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Every now and then, I come across one of those lists of "the most important inventions in history." Have you seen them? At the top, you'll usually find such items as "air conditioning," "flush toilets," "the Internet," and "antibiotics." It's hard to argue with any of those entries. But my own personal list would also include "movies on discs" (DVDs and now Blu-ray). Why? Because I love having the ability to re-watch my favorite movies at home and discover things I may not have noticed the first time around. That's probably the same reason why we may choose to re-read our favorite books and re-experience our favorite attractions. Even if the content hasn't changed, we often find new aspects to enjoy and appreciate.
And that's the point of my Mything in Action column: to provide you with a whole new way to appreciate your favorite movies, TV shows, and theme park attractions. Every few weeks, I'll help you recognize and decipher the "mythic source code" that's hidden in plain sight in these creative works. Why is this relevant? Because mythic storytelling techniques (or the absence thereof) can explain why some stories connect with you in deep ways, while others simply fall flat.
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What does Avatar have in common with Tim Burton's version of Alice in Wonderland (aside from the use of 3-D projection)? Keep reading and find out.
A lot of this involves a powerful storytelling model (or "paradigm") known as "the Hero's Journey." It's the driving "force" behind such blockbuster hits as the Star Wars, The Matrix, and Avatar. (If the concept of the Hero's Journey is new to you, take a look at my "Hidden in Plain Sight"" introductory article and you'll be up to speed in no time.)
Since the focus of Mything in Action is on the Hero's Journey and other mythic elements in contemporary storytelling, most of my articles will be about relatively recent movies, TV shows, and attractions. Which brings me to the subject of our inaugural installment: Disney's newest film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, which made its DVD and Blu-ray debut a few days ago.
Tim Burton's 3-D version of the Alice stories is easily the most successful adaptation of the two classic Lewis Carroll books (the movie contains elements from both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass ). It's also a late vindication of Walt Disney's own devotion to the stories, which he had been playing with since the 1920s. In fact, before he created Mickey Mouse, Walt and his brother Roy produced more than 50 short episodes of his silent Alice Comedies, based (very loosely) on Lewis Carroll's stories and crudely combining live-action and animation.
Walt Disney was making Alice movies years before he created Mickey Mouse.Copyright Disney. All rights reserved.
A few years later, Walt envisioned Alice in Wonderland as his studio's first animated feature, but abandoned the idea to produce Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs instead. Several more false starts followed, but it wasn't until 1951 that Walt finally released his long-sought animated feature version of Alice. It's not hard to imagine Walt's disappointment when the movie failed to win over audiences in its original release.
Walt finally brought his animated Alice feature to the big screen in 1951, but the audience response was tepid at best. Copyright Disney All rights reserved.
Years later, in an interview with movie critic Leonard Maltin, directing animator Ward Kimball attributed the audience's inability to connect with the movie, in part, to an empathy problem. "There's no denying that there are many charming bits in our Alice," he explained, "but it lacks warmth and an overall story glue."
Walt's Alice found a second life in his theme parks. Copyright Disney All rights reserved
Though Alice eventually joined the pantheon of Disney animated classics and spawned such beloved theme park mainstays as the Mad Tea Party (teacups) and the Alice Electrical Parade float, a cloud of wistfulness continued to hover over the animated feature within the halls of the Disney Studios.
What had confounded Disney's gifted storytellers—along with numerous others who had attempted to adapt Carroll's books to the stage or screen over the decades—was the story's highly episodic, nonsensical nature. On the page, the effect is enchanting and sometimes laugh-out-loud hilarious. Unfortunately, Carroll's approach defies easy translation into dramatic form. This left the newest version's writing-directing team of Linda Woolverton and Tim Burton with a daunting challenge. As Burton explained in a 2009 press conference, he realized they would have to give the movie "…some framework of emotional grounding" and "…make Alice feel more like a story as opposed to a series of events." Easier said than done.
Tim Burton faced a daunting task when he decided to breathe new life into Alice in Wonderland.Copyright Disney All rights reserved
To her everlasting credit, Woolverton identified the core mythic events and character archetypes of the Carroll books and carefully mixed, matched, and re-arranged them within the structure of the classic Hero's Journey for maximum impact. Key mythic moments—the first encounter with the white rabbit (Call to Adventure), falling down the rabbit hole (1st Threshold Crossing), the scenes with the caterpillar and the Cheshire cat (Meeting with the Mentor), traveling to the Red Queen's castle (Approach to the Inmost Cave), stealing the Vorpal Sword from the Bandersnatch (Supreme Ordeal, Reward), and others—were cobbled together from bits and pieces of the original stories, while several iconic scenes were made up out of whole cloth. Meanwhile, many memorable but not-so-mythic scenes from the books—the lobster quadrille, the mock-turtle's story, Humpty Dumpty—were left on the proverbial cutting-room floor.
By incorporating and re-arranging key mythic elements from the original stories, Burton & company were able to re-energize Alice.Copyright Disney. All rights reserved.
Woolverton also recognized that the title character's journey, like that of all heroes, would have to be more than a physical one; it would also need to be a journey of personal transformation. Thus, while Alice enters the rabbit hole feeling oppressed by the agendas of the people in her life, she emerges at the end of her "Underland" adventures feeling reborn, empowered, and ready to take control of her own destiny.
Having absorbed the lessons of her personal Hero's Journey, Alice emerges from her adventures with a new, more confident outlook.Copyright Disney. All rights reserved.
Woolverton's mythic adaptation resulted in a coherent and emotionally satisfying storyline suitable for the big screen. But did she employ the Hero's Journey knowingly…or unconsciously? I have no earthly idea. But I do know that, for the most gifted storytellers, the use of the Hero's Journey can be intuitive. After all, generations of storytellers far and wide had successfully used the Hero's Journey before the mythologist Joseph Campbell came along to identify it and give it a name. Those instinctual storytellers possess the uncanny ability to tap directly into their dreams—the psychological wellsprings out of which all myths are born. Just as importantly, they also have the presence of mind not to censor their wildest, most imaginative ideas.
Storytellers were using the Hero's Journeylong before mythologist Joseph Campbell gave it a name.
Whether Woolverton and Burton's use of the Hero's Journey was intentional or intuitive, the box office results reflect its amazing power to captivate audiences: as of June 1, Alice in Wonderland has grossed over a billion dollars, making it the fifth-highest grossing film of all time and (so far) the highest grossing film of 2010.
This concludes our first voyage together into the world of mythic storytelling. I'll be back soon to help you "decode" more recent movies, as well as popular TV shows and theme park attractions from Disney and other creators. So stay tuned. And if you have any comments, feel free to chime in.
Adam M. Berger is president and senior writer at Berger Creative Associates, Inc., an Orlando, Florida-based creative writing and consulting firm serving the themed entertainment and attraction design industry. You can read more of Adam's observations on mythic storytelling in popular entertainment at his blogsite, the Mything Link.com


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Srinagar, Oct 18 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said Indian government should take up strongly with Pakistani government the matter of repeated violations of ceasefire by its troops along the Line of Control (LoC) as well as the international border in the state.
"I appeal to the Indian government to take up the matter strongly with Pakistan. It will be extremely difficult to maintain talks on ceasefire if the situation worsens," Abdullah said.
This comes in after overnight firing was reported in RS Pura sector of Jammu and Kashmir, in which a BSF jawan was reportedly injured.
According to reports, Pakistani troopers have violated the ceasefire along the LoC and the international border in Jammu and Kashmir at least nine times in the last five days.
Abdullah said the way the Pakistani troopers fired in the civilian areas on Thursday shows that their initiatives are not correct.
"I want the people around the border area to live peacefully. We are now living under a shadow of danger, which is not correct," he said.
There have been cases of 193 ceasefire violations by Pakistan since January this year.
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David Hoffman on independent journalism on the rise for the first half-hour. In the second half-hour, Prof. Paul Pillar discusses Iran, its nuclear program and negotiations
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Thyatira and The Temptation of Tolerance
In today's culture, intolerance is a vice and tolerance is a virtue. This can create difficulties for the Christian, as following Jesus calls us to really be "intolerant" to certain things; and to not "tolerate" certain things. Under the pressure of not wanting to offend, we can fall into "the temptation of tolerance," meaning, when being clear about the Truth might be too costly, we tolerate the intolerable. Such was the case in Thyatira.
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My Latest Build - Deep Body Semi Hollow
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It's about time I posted something on this forum. I've learned so much here that I feel a little obliged. ok, and I think this one turned out pretty great. So here's my latest build. Wenge top on Padouk. Mostly hollow, a block remains from neck pocket to the back of the bridge. It's deeper than usual, at a little over 2 inches. Sound hole is bound with maple, pickguard is ash. I'm not real happy with the pickguard, but rushed it a little bit so the guitar would be ready for a gig this past weekend. I think I'll redo it to match closer to the soundhole shape. Body is finished with Shellac. Chunky C shaped mahogany neck with ebony board. Finished with oil / wax. This was a fun one to build. Working with Wenge was not too bad. Sanding padouk sucks. Red dust everywhere and tough to keep from bleeding to the other woods. Soundhole was a lot harder than I thought. I was going for a little different shape, but the oops factor came into play, and I actually like how it turned out. Any feedback/suggestions would be great. Don't hold back! |
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That's an awesome looking thinline. Excellent! Good job. Love that heel design and the "f" hole (not quite sure what to call it anymore )
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looks like my dream guitar. Only one thing I would of done different if it was my build. The transition to the cutaway beside the neckplate. So the wood curves back into full thickness in a smooth line. Does that make sense? Any ways, that's just my 2 cents. Looks very professional.
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Well, my wife handles all the photography, so I defer to her on that.
and the guitar strap... well, it may not come across in the pictures, but that strap is magical ... women go nuts for it. They don't comment on the guitar much, but the power of this strap is truly special... |
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For the pickguard, I'm definitely re-doing it. The shape will be a larger version of the 2 combined soundholes. And I think I'll try a different material ... the ash pickguard and maple binding on the holes doesn't seem like the right fit. Not sure that plastic is right either though. Any suggestions? |
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I don't have a scale, but it feels quite a bit lighter than an average strat. Padouk and wenge are both really heavy woods. I built a solid body padouk tele, which is my heaviest guitar, hands down. Sounds great though and I like the look. No fun to sand it though. Scratches can be tough to get out. |
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Awesome build! Love the binding on the soundhole. My deepest sympathies on sanding paduak. :-) At least, it wasn't next to a light wood like maple. When I turn paduak on the lathe, it takes a month to get rid of all the red dust, curls, etc.
What was the oil/wax combo you used on the neck? That neck must feel great. |
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Both wenge and padouk (sp. paduak?) are so hard that it takes a lot of elbow grease to sand them clean, especially in the curves. Neck feels great. The finish I used on the neck is really cool. Tried and True wood finish. http://www.triedandtruewoodfinish.com/ I've used all their products. Beyond easy to apply, and completely chemical free, which is a concern these days with 2 toddlers running around the house. You won't get a gloss like you would with other finishes, but I love the smooth feel. It takes quite a few super thin coats to get to where I like it and then I buff it out until it's super smooth. |
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That guitar sucks. You should be ashamed to show that on here. I hope you know i'm just joking. Beautiful guitar and great work.
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I like the ebony fretboard with no dots and the neck plate recess. Nicely done.
Do you think a mini pickguard like on the La Cabronita would suit it? I do - it would balance the f-hole. JMHO.
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A Moment of Praise: M&C Tribute to Mickey Rourke
By April MacIntyre and Patrick Luce Dec 5, 2008, 13:57 GMT
Back in the late 80s, Randy The Ram Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, twenty years later, he ekes out a living performing for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey. Estranged from his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and unable to sustain any real relationships, Randy lives for the thrill of the show and the adoration of his fans. However, ...more
Actor Mickey Rourke has weathered much in the last few years, and taken a bashing for his refusal to age gracefully. His redemptive, critically acclaimed performance in The Wrestler sparks resurgence in his career for him. The film took the big festivals by storm. (A Golden Lion at Venice and Toronto)
Rourke is nearly unrecognizable - heavier, his face and body scarred - and inhabits the role of a has-been fighter with a quiet regalness.
Rourke pulls out a tour de force doing what he has always done best: Play the role strong, sensitive and perfect for the role at hand.
With Rourke flexing his acting muscle, Monsters and Critics thought it was time to take a look at the actors career - noting our personal stand out favorite performances for the Schenectady New York kid and what some might call a few missteps along the way.
Diner - Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
If you don't have good dreams, Bagel, you got nightmares. Boogie Sheftell.
Rourke stole the movie in Barry Levinsons masterful coming-of-age 1982 film Diner.
This was Rourke on the edge of being a man. Of all the guys he seemed most comfortable in his own skin, and played his dreamer Boogie with heart, conscience and a winning sex appeal that made women love him, and guys like him for his humor, balls and loyalty.
Rourkes scenes with Ellen Barkin (Beth) were standout. Levinsons casting director Ellen Chenoweth put together one of the best ensembles in the original bromance film made in the recent past. If you have never seen this film, smack yourself and go out and get it. Great soundtrack.
Rumble Fish - The Motorcycle Boy
California's like a beautiful, wild... beautiful, wild girl on heroin... who's high as a kite, thinkin' she's on top of the world, not knowing she's dying even if you show her the marks. Motorcycle Boy
An enigmatic dreamer, The Motorcycle Boy abandons neighborhood turf wars and his baby brother Rusty to figure out how to fry the bigger fish in life, the important lessons instead of acting out.
Their parents are wastes of life; school doesnt work and all they have is poverty, reputation and swagger. Rourke tries to help him become a man in this beautiful, stylish coming of age 1983 film by Francis Ford Coppola.
Diane Lane delivers a smoldering, knockout performance in this film too. If you have never seen this film, smack yourself extra hard and go out and get it. Great soundtrack.
The Pope of Greenwich Village - Charlie
Mister. I am the Pope, this might be your church, right now I'm the Pope of Greenwich Village 'cause I got the tape alright? Charlie
One of the best under-the-radar films of the eighties; this showed off Rourke as a man, confident and prepossessed in frame. Possibly his coolest role. He and Eric Roberts (Paulie) had electric chemistry together, with Charlie always looking out for his neer do well cousin.
Paulie steps in shit - it stinks. Charlie steps in it - roses. Director Stuart Rosenberg picked a fantastic DP, John Bailey, who shot the New York neighborhoods with real artistry and love with great detail to the light.
The film is dotted with great character actors like M. Emmett Walsh and the years later Sopranos cast of heavies. This is one of Eric Roberts finest performances too. Daryl Hannah, not so much.
9 1/2 Weeks - John
I saw myself in you John
Adrian Lynes 1986 film of sexual obsession to the point of near consumption was a great study in the difference between men and womens sexual natures. Again, an enigmatic, carnivorous player John masterfully manipulates a woman in a chance meeting who succumbs to their raw sexual chemistry.
Rourke succeeds beautifully in this role because of the understated way he plays John; he never gives too much away.
Basingers Elizabeth comes out of her sexual ether and slowly craves the human connection, less the animal. Rourke becomes a sexual icon and major leading man after this role.
Angel Heart - Harry Angel
Louis Cyphere... Lucifer. Even your NAME is a dime store joke.- Harry Angel
Well before M. Night Shyamalans Sixth Sense, there was Alan Parkers brilliant 1987 thriller that took a cocksure Rourke as the unshaven and slobbish Harry Angel, a Brooklyn PI know it all who meets Louis Cyphere (DeNiro), and is hired and sent on a mission that becomes a descent into the supernatural and frightening self-discovery as Harry discovers the horrifying true nature of his investigation.
Lisa Bonet shed her good girl Cosby image completely in her role as a Voodoo priestess.
Side note: I never ate a hard-boiled egg again after I saw this stylish thriller-horror film. Truly frightening, and a masterful performance by Rourke.
Barfly - Henry Chinaski
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." - Henry
This 1987 film directed by Barbet Schroeder based on a Charles Bukowski play that featured Rourke as Henry in a roman a clef tribute performance to Bukowski's life. The skid row poet and writer lived in the dark shadows of cheap bars, women and drinking all day and night. Henry's chance meeting with Wanda (Faye Dunaway) yield some of the best scenes (and lines) in the film, and show off her incredible talent. The film was considered one of the best in 1987, a great year for Mickey Rourke.
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man - Harley Davidson
"Its better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool - Harley Davidson
A motorcycle/buddy action flick that teamed Rourke with Don Johnson in a plot that sees a bunch of losers (named after booze, motorcycles and cigarettes) taking on a drug dealing banker to save the bar they grew up in.
The movie was easily forgettable and far from great. However, Rourke and Johnson manage to bring their cool to the roles and the film can be a lot of fun if you turn your brain off.
Animal Factory - Jan the Actress
Rourke dropped his macho image for a turn as a transvestite for Animal Factory by director Steve Buscemi. It is a small role, but Rourke manages to steal the screen from the other actors and shows why many consider him one of Hollywoods great actors.
The film is a basic prison tale about a young kid trying to survive behind bars, but features solid performance from Willem Dafoe and Edward Furlong.
Sin City Marv
This is blood for blood and by the gallon. These are the old days, the bad days, the all-or-nothing days. They're back! There's no choice left. And I'm ready for war. Marv
For many people, Sin City is what put Mickey Rourke back on the map, and it is impossible to see anyone else playing Marv on the big screen. From his voiceover work to the way he was shot in the films black and white, Rourke was Marv and made Sin City a movie to remember.
Like the actor, Marv is relentless and refuses to lie down and die. Rourke handles the role with grit and a violence that is constantly just under the skin of the character.
Domino - Ed Mosbey
And who would know it? The gatekeepers of humanity turn out to be a bunch of sassy black women. - Ed
Tony Scott's Domino is a bit of a hit and miss. The movie has plenty to love - including Rourke's performance as bounty hunter Ed Mosbey - but lots to hate. Rourke's Ed Mosbey is not a guy you want chasing you down.
Like Marv from Sin City, Rourke plays Mosbey as a straight forward shooter. He isn't a bad guy, but isn't afraid to bend a few laws to get the job done.
Rourke also had several films where he had an impact despite just a brief appearance. These films include Tony Scotts remake Man on Fire, Robert Rodriguez Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Sean Penns The Pledge, Stephen T. Kays remake Get Carter and Francis Ford Coppolas The Rainmaker.
With The Wrestler getting Rourke Oscar buzz, it is clear the actor has no plans to fade away quietly. Like many of the characters he plays on the big screen, Rourke seems to keep moving forward with no plans to quit or let anyone knock him down.
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It is, unfortunately, necessary to state the obvious after America's latest mass shooting in Colorado. Like: We don't know why James Holmes, the 24-year-old suspect, shot up that movie theater. We don't know his mental state. Given the legal presumption of innocence, we shouldn't write with certainty that it was him.
Given how the 24-hour news cycle has expanded the American media's love of speculation, however, the Batman Bloodbath became fodder for political policy prescriptions the moment the first round left the chamber of Holmes' (or whomever's) AR-15.
We saw it after Columbine, when conservatives blamed goth, video games and the so-called "trenchcoat mafia." Liberals (me included) set their sights on bullying jocks. Both sides were wrong -- Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were probably mentally ill, simply victims of one or more not-so-simple personality disorders -- yet the political debate ultimately prompted schools to adopt increased security measures and zero tolerance policies against bullying. State legislatures passed minor gun control laws.
Which may have been good ideas. But they didn't stop it from happening again.
The gun control debate took center stage after student Seung-Hui Cho shot 32 people to death at Virginia Tech in 2007. Liberals said people with a history of mental health issues shouldn't be able to buy guns. Arguing that Cho's victims would have been able to defend themselves had they been packing, right-wingers pushed to allow students to carry weapons on campuses.
Some commentators wondered aloud whether the United States should make it easier for people with mental health issues to seek and obtain help. But that line of discussion was quickly drowned out by the gun control debate.
Now the pattern is repeating itself. We know what happened, but we don't know why.
We know that high-powered automatic weaponry was involved. Most of us assume that Holmes, though purportedly intelligent and educated, was deranged; why else would anyone slaughter innocent strangers in a movie theater?
Given these assumptions, which may turn out be wrong -- the Fort Hood shooter, thought by some to be suffering from PTSD, was most likely "self radicalized" by U.S. foreign policy, making the killings a political act -- it follows that we would try to prevent future similar tragedies by promoting policies in line with our personal ideological preconceptions, and that the political class and their media allies would promote themselves by marketing such "solutions" to us voters and consumers.
Setting aside the caveat that we still don't know why it happened, the big guns/crazy young white guy dynamic leads to two obvious policy prescriptions: gun control and improving access to mental health care. Post-Aurora, we're seeing a lot of the former, including calls for numerical limits on ammo sales -- but relatively few of the latter. David Brooks, a conservative columnist at The New York Times, is an interesting exception. "These killers are primarily the product of psychological derangements, not sociological ones," Brooks writes.
Well, yes. But not everyone has a relative or a concerned neighbor. Without a real commitment to treating, and thus destigmatizing mental illness -- in other words, providing free, simple and easy access to mental health professionals for everyone -- they're empty words.
A 2008 study found that six percent of Americans suffer from serious mental illnesses, which resulted in an estimated economic loss of $200 billion annually in lost earnings. (This doesn't include the one-quarter of the population who have less serious, diagnosable conditions.)
Sixty percent of people with mental illness seek no treatment whatsoever. It's easy to see why: Americans with limited funds must make do with a lame hodgepodge of options when they feel themselves going off the rails: suicide prevention hotlines, support groups, and absurdly low allocations of shrink visits under group insurance plans.
Along with vision and dental care, mental health is an ugly stepsister of America's frayed healthcare infrastructure, regarded as a supplemental luxury, and funded accordingly. If it isn't overturned by a Romney Administration, Obama's Affordable Care Act will help make "mental health parity" -- forcing insurers to treat mental illness at the same priority level as physical ailments -- a practical reality. But, failing a public option -- or, what we really need, fully socialized medicine -- the overall plan doesn't go nearly far enough.
Gun control talk is cheap. A national mental healthcare system that works would be expensive.
Would either one prevent the next shooting spree? Maybe. Maybe not. Like zero tolerance for bullying, they might be a good idea no matter what -- but we won't be any closer to a solution.
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This excerpt taken from the PBR 6-K filed Jun 27, 2007.
(Rio de Janeiro, June 26, 2007). PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S/A - PETROBRAS, [Bovespa: PETR3/PETR4, NYSE: PBR/PBRA, Latibex: XPBR/XPBRA, BCBA: APBR/APBRA], a Brazilian international energy company, announces that this morning in Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Bolivia, it concluded the transfer to YPFB of the total shares of Petrobras Bolivia Refinación S.A. (PBR), the owner of the refineries in Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. YPFB now assumes control of all the shares of Petrobras Bolivia Refinación S.A., the name of which will be changed to reflect the new controlling shareholder, responsible for all the companys assets and liabilities including the supply of oil products to the Bolivian market. PBR was incorporated in 1999 as Empresa Boliviana de Refinación S.A. with the purpose of operating the refineries, Guilhermo Elder Bell in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Gualberto Villaroel, in Cochabamba. These assets were acquired for US$ 102 million by the consortium made up of Petrobras and Perez Companc, the latter subsequently purchased by Petrobras. As from the Bolivian governments decision of May 1 2006 to nationalize 50% plus one of PBRs shares, the company initiated a process of negotiating an upfront and fair indemnity with the local authorities. Petrobras adopted the position that its continued presence in the corporation would depend upon the maintenance of its occupational safety, health, and environmental and human resources policies in the operation of the refineries. At the same time, Petrobras hired an investment bank to undertake an independent appraisal of the value of the shares based on commonly accepted criteria for this type of business transaction, particularly discounted cash flow, the most usual and best known of these criteria. 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During the period that they were controlled by Petrobras, the Bolivian refineries recorded an accumulated net income of US$ 139 million, of which US$ 126 million was paid out to shareholders in the form of dividends. With the sale of the stake for US$ 112 million, Petrobras concludes its refining activities in Bolivia with an adequate return on invested capital. Following the change in control of the two refineries, Petrobras is no longer able to control the quality of products supplied to end consumers in Bolivia. The Company has thus taken the decision to withdraw its company brand from the 26 service stations that bear the corporate logo in different regions of the country. The Petrobras brand, launched in Bolivia in 2001, revolutionized the marketing of fuels in the country by incorporating the innovative concepts of the Integrated Service Station and the systematic control of quality of the products sold. Similarly, the line in Lubrax-branded lubricants, which in 2006 had a domestic market share of 27%, will cease to be manufactured and commercialized by Petrobras in Bolivia. www.petrobras.com.br/ri/english This document may contain forecasts that merely reflect the expectations of the Companys management. Such terms as anticipate, believe, expect, forecast, intend, plan, project, seek, should, along with similar or analogous expressions, are used to identify such forecasts. These predictions evidently involve risks and uncertainties, whether foreseen or not by the Company. Therefore, the future results of operations may differ from current expectations, and readers must not base their expectations exclusively on the information presented herein. SIGNATURE
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CMU, Astrobotic Assemble Lunar Lander June 15, 2011. Astrobotic Technology Inc. and Carnegie Mellon University researchers have completed structural assembly of the lunar landing craft that will deliver the Red Rover robot to the moon in 2014. The half-ton aluminum structure will now undergo shake testing to confirm its soundness and its compatibility with the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle. | ||
Astrobotic Signs Contract for SpaceX to Launch Robot to Moon February 07, 2011. Astrobotic Technology Inc., the Carnegie Mellon University spin-off headed by William "Red" Whittaker, has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch Astrobotic's exploration robot to the Moon atop one of the company's Falcon 9 boosters. The mission could launch as soon as December 2013. | ||
Caterpillar Will Sponsor Tranquility Trek August 23, 2010. Astrobotic Technology, a Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) spin-off company, has announced that Caterpillar Inc. will be a sponsor of its first robotic expedition to the lunar surface. The initial Astrobotic mission, Tranquility Trek, will revisit the Apollo 11 site in April 2013 with a five-foot tall, 160-lb. robot broadcasting 3D high-definition video. The mission will carry payloads to the Moon and convey the experience to the world via Internet video access. | ||
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Here's a great what if for you. What if Vettel went a couple of meters wider. It would have meant…
1. Vettel, who led the race for every (69) laps, crashes on the last lap. 2. Button, who pitted 6 times and had a drive through penalty, who wasn't even on the back of the train with 30 laps to go wins. 3. Webber, who was turned around in the first corner comes back to take a brilliant second. 4. Schumacher, a 41 year old takes his first podium since his come back.
This was already a race for the ages, but if Vettel was just a few meters wider it could have been the greatest ever race in the history.
I completely agree, I like Red Bull but when I saw Vettel going off line, I was praying for a full spin to allow Schumacher onto the podium
What if Webber, Button and Schumacher all took each other out and Vettel spun out completely?
Then HRT would have been in the points!
…it would have been better for the championship!
Macca, the moment Vettel started spinning, I was thinking the exact same thing. Vettel's too good for that, though.
Exactly. The podium would have seen Petrov with his first win, Massa come second and Kobayashi third. Both Hispania and Virgin would score points, moving Team Fernandes back to last in the WCC.
My point is that it's pointless to speculate because there are any number of possible permutations and combinations to go through. What if the race had been dry? What if there had been a proper start? What if Button had never made a mistake coming out of the chicane and Hamilton never hit him?
If it had been 2008, Vettel may well have been out of the race, as that was a gravel trap, not a tarmac run-off back then.
It's just a bit of fun, no need to be a wet blanket mate.
"no need to be a wet blanket mate."
You might be asking a bit much there Macca!
Or if HAM had won instead of BUT (and VET crashed) VET- 143 HAM- 110
so things can change pretty quickly…
it was an amazing save though…i believe alonso would have passed him long before then though had he not been nudged into the wall in that racing incident
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