As multiple media outlets share their experience of having suffered cyber-attacks and computer security firms publish reports highlighting China's People's Liberation Army backing for hacking activities in the United States, the issue threatens to strain U.S.-China relations, even as both powers are already at odds over other security issues such as the rising territorial disputes in the Asia-Pacific region.
Cyber-attacks have time and again caused a flurry of headlines (e.g. "Titan Rain" attack aimed at U.S. Pentagon and House of Commons in 2006, denial of service attack on Estonian Governmental websites in 2007, Google hacking in 2009, Stuxnet aimed at Iranian nuclear facilities in 2010). This time around, the debate was intensified and prolonged by a couple leading factors: increased intensity of the phenomena; wider range of targets and aims; release of data pointing to a hacker's identity; and the different reactions by governments involved.
Cyber-related terms are widely used without a common definition: cyber-attack, cyber-security, cyber-threat, cyber-war, cyber-warfare, cyberspace, cyber-crime, cyber espionage, cyber sabotage, cyber activity, cyber intrusions etc. This is partly due to the lack of an internationally accepted definition of what most of these terms refer to.
Cyber-threats, however, can be divided into three main categories—based on the actor's motivation—which include cyber-attacks, cyber-crimes and cyber-warfare. Cyber crimes can be viewed as a digital version of traditional criminal offenses and involve only non-state actors. Cyber-attacks may be carried out by state or non-state actors, must aim to undermine the function of a computer network, and must have a political or national security purpose.. Cyber-warfare always meets the conditions of being a cyber-attack. But not all cyber-attacks are cyber-warfare; only cyber-attacks with effects equivalent to those of a conventional "armed attack", or occurring within the context of armed conflict, rise to the level of cyber-warfare.
In March 2012, the FBI noted three primary categories of cyber threat actors: organized crime groups, terrorist groups and state sponsors. While the first and second are mostly interested in profit and ideology, respectively, the motivation of state sponsored cyber threat actors is more difficult to categorize and determine.
This paper will focus on state sponsored cyber threats, more specifically on the U.S. and Chinese cyber-security policies and how both governments are responding to the allegation by media outlets and security firms that Chinese hacking groups are increasingly targeting American corporations.
A common mistake is to assume that the West is pointing its finger only at China. This is far from true, as many other nations take part in cyber-espionage—including the United States itself, Russia Iran and Israel. China, however, is assessed by many security firms and U.S. intelligence agencies to be the country most commonly engaged in this practice. In an October 2011 report to Congress, the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive described Chinese actors as "the world's most active and persistent perpetrators of economic espionage". Chinese activity in cyberspace—on the rise since 2004—has spiked over the last two years. On January 31, 2013, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that there has been an increase in hacking attacks on both state institutions and private companies, echoing a U.S. congressional report published last year that called China "the most threatening actor in cyberspace".
In an October 2012 speech, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said China was "rapidly growing" its cyber capabilities. He stated that "in my visit to Beijing, I underscored the need to increase communication and transparency with each other so that we could avoid a misunderstanding or miscalculation in cyberspace".
The way in which governments will decide to define cyber-attacks and warfare and respond to it in the upcoming years will have global consequences and far-reaching implications in shaping how international relations will be led by future generations.
The New York Times' (NYT) article entitled, "Hackers in China Attacked the Times for Last 4 Months" and published on January 30, 2013, sparked the debate on cyber-attacks and who lies behind them. In the following week, several other news and social media outlets, such as The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, Facebook, and Twitter all revealed that their respective websites had been targeted by coordinated hacking efforts. Some of them alleged the hacking originated from China.
On February 19, 2013, an American computer security firm named Mandiant made public a document describing an explicit link between Chinese hackers and the People's Liberation Army. It determined that one of China's twenty or so hacking groups is located in a building in Shanghai belonging to the PLA's General Staff's Department (also known as Unit 61398). Even though China has refuted the claim, the People's Liberation Army Daily had announced in July 2010 the creation of the PLA's Information Security Base, co-located with the PLA's General Staff Department and aimed at improving Chinese cyber security and strengthen cyber infrastructure. Could the two entities be related?
It remains true that cyber-attacks have a transnational and anonymous nature which makes identifying the perpetrator more difficult and more time consuming. It is not an impossible task, as shown by Joe Stewart, a Dell SecureWork researcher, who unmasked a Chinese hacker's identity recently—that of Zhang Changhe, who works at the PLA's "information Engineering University" in Zhengzhou, Henan—and said that when he reversed-engineered a tool used by hackers to mask their true location, he found that the vast majority of data stolen from American corporations had been transferred to the same range of I.P addresses that Mandiant later identified in Shanghai.
What most worries American corporation and government officials in the latest set of attacks believed to be coming from Unit 61398 are their new capabilities and aim. The recent cyber-attacks were not just intended to steal corporate secrets, but also to obtain the ability to manipulate American critical infrastructure, including—as President Obama mentioned in his State of the Union address—power grids, financial institutions, and air traffic control systems.
Faced with increased cyber-threats to their trade secrets, some corporations and security firms are advocating a more offensive approach, which has opened the door to a debate on the use of pre-emptive cyber-operations by private companies. The absence of public debate over the pros and cons of using cyber-weapons stands in sharp contrast to the discussion over nuclear weapons. Some, however, have voiced their concern that a more offensive approach might incite other countries around the world to feel entitled to carry out cyber-attacks and use malware preemptively against their enemies, leading to a risk of escalation and militarization of cyber space.
The U.S. government does not appear to have one official definition of cyber warfare, nor does it have one unique federal agency in charge of establishing and implementing the U.S. approach towards cyber-related threats. Different agencies, however, have broader strategies that include cyber-threat-related components—of which each agency has its own definition. The U.S. Department of Defense defines cyber warfare as the use of cyberspace (operating within or through it) to attack personnel facilities, or equipment with the intent of degrading, neutralizing or destroying enemy combat capability, while protecting our own.
China has a more broad-based and elaborated strategy related to cyber-defense. In a U.S. Army War College paper entitled China's Cyber Power and America's National Security, Colonel Jayson M. Spade point out that China defines cyber warfare as a "use of network technology and methods to struggle for an information advantage in the fields of politics, economics, military affairs, and technology", including a "series of actions like network surveillance, network attack, network defense, and network support" with the goal of establishing network control.
Colonel Spade also stressed that from China's perspective, the U.S. is both the standard for military technological achievements and China's principal adversary for regional dominance. China and U.S. share a sense of national exceptionalism and uniqueness among nations which makes it more difficult for both powers to understand and trust each other.
The Chinese assessment of threats and challenges to its own security—according to its Information Office of the State Council's document China's National Defense in 2008—is connected to its perception of the U.S., which it perceives as strategically trying to contain it from without. Out of the four provisions of China's defense strategic framework—geared toward transforming their military and defense system—an entire one is dedicated to modernizing the national defense and armed forces through "informationization," which includes a networked military and development of cyber capabilities.
The development of China's cyber capabilities goes back to the late 1990s. After having seen how a networked military was a critical American advantage in boosting its military performance in the Gulf War and other operations thereafter, China took strategic clues from America's recent military experience—especially related to informatization of the military and development of asymmetric capabilities. The book Unrestricted Warfare—written in 1999 by two PLA officers—examines ways for a nation to deter, intimidate, or defeat a militarily and technologically superior opponent by using a variety of asymmetric attacks on all elements of national power—economic, political, information, and military—instead of focusing on direct military confrontation. It has since then developed a modern and informatized force capable of fighting in and through cyberspace. Information warfare and dominance—aimed at establishing control of an adversary's information flow, while denying or degrading the enemy's ability to transmit, receive, access or use information—is central in China's national defense strategy.
The China's National Defense in 2008 document further "calls for the building of a lean and effective deterrent force and the flexible use of different means of deterrence". The aim of deterrence is to discourage an opponent from starting or continuing a conflict by convincing him that he has more to lose by fighting than by standing down. Colonel Spade points out that if cyber power is the ability of a nation-state to establish control and exert influence within and through cyberspace, then China has demonstrated that it is a strong cyber power. In this sense, China's recent cyber assertiveness, coupled with the numerous articles on information and cyber warfare written by the PLA since 1996, could be interpreted as the Chinese authorities' way of demonstrating its capabilities and deter America or any other nation from getting involved in its fundamental interests.
In 2012, James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, outlined cyber threats as one of the top threats to U.S. national security—alongside terrorism and nuclear proliferation—and cyberspace was recognized as the fifth domain of warfare by the U.S. Department of Defense in late 2010 (the other four domains being land, sea, air, and space).
The United States, however, still does not have an official cyber-strategy: America's cyber infrastructure is largely unregulated and unmonitored. At least eight federal departments have responsibilities for securing parts of American cyberspace. With cyberspace having become so vital in all sectors of U.S. military and society—government, commerce, academia, and private life—the U.S.'s current security posture and lack of a global strategy on cyber-security seems unsustainable.
Until the issue was forced into the public sphere by the publication of Mandiant's report and the wide media coverage, the U.S. Government had mostly raised its concerns to China in private, but it seems like its patience with China is wearing thin. The U.S. has indicated it plans on telling China's new leaders that the volume and sophistication of the attacks are threatening the fundamental relationship between Washington and Beijing.
On February 12, President Obama signed an executive order addressing the issue of the cyber security of critical infrastructure. The U.S. Government perceives the increased cases of attacks on its critical infrastructure (described as "assets and systems, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the U.S. that the incapacity or destruction of such would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety) as a threat to its national and economic security. The executive order aims at increasing information sharing—including information on the unique digital signatures of large hacking groups, such as those emanating from near where Unit 61398 is based in China—between the government and private companies that oversee the country's critical infrastructure, as well as with American Internet providers.
To date, there is no comprehensive international framework that governs cyber-attacks or other cyber-related threats. That is mainly due to the fact that the international community has so far failed to reach a general consensus on a common definition of a cyber-attack due to diverging security perceptions.
There are, however, several existing legal frameworks that explicitly or implicitly regulate certain aspects of cyber-attacks and provide some tools to control this growing threat. These frameworks include customary international law of countermeasures, as well as international or regional forums such as the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Council of Europe. Some of these institutions have established their own definition of a cyber-attack or have specific mechanisms geared towards managing cyber defense, such as NATO's Cyber Defense Management Authority and Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence. Domestic law can also provide tools for combating cyber-attacks.
The only way to mitigate the rising cyber threats is two-fold: simultaneous bilateral dialogue and cooperation between China and the U.S., and adoption of internationally accepted norms of behavior in cyberspace.
In the same way the U.S. and the Soviet Union worked out guidelines to mitigate the nuclear threat during the Cold War, China and the U.S. have to establish a code of conduct for cyberspace. This can only be done if each side clarifies how it defines a cyber-attack, how far it will tolerate network intrusions, and how it might react if that line is crossed. The danger of the U.S.'s current lack of formal cyber-strategy is that its position and intents are ambiguous, which further increases the potential for miscalculation and mistrust.
A first step in clarifying their position would be for the U.S. to establish its own strategy and doctrine on cyber-security. Having a unique federal agency—such as an Office of National Cyber security—charged with overseeing and directing all agencies involved in cyber defense would further offer a point of contact for foreign actors while making sure that different agencies' missions do not overlap.
The U.S. should take cues from China's already existing capabilities to develop its own minimum standard for establishing an integrated cyber policy.
Another way to bring about a constructive dialogue on this crucial issue would be to review the 100 or so already existing dialogue mechanisms between the U.S. and China. Even though the Chinese and U.S. government have drastically increased cooperation, communication and dialogue on economic issues, such equivalent on security and strategic issues lag far behind. A Strategic Security Dialogue was implemented in 2011, but it remains a sub-section of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED). Even though it is the highest-profile regular dialogue between both Administrations, it meets only once a year. This Strategic Security Dialogue, which is the only formal U.S.-China dialogue that brings together military and foreign policy leaders in the same room, should be made into an independent mechanism and have a fixed minimum number of annual meetings exclusively aimed at addressing critical strategic issues such as cyber-warfare, or the overall U.S. and Chinese security postures in Asia, since no such forum currently exists.
At the same time, both powers should push for the adoption of an international framework that defines the term cyber-attack and cyber-warfare and paves the way for more international cooperation on dealing with this transnational threat. Both sides should look at Europe as a leading partner in shaping a global vision of cyber-threats. Indeed, the Council of Europe is the first organization to have promulgated an international treaty on crimes committed using the Internet and other computer networks (2001 Convention on Cybercrime), which is to date signed by 47 countries, including the U.S. A global consensus, however, seems to depend on China and the U.S. finding common ground between themselves first.
Written by Camille McConaughey. Camilleis an intern with the China Program at The Carter Center. She is a recent graduate in International Relations at the French Oriental Language and Civilization Institute in Paris.


Title Ties that bind, ties that break : a novel / by Lensey Namioka.
Imprint New York : Delacorte Press, c1999.
Description 154 p. ; 22 cm.
Note Companion volume to: An ocean apart, a world away.
Summary Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound.
Subject China -- History -- 1912-1928 -- Juvenile fiction.
China -- History -- 1912-1928 -- Fiction.


I expected the worst in Skelleftehamn. The worst regarding winter. I wanted to have a real one – it's mid-February – but had heard about the warm temperatures last week. Three days with temperatures round 7 °C, at least in town. But I was lucky, it hadn't rained these days. The snow had fallen together but was still there. All minor streets where still white with some fresh snowdrifts from today's strong and gusty wind and in my backyard lie still round 55 cm of snow.
Of course I had to shovel away the snow before I could use my car. Its a car with all-wheel drive but no snowcat. Although the snow was hard it was easier than expected.
Öppet vatten runt Gåsören. – Open water round [the island] Gåsören.
I could hardly believe it and took the car to the coast. And yes – large parts of the sea were free of ice, even the ice floes had gone beside of some remains. I guess there won't be a ski tour to Gåsören this winter.
Two weeks ago I had made ski tours on the Baltic Sea with Chris. Although there's solid ice left between the other islands I doubt that we could do the same tours today.
When I saw the open see yesterday I thought about kayaking today. Temperatures below -15 °C were expected. What to wear beside of a dry suit? How many layers?
I started to dig out the door and gate of my garage to be able to get my kayak. That was hard work. The upper layer of the frozen snow that had slid from the roof was as hard as concrete. Even the avalanche shovel with the metal blade could be hug into the snow centimetre by centimetre. But finally I made it, my kayak was free.
Today at 7 o'clock the outdoor thermometer showed -18 °C. Again – what to wear on a kayak winter tour? Two layers of underwear? The winter anorak? The earflap cap made of thick polyester fur? Well, first let's check the situation by the sea.
The sea had been frozen overnight. A stripe of at least several hundred metres was covered with soft and thin ice, exactly that type of ice hardest to handle when sitting in a kayak.
Kayaking plans cancelled! Time for another photo.


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Reyjavík Energy (OR) is now working toward changes to address the conclusions of a thorough assessment of the company's work culture.
Bjóböðin opened earlier this summer and has already become an important part of the tourism infrastructure in North Iceland, as it has drawn numerous visitors intrigued by its innovative concept to the area.
This is now Hreiðar Már's third conviction related to financial crimes during his tenure at Kaupþing, for which he has, thus far, earned a cumulative sentence of seven years in prison.
Katrín was not concerned about a lack of competition and the consequences this could have for consumers.
Arion Banki had to write off ISK 2.5 billion due to the bankruptcy of the airline Primera Air.
Icelandic lamb is now being exported to India for the first time.
This is the second time in two months the Central Bank has tried to break the króna's fall.
Iceland has risen four spots in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index since last year.
An injunction against tekjur.is, a website that makes Icelanders' income public, has been denied.
The króna continues to weaken despite the intervention of the Central Bank of Iceland.
Icelandic airline WOW air is discontinuing flights from three US destinations.
Search and rescue association Landsbjörg have signed an agreement with boat manufacturer Rafnar to renew it's rescue vessel fleet.
Jón Trausti reynisson, editor of Stundin media outlet, has stated that Stundin will publish more reports from the Glitnir files.
The operational licence of salmon farming companies Arctic Sea Farm and Fjarðarlax for a combined 17,500-ton sea pen farming in Patreksfjörður and Tálknafjörður has been revoked.
According to the chairman of the Icelandic Fur Breeder's Association, it is likely that many mink farmers will close their operations if the government does not intervene.
Two Icelandic bloggers have been banned from using hidden advertisements in their posts, after having been found guilty of posting a hidden ads for a Canon camera.
Icelandair Group will start discussions today with creditors who own over 50% of the company's non-index-linked bonds.
News program Kveikur yesterday reported on examples of breaches of work regulations, pay disparity, and even labour trafficking foreign workers in Iceland are subject to.
The Hafnartorg area, situated between Laugavegur and Harpa music hall, has changed the face of downtown Reykjavík.
Primera Air, owned by the Icelandic Primera Travel Group, has laid off all of its staff and will apply for suspensions of payment tomorrow.


Chrysanne Stathacos (b. 1951, U.S.A.) lives and works in Toronto and New York City. Originally trained as a print-maker, Stathacos brings together printmaking, photography, video, and installation in various ways, often creating participatory public art projects. She aims to make new connections between cultures, historical periods, technologies, and environmental issues, which mirror the human processes of change, hope, healing, and mortality. Stathacos has exhibited over 25 installations and art works in museums, galleries, and public venues in Canada, U.S.A., Europe, and Asia, and has received awards from Art Matters, the Japan Foundation, the Canada Council, and the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation. In 2006 she created a Rose Mandala for H.H. the Dalai Lama's first U.S. law school conference entitled, Law, Buddhism and Social Change at the University of Buffalo. Most recently, she initiated MOMMY, a collaborative art blog with artist Susan Silas. Recent public art works include The Wish Machine for48*C, Public, Art, Ecology, Khoj and Goethe Institute, Delhi (2008); Natural Wishing for the DC Commission on the Arts, Washington(2012); and Three Wishing Trees for the Bundesgartenschau, Koblenz, Germany (2011). Major works by Stathacos include 1-900 Mirror Mirror (1994), The Wish Machine (1995-2009), The Aura Project (1999 to present), and Refuge, a Wish Garden (2002-2011). Solo exhibitions include Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt (2008); Anderson Gallery, Buffalo (2006); Nature Morte, Delhi (2005); and PS122, New York City (2005).


Sanjiv Bhatt is accused of being the mastermind behind the entire operation of kidnapping the lawyer and plating the narcotics that implicated the Rajasthan based lawyer.
The charge sheet says former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt had instructed the policemen to buy 1kg of opium and plant it against Rajasthan based lawyer Sumersingh Rajpurohit in Palanpur.
An insensitive, morphed image is being circulated claiming ashes of former PM Vajpayee are sold on Amazon.


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This is a wonderful and fast way to prepare tasty omelets for a bunch of hungry campers! Best part is, they get to create their own omelette with whatever they want. Great for picky kids and fussy adults! Or vise versa. I was skeptical of this method at first, but after my first bite, I was hooked. YUM!
Step 1: Get Your Water Boiling and Ingredients Ready!
First, get a large pot of water on the campfire, stove or propane grill (as shown) and start heating it to boiling. It is important to get it to a rapid boil as the omelettes will cool the water when you first put them in. We used a crab pot, because we had 8 or so omelettes at a time.
Make sure you buy FREEZER bags. Quart size works great! If you do not have freezer bags, you will have omelettes in your water...yuck! Don't skimp here!
Have everyone write their names with a Sharpie on their own bag.
This is the fun part! So smile when you are doing it and let the kids run wild....well, you might have to crack a few eggs for them to avoid the shells, but then let them fill it with all the good stuff!
Get a large cup (here we used a Seahawks cups from the trailer). Put the bag inside and fold the edges over the rim. This makes it easier to add your ingredients without too much mess.
Add 2-5 eggs depending on how hungry you are. It is not recommended to add more than 5, or it may not cook through. I used two because I like a lot of BACON in my Omelet.
Add veggies, cooked meats or cheese! We used sweet peppers, green onions, cooked turkey sausage crumbles, cooked and chopped bacon pieces, mushrooms, and shredded cheese. You could also add things like: Ham, chorizo, jalapenos, spinach, olives, cooked shrimp, tomatoes, feta, green chilis, corn, salsa, chili con carne, roasted veggies, etc. Use your imagination!
SQUEEZE out the air and seal your bag. Double check that it is sealed, or you'll find out the hard way!
SQUISH your bag over and over and over and over until everything is mixed up well. This would also be a great time to teach the kids a game of Hacky sack at this point, but do that at your own risk. It is optional.
Step 3: The Cooking of the Omelets!
We recommend cooking only what your pot will hold. A standard 5 quart pot will hold about 4 omelets, 8 quart: about 7 omelets and so on. Make sure all the omelets are in the water. They will float some, that is ok. Put them in the boiling water carefully.
Let them cook for 10 minutes. I know you think this is a long time, but it tends to be perfect. Some larger omelets may need more time. You can tell if they are not cooked if there is any liquid left in the bag or they are squishy at all. They should be fairly firm.
Dump your freshly cooked omelet out onto your fanciest paper plate.
Dress it with whatever garnish you like. I used sour cream and some corn salsa. It was delish.
Best of all, this is very little clean up, unless you have that "one person" who insists on eating it with actual real plates and forks. AS IF! This is camping man! Get with it! Enjoy!
Although I have done this in the past, Ziploc recommends not using their bags for boiling. But it does make a killer omelet.
This is a great idea! I'll have to try it next time I go camping. Thank you for sharing!


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Uruguay's state oil company Ancap will invest $70 million in 2011 to reach an annual cement production of one million tonne. The expenditure forms part of the firm's $210 million investment budget approved by legislators for 2011, according to the spokesperson of the company. Ancap will expand production at its cement plants in Paysandu and Lavalleja, increasing its current production capacity by 50 per cent. The firm will also invest $40 million in a lime plant in Treinta y Tres. The oil firm's 2011 budget also involves improvements in transport and logistics in the port area of its La Teja refinery to optimise regional trade activity. Ancap will also invest $120 million in oil production projects, according to documents submitted by the company to the finance ministry.
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Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus Welcome First Child Together
This is the first baby for the actress and second for the Walking Dead actor, who has a son from a previous relationship
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Diane Kruger is a mother!
The 42-year-old Inglourious Basterds actress has given birth to her and boyfriend Norman Reedus' first child together, E! News confirms. No other information about the couple's baby has been announced just yet.
This is Kruger's first child overall and second for the 49-year-old Walking Dead star, who has an 18-year-old son, Mingus, with ex-girlfriend and model Helena Christensen.
Kruger and Reedus had never spoken about her pregnancy, although she has been photographed sporting a baby bump while out in public several times over the past few months. She never showcased it on social media.
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Kruger and Reedus first sparked romance rumors after starring together in the 2015 film Sky. They sparked fresh rumors last year with some PDA and other joint appearances in public and made their red carpet debut as a couple this past January, at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards. They attended the 2018 Critics' Choice Awards days later. They have not made any more public appearances at celebrity events since then and remain largely private about their relationship.
In early August, Kruger and Reedus bought a $11.75 million 19th-century townhouse in New York City. Kruger took to Instagram on Thursday to post a selfie, captioning the post, "I'm just really at my best in the morning."
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Mila Kunis says she raised R$ 192 million for refugees from Ukraine
Mila Kunis, 39, raised a total of US$ 37 million, equivalent to R$ 192 million at the current exchange rate, in a campaign created in support of refugees from Ukraine.
The actress and her husband, the actor Ashton Kutcher, launched the "Stand With Ukraine" (Support Ukraine in free translation) on a platformand fundraising, with support from flexport.org and airbnb.org, organizations that provide short-term supplies and housing to millions of refugees.
"We can't be insensitive. Helping – not even asking, just doing – should be our standard norm," she said in an interview with People.
In addition to getting her hands dirty, the actress also contributed $3 million (R$15.5 million) in raising money to support Ukrainians.
In the interview, Mila also highlighted that she couldn't help but help her home country. She was born in the then Soviet city of Chernivtsi, but moved to Los Angeles, California, in the United States, with her family when she was seven years old.
"In a situation like that, we didn't have time to think too much about things. Since I'm from Ukraine, I started getting calls from people who wanted to help and thought I knew about politics or knew about local NGOs. That was my perception: if they didn't know who to turn to, how will anyone know? There were problems we knew we could help solve. So Ashton and I said, 'Okay, let's do this.' Within 24 hours, we had the GoFundMe on board," he said.
She said she has been teaching her children about her country and the war, but taking care to avoid going into detail about the problems of the conflict, such as starving children or killing innocent people.
"My children will always grow up eating my mother's cooking. My parents and I speak Russian to each other, so they grew up with it. They naturally found pride in being half Ukrainian. That said, I've never been more proud to be from Ukraine . I'm so honored that my children can continue this heritage," he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the couple for "inspiring the world" with their fundraising and said he was "impressed with their determination".
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Haiti - Security : Graduation of 631 police officers including 21% of women
Friday, December 17, in the presence of several personalities, authorities and members of the Government, the Director General of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) Frantz Elbé, the former Minister of Justice Litz Quitel and the new Minister in office Me Bertho Dorcé, the former DG of the PNH Mario Andrésol, members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and representatives of human rights organizations, among others, Prime Minister Ariel Henry, took part in the graduation ceremony of the 31st Promotion "Phœnix " (Phoenix) made up of 631 police candidates, including 132 women.
Frantz Elbé encouraged the new police officers to "cultivate good practices while showing respect for the institutional hierarchy" and called on them to be vigilant and "not to give in to negligent attitudes and resist the easy money..."
Note that aspiring police officers, during their 24 months probation, will be accompanied and supervised in the field and will still be subject to checks in order to continue the purification process within the police institution."
Prime Minister a.i. in his speech said "We believe that this PNH that you are joining today is capable of fulfilling its mission, if it is given the appropriate means. This is the message we send to all of our friends. I have good reason to hope that they will understand us and come to accompany our police in the implementation of their plans https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35505-haiti-flash-the-usa-will-provide-offensive-weapons-and-armored-vehicles-to-haiti.html
Armed bandits, terrorists, challenge state authority, block the free movement of people and goods. It is a situation that cannot last and that we must fight against. This is what you are called to do. You will not benefit from any grace period [...]
I would like here to thank the friendly countries of Haiti who have, for several years, given clear support to our police. We still need their support for the acquisition of materials and equipment, but also for specialized training in the fight against terrorism and armed gangs […] We are not asking for the sending of foreign troops to come and do work for us. The formula has been tried in recent years and once these troops left, the situation deteriorated and worsened [...]"
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#Redlining was an unjust and unfair practice that affected African-Americans and the community they lived in during the late 1930s. The tactic was used to keep #Black Americans segregated from White communities. The areas that were usually hit most frequently with the discrimination during this time were the inner Black city neighborhoods. However, there were many other parts affected as well. Redlining in the United States was the practice of denying services, either directly or through selectively raising prices, to residents of certain areas based on the racial or ethnic makeups of those area.
One investigation during the 1980s showed that banks would often lend to lower-income whites but not to middle – or upper income blacks. Although, redlining was mainly seen with banks and insurance companies, many other businesses also practiced it as well. The #practice of redlining resulted in a large increase in residential racial segregation and urban decay in the United States.
The maps for redlining were outlined accordingly- "Type A" were typically affluent suburbs on the outskirts of cities. "Type B" neighborhoods were considered "still desirable," whereas older "Type C" were labeled "declining" and these were outlined in yellow on the map. "Type D" neighborhoods were outlined in "red" and were considered the risky and not safe for mortgage support. These neighborhoods were generally older and Black neighborhoods.
It didn't matter whether a black person had good credit, or enough money they were still denied loans. African Americans in those neighborhoods were also denied healthcare, retail merchandise, and even groceries. One notable exception to this was the proliferation of liquor stores and bars which seemingly transcended the area's stigma of financial risk. The practice went on well into the mid-1960s. Banks in the late 1960s began to receive congressional scrutiny. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibited housing discrimination and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975.


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I've lived in Michigan my entire life and am proud if it! I've been involved in broadcasting since 1996 (covering Lansing Community College basketball). After graduating from Specs Howard Broadcasting School in 1998, I returned to Lansing to join Liggett Broadcasting (now TownsquareMedia). In October of 2000, I moved on to Port Huron, MI and spent seven months there, what an experience that was! In March of 2002, I returned to Lansing to continue my broadcasting career and have been here ever since. I am the very proud uncle of three wonderful kids: Jack, Anna, and Emma. They are an absolute riot, and wish I could see them more. Number 1 on my sports bucket list is to attend a Super Bowl in person. And there are four golf courses in the world that I would love to play on: Augusta National, St. Andrew's, Carnoustie, and Pebble Beach. And one of these days, I'll jump in my car and drive all across America to see some places I haven't seen yet (I've been in 25 states so far).
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51-year-old man arrested after selling, buying child porn on Ebay
The company reported it to authorities
An Abingdon man was arrested this week after officials say they found "large amounts of child porn" and evidence of distribution on his electronics.
By: Jeff Hager
ABINGDON, Md. — It has been billed as the world's largest marketplace, but according to police, when 51-year-old Thomas Dewey bought and sold child porn on Ebay, the company reported it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children who then alerted law enforcers in Harford County.
Albert Peisinger, Jr. is the county's new state's attorney.
"He came in as a tip and it was investigated by the trooper and the association and at that time, it led to the search and seizure warrant and the recovery of the material off of his computers," said Peisinger.
A raid on the suspect's house on Hookers Mill Road in Abingdon turned up what is described as a massive amount of videos and pictures of children being sexually abused.
According to charging documents, one such video depicted an adult male engaged in sex acts with a seven-year-old girl.
A program discovered on Dewey's computer revealed he was sharing child porn as recently as the same day of his arrest.
While there is no evidence at this point that Dewey assaulted any children, Peisinger says child porn is not a victimless crime.
"These are children that are being exploited by, not just him, other individuals for greed," said Peisinger, "It's actually a predatorial crime on children, which in my experience, is the most inexcusable. It's directed at children and he's a predator of our children either in Harford County or this country depending upon the material that was on his computer."
State troopers and sheriff's deputies with the Harford County Child Advocacy Center conducted the investigation, and if he's convicted on a child porn distribution count, Dewey could face up to 10 years behind bars.
Anyone with additional information relating to Dewey or this investigation is encouraged to contact the Child Advocacy Center at 410-638-3294.


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PICTURE: United's misery compounded after letting midfielder slip away
Paul Pogba won the Golden Ball trophy for the player of the tournament as France claimed the U20 World Cup over Guillermo Varela's Uruguay this week.
The 20-year-old captained France and spearheaded their success at the end of what has been a pretty impressive year for the midfielder after he helped Juventus secure the Serie A title with five goals in 37 appearances.
His acrimonious departure from United stemmed from a lack of first team opportunities and given his immediate impact in the past year, it is obvious he was ready for the step up to first team football.
Take his penalty in the U20 World Cup final for example as he remained the coolest player on the pitch with a cocky run-up before slotting it away.
Ferguson refused to bow down to Pogba's wage demands given his age, a decision which was supported by fans, but given his meteoric rise in the past year, you have to question whether it was the right thing to do.
When he handed in a transfer request, Rooney played the club for a fool and got the wage demands he wanted. He exerted player power and was successful but now United find themselves in a similar situation just two years down the line. If it was something Ferguson was prepared to do with Rooney, maybe a different approach with Pogba could have solved the issue.
If Pogba had stayed at United and got his spot in the first team, would there be such an outcry for a midfield signing? Would Thiago's choice to join Bayern Munich be so painful? Unlikely. Pogba would have been the perfect partner to Carrick and it wouldn't of cost us a penny as he was from our academy. You can't help but feel that Pogba may have been the one who slipped away.
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Sam founded The Peoples Person back in 2011 after writing his university dissertation on The Munich Air Disaster. Since then, the website has been creating daily Man United content on everything from transfers and features to full match day coverage.
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Today, since past posts regarding disk management software have mostly been limited to Veritas Volume Manager, I thought we'd look at LVM on Linux (In a future post, we'll check out the differences between LVM 1 and 2, but for now I figured we could keep it simple and broad).
that you've (if you're anything like me and only have two hard drives on the home PC you're running Linux on ;) grown to love.
And, while I think it's fantastic that Linux has grown into a mostly-user-friendly operating system with GUI's to make all of the extended partitioning and volume management more accessible, I also think there's something to be said for knowing how to be able to set all that stuff up on your own. You never know when your main display (or X-windows session) will die on you and, at some point, you may end up having to do some disk repair on the lonely old command line.
With that in mind, we'll step through the most basic LVM setup: Getting from /dev/hdd to /dev/mapper/vg01-lvol01 from the command prompt.
First, we'll want to use fdisk to create a "new" "primary" partition that consists of the entire disk (512Mb in size). Barring a primer on fdisk, we'll want to set up our disk to have one primary partition that consists of all cylinders (first and last should be the default start and end values) and is set to the "Linux LVM" partition type.
Next, well create a "volume group." This is necessary, because "logical volumes" run in packs... pardon my lack of propriety ;) We could use the "-s" option here to define the "physical extent" size, but we'll leave that alone. To say the least, specifying this requires some research and planning. If you get that number wrong, things can go South later, and you'll have to do some ugly backtracking. We just want to define a "volume group" so we have something to work with. We'll call it vg01, for lack of a more original name.
Next, we'll create a "logical volume" (we'll name this one "lvol01" to keep things consistent) of 246 Megabytes size. That should fit nicely inside vg01 (which we're basically using to represent the entire partition /dev/hdd1). We could make our "logical volume" as large as the entire partition and/or "volume group", but that would defeat the purpose of this whole exercise. The aim, of course, is to end up with flexible volumes so we can resize them later if we need to.
This is where the /dev/mapper stuff comes into play (it never made sense to me the first time I saw it... really. It's because of my past experience with HP-UX ;) The "lvcreate" command creates a symlink between /dev/vg01/lvol01 and the character device /dev/mapper/vg01-lvol01.
Tomorrow, or maybe the day after that, we'll take a look at some more ways to manipulate your existing volumes, add more volumes, do mirroring and lots of other fun stuff that LVM allows you to do.


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Technical University of Denmark News 148 mio. DKK for two new Centers of Excellence
Technical University of Denmark News 148 mio. DKK for two new Centers...
148 mio. DKK for two new Centers of Excellence
Optics Semiconductors Catalysis Micro and nanotechnology
Wednesday 23 Oct 19
Jesper Mørk
Professor, Section Head
About the Danish National Research Foundation
The Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) is an independent organization established by the Danish Parliament in 1991, promoting and stimulating research at the frontiers of all scientific fields. This is primarily done through the creation of 'Centers of Excellence' for 5-10 years, but the fund has also launched a number of special initiatives to strengthen the internationalization of Danish research. Read more at dg.dk.
Centers of Excellence at DTU
Today, there are six Centers of Excellence at DTU:
Center for Nanostructured Graphene (CNG)
Center for Silicon Photonics for Optical Communications (SPOC)
Center for Intelligent Drug Delivery and Sensing Using Microcontainers and Nanomechanics (IDUN)
Center for Hyperpolarization in Magnetic Resonance (HYPERMAG)
Center for Macroscopic Quantum States (bigQ)
Center of Excellence for Microbial Secondary Metabolites (CeMiSt)
The Danish National Research Foundation has invited applicants to enter contract negotiations to establish two new Centers of Excellence at DTU.
The board of the Danish National Research Foundation has decided to invest DKK 657 million and allocate an additional DKK 440 million to 10 new research centers, the so-called Centers of Excellence.
With the new centers, the foundation looks forward to contributing to Danish research in collaboration with universities and other research institutions, the foundation writes in a press release.
"The DNRF's Centers of Excellence enjoy great recognition in the international research landscape, and at the board, we are convinced that the future centers and center leaders will live up to this reputation and contribute to strengthening Denmark's position as a leading knowledge society," said Professor Jens Kehlet Nørskov, chairman of the board of the Danish National Research Foundation who is also a professor at DTU Physics.
"In Denmark, we are adept at creating the framework for excellent and interdisciplinary research environments that enable breakthroughs and the development of innovative solutions. Therefore, we look forward to continued fruitful cooperation with the research institutions," said Professor Nørskov.
Fellow at Haldor Topsøe, Stig Helveg, receives up to DKK 85.8 million to establish the Center for Visualizing Catalytic Processes (VISION). In connection with the creation of the center, Stig Helveg will shift to a professorship at DTU Physics.
The Center will explore how nanoparticles can drive catalytic processes and aim to make groundbreaking scientific discoveries in thermal catalysis and electrocatalysis that are needed to address the major sustainability challenges of our time. Catalysis - a method by which chemical reaction rates can be controlled - is essential for producing sustainable chemicals, fuels and energy.
Effective catalysis of chemical reactions can occur on the surface of nanoparticles, but understanding how their size, shape and structure affect catalytic processes is a huge scientific challenge. VISION will tackle this challenge by combining new experimental and theoretical platforms to observe the atomic structure, dynamics and functions of individual nanoparticles while the catalytic process is in progress.
VISION aims to answer the ultimate question in catalysis: How do the individual atoms in the surface of nanoparticles catalyze chemical reactions under the right reaction conditions? This fundamental knowledge can then be used to design the necessary catalysts to support the conversion to sustainable energy.
VISION embraces a strong team of researchers from DTU Physics and DTU Nanolab and, in collaboration with a number of research groups at DTU and leading international profiles, will produce, investigate and calculate the catalytic properties of well-defined nanoparticles. Co-applicants are: Peter Christian Kjærgaard Vesborg, Professor, DTU Physics; Jakob Kibsgaard, Associate Professor, DTU Physics; Karen Chan, Associate Professor, DTU Physics; Christian Danvad Damsgaard, Associate Professor, DTU Physics and DTU Nanolab.
Professor Jesper Mørk from DTU Fotonik receives up to DKK 62.5 million to establish the Center for Nanophotonics (NanoPhoton), which will investigate the interaction between light and semiconductor nanostructures.
NanoPhoton will "capture and retain" light in semiconductor nanostructures. It is generally assumed that light cannot be concentrated to a spot less than half the wavelength of the light, leading to fundamental limitations in the uses of light and providing a minimum scale—e.g. for lasers.
Based on a recent discovery, NanoPhoton will explore a new approach whereby light can be concentrated to a volume several orders of magnitude smaller than the so-called diffraction limit. This extreme concentration greatly increases the interaction between the light and the semiconductor and opens a new field of research with unanswered basic questions.
An important application perspective for NanoPhoton is to enable the integration of electronics and photonics, so that data in future processors are transported by light, resulting in large energy savings. This is extremely challenging as the wavelength of light is a hundred times larger than the characteristic dimension of a transistor, but made possible by NanoPhoton's new approach.
NanoPhoton is a close collaboration between DTU Fotonik, DTU Nanolab, DTU Mechanical Engineering and DTU Electrical Engineering around the development of new theory, topology optimization, nanofabrication technology, and visualization to explore and understand a entirely new regime of light-matter interaction. Co-applicants: Ole Sigmund, Professor, DTU Mechanical Engineering; Ole Hansen, Professor, DTU Nanolab; Olav Breinbjerg, Professor, DTU Electrical Engineering; Kresten Yvind, Professor, DTU Fotonik; Elizaveta Semenova, Senior Researcher, DTU Fotonik; Søren Stobbe, Associate Professor, DTU Fotonik; Martijn Wubs, Associate Professor, DTU Fotonik; Andrei Lavrinenko, Associate Professor, DTU Fotonik.
About the application process
The Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) uses a two-stage application process for the establishment of new Centers of Excellence. In the first stage, potential center leaders are invited to submit outline proposals. For this current application round – the 10th - the DNRF received 133 outline proposals. Of these, 23 applicants were invited to submit full proposals, and from these, 10 applicants have been invited to enter contract negotiations to establish new Centers of Excellence.
The new centers will be established for a period of six years, with a possibility of an extension for another four years, with the prerequisite of a satisfactory midterm evaluation. The DNRF is investing DKK 657 now and allocating another DKK 440 million for the possible extension of the centers.
Source: The Danish National Research Foundation.
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There have been eight previous worlds. Each world stretched across vast millennia. Each saw civilizations flourish before dying, scattering, or transcending. Those that ruled these worlds spoke to the stars, reengineered their bodies, and mastered form and essence.
But now they are gone. The people of the new world—the Ninth World—live among the ruined majesty of an unimaginable past. Are you brave enough to seek adventure, fortune, and discovery in the remnants of the prior worlds? Treasures of unmatched wonder await—but in those ruins also sleep dangers and terrors of bygone eras.
Explore the vast, fascinating, and unique setting of Numenera—the Ninth World. Gather your friends, open this box, and begin playing right away! The game is easy to learn and fun to play. Whether you're new to Numenera or new to roleplaying games, this box has everything you need to get started.


River floodplains are among the most biodiverse, productive, and threatened ecosystems globally. In expansive alluvial floodplains, the hyporheic zone often encompasses the entire alluvial aquifer. These aquifers are recharged by river water and tend to be well oxygenated with extremely carbon limited (<2mg/L) production. Despite these conditions, the aquifers contain diverse and productive communities dominated by obligate large-bodied hyporheic stonefly nymphs. This is exemplified by the Nyack Floodplain (Middle Fork of the Flathead River, Montana), where we recently found that biomass of hyporheic stoneflies is predominately composed of methane-derived carbon. We asked: what is the source of methane and how is it cycled in the aquifer food web?
We sampled the aquifer via monitoring wells mainly in Nyack and also in two other floodplains where groundwater stoneflies are abundant: Kalispell (MT) and Methow (WA). We used stable isotope analysis of three stonefly species, particulate organic matter (13C and15N), and methane gas (13C and 2H), radiocarbon dating of stonefly biomass and dissolved methane, and routine measurement of dissolved oxygen and dissolved methane to infer sources of methane, fractional contributions of methane to stonefly biomass and the extent to which direct grazing on methanotrophic biofilm might drive 13C depletion.
Stoneflies were 13C depleted despite low dissolved methane concentrations, implying that methane is rapidly assimilated: Nyack stoneflies averaged δ13C -49.22 ± 2.59 ‰, Kalispell -41.66 ± 2.66 ‰, and Methow -39.87 ± 2.56 ‰, but methane concentrations (excluding two wells on the Nyack) averaged 0.67 ± 0.19 µmol/L, 0.13 ± 0.05 µmol/L, and 0.30 ± 0.03 µmol/L, respectively. Our conservative estimate of Nyack mean methane dependence calculated using a two-source mixing model was 51.95 ± 7.0 % but ranged to >100% (methane δ13C of -67 ‰, POM δ13C of -30 ‰). Methane sources in high concentration wells (means 5.43 ± 0.45 µmol/L and 9.89 ± 1.14 µmol/L) varied between acetoclastic methanogenesis and thermogenic outgassing as shown by: δ13C -69.46 ± 0.64 and δ2H averaging -289.2 ± 8.2 with age <1000 years, and δ13C -40.50 ± 0.30 ‰ and δ2H -63.7 ± 0.6 ‰ with age >7000 years. We found significant negative linear relationships between δ15N and methane dependence; slopes varied significantly by wells. This suggests that the most methane dependent individuals might using methanotrophic biofilm directly, and that variation in food sources is only possible under specific conditions. Thermogenic and biogenic methane therefore subsidize and/or drive the hyporheic food web.


Despite the efforts of the authorities to clamp down on the practice, illegal logging is going on unabated in Malaysia's forests. Few loggers end up facing serious consequences for breaking the law. For one thing, few of them are even caught. For another, even those that are caught may escape being held to account.
To make matters worse, logging and poaching often go hand in hand, thereby serving as a clear and present danger to protected flora and fauna. Things must clearly change. We need enhanced protection and more deterrence.
It is hardly in doubt that illegal loggers and poachers often act with impunity and utter contempt for the law. Malaysian authorities have been trying various measures to step up enforcement efforts: these efforts range from flying drones over forests to keep an eye from the sky on illegal logging to arming forest wardens and wildlife officials. The trouble is that the country's forests, or what's left of them, occupy vast areas and enforcement officials are routinely undermanned, which makes them little able to protect them well enough. Corruption among some local officials, whereby they turn blind eyes to illegal logging in their areas, does not help, either.
But it isn't just illegal logging that is taking a toll on the country's forests. Legal, or semi-legal, logging is doing that too. It has just come to light, for instance, that a stadium being constructed for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 may have used plenty of high-quality timber taken from forests in Sarawak. Wan Junaidi, a Sarawak native himself, denies the charge that the timber was obtained illegally from the Bornean state and insists that the authorities are committed to preserving the state's diminishing forests. Such attestations from officials often sound hollow. What we need is more decisive action, not words.


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New Rules and Regulations for the 7th NWIPEC (2020)
The Regulations have been revised for the upcoming 7th NWIPEC in November 2020, and the website has been updated to reflect the changes.
Link: https://nwpiano.com/regulations/
Videos from the 6th NWIPEC have been posted
First Round: Full playlist
Final Round: Full playlist
Editing for the videos have finally been completed and they have been uploaded to our YouTube channel, with the links provided above.
Due to the live nature of the recordings, some videos may have a lower-than-expected quality. Please accept our sincere apologies if this has impacted you.
Thank you very much for your patience and understanding as we worked on editing and uploading the videos from the competition. As the NWIPEC grows, we will continue to work on better management and organization of various aspects, which includes the media portion of the competition.
Planning for the 7th NWIPEC is in progress!
The success of the last competition still rings in our ears.
Thanks to the excellent competitors and the judges who excelled in their professional judgement and their willingness to meet all the participants in a special Debriefing Master Class.
All that came felt this to be a very informative and educational session.
With the adrenaline still rushing, we have started on the preparations for the next competition—that is, the 7th NWIPEC! As the NWIPEC grows each year, we have learned a lot from the 6th NWIPEC and will be bringing these into consideration for the upcoming competition in 2020.
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Delayed Website Updates
With the closing of the competition, we are working on updating the website to include photos, videos, and other detailed information about what had transpired from the 6th NWIPEC, which took place on November 23-25, 2018.
Thank you all for your understanding and continued patience!
The 6th NWIPEC has officially ended
We hope everyone has enjoyed the performances and talent that was displayed in both the First and Final Rounds of the 6th NWIPEC. We were astounded by all the applicants' level of skill and maturity.
If you were not present, then do not worry: photos and videos from the competition nights will be posted shortly. Please bear with us as the editing and uploading of the media is taking some time.
Thank you for your support and patience!
Purchase tickets to the 6th NWIPEC's Final Round!
General Adult: CAD $40
Students & Seniors: CAD $30
Children (12 and under): CAD $20
Tickets are available via Eventbrite at: https://nwipec2018.eventbrite.ca
Online ticket sales end one day prior to the Final Round. No refunds are available. Tickets are also sold at the door on the day of the Competition, for the same prices.
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The competition is now in full swing of final preparations and we are happy to report that this will be a super show! Excellent teams have joined to make our competition an amazing display of talent and skill. Anyone wishing to hear what duets and duos are capable of, should not miss this opportunity to witness some of the world's best amateur teams. Needless to say, the competition executive is excited, and we know you, the audience, will be too. Please visit our Facebook page and see our posters for details. Tickets for the final round are now available on Eventbrite.
To the competitors, we want to express our support for a great experience. You are what makes the North West International Piano Ensemble Competition a recognized Canadian event.
We, the NWPES, want to thank our sponsors—especially Tom Lee Music—for their great support. Without them, this kind of a competition would not be possible or as successful as it is.
Winfried Rompf
President, NWPES
Early Bird Application Deadline Approaching!
It is less than two weeks away until July 1st!
This means that we are nearing the deadline for NWIPEC's early bird application date—as well as, of course, the 151st anniversary of Canada's birthday.
So far, we have received interesting applications and inquiries from several countries and for the various categories of this competition. We are excited to have performers coming from Europe, Asia, and North America and we look forward to welcoming all of you to Canada.
If you want to benefit from the early bird registration fee, please apply as early as possible or be in touch with us before July 1st, 2018. Details are in the Rules and Regulations page of this website.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.
Register Now for the 2018 NWIPEC!
Following the wrap-up of the Information Session that was held on Monday, February 26th, we encourage everyone to register for the 2018 North West International Piano Ensemble Competition.
Register now to qualify for the early bird registration fee!
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Wrap-Up of the 2018 NWIPEC Information Session
The 2018 NWIPEC Information Session held on Monday, February 26th wrapped to a close in the early afternoon at Tom Lee Music in downtown Vancouver.
We have said this before, but we will say it again: thank you to Tom Lee Music for their generous support. Mr. Graham Blank, Vice President of TLM, spoke some wonderful words of encouragement. Among the attendance were Keiko Alexander and Dorothy Uytengsu, who had also given positive commentary.
Musical entertainment was provided by two students of Rebecca Cheng who played Beethoven Sonata Op. 6, and then a spectacular performance by the Scott Meek Duo of the Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers—a brand new and most electrifying arrangement. Bravo to the performers!
If you were not able to make it, do not worry! Please feel free to browse through the Competition's Rules & Regulations, or contact us with any inquiries that you may have.
Thank You from the NWPES
Result Announcement of the 7th North West International Piano Ensemble Competition (in Memory of Winfried Rompf)
NWPEC postponed until November 2022
Join us for the tribute concert for the founder and long-time president, Mr. Winfried Rompf, and his beloved wife Mrs. Margarete Rompf.
In loving memory of Winfried Rompf and Margarete Rompf
'To let people fly': Former President of The North West International Piano Ensemble Competition (NWIPEC) Winfried Rompf is embracing a new role at the upcoming competition
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John Cena is currently filming a movie up in Canada called "Playing With Fire." He will play a firefighter in this movie and has a starring role. Therefore, he can't leave the set and attend a Raw taping in order to progress a WrestleMania storyline.
Lars Sullivan was set to be Cena's WrestleMania opponent, but he had an anxiety attack and went home. Sullivan is said to be in a good place now after receiving professional help, but that doesn't change the fact that John Cena is without a WrestleMania opponent.
John Cena and Samoa Joe was the plan for WrestleMania. However, Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that he asked about this and was told that WWE is not going that direction for Cena at WrestleMania.
Only time will tell how WWE ends up using John Cena at WrestleMania. WWE apparently has something else that they are considering for him if the obvious choice of Samoa Joe isn't something they are actually going with. Because that certainly seems to be the direction they are teasing.


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Dance of the Cosmos Sculpture Moving to Patterson Park in 2017
November 30, 2016 April 7, 2017 3 Comments
Over the past several months, Friends of Patterson Park has been working with East Austin artist Jennifer Chenoweth on the proposal to donate her sculpture Dance of the Cosmos to our park. The city's Parks and Recreation Department recently approved a final location, and Chenoweth has received a grant from the Austin Parks Foundation to fund the refurbishment and relocation of the sculpture. FoPP and four of the adjacent neighborhood associations voted to support the move (Cherrywood, Delwood 2, Mueller and Schieffer-Willowbrook). Wilshire Wood abstained.
To maintain the kinetic sculpture in perpetuity, PARD requires a donation of $5,000, which APF does not fund. The artist will be seeking community support for that amount.
APF will host a check presentation ceremony and discussion of next steps at 11a.m. on Monday, December 5th, and FoPP members are invited to attend. Work is expected to begin in January 2017, to be completed in Spring 2017.
About the sculpture
Dance of the Cosmos was inspired by Robert Putchik's Theory of Emotions and a Tibetan lotus mandala. XYZ Atlas, a Hedonic Map of Austin, an interactive public art about our collective experiences. The sculpture has a footprint of 20 feet and is 8 feet tall when the flower is closed. The piece is currently on loan to the Elizabeth Ney Museum in Hyde Park. Dance of the Cosmos was created in 2015 in part with a grant from the City of Austin's Cultural Arts Division.
Jennifer Chenoweth is a visual artist and entrepreneur. She is the principal of Fisterra Studio, creating contemporary abstract painting and sculpture. Chenoweth studied Painting and Sculpture at the Kansas City Art Institute, has a master's degree from the "Great Books" program at St. John's College in Santa Fe, and holds an M.F.A. in Painting from The University of Texas at Austin. She has curated a group show at her studio and home for the East Austin Studio Tour since its inception in 2003. Her art is in the Public Collection at the Houston Hobby Airport and she has shown extensively in Austin, San Antonio, Kansas City, and at art fairs in London, Miami, New York, and Santa Fe.
Chenoweth served as a panelist for the City of Austin's Art in Public Places and served as Design Team Artist for the East 7th Street Corridor Project, advising for the African-American Cultural Center and the new Central Library. She has received honors for her work from the City of Austin and Giving City. She recently served as the Vice Chair of the Arts Commission, appointed from District 3 to help advocate for creatives in Austin. (Source: fisterrastudio.com)
Photo credit: Michelle Atkinson
Artist Charles Heppner on the Patterson Burr Oaks
Charles Heppner lives two blocks from Patterson Park, and created "Efficiency" using photographs of the burr oaks at the park. He is participating in the East Austin Studio Tour, which is happening this weekend, Nov. 19-20. Visit him at studio #82 at 3903 Cherrywood Rd. This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. By Jennifer Potter-Miller.
What was your interest in working with the trees at Patterson Park?
Trees in general are a thing of beauty that need to be revered, so I work with trees that are in my everyday life. I am at Patterson Park all the time with my kids, and got to know the trees, and recognize aspects of their beauty that I wanted to highlight.
The Prayer Rugs body of work are composite photographs using trees as the basis. Each work is a tessellation of a photographic tile created from photographing trees. In this case, the Burr Oak's living in Patterson Park. These trees have an extraordinary movement in their limbs that is reminiscent of something called a Peano Space Filling Curve.
It's not the same by any means, but I like how the burr oak spiral into the sky and this triggered that connection for me. As the tree limbs grow, they make almost right angles as they split off and fill in the sky.
The title of this work is Efficiency. You know, every tree has its own way of maximizing its ability to gain sunlight given its environment, depending on its leaves, where it is in the canopy of trees, etc. This one has a great overt way of showing how effectively it's doing it because it's breaking out into the sky.
If you look at the piece, you can see how there are dominant lines that break it off into little sections. And if you look at the individual sections, you'll see how they begin to be filled up. That's because of the movement of the tree going upward and inward, as I said before. That was the effect I wanted to highlight.
In this particular case, I exaggerated the effect by layering more than one image of the burr oak. That was an effect I wanted to be really seen, and it's seen with impunity in this piece.
Could you tell me how the "Prayer Rug" pieces are created?
They are actually photographic prints. I use a printing company in New York to print them. I send them a digital file and they use a machine that exposes color photographic paper by employing a laser. Then they are mounted sandwiched between Plexiglass and plastic substrate called Sintra to create a really clean floating look off the wall. I think it highlights to beauty of the piece onto itself. There's no frame to mess with what's going on. I love how it's a photograph that's on the wall that becomes part of and is separated from the wall at the same time.
Charles Heppner is a multidisciplinary artist living in Austin. He was born in Chicago into a large Catholic family where individualism was allowed unfettered. He has a degree in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. He has worked in finance and is a devoted parent of three children. His current body of work concerns spirituality and the human relationship to nature. Charles has shown his work in numerous galleries both in Chicago and New York. His work is in many private and corporate collections throughout the United States.
"Efficiency," by Charles Heppner
First Fall It's My Park Day at Patterson a Smashing Success
By Jennifer Potter-Miller
While the first Fall It's My Park Day at Patterson Park started out in a light rain, it ended with a bang. We had 30 volunteers from all the neighborhood surrounding the park and from The University of Texas tackle 15 yards of mulch donated by the Austin Parks Foundation. They focused their energy on mulching 36 trees at the eastern end of the park, including many of the older oaks between the community garden and Schieffer Ave.
We are so grateful to everyone who came out to work hard at the park (including several as young as four!), to the weather for cooperating, to the Cherrywood Neighborhood Association for providing coffee and breakfast tacos, and to neighbor Robin Graham-Moore for additional refreshments to keep us all fueled. We are especially thankful for our partnership with the Austin Parks Foundation, and all their support for this event and so many others during the year.
If you want to join the Friends of Patterson Park mailing list to learn about upcoming events, including work days and celebrations, email fopp.atx@gmail.com or follow us on Facebook.
Photos by Jennifer Potter-Miller.


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Songs sung by the Perfect Heart Quartet
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[quote=sjorchestra post_id=61208 time=1643828749 user_id=54209] Looking for lyrics to songs that were sung in the early 1990's by the Perfect Heart Quartet. Song 1: Yes! (Last line of Verse 1:) I can't help but wonder in all of that splendor does He have a place there for me? (Chorus:) Yes, yes is His answer; Yes, His only reply When the world says maybe, but friends say I guess Yes, Jesus says Yes! Song 2: While He's Holding Me, He's Molding Me (Last 2 lines of the chorus:) He's still the potter, I am the clay according to His plan; While He's molding me, He's molding me in the palm of His hand. Song 3: I've Got An Old Time Religion I've got an old time religion, ever since I made the decision Let me tell you what turned my life around and set my feet on the higher ground God said that it would be, and praise the Lord he set me free I've got an old, old time religion, and it's all over me. Song 4: He Will Come Back He will come back, just wait and see... He will come back, just like he said for you and for me Well he came the first time, and he'll come again God cannot lie, if He said He'll return, then he will come back. That's all I can remember of these four songs. If anybody has full lyrics to any of these, please let me know. Thanks! [/quote]
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by songinmyheart » Tue May 10, 2022 9:58 am
Hi sjorchestra,
Here are recordings of :
Yes Is The Answer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbuorGs6I4w
Old Time Religion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hzft7uIJBo
He Will Come Back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsDkTVJRD74
It will be a while before I can find time to transcribe them.
Hopefully someone can jump in and provide the lyrics soon.
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by sjorchestra » Tue May 10, 2022 1:29 am
Well, I did some searching and found a video for While He's Holding Me, He's Molding Me on YouTube, but the other three songs are still yet to be found.
While He's Holding Me, He's Molding Me
https://youtu.be/3cjN_R6KDdg
I'm just a piece of clay, stained by guilt and sin,
But Jesus picked me up one day so I could start again.
Not yet a weary vessel, but He's made me understand,
That while He's molding me, He's holding me in the palm of His hand.
Oh, sometimes the clay gets brittle, dried out with foolish pride;
Little by little, I'm tested and I'm tried.
And my heart gets cracked and broken, but according to His plan
While He's holding me, He's molding me in the palm of His hand.
Still, miracles are possible with one touch of His hand;
Though stained with sin, I'm still within the master Potter's plan.
Yes, I'm the clay, but He's the way, this I must understand;
While He's holding me, He's molding me, in the palm of His hand.
by sjorchestra » Wed Feb 02, 2022 7:05 pm
Looking for lyrics to songs that were sung in the early 1990's by the Perfect Heart Quartet.
Song 1: Yes!
(Last line of Verse 1:)
I can't help but wonder in all of that splendor does He have a place there for me?
Yes, yes is His answer; Yes, His only reply
When the world says maybe, but friends say I guess
Yes, Jesus says Yes!
Song 2: While He's Holding Me, He's Molding Me
(Last 2 lines of the chorus:)
He's still the potter, I am the clay according to His plan;
While He's molding me, He's molding me in the palm of His hand.
Song 3: I've Got An Old Time Religion
I've got an old time religion, ever since I made the decision
Let me tell you what turned my life around and set my feet on the higher ground
God said that it would be, and praise the Lord he set me free
I've got an old, old time religion, and it's all over me.
Song 4: He Will Come Back
He will come back, just wait and see...
He will come back, just like he said for you and for me
Well he came the first time, and he'll come again
God cannot lie, if He said He'll return, then he will come back.
That's all I can remember of these four songs. If anybody has full lyrics to any of these, please let me know. Thanks!


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Let Tom Hardy Read You a Bedtime Story
BY Jake Rossen
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Tom Hardy, the British actor who came to prominence playing characters averse to shaving and bathing, had a holiday surprise for fans on New Year's Eve. He was featured on the BBC's CBeebies anthology series, where actors are tasked with reading bedtime stories to young viewers.
Hardy's selection was You Must Bring a Hat by Simon Philip and Kate Hindley (who provided the illustrations), a whimsical tale in which a boy invited to a party tries to adhere to the dress code by taking along a monkey sporting a cap. Hardy uses several different voices during his segment; the dog dozing in his lap is reported to be the actor's own.
The spot is likely to be the most family-friendly appearance by the actor in the foreseeable future. He can next be seen in Taboo, the BBC One and FX period drama about an anti-establishment provocateur that Hardy has described as being "part Hannibal Lecter." You can catch all of Hardy's reading engagement below.
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750 Soul in Wichita will serve both soul food and vegan fare
Rhonda Williams is finally ready to open her 750 Soul restaurant on East 13th Street.
Soul food fans who loved the food Rhonda Williams served when she ran Rachel's Kitchen at 818 N. Mosley have been waiting three long years for her promised return.
They almost got it in early August, when Williams planned to celebrate the opening of her new restaurant — 750 Soul at 4601 E. 13th St. But then, Williams' account was dropped by her food provider, Sysco, and she had to postpone at the last minute.
Now, Williams is ready to announce another launch date. She'll open the doors on Wednesday, Sept. 22, and will again serve the burgers, catfish, pork chops, meatloaf, sweet potatoes, greens, stewed okra and other soul food specialties she offered at Rachel's Kitchen from 2014 until 2018, when she had to close to care for her ailing mother.
Attentive restaurant fans, though, have noticed that 750 Soul has appeared to be open for business several times over the last few weeks. Williams said that her daughter, experienced vegan chef Nicole Williams, has been serving her vegan fare out of the restaurant through twice-a-week popups: from noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Rhonda Williams previously ran Rachel's Kitchen at 818 N. Mosley. Courtesy
Nicole, who calls her business Eat of the Earth, makes plant-based dishes like cauliflower bowls, jerk mushroom tacos, mushroom scampi, vegan peach cobbler and more. She's been developing a following and found even more customers at the Aug. 22 ICT Veg Fest at Blood Orchard Market. Ever since, fans have been flocking to the pop-ups to get her food, Rhonda said.
Those pop-ups will continue this week: Nicole will be serving mock tuna sandwiches, vegan mac and cheese and a Haitian lunch plate out of the restaurant from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. People can order ahead by calling 316-295-3029.
Once Rhonda opens next week, 750 Soul will become two restaurants in one. Nicole will serve her vegan fare alongside her mother's soul food menu from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Nicole also will continue occasional pop-ups on Sundays.
Rhonda said that once she's established, she'll likely extend the hours at 750 Soul.
She first announced her plans to open 750 Soul in January 2020, and her sign has been up at the space — previously home to Miller's Bar-B-Que, Froggar's BBQ and New Great Wall Chinese restaurant — for more than a year.
Williams said she's excited to see her old Rachel's Kitchen customers, who she still hears from. She's also looking forward to working alongside her daughter.
"It's my daughter and myself in this one together," she said. "That way, when I pass on, I can have her to keep it going."
This story was originally published September 15, 2021 10:33 AM.
Denise Neil has covered restaurants and entertainment since 1997. Her Dining with Denise Facebook page is the go-to place for diners to get information about local restaurants. She's a regular judge at local food competitions and speaks to groups all over Wichita about dining.
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Electrolux offers an automatic pasta cooker as well as the standard gas or electric cookers with the option of adding automatic basket lifting. The gas and electric pasta cookers are the only ones on the market to offer "Energy Control" , meaning it is now possible to control the power level and intensity instead of having an on/off switch with a fixed temperature setting of 100°c. These units also have a 'stand-by' mode which can be activated when not in use; saving energy and consuming less gas.
Follow this link to find out more about the Electrolux Gas Cookers.


We're almost as surprised as you, dear reader, that 5th block in Koramangala has the space for a new bar. But there it is, Liquid Street, high up on a terrace, with twinkling lights and enough road signs to make sure you drive back home responsibly.
After we're seated, a manager named Kitty – we're not sure if that's a stage name – slinks his way over to the table, recommending cocktails that he promises will make us purr. We don't purr but pucker our lips (and not in a good way), as we sip a crisp and overwhelmingly tangy lemon margarita loaded with tequila. The gimlet is better, containing a surprise hit of crushed chili and ginger.
After we're seated, a manager named Kitty – we're not sure if that's a stage name – slinks his way over to the table, recommending cocktails that he promises will make us purr.
The menu is like an unwieldy folding map, and traces street food from across the globe. We're not sure where the 'corn basket' is from, but we don't complain because light, crunchy shells encase a peppery mix of corn, beans, bell peppers and onions. Massive chunks of dhaba chicken crusted with cumin and jeera masala are barbarian-friendly and best eaten with your hands.
Even attempting to read through the extensive list of big plates is a down-the-rabbit-hole kind of experience, and so we fall back on staff recommendations. Biryani while bountiful, has no dum; Jamaican noodles are far more interesting. Sure, they feature Hakka noodles (!), but are light, pretty, laden with shredded chicken and pooled in plum sauce.
At the end of our meal, Kitty brings over a large piece of red velvet cake, which is gooey and gratifying, a good reminder of why we love birthdays. We'll return soon not for the food, but for a Kitty party of gimlets and pastries.
Getting there: 77/A, 4th floor, JNC Road, 5th block Koramangala, call 9740147771. A meal for two costs approximately Rs 2,400 with drinks.


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State Representative Brad Jones Re-Elected As Minority Leader For 2023-2024 Session
Representative Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading) has been re-elected by his Republican colleagues to serve as the Minority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Jones was chosen by a unanimous vote to lead the House Republican Caucus for the 2023-2024 legislative session. The vote took place on January 4, which also marked the first day of the 193rd biennial session.
"I am truly grateful to receive my colleagues' vote of confidence to continue leading the caucus over the next two years," said Jones. "Having the support of both the new and returning members means a lot to me as we prepare to tackle the many challenges facing the Commonwealth and its residents."
In his inaugural speech to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Jones noted that "our top priorities must be a stronger economic recovery, maintaining our focused fiscal responsibility, and transforming the way we operate as a government and provide services to our citizens."
"While our economy is no doubt stronger than it was two years ago, none of us can or should be satisfied that it is as strong as it should be," said Jones. "Many of our fellow citizens remain out of work or underemployed. No one in our Commonwealth should believe that their children's future will not be a little brighter or a little better than theirs was. It falls to each one of us individually and collectively to make this happen."
Jones noted that Massachusetts has benefited from a strong economy that has helped grow the state's rainy day fund to historic levels, eliminated the Commonwealth's structural deficit and allowed the Legislature to make "meaningful targeted increased investments in a wide variety of essential areas." But he also highlighted the Legislature's obligation to "prepare for the future by building our reserves even further" while also delivering meaningful tax relief to the Commonwealth's residents.
"Going forward, we need to revisit the targeted tax relief both the House and Senate passed last session but failed to finalize," Jones said. "Fortunately, the incoming Governor supported those efforts and has identified tax relief like the kind we passed as her number one priority on day one and we agree."
During his remarks, Jones thanked the residents of the Twentieth Middlesex District, saying "it is an honor and privilege to represent the citizens of Reading, North Reading, Lynnfield and Middleton and I look forward to continuing to work on their behalf."
Jones also offered congratulations to House Speaker Ronald Mariano on his re-election, expressing his "hope that we can find common ground in the year ahead to ensure that the critical needs of the residents of the Commonwealth are addressed."
A lifelong North Reading resident, Jones has continued to maintain a perfect voting record while serving in the House of Representatives. He has never missed a roll call and has now cast 7,835 consecutive votes as a member of the House.
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