Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (Urdu/Punjabi: خواجہ احمد عباس ; Hindi: ख़्वाजा अहमद अब्बास) (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987), popularly known as K. A. Abbas, was an Indian film director, novelist, screenwriter, and a journalist in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages. His films won three National Film Awards in India, and the Palme d'Or (Grand Prize) at the Cannes Film Festival, with three Palme d'Or nominations.
He was the maker of important Hindi films such as Saat Hindustani (1969) and Do Boond Pani (1972), both of which won the National Film Awards for Best Feature Film on National Integration, the Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival) nominated Pardesi (1957), and Shehar Aur Sapna (1963) which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.
As a screenwriter, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas is considered one of pioneers of Indian parallel or neo-realistic cinema, having penned films like the Palme d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival, Neecha Nagar (1946), Jagte Raho, Dharti Ke Lal, Saat Hindustani, and Naya Sansar. He is known for writing the best of Raj Kapoor's films, including the Palme d'Or nominated Awaara (1951), as well as Shri 420, Mera Naam Joker, Bobby and Henna.
His column 'Last Page', holds the distinction of being one of the longest-running columns in the history of Indian journalism. The column began in 1935, in Bombay Chronicle, and moved to the Blitz after the Chronicle's closure, where it continued until his death in 1987. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1969, by Government of India.
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas was born in Panipat, Haryana. He was born in the home of celebrated Urdu poet, 'Khwaja Altaf Husain Hali', a student of Mirza Ghalib. His grandfather Khwaja Gulam Abbas was one of the chief rebels of the 1857 Rebellion movement, and the first martyr of Panipat to be blown from the mouth of a cannon. Abbas's father Ghulam-Us-Sibtain graduated from Aligarh Muslim University, was a tutor of a prince and a prosperous businessman, who modernised the preparation of Unani medicines. Abbas's mother, 'Masroor Khatoon', was the daughter of Sajjad Husain, an enlightened educationist. Abbas took his early education in 'Hali Muslim High School', which was established by his great grand father Hali. He had his early education till 7th in Panipat. He was instructed to read the Arabic text of the Quran and his childhood dreams swung at the compulsive behest of his father. Abbas completed his matriculation at the age of fifteen. He did his B.A. with English literature in 1933 and LL.B. in 1935 from Aligarh Muslim University.
Abbas began his career as a journalist, when he joined 'National Call', a New Delhi based newspaper after finishing his B.A.. Later while studying law in 1934, started 'Aligarh Opinion', India's first university students' weekly during the pre-independence period.
After completing his education at Aligarh Muslim University, Abbas joined the Bombay Chronicle in 1935. He occasionally served a film critic, but after the film critic of the paper died, he was made the editor of the film section.
He entered films as a part-time publicist for Bombay Talkies in 1936, a production house owned by Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani, to whom he sold his first screenplay Naya Sansar (1941).
While at the Bombay Chronicle, (1935–1947), he started a weekly column called 'Last Page', which he continued when he joined the Blitz magazine. "The Last Page", ('Azad Kalam' in the Urdu edition), thus became the longest-running political column in India's history (1935–87). A collection of these columns was later published as two books. He continued to write for The Blitz and Mirror till his last days.
Meanwhile, he had started writing scripts for other directors, Neecha Nagar for Chetan Anand and Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani for V. Shantaram.
In 1945, he made his directorial debut with a film based on the Bengal famine of 1943, Dharti Ke Lal (Children of the Earth) for the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). In 1951, he founded his own production company called Naya Sansar, which consistently produced films that were socially relevant including, Anhonee, Munna, Rahi (1953), based on a Mulk Raj Anand story, was on the plight of workers on tea plantations, the National Film Award winner, Shehar Aur Sapna (1964) and Saat Hindustani (1969), which won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration and is also remembered as Bollywood icon, Amitabh Bachchan's debut film.
A prolific writer, and novelist, during his illustrious career spanning five decades, Abbas wrote over 73 books in English, Hindi and Urdu. Abbas was considered a leading light of the Urdu short story. His best known fictional work remains 'Inquilab', based Communal violence, which made him a household name in Indian literature. Like Inquilab, many of his works were translated into many Indian, and foreign languages, like Russian, German, Italian, French and Arabic.
Abbas interviewed several renowned personalities in literary and non-literary fields, including the Russian Prime Minister Khrushchov, American President Roosevelt, Charlie Chaplin, Mao-Tse-Tung and Yuri Gagarin.
He went on to write scripts for Jagte Raho, and most of the prominent Raj Kapoor films including Awaara, Shri 420, Mera Naam Joker, Bobby and Henna.
His autobiography, I Am not an Island: An Experiment in Autobiography, was first published in 1977 and later released in 2010.
In 1968, Abbas made a documentary film called Char Shaher Ek Kahani (A Tale of Four Cities). The film depicted the contrast between the luxurious life of the rich in the four cities of Calcutta, Bombay, Madras and Delhi and that of the squalor and poverty of the poor. He approached the Central Board of Film Certification in order to obtain a 'U' (Unrestricted Public Exhibition) certificate. Abbas was however informed by the regional office of the Board that film was not eligible to be granted a 'U' certificate but was suitable for exhibition only for adults. His appeal to the revising committee of the Central Board of Film Certification led to the decision of the censors being upheld.
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas further appealed to the Central Government but the government decided to grant the film a 'U' certificate provided certain scenes were cut. Following this, Abbas approached the Supreme Court of India by filing a writ petition under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution. He claimed that his fundamental right of free speech and expression was denied by the Central Government's refusal to grant the film a 'U' certificate. Abbas also challenged the constitutional validity of pre-censorship on films.
However the Supreme Court of India upheld the constitutional validity pre-censorship on films.
1946: Wrote screenplay for Neecha Nagar, which became the only Indian film to win a Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival.
1951: Wrote screenplay for Awaara, which was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Vorosky Literary Award of the Soviet Union in 1984, Urdu Akademi Delhi Special Award 1984, Maharashtra State Urdu Akademi Award in 1985 and the Soviet Award for his contribution to the cause of Indo-Soviet Friendship in 1985.
Outside India: The Adventures of a Roving Reporter, Hali Pub. House, Delhi, 1939.
An Indian looks at America (The Rampart library of good reading), 1943.
An Indian looks at America, Thacker, Bombay, 1943.
Tomorrow is ours! A novel of the India of Today; Bombay, Popular Book Depot, 1943.
"Let India fight for freedom", Bombay, Sound magazine (Publication dept.), 1943.
Defeat for death: A story without names, Padmaja Publications 1944.
Invitation to Immortality: a one-act play, Bombay: Padma Pub., 1944.
Not all Lies. Delhi: Rajkamal Pub., 1945.
Cages of freedom and other stories, Bombay, Hind Kitabs Ltd., 1952.
China can make it: Eye-witness account of the amazing industrial progress in new China, 1952.
The Black sun and Other stories, Jaico Publishing House, 1963.
Raat ki bahon mein, Hindi, Radhakr̥ishṇa Prakashan, 1965.
Indira Gandhi; return of the red rose, Hind Pocket Books, New Delhi, 1966.
Chabili, Hindi, Allahabad, Mitra Prakashan, 1968.
Salma aur Samundar, Urdu/Hindi, New Delhi, Komala Pocket Books, 1969.
Maria, Delhi, Hind Pocket Books, 1971.
Teen Pahiye, Urdu/Hindi, Delhi, Rajpal & Sons, 1971.
Jawaharlal Nehru: Portrait of an integrated Indian; New Delhi, NCERT, 1974.
Distant dream, New Delhi, Sterling Pub., 1975.
Barrister-at-law: A play about the early life of Mahatma Gandhi, New Delhi, Orient Paperbacks, 1977.
I Am not an Island: An Experiment in Autobiography, New Delhi, 1977.
Four Friends, Arnold-Heinemann, New Delhi, 1977.
20 March 1977: a day like any other day, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 1978.
Janata in a jam?, 1978.
The Naxalites, Lok Publications, 1979.
Bread, beauty, and revolution: being a chronological selection from the Last pages, 1947 to 1981, Marwah Publications, New Delhi, 1982.
Nili Sari aur Doosri Kahaniyan̲, Urdu, Maktabah-e-Jamia, New Delhi, 1982.
The gun and other stories, Arnold-Heinemann, New Delhi, 1985.
The Thirteenth Victim, Amar Prakashan, 1986.
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas; Vasant Sāthe; Suhail Akhtar (2010). The Dialogue of Awaara: Raj Kapoor's Immortal Classic. Vijay Jani, Nasreen Munni Kabir. Niyogi Books. ISBN 978-81-89738-54-9.
Vasudev and Lenglet, eds., Indian Cinema Super-bazaar, Vikas, New Delhi, 1978.
Dr. R.G. Mathapati, "Abbas: An Island"
Indian Film Culture (New Delhi), no. 4, September 1964.
Film World, vol. 1, no. 10, October 1978.
Ghish, S., "K. A. Abbas: A Man in Tune with History", Screen (Bombay), 19 June 1987.
Obituary in Jump Cut (Berkeley, California), no. 33, February 1988.
Abbas, Communicator of repute, The Dawn, 13 October 2002.


Burbank, California, April 2, 2009 — Since 1980, California retired peace officers and their families have depended on the Retired Peace Officers Association of California (RPOAC) to advance their professional status, honor their contributions to public safety and protect their pensions, tax benefits and medical insurance from devaluation as the state struggles with budget cuts. Now, with the upcoming launch of the quarterly Retired Peace Officers Journal, members will receive a regular record of the RPOAC's efforts, including information on the most recent state and federal legislative actions of significance, as well as updates on RPOAC events and other items of interest.
The publication also represents a new focus on the membership's specific needs, putting retirees at the forefront. RPOAC President Alex Bernard cited the Retired Peace Officers Journal as one of many forthcoming expanded benefits for RPOAC members.


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Q: Cannot login in PHP/MySQL I've been modifying my code but I still can't log in... I have a MySQL database with a database called "users" with a table called "Users" and the following rows "UserNameID", "userName" and "password". I have created just an entry in order to test that:
+------------+----------+-----------+
| UserNameID | userName | password  |
+------------+----------+-----------+
|          1 | root     | pass      |
+------------+----------+-----------+

Here my code:
<!DOCTYPE html>

<?php session_start(); ?>

<html>
    <head>
        <title>File1</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <?php

    $DB_connection = mysqli_connect("localhost","user1","user1","users") or die("ERROR. Failed to connect to MySQL." . mysqli_error($DB_connection));

    function SignIn() {
    $usr = $_POST['user'];
    $pw = $_POST['pwd'];
    if(!empty($usr)) {
        $query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Users where userName = '$usr' AND password = '$pw'");
        $result = mysqli_query($DB_connection,$query);
        if($result) {
            while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
                echo "SUCCESSFULLY LOGIN TO USER PROFILE PAGE..."; }
        } else {
            echo "SORRY... YOU ENTERD WRONG ID AND PASSWORD... PLEASE RETRY..."; } }
    }

    SignIn();
    mysqli_close($DB_connection);
    ?>
    </body>
</html>

When I introduce a wrong password or username, it gives me "SORRY... YOU ENTERD WRONG ID AND PASSWORD... PLEASE RETRY...". However, it throws me the same when I put the correct password and username. What is wrong in my code?
Thanks a lot!

A: There numerous issues here.  There are scoping issues, you are using the wrong methods, it's unsafe.
First off, these 2 lines:
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Users where userName = '$usr' AND password = '$pw'");
$result = mysqli_query($DB_connection,$query);

That's not how you query a database.  You only need to call either mysql_query or mysqli_query depending on what API you are using.  You are using MySQLi in this case, so do this:
$query = "SELECT * FROM Users where userName = '$usr' AND password = '$pw'";
$result = mysqli_query($DB_connection,$query);

Second, your SignIn function can't access the $DB_connection variable, it's out of scope.  You need to pass it in:
function SignIn($DB_connection){
}

SignIn($DB_connection);

Third, this code is very unsafe!  Never use $_POST directly in an SQL query like that.  You should never be concatenating variables into an SQL string, you should use prepared statements.
// Don't use "SELECT *", use the fields you want
$query = mysqli_prepare($DB_connection, 'SELECT user_id FROM Users where userName = ? AND password = ?');

// This sends the values separately, so SQL injection is a thing of the past
mysqli_stmt_bind_param($query, 'ss', $usr, $pw);

// Run the query
mysqli_stmt_execute($query);

// Prepared statements require to define exactly the fields you want
mysqli_stmt_bind_result($query, $user_id);

// Get the data
while(mysqli_stmt_fetch($query)){
    echo $user_id;
}

mysqli_stmt_close($query);

Lastly, storing plaintext passwords is bad practice.  Use a hashing library.  PHP 5.5+ has one built-in (http://php.net/password).  There's also a version for lesser PHP versions (https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat).
P.S. As pointed out in the comments (here's a link), your session_start() is in the wrong spot.  That sends a header, so it requires that there be nothing echoed out before it.
<?php session_start(); ?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

Make sure that there is no whitespace (or anything) before the session_start().

A: Your problem is here:
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Users where userName = '$usr' AND password = '$pw'");

This should instead be
$query = "SELECT * FROM Users where userName = '$usr' AND password = '$pw'";

You're then passing the query string rather than a resource to mysqli_query.
(Also, refer to Shankar Damodaran's answer regarding the scope issue: pass $DB_connection to the SignIn function).
As a side note, you shouldn't use posted data directly into the query. You're at risk of SQL injection. Look into sanitizing the data or, preferably, prepared statements.

A: First of all, you are running into scope issues here.
In this line...
 $result = mysqli_query($DB_connection,$query);

The variable $DB_connection is not accessible inside your SignIn() and thus your query is getting failed. Also you are mixing mysql_* (deprecated) functions with mysqli_* functions.

A: This simple and small code snippet for the login might help you..
    $con = mysqli_connect("localhost","user1","user1","users") or die("ERROR. Failed to       connect to MySQL." . mysqli_error($con));

    $username = $_POST['username'];
    $password = $_POST['userpassword'];

    $result = mysqli_query($con,"SELECT * FROM users WHERE user_name = '$username' and user_password='$password'");

    $count=mysqli_num_rows($result); // get total number of rows fetched. needs only 1 row for successful login.

if($count==1){
     //Login successful
    }
else{
    //Login unsuccessful

}

It will fetch a row if the entered username and password are matched.It will fetch only one row as the username and password will be unique. If the count of rows fetched is '1' you can have successful login.

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Trading update Jan 2018
SOCO, an international oil and gas exploration and production company, announces its trading and operations update. This summarises the Company's current financial and operational status and provides guidance in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2017 and for 2018. The information contained herein has not been audited and is subject to further review. Final audited results are scheduled for release on 22 March 2018.
Ed Story, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented:
"The new SOCO vision is to build a growth oriented E&P company of scale, generating through-cycle total shareholder returns whilst adhering to the company's historic focus on financial discipline and an annual dividend. In 2017, we stated we would focus on new business activity and, during the year, we reviewed a number of opportunities and continue to do so. As set out in the Company announcement on Monday 8 January 2018, discussions are ongoing with Kuwait Energy plc and the Company. There can be no certainty that any agreement will be reached between the parties and we will keep the market updated of any material developments.
Operationally, we made important advances on a number of fronts in 2017. Notably, in Vietnam, we gained government approval of the Te Giac Trang Full Field Development Plan, completed development infill drilling on time and within budget and installed additional water-handling facilities on the H1 Wellhead Platform under budget. We further expanded our Vietnam portfolio, adding two new offshore blocks in the Phu Khanh Basin.
Following a review of our strategic priorities, the Board has decided fully to impair the costs held on the balance sheet in relation to our non-core African assets, Marine XI and Cabinda North. There has been no change in our assessment of the potential of these assets; however, in the short term they are no longer a core priority for the Company and minimal capital will be spent on them in the near future.
Steady revenues, low operating costs and a disciplined approach to capital allocation have provided the Company with a unique financial stability from which it has delivered a $30.0m capital expenditure programme (Vietnam $26.0m, Africa $4.0m) in 2017, fully funded from existing cash resources, which included the full $42.7m Mongolia payable, which we collected during the year.
In addition, the Company has distributed a $21.0m cash return to shareholders though a £0.05 dividend and has embarked on a rigorous pursuit of portfolio rationalisation and business development opportunities."
Stable production rates were within guidance, averaging 28,506 BOEPD gross and 8,276 BOEPD net to SOCO's working interest during 2017
Te Giac Trang ("TGT") production averaged 6,724 BOEPD net
Ca Ngu Vang ("CNV") production averaged 1,552 BOEPD net
TGT Full Field Development Plan was approved in February 2017
Two infill wells, TGT-30P on the H1-WHP and TGT-29P on the H5-WHP, were executed on time and within budget
A Production Sharing Contract ("PSC") for Blocks 125 & 126, offshore central Vietnam, was formally signed on 27 October 2017, awarding SOCO a 70% operated interest over the two blocks
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) and Angola
Following a strategic review, the assets in Congo (Brazzaville) and Angola have been fully impaired under IFR6
An exploitation permit ("PEX") has been secured over each of the four prospect areas, which had together comprised the former Marine XI Block
Further strengthened balance sheet, with cash and liquid investments of $137.7m and no debt
Stable revenues in the region of $156.0m from Vietnam production
$42.7m collected in March in association with the 2005 sale of Mongolia assets
Low cash operating costs just under $14/bbl
Cash capital expenditure in the region of $30.0m
Net operating cash flow of around $45.0m
Average realised crude oil price up at $56/bbl, a $2/bbl premium to Brent
Following a review of its strategic priorities, the Board has fully impaired a sum in the region of $220.0m in relation to its non-core African assets
$21.0m returned to shareholders via a final dividend of 5 pence per share for 2016 paid in June 2017
Work was ongoing throughout the year towards identifying and evaluating value enhancing opportunities
Jann Brown and Mike Watts join the Board as Executive Directors, following the retirement of Cynthia and Roger Cagle
Rob Gray appointed as Deputy Chairman
Production guidance for 2018 is set at 8,000 to 9,000 BOEPD. Production levels above 9,000 BOEPD are dependent upon the outcome of the 2018 drilling programme on TGT and CNV.
Vietnam capital expenditure for 2018 is expected to be $40.0m
Ongoing focus on sustainable cash flow generation and commitment to strategy of cash returns;
The Company is committed to maintaining an annual dividend and will confirm its recommendation with the preliminary results in March.
Both TGT and CNV Fields achieved stable rates throughout 2017. Gross production averaged 28,506 BOEPD gross and 8,276 BOEPD net to SOCO's working interest. TGT Field production averaged 22.300 BOEPD gross and 6,724 BOEPD net to SOCO's working interest. CNV Field production averaged 6,206 BOEPD gross and 1,552 BOEPD net to SOCO's working interest.
Block 16-1 – TGT Field Development
(30.5% working interest; operated by Hoang Long Joint Operating Company ("HLJOC"))
Formal approval of the updated TGT Full Field Development Plan ("FFDP") was received from the Vietnamese Government in February 2017. Drilling operations on the TGT Field resumed in Q1 2017, to drill two additional infill wells. The jack-up drilling rig, PetroVietnam Drilling VI, spudded the TGT-30P well on 8 March 2017, targeting the Miocene and Oligocene reservoir horizons in the crestal part of the H1.1 fault block. TGT-30P came on-line producing approximately 2,500 BOEPD with an as-expected 40% water cut.
On completion of TGT-30P, the rig moved to the H5-WHP in the southern part of the TGT Field to drill the TGT–29P infill well. The well utilised smart completion technology to optimise hydrocarbons recovery. The TGT–29P well was tied into the production system in June 2017, after being completed on time and within budget, and came on-line producing at approximately 1,600 BOEPD.
The third and final drilling operation in the 2017 TGT Development Drilling Programme was the resumption of the TGT-14X step-out appraisal well on the H5 south fault block, initially spudded in 2015. The high angle and long reach of the well added complexity to drilling operations. The well was successfully drilled to the target depth; however, poor hole conditions prevented successful completion of the well. Smaller, non-standard drilling equipment will be required to re-drill the reservoir section of the well and, consequently, completion of drilling was deferred to the next campaign. The results of the TGT-14X were not factored into the production guidance for 2017.
TGT Production Optimisation
Construction and installation of new processing equipment on the H1-WHP has been completed. The start-up of the water handling system on H1-WHP experienced setbacks and delays due to issues resulting from damaged valves and production stabilisation issues. However, the system is now functioning in line with expectations and production guidance has been achieved.
Following installation, the operator identified a sub-optimal performance issue affecting two gas compressors on the FPSO. Evaluation of the technical solutions for and requirement for further investment in the gas compression issues is ongoing and these costs will be included in the 2018 budget and work programme.
Block 9-2 – CNV Field
(25% working interest; operated by Hoan Vu Joint Operating Company ("HVJOC"))
The CNV Field is located in the western part of Block 9-2 offshore Vietnam. Discussions with the Bach Ho owners are ongoing to establish the most effective means of enhancing performance through modifications at the reception terminal. Fishing operations during 1H 2017 on CNV-6PST1 to recover wireline stuck in the completion were unsuccessful. Alternative operations to work over the well are being considered for execution in 2018, alongside a side-track to an existing well to enhance recovery from the field.
Blocks 125 & 126
SOCO signed a Production Sharing Contract ("PSC") for Blocks 125 & 126, offshore central Vietnam, with PetroVietnam and SOVICO Holdings on 27 October 2017. The PSC awards SOCO a 70% operated interest over the two blocks. Blocks 125 & 126 are in moderate to deep water in the Phu Khanh Basin, to the north of the Cuu Long Basin, and have multiple structural and stratigraphic plays observed on the available seismic data. Interpretation of the available data indicates there is good potential for source, expulsion and migration of oil with numerous reservoir and seal intervals likely. Initial activities will include reprocessing and interpretation of seismic data, with a view to there being a first exploration well potentially in 2021-2022.
2018 guidance
The 2018 Vietnam work programme includes modification works on the FPSO and drilling of 4 wells on the TGT Field and one well on CNV. Capital expenditure for 2018 is budgeted at $40m. Production guidance for 2018 is set at 8,000 to 9,000 BOEPD. Production levels above 9,000 BOEPD are dependent upon the outcome of the 2018 drilling programme on TGT and CNV.
REPUBLIC OF CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) & ANGOLA
In 2017, progress was made on our African licences.
In November 2017, we announced the award of three additional exploitation permits, Lideka, Viodo and Loubana, which were originally part of the Marine XI exploration block in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville).
Also in November 2017, Eni were appointed the operator of the Cabinda North Block where we agreed to increase our non-operating working interest in the Production Sharing Agreement from 17% to 22%.
Notwithstanding this progress, following a strategic review we have concluded that these assets are no longer core priorities for the Company.
The Cabinda North Block is dependent upon drilling a high-risk appraisal well down dip from the Dinge discovery well. With respect to the Marine XI block, the economics of the numerous discoveries made on the block are a function of firstly renegotiating the commercial terms for the permits, developing cost effective, economic development plans and also having access to nearby existing production and evacuation facilities. Work on full scale developments and discussions with the owners of those facilities have taken place over the past year, but no satisfactory arrangements could be concluded.
The Company has advanced discussions on investment opportunities in other areas that offer lower risk and greater growth opportunities with the potential for significantly higher rates of return than offered on these assets. Further, non-binding offers have been received for both its positions in West Africa. While there is no certainty that any transaction can be successfully concluded, in the Company's view the capital which could have been allocated to West Africa over the next three years, up to $180m before considering the cost of evacuation facilities, would be better held for investment in other opportunities; or returned to shareholders if those opportunities do not materialize.
Although work will continue, we have no formal plans in place for substantial future activity on these assets. The work will focus on maintaining the licences through continued engagement with the relevant authorities to reach agreement on modified economic terms and on evaluating stand-alone early production schemes. In these circumstances, the accounting rules require us to review their carrying value and we have decided fully to impair the costs held on the balance sheet, in the region of $220m. Further details of the accounting treatment are set out below.
Lidongo, Loubana, Lideka East and Viodo Prospect Areas, offshore Congo (Brazzaville)
(Operated, 40.39% working interest)
The former Marine XI Block area, located offshore Congo (Brazzaville) in the shallow water Lower Congo Basin, exists going forward as four distinct prospect areas following the expiry of the exploration licence in March 2017. Loubana comprises the north west section of the former block, Lideka East comprises the south west, Viodo the centre and south east and Lidongo the north east.
Activity in 2016 and 2017 has focused on the successful securing of a long term exploitation permit ("PEX") over each of the four prospect areas beyond the expiry of the Marine XI licence in March 2017. The PEX over the Lidongo prospect area commenced in October 2016 and has a duration of 20 years. Discussions to improve its commercial terms concluded in Q1 2017. Discussions with the authorities and the Marine XII partners on commercialisation of Lidongo continue. In Q1 2017, SOCO submitted three further PEX applications over the remaining prospect areas, which were adopted in November 2017, pending formal Congolese gazettal. Each of these PEXes has a 25-year duration.
SOCO Exploration and Production SA, the Operator of the former Marine XI Block, holds a 40.39% interest and continues as designated Operator.
Cabinda North Block, onshore Cabinda, Angola
(Non-operated, 22% working interest)
Following discussions amongst the partners and the Angolan authorities to agree a change of operatorship and a reassignment of interests amongst the block partners, SOCO has agreed to increase its non-operating working interest in the Cabinda North Block Production Sharing Agreement from 17% to 22%. ENI assumes the operatorship. The legal documents to complete the changes were formally approved in November 2017. Final details and timing of the formal governmental Executive Decree to enact the change of operator and the reassignment of interests are expected shortly.
The Group retains its strong financial position in the current oil price environment. The Group has a robust balance sheet with no debt, low operating cash costs and attractive Vietnam production economics, which underpin the SOCO business model.
Cash balances and liquid resources as of 31 December 2017 were $137.7m, including $42.7m collected in March 2017 in association with the Company's full and final collection of the receivable due following the disposal of its Mongolia assets in 2005 and after returning $21.0m in cash to shareholders through a 5p per share dividend.
Revenues for the year were approx. $156.0m. The average realised oil price per barrel achieved for the same period was approx. $56, representing a premium of approx. $2/bbl to Brent.
The final capital expenditure forecast for 2017 remains at approx. $30.0m, fully funded from existing cash resources. In Vietnam, in the region of $26.0m was included to cover the 2017 TGT Development Drilling Programme, the infrastructure upgrade on our existing assets and the purchase of existing seismic data for the Blocks 125 & 126 new venture. Around $4.0m was included for Africa to cover negotiations on for the Marine XI PEX bonuses.
Impairment of Intangible Assets
Under IFRS 6, the technical accounting rules for Exploration and Evaluation of Mineral Resources, an impairment test is required if facts and circumstances indicate that the asset's carrying amount may exceed its recoverable amount. Such facts and circumstances include situations such as those outlined above where there are neither budgets nor plans for any substantial activity or expenditure on the assets in question. Accordingly, we have tested our African exploration interests for impairment. With the lack of upcoming activity, our ability to realise value from these assets in the near future is limited. Accordingly, the amounts held on the balance sheet at 31 December 2017, approximately $220.0m have been fully impaired.
The Company remains committed to maintaining an annual dividend and will confirm its recommendation for the year ending 31 December 2017 with the preliminary results in March.
The Company's stated objective is to strategically reshape the business and grow the portfolio. Accordingly, corporate efforts in 2017 were focused on identifying and evaluating value enhancing opportunities that optimise exposure to upside, without jeopardising sustainable cash flow. These efforts continue with a number of opportunities under review. One of these, Kuwait Energy, was the subject of the announcement made on 8 January 2018.
Appointment of Executive Directors
Jann Brown and Dr Mike Watts joined the Board on 12 November 2017 as Executive Directors. Jann Brown was also appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mike Watts re-joined the Board having stood down as a Non-Executive Director in January 2017 to co-head Business Development for the Group.
Following announcement of their retirement, Cynthia and Roger Cagle stepped down from the Board as Executive Directors on 12 November 2017 after over 20 years with the Company. Each will continue in employment with the Group until 11 September 2018.
Appointment of Deputy Chairman
In December 2017, the Board announced the appointment of Rob Gray as Deputy Chairman. Rob joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in 2013. He is the Board's Senior Independent Director and is a member of each of the Board Committees, namely the Nominations Committee, Remuneration Committee, and the Audit & Risk Committee, which he has chaired since January 2017. Rob will continue to serve in these roles alongside his deputy chairmanship.
STRATEGIC OUTLOOK
The new SOCO vision is to build a growth oriented E&P company of scale, generating through-cycle total shareholder returns whilst adhering to the company's historic focus on financial discipline and an annual dividend. In pursuit of this vision the Company continues to focus upon:
Maintaining our disciplined approach to capital allocation;
Ongoing TGT production optimisation; and
Rationalisation and growing the portfolio of assets.
The Company is well positioned for growth and we will use this platform to grow the business and deliver value by maintaining focus on capital discipline, capital allocation and capital return.
Jann Brown, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
Mike Watts, Managing Director
Camarco
Billy Clegg
Georgia Edmonds
SOCO is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in London and traded on the London Stock Exchange. The Company has exploration, field development and production interests in Vietnam and exploration and appraisal interests in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) and Angola.

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Q: How can i access window object in the angular5 in the way we do this " @ViewChild('fileInput') inputEl: ElementRef" for DOM elements? I tried to search already asked questions related to my issue, but the solutions could not help.
Angular_5=>frontend(with angular universal)
Nodejs=>Backend
I want to do the scrolling effect in typescript something like in the code snippet with Jquery code but not with "jquery" module.
My concern is to do this as per angular5 guidelines, keeping in mind the server side rendering(angular universal).
onWindowScroll(event){
    if(window.scrollY >=350){
        console.log("some_value"+window.scrollY);
        $('.evaluate-h1').addClass('animated fadeInUp')
    }
}

A: npm install smoothscroll-polyfill --save
then add it to your polyfill.ts file:
/**
 * Polyfill for smooth scrollIntoView()
 */
require('smoothscroll-polyfill').polyfill();

afterwards you can use vanilla javascript .scrollIntoView() to scroll to your ElementRef:
const element:HTMLElement = this.document.getElementById(this.slug);

if(element) element.scrollIntoView({
    behavior: 'smooth',
    block: 'start'
});


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Fossil mycoparasite like extant Trichoderma
Fungus hyphae in Rhynie chert are often surprisingly straight (Fig.1). Hence, wavy or curly hyphae grown along straight ones come as another surprise (Figs.2,3). This phenomenon is known from the thoroughly investigated extant fungus Trichoderma, some of whose species can turn to a parasitic way of life [1]. So it can be assumed that the wavy fossil hyphae most probably are parts of a parasitic fungus with a similar way of nutrient uptake from the host as known from the extant Trichoderma.
Fig.1: Fungus hyphae, or fused bundles thereof,
of mainly straight aspect. Width of the image 4mm.
Fig.2-5: Irregularly wavy parasitic hyphae grown along straight ones.
Width of the images 3.2mm, 2.6mm, 1.3mm, 1.3mm.
Same scale as Fig.1.
This fossil evidence is compatible with recent observations on Trichoderma but one fossil structure has been found which indicates that the matter is more complex than a wavy parasite clinging to a straight hypha, as on the left of Fig.5, enlarged in Fig.6.
Fig.6 (right): Detail of Fig.5, same sample as Fig.1.
Width of the image 0.18mm.
An irregularly wavy hypha is seen connected to a straight one. What has been going on here is far from obvious. According to [1], "Trichoderma coils around or grows along the host hyphae" upon contact but no host hypha is near which could have induced the waviness in Figs.5,6. Perhaps the host hypha has become completely "eaten up" by the parasite, as it is known from Trichoderma species.
The hyphae resembling Trichoderma have been taken from 4 chert samples. Apparently they serve as first fossil evidence of Trichoderma and of the conclusion drawn from genome sequence analysis [2]: "Mycoparasitism is an ancient life style of Trichoderma."
Trichoderma species are commercially grown and successfully used in plant protection [1,2]. This is briefly mentioned in [3] without reference to wavy fossil hyphae.
"T. virens possesses combinations of traits within a single organism that are usually associated with distinct species of symbionts or pathogens" [4]. From the similar aspect of the fossil fungi in these pictures and T. virens in [4] it may be concluded that the ancient species, too, possibly possessed this peculiar combination of traits.
[1] K.E. Borkovich, D.J. Ebbole: Filamentous Fungi. ASM Press 2010, p.676.
[2] C.P. Kubicek: Comparative genome sequence analysis underscores mycoparasitism as the ancestral life style of Trichoderma. Genome Biol. 2011; 12(4): R40.
[3] T.N. Taylor, M. Krings, E.L. Taylor: Fossil Fungi, Elsevier 2015, p.251.
[4] Google: jgi mycocosm trichoderma virens


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Q: com visible .net class works from shell but not asp I'm trying to utilize a simple .NET class.  To do this I use:
1) gacutil /i myassembly.dll
2) regasm myassembly.dll
Running this in a .vbs script from the console shows me that it's working in theory.
dim dd
dim rs
set dd = createobject("mynamespace.myclass")
rs = dd.AllCaps("It Works!")
Wscript.Echo rs

returns "IT WORKS!"
Doing the exact operation in classic asp
dim dd
dim rs
set dd = server.createobject("mynamespace.myclass")
rs = dd.AllCaps("It Works!")
response.write rs

returns "error '80131509'
/myfolder/mywebpage.asp, line 9 "
What is missing that is preventing me from running it through a classic ASP page?

A: After following the directions on Error message when you browse a web server that has Internet Explorer installed: "ASP 0177:8000ffff" and then restarting my server it worked.
Following the above directions I found that I was missing an entry in my registery HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_IGNORE_ZONES_INITIALIZATION_FAILURE_KB945701 so I followed the directions to add it.  A DWORD entry should be made for w3wp.exe with a value of 1.
But then again, maybe just restarting the computer did the trick.


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Vitalina Varela es una película de drama portuguesa de 2019 dirigido por el aclamado director Pedro Costa. Ganó el Leopardo de Oro y el premio a la Mejor Actriz en el Festival de Cine de Locarno de 2019. La película sigue a Vitalina Varela, un personaje que apareció anteriormente en Horse Money de Pedro Costa.

Fue seleccionada como la entrada portuguesa a Mejor Película Internacional en la 93ª edición de los Premios Óscar después de que la primera entrada de Portugal, Listen, fuera descalificada.

Sinopsis
Vitalina Varela sigue a su personaje principal, una mujer caboverdiana que llega a Lisboa para encontrarse con su esposo, quien se fue hace 40 años. Tan pronto como aterriza en la capital, se entera de que murió hace tres días. Seguimos a Vitalina a través del barrio de chabolas de Fontainhas mientras navega por las huellas que dejó su esposo, descubriendo sus secretos y su vida ilícita.

Lanzamiento
El 14 de agosto de 2019, la película tuvo su estreno mundial en el Festival de Cine de Locarno, donde ganó el Leopardo de Oro y el Leopardo a la Mejor Actriz. Luego, la película se estrenó en todo el mundo, a través de muchos festivales de cine. La película tuvo su estreno en Estados Unidos en el Festival de Cine de Nueva York el 6 de octubre de 2019. El 24 de enero de 2020 se proyectó en el Festival de Cine de Sundance. Fue estrenada en cines en los Estados Unidos por Grasshopper Film el 21 de febrero de 2020 y en DVD y Blu-ray el 8 de septiembre.

Recepción

Respuesta crítica
En el agregador de reseñas Rotten Tomatoes, la película tiene un índice de aprobación del 98% basado en 62 reseñas, con una calificación promedio de 8.6/10. El consenso crítico del sitio web dice: "Rigurosa y bellamente compuesta, Vitalina Varela es un drama silenciosamente absorbente cuya superficie plácida desmiente profundidades ocultas". Metacritic, que utiliza un promedio ponderado, asignó a la película una puntuación de 86 sobre 100, basada en 15 críticos, lo que indica "Aclamación universal".

Sight & Sound la consideró la décima mejor película de 2019, llegando a decir: "La actuación de Varela es elemental, forjada a fuego. Nunca deja de asombrar los milagros que Costa es capaz de arrebatar a los no actores, o más exactamente, entrenarlos para arrebatarlos a sí mismos, pero esta es probablemente la actuación más formidable y la presencia en pantalla más potente hasta ahora en su trabajo".

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Películas dramáticas de Portugal
Películas de 2019
Películas de Portugal
Películas de Portugal presentadas para el Óscar a la mejor película internacional
Películas en portugués
Películas dramáticas
Películas dramáticas de los años 2010

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Can one claim to be a sincere and honest believer and question things? Can one claim to be a believer that is to believe in God and say: "I can't understand You"?
Lent is not a kind of painful medicine that helps only inasmuch as it is painful… [but] a gift from God to us, a gift which is admirable, marvelous, one that we desire.
This is the essence of the Way of the Samurai: you must die anew every morning and every night. If you continually preserve the state of death in everyday life, you will understand the essence of Bushido, and you will gain freedom in the Way.


These are my reflections from the summer before my last year in the classroom.
that I hoped would solve my Frustrations.
PROBLEM: I don't know about you, but some students knew all my 'Frustration Buttons'! Once I was in that mode, I ceased to be effective in solving the problem at hand, or modifying the misbehavior of the 'Button Pusher'.
SOLUTION: I came up with an acronym that helped me break out of my ineffective habit responses to my difficult students.
If there are 'witnesses' that have input – listen.
Ask the Lord for wisdom for the situation.
If you have rules and consequence posted you could refer to that.
PROBLEM: I was frequently frustrated when we were having one of those dynamic discussions that would be a perfect springboard into a writing project – but I did not have a class set of graphic organizers at my fingertips. I know we could have created our own, however, sometimes there just was not the TIME to do that with second graders.
SOLUTION: I worked throughout the summer to organize my writing resources, using the 'Writing Process' model. I made a class set of the graphic organizers for each step.
SOLUTION: Projecting a slide every morning totally transformed our mornings! Students were now self-directed and took responsibility for what they needed to do.
If you have a LCD projector and Powerpoint on your computer you may want to give this a try.
All of the text boxes are editable – so you can add what you like each day!
When I was in the classroom, my summer projects would be the 'Solutions' to the 'Frustrations' that I had identified after school was out for summer. All the 'Solutions' above were done summer before my last year in the classroom.
This summer, my BIG SUMMER PROJECT is to organize my home office. Transitioning between classroom teacher and TpT resource author is requiring a lot of reorganization of my home office space.
I think I am a hoarder at heart – and find it really hard to give away my precious children's books and teacher resources. But I am determined to be firm with myself this summer and do some purging.
I hope we are inspiring you to reflect on your year – treasure the special moments with your students – and make plans to make your next year even better!
Oh man, I am definitely going to hang that BLESS sign up in my classroom next year as a little reminder to myself to just take a second for myself and breathe! And your writing process stuff… LOVE! I need to get to work on something like that for my little friends!
Writing has always been a struggle for me and reading your post I realize my lack of organization with my writing resources may be part of the problem. Thanks for sharing that idea!
LOVE your Bless sign! I need that one!!! I also love your Powerpoint slide! I bet that is a huge help in the mornings!! Thanks for sharing! Good luck with your home office! I am redecorating mine this summer too!
Peggy, I just love your blog. The colors and just the tone in which you write 🙂 That bless sign is fantastic, and a great reminder for when we are feeling frustrated 🙂 I do powerpoint slides for my version of daily 5 rotations, but I never thought to use slides as they come in-in the morning, I LOVE THAT IDEA 🙂 Good luck with you home office, and ENJOY your summer!
I love your writing process graphic organizers storage! That is so smart and right there when you need it. I definitely need to get busy on that one too!
I hear ya, Destiny! Writing has always been a challenge for me! So I read all kinds of books, went to tons of workshops, and then took what seemed to work the best for my kids. Having the resources at hand has made a huge difference in the amount of writing we do!
Thanks Chandra! The morning powerpoint slide had such a huge positive effect on our mornings – I wish I had done it years ago. 🙂 Have fun with your home office too!
Melanie, thank you for those kind encouraging words! Hope the morning slide brings as much joy and peace to your mornings as it did to mine!
Thank you, Stephanie! Just what you need – another project – right! Happy Summer!


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Recent Advances in Glycyrrhiza glabra (Licorice)-Containing Herbs Alleviating Radiotherapy-and Chemotherapy-Induced Adverse Reactions in Cancer Treatment
Kai Lee Wang, Ying Chun Yu, Hsin Yuan Chen, Yi Fen Chiang, Mohamed Ali, Tzong Ming Shieh, Shih Min Hsia
School of Food Safety
Cancers represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. They also impose a large economic burden on patients, their families, and health insurance systems. Notably, cancers and the adverse reactions to their therapeutic options, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, dramatically affect the quality of life of afflicted patients. Therefore, developing approaches to manage chemotherapy-and radiotherapy-induced adverse reactions gained greater attention in recent years. Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice), a perennial plant that is one of the most frequently used herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, has been heavily investigated in relation to cancer therapy. Licorice/licorice-related regimes, used in combination with chemotherapy, may improve the adverse effects of chemotherapy. However, there is little awareness of licorice-containing herbs alleviating reactions to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, or to other induced adverse reactions in cancer treatment. We aimed to provide a descriptive review, and to emphasize the possibility that licorice-related medicines could be used as an adjuvant regimen with chemotherapy to improve quality of life (QoL) and to reduce side effects, thus, improving compliance with chemotherapy. The experimental method involved searching different databases, including PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and Wang Fang database, as of May 2022, to identify any relevant studies. Despite a lack of high-quality and large-scale randomized controlled trials, we still discovered the potential benefits of licorice-containing herbs from published clinical studies. These studies find that licorice-containing herbs, and their active ingredients, reduce the adverse reactions caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and improve the QoL of patients. This comprehensive review will serve as a cornerstone to encourage more scientists to evaluate and develop effective Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions to improve the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo12060535
10.3390/metabo12060535
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Glycyrrhiza Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Adjuvant Chemical Compounds 88%
Compliance Chemical Compounds 86%
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Wang, K. L., Yu, Y. C., Chen, H. Y., Chiang, Y. F., Ali, M., Shieh, T. M., & Hsia, S. M. (2022). Recent Advances in Glycyrrhiza glabra (Licorice)-Containing Herbs Alleviating Radiotherapy-and Chemotherapy-Induced Adverse Reactions in Cancer Treatment. Metabolites, 12(6), [535]. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo12060535
Recent Advances in Glycyrrhiza glabra (Licorice)-Containing Herbs Alleviating Radiotherapy-and Chemotherapy-Induced Adverse Reactions in Cancer Treatment. / Wang, Kai Lee; Yu, Ying Chun; Chen, Hsin Yuan et al.
In: Metabolites, Vol. 12, No. 6, 535, 06.2022.
Wang, KL, Yu, YC, Chen, HY, Chiang, YF, Ali, M, Shieh, TM & Hsia, SM 2022, 'Recent Advances in Glycyrrhiza glabra (Licorice)-Containing Herbs Alleviating Radiotherapy-and Chemotherapy-Induced Adverse Reactions in Cancer Treatment', Metabolites, vol. 12, no. 6, 535. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo12060535
Wang KL, Yu YC, Chen HY, Chiang YF, Ali M, Shieh TM et al. Recent Advances in Glycyrrhiza glabra (Licorice)-Containing Herbs Alleviating Radiotherapy-and Chemotherapy-Induced Adverse Reactions in Cancer Treatment. Metabolites. 2022 Jun;12(6):535. doi: 10.3390/metabo12060535
Wang, Kai Lee ; Yu, Ying Chun ; Chen, Hsin Yuan et al. / Recent Advances in Glycyrrhiza glabra (Licorice)-Containing Herbs Alleviating Radiotherapy-and Chemotherapy-Induced Adverse Reactions in Cancer Treatment. In: Metabolites. 2022 ; Vol. 12, No. 6.
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Q: The width option of sscanf does not work I wanted to use the width option (http://en.cppreference.com/w/c/io/fscanf) of sscanf to control the maximal bytes to read. But the following reads more than 3 bytes.
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
  long long ll;
  char str[4];
  int pos;
  sscanf(" 281", "%3llx%n", &ll, &pos);
  printf("%llx %d\n", ll, pos);
  sscanf(" 281", "%3s%n", &str, &pos);
  printf("%s %d\n", str, pos);
  return 0;
}

It prints out the following.
281 4
281 4

I had thought it prints
28 3
28 3

Is this the correct use of sscanf? fscanf works in the similar way.

A: Some (most) formats implicitly skip whitespace (basically everything except %c and %[). Skipped whitespace does not count towards the maximum field width.