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Burkina Faso has suddenly grabbed the world's attention with a remarkable popular uprising, in which hundreds of thousands of Burkinabé have forced the resignation of long-serving president Blaise Compaoré.
Commentators immediately began to predict that the events could touch off a movement in other states where presidents have outstayed their welcome.
However, the idea that the actions will quickly be paralleled in other African countries does not give due credit to Burkina Faso's very particular past and political culture. This uprising is part of a long history of mass public protests in a nation with a very strong and active civil society.
The recent events resonate with many of the country's most significant political changes. Ever since it became independent in 1960, when it was called Upper Volta, Burkina Faso's politics have run along these lines.
In 1966, for example, when the then president, Maurice Yaméogo, announced a new austerity budget, trade unions responded by organising mass strikes. They were met with aggression and tear gas, but continued to take to the streets. When it was clear that the president was unmoved by their demands, the unions called for the military to take over.
Soon, army chief of staff Colonel Lamizana announced he had ousted Yaméogo. This was Burkina Faso's first coup, celebrated by much of the civilian population.
Nearly ten years later, when Lamizana was still in office, mass demonstrations demanded a return to civilian constitutional rule. They were partially successful: Lamizana dissolved his government and formed a new one consisting mostly of civilians. Then, in 1980, general dissatisfaction with the political system once again led to mass demonstrations, which triggered a coup.
Compaoré entered politics alongside army captain and revolutionary, Thomas Sankara, through a military coup in 1983, which had strong support of the civilian youth and working class. Sankara was president from 1983 until his assassination in 1987 at which point Compaoré took power. Accusations of his involvement in Sankara's murder haunted him during his 27 years in office. In spite of the length of his presidency, he was never able to act as an absolute ruler.
Some of his most significant challenges came in the form of mass demonstrations. And crucially, Compaoré's overall response to escalating protests was to give some form of concession – and by doing so, he could claim to be responding to the people.
Witness the mass demonstrations of 1998-1999, which followed alleged government involvement in the death of popular journalist and activist Norbert Zongo. The demonstrators' demands for accountability escalated into calls for improvements of social conditions and checks on government power. This movement, armed with the slogan "trop c'est trop" (enough is enough), lasted for months and gained momentum as it progressed. Even opposition leaders at the time were astonished by the turnout of tens of thousands of demonstrators.
To calm the growing anger, Compaoré created a council to advise on government reforms. One of their recommendations was to create presidential term limits, which were added to the constitution in 2000 – and it was the proposition to change those same limits that sparked the 2014 uprising.
Compaoré again faced a serious threat to his position in 2011 when mass demonstrations erupted across the country after another suspicious death. As in 1998-1999, the movement quickly broadened to include grievances about the cost of living and the general poor economic state of the country.
Compaoré's quarter century in office became a key topic of debate during that unrest, which like the 2014 uprising, also lasted months and spread throughout the country. Things in 2011 turned more violent than the 1998-1999 strikes and eventually Compaoré offered up some concessions – among them food subsidies and increased salaries for the civil service and military.
Demonstrations are also a part of Burkinabé military culture. Burkina Faso has one of the highest rate of mutinies on the continent. In my own interviews with Burkinabé soldiers in Ouagadougou, I asked a soldier why the 2011 mass mutinies (which lasted for months) were not put down with force sooner. He explained that the routine of public protest ultimately resolved by negotiation were simply "the Burkinabé way".
That diagnosis is borne out by history. Compaoré accepted demonstrations, both among the military and civilians, and was generally able to negotiate an end to them. He knew mass demonstrations would follow the vote to ratify the constitution but misjudged his ability to manage the situation.
Compaoré tried his old tricks during this crisis and quickly conceded to the demands to call off the vote to change the constitution. But the momentum had already moved beyond the issue of presidential term limits and onto calls for his removal from office.
The events that have led to Compaoré's fall are extraordinary in their scale; they also show a remarkable level of civilian courage, with the demonstrators facing live fire from the security forces. Yet, the events should also be seen as a continuation of "the Burkinabé way". The country's society has a remarkable ability to mobilise for political change, drawing on extensive experience – and this is not something easily replicated in other states.
Mass demonstrations have always been part and parcel of Burkina Faso's political culture, and we certainly haven't seen the last of them. And if the country's future leaders want to succeed, they will have to be able to handle more of the same.


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I changed my ways now. I changed my life around © Niall O'Brien
The Photographer Finding Life in Silicon Valley's Banal Suburbs
Walking down the seven-mile stretch of California's Bascom Avenue each day, photographer Niall O'Brien captured a divide between America's rich and poor
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Lead ImageI changed my ways now. I changed my life around © Niall O'Brien
It is part way through a purgatorial stint in California's Silicon Valley, and photographer Niall O'Brien – whose girlfriend works for Apple, and has been relocated there – is bored. The couple are living in an apartment block in Campbell, a sprawling city that melds at its edges with the neighbouring Los Gatos and San Jose, the three cities connected with a single seven-mile stretch of road, Bascom Avenue. The nondescript, single-storey landscape is like that you might see in passing on the freeway, out of a car window. O'Brien, though, is stuck there – and he's got nothing to do.
"I had so much time to spare and I just couldn't get the place; I was warned and pre-warned that it was going to be fucking boring," O'Brien later recounts over the phone from Los Angeles, where he has since moved. "It was what you would expect, just strip mall after strip mall and Panda Express – the fanciest thing near us was a Whole Foods. I'd end up going there loads to get a break from the banality. I drank juice."
It made for that most pressing of issues for somebody who makes images for a living: there was nothing to photograph. It wasn't that O'Brien wasn't attuned to the vast, uneventful roadways of America – the Irish photographer's best known series, Porn Hurts Everyone, was taken over the course of a 4,000-mile roadtrip across the country's Northwest; more recently he installed himself in one of Louisiana's swampland communities – but here, with no distractions, his eye was blocked.
Buy a nice little cottage with a creek running by it. Go fishing, be the best love story I've ever seen... © Niall O'Brien
That is, until a chance encounter set his latest series Three Cities, which goes on display at London's Sid Motion Gallery this evening, in motion. A homeless man, Blake, had begun to live underneath the couple's apartment block and, in a way typical for those with roots in Ireland, O'Brien struck up a conversation. They ended up going for breakfast; in the coming weeks, Blake would tell O'Brien his life story, a fantastical tale that spanned time and continents, and O'Brien would begin to film him.
Over the time the photographer spent in California, Blake would become the nexus on which the ideas behind the series would gather – he was, it transpired, the person who suggested the name Three Cities – though in the final collection, he only appears in a handful of photographs. "He was a catalyst, but it wasn't a sociology thing," O'Brien says. "The series became about this idea of area, but he just happened to be there and be this huge insight, this very honest point of view."
It was partly down to the way Blake's presence illuminated the discordance of the Santa Clara Valley; on the one hand there are gleaming compounds where the future of tech is mapped out, and on the other, the poverty that marks Campbell and its neighbouring cities is unavoidable. With this in mind, the banal landscapes revealed themselves as a willing subject, and O'Brien began to photograph again. "I just kept shooting and shooting and shooting and then when I returned to England I put it all together and I realised that there was this abundance of work," he says.
It got really bad (Left), I keep stuff from my momma (Right) © Niall O'Brien
From then on each day he would choose to walk left or right, towards either Los Gatos or San Jose, until he reached the end of Bascom Avenue, just as the evening settled. "I decided to leave the house at a certain time in the evening originally, and just walk up and down," he says. That timing was crucial – each photograph is lent the purple haze of dusk, or a flare of orange as the sun sets. In this light, the banality of the landscape is transformed; O'Brien worked in the tradition of William Eggleston, or Jeff Wall, before him. "I don't think I would have seen the beauty in it if I didn't have a little bit of help with the light… It's so wonderful that it makes that uninteresting thing interesting."
The selection of photographs which make up the exhibition, though small – there are thousands more he could have picked, he tells me – provide a portrait of a place. In one, a man sits waiting at a bus stop, unaware he is being photographed. In others, O'Brien's lens is drawn closer to a wilting flower or a drooping American flag. If they are visual metaphors for a country in flux, it is the few of Blake, and his girlfriend, that are most arresting. A pair of images displayed next to each other show their hands passing dollar bills to one another, all nerve and sinew. In another, one of the few portraits, Blake's girlfriend lies looking away into the ether, her eyes half shut. They feel temporal; as if their subjects are stood on the precipice.
"I was very aware of what I was experiencing with this huge contrast between what Silicon Valley stands for right now, and what the situation is from a different perspective," O'Brien says. "In California they have a rule called the Safe Parking Program which is set up to allow people to sleep in the cars, because the rent there is so unaffordable that you have teachers and nurses sleeping in their cars. It's really fucked up. There's a huge contrast of wealth and poverty."
when I'm alone, just think and daydream (Left), I bought her a bus pass to go home (Right) © Niall O'Brien
Over the time he spent there – split between returning back to London, and also to Lourdes, where he is currently photographing the site of pilgrimage in similar terms – the walk became ritual, or compulsion. "Don't get me wrong, towards the end you're like 'oh fucking hell, I don't know if I can do this again,'" he says. "But then you're walking for like two hours and then you take one photo which you know works and without sounding cheesy, it's worth it."
The result is a welcome proposal for working slowly – for allowing each photograph to prove its worth, to have a reason to exist. "I think it's exceptionally important as a photographer to justify your work, because it's so easy to do now," O'Brien says. "My mum took a photo the other day, and I was like 'woah'. It was a sunset, and it was amazing. Not to put my mum down, but if that can happen, you've got to elevate your own photography to a level where it's worth a conversation."
It is a way of thinking that has led him away from many of his contemporaries, who are increasingly pressed to prove their worth in the number of followers they have on Instagram. Not that he doesn't use it – he has a healthy following of over 7,000, and he has recently discovered the joys of Stories – but you won't find him documenting his life on there. "Can you imagine going on holiday and just taking pictures every ten minutes?" he says. "I mean, in my head that's a pretty shit holiday. Although, the pictures say otherwise – who's telling the truth here?"
She wasn't even breathing ... at all © Niall O'Brien
In this attitude he has liberated himself from expectation. Three Cities sets a new precedent for allowing photographs to brew, to allow the subject – here, a single, seven-mile stretch of road, and those on it – to reveal itself on its own terms. "When I was younger I definitely had a huge amount of anxiety embedded in me for success and for achievement, but now I'm so happy just plodding along," he says. "I don't think I've felt more confident in my life about always doing work, simply because I'm not doing it for any other reason but just to make it."
Three Cities: An exhibition of new photographs by Niall O'Brien runs at Sid Motion Gallery, London from April 27 until May 26, 2018.
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Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un's relationship sounds like it was taken straight out of the script for "The Interview," with James Franco and Randall Park.
The former NBA star joined "Good Morning Britain" on Wednesday where he revealed how he and Kim became friends and let the world in on what it's like to hang out with the Supreme Leader of North Korea. Spoiler alert: it's surprisingly similar to what happens in Seth Rogen's 2014 comedy.
North Korea has become an increasing threat to the United States, and the world, over the past few months and it just so happens that Rodman is the only American who has direct contact with the North Korean dictator.
Rodman's connection with Kim started through his love of basketball, but after getting to know each other better they do all sorts of things together, much like Franco's character, Dave Skylark does with Kim, played by Park.
"For me to go over there and see (Kim) as much as I have, I basically hang out with him all the time. We laugh, we sing karaoke, we do a lot of cool things together. We ride horses, we hang out, we go skiing, we hardly ever talk politics and that's the good thing," Rodman explained.
If you already thought Rodman's relationship with Kim was ridiculous, he just took it to a whole other level entirely. Hell, they might as well ride around in tanks blowing stuff up for fun while slamming back margaritas and listening to Katy Perry too.
Who knows, maybe Rodman is Donald Trump's secret weapon just like Skylark was for the CIA in "The Interview." I mean, that's no more ridiculous to imagine than the thought of Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un singing karaoke or riding horses together is it?
After all, in the same interview, Rodman admitted that "Donald can be a little crazy some times," but also said "I love Donald Trump." Which is something he wouldn't say of his friend in North Korea.


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I haven't had a vacation in almost a year so I decided to head down to Miami with some friends this past Easter weekend. I've never been and heard that it was fun. I found a flight for under $500 return and we rented an apartment just off of Lincoln Road Mall. I met up with three friends from Montreal and several friends from Toronto were also down there at the same time. It was fun to have a big group specially hanging out on the beach all day.
Check out more pics on the next part of the post.
The apartment we rented was called Chic Place at Lincoln. We had only seen photos so we really didn't know what to expect but once we got there, it was actually nice and very clean. Phew… disaster averted.
The weekend started with drinking and more drinking over the next few days. My liver was not very happy with me. Breakfast was always served with a healthy serving of mimosas and the apartment was never without a bottle of vodka at all times.
During the day we would shop and spend the day on the beach soaking up some much needed sun. The night's activities consisted of a club on Lincoln called Score and Twist on Washington.
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A touching tale: how an entire city lives by the story of Mercedes Kadir
Mercedes Kadir has a lot of support from the fellow citizens in his hometown
by Azra September 16, 2018, 9:12 am
Kadir, a 34-year-old man, lives in a large city named Malatya in Turkey. Traditionally, the everyday life of big cities such as this one is barely seen through the rush. People are constantly coming and going, never spending too much time in one place, hurrying to attend a meeting or picking kids up from school. However, the busy people in this cosmopolitan city take a little bit of their time to support their fellow citizen- Kadir.
Kadir is a well-known local. Unfortunately, he suffers from a mental disorder, but that doesn't stop him from trying to fit in with the citizens of Malatya and their daily routines. You see, he spends his day riding a 3-meter long wooden rod around town, thinking that it's a car. The rod is complete with a rearview mirror and the Mercedes logo, which granted him the popular nickname Mercedes Kadir.
The entire city of Malatya lives Mercedes Kadir's story along with him.
Every local in town knows him, and they go out of their way to help him. How? By respecting him.
Mercedes Kadir "drives" his makeshift car every day, and he always follows the rules- he parks his "car", he obeys the traffic lights, and other cars give him the right of way. Everybody seems to respect him as an equal participant in traffic. And why shouldn't they? He received his own license plate (his numbers are 44 MK 444), drivers license, and insurance back in 2006. Even more amazing is the fact that the mechanics are in on it too, and they treat him and his "vehicle" as they would any other car when he brings it for a check. A few mechanics come together and help Mercedes Kadir maintain his car- they installed a music player, a fan, a rearview mirror, and they keep his Mercedes star clean and shining. Sometimes they check the "car" and talk to him, telling him about his "car troubles".
One of the favorite stories that locals like to tell was when a mechanic told Kadir that he'll have to leave his "car" for three days to go over a few fixes, and when he came back three days later the mechanic jokingly told him it'll take a few more days. The story went on for a while, the mechanic kept telling him it'll take a few more days to fix the "car", and eventually, like any other person, Kadir got frustrated- he told the mechanic that enough is enough, that he's been walking home for the past two weeks.
Police officers even stop him and write him a "ticket" when he's going too fast or when he parks in the wrong place.
Every once in a while we come across these stories in which a community comes together for the sake of an individual. Kadir is now an icon in the city, easily recognizable by every citizen and even tourists. While his general life has been influenced by his mental disorder, his everyday life is a routine that slightly differs from everyone else's. He wakes up in the morning, "drives" to the city for a meal and tea, and goes back home at night. He's a kind and pure soul, locals say, and it's evident that he has the respect and support of the whole population behind him.
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Leading During a Pandemic with MBA Alumna Emer Cooke
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Emer Cooke, MBA Alumna from the Class of '91, is the first woman to head the European Medicines Agency (EMA), one of the most powerful regulators in the world, with the added task of leading during a global pandemic. In this interview, Emer talks about taking on such a large responsibility in a time of crisis, cause for optimism on Covid-19, and the impact of Trinity on her career.
MBA Alumna Emer Cooke
Standing on the front steps of Trinity College Dublin in her MBA graduation robes nearly twenty years ago, Emer Cooke could not have foreseen the future that lay in front of her where she would one day be leading the European medical response to a global pandemic, one which has shown no sign of abating.
It's fair to say that these weren't the first months anyone could expect in a new position as executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), but with over thirty years' experience in international regulatory affairs, eighteen of which were in leadership roles – such as Director responsible for medicines regulation at The World Health Organization (WHO) – Emer is a proven leader and one who was ready to undertake such a serious challenge.
"I've been lucky to have had a really varied career after leaving Trinity, being able to experience so many different sides of the European and global pharmaceutical sector. In addition to my early career at the Irish Regulatory Authority, I've worked for the European pharmaceutical industry trade body at the European Commission and I've already spent 14 years at the European Medicines Agency in different roles. The past four years at WHO really expanded my global outlook. Of course, being the third in a family of seven high achievers meant I learnt all about cooperation and collaboration at an early age, with the occasional additional spice of competition."
Along with this, Emer's educational background includes a bachelor's degree in pharmacy, as well as master's degrees in science and business administration, all from Trinity College Dublin. Trinity thus holds a pivotal place in her life, having been a home of hers for seven educational years.
"Looking back, my Trinity pharmacy degrees gave me a really solid foundation on scientific development that prepared me to deal with the multi-disciplinary aspects of my day-to-day work. I also believe that The Trinity MBA helped me prepare for a career in management, especially to develop my leadership skills. I suppose I was already putting those into practice at Trinity as leader of DUPSA (Dublin University Pharmaceutical Students Association). I remember organising a trip to Switzerland including a visit to WHO – who could have imagined that years later I would be the one speaking to visiting students!"
Emer in her previous role as Director of Regulation of Medicines and other Health Technologies, WHO
Having taken over the top job as executive director at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in November 2020 with the pandemic front and centre, Emer is suddenly leading the agency at a crucial time. She finds herself overseeing the scientific scrutiny of new medicines, particularly a number of potential Covid-19 vaccines, and very much under public and political scrutiny.
"It's such a huge responsibility to come to this position and know you have to do the right thing for the European public. Managing the pandemic response though comes on top of managing the relocation of the Agency and hundreds of staff and their families from London to Amsterdam. And it's not just the EMA by itself, we work really closely with authorities in all the Member States. Managing such a huge European cooperation is complex at the best of times but everybody working remotely also brings extra challenges."
Trusting a Vaccine
No news is normally good news, but with the recent announcement that the EU has done an advance deal for six vaccines, there is cause for real optimism. Emer echoes this, saying that the EMA could be in a position to approve new vaccines before the end of the year.
"Regulators everywhere from Ireland's HPRA here, right across Europe to Romania and Cyprus are working together. It's all about taking the right decision at the right time when we have the data, bringing together hundreds of experts from across the EU.
But approval of these vaccines isn't the end of the story, we are also building in how to monitor safety to make sure that the vaccines do what they are supposed to do in the safest way possible. It's so important that people trust the vaccines and the regulation we are working on. It's why we are engaging with patients, the public and other wider civil society. For example, we organised a public meeting in December to talk about this and invited dialogue from civil society. We need to ensure the public have reliable sources of trusted information."
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Today, Emer remains positive about the future of global health and the ability of countries to work together towards a common goal, as has been the case in the past year where countries have pulled together. She reflects on this, and on the coming years where implementation of a Covid-19 vaccine will need to take place globally, along with other medicine.
"Vaccines are not by themselves the silver bullet. Managing COVID-19 will need an effective 'test-treat-prevent' approach with vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics all having a role. More than anything though, I really hope that some of the advances we've seen in the speed of innovation for COVID-19 can be translated into other areas where there are other real patient needs.
The pandemic has highlighted something else that is really important to me: ensuring availability of and access to medicines and medical devices and supporting expedited access to innovation where there is an unmet need. In the end it doesn't matter how innovative or how basic a medicine is if it doesn't reach the patient, for whatever reason. It isn't something that EMA can do alone, but I believe we need to focus more attention on this."
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One of Spring City's earliest stone houses it was built for Paul E. Kofford (1813-1891) (aka Koffoed) by stonemason Peter Olsen Hansen (1850-1926). Kofford, a Dane, was as a translator between Scandinavian immigrants in Spring City and the English speaking pioneers. He had learned English during his early career as a sea captain. The house plan is uncommon with a front facing parlor followed by two rooms at the rear. Paul's son Charles acquired the house and resided there for many years. The house was renovated and restored in 2005.


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This problem came back after an unclean, forced reset of a crashed VM.
This time I managed to log startup messages via serial console.
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In 2005, it was estimated that U.S. dietary supplement sales were at $20.9 billion.
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However, investigators at University of Virginia School of Medicine and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center helped conduct the �Ginkgo biloba for the Evaluation of Memory� study. They evaluated the effects of ginkgo, an antioxidant, on the occurrence or prevention of dementia. Ginkgo is one of the world�s most widely advertised herbal supplements claiming to improve memory and cognition. The GEM study showed that 240 mg of ginkgo daily had no effect on the onset of dementia or development of Alzheimer�s. Ginkgo supplements are among the best-selling herbal medications in the U.S. and Europe, and it ranks as a top medicine prescribed in France and Germany. Chief study investigators said, �The results were disappointing and surprising.� Unfortunately, ginkgo�s widespread use, based on the belief that it helps memory function, does not hold up to scientific scrutiny. According to the National Institute on Aging, Alzheimer�s affects nearly 4.5 million Americans and it will claim one in 10 baby boomers. Nearly a half-million new Alzheimer�s cases will be diagnosed annually. Even worse, with the three main drugs Aricept (donepezil), Exelon (rivastigmine) and Reminyl, Razadyne (galantamine), which are approved for use in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer�s disease, not one of six clinical trials conducted by Italian researchers found that these drugs significantly reduced the rate of progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia. In short, advertising works but neither ginkgo nor the current medications have proven to be effective.
In the America that I love, Alzheimer�s remains an incurable disease with a slowly progressive mild memory loss, which ends horribly with severe brain damage and death. Experts increasingly advise reliance on keeping mentally and physically active and not being taken in by false hopes of unproven supplements or drugs. With no cure available or in sight, we must push for more government sponsored research on all forms of dementia. Do it, before we forget to do it.


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Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Ennis House in L.A. on the Market for $23M
July 12, 2018 | Claudine Zap
It was picked up by billionaire investor Ron Burkle in 2011 for $4.5 million. ... Ron de Salvo of Coldwell Banker holds the listing.
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March 21, 2015 | Chris Quinn
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - SEPTEMBER 21: Verne Troyer arrives for the 11th Annual Tony Hawk's Stand Up For Skateparks Benefit - Arrivals at Ron Burkles Green Acres Estate on September 21, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California.
Bob Hope's Toluca Lake Estate Finally Sells—to Billionaire Ron Burkle
June 15, 2018 | Lisa Johnson Mandell
The buyer is billionaire investor Ron Burkle. ... The buyer is billionaire philanthropist and investor Ron Burkle, whose intention not to demolish Hope's home earned him a sweet deal. ... The post Bob Hope's ...
Enmeshed in scandal / Billionaire Ron Burkle claims to eschew the spotlight but finds himself the center of attention
May 2, 2006 | James Sterngold
Then there's Ron Burkle. ... Burkle has a Boeing 757 with its own bedroom suite. ... Burkle did not return calls requesting comment.
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He said the group includes Silicon Valley software tycoon Vivek Ranadive, 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov and billionaire Ron Burkle.
Group bidding for Kings adds tycoon
The Sacramento Bee reported that Vivek Ranadive will lead Sacramento's bid to keep the team, joining health-club financier Mark Mastrov and billionaire Ron Burkle.
Briefly: The NBA received an official offer from 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov and billionaire Ron Burkle to buy the Sacramento Kings and keep the team from moving to Seattle, league spokesman Tim Frank ...
Freshly Restored and Renovated, Bob Hope Estate Available for $29M
May 27, 2022 | Lisa Johnson Mandell
Four years ago, businessman Ron Burkle purchased the iconic Bob and Dolores Hope Estate in Toluca Lake, CA, at the reduced price of $15 million. ... Golf facilities at the Bob and Dolores Hope Estate Realtor.com ...
What Are Authenticated NFTs, and Where Is the NFT Industry Going?
August 24, 2021 | Jessica Abo
Jessica Abo, Entrepreneur.com Investor and entrepreneur Nick Rose Ntertsas moved to the United States in his 20s and worked as a consultant for Ron Burkle and The Yucaipa Companies.
Bing Crosby's Former Rancho Mirage Estate Back on the Market for $4.5M
January 3, 2022 | Claudine Zap
MORE FROM REALTOR: Bob Hope's Toluca Lake Estate Finally Sells—to Billionaire Ron Burkle Why Won't Anyone Buy Bob Hope's Spaceship House in Palm Springs?
After more than a decade of neglect, Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch is undergoing a transformation
February 16, 2022 | Andrew Pridgen
Further evidence that the property's current owner, billionaire Ron Burkle, is making good on his promise to restore existing structures. Burkle's firm Yucaipa Companies made its money in the early 1990s ...
Back after 12 years, Sorenstam gets 2 more days on LPGA Tour
February 26, 2021 | Associated Press
ELSEWHERE Investor leaves Sacramento MLS team Major League Soccer says lead investor Ron Burkle has backed out of plans for an expansion team in Sacramento that was scheduled to start play in 2023 "based on ...
It's official: MLS headed to Sacramento; team will begin playing in 2022
October 21, 2019 | Anne M. Peterson
The team's ownership group includes lead investor Ron Burkle, an owner of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins, as well as entertainment executive Matt Alvarez and Kevin Nagle, an investor in the NBA's Sacramento ...
What's Next for Michael Jackson's Former Neverland Ranch?
The investor and billionaire Ron Burkle snagged the ranch for $22 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. ... In this case, most of the development of the land is probably already done, and the plumbing ...
Iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Ennis House Sells for $18M
October 21, 2019 | Claudine Zap
Enter a savior: billionaire Ron Burkle, who purchased the property for $4.5 million in 2011. ... Branden and Rayni Williams of Hilton & Hyland and Ron De Salvo of Coldwell Banker shared the listing.
She's still got it: Goldie Hawn turns 73
November 21, 2018 | Marcy de Luna
Marcy de Luna, Houston Chronicle Happy birthday to Goldie Hawn who turned 73 on Wednesday. The actress, who is aging flawlessly, proves that youth is a relative term. Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born on November 21, 1945, in Washington, D.C.
Goldie Hawn celebrates her 72nd birthday, smile still shines
November 20, 2017 | Heather Leighton
Recently, Hawn was photographed at her annual benefit Goldie's Love In For Kids at Ron Burkle's Green Acres Estate on Nov. 3 in Beverly Hills, California. ... Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn attend Annual Goldie's ...
MLS announces plans to expand to 30 teams
April 18, 2019 | Anne M. Peterson
Sacramento's hopes of landing a team were boosted in January when billionaire Ron Burkle became the new lead investor in the Sacramento Republic soccer team. ... Burkle is a co-owner of the NHL's Pittsburgh ...
Report: Sacramento Republic FC to join Major League Soccer
October 16, 2019 | Douglas Zimmerman
To fulfill this requirement, in early 2019 Los Angeles billionaire Ron Burkle and Hollywood movie producer Matt Alvarez acquired a controlling interest in the team.
National Enquirer for sale, but potential buyers are keeping quiet
April 11, 2019 | Sarah Ellison and Marc Fisher
On Thursday morning, The New York Times reported that representatives of the Enquirer were "deep in their negotiations" with the billionaire Ron Burkle, who made his fortune as a supermarket magnate and is a ...
Three Uber investors ask benchmark to forfeit board seat
August 11, 2017 | Olivia Zaleski
The investors are Sherpa Capital's Shervin Pishevar, Yucaipa Companies' Ron Burkle and Maverick's Adam Leber.
Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Ennis House in L.A. Is Week's Most Popular Home
August 3, 2018 | Claudine Zap
In 2011 billionaire investor Ron Burkle picked up the property for $4.5 million, then poured $17 million into a comprehensive restoration. ... As we reported, billionaire investor Ron Burkle purchased the ...


I can't even remember how I came across these little gems, but as winter spreads her frosty cloak over the north of England once more, I turn to comfort reads: for me, these are snowy reads, cold reads, Northern and Eastern European reads. Alberta and Jacob, Alberta and Freedom and Alberta Alone are a trilogy of loosely veiled autobiographical novels by Cora Sandel, and follow the life of the eponymous heroine from her native Norway to Paris and back again through the late Edwardian period. Alberta is not easy to like - perhaps she reminds me too much of myself, the girl with a thousand dreams who sits around waiting for life to happen to her instead of setting out to happen to life. But then, I think that part of Alberta's popularity (the books are essential reading for all young woemn in Scandinavia, I believe) stems from the dichotomy of her striking individuality and her role as an everygirl. Like so many of us, she is simultaneously extraordinary and utterly unremarkable.
Only the former, though, is true of the books themselves. Even in translation, Sandel's beautiful turn of phrase melts across every icy page, and her descriptions of the tiny, isolated village in which Alberta is brought up and from which she longs to escape are breathtakingly realised. You will snuggle ever deeper into your duvet as you read of Alberta's constant sneaking into the kitchen for forbidden cups of coffee around which to warm her frozen fingers, and the glacial tragedy that befalls her parents in the second book will have you hugging your hot water bottle tighter and tighter.
If the sudden change in temperature this weekend has left you craving something fittingly literary, allow me to nudge you gently in the direction of these fabulous Norwegian classics.


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Le bocage flérien est un pays de Normandie situé dans le Bocage normand et relevant du Pays d'Houlme. Il est organisé autour de Flers dans le nord-est du département de l'Orne.

Il est délimité :
 au nord-ouest par le Bocage virois,
 au nord-est par la Suisse normande,
 au sud-est par le Pays d'Andaine,
 au sud par le Domfrontais,
 au sud-ouest par le Mortainais.

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 Géographie de l'Orne
 Géographie de la Normandie
 Bocage normand
 Région naturelle de France

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Ironically, many people struggle with poor signals inside their homes. Your house – which used to be the only reliable place you could make a call – may be filled with signal-muffling architecture and distracting devices. If your home doesn't afford a clear shot to the nearest cell tower, you've got a problem because you're probably not going to move anytime soon. Then again, what if your house is one giant dead spot? Should you never place a call from your living room?
Also called a "repeater," a signal booster does just that: It boosts your cell signal. Put the unit in an area of the house where you have good reception, such as a window sill, and it will extend that stronger signal to the rest of the house. Some repeaters also come with an external antenna you can mount outside.
Boosters are a little pricey; some carriers sell reasonably priced models, but this isn't always ideal because a booster usually only works with that carrier's signal. So if you have family members or visiting friends who use another carrier, and they also have a weak signal, this won't help them.
A third-party company like zBoost or weBoost makes boosters that do work with multiple carriers. However, you're probably going to have to pay for this out of pocket. On the lower end, these gadgets set you back about $200.
Femtocell is also called a "microcell" (AT&T) or a "network extender" (Verizon), which sounds suspiciously like a booster. You even use it similarly: stick it in your house and femtocell broadcasts a strong cellular signal.
The difference is that the femtocell needs to plug into your router so it can use your internet connection. That's how it connects your phone to the carrier's servers. This enables femtocell to work in an area where you have absolutely no signal at all. So it's suitable for rural locations or an apartment surrounded by high-rise buildings.
The downside is that if you get one of these from a carrier, it will only work for that carrier's phones. Also, in this case, third-party options that cover multiple carriers are practically non-existent. It also doesn't work very well with satellite internet.
Many times your mobile provider will lend you a femtocell for free or for a one-time fee. It's better for the carrier to provide a femtocell for free than to lose a customer.
If your carrier doesn't lend it to you for free, femtocells will set you back anywhere from $50 to $250, depending on the brand and the amount of data.
Wi-Fi can also make calls and send texts using apps like Skype, Google Hangouts, Apple's iMessage and other third-party messaging apps like WhatsApp. So if you don't have a signal, not to worry. Historically, this has meant both parties (caller and receiver) using the same apps.
However, now, all four major carriers T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon have developed Wi-Fi calling for their phones. When this feature is enabled due to a weak signal, your phone will automatically switch over to a nearby open Wi-Fi network so you won't even notice.
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5 Biggest horse races in France
Horse racing is an immensely popular sport in France as the country hosts some of the most significant races in the world. Over the years, the country has produced some of the most pronounced horses, jockeys, and trainers who have earned recognition in their own right.
As home to the most spectacular racecourses, France organises several horse races each year. The organisation of these events and others aspects of management, including horse riding, training, and breeding, is overseen by a central authority, the France Galop.
Like any other horse racing region, the Group One races are the most prominent thoroughbred races in France. If you are curious to learn about the biggest horse races in France, here is your chance to find out.
Let's look at the five biggest horse races in France.
Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe
The Prix de L'Arc Triomphe is to France, what the Kentucky Derby is to the US, the Melbourne Cup to Australia, and the Grand National to the UK. It is inarguably the biggest race in France that attracts the largest number of spectators, bookmakers, and bettors. It is recognised as one of the most significant flat horse races in Europe, with a purse of €5,000,000 in 2021.
The first Arc de Triomphe race took place on 3rd October 1920. The race usually takes place on the first Sunday of every October at the Longchamp racecourse. It is a Group 1 flat horse race that runs over a distance of 2,400 metres (equal to 1.5 miles) and is open to thoroughbred runners ages three and older.
The latest record for two consecutive wins was made by Enable, who won the race in 2017 and 2018. This year, the race is scheduled to take place on 1st October.
Prix du Jockey Club
The Prix du Jockey Club is a Group 1 flat horse race that is open to three-year-old fillies and colts. Also sometimes referred to as the French Derby due to its similarity to the English Derby, the race was first held in 1836.
The race runs over a distance of 2,100 metres and takes place in early June in Chantilly. The purse for the Prix du Jockey in 2022 was €1,500,000, while Vadeni led the race.
Prix de Diane Longines
If we were to rate races based on glamour and style, the Prix de Diane Longines would be the uncontested winner. Launched in 1843, the historical Prix de Diane is a Group 1 flat horse race that takes place in early June at the Chantilly racecourse, one or two weeks after the Prix du Jockey Club.
Also sometimes referred to as the French Oaks (similar to The Oaks taking place in the UK), the race runs over a distance of 2,100 metres and is reserved for three-year-old fillies. With a purse of over €1,000,000, the mega event features various activities for families, including games and rides. It is a great event for families to come together to have a picnic and enjoy themselves.
Prix Jacques Le Marois
The Prix Jacques Le Marois is another historical race that first took place in 1921. With prize money of €1,000,000 in 2021, it is easily regarded as one of the top races, which occurs in early August each year at the Deauville racecourse.
The race runs over a distance of 1,600 metres and is open to thoroughbred fillies and colts aged three and older. The winner of this prestigious race gets an invitation to the Breeder's Cup Race that takes place in North America.
Poule D'Essai Des Pouliches & Poule d'Essai Des Poulains
In 1840, the French launched their version of the 1000 and 2000 Guineas horse races held in England, the Poule D'Essai for colts and fillies. In 1883, the Poule D'Essai was divided in two separate races, the Poule D'Essai Des Pouliches, which was restricted to fillies and the Poule D'Essai Des Poulains, which was reserved for colts only.
The two classic French races occur at the beginning of the flat horse race season at the Longchamp horse racecourse. Both races run over a distance of 1,600 metres and are open to thoroughbred runners ages three or older.
The winner of the Des Poulains can go on to compete in the Prix du Jockey Club, while the winner of Des Pouliches can go on to compete in the Prix de Diane. With a purse of €600,000 (Des Poulains) and €500,000 (Des Pouliches) in 2022, these two races are one of the most prominent races in France.
So, there you have it, the biggest horse races in France! Another noteworthy race is the Grand Prix de Paris, which also takes place in the Longchamp racecourse and is open to horses three years and older. With prize money of €600,000 in 2022, the 2,400 metres long race is also one of the most prominent races happening in France.
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About The Secret Number
The Secret Number is a short Sci-Fi Psychological Drama that was created over a period of two years by a team of young filmmakers from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Based on the short story by Igor Teper, The Secret Number is about a man whose world is thrown into question. Psychiatrist Simon Tomlin (Daniel Jones) has a troubling conversation with one of his patients - a brilliant mathematician named Ersheim (Tom Nowicki), who intends to prove the existence of a secret integer between three and four. Ersheim's delusion compels Tomlin to dig deeper, but he only uncovers more questions -- about fate, connection… the nature of reality.
Jury Award for Best Short - Charleston International Film Festival
Best Original Score - Greenville International Film Festival:
Best Student Film - Savannah Film Festival
Panavision Student Cinematography Award - Savannah Film Festival
City of Savannah Award
SCAD Film & Television Showcase
Best Undergraduate Narrative
Best Sound Design
Best Original Score
Colin Levy, has been making short films since he was 12 years old-- both in live-action and animation. He completed several ambitious live-action projects while pursuing a B.F.A. in Film & Television at the Savannah College of Art and Design. After his junior year he moved to the Netherlands to direct a 3D animated short film called Sintel for the Blender Foundation, which now has over 2 million views on YouTube. Colin returned to Savannah to complete his degree (and his senior film) and was recently hired at Pixar Animation Studios as a Resident in the "Camera & Staging" department.
Production Timeline: Oct. 2010 - June 2012
A Production of Lightning Hill Pictures.
Director: Colin Levy http://www.colinlevy.com
Producers: Frank Ponce, Roque Nonini
DP: Michael Lloyd http://www.michaelaldenlloyd.com
Production Design: Yolande Thame http://ythame.com/
Sound Design: Nicholas Cochran http://cochransound.com, Thomas Doolittle
Music: Jan Morgenstern http://www.wavemage.com
Edited By: Kevin Ray http://www.kevindray.me, Colin Levy
VFX: Colin Levy, Zack Zhao, Sandro Blattner http://www.sandroblattner.com
Additional VFX by MAKE Visual. http://makevisual.com
Production Featurette
This 25-minute Behind the Scenes Featurette focuses on the shooting days of Colin Levy's senior thesis film, The Secret Number.
VFX Breakdown
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Not long ago, there was a time when every 3D animated film was a rare and special event. Like Shrek. That is because 3D animated films cost a $100 million to make (Final Fantasy cost $200 million), so special attention was paid to things like characters and plot. But these days it seems that we are flooded with animated films, many of which feel routine. Because animated films are in such demand right now, it is profitable to make movies that are just O.K
Mega Mind feels like a cartoon comedy, and it is, but for what they spent on this movie, I expected more. I read that it cost $150 million to make, and it really does look terrific, but the story feels close to "Despicable Me", which is another animated comedy that failed to blow me away. These two movies are good, but the stories are nothing special, and the movies are even a little silly at times.
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Is it too low? Most of the time, diabetes is discovered when a blood or urine test taken for other health problems shows diabetes.
People with false results from one type of A1C test may need a different type of A1C test to measure their average blood glucose level. The meter reads the amount of sugar in a small sample of blood, usually from your fingertip, that you place on a disposable test strip. It can also be performed to diagnose prediabetes.
Your doctor or diabetes educator can also help you learn how to use a meter. The Accu-Check Fastclix lancing device that comes with the meter offers even more benefits.
One user was a little disappointed in the results of this meter. International Expert Committee report on the role of the A1C assay in the diagnosis of diabetes.
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Security Flaw In Common Keycard Locks Exploited In String Of Hotel Room Break-Ins
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Covering the worlds of data security, privacy and hacker culture.
Matthew Allen Cook, who police have charged in one Houston hotel room break-in and suspect in... [+] others. Hotel staff say a hacking tool was used to open its keycard locks.
Whoever robbed Janet Wolf's hotel room did his work discreetly.
When Wolf returned to the Hyatt in Houston's Galleria district last September and found her Toshiba laptop stolen, there was no sign of a forced door or a picked lock. Suspicions about the housekeeping staff were soon ruled out, too—-Wolf says the hotel management used a device to read the memory of the keycard lock and told her that none of the maids' keys had been used while she was away.
With the mystery unexplained, the Hyatt tried to give its guests a sense of security by posting a guard in its lobby. But Wolf couldn't shake the notion that a thief could re-enter her room at any time. "I had dreams about it for many nights," says Wolf, a 66-year-old Dell IT services consultant traveling in Houston for business. "I'd wake up and think I saw someone standing there at my desk."
Two days after the break-in, a letter from hotel management confirmed the answer: The room's lock hadn't been picked, and hadn't been opened with any key. Instead, it had been hacked with a digital tool that effortlessly triggered its opening mechanism in seconds. The burglary, one of a string of similar thefts that hit the Hyatt in September, was a real-world case of a theoretical intrusion technique researchers had warned about months earlier—one that may still be effective on hundreds of thousands or millions of locks protecting hotel rooms around the world.
Last month Houston police arrested 27-year-old Matthew Allen Cook and charged him with theft in a September 7th break-in at the Hyatt House Galleria. Police also listed Cook as a suspect in the theft from Wolf's room four days later and that of another guest at the hotel. Cook, who has a prior history of arrests for thefts and burglary, was identified when an HP laptop stolen from one of the hotel rooms was found in a local pawn shop, where staff helped police to identify him.
A Houston police spokesperson offered no information about how Cook might have accessed the rooms he allegedly looted. But White Lodging, the Hyatt franchisee that manages the Houston hotel, believes that the rooms were opened using a device that takes advantage of a glaring security vulnerability in keycard locks built by the lock company Onity, specifically a model of lock that appears in at least four million hotel rooms worldwide.
That security flaw was first publicly demonstrated by Cody Brocious, a 24-year-old software developer for Mozilla, at the Black Hat hacker conference in July. Brocious reverse-engineered Onity's locks and discovered he could spoof the "portable programmer" device meant to be used for designating master keys and opening locks whose batteries had died.
On stage at Black Hat, Brocious showed it was possible to insert the plug of a small device he built with less than $50 in parts into the port at the bottom of any Onity keycard lock, read the digital key that provides access to the opening mechanism of the lock, and open it instantaneously.
In a statement sent to me, a White Lodging spokesperson says the company became aware of the vulnerability in its Onity locks in August, based on reading one of the stories I wrote about Brocious's lock-hacking technique over the summer. But White Lodging says Onity only implemented a fix for that flaw in its locks after the September break-ins at the Houston Hyatt, around two months after I first alerted Onity to Brocious's work.
Following those September incidents, White Lodging resorted to plugging the port at the bottom of its Onity locks with "epoxy putty," according to the letter it sent to guests at its Houston location. The hotel company says it's now working with Onity to put a more permanent solution in place, either plugging the locks' ports or replacing their circuit board at every location it manages. "We sincerely regret that these thefts occurred, and hope that measures we have taken satisfy your concerns," reads the letter to guests from White Lodging vice president Thomas Riegelman.
But even Onity's official response, late as it may be, has left something to be desired. Rather than pay for the full fix itself, which requires a new circuit board for every affected lock, Onity has asked its hotel customers to cover the cost of those hardware replacements. Its free alternative involves merely blocking the port on the bottom of the lock instead with a plastic plug and changing the screws on the locks to a more obscure model to make it harder to open the locks' cases and remove the plugs.
Forcing the customer to pay for anything beyond a band-aid-style fix may mean the flaw will remain unpatched in many cases, warns Brocious. "Given that it won't be a low cost endeavour, it's not hard to imagine that many hotels will choose not to properly fix the issues, leaving customers in danger," he wrote in a blog post in August. "If such a significant issue were to exist in a car, customers would likely expect a complete recall at the expense of the manufacturer...I can't help but feel that Onity has the same responsibility to their customers, and to customers staying in hotels protected by Onity locks."
Meanwhile, the Houston Hyatt may not be the only site hit with the Onity hack. An alert published by the insurance firm Petra Risk Solutions in October claimed that "several" hotels in Texas have had their locks opened with Brocious' technique. Todd Seiders, a former Marriott security director who now works as director of risk management at Petra, says he spoke with the general manager of one of those hotels, who knew of at least three Texas hotels affected in total, though Seiders declined to name them.
It's not clear if suspects have been arrested in those cases. In a phone interview, Cook's lawyer Charles Thompson declined to speak about the case or make Cook available for comment. "We will vigorously defend these charges, and all the facts will be available after the trial," Thompson said.
When I first wrote about Brocious's technique in July, his lock-hacking tool seemed to be unreliable: In tests we conducted at three New York hotels, he was only able to open one out of three rooms, and only after a few minutes of tweaking his device.
But after his Black Hat talk, Brocious's work was soon refined by other hackers and researchers, who ironed out the bugs in his exploit and posted YouTube videos of the devices reliably opening hotel doors. One managed to fit the lock-hacking tool into an iPhone case. Another team of researchers squeezed it into the body of an inconspicuous dry-erase marker.
As the technique spreads, hotels with Onity locks need to either shell out for Onity's circuit board fix or at least block access to their locks' ports, says Todd Seiders of Petra Risk Solutions--he estimates that more than 80% of his customers have implemented a fix since August, but says that many more hotels around the world may not have been so careful.
"We're expecting incidents in which these devices are used to explode nationally," says Seiders. "As crooks find success with it, they're going to go back to the Internet and say 'hey, it works. I was able to break into ten rooms.' And then others build it and try it. We're going to get hit hard over the next year."
All of which raises the question of whether Brocious should have ever brought his findings to light. Brocious, after all, didn't alert Onity to its security flaw before his presentation at Black Hat (though I did) and even licensed his technique for $20,000 to the Locksmith Training Institute, which trains law enforcement and others, more than a year before he made it public.
Brocious has countered that Onity's security bug is so simple it may have already been discovered by other hackers who used it in secret. And he says hotels needed to be made aware of the locks' flaws so they could switch to a more secure model. "I see no path to mitigate this from Onity's side," he told me in July. "Hotels need to come up with a plan to move to more secure locks."
As for Janet Wolf, an actual victim of the Houston hotel thefts, she blames the Hyatt, not Onity. "If they're vulnerable to these hackers and they knew this was a problem, to me that's their fault," she says.
And would she rather that Onity's security flaw had never been publicized in the first place?
"No," she says. "It should be made public so that the hotels can fix it. If people are vulnerable and there's a fix out there, they need to know."
Correction: A previous version of this story misstated Janet Wolf's age. She's 66 years old.
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Q: How much cargo did the Nostromo carry in her decks? The Nostromo was a transport tug. How much capacity did it have given in was a multi year mission?

A: The original script indicates that the Nostromo was acting as a tug, pulling a refinery that contains two billion tons of "mineral ore". During the journey, that ore would be processed by the refinery into oil products such as petroleum.

EXT. NOSTROMO
The Factory Starship lumbering with the depths of inter-stellar space.
Function:           Petroleum tanker and Refinery.
  Capacity:           2000,000,000 tons.
  Length:             One and one half kilometers.
Battered exterior encrusted with dark sludge.
Alien: Shooting Script

Interestingly, in the novelisation, "Two billion tons" is described as the total tonnage of the refinery and its cargo.

Her gaze rose to the rear-facing screen. A small point of light
  silently turned into a majestic, expanding fireball sending out
  tentacles of torn metal and shredded plastic. It faded, was followed
  by a much larger fireball as the refinery went up. Two billion tons of
  gas and vaporized machinery filled the cosmos, obscured her vision
  until it, too, began to fade.
Alien: Official Novelisation

This tallies better with the opening of the film in which the cargo is described as "20,000,000 tons of mineral ore". Presumably the refinery itself weighs rather more.

A: The Nostromo has the following capacity according to the script of Alien:

CAPACITY. 200 000 000 TONNES

As the other answer says, in the movie this is changed to "cargo" and 20 000 000 tonnes, implying the actual cargo is that heavy.
That said, it's not transporting crude oil per se. Ripley, from the script:

This is commercial towing vehicle Nostromo out of the Solomons, registration number one-eight-oh-niner-two-four-six-oh-niner.

The Nostromo is a towing vehicle, or hauler, which is transporting an oil refinery. The Nostromo itself is the small ship that lands on LV-426:

This huge thing is the refinery it's towing:

We don't know how much oil it holds.

A: Of course it could also be carrying 200 million tonnes.

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Bartholomew, Robert E. (December 2012).
The Untold Story of Champ: A Social History of America's Loch Ness Monster.
Albany, NY: Excelsior Books (an imprint of the State University of New York Press).
Over the years authors, reporters, researchers and local politicians have blurred the line between fact, fiction and speculation to the point where it is no longer recognizable. What is the likelihood, as some assert, that Champ is a zeuglodon or plesiosaur: creatures that have supposedly been extinct for millions of years? What are we to make of Liz von Muggenthalar's 'discovery' of a mysterious creature in the lake that uses bio-sonar to get around? What is depicted in the celebrated 1977 photo snapped by Sandra Mansi? In this book I chronicle key sightings and events through the decades, and reveal the actions and personalities of the modern-day monster hunters; their egos, obsessions and behind-the-scenes squabbles. Champ has become a chameleon-like figure representing many things to the region's inhabitants: local icon, environmental symbol, tourist draw card, and perhaps a new or long-thought extinct species. Ultimately, the history of Champ reveals more about us than it does about him.
Bartholomew, Robert E., and Radford, Benjamin (2012).
The Martians Have Landed: A History of Media-Driven Panics and Hoaxes.
"in this work Bartholomew and Radford, investigate the truth behind scares fueled either intentionally or accidentally by the media"--Reference & Research Book News.
"…there are a number of topics which I have not seen covered in similar compilations, such as the racist Internet and media-led rumours surrounding Hurricane Katrina, and a number of scares resulting from over-realistic TV and radio dramas, including not only the Orson Welles broadcast and its violent South American sequels, but the invasion broadcast that caused a crisis in the Caucasus. The authors also do a good job of looking at the way some genuine concerns were dramatised by the media – 'Bird Flu', 'video nasties' and a number of over-the-top 'elf'n'safety' panics.


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