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Tullow is aiming for a final investment decision on its $2.9 billion (Sh290 billion) project in late 2019, which would open up the country’s oil industry to exports. |
Protests and security problems have halted a pilot scheme which currently trucks around 600 barrels of oil per day to Mombasa before a pipeline is built, which should be operational by 2022. |
Tullow is targeting production of at least 100,000 barrels of oil per day after first oil in 2021/22. |
The firm last week said the stalemate with the local community could have cost it as much as Sh200 million so far, as it pays for the leased equipment that is idle on site. |
It added that it would shut down its Lokichar base in the next one-and-a-half weeks as essentials were running out. |
Tullow also said it will export the first crude oil cargo by March next year despite the challenges it has faced. “The first lifting of low sulphur Kenyan crude oil from Mombasa is expected in the first quarter of 2019,” said the company. |
“The pilot is a data gathering exercise and it is about lessons. There were some distractions to trucking over the last couple of weeks and these are exactly the type of issues that we are trying to flush out,” said McDade. |
A gunman has opened fire during a law enforcement swearing-in ceremony at a city council meeting in a Minnesota town. Two police officers were injured and the gunman was fatally wounded. |
Authorities had yet to identify the name of the suspect as of Tuesday morning, but acknowledged that the man was killed when the officers returned fire inside New Hope City Hall outside of Minneapolis. |
The ceremony began at around 7 pm local time Monday, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and the two new officers, Joshua Eernisse and Adam Johnson, were sworn in within the first 15 minutes. At around that time, the paper reported, the officers walked out of the chambers and encountered a man with a “long gun,”... |
Video cameras were recording the swearing-in ceremony from inside of the chambers, and footage from there has since been recovered and published to the web. |
Footage from the room reveals that a council member was discussing a resolution when he was interrupted by a gunshot, then the warnings of another official. |
"Get down, get down, everybody get down,” someone off-screen is hearing yelling. |
“That went right through the door,” says the first official. |
New Hope City Council Member John Elder — a former police officer who currently works as a public information officer for the Minneapolis Police Department — is shown in the clip reacting to the uproar by drawing a handgun from behind his desk and ordering his colleagues to stay down. According to the LinkedIn profile ... |
Elder and others present in the room were eventually escorted to safety nearby, according to the paper, and the two injured officers are expected to survive. |
New Hope is a town of roughly 21,000 people located 11 miles outside of Minneapolis. |
A History of the Morning After and One Man's Quest for the Cure. |
Hangovers have plagued human beings for about as long as civilization has existed, so there has been plenty of time for cures to be concocted. |
But even in 2018, little is actually known about hangovers, and still less about how to cure them. |
Cutting through the rumour and the myth, this book explores everything to let us all know which ones actually work. And along the way, Bishop-Stall regales readers with stories from humanity's long and fraught relationship with booze, and shares the advice of everyone from Kingsley Amis to a man in a pub. |
ELF on the Shelf season is upon us, and for some, it's time to get naughty. |
If you're struggling to think of funny ideas, we have some of the best ones for you right here. |
What is Elf on the Shelf? |
Elf on the Shelf is a toy which is sent by Father Christmas to watch over little children and make sure they're behaving properly over the festive period. |
Parents are supposed to move the puppet around the house each day to create the illusion that he is popping up somewhere new and always reporting back to Santa. |
Elf on the Shelf has it's own official website, where elves can be purchased from £29.95 including the accompanying book. |
It's not exactly easy to think of a brand new set-up for the elf every single day, but luckily there's plenty of inspiration out there. |
What are the best naughty Elf on the Shelf ideas? |
You can go as advanced or as simple as you like, it takes a whole load of creativity to think of so many set ups! |
If your elves aren't naughty ones - here are some ideas for well behaved ones. |
And here is some more information on where you can grab the different elves, and some name and letter ideas. |
Ad-skippers of the world, rejoice! A New York judge shot down ABC's efforts to get Dish's Hopper — a DVR that lets you automatically skip ads on recorded primetime shows — off the market. |
Ad-skippers of the world, rejoice! A New York judge shot down ABC's efforts to get Dish's Hopper — a DVR that lets you automatically skip ads on recorded primetime shows — off the market. The network, one of many to go after Hopper recently, sought an injunction against the DVR, but in a ruling released Wednesday U.S. ... |
But while all this is good news for TV watchers, Dish didn't get off so easy. The judge also turned down Dish's request to dismiss charges from CBS. The Eye is on Dish for not clearly explaining what the Hopper does back when the two were negotiating in 2011. Which, well... it's a DVR. Did people not have DVRs in 2011?... |
The Local Government Commission has announced a revised position on the best structure for councils in Hawke’s Bay. It has also spelled out its next steps for testing the level of community support for change. |
The Commission completed public hearings into its draft proposal for reorganisation in June. Since then it has held further discussions with affected parties, and Parliament has amended legislation which directly affects the original reorganisation proposal. |
The Commission Chair Basil Morrison says the ongoing discussions have informed and influenced the Commission’s views. |
The Commission has produced a position paper to explain how the proposed reforms could change if it decides to proceed through further stages. |
· the Commission has reserved its position on the ring-fencing of existing council debt, pending further information and analysis. It recently asked councils to provide an update of both existing financial arrangements and future infrastructure and asset investment requirements. The Commission anticipates providing its... |
The Commission will engage an independent research company during the first quarter of 2015 to test public support for the revised position through a survey across the wider region. It also plans to circulate information more widely to Hawke’s Bay households. |
The Commission is not calling for further submissions or embarking on a new round of hearings as a result of the position paper. |
“The earlier round of public submissions and hearings were valuable and helped the Commission to fine-tune its position”, Mr Morrison said. |
Once this interim step is complete, the Commission will decide whether to issue a Final Proposal of some sort or to leave the status quo arrangements in place. Hawke’s Bay residents and ratepayers still retain the ability to trigger a referendum on any Final Proposal. |
“The Commission appreciates the ongoing co-operation and assistance provided by councils and other affected parties in Hawke’s Bay as it works towards identifying the structure that best promotes good local government in the region”, Mr Morrison said. |
Famed golfer Arnold Palmer died on Sunday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ET can confirm. He was 87. |
Golf Digest tweeted the news early Sunday evening as well, sharing, "Arnold Palmer has passed away at 87 years old. Rest in peace, Arnie. You are forever a legend in golf and in life." |
Arnold Palmer has passed away at 87 years old. Rest in peace, Arnie. You are forever a legend in golf and in life. |
The former golf pro, fondly nicknamed The King, was one of the greatest players the sport has ever seen, winning numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. Palmer became the first person to win the Masters four times, receiving the famed green jacket, and is fifth on the all-time wins list for the PGA Tou... |
He is one of golf's most popular players, the first true superstar of the sport when the television age began, and along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player is considered part of "The Big Three." |
Palmer started playing the sport early, breaking 100 at just 8-years-old, which paved the way to his hall-of-fame career. In fact, he was one of the original 13 inductees welcomed into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974 and won the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. And, yes, the Arnold Palmer drink, which c... |
He is survived by his second wife, Kit; his daughters, Amy (Roy) Saunders and Peggy (Stewart) Bryan; six grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; his brother, Jerry, and sisters, Sandra Sarni and Lois “Cheech” Tilly. |
Many celebrities from the sports and entertainment worlds took to Twitter following the news of Palmer's death to share their memories of the golfing great. |
Even the man who holds the record for most majors won knows Arnold Palmer as "The King." |
R.I.P. Arnold Palmer. Anyone with a draaank named after 'em is a bad motherfletcher and whatnot. |
So lucky to have met the king #ArnoldPalmer. He was such an inspiration on and off the course. Thinking of his family tonight. God Bless. |
Socialist leftwinger Benoit Hamon wins the nomination for the French presidential race for his party, a result which could improve former economy minister Emmanuel Macron's chances of reaching the top job. Scarlett Cvitanovich reports. |
A show of solidarity between the winner and loser of France's Socialist party. Voters on Sunday (January 29) selecting radical left-winger Benoit Hamon as their presidential candidate, beating the more moderate and experienced former prime minister Manuel Valls. A move unlikely to help them win the presidency. During t... |
What a difference a day – and a data source – makes. |
Yesterday I told you about a new study of class action outcomes that Mayer Brown conducted at the urging of clients like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The law firm looked at 148 consumer and employment class actions filed in federal court in 2009, and found evidence that a grand total of one case – a $1.2 billion settl... |
Mayer Brown released its study in anticipation of a report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress assigned in the Dodd-Frank Act to analyze the impact of mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts for financial products and services like credit cards and checking accounts. Sure enough, CFP... |
So, a vanishingly small percentage of consumers who are bound by mandatory arbitration provisions win recovery from their banks and credit card companies, since hardly any of them arbitrate their claims. Would consumers obtain better results via classwide proceedings (which are explicitly barred in more than 90 percent... |
That’s not at all what CFPB found, however. The bureau set out specifically to compare consumer recoveries in arbitration to those in class actions. Using case databases and other anecdotal reports, CFPB identified eight class action settlements to serve as a basis of comparison. (The criteria: Settlements had to have ... |
Those aren’t results to scoff at, especially considering that only 900 consumers attempted to arbitrate similar claims. Thirteen million people received payments through class actions, which is an awful lot more than the 900 who filed for arbitration with AAA, suggesting that consumers are vastly more likely to recover... |
The consumer bureau has a long way to go before it issues a final report to Congress on the use of mandatory arbitration clauses and adopts regulations on the use of such provisions for financial products and services. I’ve touched upon only one aspect of CFPB’s 168-page preliminary analysis, which also talks about the... |
Nevertheless, CFPB’s report noted that commenters across the spectrum urged the bureau to investigate the relative benefits to consumers in class actions and arbitration. And from what CFPB presented in this initial report, it’s quite clear that the bureau believes class actions deliver better results. |
Class action mystery: Where does the money go post-settlement? |
NRMA has announced a partnership with Slingshot Accelerator for a 12-week program that will identify and mentor startup and scale-up businesses. Each successful applicant will receive $30,000 in seed funding, a workspace in Sydney or Newcastle, training and mentorship, and access to NRMA’s 2.4 million members. |
The program is supported by Artesian Venture Partners, UTS Business School, the University of Newcastle, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Sparke Helmore Lawyers. |
“Jumpstart is about finding and growing innovative business ideas with a particular focus on smart new digital services,” NRMA Group CEO Tony Stuart said in a statement. |
The program has open spaces for 10 startups and four scale-up businesses. Stuart said NRMA is seeking business concepts with four themes specific to its members: “Smart Services”, “Connected Cars”, “Connected Members”, and “Member Lifestyle”. |
NRMA is one of several large Australian enterprises looking to startups to spur innovation within their organisations. Other examples include Telstra (muru-D), Optus (Innov8) and ANZ Bank (Innovyz). |
“NRMA sees itself as a facilitator, nurturing business concepts and small businesses that have a very real potential to be commercially and strategically relevant in the future to our Members,” said Stuart. |
The program goes from 1 December to 12 March. Applications open on 29 September and are due by 14 November. |
NRMA will have four road show presentations from 14 to 17 October in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Newcastle. Details can be found on the NRMA website. |
Cruise Planners held the ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Home Office this Tuesday. See photos of the event and of the new workspace. |
Last week, Travel Agent gave its perspective on the new Celebrity Edge. Now, several travel agents and trade executives from consortia/host/franchise groups offer theirs. See what they think of the new ship. |
Cruise Planners is tapping into artificial intelligence, "big data," Alexa, CP Maxx and other new tools to help agents increase their business. Here's an inside look from this week's "CP Ignite" convention in Cancun, Mexico. |
The company has developed two new Alexa Skills, one for consumers and one for Cruise Planners travel agents. Find out more. |
Minden Village businesses are hosting a holiday celebration of wagon rides, caroling, visits from Santa, food and drink from 3-7 p.m. today. |
Borges Stables will give rides around the Minden Village complex with their decorated wagon pulled by a tractor. |
Singers are welcome to join in Christmas caroling led by Monique Haviland, local singer and owner of Bodywise Physical Therapy Fitness. Haviland will be joined by Savannah Smith, daughter of Sweetie Pies owner Wendy Smith. |
Santa Claus attends the holiday celebration with visits to Sierra Nevada Trading Co. throughout the month. |
Complimentary holiday cookies, cider and other treats will be available at Artisans International Gallery, Bella Vita Wine and Cheese Shop, Cold Stone Creamery, Sierra Nevada Trading Co. and Sweetie Pies. |
More goodies will be at 88 Cups hosted by AG Edwards, Business Bank, Charles Schwab, Syncon and Dawn and Pat King from Mediation and Management. Wasabi’s Asian Bistro and Quizno’s will also be open. |
The Minden Village business owners have adopted Project Santa Claus and Carson Valley Community Food Closet as their causes for the holidays. A donation drive began Nov. 20 and runs through Sunday. |
Drop off food, mittens, hats, warm shoes, paper goods, plastic-ware and new unwrapped toys during regular business hours at any of these locations: AG Edwards, Cold Stone Creamery, Business Bank, Charles Schwab, Douglas Disposal, Lake Tahoe Mortgage or Sierra Nevada Trading Co. |
For every item donated to the food closet or Project Santa Claus, a discount or special offer coupon is given from one of these participating Minden Village businesses: 88 Cups, Alpine Medical, Artisans International Gallery, Bella Vita, Cold Stone Creamery, Quizno’s, Sierra Nevada Trading Co. or Sweetie Pies. Other sp... |
Minden Village is at Highway 395 and Lucerne Street in Minden. |
National craft beer trade group the Brewers Association released its annual lists of the top 50 American breweries by sales volume last week. While all four San Diego breweries included on last year's lists remained — each with a higher ranking — there were some notable changes. |
Two big ones had to do with Ballast Point. Since 2016 was the company's first full year under the ownership of the Constellation Brands corporation, it no longer met the Brewers Association definition of craft brewer, and therefore did not appear on the list of the country's largest craft brewers, where it ranked #11 l... |
However, Ballast Point did show up on the list of Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies, which was topped every year — in the same order — by Anheuser-Busch, Miller Coors, and Pabst Brewing Co. |
Ballast Point rose four spots on that list to become the 13th largest beer company in the USA. That puts it four spots ahead of Stone Brewing, meaning that, by sales volume at least, Ballast Point has taken over the mantle of the largest brewer in San Diego. In 2014, it ranked 37th. |
The Brewers Association would not release the sales numbers it used to tabulate these lists (it will publish them in its own The New Brewer magazine in May). Neither would Stone, nor Ballast Point. |
However, Stone did release its production numbers. Including beer produced at breweries in Virginia and Berlin, Stone brewed approximately 345,000 barrels in 2016, up from 326,000 barrels in 2015 — a 6 percent increase. Ballast Point did not release production numbers, so its difficult yet to tell whether it topped Sto... |
Stone ranked #9 on the list of top craft brewers, reclaiming its highest rank after dropping to #10 last year. However, it's worth noting that Lagunitas Brewing, which ranked #6 in 2015, was also pulled from the craft list due to a partnership with Heineken. Stone fell two spots on the overall list to #17 (it was #14 t... |
Green Flash Brewing climbed four spots to become the 37th largest craft brewer by sales. Its production rose nearly 12 percent in 2016, to 91,040 barrels. That figure includes its production of beers for Alpine Beer Co., which it acquired in 2014. Overall, this increase was good enough to make Green Flash the 46th larg... |
Finally, coming in at #41 on the craft beer list was Karl Strauss Brewing Co. Karl's rank on this list has fluctuated the past several years, usually in the low 40s. It ranked #39 in 2012, when it also cracked the top 50 overall, actually coming in at #50. Nevertheless, the reigning midsize brewery of the year increase... |
World View Enterprises said its “Zinger 1” mission to keep a KFC chicken sandwich aloft in the stratosphere was terminated earlier than planned, due to a small leak in an altitude-control balloon system on its Stratollite platform. The company’s CEO, Jane Poynter, said today in a statement that the payload was brought ... |
A new survey from a franchise staffing firm lists the top college majors that make someone the most employable. |
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