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Encana fleeing Canada in Scheer desperation? Shares drop 9.2%! Illegal aquifer-frac'er, caprock buster, poisoning bully of families and briber/divider of communities running to USA, changing its spots to Ovintiv Inc. Erectile Dysfunction drug or cross between Ovaltine in vintage container and a vagina?
Posted on October 31, 2019 by Jessica Ernst
Accompanying music to Encana's news & name change: Fox On The Run by Sweet:
I don't wanna know your name
'Cause you don't look the same
The way you did before …
Fox on the run
You scream and everybody comes a running
Take a run and hide yourself away
Foxy on the run
F-foxy
And hide away …
Looks like a vagina to me!
Encana so desperate, they need subliminal advertising in name and logo to perk things up?
A few comments in:
Albertan: "that's a digital vagina for sure."
Manitoban: "Hey Jessica … They're running away from you!"
Albertan: "can't believe encana changed their name to ovarytit … the herald has like 10 articles about it. gwynny all whiny and cryee …"
Texan: "I despise them."
Californian: "NOOOOOOO"
Californian: "Good work! Fleeing industry creates hope for the end of the fossil fuel devastation. The U.S. is rallying for clean energy and a less is more mentality (at least started) so, no pushovers here…but for Trump and cronies."
Albertan: "It really is terrible. I hate them even more. If that is possible. It's actually funny watching them all scramble and blame …"
To CBC article below: "the new name sounds like a pharmaceutical for erectile dysfunction … too much!"
British Columbian in response to comment above: "Imagine … the drilling towers … collapsing."
2008 11 01: Encana workers give press the finger in NEBC. Unwise to expect much from a company whose workers treat the public like this:
A bit of history:
EnCana (now Encana, without the capital C) was spawned by Alberta Energy Corp merger with Pan Canadian. Alberta Energy Corp, headed by none other than Gwyn Morgan, had a nasty habit of being incredibly cruel and abusive (complete with conspiring with the national police to blow up one of the company's own gas wells) to those who spoke out about the company's poisoning of families, livestock and communities. Read Andrew Nikiforuk's Governor General Award Winning Saboteurs for fascinating details.
Saboteurs Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil by Andrew Nikiforuk, October 1, 2002, Macfarlane, Walter & Ross
Winner of the 2002 Arthur Ellis Award for Best True Crime
Winner of the W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize
Finalist for the 2002 Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction
Finalist for the Wilfred Eggleston Award for Nonfiction
This is a taut, careful work of nonfiction that reads like a thriller and raises unsettling questions about individual rights, corporate power, police methods, and government accountability.
Citizen EnCana The double life of Calgary's greatest corporation, Good Corporate Citizen or Evil Empire
Big Oil and Gas industry writing down billions in U.S. shale gas assets
Read between EnCana's lines & threats
The true nature of the beast: EnCana to cut $1-billion if royalties rise
2013: Encana wants embarrassing audio file erased from Internet
Encana conference call (warning, executive profanity) 19 Seconds, February 15, 2013
2013: Profanity brings Encana pressures to the fore
If Encana didn't already have enough to deal with, more was added to its woes on Thursday. One of the 20 executives gathered to participate in a conference call with reporters, investors and financial analysts discussing the company's fourth-quarter financial results was heard to call one of the analysts a "f—ing a-hole" in response to a question. Phil Skolnick, an analyst with Canaccord Genuity, had asked whether the newly passed federal legislation governing foreign ownership would have any impact on the possibility of Encana being sold. It was a fair and benign question to which interim chief executive Clayton Woitas simply answered "no." It certainly didn't deserve the snide profanity uttered by an unidentified male voice of one of the 20 executives, given that rumours of a potential sale of Encana have been floating around for a while.
… It took no time for the 19-second clip to go viral around Calgary and beyond; one can only imagine the life it has had among Encana joint venture partners and shareholders over the last 36 hours.
It's bad enough there is a cloud lingering over the company as a result of the U.S. Department of Justice investigation into whether the company had colluded with Chesapeake Energy when bidding for assets. Questions were also raised over the apparent lack of a succession plan when Eresman was shown the door; that lack of preparedness on the part of the board of directors arguably put the company in the penalty box even though an accomplished and respected oilpatch veteran was named interim CEO.
The point is, Encana was already suffering from a measure of reputational damage – Thursday's incident added to its woes, not to mention the impact on employee morale. One might even go so far as to suggest Encana is now reputa-tionally immuno-suppressed; it's going to take some very strong medicine to change the situation. If you go to the Encana website, you'll find a page that states "Integrity is the foundation of everything we do."
2016: US EPA Releases Final Frac Report: Rosebud Alberta drinking water aquifers frac'd, water wells contaminated with gas. EPA's late edits to 2015 draft frac report downplayed the risks, contradicted the evidence, called "bizarre" & "irresponsible." Like Alberta regulator official, Steve Wallace, secretly editing "independent" drinking water contamination reports to protect illegal aquifer frac'er Encana?
"Of course if you inject fracking fluids directly into an aquifer, you are going to contaminate it. Someone who does this should go to jail."
This in EPA's Final 2016 Frac Report:
In one field in Alberta, Canada, there is evidence that fracturing in the same formation as a drinking water resource (in combination with mechanical integrity problems; see Section 6.2.2.4) led to gas migration into water wells (Tilley and Muehlenbachs, 2012). [The reference is on methane and ethane contaminated water wells at Rosebud, and includes other water wells contaminated with gas in Alberta]
… 9.5.5 Methane in Stray Gas
Chapter 6 discussed stray gas as a potential hazard in areas of hydraulic fracturing activity (Text Box 6-3). Stray gas refers to the phenomenon of natural gas (primarily methane, plus lesser amounts of ethane) migrating into shallow groundwater, into water wells, or to the surface (e.g., cellars, streams, or springs). … Potential pathways for migration of stray gas into aquifers include pathways along production wells with casing and/or cement issues, through naturally existing fractures, through induced fractures, or via a route that is some combination of these pathways.
Although ingestion of methane is not considered to be toxic, it has the potential to pose a physical hazard. Methane can accumulate to explosive levels when allowed to exsolve (degas) from groundwater in closed environments. High concentrations of methane may also displace oxygen and act as an asphyxiant (NIOSH, 2000), potentially causing suffocation, loss of consciousness, or symptoms such as headache and nausea. Methane is not a regulated drinking water contaminant. [How convenient for the oil and gas industry]
2016: Trudeau names Brian Ferguson, CEO of Cenovus (company along with Encana that's been reduced to junk bond status) to Economic Advisory Council, possibly the most influencial people to be around PM and Finance Minister Bill Morneau
'I'm afraid those shares have gone from a maturing stock to a laughing stock.' #Shares #Cartoon https://t.co/1hfTa3MFEw pic.twitter.com/AZKLxekgsr
— CartoonStock (@CartoonStock) February 3, 2017
ANALYSIS: ENCANA DEPARTURE PUTS CANADA, ALBERTA AT CROSSROADS TO A CARBON-FREE FUTURE by Mitchell Beer, Nov 1, 2019, theenergymix
The other question, less evident in this week's coverage of the Encana decision but more clear in wider industry trends, is how much longer fossil companies will be able to offer any economic benefit to anyone, whether they're "domiciled" in Calgary, the United States, or anywhere else.
From 'De-Manning' to 'Redomiciling'
Yesterday, the industry that introduced "de-manning" to the English language brought "redomiciling" into common usage, with Encana's announcement of its impending head office move and rebrand—it'll now be known as Ovintiv Inc. and trade on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges. Company management hopes the move will attract more U.S. investors to a business that is slowly shrinking, according to charts in the Globe and Mail, relies on fracked gas and natural gas liquids for a thin majority of its sales (though it's been shifting back into oil), and is already based largely in the U.S.
"The price of Encana shares fell nearly 7% on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Thursday, and has fallen by 61% in the past year," the Globe reports, hardly the profile of a thriving company on which anyone should want to build their future. If the reorganization is approved by shareholders, courts, and the stock exchange, some Canadian investment funds will have to drop the stock.
… "The answer is unequivocally no," responded Encana CEO Doug Suttles, when BNN Bloomberg asked whether the decision was triggered by last week's federal election, which delivered a minority government with no seats in Alberta and a declared commitment to faster climate action. "This is not a political move. This is quite simply accessing the capital trends in the marketplace." [Which are trashing the world over into multibillion dollar losses for investment firms as the frac bubble spectacularly busts]
A wider view came from Globe and Mail reporter Jeffrey Jones, whose opinion piece Thursday casts the situation as "a gut punch to Alberta", but a mess of Encana's own making. He says the company will need better financial returns —not a change of address — to draw investors. [Seems more likely that Mr. Suttles is taking encana to America to hide it dying with a ridiculous name change]
"This isn't just a broad-brush tale of political bumbling by Ottawa, nor, as Encana says, simply a desire to seek wider pools of capital in the United States," Jones writes. Since former BP executive Suttles took over the company in mid-2013, "almost all of his major decisions have made the company more American," not least his own decision to relocate to Denver. "Unfortunately for investors, none have made them wealthier."
… All of which opens two questions that have not yet broken out in the media commentary on Encana's announcement: Whether it's in Canada's or Alberta's interest to fight the trend, and how well the country's departing fossils will be able to sustain their operations in the U.S.
A 'Western Agenda' vs. Two-Thirds of Canadians
With a minority government still getting organized in Ottawa, the fossil lobby is already extending its reach to smaller parties in the House of Commons. "It's easy to talk to people who agree with you," Global Public Affairs Vice-President Ted Gruetzner told the Globe last week, but "you have to work with the people who are there."
… And whether anyone needs to be blackmailed, in Ottawa or in Edmonton, when the alternative is to embrace a cluster of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy storage industries that are already undercutting the fossils on price, and certainly vastly outperforming them on carbon. Down that road lie more than 10 million jobs already being created in the carbon-free economy with many millions more to follow, including massive opportunities for Alberta in efficiency, solar, and wind.
A Fossil Sector in Decline
Which means that, as the situation develops, Alberta's prospects without fossil fuels may be far better than the fossils' prospects without Alberta. Five years into a sustained price crash, BP and Royal Dutch Shell—two of the world's most colossal fossils, between them accounting for nearly 15% of the shareholder dividends on the Financial Times Stock Exchange—are warning that the continuing growth in those returns is at risk.
… It's also a measure of the shaky business environment Encana and Citadel Drilling are jumping into. In the hydraulic fracturing fields that have driven much of the U.S. industry's growth in recent years, oilfield service companies "are taking the unprecedented step of scrapping entire fleets of fracking gear," Bloomberg reports this week, with low prices and investor skepticism threatening to idle nearly half of their equipment within weeks.
"We don't learn from our mistakes in this industry, do we?" said analyst Joseph Triepke.
The fossil industry is big and complicated enough that countless factors can drive its rise or fall, and a collapse in one part of the sector can be offset by new growth elsewhere. So it's hard to say in the moment whether Encana's move or the shale fields' decline is the beginning of the end.
What's certain for Alberta and Saskatchewan is that a painful, repeat cycle of economic boom and bust is the very best the industry can offer. …
Too funny! Encana departure a blow to UCP prosperity promises by Don Braid, Oct 31, 2019, Calgary Herald
The myth of the United Conservative Party has taken a beating this week.
Many felt that once Jason Kenney routed the NDP and became premier, investors would dance in the streets, the unemployed would flock back to work [Insane to think that way, given how obvious the greed and callous is in oil and gas companies raping profits in Alberta, leaving the mess and pollution for ordinary families to live with, and pay for] and the valleys would be green again.
Exaggerated as this may be, the expectation of reborn prosperity was incredibly powerful. Born of deep economic desperation [or sheer, rather Scheer, greed and idiocy (too much brain damage from too much sour gas pollution from abusive polluters like Encana)], it was not exactly fostered by the UCP, but hardly denied either.
The government knew recovery would be tough. Premier Kenney said so. But hardly anybody expected it to be this tough.
The departure of Encana from our midst, although not unexpected, is symbolically devastating. It shows that headquartering in Alberta has become a disadvantage because of pipeline constraints, weak investment and infuriating federal leadership. [If one lifts the veils of denial, none of those whining, pity me "reasons" are valid, and Braid knows it, we all do. Alberta has become a disadvantage because of its own greed, sloth, willful ignorance and selfishness, and total uncaring for the consequences of the greed and ravaging unmitigated oil patch pollution across the province]
Kenney blames Liberal policy and general hostility to the industry. He's certainly [IN]correct.
But he also promised that his corporate tax cut would attract and retain companies. That does not appear to be working.
This departure really hurts because Encana is the offspring of an enterprise that virtually created investment in the oilpatch.
The Alberta Energy Company was founded in 1973 by Peter Lougheed's PC government to encourage exploration and investment. The government kept control, but shares went on sale to Albertans.
As a journalist, I self-righteously refused to buy any. Then I found out that cabinet ministers were snapping up shares.
Nobody cared about conflict of interest. In fact, regular people approved — they knew their investment was in loving hands.
The government sold its interest in 1993 [for much less than it was worth, nice big fat gift to Gwyn Morgan]. Eventually, Encana was created after a series of mergers and acquisitions.
Although the formal public connection is long gone, there is no company more intertwined with Alberta oilpatch history and legend, and with Calgary's pride in the industry.
And just like that, it's leaving. [No surprise. Encana is a mean spirited, law-violating scoundrel of an entity. The oil and gas industry in general is cold-blooded, merciless, selfish and cruel. It has always been so, and becomes more so by every billion made in profits by not paying royalties, taxes, bills and clean up or restitution to the endless harmed and poisoned families in its profit-raping wake. Alberta knows it, intimately]
For the UCP, this departure and other corporate actions — recent Husky layoffs and spending cuts, for instance — pose two political problems.
First, they show that the UCP's corporate tax cut and friendly attitude [Industry knows it's not friendliness Kenney et al are exuding, it's pure stupidity. One does not get a successful business operating the way Steve Harper, Brad Wall, or Christie Clark did, or Andrew Scheer planed too. Kenney's a copy cat. Companies are smart to take what they destroyed and robbed from Albertans and flee with their raped treasures before the deer-in-headlights masses catch on] are not enough to persuade an Encana to stay. Even the prospect of the lowest corporate taxes in Canada was not convincing.
This is pure gold for the NDP, which has said all along that the UCP will throw away billions via tax cuts [Yup, shitty, super shitty, super stupid business practices Kenney et al are flinging around] without creating much economic activity.
That could still prove to be wrong. Over time, tax cuts might well stimulate investment. And the UCP is aggressively encouraging big companies to move here.
But the Encana move is very awkward, especially when the UCP budget blends corporate tax cuts with major spending reductions and cost increases for many institutions and individuals.
Funny thing about that budget — after it was released, it just kept getting tougher.
The budget itself expresses a strong desire to get public sector pay under control.
It calls for 7.7 per cent shrinkage in public sector employment. It warns that "further savings may be necessary," while noting that MLAs have voluntarily taken a five per cent pay cut, and the premier 10 per cent.
Despite the hints, the budget does not say the government will demand a public service pay cut.
But now, it does. A week after the budget dropped, the UCP said it will seek pay reductions of two to five per cent.
At this point, many people who deal with the government wonder if they've seen the real budget. They don't know what comes next.
But everybody does know that despite a major tax break for companies, energy firms are still shrinking and leaving, while the economy in general seems to be weakening rather than improving.
The federal Liberal government bears heavy responsibility, but Jason Kenney is the man with the myth. It's his job to make it come true. [Pffft! Any one believing that will happen needs a head change. Kenney is pure and simple, a spinning ridiculous con job. A bigoted con job. One need only look to his past work as an MP for proof of that.]
Brian Finch
Kenney…full of BS as usual…
Neil Robert Reply to @Sal Toma:
Please. Kenney has been a total disaster since day one. Cancelling the oil by rail deal was a major mistake.
Elect a dumpster fire of a provincial government and we are surprised when the place burns down? I'm not. Kenney is the worst Premier since Allison Redford, and possibly exceeds her in short-sighted policy and unqualified ministers.
Jeremy Johnston
The UCP are just as responsible as anyone else for this disaster.
I find it apalling that postmedia is not being honest about why oil companies are leaving.
Junior Robertson
Kenney sold us a bill of goods. He has no idea if his tax giveaway will work and it's looking like it's not at this point. And his outrage over the NDP buying rail cars to move oil until the TMX gets built looks pretty darn phony now that he's decided to go ahead with the NDP's plan after all!
Don't blame me! I did not support nor vote for these UCP bumpkins.
Encana moving HQ from Calgary to the U.S., changing name to Ovintiv; CEO promises move won't affect Canadian staff, result in any layoffs by The Canadian Press with files from CBC News, Oct 31, 2019
Encana Corp., one of Canada's oldest and largest energy companies, is moving its corporate headquarters from Calgary to the United States.
The company, which is also changing its name to Ovintiv Inc., said Thursday that having a U.S. address will expose it to increasingly larger pools of investment in U.S. index funds and passively managed accounts, as well as better align it with its U.S. peers.
On a morning conference call, CEO Doug Suttles insisted [ooooo! that'll make me believe the liar!] the name and "corporate domicile" changes will not affect any Canadian staff, result in any layoffs, or divert investment strategies in oil and gas formations in Alberta and B.C.
"Make no mistake, we have a long and proud history in Canada, and our assets here are world class," he said.
[Like this? Comment to a Nikiforuk article in The Tyee.]
"Our returns in Canada continue to be every bit as strong as the rest of our portfolio. We will continue to make profitable investments in the Montney and the Duvernay, and manage these assets out of the Calgary office. We do not expect any impact on our Canadian workforce, either in the office or the field."
Suttles said the base change won't alter how the company runs its day-to-day activities.
"There'll be no movement of roles or responsibilities, no reduction in staff and actually no change to how we're allocating capital," he said during the conference call.
The company said it's hoped the plan, which still requires shareholder, stock exchange and court approval, would be in place early next year.
Thursday's announcement came after Encana announced a third-quarter profit of $149 million or 11 cents per share, up from a profit of $39 million or four cents per share a year ago.
Analysts react to Encana plans
Reaction to the news of the change of headquarters was mixed.
"This is a sad day for Canada's energy sector," said Deborah Yedlin, business commentator for CBC's Calgary Eyeopener.
"I was shocked like everybody else to see this, although some will say this was telegraphed as Encana has moved to make some significant acquisitions in the U.S."
[Oh please! "Shocked?" This has been in the works for years, starting with Encana hiring an American (liar ex BP executive) for its CEO position.]
She said Encana had already substantially changed its asset mix to include more U.S. elements, including shale plays.
"But I think this just adds to the overall uncertainty, weariness and anxiety because we are seeing companies looking elsewhere to invest their capital, and increasingly we're not seeing that capital invested in Canada."
Analysts said the move is not surprising given Encana's increased focus on oil and natural gas liquids plays in the United States over the past decade, culminating in its $5.5 billion US all-shares acquisition of U.S. rival Newfield Exploration Co. announced a year ago.
"I am not surprised at all by the move," said Jennifer Rowland, a U.S.-based analyst with Edward Jones.
"Post the Newfield deal, 60 per cent of Encana's production is in the U.S. and two of its key growth drivers are in the U.S. … Plus CEO Suttles doesn't live in Canada; he lives in Denver."
Phil Skolnick, an analyst with Eight Capital Research, said the headquarters move is bound to lead to speculation about a sale of Canadian operations.
"It will beg the question of whether or not ECA will eventually sell or spin out its Canadian assets. We believe in this current market, this is not in the works," he said in a report.
Deep Canadian roots
Encana can trace its roots to the Canadian Pacific Railway, which was granted subsurface mineral rights by the government of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, as compensation for assuming the risk of developing the railroad. These rights were later inherited by Encana's predecessors.
Previous iterations of the company included Pan Canadian Petroleum Ltd., formed in 1971, which merged with Alberta Energy Corp. to form EnCana in 2002. EnCana was split into natural gas-weighted Encana and oil company Cenovus Energy Corp. in 2009.
Encana was the largest gas producer in Canada for several years — Suttles said the name change is in part designed to cast off the association with natural gas, a commodity with overproduction in North America [driven by corporate and investor greed] that has led to depressed prices for years.
The name change is reminiscent of TransCanada Corp.'s move to officially drop the "Canada" from its name last May, renaming itself TC Energy Corp., a name it said better speaks to the breadth of its pipeline, power generation and energy storage businesses and its operations in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
Encana also plans a share consolidation that will see shareholders receive one share of Ovintiv for every five common shares of Encana. [Sounds like a super bad deal! Typical Encana] It plans to continue to trade on both the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.
'We need to schedule an autopsy audit to find out what happened here.' #business #audit #cartoon https://t.co/uvWMgLpPfh pic.twitter.com/RsHMMUWjVr
Encana's founding CEO laments company's 'disturbing' southward shift by Chris Varcoe, Oct 31, 2019, Calgary Herald
It should not come as a shock that Encana Corp. is uprooting its corporate flag and moving its headquarters to the United States.
It certainly didn't catch Gwyn Morgan off guard.
The founding CEO of the major Calgary-based petroleum producer, who retired in 2005, noted Encana's "centre of gravity" has been shifting for years.
When the company placed more focus on U.S. growth, or when current CEO Doug Suttles began working out of the company's offices in Denver, or Encana said it was adopting a "headquarter-less model," or made a US$7.7-billion purchase of Texas-based Newfield Exploration a year ago, the signs all pointed in the same direction.
Southbound. …
"This is a tragedy for Canada," [Embellish much? It's no tragedy. It's CAPP threat fodder.] said Alex Pourbaix, CEO of Cenovus Energy, the Calgary-based oilsands producer that was spun out of Encana in 2009.
… Encana was created following the blockbuster announcement in January 2002 that Alberta Energy Co. and PanCanadian Energy Corp. would merge in a $27-billion union. The company's name even fused the words "energy" with Canada to promote its brand.
By the time Morgan retired last decade, Encana was the largest company in Canada by market capitalization, ahead of the country's big banks.
"It was a fulfilment of what I called my lifelong ambition to create a great Canadian-headquartered company that wouldn't go, that would never be taken over, and move to somewhere else," he added.
"But I never expected that the company would end up, if I can put it this way, exporting itself to the U.S." …
However, Morgan isn't convinced the changes are minor, noting a head office means more than just a place to call home. It means having corporate positions centralized in the city, spending money in the local economy, remaining active in local sponsorships and charitable work [See! The threats are flying already!], and having a sharper focus on its home turf.
"There's just a big difference overall when the decisions are being made somewhere else about the business sector in your country," he said.
You also don't have to look very far to see the constant challenges the Canadian oilpatch faces.
On the same day as Encana unveiled its new name and is moving its base to the U.S., the Alberta government announced it's modifying its oil curtailment program, allowing companies with extra crude-by-rail capacity to produce more than their provincial quotas. …
Encana moving to the U.S., changing name as Canada becomes a dirty word in the oilpatch, The oil and gas producer is dropping the link to Canada from its name and will be known as Ovintiv by Kevin Orland, October 31, 2019, Financial Post
Canada's beleaguered energy sector suffered another morale blow as Encana Corp. — one of its marquee companies that was born out of the 19th-century railway boom — announced plans to move its headquarters to the U.S. and drop the link to Canada from its name. [Is Kenney's witch hunter, Steve Allen, going to force the running for the hills corporation to testify at his War Room Inquiry? Or is his inquiry why Encana is on the run, changing its name?]
The Calgary-based company said Thursday that it will establish a corporate domicile in the U.S. early next year, pending various approvals, and rebrand under the name Ovintiv Inc.
The shares fell as much as 9.2 per cent in Toronto.
Retraining oil and gas workers sounds like an easy solution, but the reality is incredibly complex
Encana cuts 15% of workforce and 35% of executives after buying Newfield Exploration
The move is likely to intensify the gloom already hanging over the Canadian energy industry, which has suffered from a lack of pipeline space that has choked off prospects for growth, prompting foreign companies to ditch more than US$30 billion of assets in the past three years. Encana joins pipeline owner TransCanada Corp., which changed its name to TC Energy Corp. earlier this year.
For Encana, the move is a logical shift since Doug Suttles, a Texan, took over as chief executive officer in 2013. Suttles soon set about selling Canadian assets and building a major position in the U.S. through the purchase of Permian driller Athlon Energy and the acquisition of Freeport-McMoRan Inc.'s Eagle Ford shale assets. The company moved into the Scoop and Stack shale fields in Oklahoma, the Bakken region of North Dakota and the Uinta play in Utah with its purchase of Newfield Exploration, which closed in February.
In March of last year, Suttles moved to Denver and said in November that he envisioned Encana as a "headquarterless" company. Last quarter, he lamented on the company's earnings conference call that Encana shares hadn't yet achieved the valuation worthy of a "premium" exploration and development company.
"A domicile in the United States will expose our company to increasingly larger pools of investment in U.S. index funds and passively managed accounts, as well as better align us with our U.S. peers," Suttles said in a statement Thursday.
SHARE SWAP
As part of the corporate shift, shareholders will get one common share of Ovintiv for every five shares of Encana. The move needs the support of two-thirds of votes cast at a shareholders meeting early next year.
Encana traces its Canadian roots back to the late 1800s, when the Canadian Pacific Railway accidentally discovered natural gas while drilling a water well for workers. The company was eventually spun out from Canadian Pacific and took the name EnCana in 2002. Encana then spun off its oilsands business into Cenovus Energy Inc. in 2009.
Both stocks have underperformed since then, with Encana down 78 per cent including dividends, while Cenovus has dropped 48 per cent. Canada's benchmark stock gauge has doubled in the same period.
Separately, Encana reported third-quarter adjusted operating earnings that were in line with estimates. The company raised its 2019 production outlook while maintaining its capital spending guidance, and said Permian output rose to a quarterly record while Anadarko production climbed 13 per cent from a year earlier.
Two of the comments:
John Berlinsky
Encana has been the worst managed and worst performing major Canadian energy company since it divided from Cenovus in 2009, with much of the blame attributable to founder and former Chief Executive Officer Gwyn Morgan. Now it is heading down to the States where it will no doubt be broken up completely and sold for spare parts.
Andre P.
… Encana has been badly manage since it's creation. …
No wonder Encana needs to change its name, again.
B.C. horse breeder recounts fracking sour gas leak scare caused by Encana
Failure Investigation Report by the BC OGC: Failure of Piping at EnCana Swan Wellsite A5-7-77-14 L W6M
$250000 in community safety projects following Encana deadly sour gas leak
EnCana Corporation facing criminal charges
The Ministry of Environment has charged EnCana following a sour gas leak in November 2009. The Ministry has filed two charges against the company. The company is charged with introducing business-related waste into the environment and failing to report a spill of a polluting substance. … The leak was caused after sand had eroded a piece of pipeline infrastructure, called a 'Tee'.
Is Encana pulling out of Drumheller?
Isn't frac'ing supposed to create massive prosperity and jobs? Encana proves it isn't so!
Moving-On-To-Greener-Frac-Pastures: After paying 5 times maximum fine to escape criminal charges and finding it "could not develop the necessary techniques to drill and complete Collingwood wells…to obtain a favorable rate of return," Encana leaving Michigan
2014 06: Chesapeake faces new charges on Michigan leasing; Encana settled criminal charges by paying 5 times the maximum penality
2014 05: After Encana agrees to pay $5Million fine in antitrust case, Michigan's Attorney General dismisses second criminal charge against Encana
2014 05:Encana and Chesapeake Criminal Anti-trust Hearing in Michigan: Encana pleads "no contest" and buys its way out on the first day with $5 Million Settlement
Encana CEO Randy Eresman retires suddenly, News release confirms top executive stepping down after 35 years
2014 05: Dream home now a nightmare, Encana Fracking transform couple's haven into environmental mess
In fact, an early offer by Encana to test Gary's well—on their dime—before the fracking operation was construed as conformation that water contamination was a possibility. They never did perform the test, however, and flat out refused to do so once they labeled Gary an "extreme environmental terrorist" for asking questions and taking photos at the Beaver Creek well site. Gary didn't stop inquiring or questioning, though.
A misty cloud of chemical-laced water spray hung overhead and the noise was unlike anything Gary had ever experienced. "For four weeks it was ten times worse than any assembly line shop noise I've ever heard," Gary says. "It was endless. It was a 24/7 operation."…
"July 2013 consisted of Encana, flares, pipelines, removal of magnificent red pines, destruction of my personal trees, public road destruction and road blockage, and almost having a major heart attack after seeing what Encana, the logging company and major pipeline has done to my once beautiful up north property," he says. Gary has found selling the home all but impossible—in fact even an attempt to give it away fell flat. "Five people were interested in purchasing it but they all walked away after the environmental disclosure which is required by law,"
2008 01 08: Encana Passes the Buck on Contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming
With all the crafty calculation of an O.J. Simpson defense lawyer, EnCana's "geology consultant" found all kinds of other explanations for the degradation of the groundwater the Meeks and Locker families used to rely on. On contract to the developer, Anthony Gorody pointed his finger at the families' neighbors––and the families themselves.
Encana spends $3.1 Billion to enter Eagle Ford shale, but breaks 2006 written promise to provide necessary water to water well owners harmed by Encana's ultra shallow fracing
Liars! Encana nastily never provided safe water to Ronalie and Shawn Campbell, Graffs, Signers, Kenneys (yes you read that name correctly), Rosebud hamlet, Ricards, Ernst, etc etc etc and brutally took the Lauridsens' (with three children) water deliveries away.
Rosebud included? Brookfield Capital Partner's Ember Resources buys most of Encana's "fee-lands" (royalty-free) in Alberta's Horseshoe Canyon play; Ember will be one of Prairie Sky's biggest payees, paying 5 percent overriding royalty
What's Encana up to this time? Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Announces Investigation of Athlon Energy Inc. Over Proposed Sale of Company to Encana Corporation
As unconventional ponzi scheme implodes, Are Encana's greedy law violations taking the company down?
Does it get any more terrifying than this? Encana dumping frac water wars on Canadian pensioners? Encana sells troubled Colorado assets for nearly $1 Billion US to entity 95% owned by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Battered Encana taps former BP exec Doug Suttles, who reportedly covered-up the extent of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, as new CEO
Investors sue BP's ex-CEO Tony Hayward and Doug Suttles, now Encana CEO; Encana chops executives, five senior managers gone including USA President Jeff Wojahn, who headed the unit when it was accused of collusion
BP to Pay $175 Million to settle claims to US investors that "its managers lied about" size of 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill; Current Encana CEO Doug Suttles was one of those managers
New Encana head Doug Suttles [past senior BP executive who reportedly lied about the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon disaster] plays cards close to chest
Top 100 People Killing the Planet, Includes Encana's CEO Doug Suttles
Encana CEO Doug Suttles said Notley had called on her own initiative to discuss energy issues: "Let's make sure we talk as you consider alternatives"
Encana vows to fight Colorado offset vote, anti-humanity CEO Suttles says move to separate homes and wells is 'detrimental'
Encana's Supersize Spatial Intensity Frac Cube Experiment Fails
Encana well blowout after fracking leaves oily mess of spewing natural gas, propane, butane, benzene and toluene, forces 2 dozen families from their homes in Karnes County, Evacuees anxious to see the damage to their homes
Interactive: Calgary's top-paid executives include more than a few millionaires [including near $14 million for Doug Suttles and $8 million for Randy Eresman] by Calgary Herald, June 12, 2014
Calgary Executive Million Dollar Bonuses Increased 40.6% in 2016, Comparatively Nothing Paid to Clean Up Liabilities/Abandoned Wells/Facilities
Cenovus (split from Encana after Ernst lawsuit papers served on the company) continues hoarding with $3.7B cash
In Texas, energy companies cut nearly 6,000 jobs over past four months. In western Canada, Husky cutting hundreds of jobs, most cuts in Calgary. Kenney's $4.5 billion in corporate tax cuts obviously not enough to feed the greed
"Canada" becoming a dirty word or has "Encana" been a dirty word for years? Name change to Ovintiv brings investors 9.3% drop, biggest drop in a year. Erectile Dysfunction?
Ovintiv = Cross between Ovaltine in a vintage container and a vagina
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Seo Ye-ji and Kim Soo-hyun Consider "Psycho, But It's Okay"
Seo Ye-ji and Kim Soo-hyun could come together with "Psycho, But It's Okay".
TvN announced that Seo Ye-ji was reviewing the offer for "Psycho, But It's Okay".
She was offered the role of Go Moon-yeong, a popular children's cultural writer who suffers from antisocial personality disorder.
"Psycho, But It's Okay" was supposed to be Kim Soo-hyun's comeback drama. It is directed by Park Shin-woo, written by Jo Yong and aims for a release in the early half of next year.
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"Seo Ye-ji and Kim Soo-hyun Consider "Psycho, But It's Okay""
Psycho, But It's Okay
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017. The Libra Group is very proud to be on the Corporate Mentoring Challenge Honor Roll at the 2017 National Mentorship Summit, in Washington, D.C., for a second time. Launched by former First Lady Michelle Obama at the 2011 National Mentoring Summit, the Corporate Mentoring Challenge promotes and recognizes private-sector engagement and support of quality youth mentoring.
Mentoring is a key aspect of several Libra Group social responsibility initiatives. The Libra Group believes mentors serve as role models in exploring career pathways and helping mentees develop the skills necessary to successfully pursue jobs, business or internships. Part of the philosophy of Libra Group is that we mentor and empower young people through the Libra Mentorship Program, The Libra Internship Program, as well as entrepreneurs with The Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award and The American Entrepreneurship Award. There have been over 120 mentors across Libra Group that have mentored approximately 600 people throughout these Libra Group Social Responsibility Programs, to date.
The Libra Mentorship Program was launched in the United States initially, with 20 mentorships and continues to grow to include more of Libra's locations around the globe. Our Mentorship Program comprises year-long mentorships for selected individuals – principally young people, first generation college students, and students who face socio-economic challenges. The Mentorship Program committee ensures the successful matching of mentors and mentees with several organizations including Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA), and Miami Dade College (MDC).
The Libra Internship Program was launched in 2011 and it is a truly international, unique opportunity for 150 bright, talented young people with proven leadership potential to undertake a paid placement of up to four months' duration with the Libra Group and its businesses around the world. One of the core features of the Internship Program is the Buddy and Mentor Program. Our interns work alongside industry professionals and each is assigned a dedicated mentor and 'buddy' who help them learn about our businesses, strategy and management philosophy while they further develop the skills that will help define their future. Goal-setting, coupled with performance reviews and constructive feedback provided by mentors, are all features of the program enabling interns to refine skills and develop self-knowledge.
Our Entrepreneurship Awards, the Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award (HEA) and the American Entrepreneurship Award (AEA) were created to support entrepreneurship and provide practical support in targeted areas of Greece, Bronx, NY and Miami Dade County, FL. One of the most important elements of the prizes are the range of support services the businesses are given in the form of an expert mentor who guides the entrepreneurs, makes introductions to others, and encouraging them towards their next business goals. The HEA and AEA have mentored countless entrepreneurs throughout the ecosystems of Greece, Miami, and the Bronx.


Safi-ad-din was of Kurdish origins. According to Minorsky, Sheykh Safi al-Din's ancestor Firuz-shah was a rich man, lived in Gilan and then Kurdish kings gave him Ardabil and its dependencies. Minorsky refers to Sheykh Safi al-Din's claims tracing back his origins to Ali ibn Abu Talib, but expresses uncertainty about this. The shrine was built between the beginning of the 16th century and the end of the 18th century, this place of spiritual retreat in the Sufi tradition uses Iranian traditional architectural forms to maximize use of available space to accommodate a variety of functions (including a library, a mosque, a school, mausolea, a cistern, a hospital, kitchens, a bakery, and some offices).


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It's great to spend time in the yard over summer, especially to enjoy the company of friends whilst tucking into a BBQ in the last rays of the warm day. Don't forget to add a new twist to your outside area and think about adding new turf if it's looking tired and brown. If the grass is beyond the help of a good water and grass seed, then think about getting some help to re-landscape. Add a fresh twist by planting new plants and flowers. It's a good idea to get to grips with the kind of soil you're working with, that is, whether it's acidic or alkaline. Once you know what can and can't grow in the soil you have, then you begin designing your flowers borders and potted plant area. Plants are phenomenally good at brightening up space, so think about adding many more to your yard in time for summer.


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B&C World's Record Gallery
We all know there is more to hunting and conservation than the final score of a big game trophy. However, it is important to take a look at the history of records keeping and celebrate those big game trophies that hold the top spot in their respective categories. These records are part of a large data set that measures conservation success.
Below is the complete gallery of all of Boone and Crockett Club's current World's Records. Click to read the story about how each trophy became the Number One in its category.
Looking to dig deeper into our data?
Visit Big Game Records LIVE
Interested in State Big Game Records?
View B&C's Big Game State Records
Alaska Brown Bear
Atlantic Walrus
Pacific Walrus
American Elk - Typical
American Elk - Non-typical
Roosevelt's Elk
Tule Elk
Mule Deer - Typical
Mule Deer - Non-typical
Columbia Blacktail - Typical
Columbia Blacktail - Non-typical
Sitka Blacktail - Typical
Sitka Blacktail - Non-typical
Whitetail Deer - Typical
Whitetail Deer - Non-typical
Coues' Whitetail - Typical
Coues' Whitetail - Non-typical
Canada Moose
Alaska-Yukon Moose
Shiras' Moose
Mountain Caribou
Barren Ground Caribou
Central Canada Barren Ground Caribou
Quebec-Labrador Caribou
NEW! Rocky Mountain Goat
Musk Ox - Tie!
Musk-Ox - Tie!
Desert Sheep
Dall's Sheep
Stone's Sheep
Measuring big game animals and publishing those records began more than a century ago with the release of a book in 1892 by Rowland Ward, Ltd., titled Records of Big Game. This book established the first benchmarks for what constituted a trophy. It did not glorify the hunter or the means by which the animal was taken. The Rowland Ward book focused on outstanding trophies from around the world with minimal attention paid to the magnificent North American trophies, as the cost of sending these new world trophies across the Atlantic Ocean for official measurement and possible publication was significant.
Boone and Crockett Club's involvement with records keeping actually goes all the way back to its very roots. Theodore Roosevelt, George Bird Grinnell, and Archibald Rogers, all founding fathers of B&C served as Competition Judges for the first-ever Sportsman's Exposition held at Madison Square Garden in 1895, which became an annual event.
In 1902, Roosevelt, Rogers, and Caspar Whitney were appointed by the Club's board of directors to a committee assigned the task of creating a "standard" scoring procedure for native North American big game. In 1906 Professional B&C member James H. Kidder, chairman of the Committee on Big Game Measurements, was published. This leather-bound, pocket-sized book titled, Big Game Measurements: Game Book of the Boone and Crockett Club. This early Club scoring manual detailed a "standard" but inadequate procedure for measuring 17 categories of big game.
In 1932, Prentiss N. Gray, a long-time Club member, authored the Club's first big-game records book titled, Records of North American Big Game. It was published under the auspices of the National Collection of Heads and Horns, New York Zoological Society. The measurements were quite simple, the length of skull, or the longer antler or horn, plus a basal circumference.
In 1949, Samuel B. Webb, well-known to major Club members and a close friend of both Grancel Fitz and Dr. James L. Clark, was chosen to chair a special committee of the Club to devise an equitable, objective measurement system for native North American big game. In addition to Webb, Fitz, and Clark, the committee members included Dr. Harold E. Anthony, Milford Baker, and Frederick K. Barbour. All were experienced big game hunters with strong interest in giving recognition to exceptional big game trophies. Dr. Anthony was an Associate Curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The committee worked during the year to arrive at the system adopted by the Boone and Crockett Club in 1950.
The scoring system developed by Boone and Crockett Club members over the years with extensive input from wildlife experts across North America, is basically the same today as it was in 1950, with a limited number of changes and improvements in the precise methodology. Improvements are especially made when new scoring situations are encountered that have never before been seen.
The Importance of Records in Big Game Management
When you enter your trophy into the Boone and Crockett system, you aren't just honoring the animal and its habitat. You are participating in a data collection system that started in the 1920s and was refined by Club members in 1950. Today, there are nearly 60,000 trophy records. By establishing a records database more than 70 years ago, the Boone and Crockett Club established a scientific baseline from which researchers can use to study wildlife management. If you're still on the fence about entering your trophy, we encourage you to read Why Should I Bother to Enter My Trophy. To the best of our ability, we ensure that the trophies entered into the records were taken in accordance with the tenets of fair chase ethics. Despite what some may think, the Boone and Crockett records are not about a name or a score in a book—because in the end, there's so much more to the score.
Big Game Records


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Home Entertainment Industry How The Avengers Became the Most Bankable Franchise Ever
How The Avengers Became the Most Bankable Franchise Ever
The road to a $1.2 billion opening weekend was paved with a lot of previous movies
The Avengers: Endgame has already obliterated all box office records with its $1.2 billion opening weekend, and now eight of the top 20 highest-grossing films of all time are Avengers movies. Meanwhile, mega-franchises like Harry Potter and Star Wars have only one and two spots, respectively, and poor old D.C. doesn't make the list at all. How did this happen?
Sheer, relentless volume
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqEVfotgTa3/
There have been 22 Avengers movies (known to fandom as "the Infinity Saga") since 2008, while Potter put out eight pictures in ten years, and Star Wars put out ten in 42 years. In the last decade, hardly a month's gone by without some sort of Avengers buzz because one was always coming, had just landed, or had just gone. If you're always at bat, you're gonna get hits.
There's something for everyone
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Just as there are Cat People and Dog People, there are Thor People and Black Widow People, Groot People and Scarlett Witch People, and, yes, millions of Captain Marvel People—and this franchise has them all, plus a dozen more. Likewise, whether you want to be scared, sad, or laugh till you blow Mr. Pibb out your nose, there's something here for almost every kind of moviegoer.
They're not bogged down by expectations
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Even if you grew up with Iron Man Underoos and a Captain America lunchbox, that was probably the last time you'd thought about them when Iron Man first hit screens. Aside from a few choppy cartoons back in the day, these icons had been in a pop culture abyss for decades when they suddenly returned, so anything they did had a good shot at bringing on the warm fuzzies. Batman and Superman, however, each had four major studio films apiece—many of them lame—before their 21st Century rebirths.
Kids can enjoy them too
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Not to keep beating up on our non-Marvel heroes, but it's a rare parent who's taking their tots to watch Superman snap Zod's neck or the Joker put a pencil through a thug's eye. Darker epics are awesome, especially The Dark Knight, but movies that make kids scream for a nightlight definitely miss out on a huge part of the market.
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Q: SQL Server JSON_Modify, How to Update all? i am trying update all columns with a value with Json_Modify:
DECLARE @JSON NVARCHAR(MAX)
SET @JSON =
N'{
"A":1,
"TMP": [
    {"A":"VALUE1", "B": "VALUE2", "C": 1},
    {"A":"VALUE3", "B": "VALUE4", "C": 2},
    {"A":"VALUE5", "B": "VALUE6", "C": 3}]}
'

SET @JSON = JSON_MODIFY(@JSON, '$.TMP.A', 'JEJE')

SELECT * FROM OPENJSON(@JSON, '$.TMP') WITH ( A NCHAR(10), B NCHAR(10), C INT )

I need update all columns "A" with "JEJE" for example, it is not working.

A: Here are two options. Disclaimer: I am not a pro at JSON through sql server 2016, but I have hacked some stuff together.
Option 1: You are clearly creating a result set from the JSON string. Why not create the result set and then update it?
DECLARE @jsontable TABLE (A varchar(50), b varchar(50), c varchar(50))
DECLARE @JSON NVARCHAR(MAX)

SET @JSON =
N'{
"A":1,
"TMP": [
    {"A":"VALUE1", "B": "VALUE2", "C": 1},
    {"A":"VALUE3", "B": "VALUE4", "C": 2},
    {"A":"VALUE5", "B": "VALUE6", "C": 3}]}
'

--SET @JSON = JSON_MODIFY(@JSON, '$.TMP.A', 'JEJE')
INSERT INTO @jsontable (a,b,c)
SELECT * FROM OPENJSON(@JSON, '$.TMP') WITH ( A NCHAR(10), B NCHAR(10), C INT )

UPDATE @jsontable
SET a = 'JEJE'

SELECT *
FROM @jsontable

Option 2: you can manipulate the JSON components, but you have to pass the index to the function.
DECLARE @JSON NVARCHAR(MAX)
SET @JSON =
N'{
"A":1,
"TMP": [
    {"A":"VALUE1", "B": "VALUE2", "C": 1},
    {"A":"VALUE3", "B": "VALUE4", "C": 2},
    {"A":"VALUE5", "B": "VALUE6", "C": 3}]}
'

SET @JSON = JSON_MODIFY(@JSON, '$.TMP[0].A', 'JEJE')
SET @JSON = JSON_MODIFY(@JSON, '$.TMP[1].A', 'JEJE')
SET @JSON = JSON_MODIFY(@JSON, '$.TMP[2].A', 'JEJE')

SELECT * FROM OPENJSON(@JSON, '$.TMP') WITH ( A NCHAR(10), B NCHAR(10), C INT )

A: If you are storing the array in a field, you can do the following:
UPDATE some_table SET
    some_field = '[' + (
        SELECT
            STRING_AGG(JSON_MODIFY([value],'$.A', 'JEJE'), ',') WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY CAST([key] AS int))
        FROM
            OPENJSON(some_field)
    ) + ']'

A: I think this can be help:
CREATE PROCEDURE SP__SYSTEM___UPDATE_COLUMN_FROM_JSON
    @JSON NVARCHAR(MAX) OUTPUT,
    @COLUMN VARCHAR(50),
    @NEW_VALUE VARCHAR(50)
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @QUERY NVARCHAR(MAX)
    DECLARE @INDEX INT = 0

    WHILE @INDEX < (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM OPENJSON(@JSON))
    BEGIN
        SELECT @QUERY = CONCAT(N'SELECT @JSON = JSON_MODIFY(@JSON, ''$[', @INDEX, N'].',@COLUMN,''', ',@NEW_VALUE,')')
        EXEC SP_EXECUTESQL @QUERY, N'@JSON NVARCHAR(MAX) OUTPUT', @JSON = @JSON OUTPUT
        SET @INDEX = @INDEX + 1
    END
END

And you execute it like that:
BEGIN
    DECLARE @JSON VARCHAR(MAX) = '[{"ID":1,"USERID":0},{"ID":2,"USERID":0},{"ID":3,"USERID":0}]'
    EXEC SP__SYSTEM___UPDATE_COLUMN_FROM_JSON @JSON OUTPUT, 'USERID', '100'
    SELECT @JSON
END

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Businesses and individuals establish their presence on the internet through Web Hosting and Video Hosting and even Shared Web Hosting. Entities can set-up short term and long term hubs in the virtual world by buying the space from a web hosting company. Once a name has been decided upon the website is ready to begin operation. But it is imperative to choose a good and reliable website hosting provider. There are many players in the market, but who can cater to your needs is the vital question.
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David Ruppe
In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba.
Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities.
The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public and the international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's then new leader, communist Fidel Castro.
America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. military casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation."
Details of the plans are described in Body of Secrets (Doubleday), a new book by investigative reporter James Bamford about the history of America's largest spy agency, the National Security Agency. However, the plans were not connected to the agency, he notes.
The plans had the written approval of all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and were presented to President Kennedy's defense secretary, Robert McNamara, in March 1962. But they apparently were rejected by the civilian leadership and have gone undisclosed for nearly 40 years.
"These were Joint Chiefs of Staff documents. The reason these were held secret for so long is the Joint Chiefs never wanted to give these up because they were so embarrassing," Bamford told ABCNEWS.com.
"The whole point of a democracy is to have leaders responding to the public will, and here this is the complete reverse, the military trying to trick the American people into a war that they want but that nobody else wants."
Gunning for War
The documents show "the Joint Chiefs of Staff drew up and approved plans for what may be the most corrupt plan ever created by the U.S. government," writes Bamford.
The Joint Chiefs even proposed using the potential death of astronaut John Glenn during the first attempt to put an American into orbit as a false pretext for war with Cuba, the documents show.
Should the rocket explode and kill Glenn, they wrote, "the objective is to provide irrevocable proof … that the fault lies with the Communists et all Cuba [sic]."
The plans were motivated by an intense desire among senior military leaders to depose Castro, who seized power in 1959 to become the first communist leader in the Western Hemisphere — only 90 miles from U.S. shores.
The earlier CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles had been a disastrous failure, in which the military was not allowed to provide firepower.The military leaders now wanted a shot at it.
"The whole thing was so bizarre," says Bamford, noting public and international support would be needed for an invasion, but apparently neither the American public, nor the Cuban public, wanted to see U.S. troops deployed to drive out Castro.
Reflecting this, the U.S. plan called for establishing prolonged military — not democratic — control over the island nation after the invasion.
"That's what we're supposed to be freeing them from," Bamford says. "The only way we would have succeeded is by doing exactly what the Russians were doing all over the world, by imposing a government by tyranny, basically what we were accusing Castro himself of doing."
'Over the Edge'
The Joint Chiefs at the time were headed by Eisenhower appointee Army Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, who, with the signed plans in hand made a pitch to McNamara on March 13, 1962, recommending Operation Northwoods be run by the military.
Whether the Joint Chiefs' plans were rejected by McNamara in the meeting is not clear. But three days later, President Kennedy told Lemnitzer directly there was virtually no possibility of ever using overt force to take Cuba, Bamford reports. Within months, Lemnitzer would be denied another term as chairman and transferred to another job.
The secret plans came at a time when there was distrust in the military leadership about their civilian leadership, with leaders in the Kennedy administration viewed as too liberal, insufficiently experienced and soft on communism. At the same time, however, there real were concerns in American society about their military overstepping its bounds.
There were reports U.S. military leaders had encouraged their subordinates to vote conservative during the election.
And at least two popular books were published focusing on a right-wing military leadership pushing the limits against government policy of the day.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee published its own report on right-wing extremism in the military, warning a "considerable danger" in the "education and propaganda activities of military personnel" had been uncovered. The committee even called for an examination of any ties between Lemnitzer and right-wing groups. But Congress didn't get wind of Northwoods, says Bamford.
"Although no one in Congress could have known at the time," he writes, "Lemnitzer and the Joint Chiefs had quietly slipped over the edge."
Even after Lemnitzer was gone, he writes, the Joint Chiefs continued to plan "pretext" operations at least through 1963.
One idea was to create a war between Cuba and another Latin American country so that the United States could intervene. Another was to pay someone in the Castro government to attack U.S. forces at the Guantanamo naval base — an act, which Bamford notes, would have amounted to treason. And another was to fly low level U-2 flights over Cuba, with the intention of having one shot down as a pretext for a war.
"There really was a worry at the time about the military going off crazy and they did, but they never succeeded, but it wasn't for lack of trying," he says.
After 40 Years
Ironically, the documents came to light, says Bamford, in part because of the 1992 Oliver Stone film JFK, which examined the possibility of a conspiracy behind the assassination of President Kennedy.
As public interest in the assassination swelled after JFK's release, Congress passed a law designed to increase the public's access to government records related to the assassination.
The author says a friend on the board tipped him off to the documents.
Afraid of a congressional investigation, Lemnitzer had ordered all Joint Chiefs documents related to the Bay of Pigs destroyed, says Bamford. But somehow, these remained.
"The scary thing is none of this stuff comes out until 40 years after," says Bamford.
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The UGC has amended regulations regarding the Academic Performance Index (API)—a mandatory requirement for universities and colleges to select and promote faculty members.
For decades, students and academicians have been demanding reforms both in the functioning of the higher education regulatory body, the University Grants Commission (UGC), and higher education in general. A number of new initiatives have been announced by the UGC.
Among other things, the granting of deemed university status will be made easier. Then there are new regulations for deemed universities, according to which there will be no bar on the number of off-campus centres such institutions may set up, even as quality has to be assured. Student-specific reforms include increase in the period of maternity leaves for PhD scholars. Also, foreign-university collaboration has been made simpler for colleges and universities.
G Viswanathan, president, Education Promotion Society for India, and chancellor, VIT, Vellore, is of the opinion that some salient decisions like bringing total transparency and objectivity in the sanctioning process for new institutions would bring about a complete change in the mindset of regulatory agencies under the domain of HRD ministry. "The time-frame for academic experts to submit their reports and to completely videograph their inspections and upload the same on the UGC website within 24 hours is going to be a big relief for the private sector," he said.
At the same time, there are several areas where the UGC still needs to focus. Jaswal believes that providing more scholarships, particularly to women, and financial support through higher non-NET scholarships to help older scholars is needed. "More infrastructural support such as hostels, library and grants for attending and presenting in conferences and seminars for doctoral scholars as well as financial support to young faculty to undertake research and research dissemination are some areas where the UGC needs to work," added Jaswal.
Clearly, even as the HRD ministry's efforts signal a better future for India—the New Education Policy is also on the anvil—regulatory bodies, including the UGC and the AICTE, must work as true enablers of such initiatives.


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FOX Channel to Take Another Shot at 'Alien Nation'
Posted by Krypton Radio | May 15, 2014 | Movies / Video / Theater
by Alicia Glass, contributing writer
Way back in the 80's, we were blessed with the interesting mix of genres known as the Alien Nation movie, starring James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp and Peter Jason, among others. The film was a lasting success and spawned a wildly popular TV show spinoff, and many other made-for-TV movies based on original elements from the original film. Graced to us rabid fans by Rockne S. O'Bannon, the genius behind such amazements as Farscape and Defiance, the movie defined the "buddy cop" movie with a twist as we know it. Fox tried to reboot the show back in 2009, but it never even got to the small screen, which is a shame.
Well, they're gonna try it again! The movie (and shows) main themes of tolerance toward Newcomer aliens, the struggles of the disaffected trying to integrate into our society, and of course the inevitable decline of society by the criminal element, are all things that can be re-imagined in a great futuristic buddy cop show, like Almost Human. And here in 2014, we have all kinds of technological advances, to try and make the visuals of the small screen just as astounding as the big screen blockbusters. But where will that lead us? At its original heart, Alien Nation was a human (and yes, alien) drama, so let us hope that plot isn't sacrificed for drop-dead visuals, a la most of the Stargate franchise.
Mark Roybal and Ryan Jones are Executive Producers for the show, and are still in the process of finding writers to develop a script. No word yet on actors, roles, or even if the new Alien Nation will be a true reboot or a stand-alone based on original AN concepts. These guys better hurry, if they want to stand any chance at going up against newcomer titans like Gotham and Constantine.
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the mama 'hood blog-Rattlesnake Slide; The extreme importance of self-care.
Rattlesnake Slide; The extreme importance of self-care.
A few weeks ago I was hiking with my husband and kids in the hopes of going climbing at a small area not far from our house. Neither my husband nor I had been there before and it was a hot dry day to be out with a four and six-year-old and have high expectations. Knowing that they didn't have much left in them and we had obviously passed the trailhead to the climbing area, I went on a quick off trail mission to locate the crag in order to scope it for our next attempt. The next thing I knew I was on a loose scree slope and hearing a rattlesnake's rattle. My adrenaline surged when I glanced at my snake friend, clearly a youth, and simultaneously slipped and started sliding down the scree. Knowing that the young ones like to unload their entire venom arsenal I was terrified to see the snake sliding along above me and insanely grateful when I managed to run my way out of it without with just an abrasion on my arm and not a bite. Whew! I made it.
Meditate. Just do it. You may not think you are doing it right. You will be thinking a lot of the time. Just do it 5 minutes a day at least for 30 days until it becomes a habit, and then do it more. Pay attention to your breath. Focus inward a bit every day. Express gratitude in your own head for your own life and if you need guidance, look to Susan Piver, she's amazing.
Move in Nature. Exercise is great. Running, walking, skiing, climbing, dancing, yoga… I don't care what you do, if you can do it outside in nature I believe it is much better for you. When I see people running on a treadmill watching stress and fear inducing television programing I think to myself, "what in the world are they getting out of that?". If and when possible, get your exercise out in the open where you can think bigger and breath fresh air (hopefully unless you are in the Central Valley).
Change Something about the way you Eat. I used to hate fad diets and discount them at all costs. Lately I have done a few (Whole30 and the Plan) and I found great pleasure in learning some new recipes, observing the way my body responds to different foods, and just THINKING more about what and how I eat. My kids ask about whether something has too much sugar, and what's good for them and why because my husband and I have been much more intentional about our eating. We all fall into patterns and habits with our diet. Change it up now and then, you might just learn something.
Sleep well. If you don't sleep well, I know this is a hard pill to swallow. RIGHT just sleep well, it's THAT easy! I get that sometimes it is not that easy, but what are you ACTIVELY doing to change it if you are not sleeping well. Have you tried consistently going to bed earlier? Have you logged how much sleep you REALLY need? Have you looked at the room and the bed you sleep in to see if it's ideal for sleeping (dark, quiet, cool, comfy)? If your schedule doesn't allow you to sleep enough, what can you cut out? This is YEARS off your life and if you are not sleeping well, so maybe late night TV should be cut. The right homeopathic remedy can help you sleep better if you have tried the items above. If you need a drug to sleep, something is not right.
Express Gratitude. Every night around the dinner table we exchange three things that we are grateful for. It's amazing the things my kids come up with (but the constant is "Daddy coming home from work"). When you express gratitude you decrease your stress hormones and you are happier. Writing thank you notes and doing little things for friends and family can make YOU much happier. In this world of constant online communication and stimulation, take time to look people in the eye and thank them. Meditate on it. Gratitude blossoms love.
As I was sliding down the hill thinking I might be bit by a rattlesnake at any moment, these practices didn't pop up and provide me with a coat of armor. However, with a few years of meditating under my belt and self-care being something I do as well as talk to people about ALL THE TIME in my line of work, I know that in their own way, they really would have protected me if the bite had happened. I weather things much better and I walk through life MUCH happier because I practice these things every day. I know that implementing these practices might not be easy for you, and if I can be of some help, please feel free to REACH OUT! If you are doing all these things, I would assume you would not have read this far. Or maybe you skimmed down to here to find out that I DIDN'T GET BIT BY A RATTLESNAKE. Carry on with your lovely life and thanks for reading!
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Q: Query about an Async operation inside getViews in listView I was going through this article http://lucasr.org/2012/04/05/performance-tips-for-androids-listview/
to understand the specifics of a task I had at hand .
I had to start a task to download an Image from the internet which I would display at each row .
I do not understand how the following code would work (copied from the article link I posted)
   public View getView(int position, View convertView,
        ViewGroup parent) {
    ViewHolder holder;

    ...

    holder.position = position;

    new ThumbnailTask(position, holder)
            .executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR, null);

    return convertView;
}

private static class ThumbnailTask extends AsyncTask {
    private int mPosition;
    private ViewHolder mHolder;

    public ThumbnailTask(int position, ViewHolder holder) {
        mPosition = position;
        mHolder = holder;
    }

    @Override
    protected Cursor doInBackground(Void... arg0) {
        // Download bitmap here
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(Bitmap bitmap) {
        if (mHolder.position == mPosition) {
            mHolder.thumbnail.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
        }
    }
}

private static class ViewHolder {
    public ImageView thumbnail;
    public int position;
}

Now what I dont understand is that how would the if condition inside onPostExecute work ? .
mHolder.position=mPosition . Both the values were given to the task when it was being initialized.
If the views behind are even recycled , how does that affect the mPosition variable inside the AsyncTask ? The task was already launched for example with the mPosition value 2 .
Now when the view is recycled and the position is 15 , how will this be reflected in the task initiated with mPosition  = 2 ?
Please aid .
Thanks

A: Constructor of ThumbnailTask has 2 parameters; a primitive type position and a reference type holder.
   ThumbnailTask(int position, ViewHolder holder)

So, position parameter keeps its value same forever(because it is primitive). For example if ThumbnailTask is created with 5 for position, then it will be always 5 for that instance. But holder parameter is a reference. If it is being changed somewhere/outside, this is going to effect the value inside the ThumbnailTask.
Here in your list example the most important part for your question is removed ('...' part is shown on the previous example above the page you shared). I get it from the link and combined here. Now it will be more clear to you.
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    ViewHolder holder;
    // '...' parts starts
    if (convertView == null) {
        convertView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.your_layout, null);

        holder = new ViewHolder();
        holder.text = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.text);

        convertView.setTag(holder);
    } else {
        holder = convertView.getTag();
    }
    holder.text.setText("Position " + position);
    // '...' parts ends

    holder.position = position;

    return convertView;
}

In this part as you see holder instance is not created again if convertView is not null. But its position value is changed. Thus, this change has the same effect on the ThumbnailTask instance which is created before.
Now your question:

Now when the view is recycled and the position is 15 , how will this be reflected in the task initiated with mPosition = 2 ?

Position will keep alwalys same value when it is initiated. But holder is being edited at getView method. So mHolder.position == mPosition will be false if holder is used for another list row and downloaded bitmap will be useless.
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Bitmap bitmap) {
    if (mHolder.position == mPosition) {
        mHolder.thumbnail.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
    }
}

Hope this helps.


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[Re-Posted from 2012] As per the experience of Dr. Rey and Sandy Itchon, the white birds are just as tasty as the free-ranged colored fowls by following a management technique that is not really hard to follow. For sometime now, they have been raising the white birds in their Isabela farm.
There are a number of good reasons why they shifted to the white birds from the colored ones from France. For one, the while day-old chicks can be bought in many places in the country. They arc also much cheaper. At present, the white day-old chicks sell at P24 a-piece while the colored chicks used to be sold anywhere from P40 to P60 per piece, and they are not always available.
The Itchons raise their white chickens in simple houses just like what they used with the colored Sasso or Sunshine birds. They arc brooded just like the colored chicks (21 days) but they are released to the pasture one week earlier.
Instead of using veterinary drugs, they apply fermented plant juice (FPJ) in their drinking water from Day 1 to the time they are harvested. This helps the birds grow faster. They also give the birds every three days another fermented product called OHN or Oriental Herbal Nutrient which is supposed to enhance their immune system so that they arc resistant to disease and stresses.
The Itchons make their own fermented plant juice. Their favorite plant materials are those that are fast growing such as alugbati, kangkong, camote, banana trunk and water hyacinth. They shred these materials and ferment them with molasses. For every three kilos of shredded plant materials, they add one kilo of molasses. This will give them 2.5 liters of fermented plant juice. Two tablespoons of FPJ is added to every liter of drinking water.
While the commercial integrators want their birds to be harvestable as fast as possible (30 days or less), the Itchons purposely delay the growth of their chickens so that they will be about 1.9 kilos (liveweight) at 60 days old. They delay their chickens' growth by feeding them with commercial feed only once a day, at 5 o'clock in the evening. By doing this, the growth is slower than the usual rate under the integrator's practice. But this gives enough time for the chickens to develop more muscle which improves the flavor of the meat. During the last 20 days, they give a lot of corn grits to make the skin of the chicken yellow. The Itchons claim that their white birds taste just like the free-ranged colored birds.
Sandy says that raising white chickens the natural fanning way can be profitable. As per their computation, the cost of producing a two-kilo bird, including the cost of the chick, is about P100. They sell their dressed chicken at P200 per kilo. The two-kilo bird (liveweight) will usually have a dressed weight of 1.3 kilos which would sell for P260.
The Itchons are new advocates of natural farming. They are members of a natural farming society whose members produce vegetables, fruits, pigs, chickens and other livestock the natural farming way. The head of their group is Andry Lim of Davao City who runs a 30-hcctarc farm planted to cacao, vegetables and other crops. He also raises pigs without antibiotics, feeding them only once a day with his own formulation.
Another fellow who has shifted from the colored French birds to the white chickens is Alexander Yu who has a four-hectare farm in Baras, Rizal. He is raising his white birds up to 90 days because his target markets arc people who prefer the jumbo size.
The Itchons, on the other hand, prefer the 60-70 day-old birds that weigh about 2 kilos each because that is what their present customers prefer. They have developed a network of customers who buy from them different products produced the natural farming way.


If auto makers expanded their cooperative efforts, the industry would essentially be smart-sizing, the way in which the airplane manufacturing sector has over its lengthy historical past. Within the very beginning of aeronautics, the Wright Brothers and firms that grew in their wake made their own engines. Before long, a group of separate businesses emerged to produce engines, every of them competing to enhance and advance the equipment. As aircraft engine technology advanced rapidly, jet engines grew to become the dominant design — and having a spate of corporations making the same half proved expensive. The trade responded by consolidating, leading to just some unbiased plane engine producers and a more environment friendly provide market.
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ELENI SAKELARIS CREATES FANTASTIC BLACK and WHITE LINOPRINTS
EDITOR: ANTHI ROZI
Eleni Sakelaris was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1976. Until the age of 19 she lived in the Ivory Coast, Mali, Ghana and South Africa. Her studies began in Greece at the AKTO College of Art and Design (Fashion Department) in 1997. Furthered studies at the London College of Fashion earned her a 1st class honours degree and multimedia award gaining the attention of Benettons' communication and research centre, Fabrica, based in Italy.
During her first year there she participated in the Milano furniture fair (Salone del Mobile) with her 3 part installation "The Memory of Furniture". In 2003 she took on the role of Editor in Chief with the book "2398 gr – a book about food" which was presented with the special edition of COLORS magazine and as part of Benettons' worldwide campaign supported by WWF. In 2004 she taught at the London College of Fashion. In 2005 she moved to Greece and worked for the advertising agencies Karamella and Looking. In 2009 she opened the company "Me And You Creative". Since 2011 she have been working as a freelance graphic designer and recently began carving linoleum prints.
Linoprinting
Linoleum came into my life a couple of years ago when I decided that I could no longer spend as much time inside the hyper reality of my computer screen. I wanted to use my hands and become more in touch with a slower side of myself. I wanted something that felt. With the changes going on all around me, I wanted to keep moving, but not at the oppressive speeds of modernity. At a speed just of my own. Carving created a safe space of contemplation and self expression for that.
Having worked as a graphic designer for 15 years it was impossible to avoid the aesthetic similarities to technology. The potential of technology is endless. It has an unparalleled artificial perfection which the human hand, however steady, cannot reach. At the same time the human hand exceeds technology with it's instability, giving an emotional depth which no line pulled by a computer can reach. My linoprints are a testament to that. The perfection of instability. The challenge is deconstruction. To use as few elements as possible, the line, the circle, the triangle, and with the technique of repetition to create a pattern which becomes anthropomorphic. The feisty rooster, the arrogant peacock, the doubtful octopus. With the same logic, the omittance of colour. Simple black and white, eliminating any chance of unnecessary interpretation.
Having studied fashion I have always been fascinated by the two dimensional form of fabric and it's ability to transform into a three dimensional object. Adding the human form to create motion. In my work I hope to encapsulate that movement. Inside each geometric shape is motion and within motion there is always emotion.
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Men's golf wins program's first NCAA title since 2007
Stanford leads the nation with 123 NCAA titles
Freshman Daulet Tuleubayev (above) sunk a clutch 18-foot birdie putt on his 18th hole to complete a 3-2 upset against second-seeded Vanderbilt on Tuesday afternoon. Behind Tuleubayev's putt, the sixth-seeded Cardinal advanced to the final round of the NCAA Championships on Wednesday morning against fifth-seeded Texas. (TODD DREXLER/SESPORTSMEDIA.com)
By Andrew Tan on May 29, 2019
Stanford men's golf celebrated early Wednesday morning at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas with the program's ninth national title and its first since 2007. After eking out wins over third-seeded Wake Forest and second-seeded Vanderbilt in the quarter- and semifinals on Tuesday, the Cardinal dispatched No. 5 Texas 3-2 with none of its match wins reaching the final hole.
In doing so, the Cardinal golfers added to an already impressive list of Stanford national championship teams this season that includes women's volleyball, women's swimming, men's gymnastics, women's water polo and women's tennis. With Wednesday's men's golf national title, Stanford athletics has collected a nation-leading 123 NCAA titles and ties its record for most NCAA titles in an academic year with six, previously achieved in 1996-97.
Though the Cardinal entered the NCAA Tournament as an underdog — the No. 10 nationally ranked team in a field that included five of the top six teams in the country — the squad looked to have a legitimate shot at top honors as it traveled to Fayetteville on a burner, having won its last four tournaments.
Stanford made it five straight with strong play throughout the tournament from Friday to Wednesday with contributions from every member of the five-man contingent.
"I'm just so proud of these guys," said Knowles Family Director of Men's Golf Conrad Ray. "We battled all week. It is the longest week in golf, and to play that fine Texas team and do what we did today, I can't say enough about my guys."
Tree is standing tall again. pic.twitter.com/i4rtUu6II5
— Stanford Men's Golf (@StanfordMGolf) May 29, 2019
Of all the heroic performances from the Cardinal, the consistency from seniors Brandon Wu and Isaiah Salinda stood out and provided the perfect ending to the duo's collegiate careers.
Stanford's dynamic one-two punch made it three-for-three in match play on Wednesday as each player won his individual matchup four-up with three holes to go after both had taken their quarter- and semifinal matches the day before.
The strong showing from Stanford's top two players was representative of the breakout seasons put together by Wu and Salinda to carry the Cardinal to the national title.
Before the year, neither player had won a tournament in his collegiate career. Wu would pick up his first victory at the Goodwin on March 30 and Salinda registered his first individual win at the Western Intercollegiate on April 17 before quickly picking up his second at the NCAA Stanford Regional on May 15.
Besides these wins, both players also consistently placed in the top-10 in the home stretch of the season and only continued this level of play in the NCAA Championship.
While Wu and Salinda proved instrumental in Stanford's championship run by giving the Cardinal wins in every round of match play, the team required a third individual win to advance against each opponent. It was this third winner from Tuesday to Wednesday morning that demonstrated Stanford's depth and well-roundedness, with each of the remaining three players taking a turn giving Stanford its match-sealing victory.
Junior David Snyder and freshman Daulet Tuleubayev each sunk clutch putts on the last holes of their matches in the quarterfinal and semifinal respectively to help Stanford advance to the final. Wednesday was junior Henry Shimp's turn.
.@StanfordMGolf is moving on to the Championship Match! 🌲#NCAAGolf pic.twitter.com/DUw9VIjev1
— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) May 28, 2019
Shimp did not take his match down to the wire as his teammates had done the day before, besting his opponent two-up with one hole left to go.
The men's golf team (2007, 2019) became just the third men's program to win multiple NCAA titles in the last 15 years, joining men's gymnastics (2009, 2011, 2019) and men's soccer (2015, 2016, 2017).
Contact Andrew Tan at tandrew 'at' stanford.edu.