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US stops issuing visas in Honduras
Al Jazeera 27 August 2009
Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Theme: Law and Justice
The United States is to temporarily stop issuing most visas from its embassy in Honduras, putting further pressure on the country's interim government to reinstate Manuel Zelaya, the deposed president.
The US embassy in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, will from Wednesday only grant visa services to potential immigrants and emergency cases, Ian Kelly, a spokesman for the US state department, said on Tuesday.
"We are suspending non-emergency, non-immigrant visa services in the consular section of our embassy in Honduras, effective August 26," Kelly added.
"We firmly believe a negotiated solution [to the political crisis in Honduras] is the appropriate way forward and the San Jose Accord is the best solution."
Kelly was referring to a peace proposal advanced by Oscar Arias, the Costa Rican president, under which Zelaya would be reinstated as the Honduran president until elections are held in November.
In return, Zelaya would have to abandon plans to hold a referendum on changes to the constitution, the issue which was opposed by the Honduran supreme court, congress and army and which ultimately led to him being forced from the presidential palace on June 28.
Sanctions urged
Foreign ministers from members of the Organisation of American States (OAS) are in Tegucigalpa to try to convince Roberto Micheletti, who leads the military-backed interim government, to accept the terms of the San Jose Accord.
Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New-York based organisation, said on Tuesday that the US government must impose fresh sanctions against the Honduran interim government if its does not accept the terms of the accord on offer.
"If the OAS delegation is unable this week to persuade Honduras' de facto government to allow Zelaya's return to the presidency, the only option left will be for the international community to ratchet up the pressure," Jose Miguel Vivanco, the HRW director for the Americas, said.
"The US government, in particular, could play a key role through the use of carefully targeted sanctions," he said.
Washington has so far put about $18m in mostly military and development aid to the interim government on hold since Zelaya was overthrown.
But the Obama administration has argued that placing further sanctions on the country runs the risk of adversely affecting the economy, to the detriment of the population.
To avoid harming the general population of Honduras, the US could cancel the travel visas of members of the interim government and block them from using US banks, Vivanco suggested.
The original source of this article is Al Jazeera
Copyright © Global Research, Al Jazeera, 2009


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Karen Olivo announces exit from Broadway's 'Moulin Rouge!': 'I want a theater industry that matches my integrity'
Ilana Keller
Tony Award winner Karen Olivo will not return to Broadway's "Moulin Rouge!" over concerns about social justice and integrity within the theater community.
"I could easily go back to a show and make a lot of money, but I still wouldn't be able to really control what I was putting out into the world," Olivo said in an Instagram video posted Wednesday afternoon.
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"And what I'm seeing in this space, with our industry right now is everybody is scared and nobody is really doing a lot of the stuff that needs to be done. People aren't speaking out."
Olivo says the Instagram post was made because "I don't want anyone to spin why I'm not coming back to 'Moulin Rouge!' You heard it from me."
"Social justice is actually more important than being The Sparkling Diamond," Olivo, who was nominated for a 2020 Tony for portraying Satine in "Moulin Rouge!" said. "Building a better industry for my students is more important than me putting money in my pockets."
Olivo pointed to inaction and "silence" from peers over allegations of abuse against producer Scott Rudin, which were detailed in a Hollywood Reporter piece published last week.
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"The silence about Scott Rudin — unacceptable," Olivo said. "That's the easy one, y'all. That's a monster. That should be a no-brainer. Those of you who say you're scared, what are you afraid of? Shouldn't you be more afraid of not saying something and more people getting hurt?"
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Olivo mentioned numerous times that money should not be motivating people's actions.
"Humanity. We're talking about human beings. Not about where your career is gonna go ... What is your integrity saying you should do? Are you going to protect your pocketbook and let people go to the emergency room so you can do your next concert?
Olivo said prioritizing action over performance is needed.
"I don't need to be on a stage. I need to be out here. People are more important than your pocketbook. That's it. That's all that needs to be said from here on out. I value humanity more. I want a theater industry that matches my integrity."
Olivo's move came days after SAG-AFTRA, Actors' Equity Association and the American Federation of Musicians Local 802 released a joint statement denouncing harassment.
"Every worker deserves to do their job in an environment free of harassment of any kind, whether that harassment creates a toxic workplace or, certainly in the case of sexual harassment, when that behavior is also against the law.
"All harassment is not only detrimental to the health and welfare of workers, but also a serious threat to the proper functioning of a company. Thus, every corporate Board of Directors should be deeply alarmed by credible reports of long-standing, repeated violent and aggressive harassing behavior by individuals who hold high positions within a company or on a production and exercise management power over subordinates. Workers who come forward to blow the whistle in these situations are incredibly brave and we applaud their courage," the statement said.
"We pledge to work together, and with other allies, to hold accountable those who violate human and legal norms of fair, respectful and dignified conduct in the workplace. We demand action on the part of our corporate counterparts to swiftly address credible allegations of harassment."
Ilana Keller is an award-winning journalist and lifelong New Jersey resident who loves Broadway and really bad puns. She highlights arts advocacy and education, theater fundraisers and more through her column, "Sightlines." Reach out on Twitter: @ilanakeller; ikeller@gannettnj.com

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Why Chocolate Lovers Need To Go To Belize
by Cathi Bray
Tags:BelizecultureFood & Drink
Belize has some of the best chocolate in the world. Not surprising, as it is the home of chocolate. But who's making the best chocolate in Belize now? This article contains a link (or links) to Amazon, from which, as an Amazon Associate, this website will earn a small commission if you make any purchases.
A poem about chocolate:
Roses are red;
Violets are blue;
Chocolate.
Did I say it would be a good poem? If you are a chocolate aficionado, though, you understand.
Wait… Is Belize a chocolate Mecca? Seriously?
People travel the world JUST to sample chocolate from the best chocolatiers on the planet.
We all know about Swiss chocolate, Belgium, French, and more, but word is chocolate was a Mayan invention. So Belize has bragging rights among the best. Some people even call Belize the "cradle of chocolate," since this exquisite confection is known to have originated in the area.
A brief history of chocolate in Belize
If Christ came to Belize when he was on the earth, he could have enjoyed a tasty chocolate beverage. In the 1980s, archaeologists found 14 Maya chocolate pots, deemed to be over 2,600 years old. Some still had traces of chocolate! They say the Mayans liked to drink their delicious, dark chocolate beverage at every meal—I mean, duh! I like coffee, but chocolate with every meal? Sign me up!
Cacao plantation / Robert Wilson / Flickr / Commercial use allowed
The Hershey company housed their cacao plantation in Belize from 1984 to 1987. This was great for the Belizean economy until chocolate prices plummeted. Hershey moved out of Belize and many farmers, who were growing cacao to service the company, were out of business.
Many of those old cacao groves now grow citrus fruits, a current cash crop in Belize.
The new era of chocolate in Belize
Chocolate production came back to Belize in the 1990s, through the organic arm of Cadbury's, called Green and Black's (check out some of their yummy selection on Amazon).
The market has been returning since then through the efforts of the Toledo Cacao Growers Association among others. They produce organic chocolate for European markets and also train and assist local farmers in cocoa production.
Toledo Cacao Growers Association / Facebook
The Toledo district is the furthest south in the country, the hub for most of the chocolate production today.
Local producers followed, with more coming along each year. The first actual chocolate bar produced in Belize came from a company owned by Richard Burns. He managed the Hershey facility in Belize before it closed. Burns began his own chocolate production in the late 90s and named his company Theobroma, Greek for "food of the gods".
Theobroma was the first Belizean-owned chocolate company, but it soon folded and there was no local chocolate production until the late 2000s.
Artisan chocolatiers
Goss Chocolate / Facebook
Enter Goss Chocolate, started by Kerry and Linn Goss, from the Placencia area, still a favorite today. The Goss family uses only organic, local-grown chocolate, and milk from a local dairy. Their offerings have once again established Belize as a world-class, chocolate-producing nation.
Others soon followed. Jeff and Julie Pzena of Cotton Tree Chocolate, from the Toledo District; BCC, owned by Jo and Chris Beaumont and produced in San Pedro on Ambergris Caye; and Ixcacao Mayaa Belizean Chocolate.
Ixcacao – the home of chocolate in Belize
"I love all the chocolate here. Ixcacao is my favorite. I'm crazy about good chocolate, and Belizean chocolate holds its own against any chocolate I've ever had." Kristin Harling, resident of Monkey River, Belize
Ixcacao Maya Belizean Chocolate is one of my favorites, too. The company is in the town of San Felipe in the Toledo District. Owners, Juan and Abelina Cho, are dedicated to growing organic cacao, using sustainable farming methods. They refuse to use any artificial flavorings. They believe "chocolate will save the rainforest."
Chocolate will save the rainforest / Ixcacao Maya Belizean Chocolate / Facebook
And if you go to Ixcacao (pronounced, "ees-kuh- cow." The "x" sounds like an "s" in English), besides the tours, don't leave until you have had the chocolate chicken!
Oh, my goodness! Abelina, aka "The Chocolate Queen," doesn't follow a recipe. She goes out into the garden and harvests everything she needs for the meal right on site. You might choose chocolate chicken, pork, or fish, but whatever you get, it's worth the trip from wherever you are.
There is even a chocolate festival in Punta Gorda, the largest town in the Toledo District. Here you can even get chocolate soap (that's soap, not soup) and chocolate beer (that's just… beer)! The Cacaofest, held on Commonwealth Day weekend in late May each year, includes live music, dancing, incredible food, and a lot of fun. And chocolate.
Drink chocolate and boost the economy
Cocoa is trading on the commodities market for a shade under a dollar a pound. That is close to the high the country enjoyed before the drop to $0.30/lb, which caused Hershey to pull out in the 80s. It also represents a four-year low in the current market. Maybe the Mayan gods need to remind everyone how healthy chocolate is and encourage a return to that three-times-a-day, drink-with-every-meal concept. That would be a definite boon to the market! Again, sign me up!
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Here Are The Winners of The 2020 Australian Photography Awards
Lauren Rouse
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Image: Tom Putt, APA
The winners of the Australian Photography Awards have been announced and, please, gaze upon this stunning imagery.
One winner was crowned in each of the eight categories which include portrait, landscape, documentary, student, wildlife, open/illustrative, travel/street and junior (under 13).
"In 2020 we received 5,800 entries across our 8 categories making this year the biggest and most diverse celebration of Australian photography yet. APA continues to see a growth of around 30% annually across both entries and audiences. The growth in entries is only important though if we continue to operate at the best possible standard and continue to provide value for those who are involved." Australian Photography Awards co-founder Tom Goldner said in a statement.
The APA seeks the most original, artful and creative work across all its categories but particularly commends work that reflects our current times.
Winners receive cash prizes and camera and lighting kits from Nikon Australia, Fujifilm Australia and Kayell. They are also offered Moments Pro vouchers so winners can self-publish their images in photo books and have the opportunity to be published in the APA Annual magazine.
You can check out the winning photos and how each photographer created them below.
Portrait Winner – 'Smile' by Nicole Reed
Image: Nicole Reed, APA
Nicole Reed is based in Melbourne. Her work spans editorial, documentary, architecture and portraiture all with a fine art aesthetic. Reed explains how she created this image:
"This was created during Melbourne's lockdown in response to an Instagram account created by Jo Duck. Each week there was a word theme for photographers in lockdown to respond to to keep us creating. The word for that week was 'smile' and the day I shot this was also the day Dan Andrews had announced an extension to the already-three months of Stage 4. Not much reason to smile. I photographed myself, printed out my face and cut out my smile and stuck it on my mask. I guess you could say it had several functions as it also masked the way I was feeling at the time."
Landscape Winner – 'Broken River' by Tom Putt
Driven by his desire to showcase the beauty of the landscape, Tom spends many months of every year creating new photographs for upcoming limited and open edition prints and book projects. Tom's drive is to showcase the immense beauty and variety of Australia by bringing his art into every home and office. Putt explains how he produced this piece:
"In the northern winter of 2020, I was fortunate to lead a photography expedition to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Baikal is the world's largest and deepest freshwater lake. Each winter it freezes over creating many incredible ice formations. Seen from above the lake reveals all its spectacular features. During the freezing process of 2020, these very unique ice patterns formed — the likes of which have never been seen before. It is theorised that snow fell on the lake and was blown by wild winds channelled through a nearby valley close to the shoreline. As the lake froze, this snow scattered hundreds of metres across the freezing water, causing these ice patterns. A break in the formations may have been caused by more liquid water penetrating the wind-blown snow. After the lake had frozen, the changes in temperature caused the ice to crack, hence the thin spider-web like lines through the image. Snow falling during winter clumps together on the lake's icy surface in dune-like formations with the wild winds that cross the exposed lake. This creates yet another stunning layer to this already-complex landscape."
Documentary Winner – 'I want to hold her hand' by Christopher Hopkins
Image: Christopher Hopkins, APA
Chris' creative and intuitive eye saw him hired by Australia's largest mastheads, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. In 2012 he documented the lives of second-generation Agent Orange victims in Vietnam and was awarded the Walkley slideshow prize. He has since gone on to cover humanitarian issues globally and nationally with an intent to bring human rights issues to the forefront of public awareness.
Hopkins explains the story behind this moving image:
"22/05/20 11:09 am, Williamstown. Robyn Becker is in the final stages of terminal breast and gastric cancer in home isolation with daughter Alex. She was told last week she could only have hours to live. Her sister Jennifer flew from California to Melbourne to be with her but is required to quarantine for two weeks. She has been given special leave from the hotel to be with her if only for an hour a time. 'Each visit, our time is cut short and it's devastating,' says Robyn. Jennifer understands the necessity of the quarantine but says that there could be some flexibility for those in palliative care, 'I want to be with her, I want talk to her, I want to hold her hand, comfort her and hug her.' Robyn would sadly pass away on July 10th, seven weeks later."
Student Winner – 'Quarantined for a dream' by Claudia Messenger
Image: Claudia Messenger, APA
Claudia Messenger is a 21-year-old photographer and student from the east coast of Australia. She started photography after relocating from Melbourne due to COVID-19 where she lost touch with her regular art practice of oil painting. Messenger describes the motivation behind her image:
"This image was taken during the mandatory two week government quarantine myself and a friend had to undertake when leaving Melbourne. The experience was dissociating, with a prevailing feeling of isolation and cold sterility that seemed to echo that of the city we'd just left. I hope the images I shot during this time reflect this, and by extension the wider experience of those affected by Covid-19."
Animal/Wildlife Winner – 'Invasion' by Natalya Stone
Image: Natalya Stone, APA
Natalya Stone is an award-winning nature Photographer, based in Melbourne. Fuelled by a passion for travel and a love of this planet, her eye is influenced by the incredible patterns, textures and colours of nature.
"The photo was taken last year while I was visiting Grand Teton National Park. Whilst the landscapes are stunning there I was primarily focussed on wildlife. In this instance I was actually aiming for the quintessential portrait of an American bison in front of the Grand Tetons, but that soon changed when the scene was taken over by the appearance and chaos of the European Starlings filling the air. The bison were slowly moving through the fields grazing, sporadically disturbing the birds from the ground into the air. A peaceful scene soon turned into a chaotic one. The birds would settle for a few minutes hidden from sight until the bison moved through again. The combination of blur and sharply focussed birds shows the movement of the moment. The starling was brought from Europe to North America in 1890 and have spread to occupy most of the continent. They were intentionally introduced to New York's Central Park because those admiring the works of Shakespeare wanted to see all species mentioned in his works. What a ridiculous and frivolous reason to introduce a species to a place and here we are 130 years later dealing with the consequences."
Open/Illustrative Winner – 'We are women' by Cara O'Dowd
Image: Cara O'Dowd, APA
Cara O'Dowd is interested in the concept of female identity and which is frequently repeated in her work. She said, "I enjoy the challenge of scouting for unique locations, problem solving and connecting with my subject." For 'We are women' she explains:
"Women's bodies are often presented to us as an aspirational image. More often than not through the lens of a man. I wanted to show them as the fabric, a story, a soul. I wanted to show a cross section of ages, shapes, stories in a beautiful eye-catching way. I wanted the image to make women feel great. I decided to have the women painted (by the wonderful makeup artist Pinky) because the image I saw in my head was a blur of colour and lines. I wanted the lines of the women to be the first thing you saw and then you realise they're real and they're all very unique. The shoot day was a powerful and uplifting experience. All the women had such incredible stories of resilience. Each and every woman had nothing but love and admiration for one another's bodies, they were in awe of the beauty in each other's differences however when it came to their own bodies they seemingly couldn't see the beauty in their own differences. They still had a preconceived idea of what they thought their own bodies should look like."
Travel/Street Winner – 'In the Cloud' by Pepijn Thijsse
Image: Pepijn Thijsse, APA
Born in The Netherlands and raised in Australia, Pepijn Thijsse's photography focuses on combining aspects of culture, history, built form, symmetry and the human condition.
"This photograph was made in Paris while I was on a one-year photography focused sabbatical in Europe (it became 18 months thanks to Covid-19). I really enjoy street photography at night as it simplifies the scene and light. While walking in the La Défense district, I came across this family seemingly lost 'in the cloud' and I knew capturing it would produce something special. The resulting photograph is a bit mysterious and leaves people guessing as to what's really going on."
Junior Winner – 'Surrender to the Calming Waters' by Harper Allen
Image: Harper Allen, APA
The youngest winner in the under-13 category, Harper Allen describes herself as "A 13-year-old girl just living her dream in Brisbane – well partly for the moment." She talks through the idea for her piece:
"My little 7-year-old sister is a skateboarder – she trains hard, multiple times a week and is often sore. The bath not only soothes her muscles, but calms her over active mind as well. On the day I took this photo I walked in to the bathroom to find her almost asleep (…she wasn't alone, so she was totally safe) She had surrendered to the calming waters. It inspired me to take a series of photos while she floated peacefully. This one I treasure though because her freckles are so prominent."
In 2021, the APA will be reforming their organisation into the Australian Photographic Collective (APC) with the aim for APC to become the source of creativity for Australian photography.
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The world now knows: It is very possible to buy your way into the Ivy League. As The New York Times reports, prosecutors this week revealed that dozens of film stars, business executives, and other wealthy individuals had paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to gain college admission for their children — often without their knowledge — using fraudulent test scores and false claims to athletic ability. It's a perfect scandal for our era of helicopter parenting and ruthless competition for a coveted brass ring.
That the college admissions process is not strictly meritocratic should probably come as no shock. But there are important lessons in this scandal that we shouldn't ignore in the initial rush of schadenfreude.
The most obvious takeaway is that the parents of these college-bound children thought admission to these elite universities was very, very important for helping them get ahead in life. Why else would they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, and engage in astounding skullduggery, to get their kids into Harvard or USC? But this truth cannot explain the entire scandal. There is much more driving these parents to cheat.
For starters, there's very little evidence that the actual education you get at an elite university is better than the education you might get at a less-prestigious school. In fact, there are some persuasive arguments to the contrary. The real value of a Harvard degree arguably lies less in what happens in the classroom than in the elite connections you make outside of class. But these connections are already available to the children of the elite; they only make a substantial difference to those who come from more humble origins. Why spend vast amounts of money for access to something you already have?
One answer is, of course, is status. This mysterious quality, more often than not, is the reason people seek wealth in the first place. As Ross Douthat put it in a series of tweets on the scandal: "... legitimacy attaches to (a particular form of) intelligence and (a particular kind of) resume, with Ivy admittances as the social register of Talent. So the rich parent who buys their child admittance is buying a form of legitimation whose worth isn't calculable in $."
This feels closer to the truth of the matter than simply saying these parents wanted to help their kids get ahead. But if it's true, consider what that implies about what has happened to meritocracy as it has morphed from a means aimed to further a democratic ideal into an ideal in its own right.
When the United States started using standardized tests for college admissions, the point was explicitly to open up our elite institutions to talent that lacked pedigree. If those institutions failed to make room, it was feared, the gap between the status they conferred and the actual capabilities of their graduates in the modern scientific and bureaucratic age would grow too wide. Indeed, Harvard and Yale needed bright upstarts from Brooklyn and Biloxi to retain their status as makers of the elite.
Meritocracy as a process, then, expanded the elite in order to make it more capable, and therefore more durable. Incidentally, it also made that elite more representative of the nation it was groomed to serve. Once in place, however, the system morphed from a means to an end. The idealistic meritocrat claims that what justifies elite rule is precisely that they have been pre-selected as "the best." Implicitly, other means of choosing an elite — including those we traditionally understood to be more democratic — come to be seen as corruptions of this ideal. By now, we've internalized this notion to such a degree that even those who already have money and power are willing to steal a Harvard degree to prove that they deserve money and power.
As a means of selection, merit still has a lot to say for itself. Students really do learn better when they are surrounded and challenged by their intellectual peers; organizations really do perform better when their upper echelons are selected based on ability rather than personal connections or outright bribery.
But as an ideal, meritocracy needs to be tossed on the junk heap of historically awful ideas. No elite should be taught to be so arrogant as to believe it has been proven that they are superior to those they govern and manage. In a democracy in particular, it is vital that the elite see itself as of the people, not separate from it, and that the rewards of progress should be shared broadly, not concentrated in the hands of those who clawed their way to the top, whether by fair means or foul.
How can we rein in meritocracy? Well, to start, consider what would happen if ultra-selective schools had to reduce their selectivity. They could still set high minimum standards, academic and otherwise — there is real value in having institutions where instruction takes place at a uniformly high level, and many of the other criteria that admissions officers apply are also meaningful. But among the students who applied and met those criteria, Harvard and Yale, Duke and Rice, Stanford and MIT, would have to choose their next class by lottery.
The immediate consequence would be to eliminate the pretense that any of these schools had selected "the best" from all the applicants, as opposed to merely choosing students who were capable. If the eligibility criteria were sufficiently transparent, applicants could even know in advance whether they met them, and apply only to schools that were appropriate. Instead of a furious struggle to get into the "best" school, there would be a more reasonable struggle to achieve eligibility for top-tier schools in general. And cheating to move up one tier, with no certainty that one would actually get into a particular institution, would have far less value.
Instead of desperately trying to make oneself into the sort of person likely to be selected by a secretive committee, the focus would be self-selection by applicants for a school with a curriculum or instructional style that seems best suited to them. And those schools would have an incentive to distinguish themselves institutionally, to provide students with a diversity of options from which to choose. If Harvard wanted to maintain its reputation for training the national elite, it would have to demonstrate the ability to train such an elite, rather than simply selecting it.
The goal would be to build an elite that is broader, less insular, and less convinced that its gifts are extraordinary long before they are matched by anything resembling achievement.
The children of privilege will always have a leg up, and they'll always chase empty status symbols. For the health of democracy, it would be better for those symbols to be as empty as possible, and for our system of higher education to focus on nourishing minds rather than feeding egos.


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Colloquy: Marking the years
The most influential people of 2014
Megaprojects: Mega headaches
The biggest projects
Mega-projects: mega spending
The mighty Johan Sverdrup
Production optimization trends
The future of subsea technology
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Top achievements in drilling technology
Chevron's deepwater bet
The next frontier
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Charting Norwegian shipbuilding
Addressing the changing needs of the offshore industry
The biggest oil and gas discoveries
Biggest discoveries of the last 10 years
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Elaine Maslin
Late life production optimization is hard, but interesting, according to those tackling the issue. Elaine Maslin provides an overview of recent trends.
As natural production rates wane and assets start to age, optimizing production rates offshore becomes a key challenge for operators, not least in the North Sea.
Some 50% of UK North Sea facilities are at or beyond their design life. Barrels of oil are getting harder and more expensive to extract and the basin has seen production efficiency rates fall from an average 81% in 2004 to 60% in 2012, according to figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
According the production efficiency task force, led by industry/government group Pilot, in 2013, individual operator production efficiency rates ranged from 35% to 90% (the higher rate achieved by Apache North Sea, which is on track to reach 94% in 2014).
According to North Sea independent EnQuest's North Sea President Neil McCulloch, the industry should be "shocked, depressed and embarrassed" by the low average rate.*
But, the emerging trends on how operators approach optimizing production operations on their assets diverge, Offshore Network's Offshore Production Optimisation conference heard in Aberdeen in November.
EnQuest, whose production efficiency rate is in the top quartile of the Pilot production efficiency task force rankings, is focusing on investment, empowering asset "owners," then sharing results.
On the other hand, Nexen Petroleum UK, a CNOOC subsidiary, has focused on organizational change, recently introducing an across-discipline and across-asset approach in its business, following initial efforts focused solely on its Buzzard facility.
Meanwhile, oil major BP is using its computing power to employ a system modeling and optimization approach, which is calls its Modeling-Based Optimization System (MBOS) program.
Offshore Norway, Germany-headquartered operator Wintershall has increased production on Brage through investment, in the asset, but also on seismic and infill drilling. It is now looking to see where is can improve its maintenance program.
EnQuest's Kittiwake platform in the North Sea. Photo from EnQuest.
EnQuest
EnQuest has invested and is continuing to invest in its assets, which it took over in 2010, as well as drilling new wells, according to McCulloch. Last year, as a result, EnQuest achieved 83% production efficiency across its North Sea portfolio. In 2014, year to date, it is 90%.
"Despite the age of our asset base (about two thirds of EnQuest's assets are beyond their design life), we've maintained a largely flat operating cost over four and a half years," McCulloch says. Since taking over the Kittiwake platform in March this year, the firm has more than doubled production and halved operating costs per barrel, he said, with more still to come from the asset.
"We believe that high production efficiency is no accident," McCulloch says. "Part of it is capital investment. We invest and we see the results. It is also an intense focus on operational delivery and results. It is a relentless focus in operations and projects, on things such as production efficiency and life extension. Every day offshore the out-put production is a result of all the inputs. It is how the operators and their supply chain go about their daily business – hourly, weekly, yearly. We all have to look at that. One of our philosophies is minimizing waste and controlling our costs and also fundamentally maintaining the integrity of our assets, that's extremely important to us."
EnQuest has seen 84% production growth on the Thistle platform since it took the facility, and a tranche of others including the Heather platform, in 2010, from a Lundin and Petrofac joint venture.
First, production from Thistle, which is 275mi north east of Aberdeen, in 161.5 water depth, was in 1978, with a planned 25-year operating life. Up to the end of 2013, Thistle had produced 10MMbbl. EnQuest has since added 20MMbbl of reserves to Thistle through drilling and a late life extension project, McCulloch said.
The project, called LLX, saw £170 million spent extending the facilities on Thistle, shooting new seismic, reactivating the drilling rig and investing in the well stock. The firm also invested in making sure electrical submersible pumps got reliable power and brought the platform's controls systems "into the 21st century."
When EnQuest acquired Thistle it was producing about 3000bbl. Enquest increased that to about 18,000 and now it is at about 10,000, McCulloch says. "Ninety percent of that production is from wells we have done something with – whether it is an intervention, a workover or a new well or if we have added an ESP," McCulloch says.
EnQuest is planning to the same on its Heather, from which it has just completed the first couple of workovers in about 10-11 years.
Nexen has been using the Choke model, set out by BP in SPE paper 36848, to capture losses data and move forward to improve efficiency. The choke model looks at four main elements – reservoir, wells, plant and export systems, says Dennis Johnston, production engineer, Nexen.
Part of the problem, Johnston says, is that operators do not always understand their efficiency rates. How operators assess what they are doing to reduce losses is not always clear either, with no real system to close loops on losses identified, other than action-based systems, with loss entries often not reviewed diligently and different shifts having different views.
Nexen has been investing in its surveillance and extracting more data, as well as building digital oil fields to help process the data, to better understand its losses. Nexen is also performing more process trials, to determine capacity where it is uncertain what is possible.
But, the firm is also adapting its organization. "Mostly we have the tools and technology to optimize production better. But we are not using it in the best way," Johnston says. "We have set up a new multi-disciplinary optimization group, which is coming into effect right now, fully focused on measuring losses and how to optimize them across assets. It is a reorganization in Nexen, moving from asset-based support groups to functional support groups."
Nexen is also developing a step-up culture for staff to "own barrels," he says. "Quite often people don't recognize they can influence barrels can be added," Johnston says. Nexen is also focusing on competences and training. Control room operators have been rotated through a gas lift awareness course, for example. "We also have an opportunity register. Investments that might debottleneck operations and across asset and discipline, such as well intervention," Johnston says.
BP also has a multidisciplinary production enhancement team, but it has gone a step further, creating a modeling-based system optimization program, which it calls MBOS, to improve optimization.
"In 2013 we set the challenge, are we optimized? We needed to do something differently," says Gillian Goby, production enhancements team leader, BP.
"The first step was to enhance the tool set we had and the final step was to find new ways of working," she says. "The application itself is automated, creating a simulation every week, as a minimum, as well as when it is needed. The simulation shows teams what the optimum production could be on the asset, this is then compared to the actual output, and the gap identified and actions drawn up to close the gap. You have to be skilled to build MBOS application, but for the end user it is easy to use."
"We do now have a tool to measure if we are optimized," she adds. "We believe we are optimizing production by 1-4%. MBOS is also good for modeling 'what if' scenarios and more and more engineers out-with the immediate team are coming to us with these."
Wintershall
Wintershall, like EnQuest, took over an asset that had already been producing for a number of years. The firm took over operatorship of the northern Norwegian North Sea Brage platform, its first operated producing asset, in 2013.
The firm initially focused on investment, debottlenecking, and technical integrity on Brage, says Alv Bjørn Solheim, technical director and deputy managing director, Wintershall. Work included infill drilling, but because drilling from the Brage facilities was restricted to within 9300m, the firm is assessing a subsea template for new production wells in the north of the field.
Drilling would then be via a rig in the field and the one of the Brage facility, Solheim says. Wintershall shot new seismic over the area this summer and will look to start execution phase in 2016, with marine operations in 2018, and first oil in 2019. But, the new subsea template project will be dependent on project economics, which are marginal, he says.
Control systems on Brage also needed changing and work to "shape-up" the platform needed to be done. Longer term, "We want more collaboration, gluing together the onshore and offshore via video conference and modern technology, Solheim says.
"We are also looking into the maintenance system, all the critical maintenance that we have and the frequency of the maintenance. It was put in place in 1993, or even 1992, when the platform was built, and has not been looked at since then. "Late life is a hard life but it is also exciting."


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Q: SharePoint Workflow variable is not recognized in O365 site I've created a Site Workflow of SharePoint 2013 Workflow type in O365 subsite of a site collection.
I use Call HTTP web service in workflow: screenshot of my workflow
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To parse JSON results I need to use Variable:Index (Integer).
I've tried d/results/([%Variable: Index%])/Title as it is recommended in numerous blog posts (example).
But Workflow gets Suspened with the following error:

RequestorId: 8c3e172b-5da7-75d9-0000-000000000000. Details: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the workflow instance. Exception details: System.FormatException: The DynamicValue property 'd/results/([%Variable: Index%])/Title' was incorrectly formatted. at Microsoft.Activities.Dynamic.DynamicValueBuilder.PathSegmentFactory.Parse(String segmentText, String fullPathName) at Microsoft.Activities.Dynamic.DynamicValueBuilder.PathSegmentFactory.Create(String segment, PathSegment next, String path) at Microsoft.Activities.Dynamic.DynamicValueBuilder.PathSegmentFactory.Create(String path) at Microsoft.Activities.GetDynamicValueProperty1.Execute(CodeActivityContext context) at System.Activities.CodeActivity1.InternalExecute(ActivityInstance instance, ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager) at System.Activities.Runtime.ActivityExecutor.ExecuteActivityWorkItem.ExecuteBody(ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager, Location resultLocation) Exception from activity GetDynamicValueProperty Stage 2 Sequence Flowchart Sequence Email30Days.WorkflowXaml_3f207548_d246_4058_82b3_34acf1933b6f

If I use the same but with number (not variable) d/results/(0)/Title it works.
Please, let me know What I'm missing.

A: It seems there was a glitch in SharePoint Designer. When I opened SPD the next time, it started to resolve [%Variable: Index%] just fine.
I've also tried to add slash in the end of string "d/results/(<index>)/" (like in the following article) before I noticed the first time Index began to resolve, however I never added slash at the ending furthemore.

A: Just FYI to whoever has similar issue, I noticed that in SPD - likely due to some quirk in copying text into string builder window from the web - if I type text manually or paste it, it doesn't seem to recognize it (same error occurs during workflow execution). But if you type into the window:
d/results(

then click Add or Change Lookups button and reference your variable, then finish typing the text:
)/YourPropertyName

*

*then it all works well.

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Essay on Greek vs. Roman Mythology
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Greek vs. Roman Mythology
Myths confer with a physique of a tradition comprising of narratives of historic ideas explaining the varied cultural practices upheld by numerous teams of individuals or pure phenomenon the folks skilled, in addition to, the magic on this planet they observe. Robert Graves, a poet, famous that myths fulfill the capabilities of finding out unexplainable circumstances within the universe equivalent to the place do souls go after demise, and justifying the social group of a bunch, their conducts, and customs. The Roman and Greek mythologies are our bodies of tales and teachings about their gods, heroes, origin, and religions, myths all through generations. The 2 mythologies have all the time been confused with one another. Nevertheless, their quite a few variations outline their cultures making them distinctive.
Their origin defines distinct basis. Greek mythology traces its origin from seven hundred years in the past, earlier than the event of the Roman Empire and following the publishing of the iliad ebook. The ebook, comprising of twenty-four poems characteristic Achilles because the main character, a hero who enjoys immortality but in addition experiences torture in wars that he detests. The Roman mythology got here into existence 1000 years later of the Historical Greek. The mythology aligns its identification with the ebook Aeneid containing twelve lengthy poems a few Trojan man's journey to Rome. The ebook's hero comes throughout as a typical demigod who units on a mission to perform his future.
Totally different myths outline the 2 mythologies. The central delusion of the Greek mythology is a few Minotaur. In line with the parable story, the then king of Crete generally known as Minos and his cursed spouse delivered a baby who was partially male and partially bull and named him Minotaur. The king reared Minotaur in his residence and had an enormous labyrinth constructed to safe him. Yearly the king despatched seven women and men to their deaths as meals to Minotaur, and after frequently practising this for a number of years, a younger man named Theseus supplied to save lots of the dominion by killing Minotaur. Within the course of, he developed emotions for the king's daughter Ariadne who aided him to kill Minotaur efficiently. Nevertheless, as they sailed the ocean collectively again residence to Athens, Theseus deserted Ariadne on the best way. Opposite, Roman's mythology basis is a narrative of dual boys named Remus and Romulus whose dad and mom have been Mars, Roman's god of struggle and a lady named Rhea Silva. Because of the motion of Rhea's brother killing their father, she feared for her sons and due to this fact deserted them at River Timer in a basket. Lupa, a she-wolf discovered them and select to boost them as hers. Nevertheless, a herder took them and raised them as his youngsters. After they turned of age, they set on a course of constructing a metropolis on the river the place Lupa rescued them. However, they received into an argument resulting in Romulus killing Remus and consequently turning into the ruler of the current day Rome metropolis.
The character of gods is completely different within the two mythologies. Within the Greek mythology, the adoption of gods and goddesses was out of the necessity to clarify their creation. The Greek-based the existence of those supernatural powers on options of affection, honor, hate, dignity, and roles in life, which decided what every god signified. These gods included Poseidon, god of the ocean, Hades, the deity of the useless, Artemis, the deity of hunt and moon, Ares, the deity of struggle, Eros god of affection, and Apollo, the god of Solar amongst others. The Romans based their beliefs on gods whose look was topic to a person's creativeness named after objects. For example, Neptune the deity of the Sea, Pluto the god of the useless, Diana the goddess of hunt and moon, Venus the deity of affection, Cupid, the deity of affection and Mars the god of struggle.
The 2 mythologies differed of their perception programs. The Greek mythology positioned immense significance within the bodily lifetime of their gods and goddesses and the actions they performed whereas on earth. The gods who undertook individualistic measures aimed toward advancing the society by using creativity as expressed in poems to make life higher. In line with them, guaranteeing the neighborhood succeeded was their important position. Moreover, by placing extra significance and perception within the bodily presence, mortals turned essential to the mythology. Thus, the gods exerted huge efforts in remodeling their societies, as they didn't consider in an afterlife. Opposite, the Roman mythology based their myths on bravery and heroic deeds of the gods. Their collective capability to taking actions gave them a wide selection of elements of life to enhance equivalent to successful battles and making their cities protected guided by the warrior within the Aeneid ebook. Additionally, they emphasised extra on the work of gods apart from the mortals as a result of a perception in an afterlife.
Total, the Greek and Roman mythologies are the religions of the traditional Greek and Romans that targeted on how faith outlined their worlds and the impression of gods on their cities. The 2 mythologies differ of their origin, the myths that signify their beliefs, the character of their gods and of their perception programs. However, their variations impose numerous methods of telling tales and affirming their convictions, enabling these myths to stay on to future generations.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. - Despite having just 12 plate appearances coming into Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Baltimore Orioles, Odubel Herrera sure looked locked-in.
He singled, doubled and homered on his way to a four-RBI day in the Phillies' 11-4 win.
"I'm ready," Herrera said. "I want to start the year hot. I want to get going quickly. It's important to the team and it's important to me."
Herrera offered up Sunday's performance at the plate as proof that he didn't just sit around the athletic trainer's room for three weeks before playing in his first Grapefruit League game March 16.
While his mates were on the field, he spent some time in the video room with Geoff Miller, the team's mental skills coach.
"We did exercises where I could visualize the game and kind of not lose time, as if I was still playing," Herrera said through Diego Ettedgui, the team's Spanish-language translator.
According to Herrera, Miller cued up videos of some of Herrera's stellar performances last season.
"Maybe we'd watch a really good at-bat that I had in a game," Herrera said. "He'd ask me to go through the at-bat. 'What were you thinking in the at-bat? What was your approach? Try to visualize yourself in that moment again. How can you repeat what you did there because you were successful?' Little tactics to build confidence."
Herrera, 27, is one of the Phillies' most talented players. He made the NL All-Star team in 2016 and signed a five-year, $30.5 million contract extension later that year. In addition to being talented, however, Herrera is also inconsistent. Last season was a case in point. He hit .361 with a .989 OPS in his first 40 games. Over the final two months of the season, he hit just .189 with a .530 OPS and lost playing time to Roman Quinn.
Herrera's poor finish last season earned him a mandate from general manager Matt Klentak and manager Gabe Kapler: Get into better physical shape. Herrera reported to camp down 20 pounds in February. The bosses also wanted to see Herrera become more focused mentally. Herrera said he's embracing the mental side of the game more now.
"I feel like I need to take advantage of everything that can help me or the team," he said.
Kapler has seen improved focus in Herrera's behind-the-scenes work this spring - and on the field Sunday.
"It's really interesting how his performance coincides with his engagement so strongly," Kapler said. "When he's locked in from every angle, he just plays great baseball. He looks like one of the best players on the field all the time and I think that's what is happening right now for him.
"We want to maintain this level of focus. It's wonderful to do it in spring training. Our expectation is that he continues to maintain that focus and concentration and that high level of play throughout the season."
If Herrera needs a reason to be motivated to maintain his sharp mental focus, there is one getting at-bats at the minor-league complex. Quinn will open the season on the disabled list, but he won't be out long. There is no landing spot in left or right field for Herrera. Andrew McCutchen and Bryce Harper are going to play. If Herrera wants to stay in the lineup, he has to lock down the center field job with more performances like Sunday's.
We'll begin finding out if he can do that Thursday.
"I feel like this will be a really good year for me and the Phillies and hopefully we can make something special happen," Herrera said.


May 1, 2009 11:00 A.M.
Changes to Ontario's Textbook and Technology Grant and Distance Grants will ensure they remain available to students who are most in need of financial help, while controlling expenditures in a balanced way during challenging economic times.
Starting in the 2009-10 academic year, these grants will be available only to full-time students qualifying for OSAP who are attending a provincially-funded college or university in Ontario. The Textbook and Technology Grant helps students pay for textbooks and computer costs. The grant is $150 per academic year. The Distance Grants help students who must travel long distances to attend a college or university. Students can receive up to $500 per term through Distance Grants. These changes are part of the government's 2009 Budget commitment to control expenditures in a balanced and comprehensive way while protecting services and delivering services more efficiently.
Students who do not qualify for OSAP are still eligible to receive a Textbook and Technology Grant or a Distance Grant if their program begins before August 1, 2009.
100,000 more students are attending college or university in Ontario today compared to 2003.
One in four, or about 120,000 students in Ontario, is receiving a non-repayable grant.
Students who want to find out more about the Textbook and Technology Grant and the Distance Grants can visit ontario.ca/OSAP.
Find out more about Ontario's colleges and universities.
See how Ontario supports students who need financial help.
This document was published on May 01, 2009 and is provided for archival and research purposes.


A number of employers these days are turning to the web for their recruiting needs. This has contributed to the increase of recruitment agencies. Employers use recruitment agencies to post their job vacancies. Recruiting suggests that companies can protect their activities this is helpful for an employer who may have hunted before and is regarded with doubt by companies. Recruitment may help companies recruit for positions the lack experience in depend on the recruitment. The majority of these agencies require candidates to submit their information together with CVs or the resume. For recruitment agencies that are online is the company this means that recruitment agencies put the needs of their companies. Violations of safety require that you vet an agency before submission of your information.
Among The benefits of using these recruitment agencies that are online is the flexibility it provides you, both in terms of time and location. This makes it possible for you to submit an application to some of those agencies that are online at any time of the day or night. Agencies become critical if you would love to find employment and choose to relocate. Additionally, it allows you also run and to register with agencies. It is normal make certain that your target service a certain type of job marketplace, although to submit your resume or CV to agencies that are various. When this is accomplished then make it a habit to contact the recruitment agency to discover how your program is currently faring. They need to be in a position to explain to you if they have shown your CV to an employer and what your prospects may be from that, like if you have got a fantastic chance of getting an interview call from an employer or you do not rank within the anticipation of that exact same employer.
The Rise of recruitment agencies has saved people a lot of work that job and career change entails. Some polls indicate that eight out of ten employment seekers use recruitment sites that are online to do their job. Most employment and recruiting agencies have created their own websites which allow job seekers to submit their information besides making office visits. Those agencies' growth rates means that job seekers have odds of employment positions that fit their abilities and talents and choices of jobs. Enrolling To the police force differs from other career moves. AP Police Recruitment 2018 Apply Online methods are different from any other sort of recruitment much like government positions and the army. Procedures of recruitment are uncomplicated. Employers can advertise through the media such as newspapers of through employment centers, recruitment agencies and shop windows. The process of recruiting is usually more complicated though recruitment of police involves advertising of some sort. Obtaining interview invitation might not indicate that you are an acceptable candidate.