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Pure Sciences
Eye Openers
Internet History: Who Created The Web And When?
Team ScienceABC 10 Sep 2015 (Updated: 26 Jul 2017)
A few decades back, if someone had suggested that it would eventually be possible to share your opinions with the entire world (or do what some people consider more worthwhile – publicly abuse celebrities) at the click of a button, or have access to electronic mail that takes mere seconds to reach your friends on the other side of the world, or have information on anything imaginable at the tip of your fingers – many would have thought that you were spouting the wild dreams of a lunatic.
However, we know that all of this has become a reality. Furthermore, the examples mentioned above are simply the tip of the iceberg. With the Internet, the possibilities are endless, and so is the scope of its reach. From personal communication to national intelligence and defense, the Internet has evolved to become one of mankind's best friends. Or the worst enemy, as others might argue.
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The question is, how did we reach this point? As the saying goes, Rome was not built in a day. Given that truth, how did we come to a point where the Internet has become an indispensable part of life? Lets take a closer look:
Like many other important scientific inventions and innovations, such as the radio, the pocket watch and pilot communications, the development and the early evolution of the Internet was also the result of war. More specifically, the Cold War between the USA and the USSR.
The 1960s: An Eventful Infancy
The launch of Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into Earth's orbit by the USSR left the United States convinced that their worst nightmares were about to come true.
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The most frightening prophecy of doom was the one in which the USSR decided to destroy their entire telephone system. The US then set up the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). An important issue of concern at that time was for government researchers to be able to share information, even in the case of disasters.
There are two names that must be mentioned here – Leonard Kleinrock and J.C.R. Licklider. In 1961, Kleinrock, from MIT, came up with the concept of "packet switching" – the technology that forms the base for Internet communications. It basically concerns breaking data down into "packets" before sending it to its final destination. Each "packet" could be directed to take a separate route in order to avoid interception.
Leonard Kleinrock
Licklider, also from MIT, was perhaps the first to envision what we know as the Internet today. In 1962, he proposed the idea of a "galactic network" of computers that could communicate with one another and work as a tool for government leaders to exchange information. He was chosen to head the research at DARPA.
J.C.R. Licklider
1969 was a landmark year in the growth of the baby that was the Internet. The ARPAnet, which was short for the U.S. Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, became the US Government's first computer network, connecting the University of California (Los Angeles), Stanford Research Institute, the University of California (Santa Barbara) and the University of Utah via 50 Kbps circuits. The first message sent across this network was supposed to be LOGIN, but the network crashed after the letter G was typed in.
The 1970s: A Childhood Full of Achievements
In 1972, email was born. The first ever email program was implemented by Ray Tomlinson at BBN, which also created the standard email address format using @ to separate the user name and the host. Moreover, the ARPAnet network continued to steadily grow throughout the 1970s.
Ray Tomlinson
However, with the increasing networks, it became difficult to maintain a single integrated "Internet". This time, the solution came from Stanford (scientist Vinton Cerf) and DARPA (Bob Kahn) in the form of TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/Internet protocol). The system would allow computers on different networks to communicate with each other. Cerf and Kahn were also the first people to refer to this entire system as the "Internet".
In 1978, the devil reared its ugly head for the first time – Spam! The first ever Spam mail was sent by a DEC marketer advertising an upcoming presentation of its new DECSYSTEM-20 computers.
The 1980s: A Highly Productive Youth
By 1984, the Domain Name System (DNS) was introduced, which allowed domain names to automatically be assigned an IP number. That basically means that it allowed you to name your domains/website in the now standard format of .com, .gov, .org etc., rather than the earlier system of naming, which looked something like 100.665.987.43. Imagine if that system were still in place… how on earth would we remember any web addresses at all!
The 1980s also brought about the first ever emoticon and Internet Relay Chat (IRC). Instant messaging today is all thanks to IRC.
The 1990s: Say Hello to the World Wide Web
By the end of the 1980s, the number of hosts on the Internet rose to over 100,000. Then, in 1991, CERN released the World Wide Web (www), which was developed by Tim-Berners Lee. The World Wide Web was basically a form of "Internet" that consisted of a "web" of information that anyone on the Internet could access (instead of just sending files from one destination to another).
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Before they knew it, by 1992, the number of hosts shot up to 1 million! In 1993, the world experience the first ever web browser, called Mosaic. Microsoft caught up in 1994, with the creation of a web browser for Windows 95. 1994 also saw the first ever Internet Bank, which was called First Virtual.
The 1990s saw a few more unforgettable landmark events – the start of e-commerce with the launch of eBay and Amazon, as well as Hotmail – the first ever webmail service – and our beloved Google. Let's not forget to mention Napster here, which was successful, albeit short-lived, because it allowed users to share copyrighted material online.
The 2000s: Some Lows and Many Highs
Who hasn't feared a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst in 2000? Many Internet companies, failing to be adequately profitable, didn't make it through. There were others, however, that survived the epic storm.
Then, the Internet made a comeback in a major way! Between 2001 and 2006, we saw the launch of Wikipedia, Skype, Facebook, Mozilla Firefox and YouTube. Quite the exciting time, wasn't it?
2010 and Forward: The Power of Social Media
By 2011, the number of Internet users reached 2 billion. By 2012, Facebook alone had a billion active users. The "people", therefore, had access to the Internet, and a powerful platform to voice their views. There was nothing stopping them.
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For instance, in 2011, Twitter and Facebook played a major role in the Middle East uprising, mainly through helping people spread information, making their voices heard, mobilizing the public and accelerating social protests. While some also say that this may have worsened the political condition, there is no denying the fact that it allowed people to speak in countries where the governments would rather eliminate the true voice of their citizens.
Social media is now a key tool for the marketing and advertising of products and events, offers multiple platforms where news is available before anywhere else, and acts as a place to look for and find employment… the list of applications is truly endless.
While we battle with governments attempting to restrict and control Internet content and access, there is still no denying the fact that the Internet is all about information. And more importantly, we are beginning to realize that information is power.
As Spiderman says, however, with great power comes great responsibility. If you have an endless bank of information, do your best to filter it smartly. Use the collective knowledge of humanity wisely. In other words, if you have a voice, choose your words carefully.
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SPEAKER ADVOCATE PROTECTION FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof Aaron Michael Oquaye has reiterated his long standing call for the possible introduction of protectionist mechanism to safeguard the interest of indigenous Ghanaian businesses.
According to him protecting local firms as done by other countries who are the greatest examples of well performing economies in the world is critical if Ghana is to industrialise and compete favourably with the giants.
Protectionism is protecting domestic industries against foreign competition by means of tariffs, subsidies, import quotas or other restrictions on the imports of foreign competitors.
The Speaker however noted with concern the hurdle Ghana has to surmount in order to fully protect its local business entities in an era of a globalised free trade market due to the dictates of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
The WTO free trade policy eliminates discrimination against imports and exports where buyers and sellers from different economies may voluntarily trade without a government applying tariffs, quotas, subsidies or prohibitions on goods and services.
Prof Aaron Michael Oquaye made the observation during a courtesy call on him by the new Turkish Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs Ozlem Gulun Ulueren.
He congratulated the new Ambassador on the presentation of her credentials as the official representative of Turkey.
Ghana he said has very strong respect for that country which always believes in its conviction and is self-sufficient in its locally manufactures goods whiles commending its airline ensuring safety, comfort and good service delivery at all times.
The Speaker emphasised the urgent need for Ghana and Turkey to strengthen parliamentary relationship in addition to their long standing economic, social and politically ties where best practices can be shared.
He urged Turkey to make available its best practices to affect Ghana's quest to industrialized and called for Turkish investments to help Ghana produce goods locally to help shift the current paradigm of a dependency syndrome.
Mr Speaker who is also a former Ghanaian ambassador to India challenged both countries to ensure cultural and educational exchanges for the learning and exchange of ideas and best practices.
The Turkish Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs. Ozlem Gulun Ulueren in her part said it is her objective to increase contact and exchanges between Ghanaian and the Turkish Parliaments to enhance bilateral relations at that level whiles learning best practices.
She disclosed that Turkish investment in Ghana and Africa has witnessed significant increases over the years.
Mrs Ulueren assured to help Ghana in the area of capacity building and support vocational training for young people with the Turkish example.
The Ambassador assured of her country's readiness to share experience and knowledge whiles hoping that the relationship grows to higher heights.
Turkey she said believes in the Ghana beyond aid agenda which is exhibited in government's One District one factory, one village one dam, planting for foods and jobs mantra among others.
She also noted Turkish contractors have invested more than a half million dollars into the Ghanaian economy ($ 500, 000) over the last few years and believes that will increase further.
Turkey she said has awarded several scholarships to Ghanaian students whiles stating that a Turkish University has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Ghana for exchange of students on scholarship.
The Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said Ghana and Turkey's relations begun since 1958 when diplomatic relations was started.
According to him Ghana cannot mention its improved airport infrastructure without talking about Turkey contractors who played key roles in that effort.
Mr Ablakwa who is the Member of Parliament for North Tongu indicated that trade volumes between the two countries has increased significantly especially in 2015.
He identified Turkish ceramic tiles and carpets as being very popular in Ghanaian homes and urged the need for increased collaboration in that sector for mutual benefits.
The lawmaker noted that people to people engagements can be deepen through scholarships to young students to share in the diversity of the humanity in different cultures.
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Health and Fitness News
By TMC in Health Care
Welcome to the Health and Fitness News, a weekly diary which is cross-posted from The Stars Hollow Gazette. It is open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share and exchange your favorite healthy recipes.
Questions are encouraged and I will answer to the best of my ability. If I can't, I will try to steer you in the right direction. Naturally, I cannot give individual medical advice for personal health issues. I can give you information about medical conditions and the current treatments available.
You can now find past Health and Fitness News diaries here and on the right hand side of the Front Page.
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I am on vacation so this week's Health and Fitness News is abbreviated. The full edition will be back next week
Just Add Farro
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Wheat berries like farro, spelt and kamut are hearty, and I usually associate them with cool-weather dishes. But I'm working on a pantry cleanout, as I do every summer, and I found a number of half-filled bags that needed my attention. I cooked up big pots of farro and spelt after soaking the grains overnight. I usually soak wheat berries for only an hour, but I thought I'd see what an overnight soak yielded. Then I used them in several cool summer dishes. [..]
No matter what you call whole wheat berries, they're all cooked the. Soak one part farro or spelt with three parts water for an hour or longer. Bring to a boil, add salt to taste, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 50 minutes, or until the grains begin to splay. Some brands of farro are softer than others and yield a softer, starchier grain. One cup raw farro or spelt yields three cups cooked.
Cold Tomato Soup with Farro
Wheat berries add texture and substance to this light summer soup, and provide a treat at the bottom of the bowl.
Long-Simmered Eggplant Stuffed with Farro or Spelt
This take on imam bayildi becomes more of a stuffed eggplant dish when cooked farro is added to the tomato-onion mix. Make it a day ahead of time for best results.
Chopped Herb Salad with Farro
This dish is modeled on a Middle Eastern tabouli. Add just one cup of cooked farro or spelt to a generous mix of chopped parsley, mint, arugula and other herbs like basil or dill.
Peppers Stuffed with Farro and Smoked Cheese
This dish combines smoky-flavored cheese and paprika with the crunch of the farro and walnuts. Simmer the farro or spelt until it splays.
Summer Big Bowl with Farro and Ratatouille
Turn ratatouille into a meal with farro at the base of a summer big bowl. Top with a poached egg or with cheese.
Fitness, Health, Health and Fitness News, nutrition, Open Thread
In Memoriam: Joan Rivers 1933 – 2014
Iconic comedienne Joan Rivers passed away on Thursday, September 4, a week after suffering a cardiac arrest during an outpatient procedure at a private endoscopy clinic. She was 81 years old and had spent 50 years in show business.
In the almost 50 years since she burst onto the scene on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Rivers ascended to the pinnacle of American showbusiness – even as she skewered its excesses with her scathing wit.
A workaholic, Rivers had been hosting an online weekly talk show called In Bed with Joan, and had just filmed a special award-show episode of E!'s Fashion Police before being taken ill. She was frequently performing live stand-up, and had finished the fourth season of Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best, the reality show in which she starred with her daughter. [..]
Rivers never made a secret of the surgical procedures that significantly altered her looks. Instead, they became a source of material for her act. "I've had so much plastic surgery, when I die they'll donate my body to Tupperware," she once said.
Her daughter, Melissa, released this statement yesterday:
PHOTO: Statement from Melissa Rivers on Joan Rivers' death pic.twitter.com/4l06qk1J0l
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) September 4, 2014
In her 2012 best selling book, Ms. Rivers laid out the plans for her funeral.
When I die (and yes, Melissa, that day will come; and yes, Melissa, everything's in your name), I want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action . . . . I want craft services, I want paparazzi and I want publicists making a scene! I want it to be Hollywood all the way. I don't want some rabbi rambling on; I want Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents. I don't want a eulogy; I want Bobby Vinton to pick up my head and sing "Mr. Lonely." I want to look gorgeous, better dead than I do alive. I want to be buried in a Valentino gown and I want Harry Winston to make me a toe tag. And I want a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing just like Beyoncé's.
Her funeral will be held Sunday in Manhattan at Temple Emmanual-El.
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Meet the Challengers to NY's Democratic Establishment
The Democratic Primary for state offices is September 9. Three of the candidates appeared on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman and Juan González to discuss the issues and their differences.
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being challenged in his own party's upcoming primary. We host a discussion with two candidates facing off on the party's ballot. We are joined by Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout and her running mate for lieutenant governor, Tim Wu, who coined the concept of net neutrality. We are also joined political activist Randy Credico, also running for governor. While most of the Democratic establishment has backed the Cuomo ticket, the Teachout-Wu campaign has received some notable endorsements, including the Public Employees Federation, the state's second-largest union of government workers, as well as the state chapters of the National Organization of Women and the Sierra Club. Credico, who has previously run for New York City mayor and U.S. Senate, is running on a platform calling for economic justice and the reform of the state's drug laws.
Incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo and his running mate for lieutenant governor, Kathy Hocul declined the invitation and have both declined any debates.
The Transcript can be read here
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September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 117 days remaining until the end of the year..
On this day in 1882, the first Labor Day was celebrated in NYC with a parade of 10,000 workers. The Parade started at City Hall, winding past the reviewing stands at Union Square and then uptown where it ended at 42nd St where the marcher's and their families celebrated with a picnic, concert and speeches. The march was organized by New York's Central Labor Union and while there has been debate as to who originated the idea, credit is given to Peter McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor.
It became a federal holiday in 1894, when, following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike, President Grover Cleveland put reconciliation with the labor movement as a top political priority. Fearing further conflict, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was rushed through Congress unanimously and signed into law a mere six days after the end of the strike. The September date was chosen as Cleveland was concerned that aligning an American labor holiday with existing international May Day celebrations would stir up negative emotions linked to the Haymarket Affair. All 50 U.S. states have made Labor Day a state holiday.
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package gov.nasa.ensemble.core.plan.advisor;

import gov.nasa.ensemble.common.IdentifiableRegistry;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.common.mission.MissionConstants;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.common.text.StringEscapeFormat;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.common.time.DateUtils;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.common.type.IStringifier;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.common.type.StringifierRegistry;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.common.ui.IStructureModifier;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.common.ui.transfers.ITransferable;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.core.model.plan.EActivity;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.core.model.plan.EActivityGroup;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.core.model.plan.EPlanElement;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.core.model.plan.advisor.IWaivable;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.core.model.plan.temporal.TemporalMember;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.core.model.plan.util.EPlanUtils;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.core.plan.PlanUtils;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.core.plan.editor.PlanDeleteOperation;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.core.plan.editor.PlanPrinter;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.core.plan.editor.PlanStructureModifier;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import org.eclipse.core.commands.operations.IUndoableOperation;
import org.eclipse.core.resources.IMarker;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredSelection;
import org.eclipse.ui.ISharedImages;
import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;
import org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.FormText;

public abstract class Violation extends Advice {

	public static final ImageDescriptor WAIVE_ICON = Activator.imageDescriptorFromPlugin(Activator.PLUGIN_ID, "icons/violation_waived_from_activity.gif");

	private static final IStringifier<Date> DATE_STRINGIFIER = StringifierRegistry.getStringifier(Date.class);

	public Violation(PlanAdvisor advisor) {
		super(advisor);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the value for the property given by the key
	 */
	public String getPrintString(ViolationKey key) {
		switch (key) {
		case ADVISOR: return getAdvisor().getName();
		case STATUS: return String.valueOf(isCurrentlyViolated());
		case FIXABLE: return String.valueOf(isFixable());
		case TYPE: return getType();
		case NAME: return getName();
		case DESCRIPTION: return getDescription();
		case ELEMENTS: return PlanUtils.getNameAndDateListString(getDeletableElements());
		case CONTAINERS: return PlanUtils.getNameListString(getContainers(getElements()));
		case TIME: return DATE_STRINGIFIER.getDisplayString(getTime());
		case SEVERITY: return getSeverity().getName();
		case PPCR_STATUS: return "";
		}
		return null;
	}

	public int compareBy(Violation violation2, ViolationKey key) {
		int result;
		if (key == ViolationKey.TIME) {
			Date time1 = getTime();
			if (time1 == null) {
				time1 = MissionConstants.getInstance().getMissionStartTime();
			}
			Date time2 = violation2.getTime();
			if (time2 == null) {
				time2 = MissionConstants.getInstance().getMissionStartTime();
			}
			result = time1.compareTo(time2);
		} else if (key == ViolationKey.SEVERITY) {
			int level1 = getSeverity().getLevel();
			int level2 = violation2.getSeverity().getLevel();
			result = Float.compare(level1, level2);
		} else {
			String o1 = getPrintString(key);
			String o2 = violation2.getPrintString(key);
			result = String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER.compare(o1, o2);
		}
		if (result != 0) {
			return result;
		}
		return Double.compare(this.hashCode(), violation2.hashCode());
	}

	public final boolean isOutOfDate() {
		return getAdvisor().isOutOfDate();
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return true when a violation is obsolete.
	 * A violation is obsolete if one of the participants, constraints,
	 * etc. has been removed from the plan.
	 */
	public boolean isObsolete() {
		for (EPlanElement element : getElements()) {
			if (EPlanUtils.getPlan(element) == null) {
				return true;
			}
		}
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return false when a violation is no longer current.
	 * A violation is current if it hasn't been fixed yet, or was fixed
	 * and then the fix was removed.
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean isCurrentlyViolated() {
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return true when a violation is waived because
	 * the participants are waiving the violation in this instance.
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean isWaivedByInstance() {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return true when a violation is waived because the
	 * rule for this kind of violation has been waived for all cases.
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean isWaivedByRule() {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Return whether this violation can be fixed by the advisor that
	 * reported it.
	 */
	public boolean isFixable() {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Return whether this violation has been selected either directly or because it has
	 * a participating plan element that has been selected
	 *
	 * @param selectedObjects
	 * @return boolean whether the violation is selected
	 */
	public boolean isSelectedToFix(Set<Object> selectedObjects) {
		List<? extends EPlanElement> elements = getElements();
		for (EPlanElement violationElement : elements) {
			if (selectedObjects.contains(violationElement)) {
				return true;
			}
		}
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return a string describing the type of violation,
	 * suitable for printing in the user interface.
	 * Example: "Flight Rule"
	 * Should not be null.
	 * Can be used for grouping violations by type.
	 * @return the type of the violation as a printable string
	 */
	public String getType() {
		return "Generic";
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return a short name for this violation,
	 * suitable for printing in the user interface.
	 * Example: "No Exercise", "Earliest", "Ordering", "Science Constraint"
	 * Should not be null.
	 * @return the short name as a printable string
	 */
	public String getName() {
		return "Unknown";
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return a complete description of the violation,
	 * suitable for printing in the user interface.
	 * Example: The end of Dinner D1 is before 7pm.
	 * Should not be null.
	 * <p> See SPF-4409 for design (for Score).
	 * @return the complete description as a printable string
	 */
	public String getDescription() {
		return "No description is available for this violation.";
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return the message that should be used for the resource
	 * marker associated with the violation
	 * @return the marker message string
	 */
	public String getMessage() {
		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
		builder.append(getType());
		builder.append(": ");
		builder.append(getName());
		builder.append(" ");
		builder.append(getDescription());
		List<? extends EPlanElement> elements = getElements();
		if (!elements.isEmpty()) {
			builder.append(" (involves ");
			List<String> strings = new ArrayList<String>(elements.size());
			for (EPlanElement element : elements) {
				strings.add(element.getName());
			}
			builder.append(PlanPrinter.getListText(strings));
			builder.append(")");
		}
		appendTime(builder);
		return builder.toString();
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return a list of the participating plan elements.
	 * Should not be null.
	 * @return a list of the participating plan elements
	 */
	public List<? extends EPlanElement> getElements() {
		return Collections.emptyList();
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return a time for the violation, if any exists.
	 * May be null if no useful time of day exists.
	 * @return a time for the violation
	 */
	public Date getTime() {
		Date earlierDate = null;
		for (EPlanElement element : getElements()) {
			if (element != null) {
				Date currentStart = element.getMember(TemporalMember.class).getStartTime();
				if (earlierDate == null) {
					earlierDate = currentStart;
				} else if (currentStart != null) {
					earlierDate = DateUtils.earliest(currentStart, earlierDate);
				}
			}
		}
		return earlierDate;
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return a different severity.
	 * @return
	 */
	public ViolationSeverity getSeverity() {
		return ViolationSeverity.ERROR;
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return form text for the violation.  The form text
	 * object is available for calling setColor/setFont.  Do not call
	 * setText on this because it will be ignored.
	 * Example:  Activity Requirement: ALL_S_BAND_AVAIL is required during COMMS-ETF HRD-DL involving COMMS-ETF HRD-DL
	 * @param text
	 * @param identifiableRegistry
	 * @return
	 */
	public String getFormText(FormText text, IdentifiableRegistry<EPlanElement> identifiableRegistry) {
		PlanPrinter printer = new PlanPrinter(identifiableRegistry);
		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
		builder.append(StringEscapeFormat.escape(getType()));
		builder.append(": ");
		builder.append(StringEscapeFormat.escape(getName()));
		builder.append(" ");
		builder.append(StringEscapeFormat.escape(getDescription()));
		List<? extends EPlanElement> elements = getElements();
		if (!elements.isEmpty()) {
			builder.append(" (involves ");
			List<String> strings = new ArrayList<String>(elements.size());
			for (EPlanElement element : elements) {
				strings.add(printer.getText(element));
			}
			builder.append(PlanPrinter.getListText(strings));
			builder.append(")");
		}
		appendTime(builder);
		return builder.toString();
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return a set of suggestions for the violation.  The
	 * suggestions should be returned in a meaningful order.  (Don't
	 * use HashSet, use LinkedHashSet or TreeSet, or some other Set
	 * that maintains an order.)  The order will be used for presentation
	 * to the user.
	 * @return
	 */
	public Set<Suggestion> getSuggestions() {
		Set<Suggestion> suggestions = new LinkedHashSet<Suggestion>();
		IStructureModifier modifier = PlanStructureModifier.INSTANCE;
		for (EPlanElement element : getDeletableElements()) {
			ImageDescriptor icon = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getSharedImages().getImageDescriptor(ISharedImages.IMG_TOOL_DELETE);
			String description = "Delete: " + PlanPrinter.getPrintName(element);
			ITransferable transferable = modifier.getTransferable(new StructuredSelection(element));
			IUndoableOperation operation = new PlanDeleteOperation(transferable, modifier);
			Suggestion suggestion = new Suggestion(icon, description, operation);
			suggestions.add(suggestion);
		}
		return suggestions;
	}

	/**
	 * Override to return a more specific marker type for the violation.
	 * @return
	 */
	public String getMarkerType() {
		return IMarker.PROBLEM;
	}

	/*
	 * Utility methods
	 */

	/**
	 * Return the elements that the user can delete to remove each of the elements from the plan
	 * If a subactivity is involved, this will return its containing activity.  For other plan
	 * elements, it is the plan element itself.  Order is preserved and duplicates are removed.
	 * The first occurrence is kept.
	 * @return
	 */
	protected Set<EPlanElement> getDeletableElements() {
		LinkedHashSet<EPlanElement> deletableElements = new LinkedHashSet<EPlanElement>();
		for (EPlanElement element : getElements()) {
			while (true) {
				EObject parent = element.eContainer();
				if (parent instanceof EActivity) {
					element = (EPlanElement)parent;
				} else {
					deletableElements.add(element);
					break;
				}
			}
		}
		return deletableElements;
	}

	/**
	 * Get containers for the elements
	 * @param elements
	 * @return
	 */
	private static List<EActivityGroup> getContainers(List<? extends EPlanElement> elements) {
		Set<EActivityGroup> parents = new LinkedHashSet<EActivityGroup>();
		for (EPlanElement element : elements) {
			if (element != null) {
				EObject parent = element.eContainer();
				// it's not useful to see the plan as the context.
				// Context is only useful if an activity is inside an ActivityGroup. -- SPF-6950
				if (parent instanceof EActivityGroup) {
					parents.add((EActivityGroup)parent);
				}
			}
		}
		return new ArrayList<EActivityGroup>(parents);
	}

	protected Suggestion createToggleWaiveSuggestion(String objectName, IWaivable waivable) {
		String waiverRationale = waivable.getWaiverRationale();
		String description;
		IUndoableOperation operation;
		ImageDescriptor icon;
		if (waiverRationale != null) {
			description = "Unwaive the " + objectName;
			operation = new RemoveWaiverOperation(description, waivable);
			icon = null;
		} else {
			description = "Waive the " + objectName;
			operation = new CreateWaiverOperation(description, waivable);
			icon = WAIVE_ICON;
		}
		return new Suggestion(icon, description, operation);
	}

	protected void appendTime(StringBuilder builder) {
		if (getTime() != null) {
			builder.append(" at ");
			builder.append(getPrintString(ViolationKey.TIME));
			builder.append(".");
		}
	}

	protected void appendWaiverRationale(StringBuilder result, String waiverRationale) {
		if (waiverRationale != null) {
			boolean requirementPrinted = (result.length() > 0);
			if (requirementPrinted) {
				result.append("<br/>");
			}
			int separatorIndex = waiverRationale.indexOf("::");
			if (separatorIndex > 0) {
				result.append("Waived by ").append(waiverRationale.substring(0, separatorIndex)).append(": ");
				waiverRationale = waiverRationale.substring(separatorIndex + 2);
			} else {
				result.append("Waived: ");
			}
			result.append(StringEscapeFormat.escape(waiverRationale));
		}
	}

	public String getPrintStringForParent(ViolationKey key) {
		return "";
	}

}

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France Télécom accused of driving employees to suicide
Executives behind brutal jobs cuts programme may face criminal charges after dozens of deaths
Thu, Jul 7, 2016, 17:39
Lara Marlowe
France Telecom employees demonstrating in Strasbourg, eastern France, in 2009. In all, 60 France Télécom employees took their own lives, including 35 in 2008 and 2009. Photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images)
Seven executives from France's largest telecommunications company may face criminal charges over a company strategy alleged to have driven at least 35 employees to suicide in 2008 and 2009.
The deaths have become a symbol of the dark side of globalisation and the digital revolution. They occurred as publicly-owned France Télécom, now Orange, was privatised while attempting to integrate new technology in a highly competitive market.
In October 2006, then CEO Didier Lombard told executives he wanted 22,000 of the company's 110,000 employees to leave within three years, and another 14,000 to change positions. At the same time 6,000 younger, more tech-savvy recruits were to be hired.
Retructuring programmes were called "Next" and "Act", in English.
"I'll make them leave, one way or another, through the window or out the door," Mr Lombard said at the time.
According to the Paris prosecutor's 193-page requisition, which was signed on June 22nd but revealed publicly on Thursday, some 4,000 France Télécom executives were trained each year to "make people move" by exerting maximum pressure.
Cadres received bonuses proportionate to the number of employees they forced out. Methods included assigning working mothers to jobs two hours from their homes or ordering employees to take on new duties for which they were not trained. Some were offered jobs that were clearly inferior to the positions they had held.
It worked. In July 2009, a technician in Marseille spoke of "management through terror" when he took his own life. In 2011, an employee burned himself alive in the company parking lot in Mérignac.
A technician called Robert (51) was forced to become a salesman. "He was afraid he couldn't do it. He couldn't sleep. The job killed him," his companion told investigators.
The SUD-PTT union filed a lawsuit against the company for "endangering lives" through "extremely brutal management methods" in 2009. A seven-year investigation began, based on thousands of emails, power points and the testimony of dozens of employees.
In all, 60 France Télécom employees took their own lives, including 35 in 2008 and 2009.
'Moral harrassment'
Olivier Barberot
The CFE-CGC union wants the executives to face trial for manslaughter and endangering lives, as well as moral harrassment.
SUD-PTT said it will continue fighting against "financial logic pushed to the extreme".
The communist CGT said a future trial "must be a warning to all companies in the telecommunications sector who make shedding jobs the alpha and the omega of their strategy, in the name of profit and to the detriment of their employees' lives."
If France Télécom is charged with "moral harrassment" as a "moral entity", as the prosecutor wishes, it will be the first such trial for a major French company.
Four other executives, including two women, are under investigation for "complicity in moral harrassment".
Of the seven, two have left the successor company Orange but occupy prestigious posts elsewhere. Two have retired and three are still employed by Orange.
The executives and their lawyers say the projected figures for job cuts were "indications" rather than "goals", and that they were trying to save the company. France Télécom must not become the scapegoat for a problem that touches all of French society, they add.
Claudia Chemarin, a lawyer for the Orange group, told France Info radio the company "contests having put in place a procedure intended to destabilise employees".
Didier Lombard
Louis Pierre Wenes
Claudia Chemarin
Series of staff suicides at French telecoms giant investigated
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Home / Ai1ec_event / 11th Sunday of Luke
13 December 2020 all-day
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/13/2020
Saints and Feasts: 11th Sunday of Luke; Herman the Wonderworker of Alaska & First Saint of America; The Holy Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes of Greater Armenia; Lucia the Virgin-martyr; Gabriel the Hieromartyr, Archbishop of Serbia
Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
Matins Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13-35
At that time, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said; but him they did not see." And he said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further, but they constrained him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, who said, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Epistle Reading: St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11
Brethren, when Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once walked, when you lived in them. But now put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices and have put on the new nature, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.
Gospel Reading: Luke 14:16-24
The Lord said this parable: "A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; and at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for all is now ready.' But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused.' And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused.' And another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and there is still room.' And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet. For many are called, but few are chosen.'"
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I just picked up an indoor Rev. Looks to be in new condition. The spars are two wrap, "Professional Use Only". Is this correct? Is there such a thing as "Indoor Use Only" spars?
2 wrap is correct. They should be skinnier than your other Rev spars, i.e. less than 1/4".
I was a little confused. The spars on the Indoor were labeled the same as the two wrap frame on my B-series but I see now they are much skinnier. Shouldn't they be labeled differently? Do they enjoy making me crazy with this stuff?
Instead of labeling things in an orderly fashion, things get fancy sometimes..
Actually they should be "The Advantage 1.5 - professional use only" for your indoor. These rods are skinnier than the standard 1/4" two wrap rods in your Barassi. The indoor should have "Inserts" instead of "end caps". The inserts go inside of the smaller rod with a very skinny bungee, unlike the end caps that fit over the 1/4" rod on your B-series. The correct indoor rods are also a bit more fragile than the 2 wrap rods in your B.
Bad news about old frames. To my experience Rev Indoor flies wonderful, perfect with the old one, not the same as new spars.
If enough fliers complain, I expect Rev will have to make them again. They may charge more for them though.
We was talking John about this issue in Argentina. The question is: What about the sail tunnel wiht new frame? What about the responsive in fly? The frame curve is the same as the old thin frame? In my opinion the weight is not important, because we can solve it walking, runing or moving arms faster.
by now; they must it have analyzed in depth, costs included.


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in: Memes, Videos, Image Macros, Phrase
About[]
Like A Boss is a popular catchphrase used in images which features a person giving an aura of superiority, coolness or not caring what others think.
Origin[]
Lyrics from The Lonely Island's Like a Boss
Interviewer: Mr. Samberg, thanks for comming to your performance Review
The Boss: No Problem
Interviewer: So, you're in charge around here, is that fair to say?
The Boss: Absolutely, I'm the Boss
Interviewer: Ok, so take us though a day of the life of the boss.
The Boss: Well the first thing I do is....
Talk to corporate (like a boss)
Approve memos (like a boss)
Lead a workshop (like a boss)
Remember birthdays (like a boss)
Direct workflow (like a boss)
My own bathroom (like a boss)
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Hit on Debra (like a boss)
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Send some faxes (like a boss)
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Harassment lawsuit (like a boss)
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Fifth of vodka (like a boss)
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In my mouth (like a boss)
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Bomb the Russians (like a boss)
Crash into the sun (like a boss)
Now I'm dead (like a boss)
The music video that launched the phrase into popularity is the The Lonely Island's single Like A Boss. The single features "The Boss" (Andy Samberg) being called to meeting by an interviewer (Seth Rogen) and asked to recall what he would go through on a regular day. He recalls events which become increasingly impossible for him to perform on a daily basis or in some instances at any time. The song is a parody of a Slim Thug single of the same name.
Like A Boss (ft. Seth Rogen) - Uncensored Version


Is the US economy going to go the way of Europe or Asia?
After following PMI reports over the past several hours, it's obvious that this is the key question for the US.
In Asia, the economy looks solid. The official Chinese PMI number surged nicely. Related numbers in South Korea and Taiwan also confirmed that growth engine is still kicking. It appears, perhaps, that some of the hard slowdown seen earlier this year was the result of the Chinese New Year, and in particular it being the Year Of The Dragon, which is the biggest of the Chinese New Years.
Meanwhile, part of the bull case on China, as articulated by Morgan Stanley, is the ability of Beijing to stimulate the economy further, both through monetary and fiscal channels.
Europe on the other hand is... Europe. It's very bad.
You can just look at this chart here. There's contraction all over the place, and the "core" of Europe is getting bad quickly. The periphery is a total trainwreck.
And unlike in Asia, authorities have very few levels to pull. They're all obsessed with austerity right now, and the ECB is not eager to do more stimulus.
The US is kind of in between, and its fate is connected to both Europe and Asia. Europe is the US' biggest trading partner, and it accounts for a big chunk of S&P earnings. Europe's economy is mature, aged, and debt-laden like ours. On the other hand, Asia is a rapidly growing trading partner.
And we'd argue that from a policy standpoint, we're much closer to China. We're not debt constrained. We don't have to go into austerity mode if we don't have to. And Bernanke knows he has more levers to pull if he wants them.
The data in the US has been mixed lately. Overall, people still talk about a firming recovery, but a quick glance at the Citi Economic Surprise Index shows that recently we've had a big string of misses.
We'll know a little more when our ISM comes out at 10:00 AM today, and we'll know a lot more by the end of the week, which will be stacked in terms of economic data.


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Careers at Hess Corporation
Hess operates oil and gas exploration, production, and midstream assets, providing a broad range of products for use in various industrial and commercial operations.
Hess organises its operations into two reportable business segments:
Exploration and Production, which develops, produces, purchases and sells crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas, and is engaged in production operations in the US, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, the Joint Development Area of Malaysia and Thailand, Malaysia, and Norway; and
Bakken Midstream, which provides fee-based services including crude oil and natural gas gathering, processing of natural gas and the fractionation of natural gas liquids, terminaling and loading crude oil and natural gas liquids, transportation of crude oil by rail car and the storage and terminaling of propane, primarily located in the Bakken shale play of North Dakota.
Hess traces its history back to 1933 and the establishment of Hess Incorporated by Leon Hess. The Company began its operations making residential delivery, seven days a week in New Jersey using a second-hand 615-gallon oil delivery truck. The Company grew relatively quickly, and in 1937 Leon Hess purchased five additional trucks and diversified the Company's activities to include the delivery of post-refinery residual fuel oil.
Throughout the 20th Century, the Company expanded significantly, opening distribution centres and acquiring equipment, including its first oil tanker in 1948. In 1962 the Company merged with Cletrac Corporation, a Cleveland, Ohio equipment manufacturer, and was renamed Hess Oil and Chemical Corporation. This was followed by a merger in 1969 with Amerada Petroleum Corporation, which saw the Company take on the name Amerada Hess.
The Company took on its current name in 2006. It currently serves an extensive international client base, providing production, processing, fractioning, and distribution services. Hess has production assets in the US, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, the Joint Development Area of Malaysia and Thailand, Malaysia and Norway, The Company is ranked 394th on the Fortune 500 list and trades shares on the New York Stock Exchange. It has a current market capitalisation of $16.14 billion.
Business model of Hess Corporation
Hess provides a range of products and services to commercial customers operating primarily in the oil and gas sector. The Company's two operating segments serve different customers segments:
Exploration and Production, which sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids to companies operating across the automotive, aviation, chemicals processing, refining, and fuel and lubricants markets, among others;
Bakken Midstream, which provides a range of midstream services to various industrial customers, including oil and natural gas producers, natural gas liquid and natural gas gathering and processing companies, propane distributors, ethanol producers, petrochemical and refining companies, natural gas distribution companies, electric-generation facilities, large industrial companies, and marketing companies.
Hess also serves certain government bodies, including municipal, state, and federal organisations. The Company does not name any of its major clients on its website.
Hess principally provides products and services to customers in its domestic market of the US. The Company also serves clients across three other geographic categories: Africa, Europe, and Asia and Other Countries.
Hess provides value to its customers in the following ways:
Its industry standing and track record, with the Company established as a reliable and efficient supplier of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids, as well as related services, having a positive reputation within the oil and gas industry
Its portfolio of products and services, with the Company providing services to a broad spectrum of industries, including processing, fractionation, terminaling and loading, and transportation services;
Its international reach, with the Company serving an extensive customer base in the US, as well as an international network of clients across Africa, Europe, and Asia, as well as in certain other jurisdictions;
Its technology and processes, with the Company employing state-of-the-art processes and technologies across its operating segments and facilities to ensure that it is able to provide effective and reliable services to its customers; and
Its industry expertise and experience, with the Company employing specialist technical personnel across its operating segments and facilities, as well as a team of experienced industry executives.
Hess operates a website at www.hess.com, through which it provides information on its various products, services, and operating locations. The Company does not operate an online sales channel, nor does it provide customers with an online customer portal.
Hess operates an in-house direct sales force, which is organised by geographic region and operating department. These sales personnel deal directly with the Company's customers and operate of the Company's international network of office, including its principal offices in New York, Houston, and Kuala Lumpur, as well as an international network of local and regional offices spanning the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Hess's Bakken Midstream segment provides services directly to customers through its own dedicated sales and service teams.
Hess operates its own exploration and production assets, primarily across the US, Europe, and Africa, as well as parts of Asia and Latin America. The Company also operates its own processing and distribution infrastructure, including various refining, terminaling, storage, pipeline, and distribution facilities around the world.
Hess does not provide products and services to its customers on a self-service basis. The Company makes its sales through its own in-house sales personnel, who consult directly with clients in order to fully ascertain their individual needs and conditions. The Company works closely with its large commercial clients, seeking to establish longstanding relationships and secure recurring business.
Hess provides support to its customers through dedicated account management teams and account executives, who serve as the first point of contact. The Company also provides contact details for all of its offices around the world, enabling customers to contact the relevant offices with queries and concerns. New and existing customers can also make enquires with the Company through an online contact form.
Additionally, Hess provides a range of online support resources. This includes media, news coverage, project information, and sustainability information. Customers can also follow the Company's operations, and interact with staff directly, through its social media accounts, including with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube
Hess is an oil and gas exploration and production company. The Company is engaged in exploration, development, production, transportation, processing, and the purchase and sale of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas.
Hess operates through two reportable business segments: Exploration and Production, which is engaged in the sale of crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas; and Bakken Midstream, which provides services, including crude oil and natural gas gathering, processing, fractionation of natural gas liquids, transportation of crude oil by rail car, terminaling and loading crude oil and natural gas liquids, and the storage and terminaling of propane, primarily through facilities located in the Bakken shale play of North Dakota.
Hess has production operations located in the US, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, the Joint Development Area of Malaysia and Thailand, Malaysia and Norway, and serves an international customer base.
Hess works in conjunction with a range of companies and organisations that support and supplement the Company's services across its operating segments. These partners can be categorised broadly as:
Supplier and Vendor Partners, including suppliers of materials, equipment, services tools, and technologies that are used in the Company's various production, processing, and distribution operations;
Manufacturing and Contracting Partners, including oil and gas production companies and other contracting firms that work with the Company on various production projects around the world;
Joint Venture Partners, including oil and gas companies across the production and distribution chain with which the Company jointly provides services and products through mutually owned entities; and
Sustainability and Community Partners, including various non-profits and charitable organisations, with which the Company collaborates on sustainability and community projects worldwide.
Hess has a number of joint venture partnerships in place, including a 50/50 operation with a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela SA. The Company has also recently partnered with Exxon Mobil on an exploration project, and agreed a farm-out deal with Kosmos Energy in Suriname.
Hess's key resources are its materials and supply chains, its operating and exploration licenses and permits, its exploration and production equipment and infrastructure, its midstream and distribution infrastructure, its sales channels, its partnerships, and its personnel.
Hess owns and or leases a range of physical properties and facilities around the world that are key to its ongoing activities. This notably includes its production and exploration assets, as well as its network of offices, its pipeline network, its processing and refining facilities, its storage and distribution centres, its terminaling infrastructure, and its rail loading facilities.
Despite its use of technology and state-of-the-art equipment, searches of records published by the US Patent and Trademark Office identified no patent applications filed in Hess's name.
Hess incurs costs in relation to the procurement of materials and equipment – including the purchase of crude oil, the operation of its exploration and production assets, the operation of it midstream and distribution infrastructure, the operation of its sales channels, the management of its partnerships, and the retention of its personnel.
In 2015 Hess recorded cost of products sold in the amount of $1.29 billion and total operating costs and expenses in the amount of $2.03 billion. The Company also accrued exploration costs totalling $881 million and general and administrative costs in the amount of $557 million.
Hess generates revenue through the operation of oil and gas exploration and production assets, as well as midstream and distribution services. The Company's revenue can be divided into two principal streams:
Sales revenue derived from the sale of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; and
Service revenue derived from long-term, fee-based service agreements for its midstream services.
In 2015 Hess generated annual revenue of $6.64 billion, down on the $10.74 billion recorded by the Company in 2014. The Company attributed this to reduced drilling activity and divestment of certain assets. The majority of the Company's revenue, around $5.90 billion, was generated through the sale of Crude oil and natural gas liquids, with natural gas sales accounting for just $1.05 billion.
John Hess,
info: John Hess has served as Chief Executive Officer at Hess since 1995, and oversees the Company's overall strategic direction. He also sits on the Company's Board of Directors. John Hess has been with the Company since 1977, and has held numerous positions, including a number of senior leadership positions. In addition to his role at Hess, he serves on the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Quadrennial Review Task Force, is a member of the Board of Directors at KKR and Company, and is a member of the Board of Trustees at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
John Rielly,
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
info: John Rielly has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Hess since 2004. He is responsible for overseeing the Company's treasury, tax, risk management, investor relations, accounting, financial reporting, and corporate audit functions. Rielly also sits on the Company's Board of Directors. Rielly first joined the Company in 2001 as Vice President and Controller. Rielly is an experienced financial professional and a certified public accountant. Prior to joining Hess, Rielly was a long-serving employee of Ernst and Young, where he held a number of roles over a period of 17 years, ultimately rising to the position of partner in 1996.
Gregory Hill,
info: Greg Hill ("Hill") has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Hess Corporation since 2014. He also sits on the Company's Board of Directors and serves as the Company's Executive Vice President of Exploration and Production. He first joined the Company in 2009, holding positions within its exploration and production business. Hill has worked in the oil and gas sector for a number of years. Prior to joining Hess in 2009, he spent 25 years at Shell, where he held a variety of operations, engineering, technical and business leadership roles in Asia Pacific, Europe and the US. This included spells as Executive Vice President of Exploration and Production of Singapore-based Shell Asia Pacific, Vice President of Production for Shell E&P Europe, and Senior Vice President of Aera Energy, a California-based joint venture affiliate of Shell and Mobil.
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November 30, 2019 / 11:33 AM / 2 months ago
Tesla move will draw further companies into Germany: state premier
A flagstore shop of electric carmaker Tesla is pictured in Berlin, Germany, November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Tesla's (TSLA.O) announcement earlier this month that it will build its first European factory near Berlin will draw further companies from the electric mobility and energy storage sectors into Germany, a state premier told newspaper Die Welt.
"They are already on their way. I'm hearing there are further inquiries with the communities and the regional business development program. Tesla will cause other companies to follow," said Dietmar Woidke, premier of the eastern German state of Brandenburg that surrounds Berlin.
He said Brandenburg was already in talks with other companies, declining to identify them due to confidentiality agreements. "I expect that we can announce it before Christmas," Woidke said.
Tesla's move is a big boost for Germany as a center for manufacturing after BMW (BMWG.DE) and Daimler (DAIGn.DE) in recent years chose to build new factories in Hungary, and after its auto industry was hit hard by Volkswagen's (VOWG_p.DE) admission in 2015 that it cheated U.S. diesel emissions tests.
Reporting by Christoph Steitz; Editing by Mark Heinrich


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Internet hate spews at 'Casey Anthony Juror No. 2,' who wasn't even a juror
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Casey Anthony's Juror No. 2 has been outed on Facebook and Twitter. Unfortunately, the person outed isn't really Juror No. 2.
The incident is another example of how false Internet posts can wreak havoc on a person's life.
It seems, though it's unclear, that the rumor began on the site TheDirty.com with the story "Doug Bliss Is One Of The Twelve Stupidest People Walking In America Right Now." Unfortunately, it appears that TheDirty.com is one of the "most stupid" websites in America (stupidest isn't a word, by the way).
That's because Doug Bliss wasn't one of the 12 jurors on the Casey Anthony case. At least TheDirty.com saw fit to remove the post from the site. The problem is, the story, along with details were Tweeted and "liked" on Facebook, as well. What is the maxim? What gets posted on the Internet, stays on the Internet, right?
Doug Bliss, 57 and a retiree living in St. Petersburg, FL, first started to get harassed on Wednesday night. He received a call about the case, asking him about the trial and the verdict, but he said Bliss had no comment and the caller eventually hung up.
Then, on early Thursday morning, he received a call from an unnamed woman, who turned out to be calling from the ABC show, "Good Morning America." Bliss said, "She started asking me about the Casey Anthony trial. "I immediately said, 'What is going on? I don't understand why you people are calling me.'"
The caller said it was all over Twitter and Facebook that he was Casey Anthony trial Juror No. 2. Doug Bliss' wife Karen did some Internet surfing, and found not on Twitter and Facebook posts, but even images of her husband. Some of them were taken while he was playing guitar at a benefit at a St. Petersburg bar.
What's more, the fact that GMA was able to track Bliss down so easily was possibly helped by one of the comments at TheDirty.com's story, which pretty much revealed Bliss' location. "Look at him… tries to play guitar around the St. Petersburg / Clearwater Florida area. This piece of sh*t needs his head examined.. "
The story is down, but there are still Tweets around with Bliss' name in them (e.g., 1, 2). Interestingly, Karen Bliss responded to the first of those Tweets with her own, correcting "@sexxxykarin," but instead of deleting her first Tweet, @sexxykarin threw in another, which said, "ALSO– posted guy was overheard and RECORDED on someone's i-phone bragging he was a juror. Actions (his) have consequences…."
These sorts of unfounded accusations are more than just bad. There have been death threats reported against Casey Anthony, the jurors, and the attorneys. How would you like to be in Doug Bliss' shoes?
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in On Music, Urban aimlessness, writing
Sat down in Leeds, near train station
The terminal fate of the urban population is totalitarianism – It has to be be, and probably has been since the start of the industrial revolution. To realise that we (humans) have become like termites – slaves, acting for the benefit of the super organism, a completely unnatural way for humans to exist – is a necessity when one is finding modern life stressful and pointless, yet cannot figure out why.
I am in the Yorkshire Metropolis -Leeds- again. This place has become the beating heart of Yorkshire, whether we like it or not. Looking down from a footbridge in the city, at all the cars and work vans hurrying in and out of the centre, one realises how little choice people have in succumbing to the emerging urban organism, caused by industrialisation.
We, 21st century citizens of a nation which as been industialised for nearly 200 years, can have no idea of what another kind of life – one of a small pack like existence – could be like. Yet, many of us have a feeling that something is still wrong. We look at the people who are seemingly OK living in the urban world, and who seem to be reaping the benefits of it, and we wonder "why am I not happy like them? I want to be like them". Yet we never can be like them, unless we become so unwell, that we reach an utterly unnatural state of accepting this modern world, something which these other people must have unconsciously done at a younger age.
Against Generalising and Generalisors, and IN Favour of 'THE THE
When I need self re-assurance that 'it is OK' to listen to the same music CD over and over again – in this instance, the music by 1980's band 'The The' – I get the rhetoric's of others, seemingly 'wiser' and more 'sensible' than me, about the band
Someone I know, who was a teenager when The The were releasing their material, now only to become one of what I would class as 'one of Thatchers children' – endemically business and materialist minded, with liberal views which have no depth and are quite phoney (though I still do like this person) – said of The The "H'mmm it was certainly 'angry young man' music!"
In the presence of these people, because of their material superiority (which is possibly sub-conscious) I still bow down to them, and accept their opinions as above mine, and I suppose in flat text it is true that The The's music was angry and written by a young man (Matt Johnson). However, the generalizing music as 'Angry young man' music', a long side the commonly used 'Teenage Angst music' shows that perhaps an common 'adult' mindset that is certainly patronizing, but more than anything an indication of acceptance of what one has been told to think by a societies ideology.
There is nothing I find more frustrating, than when people generalise passionate forms of art in this way, as if now they are grown up with a house and job, these feelings a merely 'child's play'. It is an indication that they are ceased to care about what is happening in the world, now that they have joined the established pathways, such as that of making good money.
They have become Blind. They have forgotten what they may once have felt, as they, whilst networking (thought it is called socialising) 'Veneer' over each others' insecurities, by lying and saying that "everything is great!" and "you look fabulous, you are fabulous!". The falsity of the liberalism, is very dissolutioning to one who actually wants to see a better world. The way this person labelled The The as 'angry young man music' gave the impression that "oh, that was just a phase we all go through when we are young!" I think a lot of people who reach a certain age use this idea of a past youthhood riddled with angsty, to deny the real problems of the earth and themselves, in their now older state.
This seems to be the homogenized world of the 30-50 something's British middle class. 'Thatcher's children' – as they are rightly named – have a lot to answer for. They have become the thick hedge protecting the system, spouting lush looking but utter tasteless fruits. I don't think I can ever be part of this class, and I don't think I'll ever get to the point when I see The The as 'angry young man music': Matt Johnson wrote some brilliantly inciteful lyrics, especially those of 'Infected' which was a reaction to the beginning of Thactherism. These lyrics should be taken seriously and not put into a 'angst' category, once one feels that them kind of emotions are no longer acceptable within their social circles.
When one has just left their working environment, including the colleagues one works with, one feels the urge to run away – almost physically – in an attempt to grasp the feeling of freedom before it disappears again. It takes the realisation of ones actual situation to catch up with this emotion to thwart this feeling – the realisation that one is no more free outside the workplace than inside.
The 'brother and sister' music albums 'Kid A' and 'Amnesiac', by the band Radiohead, sum up these feelings for me. To me, they portray both these scenarios – the intense/claustrophobic work place (Kid A) and the equally troubling, but isolated feeling of being stood outside the place after work (Amnesiac). The intense/claustrophobic work place (the mood produced in Kid A) leaves one screaming for an opening in the doors, whilst the latter (amnesiac and the feeling of outside work) gives a equally unfriendly and unfree feeling, but with the cold/harsh fact that freedom, once taken from one inside the factory, is no longer obtainable outside it.
On Global warming
Nobody – except those who are young, or luckily ignorant of all News stories – can speculate over the truth of global warming anymore; it's 100% happening and there is 99% chance the climatic problems are going to get worse. Only those with a faith in religion, that is so blind that they cannot see an ounce of reality, could still argue about whether global warming is happening or not.
I have spells when I worry about the affects of global warming less than I would at other times, but I think this is understandable – it isn't mentally possibly to concern one's self with something so massive all of the time, without imploding one's mental make-up.
However, despite what James Lovelock (founder of the Gaia theory) says (and I disagree with barely anything he says, because he is usually unshakably right) – that we are already too late in our actions to stop runaway climate change – we still must try our best!. For what we may learn and gain from this 'trying', both socially and scientifically, will help us to co-exist better as a species, and with the planet. Even if our numbers have greatly diminished at this time, and even if few areas of habitable land remaining (as awful as this would be), what we could have learnt, if we tried our best, could help humanity into a 're-birth' with the planet, a time possibly even free of war, hatred and exploitation.
Of course there is still a hope that events so horrible, such as the death of billions of people, will not come true; but this hope is, sadly, very far from being a certainty. However, even if such bad things were to happen, there is still two roads/two choices humanity can chose from in our attempts to keep our species going in a reasonably civilised state: One, as I have mentioned above, a route that would surely lead to the acceptance of each other in what could be a rightful 'second chance' for socialism; or route Two – A third world war; as our nations fight for what remains of the earth's resources and, therefore, we will have learnt absolutely nothing from the whole event that has been the Anthropecene and the outcome of this: disastrous climate change.
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