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Where does India stand in this league. The standards in Indian schoorls vary widely- the good ones are excellent but the bad ones are just awful. Also the mean and median are in the poor category. Primary and secondary education are under the purview of state governments and have become the victime of politics. A msiguided drive towards local langauage and degradation of english has made even the poorer sections avoid the public school system and spend a fortune on english medium education. This is an achilles heel of India.
Khan Academy or Kahn academy?
Maybe The Economist can use other educational tools like wikipedia or google to correct their homework.
This article takes the claims made for the primary importance of reading, maths and science at face value. Given the power of this agenda to crowd out other educational concerns - including the welfare of the (Asian) children - I would have liked to see some actual evidence for why and for what it is appropriate. E.g. how do scores on these indicators correlate with prosperity, human development or whichever other, overarching goals we might find worth pursuing.
Moreover, the emphasis on centralized political goal setting assumes that government not only knows best but also is able to act on changing demands in/on the educational marketplace in a timely and competent manner. This is wildly out of step with the otherwise liberal stance taken by this newspaper, as well as highly unlikely to be the case in the real world.
Call me old-fashioned, but I say hand power back to the parents (this may involve a voucher-type scheme), enforce transparency and competition then step back and let the market do its magic. As in so many other areas of our lives government is the problem in education, not the solution.
These test results mean very little when it comes to evaluating school performance. The reason being that here in South Korea, as well as in other Asian countries, students attend an average of 4 cram schools (private learning institutes) every day after school. In fact it is quite common to see students sleeping during class in the regular schools because they are resting up for their private schools, where the real learning is done. This is allowed and actually encouraged in most middle school and high school classrooms. Until US parents become so obsessed with their children's educations that they are willing to make their children stay in school from 8am until 10pm, as is the standard here, as well as paying up to $1,000 a month for these private lessons, then there can be no comparison. Recently Obama touted the S. Korean education system as an example which the US should strive to follow. I had a good laugh over this, because clearly he has no idea about education.
is McKinsey playing fast and loose with statistics? the best countries/regions in the article are also those with the shortest time span in the chart#2? i wonder who commissioned the study.
The whole evidence for the author's argument, the PISA scores for various countries, are somewhat troubling in my opinion. Standardized test scores in math, science, and reading are not the only indications of an excellent public school system. In fact, all the data shows is that these countries do a good job preparing their pupils for testing and memorization. Did PISA test for innovative or creative thinking amongst students? Was problem solving a portion of the exam? Sure, America needs some reforms to the educational system, including increasing teacher's salaries and decentralization of schools, but test scores in core subject areas are not the primary indicators of intelligence or future success.
In five years no one will be talking about school reform, or improving schools, in the United States. Why? Public employee pensions.
During (and in some cases after) the stock market bubble, politicians underfunded pension plans to cut taxes and handed out a series of un-funded un-earned retroactive pension enhancements to curry favor with public employee unions, including the teacher's unions. The cost was hidden and deffered through fraudulent assumptions, and is now set to soar.
One example? In 2000, NYC teachers were retroactively granted a cost of living increase for their pensions (lifting them substantially for those long retired), were allowed to base their pension on their last year's pay rather than the last three years (making pension spiking through overtime easier), and had their own pension contribution of 3 percent of pay eliminated after ten years of work.
In 2008, the full retirement age was cut to 55 after 25 years of work rather than 62 after 30 years of work, in exchange a 2.85 percent increase in the employee pension contribution only from that point forward. So those age 55 at the time were able to walk out the door without contributing an extra dime, while those near retirement only had to pay for a few years.
All this was claimed to cost nothing. But subsequently, pay and benefits for future teachers were cut. Generation Greed strikes again -- more benefits for themselves paid for by sacrifices for future generations. It's like the Republican proposals to slash Social Security and Medicare, but only for those 54 and over, but this time with Democrats and their unions in the lead (the Republicans in the NY state legislature voted for it too).
No matter -- it will be years before any cuts for future hires have any effect other than making teaching less desirable.
As a result in NYC, where total spending on schools (including the retired) has soared, funding for actual education is going down. The total went up by more than $1 billion last year, and yet the head of the teacher's union is protesting against "austerity" since services are being slashed and class sizes are rising.
And this will go on for years, if not decades, not just in NYC but throughout the U.S., until (the union may hope) most will realize there is no hope for public education in the U.S., give up on reform, give them their money in exchange for organized political support, and be done with it.
Note that EVERYBODY was in on this deal -- Republicans, Democrats, the union, Mayor Bloomberg, the Governor, the State Legislature -- so no one will talk about it. They pretend what is happening in the schools has nothing to do with the pension deals, and hope to hang around long enough to grab their own pension and move to Florida.
The presumption in this article is that the K-12 structure of school education is okay. The surveys cited only reinforce this view plus relative academic attainment. The reality of life is that you don't need all of K-12 or that level of prowess most of the time. Reading, riting and rithmetic (as a surrogate for logic) is deemed basic for comprehension, the end objective of basic education. It leaves you in a position to learn anything more, depending on choice and circumstance. Re-learning through life is something The Economist's Jobs Special conclusively pushed as needed to survive economically. In such a context, the system needs to be broken from K-12 to many smaller modules with a basic (3R) tier as the "must-do" and the rest being options to pursue at any stage in life. Entrance tests for courses (any) will filter who makes the cut instead of a K-12 diploma. So lack of K-12 at high attainment levels, that discriminates against the less privileged, is broken into an entrance test.
A live example is that of driving licences - that require ability to manipulate a vehicle, comprehend road signs (rules) and observe traffic etiquette (not rules, but good practices)-that bring to bear the 3Rs plus skills (driving) plus life skills (maturity to realise you're driving a one-ton weapon). There is no 50% driver or 80% driver just as there are no 50% surgeons or 90% surgeons.
Additional education modules can be tailored to life contexts. A farming community may prefer children to work on the science of farming as opposed to sub-terranean life and astronomy.
Such a modular, broken up, "do-the-other-stuff-depending...and at your convenience/need" makes it more people friendly plus links the additional doses to some reality - jobs, interests (arts, writing, sports), vocations etc.
The K-12 system in an industrial era legacy of outsourcing that an entrenched bureaucracy has upped into a considerable empire, often in the mistaken belief that everyone should leave school aspiring to be Einstein. Do we bother checking school grades of Usain Bolt or the millions of people around the world who make excellent homemakers and create family contexts that produce Einstein?
Schools tend to become bureaucracies and being in the business of generating diplomas and other certificates tend to place too much emphasis on credentials instead of performance, then wonder why performance suffers.
The basis for what brings about strong educational ratings is as up in the air now as ever. Speaking from the standpoint of a student in secondary education, I can say that there are a few factors that definitely bring results. As seen with both the ratings Asian countries have gotten and those that Asian-Americans have gotten, culture obviously has an instrumental role. I am talking more specifically about family upbringing and values. In addition, social class does play a role as well. My personal observation has been that those on either side of the economic spectrum are at a disadvantage compared to the people in the middle and that is not good news considering the divide between the upper and middle class seems to be getting smaller and smaller.
@ Albertican: With all due respect, the claim that teachers' unions are a big part of the problem just doesn't hold up in the face of the facts that the US states with the worst educational outcomes are the ones with the weakest union presence, while the best educational outcomes are found in states with the strongest union presence.
That said, I certainly agree that more meaningful methods of evaluating teacher effectiveness need to be found, and that poor and non-performing teachers should be easier to remove.
The article touches on it, but I think the power of teachers unions are significantly weaker in some of the high performing countries, namely Asia.
I won't sugar coat my opinion on the matter - I think teacher unions often degrade the quality of education offered in middle and high schools. They protect crappy teachers and fail to reward good ones. The system gets even more distorted than that - in Alberta (and I presume most of Canada), teachers are paid quite well, particularly compared to the US, topping out at about $85,000 a year. But the criteria for where on the wage scale teachers fall is based almost entirely on how long they've been a teacher. Not only does this rigid pay scale hurt new teachers, who may well be more effective than their older counterparts, it can hurt older teachers as well, since when the school board is short on money they don't hire older, more experienced, teachers because they're too expensive.
It is difficult, but not impossible, to judge teachers on fair, impartial metrics that actually mean something. Those are what teachers should be judged on, not how long they've been around. Often experience and quality correlate well, but not always - a better education system would identify young teachers that perform better than expected and old teachers that perform worse than they should. Good luck getting that past the union though.
Dear all:
As far as Brazil is concerned I have some comments...I am 63 years old and I came from very poor family..my father had no education, we were 5 kids and we moved to Sao Paulo city in 1951...our house had no water, no electricity at that time...but we changed our lives via education ..I am just a regular folk and graduated in engineering and also went to Harvard..one of my sisters is a PhD in Toronto..and we did this with no Bolsa Familia or any other Conditional Cash Transfer program....we just went to school...
Our family value was always education is everything..we got no government money whatsoever except free school..this is the thing....give them money and they will not study and not work..
I did not get rich but I was able to raise 3 kids...All of them responsible adults and graduated in good universities.
If I did that, anyone can make it..again..I am not a genius I made a lot of mistakes..but I survived ....and I know many folks here with similar biographies....
I still remember some of my teachers from elementary and high school...unfortunately the quality of public schools in Brazil is no longer the same..it is disgusting...and we will never get out of poor income distribution with no education..
And I dont see any organized effort to solve this big problem...our politicians in power, deeply connected with Unions and entitlements of civil servants, are doing nothing about this
South Korea an Egypt were very similar in the early 50's in terms of quality of life..both very poor...the big difference now was education..
The US board of education separated the US PISA score for Reading by demographics, and not surprisingly, Asian Americans and whites scored much higher than blacks and hispanics. In fact, Asian Americans scored #2 after Shanghai, and whites scored #6, but blacks and hispanics were below #40. Based on that, the board of education didn't even bother evaluating the Math and Science scores because they know these will be even more lopsided by demographics.
It is not correct, as this author implies in the penultimate paragraph, that American efforts to institute merit pay and pay for results are a form of recruiting elite graduates and paying them accordingly. In places like Hong Kong and South Korea, school teaching commands a high salary even in public schools, making it an attractive choice for smart and motivated people who could just as easily choose careers in business, law, or engineering. On the other hand, American merit pay never (except for some charter schools) takes the form of offering compensation at this level. Offered bonuses are only a modest increase over an already mediocre salary; these models are more often employed as a stick, not a carrot.
On a related note, there is a cultural difference that it quite important, though not mentioned here. In places like Hong Kong and South Korea, being a teacher is a highly respected profession. Indeed, it's seen as one of the most valued professions in a society that rightly places the development of children as one of its most important projects. In America, a lot of lip service is paid to doing everything for the children, but teachers themselves are looked down upon, ridiculed, and constantly cast as the problem to be fixed. It should hardly be surprising that the most motivated and talented graduates might think of teaching as something to be done as a short term of social service, a la the Peace Corps, and not a worthwhile professional calling. Who would choose a working life of low pay and constant demonizing from politicians and pundits?
Finally, those "people who are interested in education" who nominate themselves as educational reformers are very often very wealthy people with lots of business experience but no actual educational experience (apart from their time as students). It is a big mistake to treat an educational system as a sort of hobby farm for the rich and connected. Increased "choice", the mantra of these self-appointed reformers, is not an unconditional good, and the data on the charter school movement shows as much.
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Total S.A.
Tour Total, the Paris headquarters
Société Anonyme | |
Traded as | Euronext: FP NYSE: TOT |
Industry | Oil and gas |
Founded | 1924 |
Founder | Ernest Mercier |
Headquarters | Tour Total, Paris, France |
Area served
Worldwide |
Key people
Thierry Desmarest (Chairman) Patrick Pouyanné (CEO) |
Products | Oil and gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals |
Services | Fuel stations |
Revenue | €171.65 billion (2013)[1] |
Profit | €8.44 billion (2013)[1] |
Total assets | €173.49 billion (2013)[1] |
Total equity | €72.62 billion (2013)[1] |
Number of employees
97,126 (2013)[1] |
Website | www |
Total S.A. (French pronunciation: [tɔtal]; English /toʊˈtæl/ or /toʊˈtɑːl/) is a French multinational integrated oil and gas company and one of the five "Supermajor" oil companies in the world. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer. The company has its head office in the Tour Total in the La Défense district in Courbevoie, west of Paris.
Compagnie française des pétroles (CFP): 1924–1985[edit]
The company was founded after World War I, when the then French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré rejected the idea of forming a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell in favour of creating an entirely French oil company. At Poincaré's behest, Col. Ernest Mercier with the support of ninety banks and companies founded Total on 28 March 1924, as the Compagnie française des pétroles (CFP), literally the "French Petroleum Company". Petroleum was seen as vital in the case of a new war with Germany. As per the agreement reached during the San Remo conference of 1920, the French state received the 25% share held by Deutsche Bank in the Turkish Petroleum Company (TPC) as part of the compensation for war damages caused by Germany during World War I. The French government's stake in TPC was transferred to CFP,[2] and the Red Line agreement in 1928 rearranged the shareholding of CPF in TPC (later renamed the Iraq Petroleum Company in 1929) to 23.75%.[3] The company from the start was regarded as a private sector company in view of its listing on the Paris Stock Exchange in 1929.
The company during the 1930s was engaged in exploration and production, primarily from the Middle East. Its first refinery began operating in Normandy in 1933. After World War II, CFP engaged in oil exploration in Venezuela, Canada, and Africa while pursuing energy sources within France. Exploration in Algeria, then a French colony, began in 1946, with Algeria becoming a leading source of oil in the 1950s.[4] In 1954, CFP introduced its downstream product – Total brand of gasoline in the African continent and Europe.[4][5]
Total CFP and re branding to Total: 1985–2003[edit]
The company renamed itself Total CFP in 1985, to build on the popularity of its gasoline brand.[5] Later in 1991, the name was changed to Total, when it became a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The French government, who used to control more than 30 percent of the company's stock in 1991, reduced its stake in the firm to less than 1 percent by 1996[5][6] In the time period between 1990 and 1994, foreign ownership of the firm increased from 23 per cent to 44 per cent.
After Total's takeover of Petrofina of Belgium in 1999, it became known as Total Fina. Afterwards it also acquired Elf Aquitaine. First named TotalFinaElf after the merger in 2000, it was later renamed back to Total in 6 May 2003. During that rebranding, the current globe logo was unveiled.[7]
Total: 2003–present[edit]
In 2003, Total signed for a 30% stake in the gas exploration venture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) – South Rub' al-Khali joint venture along with Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco.[8] The stake was later bought out by its partners.
In May 2006, Saudi Aramco and TOTAL signed a MOU to develop the Jubail Refinery and Petrochemical project in Saudi Arabia which targeted 400,000 barrels per day (bpd). On 21 September 2008, the two companies officially established a joint venture called SAUDI ARAMCO TOTAL Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP)- in which a 62.5% stake was held by Saudi Aramco and the balance 37.5% held by TOTAL.[9][10]
During the 2009-2010 Iraqi oil services contracts tender, a consortium led by CNPC (37.5%), which also included TOTAL (18.75%) and Petronas (18.75%) was awarded a production contract for the "Halfaya field" in the south of Iraq, which contains an estimated 4.1 billion barrels (650,000,000 m3) of oil.[11][12]
As of 2010, Total is one of the world's major oil companies, with over 96,000 employees and operates in more than 130 countries.[13]
In November 2012, Total announced it was selling its 20% stake and operating mandate in its Nigerian offshore project to a unit of China Petrochemical Corp for $2.5 billion.[14]
In 2013, Total started the operation at Kashagan with North Caspian Operating Company.[15] It is the biggest discovery of oil reserves since 1968.
In 2013 Total increased its stake in Novatek to 16.96%.[16][17]
In September 2013, Total and its joint venture partner agreed to buy Chevron Corporation's retail distribution business in Pakistan for an undisclosed amount.[18]
In January 2014, Total became the first major oil and gas firm to acquire exploration rights for shale gas in the UK after it bought a 40 percent interest in two licences in the Gainsborough Trough area of northern England for $48 million.[19]
In July 2014 the company disclosed it was in exclusive talks to sell its LPG distribution business in France to Pennsylvania-based UGI Corporation for €450 million ($615 million).[20]
On 20 October 2014, at 23:57 MST a Dassault Falcon 50 business jet heading to Paris caught fire and exploded during takeoff after colliding with a snow removal vehicle in Vnukovo International Airport, and killing four, including three crew members and CEO of Total S.A. Christophe de Margerie on board. Alcohol presence was confirmed in the blood of the driver of the vehicle on the ground.[21]
Patrick Pouyanne, who was TOTAL's Refining Chief at that time, was appointed as CEO after Christophe de Margerie died. [22]
In February 2015, Total unveiled plans to cut 180 jobs in the UK, reduce refinery capacity and slow spending on North Sea fields after it fell to a $5.7bn final-quarter loss. The company said it would also sell off $5bn worth of assets worldwide and cut exploration costs by 30%.[23]
Head office[edit]
The company has its head office in the Tour Total in the La Défense district in Courbevoie, France, near Paris.[24][25] The building was originally constructed between 1983 and 1985 for Elf Aquitaine; Total SA acquired the building after its merger with Elf in 2000.[25]
Senior management[edit]
Christophe de Margerie was chief executive from 14 February 2007 until 21 October 2014, when he died in a plane crash at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow. During the plane's takeoff roll it collided with a snowplow which had failed to follow the remainder of its convoy. His total annual compensation for this role was €2,746,335, consisting of a €1,250,000 salary and €1,496,335 bonus.[26][27]
Business segments[edit]
- Exploration and production:
- LNG: Total is involved in LNG projects in Indonesia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, Yemen, Angola and Australia.
- Gas and Power
- Solar
Supply and marketing[edit]
Refining and chemicals[edit]
- Refining
- Petrochemicals
- Trading and shipping
- Resins, adhesives and electroplating
- Elastomer processing
Nuclear power[edit]
Total announced in 2007 that they are exploring the possibilities of entering the nuclear power sector. Although they already own one per cent of Areva, the largest nuclear business in the world,[28] Total does not currently have extensive involvement in nuclear power. In the 2013 annual report this stake was listed under "Financial assets available for sale", with a carrying value of 37M€ and an unrealised gain of 32M€.
However, in January 2008 Total announced that they were to sign an agreement with Suez and Areva to submit a nuclear power plant project to the authorities in the United Arab Emirates.[29]
In May 2014, the company shelved its Joslyn North oil sands project in the Athabasca region of Alberta, Canada indefinitely, citing concerns about operating costs. An estimated $11 billion has been spent on the project, in which Total is the largest shareholder with 38.5%. Suncor Energy holds 36.75%, Occidental Petroleum owns 15% and Japan's Inpex has a 10% interest.[30]
On 29 April 2011, Total agreed to buy 60% of photovoltaics company SunPower for US$1.38 billion.[31] By the 2013 annual reporting date Total owned 64.65%.
Total has provided fuel and lubricants to professional auto racing teams.
Total has been a longtime partner of Citroën Sport in the World Rally Championship, Dakar Rally and World Touring Car Championship. Sébastien Loeb won nine WRC drivers titles, whereas Ari Vatanen and Pierre Lartigue won four editions of the Dakar Rally.
Total has been a partner of Peugeot Sport in Formula One from 1995 to 2000, and since 2001 in the World Rally Championship, Intercontinental Rally Challenge, 24 Hours of Le Mans, Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, Dakar Rally and Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
Total is a partner of Renault Sport in Formula One since 2009, where Sebastian Vettel won four drivers championships in 2010-2013.
Also, Total is the title sponsor of the Copa Sudamericana football tournament.
Environmental record[edit]
In 1998 the Total SA company was fined €375,000 for an oil spill that stretched 400 kilometers from La Rochelle to the western tip of Brittany. The company was only fined that amount because they were only partially liable because Total SA did not own the ship. The plaintiffs had sought more than $1.5 billion in damages. More than 100 groups and local governments joined in the suit. The Total company was fined just over $298,000. The majority of the money will go to the French government, several environmental groups, and various regional governments. The Total SA company was also fined $550,000 for the amount of marine pollution that came from it. After the oil spill they tried to restore their image and have opened a sea turtle conservation project in Masirah in recent years.
Prior to the verdict in which Total was found guilty one of the counterparts in the incident, Malta Maritime Authority (MMA), was not to be tried for having any hand in the incident. In 2005 Total submitted a report to the Paris courts which stated that Total had gotten a group of experts that stated the tanker had corrosion on it and that Total was responsible for it. The courts sought a second expert reviewing of this information which was turned down.[32]
The AZF chemical plant which exploded in 2001 in Toulouse, France, belonged to the Grande Paroisse branch of Total.
On 13 August 2007, Total announced a lower fuel emission, lower emissions and cost-efficient petroleum product, named Evolution. Evolution is designed to let its user use less fuel and get further than other fuels. The product was developed exclusively for Total because of the demand for more energy efficient products. This fuel can be used with any engine that runs on unleaded.[33]
On 16 January 2008, Total was required to compensate all of the victims of the pollution caused by the sinking of the ship Erika. They are required to compensate the victims in the amount of €192 million. This is in addition to the €200 million that Total spent to help clean up the spill. The company feels that the verdict is unfair because it wasn't their fault the ship sank. They will be appealing the verdict because it forced the users of the ship to also be the inspectors and not the people that made the ship.[34]
Total is being implicated in a bribe commission scandal which is currently[when?] emerging in Malta. It has emerged that Total had told Maltese agents that it would not be interested in doing business with them unless their team included George Farrugia, who is under investigation in the procurement scandal. George Farrugia has recently been given a presidential pardon in exchange of informations about this scandal. Enemalta, Malta's energy supplier, swiftly barred Total and its agents, Trafigura from bidding and tenders. An investigation is currently underway and three people have been arraigned.
Myanmar investments[edit]
Despite the European Union's sanctions against the military dictatorship Myanmar, Total is able to operate the Yadana natural gas pipeline from Burma to Thailand. Total is currently the subject of a lawsuit in French and Belgian courts for the condoning and use of the country's civilian slavery to construct the pipeline. The documentary 'Total Denial' shows the background of this project.[35] The NGO Burma Campaign UK is currently[when?] campaigning against this project.
Italian bribes[edit]
On 16 December 2008, the managing director of the Italian division of Total, Lionel Levha, and ten other executives were arrested by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Potenza, Italy, for a corruption charge of €15 million to undertake the oilfield in Basilicata on contract. Also arrested was the local deputy of Partito Democratico Salvatore Margiotta and an Italian entrepreneur.[36][37]
UN Oil-for-Food Programme for Iraq[edit]
In April 2010, Total was accused of bribing Iraqi officials during former president Saddam Hussein's regime to secure oil supplies. A United Nations report later revealed that Iraqi officials had received bribes from oil companies to secure contracts worth over $10bn.[38]
Investments in Iran[edit]
Total has been a significant investor in the Iranian energy sector since 1990.[39] Total is suspected of concealing the source of its oil imports from Iran.[40] On 28 June 2010 Total announced that it would cease shipments of oil products to Iran following adoption by the United States of economic sanctions against the country.[41]
Bribery in Iran[edit]
In 2013, a case was settled that concerned charges that Total bribed an Iranian official with $60 million, which they documented as a "consulting charge," and which unfairly gave them access to Iran's Sirri A and Sirri E oil and gas fields. The bribery gave them a competitive advantage, earning them an estimated $150 million in profits. The Securities Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice settled the charges, expecting Total to pay $398 million.[42]
Western Sahara oil exploration[edit]
In October 2001, Total signed a contract for oil-reconnaissance in areas offshore Western Sahara (near Dakhla), with the "Moroccan Office National de Recherches et d'Exploitations Petrolières" (ONAREP). In January 2002, Hans Corell (the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs) stated in a letter to the President of the Security Council that whenever the contracts are only for exploration they're not illegal, but if further exploration or exploitation are against the interests and wishes of the people of Western Sahara, they would be in violation of the principles of international law.[43] Finally, Total decided to not renew their license off Western Sahara.[44]
Offshore production in Thailand[edit]
In April 2012 Total announced its initiation of offshore production in the Greater Bongkot South (GBS) gas and condensate field in the Gulf of Thailand's blocks B16 and B17. The new development is operated by the Bangkot Joint Venture. The new field in GBS is expected to increase production capacity by 50% in Thailand.[45]
See also[edit]
- 2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire
- 2007 UK petrol contamination
- Centre Scientifique et Technique Jean Féger Big Total base in Pau, France
- Lindsey Oil Refinery
- ^ a b c d e "Annual Report 2013". Total. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "MILESTONES: 1921–1936, the 1928 Red Line Agreement". US Department of State. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "An Administrative/Biographical History of Iraq Petroleum Company". Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Compagnie Française des Pétroles and Its Contribution to the Re-establishment of France's Position among the Oil Countries after the Second World War". Retrieved 18 June 2012. by Mohamed Sassi, Research associate at Université de Paris-IV (Sorbonne)
- ^ a b c "Total company info on Britannica". Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "Chapter 2". Eia.doe.gov. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Spaeth, Tony. "Review of Total logo". Identityworks. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ Shell and Total sign natural gas agreement – South Rub Al-Khali
- ^ "SAUDI ARAMCO TOTAL Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) completes US$8.5 Billion project financing for Jubail Refinery". Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "History of SAUDI ARAMCO TOTAL Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP)". Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "Shell walks away with Majnoon". upstreamonline.com. 11 December 2009.
- ^ "Halfaya trio sign on dotted line". upstreamonline.com. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Total.com – Businesses of the Total Group". Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "Total Sells Stake in Nigerian Project to Sinopec for $2.5 Billion". Wall Street Journal (United States). 2012.
- ^ http://investkz.com/en/journals/79/663.html
- ^ http://www.novatek.ru/en/press/releases/index.php?id_4=762
- ^ Registration Document 2013
- ^ Louise Heavens (18 September 2013). "France's Total snaps up Chevron's Pakistan retail network". Reuters.
- ^ "Total deal speeds up UK shale gas race". International: Reuters. 2014.
- ^ "Total to sell LPG distribution business in France to UGI Corp unit for 450mn euros". Pennsylvania Sun. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ Senior French executive dies in jet crash at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport – report
- ^ "Total appoints Patrick Pouyanne as CEO after Christophe de Margerie dies in plane crash". Finance: Daily Telegraph. 2014.
- ^ http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/12/total-cut-180-uk-jobs
- ^ "Total: Main indicators". Reuters. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ^ a b ""Total: l'héritage de la fusion". Le Journal du Net. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Christophe de Margerie: Executive Profile & Biography". BusinessWeek. McGraw-Hill. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ^ "Christophe de Margerie Profile". Forbes. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ^ "Total to enter nuclear industry". World Nuclear News. 5 February 2007.
- ^ "French energy consortium to offer nuclear plant to UAE". World Nuclear News. 15 January 2008.
- ^ "Cost escalation leads Total to put Joslyn oil sands project on hold". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ Herndon, Andrew; Martin, Christopher; Goossen, Ehren (29 April 2011). "Total Agrees to Buy SunPower for $1.38 Billion in Renewable-Energy Push". Bloomberg. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "pursues Erika case against Total, MMA not to be tried"
- ^ "Total announces new fuel"
- ^ "REG-TOTAL S.A. Erika : Total Compensates Third-Parties"
- ^ "totaldenialfilm.com". totaldenialfilm.com. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ "Tangenti per il petrolio in Basilicata: arrestati l'ad Total e un deputato del Pd". il Giornale (in Italian). 16 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Tangenti, arrrestato l'amministratore delegato di Total Italia" (in Italian). La7. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Total faces corruption investigation". 7 April 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "GAO-10-515R Iran's Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Sectors" (PDF). United States Government Accountability Office. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ Stecklow, Steve; Swartz, Spencer; Coker, Margaret (20 May 2010). "Oil Trade With Iran Thrives, Discreetly". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "businessweek.com". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ June, Daniel, "Total to Pay $398 Million for Corrupt Practices"
- ^ "Letter dated 29 January 2002 from the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, the Legal Counsel, addressed to the President of the Security Council". UN. 12 February 2002. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ "Upstream Online: Total turns its back on Dakhla block, 2004". Western Sahara Resource Watch. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2010.unreliable?
- ^ "Total Announces Offshore production in Thailand. [http://www.brightwire.com/company/5625-total-s-a]". BrightWire.
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The Marion County Photo Contest features amateur photographers of all ages from around the county. The photos were judged at the start of this year's fair, and the results are in.
Winners of 2014 Marion County Photo Contest
Adult Division
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2nd – Carol Mapes (Children on Playscape, Lake Red Rock)
3rd (tie) – Sherry Clark (Roper on Pleasantville Farm)
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Wednesday evening, July 9th there was a fatal accident on I-90 just west of Big Timber.
Tragic end of life story for a 3-year old girl from Billings!
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I'm sure those who favor a weaker federal government and stronger state governments have confidence that the states will know how to work out their problems.
It ain't the last adminstration's doings, it's how the states are allowed to spend. Unlike the federal government they can't run deficits nor spend more money than they actually take in. They don't have the money so they need to cut costs no matter where, instead of spending money like a drunken sailor to try to buy their way out of a financial problem passing the problems onto the next generation.
LMAO - our situation in CA isn't Bush's fault. It's the free spending Dems out here. "Blame Bush" will still be the battle cry in 2040 and beyond.


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People were shocked to see Kanye turn up at a BET Awards after party, because he left Kim alone at home with baby North. Was he being thoughtless?
Kanye West took a break from his fatherly duties to drop by friend Jamie Foxx's June 30 BET Awards after party sponsored by Malibu Red in Thousand Oaks, and HollywoodLife.com can EXCLUSIVELY reveal the real reason why he left his girlfriend Kim Kardashian alone with baby North West, and it's so adorable! Read on for all the details.
Kanye West Parties Without Kim Kardashian — It Was Her Idea
Kanye, 36, did not actually attend the 2013 BET Awards, but he joined his friend and "Gold Digger" partner Jamie at his party around midnight.
So did Kim mind that Kanye left her alone with their two-week-old baby? Not at all! In fact, she encouraged him to go, even though he didn't want to leave her and the baby. A source close to the singer tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively:
He enjoyed himself — it was good for him to get out and see the crew and kick it with the homies. He didn't want to leave home; he wanted to stay with Kim and the baby. It kills him when he's not home with his family. He didn't want to go but Kim is the one who told him to go and represent. BET help put a lot of young black artists on the map and gave them exposure that they might not have had. Kim reminded him of him that and he thought he needed to go out and support and show his face at the party. He glad he did.
Kanye may have missed Kim and North, so he spent his night talking about his little girl! Our source adds that everyone at the party was congratulating Kanye on his new little bundle of joy.
Kanye couldn't be happier he a new dad. All is talks about is his girl. At Jamie's party everyone was just hugging him, congratulating him on the baby and being a family. Kanye got a lot of love at party; everyone in there was happy to see him. But his mind was at home, he was texting Kim the whole night, making sure she and the baby were good.
How cute!
Kanye West Parties With Jamie Foxx & T.I. After BET Awards
Kanye hung out in the VIP area with Jamie and rapper T.I., who congratulated the new dad on welcoming his baby girl on June 15. After hanging out with the VIPs, Kanye mingled with the rest of the crowd at the party and received more congratulations. He responded with a simple "thank you," and smiled all night.
It's great that Kim and Kanye are so supportive of each other. Kim was totally right to encourage Kanye to represent at the BET Awards, and it's sweet that he spent his night checking on her and North.
What do YOU think of Kanye spending the night texting Kim, HollyMoms? Do YOU think that is sweet, or should he have stayed home?
WATCH: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Name Baby North West
– Eleanore Hutch, Reporting by Eric Ray
More Kanye West & Kim Kardashian Baby News:
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Posted at 11:45 PM on July 5, 2013
The first thing I remember learning about Kim Kardashian is that she enjoyed getting pissed on. In her sex tape, Kim Kardashian: Superstar, which was "illegally" released in 2007 by Vivid Entertainment, there were rumors of a golden shower scene between Kim K. and Ray-J Brandy's younger brother in which Kim willingly gets peed on by Ray J's . Do you remember that? Do you remember that Kim Kardashian, America's Sweetheart, first entered public consciousness via urine-soaked sex with an F-list celebrity?
No. Of course you don't. Because her mother, Kris Jenner, has stolen all of our memories of the event and replaced them with images of a concerned and empathetic Kim Kardashian visiting a children's cancer ward instead. She may've first became relevant through sex but as soon as Kim Kardashian got her foot in the door, she switched the narrative on us.
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Umm!! why is this site so thirsty for drama? did you not post this crap yesterday? are you all idiots or just pressed? the man can go outside, it's been 17 days since the child was born, WTF, there are husbands that go back to work a day or two after the wife gives birth, it's not like he is leaving her at home by herself, and Kim probably does not want to leave her baby and go anywhere anyway. Just stop it, stop trying to start sh*t and stop trying to create drama where there is none. No one is shocked to see him out, it's normal, you all are the idiots that are trying to cause drama, just shut up.


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"Ticks thrive in moist, shady areas and tend to die in sunny, dry areas," Jundt says. So keep their favorite habitat away from your favorite habitat. Place compost piles away from outdoor play areas, decks, and other outdoor living spaces. Also locate swing sets, sandboxes, and anywhere else your family typically plays or gathers away from wooded areas. In addition, a wide patch of chips or gravel can provide a barrier that prevents ticks from jumping from the woods into your lawn.
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Christie, Clapper and Other Officials Who Should Be in Jail Instead of SnowdenPosted on Feb 1, 2014By Juan Cole This post originally ran on Juan Cole's Web page. The vindictiveness toward Edward Snowden in official Washington has nothing to do with law-breaking and everything to do with the privileges of power. The powerful in Washington may spy on us, but we are not to know about it. Snowden's sin in their eyes was to level the playing field, to draw back the curtain and let the public see what the spies were doing to them The United States has become so corrupt that the basic principle of the law applying to all equally has long since became a quaint relic. We are back to a system of aristocratic privilege. If we had a rule of law and not of men, Edward Snowden would be given a medal and the following officials would be on the lam to avoid serious jail time. 1. James Clapper. Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, was involved in massive and willful violations of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. He perjured himself before Congress, denying that the NSA was collecting masses of personal material from Americans. President Obama excused Clapper's behavior on both accounts, saying he should be more careful. A-Rod should have been more careful. Clapper should not have told Congress a bald-faced lie, and shouldn't have snooped into our metadata to begin with. Showing his fascist colors, he now wants to make journalists "accomplices" for publishing Snowden's revelations. Clapper himself should be in the slammer, not Snowden. 2. Gen. Keith Alexander, outgoing head of the NSA, should also be in jail. Like Clapper, he violated his oath to uphold the constitution by collecting petabytes of personal data from Americans and storing it for 5 years. He also lied to Congress, about how many terrorist plots had been foiled by these methods (the real number is slim to none). Alexander should be in jail, not Snowden. Advertisement Square, Site wide 4. Rep. Peter King (R-NY), who rules the Sunday morning programs and has said profoundly bigoted things against Muslim-Americans, has also loudly defended NSA spying and attacked Snowden. King is a material supporter of terrorism himself, and should probably be in jail, not Snowden. 5. Former Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney (they always refer to felons by their full name) slammed Snowden. But Cheney lied us into a war on false pretenses and tried mightily to out Valerie Plame as a CIA operative (his team left material around that Richard Armitage saw, and it was his contact that broke the story. But Cheney and his staff were the ones actively pushing the story with the press. Cheney should be in jail, not Snowden. Previous item: State Department Finally Releases List of 'Special Government Employees' Next item: Penguins Feel Climate Change's Impacts New and Improved CommentsIf you have trouble leaving a comment, review this help page. Still having problems? Let us know. If you find yourself moderated, take a moment to review our comment policy. |


text: Follow Van Helsing Composer: Alan Silvestri Released: 2004 (Film release: 2004) Label: Decca U.S. (0602498619995)Decca Japan (4988005369581)Decca Germany (0602498619995) Type: Movie Listen: iTunes Amazon.com MP3 Amazon.fr MP3 Amazon.co.uk MP3 Format: CD, Download Reviewers (7.33/10) Members (7.89/10) (28 votes)Vote here!10987654321 Subscribe now! Stay better informed and get access to collectors info! Support this website by buying this music through the links below!iTunes Amazon.com Amazon.com MP3 Amazon.fr Amazon.fr MP3 Amazon.co.uk Amazon.co.uk MP3 Amazon.de Amazon.es Moviemusic.com: $14.99 Advertisement: Tracks3 reviewsTrailersSuggestions 1. Transylvania 1887 (1:26) 2. Burn It Down! (4:46) 3. Werewolf Trap (1:53) 4. Journey to Transylvania (1:33) 5. Attacking Brides (5:02) 6. Dracula's Nursery (5:46) 7. Useless Crucifix (2:35) 8. Transylvanian Horses (3:55) 9. All Hallow's Eve Ball (3:01) 10. Who Are They to Judge? (2:00) 11. Final Battle (6:28) 12. Reunited (4:23) Total duration: 42 minutes Write your own review for this soundtrack! Expand all - Collapse all Review of Edmund Meinerts, submitted at 2009-09-27 12:44:28, score: 10/10 It's not often that I give a film score ten points out of ten - remember that I rate them in terms of entertainment value, rather than in terms of how well they fit their film. To date, actually, only two have managed to gain that honor. The first is Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, by Hans Zimmer.The second is Van Helsing, by Alan Silvestri.I can think of only two reasons why you shouldn't go get this score - either you have cranky neighbors or you're prone to migraines. And all film music collectors know the first is a completely pointless reason.In the 1990s, Alan Silvestri's action career was sporadic at best - following the early successes of Back to the Future, Predator and The Abyss, Silvestri turned to lighter projects (such as Forrest Gump), with only a few enjoyable exceptions (Judge Dredd, Volcano). In 2001, Stephen Sommers' The Mummy Returns re-kick-started Silvestri's action career with a bang. The composer provided an immensely orchestral, swashbuckling score that touches on Erich Wolfgang Korngold and rivals (and, in my opinion, surpasses (sacrilege!)) John Debney's Cutthroat Island. As a result of this, film music collectors found themselves howling in dismay two years later when Silvestri was fired off the set of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.In Van Helsing, Silvestri takes the bombast of The Mummy Returns and, somehow, manages to elevate it to even more epic levels. In addition to a full and brass-heavy orchestra, not to mention a massive percussion section including some extremely deep, pounding taiko-like drums, Silvestri employs an enormous adult choir to emphasize the film's Gothic nature. This choir is at work almost instantly in the album's powerful first track, "Journey to Transylvania," in which a very prominent theme representing Count Dracula is introduced. It's one hell of a motif, instantly recognizable not only by its brazen, staccato notes performed by brass and choir, but the relentlessly pounding rhythm beneath.The next two tracks, "Burn it Down" and "Werewolf Trap" continue in a similar, action-driven fashion, introducing a few more themes (notably a bittersweet, heroic one for Frankenstein's Monster in "Burn it Down" that is accompanied by wonderful swooshing string arpeggios).It's the fourth track that really convinced me at first listen that this would be an exceptional score. "Journey to Transylvania" introduces Van Helsing's primary theme, which, even more so than Dracula's, is instantly recognizable by its rhythm rather than its primary melody. It's in 5/4, an uncommon meter, and is accompanied by frenetic drums, choral chanting (sometimes) and a rambling acoustic guitar (an interesting choice, as there are no Spanish or Latin American influences in the film to speak of, but it works well and adds a level of complexity to the theme that would otherwise be missing)."Attacking Brides" is an action piece in classic Silvestri style, with chopping strings, pounding drums, brassy themes and choral majesty. The following track, "Dracula's Nursery," offers a few respites from the action to touch on some suspenseful non-music that may remind Silvestri collectors of the spookier tracks in Predator and The Abyss. In between the suspense, a theme is glimpsed that, sadly, is given little airtime on the album (though it is used quite generously in the film). It's a motif that represents Dracula's attempt to bring his children to life, and its waltz-like structure reflects quite well the demonically playful nature of Count Dracula himself. The theme conjures up memories of Danny Elfman and Elliot Goldenthal's similarly Gothic efforts for the Batman franchise."Useless Crucifix" and "Transylvanian Horses", the latter especially, offer some of the best action music on the CD. Yet another theme is introduced here (for a summer blockbuster score, this is a thematically surprisingly complex effort), more bright and brassy than the others. It has the same adventurous energy as Rick O'Connell's theme from The Mummy Returns, and would have sounded perfect had it accompanied Jack Sparrow and company (I'm convinced that this theme was originally written for Pirates of the Caribbean)."All Hallows' Eve Ball" opens with a wonderful touch, a slow waltz whose playful darkness again reminds of Danny Elfman. It's got tantalizing little solos hidden all through it - flute, cello and solo female voice - and after a minute and a half, breaks out into a true waltz, a wonderful outburst of orchestral and choral majesty. Sadly, the waltz runs for less than half a minute before the track ends with a bit of action music that, by now, seems weak in comparison."Who Are They to Judge?" offers little new material, excepting a minute or so of more romantic material that reminds of Judge Dredd. Neither, to be honest, does "Final Battle", but that six-minute suite is a very decent summary of Silvestri's action themes for Van Helsing.Up until now, Van Helsing seemed like it would be a nine out of ten - very strong action material, but a little repetitive and VERY relentless. Then, "Reunited" hit me, and I instantly notched Van Helsing up to ten out of ten, because here we are introduced to a love theme that, in terms of pure emotional power, rivals John Williams' "Across the Stars" for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. This four-minute suite offers lots of orchestral variations on that theme, each better than the next - horn, strings, flute solo, harp and tutti - before the track, and score, ends with the choral variant on Van Helsing's theme.Fans of large-scale action, adventure and epic love themes, grab a CD, crank the volume and hold on to your armrest, because Van Helsing is van hel (aren't I funny?) of a thrill ride. No Silvestri collection is complete without it. It's a real shame that the glorious waltzes Silvestri wrote for Dracula, not to mention that wonderful love theme, aren't given more attention, but those complaints aren't enough to diminish my esteem for this effort.Recommended to anybody. Read other recent reviews by Edmund Meinerts: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Johnny English Reborn Review of Tom Daish, submitted at 2010-10-09 12:37:17, score: 6/10 At the time of The Mummy, Stephen Sommers looked to be a reasonable low brow imitation Steven Spielberg, who could produce decent popcorn entertainment of the kind the bearded one made to such great acclaim earlier in his career. However, with The Mummy Returns and now Van Helsing, Sommers has gone all George Lucas and become too enamoured of the technical possibilities to produce visually orgasmic, but otherwise unengaging light and sound shows. It's not that Van Helsing has any specific bad points - the acting is solid enough, the plot almost makes sense, but for all that, I just couldn't care less about anything that was going on or what happened to anyone. I just could find nothing to really engage with, aside from the occasional fairly reasonable scare and the artistry of the digital creatures and some superbly exaggerated landscapes. However, the actors largely seem just be going through the motions and therefore spent half the time wishing I was somewhere quieter and the other half thanking the movie gods that Peter Jackson got to Lord of the Rings first.In the blazing sound mix, Alan Silvestri's robust score actually fares quite well. Yes, the action sequences suppress it to another layer of background noise, but for the travelling sequences, it takes pride of place adding another layer of mock gothic gravitas. In truth, Van Helsing strikes me as the kind of film that the 1990 version of Danny Elfman, or perhaps the Howard Shore of Ed Wood, was born to score and while Silvestri does some grandiose tub thumping, it doesn't quite summon up the spirit of Franz Waxman in a way that might have given Sommer's film a little less self importance. True, his Mummy Returns score didn't tap into that feeling either, but the Jarre-esque landscape melodies and rousing action melodies all coalesced into a sonic orgy, but Van Helsing has fewer hooks and so bits feel like they could be replaceable with parts of The Mummy Returns or Judge Dredd, just Silvestri blazing with the brass, but not driving things along with any dramatic purpose.That the main theme isn't up to much is rather a surprise. Trevor Jones' main theme for the similarly styled League of Extraordinary Gentleman may not be the most memorable on record, but at least it has a darkly satisfying hue; Silvestri's melody for Hugh Jackman's Van Helsing isn't much more than a variant on minor Mummy Returns motifs, rousing and semi-heroic though it is. Its only saving grace is when accompanied by a bouncing guitar motif which lifts it briefly from being a trifle mundane into something a little more engaging. The action sequences are filled with Silvestri's modern bombastic melodrama, complete with choir, swathes of brass and percussion, but the incidental pleasure are generally more gratifying, notably the All Hallow's Eve Ball waltz (which I'm convinced is shorter than the cue in the film itself) which prances about with a delightful malevolence. Like the film itself, Silvestri's Van Helsing is largely superficial enjoyment, well wrought and exciting, but without the depth and melodic delights of his best epics. Read other recent reviews by Tom Daish: The Snow Files: The Film Music of Mark Snow, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Andromeda Review of Andreas Lindahl, submitted at 2008-01-20 21:25:40, score: 6/10 Director Stephen Sommers once again teams up with composer Alan Silvestri for the first big 2004 summer spectacle, Van Helsing. Silvestri wrote the highly entertaining, powerful and really good score for the director's The Mummy Returns, so to say that many have been looking forward to Silvestri's score for Van Helsing is somewhat of an understatement. It's one of the most awaited scores of 2004.Van Helsing is a loud score. Really loud. From start to finish, the soundtrack CD is brimful with fast paced action music. There's lots of brass and percussion, with some electronics thrown into the mix. And since this is some kind of gothic vehicle there's the required choir as well. And not surprisingly, the appearances of the choir are some of the score's absolute highlights. It starts out promising, with pounding percussion, swirling strings, mighty brass and chanting choir in "Transylvania 1887", where Silvestri focuses on one of the score's more important building blocks - rythm. Van Helsing is a very rythmic score, dominated by repeated brass and percussion figures - sometimes just a repeated note. At times these elements actually overshadow the rest of the score's building blocks. It's themes, for example, which have a tendency to get buried beneath the unusually large percussion section of the orchestra.Compared to the composer's score for The Mummy Returns there are two major differences - Van Helsing is a much more serious score, lacking a lot of the playful, adventurous music which made The Mummy Returns such a wonderful score. And it also lacks the large number of memorable themes. Although there are several themes used throughout the score, none of them is especially memorable or good. Which is a pity. The only really good theme is the one mostly performed by the choir - an exciting staccato dominated ditty, which is just perfect for a film like this. Gothic to the max.This actually makes Van Helsing somewhat of a disappointment. I certainly expected something as melodic, entertaining and adventurous as The Mummy Returns, but what we got on CD is too dominated by fast paced, chaotic action music. Now, I love action music, but this is nothing special. There are highlights, such as the already mentioned opening cue, "Journey to Transylvania" and the dark waltz in "All Hallow's Eve Ball" and these sections could probably be edited together to form a really good suite, but the rest is pretty bland. Unfortunately. 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Distribute input elements in output vector
The Insert Zero block constructs an output vector by inserting zeros among the elements of the input vector. The input signal can be real or complex. Both the input signal and the Insert zero vector parameter are column vector signals. The number of 1s in the Insert zero vector parameter must be evenly divisible by the input data length. If the input vector length is greater than the number of 1s in the Insert zero vector parameter, then the block repeats the insertion pattern until it has placed all input elements in the output vector.
The block determines where to place the zeros by using the Insert zero vector parameter.
For each 1 the block places the next element of the input vector in the output vector
For each 0 the block places a 0 in the output vector
The block accepts the following data types: int8, uint8, int16, uint16, int32, uint32, boolean, single, double, and fixed-point. The output signal inherits its data type from the input signal.
To implement punctured coding using the Puncture and Insert Zero blocks, use the same vector for the Insert zero vector parameter in this block and for the Puncture vector parameter in the Puncture block.
If the Insert zero vector parameter is the six-element vector [1;0;1;1;1;0], then the block inserts zeros after the first and last elements of each consecutive grouping of four input elements. It considers groups of four elements because the Insert zero vector parameter has four 1s.
The diagram below depicts the block's operation using this Insert zero vector parameter. Notice that the insertion pattern applies twice.
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TOMB RAIDER goes Xbox Exclusive? Plus, THE LEAGUE's Jon Lajoie Visits!
By Ben Mekler on August 12, 2014
Happy Gamescom Eve, friends, and welcome to another filthy casual episode of Nerdist News!
On today's show, we're looking at Microsoft's big pre-Gamescom Xbox presentation – specifically the news that Rise of the Tomb Raider is going to be an Xbox exclusive! How will Lara's departure from Sony affect the franchise's future? Will multi-platform Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris ease PC and PS4 gamers' broken hearts? Will Angelina Jolie ever return to finish the film trilogy?! You'll have to watch to find out! PLUS Jon Lajoie stops by to write Jessica Chobot an original tune and tell us all about the upcoming soundtrack for The League!
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Crystal Dynamics complained about the poor sales of the last TR game on multiplatforms. How well will it do on one platform? Smart move jackasses. Honestly, there was absolutely no good reason for Crystal Dynamics to take this deal, other than just wanting the money. It's a sad state of affairs, but money can buy anything.
Well, of course it was about making money; that's the whole reason corporations exist, for better or worse. The question is whether the exclusivity contract is worth whatever they end up losing in sales. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say no. Consoles are getting more and more expensive each generation, and PC and mobile gaming is growing as console gaming is shrinking.
Yeah I'm sure Sony doesn't write checks either
A million people get to see your pretty face, that's kind of crazy Jess….
I will miss Tomb Raider. I won't buy a Microsoft platform just to play it. Once they don't hit their sales figures, they'll port it over……I hope
I am glad I bought an Xbox One and the ending of the show made me tear up a little. He will be missed. Thanks for the news
Guess this is the end of my Tomb Raider days. I won't complain too much, because we PC gamers tend to have it better than anyone else in terms of sheer amount of content as well as quality.
Exclusive (sigh), nothing is forever, too bad xbox cant get its act together. Nerdist News, here's to the next million. I'm sensing a hockey stick moment.


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