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George Harrison Living in the Material World
Catalog #0602557090420
LabelApple Records
1970sThe Beatles
2017 Apple Records PRESSING
Sound 2.5
Pressing 4.5
Jacket 3.5
Catalog Number 0602557090420
Vinyl Mastering Engineer Ron McMaster
Pressing Weight 180g
Jacket Style Gatefold
Original Release Year 1973
Original Label Apple
Original Catalog Number PAS 10006
Dennis Davis
It's hard to think about the "quiet Beatle" without at the same time considering Eric Clapton. The two were so close that Clapton's absence on Living in the Material World seems difficult to ignore, as if Clapton was stepping (or pushed) aside to allow Harrison's guitar brilliance to shine. While Harrison's spirituality might place him closer to John McLaughlin, Clapton remains his real soul mate.
Pattie Boyd always lurks in the background of any discussion about George Harrison. At the time of the album's recording, she still lived with him at Friar Park. But the relationship was cratering in part because of Harrison's unshared devotion to Hindu spirituality, his infidelities, and Eric Clapton's infatuation with Boyd that would ultimately lead to their marriage. Jacques Rivette's incomparable La Belle Noiseuse—about a reclusive artist living with his wife (played by Jane Birkin) in the French countryside, and whose life gets upended when a young model arrives and awakens his waning gifts—complements the theme of artistic inspiration running through both the film and Living in the Material World.
After rushing out of the post-Beatles gate with his masterpiece All Things Must Pass, George Harrison took a few years to build up to what many believe ranks as his other (albeit underappreciated) masterwork, Living in the Material World. Harrison, like at least one other former Beatle, proved an extremely complicated and conflicted person—a trait that shows up nowhere as clearly as on his 1973 album.
On the one hand, Harrison enjoyed great wealth—reflected on the inside of the record's foldout cover that depicts the singer and several select friends enjoying a lavish meal on a table set on his manicured front lawn. (Only a couple of acres of his estate are visible in the photograph.) The table setting functions as a parody of Leonardo de Vinci's The Last Supper. In the distance, you can spot Harrison's 120-room mansion set on 62 acres. A chauffeured limousine awaits his pleasure out front, behind which resides an exotic Italian sports car. At the same time, Harrison lived in a spiritual world and devoted much of his energy to Hinduism.
Such duality reveals itself on the album's front and back cover photographs of a hand. On the front, the hand holds a Hindu medallion and on the back, a couple quarters and a silver dollar. Harrison's struggle between the two extremes involved fast cars and cocaine—and meditation and striving for self-awareness. Living in the Material World remains a record of its time, when the self-improvement movement and fascination with spirituality hit at a peak. While the set does not contain the consistency of the great writing present in All Things Must Pass, it contains three stunning works—"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth," "Sue Me, Sue You Blues," and "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long" along with other fine material and a little filler. More importantly, it shows off Harrison's prodigious talent as a guitar player more than any of his other solo efforts. He played all the guitar parts and surrounded himself with Ringo Starr and Jim Keltner on drums, Klaus Voorman on bass, and Nicky Hopkins and Gary Wright on keyboards.
Living in the Material World was recorded in the U.K., mostly at Harrison's Friar Park home recording facility while some work was completed at the then-newly expanded Apple Studios in London and at Abbey Road Studios. It was mastered in the U.S.A. by Doug Sax at the Mastering Lab, leaving collectors to decide whether the U.K. or American pressing sounds better. As with all the post-Beatles individual releases, the U.K. sounds superior, with a very well developed soundstage that presents a sense of air around all the instruments. Harrison's guitar sound, in particular, gets reproduced with all the overtones with which it was born—this is no stick image of a musician playing in an anechoic chamber. And the overtones of Harrison's acoustic six-string are captured and played back like they would sound in a naturally reflective room.
Much of sonic magic gets lost in the reissue. The guitar sound that explodes off the original vinyl with gorgeous bloom instead plods here. When Harrison sings "give me life" in the opening track, the reissue seems to be speaking to the remastering that sucks the movement out of the music, as if everything has been slowed down. The beautifully pressed heavy vinyl is quiet and flat, but I can't recommend a dull version that gives me the "sue me, sue you blues."
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73: Design Patterns: Interpreter.
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The interpreter behavioral pattern allows you to solve common problems by expressing those problems in a simple language.
You first need enough problems to make this pattern worthwhile. And this pattern is great for allowing other people to contribute to your application without writing actual code. You define a language that can be used to describe different problems sort of like how a math formula solves a problem. You have different math formulas to solve different kinds of problems. And each formula can solve different specific problems by substituting different values into the formula.
This pattern relies heavily on the composite design pattern. In fact, it's really just a composite structure where the objects are instances of classes representing the rules of your language. This is called your grammar. Each of these objects defines a method called evaluate that needs a context to be passed to the method. The context is just the specific values that you want to evaluate. The composite pattern is great for calling the evaluate method for each object in the structure.
That's all there is to this pattern. It's a simple pattern with a complicated description though in the Gang of Four book. This episode provides more information with an example from the adventure game. I explain how you can use this pattern to solve a wide array of spell effects and even how to let game designers have direct input into how the spells work by writing formulas that can be interpreted with this pattern. Listen to the full episode or you can also read the full transcript below.
The basic description says that this pattern begins with a grammar then defines a representation for that grammar as well as an interpreter and then uses the interpreter to interpret sentences. Wow, I think I confused myself on that one.
Let me explain this in a completely different way that hopefully we can both understand. And if my explanation doesn't quite fit with what the gang of four intended, then I say it's their fault for writing such a ridiculous description. This is a pattern that without somebody to explain it, we would all, yes, even me, just drift off into a daze.
Okay, here it goes. I'll start with a description of a problem and then show how you might use this pattern to help.
First of all, you need a bunch of common problems. If all you have is a single or even a fixed number of specific problems, then you're probably better off writing specific code to solve them. This pattern applies when you have enough problems that you get tired of solving them and they're all similar and not very complicated.
What kind of problems? Well, let's take the adventure game as an example and say we want to allow for many different kinds of magic spells that can be cast on a distant target. And let's also say that the spell behavior should change as the hero gains experience and gets better.
Now, if you only have a couple spells, maybe one throws a ball of fire and another shoots lightning, then you might be better off representing these with their own classes. But if you have game designers that are conspiring against you by coming up with new spells almost daily, then you're going to need a better solution.
Programmers, you see, have a special kind of laziness. We'll work really hard to automate something so we don't have to do that work anymore. And a really good way to avoid work is to get those designers to do it instead.
So how should you approach this. Well, this pattern says we need a language. A grammar is just the rules that define a language. Our spell language will probably need things like level, distance, spread, immediate effect, and ongoing effect. Maybe more but this should be good enough for this explanation.
◦ Level will define how experienced the hero is.
◦ Distance will define how far the spell can reach and should increase based on level.
◦ Spread will define how widespread the effects become as the distance increases.
◦ Immediate effect defines the results of the spell that happen the moment it reaches the target.
◦ And ongoing effect defines any lingering effects.
I'm not going to get into the actual rules for the grammar in this episode. Just know that you need to define how to express the spells with these factors. Think of them sort of like mathematical formulas. Each spell will have a different formula. Fireballs will spread out as they get farther away. While lightning will tend to remain tightly focused.
The point of the grammar is to set some rules for your language so the designers can't just send you nonsense. It should be flexible enough though to express a wide variety of scenarios. The designers will love the feeling of being able to define their creations and you'll love all the work you end up saving.
Now that you have this new language, I'll explain how to actually make use of it right after this message from our sponsor.
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Episode 66 describes the composite pattern which plays a big role in this pattern. In fact, this whole pattern is really nothing more than just a specific implementation of the composite pattern. Make sure you listen to that episode to get the full benefit.
You see, when you have a particular instance of your language, which in our case is a spell effect formula, this can be represented with classes that build on each other. You construct a composite formula where the objects in the composite are instances of the grammar rules.
The interpreter pattern really is just a composite. But not all composites are interpreters. Whenever you have a composite that's built up of language rules, then you have the basis for the interpreter. All you need to complete the picture is some context and an evaluate method.
Some spells will be completely different from each other even though they still follow the same language. If they don't fit the language, then you might need to evaluate if you have enough of them to justify yet another language. But assuming for now that they fit, then different types of spells will just have a different formula. Each formula is just a different composite structure.
Some spells might follow the same formula but with some different values. Maybe a weak fireball spell behaves just like its big brother the fireball spell but with less range and less damage. Both of these would share the same formula but with different values. The values are the context. And factors such as the experience of the hero also belong to the context.
Your code that's managing the game needs to keep track of the context but that should be information you have available. Then it passes the context to the evaluate method in the composite formula. You might need to perform the evaluation for each possible target to see if any are affected by the spell and by how much.
The important point to all this though is that with this pattern, you're able to reduce what would normally be a confusing mess of ever increasing problems and their solutions down to a simple language that can be evaluated.
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SAPPHIRE NOW Global Keynote Takeaways
The SAPPHIRE NOW keynote address promised to be eye-opening and it exceeded my expectations. This year I had the privilege to be part of SAP's influencer class and being part of the inside circle granted my colleagues and me exclusive insights into the future of technology in business. As valuable as they are, there was also a highlight – the open to all keynote that grabbed attention and brought forth business operation intelligence that benefits small, medium, and large entities alike.
This year's keynote address was given by Christian Klein, CEO, COO, and member of the Executive Board of SAP SE, during the "The Enterprise in an Age of Networks" session at the SAPPHIRE NOW summit yesterday.
Klein's well-done keynote address focused on the changing ecosystem of learning and business prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital is the focus with emphasis on transparency across all areas of business operations. Technologies are evolving to bring not only businesses together but families too. The way we learn and the way we work will never be the same again. It is time to evolve to be more connected and innovative for a successful tomorrow.
Klein stressed three key insights which will shape the business world as we know it – all of which we found equally intriguing.
Key Insight Number 1
The most resilient companies are those who embraced technology to sustain their business. The COVID-19 Pandemic was a time for change and the opportunity to use technological intelligence. Companies that embraced the trend faster ensured lesser disruption in their processes and productivity.
The feat of being technologically intelligent is based not only on knowledge but courage as well. Courage to keep traditional business models behind and look towards forward-thinking models
Klein used the case study on Brakes Ecosystem – a SYSCO company is as a great example of what pioneering adaptation of technology can do the ensure minimal downtime even during a pandemic
We win together as a community – no business does business alone. This is one of the most important trends to move forward. We live in a connected economy and it only makes sense to be part of a connected community to help our businesses work smoother. Industries will be revolutionized when businesses become communities and vice versa.
The new businesses models must emphasize the following:
The need to reinvent how companies work
Complex logistics of old models need to be overhauled
COVID-19 showed us the importance of real-time transparency. In traditional methods, the one-to-one communications in the supply chain do not provide real-time data to businesses. Digitization gives the whole scenario much-needed transparency.
One of the most hard-hitting insights Klein put forward is preservation. Preservation that zeroes in on three vital aspects.
Zero Inequality
Klein focused his energy on emphasizing how important these three-pointers will be in the businesses of the future. SAP is already working full steam to create a very low carbon footprint model that will ensure steady work towards zero emissions. Businesses across the globe are focusing on minimizing their carbon footprint and technology is there to help.
Zero waste is the need of the hour during pandemics. With the delivery of almost everything hit with logistical glitches, waste curbing is of much importance. Businesses will do well to ensure that minimal wastage of resources occurs in the whole supply chain model.
The third and most arguably the strongest point of the session was zero inequality. This is the time to come together and form a better cause. Thereby inequality has no place in the new age businesses. Community is vital for businesses and that is where the focus must be given
We at Jumpstart enjoyed the session immensely, to say the least. What were your take and views on the keynote? Let's exchange ideas for a connected future.
The Small Business Landscape is Changing. Are You Changing With It?
There are sixty percent more errors made by disengaged employees than not. Also, sixty-seven percent of employees are not active in the workplace. While these statistics are astounding, they are not surprising. As the United States is slowly reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, many employees have found the benefits of working remotely and living digitally. As an HR executive, you are probably eager to get back to the way things once were. We suggest, slow your roll. Employees are frustrated that companies are not willing to budge and adopt new technological practices. They also are frustrated that their benefits packages do not mirror what they need. Data shows that younger millennials and Generation Z value workplace flexibility and benefits such as student loan assistance. Jumpstart:HR CEO, Joey Price sat down with Unum and Lars Schmidt to discuss how the small business benefits landscape is changing.
Three key takeaways from the podcast episode:
Employees are looking for more progressive places to work at.
Companies should strive to be "digital by default" and adopt technology as it is easier for employees to do their job to the highest level.
When thinking about creating benefits packages for your employees, make sure to talk to your team and see what they value.
Enjoyed the podcast episode? Download Unem's Digital Benefits Blueprint PDF and let us know what your key takeaway was!
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How HR Can Facilitate Uncomfortable Conversations in the Workforce
Can we all agree that 2020 was one for the books? Not only did organizations have to pivot systems at a moment's notice, but we had to address issues from the COVID-19 pandemic to racial reckoning. As companies were being called out left and right for their lack of inauthenticity in their responses, we realized that companies are now being held to a standard of practicing what they preach publicly and privately. It is a known fact that customers, employees, and shareholders crave AUTHENTICITY. At Jumpstart:HR, we understand how difficult addressing uncomfortable topics can be. We have experts that are known to help facilitate uncomfortable conversations in the workplace. We want to see your workplace culture thrive and be an open space. Hear more about how HR and organizational leaders can have uncomfortable conversations in a healthily from our CEO, Joey Price on the Employee Cycle Podcast.
Here are there keys to difficult conversations at work:
Do not just relegate difficult conversations to a social media post, make sure that your systems and company culture reflect what you say you stand for.
Make sure you evaluate, understand, and empathize the issue. If you are unable to do any of those, bring in a consulting or advising expert to lead the discussions.
Build trust in your organization to ensure that conversations happen and employees are comfortable participating in the uncomfortable conversations.
What else would you add to this critical conversation? Drop a note in the comment section below.
Jumpstart:HR is a Human Resources outsourcing and consulting company for small businesses and start-ups. We lead in people management and project leadership. We believe that the best companies strive to improve work culture and invest in team members. Schedule your consultation today at https://jumpstart-hr.com/contact/.
Jumpstart:HR Announces American Workforce Engagement Survey : March 2021 Results
[Baltimore, MD]: On March 1, 2021, Jumpstart: HR announced their American Workforce Engagement Survey. This six-minute survey asks questions such as "Do professionals understand the importance of their role to the success of the organization?" and "Do leaders in the organization communicate a vision that motivates employees?" The objective of the monthly survey is to engage employees in meaningful conversations surrounding workplace culture and inspire people to be excited about work.
"The responses to the American Workforce Engagement Survey have been overwhelmingly positive," says Joey Price, CEO of Jumpstart:HR. "I am excited to help bring change to the American workplace and promote healthy workplace culture"
In our March 2021 survey, 38% of participants agreed that they find personal meaning and fulfillment at work, while 50% highly agree that they seek ways to improve their performance at work. Findings show that 22% of participants do not see themselves staying at their organization for the next two years and less than 7% do not understand their role in the success of the organization.
Surveys are available at the start of each month and will close at 12:00 PM EST on the 20th of each month. Benefits of participating in the survey include:
Being a part of donating to a national non-profit organization (for each survey completed, Jumpstart:HR will donate $1 to an NPO of participants choice, upwards to $500)
FREE professional development course at the end of the month (valued at $150)
Being a part of an industry-changing project that changes the way Americans perceive work
We encourage you to share the survey with your network. For more information and to take the survey, visit www.jumpstart-hr.com/awe
Jumpstart:HR Announces Partnership with the National HBCU Speech and Debate Association
[Baltimore, Maryland]: Jumpstart:HR today announces a new partnership with the National HBCU Speech and Debate Association. The goal of this partnership is to partner HBCU Debate students with mentors and jobs in HR.
"Hiring Managers across the country know that some of the most in-demand skills at work are critical thinking and communication. Students who participate in the Association dedicate themselves to rigorously developing these skills and deserve opportunity and exposure at the professional level," says Joey Price, CEO at Jumpstart:HR, LLC.
"The students who graduate from a speech and debate background actually have power…power is the ability to influence, motivate and inspire. These students have that ability because they have been honing that ability and learning that ability. They can utilize all of those skills so when they create a vision, people can buy into that vision." says Dr. Christopher "Coach" Medina, Executive Director of the National HBCU Debate Association.
The 2021 National Speech and Debate Championship will be happening virtually on Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28. Joey Price will be addressing the participants during the awards ceremony.
The benefits of this new partnership include:
Connecting HBCU debate students to mentorship and job opportunities within the HR space
Bringing awareness to the HR and DEI community about the competition
Creating future job/internship opportunities for competition participant
About Jumpstart:HR: Jumpstart:HR is a strategic and reliable HR consulting company that helps small businesses in project leadership such as scrum mastery, project development, and people management.
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How HR Help Employees Prevent and Plan for Coronavirus
A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.
It was first encountered in Wuhan in 2019 and affected more than 80,000 people across the globe causing over 2,700 deaths.
Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death.
HR leaders should safeguard against the spread of the illness, without causing panic.
To avoid the spread of misinformation, HR should endeavor to ensure that employees aren't sharing false information or gossiping about others. HR should ensure that employees rely on facts, not hearsay.
HR departments should emphasize preventative steps for guarding the workplace against all viruses.
HR should have a plan ready to deploy. That plan should be created in partnership with other departments, including risk management, finance and IT.
Beside provisioning free masks and sanitizers, the cleaning schedule of the office can be increased.
Senior management has to walk the talk to ensure they mask up wherever appropriate to.
Temperature taking could be incorporated so that everyone in the office would have a peace of mind and not be paranoid that their co-workers may be infected. Such information should be openly available so that employees have complete trust in the information provided.
Lunch could be catered so as to minimize employee's exposure to crowded areas like the food center.
Evaluate unnecessary domestic travel.
Review basic health and safety protocols.
Update your human resources policy.
Keep employees updated.
In general, human resources departments should strive to contain the spread of communicable diseases such as the coronavirus by emphasizing employee hygiene, monitoring the spread of infection, and considering more serious emergency protocols if necessary.
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FREE Halloween Game to be Played October 30
NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Oklahoma baseball team and head coach Pete Hughes invite the community out to L. Dale Mitchell Park for the team's Second Annual ALS Awareness Halloween Game on Thursday, October 30 at 6:00 pm. Admission is free for fans and kids of all ages, who are encouraged to arrive in costume. The Sooners will take the field for an intra-squad scrimmage dressed in costume for the event.
Kids attending the game in costume will have the opportunity to trick-or-treat at the field and meet with players. Kids in costume will also be invited down to the field for a picture with the team at the conclusion of the game. Gates will open at 5:00 pm.
Last year an estimated 600 fans were on hand as familiar characters from Monsters, Inc., The Flintstones, Batman and Robin and more played between the lines. The game is the centerpiece of OU's #StrikeoutALS campaign. The game will count as one of the team's community service projects in its 2014-15 19 Ways campaign, an effort to impact the Norman community in 19 different ways throughout the academic year.
All funds raised through the event will go to the ALS Association. Over this past summer, Hughes and several players took part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral through social media. That particular campaign was spearheaded by Pete Frates, a former standout baseball player under Hughes at Boston College. Hughes started the Halloween Game tradition at Virginia Tech in 2012 in an effort to raise awareness and money for ALS research.
"Pete Frates, a former player of mine at Boston College and one of my all-time favorite players, was diagnosed with ALS at 27 years old," recalled Hughes. "A lot of these guys that I'm looking at right now, in our program, I'm looking at the same face as Pete Frates. Anything that we can do to raise awareness and funds to shed light on this and help find a cure is an important night."
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#245September 2021
Building Knowledge and Skills
Education and training make an integral component of the national nuclear infrastructure. Turkish students receive degrees from leading Russian universities, while Russian experts share their experience in teaching 'nuclear' subjects with Turkish colleagues.
In late August, Turkish graduates from Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU, Russia), who completed their education under the training program for the Akkuyu NPP operating personnel, received their master's degrees. All 22 graduates successfully completed the program with 12 people receiving cum laude degrees. During two years of education, the students had been trained in Thermal Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Nuclear-related subjects were taught in English, while would-be AKKUYU NUCLEAR employees were also offered additional Russian language classes.
In September 2021, AKKUYU NUCLEAR will employ Turkish graduates from SPbPU's master degree program.
"Construction of the country's first nuclear power plant is a huge step forward for Turkey, so me, my family and my friends are very proud of the fact that I am going to become a part of this project. I am also very glad that the Akkuyu NPP is being built in Mersin, a province where I was born and raised. I am sure that, thanks to this project, Turkey and Mersin will get a great boost for their development," says SPbPU graduate Tugce Kurt.
SPbPU was founded in 1899 and is considered to be one of the best technical universities in Russia.
This academic year, another 25 bachelor students from Turkish universities joined the targeted training program. Before leaving for Russia, they were invited for a meeting at Turkey's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
"The main goal of the Ministry and other competent government agencies is to hand the nuclear power plant over to you, would-be plant operators, who will ensure its safe and reliable functioning. This is the reason why studying in Russia is extremely important for the entire project – you will acquire necessary knowledge and skills and be assimilated into the nuclear safety culture," Salih Sari, Head of Nuclear Infrastructure Development Department at the General Directorate of Nuclear Energy and International Projects of the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, said addressing the students.
The education program was initiated by AKKUYU NUCLEAR in 2011. The costs of training are covered by Russia. The students are trained at the National Nuclear Research University (MEPhI) and Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University (SPbPU). In total, 186 young Turkish professionals have completed the training program, and all of them have been employed by AKKUYU NUCLEAR. Now they are working at the first nuclear power plant construction project in Turkey. Another 85 Turkish students continue their studies under the program.
It is not only Turkish students who will acquire new knowledge. In August, AKKUYU NUCLEAR employees who had graduated from the training program for the Akkuyu NPP operating personnel, conducted a training session for vocational high school teachers from the Mersin province. The Introduction to Nuclear Energy course will be included in the curriculum of seven vocational high schools in Mersin for the 2021/2022 academic year. During the one-week session, the teachers attended lectures and seminars organized at the training center of the under-construction Akkuyu NPP.
With support from the Ministry of National Education and lecturers from the relevant departments of the Turkish universities, AKKUYU NUCLEAR also developed a textbook for the Introduction to Nuclear Energy course. Starting from the 2021/2022 academic year, it is included in the curriculum of seven vocational high schools in Mersin. Students will have all necessary learning materials. In addition, it is planned to conduct technical tours to the Akkuyu NPP construction site, additional classes at the nuclear plant training center, and tours to the Akkuyu Public Information Center in Mersin.
"The training was very effective and incredibly useful for us, teachers, because we will have to tell our students about atomic energy," says Latif Uzun, a teacher of Physics from Ataturk Anatolian Vocational High School in Toroslar district, Mersin.
The Akkuyu project offers equal career opportunities to all professionals. Today, about one thousand women work for the project, and many of them hold senior positions. For example, Burul Bugubaeva is a senior expert at the HR Department. "Akkuyu is a project offering women vast employment opportunities and a source of stable income. Since AKKUYU NUCLEAR is a transnational company, we have a chance of gaining an unrivaled experience," Burul Bugubaeva says.
Naila Atmaca, who is a lawyer at AKKUYU NUCLEAR, thinks that the project is very important in terms of employment opportunities for both women and men. "AKKUYU NUCLEAR is not just about electricity and lighting in our homes – it is a project that will shed light on our youth, our future and our society in general," she says.
Meanwhile, work is going full steam ahead at the nuclear plant construction site. Preparations have started for the construction of the fourth unit. Pit excavations for the key buildings are underway on an area covering 655 square meters. The maximum depth of the pit will be nearly 12.5 meters. All in all, workers will have to remove almost 600,000 cubic meters of soil.
"We expect to obtain a construction license for the fourth power unit later this year and begin full-scale construction works at the beginning of the following year. We will start making a concrete bed for the foundation slabs of the nuclear and turbine islands and then proceed with foundation reinforcement by the end of the next year. The Akkuyu NPP will thus become the world's largest nuclear site with four power units simultaneously under construction," says Sergey Butskikh, First Deputy CEO at AKKUYU NUCLEAR and director of the under-construction nuclear power plant.
In the meantime, Atommash, a major Russian nuclear company and part of Rosatom's power engineering division, began shipping steam generators for Akkuyu's second power unit. Four 355-ton steam generators – important components of the reactor's primary loop – will travel 3,000 kilometers by water.
"The first out of four steam generators was manufactured eight months ahead of the production schedule. The time of key production operations was reduced almost twice," says Igor Kotov, CEO of AEM Technologies.


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Q: Geta data from DB by EntityFramework by TPC strategy I use EF6 in my project. I have abstract class "Animal" and two class, which inherit by it: Cat and Dog.
As inherit strategy I want to use TPC (table per concrete), my DbContext look like below
public class AnimalDbContext: DbContext
{
    public DbSet<Animal> Animals { get; set; }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        modelBuilder.Entity<Cat>().Map(m =>
        {
            m.MapInheritedProperties();
            m.ToTable("Cats");
        });

        modelBuilder.Entity<Dog>().Map(m =>
        {
            m.MapInheritedProperties();
            m.ToTable("Dogs");
        });
    }
}

This code create proper tables in my database. My question is how can I read data from Cat or Dog table? In my AninamDbContext object I don't have Cats or Dogs property.
using (var db = new AnimalDbContext)
{
    //how can I there read from db I cats?
}

A: have you tried the following?
using (var db = new AnimalDbContext)
{
    var cats = db.Animals.OfType<Cat>().ToArray();

    // Or when you want to get animals of multiple types
    var catsAndDogs = db.Animals.Where(a => a is Cat|| a is Dog).ToArray();
}

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Third World: Second Sex
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Rules of Desire: Sex in Britain: World War I to the Present
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Women in War: First-Hand Accounts From World War II to El Salvador
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Civil Liberties in Britain During the Second World War: A Political Study
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Contesting Home Defence: Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War
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Background. Regulation BI would add Rule 15l-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") to establish a standard of conduct for broker‑dealers when making securities recommendations or investment strategy recommendations to retail customers. The SEC's Proposal notes that while a number of cases have interpreted the "suitability" requirements and other rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") as requiring broker‑dealers to only make recommendations "consistent with [the] customers' best interests," this requirement is not explicit in FINRA's rules. The uncertainty has left retail investors without the protection of any form of a broker‑dealer fiduciary rule.
General Requirements. Under Regulation BI, broker-dealers making a recommendation would specifically be required "to act in the best interest of the retail consumer" at the time a recommendation is made, "without placing the financial or other interest [of the broker‑dealer] ahead of the interest of the retail customer." Unlike the language of Section 913 of the Dodd‑Frank Act, which permits the SEC to promulgate rules enforcing a best interest standard of conduct for broker‑dealers and investment advisers that is determined "without regard to the financial or other interest of the broker, dealer, or investment adviser providing the advice," Regulation BI allows a broker‑dealer to consider its own interests, but requires that they be subordinated to those of the customer.
Conflict of Interest Obligation – Establishing, maintaining and enforcing written policies and procedures reasonably designed to identify, disclose, mitigate, or eliminate material conflicts of interest arising from financial incentives.
Recordkeeping. Regulation BI would amend current recordkeeping rules to require broker-dealers to retain all information collected from or provided to a retail customer pursuant to Regulation BI for a minimum of six years.
Limitation of Liability. Under Section 29(a) of the Exchange Act, a broker‑dealer cannot waive the best interest obligation and, per Regulation BI, a retail customer cannot agree to waive protection under the regulation. Therefore, although the scope of the specific engagement can be provided for by contract, the scope of Regulation BI itself cannot be reduced by contract.
The SEC further notes that no private right of action is intended to be created under Regulation BI, pointing to its Regulation BI authority pursuant to Section 913 of Dodd-Frank and Section 15(l) of the Exchange Act, which do not create private rights of action or rescission.
The SEC expressed concern at the open meeting, and requested further comments to the Proposal, to seek guidance as to whether Regulation BI and its three‑part "safe harbor" (i) provide sufficient guardrails for broker‑dealers to monitor their compliance with the rule, (ii) are not overly duplicative of existing FINRA rules governing broker‑dealer conduct, and (iii) establish strong enough of a fiduciary duty for broker‑dealers to adequately protect retail investors. The SEC also asks whether commenters agree with the SEC's interpretation that Regulation BI would not create a private right of action.


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Shabbat Shalom with a Heart Healthy Dose of Torah –Tol'dot
I want to share a story about a dog. Bing, the dog of war, parachuted into France with his sniper handler to become a D-Day hero. Bing was one of the first dogs to be parachuted and dropped behind enemy lines alongside British paratroopers. He landed on Normandy to sniff out trouble before troops entered – even after he was wounded with mortar fire. When something didn't seem right, Bing would stop in his tracks and point. He led the troops safely through dangerous areas. Bing saved hundreds of lives from ambush during the war. For his service, he was awarded the animal equivalent to the Victoria Cross.
Rav Abraham Isaac Kook taught, "The old must be made new, and the new must be made holy." Even as we encourage our children to grow, we have to remember that everything grows from something. We cannot grow – from nothing. We may not make headlines, but we can change the world.
The patriarch Isaac is a weakly developed character in the Bible. Abraham (his father) and Jacob (his son) play major roles in the development of faith. Isaac seems to simply be the conduit between the two giants. His entire life moves from asterisk to asterisk. He came into this world as the child of two elderly parents and his birth caused a rift in the family forcing his brother, Ishmael, to leave home. His father tries to kill him on a mountain top. His mother leaves his father in the aftermath. His father's servant found him a bride. It took 20 years for this bride (Rebecca) to have children and the twins (Jacob and Esau) were constantly at war with each other. His story mimics his father's, as well. Isaac will travel the same paths and reopen the same wells his dad dug, committing to "renaming" them the same names dad gave them. Later in years, his son, Jacob, will deceive him into giving the first-born's blessing to the second-born child. There is very little positively unique to Isaac in the Isaac story.
Many scholars argue that the patriarchic stories come from differing traditions. Each of the individuals is the prime figure in that respective tradition and the folklores overlap. While I am certainly willing to accept that the origins of the stories may be diverse, compiled into this one work, the three narratives serve an intergenerational purpose. This trinity created the fabric of all the western nations of faith.
When we think of great religious leaders, we default to thinking of the strong personalities. Moses, Abraham, Jacob, Jesus, Mohammad, etc; these are the names of the people with great and motivating stories. Still, though, we would never think of mentioning our Patriarchs and not include Isaac. For that matter, While Sarah is the matriarch of matriarchs, and Leah and Rachel (and Bilchah and Zilpah) mother the 12 tribes, not much gets written about Rebecca, either. Of course – most people never heard of Bilchah or Zilpah – mothers to 1/3 of the tribes of Israel.
Isaac and Rebecca are not only the link between generations, they preserved and passed on the tradition of blessing of health, faith, and abundance to both of their children. While Esau and Jacob lived at odds, neither could have been successful, but for their quiet parents who, even with human frailties, raised them to be strong and successful. Our quiet heroes don't get much fanfare, but they hold the world together, none-the-less.
The athletes who score the most points, the politicians with the most bravado, and the musicians who hit the top 40 – these are the people we often look to as our heroes. Everyone wants a fan photograph with the quarterback, but who asks for one with the trainer who repairs the equipment that protects the star? Doctors get the credit for surgery, but there could be no success without the nurses, researchers, and administrators that made sure the Doctor had the resources, information, and training to administer the cure. We celebrate successful business people, but nobody remembers the teachers who held them, nurtured them, and put up with them – pushing them to succeed.
We have forgotten that the ones who make headlines are not always the ones who deserve the medals. In this day of hero-worship, we need to go back to our tradition where Isaac and Rebecca (the quiet generation) deserve honor no differently than the flamboyant bookends on either side. We need to remember Bilchah and Zilpah as matriarchs amongst our people. To quote Bette Midler – we need the wings that fly, but they need "the wind beneath" in order to soar. It is in the selfless power of this "wind" made by the quiet heroes that shape the world. This is the ultimate example of being holy. We need to return to honoring the holy.


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L'Odessa Grand Prix est une course cycliste créée en 2015 et disputée sous forme de deux épreuves en ligne. Elle se déroule à Odessa en Ukraine et fait partie du calendrier de l'UCI Europe Tour.

L'édition 2020 est annulée en raison de la pandémie de coronavirus.

Palmarès

Odessa Grand Prix 1

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| 2015
|  Oleksandr Polivoda
|  Matej Mugerli
|  Artem Topchanyuk
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| 2016
|  Oleksandr Prevar
|  Vitaliy Buts
|  Oleksandr Golovash
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| 2017
|  Mykhailo Kononenko
|  Vitaliy Buts
|  Oleksandr Polivoda
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| 2019
|  Matvey Nikitin
|  Volodymyr Dzhus
|  Stanislau Bazhkou
|}

Odessa Grand Prix 2

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| 2015
|  Vitaliy Buts
|  Matej Mugerli
|  Viesturs Lukševics
|}

Notes et références

Liens externes
 Palmarès de l'Odessa Grand Prix 1 sur cqranking.com
 Palmarès de l'Odessa Grand Prix 2 sur cqranking.com

Compétition cycliste en Ukraine
UCI Europe Tour

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Joachim Low blast Mesut Ozil
Joachim Low admits Mesut Ozil was one of many Germany players who underperformed at the World Cup. Germany have crashed out at the group stage after they were beaten 2-0 by South Korea on Wednesday. Ozil was dropped for Germany's second group game against Sweden following the surprise 1-0 defeat to Mexico but was recalled for the crucial match against South Korea. But the Arsenal midfielder, who has been heavily criticised during the tournament, was unable to inspire Germany to the win they required. 'Today, because of a number of bans and injuries, we had to make changes,' said Low.
'In 2014 and 2017 that was also the case, it happens. A team only begins to gel later at the tournament, so it makes sense to bring some [players] in and let it go easy on them. 'It wasn't only Ozil, a number of other players didn't perform as they normally would. 'I take responsibility for that and stand up for that, but I thought it was a good team.
'I didn't think Thomas Muller had been that convincing in the first two matches and I wanted to make a point there. 'Towards the finish when we realised we needed a goal we took a defender out late on and that meant we became less structured, but we couldn't wait, we had to risk. 'We needed to throw things forward and it opened things up in defence.'
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Free Herman Wallace!
Created: Tuesday, 17 September 2013 23:42
Written by Sam McDonald
Herman Wallace, one of the Angola 3, who were unjustly jailed in the United States following the death of a guard in a prison riot, has announced that he is in the final stages of cancer. Following 40 years in solitary confinement, Wallace has been transferred to a hospice for his final few weeks of life.
The Angola 3 – Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King – were members of the Black Panther Party initially imprisoned in 1971. Committed revolutionaries, they organised prisoners to improve conditions in the former slave plantation of Angola.
Convicted, by an all-white jury, of the killing of a prison guard in 1973, following a trial where multiple witnesses testified to their innocence. Years later, once DNA testing was available, the state 'lost' the bloody clothes and samples from the victim that had been claimed to prove their guilt. New evidence showed that the prosecution witnesses had been bribed with privileges and reduced sentences.
The Angola 3 have remained committed to their fight for justice, lodging appeal after appeal. Robert King was released in 2001, following a successful appeal against his original conviction. Albert Woodfox's conviction has been overturned three times by lower courts due to the racism of his trial and suppression of evidence. Even the widow of the victim has supported the men's fight for justice.
Due to their refusal to compromise their beliefs – described by the state as 'unrehabilitated active Black Pantherism' - they have been held in 6' by 9' solitary cells. A civil lawsuit challenging the unconstitutionality of 40 years in solitary confinement is due to be heard in June 2014. Herman Wallace will not live to see the result. The experience of the Angola 3 shows how the capitalist state will do all it can to continue to punish its revolutionary enemies.
The same system of oppression continues to fall most heavily upon oppressed groups. Black men and Muslims, in particular, face increasing restrictions on their freedom to read, associate and study as they wish while in prison, both in the US and in Britain.
To support the Angola 3, visit the campaign website http://www.angola3action.org/ or write to the Governor of Louisiana via Amnesty International.
You can also write with messages of support to:
Albert Woodfox #72148, David Wade Correctional Center, N1 A3, 670 Bell Hill Road, Homer, LA 71040
Herman Wallace #76759, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, CCR D #2, PO Box 174, St. Gabriel, LA 70776.
They might bend me a little bit, they may cause me a lot of pain, they may even take my life, but they will never be able to break me. – Albert Woodfox
Sam McDonald
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Effect of a disposable automated suturing device on cost and operating room time in benign total laparoscopic hysterectomy procedures.
To determine the effect of a disposable automated laparoscopic suturing device, the Endo Stitch (ES) (Covidien, Mansfield, MA, USA), on hospital cost and surgical time in patients undergoing a benign total laparoscopic hysterectomy procedure compared with the use of the da Vinci surgical system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) or traditional laparoscopic suturing technique.The Premier Perspective Database (Premier, Charlotte, NC, USA) was used to identify all inpatient hospital discharges with the primary procedure of a total laparoscopic hysterectomy (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification code 68.41) for benign conditions between January 1, 2009, and June 30, 2011. Patients were further categorized into 3 groups: (1) those for whom the ES was used during the laparoscopic hysterectomy procedure, (2) those for whom robotic assistance (RA) was used, and (3) those for whom neither ES nor RA (NER) was used. Multivariate analysis was performed to examine the association among the ES, RA, and NER groups with respect to hospital cost, length of stay, and surgery time. The multivariate analysis controlled for the patient's age, race, severity of illness, and comorbid conditions, as well as hospital characteristics, such as bed size, region, and teaching status.A total of 9308 patients undergoing an inpatient total laparoscopic hysterectomy procedure between January 1, 2009, and June 30, 2011, were eligible for the study. The ES was used in 974 of the patients (10%), RA was used in 3971 (43%), and neither technique was used in 4363 (47%). After adjusting for confounding variables, the mean hospital cost was $1769 (P = .0332) lower, with a 42-minute (P < .001) surgery time savings, for the ES group compared with the RA group. The mean hospitalization cost for the ES group was also $634 (P < .0879) less expensive, with a 21-minute (P = .0131) surgery time savings, compared with the NER group.Use of a disposable automated laparoscopic suturing device, the ES, is significantly more cost-effective than the use of the da Vinci surgical system or traditional laparoscopic suturing techniques for the performance of a total laparoscopic hysterectomy procedure for benign conditions.


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MOLLOY COLLEGE
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Molloy College is in a relatively urban area (in or near a city), which may be something you prefer if you like a city lifestyle as a student.
Molloy College has a rolling admissions policy, which means that you can apply throughout the year for the upcoming semester.
Molloy College is relatively smaller in size with an enrollment of only 3,585 students.
Molloy College accepts about 60% of its applicants on average, and 86% of the students receive some sort of financial aid for college at Molloy College.
If you are looking for more information on financial aid at Molloy College, you can may want to contact Ana Lockwood, who is the Director of Financial Aid at Molloy College. You may also qualify for scholarships for college in New York to attend Molloy College or grants for college in New York to attend Molloy College.
You may also need to take one or more of the following tests to qualify for admission at Molloy College:
If you are interested in joining the Army ROTC, Molloy College does have an ROTC Army program that is available for attending students.
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If you are interested in joining the Air Force ROTC, Molloy College does have an ROTC Air Force program that is available for attending students.
Molloy College offers military credit for military courses that have been completed successfully by students.
If you have taken some advanced placement courses with an applicable test, or obtained credit from an other college, you may be eligible to transfer that credit to Molloy College.
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Don't forget to study for the SAT, because the average SAT score for students that are entering Molloy College is 1050.
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Posted by artemis on Jul 6, 2012 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on What is a doula?
A doula, according to Wikipedia (the knower of all things), is a nonmedical person who assists a woman before, during, or after childbirth, as well as her partner and/or family by providing information, physical assistance, and emotional support.The provision of continuous support during labor by doulas, or nurses, family, or friends, is associated with improved maternal and fetal health and a variety of other benefits.
It is a doulas job to understand the needs of laboring women, to quickly evaluate emotional and physical changes in the laboring woman and adjust her care accordingly. Sometimes this looks like wrapping her arms around someone, or physically holding them up – and sometimes it looks like standing by, quiet but always there.


With a regional office in Bangkok, Thailand and test labs in Shanghai, China, NSF offers many services throughout Asia. This includes food safety testing, certification and auditing (including GFSI and seafood), as well as certification of foodservice equipment, consumer products, dietary supplements and drinking water treatment, distribution, filtration and plumbing products and components. In Japan, we audit and certify gas appliances and supply facilities. Management systems certification is also available.


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How to apply for a Ride Access Pass with Legoland Windsor Resort
Back in March, this year, we announced our partnership with Merlin Entertainment and that Access Card Holders could now use their Access Card as proof for a Ride Access Pass.*
We would like to provide you with a guide on how to apply for the Merlin Entertainment Ride Access Pass, which can be used at many different attractions, including, Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Legoland Windsor Resort & Alton Towers.
(Please note that you do not need to apply for a Ride Access Pass every time you visit a new attraction. The Ride Access Pass is valid for 2 years and will grant you access to each Merlin Entertainment attraction. Simply complete one application with a themepark of your choice.)
What is a Ride Access Pass?
"A Ride Access Pass is a virtual queuing system designed to make reasonable adjustments to assist guests who do not understand the concept of queuing, have a physical disability that prevents them standing for extended periods of time or permanently non-ambulant guests."
Below is a guide on how to apply for a Ride Access Pass with Legoland Windsor Resort. **
If you choose to apply for a Ride Access Pass with Legoland Windsor Resort, you can do so by following these simple steps.
Visitors are asked to pre-register for a Ride Access Pass before they plan to visit the Resort.
First, click here to access the online Application Form.
Please follow the instructions and complete the form.
Attach a scanned copy of your Access Card (with the 'Standing & Queuing' symbol) along with a copy of valid Photo ID to your Application Form.
Once accepted, you will be directed to create an ID card via Legoland Windsor Resort's website that will be available for collection on your first visit.
*The Access Card is not a prerequisite for obtaining a Ride Access Pass and other reasonable adjustments.. Visitors can apply directly to Merlin Entertainment to be processed within their internal registration scheme.
The Access Card is an alternative form of documentation used to communicate a disabled person's access requirements. With an Access Card, disabled people are able to communicate their access requirements in a more simplified and discrete way, removing the need to present personal or sensitive documentation when visiting over 1,000 different venues and attractions across the UK and beyond.
**Due to the current COVID climate, we cannot guarantee that the information provided in this guide will not be subject to change. If in doubt, please contact the individual venues directly using the contact details on our listing pages by following the links above.
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Today, we decided to take advantage of the new snowfall, and build another snowman. Maeve, 7, said that since we had already built a snowman, it was time to build a snowwoman. The snow was stickier than when we built the snowman, so this made the construction easier. Seamus, 9, studied the complexities with the analytical talents he has learned from building Lego structures, and figured out how to make buttons (from my Mom's vintage button box) work for lips and eyes. Maeve helped me gather up pink and purple accessories.
You go, Maeve–and Seamus for solving the engineering problems!


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Nord Stream-2: the end-game
Ilian Vassilev
The long geopolitical game around the Nord Stream-2 pipeline is approaching its end. Gazprom's blackmailing strategy is pretty blatant for those willing to see. But Russia's position may not be as strong as chief strategist Vladimir Putin imagines.
Having said goodbye to US president Joe Biden last month, German chancellor Angela Merkel has paid what is presumably her last visit to Moscow in office. Disappointingly for her, the trip did little to convince Europeans of the good will or good faith of her host and friend, Russian president Vladimir Putin, On the contrary, he looks set to continue playing energy hardball and using his country's gas as an energy weapon to sow uncertainty and havoc in the EU ahead of the winter season.
The end of the pipe-laying operation for the Nord Stream-2 (NS-2) pipeline ushers in the end-game in the Kremlin's geostrategic powerplay – and its most challenging phase, that of insurance, certification of works, licensing of operation, and the start of trading and of capacity load-up.
Gazprom has stepped up its propaganda campaign to get around the regulatory and legal barriers that prevent utilisation of the full capacity of EUGAL, NS-2's onshore segment. It seems to be an all-out effort mobilising all the assets – political, diplomatic, business, media and secret service – at the disposal of the Russian state.
But the odds are not in the Kremlin's favour.
For a start, on August 25, a German appeal court ruled that Nord Stream-2 was not exempt from EU legislation. This was the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court, whose ruling rejected an appeal lodged last year by the NS-2 operating company. This decision kills hopes that Gazprom will be able to make full use of EUGAL's and NS-2's annual capacity of 55 billion cubic metres (bcm).
It's a minefield. And Putin's most valuable asset, Mrs Merkel, will leave office in September before clearing it, unable to remove the latest set of barriers facing her beloved Nord Stream-2. She is likely to be succeeded by a coalition government less supportive of Mr Putin and Gazprom.
The Gazprom two-step
Still, law isn't everything. There's also blackmail – and scare tactics. And recent events show that the Kremlin's plan is unfolding rather predictably. It now looks as if Gazprom's strategy of brinkmanship depends heavily on a specific two-step tactic:
In Step One, Gazprom pushes a narrative of "record-low" levels of production, supply or storage in Russia and Europe, involving genuine or staged (or simply fictitious) incidents affecting production facilities or pipelines, creating an expectation of imminent crisis – and presenting NS-2 as a neat way of avoiding or solving that crisis.
In Step Two – if Step One hasn't done the trick – then the Kremlin will stick to the 'revenues and market shares before Gazprom' rule, regroup and other Russian energy companies (e.g. Rosneft, Lukoil, Novatek) could cut in as 'third parties' to supply gas via NS-2, thus formally complying with EU's regulatory and legal framework.
It's happening now.
A recent article on the gas situation carried by Russian state news agency Interfax provides a backstory of reduced production levels at home. Russia's Kommersant daily – not the most independent of publications nowadays – has reported that Gazprom's gas stocks in both Russia and Germany are well below their routine levels, standing at 18% of capacity on average in Gazprom's EU-based underground gas storage facilities (UGS), as against 61.5% in UGS across the Union as a whole. And during the first 13 days of August, Gazprom offered less than 900 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas on its electronic trading platform (ESP) in St. Petersburg. Later in the month it stopped offering gas altogether.
As to production problems, one of those has cropped up too. In early August, Interfax reported a serious accident at the first train of Gazprom's condensate-processing facility at Novy Urengoy in the Yamal-Nenets region, which put additional curbs on gas output from large gas fields in West Siberia. Experts reckon that, by year-end, the company's gas output will have dropped by a cumulative total of around 8 bcm without this facility. The effect will be immediate along the Yamal-Europe pipeline, both in Russia proper and in Poland and Germany: the total volume of gas shipped daily through this pipeline has registered a drastic fall from 84 mcm to 50 mcm, said Interfax.
And, of course – in accordance with a pattern that has become well established over the summer – there's no prospect of much Russian gas coming through Ukraine: Gazprom, it emerges, has booked just 4% of the transit capacity offered for September.
Understandably, the market is getting neurotic as gas prices soar and UGS injections are reported to be at scarily low levels. Neurotic – and suggestible. Two months ago Gazprom's CEO Alexei Miller promised 'cheaper gas' once the NS-2 comes online. Last week, TASS quoted a Gazprom press release as being a bit more specific: 5.6 bcm of gas could reach Germany by year-end if NS-2 becomes operational at the end of October. And gas hubs in the UK and continental Europe reacted instantly (albeit temporarily) |with a 5% drop in spot prices in the afternoon of August 18 and 5% more the following day.
The message was explicit. If Europeans are desperate for cheaper gas in the cold of winter, they will have to get it from Russia, the only gas producer with sufficient spare capacity. But the only way to do so is to loosen the regulatory and legal stranglehold on NS-2. The markets understood the message perfectly. And, the Kremlin no doubt hopes, decision-makers in Brussels and EU national capitals will have taken note too.
In other words, having set the stage, Gazprom wants to get on with the show. Curtains up, light the lights! And enter NS-2 in the role of saviour committed to making up for almost any current shortfall on the EU gas market.
Or possibly – and this is where Step Two comes in – enter the rather scary Igor Sechin to put in a cameo appearance.
Mr Sechin is a power in the land – known in some quarters as "Darth Vader" – and he's been itching to get access to gas export pipelines for years, so far without success. Last week, Kommersant reported that he had asked Mr Putin to allow Rosneft to export 10 bcm via the NS-2/EUGAL in 2022, as an agent of Gazprom, to help the latter comply with the third party access requirement of the EU's Third Energy Package.
Whether Mr Putin will agree to this is unclear, but if he has no other option, he might play the Schroeder card as chairman of the Rosneft board, appealing to his sympathizers in Germany.
Simple as that? Well, maybe not, for two reasons.
It ain't necessarily so
First, some fairly good (and Russian-derived) figures are available – and the output and supply picture painted above isn't quite the one they suggest.
Russian gas exports to Europe are certainly down, and this can easily be double-checked by experts from data taken from gas-metering stations at entry points in Slovakia, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and Germany. Export volumes of Russian gas are below par, according to data quoted by CNBC, and those to Poland and Ukraine, in early August, were down by a considerable margin.
However, a commentary published on August 13 by one heavyweight energy news provider, ICIS, mentions two crucial facts, both derived from Russian sources:
In contrast to the Interfax "backstory", Gazprom's official figures, quoted by ICIS, show gas production in mid-summer at record-high levels, unseen in previous years;
Furthermore, official statistics suggest that internal Russian gas consumption levels do not warrant such a drop in exports.
Figures from Russia's Ministry of Energy, quoted by Izvestia on August 27, suggest that internal Russian gas consumption has gone up due to hot weather and slightly higher consumption by gas-fired power generation. However, these are gas volumes on the internal gas balance sheet, produced by companies with no access to export pipelines (such as Itera). So, as far as Gazpom is concerned, ICIS' point stands. And the volumes in question are, moreover, not all that large.
Lower exports, substantially higher production and flat (or only slightly higher) consumption? Prima facie that's an odd combination and the most obvious explanation is that gas is going into depleted UGS within Russia itself. Domestic storage is the least well – or least promptly – documented element in the supply chain, data-wise, so we don't know. But the Interfax article cited above may provide a little support for this hypothesis. It reports record gas withdrawals (totalling 61 bcm) from UGS facilities in Russia this past winter, adding that Gazprom's top priority today is to inject the same amount ahead of next winter. The question is: how fast is this going? Interfax is silent, remarking that Gazprom does not publish data on UGS stocks as regularly and quickly as storage facilities in Europe. How the Novy Urengoy incident will actually affect production – and for how long – remains to be seen, but it's quite possible that the situation before it was nowhere near as lean as Gazprom wants us to believe.
Gazprom's next moves
The second reason is that Gazprom – and the Gas Boss in the Kremlin – may be in a weaker position than both suppose. There are limits to blackmail. In order to play Mr Nice Guy, or even Mr Indispensable, the Russian president mustn't come out into the open as an outright gas bully. And it's not obvious that he can afford to do this, because it could backfire. As previously argued in this blog, high prices are forcing consumers to switch to coal and look for alternatives to Gazprom worldwide – in Qatar, the US and even faraway Australia. With spot prices at 47 Euro/MWh, oil-indexed long-term contracts or Henry Hub-benchmarked LNG cargos become competitive with Gazprom pipeline gas. The logical move for the Kremlin, if it can beef up production levels in the coming months, is link reduction in prices to recognition of Gazprom's dominant role – making low prices seem like a blessing bestowed on Germans lucky enough to have direct access to Russian gas via NS-2.
If the Kremlin pushes too hard, its competitors, lured by record prices, are likely to flock to the EU market, potentially biting chunks off Gazprom's market share there. That would take time, but once they produce and ship gas on the necessary scale and the logistics are in place, LNG cargos could make up the difference between demand and supply – especially as the pandemic has been nibbling steadily at overall demand.
It should be, therefore, in Gazprom's interest to avoid market share loss and a complete gas market inversion by achieving an optimal price level sooner rather than later, low enough to discourage competitors from coming onto the EU market. In the interim, its game plan is to pump up gas reserves in Russia, at the expense of exports, and only then replenish the levels of gas it has stored in EU-based UGS facilities. Come winter and growing demand, the Kremlin reckons, the Russian gas monopoly will be in a stronger position to cover supply gaps by offering shipments via NS-2 – and its "Southern Sister" Turk Stream-2 (TS-2) – as the sole "take it or leave it" option.
Even in that case, however, it's important to note that Mr Putin himself will be subject to certain constraints. He can't play hard-to-get indefinitely. If gas consumption and production in Russia remain at current levels, he will have to sell more gas in the EU, rather than store it at home, as peak-demand balancing in Europe can't be done from UGS in Russia. Pipeline gas destined for Europe can't be sold via pipeline to Asia. And LNG exports are not an option either.
So the Russian president, who is the real CEO of Gazprom, is seen to be exercising pressure – or even if his attitude is one of benign neglect – Germans could second-guess his trustworthiness and finally start looking for alternatives. And alternatives have never been lacking: it's only the German government's reluctance to build LNG terminals that has made it overdependent on pipeline gas.
Mr Putin realises all this. A tyrant and a chancer he may be, but few would accuse Vladimir Putin of lacking sense.
And our next move?
In sum, the EU shouldn't be panicked or fatalistic about the situation. Mr Putin doesn't hold the strongest cards and he'll be in trouble if he tries to overplay his hand. However, though gas prices will subside rather than soar further later this year, we should see further than the immediate market situation – and act on what we see.
What does that mean in practical terms?
Well, first, even if Mr. Putin and Gazprom act moderately this winter, full-capacity operation of NS-2 and EUGAL for Gazprom gas should not be allowed. It is in EU's interest to see more Russian gas producers get access to NS-2 spare capacity. The EU is a congenial context for the defense of German national interests and the more or less acceptable exercise of German national influence. Even Mrs Merkel has been unwilling to sacrifice Germany's place in the Union by simply bending EU rules as Mr. Putin pleases. Her successors are likely to be even less willing to do so.
A second – and connected – point is that we need to appreciate the Ukrainian transit pipeline system and realise that it is not only about lost transit revenues for Ukraine. Its virtue is not just that it benefits a beleaguered victim of Mr Putin's aggression and that bypassing it makes Kyiv even more beleaguered. There are more technical virtues too. Chief among these has been the level of security it has provided for the transit of almost 120 bcm of Russian gas, in terms both of spare capacity and of alternative routes comprising parallel interconnected pipelines, which have guaranteed free passage against almost any infrastructure failure.
Contrast the Nord Stream system – NS-2 and its older sister Nord Stream. This does not offer anywhere near Ukraine's transit flexibility and security for the rather smaller volume (110 bcm) of Russian gas that it claims to be able to carry annually. (A rather dubious claim, by the way, but we'll leave that for another time.) Any major incident could expose the level of vulnerability of German and EU consumers. Repairs to subsea infrastructure are substantially more resource- and time-consuming than those to land-based pipelines. And, in the event of an emergency in the Baltic, the Ukrainian gas transit network could only help to a limited – and a diminishing – extent, as Gazprom is deliberately decommissioning gas pipelines in Russia that interconnect to Ukraine. Europe needs both Ukraine's transit and its storage facilities in order to rest easy even in a worst-case scenario.
Third, we need to start taking questions of access and reciprocity a lot more seriously – and exerting pressure on the Kremlin about them. If Russians have the liberty to access the EU gas transmission system's entry and exit points, then so should EU companies with regard to Russia. This is a matter not just of reciprocity but also of simple prudence about energy security. EU gas traders should be able to buy Gazprom gas at Russian-Ukrainian border or Russian-Azeri border.
Fourth, in parallel, the EU should encourage LNG producers by making the necessary arrangements and concluding forward and futures contracts for the coming winter. The Germans, in particular, should start – vigorously and visibly – to remedy their previous failure to develop LNG infrastructure. And if Mr. Biden is serious about solidarity and security, he should take the initiative and engage with the EU to build a strategic transatlantic gas bridge that will defuse Mr Putin's winter gas bomb.
Fifth, we need to treat the Southern Gas Corridor seriously. Important as Northern Europe is, we need to remember that there is a world elsewhere. We also need to realise that the Southern Corridor has a far greater potential than initially conceived – and act accordingly. If the EU seeks to secure a level playing field for gas producers, it should make sure it denies Gazprom exclusive access to TS-2 or other transit infrastructure in the region, and allow third parties to compete.
Sixth and finally, more on the "Sechin option". Allowing other Russian companies to export via the "Streams" might be a useful way of providing an element of third-party access and even contributing to a long-term loosening of the system and a weakening of Gazprom. Mr Sechin's clout and ruthlessness might be useful assets in encouraging those trends: even Darth Vader has his uses if he's pitted against the Empire! All this with one proviso: we really need to have those LNG arrangements firmly in place first. Rosneft gas needs to be a complement to LNG, not a substitute for it.
In short, we must think strategically. Simply reacting to short-term market considerations will, sooner or later, put us at the Kremlin's mercy.
(Source: Analyses & Alternatives)
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In the aftermath of the Nighthowler incident and Dawn Bellwether's arrest, Zootopia's political leaders institute free counseling and support services to those suffering from assorted emotional and psychological traumas stemming from the many attacks. The Nighthowler Incident Therapy and Education (N.I.T.E.) sessions are meant to help all mammals–both predators and prey alike–find resolution together as they come to terms with what happened to them and the pain they caused each other.
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