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TSA President's Acceptance Speech
Crystal C. Wright, MD, FASA
It is an honor for me to close this meeting with you all this evening. You are on the frontlines of this pandemic and have been for over 18 months. Thank you for your commitment to the patients that rely on our provision of care for them. Thank you for also being here tonight. It goes without saying that stepping up to the plate and engaging in organized medicine even in the most difficult of times is a true testament to the passion you all have for our specialty. Your presence and service to this organization is what makes the practice of Anesthesiology one of the safest specialties in medicine.
I would like to first thank Dr. Bryant for his leadership during an emotional year full of challenges and uncertainty. His strong leadership allowed our society to thrive during a time when anesthesiologists of Texas needed a strong society representing them and their patients.
I would also like to pay respect to one of our own who is not here today but who impacted myself and so many others with his generosity of being, steadfastness as a physician and loyalty. Last winter we lost Dr. Charles Cowles to a tragedy, but his spirit is still with us and the love he had for this profession will never be forgotten.
For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Crystal Wright.
Not only am I a Physician, but I am also a mother, wife, daughter, and friend. I enjoy the beach when time allows me to get to one. I enjoy traveling when time allows for that. But every day I enjoy being a mother to my two boys Andrew and Reid and wife to my husband, Dr. Randall Wright.
I also adore being a daughter and sister. I have many experiences to be grateful for along my journey, but I would fail if I did not first thank God for keeping myself, my family and you all safe during this past year.
At the age of 16 I knew I was called to medicine. It was a deep inner knowing that I was meant to serve, and I decided to answer that call to service in that of being a physician. I attended Baylor College of Medicine Medical School and got married somewhere in between that time of training. After graduating from medical school, I remained at Baylor College of Medicine for residency and fellowship. It was during my residency where I was introduced to the TSA and as the saying goes, the rest is history!
As a resident I became passionate about advocacy and advocating for our patients. It was the mentorship of several past TSA presidents in this photo that had encouraged me to become involved in both the TSA and ASA. I can remember Drs. Giesecke, Mercier and Zerwas encouraging me to run in the ASA Leadership Council as a resident. I can remember Dr. Giam as my attending in neuro anesthesiology giving me all sorts of advice on advocating effectively for our patients. This is a picture of me representing the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists for my first ASA Legislative Conference in 2004.
In this photo you can look and see a picture of our most recent surgeon general as a resident. While the years have been kind to both of us, obviously one of us got a different invitation to The White House or just got lucky and just found a better seat?
After completing residency and graduating from my fellowship at Texas Heart Institute, I started my career at Baylor College of Medicine.
I was blessed to have a thriving career at BCM for 10 years. I am not only grateful for the experiences I had during that time, but I am tremendously grateful for the colleagues that I was able to strengthen relationships with. After leaving BCM I went to MD Anderson Cancer Center. Thank you to my MD Anderson family for your support and encouragement as I begin my role as President of the TSA The colleagues that I work with are some of the most passionate clinicians that I know. Thank you to all of you for what you have taught me over the past 5 years. To the leaders of our department, Dr. Hagberg, Dr. Rahlfs, and Dr. Soliz thank you for your unwavering support to allow me to pursue this role for our specialty.
As an anesthesiologist in Texas, it is my great honor to lead this society of anesthesiologists into the change, as your president of the TSA. So, I humbly thank you all for the opportunity. I recently read that No vaccine is going to take away the grief and trauma experienced by each of us during this pandemic. We all need to recognize that regardless of what our circumstances were over the past 18 months our lives have forever changed. Our values have changed. Our thoughts have changed. There’s a saying that the world you live in is very different from the world you grew up in. The recent pandemic and its resultant life changing effects, make that statement, a truth at its core. The seismic shifts that have occurred in our society due to the past 18 months ensured that our world will be undeniably different. I’d like to impart that saying into our lives as physicians; “The world we were trained in to practice medicine will be different from the world we actually practice medicine in.” I’d even like to take it a step further; “The world we practice medicine in will be different post pandemic”. The details of those differences are obviously unfolding but when we look back a few years from now those differences will be clear and the way we treat our patients will undeniably be different.
We are not a monolithic organization and as such I commend my former colleagues in their roles as president, to what they each brought into our organization, each adding dynamic vision to help us grow as a team and expand as a collective.
One example of this vision came from Dr. Callas when he recommended that we develop a text communication alert when advocacy for hot topics needed to be addressed. As I pondered about our future it became clear we need to continue with the efforts of our former President Callas updating the TSA Website by furthering our ability to communicate our advocacy efforts. It is imperative that we understand the value of enhancing our communication modalities. Our advocacy efforts are strong. Effective communication efforts are critical to our patients and to other practicing anesthesiologists. One thing is for certain, Anesthesiologists were made known during the COVID19 pandemic. We went from an unknown specialty to one that anyone that paid attention to the news knew what we did, and we should ensure that we continue to highlight what we do in the name of patient safety. Our communication efforts should be a part of an ecosystem of transparency and trust for both internal members and the public. Healthcare legislation continues to be a key portion of the agenda at the State Capital. As frontline physicians, we need to ensure that our patient safety advocacy efforts are being discussed with stakeholders to ensure that our messages are heard. I therefore, recommend that the Communications Committee and a triad of the committees involved in advocacy, the Governmental Affairs Committee, the Key Contact Committee, and the Political Action Committee, further enrich our communication efforts to patients, anesthesiologists, and other physicians through a quarterly TSA Health Policy podcast.
Through our robust advocacy efforts led by our advocacy triad, The PAC, The Key Contact and Governmental Affairs Committees making up the backbone of TSA advocacy efforts, we have amassed significant wins over the years, and we will continue to make that focus a part of the armamentarium of our efforts.
In addition to ensuring that our messages are reaching our stakeholders we need to continue to empower members of the TSA to effectively advocate on our issues. I recommend that the TSA Advocacy Triad Committees of the Governmental Affairs Committee, PAC, and Key Contact Committee, develop a TSA Advocacy Bootcamp to conduct training of anesthesiologists in testifying and advocating for our patients. A TSA Advocacy Bootcamp training will prepare our members when called upon to testify in front of legislatures, providing them with skills to advocate for our issues independently and effectively with state and national legislatures.
We were also fortunate to have had the strong leadership from Dr. Joshi who acknowledged the strength of TSA, stating in his own Presidential speech and I quote “Our society is in great health, and I am sure other societies desire to emulate us”. This was true then and it is now, as proven in the published member survey, released in April 2021, illustrating an overwhelming desire to place additional emphasis on Education while embracing satisfaction on membership involvement.
We all play a part in the collective success of the organizational structure of the TSA, but the commitment and dedication of our TSA staff keeps the well-oiled machine running and I recommend acknowledgement of Chris Bacak and the TSA Staff for their unwavering commitment and dedication. Chris Bacak holds a special place in my heart for the relationship that I have had the ability to develop with her since I started engagement in the TSA.
My professional life here at TSA, being mentored, guided, and coached, bridging the transition from Resident to now President, is a living testimonial to what authentic mentorship and allyship brings forth. That guidance is important for many reasons to help grow our residents into the patient centric, mentally strong, and whole-life balanced physicians that we need. In a recent ASA Monitor article authored by me, Dr. Jennifer Root, and Dr. Erin Sullivan, we recognized the changing landscape of resident education. Physicians are being called upon to engage outside of the scope of their daily medical practices. As a society we must ensure that while our residents train to care for patients effectively and with empathy, they must also understand the value they bring to ensure that society understands what is essential for our patients and their safety. The understanding of health policy begins in residency with the essential tools. We have a dedicated and committed group of anesthesiologists that are engaged already in resident education and are passionate in the development of Anesthesiology Residents in Texas. I therefore recommend that we transition the Sub-Committee on Resident Education to a standing TSA Committee on Resident and Medical Student Education.
A large part of the success of TSA is the willingness to see beyond what is in front of us and delve into the roadmap of where we need to go. Several past presidents were leaders in that vision, Dr. Arens and Dr. Kercheville, have imparted that wisdom to me through our involvement in the ASA and we need to continue to move it forward.
The shadow side of the pandemic has also taught us not all patients feel they can trust medical experts and their recommendations, but often are unable to advocate for themselves because they do not understand their rights. It is known that health literacy not only affects individuals’ perception and management of health status but also their health activities. Many people regardless of education or socioeconomic background are not clear on understanding health information. I know you agree with me, that every individual in America today should have access to care and should have a clear understanding of the care they are receiving. Most of our advocacy efforts have focused on issues that protect ourselves and our patients; however, we have more opportunities to advance health care policy that will protect physician-led care and ensure that the communication of that care to our patients occurs effectively. Serving as TSA president, I will lead the anesthesiologists of our state as we advocate for our specialty through the undeveloped pathways and forge a genuine connection that demonstrates our ability to take the perspective and empathize with others.
To do that the TSA must join in the national conversation in restoring that trust back to our patients. As anesthesiologists, our engagement at both the State and National level with other organizations can allow us to be a part of that national conversation. I recommend that the TSA’s Patient Safety & Medical Quality Committee develop a Transparency and Patient-Centered Health initiative. We will accomplish this new long-term initiative through expanding communication modalities and public resources. Understandably these are issues that are NOT going to be resolved overnight, but as physicians in Texas that are leaders in patient safety, we have an obligation to develop a short-term plan in conjunction with a long-term strategy to build trust, strengthen relationships and expand our integrity within the medical community. To quote one of our own - Richard Dutton, Chair of the TSA Patient Safety & Medical Quality Committee our “Patients do better when they are treated by someone that looks like them and when effective communication is provided to them.” I believe that through consistent work led by TSA Patient Safety & Medical Quality Committee a strategic framework can be developed, and the TSA can be a part of that process.
A recent study suggests the state of Texas had more than a 30% increase in opioid usage in 2020. Although as anesthesiologists only a small demographic of us prescribes pain medication, it would be remiss to not acknowledge we are in a National Crisis in opioid overuse leading to addiction and death that has been exacerbated by the pandemic. In treating the whole patient, we also must acknowledge we should do everything possible to be a part of that solution.
I recommend that the TSA aligns with the ASA’s REVIVE me initiative. https://www.asahq.org/advocating-for-you/reviveme that has objectives of the REVIVE me initiatives are to educate the public and membership about naloxone availability and remove the stigma of addiction. The ASA will be reaching out to state societies for further support, and it is my recommendation that we align with the ASA and incorporate this into the TSA’s fight against opioid abuse.
In recognizing that the strength of the TSA lies in our diversity and highlighting the importance of the fact that we speak with one voice in patient safety, Dr. Debbie Plagenhoef during her tenure as President hosted the first TSA Women in Anesthesia breakfast and 5 years later this is still an integral component of the TSA Annual Meeting. As members of the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists collectively we have recognized the disparities in diversity equity and inclusion in Texas and amongst our physician colleagues. It is imperative, I believe, that we continue to move forward and move the needle with healthcare disparities in Texas and support the future of Anesthesiologists from all backgrounds, ethnicities, and gender. The TSA has always been an inclusive organization that has always looked outside of ourselves to ensure the success of our fellow physicians and ensure equity in patient safety. As we look to strengthen our steadfastness in maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion let's continue to make it a visible aim for the organization. I recommend that all TSA committees ensure initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion for anesthesiologists and/or the diverse groups of patients we serve into their annual planning instead of calling for a separate DEI committee.
While we have moved the needle in past accomplishments till now and what we are able to envision for our future, each step we make has an impact on our patients, peers, communities, and families, from a fiscal, emotional, and physical perspective. I am a witness to the fact that I am not alone in taking this responsibility to heart, within the works I see from you my fellow colleagues, members, and friends.
As Former TSA President Dr. Mary Dale Peterson said last year in her Outgoing ASA Presidential speech, “we have been tested and we have passed the test, despite all of our economic and scope of practice challenges we have never wavered in the care of our patients”.
We are at the center of a mighty change, but we are ready to meet this change with a carefully calibrated playlist and dedicated team members executing the plays so we can move forward towards the goal line scoring a touchdown every time forging the genuine connections and empathy with those we serve.I value your trust in my ability to navigate us forward knowing I have your support through any challenges that will come. I will continue to look to you for continued counsel and steadfast support for we are all collectively made up of vast information, incredible resolve and a determined Texas can Do.
Crystal C. Wright, MD, FASA


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For the first time, each of the Group’s sheltered housing schemes received a special Christmas surprise - a large box filled with festive treats including Christmas puddings, chocolates, wine, custard and biscuits. Each ‘Christmas in a box’ was aimed at bringing residents together during the festive season and encouraging them to make use of the Group’s Christmas meal grant scheme for sheltered housing customers, which subsidises a festive meal out.
The Group’s Volunteer Manager, Marian Patterson, oversaw the initiative. In November, she enlisted the help of around 50 colleague from the Group’s London office to help fill and wrap each box with Christmas treats.
Funding for the boxes was provided in part by some of the companies the Group works with: Chas Berger & son Ltd, Durkan Ltd, The Wates Group, Bevan Brittan LLP, Penningtons Manches LLP, and Sharrats Solicitors. In addition, AD Construction Group Ltd, DW Support Services, and The Wates Group delivered the boxes to each of the Group’s 53 schemes across the South East.
These companies donated their time, effort and funding through the Group’s social value programme, which requires the companies who work for us to provide additional benefits for our customers.
The Christmas boxes meant different things to different residents. For residents of Worsley Court on the Isle of Wight, the gesture had a deeper meaning, according to Scheme Services Coordinator Karen Salter: “The Worsley Court residents would like to say thank you for their box. It has been a very difficult week for them as one resident passed away. We opened the box after drawing the Christmas raffle numbers this morning and it did lift their spirits.”
Tracey Kelly, the Scheme Services Coordinator for Porter Court on the Isle of Wight, said: “I just wanted to say a huge thank you from the residents at Porter Court; we had a get together this morning and opened the box. It was lovely to see them come together.”
Abul Sorwar, the Scheme Services Coordinator for Hogarth Court in East London, said: “The residents appreciated the gesture and I have received positive feedback from both Hogarth Court and Manchester Road. The residents enjoyed the goodies and one of our residents mentioned: ‘This is the first time Southern Housing Group have done something like this and I’ve been living here for over 10 years!’ This has definitely improved the spirits of the residents. In all a great success.”
Find out more about sheltered housing at Southern Housing Group.

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2. The Government of Israel will carry out negotiations with the Palestinian Authority to achieve a permanent peace arrangement, on condition that the Palestinians fully honor all their obligations. Most important among these are that the Palestinians annul in an unequivocal manner the clauses in the Palestinian Charter which call for the destruction of Israel, and that they prevent terror and incitement against Israel.
3. The Government of Israel will enable the Palestinians to manage their lives freely, within the framework of self-government. However, foreign affairs and defense, and matters which require coordination, will remain the responsibility of the State of Israel. The government will oppose the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
4. Sources of employment for the Palestinians will be developed in the autonomous areas to reduce the number of Palestinian workers in the Israeli market.
5. Jewish settlement, security areas, water resources, state land and road intersections in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip shall remain under full Israeli control.
6. Israel will keep its vital water resources in Judea and Samaria. There shall be no infringement of Israel's use of its water resources.
7. United and undivided Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel. Activities which undermine the status of Jerusalem will be banned, and therefore PLO and Palestinian Authority institutions in the city will be closed.
8. The Jordan River shall be the eastern border of the State of Israel, south of Lake Kinneret. This will be the permanent border between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The Kingdom of Jordan may become a partner in the final arrangement between Israel and the Palestinians, in areas agreed upon in the negotiations.
9. Israel will conduct peace negotiations with Syria, while maintaining Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and its water resources.
10. The government will set a goal of having seven million Jews in Israel within the next decade. The government will prepare the country to absorb Jews, both new immigrants and returning citizens, viewing this not only as a national undertaking but as strengthening Israel economically and culturally.
11. Settlement in all parts of the Land of Israel is of national importance and part of Israel's defense strategy. The government will allocate special resources for settlement in border and sparcely-populated areas.


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New Battery Could Be Key To Wind Energy
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com — Your Universe Online
Researchers from the US Department of Energy´s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University developed a new "flow" battery that is less expensive and a better solution than what is currently available.
Flow batteries available today pump two different liquids through an interaction chamber where dissolved molecules undergo chemical reactions that store or give up energy. The chambers contain a membrane that only allows ions not involved in reactions to pass between the liquids while keeping the active ions physically separated. The major drawbacks from this design include the high cost of liquids containing rare materials and the membrane.
The new battery design uses only one stream of molecules and does not need a membrane at all. Its molecules consist of the relatively inexpensive elements lithium and sulfur, and the entire molecular stream is dissolved in an organic solvent. The team created a miniature system using simple glassware to demonstrate their concept.
[ Watch the Video: Lithium-Polysulfide Flow Battery Demonstration ]
"In initial lab tests, the new battery also retained excellent energy-storage performance through more than 2,000 charges and discharges, equivalent to more than 5.5 years of daily cycles," said Yi Cui, a Stanford associate professor of materials science and engineering and a member of the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, a SLAC/Stanford joint institute. "We believe our new battery may be the best yet designed to regulate the natural fluctuations of these alternative energies."
The team plans to make a laboratory-scale system to optimize the battery's energy storage process and identify potential engineering issues.
"For solar and wind power to be used in a significant way, we need a battery made of economical materials that are easy to scale and still efficient," Cui said.
Another Stanford team said back in March it had begun to figure out what grid-scale battery technologies would do to the carbon footprint. The researchers said grid storage is energetically expensive, and some technologies will require more energy to build and maintain than others.
“Wind and solar power show great potential as low-carbon sources of electricity, but they depend on the weather,” said co-author Sally Benson, a research professor of energy resource engineering at Stanford and the director of GCEP. “As the percentage of electricity from these sources increases, grid operators will need energy storage to help balance supply with demand. To our knowledge, this study is the first to actually quantify the energetic costs of grid-scale storage over time.”

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- Distaff Day
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January 7 used to be called Saint Distaff’s day, being the first after the holidays the women resumed their work. The men did not begin till the first Monday, which was called Plough Monday, and they used to set the women’s flax afire, for which the latter threw water on them. From this comes the old song by Herrick:
“Partly work and partly play
You must on Saint Distaffs day;
From the plough soon free your team,
Then come home and fother them.
“If the maids a-spinning go,
Burn the flax and tire the tow;
Bring in pails of water then,
Let the maids bewash the men.
“Give Saint Distaff all the right;
Then bid Christmas sport good-night.
And next morrow every one
To his own vocation.”
- “Saint Distaff’s Day”. , 1880. CatholicSaints.Info. 15 January 2017. Web. 30 April 2017. <>

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In this report, Odimegwu Onwumere unearths that the utilisation of the local content in the oil and gas sector is still a tall dream since the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act was enacted in 2010; and $380b dollars or more have been lost in 50 years in the industry, upon the billions of dollars also being pumped in, to sustain the scheme
Stakeholders in the oil and gas sector and the federal government have been gasping for breath to fashion out a lasting plan for the utilisation of the local content in the sector since the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act was enacted in 2010. This socio-economic term, which is as old as man, has had setbacks in several occasions in the country with companies and the authorities pumping in money into the initiative that is habitually never accomplished. The incessant hope given by opinion leaders pointing out that by making use of local content, about $191 billion could be maintained, while 300,000 new nonstop job opportunities were green in such areas as engineering, sciences, technical services and manufacturing of the oil and gas sector, might have been dashed by the oil companies and Nigerian authorities.
The “exploration, production, manufacturing, fabrication, procurement and allied services sectors of the oil business” which were the canons for the implementation of local content in the oil and gas sector are not being realised with the attendant results they deserve. Most times, while the stakeholders push to accomplish the “value added in local oil industries”, they make loss upon creating proposed chances and heartening indigenous oil companies to vigorously take part in maximizing local content.
Investigation by this writer has revealed that the local content, which was supposed to be a win-win affair, has been laced with controversies by the different stakeholders; hence there is a gap in promoting alliance amid “national oil companies, local companies and international organization.” The local content initiative is still struggling to be all inclusive, because there is drought of enabling environment for business, therefore leading to un-optimized moves to carry out Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the companies involved and not insuring utmost earnings for all.
Billions Of Dollars On Local Content
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), defines local content in the oil and gas company as “The quantum of composite value added or created in the Nigerian economy through the utilization of Nigerian human and material resources for the provision of goods and services to the petroleum industry within acceptable quality, health, safety and environment standards in order to stimulate the development of indigenous capabilities.”
To realise this, experts have said that the government of Nigeria made mammoth venture up to $10 billion USD yearly to achieve 70% local content goal by the end of 2010 in the oil and gas sector. But as spectators have seen, the aim was defeated.
However, just on October 16, 2017, Vice Chairman/ Managing Director of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), Mr. Massimo Insulla, while speaking during this year’s Nigerian Content Activities, hosted by Eni in Yenagoa, disclosed that the company spent over $5.4 billion in making sure that the Nigerian content gets to the peak in the last six years.
This is even as Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) said it spent $2.5 billion on local content development in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, “representing 65 per cent of the total Nigerian goods and services expenditures for the year.”
According to Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Chevron, John Watson, “We do so through partnerships with national and local governments, national oil companies, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), and development agencies.”
Upon Companies Boast Of Expending Billion Dollars
Meanwhile, the Federal Government by August 24, 2017, had geared up to launch $200m (about N61bn at the official exchange rate of N305 to a dollar) local content interference fund. This was apart from its unyielding billions of dollars expended yearly to end local content quagmire by the end of 2010 that never came to light.
According to the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the novel move was “in pursuant of the Business Environment and Investment Drive Component of the #7BIGWINS, known as a document of the ministry that focuses on the short and medium-term priorities targeted at growing the nation’s oil and gas industry between 2015 and 2019.”
But on the contrary, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) might not be certain with its compass’s navigation on the local content. On September 25 2017, in Lagos, the NCDMB said that it was looking up that the Nigerian Content Intervention (NCI) fund would hit $1 billion in the next three years. It could be sensed that the NCDMB was using permutation in carrying out its national duty than it was using betting. This is even as it had said through its Executive Secretary, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote at a public hearing conducted by the Joint Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream and Gas in Abuja on July 26 2017 that it intended to establish a Local Content Bank of Nigeria.
While the NCDMB might not be certain with accountability of the funds to the tone of trillions of naira dished out for various projects over the years, media reports affirmed, “The bank when set up will focus on establishment of facilities for domiciliation of services with emphasis on the optimal use of local resource inputs.”
Buttressing this, Wabote in December 2016, (during a media dialogue on his plans to make these companies to meet the terms with the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act 2010 by making a payment to the Fund) gave an insight that some companies do not remit their one per cent contributions to the Nigerian Content Intervention (NCI) Fund.
Explaining, those who know better said, “The NCI Fund is a pool made available by the NCDMB to meet the funding needs of manufacturers, service providers and other key players in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. It was however, gathered that some upstream companies do not contribute to the NCI Fund at all.”
Meanwhile, this is contrary to a July 27 2017 report, stating, “On the Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF), the Executive Secretary reported that international oil companies comply reasonably in remitting one percent of the value of their contracts but some service companies and indigenous operating firms default in their payment.”
$380bn Lost In Oil/Gas Sector Due To Lack Of Local Content
While Nigeria was boasting of the billions of dollars she had expended in boosting local content in the oil and gas sector, by September 2017, while speaking at an oil and gas forum held in Accra, Ghana, Wabote disclosed that a whooping sum of $380b dollars or more have been lost in 50 years in oil and gas industry in the country.
“This capital flight is due to the absence of regulation on local content development in the oil and gas industry,” said the source.
However, Wabote added, saying, “Local content development in Nigeria has brought about the domiciliation and domestication of value addition in the oil sector, culminating in 26 percent in-country value retention compared to the five percent prior to the enactment of the Local Content Act in 2010.”
While this lasted, at the opening of the sixth Practical Nigerian Content Conference, in Abuja, in September 2016, to enlarge implementation of the local content policy to the midstream and downstream of the oil and gas sector, Wabote had explained that “a blueprint would soon be unveiled to attract the needed investment to the sector. And besides the creation of industrial parks for the sector, the NCDMB is also working towards the establishment of three pipe mills across the country.”
100% Local Fabrication Of Modular Refineries
At the same time, Nigeria can be seen is confused on how to go about her local content, whereas in 1962 when Norway’s offshore oil industry took off, the country recorded a huge growth in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and by 1965, the Norwegian Petroleum Law was enshrined and by 1972, the local content law was enacted in Article 54 of the Royal Decree of 1972.
According to reports, “The Royal Decree of 1972 mandated that Norwegian government should vigorously pursue the goal of insuring that Norwegian goods and services be given preference in the running of the oil and gas industry, provided they were competitive in terms of price, quality, schedule and service.” But since the 50s oil was explored in Nigeria at Oloibiri, a small community in Ogbia LGA located in Bayelsa State, Nigeria was by August 24, 2017 ‘still’ initiating plans to achieve 100 per cent local fabrication and this is especially of modular refineries in Nigeria.
A discussion with the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), the federal government was also not certain when to achieve a lasting use of local content in the oil and gas sector. Just as it has been pumping billions of dollars in order to realise the local content by the end of 2010, the federal government through the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu was not certain when the deadline for the local fabrication of oil vessels and Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading vessels (FPSO), would berth. This is even as “the Bank of Industry said the newly launched $200 million intervention fund could be used for contract financing and loan refinancing for oil companies.”
According to the media, “Speaking at the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signing ceremony on the implementation of the $200 million Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCIF), between BoI and the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Kachikwu said Nigeria would not continue to award contracts, but set deadlines on when to localise most of the vessels and projects in the country.”
Senate Uncertain With Local Content Implementation In Oil Industry
While the Malaysian oil industry began in the 1950s and objectives set for Malaysia’s oil and gas policy, which was to “maximise local benefits through the development of local capabilities and industrial base to support the growing onshore and offshore oil and gas industry”, Nigeria was thus far probing the local content implementation in the oil and gas industry in the country by July 18 2017.
The Red Chambers at the National Assembly was afraid that investors were not considering Nigerian companies while investing, hence the senate referred the investors to Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act, which states inter alia: “Investors were mandated to consider Nigerian companies as an important element in their project development and management.”
According to news reports, “The Senate Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) and Gas Resources has commenced investigation into the implementation of local content in the oil and gas industry in the country.
“Opening the session of an investigative hearing on the issue on Tuesday in Abuja, President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who was represented by the Leader of the Senate, Sen. Ahmed Lawan, said the National Assembly was concerned with the level of implementation of local content in Nigeria.”
It is expected that the stakeholders in the oil and gas sector will get the local content right this time with Wabote saying recently that NCDMB was presently putting into practice a 10-year tactical roadmap fastened on transporting five pillars of sustainable local content, with an intention of attaining 70 per cent of local content in the next 10 years.
Odimegwu Onwumere is a Poet, Writer and Media Consultant based in Rivers State. Tel: +2348032552855. Email: email@example.com


Intel's SSD DC P4510 family of drives have been designed to support a wide range of cloud workloads in the enterprise environment. The drives use Intel's 64-layer TLC 3D NAND technology, the first Intel drive series in the enterprise space to do so. This enables larger capacities to be brought to the table in the 2.5in format than the previous generation 32-layer equipped DC P4500 series.
Intel's P4510 family of drives consists of four capacities; 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and the flagship 8TB model which is the one Intel kindly provided to us for review. Built on a 15mm 2.5in format the drives use a U.2 (PCIe 3.1 x4, NVMe 1.2) interface and Intel's 2nd generation NVMe SSD controller, which was also at the heart of the P45** and P46** family of drives.
Official Sequential performance figures for the 8TB drive are up to 3,200MB/s for reads and up to 3,000 MB/s for writes. Incidentally the 2TB drive has the same figure for Sequential reads as the 8TB drive but the 4TB drive is rated slightly less at 3,000MB/s. The 1TB drive gets a rating of up to 2,850MB/s. Sequential writes for the other drives in the family are; 2,900MB/s for the 4TB drive, 2,000MB/s for the 2TB unit and 1,100MB/s for the 1TB drive.
Random 4K performance for the 8TB drive is quoted at up to 637,000 IOPS for reads and up to 139,000 IOPS for writes. Random performance for the rest of the line-up is; 4TB, 625,000 IOPS reads and 113,500 IOPS writes, 637,000 IOPS and 81,500 IOPS for the 2TB drive and 465,000 IOPS and 70,000 IOPS for the 1TB unit.
Intel rate the endurance of the 8TB drive at up to 13.88PBW and back the drive with a 5 year warranty.
Usable Capacities: 8TB
NAND Components: Intel 512Gb 64-layer TLC 3D NAND
NAND Controller: Intel
Interface: U.2 (PCIe 3.1 x4, NVMe 1.2)
Form Factor: 2.5in, 15mm
Dimensions: 70 x 100 x 15mm
Drive Weight: 139g
Firmware Version: 0120
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It was a high school history lesson on the Muckrakers that first peaked my interest in Journalism. It was a lesson on the power and responsibility of journalism.
Still, I never imagined I’d be a part of that tradition until my father encouraged me to tour Temple University’s School of Journalism (I thought I was going to study architecture). More than a decade later, it is such an honor to be shining a light on issues and telling important stories for FOX 5!
When people ask what drives me, I tell them it’s my family’s story. Both sets of my grandparents came to America from Puerto Rico to start a new life in New York. My parents worked incredibly hard to make sure my brother, sister and I would have the opportunity to attend college. We were raised to advocate for one another, whether it be my family or our greater community!
This career has taken me from Philadelphia (my home-town area) to New York City, Cleveland and D.C. Each place has its own heartbeat, with incredible people whose stories stick with you forever.
I’ll always be a Jersey girl at heart (South Jersey in the house), but I love living in Maryland. In the summer, I’m on the Bay at dog-friendly beaches. All year round, you can find me running to salsa music with my “hairy daughter,” a German Shepherd named Lola!
Wawas are great! I also say, “hoagies” and reject the name “steak and cheese sandwiches.” It’s a cheesesteak! You can win me over with pizza. Just not with Old Bay on pizza! Sorry Maryland!
Got an issue you’d like us to look into? Don’t hesitate to reach out!
The neighbor told FOX 5 he was playing video games with his younger brother and just happened to look out the window before the rescue.
D.C. Police confirmed for FOX 5 on Sunday that they are investigating a Navy Yard-area Bernie Sanders mural defaced with that cartoon "Pepe the Frog" image as a possible hate crime.
On Tuesday, D.C. officials confirmed there are plans to get the Inauguration security perimeter in place earlier than previously planned, citing continued threats following last week’s storming of the United States Capitol.
D.C.’s Mayor Muriel Bowser has one request for those thinking about coming to the nation’s capital for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Don’t.
On Tuesday, as thousands packed Freedom Plaza for multiple pro-Trump rallies planned in the District this week, members of the mayor’s office confirmed police already arrested six individuals on charges that include bringing illegal guns to the city.
Protests by pro-Trump groups, including the Proud Boys, are scheduled for the Nation's Capital this week, prompting an all-hands-on-deck response from the District government.
The shooting happened near a popular breakfast spot on Georgia Avenue.
In Maryland, local leaders are warning against people using private links to sign up for coronavirus vaccines before they are eligible.
The nation’s capital has a new police chief, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Tuesday.
On Monday, FOX 5 heard from a number of business owners and managers who feel they are once again being targeted by the latest coronavirus rollback in the District: a temporary indoor dining ban.


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I wanted to kickstart this week by sharing a bit of behind the scenes of my new website launch! I shared more of the heart and vision on launch day here, but if you’re a creative entrepreneur you know that there’s a whole lot more than heart when it comes to launching a new website! It is so much work, and requires so much patience with each detail on the technical end- which to me personally- is definitely not my favorite part!
To give a quick outline of my website relationship history, I started on a free blogger site. (May that website never, ever resurrect!), then I had a ProPhoto WordPress blog, then I had a Showit website and a separate ProPhoto WordPress blog, then I moved everything to ProPhoto WordPress as a blog site, and now I have a Squarespace website and ProPhoto WordPress Blog. Phew! That’s a tongue twister of a paragraph!
I had been hearing great things about the Squarespace website platform for over a year now in creative circles. Although they offered a great variety of starter stand out designs, I had been a loyal ProPhoto WordPress fan for so many years, I wasn’t exactly motivated to start over and learn a new website platform from scratch.
This past Spring, I knew that some important changes had to happen with The Fount Collective’s website. We were in need of a storefront for our printed publications, and I desired a much more professional looking interface. After a lot of research, we decided that Squarespace was a great fit for Fount, which forced me to learn how to use it. It was definitely a learning curve coming from ProPhoto, but eventually, and with lots of online tutorials, I got the hang of it and started to really love it. It wasn’t far into the design process that I even started considering using it for my new photography website. I knew that my goal was to begin blogging more regularly by fall, and to make that happen in the way that I wanted for my photography brand, this meant moving away from an all in one blog site, and hosting a separate website.
Here is a quick look list at some of the noticeable differences of my experience if you’re looking for input on a website platform, or if you’re new to Squarespace:
• Squarespace looks a bit more polished to me- or perhaps better worded, is more polished right from the start. I have seen incredibly well done blog sites on ProPhoto that are built from professional designers or customized templates. But for someone like myself, who wanted to be able to build my site completely myself this time around, I think Squarespace offers a step up in this area without a knowledge of coding.
• Squarespace will let you easily create multiple columns in a page layout. This was something I would try to manipulate in WordPress with left and right aligning images, but it was always a frustrating task and never seemed to work the way I wanted. It’s a really valuable component to your design options in my opinion.
• ProPhoto will let you upload multiple images at once. Unless there’s a Squarespace secret I have yet to uncover, you can only upload one image at a time. That’s more than ok for a website design, but for blog posts with a large number of images it is incredibly tedious to create a Squarespace blog post.
• In the area of cost, ProPhoto is a one time investment for their license, and then you don’t even think about it. Squarespace is a monthly fee, or you can save and pay annually.
• The mobile site design for Squarespace is so much better looking than the default ProPhoto options in my opinion. We all know that Google pays certain attention to sites that are mobile friendly, since such a large majority of website traffic these days comes from mobile devices! I felt like the ProPhoto default mobile layouts never represented my brand well. So far, I am really happy with how Squarespace has looked on a mobile device.
• I have yet to fully determine the benefits of SEO on one platform vs. another since I just launched my Squarespace site last week. I have been extremely pleased with the SEO results I have received with my ProPhoto WordPress site in years past, and I have heard great things about Squarespace as well. Hopefully with both now, SEO will just increase! How my sites rank in a Google Search is always an area that I am learning more about, and always trying to make better. One of the very best resources out there that I have found for creative entrepreneurs for SEO is the Elle & Co Blog. You can start with her post here on SEO Made Simple.
Are you lost when it comes to websites? Do your eyes just glaze over at the thought of having to figure out how to make one? I may be able to help. I know what it’s like to NEED to get a professional looking website up for potential clients, but not have thousands of dollars to invest in a custom branding experience just yet. I am not a graphic designer by any means, but over the years I have come to learn the ropes of ProPhoto and recently Squarespace pretty well. For details on how I can help, be sure to contact me via the menu above. I would love to chat.
So for a bit more of behind the scenes for those who have asked, I now have created an official website with Squarespace, and kept my ProPhoto WordPress site just for my blog. I chose to create them myself, customizing a free included template with both. I knew I wanted something really minimal and simple, so it seemed like my best option.
I worked with Abany of Brown Linen Design for my logo:
and Jessica of Vintadesigns for my painted artwork.
Both of whom are absolutely incredible to work with! I went back and forth on the scripted logo, because anything “trendy” makes me want to run the opposite way when it comes to branding. It wasn’t really about the calligraphy that I was most drawn to in it- it was the idea of a signature. Abany’s artwork is so clean and feminine, I just kept coming back to it! The more I thought about it, the more I knew it fit my new brand.
I knew I wanted Jessica to custom paint a graphic for my branding ever since she created the perfect logo for my church. She is SO talented and I wanted something entirely unique. She took the tones from my inspiration board, and the images I had been collecting over the past year as I begin to think about the new look. I wanted something that showed a bit of the rocky coast of Maine, but didn’t feel nautical or beachy. I wanted something that showed textures in neutral tones- much like what I love to photograph. I also adore that it’s so different and a bit unexpected for a photography business.
I am in the process of creating some really beautiful tangible pieces as part of my client experience that will be ready for 2016 clients. One of my favorite parts of branding! Goodness, I cannot wait to share a peak soon!
I am also currently working on an small educational guide on the topic of branding that will be sent exclusively to my newsletter subscribers, so you if you aren’t on the brand new list yet, you can do so here!
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Tiffany is local to the Portland, Maine area and is currently booking late Fall and Winter Sessions.
Tiffany Farley frequently travels for maternity, newborn, and family portrait sessions and has clients from Bar Harbor to San Francisco. To find out details regarding her upcoming travel dates to a city near you including Southern Connecticut, Rye, New York, Charleston, Acadia National Park- or to book a custom travel session, please contact for more information.

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"Treat writing as a job" - doesn't mean you have to get paid for it.
It means you have to do it like you would do any job:
Every day, rain or shine
Good mood or grumpy
Whether you want to (today) or not (today)
To be an author, you have to write.
If you want to be an author, then writing is your job - whether you are paid for it or not.
As a publisher, I can tell you a short story.
One day I was contacted by someone who already published different books and was interviewed multiple times, as we can see in his personal writer website. All of this seemed definitively interesting to me. I digged deeper to have an idea of his style and so on.
What I found is that in interviews he is constantly ...
As a writer with a day job (programmer) I wondered why was I so much more successful as a programmer than a writer? Here are some of the answers I discerned:
I go to work every day as a programmer, whether I feel like it or not.
I don't get emotionally tied up in people's responses to my programming work.
I'm process-focused, not goal-focused, in my day ...
A "Job" is something where you work diligently to be paid a guaranteed sum of money at the end of the day / week/ month. Since you are getting paid, therefore you will give your best effort and dedication to do a decent 'Job' of it.
In the same way, people say treat writing as a "Job" to bring in the necessary discipline and dedication to churn out good ...
Stephen King, in a live interview, was asked "What advice do you have for people that want to write?"
His answer (I am repeating from memory) was: "They should write. But I have to tell you, most of the people that say they want to write for a living, do not really want that. They want to HAVE WRITTEN, they want to have a best selling novel that is always ...
Speculative Work and Self Employment
You are in effect working for yourself, without pay or profit in the short term, in hopes of selling your product for pay [and ideally profit] in the future. As such it can be strongly advised to consider your ventures in the same line as you would any other small business.
Focus on your product, what you are selling, ...
Do not come to any art for the profit. When the profit fails to come, you'll be discouraged. Do it for the love of it first then other things, money too shall follow.
Ernest Hemingway advised:
"Work every day no matter what has happened the day or
night before, get up and bite the nail".
That's the spirit of the advice.
Some people are volunteers, and they never get paid (except with a verbal or written thank you).
Some people get paid as soon as they do something (e.g. a waiter paid almost entirely in tips).
Some people get paid at the end of the day.
Some people get paid at the end of the week.
Some people get paid at the end of the month.
You are working a job where ...

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Historical Sites and Tours
Cimarron Canyon Railroad Exhibit
Once a center of activity for transporting livestock from local ranches, Cimarron is now the home of the Cimarron Canyon Railroad Exhibit and a National Park Service Visitor Center. Travel up the canyon to see the 1882 Denver & Rio Grande Railroad trestle - the last remaining structure from the former Black Canyon route of the Rio Grande Narrow Gauge. Exhibits are open year-round. Visitor's Center is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day. For more information call 970-249-4074.
East Portal and the Gunnison Tunnel
The East Portal of the Gunnison Tunnel, located in the canyon below the South Rim entrance of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, diverts water from the Gunnison River to the thirsty agricultural lands of the valley. This six-mile long tunnel, completed in 1909, is an enduring engineering masterpiece and a testimony to the intrepid spirit of Montrose.
Historic Walking Tour
The Historic Montrose Downtown Walking Tour consists of 12 interpretive signs within a five-block area of Downtown Montrose. Four signs depict the early history of Montrose and the Uncompahgre Valley, and eight additional signs highlight downtown buildings and the people associated with them who played a part in creating Montrose's history. A map of the Historic Montrose Downtown Walking tour can be picked up at the Visitor Center.
Ouray County Ranch History Museum
The mission of the museum is to preserve, protect, share, and educate the public about the area’s ranching heritage. Open every Sunday, May through September, from 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment during the off-season. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. Visit the museum website or call 970-318-1190 for more information.
Historic Downtown Montrose
Filled with eclectic shops, restaurants, galleries and more, Montrose's charming downtown is the perfect blend of old and new. Historic Victorian buildings and beautifully decorated shop windows provide the perfect setting for a variety of community events designed to keep neighbors and friends in touch.
Montrose Genealogy Center
This center includes computers for online database searches and a collection of genealogy reference books. The center boasts 120 courthouse books and numerous volumes of the Montrose newspapers from the late 1890s to the 1930s. The Center's volunteer staff provide skilled research assistance. Open year-round. Hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 1 p.m.to 4 p.m. and the first and third Saturdays of each month from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or call for an appointment. Not affiliated with any church. Call 970-240-1755 for more information.

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CHAPEL HILL, NC—As the Board of Governors continues its review of UNC-System centers and institutes today, multiple members have voiced publicly their support for the use of affirmative action in selecting centers for possible defunding.
“Of course whether or not a center serves a marginalized community helps determine how far they go in the review process,” said John Fennebresque, Chairman of the Board of Governors. “We know that many times those centers, based on institutional factors like student involvement, expansive social missions and diligent staff members, would be the least likely to get this far.
“Affirmative action in this process helps guarantee diversity and that we don’t defund anything that privileged people might use,” he added.
Fennebresque said that this does not mean that other centers will not be up for review.
“The centers serving the marginalized communities are not being given a quota, or just allowed spots, but certainly we are giving them an advantage in possibly coming under this review. If two centers have comparable resumes, we are obviously going to choose to defund the one that helps a marginalized community,” he said. “That’s simply how the BOG sees solving problems of structural power in this state.”
Board member James L. Holmes Jr. says that right now taking affirmative action is especially important.
“With record numbers of people experiencing poverty in North Carolina, the murders of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the Wainstein report and a growing consciousness about the vast problem of college sexual assault, it just seems fair that those centers studying and dealing with poverty, race retaliations, women’s issues and other marginalized groups should be the first to be reviewed,” he said.

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A VA (Veterans Administration) guaranteed home loan is the preferred loan program for active, non-active, Reserve, National Guard, and retired military of the armed forces because there is no down payment needed and no private monthly mortgage insurance required.
A VA home loan can be used to purchase a home or refinance an existing mortgage.
We will discuss what role the VA plays in a VA guaranteed mortgage, the benefits of a VA home loan, who is eligible for a VA loan, and the VA documentation you will need to present to your lender.
Did you know that more than 27 million veterans and service personnel are eligible for VA financing, yet most aren’t aware it may be possible for them to buy homes again with VA financing using remaining or restored loan entitlement?
Who Is eligible for a VA Loan?
What are the primary benefits of a VA loan?
What type of home can I buy with a VA Loan?
How do I apply for a VA guaranteed loan?
I have already obtained one VA loan. Can I get another one?
What are the benefits of a VA Loan?
What are the negatives of a VA Loan?
Does the VA Guarantee I will Qualify?
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I was thinking of monsters in opposing pairs, and concluding that to pitch up against a unicorn, the obvious thing would be a poisonous snake.
After which I thought, and how obvious is that? How well known is it that unicorns can purify water?
The one critiquer who didn't realize that unicorns had an association with virgins -- when a character thought only virgins were safe in a forest with a unicorn -- was probably an anomoly, but -- yes, the target audience for a story featuring a unicorn is probably mostly people who've read a lot of stories with unicorns. But it's never wise to unnecessarily limit your audience if the necessary knowledge can be larded in here and there. . .
Purifying water is probably in need of a clue. Virginity I'm not so sure of. Too much exposition, and you won't reach all those who don't know, and you drive off those who do, who get bored.


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Our CBD oil products are up to 98% CBD concentration as per our lab tests. We strive to ensure that our customers receive the concentrated CBD at the percentages listed on our products pages. In reality every batch of CBD oil will vary in concentration. This variance is plus or minus 5% for some of our products. So we do not sell the oil if it falls outside of these limits as we want our customers to always receive strong CBD supplements.
Many of our competitors sell low concentrated products, which have only minor positive affects as the concentration is so low. If you purchase low concentration CBD products you would need to take allot of the supplement to get the same affect. Taking large volume of the supplement is far from ideal and normally it ends up being expensive.
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The most common terpenes in our CBD oils are Beta-caryophyllene, Caryophyllene Oxide, Myrcene, Terpinolene, Bisabolol, Pinene, Nerolidol, Ocimene and Phytol. Hemp oil contains more essential fatty acids than any other plant.

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Watch a day in the life of an independent nurse anesthetist
Contributor Jason Bolt, CRNA, sits down with Joe Rodriguez, CRNA, former president of the Arizona Association of Nurse Anesthetists and a managing partner for Arizona Anesthesia Solutions, who reflects on his personal journey to and through CRNA school. What was school like for him? What’s daily life like as an independent anesthesia practice owner? How often does he provide anesthesia? How much does he earn?
Jason Bolt, DNP, CRNA is a CRNA who is passionate about advocating for his profession and helping others along their clinical and educational journeys. Jason uses social media and Youtube to connect with others and shares his own path in hopes that it may inspire or guide people when they need it. Follow Jason on Instagram and on Youtube.


The factory gauges often just had lines (and no numbers) for temperature graduations. Whether your car has instrumentation or a warning lamp, it is not very hard to calibrate it. This is easily done by putting a thermometer in a idling engine. I like the digital thermometers with a meat probe and you can even use them for cooking after calibrating your instrumentation. With the thermometer placed in the neck of the radiator, start the engine and let it idle. As the temperature gauge's needle passes a line on its face, record the temperature displayed by the thermometer. For those of you with cars having closed cooling systems with expansion/overflow tanks, you may need to syphon some coolant out to prevent the radiator from overflowing when hot. It would be wise to do a flush & fill with fresh antifreeze (ie, ethylene glycol) with a strength of 50% and not more than 68% (by volume).
When the flow increases substantially from the minimum observed from a cold engine, make a note of this temperature as it is the temperature at which the thermostat opens and the temperature gauge's reading. To increase the engine's temperature, block off the radiator with some cardboard, preferably the same size as the rad's cooling area to ensure minimal airflow through the rad. Be careful as the coolant will be very hot and you may need to siphon more coolant off to prevent the rad from overflowing. If your coolant has an insufficient ethylene glycol concentration, the coolant may start to boil.
With the front of the rad blocked off, the engine's temperature will continue to rise. Do not allow the engine to become hotter than the last graduation of the temperature gauge or when the temperature warning light comes on. Remove the cardboard from the from the rad and let the engine temperature stabilize at its normal operating temperature and then shut it down.


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Type of Discriminatory Harassment on Workplace – Workplace harassment becomes common and it is frequently found around us. There are some types of harassment in the workplace and discrimination harassment becomes one of them. This discriminatory harassment can be divided into some types. Here are some types of discriminatory harassment that usually occurred in the workplace:
• Racial Harassment
Racial harassment makes the most frequent harassment that happen in workplace. Racial harassment can be caused by some factors, including race, citizenship, skin color, ancestry and even the attributes of a certain ethnicity like the accents, hairs, beliefs and the other.
The victim who experiences racial harassment may get some racial insults, racial jokes, racial, slurs, intolerance and also degrading comments. All of those harassments will not only give a bad impact on the victim but, it will influence the workplace itself.
• Gender Harassment
Different from racial harassment, gender harassment is discriminatory based on gender. There are some differences between men and women about what they should do in the workplace. It should be a balance between men and women task in the workplace. There are movements that defend women from this action. The movement encourages women to be treated as just as men in workplace, just like there is no difference between men and women players while they are betting online in https://agenbola108.cc.
• Religious Harassment
Religious harassment can be related to the racial harassment that is about the religious beliefs of the victims. Someone who has a different religion from the “norm” of the company may get a workplace or religious harassment in various ways like cruel religious jokes, intolerance toward the religious holiday, traditions or customs, and even any pressure to convert the victim’s religious beliefs.
• Disability-Based Harassment
An individual with a disability is also often experiencing harassment in the workplace. Some harassment mostly experienced by individuals who suffer from a disability or only use disability services like disability jokes, insulting, degrading comments and even intolerance.
• Sexual orientation-based Harassment
Sexual Orientation-Based Harassment also becomes common workplace harassment that can be achieved by victims who has different sexual orientation from people around them in the workplace. For the example is sexual orientation-based joking, insulting or teasing and even degrading comment that easily found in their workplace.
• Age-Based Harassment
Age-based harassment is also the type of discriminatory harassment that found in the workplace. The harassment can be insulting and teasing, criticizing, ignoring, and more. Therefore, to reduce age-based harassment, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 create regulation to protect workers 40 years and older.
Discrimination harassment is dangerous and risky not only for the victim but it will influent for the whole of the workplace environment. To avoid discriminatory harassment, we need to know the type of discrimination harassment above and just create a good and convenient environment in our workplace.


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Inspired by super high-speed trains, Quest cuts a bold silhouette that stands out in a crowd. It features distinctive rear wraparound glass, and a dipping side character line that makes it look like it’s on the move, even when it’s parked. Flush-mounted headlights are complemented by fog lights for a dynamic look that perfectly accents Quest’s assertive grille.
One year ago, Nissan made a big impression at the annual SHOT Show with a showing of the 2016 Nissan TITAN XD fresh off its world debut at the North American International Auto Show. This year, Nissan returns once again as a SHOT Show sponsor and with a pair of TITAN XDs showcasing a multitude of Genuine Nissan Accessories designed exclusively for the company's all-new full-size pickup. Many of the accessories, such as a pop-up tent that fits inside the TITAN XD bed, are specifically directed toward outdoor adventure use.
The ALL-NEW Nissan Titan XD is here! Test Drive The Award Winning Every Duty Truck Today!
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2016 Nissan TITAN Interior Features: Air Conditioning, Heated Seats and In-Cabin Microfilter. Huge space, innovative design and premium quality make the new 2016 TITAN perfect for short trips and long hauls.
Nissan Rogue named "Family Car of the Year" alongside the Nissan TITAN XD titled "Best Pickup of 2016" by Cars.com and PickupTrucks.com
Cars.com and PickupTrucks.com have selected the all-new 2016 Nissan TITAN XD as the "Best Pickup Truck of 2016" over five other nominated vehicles. In addition, the 2016 Nissan Rogue crossover was named Cars.com's "Family Car of the Year." The awards were announced tonight at a ceremony held at The Fillmore Detroit in conjunction with the North American International Auto Show.
"Nissan is honored and humbled to be recognized as the top vehicles in these two extremely significant and popular vehicle categories," said Fred Diaz, division vice president and general manager, North America Trucks and Light Commercial Vehicles, Nissan North America, Inc. "These awards are a great way to kick off the new year, following our record 2015 sales of nearly 1.5 million vehicles."
The much-anticipated launch of the all-new 2016 Nissan TITAN XD full-size pickup was punctuated during the College Football Playoff National Championship game when Nissan ran a commercial that announced the arrival of the company's "Every Duty™" full-size pickup to a segment traditionally dominated by U.S. domestic competitors.
In the 90-second spot, Nissan recognizes Chevrolet, Ford and Dodge, which have been established players in the full-size pickup market in the U.S. for decades. Nissan in December launched its "Every Duty™" Nissan TITAN XD, a full-size pickup that breaks as many paradigms as its advertising debut.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance will launch more than 10 vehicles with autonomous drive technology in the next four years.
The global car group confirmed today that it will launch a range of vehicles with autonomous capabilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and China through 2020. The technology will be installed on mainstream, mass-market cars at affordable prices.
In addition, Renault-Nissan will launch a suite of new connectivity applications that will make it easier for people to stay connected to work, entertainment and social networks.
"Renault-Nissan Alliance is deeply committed to the twin goals of 'zero emissions and zero fatalities,'" Renault-Nissan Alliance chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn said at the Renault-Nissan Silicon Valley Research Center. "That's why we are developing autonomous driving and connectivity for mass-market, mainstream vehicles on three continents."
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Belgian music blog Disco Naivete have a wonderful knack of cottoning onto potential stars of the future, gifting them a wonderful platform on their trendy blog to spread their wings and blossom into some of the best, credible artists around. Their latest pick is the alluring .Fe, a London based singer-songwriter creating crushingly beautiful dream-pop. Daring you to “kiss the mist”, .Fe’s icy vocals whisper majestically from her latest track Mother Russia, pining seductively beneath a whirlwind of haunting choral synths, echoey vocals and twinkling chimes. This is rather spectacular; thanks DN.
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Posted by: Mike TITLE: BALLOON: Bent Frame
I have an old Balloon Tire Bicycle. I am told the frame (down tube) is bent. I was wondering if this can be fixed and if so how?
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It is an old mead Ranger. I am quessing from the 20~s. It has a round tubular tank under the cross bar and a leather seat. It is in very good shape other then the bent frame. I thought it was a good find but I am having second thoughts.
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There are few, if any, major corporations that do not engage in some level of partnership, joint venture and strategic alliance activity. Partnerships, Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances will help you dissect any proposed transaction, spot the issues that need to be addressed and achieve a successful outcome. Discussions include: building a successful partnership, joint venture or strategic alliance; choice of entity considerations; fiduciary duties; tax and regulatory issues; exit mechanisms; and the role of lawyers. Leading experts offer their best strategies for negotiating joint ventures and alliances.
Written for anyone with hands-on involvement in negotiating and drafting joint ventures and strategic alliances, this complete reference provides extensive guidance on drafting limited partnership, limited liability company, and nonentity strategic alliance agreements. Detailed chapters examine special issues in: financial services and real estate joint ventures; minority strategic investments; integrating, retaining and providing benefits and incentives to joint venture employees; and intellectual property law considerations. Throughout, you will find time saving checklists, clauses and forms (also provided on CD-ROM) that you can tailor to your own deals.
Book #00616; looseleaf, two volumes, 2,236 pages; published in 1992, revised edition published in 2003, updated as needed. ISBN: 978-1-58852-127-9
This four-volume treatise covers all major fields of intellectual property: patents, process patents, trade secrets, copyright, technological protection of copyrighted works under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, online copyright and trademark liability, semiconductor chip protection, import exclusion, database protection, software protection, Web publishing, trademarks, trade dress, Internet domain names, parallel imports and “gray goods,” and unfair competition. Intellectual Property Law: Commercial, Creative, and Industrial Property also discusses the TRIPs Agreement, the Madrid Protocol and other international conventions, and compares the basic principles of U.S. law with those of Asian and European law.
An introductory chapter outlines and compares the various fields of intellectual property law, analyzing their purposes, underlying policies and important differences, as well as their treatment by the courts. Separate sections for each type of intellectual property examine what can be protected, the requirements for protection, the intellectual property owner's rights, limitations on those rights and the standards for establishing infringement.
Concluding chapters provide detailed comparisons of the remedies available under the various intellectual property statutes and at common law, including monetary relief, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, augmented and punitive damages, import exclusion, attorneys' fees and criminal sanctions. Extensive treatment of legislative and regulatory, judicial and international developments is incorporated throughout.
Book #00615; looseleaf, four volumes, 3,346 pages; published in 1991, updated as needed; no additional charge for updates during your subscription. Looseleaf print subscribers receive supplements. The online edition is updated automatically. ISBN: 978-1-58852-054-8
Succeeding in the venture capital industry requires knowledge of the terrain and a keen understanding of the terms essential to a well-structured transaction. This encyclopedic guide is packed with state-of-the-art analysis, forms and commentary, all designed to help you master the most crucial stages of the venture financing process.
The Advanced Private Equity Term Sheets and Series A Documents book with a CD examines all of the deal terms you may encounter—anti-dilution protection, warrant coverage, liquidation preferences, and others. It provides clause-by-clause discussion of the Stock Purchase Agreement, along with time saving tools, such as model documents, opinion letters and a due diligence checklist contributed by a Big 4 accounting firm. You'll also get the most current data from an industry-wide survey of West Coast and East Coast deal terms and trends, so you'll know whether a given provision is “market” or “industry standard”—a must before your next negotiation. Whether you are dealing with claw back provisions or “next round financing”, cram downs or the “overhang problem”, this definitive book brings you the in-depth, nuanced answers you need to achieve your objectives.
Book #00673; loose leaf with a CD, one volume, 1,416 pages; published in 2003, updated as needed; no additional charge for updates during your subscription. Looseleaf print subscribers receive supplements. The online edition is updated automatically. ISBN: 978-1-58852-120-0
Learn the “shop secrets” that can help you negotiate the labyrinths of mergers and acquisitions. This masterful resource analyzes the relevant law and provides a strong dose of practice. It includes advice on structuring deals, negotiating agreements, identifying issues and solving the real problems that are likely to arise during the acquisition. The authors, skilled veterans of numerous corporate transactions, provide expert practical guidance, from the planning stages to post-closing.
Negotiated Acquisitions of Companies, Subsidiaries and Divisions is divided into several parts: planning transactions and advising boards; general and special provisions of the acquisitions agreement; and special topics, such as LBOs and troubled companies. You'll find everything from basic corporate, tax and accounting considerations to detailed analysis of representations, warranties, covenants and closing conditions. Novices as well as experienced practitioners will benefit from discussions of: mergers of equals; cash election mergers; fairness opinions; Sarbanes-Oxley; special committees of disinterested directors; intellectual property concerns; due diligence; and much more. You'll also learn about the latest developments, including techniques for handling economic uncertainty and stock market instability.
Book #00617; looseleaf, two volumes, 1,656 pages; published in 1992, updated as needed.
“All but the most seasoned acquisition professional will find some topics addressed in this book that he or she has never considered. This volume of material the author addresses is truly staggering.”
This valuable deskbook presents a complete overview of the due diligence process and gives attorneys, legal assistants and allied professionals the tools they need to conduct more thorough and efficient due diligence investigations.
Due Diligence in Business Transactions book and CD provides detailed guidance on: who makes up the due diligence team and what roles these various experts play; how to limit your risk of liability for inadequate or incomplete due diligence; what the courts say about “adequate due diligence” under the federal securities laws; creating a “data trail” to document the investigation; techniques that can help you uncover more and better information; the special requirements of international and intellectual property due diligence; and how the due diligence investigation process varies for different types of companies. Chapters analyze due diligence on environmental issues, real property and personal property, debt instruments, employee benefits, insurance and liability coverage, international issues, and intellectual property, as well as due diligence considerations in light of heightened national security. The book features over 100 forms and checklists that can also be found on the accompanying CD-ROM.
Due Diligence in Business Transactions includes in-depth coverage of the case law and statutes governing due diligence and shows you what to do—and what to watch out for—every step of the way.
Book #00629; looseleaf, two volumes, 1,388 pages and one CD-ROM; published in 1994, updated as need; no additional charge for updates during your subscription. Looseleaf print subscribers receive supplements. The online edition is updated automatically. ISBN: 978-1-58852-066-1
Compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act is critical when handling acquisitions and mergers. The initial Notification and Report Form must be completed with great care. Preparing for and responding to Requests for Additional Information (Second Requests) requires familiarity with the law and practice of the agencies. Failure to comply can be very costly—your clients may be hit with unanticipated delays as well as substantial monetary penalties.
Acquisitions Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, Third Edition, will help you guard against hefty civil fines, save you time in compliance and protect your clients. This comprehensive guidebook leads you step-by-step through the premerger notification provisions and the myriad regulations surrounding the Act. It examines: jurisdictional requirements of the Act; exemptions from the Act's coverage; notification and waiting period procedures; preparation of the notification and report form; realistic compliance methods; changes in requirements enacted by Congress and promulgated by the FTC; and enforcement actions taken by the FTC and DOJ. The Appendices include the complete statute, new and revised Rules, the Statements of Basis and Purpose that accompany the Rules, a summary of the Second Request process, the Annual Reports to Congress, and all pertinent Formal Interpretations.
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New artificial intelligence tool removes humans from entire search, discovery process
A fully automated process, including a brand-new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, has successfully detected, identified and classified its first supernova.
Developed by an international collaboration led by Northwestern University, the new system automates the entire search for new supernovae across the night sky — effectively removing humans from the process. Not only does this rapidly accelerate the process of analyzing and classifying new supernova candidates, it also bypasses human error.
The team alerted the astronomical community to the launch and success of the new tool, called the Bright Transient Survey Bot (BTSbot), this week. In the past six years, humans have spent an estimated total of 2,200 hours visually inspecting and classifying supernova candidates. With the new tool now officially online, researchers can redirect this precious time toward other responsibilities in order to accelerate the pace of discovery.
“For the first time ever, a series of robots and AI algorithms has observed, then identified, then communicated with another telescope to finally confirm the discovery of a supernova,” said Northwestern’s Adam Miller, who led the work. “This represents an important step forward as further refinement of models will allow the robots to isolate specific subtypes of stellar explosions. Ultimately, removing humans from the loop provides more time for the research team to analyze their observations and develop new hypotheses to explain the origin of the cosmic explosions that we observe.”
“We achieved the world’s first fully automatic detection, identification and classification of a supernova,” added Northwestern’s Nabeel Rehemtulla, who co-led the technology development with Miller. “This significantly streamlines large studies of supernovae, helping us better understand the life cycles of stars and the origin of elements supernovae create, like carbon, iron and gold.”
Miller is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA). Rehemtulla is an astronomy graduate student in Miller’s research group.
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UK chart topping and Grammys considered artist, Yemi Alafifuni is set to release another thought-provoking new single titled "HERE" on February 4, 2022. Inspired by a conversational prayer, Yemi asks what worship really means? The beauty of the response is captured in this song, vocally & lyrically. This is a fresh sound that will invigorate any Christian and non-Christian alike.
Yemi Alafifuni is a recording artist based in the UK. This singer - songwriter combines stunning melodies with infectious grooves and great beats, to create a catchy, yet direct and edgy sound. Yemi’s passion is to see nations worship in Spirit...
Yemi Alafifuni is set to release a timeless masterpiece, 'Behold The Lamb' on February 5th, 2021. Inspired by a supernatural experience and a biblical event, Yemi has managed to create a cinematic, inspiring and simply timeless…
Yemi Alafifuni has just released his debut album, 'Father'. Inspired by his relationship with his dad and God, 'Father' is a journey of seeking knowledge and healing for the artist and he hopes to inspire his listeners in the…


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Pakistan is one of the most beautiful country in all huge natural beauty countries. But many more people of Pakistan are not know about this Natural truth. They thinks that other countries are more special then Pakistan. Let’s Take a Little View Tour of Pakistan’s most beautiful Cities. Then you surely realized that our Pakistan is most wondering, gorgeous and full with natural beauty.
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Nature Grant us so many digital and natural views for our refreshment. These scenes are of Naran Valley Pakistan’s Most snowy area and clotted with natural views. This is winter season Now everyone is planning for the winter tours with their Family They specially wants to go in Muree, Naran Valley and Kagan Valley.


The first series of Tea With B, hosted by historian Bettany Hughes, is available to view now on YouTube and Instagram TV.
It consists of 5 short conversations with brilliant minds that aim to be mind-opening, inspiring and thought-provoking. The show asks the big questions of life in the time it takes to have a cup of tea – hopefully helping people reach beyond their immediate horizons during this difficult and insular year.
Season One features Margaret Atwood, Ben Okri, Shappi Khorsandi, Kate Mosse and Neil Gaiman, with many more to come. Check out the series here.