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Marine Seismic Survey
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Global Marine Seismic Fleet
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Polarcus
Shearwater GeoServices
Shearwater Acquired WesternGeco
2D Streamer
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Latest Marine Seismic Blogs
MSS Blogs
2018 MSS BLOG
Toward a New Horizon in the Marine Seismic Streamer Industry (24 January 2018)
The Longer and Lower Wave of the Marine Seismic Streamer Market (5 December 2017)
The End of Wide-Tow Streamer Seismic? (24 March 2017)
2016 MSS Blogs
Marine Seismic Streamer Time and Money 2016
Waiting for the Rainbow in the Marine Seismic Streamer Market (3 August 2016)
Will Marine Geophysical Exploration Rise Again? (5 June 2016)
Why Enterprise Compliance Programs Fail (24 April 2016)
Our Deepwater Horizon (4 April 2016)
The Decimation of the Marine Seismic Streamer Armada (16-March-2016)
Total debt for Dolphin bankruptcies : 6.43 billion – Google Translate (23 January 2016)
Riding the Wave of Uncertainty in the Marine Seismic Value Chain (27 November 2015)
Multi-Proprietary Marine Seismic (7 December 2015)
Oil, IS and Why I have No Fear of Muslims (30 November 2015)
3D Marine Seismic and the Problem with Vessel Efficiency (9 November 2015)
Not So Fast! A Battle for 3D Marine Seismic Vessel Capacity? (28 October 2015)
Big News in 3D Marine Seismic. Will Less Mean More? (23 October 2015)
The Rise and Decline of the 3D Streamer Fleet (24 August 2015)
Full into the Storm: Where is Marine Seismic Heading? (28 July 2015)
Revisiting Deming (19 July 2015)
Whose Oil Is It? (24 June 2015)
Upstream Exploration and the Paradox of Choice (5 June 2015)
The Seismic Vessel Over-Capacity Problem (First post, 5 May 2015)
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2016 No NPGS Blogs
My Philip Landau and Watson, Farley & Williams (WFW) London Solicitors Testimonial (Updated 9-Apr-2017)
The Society of Exploration Geophysicist (SEG) Should Investigate the Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) CEO Reinhardsen Cabal (17 October 2016)
The Crimes of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) CEO Jon Erik Reinhardsen (4 November 2016)
Boycott Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) Capital Markets (25 July 2016)
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) Mob Gaslighting
Boycott Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS)
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) Mob Values
The Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) Ambush Meeting and the Definition of Fraud
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) and the Veneer of Governance (5 May 2016)
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) Markets and the Anonymous Executive (9 February 2016)
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Should Expel Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) CEO Jon Erik Reinhardsen (11 October 2015)
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) CEO Jon Erik Reinhardsen Should Resign II : A Bully Targets Reprise (20 September 2015)
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) CEO Jon Erik Reinhardsen Should Resign (6 September 2015)
When Human Resources is Corrupt (10-August-2015)
An American, the UK Data Protection Act, Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) and the Tyranny of "Accurate Data" [3 July 2015]
Between the Bully and the Deep Blue Sea (5-June-2015)
No Psychopaths in Geo-Services Quotations
Steven D. Kalavity
Asking Norway's PGS for Answers is Criminal Defamation in Thailand?
June 9, 2019 / marineseismicsurvey / 28 Comments
PGS' John Francas, UK Head of Legal, is the first and only PGS agent to contact me directly regarding my blog post articles content. Yet, PGS UK directors and former secretary filed criminal defamation claims in Thailand without any official and legitimate investigation as described within the 2017 PGS Responsibility Report. There was no examination of the published content and/or dialogue with the accused.
Last e-mail to John Francas, PGS UK, Africa, Middle East Head of Legal (29 May 2019). No response nor answers. Was PGS Exploration UK Limited sponsored litigation in Thailand, which only purpose seemed to be to terrorize, harass and stalk a victim of their crimes and a whistleblower, legal and compliant? How was it paid for Directors Rune Olav Pedersen, Gottfred Langseth, and Christin Steen-Nilsen? These should be simple questions to answer. If Francas, Pedersen and their Thai lawyer cannot answer and explain clearly and definitively that their litigation is legal and compliant, I can only assume that it is NOT, and continue my job to warn stakeholders of the dangers of PGS ASA business practices.
Silence-The Ultimate Control and Power Over Another
Ethics and oversight are what you eliminate when you want absolute power.
DaShanne Stokes
Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men.
One of the most destructive ramifications of evil despotism is the controlling of individual will and freedom through the creation of conditions that force undesirable choices which would never even be contemplated under normal and reasonable circumstances. One of the most vividly dramatic examples of such despotic evil is depicted in the 1982 movie, Sophie's Choice. Sophie's choice is deciding which one of her two children shall live or die. If she does not choose one to live, both will die. It is a choice given to her by a Nazi officer upon their arrival to Auschwitz. Of course, it was really no choice at all, but a cruel and sadistic act of control and dehumanization. In September 2018, two criminal claims were delivered to my wife's house in Thailand by a Thai law firm representing the directors of PGS Exploration UK Limited, 4 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, England, KT13 0NY (PGSUK). PGSUK directors are executives of Norwegian parent company, Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS): Rune Olav Pedersen, PGS CEO and President; Gottfred Langseth, PGS CFO and EVP; and Christin Steen-Nilsen, PGS Chief Accountant. I had just embarked alone on a journey to visit the USA the day before. I received copies of the claims by e-mail, but they were in the Thai language. This delivery terrified my wife and my in-laws, and news of it terrified my elderly mother and my family members in the United States. My mother-in-law went to the hospital and I was on the other side of the world managing this reality. I have questioned the propriety and legality of these delivered claims. What I know for certain is that the delivery of these claims did not meet the ethical values test. Therefore, a company that claims that their decision-making processes are guided by shared Values and a Code of Conduct, and align themselves with the UN Global Compact Principles, cannot be really acting compliant if their decisions and actions do not comport to their published values, but rather deceive, cause terror, hardship, and illness instead.
Sophie's Choice (1982)
The second claim was put forward by Carl Richards, who resigned as PGSUK secretary on 25 May 2018, and apparently also stopped working as Head of Legal for the PGS UK. (Richards resignation as PGSUK secretary is part of the public record and can be obtained at UK Companies House website.) On 5 April 2018, I had received an e-mail from a personal (non-PGS company) account purporting to belong to Richards. Within this e-mail, Richards threatened legal action against me in Thailand for my online blog publications and image cartoons I had published. How can a Thai law firm possibly know what is defamatory regarding Richards, better than Richards himself? Richards requested that I remove content which referred to him personally. Richards made it clear that he was not acting in his official capacity as PGSUK secretary. At the time, I actually tried to engage Richards and stated my position as a whistleblower and also requested proof of identity before I engaged in any more substantive discussion. I never received a response to this e-mail. On 17 May 2018, I received an e-mail from a person purporting to be a Thai lawyer stating that they represented Carl Richards. Again, I did not ignore the e-mail. I stated my position that I claimed to be a whistleblower. I did remove some content, but again also requested proof of identity and credentials before I continued the conversation further. When there was no response, I reasoned that these threatening e-mails were without legal merit and I began to republish some content. The issue that bothered me most was that Richards was acting on behalf of himself and not as PGSUK secretary. Richards had never confirmed his identity and so I decided to e-mail him at his PGS address, which I had remembered from the years we worked together in England. I received an auto-response from his e-mail which stated that he had resigned. (Usually, e-mails to PGS / PGSUK agents receive no response.) An auto-response e-mail provided contact information for the PGS EAME legal counsel, John Francas, who has become directly involved in these PGS Thai-UK-Norway legal issues centered around human rights and whistleblowing as a USA citizen working in England.
Carl Richards, Arbitrary and Capricious Company Secretary, PGS Exploration (UK) Limited. (24 February 2018) inspired the first communication regarding my online public interest disclosures. PGS Exploration UK Limited, 4 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, England KT13 0NY, sponsored my Tier 2 visa. I am a USA citizen. I believe that I was defrauded and illegally terminated from employment for being a foreign-worker whistleblower. PGSUK directors Jon Erik Reinhardsen (former-Norwegian); Rune Olav Pedersen (Norwegian); Gottfred Langseth (Norwegian); and Christin Steen-Nilsen were directly involved. I have reported to UK ActionFraud (police), but with no ACTION or INVESTIGATION all that is left is FRAUD. Demand police investigation for the health and safety of the industry.
There is no legal way that a Thai law firm could put forth a defamation claim regarding PGS Exploration UK Limited, 4 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, England KT13 0NY former secretary Carl Richards. PGSUK directors Jon Erik Reinhardsen (former-Norwegian); Rune Olav Pedersen (Norwegian); Gottfred Langseth (Norwegian); and Christin Steen-Nilsen have been requested to authenticate documents and processes used to support my termination by settlement contract. They have refused. Therefore, the only information that the Thai lawyer / law firm has is hearsay from alleged / accused criminals. I have reported to UK ActionFraud (police), but with no ACTION or INVESTIGATION all that is left is FRAUD. Demand police investigation for the health and safety of the industry.
How Corrupt Bullies and Lawyers Ruined a Marine Geophysical Company (20 May 2018) was resent to PGS UK lawyer, John Francas. There is no legal way that John Francas can make a definitive statement regarding PGS Exploration UK Limited, 4 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, England KT13 0NY personal data processing or the integrity of my personal data without establishing the that legal and compliant processes and documents were used to affect my termination because these have never been authenticated. Former PGSUK secretary Carl Richards and directors Jon Erik Reinhardsen (former-Norwegian); Rune Olav Pedersen (Norwegian); Gottfred Langseth (Norwegian); and Christin Steen-Nilsen have been requested to authenticate documents and processes used to support my termination by settlement contract. They have refused. John Francas is part of the conspiracy now. I have reported to UK ActionFraud (police), but with no ACTION or INVESTIGATION all that is left is FRAUD. Demand police investigation for the health and safety of the industry.
As alluded to, I am a USA citizen and was sponsored to work in England on a Tier 2 visa by PGSUK. PGSUK also sponsored my Thai national wife and dependent children. It is my belief that I was illegally terminated from employment with PGSUK through the use of a fraudulent settlement contract agreement supported by forged documentation for being a whistleblower. PGS / PGSUK actions have exploited my status as a foreign worker to escape accountability for their alleged criminal acts. This includes their devious way in which the criminal claims were delivered. Was it legal for PGS to share my personal (passport) data with the Thai legal firm so that they could stalk me and know my address and when I was departing Thailand? I see myself as both a victim of crimes perpetrated by company agents, notably the directors and former secretary who put forth the claims in Thailand, as well as a whistleblower. I have proclaimed this throughout many of my publications. This was also pointed out to Richards and his Thai legal counsel. Richards was PGSUK secretary when the e-mails from him, and later his Thai counsel, were received, even if Richards only wanted to act in his own best interest with his claim apart from PGS. The Confidentiality terms and conditions contained within the PGS UK Personnel Handbook, as well as the terms and conditions of the employment termination settlement contract, apply under the laws of England, where the contracts of employment and termination were both signed. The terms and conditions expressly protect whistleblowing, citing the UK Public Interests Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA). Beyond this, Pedersen was PGS General Counsel and a member of the Compliance Hotline Team, prior to his ascending to become PGS CEO and President. Pedersen should have a very thorough legal understanding of PIDA, as well as Norway's Workers Environment Act (WEA), whistleblower protection laws. However, any such knowledge is not related to me through his actions or responses to queries. Were the claims brought forth in Thailand a breach in the Confidentiality terms and conditions under both the employment contract and subsequently signed employment termination settlement contract, both governed by English Law?
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The complaints delivered in Thailand were a composite of several blog posts articles and image files, some published over a year before the delivery. The content was translated from English to Thai language. Any one of the published articles would have been breach of the Confidentiality terms and conditions within the two contracts signed by me and governed by the laws of England, if not for PIDA. In 2017, I began a Twitter™ whistleblowing campaign and created and tweeted several image files. Richards had mentioned that his LinkedIn photo was copy-righted. So, I did see this as a concern. The tweets, which often had images including portrait pictures, would either link images or the message to my personal website blogs or a Pinterest™ gallery. The Pinterest™ gallery would also have other images and links to the different blog post articles. My first blog post article that named names was, An American, the UK Data Protection Act, Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) and the Tyranny of "Accurate Data" [3 July 2015]. Inspired by my October 2014 submission of a subject access request (SAR) to PGSUK citing the UK Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). Through my SAR, I received the contents of my personnel file. My personnel file contained fake data. I complained about the contents vigorously. Settlement contracts are very binding. Even if three sets of crooked lawyers agree to illegally process fake data as real data, it seems to take an act from God to unbind any such agreement. On 22 December 2014, PGSUK sent me a letter and essentially stated that I was in breach of the settlement contract for not accepting fake and defamatory data as my true and accurate personal data, as DPA required. Several blog post articles later, PGSUK still never took action on any perceived breaches in the termination settlement contract. In 2014, Richards was PGSUK secretary and Pedersen was PGS General Counsel. They were both in the position to do so. But, in September 2018, the directors and former secretary filed two criminal defamation claims in Thailand? How can it be legal and compliant to simply bypass company policy and previous legally binding agreements under English law and instead rely on the unsynchronized laws of another country to take away the right under law and contract of protected public disclosure? Further, if Richards, PGSUK directors and PGS Compliance refused to authenticate that compliant processes and documents were used to affect my termination settlement agreement, then what legal basis or documentation supports legal criminal defamation claims in Thailand? The alleged criminal abusers are using every avenue, legal or otherwise, to silence their accuser.
I signed what I now believe was a fraudulent settlement contract supported by forged documents on 5 December 2013. In October 2014, I discovered that my former employer, PGS Exploration UK Limited, 4 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, England, KT13 0NY was uttering forged documents in my personnel file. The conspiracy of uttering forged documents is a serious crime. The letter written 22 December 2014 threatens litigation if I do not accept the defamatory forged documents as my true and accurate personal data. I began my whistleblowing blog campaign 3 July 2015. PGS never took ANY legal action. I believe that the reason no action has been taken under the settlement contract governed by English law is because such action would reveal illegal processes and documents were used to terminate a foreign worker whistleblower. David Nicholson, PGS UK Human Resources (HR) manager created and/or signed most every one of the forged documents and was directly involved in the alleged non-compliant and illegal acts and processes. Many PGS agents and third-parties participated in the conspiracy.
Processing a subject access request should be pretty straight-forward and not so controversial. But, when the Company is uttering forged instruments that were used to process a termination settlement contract on false pretenses, it is problematic for all those directly involved in such a criminal conspiracy because it's a serious crime. The settlement contract was proffered to me following the submission of a formal grievance complaining of being a target of bullying, harassment, and discrimination based on my nationality and Tier 2 visa status. I believed that the company performance management system was being ignored, along with UK labor laws. The company was trying to place me on a performance improvement plan (PIP) so that they could terminate me for cause. Looking back, accusations of breaking UK labor laws and health and safety concerns made within the contents of my grievance qualified as whistleblowing. In England, termination settlement contracts require the employee to engage a solicitor. Of course, as a foreign worker not completely familiar with English employment law, I knew that I needed such counsel. But, how did fake data that contradicted the data provided to my counsel get processed? The fake data supported a defamatory performance-based termination. How can a company simultaneously apply to renew the Tier 2 visa and place the same employee on a PIP? I do not think that is legal because foreign workers displace non-immigrant workers who themselves could also be trained to perform in the position. There must have been a conspiracy to process the fake data. My solicitor recommended an "enhanced" settlement contract agreement in lieu of proceeding through the Company procedures or legal processes. Of course, as a harassed foreign worker, I was receptive to leaving. However, I never agreed to the defamatory narrative. None of the documents relevant to the termination settlement contract bare my countersignature and contradict e-mail records.
It took me too long to realize that what made the termination settlement contract so binding was that all lawyers involved had to cooperate and agree on processing the fake data – or utter forged documents, which is a crime. I was gaslighted and defrauded by my own hired solicitor. (1) These claims have been published for some time now, as well. (2) Philip Landau remains silent, as do all the conspirators. (3) In 2016, following several accusatory blog publications and comments made in the PGS LinkedIn™ space, I also submitted another SAR and report to the PGS Compliance Hotline contacts. However, if there had been any non-compliant or illegal acts committed first in 2013, two of the PGS Compliance Hotline contacts, Terje Bjølseth, PGS SVP Global Human Resources, and Pedersen, would be directly implicated. The cover-up continued and I again wrote about it in a blog post article, The Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) Ambush Meeting and the Definition of Fraud (24 May 2016). This was actually the second blog post article where I presented evidence and made my case that PGS was processing fake data to support the termination settlement agreement. The first blog post article was, Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) CEO Jon Erik Reinhardsen Should Resign II : A Bully Targets Reprise (20 September 2015). The titles of my publications alone could be a breach in the PGSUK Confidentiality terms, if not for PIDA. In 2016, I wanted to know if the articles had been read and if responsible individuals had viewed the contents of my personnel file and investigated. Apparently, nothing like this happened. PGS did not alter or question their personal data processing or provide any additional information to me beyond what was provided with the 2014 SAR, of which the provided contents of my personnel file was almost entirely disputed.
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Corruption in oil production – one of the world's richest industries and one that touches us all through our reliance on petrol – fuels inequality, robs people of their basic needs and causes social unrest in some of the world's poorest countries.
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The General Data Protection Requirement (GDPR), which replaced DPA, came into full effect on 25 May 2018. Since many of the principals involved with the grievance were no longer with PGS, I decided to submit another SAR. Richards was now gone. Although, in hind sight, Richards should have been, and likely was, involved in forming the responses for both the 2014 SAR and 2016 SAR. I submitted the initial 2018 SAR request to Francas, and of course this first request was not answered. With GDPR, PGS appointed a Data Protection Officer, Daphne Bjerke. I communicated with her (office) to process my 2018 SAR. PGS Compliance Hotline contacts, Pedersen and Bjølseth, who were directly involved in the alleged crimes involving both my termination settlement contract and the 2014 SAR, would no longer be direct contacts and able to cover-up – so I hoped. This would be an integrity test for the DPO to see if DPO would do their job according to their legal responsibilities or shill for their leadership. I want to point out that I am the data subject. I know what happened, and I have e-mail evidence which supports my truthful narrative. Further, I have launched on a multi-year blog campaign stating my case and PGS has never once responded or commented on the queries embedded within the blog post articles. Eventually, I did get a response to my SAR from Francas. In my view, PGS once again failed the integrity test and never addressed the authentication issues around the defamatory data being processed in my name within my PGSUK personnel file, which have always been the central issue.
There is no legal way that John Francas can make any definitive statements regarding PGS Exploration UK Limited, 4 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, England KT13 0NY personal data processing or the integrity of my personal data without establishing the that legal and compliant processes and documents were used to affect my termination because these have never been authenticated. Former PGSUK secretary Carl Richards and directors Jon Erik Reinhardsen (former-Norwegian); Rune Olav Pedersen (Norwegian); Gottfred Langseth (Norwegian); and Christin Steen-Nilsen have been requested to authenticate documents and processes used to support my termination by settlement contract. They have refused. John Francas is part of the conspiracy and cover-up now. I have reported to UK ActionFraud (police), but with no ACTION or INVESTIGATION all that is left is FRAUD. Demand police investigation for the health and safety of the industry.
This response is technically incorrect. There was also an additional SAR submitted to the PGS Compliance Team in 2016. At this time, I had published several blog post articles on LinkedInd™ Pulse platform, as well as posted several queries on the PGS LinkedIn Comment space. The PGS Compliance Team in 2016 would have recognized that I was whistleblowing and challenging the integrity of the documents being processed within my PGSUK personnel file which formed the basis for my termination from employment. The 2016 e-mails and LinkedInd™ comments were also provided to GDPR@pgs.com with my 2018 SAR.
I did complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), again. However, this time I copied many people on my complaints and queries, in addition to the ICO caseworker. I copied Francas, Pedersen, Langseth, Bjerke, as well as new PGS UK Personnel Manager, Gareth Jones, and new PGS General Counsel, Lars Mysen on my complaint e-mails to ICO. I also copied (UK) ActionFraud (police). These e-mails never received a response, as well. I also published blog articles and began publishing the unanswered "open letters." The 16 July 2018 SAR response also establishes PGS' position that the terms and conditions of the termination settlement contract, signed 5 December 2013, is still in effect. This includes PIDA protections. While in the USA, I also published several "open letters" addressing the recently received claims and inquiring about their propriety, especially with regard to PIDA. I had ended my visit to the US early and returned to Thailand to address the criminal complaints. I never received any response to these e-mails / open letters! There was actually a tight time-frame to prepare which involved my having to also translate content from English to Thai language. The overwhelming majority of content used to form the complaint pre-dated the 16 July 2018 SAR response from Francas. This begs the question as to why PGS / PGSUK did not exercise on the "breaches" in the referenced 5 December 2013 termination settlement agreement?
PGS / PGSUK also never provided any evidence that the contents of my personnel file data had been authenticated. The complaints keyed in on phrases written and image files, but not the personnel file documents and e-mail records. PGS never conducted an investigation or provided results. So, how could the data which comprised the complaint be legal and compliant when it was the product of accused criminals under the laws of England and not legally verifiable and compliant processes? Defamation – the untruth of my base claims – was never legally determined or related to me prior to the criminal complaints being delivered in Thailand. Both the Thai law firm and Francas can only base their legal decisions on the integrity of the source data. Francas provided his SAR report without actually examining the personnel file data and establishing that legal processes and documentation were used to affect my termination settlement contract. I know this – because, I know. No blog campaign could endure so long if everything I wrote was untrue. The reason that the Thai claims were voluminous is because they were created by cutting and pasting from multiple articles and content over a span of several months and years. I have been asking for answers for a long time. Any one of the articles could have been a breach in the Confidentiality terms and conditions. Therefore, I cannot see how the criminal complaints put forth in Thailand by the directors and former secretary of PGSUK were legal, and further believe that they were a form of extortion/blackmail to silence an accuser and victim of crimes.
Unanswered Open Letters:
Criminal claims were delivered 10 September 2018 with scheduled initial court proceedings 29 October 2018.
Second Open Letter to PGS Exploration UK Limited Directors Rune Olav Pedersen, Gottfred Langseth, Christin Steen-Nilsen, Carl Richards and UK Serious Fraud Office (16-October-2018)
Open Letter to PGS Exploration UK Limited Directors Rune Olav Pedersen, Gottfred Langseth, Christin Steen-Nilsen and UK Serious Fraud Office (9 October 2018)
Letter to UK Companies House and Carl Richards, former PGS Exploration UK Limited Secretary (1-Oct-2018)
Letter to UK Companies House and Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (24-Sep-2018)
Letter to Gareth Jones, PGS Exploration UK Ltd. and ICO Caseworkers (16-Sep-2018)
Letter to Daphne Bjerke, Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) Data Protection Officer and ICO Caseworker (2-Sep-2018)
Open Letter to Petroleum Geo-Services ASA Board of Directors (18-Jun-2017)
Blind belief in a authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.
When I returned to Thailand from my shortened USA visit, I had to shop for criminal lawyers in a foreign country because the directors and former secretary of PGSUK did not want to answer simple questions in English by e-mail, but felt that translating pages of content from English to Thai language was a more effective and less expensive way to resolve their issue? Perhaps they thought a criminal trial of a former employee would improve the company reputation and show their values? There was not too much time to fully state my position in the Thai language. I prepared my defense to the claims regarding my published content. However, I am a person who considers process above content. I questioned the propriety of the claims and basis in process. Were the claims the product of legal and compliant processes? I translated previous threats of legal action, such as the 22 December 2014 letter, as well as the 16 July 2018 letter. Both of these letters representing the same company cited the terms and conditions of the 5 December 2013 termination settlement contract, which included PIDA provisions. I also had translated the Confidentiality clauses in the PGS UK Personnel Handbook and my termination settlement contract. And I translated information about PIDA and WEA. I also was preparing a defense of the substantive content of my publications and what they were based on. In Thailand, lawyer(s) for the claimants and defendant meet at a pretrial hearing to see if things can be worked-out without a trial. PGS proffered a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) settlement to drop criminal charges. This would save me attorney fees and provide a more certain outcome. I was advised by my lawyer and family to accept the terms of the NDA.
I agreed to sign the NDA. But, I believed then that it was overly limiting and had a very broad jurisdiction of enforcement in both Thailand and Houston, Texas! I thought it implausible that terms and conditions of a contract signed in Thailand could be easily enforced in the USA. But, I am no lawyer. I was told to remove all content that mentioned PGS or any of its agents. My Thai IP registered website had to be taken offline and any other social media accounts from Pinterest™ to Tumblr™ had to be cleansed. There was a period of time, I think it was 10-days, to firm the agreement. I was simply not happy with the limiting of my published content. My blogs were my voice for justice. I have always felt that I was the one who was violated and wronged. I believed that I was the victim of crimes perpetrated by PGS / PGSUK. I submitted my first report to UK ActionFraud (police) 24 August 2015. (PGS was made aware of this.) For some time, the ActionFraud report was also published online. During this acceptance and repentance period, I tested the NDA by blowing the whistle to a non-PGS entity. Some how, PGS was informed about it. PGS stated that this was a breach in the NDA and threatened to proceed with another criminal trial scheduled for 29 January 2019. At this point, I was becoming frustrated with my hired counsel. For some reason, my lawyers seem to forget or not advance the merits of my position and counsel to capitulate to PGS wishes.
Of course, this traumatized me and my family once again. In December 2018, I became a Thai Buddhist Monk for ten (10) days to gain merit and soothe the Thai side of my family especially. Becoming a monk in Thailand is a big deal, and while the circumstances that brought me to that place were not the best, the experience will be with me for a lifetime. However, while I was at the waht (temple), the Thai registered site was taken down completely. This was before any trial or examination of the content. PGS again decided not to proceed to criminal trial and I wrote two apology notes for my offensive content. However, time passed and I became more and more uncomfortable with the constraints on my published content. I read more about PIDA and discovered that the restrictions on published content was not enforceable. Similarly, WEA states that such agreements are illegal. This emboldened me to test the restrictions in the Thai NDA. That's where we are now. I do not believe that directors of a UK company can enforce terms and conditions which restrict content. Defamation and unpleasant truths are very different things. I also read that what happened to me in Thailand seems to correlate with extortion. The criminal complaints in Thailand were totally unnecessary and mostly served to terrorize and silence accusations of director and former secretary wrong-doing, just as I had stated a year ago. John Francas has never scheduled a discussion, or answered any of my questions.
Post Thai NDA E-mails/Communications
Communications with PGS engaged Thai Law firm and John Francas, PGS UK Head of Legal
I am whistleblowing again. I do not believe the claim put forth in Thailand was legal or compliant. There is no legal way that a Thai law firm could put forth a defamation claim regarding PGS Exploration UK Limited, 4 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, England KT13 0NY. Former secretary Carl Richards and directors Jon Erik Reinhardsen (former-Norwegian); Rune Olav Pedersen (Norwegian); Gottfred Langseth (Norwegian); and Christin Steen-Nilsen have been requested to authenticate documents and processes used to support my termination by settlement contract. They have refused. Therefore, the only information that the Thai lawyer / law firm has is hearsay from alleged / accused criminals. I have reported to UK ActionFraud (police), but with no ACTION or INVESTIGATION all that is left is FRAUD. Demand police investigation for the health and safety of the industry.
I am whistleblowing again. I do not believe the claim put forth in Thailand was legal or compliant. There is no legal way that a Thai law firm could put forth a defamation claim regarding PGS Exploration UK Limited, 4 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, England KT13 0NY former secretary Carl Richards. PGSUK directors Jon Erik Reinhardsen (former-Norwegian); Rune Olav Pedersen (Norwegian); Gottfred Langseth (Norwegian); and Christin Steen-Nilsen have been requested to authenticate documents and processes used to support my termination by settlement contract. They have refused. Therefore, the only information that the Thai lawyer / law firm has is hearsay from alleged / accused criminals. I have reported to UK ActionFraud (police), but with no ACTION or INVESTIGATION all that is left is FRAUD. Demand police investigation for the health and safety of the industry.
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) Mob Values (16 June 2016)
Blackmail has the following four elements:
(1) A demand. (2) Made with menaces. (3) The menaces are unwarranted.
(4) The menaces are made with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another.
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The Future Belongs to Multi-Sided Platforms
Don Peppers Author, Speaker, Founding Partner at Peppers & Rogers Group, part of TeleTech
Uber and Airbnb are what economists call "multi-sided platforms," because they each depend on more than one set of customers. Uber can't attract riders if it doesn't have enough drivers, and Airbnb can't rent rooms to people if it doesn't have enough other people offering their rooms to rent. Both Uber and Airbnb are fundamentally in the business of facilitating the match-up of one type of customer with another.
Although some kinds of multi-sided platforms have actually been with us since the beginning of commerce (e.g., marriage matchmakers), today's interactive technology has brought them to the forefront of business competition. Understanding how they operate, however, is not something you'll find out from reading a traditional Economics 101 textbook.
Start with the simple fact that it often makes sense for a multi-sided platform to subsidize one set of customers in order to ensure it attracts enough of whatever other kinds of customers it needs to operate a profitable business, overall. It would never make sense in a traditional business to give your product or service away at a loss, but this is something that is often done by a multi-sided platform business, and can easily spell the difference between success and failure.
Consider, for instance, why Sony's Betamax lost the videocassette format battle to VHS, while Sony's Blu-ray won the HD format battle, in competition with the HD-DVD standard.
If you were a consumer when videocassettes first became available (the late 1970's), you probably think VHS eventually put Betamax away simply because the VHS format (originated by JVC) was the first to get out there, the first to sell devices to a large number of consumers.
The more VHS-format machines were already in consumers' hands, the more likely that new buyers would choose the VHS format, which was incompatible with Betamax. This was the conclusion of the many analysts who reviewed the conflict. Despite the fact that Betamax's technology was actually superior, the argument went, "network effects" created a winner-take-all market, and if you wanted to take it all, you absolutely had to be first.
It turns out, however, that this analysis – that VHS won because of its "first mover advantage" – is significantly flawed. It didn't win the battle just because more consumer buyers bought VHS-format machines. It won because more content providers adopted the VHS standard for the videotapes they were putting on sale. VCR buyers began to prefer the VHS format rather than Betamax simply because there was more VHS content available. In retrospect, if Sony had simply spent more to get content providers to make their movies and other content available in the Betamax format, then the VHS standard would have lost the battle.
The proof of this can be found in the struggle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray video discs. In this case, even though the HD-DVD format took an early and significant lead in the number of players that were sold to consumers, the format still lost to Sony's Blu-Ray. According to economists David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee, in their new book Matchmakers, this time Sony won because it "attracted more content providers that made more movies and other content available only in its format...There were press reports, unconfirmed, that Sony made large cash payments to Warner Brothers and to Fox Searchlight Pictures, which were reportedly thinking of abandoning Blu-ray."
Apparently Sony learned its lesson, because its Blu-ray format became the new standard, even though its Betamax format lost out. This, of course, is just one of the nuances involved in trying to make a multi-sided platform successful.
Multi-sided platforms are now dominating the new-venture space. In addition to Uber and Airbnb, four other multi-sided platforms are among the top ten unicorns: Snapchat, Flipkart, Didi Kuaidi, and Pinterest.
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Forty Eight Point One
Passione Vino
The Clermont
Forethoughts
1.1 'The Future Resilient Temple'
Is anyone else thinking about?
A resurgence in psychedelics first appeared on my radar in 2016 after reading an article on 'microdosing', the practice of taking sub-perceptual doses of LSD and Psilocybin as a performance enhancer for creative thinking and anxiety reduction.
Conversation appears to have shifted on from the anecdotal evidence of microdosing, to psychedelics as a groundbreaking mental health treatment and a powerful tool for lasting self improvement.
Just this week, Prince Harry revealed his own experiences with psychedelics to help with the grieving of the passing of his mother.
"I would never recommend people to do this recreationally, but doing it with the right people, if you are suffering from a huge amount of loss, grief or trauma, then these things have a way of working as a medicine" he said. "For me, they cleared the windscreen, the windshield, the misery of loss". High praise indeed, regardless of your views on Harry (that's another content series entirely).
In July 2022, I joined an online seminar by Synthesis Institute, a psychedelic retreat in Amsterdam, with their Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer Martijn Schirp, and Dr Robin Carhart-Harris. In it I posed the question: 'What does the future look like for psychedelic retreats, and how is it working in a field that exists on the fringes of the law?' keen to hear Martijn's thoughts.
What does a future resilient temple construct look like at scale?
He answered it with a question that he finds himself coming back to: 'What does a future resilient temple construct look like at scale?'. To un-pack this — Martijn is referring to the inevitable scaling of psychedelics and whether this will result in the proliferation of 'temple' like physical spaces for people to explore their effects in a controlled environment.
As expected, the more I read, listened and thought about the elusive 'resilient temple' — the more questions it threw up. As the psychedelics debate reaches mainstream popular culture — it is easy to imagine a world where the benefits of psychedelics become widely championed. But will it inevitably become another capitalist exploit? Should it be treated as a trend, and branded as such?
In a series of articles, we don't plan to reach a shared consensus on the ethics of psychedelics. It's a far too emotionally loaded topic to do so. Instead, we are interrogating some of the important questions we'd implore ourselves to explore if a psychedelics brief were to land on our desks. From understanding the movement to decolonising wellness to creating more representative storytelling, we will unpack topics that ensure psychedelics are treated as more than a fast moving trend.
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About Tammy
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All Saints star Tammy MacIntosh faced a medical drama when delivering her beautiful baby son, Ben
Life couldn't get any better right now for All Saints star Tammy MacIntosh. The stunning blonde loves her new role of being mum to beautiful baby son Benjamin Rhys Butler Yeats, born just two months ago on August 1.
"It's incredible that you can have this much love for one little person," says Tammy, overcome with happiness.
With her prolonged bouts of morning sickness, Tammy is the first to admit that she didn't enjoy being pregnant, and with the last-minute drama that saw her rushed into the operating theatre for an emergency caesarean, she certainly had her share of anxious moments leading up to the birth, but now Tammy is simply smitten with her little baby boy.
"I couldn't believe motherhood was this great. It really is amazing," the popular Seven Network star says enthusiastically. "You realise everything you feel for this little being is returned so greatly, you never want to leave them."
Tammy continued working, filming her role as Dr Charlotte Beaumont in All Saints, until she was about eight months pregnant. She admits to certainly feeling the strain towards the end of her pregnancy.
"It was hard getting around in Charlotte's two and a half inch heels," Tammy explains. "My hips and back hurt so much."
But in every take where her feet were hidden from the camera, she quickly slipped into a comfortable pair of ugg boots.
Tammy was desperately hoping for a natural birth and had carefully practised her breathing exercises, learnt at the prenatal birthing classes Tammy had attended with her husband Mark Yeats.
"But I think I had pregnancy brain kicking in the day we were having our weekly obstetrics chat, a couple of weeks before the baby was due," she says. "During the regular appointment our obstetrician explained that I had an amniotic leak. I didn't pay much attention to what she said, until she said if I didn't go into labour that night, they would induce the birth the following morning. It suddenly dawned on me, when we were about to leave, that Mark and I were going to have a baby – the next day!"
Tammy says she felt so unprepared and apprehensive that night, she remembers standing in the lounge room, looking up at the full moon through the skylight and 'bawling my eyes out'.
"I realised there was no time to get used to the idea – and absolutely no turning back," she says. "It was like standing on the edge of a cliff and being told to jump. I was two weeks early and it was strange setting the alarm and driving into hospital at 8am, knowing within a few hours Mark and I were going to have our baby."
The 'few hours' Tammy was anticipating, stretched into six hours and there was no sign of her baby arriving.
"I got into a bath – which was just fantastic – and then tried to find a position that felt comfortable. That wasn't easy. By 2pm, after enduring long and frequent contractions, I told Mark I wanted an epidural and the anaesthetist came down with this huge 12 gauge needle, which seemed like heaven at that point. Mark was wonderful. He was on his knees trying to keep me calm through all this, and I thought: 'The baby must be coming any second.'"
But 'any second; was a long way off.
"Two and a half hours later the midwife checked again and things weren't going to plan. My obstetrician came in and explained that Ben's heart rate was dropping and they'd have to rush me into surgery for an emergency caeasarean."
Baby Benjamin Rhys was born at 4.55pm.
"It's exactly the same time my husband was born," Tammy adds. "Mark was simply amazing. He was encouraging me the whole time. We were both pretty tearful when we found out we had a little boy."
And since they took little Benjamin home, Tammy says she is totally convinced Ben could not have wished for a better father.
"He gets up in the middle of the night, saying: 'I'll look after this feed,' which allows me to get some much-needed sleep."
Ben weighed in at a very healthy 3.09kg and he was 54cm long at birth.
"I was in so much pain in the latter stages of my pregnancy, because I was getting these hard kicks right under my ribs," Tammy says. "Once I saw Ben's long limbs, I had some idea why there was so much kicking. He was just trying to get comfortable."
"Now that Ben is settling in at home, he's developing so fast and changing every day. He has beautiful, big blue eyes and he's just started to give us these amazing smiles the moment you walk into his room."
The beautiful All Saints star, who will be heading back to work in about six weeks time, says some days are better than others.
"My girlfriend Amanda, who was bridesmaid at my wedding, had a baby daughter just three days before I had Ben and it's great to have someone you can share the day mothering with. There are days when I wonder how I'm going to get anything done and feel exhausted. You need some time out. I have reached that point a few times. But there are other days when I think: 'This is great, I could have another baby!'. I feel so fortunate. I'm so in love with both my boys."
Tammy says that she has missed her fellow cast members on All Saints and she is really looking forward to returning to the show, but she isn't quite sure what to expect.
"I don't know if I'll be able to remember the lines. It feels like such a long time since I've been there," Tammy says.
Her TV character Charlotte found out that she was pregnant before Tammy disappeared from the series, but Tammy says she has no idea what is going to happen on that front with the show's upcoming storylines.
The father of Charlotte's baby is played by Tammy's close friend, actor Peter Phelps (he plays paediatrician Doug 'Spence' Spencer on the show). But there were signs of possible problems both with Charlotte's pregnancy and her on-screen relationship before Tammy took her break from All Saints.
"I can't believe that after Peter delivered my baby on Stingers, I find out I'm pregnant on All Saints and Peter Phelps is the father. Aren't there any other actors in this country?" Tammy laughs.
Neither Tammy nor Mark have any thoughts on what future career direction their baby son might take at this point. But whatever lies ahead for little Benjamin, Tammy says she has no doubt that giving birth to her beautiful baby son is 'the greatest thing I've ever done.'"
Tammy, who lost her own mother five years ago and her father when she was only three years old, admits that her own family – husband Mark and baby Ben – take priority over everything right now.
Treasuring every day and every look Ben gives her, Tammy is really relishing playing mum for the moment.
"This is definitely the best role I've ever had," she smiles.
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It's more than just a name change. Local lenders NOIC, Inc. and Concord Mortgage have merged with Union Home Mortgage (UHM) to continue doing one thing: deliver a home-buying and refinancing experience customers will rave about.
Union Home Mortgage sees the acquisition as a powerful opportunity to strengthen its services. With a company-wide goal to turn referral partners and homeowners into "Raving Fans," UHM has equipped itself to grow a fan-base across the Midwest.
Homeowners: Should I Buy or Sell First?
If you're a repeat homebuyer, the buying and selling process can possibly be more difficult than when you bought your first home, because now you have one to sell too. Therefore, having a good strategy in place is very important. There are three different ways to go about this, you could buy your next home first, sell your home before you buy another or make an offer contingent upon the sale of your home.
Selling first is typically the more popular route among homeowners, especially in a buyer's market. This approach will prevent you from paying two mortgages at once. However, there is a downside as well. If you sell your home first, you may have to rent or stay with family until you find your next home. Selling your home first will also allow you to see how much you can afford when you are looking at homes to call your own. Your home could sell for higher or lower than expected. If a lower offer than expected is accepted, you may want to look at less expensive homes. On the other hand, if your home sells for higher than expected, homes that were out of budget may now be affordable.
In a seller's market, buying first may be your best bet if you have the finances to do so. You can run the risk of paying two mortgages at the same time, since you will acquire a new home before your current home sells. Often times, there is pressure to sell your home quickly after purchasing a new home. This may sway you to accept a lower offer. You also won't know the selling price of your current home, meaning that you may not know exactly how much could be spent on a new home. If you do come across your dream home before you sell, buying first will allow you to place an offer.
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Is Cocaine Bear based on a true story?
Posted on December 1, 2022 By AJSH
IMAGINE a huge American Black Bear on the loose – but to make matters worse they are high on 75lbs worth of cocaine.
This is exactly what happens in new movie Cocaine Bear – with some people wondering if this could possibly be a true story.
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Cocaine Bear is a new American comedy horror movie[/caption]
What is Cocaine Bear?
Cocaine Bear is an upcoming American comedy horror survival film directed and co-produced by Elizabeth Banks from a screenplay by Jimmy Warden.
The premise of the film sounds like something out of a Pablo Escobar movie.
After ingesting a duffel bag full of cocaine, an American black bear goes on a murderous rampage in an small Kentucky town.
A group of locals and tourists must then join forces in order to survive the attack.
The cast includes Jesse Tyler Ferguson from Modern Family, and Matthew Rhys from Brothers & Sisters.
The film also stars the late Ray Liotta in one of his final performances before he sadly passed away.
Announced in April 2022, Cocaine Bear raised eyebrows due to its incredible premise that is, in fact, inspired by real-life events.
The film is loosely based on the true story of a 175-pound American black bear that died after ingesting a duffel bag full of cocaine in December 1985.
The cocaine had been dropped out of an airplane piloted by Andrew C. Thornton II, a former narcotics officer and convicted drug smuggler, because his plane was carrying too heavy a load.
Thornton then jumped off the plane with a faulty parachute and died.
The bear was found three months later in the north of the state of Georgia alongside 40 opened plastic containers of cocaine.
The bear is currently on display at the Kentucky Fun Mall in Lexington, Kentucky.
When is the Cocaine Bear release date?
Cocaine Bear will be released in cinemas on February 23, 2023.
The running time for the movie is yet to be released, or the age certificate of the film.
You can watch the trailer for this new movie at the top of this article.
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President Hollande : No More Homework for French Children!
President François Hollande promised homework will be abolished and he'll reduce the number of students who must repeat school years. He has also pledged schools will be more welcoming for children with less stressful days and the number of teachers will increase.
Getting rid of homework is excellent news for children and parents, however, it's a tougher sell on teachers and some parents. It's comforting for them, plus there are certain tasks which are easier to do out of the classroom. The purpose is to provide children who do not have support at home a fair chance against other students. Not all children are able to complete their homework at home, or don't have a home environment conducive to studying. The Fédération de Parents d'élèves, la FCPE, fully supports this measure.
Children go to school four days a week as a cost-saving measure introduced by President Sarkozy. Hollande plans on changing it back to 4.5 days per weeks. He believes that schools days are too dense (well, yeah). French children go to school 144 days, whereas the average in Europe is 180 days. I'm sure kids will miss having the full day off, but at least they'll leave school before 5 or 6 pm.
Hollande promised to employ 60,000 teachers over five years and provide incentives for teachers willing to work in difficult areas. With the increase of teachers, he hopes to place an extra teacher in larger classes so students can work in small groups. He also will open more opportunities for children under 3 years old to begin school early. Under Sarkozy, enrollment of children under 3 years old dropped 10% to reduce costs… less students in school meant less teachers were needed.
Finally, Hollande called for school to be less stressful and competitive. Studies have shown repeating a grade is inefficient and costly for the state, as well as demotivating for the child. How will he reduce the number of children having to repeat a grade? Minister Vinent Peillon has the task of figuring out that mystery.
While all this sounds great, I'm wondering where all this money is coming from? I must have missed that article. What do you think of these changes?
I think it is not the best completely abolish homeworks. I would be happy if my child school is going for one homework per week. It is very good way how children can repeat and strengthen their knowledge, and for parents it can be qualitative time together, too.
There are also some homework assignments that are best done at home, like reading a book chapter by chapter and coming to class prepare to discuss what we read. If we had to read the book in class, we never would have gotten anything accomplished. Also, research reports are time consuming to do in the classroom. I agree with you that repetition is also needed at times, such as when learning math. It'll be interesting how Hollande pulls this off and the long-term effects on student learning.
When I was a student, I loved homeworks. I had the reason to lock myself up in my bedroom and be excused from house chores! Haha! Kidding aside, I am still giving my kids some homework and encourage them to read in advance.
I come from Hong Kong, where stress and competition are just our way of life. They are essential. But, I am happy to leave them behind and have a much relaxing life here in france; nevertheless, I still believe that some level of stress and competition is good. When I first heard that they want to introduce this no-homework for kids, I was shocked! Life is already so easy here. We often hear "less is more" these days, it is definitely not in this case.
The world is competitive, I want my kid(s) to be prepared for it.


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Benardrick Cornelius McKinney (* 19. November 1992 in Tunica, Mississippi) ist ein US-amerikanischer American-Football-Spieler auf der Position des Linebackers. Er spielte zuletzt für die New York Giants in der National Football League (NFL). Von 2015 bis 2020 stand McKinney bei den Houston Texans unter Vertrag.

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McKinney, der auf der Highschool auch als Basketballer von sich reden machte, besuchte die Mississippi State University und spielte zwischen 2012 und 2014 für deren Mannschaft, die Bulldogs, erfolgreich College Football, wobei er 243 Tackles setzen und 7 Pässe verhindern konnte. Außerdem gelangen ihm 7,5 Sacks.

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Beim NFL Draft 2015 wurde er in der zweiten Runde als insgesamt 43. Spieler von den Houston Texans ausgewählt. Die Texans tauschten ihren Zweit-, Viert- und Sechstrundenpick gegen den Zweitrundenpick der Cleveland Browns, um so weiter nach vorne zu rücken und ihn auswählen zu können. Er erhielt einen Vierjahresvertrag in der Höhe von 5,34 Millionen US-Dollar, 2,82 davon garantiert, und ein Handgeld (Signing Bonus) von 2,1 Millionen.McKinney konnte sich von Anfang an durchsetzen und kam in seiner Rookiesaison 14 Mal zum Einsatz, 11 Mal davon als Starter. In den folgenden drei Spielzeiten behielt er diese Position in allen Begegnungen und entwickelte sich  neben J. J. Watt und Jadeveon Clowney zur fixen Größe in der Defense der Texans. So erhielt er 2018 frühzeitig einen neuen Fünfjahresvertrag über 50 Millionen US-Dollar. Er dankte es mit konstant guten Leistungen, wofür er auch erstmals in den Pro Bowl gewählt wurde.

Am 14. März 2021 einigten sich die Texans mit den Miami Dolphins auf einen Trade von McKinney gegen Linebacker Shaq Lawson, zusammen mit einem Tausch von späten Draftpicks. Am 31. August 2021 wurde McKinney von den Dolphins entlassen.

Am 19. Oktober 2021 nahmen die New York Giants McKinney für ihren Practice Squad unter Vertrag.

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Me Made Maternity: Week 35 - Hello? Is it Me You're Looking For?
Wow, it's been a while since I've done one of these, and as you can see, the bump has most definitely grown in the past five weeks. He's very active, wriggly and is not a huge fan of my ribs (I, personally, am rather attached to them. Ha ha, geddit? I haven't lost my (bad) sense of humour just yet...).
Wearing - Green wool 40's Vogue and Victorious Miette Cardigan.
My slippers are knitted, but not by me AND I'm hanging out on our new deck to take these!!
I haven't meant to leave it this long between bump shots, but we've been so busy around here that we tend to forget about them until it's too dark to take any photos.
To be fair, you haven't been missing any new 'Me Made' clothing action, considering I'm still wearing essentially the same things I have been for the past few weeks. These dresses have been on pretty much constant rotation - I'm way too tired and round now to care if I'm wearing the same thing day in and day out. If it fits and is comfortable, I'll wear it.
1) Maternity bra shopping - my head is about to explode on this one. How am I supposed to know what sizes to buy when I have no idea how big they're going to get? Any tips? Bras are expensive and I don't want to end up with a draw full that never see the light of day.
3) As I learnt on Saturday, don't scoff your cereal in the morning, because when your stomach has limited space and is squashed somewhere where your lungs should be, and there is a small foot using it as a kick boxing bag, your cereal will want to make a reappearance if it's gone down too quickly. Slow and steady wins the 'food staying in your stomach' race.
4) Heart burn, please-go-away, I'm trying to sleep.
There are still quite a few things David and I need to do before the Bebe arrives, mostly house related things (but also lots of loose ends for my business so that it keeps running at least semi-smoothly while I take some time out), but I'm trying to give myself a bit of a break from this (long) self-imposed list.
*I can't believe I wrote 'poo-ey' on my blog. I suppose you might need to get used to it, considering I've heard babies have a lot of it!
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With regards to bra shopping (on this my second time around) you don't want to buy anything super expensive or structured until after your supply levels out (generally a couple of weeks after you give birth/begin breastfeeding. Get yourself a couple of affordable, soft sleep bras to get you through the first few weeks. There is really no way to know how much you'll swell and what size you'll end up being, but the first couple of weeks you'll definitely just want to be comfortable. Once your supply has leveled off you'll have an easier time finding a more supportive bra that fits well. I purchased three different bras over the course of the year that my first son was breastfed, as my size changed significantly as I was losing baby weight and he was eating more solid food. Best of luck to you, and I hope the next few weeks go smoothly for you!
Thanks so much Helen :) Oh dear, leaking while trying on bras, hehe, all you can do is laugh I suppose!!
I definitely plan to get some soft sleeping bras and will just use those while we get the whole breast-feeding/breast-growing thing relatively under control.
I love info overload by the way - especially when it comes from experience and I really have no idea what to expect. More information is so much better than less.
Wow - not long now, but probably feels like forever! You look gorgeous. No idea about bras having never had a bub. It would be a pain trying to work out sizing. Have a happy week.
I know! It still seems far away, but when you reduce it to weeks, there's not long to go at all!
I'm glad you are ok and getting closer to the big day. I was this Saturday with a friend, also pregnant, and she's discovered many things recently that nobody told her about pregnancy. She's attending a pilates class for pregnant women and the other day the fathers had to go too to learn how to give a perineal massage to try to avoid episiotomy. My friend's boyfriend (also called David) couldn't believe what he was asked to do!
Tehee, my midwife has talked about perineal massage as well! Slightly awkward, but I guess nothing is sacred when you're giving birth, as long as everyone is happy and healthy at the end. Oh dear, makes you wonder why we do it at all - I'm sure it's for a good reason :) I'll let you know, hehe.
Thanks so much! It does only seem like yesterday, where has the time gone??
Aw, the home stretch of pregnancy is exhausting. Which is not fair as the whole labour and delivery thing is pretty intense. But you look adorable and seem to have a plan! So it's all good.
But, congratulations! And you'll soon have an external baby, which magically makes the heartburn go away.
Great idea! I have 2 at the moment, but I know they won't fit when my milk comes in, so I'm planning on getting two sleeping bras and using those for the first two weeks while we figure this thing out.
You look amazing! As far as maternity bras go, if you've already gained a decent amount of size in your bust I would get ones that fit now because when you are nursing they will fluctuate in size depending on if you're full or not (if that makes sense). Hope that helps!
Totally makes sense Hilary! I'm going to buy two soft sleeping ones and use those for the first two weeks and then reassess what I need depending on how big I get.
They certainly do Jen - poo a lot (babies)! Re maternity bras, I went with one size up from non-pregnant state and good old Bonds served me pretty well. Sending many many good wishes your way - this last stretch probably seems like it will never end, but hang in there! Six months down the track, you will certainly get a lot of your body/life back, and I'm just going to put in an extra plug for baby boys, as I now have two - they are so much fun! Enjoy!!
Your bump looks lovely. Enjoy your last few weeks as a couple before you become Mum and Dad. Re; bras. Buy or make breast-pads, lots of them. You will leak like you never thought possible!!


The Nutrition Laboratory at Boston.
Observatory at Albany and is now being extended to the southern hemisphere in the observatory erected at San Luis in the Argentine Republic, where the work is under the immediate charge of Professor R. H. Tucker, who has been given leave of absence from the Lick Observatory for this purpose.
The work in terrestrial magnetism under Dr. L. A. Bauer includes the completion of the third cruise of the Galilee on the Pacific, where altogether over 60,000 nautical miles have been covered in regions where magnetic data were especially needed. With the extensive work done on land in different countries by the institution and by other agencies a new set of magnetic charts covering nearly one third of the globe can now be constructed. A new magnetic survey yacht is being built, which, on its completion this summer, will be sent to the north Atlantic. The geophysical laboratory at Washington, of which Dr. A. L. Day is director, is now in efficient working order and has entered on a systematic study of rock formation, with excellent equipment for producing such effects of temperature, pressure, etc., as may have occurred in the history of the earth's development.
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§ 91-4 Prohibiting fires and burns.
§ 91-5 Recreational fires and burns.
§ 91-6 Outdoor wood-fired boilers.
§ 91-7 Fire suppression training.
§ 91-9 Right of entry and inspection.
§ 91-10 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
The purpose of this chapter is to prevent public and private nuisances caused by outdoor fires deliberately or carelessly set and maintained, to avoid unnecessary fire service calls and false alarms, and intended to promote public health and safety and safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the Borough of Stockertown by regulating air quality and the hazards of outdoor fires and burning.
A metal drum or barrel, with or without a spark arrestor cover, used for the purpose of burning wood, paper, or refuse.
The Borough of Stockertown in its entirety.
A small contained outdoor fire intended for recreation or cooking but not including a fire intended for disposal of refuse of any kind.
Natural dry wood which has not been painted, varnished or coated with a similar material, has not been pressure treated with preservatives, and does not contain resins or glues as in plywood or other composite wood products.
Building waste materials, including but not limited to waste shingles, insulation, lumber, treated wood, painted wood, wiring, plastics, packaging, and rubble that results from construction, remodeling, repair or demolition operations on a house, commercial or industrial building, or other structure.
The Fire Chief, Fire Marshall, and/or designated fire officer of the Fire Department providing fire-protection service to the Borough. In the event that none of the primary Fire Officials are available during a specific event, a Stockertown police officer shall temporarily execute the duties of the Fire Official.
A container of no more than 30 inches across and eight inches in height, constructed of metal, rock or similar noncombustible material, set on hollowed out ground with a depth of at least six inches so as to allow the fire base to be below ground level. All fire rings must have a metal covering device/spark arrestor screen with spaces of not more than 1/2 inch covering the entire surface of the fire ring.
Any composition or device producing a visible and/or audible effect for entertainment purposes, combustion, deflagration, or detonation.
Any substance, including but not limited to batteries, household chemicals, pesticides, used oil, gasoline, paints, varnishes, and solvents.
Maintaining a fire or burn where the products of combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack or a chimney, or a metal covering device/spark arrestor. "Open burning" includes burning in a burn barrel.
A wood-fired boiler, stove, or furnace that is not located within a building intended for habitation by humans or domestic animals, and used for the sole purpose of providing heat to a dwelling.
A chiminea, patio warmer, or other portable wood-burning device used for outdoor recreation and/or heating. All patio wood-burning devices must have a metal covering device/spark arrestor with spaces of not more than 1/2 inch covering the chimney or entire top surface of the unit.
Any deliberately set and maintained fire or burn ignited in the confines of a campfire, fire ring, chiminea, fireplace, or patio wood-burning device, and used for the sole purpose of recreational pleasure. All recreational fires and burns must include a metal covering device/spark arrestor over the entire surface of the containerized fire or burn.
Any rubbish or waste material, including but not limited to solid waste, industrial waste, household waste, commercial food waste, plastics, treated or painted wood, wood composite material, magazines, corrugated cardboard, container board, vegetation, animal matter, furniture, tires, appliances, trees, brush, stumps, leaves, and grass clippings.
This chapter shall not apply to grilling or cooking food using charcoal, wood, propane, or natural gas in cooking or grilling appliances.
This chapter shall not apply to burning for the purpose of generating heat in a stove, furnace, fireplace, or other heating device within a building used for human or animal habitation.
This chapter shall not apply to the use of propane, acetylene, natural gas, or kerosene in a device intended for heating, construction, or maintenance activities.
This chapter shall apply to the use of an outdoor boiler/furnace used for the purpose of generating heat within a building used for human or animal habitation, providing it meets all conditions addressed in § 91-6 of this chapter.
All open fires and burns are prohibited within the Borough of Stockertown.
Burning of any refuse is prohibited within the Borough.
Burning of any construction or demolition waste is prohibited within the Borough.
Burning of any hazardous materials is prohibited within the Borough.
Burning of any trees, brush, stumps, leaves, and grass clippings is prohibited within the Borough.
No materials of any kind may be burned upon any public land, street, curb, gutter, or sidewalk or on the ice of a lake, pond, stream or body of water within the Borough.
No fireworks are permitted within the Borough other than those permitted by Pennsylvania law.
Any recreational fire or burn shall not be used to burn refuse.
Only clean, dry wood or paper shall be used in the recreational fire or burn.
The recreational fire or burn shall be located at least 25 feet from the nearest structure which is not on the same property as the recreational fire.
All recreational fires and burns shall be supervised by the owner or occupant of the property or a responsible adult until the fire is extinguished and is cold. The person shall have readily available for use such fire-extinguishing equipment as may be necessary for total control of the fire.
Any person intending to ignite a recreational fire or burn shall first notify the Northampton County Communications Center, using the nonemergency telephone number, of the date, time, and location of intent to ignite the fire.
The outdoor wood-fired boiler shall be installed and used in an area appropriate to its function and only upon approval from the Fire Official.
The outdoor wood-fired boiler shall not be used to burn refuse.
The outdoor wood-fired boiler shall be located at least 500 feet from the nearest building which is not on the same property as the outdoor wood-fired boiler.
The outdoor wood-fired boiler shall have a chimney that extends at least 15 feet above the ground surface. If there are any residences within 500 feet of the boiler, the chimney shall be made to extend at least as high above the ground surface as the highest height of the roofs of such residences.
The fire or burn must be exclusively for fire prevention training. The fire or burn shall not be used as a means to dispose of waste material, including tires and other hazardous materials.
Any standing structure that will be used in fire suppression training must be inspected by a licensed asbestos inspector.
All asbestos must be removed prior to conducting the fire suppression training. If the structure is a residential dwelling, the owner may remove the asbestos or have it removed by a licensed abatement contractor. If the structure is a commercial building, all asbestos must be removed by a licensed abatement contractor.
All ash shall be disposed of in an approved landfill.
Asphalt shingles and asphalt or plastic siding shall be removed prior to the practice fire or burn unless the Fire Official determines that they are necessary for the fire practice.
At least 10 days prior to the planned suppression training, residents within 1/2 mile of the proposed training site shall be notified by the Fire Official of the proposed training exercise. The Fire Official shall use the United States Postal Service with a proof of service.
A recreational fire or burn does not require a permit, provided that the fire complies with all applicable provisions of this chapter.
The owner or occupant of the property shall obtain an annual burning permit for each outdoor wood-fired boiler and comply with all provisions addressed in § 91-6.
There shall be no fees for the issuance of a fire burn permit.
A fire burn permit issued under this section shall require compliance with all applicable provisions of this chapter.
Any violation of the conditions of a fire burn permit or failure to secure permit when required shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.
The Fire Official or any authorized officer or agent of the Fire Official who presents credentials may inspect any property for the purpose of ascertaining compliance with the provisions of this chapter upon probable cause.
The Fire Official and Borough Police Department are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this chapter, upon conviction before a Magisterial District Judge or Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, shall be subject to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in default thereof, imprisonment in the Northampton County Prison for a period not to exceed 90 days.
The violator shall pay costs which may include all expenses, direct and indirect, which the Borough has incurred in connection with the enforcement of this chapter. The Borough shall have the right to proceed in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of obtaining an injunction, restraining order, or other appropriate remedy to compel compliance with this chapter.
Each day that a violation exists shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter.


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This is the first expansion pack of Exploding Kittens. Includes 20 new cards illustrated by The Oatmeal. Expands the core deck from 5 to 6 players. Compatible with all Exploding Kittens decks EXCEPT FOR the Party Pack! A human sized Cone of Shame turn indicator. Check for the Hologram on the box to ensure authenticity.


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SXSW Review: LONG SHOT is smart, hilarious rom-com escapism starring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen
James C. Clay// Film Critic
Rated R, 120 minutes.
Director: Jonathan Levine
Cast: Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron, O' Shea Jackson Jr. , June Diane Raphael, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Serkis.
Seth Rogen has made a successful brand for himself as a movie star existing in spaces that allows for a loose improvisational feel, and those get laughs and sell tickets, but he is most successful when he's playing at the heartstrings. His endearing goofball persona is a disarming and welcoming presence time and time again. He aligns with filmmaker Jonathan Levine (50/50, THE NIGHT BEFORE) for a third time with the political romantic comedy LONG SHOT starring alongside another gargantuan movie star Charlize Theron (ATOMIC BLONDE). The film has a charming, if not an obvious conceit that follows and then break the rules of the genre while feeling wholly earnest in the process. Destined to be the date movie of the Summer when the film gets released May the unlikely pairing of Theron and Rogen will please even those with the iciest of hearts. Like recent socially charged films, LONG SHOT asks its viewers to drop the agenda and celebrate equality and moving forward. This is one of the more refreshing creative collaborations to hit mainstream comedy in a while.
Fred Flarsky (Rogen) is a journalist in Washington D.C. motivated to work for the people and not be corrupted by corporate greed, which constantly gets in the way of his professional goals. Charlotte Field is a powerful and poised woman who wakes up at 3:35 am, is a master of multi-tasking, and also happens to be the Secretary of State. Charlotte was Fred's babysitter growing up, and after an embarrassing moment of burgeoning puberty for Fred the two have not spoken in 20 years. The film runs a tad long—around two hours—, but Levine spends the time with these two potential lovers, if you're going to make a comedy longer than 90 minutes you do it with intense character work. After tagging along with his wealthy best friend/ motivational speaker (O'Shea Jackson Jr.) to a ritzy party complete with a Boyz II Men performance the two cross paths again by happenstance. Charlotte is impressed by Fred's wit and typical Rogen like charm brings him in for an open speech writing position, the catch is she is preparing to run for President in 2020 so the pressure is on for Fred. The two embark on a worldwide campaign trail to push the Madame Secretary's environmental proposal in hopes of getting her the presidential bid.
Shawn Stockmen of Boys 2 Men (left) with Charlize Theron (right) at an impromptu concert follwing the premiere of Long Shot
Rogen and Theron find chemistry quickly and develop a zippy and fun loving bond that is hilarious and often times sexy. The duo are comfortable working together using obscene language, riffing and improvising to find the right balance. Levine, who has made several comedies that tug at the heart strings, has elevated his comedies to a higher place of emotional truth while staying rooted to the R rated comedy formula; LONG SHOT is no exception.
The film harkens back to the days of political comedies that are void of cynicism, something such as 1995's THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT comes to mind. Screenwriters Dan Sterling and Liz Hannah make a movie for the Trump era, by disarming the vitriolic nature that comes with uttering that name. The screenwriting duo find a sweet optimism in this film that's filled with hope. While the idea of a Seth Rogen type sleeping with a Charlize Theron-esque is a long shot on pape, apparently so is the idea of a women being president, so let's just say the title fits.
Filled with so many recognizable faces that radiate the screen audiences will have a blast pointing to bit parts from actors such as Bob Odenkirk (BETTER CALL SAUL) playing the President of the United States, who just so happen to play the POTUS on a television show for a decade. O' Shea Jackson Jr. steals the show as Fred's best friend who confidently tells him to follow his destiny, but not everything is at it seems with him. June Diane Raphael (BLOCKERS) relishes playing a by the book campaign manager, and if you look closely you'll find Andy Serkis lurking about the film.
All in all LONG SHOT is a progressive and inviting vehicle for Rogen and Theron to flex their movie star muscles and make us feel good in the process. Even if you don't love this film it's hard to imagine anybody left, or right, outright disliking this film. This is going to be a big hit for all parties involved. Sit down for a smart, engaging and outright hilarious piece of escapism.
Final Grade: B+
LONG SHOT opens Nationwide May 3rd
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Q: Dynamic SQL with BulkColumn FROM OPENROWSET Using SQL Server 2017 I've tried numerous variations on this effort at dynamic SQL and there is never a result. This is the simplest of my attempts.
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SET @sql = N'SELECT @strJSON_Table = BulkColumn FROM OPENROWSET(BULK ''c:\\json\JSON_download.json'' , SINGLE_CLOB) AS JTable'

SELECT @pintImpID AS ImpID, OtherCol --etc
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I am aiming for the SQL that is executed to be like this
SELECT @strJSON_Table = BulkColumn
FROM OPENROWSET(BULK 'c:\\json\JSON_download.json', SINGLE_CLOB) AS JTable

What am I missing?

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April 24, 2013 - News
George W. Bush Presidential Center Opening in Dallas
Dallas – President Barack Obama and first Lady Michelle Obama arrived Dallas Love field Airport ahead of the formal opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the SMU campus. President Obama will be joining other living US Presidents including host; George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
George W. Bush and Laura Bush
Thousands of dignitaries – including former Bush staffers such as former Commerce Secretary Don Evans, former national security adviser and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Ambassador Tom Schieffer of Fort Worth and former Education Secretary Margaret Spellings – are expected to attend today's dedication for the 226,560-square-foot, $250 million center on the edge of the Southern Methodist University campus.
While in Dallas, President attended a Democratic National Committee fund-raising dinner at 7:17 p.m. Wednesday with about 60 guests at the home of Democratic activist Naomi Aberly and her husband, hedge fund manager Larry Lebowitz. Tickets range from $10,000 to the maximum allowed, $32,400.
President Barack Obama is expected to visit West, Texas; the site of a deadly fertilizer explosion. He would deliver a speech at Baylor University in Waco Texas during a memorial service in honor of first responders who died in last weeks explosion.
Heads of state in attendance at the George W. Bush Presidential Center Dedication Ceremony.
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (NATO)
President Mikheil Saakashvilli and Mrs. Sandra E. Roelofs (Georgia)
President Josè Marìa Aznar (Spain)
Prime Minister and Mrs. Ehud Olmert (Israel)
Prime Minister and Mrs. John Howard (Australia)
President Lee Myung-bak and Mrs. Yoon-ok Kim (Korea)
Prime Minister Tony Blair and Mrs. Cherie Blair (United Kingdom)
President John Kufuor (Ghana)
President Francisco Flores Perèz and Mrs. Lourdes Maria Rodriguez de Flores (El Salvador)
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (Italy)
Facts about the Library
– The library and museum holds more than 70 million pages of paper records, 43,000 artifacts, 200 million emails and 4 million digital photographs. It's the largest holding of digital records of any presidential library.
– The about 226,000-square-foot center is located on 23 acres.
– The grounds include a 15-acre urban park that recreates a Texas prairie.
Additional Photo Credit: AP
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