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I have fragmented memories of watching the 1999 Disney animated movie when I was too young to question the politics of the story. Based loosely on Edgar Burrough's adventure series, any interpretation of the movie will be fraught with problems inherent to colonial literature – racism, imperialism, the savior complex etc. The Legend of Tarzan is a retelling of the tale that tries commendably to cater to modern sensibilities of the 21st century.
It's firstly not an origins story. The audience is introduced to Tarzan, already living the life of an English lord. It's been eight years since his discovery and return from Africa. We learn of his childhood in the wild through flashbacks. He is now John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, married to the feisty Jane Porter, living a quiet retired life in his English manor. He is requested to accompany Captain George Williams (played by Samuel Jackson) on a diplomatic mission to Congo for a friendly visit to King Leopold's territory. The covert purpose is to investigate a suspected slave trade encouraged by the government of King Leopold.
This is where history meets fiction – as a Captain George Williams did indeed go to Congo, discovered and reported on atrocities committed by the private militia on the Congolese people. In the movie, there is a larger plot afoot – King Leopold plans to mine the diamonds of Africa and couple it with underground slave trade to become the richest kingdom in all of Europe. This strategy is masterminded by Captain Léon Rom (played reliably and effortlessly by Christoph Waltz) who is driven by ambition and pure evil. To achieve this he needs to deliver Tarzan to Chief Mbonga, the tribal chief who owns the diamond regions.
Tarzan and Jane's down-the-memory-lane trip turns sour pretty soon as their host village is attacked and Jane is kidnapped. The movie now follows the predictable path; Tarzan must rescue his Jane and save the people of Congo from Rom's devious plans. And so he does, swinging gorgeously from vine to vine, fighting apes and jumping across trees through the forests of Congo!
The very buff and good looking, Alexander Skarsgård plays an understated, brooding version of Tarzan, rightly so for someone who has spent more time in the wild then in the company of men. Jane Porter is the only significant female character in the story and Margot Robbie plays her with aplomb. Jane's character often mocks the traditional role. When the villainous Rum asks her to scream, she throws her head and retorts – "Like a damsel in distress!" She does do a commendable job of putting up a fight, but for the sake of convention and the box office, she is gloriously rescued by Tarzan.
The Legend of Tarzan tries hard to be politically correct – not an easy task given the original material. The choice of adding a black man as the partner to Tarzan's journey is very deliberate, as is reference to slave trade, and the colonization of Africa. Somewhere buried in the script there are references to civil war and the cruel treatment of Indians. The movie addresses a lot of political hot topics with a brushstroke without delving into the details.
In the end, in spite of all its ambition, The Legend of Tarzan remains a silly adventure romp.


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Author Notes: A spring time cocktail of gin, lemon, and cinnamon macerated blackberries and blueberries. Substitute prosecco for the club soda to make it extra classy! —CrepesofWrath
Serves: 2 (plus extra berries)
For the Berries
cups blackberries/raspberries/blueberries
cups granulated sugar
cup water
cinnamon stick
whole cloves
For the Blackberry Bramble
ounces gin
juice of 2 lemons
ounces simple syrup
spoonfuls of macerated berries
club soda or prosecco, to top it off
- Place your berries in a small pot and add in the sugar, water, cinnamon, and cloves. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then simmer for 8 minutes, until the berries have softened (but not disintegrated) and the sugar has dissolved. You will have extra if you're not making drinks for a crowd, so these will keep well in their syrup for up to a week. Make sure you take the cinnamon and cloves out!
- In a cocktail shaker, combine your gin, lemon juice, and syrup. You can use some of the syrup from the berries, if you want a really fruity drink, or you can just use regular simple syrup. To make plain simple syrup, just boil 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water until the sugar dissolves. Easy!
- Add ice to the top and shake well, for at least 10 seconds. Use a strainer (so you don't have any lemon pulp) to pour the cocktail into two ice filled glasses. Drop a spoonful or two of berries into the drink, drop with club soda, and add a straw. Allow your guests to stir the drink themselves; the pink looks really pretty when you serve it, almost ombre, and then it magically combines in your guests' hands!
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April 15, 2014 07:00 ET
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 15, 2014) - COASTAL GOLD CORP. (TSX VENTURE:COD)(FRANKFURT:CY41) (the "Company") provides the following corporate update:
Dr. Bill Pearson, P.Geo., President & CEO of Coastal Gold, commented: "Over the past year, in spite of the difficult market conditions, we have substantially advanced our Hope Brook Gold Project. On December 4, 2013 we released an updated mineral resource estimate that increased the indicated resource by 110% to 1,239,000 ounces of gold with an additional 138,000 ounces of gold in the inferred category. The overall grade of the indicated resource was increased by 30.2%. In addition, on January 16, 2014 we released an inferred tailings resource of 134,500 ounces and 9.5 million pounds copper. We have identified a number of exploration targets both near surface and underground with good potential to further expand mineral resources."
Dr. Pearson continued "These new resource estimates have formed the basis for a preliminary economic assessment (PEA). Work completed on the PEA has focused on the potential production from tailings, open pit and underground at a rate of 5,000 tonnes per day. While we have made good progress, further engineering work is needed to finalize the study. Coastal Gold has elected to suspend work on the PEA to conserve cash and wait for market conditions to improve."
Mineral Resource at Hope Brook
The NI 43-101 mineral resource on the Company's Hope Brook Gold Project, as reported in the press release issued on December 4th 2013, are estimated to contain 1,239,000 indicated ounces of gold and 138,000 inferred ounces of gold as set out in Table 1 below.
Additionally, a NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate has also been reported on the tailings at the Hope Brook project as reported in the press release dated January 16th, 2014. The tailings are estimated to contain 134,500 ounces of gold and 9.5 million pounds of copper in the inferred category at a cut-off grade of 0.45 g Au/t as set out in Table 2.
The independent technical report, entitled "2013 Mineral Resource Estimate, Technical Report Hope Brook Gold Project, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada" (the "Technical Report"), dated January 17th, 2014, was prepared for Coastal Gold by AGP Mining Consultants Inc. and Mercator Geological Services Limited. The Technical Report is available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company's website at www.coastalgold.ca.
Coastal Gold is a Canadian mineral exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "COD". Coastal Gold's flag ship property is the Hope Brook Gold Project located in southwestern Newfoundland, which has 19.9 million tonnes at 1.93 g Au/t for 1,239,000 ounces of indicated mineral resources and 1.3 million tonnes at 3.22 g Au/t for 138,000 ounces of inferred mineral resources. In addition, there are inferred mineral resources in the tailings of 4.9 million tonnes at 0.85 g Au/t and 0.09% copper containing 134,500 ounces of gold and 9.5 million pounds of copper.
Dr. Bill Pearson, P.Geo., President & CEO of Coastal Gold, a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical content of this news release.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Information
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements regarding the estimation of mineral resources and the anticipated results of proposed future work at Hope Brook, including a PEA. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to: general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current exploration activities; future prices of mineral prices; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and shortages and other risks of the mining industry. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
Coastal Gold Corp.65 Queen Street West, Suite 815Toronto, Ontario, CanadaM5H 2M5Rob Hopkins, Manager, Investor RelationsTel: 416-861-5899Email: firstname.lastname@example.com: www.coastalgold.caBill Pearson, President & CEOTel: 416-861-2968Email: email@example.com: www.coastalgold.ca
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National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson looked over the 2008 Farm Bill during a discussion at the International Sweetener Symposium in Colorado focusing on the need for policy makers to find ways to effectively maintain farm safety net programs in the next farm bill. Johnson says the biggest issue for the 2012 Farm Bill will be funding levels. He recommends strengthening crop insurance programs, boosting countercyclical payments, simplifying the ACRE program and expanding the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program for the 2012 Farm Bill. Johnson says the sugar program is running well and operates at little cost to taxpayers. He suggests more programs like it should be examined in the upcoming farm bill.
In a new Harris Interactive poll about U.S. sugar policy, Americans favored current sugar policy over three other policy alternatives. The other choices have been offered by food manufacturers and others looking to make a change. Only 19% of respondents chose one of the alternative policies, including an income support system like other farm commodities; a one-time buyout like tobacco policy; and elimination of the U.S. sugar program favoring imports.
The poll shows 95% of Americans believe it's important to produce food domestically instead of depending on foreign producers. American Sugar Alliance Chairman James Johnson wasn't surprised by the poll's results. Johnson says the nation is in a tough economy right now and the current policy, which doesn't cost taxpayers anything, supports 146,000 U.S. jobs and boosts the nation's food security, is projected to continue operating at no cost to taxpayers during the next 10 years. Johnson says a change in policy would either require extensive taxpayer expense or a major shift to imports - both equally unpopular.


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Soft DK weight yarn that is 50% silk and 50% superwash merino. Hand dyed in Ice Queen colorway.
Approximately 231 yards.
Suggested needle size: 6
Care: Hand wash cold, lay flat to dry.
Hand dyed by me in a smoke free, but dog friendly home.
I did my best to represent colors accurately, but please note that monitors may display colors differently.
I accept payment via PayPal as well as Etsy direct. I collect tax from Virginia residents.
Shipping is listed with each item. I ship USPS. I will contact you after I ship to let you know when to expect your package.
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What Rotary is:
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The Four-Way Test
these bring a surprising clarity to all business and personal interactions.
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Rotary International Information:
Information is available on the International website at www.rotary.org. There is a lot of information on the site and you are encouraged to browse it at your leisure.
Rotary District Information:
The district web site can be found at www.rotary7610.org. Here you will be able to find information regarding the district, its activities and officers.
The Rotary Foundation
The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.
The Foundation was created in 1917 by Rotary International's sixth president, Arch C. Klumph, as an endowment fund for Rotary "to do good in the world." It has grown from an initial contribution of US$26.50 to more than US$73 million contributed in 2000-01. Its event-filled history is a story of Rotarians learning the value of service to humanity.
The Foundation's Humanitarian Programs fund international Rotary club and district projects to improve the quality of life, providing health care, clean water, food, education, and other essential needs primarily in the developing world. One of the major Humanitarian Programs is Polio-Plus, which seeks to eradicate the polio virus worldwide. Through its Educational Programs, the Foundation provides funding for some 1,200 students to study abroad each year. Grants are also awarded to university teachers to teach in developing countries and for exchanges of business and professional people. Former participants in the Foundation's programs have the opportunity to continue their affiliation with Rotary as Foundation Alumni. Projects and programs funded by the foundation typically involve a partnership between multiple clubs and districts in at least two countries.
The fundraising efforts fall into two main categories: The Annual Programs Fund, which supplies monies for the Educational and Humanitarian programs; and the Permanent Fund, which is Rotary's endowment — a fund whose principal is never spent and investment earnings are channeled into programs. The PolioPlus program is funded through a separate PolioPlus Fund — the result of an extraordinary fundraising effort began in the mid-1980s and continuing today in an effort to eradicate polio worldwide. This mission is nearing completion with only four countries reporting cases of Polio last year.
The Rotary Foundation unique is its three-year funding cycle is unique and the Foundation's mechanism for program participation, known in Rotary as SHARE. Through the three-year cycle, funds contributed in any given year are invested for three years before being spent on programs. This ensures that all contributed dollars go directly to programs with investment earnings being used to pay administrative costs. In years in which the Foundation's investments have performed well, the Foundation has been able to channel extra monies into program awards.
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American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee (sans beau Nick Cokas) accents her little brown dress with HUGE purple clutch at the The Pink Party on Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif.
The event was thrown to benefit the Cedar-Sinai Women's Cancer Research Institute at Viceroy Santa Monica.
Kat, 23, has been busy sporting a baby bump for her new film I Know What Boys Like with Anna Faris and Rumer Willis.
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1 small pkg pistachio pudding mix
1 (8 oz) cool whip
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup miniature marshmallows
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WIAW – What I Ate Wednesday
I started off the morning with ginger tea and then a delicious Pumpkin Microwave Muffin. Look at the little piles of things:
Then it becomes this brown colored masterpiece:
As I do with most things I eat, I put peanut butter and chopped walnuts on top.
I stopped drinking coffee this week, so I had a few cups of Irish Breakfast tea and pretended like it was the same. I don't think it's permanent, but I realized when I NEEDED a fourth cup of coffee I should dial it back if I wanted to keep all of my teeth past my 35th birthday.
Last week I saw on CBS This Morning a clip about Theo Jansen's Strandbeests. One of the coolest things I've seen, some people are magical. The CBS clip can [hopefully, still] be found here.
I didn't have to go into work until the afternoon so I enjoyed a 6 mile trail run with a friend at North Table Mountain Park. Here is the loop:
Lots of options there for loops, with great views of Denver and Golden. Kind of like every run in or near Golden.
Then for lunch I ate fish tacos because I always do.
I went to work in the afternoon and ate this Pumpkin Bar for a snack.
For dinner I had a delicious slow cooker vegan chili with some tortilla chips.
I got home at 1 AM and was trying to remember on the drive home how I ever stayed up til 3 AM in college. Then I remembered that I slept until 11 AM. I would not go to an 8 AM class because it was too early. Hah!
The night nurses I talk to say they get 3-4 hours of sleep on average. I don't understand it. I feel like the inability to live on little sleep is a character flaw or something, or at least that's how I perceive their judgement when I say I'm tired.
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DETROIT - The new General Motors Co. board apparently has decided what to do with its troubled German-based Opel unit, but nothing will be made public until German government officials and Opel's board are notified early Thursday, a person familiar with the situation said.
The 13-member GM board on Wednesday was weighing four options for Opel, including keeping the operation or letting it slide into bankruptcy protection, said the person, who requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the decision.
Board members also were discussing if GM should accept bids from a consortium of Canada's Magna International Inc. (TSX:MG.A) and Russia's Sberbank or a competing offer from RHJ International, a Brussels-based investment house.
Any GM board recommendation would have to be approved by the trust overseeing Ruesselsheim, Germany-based Adam Opel GmbH, whose brands also include Britain's Vauxhall. Control of the company was transferred to a German government-backed trust just ahead of parent GM's U.S. filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The trust holds 65 per cent of Opel, with GM holding 35 per cent.
Presumably, the GM board could also wait to decide Opel's fate at a later date, though that seems increasingly unlikely.
GM for months has stated its preference for the RHJ bid because the Brussels-based private equity firm is more likely to restructure Opel while preventing GM's car designs and other technology from going to companies that compete against GM's Chevrolet brand in Russia and other parts of the world.
But German officials have supported the Magna-Sberbank bid because they think it would preserve the most jobs in a critical election year. State-owned Sberbank has ties to Russian automaker GAZ, and GM is worried the Russian automaker could use Opel technology to compete with Chevrolet, which has grown in Russia.
If the board goes with RHJ or decides to keep Opel, it would be setting up a high-stakes confrontation with the German government, which has offered euro4.5 billion (US$6.5 billion) in credit to support the Magna bid and wants to show it is preserving jobs in advance of the Sept. 27 election.
It also could set up a fight with Opel's powerful union, IG Metall. Opel employs 25,000 people in Germany, about half of GM Europe's total work force. Up to six Opel plants could be closed in order to match factory capacity to sales, the person familiar with GM's options said.
A person close to Germany-based Opel Trust, who was not authorized to speak on the matter officially, said the trust would be involved with an announcement only if GM decides to sell the unit to one of the two investment bidders.
If GM decides to keep Opel, or if it does not come to a decision, or - least likely - GM decides to let Opel go into bankruptcy protection, then the announcement would have to come from the GM board, the person said.
The spectre of such a decision drew derision in a newspaper interview from German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is seeking to become chancellor in national elections Sept. 27.
"Magna's concept to take Opel over is the best offer," he was quoted as saying by the Mainzer Allgemeine Zeitung, reflecting the view widely held by the German government.
"I warn against lightly throwing around the word 'insolvency,"' he said, adding that German politicians had done everything possible and that "now it is time for General Motors' board to finally make a decision."
Meanwhile, German workers and labour groups waited anxiously. Rainer Einenkel, Opel's workers' council president at its Bochum plant, told the radio program Deutschlandradio Kultur that Opel's shaky situation threatened thousands of workers at Opel plants and at many parts manufacturers.
"We want the locations, the factories preserved," Einenkel said.
On Tuesday, the European Employee Forum of General Motors, the European Metalworkers' Federation, and other European unions called for a prompt decision, fearful that more delays could put Opel and Vauxhall at further risk.
"What we are now witnessing is GM wasting time and money by once more delaying the final decision with an incomprehensible strategy," the groups said in a statement.
GM Europe on Wednesday offered only that it "does not provide any details for GM board of directors meetings," and would not say if or when any word might come on Opel's fate.
Opel spokesman Frank Klaas said only that there would be an announcement "when a decision has been made."
Under the terms of the Magna bid, Magna and Sberbank would get a 55 per cent stake in Opel. GM would hold onto a 35 per cent stake and Opel workers would get 10 per cent.
RHJ sweetened its offer last week, agreeing to provide euro300 million in cash compared with euro275 million offered earlier and would expect loan guarantees of euro3.2 billion from the government, down from euro3.8 euros.
AP Business Writer George Frey reported from Frankfurt.
GM weighs options for Opel including keeping it, bankruptcy, sale to investors
DETROIT - The new General Motors Co. board apparently has decided what to do with its troubled German-based Opel unit, but nothing will be made public until German government officials and Opel's board are notified early Thursday, a person familiar with the situation said.


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Fundamentals of Business Intelligence
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SEPAM students participating in the Information Architecture track, old curriculum (before 2011-2012).
Starting 2011-2012, this course is replaced by a course with the same name, 5 ects (instead of 6 ects) and new code SPM4450.
Students willing to do this old course (instead of the new SPM4450) should contact the Module Manager at the start of the lectures.
Course Contents
The current Information and Communication Technology enables organisations to monitor all their activities at any detailed level. In this way, large amounts of data are collected.
Intelligent organisations bring their data together in big datawarehouses and integrate them to information and knowledge, based on which operational activities can be optimized and strategic decisions underpinned. The transformation of data into information and knowledge is based on the use of a broad spectrum of intelligent methods in combination with sophisticated visualization techniques.
The intelligent organization is characterized by its efficiency and effectiveness of the realization of its business goals and, in addition to that, by its agility and resilience, i.e., its flexibility to deal with changing market conditions and other unexpected difficulties at both strategic, tactic and operational level.
BI software applications include decision support systems, query languages (with, among others, search functionality) rapporting tools (like dashboards and google maps), online analytical processing, statistical analysis, (intelligent) software for classification and prediction, and data mining.
BI software tools also concern methods for the consolidation of data in datawarehouses and datamarts.
The learning objectives of this course are
a) to get an overview of the Business Intelligence field;
b) to understand the fundamental principles that underly
1) the realization of an intelligent organisation
2) the transformation of data into information and knowledge
c) to obtain some experience with basis BI tools and/or applications.
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1) Understanding the basic principles of (building) an intelligent organisation;
2) Understanding the main technical building blocks of Business Intelligence (BI) solutions and the need to align them with the business goals and people's abilities;
3) Understanding the ways data can be successfully transformed into information and knowledge using 'intelligent data analysis' techniques;
3) Getting practical experience with one or more BI application or tools.
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A series of lectures as well as one or more practical group exercises where BI tools are used. It will further be tried to provide one or more guest lectures by 'experts working in the field'.
The setup of the course further strongly depends the number of students enrolling for this course.
Intelligent Data Analysis: see http://www.springer.com/computer/image+processing/book/978-3-540-43060-5
This book will be made available in soft copy (book chapters from the Springer site).
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I am in receipt of your correspondence of 21st June
2000 which caused me great concern. I believe members of the Standards
and Privileges Committee should be made aware of the full facts
regarding my involvement with this inquiry.
On 21st May 2000 I received correspondence from The
Commissioner asking me to provide her with a copy of a financial
reference for Mr Kevin Reid from the Scottish Labour Party. She
indicate that we supplied this reference in 1998.
Being aware of the importance of The Commissioner`s
inquiries, I gave prompt attention to this matter and spent a
considerable amount of time trying to locate the reference.
However, on 23rd June, my office informed me that
the said reference was given in 1999 and not 1998. This followed
checks both with my Office Manager and our Personnel Department
at Millbank Tower. This reference has now been forwarded to The
Commissioner. The delay in locating the reference was due to the
fact that the date given by The Commissioner was based on wrong
This is the second time in the course of my involvement
with this inquiry where I have had to rectify procedural difficulties.
On 30th March, I attended an interview with The Commissioner in
London. Following that interview Ms Filkin contacted me indicating
that her tape recorder had broken during our interview. In an
effort to be fully co-operative, I offered to have a transcript
made from my recording and forwarded this to her on 13th April
2000. Her office, then contacted me again at the end of April,
stating they had misplaced the transcript I had sent. Again, in
an attempt to be helpful I faxed a further copy.
I regard the work of the Committee on Standards and
Privileges as extremely important. Throughout this inquiry I have
sought to give my full assistance to the Commissioner and will
continue to do so for the duration of the inquiry.
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OPEC's War on US Producers
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The comments of Saudi Arabia's oil minister at the annual CERAWeek conference in Houston this week provided some sobering insights into the strategy that the Kingdom, along with other members of OPEC, has been pursuing for the last year and a half. Perhaps the ongoing oil price collapse is not just the result of market forces, but of a conscious decision to attempt to force certain non-OPEC producers out of the market.
Notwithstanding Mr. Al-Naimi's assertion that, "We have not declared war on shale or on production from any given country or company," the actions taken by Saudi Arabia and OPEC in late 2014 and subsequently have had that effect. When he talks about expensive oil, the producers of which must "find a way to lower their costs, borrow cash or liquidate," it's fairly obvious what he is referring to: non-OPEC oil, especially US shale production, as well as conventional production in places like the North Sea, which now faces extinction. If these statements and the actions that go with them had been made in another industry, such as steel, semiconductors or cars, they would likely be labeled as anti-competitive and predatory.
We tend to think of the OPEC cartel as a group of producers that periodically cuts back output to push up the price of oil. As I've explained previously, that reputation was largely established in a few episodes in which OPEC was able to create consensus among its diverse member countries to reduce output quotas and have them adhere to the cuts, more or less.
However, cartels and monopolies have another mode of operation: flooding the market with cheap product to drive out competitors. It may be only coincidental, but shortly after OPEC concluded in November 2014 that it was abandoning its long-established strategy of cutting production to support prices, Saudi Arabia appears to have increased its output by roughly 1 million barrels per day, as shown in a recent chart in the Financial Times. This added to a glut that has rendered a large fraction of non-OPEC oil production uneconomic, as evidenced by the fourth-quarter losses reported by many publicly traded oil companies.
That matters not just to the shareholders–of which I am one–and employees of these companies, but to the global economy and anyone who uses energy, anywhere. OPEC cannot produce more than around 37% of the oil the world uses every day. The proportion that non-OPEC producers can supply will start shrinking within a few years, as natural decline rates take hold and the effects of the $380 billion in cuts to future exploration and production projects that these companies have been forced to make propagate through the system.
Cutting through the jargon, that means that because oil companies can't invest enough today, future oil production will be less than required, and prices cannot be sustained at today's low level indefinitely without a corresponding collapse in demand. Nor could biofuels and electric vehicles, which made up 0.7% of US new-car sales last year, ramp up quickly enough to fill the looming gap.
Consider what's at stake, in terms of the financial, employment and energy security gains the US has made since 2007, when shale energy was just emerging. That year, the US trade deficit in goods and services stood at over $700 billion. Energy accounted for 40% of it (see chart below), the result of relentless growth in US oil imports since the mid-1980s. Rising US petroleum consumption and falling production added to the pressure on oil markets in the early 2000s as China's growth surged. By the time oil prices spiked to nearly $150 per barrel in 2008, oil and imported petroleum products made up almost two-thirds of the US trade deficit.
Today, oil's share of a somewhat smaller trade imbalance is just over 10%. Since 2008 the US bill for net oil imports–after subtracting exports of refined products and, more recently, crude oil–has been cut by $300 billion per year. That measures only the direct displacement of millions of barrels per day of imported oil by US shale, or "tight oil" and the downward pressure on global petroleum prices exerted by that displacement. It misses the trade benefit from improved US competitiveness due to cheaper energy inputs, especially natural gas.
This is an issue that should be receiving much more attention at the highest levels of government. The reasons it hasn't may include consumers' understandable enjoyment of the lowest gasoline prices in a decade, along with the belief in some quarters that oil is "yesterday's energy." We will eventually learn whether these views were shortsighted or premature.


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Juz Sixteen
Sūrah Al-Kahf
This sūrah starts in the fifteenth juz and is concluded in the sixteenth. It is highly recommended that we recite it every Friday. Several ahadith promise that those who do so will be protected from the deceptions of Dajjāl. The Dajjāl will be a person who personifies deception. His will be an era of extreme trials and tribulations for the believers. We are asked to always pray for protection against those trials. While the Dajjāl has not yet appeared, we are indeed living in an age when dajjālic deceptions are increasingly manifest all around us.
The story of the People of the Cave is narrated in āyahs 9-26. These were young people for whom their faith was all important. They lived at a time when the people of faith were being persecuted by a ruthless king. They could not fight him, nor could they surrender to him. So they took refuge in a cave. They put their affair in the Hands of Allāh and He saved them from persecution through a miraculous sleep that lasted for three centuries.
The story of Prophet Mūsā and Khiḍr is narrated in āyahs 60-82. Its most important moral is that things are not always what they appear to be. We should not be deceived or disheartened by the events that unfold before us every day. What seems to be an imperfect world is actually a perfect testing ground.
The story of Dhul Qarnayn is told in āyahs 83-98. He was a powerful, just, and Allāh fearing king. Two actions of his are specially highlighted.
1) His declaration that he would punish the unjust and deal kindly with the virtuous. This makes moral purpose and virtue as the yardstick with which to measure any ruler. In contrast secular western democracy holds that the government has no business deciding morality or virtue.
2) He refused to tax the people for a national project even when the tax was offered by the people. This was obviously not for the purpose of improving his chances of reelection; it was the extension of morality and virtue to the economic field.
Here are reflections on some āyahs from this sūrah.
َلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فَاعِلٌ ذَٰلِكَ غَدً إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ
And never say about anything, "I shall surely do this tomorrow," without (adding), "If Allāh so wills." And remember your Lord if you forget. (Al-Kahf, 18:23-24).
Here is the background for this āyah. The account of the Seven Sleepers, the encounter between Prophet Mūsā and Khiḍr, and the story of the king Dhul Qarnayn were unknown to the Arabs. The Quraysh of Makkah were advised by Jewish scholars in Madinah to ask the Prophet ﷺ about them as a test of the authenticity of his prophethood. He promised to answer the question the next day expecting the revelation to come by that time. This sūrah was the answer. (This was a most brilliant answer that not only gave details about them, but also applied their stories to the situation at hand to show that the Quraysh were on the side of wrong in the stories about right and wrong. Unfortunately obstinacy kept the Quraysh and the Jews from accepting the Truth.)
This sūrah was the answer, but it was delayed by two weeks. The two anxious weeks were a Divine reminder of an important message mentioned in this āyah. We should never announce plans about the future as if we control it. Rather we should qualify these by the words, inshāAllāh (If Allāh wills). There was a time when in the Western world, the phrase God willing, carried the same message. Today the secularized discourse shies away from acknowledging that we do not control the future. And even when it does acknowledge that, it refuses to acknowledge that the control belongs to God. So "God willing" is replaced by any number of clumsy expressions, whose common concern is to avoid mentioning God, like "If fate decrees," "If the wind blows right," "Hope it's my lucky day," "Barring some unforeseen (circumstance/ incident/accident)," "If things work out," and "If things go according to plan." Superstition also reigns supreme as people normally say "knock on wood" or "keep your fingers crossed."
We should not give in to this secular madness. We need to bring inshāAllāh2 (and God willing) back to our everyday discourse—on every continent and in every language of the world. For wherever we are and whatever language we speak, the future is always totally in the Hands of Allāh.
وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ ۖ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُ فُرُطًا
Keep yourself content with those who call their Sustainer morning and evening, seeking His countenance, and let not your eyes overlook them, seeking the splendor of the worldly life. And do not obey the one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance, and who has followed his desire and whose behavior has exceeded the limits. (Al-Kahf, 18:28)
Here is the most profound—and ignored—truth about extremism. Those who do not remember Allāh end up following their own desires and go to extremes in satisfying them. It all starts from a single minded devotion to the splendor of this worldly life. Extremism is thus a direct and inevitable result of materialism and unbelief. And turning to Allāh—and away from obedience to our lusts and greed—is the only way to fight it.
Recently the spelling of this expression has received undue attention due to some misconceptions about the meaning of the phrase when "inshā" is written together in English (as opposed to "in shā"). The fact is that readers of English tend to pronounce and understand it in the same manner when written as "inshallāh" or "inshāAllāh» or «in shaa Allāh.» In all cases they clearly understand it to mean «If Allāh wills.» So all are valid forms as affirmed by many scholars.
The Life of this World.
وَاضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ الرِّيَاحُ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا
Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: It is like the rain which we send down from the skies: the earth's vegetation absorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do scatter: it is (only) Allāh who prevails over all things. (Al-Kahf,18:45)
All the pleasures and riches of this world are short-lived. Here today, gone tomorrow. How foolish that one should make them the yardstick to measure success in life. This comment follows the account of the encounter of two characters: a rich non-believer and a poor believer. The latter was not at all impressed by the riches of the former and was much concerned about his unbelief and ungratefulness towards Allāh. The former refused to listen to him and was destroyed. This āyah captures the moral of the story. That encounter continues today and so does the need for remembering the story and its moral.
The Greatest Loss
قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِالْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالًا. الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا. أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَائِهِ فَحَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فَلَا نُقِيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَزْنًا
Say, "Shall We tell you about the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds? Those are the ones whose effort in the worldly life has gone in vain, while they think they are doing well. Those are the ones who rejected the signs of their Sustainer and (the concept of ) meeting with Him, so their deeds have gone to waste, and We shall assign to them no weight at all." (Al-Kahf, 18:103-105)
Good deeds without the right motives are a waste. Motives are the soul of every action. In turn motives are driven by belief. When belief in Allāh and the Hereafter is absent then one's good deeds are soulless. This is an all important reminder that we need to purify both our intentions and our actions. If we do not seek rewards from Allāh in the Hereafter, we'll surely not get them.
The Blessed People
أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ آدَمَ وَمِمَّنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ وَمِمَّنْ هَدَيْنَا وَاجْتَبَيْنَا ۚ إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُ الرَّحْمَٰنِ خَرُّوا سُجَّدًا وَبُكِيًّا
Those are the people on whom Allāh bestowed His grace, the prophets from the progeny of 'Ādam, and of those whom We caused to board (the Ark) along with Nūḥ, and from the progeny of Ibrāhīm and Isrā'īl ( Jacob), and (all of them were) whom We guided and selected. When the āyahs of The Raḥmān (The All-Merciful) were recited before them, they used to fall down in Sajdah (prostration), while they were weeping. (Maryam, 19:58)
In sūrah al-Fātiḥah we make the dua to be shown the path of those on whom Allāh bestowed His grace. Here the same exact word is being used to tell us that the prophets were the people who were so favored. So anyone sincerely looking to find Allāh's true favors and blessings should be following in the footsteps of the prophets.
And the thing to note in their behavior is their attitude toward the words and commands of Allāh. Falling down in sajdah with tears of love and awe in their eyes captures their willing and loving devotion to Allāh and His commands.
We can judge where we stand with reference to Allāh's true blessings and grace, by seeing where we stand in relationship to Allāh's words and commands.
Reflections on Āyahs of Sajdah (Prostration)
This is one of the fourteen āyahs of sajdah in the Qur'ān. These āyahs are themselves a reminder of the miracle of the Qur'ān. When reciting any of these āyahs, or listening to their recitation, inside the ṣalāh or outside, believers always perform sajdah. That simple act of prostration that we do not think much of is in reality an extraordinary event. To realize that we can ask if anyone can produce a book such that whenever readers reach a certain point in it they will perform a prescribed act of devotion. All of them. All the time. We can challenge the multibillion dollar publishing empires to pool all their resources and marketing talents to produce such a book. They will fail. For only the Words of Allāh can command such devotion.
There is another important message here. We cannot approach the Qur'ān as another book, to be critically evaluated and judged and selectively accepted or rejected based on one's understanding. This is the way an Orientalist will approach the Qur'ān. But for a Muslim these āyahs set the tone for all our interaction with it; it is one of total and loving submission.
Importance of Ṣalāh
فَخَلَفَ مِن بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الشَّهَوَاتِ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا
Then came after them the successors who neglected Ṣalāh and followed their lusts and desires. So they will soon face Destruction. (Maryam, 19:59)
This emphasis on Ṣalāh came in Makkah (in the 5th year of Prophethood) about five years before the five daily prayers were ordained. After narrating the stories of many prophets, we are told how deviations came in their followers. The prophets had shown the Straight Path. With the passage of time, their followers were overcome by lusts and turned away from this path. And the first error they committed, which finally led to this tragic result, was being negligent in ṣalāh. A famous hadith gives the same message. Ṣalāh is the pillar of dīn, the Islamic way of life. Whoever destroys it destroys his dīn. In other words one cannot build an Islamic life, an Islamic community, an Islamic institution, or an Islamic government while neglecting or weakening this pillar.
In one of his circulars Sayyidnā ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb sent instructions to all his administrators saying, "In my opinion, ṣalāh is the most important of your obligations. Whoever takes good care of it and safeguards it safeguards his religion and whoever neglects it will neglect other things even more." He then added instructions about the times for the five ṣalāhs and admonition against dozing off before Isha.
This letter from the ruler of a vast empire to the officials of his government—shall we call it Executive Order?—gives us a lot to reflect upon. For ṣalāh is among the most emphasized


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Book Quest, our English summer reading club for children, is celebrating its 13th anniversary! This year's Oh Canada! Book Quest offers children ages 5 to 12 the opportunity to explore the theme of the 150th anniversary of Canada by reading magazines, comic books and short novels, as well as participating in activities.
Activities will take place on Saturdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Morrin Centre library.
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Pre-Readers: children under 6 who are learning the building blocks of reading.
Readers: children from 7 to 12 years old who are working on their reading skills.
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Bruce Lee Quotes About WarriorQuotes about: Warrior
I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet 'paradise'. More important, I no longer fear 'hell'. The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, but I did not observe it, until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, consuming myself.
...good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge?...to put the heart of martial arts inyour own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension and the use of a free style. When you have that you will know that there are no limits.
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- Born: November 27, 1940
- Died: July 20, 1973
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Incredible human-like robots already exist in Japan
Japan continues to make new advances in life-like robots. These robots look almost human, and they may even work as receptionists, newsreaders, and more. How were they made to look so human-like? Do you think androids will ever live among humans?
This video shows how they created a human-like android. It starts with taking a cast of a real person. A special type of silicon is used to replicate human skin. The robot is programmed to move facial skins to mimic human senses and emotions. In the video, you'll see a human next to her look-alike android and find them almost indistinguishable.
Can beauty buy happiness? Watch as Joo Sang Wook and Han Ye Seul find out on Birth of a Beauty:
Of course, one concern is always about how these robots will be used. Will they replace us, the humans, at our jobs?
It is, nevertheless, a very intriguing topic raised by Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University Department of System Innovation, that we'll understand more about what makes us "human" through the study of androids.
I think I'll have to wait and see if they'll ever produce an android good enough to replace the romantic lead in a heart-touching K-drama.


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The North County Outlook has a weekly feature titled Our Best Friends. Community members can send us photos of them with their pets and we will randomly select one to run in that week's issue. All photographs will be featured on our website at http://www.northcountyoutlook.com. To submit a photo, please send it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include the names of the people and pets in the photo.


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The American Suppressor Association states that 41 states allow some form of legal silencer ownership and use by civilians, as of 2014. Thirteen states have passed Shall Sign/Certify laws that give citizens conditional freedom to manufacture private firearms and firearm accessories, including oil filter silencers.Continue Reading
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A new app is attempting to change the way we shop, saving users time and money. CamFind is a free app for iOS (and Android starting in January) that has mastered visual search, even surpassing Google's attempts. After using the app to take a photo, the app brings up all the info on the product, price comparisons and the option to buy it right there on the spot, all on your phone.
CamFind CEO Dominik Mazur tells us that users have found other inventive ways to use the app. "Say you're at a restaurant. You can take a picture of the awning or menu and immediately get Yelp reviews and recommendations," he says. "Or, you can take a picture of a movie poster and the app will pull up the movie trailer and reviews so you can decide whether or not you want to go see it."
To save money, Mazur recommends using the app to comparison shop while out shopping. It can also help you get your favorite fashion trends for less. If you see an item you like, such as your co-worker's shoes or a friend's dress and take a picture of the item, the app will pull up a list of places selling the item — or a similar style — at the best deal.
Mazur says Google has attempted to master visual search in the past, but is still lagging behind. "Google Goggles are only accurate one out of five or one out of 10 times," he says. "CamFind is accurate more than 90 percent of the time." Sure enough, most users have given the app five-star reviews.
In addition to the picture-taking ability, users can also speak their query; there is also an option to type in the search, though it is not the main focus of the app. "It's the evolution of mobile search," Mazur says. "We're trying to change the way people search by making it easier, taking away the step it takes to type."
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Universities are faced with dramatic changes, relating to worsening economic conditions. But the fast-evolving research landscape in Europe and a world of mass higher education also have an impact on the sustainability of universities. The conference will therefore try to shed light on the key aspects of sustainable higher education systems for Europe, and the possible pathways to achieve this.
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The Antarctic is known as the last wilderness because for being the only place that human beings have not spoiled. In the pictures, the penguins were gazing into the deep navy blue ocean and joyously strolling along the icy surface of the glaciers, enjoying the peacefulness of their homeland. Due to the changing climate, however, the glaciers are melting dramatically and therefore negatively impacting the already tough lives of the local residents – the penguins. Global warming is jeopardizing penguins' (especially Adélie penguins') breeding areas, harming their food supply and causing increased chick mortality.
Born in Beijing and spent her childhood and teen years in various places including Tibet, Szechuan and Yunnan, Xiao "Freya" Gu is a volunteer, traveler and photographer currently based in New York. Early experience of diverse cultures and exposure to different communities unleashed her fascination for human and nature. She is passionate about observing and connecting the world through travelling and volunteering. She has traveled to all 7 continents and has been a dedicated volunteer since she was 15. She takes her lenses to capture precious moments, when she sees true beauty and dignity in human as well as the wilderness in nature.


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It is during a stay in Rio de Janeiro, on the beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema that was born the idea to create CocoBeach! Pareos with the name of a beach or a city to remember about holidays.
CocoBeach is a small brand of a designer, drawn in France and made in Bali, in the pure tradition of the Brazilian cangas.
Bretagne, La Baule, Vendée, Riviera, Saint Tropez and Corsica are the first six models of the collection and other cities of the world will be in produce for 2013.
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Love the 2, 4, 6th photos..the dress is amazing and I love the guy's relaxed look compared to a more posed one!! Very beautiful faces!! Happy Monday doll! xxxReplyDelete
love your blog:)Maybe we can follow each other?
wow those men are so hot!!! i love the pictures!!!!
i'm glad to be back dear! can't wait to see more post from you!
take care. xoxo, Haus of Gala
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hehe some of the biggest korean stars there~ They are hotties alright =) makes me wanna go korea again! thanks for sharing hun xoxoReplyDelete
pretty boys! hot-hot-hot-hot!
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Yay for some Monday morning eye candy! :-) Thanks for featuring!
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love the cover and the last picture. They look so yummy :) I need to check out this issue. I took a class on Korean cinema back in the day.ReplyDelete
That green dress is gorgeous against the olive complexion and I like the colors on the sweater below it. Rich and chic looking!
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Oh so chic! These photos are beautiful.
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Hotness overload! Fabulous photos and I love the green dress too. :) xoxoReplyDelete
Oh gosh! Daniel and Han! Mmm Mmm Mmm LOL Thanks for making my Monday Rowena!
Great pictures!! Beautiful.
I can always use a little eye candy -- especially on a Monday morning.
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Classy and gorgeous, what more can I ask for? Great selection, as always!
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Gorgeous editorial filed with gorgeous people!
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such beautiful people!! + a happy monday to you ;) ;)
The magazine looks great.
I LOVE that green dress!
And no, it's perfectly okay to want to use an outdoor fire pit for Korean barbeque! It seems like it would work perfectly. :)
Ahhh, such beautiful people!
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I love the feel of these photos. Gorgeous people and gorgeous clothes!ReplyDelete
what an awesome editorial!! Love the vibrant images <3ReplyDelete
Hi lovely, these photos are beautiful!!!
Have a good week!!
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This is an awesome spread! I know nothing about Asian magazines so this is where I always get my fix!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! And of course I love her Burberry platform sandals!
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I love your eye candy spreads, this magazine is awesome!
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Beautiful pictures!! Thanks for sharing them.
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Ahh Daniel Henney - he definitely is nice to look at! ;)
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The man's long-sleeved T with orange neckline is gorgeous! Really really like it, and the photos are amazing as well
So much handsomeness in one post! I don't know much about Korean cinema but after seeing these hotties, you've tempted me to want to see the movies they're inReplyDelete
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A gorgeous feature...love these images!!ReplyDelete
Love Han Hyo Joo outfit. Her shoes I want...Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
eeeekkk Daniel Henney!!! *pants* i agree, not much of an actor LOL but oh so hot i don't notice his acting all that much XDReplyDelete
=) what a great post! I love the green dress. I so want!ReplyDelete
The last picture is so cute! <3<3ReplyDelete
I love these photos, they are so great. Beautiful outfits.
Daniel Henney is always very elegant. The green dress is perfect.
Followed on from Under Lock and Key. I'm a fan of Korean cinema since seeing 'The Host'. Thanks for the handsome line up :)ReplyDelete
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You Can't Detect What You Can't See: Illuminating the Entire Kill Chain
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Unlike most companies that are doing or planning mergers at the moment, Oracle is an expert at doing them well.
However, this merger is not an acquisition of a company like PeopleSoft that is close to Oracle's core competence. Its the acquisition of Sun, a company that got caught in a transition between hardware and software, was clearly failing, and isn't close at all to Oracle's core competence.
That means while it may go better than AT&Ts acquisition of NCR, or IBM's acquisition of ROLM, it will have more similarities to the problems associated to those out-of-competence zone acquisitions than Oracle's typical work.
This kind of acquisition virtually never goes well despite the competence of the acquiring company, because there is simply too little understanding of the differences between the two entities. In watching mergers like this over the last several decades I've concluded that the problems are associated more with the similarities than the differences. Thats because they create a false sense of confidence that the problems are known when they are not and the learning on the job costs kill the effort.
This doesn't mean that Oracle won't get at least some of the promised benefit from their acquisition of Solaris, Java and the related tools and support structures. These should enhance Oracle's offerings though, as a platform vendor with Unbreakable Linux, their performance has been below lackluster, suggesting that even here it will not meet expectations.
In a good merger you want to see strong competencies in the related areas from the acquiring firm or their lack of competence is very likely to break what otherwise might be working reasonably well in the acquired firm.
Of course, given Sun's financial performance, its a stretch to say they were executing well, particularly with Solaris, and Java really hasn't been much of a financial engine for the firm even though it is well regarded and widely used.
This creates a problem for Sun customers. They know that Solaris is not a platform that is likely to be around long and that they will be pushed onto a platform, Unbreakable Linux, which they haven't seemed to want up until now.
Many are not currently big Oracle customers either and, from their perspective, for good reason.
So where are they going?
The big problem is hardware as, anecdotally, it appears the Sun customers know they are on a bubble. Investing in additional Sun hardware would be very difficult to justify if, as expected, Oracle either abandons it or finds a buyer that is not acceptable to these Sun customers.
Sun's class of product sells to a relatively conservative market, at least on the server side. Even aggressive discounting doesn't seem to be eliminating much of the related concerns. Even x86 Workstations, which you would think would be the least risky, appear to be under heavy pressure. They seem to have dropped into the same bucket with white box systems because of concerns surrounding the continuance of the Sun brand.
What I think is interesting about this is that for most of the 90s Sun preyed on IBM accounts and bragged about how easily they bagged IBM customers. It appears that IBM is now going after Sun accounts with a vengeance using aggressive programs, targeted services, and focused partners and sales representatives.
The result, and this is all anecdotal at the moment, is that it appears that IBM may be capturing much of the business that is resulting from this merger and that has a Karmic element to it.
The reasons may be kind of interesting.
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ACC opener features top-10 teams
North Carolina and Trinity make debut as top-ranked teams
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Sept. 9 -- 7:30 p.m. ET: No. 8 Boston College Eagles at No. 2 Maryland Terrapins (DI)
Sept. 9 -- 4 p.m. ET: No. 18 Rochester Yellowjackets at No. 5 St. Lawrence Saints (DIII)
Sept. 10 -- 1 p.m. ET: No. 4 Dowling Golden Lions at No. 16 Southern New Hampshire Penmen (DII)
Sept. 11 -- 7 p.m. ET: No. 3 Connecticut Huskies vs. SMU Mustangs (Hurricane Classic, Tulsa, Okla.) (DI)
Sept. 11 -- 3 p.m. ET: No. 1 Northern Kentucky Norse at Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (DII)
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Key Notes: Three games into the 2011 season, Townsend has scored three goals for the Terrapin offense which totaled 10 games thus far. Townsend scored nine goals and added five assists in 2010 to earn him first team All-ACC honors in addition to being named to the 2011 Hermann Trophy watch list.
Other Players to Watch
Division II: Dowling's Mouhamed Mboup (Jr., MF); Rollins' Keneil Baker (So., GK).
Division III: Trinity's C.H. Farmer (Sr., D); St. Lawrence's Sean Scott (Sr. F).
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• Division I: The race for the ACC championship kicks off this weekend when No. 2 Maryland takes on No. 8 Boston College. As of right now it appears to be a three-team race between the Terrapins, Eagles and the new No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels.
• Division II: No. 3 Midwestern State has won its last 34 regular season games and its last 33 home games, but go on the road this weekend for the first time this season to take on upset-minded Colorado State-Pueblo and Colorado-Colorado Springs.
• Division III: Trinity has yet to allow a goal this season with goalkeeper Tim Nelin owning three clean sheets for the new No. 1 team in the nation.


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Samsung unveils 'smart living' products at its Southeast Asia Forum 2016 – BetaNews
Samsung has been in the Internet of Things market for some time now, with smart devices and a line of automation products aptly named SmartThings. Now the company is unveiling the latest in its line during a show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The event, known as "Samsung Southeast Asia Forum 2016", was used to unveil all sorts of products for the new year, including TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, even new watch faces for the Gear S2.
The hardware maker unveiled its 2016 SUHD TV with a curved screen which Samsung claims is designed to work well in all different light conditions. This is a smart TV running the Samsung Tizen operating system and is designed to allow customers "to discover and access all their favorite content and services, from TV and movies to games and program information, all in one place with the New Smart Hub, Smart Control remote and Smart View mobile application".
Also unveiled is a new smart Blu-ray player, the UBD-K8500, which Samsung claims will offer four times the resolution and 64 times detailed color display of other Blu-ray players.
There's also the Samsung AddWash washing machine and the Family Hub refrigerator, which can apparently provide all sorts of information including to-do lists and even entertainment.
Finally, there's two new watchfaces for the Gear S2 smartwatch. They are classified as "rose gold" and "platinum", but they really boil down to shades of blue and pink.
The show runs from now through February 3rd so there may still be other items on the way.
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