his countrymen onward, Danilov decides that in the darkest time what Stalingrad really needs is hope and a hero in which they can believe. Working in tandem with Zaitsev as they respond to scores of fan letters-- sort of like an early, war-time version of an agent or PR man and similarly in a way that makes them seem at times like one individual with two heads—Danilov continues his mission by printing off a series of articles complete with tallies of Germans killed, and photogenic black and white hero shots of Zaitsev.
While the more humble Zaitsev worries that his friend is exaggerating his skills far too much and he can't possibly live up to the legend circulating throughout the ranks that garners a favorable response from Bob Hoskins' Nikita Kruhushchev—he's persuaded by Danilov that he believes in him completely. Although the highly effective propagandist tool instantly gives everyone something to believe in and the idea that they can stop the menacing force of Hitler's better-equipped and more experienced soldiers, it also raises not just Zaitsev's anxiety level but the stakes as well when Germany sends in Harris' daunting Konig to take him down.
Despite the fact that this is a stellar set-up and that Weisz is always a welcome presence, Enemy at the Gates loses its momentum when Danilov and Zaitsev set their sights (romantic rather than rifle-based!) on Tania which finds Danilov growing increasingly more unlikable as the lovely Weisz gravitates physically and emotionally to Law's quiet sniper.
Like a one-man roller-coaster, Fiennes' Danilov soon resorts to foolish attempts to try and point out Zaitsev's inferior education and their differences in class as reasons why his own survival as well as Tania's are far more important than Zaitsev that goes against his earliest character development.
And while personally this seemed merely unpleasant and implausible as the film moved along and Danilov became so irrational that he felt more suited to a weekday soap opera-- intriguingly and with solid logic-- The New York Times pointed out that (although I feel it was probably not their intention) his evolution personality-wise "comes close to anti-Semitic caricature," which "evokes some ugly, ancient prejudices," that nonetheless even the journalist notes was most likely not the purpose of writers Annaud and Godard.
However, much to his credit--while quietly Harris manages to steal the whole movie especially in a series of escalating sequences where he bribes a child he knows is working both sides for information-- Fiennes soldiers on indeed. Surviving the enemy of the ridiculous of script, his performance is an admirable achievement that seriously displayed his first-rate skills opposite a (then) newcomer Jude Law whose mind-boggling talent has grown over time and was best evidenced in another "cat and mouse" effort opposite Michael Caine in Kenneth Branagh's remake of Sleuth.
Still upon seeing it again for the first time since it's theatrical run and aside from the fact that the romantic plot should've been caught in the crosshairs of a sniper in its screenplay form--there's more than enough plot here for the filmmakers to utilize for the film that salvages it and then some.
While the sound balance is a bit off and you find yourself reaching to adjust the volume often to find a suitable mixture of explosions and dialogue, the Blu-ray which also contains some standard edition bonus features is most effective as a sort of chess match. Or, a war film as whittled down to its essence as many have likened—a "cat and mouse" situation as Law and Harris are filmed in extremely tight, blue-eye filled close-ups which comprise an eerie mirror image as they try to find an opening for a clear shot, reminding themselves like Law's "I am a stone" mantra to remain perfectly still in the meantime.
Yet in spite of its structural flaws and a score that sounds all too familiar (Schindler's List and Private Ryan came to mind but if anyone knows what it is, e-mail me since it's driving me nuts), the film succeeds in its unusual approach. Instead of fixating on a group dynamic, comprising it as a man verses man battle-- not to mention featuring a woman in the part of a soldier as opposed to a worried wife-- and centering it in Stalingrad helps make Gates highly entertaining and quite distinct in a crowded sea of WWII movies.
Working with his The Lover cinematographer Robert Fraise in this exquisitely beautiful picture—that save for a few noticeable blood splatters which hit the lens and thus pulls you out of the moment, calling attention to the work as a "movie"—it's a striking achievement in its sheer scope as the most expensive British production ever made (upon its release) and one that offers a unique Russian point-of-view of the fight to save Stalingrad.
Although at times the colors seem a bit soft in the visual transfer-- which if memory serves correctly were originally present in the film print as well since they were shooting without a large emphasis on artificial light to keep everything naturalistic with some tension filled moments of hand held battle shots—the Blu-ray excels in its three-dimensional picture quality.
Moreover, this is evident right from the start as the soldiers attempt to stay alive huddled in boats as they cross the sea only to struggle to stay alive on land in one of Annaud's most riveting sequences that fortunately is addressed in a bonus feature indicating just how many explosions were actually going off (triggered by stunt men) at the time to fully immerse the actors, filmmaking team, and indeed the audience in what the chaos of war is like.
And while here, his film does as mentioned earlier draw comparisons to Ryan and several other epic battle pictures—Gates seriously entices once it settles into a suspenseful and more intimate (yet no less deadly) exploration of the side of the war waged by snipers who must stay awake for hours or days waiting for the right moment to squeeze the trigger before the other one does it first. Hence, "I am a stone. I am a stone."


Given today's economic climate and the financial hardships that many people are currently enduring, it makes sense to save money where you can. At the same time, you don't want to sacrifice too much from your lifestyle in order to accommodate these savings. You still want to have fun. You still want to have your hobbies. And you still want to indulge your guilty pleasures.
In my mind, guilty pleasures and money pits go hand-in-hand. If you are truly passionate about your guilty pleasure and it brings you a great deal of joy, there is also a very good chance that you tend to throw money at that area of interest. During my university days, I caught a small bug when it came to car modifications. It would not be accurate to call me a gearhead, but I did spend quite a bit of money on new wheels, small engine upgrades, a new exhaust, a sports suspension, and so forth. On a starving student's budget, these were no small expenses.
You could cut back on some of these expenses. That would probably be the prudent thing to do, but it could also make you quite miserable. You should spend money on your guilty pleasures, because they bring you happiness. Just do so in moderation.
With these kinds of thoughts rolling through my mind, I turned to the Twitter community to see where they chose to indulge. It seems that many of them, myself included, love to please our stomachs. As a bit of a foodie, I can appreciate that sentiment.
What's your greatest guilty pleasure? What is your biggest personal money pit?
@MichaelKwan Greatest guilty pleasure:Taking the time to do nothing but daydream. Biggest personal money pit:Good food, but not apologetic!
@michaelkwan @kevvur @russco oh yeah! How could I forget food and alcohol?!
@michaelkwan money pit? Clothes probably. Maybe gaming. Guilty pleasure? WoW.
@michaelkwan GP = eating fine food. MP = same thing. I regret nothing.
@michaelkwan Money pit? Clothes. Guilty pleasure? Rewatching old tv shows like Alias and Buffy. Again and again.
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Thanks for the mention Michael. I find that the sugar free ice cream or a sugar free candy is something I look forward to each week. As a diabetic I miss my Milky Way or my German Chocolate cake as an afterthought.
Every once in a while I can have a slice of pie or cake at one of the many birthday parties our family has. But only few and far between.
Money pit? I don't have one right now.
I forgot to mention that I love any Asian food and have to have Sushi as often as possible without spiking my blood sugar. Rainbow roll where are you?
They have sushi at the local Asian restaurant, but I think it's just vegetarian sushi because I've never seen any fish meat in it, unless they are doing a real good job of concealing it.


The specialty of small animal internal medicine is broad in scope and focuses on the treatment of numerous organs and body systems. Diagnosing some of these conditions can be a challenge because many pets experience a variety of symptoms which can be indicative of multiple diseases. This is why you sometimes hear internists called puzzle solvers. Their diagnostic skills and treatment acumen must be extremely acute in order to determine the precise cause of the problem.


While it seems that every company is coming out with an e-reader, Google has decided to take the other route, and is just going to try to make it so you can just go about anywhere on the Web and buy the books you are looking for.
Thus far Google has not announced any partnerships with major publishers, nor has it revealed what its pricing structure will be, but it has confirmed that it will soon be launching e-books under the name of Google Editions. According to The Wall Street Journal, Chris Palma, Google's manager for strategic-partner development, announced that the new book store would release in June or July in a timetable he announced at a publishing industry panel this past week.
The difference between this store and ones we have seen such as Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Noble is that the books will be platform agnostic. The books will be readable in Web browsers, so that means they will be able to be read in any device that has one built-in (or downloadable), and they will also have optimized editions for devices such as the iPhone and iPad.
Possibly the most intriguing aspect to me as a former retailer is that Google will allow small book stores to sell the books on their sites with Google taking only 30 percent of the sale. This could be a great boon to smaller bookstores that don't have the bargaining power of a large company such as Apple to negotiate deals with the publishers. Google will do all of the brokering, and then the retailers can sell them like they do a standard book. As no discussion has been mentioned as to pricing for these books yet, it is unclear if retailers may be able to try to undercut one another, so that remains to be seen.
It looks like this may be a good deal for publishers as well as consumers, but it will depend on how many customers Google can attract to the service. Amazon knows when you buy a Kindle that you will be purchasing books from its store, and the consumer knows where to go. Seeing a book for sale from Google without an attached proprietary device may cause confusion for some readers out there, but Google is sure to try to do something to educate people.
What say you? Are you interested in e-books that you can read on the device of your choice?


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A Deep Well of Quality
Dear Students, faculty, and staff:
We all know first impressions matter. But so do the second, the third, and the fourth.
Those interactions are our opportunity to demonstrate deeper personal characteristics of skill, empathy, knowledge, adaptability, leadership, and more.
Every day as I travel to points across campus, I am reminded of the exceptional character and talent embodied in University of Kansas staff members. Quite often, staff members serve as the connective tissue between students and faculty. They are the fuel and the lubricant that ensure KU achieves and operates efficiently while also showing what it means to be part of an extraordinary, thriving family.
Our Jayhawk family includes exceptional people like Mary Lou Strong, Kate Harper, Patrick Stalcup, and thousands of others.
Mary Lou, an administrative assistant in Human Resource Management, is one of the February employees of the month. She is the voice on the phone whenever someone calls HRM and has likely interacted with thousands of individuals over the course of her 20 years at KU. Mary Lou was recognized for her accuracy and industrious nature, her welcoming disposition, and for being an unending spring of information.
Kate, a November employee of the month, is a registered nurse and supervisor at Watkins Health Service. She's viewed by her colleagues as a problem solver and leader who can bring out the best in others. As a supervisor, she inherited an evolving department and responded with calm confidence. Staffers are assured and comfortable under her supervision, and the environment she encourages results in improved interactions with clients.
Patrick, one of last April's employees of the month, keeps his cool under pressure. As a boiler technician in Facilities Services, he ensures the more than 180 boilers on the Lawrence campus run smoothly. He tackles the necessary maintenance and troubleshoots problems that arise. His work plays a role in our personal comfort and means members of our campus community have hot water available in our taps. He has been recognized by his coworkers as doing exceptional work and is known for taking those new to the boiler trade under his wing.
In May, KU will recognize these three and other recent employees of the month and reveal our newest employees of the year for unclassified professional staff and university support staff. I hope you will join me in celebrating their achievements and take a moment to thank them for their dedication to KU.
Employee Tuition Assistance
Being exceptional doesn't have to mean going the extra mile. Instead, it's about taking the next step. I want all of us to realize our personal and professional potential. And I have some good news to share with staff, in particular.
Provost Office staff and I have been working to find ways to keep our employee tuition assistance program meaningful in spite of funding challenges. I heard your concerns and I understand what is on the line. Like you, I believe we should always strive to be more and should never be resigned to mediocrity.
There will be no changes to the employee tuition assistance program for the summer semester. We will continue to look at options for the fall semester with the mindset that KU supports and fully encourages the desire of staff in good standing to obtain professional development through the tuition assistance program. Your pursuit of personal and professional development is crucial to KU's mission and to the success of KU's students.
About Those Early Impressions …
Often, the first interactions a student has with KU is through a staff member. Whether those meetings come from a summer camp experience, a recruitment event, orientation, KU housing move-in day, or something else, it's clear that staff have the opportunity to show students the exceptional character that Jayhawks are known for.
KU staff do more than answer phones, recruit the students, pay the bills, fix the plumbing, maintain the servers, or measure blood pressure. They quietly inspire colleagues and current and future generations of Jayhawks to be their best. Thank you!
The first candidates for both the dean of the School of Social Welfare and the dean of the School of Business will begin campus visits this week. Interested individuals are invited to attend the public presentations. Names of each candidate will be announced in the KU Today email and online roughly 48 hours before their visit, or in the case of Monday visits, the Friday before.
The Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center is among the many campus organizations leading events during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Among the events is a presentation "Bout That Life: Bystander Intervention for Communities of Color" by Chimi Boyd-Keyes, at 7 p.m., April 17, in the Big XII Room of the Kansas Union.
Results from KU Climate Study for the Lawrence and Edwards Campus are in and available for review. Pdfs of the full 600-page report, an executive summary, and the consultant's PowerPoint presentation can all be downloaded. A hard copy is available for in-person review at the Office of Diversity & Equity, the Provost Office, 250 Strong Hall.
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry David Volkin and Macromolecule and Vaccine Stabilization Center Director Sangeeta Joshi, who, with investigators at MIT and University College of London, received a $17-million Grand Challenge Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Their work will help craft a low-cost vaccine manufacturing platform for developing countries that conceivably will save millions of lives through greater access to vaccination.
Kudos to Donna Ginther, professor of economics and director of the Center for Economic and Business Analysis. As a researcher for the KU Institute for Policy and Social Research, she was among a small number of experts testifying at a congressional hearing at the end of March for the Working Group on Women in the 21st Century Workforce.
Graduate Student Appreciation Week activities continue all month long. This week grad students are invited to take part in "Building Inclusive Graduate Communities" to connect with other members of the KU community on Thursday, April 13.
Word nerds take note! Visiting Scholar Anne Curzan will present "Going Grammando: A Linguist's Look at Language Peeves," at 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 26, at the Hall Center for the Humanities Conference Room. Curzan is a professor of English language and literature in the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts. She is a member of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel.
Tax season is here and returns are due Tuesday, April 18. Currently enrolled students can enlist the free help of KU Legal Services for Students for completing tax returns or answering tax questions.
Congratulations to graphic design student Piper Holt for her winning submission in the HawkRoute symbol design contest. HawkRoute is an accessible path from Sunnyside to Jayhawk Boulevard. Holt's design hints at two iconic features of the university while also demonstrating elevation change.
Applications are now open for the 2017-2019 faculty fellows for The Center for Civic and Social Responsibility and the Center for Undergraduate Research. The fellow for CCSR will develop and implement a program related to community engagement scholarship. Similarly, the Center Undergraduate Research fellow will work on a project related to one of the center's four areas of focus. For complete details, visit the CCSR webpage or, for the undergraduate research fellow, contact Assistant Vice Provost John Augusto. Applications are due May 12.
The School of Music Recital Series continues on the Edwards Campus with a performance featuring Assoc. Prof. Stephanie Zelnick on the clarinet and Lecturer Ellen Sommer on the piano. The free event is from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 in Regnier Hall Auditorium.
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences' Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is hosting a free weekly lunch for all KU students to take a break, meet each other and build a stronger KU community. The lunches continue weekly on Wednesdays through May 3.
Follow me on Twitter at @KUProvostNeeli and the Provost Office at @KUProvost. Join the office on Facebook at /KUprovostoffice/. Find the office on Instagram at /KUprovost/.
This issue of Strong Ties as well as past ones can be found on the Provost eNews web page.


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A group of five Democratic senators has reportedly rejected President Joe Biden's nominee, Saule Omarova, to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
Omarova's nomination as a bank regulator was initially opposed by three members of the Senate Banking Committee — Senators Jon Tester, Mark Warner, and Kyrsten Sinema — on a phone call with panel chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown, as reported by Axios. The opposition was further supported by Senators John Hickenlooper and Mark Kelly.
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Q: Discord.py - edit a message the bot has sent i would like to edit an embed that I already sent using my bot.
I know that you can edit messages, but how is the case with an embed? I just want to be able to edit the text, not title.
I thought something about this: -editembed [ID] [newtext], I started a bit but I fail at the point when I want to edit the existing message...
Thanks

A: You need to pass a new embed to the edit function as a keyword argument:
my_embed = Embed(title="My title", description="My description here")
message.edit(embed=my_embed)

You could probably figure it out yourself by reading the documentation.
Read more at: https://discordpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#discord.Message.edit


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Cast: Deke Logan: Steve Sandor. Malcolm Jones: Jeff Doucette. Sheriff: Robert Donner. Callie Russell: Leonore Kasdarf.
Review: A very good episode. B.A. and Murdock get arrested trying to apprehend some robbers who steal the van with Murdock held hostage. B.A. and Murdock overpower them, but are caught by the police. The robbers tell the police that B.A. and Murdock set up the plan and as a result they are imprisoned. Not much is seen of Face in this episode. Very good.


NEW YORK, September 14 –Tessa Payne, Managing Director at FGI Worldwide, has been invited to participate in a panel titled "Insights into International Lending" at the CFA's 73rd Annual Meeting taking place in November.
"Insights into International Lending," scheduled for 9 AM on Friday, November 10th, will explore how members of the CFA, other than the large multinational banks, are meeting the financing and trade finance needs of their SME and MM clients. Topics being covered include PO financing, factoring, small ticket ABL, and other forms of financing international AR and inventories.
The panel will be moderated by Alister Bazaz of Bank of America. Joining Ms. Payne as panelists are Ed King of King Trade Capital, Matt Stanley of ExWorks Capital and Ian Varley of Eagle Business Credit.
To learn more about the CFA's 73rd Annual Convention, click here.
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At Ladybridge it is important that children feel valued and feel part of the school community. There are many opportunities for children to make choices, voice opinions and take charge of their learning, their environment and their school.
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Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia has appointed Nirav Haji as vice president, affiliate sales.
Based in Singapore and reporting to Ang Hui Keng, senior vice president and general manager, Haji (pictured) will lead the sales, distribution and expansion of the networks' five entertainment channels across the region, namely AXN, Sony Channel, Animax, ONE and GEM.
Haji has over 25 years of experience within the broadcast industry having worked in leadership roles at Discovery Asia, Fox International and Turner where his primary focus was on networks and content distribution.
"As a leader in providing premium Asian and English entertainment, SPT Networks, Asia is set to strengthen its portfolio across the region in new markets and via new platforms. Haji's depth of experience together with his strong industry relationships will ensure Sony's continued growth, while making our channels available to meet the changing demands of our viewers," Keng said.
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Who Was Behind the CIA Vault 7 WikiLeaks Dump?
By Anthony Cuthbertson On 3/9/17 at 3:58 AM EST
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, August 14, 2008. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
Tech & Science Wikileaks Cia Vault 7 Russia
The origin of a trove of documents released by WikiLeaks, which allegedly detail the CIA's "entire hacking capacity," remains unknown—leading to wide speculation about who could be behind it.
WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange has called the revelations "exceptional from a political, legal and forensic perspective," however, many within the security industry believe there is nothing particularly surprising about an intelligence agency being involved in such surveillance tactics. Yet the question of who was behind the revelations remains unanswered.
"The actual headline here is that someone apparently managed to compromise a Top Secret CIA development environment, exfiltrate a whole host of material, and is now releasing it to the world," Nicholas Weaver, a security researcher at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, said in a blogpost. "Now the world wants to know who, and how, and why."
Security experts and government officials have suggested the source could range from state-backed actors to a CIA insider. One official speaking to Reuters anonymously suggested it was more likely to be contractors, because there were no signs Russia had tried use the information. The leaker, if it is an individual, is already being dubbed Snowden 2.0, in reference to similar surveillance revelations from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013.
WikiLeaks even appeared to boast about trumping Snowden's revelations—who chose to take classified files to journalists rather than release them through Assange's organization—saying in a press release that part one of the Vault 7 documents "already eclipses the total number of pages published over the first three years of the Edward Snowden NSA leaks."
The CIA is yet to confirm the authenticity of leaks, with a spokesperson saying in a statement: "The CIA has no comment on the authenticity of the content of the purported intelligence documents."
If it is an individual, they can expect to face a severe backlash from the U.S. government. Former WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking sensitive and classified military documents. Manning, a transgender former U.S. soldier, had her sentence commuted by the outgoing President Barack Obama in January and is expected to be released later this year.
Speculation that Russia may be involved in the leak stems from the narrative that WikiLeaks may have some form of backing from the Kremlin, or at least sides with Russia over the United States. During the U.S. presidential elections in 2016, WikiLeaks exposed private emails from Hillary Clinton and members of her staff. Democrats criticized the organization, claiming that it undermined Hillary Clinton's campaign, without releasing documents that compromised Trump. FBI probes on hacking during the election, including that of the Democratic National Convention, and investigations on possible Russian influence are ongoing.
One of the revelations from the Vault 7 documents was that the CIA is allegedly able to engage in "false flag" cyberattacks that can make it appear that they are originating in Russia. According to WikiLeaks, the CIA's UMBRAGE group, from the intelligence agency's Remote Devices Branch, "collects and maintains a substantial library of attack techniques 'stolen' from malware produced in other states including the Russian Federation."
Unusually for WikiLeaks, the whistleblowing organization chose to redact and anonymize some identifying information, including tens of thousands of CIA targets across Latin America, Europe and the United States.
Until someone comes forward, or WikiLeaks provides more information, the source will continue to remain in the realm of speculation. In an email to Newsweek, computer security expert Mikko Hypponen, said that until then, it will be one of many questions that remain unanswered.
"The question is who leaked it to Wikileaks? The Russians, an insider? We don't know the answer," Hypponen said. "Another question we need to ask us, why was it leaked now? We don't know this either."
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Hello. We're SynergyXR
Back in 2020, we launched the first version of SynergyXR as a way to make it easier for professionals to use virtual and augmented reality in their day-to-day work. But the team behind the product has roots that go all the way back to the very infancy of what we know today as the extended reality industry.
It all started with an idea and a napkin
"What if we cherry-pick the very best of what we've learned from 10 yrs. of building custom XR solutions and build a faster, easier, and smarter way to use augmented and virtual reality?"
That's the question Mads, Sune, and Thomas asked themselves that day in a cafe in Aarhus, Denmark. An idea was born. What followed was a feverish napkin session that ended up being the blueprint for what we today know as SynergyXR.
Our mission is to bring XR to the people
We see a future and a present where extended realities like augmented and virtual reality will continue to revolutionize the way we live, work, and play.
Things will become easier and work faster. We'll discover new ways to communicate and share. Physical barriers won't matter as much.
That's why we're committed to helping these technologies become the norm. By designing and building people-first solutions, we can help bring XR to the people today, not tomorrow.
It all started back in 2008, and throughout the years has blossomed into a team of industry-leading developers, designers, and thought-leaders who are on a mission to bring XR to the people. From gaming unicorn to world-class XR solutions for businesses around the globe, the last decade has been an amazing journey.
2021: Unity Studios becomes SynergyXR
The company and product take on the same name to mark a new direction for the team and a stronger commitment to the vision.
2020: The launch of SynergyXR
SynergyXR is released and as one of the first DIY augmented and virtual reality platform instantly becomes a hit with customers.
2018: 3 partners acquire Unity Studios
Mads, Sune, and Thomas take over ownership of Unity Studios and begin the early stages of what will become SynergyXR.
2016: Unity Studios shifts from gaming to business
Mads takes over as CEO of Unity Studios and shifts focus from developing games to creating XR solutions for businesses.
2008: Unity Studios is born
The founders of Unity Technologies create Unity Studios to design and develop games for the Unity platform.
35 XR
We're a team of 35 of the world's best XR designers, developers, and experts who've been building transformative, award-winning XR solutions for recognized brands for more than a decade.
We have more than a decade's experience building award-winning XR solutions for industry leaders like Procter and Gamble, Volkswagen, Major League Baseball, and Microsoft.
Our technology is among the most advanced in the world, as evidenced by our awards and official partnerships, and is fueled by a world-class developer team.
We've been helping some of the world's biggest brands – across many industries – grow their businesses with extended realities for more than a decade.
Microsoft Mixed Reality Partner
We're among only a handful of companies worldwide that can call themselves Certified Microsoft Mixed Reality Partners. In fact, we were the first Certified Microsoft Mixed Reality Partner in all of Europe and until recently, the only one in Scandinavia.
Mads TroelsgaardCEO | Co-founder
Mads is a Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of SynergyXR. He's regarded as one of the world's most experienced XR executives and a prolific thought leader who eagerly shares his message on stages, publications, and other media outlets across the globe.
Fun fact: Mads used to work in the film industry.
Sune Wolff, PhD
CTO | Co-founder
Sune is a Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of SynergyXR. As the technical mastermind behind SynergyXR, he's overseen the design and development since day one. Sune also spends his time sharing expertise on the technological advancements within XR and how businesses and communities can utilize them.
Fun fact: Sune holds an Industrial PhD in Software Engineering.
Thomas Fenger
CXO | Co-founder
Thomas is a Co-founder and Chief Experience Officer of SynergyXR. He heads up the custom solutions team and oversees all of our customized XR solutions. With a background as an experience designer, Thomas is the go-to person for helping customers build interactive XR applications.
Fun fact: Thomas used to be an architect.
Corey Morris
Corey is the Chief Marketing Officer of SynergyXR. Before joining us, he was a global marketing lead at Airbnb and helped lead startup Gaest.com to an acquisition in 2019. His experience in the startup/scale-up world mixed with his strong marketing acumen provides the perfect conditions for growing SynergyXR.
Fun fact: Corey is an ultrarunner.
Jakob Soderberg
Jakob (Jake) is the Chief Sales Officer of SynergyXR. He is obsessed with discussing the value XR technology offers to our customers. Since his first real job back in 1994 as employee #3 in a small tech start-up, he has worked with international B2B enterprise sales. He also worked with Danish tech startups in Silicon Valley and brings his experience into play every single day.
Fun fact: Jake likes to run in bare feet.


Fall 2018 marked some exciting new changes for the Code Savvy Educators program!
We launched a new MNCodes Professional Trainers initiative to match the expertise of our MNCodes Cohort alumni with schools and districts who are looking to start or strengthen their K-12 computer science learning offerings through customized, on-site professional development for their educators. Our workshops are hands-on and focus on innovative ways to incorporate computer science and computational thinking into any K-12 subject area or after school programs. We share innovative strategies and equity-focused approaches to developing learning opportunities that empower students to see themselves as creators of new technologies.
Here's a link to a flyer with some additional information, including some examples of sessions we have provided. It's been so wonderful to partner with schools and districts across MN to expand their computer science learning opportunities!
In August, we welcomed a new group of amazing K-12 MN educators as part of our 4th annual MN Coding in the Classroom Leadership Cohort!
Our Cohort is a one-of-a-kind ongoing professional development opportunity for Minnesota K-12 educators who meet monthly to explore, collaborate on and share information about computer science (CS) education while developing equity-focused resources for integrating computational thinking (CT) and CS across curricular areas and providing training for other educators in each participant's unique geographic location.
The purpose of the MN Coding in the Classroom Leadership Cohort is to empower a network of visionary K-12 educators with knowledge and resources in CS education so that we can help all students become creators, not merely users, of new technologies.
We are looking forward to opportunities to connect with other educators interested in computer science education!
We will be at the TIES Conference on Monday, 12/10 to facilitate an MNCodes Networking and Round Table Discussion in an effort to connect new and existing computer science educators from across our state.
Our goal is to draw educators, administrators, community education staff, lawmakers, and other stakeholders to join in our vision of making Minnesota a leader in computer science education!
There is currently ZERO state funding offered in Minnesota for computer science professional development for educators. And with 13,477 open computing jobs in Minnesota but only 895 CS graduates, developing rock-solid, well-prepared educators is more important now than ever before.
Support our teachers AND the next generation of Minnesota innovators! Donate to the Code Savvy Educators Program today.


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Coventry Students Get Back To Nature
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It's still late winter, but there's something blooming in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It's a partnership among Coventry Middle School, the park and EarthEcho International, a nonprofit environmental education organization.
Sixth-grade science teacher Jim Trogdon and a group of 47 students and five teachers were at Lock 29 on Thursday to test the water quality of the Cuyahoga River as part of EarthEcho's Water Challenge and a two-day, three-night stay at the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center. Their findings will be entered into a worldwide database.
Students from Coventry Middle School with science teacher, Jim Trogdon, test water quality on the Cuyahoga River.
The challenge builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by engaging citizens to conduct basic monitoring of their local waterbodies, according to the group's website.
"We are an organization that wants to empower young people to take action right now for a sustainable future," said Stacey Rafalowski, education director for the group in Washington, D.C. She was in town for the start of the partnership and to observe the students.
EarthEcho was founded in 2000 by siblings Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau in honor of their father, Philippe Cousteau Sr., son of explorer Jacques Yves Cousteau. Trogdon serves as an education adviser to the group and brought EarthEcho, the park and the school together.
EarthEcho maintains the database, which has been around for a decade, Rafalowski said. It has reached 1.5 million participants in 125 countries. Anyone can access and use the data, she said.
The students were divided into three groups to measure phosphates, dissolved oxygen and pH and turbidity, or cloudiness of the water.
On muddy banks, they used a milk jug tied by rope to what looked like a thick tree branch to retrieve water from the cold and rushing river. They poured the water into tubes and added chemical pellets that changed color to indicate the level of material they were looking for.
Sixth-grader Mahmoud Jaber, 12, was testing phosphate levels. He swirled a small white pellet around his test tube, waiting five minutes to see what color the water turned. He showed a chart with colored circles indicating the level of phosphates in parts per million.
"We're hoping to get white," he said. Put simply, too many phosphates can lead to a dead zone in the water. "That's happened in Lake Erie multiple times," he said.
After testing, the students were going to chart the results and grade the health of the river.
"We're going to see how we as people can improve over the years and we're going to try to make the water safe," Mahmoud said. "Because it's not just us humans. Think about the animals and the plants that depend on this, too. … I'm hoping that we as people can all get together and do as good as we can to fix up the place."
Another group of Coventry Middle School students testing water quality with a Cuyahoga Valley Park Ranger.
The water testing is part of the residential program called All the Rivers Run at the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center. Coventry has been participating for about 20 years, but this year Trogdon won an all-expenses paid stay for the students as part of Google's School of the Year scholarship program.
The majority of the classes are taught outside, said Katie Wright, director of the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center. For one of those classes students go to Lock 29 to do water sampling, where they'll learn about the health of the river.
"Today's like a new chapter in our water study down here with [the education center] because we're going to enter this into a worldwide database," Trogdon said on Thursday. "So this will be the first time this has been done."
It's the perfect partnership, Trogdon said, because the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park program involves thousands of kids coming through, and they are testing the water every week.
"Now we can look at these results and see, is there a pattern? Maybe we have some area where we think we have a problem with phosphates, really high levels, and where might that be coming from?" he said.
The program gives kids a chance to put down their electronic devices, Trogdon said.
"I tell them, you're a part of nature as much as this sycamore tree right here. And so you want to care for that as it cares for you," the teacher said. "When we bring them out here in the field they just love it. You care for the things you love. We all do that. We're kind of getting back to kindness, humanity, altruism, to embrace all those things."
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Certain key practices will make life easier for everyone in the family when it comes to studying and organization. However, some of the methods may require an adjustment for other members of the family.
Set specific rules about using cell phones during study hours. For instance, use of a cell phone can only occur if it becomes necessary to call a schoolmate to confirm an assignment or discuss particularly challenging homework.Designate specific areas for homework and studying. Designate specific areas for homework and studying. Possibilities include the kitchen, dining room, or your child's bedroom. Eliminate as much distraction as possible. Since many kids will study in their rooms, the function becomes more important than beauty.Most desks for kids don't have enough space to spread out materials. A table that allows for all necessary supplies such as pencils, pens, paper, books, and other essentials works exceptionally well.
Consider placing a bulletin board in your child's room above the desk. Your local hardware store may sell wallboard that is inexpensive and perfect to post essential school items. You may decide to paint or cover it with burlap to improve its appearance or let your child take on this project.
Keeping general supplies on hand is important. Check with your child about his or her needs. Make it his/her responsibility to be well supplied with paper, pencils, notepads, etc. Encourage the use of a notebook for writing down assignments so there is no confusion about when they must be turned in to the teacher.
Consistency is a critical factor in academic success. Try to organize the household so that dinner is at a regular hour, and once it's over, it's time to crack the books. If your child doesn't have other commitments and gets home reasonably early from school, some homework completion can occur before dinner.
Consider your child's developmental level when setting the amount of time for homework. While high school students can focus for over an hour, first-graders are unlikely to last more than 15 minutes on a single task. Allow your child to take breaks, perhaps as a reward for finishing a section of the work.
Organize study and homework projects. Get a large dry erase calendar — one that allows space for jotting things down in the daily boxes. Have your child use different bold colored dry erase markers to write exam dates, reports that are coming due, etc. This will serve as a reminder so that assignments aren't set aside until the last minute.
learn to make his/her own flashcards for a quick review of dates, formulas, spelling words, etc.
Note-taking is a critical skill and needs development. Many students don't know how to take notes in classes that require them. Some feel they have to write down every word the teacher says. Others have wisely realized the value of an outline form of note-taking. Well prepared teachers present their material in a format that lends itself to outline form note taking.
Should notes ever be rewritten? In some cases, they should be, particularly if there is a lot of covered material. Sometimes a child has to write quickly but lacks speed and organization. Rewriting notes takes time, but it can be an excellent review of the subject matter. However, rewriting notes isn't worth the time unless they are useful for review and recall of valuable information.
Help your child to feel confident about taking tests. Test taking can be a traumatic experience for some students. Explain to your child that burning the midnight oil (cramming) the night before a test isn't productive. It's better to get a good night's sleep.
Students also need reminding that when taking a test, they should thoroughly and carefully read the directions before they haphazardly start to mark their test papers. They should be advised to skip over questions for which they don't know the answers — they can always return to those if there's time. Good advice for any student before taking a test: take a deep breath, relax, and dive in. Always bring an extra pencil just in case.
During a homework session, watch for signs of frustration. No learning can take place and little can be accomplished if your child is angry or upset over an assignment that is too long or too difficult. At such times, you may have to step in and halt the homework for that night, offering to write a note to the teacher explaining the situation and perhaps requesting a conference to discuss the quality and length of homework assignments.
Should parents help with homework? Yes — if it's productive to do so, such as calling out spelling words or checking a math problem that won't prove. No — if it's something your child can handle himself and learn from the process.
Help and support should always be calm and cheerful. Grudging help is worse than no help at all! Read directions, or check over math problems after your child has completed the work. Remember to make positive comments — you don't want your child to associate homework with fights at home.
Model research skills by involving your child in planning a family trip. Help him/her to locate your destination on a map or in an atlas. Use a traditional encyclopedia to find information about the place you will visit; try the Internet or books in the library.
These questions aren't giving the "third degree," but indicate interest. Find out if it's a policy at your child's school to send out "warning notices" when work isn't going well. Generally, such notices require the parent's signature to verify that the parent has, indeed, been alerted. This is the time to contact the teacher of course, along with your child, to learn what the difficulty may be. If such notices aren't sent, then grades may be posted online.Be tuned in to statements such as "He's an awful teacher," "She goes too fast," etc. This may be your child's way of indicating frustration in understanding content or lack of study time with the subject. However, be cautious in contacting teachers without your child's knowledge. It may disrupt good feelings between you and make you seem to be interfering.


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I haven't been able to put down On The Beach, it's one of Neil Young's best records. I've had this record on loop since I finished writing the Another Side edition of Recollection.
Contributions from Ben Keith, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Levon Helm, Rick Danko and many more make this one an all-star lineup for a bit of a strange record.
Neil Young is no stranger to strange, and this won't be his furthest departure, but this, his fifth record, is the beginning, or perhaps the end of the classic Neil Young. Depends on your perspective. He had his self-titled record under his belt, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (his first with Crazy Horse), and the brilliant After The Gold Rush and Harvest. Young would spend the rest of the decade creating with a quality of valleys and peaks. However, On The Beach is as much a child of Harvest as it's the parent of Tonight's The Night. This record is unique in its own right.
But is it good? Hell yes.
The opening two tracks, "Walk On" and "See The Sky ABout To Rain" are amongst the best of Young's output. I would put those on any best of compiled for Young's career. When the original line up of The Byrds reunited they took the spots usually reserved for Dylan covers and provided them to Young and Joni Mitchell. They performed "Cowgirl In The Sand" and "See The Sky About To Rain." While the former isn't much to write home about, Gene Clark's vocals on "See The Sky About To Rain" are divine. It doesn't compare to the Neil Young original, which in turn doesn't compare to the version on his Massey Hall album.
It's hard to pick a lowlight, as the record is solid. There's nothing I would remove, but I think "Vampire Blues" would be my least favourite.