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My name is Drew Hanson. I am 28 years old and I was born
with spina bifida. I've worked for Integrity Viking Mutual Funds in Minot, ND
for the last 4 years. In my free time, I enjoy sports especially golf, playing
guitar, and spending time with friends and family.
2. In your own words, what is your disability and how does
it affect your life?
Spina bifida is a defect of the spinal cord that affects the
nerves and muscles in my lower limbs. I am extremely lucky, however, because
with the level of severity of my disability, the doctors thought I'd never walk
on my own. With the aid of leg braces, I am able to walk on my own still to
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be an outstanding athlete. My brother, Jon, taught me the game of golf when I
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What Makes a Strong Charter School
In existence now for 22 years, the record of charter schools in terms of quality, student performance, innovation, and community impact has been mixed. With improvements to charter sector practices and policies, more of the positive potential of these taxpayer-funded schools can be realized while also addressing the key concerns they pose for students, families and communities. The NEA is committed to standing with parents, educators, and communities to:
- Support charters driving creative solutions that nurture student needs and are committed to the long-term health of their communities; and
- Advocate for measures to ensure that all charter schools operate in a manner that is transparent, accountable and equitable.
Here are four key features of strong charter schools:
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A school that nurtures and grows enthusiastic and confident learners is one of the most important measures for how parents, teachers, and students evaluate charter schools. Being a charter school is not a guarantee of success any more than is being a traditional public school. Successful students need caring, experienced teachers and a rich and engaging curriculum.
2. Equity
High expectations for every student and the resources needed to be successful are what parents, teachers and students expect inside charter classrooms. That means if a student is an English language learner or has special needs, their needs are met and they're made to feel welcome. Expectations and consequences for student behavior must be openly communicated and fair for all. And charter schools must equitably enroll all groups of students instead of subtly or overtly screening out some who are less advantaged.
3. Accountability
Charter schools must operate in a manner that is accountable to the communities they serve. They need to be monitored effectively by their authorizers, the entities given the responsibility and power to oversee their operations. Charter schools must meet or exceed any student performance targets applied to all other taxpayer-funded schools, or else be subject to the same consequences as the traditional sector. They should be audited annually, with the results posted publicly.
4. Transparency
As taxpayer funded schools, charter schools need to operate openly in the ways we rightly expect of traditional public schools. Charter schools should either establish elected, instead of appointed, governing boards, or comply with the open meeting laws that include parents and the public in traditional sector decisions. They should be required to disclose the amounts and duration of large charitable contributions that provide some charter schools with short-term large resource advantages. Ownership of property purchased with taxpayer support to open charter schools should be transferred to the local school district when a charter school is closed, instead of allowing private entities to reap windfalls from these subsidies intended to benefit students.
Malloy Signs Charter School Transparency Bill
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed legislation increasing charter schools' transparency under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Unable to play on [SG] Exile Chernarus, Constantly getting Error "you were kicked from the game". [SOLVED]
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Recently I've been trying to join this server and a couple of other servers with similar mods, and I've been getting the same error on all servers. The error that appears in chat after i play for a couple of minutes and it is "Player cajja: Wrong signature for file addons\props_f_exp_a.pbo [SG] Player cajja kicked off" (also other different random files in addons) I've gone down every conceivable way to fix this problem. At first, I created a new profile seeing if that worked, and it didn't. Then I tried unsubscribing to all installed mods and the just joining the server, thus reinstalling said mods fresh, and that also didn't work. I then reinstalled all mods including exile then reinstalled, and that also didn't work. then I went on to reinstall arma3 as well as the mods, and that also didn't work, I tried to delete the files that were affecting me and it didn't work. I also tried to defrag my arma and mod folders. I dont know what to do and this is my cry for help. also something that might be a problem, my arma3/steam is not installed on my (C:) Drive its on my (D:) Drive. my C drive is SSD and my D drive is HDD. i have 64 GB ram, x64 system and windows 10
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This is what I would do, and it sounded like you did this already. That file is a pbo most likely located in your arma 3\addons folder, go in there and delete that file, then delete all the .dll and .exe files in the arma 3 root folder, then verify the game with steam, it should download those files alone. If all else fails, I will give you a clean copy of the file myself from my a3 client and you can swap that file out and give that ago. or even find that pbo file online somewhere?
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the thing is is that I am able to join other servers like InfinityExile|militarized|75k|WIPED 4/13 and play on those servers just fine. also, it's not just the one file, if I delete that one, the error comes back with a different file, then a different one and so on. it seems like it might be server side? because I've already uninstalled all my arma3/addons files and verified them 3 times over. I will try to find some arma3/addons folder online and see if that helps at all. if that doesnt clear it up i will ask you for them and see if that works. The server is currently full so ill have to wait for a little while to see. im also going to try to go on their teamspeak and get some help.
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ALRIGHT, I FOUND A SOLUTION: I had my arma 3 not installed on my c drive. that's pretty much it. I'm guessing it was something to do with the lag from transferring information from my HDD (D drive) to my SSD (C drive) (however small it was). also, my game was running a lot faster on my C drive. IMPORTANT: what I did in my steam was I made a new install path to my c drive, so I didn't have to reinstall everything. at the top left of your steam homepage, you click steam in the top left and go down to settings. once you do that, find the downloads tab and click on "steam library folders". A little box will pop up in the middle of your screen. Then you want to click on "add library folder". Navigate yourself to a path in your C drive where you want arma installed, then click select. after that go to your steam library. You want to right click on arma3 go to properties, local files, and click "move install folder". then after you've done that click the drop-down arrow and select your C drive. after about 10-30 minutes (or however long it takes) it should be done moving. (start your arma from steam to the title screen before doing next steps) go to your steam and verify your files for arma3. If you're using the A3Launcher then go to settings and change your arma3 path to the path that you selected. click save near the bottom and you should be good to go. after that join the server. WARNING if you get the error again, that also happened to me, get back into the server, and you should be fine. it only happened to me once, but if it keeps happening, god rest your soul.
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If you can put [solved] in the begging of the title? That would help other people know a fix was found faster when they google things or see this post later.


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This morning, reporters wearing hard hats entered the massive construction site of the future home of the Nets in Brooklyn to hear Mayor Mike Bloomberg brag about the thousands of jobs the project will provide for neighborhood residents.
But there seemed to be a bit of confusion in the question-and-answer session about the exact nature of the jobs and how many will actually be full-time when the large sports and entertainment arena officially opens this coming fall.
The hard-hat-wearing mayor, standing with Bruce Ratner, the developer behind the project and co-owner of the Nets, unveiled a plan today to fill approximately 2,000 jobs at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with priority given to local residents.
"This is going to be one of the iconic places, one of the places to really come and to be entertained," Bloomberg said. "It also means a lot of economic growth, more tax revenue, and more jobs…We want to make sure that [the people] that live in the Brooklyn communities closest to this arena have the opportunity to apply for those jobs…Beginning next week, we're actually going to go into neighborhoods to actually recruit candidates to fill approximately 2,000 jobs."
The city will connect residents to employment opportunities in this project through its Workforce1 services and plan to give priority for full-time and part-time positions to residents of Community Boards 2, 3, 6, and 8, as well as to New York City Housing Authority residents in nearby developments. The jobs include sales reps, security guards, food service associates, accountants, and arena directors.
"We're taking every opportunity to…ensure that local residents can have every opportunity to get these jobs. They're gonna have to be qualified, they're gonna have to be the best, but we're gonna reach out to local residents first," Bloomberg said.
Scheduled to open in September, Barclays Center will be a major sports and entertainment venue that will offer 18,200 seats for basketball and up to 19,000 sats for concerts.
Ratner said that local hiring — which has sometimes been a source of contention locally with the larger Atlantic Yards project — has always been a priority. "Today is one of the most important days in the history of this arena. You'll have championships here…and yet it's one of the most important days, because we're hiring 2,000 people that are local residents…We're gonna be greeted by ushers and porters and ticket-takers from our own communities," he said, adding at the end of his remarks, "This really is about jobs."
One reporter asked why it seems the numbers of changed when months earlier the figure being tossed around was 1,500.
Ratner and Bloomberg explained that the numbers can vary depending on whether they are part-time or full-time jobs, since for any given event, there will be at most 800 people working in the arena.
Another reporter asked for the number of full-time equivalent jobs. Bloomberg seemed quickly irritated: "I don't have any idea what that is, what they are. Bruce, do you want to…It's really different. It's hard to calculate. If the average person works 30 hours and you say a full-time job is 40 hours, then you would just take 3/4 of the 2,000 number."
(Apparently, it's around 1,240 full-time equivalent).
The reporter interjected that the state, which approved the project, said 1,100.
"The state can say anything they want," Bloomberg responded. "Maybe their numbers are right, maybe their numbers wrong. Address it to the state. Don't address it to [us]."
Ratner interrupted, addressing the reporter directly: "We've created one more job. That's a job for you! So that's the good news."
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on April 26, 2012


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- Format: PC (version reviewed), PS4
- Unleashed: Out Now
- Publisher: Supergiant Games
- Developer: Supergiant Games
- Players: 1
- Site: http://supergiantgames.com/index.php/transistor/
With their debut game, Bastion, Supergiant Games proved a mastery of their craft in the all-but-perfect action RPG. Three years on and they're no doubt hoping that lightning can strike twice with their follow-up, the sci-fi strategy RPG Transistor. Here players take on the role of Red as she fights her way toward the ominous group known as the Camerata, hoping to take back what they stole from her along with her talking sword, the Transistor.
The story that grows from this is masterfully and subtly told, the player given just enough information through both gameplay and text logs to infer its intricacies, sometimes via the player's own interpretation of facts. For example, text logs give information on the disappearances of prominent artists of Cloudbank City, all tied together by an innocuous line of dialogue that also link it into Red's own story.
The voice-acting aids with this, each character brought to life with subdued and powerful performances. Logan Cunningham once again does a sublime job in portraying the titular character, lending an emotional weight to the moving dialogue. This all takes place in Cloudbank City, a rapidly dying metropolis that is vividly realised via fantastic artwork. Transistor presents a world of stark contrast; oppressive dark tones and intimidating whites look fantastic with Supergiant Games' colourful, unique, and distinct art style.
The soundtrack continues this trend, moody music weaving itself naturally into the world of Cloudbank City and providing a perfectly oppressive atmosphere for the story being told there. A song is also used at one point to bolster the narrative, creating one of the most powerful scenes in the game.
There's not a whole lot to the gameplay aside from the combat, a hybrid of strategy and RPG mechanics that creates tense encounters to challenge the player's creativity and execution. You're given a limited battlefield, dotted with destructible cover, on which to fight against a variety of enemies known as the Process – from simple dogs and stealthy humanoids to machines whose sole purpose is to shield their allies.
The planning phase pauses the action, so that players can plan out Red's movements and ability use for a limited amount of time. It's an intensely rewarding experience to utilise your choice of four abilities to create an efficient method of taking out your opponents. The planning phase has to recharge after using it, creating a period of vulnerability and downtime since you can't use most of your abilities during this time.
Combat never reaches a high enough level of challenge due to the copious chances at each encounter. When Red loses all of her health, she enters an emergency planning phase for the player to try to end the encounter quickly, but if they fail to do this – then the combat just continues. Should Red run out of health again, she will lose access to one ability each time until finally hitting a game over. It probably would have been a more challenging and enjoyable experience had it skipped the loss of abilities.
Transistor features a levelling system that will unlock both difficulty-altering limiters as well as new abilities. For the number of them, it's a credit to the game that they're all incredibly varied. These offer an overwhelming amount of customisation to the player, especially when taking into consideration that you can also equip them as upgrades and passives. For example, you might take both the Crash and Breach abilities, using the former to apply a debuff to enemies and then the latter to deal huge amounts of damage. Alternatively, you could equip Crash as an upgrade to Breach to add the debuff to its high damage and long range. This gets incredibly complex and enthralling as you unlock some of the more elaborate abilities like Help, which summons a robotic dog that you can control.
While experimenting with these is rewarding in itself, lore-filled text logs will also unlock as you use these abilities in active, upgrade, or passive roles. Along with the OVC terminals throughout Cloudbank City, these offer a well written insight into the city, the villainous Camerata, and the Process. The terminals also allow for some poignant interaction between Red and the Transistor.
While these are great, there's not a whole lot of reason to explore Cloudbank City; the path Red walks is somewhat barren aside from the terminals. It's a shame that there are no items to search for such as Bastion's weapon upgrade materials. There are "back doors" throughout the game that offer challenges to the player such as timed encounters, waves of enemies, and limits to loadout and planning phases. These can get really tough and thus incredibly rewarding when gaining additional mastery over the combat. These are best left until after completing the game or when taking a break from the main plot, as they do a disservice to its pacing.
The game lends itself perfectly to replays with Recursion mode, allowing you to keep all of your abilities and play through a tougher version of the game with more varied and beefed up enemies.
While underwhelming when compared with Supergiant Games' previous effort, Transistor remains a fantastic game. Some minor mechanical issues don't make the gameplay any less than stellar, and certainly don't detract from the immaculately crafted world and narrative.


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HNZ Group Inc. to disclose third quarter results on November 13, 2012 before market open Français
Nov 06, 2012, 16:10 ET
MONTREAL, Nov. 6, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - HNZ Group Inc. ("HNZ") (TSX: HNZ.A, HNZ.B) will release its third quarter results ending September 30, 2012, on Tuesday November 13, 2012, before market open.
The HNZ Group Inc. conference call will take place Tuesday November 13, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. (ET) to review the financial results. To participate in this conference call, please dial one of the following numbers approximately five minutes prior to commencement.
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I am so excited about the up and coming launch of Equilife World. It is a modern and stylish magazine aimed at horse lovers, riders around the globe. I think this magazine, inspired by Therese Alhaug is offering a new dynamic approach to the equestrian world. Packed with inspiring articles – riders, breeders, equine artists, writers and new ideas. The magazine is stunningly set out and full of beautiful photography.
A publication that brings fresh views of equestrian activity around the globe new insights and great opportunities.
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While Silverman was spotted out and about in the Hamptons showing just a hint of a baby bump, Cowell was in L.A. facing reporters at a FOX press day. He sarcastically brushed off the rumors, saying, "I haven't read the newspapers, did I miss something?" Adding, "Unfortunately, I have to keep this private."
His fellow "X Factor" judges, Paulina Rubio, Kelly Rowland, and Demi Lovato did speak to "Extra" about the baby.
Kelly Rowland is confident that Simon would make a great father. She told us, "He'll be a wonderful dad, yes he will, I truly believe he will... Just getting to know him from, you know, the first meeting that I had with him asking me to do 'X Factor UK' up until now, I think he'll be a wonderful dad."
Demi Lovato, who is the only mentor that worked with Simon last season, said he is a good guy and has a good heart.
"He's a strong man and I can't give someone advice that has lived so much longer than I have," she said. "I don't know what to tell him, he knows more than I do… I think everyone can turn something negative into something positive."
Paulina, who hasn't spoken to Simon about the rumors, added, "He is a good leader, so I bet he will be [a good dad]."


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Pressure cook in about 2 cups of water until soft.
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Moonlight, The Halloween Cat (by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet) is a new book at my house. Our neighbor brought it over the other day to read to my kids, and while she was reading, this line caught my ear:
Moonlight walks the night.
She sees lights going off in the houses.
Now only pumpkins will shine.
The language was so simple and poetic, I stopped what I was doing to listen to the rest of the book. The language reminds me of Margaret Wise Brown. Simple words, simple motion, a repetition that feels like rocking. The language is easy and elegant here. It tells the story of Moonlight, a cat whose favorite night is Halloween:
She walks, soft and black,
Over the grass, along the fences,
Through the trees.
There's something very cozy about the book. I'm not sure how, exactly, a book about a black cat prowling around on Halloween night manages to feel cozy—but I think it has something to do with the simple and pleasant description of her travels.
Pumpkins smile at her.
Straw laps welcome her.
And children are out.
Moonlight loves children.
She follows them, but they don't see her.
She is black, like the night.
It's fun to think about what cats might do and where they might go after people are all tucked in. It's immensely soothing to think of raccoons and bunnies and owls going about their nighttime business after the stars are out. Moonlight also feels so at ease moving through the night air. It's clear there's nothing to be afraid of, even on Halloween.
Part of the cozy feeling also comes from the beautiful illustrations. The colors are so rich, and there's so much contrast. The night sky is a deep, brilliant blue, the jack-o-lanterns are a cheerful orange, and the yellow light just seems to overflow from the houses' windows—balancing the cool darkness of Moonlight's travels with all the promise of warmth and brightness waiting at home.


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Vegan Protein Scones with Blackberry Chia Jam
These healthy oat flour scones are vegan, naturally gluten-free, and oil-free made with coconut yoghurt for a crumbly, subtly sweet, baked breakfast treat or afternoon tea accompaniment!
I don't know about anyone else but when I have afternoon tea, forget the cakes it's the scones that I look forward to the most! If I step foot in a good bakery, they are definitely the baked good I just can't resist buying. Naturally therefore I decided I would try and make a healthier, gluten free and vegan version that I can enjoy everyday of the week rather than as a treat every now and again.
Besides the texture, one of my favourite things about these scones is the not-too-sweet taste. Less sugar obviously makes them more morning appropriate too, and it also makes them more topping appropriate. When I say topping I'm thinking my favourite….. CHIA JAM! Okay I may be a little bit biased towards fruity, but in my mind any biscuit-like bread just begs for a thick layer of berry jam spread on top. You could of course stick with regular jam instead of the chia jam but its a great reduced sugar healthier version.
I'd love to hear your comments below or see your pictures if you make these. Tag me on Instagram and I'll share them on my stories cleanleanbakes 🙂
- For the Scones:
- 100g Oats
- 150g Coconut Yoghurt
- 1 Chia Egg (or regular egg if not vegan)
- 15g of Vegan Protein (optional)
- 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp of Cinnamon
- 100ml Almond Milk
- Handful of frozen Raspberries
- For the Chia Jam:
- 50g Frozen Blackberries
- 2 Tbsp Chia Seeds
- Preheat the oven to 190oc. Line or grease a muffin tin
- To make the chia egg combine chia seeds with water and set aside for 5-10mins
- Combine all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl, adding the milk last until the desired consistency is achieved. The consistency should be similar to porridge but not to runny
- Scoop mixture into the muffin tray. Bake in the oven for 30 mins
- Meanwhile make the chia jam by microwaving the frozen blackberries until warm and then mix in the chia seeds and leave to stand for around 15 minutes
- Remove the muffins from the oven to cool and keep in an air tight container in the fridge
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21st WPC Opening Ceremony and Dinner
Sunday 15 June 19.00-20.15
At the state Kremlin Palace
Welcome Speeches by:
- H.E. Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Russian Federation
- Dr Renato Bertani, President, World Petroleum Council
- Vladimir Evtushenkov, Chair of the WPC Russian National Committee
- H.E. Mohammed Al Sada, Minister of Energy, Qatar
High-level entertainment to include presentations by the Bolshoi opera and ballet stars
Plenary Sessions
OPENING PLENARY - Energy strategies for a growing world
Monday 16 June 09.00-10.00 (PL-Hall)
With a current world population of 7bn people, growing to at least 9bn by 2050, the world is going to need more energy. Key industry leaders will address the challenges ahead for the industry and the strategies to provide reliable energy supply to all.
|Session Chair:
|H.E Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, India
|Plenary Speakers:
H.E Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Russian Federation
WPC Excellence Awards
谁有365体育投注网站 Monday 16 June 13.15-14.00 (PL-Hall)
|Keynote Address by:
|Vladimir Evtushenkov, Chair of the WPC Russian National Committee
|Technical Innovation: for SMEs and Majors & NOCs
|Social Responsibility for SMEs and Majors & NOCs
|Special Youth Award for best paper or poster at the Congress
INAUGURAL SESSION - Russian petroleum industry perspectives
Monday 16 June 14.15-15.45 (PL-Hall)
|Session Chair:
|H.E Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Russian Federation
|Plenary Speakers:
|H.E. Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary General, OPEC
Igor Sechin, CEO, Rosneft, Russian Federation
Alexey Miller, CEO, Gazprom,Russian Federation
Vagit Alekperov, CEO, Lukoil, Russian Federation
Inaugural Keynote: Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation
PL03 - The industry's role in promoting development
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The world is relying on industry's contributions to create a better, wealthier, healthier future for all people. But it also demands that industry make those contributions through operations that are safe, secure, and environmentally responsible. By bringing together people, technology, and business drivers, industry delivers on performance while maintaining focus on safety and protection of the environment in supporting economic growth and improving standards of living.
|Session Chair:
|Daniel Yergin, Vice Chair, IHS, and Pulitzer Prize Winner for "The Prize", USA
|Plenary Speakers:
Bob Dudley, CEO, BP, UK
PL04 - Science and technology: energising the future
Tuesday 17 June 09.30-10.30 (PL-Hall)
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|Session Chair:
|H.E Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, UAE
|Plenary Speakers:
|Helge Lund, CEO, Statoil, Norway
Samir Brikho, CEO, AMEC, UK
PL05 - New frontiers in conventional and unconventional oil and gas
Tuesday 17 June 13.00-14.00 (PL-Hall)
谁有365体育投注网站 Oil and gas industry continues to generate opportunities via technological innovations to enhance its success in accessing resources to meet global demand. The challenge is to develop cost-effective means to recover more conventional resources, and to unlock unconventional resources.
|Session Chair:
|Li Fanrong, CEO and President, CNOOC Limited, China
|Plenary Speakers:
|Mr Eulogio Antonio del Pino Díaz, Vice-president of Exploration and Production, PDVSA, Venezuela
Yves-Louis Darricarrere, President, Total Exploration & Production, France
PL06 – Meeting Stakeholder Requirements: "License to Operate"
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谁有365体育投注网站The demand for energy around the world is undoubtedly growing. At the same time, there is increased attention at how resources are developed from the public. The need for energy, vital for economic development and progress, must be met while addressing environmental and social impacts associated with increasing demand for energy resources. Some of these challenges and expectations include minimizing operational footprint, HSE and risk management through operational excellence, corporate social responsibility, and changing public sentiment.
|Session Chair:
|B Ashok, Chairman Designate, Indian Oil Corporation, India
|Plenary Speakers:
|Antonio Brufau, Chairman, Repsol, Spain
Javier Gutierrez Pemberthy, CEO, Ecopetrol, Colombia
PL07 –Sustainable financing of the industry
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|Session Chair:
|Anita George, Senior Director of the World Bank Group Energy and Extractives Global Practice, World Bank, USA
|Plenary Speakers:
József Molnár, Group CEO, MOL, Hungary
PL08 – The new producer-consumer balance
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|Session Chair:
|Zack Henry, Director, Energy Dialogue, IEF
|Plenary Speakers:
|H.E. Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary General, OPEC
Keisuke Sadamori, Director, Energy Markets and Security, IEA
PL09 –Aiming towards a perfect record in safety and environment
Thursday 19 June 08.30-09.30 (PL-Hall)
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|Session Chair:
|Sigve Knudsen, Executive Vice President, Petroleum Safety Authority, Norway
|Plenary Speakers:
|Chayong Borisuitsawat, Acting Senior Vice President, Safety, Security, Health & Environment Division of PTTEP, Thailand
Simon Durkin, VP Safety, Enviroment & Social Perfomance, Shell, Netherlands
PL10 –Geopolitical cooperation: ensuring long term energy sustainability
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|Session Chair:
|Dr Renato Bertani, President, World Petroleum Council
|Plenary Speakers:
|Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy, Russia
Besim Şişman, CEO, Turkish Petroleum Corporation, Turkey
Hosnia Hashim, Vice President, Operations, Kufpec, Kuwait
PL11 –Raising the Bar on Governance and Ethical Standards
Thursday 19 June 13.00-14.00 (PL-Hall)
Working together to meet the energy needs of a growing world economy requires relationships built on mutual trust, respect, and understanding of cultural and political differences of all stakeholders.
|Session Chair:
|Joe Saddi, Senior Partner and the Managing Director of Strategy&, PwC
|Plenary Speakers:
Randi Martinsen, President, AAPG USA
Dewhurst Lecture and Award
Thursday 19 June 16.00-16.45 (PL-Hall)
|Dewhurst Recipient:
|HE Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority and Former Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar


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Wipro net up 38% quarterly, 12.4% yearly
Global software major Wipro on Tuesday reported a Rs 2,494 crore net profit in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018-19, registering 38 percent annual growth.
For fiscal 2018-19, net profit grew 12.4 per cent annually to Rs 9,000 crore.
In a regulatory filing on the BSE, the city-based IT major said revenue for the quarter under review grew 9 per cent annually to Rs 15,006 crore.
Revenue from IT services business grew 2.8 per cent annually and 1.4 per cent quarterly to Rs 14,565 crore for the quarter.
Under the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS), net income for the quarter is $359 million, total revenue $2.2 billion and $2,076 million from IT services.
Gross revenue for the fiscal grew 7.5 per cent annually to Rs 58,580 crore ($8.5 billion) and 3.8 per cent annually to Rs 56,970 crore from IT services.
Revenue from IT products business was Rs 280 crore ($39.9 million) for the quarter and Rs 1,230 crore ($178 million) for the fiscal.
Operating margin from IT services for the quarter at 19 per cent was 4.4 per cent up annually and 17.9 per cent for the fiscal which is 1.8 per cent annual growth.
The firm projected $2,046-2,087 million revenue from its IT services for the first quarter of new fiscal 2019-20, which will be a flat growth of 0.1-1.0% rate quarterly. IANS


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Property For Sale
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What does the full service package include?
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· Legal verification of real estate - for lack of legal claims, arrests, etc.
· Bidding with the seller, which can reduce the initial cost by a significant amount.
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If the buyer has already found the necessary object for himself, but he needs a legally competent translator to make preliminary negotiations, our consultant will not only escort the object and translate the said sellers, but will consider all details of the transaction, confirm its legal validity, which will save the client from serious errors.
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The new musical La La Land, from Damien Chazelle, the writer and director of 2014's Whiplash, is this year's answer to The Artist. It's a throwback to Old Hollywood, steeped in nostalgia. Musicals are so rare these days that many viewers may think of them as artifacts from a forgotten age, which they kind of are, and even when a musical does surface occasionally, it's often of the self-conscious variety. As entertaining as La La Land is (and I'm placing it on my ten best of the year because I had such a good time at it), there's something artificial about it, something artificial beyond the fact that it's a musical and beyond the fact that it's set in Hollywood. La La Land may be the cinematic equivalent to a day trip to DisneyLand: You've made the drive, paid the fare, and you've assured yourself you're going to like it; and everything about the place—the sets, the characters, the costumes, the music, the rides—is practically screaming, "Love this, why don'tcha?" La La Land is charming to be sure, but if you think about it too much, it could fall apart.
In the opening musical number, hundreds of motorists, stuck in a traffic jam on the 10, jump out of their cars and erupt into a cheerful, upbeat song about the L.A. sunshine, and it's clear that these are all would-be showbiz people, who've packed up their belongings and moved to Los Angeles, or some suburban area on the outskirts of Los Angeles, hoping to fulfill their dreams. That's where Chazelle's millennial roots are showing. Singin' in the Rain focused on silent-film-era Hollywood insiders having to prove themselves anew as the movies were making sound for the first time; in La La Land, they're all outsiders, constantly preening and rehearsing and marketing and networking themselves, because you never know what studio suit might be at that party, or which audition might be the one that garners a callback, or which bit part on a television series could lead to something more. La La Land is about possibilities in a world inundated with possibilities and choices, which is the reason that the romance between its stars, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, must be tinged with uncertainty. In La La Land, your dreams represent trade-offs. Maybe it's a depressing sign of our modern cynicism, but if the movie let them have it all, it would feel like a cheat.
The greatest thing about La La Land isn't its musical numbers but its wistful musical tone, which is upbeat on the outside and melancholy on the inside: there's a lovely, lachrymose theme that Ryan Gosling—who plays the struggling jazz pianist Sebastian—keeps picking away at on the piano, and it's so entrancing and beautifully maudlin that it draws Mia (Emma Stone) into the piano bar where he's performing, and that's how they (sort of) meet. Indeed, La La Land experiences its emotions most fully in these songs (even when the emotions are canned, like in "Another Day of Sun"). And the songs aren't particularly memorable or grand (although I've had "Another Day" stuck in my head all week); but they feel familiar and they have life in them, even if that life is distilled in a recycled and repackaged and shrewdly calculated form.
That's where the film's artificiality works for it: this is a secondhand musical, so we know the language, and Chazelle knows that he doesn't have to spell the emotional beats of the film out for us. He can focus instead on wooing us with the music and the gorgeous visuals, and the chemistry between Gosling and Stone, actors who play off each other marvelously, who convey tenderness or uncertainty or that over-the-moon feeling you get at the beginning of a romance, with just their eyes, or in the way Gosling flirtatiously pretends not to be into Stone, or the way Stone lets him woo her, fully knowing what he's up to.
They're lovers who don't know they're in love yet, and the pleasure is in watching how it will unfold. (Chazelle does keep us wondering if it will last, as dreams turn into opportunities that threaten to keep them apart.) In that big traffic sequence at the beginning, Sebastian honks at Mia because she's distracted by her phone and isn't paying attention to the road; she flips him off as he whizzes past her; later, in the piano bar, he breezes past her again, just as she tells him how beautiful his playing is. It's not until they meet a third time, at one of those apparently standard (and insufferable) industry parties, that sparks fly. As they're walking to their cars in the purple-blue twilight, Gosling coos (his voice low like Dean Martin's but timid like Ricky Nelson's when they sing together in Rio Bravo) and Stone purrs in response (her voice is light and airy, but it grows). We could never fall in love with each other, they think, and the song lies, "what a waste of a wonderful night." That's the kind of lie we paid for, because we know it's going to be proven false in about three seconds, when even the song happily loses its convictions.
Ryan Gosling, who's started to grow on me as an actor (see his terrifically funny performance in The Nice Guys), has always displayed a certain indifference that to me alienates him from the audience. He embodies the blasé indifference of a Method actor, like James Dean but without Dean's ambiguous persona, or like Brando without his electric energy. But in La La Land, Gosling's subdued, hipsterish aversion to displaying emotion works to his advantage. It makes his eventual success seem almost inevitable, and it makes us less annoyed with his stubborn resistance to new ideas, if only because we don't take him seriously. (He's a jazz traditionalist, wooed briefly into John Legend's character's band where he's forced to play synthesizers and attend obnoxious photo shoots, and play the part of an L.A. music product.)
And there's something flat in Gosling's voice when he waxes on about the excitement of making your own art, without compromise. Does he even believe what he's saying? Or is it so obvious and assured for him, that he doesn't need to say it with conviction? Gosling's just as artificial as the movie. Fortunately, Emma Stone is never anything but genuine. Stone is the one we're invested in: she's clearly magnificently talented, but will any one of those agents or executives notice? Mia has attended one too many humiliating auditions, where rude, distracted studio execs stare blankly into their phones while she works herself into an emotionally wrenching state, showing off her acting chops to nobody. (As if anyone could ignore her.) And when Stone bats those big eyes of hers, it's as though she's Cupid, lassoing our hearts to the heart of this movie. We really ought to know better, but it's like going to an amusement park: the elation and the fatigue become blurred sooner or later.


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We all remember Avicii's seismic statement in late March back in 2016 when he shocked the electronic music world by announcing he was retiring from touring. The Swedish superstar and influencer had a redemptive moment during a two-week road trip across the USA. Eventually, his drastic decision was caused by the lack of time for other personal interests. He wished to have time for himself, for the person who is actually behind the power-brand Avicii. Right after, the whole electronic dance community declared their support and understanding while fans responded in turn by creating an intense demand for tickets to his final shows.
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Is it just because we watched films like "The Blue Lagoon" or a little later "The Beach" when we were kids? So that might be the reason we ended up dreaming of places like the Azulik Resort for our whole life? Does this create the magic about living in a tree house at the beach with oceanview?
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12 July 2009
CEO Mr Leif Brodon
Södra, Skogsudden, 351 89 Växjö
Fax: 0470-891 85
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Re: Significant risk to Södra's bottom line from investing in Gunns' planned pulp mill, Tamar Valley, Tasmania.
Dear Mr Brodon,
We write to point out a significant and undisclosed risk to Södra's bottom line should the company decide to invest in Gunns' pulp mill planned for the Tamar Valley, Tasmania.
It is unlikely that Gunns has pointed out their dependency on direct and indirect government subsidies because Gunns has neither reported on these in its Integrated Impact Statement and does not report the subsidies in their books. Given the scale of these subsidies, their potential loss to Gunns and forestry in Tasmania poses a significant risk to the future value of Södra's investment as the global financial downturn forces governments to look for ways to cut back on expenditure.
The profitability of Gunns Ltd has long been artificially propped up with a wide range of taxpayer subsidies as listed in the Appendix below. A cash subset of forestry related subsidies have also been identified in an independent study by economist Graeme Wells.
The local community via its organisation TAP Into a Better Tasmania has estimated subsidies for Gunns and forestry in Tasmania and costs arising from the pulp mill project. These include losses to other businesses and the community of more than $3.1bn, one time diversion of taxpayer dollars of $399m (so far) and ongoing subsidies of $360m/year See Subsidies and the Appendix below for more detail.
The scale of many subsidies is not precisely known as there has been no socio-economic and environmental analysis of the pulp mill proposal or an analysis of cost side of a cost-benefit study. Neither has there been a risk assessment to Australian Treasury standards of the pulp mill project. Sweco Pic's assessment of the project "does not include … noise emissions, impacts on surface or estuarine waters, effects on flora and fauna, transport implications and social and economic effects, and does not include construction impacts and does not include impacts from off-site infrastructure development such as raw water supply pipeline, effluent pipeline or quarry" (p12 Assessment of the Gunns Limited Bell Bay Pulp Mill Against the Environmental Emission Limit Guidelines, 25 June 2007)
There is considerable community disquiet about the assessment of the project with only 26% agreeing with the Government's fast-track process, 64% disagreeing and 10% unsure (8 August 2007 EMRS statewide poll. (See http://tapvision.info/node/413). Also, 26 of 27 opinion polls conducted from 2005 to the present show a majority of Tasmanians and Australians are opposed to a Gunns' pulp mill in the Tamar Valley. Only one poll in George Town near the proposed pulp mill, showed majority support (53% to 47%) in February 2008.
Governments are coming under increasing pressure as a result of the global financial crisis to reign in spending, recoup costs and reduce subsidies in the face of backlash from voters who are increasingly angry with the loss of essential services. Some of these services include health, public housing, education services, disability services, road & rail funding, national parks and nature conservation.
The dependence on subsidies means that neither Gunns nor Södra can guarantee the future bottom line profitability of the proposed pulp mill. Professional business consultants have advised us that the most responsible decision for Södra is to wait until the scale and type of subsidies is clear and the risks clarified.
We welcome inquiries to provide further information about the financial risk to your bottom line from investing in Gunns' planned pulp mill.
Yours faithfully
Tony Saddington
Spokesperson for TAP Into a Better Tasmania
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Web www.tapvision.info
Cc Evans & Peck, Sydney office
Fax: +612 9495 0520
Whilst it has not been possible to produce precise figures for all subsidies to Gunns and the forestry industry, it is clear that the level is very high. The global financial downturn and a decline taxpayer in funded support poses a significant risk to Södra's future bottom line.
Some opportunity costs and subsidies for forestry and the proposed pulp mill include:
1. Logging operations (research, building and maintaining roads, bridges). Greater than $65m/yr.
2. Resource use (free water use by plantations, transportation subsidies for heavy truck traffic). $176m/yr.
3. Provision of infrastructure (rail, pipelines highway upgrades). One time costs = $376m, annual cost = $19m/yr.
4. Pulp mill project promotion, planning and review. One time costs = $14m.
5. Direct government assistance to logging industry (plantation establishment schemes, favourable loan agreements, economically inefficient pricing policies, taxation policies and direct and indirect financial assistance) over past 10 years = $632.8m. See Graeme Wells report at (http://tasmaniantimes.com/images/uploads/WELLS_ECONOMIC_REPORT.pdf)
6. Indirect costs (health impacts on communities, losses to 2600 tourism and related businesses in Launceston and the Tamar Valley, loss of agricultural land to plantations, losses to 77 fine food and winery related businesses in the Tamar Valley, risks to Bass Strait fishing industry). Largely unknown but exceeds $1.1bn/yr.
7. Carbon trading losses ($165m/year).
8. Electricity subsidies (to Gunns and major contract users in the wood processing sector). Unknown.
Letter to Swedish firm Sodra about significant and undisclosed risks from investing in Gunns' pulp mill
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SEATTLE (KCPQ) -- Four seniors at Mount Rainier High School have been charged with gang-raping two 15-year-old girls during an overnight school trip last fall.
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"From the time that we learned of the allegations, we took action to ensure the safety and well-being of all of our students at Mount Rainier High School," Catherine Carbone Rogers, a spokesperson for Highline School District, told Q13 News on Friday.
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