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Peter Boyd is the Chief Operating Officer at Carbon War Room. The main aim of Carbon War Room is to accelerate the adoption of business solutions that reduce carbon emissions at gigaton scale and advance the low-carbon economy.
Peter Boyd joined Carbon War Room as Launch Director starting with the finalization of the initial concept with Richard Branson and fellow founders in early 2009. At present he focuses on developing and implementing the strategy in the three elements of Carbon War Room: Research & Intelligence, Network Engagement, and Operations.
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Robert-Jan Smits is responsible for defining and implementing the EU policy and programmes in the field of research and innovation (average annual budget 8 billion euro).
Mr. Smits has been instrumental in the development of several policy initiatives in the field of European science and innovation policy such as: the European Research Council (ERC), the European Roadmap for large scale facilities, Public-Private Partnerships in research, HORIZON 2020 and the Innovation Union.
Mr. Smits is chairing several high-level committees such as European Research Area Committee (ERAC) and the Steering Committee of the ERC (ERCEA).
Dr. Darius Sabaliūnas is the Head of the Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Organization at the Procter & Gamble Company (USA). He oversees an organization whose responsibilities include development of new human and environmental safety assessment methods, environmental testing and risk assessment, life cycle analysis as well as technical and scientific support for the corporate sustainability strategy and goals. D. Sabaliūnas studied biology, earned a Master of Philosophy Degree in Environment and Development and a Ph.D. Degree in Chemical Ecology and Ecotoxicology. D. Sabaliūnas has been with Procter & Gamble since 1997, on assignments in Sweden, Lithuania, Poland, United Kindom and now in the US. Procter & Gamble is a fast moving consumer goods company that serves about 4.8 billion consumers in 180 countries worldwide.
Cheryl Miller is a digital social entrepreneur and founder of Zen Digital Europe (ZDE), an organization promoting greater participation of women and girls in strategic and innovative economic sectors around the world. ZDE initiatives include Women2020.org, inQube.eu, DigitalMuse.org, and the European Digital Woman of the Year Awards. Cheryl has 25 years of international experience in the tech and ICT sectors, and is consulted worldwide as an expert on topics related to digital inclusion, digital literacy, gender equality, youth and female leadership, education and entrepreneurship, particularly in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) fields.
Ifor has been described as 'one of the most influential cluster practitioners in the world'. Since establishing Cluster Navigators in 1997, Ifor's focus has been on the practicalities of cluster development. He leads strategy workshops around the organisations. Ifor is a frequent speaker on competitiveness, clusters and innovation world with economic development agencies, cluster groups and support. Ifor is a Founder, Past President and currently a Member of the Board of Advisors of The Competitiveness Institute (Barcelona), the global network for practitioners, policy makers, researchers and business leaders working on regional competitiveness.
Loredana Ghinea has been working for the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) since April 2006 in the Research and Innovation department as a Manager for Emerging Science and Policy Issues and Innovation Policy. Her work on the environment and health issues looks at how science and research on the impact of environmental factors on human health can be translated into EU policies that ensure a sustainable society in Europe. This general issue encompasses topics such as impact of chemicals on susceptible populations, indoor air quality, health impact assessment, human biomonitoring, as well as emerging science issues such as nanotechnologies. Since 2012, seconded from Cefic as an Executive Director of A.SPIRE, she has also been leading the ambitious industrial proposal for an innovation Public-Private Partnership on Resource and Energy Efficiency for the process industry (SPIRE) with no fewer than 8 world-leading European industry sectors engaged to work together in the framework of Horizon2020.
Dr. G. Klotz is the Executive Director for Research and Innovation for the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC). He is a member of the CEFIC Leadership Team, which has the overall responsibility for coordinating and steering the activities of the organisation. Specific key areas of his responsibility are innovation (technology development, innovation policies, societal acceptance of new technologies and products), emerging science-policy issues (Health and Environment) and nano risk benefits and testing risk assessment within the CEFIC Long Range Research Initiative (LRI), as well as managing the CEFIC Research and Innovation Board. He is also a Board Member of the EU Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem).
Algimantas Markauskas is a Vice President and General Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics since 2008, before that he spent a significant number of years working at the company in different positions. He is co-author of 2 international patents, and was named the Manager of the Year in Lithuania in 2013 by the weekly magazine "Veidas". Algimantas is a member of the Board of the Knowledge Economy Forum; Board Member of the Industrial Biotechnology Development program for 2011-2013.
Algimantas Markauskas holds a Master degree in Chemistry from Vilnius University. He worked as Junior Scientist at the Institute of Applied Enzymology (1986-1990), and as Head of the Kits Production Laboratory at the Institute of Biotechnology (as1991-1994).
Domantas Surkys is a president of Lithuanian Association of Straw Bale House Builders. He has been engaged in straw house building for more than 15 years now. He has tried out almost all possible building technologies for straw houses. He is an active member of world straw bale house building movement. Domantas Surkys has participated and given notices in the biggest world events of straw bale building associations. He is also a member of world straw bale house building organization (ESBG) and an inventor of "Ecococon" straw shields.
Tomas is a CEO of the leading Lithuanian mobile solutions company App Camp. Prior to that, Tomas has worked in the banking industry for 14 years, 10 years out of them in Swedbank and held number of roles. Tomas is a happy husband of great wife, father of 4 wonderful kids, has 2 master degrees (Law and management in Mykolas Riomeris University, Finance in Vilnius University) and belt black 2nd DAN (Karate Shotokan). Tomas likes to read the books, play tennis and participate in volunteering projects.
Benas Adomavičius is the head of strategic management module at ISM Executive school. He teaches and consults companies in strategic and marketing management. Mr. Adomavicius is a member of the board at Creditinfo Lietuva. He acts as an advisor to several other companies. He is a certified business process management and performance measurement expert. He preforms research in strategic management and strategic thinking of business leaders. In his work experience, Mr. Adomavicius has worked at IT consulting company CCS Inc. in Boston for over 3 years, in Lithuania he worked at transportation and logistics company Transtrado, also as an associated consultant to EKT group. He taught seminars for over 100 companies and universities in Lithuania, Germany, Sweden, Belarus and Estonia.
During his first working decade went through different positions in Estonian
newspapers Postimees, Sõnumileht and Kesknädal as editorial writer, political
columnist and editor in chief. 10 years ago moved to Tallinn City administration to
lead municipal public relations. Since 2007 works in Tallinn EU Office and since
2012 also chairs the supervisory board of Tallinn Television.
Apart of general external communication of Tallinn he is involved closely into
development and promotion of Tallinn e-services and free public transport issues.
Graduated from Tartu University history department (1993), refreshed in Birmingham
University on political science (1996) and Indian Institute of Mass Communication
Wim Dierickx studied Computer Science at the Free University of Brussels. He then founded an IT company in 1987, based in Belgium, which specialized in end-user and IT-professional training. This company became one of the first Belgian Microsoft certified training centers in the 90's. In 2003, Wim swapped his own company for a job as Information Worker Business Group Lead for Microsoft Belgium. In 2006, he moved to EMEA where he was the SharePoint Marketing Manager until 2007. Today, he is leading the Information Worker business in the multi-country region (20 countries) of Central and Eastern Europe.
Emily Wise is an independent consultant – working primarily with VINNOVA (Sweden's innovation agency) on the areas of innovation environments/clusters and international linkages as part of the BSR Stars programme and StarDust project. Parallel, Emily is pursuing her doctorate at the Research Policy Institute (RPI), Lund University – examining the role of innovation intermediaries in transnational innovation networks. Emily has a BSFS in International Politics from Georgetown University (1991) and an MBA from the University of Virginia (1997).
In 1984 he graduated from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (former Kaunas Medical Institute) with the qualification of a medical doctor. He continued his studies in the clinical residency in Moscow Research Institute of Proctology and later completed post-graduate studies in Moscow Research Institute of Proctology and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. He has published over 280 scientific papers, and is a co-author of two textbooks and has given over 70 presentations and lectures at international events. Prof. Pavalkis has been a visiting professor at universities in Athens, London, and Prague.
Jean Severijns deals with cross border activities and internationalisation in general and with regional innovation policy in Europe in particular. He works for the Regional Government of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands as Project manager Internationalisation. Jean Severijns has more than 20 years of experience in policy-making, matching business and governmental interests on strategic, tactical and operational level. Jean Severijns was involved in more than 25 Regional Innovation Strategies in Europe. Currently, Jean Severijns is a member of the European Mirror Group on Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3)
Dr Jelena Angelis is a qualified economist and experienced in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. Jelena holds a PhD on the topic of strategic alliances in the biopharmaceutical sector and Mphil from the Univeristy of Cambridge; a BA (Honours) and an MBA from Vilnius University. During her career, she has provided advice and assistance to the European Commission, government departments and ministries, regional development, economic and enterprise development agencies (in the UK and wider Europe), county and city councils as well as small and medium-sized businesses. She has experience in conducting foresight and trend analysis projects for clients in different sectors, including telecommunications, manufacturing, wireless technologies, healthcare, and science & technology.
Vincentas is a CEO joint owner at JSC "BalTstamp", time mark provider for electronic signiture protection; and Project manager at JSC "INTA", Information technologies application company. He is also active in NGO organizsations.
Vincentas also is a lecturer's assistant at ISM University of Business Management and Economics. He holds a Bachelor at Economics & Politics and Masters at Innovation management and technology transfer at ISM.
Thomas Gaartz is a Global Technology Leader of Mars Petcare. Mars Petcare is changing the existing retort primary cooling water circuits from a "run-through" to a "recycling" method in three of its factories (in France, Lithuania and the United Kingdom).
Thomas Gaartz was a Project leader for the building extension of the Mars factory in Gargzdai 2000/1, for the WWTP in 2005 and some others.
Donatas is a Project manager/ Head of Laboratory of personal dosimetry at CJSC "Inta". He has a good understanding of radiation safety regulations and licensing procedures and is experienced in maintenance of radiation materials surveillance system.
Donatas holds Bachelor of Telecommunications physics and Electronics engineering and has done Master studies of Telecommunications physics and Electronics engineering.
He is also a Professor at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Finance Management, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania. In 2008 he was a Vice-minister and later on – Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania. In 2007-2008 he was an adviser to the Prime Minister on health care organization, strategy and reforms implementation.
Prof. Černiauskas graduated from Vilnius State University, School of Economics, with Master's degree in Economics in 1980. In 1983-1986 he studied at Lithuanian Academy of Science, Institute of Economics and in 1987 obtained Ph.D. in Economics, Specialisation in Public Administration and Health.
Dr. Christian Ketels is a member of the Harvard Business School faculty at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, where he leads Prof. Michael E. Porter's research team. He has led cluster and competitiveness projects in many countries and advised a number of governments and international organizations. Dr. Ketels is President of TCI, the global network of cluster practitioners, and serves on advisory boards to research institutions and government agencies in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. He has since 2004 been the author of the State of the Region-Report on Competitiveness and Collaboration in the Baltic Sea Region, and has recently served as an evaluator/coach to the StarDust-project.
Working for nine years with the large international institution The World Bank, Lilita
Sparane has gained strong knowledge and practical expertise in the field of
development of competitiveness and innovation policies at local, regional and
international levels.
Lilita's present job with the Latvian IT Cluster since 2006 along with her academic
background as a financial economist gives her the opportunity to practically develop
and implement strategies and collaboration activities on all cluster levels. She is also a
member of many international and cross-boarder projects, including the Baltic Sea
Region (BSR) StarDust project, which creates links between innovation policy
makers, implementing agencies and practitioners in the BSR. During these years
Lilita also become an active player in managing Latvian IT sector in-house and export
Since establishment of the Latvian Software Testing Quality Board (LSTQB) Lilita is
responsible for all management and administrative activities carried out by the Board.
She is also an authorized representative of the International Software Quality Institute
(iSQI GmbH), which is a leading provider of certification examinations, ensuring
quality of products and services all over the world, and also in Latvia.
Valdas Lašas is co-founder and/or co-owner of several companies in Lithuania, including: UPS Authorised Service Contractor in LT - Skubios siuntos UAB, Elinta UAB - Industrial and Power Plant Automation, Elinvision UAB - Computer Vision R&D, and Globaltus UAB - Global e-Commerce. Vladas is a TED Conference member and one of the 32 TED Patron's worldwide. He is an investor in sustainable & renewable energy projects in Europe through GRE Holding. His area of interest includes innovation in technology, education and society. He actively takes part in projects run by AmCham, The British Council, Save The Children, Rotary Club, universities and other organisations. Valdas also holds doctorate in Computer Science. He presented results of his research at conferences in Japan, USA, Germany, Russia and other countries
Luis Sanz is a Director General of International Association of Science Parks (IASP) and World Coordinator of the World Alliance for Innovation (WAINOVA). He is also President and founder of Perfil Trh. S.L., an international technology-brokerage company. He has published a large number of articles and presented many papers on the topic of Technology Parks, innovation, knowledge economy, sociology of globalisation, etc.
He is also editing consultant and advisor to economy magazines, and special advisor to Science and Technology Parks in different countries. Luis Sanz was a manager of Valencia in 1987 - 1996.
Hubert Goffinet is Project Manager in the Research & Innovation Department of Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI). He is the public body in charge of international relations of Wallonia and the French Community of Belgium.
In the Department, Hubert is in charge of coordinating a network of scientific liaison officers and animates the WBI's Research and Innovation Platform which gathers the main research and innovation operators of Wallonia-Brussels. By stimulating an open innovation approach in the field of international scientific and technological cooperation, he works closely with academia, research institutes and clusters.
Before joining the Research & Innovation Department, Hubert worked for the Belgian Presidency to the EU Council in the fields of industrial policy and research. He was also responsible of the follow-up of various committees of the OECD dealing with innovation and green growth.
Žilvinas Padaiga is a Director for Public Health, Research and Studies, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno Klinikos. He is also the Head of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Dean for International Relations and Study Center at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.
Professor has participated as a supervisor or consultant in a number of various projects and research studies. Ž.Padaiga worked as an expert of the Ministry of Health and in 2004-2006 was appointed as a Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania.
He is author and co-author of 215 publications regarding health system management and health policy, healthcare resources planning, children diabetes.
Aurelija Martūnienė is the project manager of Smart Women program as well as the co-founder of loyalty card Svarainis. lt which is designed to eco friends. The aim of Smart Women program is to provide an opportunity for women to reach their professional goals and to care of their children at the same time. The project of loyalty card Svarainis.lt combines two goals – it promotes ecological products and services as well as works for a charity.
Aurelija describes herself as the citizen of Mother Erath. She believes that the fullness of one's life can be reached just by the harmony of personal life and working activities. The goal of her life is to seek the balance between three main aspects – her family, her job as well as herself.
Laurynas is a project manager at JSC "ELINTA" and head of the board of Lithuanian electric vehicles association. He has been developing electric transport for 6 years, specializing in electric and plug in hybrid vehicles. Laurynas holds Bachelor of Electronics engineering and studies Masters of electronics engineering in Kaunas University of Technologies.
Arturas has over 15 years of organisations performance improvement advisory experience which he gained through his career in Arthur Andersen and EY companies. Fields of expertise include strategy and organisational development, optimisation of business processes, program and project management, assistance in selection and implementation of management information systems. Focussing on serving finance and public sector clients, Artūras has contributed to development of Innovation voucher scheme and is actively engaged in Lithuanian Valley development.
Chris Butler is a manager of Global Subsidiary Governance Services at Citco Corporate and Trust. He is also a member of the management team leading Citco's Global Subsidiary Governance Services (GSGS). Chris is the head of operations for the GSGS client service centre in Vilnius. From 2005 till present Chris is the chairman of the Board of the British Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania. His role is to chair Board meetings, to set the tone at the top of the organization, to support the Executive in their activities and to ensure that the Chamber represents the best interests of its members.
Mindaugas Gedvilas is Managing Director of the largest Nordic wheat starch company Amilina AB, a successful, export oriented, large scale start-up servicing paper and food industries in EU and Worldwide. Previously Mindaugas has been managing FMCG company Malsena producing bakery flour for Baltic markets and before grain processing industries, he has been CFO and deputy CFO of one of the largest European phosphate fertilizer companies Lifosa of Lithuania and Eurochem of Russia. Mindaugas graduated and obtained master degree of international business management in Kaunas Technology. Mindaugas has been a board member of various companies and non-profit organizations, including Lithuanian export promotion agency. He is also is a major owner of e-brocerage start-up for agro-commodities trading.
Mindaugas Laužikas is an Associate Professor at International Business School at Vilnius University and Leader of GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) Lithuania. He seeks for the excellence in scientific activities related to innovations and entrepreneurship, has nearly 5-year experience of lecturing and consulting (including such countries as Georgia, Sweden, France, Spain, Malta, Moldova and Lithuania). He has a solid international experience as an Equity Analyst in the Norwegian investment bank and a Business Developer in London-based international providers of financial derivative platforms. Mindaugas is involved in many projects as a researcher; the most of them are related to monitoring dynamics of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, and innovation processes in Lithuania at national and company levels. Currently he is a Researcher of European project ICT4SMEs, the aim of which is to develop, deploy and assess personalized training program focused at enhancing creativity, innovation and the development of talent among small and medium ICT companies as well as transferable coaching skills, based on blended learning and Serious Games methodologies.
Richard Bergström is a Director General of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and
Associations (EFPIA). In this capacity he also serves on the Board of IMI - the joint research undertaking between EFPIA and the European Commission. He worked at the Medical Products Agency, also at Roche and Novartis. For nine years he was Director-General of LIF, the Swedish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry. During this time he was member of the Board of EFPIA and the Council of IFPMA, the international association based in Geneva. Since 2006 he is an advisor to the WHO on Good Governance in Medicine.
Richard Bergström is a pharmacist by training. He received his MScPharm degree from the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Prof. Daan Crommelin is emeritus-professor at the Department of Pharmaceutics at Utrecht University. Until December 2011 he was scientific director of the Dutch Top Institute Pharma in Leiden. He is adjunct professor at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Utah. Crommelin is co-founder of OctoPlus, a Leiden based company specialized in the development of pharmaceutical product formulations and advanced drug delivery systems. He published extensively and is on the editorial board of 10 peer reviewed journals in the pharmaceutical sciences. He also advises venture capital groups. He chaired the Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (F.I.P.), he is past president of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Sciences (EUFEPS) and past vice-chair of the scientific advisory board of the European Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI).
Claus Juul Nielsen is an entrepreneur with a background based within product development and sales. He commenced his career within world wide retail of furniture, do-it-your-self market. This led to several years of setting up and implementing sales strategies for a large European company within the construction industry and a theoretical broadening through an MBA from Ålborg, Denmark.Claus founded the first brick-cleaning factory in Svendborg, Denmark, in 2003 and has developed the market for reclaimed, old bricks in Denmark, build two factories, actively participated in design and development of new machines for sorting and cleaning bricks. Claus participates in the political and institutional dialogue surrounding regulation, garbage & resource handling and sustainable business in general.
Dr. Virkutytė is an influential Principal Scientist resolving critical operations issues. She is a respected
technology leader offering proven ability to create and capitalize on enterprise-level technologies to produce
significant monetary savings.
Dr. Virkutytė is an Engineering Expert with proven adaptability and innovation in program leadership,
execution, intelligence and provision of environmental solutions to industry, academia and government. She is
a world class PhD graduate recognized for quick resolutions to operational challenges.
Dr. Virkutytė has experience with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA, ORD,
Cincinnati, OH, USA) as a Resident Senior Scientist. She was awarded the prestigious Nation Research
Council (NRC) grant to develop "greener" solutions for environmental remediation.
Dr. Virkutytė was also a professor at the University of Eastern Finland and awarded a visiting professor status
at James Cook University (Australia).
Merete is a Danish expert on innovation, regional development and internationalization.
Since 2005 she has been one of the central drivers behind the Danish REG LAB (www.reglab.dk). REG LAB is a national think tank on regional development – working on analysis, advising the members and facilitating workshops and conferences. Since 2009 REG LAB has also hosted Netmatch (www.netmatch.nu), where Merete is director. Netmatch is supporting the Danish innovation networks on issues like branding, organization and internationalization. She is also certificed ESCA benchmark expert and has benchmark over 30 clusters and two gold clusters.
She has a background from the Danish Ministry of Education and from two branch organisations.
Erik Tambuyzer is the Chairman of the Center for Medical Innovation (CMI), a non-profit foundation of Flanders, Belgium, working on translational biomedical research and biobanking with all universities and university hospitals of the region as well as with industry. He is also a member of the Belgian national advisory committee on rare diseases and orphan drugs, a Fund within the King Baudouin Foundation which he co-founded in 2006. Moreover, he belongs to the membership of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts.
Erik is a Founding Board member of the BioPontis Alliance Foundation dedicated to the development of therapeutic and diagnostic technologies for serious rare diseases in children. He is also working with the Advisory Committee of the multi-year project PRISM of the University of Alberta, Canada, on rare diseases, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
17 years of experience in the fields of rare diseases and orphan drugs, patient relations, and innovation in healthcare were evaluated by the 1st EuropaBio Award of Merit which Erik got in 2011.
Jūratė Stanišauskienė has experience of 11 years in the logistics industry, largest part of it as a manager, and few years in e-commerce industry as an entrepreneur. Since 2005 she is leading the team of middle managers of UPS Authorised Contractor in Lithuania Skubios siuntos UAB, FranklinCovey Lithuania, and is focused on the team members' development, unleashing their full potential, nurturing the company's core values&culture. Jūratė is responsible for the business development, ensuring operational and customer service excellence, meeting the business growth targets and financial result commitments.
Lina Bužermanienė is a board member of the European Federation of Allergy and Airway Diseases Patients Associations (EFA) since June 2009, EFA's representative in EMA (European Medicines Agency) Human Scientific Committees' Working Party with Patients' and Consumers' Organisations, she represents patients at the U-BIOPORED research project as Ethics Board member.
At national level she is a President of Lithuanian Council of Asthma Clubs since 2007 as well as President of Panevezys asthmatic community children section since 1999. In addition, she is editor-in-chief of the website http://www.astmainfo.lt/
Michel Goldman, Executive Director of IMI, builds and promotes networks of innovation, in close collaboration with all stakeholders involved in pharmaceutical R&D. IMI supports the launch and successful continuation of collaborative programmes to foster research and development activities on more effective and safer therapies for patients across Europe.
Michel Goldman is Professor of Immunology at the Faculty of Medicine of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. In 2004, Michel Goldman started up the Institute for Medical Immunology as the first public-private partnership in the biomedical sector in Wallonia, Belgium and he was inaugural vice-president of the BioWin Health Cluster. From 2007 to 2009, he served on the European Research Council as a member of the Advisory panel on Immunology and Infectious Diseases.
His achievements resulted in more than 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals. In 2000, Michel Goldman received the Joseph Maisin Prize, a major award for clinical sciences delivered by the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research, and he held the Spinoza chair at the University of Amsterdam in 2001.
Kåre Riis Nielsen is Director of European Affairs. Kåre is responsible for Novozymes' public affairs and media relations in Europe. He joined Novozymes in 2009. Prior to that he has been an independent consultant and held positions in the World Bank, United Nations and the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Leo began his career as R&D Assistant with Mondi and has experience in different positions in the company. He is the Head of R&D Paper, comprising paper business units but also the Fibre Packaging business units within Mondi Europe and International. Leo Arpa serves as chairman of programming work group of the Bio Based Industries Consortium (BIC) preparing the European PPP for the bio-based economy and is chairman of the Innovation Committee of CEPI (European Pulp and Paper Industries Association) representing the Polish Paper Makers. Furthermore he represents Mondi in the Strategy Board of BioEnergy 2020+ and is member of the advisory board of Wood K+, both leading research institutions in their fields of competence. Leo holds a master in pulp, paper and fiber technology science and engineering from the Graz University of Technology and a master of business administration from the Instituto de Empresa business school of Madrid.
Vytautas is a project manager at Agency for Science, Innovation and technology. His main focus is on assisting technology start-ups and innovation management. Vytautas has experience as a business consultant with Ernst&Young, where he worked on projects facilitating partnership of business and science. Vytautas holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Vilnius University and is currently studying innovation management and technology transfer at International School of Management.
Paulius Insoda is the CEO of NFQ, the leading and the fastest growing web & mobile software development company in the Baltics.
Regarded as one of the godfathers of e-commerce in Lithuania, Paulius has been leading NFQ's Project Department for more than 5 years. Paulius has been responsible for the creation of hundreds of Lithuanian e-shops, as well as their business strategies.
Paulius is a frequent speaker at major Lithuanian technology, business and e-commerce conferences.
Neringa Romanovskaja is an international class expert in business process management, entrepreneur, founder SUNTRILL JSC, whose field of expertise covers sales process design and management. Since 2002, she has been working in the projects for business management and service sale system optimization, development and implementation of CRM standards, creating export channels. She is one of certified experts in "Solution Selling" methodology and Sales Performance International Partner. Together with SPI (USA based) team and independently she has been working with global accounts in IT, TELCO, Manufacturing, Insurance and Logistic industries for the International Clients (Microsoft, AVAYA, Parker Hannifin, Dell, Philips, HENKELL, Maersk Line, Master Card). Neringa is in active collaboration with academic institutions and member of "Woman And Technology" National Initiative.
Arnoldas Jankunas works as Managing director of Nortal UAB, member of Nortal group - the biggest software development company in Baltic states. Nortal Group specializes in high-end software development serving telecom, government, financial and manufacturing industry clients in 16 countries. In Lithuania Nortal UAB is known for implementations of online service platforms for large organizations in Lithuania using latest technologies and implementation widely using e-signature.
Arnoldas Jankunas has graduated Kaunas Technical University and International Business School of Vilnius University.
Tomas Andriuškevičius, CFA, is an Investment Director and a Partner at the private equity firm Practica Capital since 2013. Before that he spent 15 years in the corporate finance and investment banking fields working for Arthur Andersen, CA IB (Bank Austria Group), and SEB Enskilda. Tomas managed and participated in completed Lithuanian company M&A and ECM transactions with total value of over two billion litas.
Dr Ruxandra Draghia-Akli is a Director of the Health Directorate at the Research and Innovation DG of the European Commission. Dr Draghia served as Vice-President of Research at VGX Pharmaceuticals (now Inovio) and VGX Animal Health. Her research activities focused on molecular biology, gene therapy and vaccination. She is a global leader in the field of nucleic acid delivery for therapeutic and vaccination applications. She is an inventor on more than a hundred patents and patent applications.
Dr Draghia published numerous scientific papers and served as ad-hoc reviewer for granting agencies, meetings for gene therapy and endocrinology societies, and scientific journals in Europe and the USA.
Arvydas Strumskis is a Fund Manager who has over 10 years of experience in private equity fund management.
Arvydas Strumskis acquired most of his experience during 1998-2005 working as a management team member for the Baltic Post-Privatisation Fund established by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He also held the position of a member or the Chairman of the Board in a number of companies: Kauno Pieno Centras AB, Tallinn Kulmhoone AS, Utenos Trikotažas AB, Vilkma AB, Trinyčiai AB, Sonex UAB.
During the period of 2000-2009 Arvydas Strumskis was a member of the Board in Narbutas ir Ko UAB, Lietuvos Energija AB, Mabilta UAB, Itella UAB, DOOR Training and Consulting Baltic UAB, and the real estate fund management company Lord LB Asset Management, UAB.
Dr. Pranas Bernardas Milius is the Managing Director of KTU Regional Science Park in Kaunas for 15 years, the manager of many international and national projects. He has over 30 years of experience in innovative processes, IPR and more than 10 years of experience in stimulation and monitoring of innovations at industrial level and technology transfer facilitation services amongst research and industry. P.B.Milius was an expert for Research and Innovation programme of 6th and 7th Framework programmes in Lithuania appointed by Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania and was a member of Committee for Industrial Development Strategy which is co-ordinated by Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania, initiator of development of business incubation services in Lithuania. Now Pranas Milius is a representative of Lithuania in Baltic Association of Science and Technology Parks and Innovation Centers (BASTIC). P. Milius is a doctor who has led 4 doctoral dissertations. The author or the co-author of more than 70 inventions and over 50 books and articles.
Lars Christian Hansen is a member of the board of EuropaBio (the European biotech industry association) and since June 2011, he has been chairing EuropaBio's Industrial Biotechnology Council. Since January 2011, he is also chairman the European Biofuel Technology Platform. He holds a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, a M.A. in Journalism from NYU, and a B.A. in Foreign Trade from Copenhagen Business School. Hansen joined Novozymes in 1990. After various staff function in the Danish Headquarters including as Executive Assistant to the CEO he has since gained 12+ years of international experience from leadership assignments as Sales and Marketing Director in China, Managing Director for Southeast Asia and India (based in Malaysia), President of Novozymes Japan, and President of Novozymes North America.
Roma Stubriene is a Director of Klaipeda Science and Technology Park. She has wide network of partners in science, business and public authorities in the countries around the Baltic Sea created within the 15-year work experience related to new technologies and innovation support process development in the BSR. She has great experience participating in a work of sub-regional organizations – CPMR Baltic Sea Committee, BSSSC, Euroregion "Baltic". Previously Roma has been the Director of Regional Development Department of Klaipeda County Governor's Administration. She holds the Psychology and Pedagogy Masters diploma from Klaipeda University.


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CalExotics adds sensory deprivation and role-play lines to Scandal collection
Posted: October 10, 2017
CalExotics has added a number of new lines to its Scandal collection of fetish gear, including toys used for sensory deprivation and role-playing products. As with previous collections, the new arrivals feature distinctive red and black brocade and the packaging tells a story of passion and desire.
Susan Colvin, founder, and CEO of CalExotics, said: "Scandal is one of our most visually appealing collections. The packaging is sensual and seductive, and transports the users into a new world where all their fantasies come to life. This is our sixth season, and it keeps getting better and better."
The new products include: BDSM Rope, a multi-purpose rope designed to be used on any part of the body which is just over 32 feet long; Beginner's Fetish Kit, containing a sensual eye mask, reusable, self-adhesive tape and a pair of silicone nipple suckers; Lace Hood, made of breathable lace mesh for comfort and style with an open-mouth design; Lace Body Suit, full-body crotchless playwear with a plunging neckline to highlight every curve of the body; Silicone Stopper Gag, a gag that accommodates open or closed mouth play; Chair Restraint, a set of two fully adjustable designer fabric ties made to hold a submissive firmly in place; Crops, in two styles – a split tip crop and full-coverage wide tip crop; Pegging Panty Set, which contains a stretch-to-fit panty, available in S/M and L/XL sizes, and a premium silicone probe; 8 Points of Love Bed Restraint, which features straps that adjust to fit any bed and comes complete with eight universal D-rings and four tethers; and a Pony Play Kit, made up of a bar gag with fabric ties and sturdy reigns to guide the pony wherever the dominant desires and a premium silicone probe with a long and lifelike ponytail for a more realistic experience.
CalExotics says Scandal pushes the boundaries of fetish gear, while also being approachable, and this view is echoed by BDSM enthusiast Sunny Megatron, host of American Sex Podcast. She commented: "I have always been a big fan of Scandal products. They are visually beautiful and easy to use for beginners. But, unlike a lot of beginner BDSM gear, many pieces are also durable enough for intense, heavy-duty scenes. Perfect in my book."
To order the Scandal collection, contact CalExotics or your favourite CalExotics distributor. For more information visit calexotics.com


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Are you the epitome of an ATAR underachiever or, a proud member of the 'My parents will kill me if I get anything less than 90' crowd?
What your result says about you:
The epitome of an ATAR underachiever, you're 100 per cent not fussed about school (or at least that's what you'll tell people when they ask after your score). You face-palmed your way through the sludge that is syllabus-led education and your eyes are permanently stuck in a squint from giving educators the evil side-eye. You've become known for sleeping in, using your textbook as a pillow and asking, "Can I borrow a pen?" (of which you CBF'd returning). You're just here for easy access to the canteen's Pizza Roundas.
You're an unabashed expert at texting under the desk – emoji's included – and while you have the potential to do great things, you heard about this cool, older guy whose dad has a boat and your priorities lie with the sea. You can never remember your student login information, have a not-so-secret desire to be Instagram-famous and like to get drunk at parties and tell the story of how you were spotted at the shops by a model scout (but mum wouldn't let you sign). When people ask about your score, you tell them you've got your eggs in other baskets.
You got a good thwack! of the smart stick but believe in balance (okay, it's more like a 60/40 split). You therefore left a lot of Year 12 up to ol' mate chance by vegging out with artificial cheese and (equally artificial) reality TV. You were voted 'Most Likely to use a YouTube Clip as a Related Text' in English and almost gave yourself a heart attack trying to cram a years' worth of study into three nights. Your major works for drama and art are a bitch in scaling (Truth: a select few truly understand how this works) but as you say, "She'll be right". And she will, right after this episode.
You're a smarty-pants with a good understanding of the words 'healthy' and 'balance'. Like salad with pizza, you know when to lose yourself to Kylie Jenner's Snapchat and when to put your phone in a fire-proof, code-protected safe to avoid distraction. And you're no stranger to the occasional party pash at a house party after a few too many Cruisers, you've got to have some life after all.
Congrats! You're the 'My parents will kill me if I get anything less than 90' crowd, also known as Library Lingerers/Those Annoying Ones Who Say They Don't Study Then Get 80%.
Not only do you have a colour-coded assessment calendar but you've decked it out with co-ordinating stickers, post-its and just about anything else that can be used to annotate (mum's stopped buying fruit after you pilfered the labels).
You've experimented with sense memory (if you don't have the same butter chicken with rice before exams you're going to fail) and have become best known for your "I can't hang out, I have to study!" battle cry. You'll falter a touch at uni, where the idiom, 'P's get degrees' will cause you to have a thrice daily existential crisis but an unhealthy addiction to caffeine will set you right.
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Hiru CIA revealed recently about the massive environmental hazard that has been caused by the auction of a land of an area of more than 8 acres in the hill country for gem excavations by the National Gem and Jewellery Authority.
The license for gem mining in the area will be active till April next year. Yet this is how the area looks like before the passage of 4 months.
Although gem mining using a backhoe machine is against the law of the country, here it has been limited to the law book.


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Parade the Circle Leadership Training
Want to participate in the parade but not sure how to get involved? New and seasoned paraders are invited to join us for free workshops to learn the basics of parade ensemble design and construction. Representatives of school and community groups, families, friends, and individuals interested in learning parade skills from professional parade artists may attend six Tuesday evening workshops beginning March 5, 6:30–9:00 p.m., at the W. 25th Street Lofts (corner of W. 25th Street and Church Avenue, Cleveland, 44113).
Session 1: Conceiving Your Parade Ensemble
An introduction to different ways to be BIG. View the parade DVD and explore various approaches to designing, organizing, and performing your parade ensemble.
Sessions 2–6: Parade Skills
Each week we will break the ice by experimenting with parade costumes, headpieces, banners, and puppets, exploring ways to "tell a story" moving along a parade route.
Throughout the six weeks, we will introduce techniques for building understructures, finishing surfaces, and creating and embellishing costumes.
Practice stations available each week:
- Mâché
- Costuming/embellishment
- Building understructure (sessions 2–3, March 12, 19: cardboard strip construction; sessions 4–5, March 26, April 2: wire work)
Artist Demos
- Session 3 (March 19): no-sew costumes and pattern making
- Session 5 (April 2): painting
For more information and a schedule, contact Community Arts at 216-707-2483 or commartsinfo [at] clevelandart.org. Public parade workshops at the parade tent begin in May and are offered every Wednesday/Friday, 6:00–9:00 p.m., and Saturday/Sunday, 1:30–4:30 p.m., until the parade.


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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Quest begins tonight!
Remember, the Quest class starts at 7pm (not 7:30) tonight; the topic is "World Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam" with Dr. Edward Kettner. If you haven`t registered yet, you can still attend and register at the break.
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Mystery Stole 3
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The weird thing is that I *know* this project will take two skeins of the Alpaca with a Twist and I can't find the second skein. I've turned the house upside down -- and found other yarns that I forgot I had. My yarn is stored in two spots in the house, so this skein can't be anywhere else?
I can only assume that it is in the same place that my 'Victorian Lace Today' book is. I *know* I own this book, but have no idea where it is. I've looked everywhere.


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Hello, For Christmas I am giving my husband the gift of Gen Con. Every year he says he wishes he went, and this year, I'm going to make it happen. We are bringing our daughter (who is already into gaming) but she'll be 7. I know she's free to get in, but how will I get her registered? And, I'm looking around trying to figure out what the difference is in a badge for entry and then event tickets? Are the event tickets for us to play in any games? I'm so confused. Any info you can provide would be awesome! I'm not sure what to expect!
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Ian McLagan Collection Donated to the Briscoe Center
The Ian McLagan Collection has been donated to the Briscoe Center. McLagan was best known for playing keyboards for the Small Faces (later the Faces), part of the first wave of British rock acts to break into the American mainstream in the 1960s.
"McLagan's whirlwind career—as well as that of his contemporaries—is well documented in this fascinating collection," said Don Carleton, executive director of the Briscoe Center. "I'm grateful to Ian's son, Lee, for choosing the center as the home for his father's archive."
McLagan joined the Small Faces in 1965. Their best-known song in America was the 1968 hit "Itchycoo Park." Later in his career he toured and recorded with the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Pete Townshend, Bruce Springsteen and Lucinda Williams. In the 1990s he settled in the Austin area, performing locally with his group, the Bump Band.
The McLagan collection include photographs, promotional materials, diaries, letters, chord sheets, audio recordings and considerable documentation that details the logistics of touring. The papers also included McLagan's personal artwork and songbooks.
"The collection speaks to a significant era in Anglo-American popular culture, and in particular helps to document how the rock bands of McLagan's era recorded, performed and toured," added Carleton. "The archive takes its place at the center with the Tom Wright Photographic archive, which includes an important collection of photographs documenting the career of McLagan and some of his fellow musicians."
The Briscoe Center's Tom Wright Photographic Collection documents the American rock scene from the 1960s to 1990. McLagan met Wright in the early 1970s. Wright photographed McLagan and other members of the Faces on tour for many years. In 2007 McLagan was a featured speaker at a celebration of the center's Tom Wright Collection.
"He said he was going to take the best pictures and he actually did," said McLagan in 2007 at the Briscoe Center event. "On the road, the best room after a gig was his room because his bathroom was full of the photographs being developed that he'd taken that day. So you always knew what was going on and what had gone on because it was in the bath."


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the beautiful and altruistic acting treat gael garcia bernal and excellent documentary maker marc silver put together these four short and fantastically shot documentary pieces on the experience of migrants from south and central america through mexico to reach the territory of the united states of america in all its glory.
the four shorts look at the different and hideous challenges that these people face, all in the name of hope for a better future for themselves and their children.
it is heartbreaking and angering to see what these people are willing to go through for a better life, due to being born to a certain nation state, at a certain time, with little or no other option but to risk life, limb and innocence for money.
watch them here on amnesty internationals website
or see the first part below- seaworld


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Yesterday, the Democratic party signed its own death warrant. For the position of Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, was defeated by former Obama administration Labor Secretary Tom Perez. Keith Ellison was endorsed by Bernie Sanders and the progressive wing of the Democratic party. Tom Perez was the choice of the establishment Democrats including Hillary Clinton.
Bernie was the only candidate that could have defeated Trump. All of the polls showed that in a race against Trump, Bernie would do better that Hillary. Many people who voted for Trump have stated that they would have voted for Bernie if he had been running for president. Bernie could have carried the traditional Blue states that turned Red when faced with voting for Hillary.
After hacked DNC emails were made public, it was shown that the DNC had actively sabotaged Bernie's campaign in favor of Hillary's. Bernie took that whipping and started shilling "we must unite to defeat Trump" for the same party that cost him the endorsement. I lost a lot of respect for Bernie for not whole-heartedly condemning the DNC and denouncing them as frauds.
The fact is that the Democratic party is on it knees begging to be put out of its misery. Only 16 out of 50 governors are Democrats (1 is Independent). Only out 12 of 50 state legislatures are Democratically controlled (6 are split). From their policies and voting records and donors, most Democrats are indecipherable from Republicans. Democrats are the little brothers of the Republicans, chasing them around with wide-eyed expressions of amazement on their faces while they meekly try to do things a little differently so that they can still assert their independence from them. Republicans are the bigs dogs who can always send the Democrats running with their tails between their legs with a bark or a bite.
With yesterday's vote, the Democratic party has shown that it does not have enough honest self-reflection to save itself, from itself. While Bernie still has any cache and the movement that he created has some momentum, he must turn his back on the losers who turned their backs on him. Bernie needs to step up and start the new progressive party.
Historically, third parties have taken a beating and no one has taken them very seriously. However, historically no one took Donald Trump very seriously because he took constant beatings as a businessman and yet he became president of the U.S. We are in a time of great political upheaval where anything is possible.
Before Bernie is dead and more importantly before the 2018 elections, a new, narrowly-focused national progressive party must be created with Bernie's blessing (and possibly as its interim leader) and sweep the nation. Even if this is wishful thinking and it is impossible to make awe inspiring gains in just 2 years, a new progressive party is our only hope for real, radical change in the future.
Contact Bernie in any way you can and tell him the Democratic party is dead. Then tell him its not enough to be Independent when Independent just means freely moving between two busted parties. Tell him real change will only come through a strong, unified, principled new party that focuses on: campaign finance reform, protecting people from climate change, real minority and gender equality, and reallocating military resources to high quality free education and healthcare.


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AMD, Intel, Asus Bring the Energy Back to PCs at Computex 2019
The Satanic Temple sued Netflix and Warner Bros Entertainment on Thursday, seeking more than $50 million (GBP 38.3 million) for their alleged unauthorised use of a statue of the goat-headed deity Baphomet in the series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
In a complaint filed with the US District Court, the plaintiff, whose stated mission includes encouraging benevolence and empathy among people rejecting tyrannical authority, accused the defendants of copyright infringement, trademark violations and injury to its reputation.
Netflix referred a request for comment to Warner Bros, a unit of AT&T. Warner Bros spokesman Paul McGuire said that company does not discuss pending litigation.
According to the complaint, Netflix, which distributes Sabrina, and Warner Bros, which produces it, misappropriated the Salem, Massachusetts-based plaintiff's Baphomet with Children in ways implying that it "stands for evil."
The Satanic Temple, whose formal name is United Federation of Churches LLC, said the statue has appeared in at least four of the first 10 Sabrina episodes, which were released on October 26, and was a "key element" of the season finale.
"The unique elements of TST's expression of the idea of Baphomet, and particularly the use of a male chest rather than voluptuous large female breasts, and the configuration with a small boy and small girl looking at the Sabbatic Goat head of the statue, were unquestionably copied by defendants," the complaint said.
In its complaint, The Satanic Temple also objected that the evil antagonists in Sabrina were depicted in a manner "in stark contrast to TST's tenets and beliefs."
The lawsuit also seeks the exclusion or digital removal of the plaintiff's statue from Sabrina episodes.
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The case is United Federation of Churches LLC v Netflix et al, US District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 18-10372.
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I can't answer your SAP-specific question but I can say that setting specific (and tangible) goals for your career move is absolutely essential if you want to make it work. Here's a recent TechTarget article I wrote that can help in this regard:
Here's another one that may be of some value as well:
Hope this helps and best of luck!!
I agree with the previous responders statements. From a SAP specific perspective, java coding is not as important as it used to be. It does have value from a Root Cause Analysis perspective. Project Management is a very relevant skill set. Knowledge of business processes around SRM and MM is also valuable. A free resource to conduct additional research is Sap Corporation. Look at sdn.sap.com and bpx.sap.com. You will find a wealth of content and information on SAP functionality and how it is used. The best way to learn is by doing and this will help you discover what knowledge has the highest value by reading the questions and comments posted by practitioners.
Agreed, but the way in the UK is through training and certification, there are a number of books and online courses which you can do which will give you the understanding and then use the certification and the PM experience to start applying for roles. I am assuming SRM is CRM and don't know of MM as a SAP module, but with good experience in development and PM there is a market for managing the ABAP/4 development part of a SAP implementation, this may be the door to get your foot in by and then grow from there.
Another option is to leverage your current Project Management and Java skills by breaking into SAP via SAP's BPM arena – lots of opportunities in this area as the new focal point within SAP is to drive SOA.
Check out http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-bpm and see if it is of interest.
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The Galaxy Note 2 is the best Android smartphone I have used to date. It is much slicker, smoother and more responsive than the previous Galaxy Note. Best of all its battery life is just insanely great – I estimate it is at least twice that of the Galaxy Note and depends on usage of apps , it can even be 3 times more. I have achieved on screen time of 9 hours easily on the stock rom/stock kernel. I would say this is the only Samsung phone that I do not mind using the stock rom and stock Touchwiz UI. The more powerful and efficient chip Exynos 4412 quadcore 1.6 Ghz together with Android latest OS Jellybean 4.1.1 had indeed done wonders to this phone.
This post is about how I flash a upgraded official rom than followup by rooting it and installing ClockworkMod Recovery
UPGRADING rom to XXALJI
The phone comes with firmware XXALIH which does not have the Multi-Windows feature. MultiWindows allows multitasking by using 2 apps simultaneously on the same screen at the same time. One just need to hold down the back key to enabled this feature. From the list of standard apps ( 12 available ) , just drag the app one need to the homescreen and you will have 2 apps on the homescreen. The viewable portion of each app can be simply adjusted by just dragging up/down the centered arrow. The newer rom version XXALJI has this new feature
This is what I did to upgrade the rom
1. Install Samsung USB drivers v22.214.171.124 in PC. Download drivers here. Or you can download KIES from here and run the exe file to install the Samsung USB drivers. This is necessary so that when you connect phone to PC, the phone can be recognised.
2. Download Odin v 1.85 from HERE . This is a software needed to flash roms on the phone in PC
3. Download the rom XXALJI from sammobile.com . You need to register in order to download. You can also download the latest XXALJ3 if you wish. Extract the 1.09 GB zip file to get the file into tar format N7100XXALJ1_N7100OXXALJ1_N7100XXALIH_HOME.tar.md5 ( 1.53 GB). Copy this file to any location in your PC
4. In PC, disable all anti virus and make sure KIES is not on ( if you have installed it) . Launch Odin – you will see Odin Window .
Put the phone into download mode by pressing simultaneously the vol down+power+home button – select vol up so that your phone is now in download mode.
Connect phone to PC through the USB cable. In the Odin window , you will see a yellow box with com number if phone is successfully connected. Select PDA and browse to where you have kept the rom tar file and select it. Leave other settings as default. Press START The flashing will take about a minute and do not disconnect the phone until the phone is successfully booted up
Check the new rom version at Settings/About Device/ build Number
ROOTING and Installing ClockworkMod Recovery
1. Download the recovery cum root file cwm6-root-n7100-121015.rar from HERE . Extract this rar file to get the file in tar format. Copy this tar file to any location in PC
2. Boot phone to DOWNLOAD mode ( as per above ). Connect phone to PC
3. Launch Odin. Select this tar file as PDA. Leave the rest of settings as default. Press START. The root and CWM will be flash over within half a minute. Wait for phone to reboot successfully before disconnecting from PC
4. Check root successfully installed by looking for the app SuperSU in the apps drawer. Test this by downloading from playstore Titanium Backup or AdFree. If root is successful, these apps will launch successfully
5. Test CWM recovery by simultaneously pressing down Home+Power+Vol UP buttons. At the second Samsung logo splash screen, release all the 3 buttons. You should see the Recovery menu
This method will increase your flashing counter to 1. You can remove this easily by downloading the app Triangleaway – run the APK file and just follow the guided instructions. Details are available here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
There are 2 other methods you can root your phone:
1. Chainfire CF Root : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1933542 .
It is basically same method and using Odin to flash the CF Root tar file. Read this link as the instructions are very clear in post#2
2. Using the Toolkit by mskip
Install the exe file in PC . Connect phone and just run the tookit program. You will see a big menu of choices. Just select your choice and you will be prompted and guided accordingly. Very detailed instructions are also given in this link


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EUR/USD Binary Options Trading for July 9, 2014
I found a solid trade set-up on the support 1 level of 1.36153. As I stated in my post on the GBP/JPY trading from yesterday, my favorite type of trades are those that go with the general trend at retracements back to recent support and resistance levels.
By "trend" in the case of short-term binaries, I mean to say where the market is heading at that particular time, normally for that morning alone. Trend is often ambiguous in the sense that it can simply be in opposing directions depending on the timeframe being used. Perhaps on the daily chart you're in a clear multi-month uptrend yet on the five-minute chart you're in a clear downtrend. But for binaries I like to consider the shorter-term trends for the simple fact that I'm trading shorter-term instruments. If you're swing trading forex and holding positions for several days, weeks, or months at a time, I'd advise trading in accordance with the trend on those higher timeframes – e.g., what you might see on the daily chart. I do understand that "trend trading" can be a source of confusion for many because charts simply look different across the various timeframes of the same asset. But trading with the trend relative to the type of trades you are making makes the most sense to me. If you're scalping the forex market for a few pips at a time or trading binary options with 15-minute expiries, then considering the trend from a shorter-term perspective works best, in my opinion.
As for today's trade, the market had ascended about five pips above support 1 yet fell back to test the level on the 1:50 candle. The close sat roughly on 1.36153, but I was still willing to get into a call option on the 1:55 candle. There were a few things working in its favor. The rise above support 1 looked like a relatively genuine indication that it wanted to stay above for now and perhaps eventually test up toward the pivot level. All that, of course, would depend on what happens as more orders come into the market as the minutes/hours wear on. This was still pretty early – just before 2AM EST. And support and resistance levels do tend to hold a bit better in lighter trading hours, so this was another factor in my decision. And the price action was decent. You can't really tell from the diagrams, but price was holding pretty steadily on 1.36153 so I decided to get into it. The odds were definitely better than 50-50, probably right around 60%. Those types of bets will make you money in the long-run.
The entry candle did fall below support 1, but the three following candles were all bullish and led to a good five-pip winner. And that's not a bad margin at all for 2AM.
After this, I had considered potential put option set-ups at the pivot level. But it never made it up there. I was even considering a put option trade on the 2:45 candle had it gotten up a bit higher due to the clear congestion and suggestions of reversal. The reversal did occur, but I simply wasn't able to get into an entry point of my own choosing.
Following, I considered further call option set-ups along the support 1 level. But price simply meandered up and below the level, showing indecision and no clear indication of what the pair wanted to do. Based on the failure to reach up to pivot, I felt that the EUR/USD would eventually fall below support 1 to make new lows because the buying didn't seem sufficiently robust if it's reversing in the middle of a pivot point channel.
This did occur at just after 4:40AM EST when price dipped below support 1 for over six hours before a wave of buying came in the New York morning session around 10AM to boost it above the pivot level.
Overall, a 1/1 ITM day.


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Newcastle supporters protest owner Mike Ashley before Premier League opener
Several hundred Newcastle United supporters gathered to protest Mike Ashley's ownership of their club prior to the Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.
The Magpie Group, which presents itself as a network of Newcastle supporter groups, called earlier this week for "peaceful protest action" outside the Sports Direct store on Northumberland Street in Newcastle-upon-Tyne "to take part in an audible and visible display of displeasure against Mike Ashley and his running of their football club."
Supporters gathered outside the store, less than half a mile from St James' Park, chanted "We want Ashley out" and held signs and banners, including one that read, "He is only one man. We are a city."
Ashley, who owns Sports Direct and on Friday completed a takeover of British department store House of Fraser, has long been criticised by supporters for what they perceive to be neglectful ownership of the club he purchased in 2007.
His lack of a relationship with manager Rafa Benitez, whose contract runs only through this season, has also irritated fans in recent months -- and even Benitez has expressed his own frustration on numerous occasions, especially with Newcastle spending only half of their revenue from players in the summer transfer window.
Chants of "We want Ashley out" #nufc pic.twitter.com/nVUv51leRH— Mike Fuller (@mikefuller91) August 11, 2018
Newcastle made seven additions, including a permanent deal for Martin Dubravka and another loan for Kenedy, as well as a loan of Salomon Rondon and a free transfer of Ki Sung-Yeung, during the summer.
On Saturday, in an appearance on Sky Sports, former striker Shola Ameobi said Ashley should be praised in light of mistakes other ownership groups have made across England.
"You look at the amount of money you need to pay to buy superstars now -- Mike Ashley has come out and said he hasn't got the funds to do that, to compete with Manchester City and Liverpool," Ameobi said. "He's a businessman, and unfortunately for Newcastle fans, he wants to run his business in a way that is sustainable.
"Credit to him, because if you look at the likes of Aston Villa and these clubs who are struggling financially, the one thing that Mike Ashley has done for Newcastle over the last 10 years is to stabilise the club where the club is running itself and we've got no debt. That's a credit to Mike, but obviously, fans of a football team who want to progress year on year, they want to see big players. We can be quietly happy with our business."
In an open letter attributed to Benitez, managing director Lee Charnley and captain Jamaal Lascelles and posted on Newcastle's website on Friday, the club urged supporters "to pull in the same direction for the good of the club."
"Doing good business in a transfer window is about ending the window clearly stronger than when you started and we believe we have done this," the letter reads. "The view we all share is that we have a better squad now than the one that finished 10th last season and all involved have worked tirelessly to make this happen."
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Q1 Symposium: Peace and Security in a Quantum Age
Q Station, Sydney, Australia
20-22 February 2014
'Predictions can be very difficult, especially about the future.'
— Niels Bohr
The 'Q Symposium: Peace and Security in a Quantum Age', the first annual conference of the Centre for International Security Studies, to be held 20-22 February 2014.
Q starts with the annual Michael Hintze Lecture at the Quadrangle of the University of Sydney on Thursday 20 February at 4 pm. The following morning participants will board a ferry at the Circular Quay for a two-day symposium at the historic Q Station, the former quarantine site at the entry to Sydney Harbour.
Peace and security scholars and experts as well as scientists and humanists, diplomats and soldiers, journalists and filmmakers, risk analysts and risk takers, among others, will gather to address probabilistic global events of high consequence, the 'white swans' of the Southern Hemisphere.
From a Youtube video of an oil spill to an Instagram of a human rights violation to a Twitter realtime feed of a terrorist bombing to a Wikileak of classified documents, multiple media interventions are transfiguring global politics. Events phase-shift in a single news cycle from states to sub-states, local to global, public to private, organized to chaotic, virtual to real – and back again. Complex, volatile, and emergent peace and security issues require new and timely thinking as well as responses.
Q applies the latest innovations in the natural, social and human sciences to a reconfiguration of global power, developing peace and security issues and the role of networked global media in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. Q will examine rising powers, new actors, financial crises, terrorist attacks, cyberconflicts, uberveillance, pandemics, natural and unnatural disasters as well as white swans. With Sydney universities leading the way in quantum computing and communication, Q will also consider the political, strategic, diplomatic, financial and ethical implications of the moment when quantum shifts from the microphysical and metaphorical to the macrophysical and actual.
Q quarantines critical thinkers and innovative practitioners to question the assumptions of traditional security studies by engaging in quality transdisciplinary research on quantum global effects. Q is made possible by the support of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the School of Social and Political Sciences, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.


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Christina is a former Olympic level beach volleyball player. She competed 6 years on the FIVB tour as the National Team of Greece. In 2012 Christina returned to Los Angeles and became a sought after lifestyle coach to the stars, curating adventures locally and around the world to discover ways of living at your best. Christina is a successful entrepreneur. Her company, Zoi Zen, has attracted partnerships of prominent wellness leaders, widening her following and deepening her experiences. As an expert traveler and athlete, Christina now advises for various travel and healthy lifestyle companies enhancing their holistic perspectives. She has a BA in psychology from Pepperdine University and holds defensive records in their elite volleyball program.


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A Canadian Street Scene
When dreaming up winter scenes- we see in our hearts the street scenes we know and love so much here as a part of our Canadian winters. And this Newfoundland Street Scene inspired by Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris, captures exactly what we love about Canadian Winters…we are immersed in an icy world for a good part of our year, BUT we have the colours of life in our houses and our hearts to warm those days that we spend inside with those we love around us.
Come and learn to paint in this style and enjoy the the work of a Group of Seven Artist. Made with a twist so anyone can paint this scene- it will be a fun night for all. Add your own touch to the houses, choose your own colours! Do it all in black and white! Your canvas, your inspiration, we will help and make the night fun for you!
No artistic experience is necessary. Our expert artist will walk you through all the steps you need to paint work of art that is so frame worthy, your friends will be all jealous that they do not have one for themselves.
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He was known to have pioneered a distinctly Canadian painting style in the early twentieth century. He was known as someone that provided the stimulus for the Group of Seven. During the 1920s, Harris' works became more abstract and simplified, especially his stark landscapes of the Canadian north and Arctic. He also stopped signing and dating his works so that people would judge his works on their own merit and not by the artist or when they were painted. In 1969, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
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A professional organization for the advanced study of Shakespeare's works, times, and afterlife.
- In light of the Supreme Court's decision on the administration's Executive Order concerning travel, the SAA reaffirms its statement on inclusion and mutual respect as expressed below. We remind our members that we continue to share the sentiments expressed in President Heather James's February 2017 letter to the membership on this topic.
- The SAA joins sister ACLS organizations in signing a statement on the proposed program cuts at the University of Wisconsin, Steven Points.
- The SAA joins sister ACLS organizations in opposing US Congress proposal to tax tuition waivers, 28 November 2017.
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- The SAA was founded on principles of inclusion, open exchange, and mutual respect. Its pioneering seminar system welcomes scholars from all locations and of all professional standings to meet around its seminar tables. We value the international diversity of our membership and condemn any policy or directive that impedes the movement of scholars into and out of the United States. Click for more.
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Boy in cramped conditions, Bjørn Nørgaard's Hesteofringen (The Horse Sacrifice) in new set-up, and a Lamborghini whose paintwork you are allowed to scratch. New exhibition at ARoS featuring works from the collection wants to direct focus on contemporary society and challenge our ideas about Europe.
On Saturday 3 September, the exhibition No Man Is an Island – The Satanic Verses will open at ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum featuring works from the ARoS collection as well as a series of distinctive works on loan. The exhibition will feature carefully selected installations by a number of international artists. No Man Is an Island – The Satanic Verses may be seen as a follow-up to Out of the Darkness, which was the first exhibition curated by Erlend G. Høyersten, museum director.
- It's a thought-provoking exhibition designed to pique our views on both contemporary life and interpersonal relations. Not bound by art history or a specific theme, it's more a subjective narrative reflecting our present-day society. Without offering definitive answers, the exhibition encourages us to reflect on our lives and our culture, says Erlend G. Høyersten.
Aspects highlighted include people's right to differ, Europe on the move, and how our view of humanity and sets of values – as individuals and as groups – are being challenged. While these themes are directly reflected in the exhibition title, the latter also alludes to literature and Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, now a symbol of the clash between free thinking and orthodoxy.
- We shouldn't be afraid of speaking out and we must retain the courage to differ. Never just passively accept, but take an active part. And this is precisely what No Man Is an Island – The Satanic Verses will be offering visitors, Erlend G. Høyersten continues.
The scenography in the gallery has been toned down, allowing the individual work to unfold and to interact with other works. The exhibition will feature works by e.g. Ron Mueck, Tony Matelli, Bjørn Nørgaard, Andy Warhol, Shirin Neshat, Edward Kienholz, Rose Eken, and selected young artists, who have shown in the series ARoS FOCUS//NEW NORDIC during the past two years.
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...Depp casts aside the over-the-top antics of Jack Sparrow for a much more self-contained performance as the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, in which the emotions (primarily a lust for revenge) ooze up to the surface in controlled bursts; without ever blunting the character's knife-sharp edge, the actor demands that we sympathize and root for Sweeney as he slashes his way through half the throats in London."
The full review here at Cinefantastique!
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Alexa Stark clothing is a reflection of the complex age we live in, creatively balancing the practical and the spectacle in women's design. We seek to unify form, function and material, using processes and production methods that recognize the importance of sustainability and healthy work standards..
The Alexa Stark label, designed in-house, is produced by the Portland Garment Factory in Portland, Oregon. We practice minimal waste production. All left over fabric is repurposed in our salvage denim designs, recycled at local fabric recycling bins, or absorbed into the creative explorations of other artists.
The label's high quality fabrics are carefully sourced from vendors who value sustainability. We seek out material produced in America to reduce the carbon footprint. Materials sourced outside the United States have other qualities of a sustainable nature and are produced in countries with carefully regulated production facilities. We believe that working with salvaged materials is the most conscientious way of producing new garments and we are always exploring new design ideas that incorporate this method.


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... the fact that Lancome, one of the best makers of eye makeup, is collaborating with Lanvin, one of my all time favorite fashion brands on an eye makeup collection. These are some of the Lanvin for Lancome products that you will find for sale from early June and on:
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