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Theresa May made her pitch Wednesday in Riyadh during the second day of her two-day visit. Saudi Arabia plans to list less than 5 percent of the world's largest oil-producing company on the Saudi exchange and another international exchange, possibly by next year.
May's Downing Street office says she laid out the advantages of doing business in the U.K. during a meeting with Aramco Chairman and Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih.
She also met King Salman Wednesday and discussed the humanitarian crisis in neighboring Yemen.
Amy Weber posted an excellent, thought-provoking blog post here.
Hatred is nothing new. But a reality that we may need to start facing if we are going to solve this issue is that hatred is not innate. Plain and simply, it is learned. It manifests from a single or multiple source where a child is listening and watching. At home, a babysitter’s house, preschool, TV, online, our public...
The Bully Chronicles is Ms. Weber’s current film project. Upon reading about the film, I’m excited to follow the it’s development. Ms. Weber’s film will help the viewer understand this horrid interpersonal dynamic from the victim’s eyes and the bully’s. We all want to understand why this happens and I applaud Ms. Weber...
Educational films about bullying will help school counselors, teachers and consulting mental health care professionals like myself discuss this topic with our students in a way that is relevant while evoking identification with the characters depicted.
As the school year starts to wind down, I hope that we all continue to keep this topic at the forefront of our consciousness. Summer can be a welcomed respite for our young people who are victimized. For our young people who bully, this could be the opportunity they need to evaluate why/where this behavior comes from…w...
Finding out from a school administrator or another parent that your child is a bully is a difficult pill to swallow for any parent. Please keep your eyes open for my post on what you can do when you find out your child is bullying. It’s a difficult post to write, I admit, and have been mulling about how to address it f...
Perhaps “The Bully Chronicles” will help us all.
When Charles P. Pierce cracks jokes about Alzheimer�s disease, he�s not being cruel.
�It�s OK to laugh,� the author and journalist assured an audience of 75 yesterday after he quipped that having Alzheimer�s means you only have to buy one mystery book.
Maintaining a sense of humor is the most important lesson to learn while confronting Alzheimer�s disease in a loved one, and the most vital component to �keeping your sanity,� he said.
The author of �Hard to Forget: An Alzheimer�s Story,� Mr. Pierce spoke for nearly an hour yesterday at Mount Wachusett Community College about the progressive, irreversible neurological disorder and its effect on families. Sponsored by the college�s school of health sciences in anticipation of National Alzheimer�s Dise...
In 1985, Mr. Pierce�s father left his home in Shrewsbury to buy flowers and was gone for three days. Police found him disoriented, with his car out of gas, in Montpelier, Vt.
Aware for some time that his father�s memory was deteriorating, Mr. Pierce could no longer deny that his father had a problem, and embarked on a quest to learn everything he could about Alzheimer�s. His efforts resulted in the publication of his book in 2000, and a better understanding of how to cope with the incurable...
Mr. Pierce quickly learned he had to treat his father differently. On the ride home from Vermont, Mr. Pierce drove his father�s car while his wife, Margaret, drove his father. The three stopped at McDonald�s on the way home, and Mr. Pierce proudly told his father that Margaret was pregnant.
The elder Mr. Pierce became extremely agitated and upset because he thought his son had accused him of having an affair with his daughter-in-law.
�There�s nothing crueler than to treat the person with the disease as though he was the same person he was (before the disease),� he said.
If an Alzheimer�s-affected man wants to walk around carrying a teddy bear, let him. If a woman with the disease puts her shirt on backwards and inside out every day, let it go, Mr. Pierce said.
�You can fight the battle every morning, and you can exhaust yourself,� Mr. Pierce said. Alzheimer�s disease can often be more devastating to care-giving family members than to the patients themselves, Mr. Pierce said. He has seen families torn apart, with relatives disagreeing on treatment plans or denying a problem e...
Lebanon has suffered civil war and religious unrest. Heart and Soul meets the Maronite Christians who trace their history to biblical times.
For some it is “a country of casinos and prostitutes”. For others, one of freedom unrivalled in the Arab World. Once a by-word for religious war, two successive Popes have visited Lebanon and called it a message to the world of how different religions can live side by side in a spirit of mutual respect and harmony. If ...
In this edition of Heart & Soul, John Laurenson will be meeting a hermit in his mountain cave and the Archbishop of Beirut, a Syrian refugee and a woman who survived a terrorist attack on her life thanks to Lebanon’s Saint Charbel.
With the Christian population dwindling and war threatening to spill over the border from Syria, can the Lebanese message survive?
Image shows Brother Dario, a hermit who's a member of the Lebanese Maronite Order.
It’s almost here. After almost two years of waiting, the final season of Game of Thrones begins April 14, which means you only have a few more days to bask in this moment before any character you love could be brutally murdered at any second.
The Spoke Art gallery in San Francisco, CA is here to help. Saturday, April 6 and Sunday April 7, it will open “Winter is Here,” a group show paying tribute to the hit HBO fantasy. Over 70 artists have created pieces based on the show and its characters; below, we’ve got just a small sample, including a few pieces excl...
“Winter is Here” opens on April 6 at Spoke Art in San Francisco and will also be on display April 7. For more info, visit the gallery’s website.
Oh, and once again: Game of Thrones returns April 15 on HBO.
The Kentucky legislature spent about $2.4 million on out-of-state travel over the last three years, sending lawmakers, aides and state police escorts around the globe, according to a Herald-Leader review of spending data.
Senate President David Williams and House Speaker Greg Stumbo last week said that educational conferences and fact-finding trips are essential for lawmakers tackling Kentucky's problems.
"There are a lot of benefits as far as broadening the minds of our legislators," said Williams, R-Burkesville, who spent 101 days outside the state over the past three years on trips that cost taxpayers $42,351. "I think it's very valuable."
Still, Williams and Stumbo said they agreed with critics who want the legislature to be thriftier. For the first time, they are drafting a formal travel policy that could limit how many trips lawmakers take, for how long, to which events and for what purposes.
Many in Eastern Kentucky can’t count on clean water. Here are 5 ways to fix that.
CORVALLIS � Oregon State had reason to worry, and it had nothing to do with that game at third-ranked Boise State looming on the horizon.
The 25th-ranked Beavers (1-1) had seen a three-touchdown lead over Louisville (1-2) whittled to seven points, another mobile quarterback was riddling their defense and 45,379 wet viewers were wondering if they were going to have to endure overtime as the Cardinals reached midfield with a minute left.
They, and the Beavers, were saved that ordeal when James Dockery intercepted a pass from Louisville�s Adam Froman and OSU killed the final seconds for a 35-28 victory Saturday at Reser Stadium.
What was so wrong with a win?
The OSU defense was sliced up for 453 yards by the Cardinals. The offense was 2-of-10 on third down conversions. OSU�s seven penalties for 65 yards hardly told the ugliness of it: Louisville declined an OSU holding penalty because the Cardinals recorded a sack anyway, and the Cardinals didn�t need a pass interference p...
What kept the Beavers from heading into Boise State winless were � heard this before? � the Rodgers brothers.
Jacquizz rushed 24 times for 132 yards and two touchdowns, added a reception for a touchdown and had the defense concentrating on him so much that when he took a direct snap from the center, his handoff to Markus Wheaton turned into a 28-yard touchdown run for the OSU receiver.
Also difficult to catch up with was James Rodgers, particularly on kick returns. He ran back four kickoffs for 161 yards, with a long return of 63 yards, and had two punt returns for another 43 yards, one of them for 28 yards.
�The return game for the Beavers was the difference in the game,� Riley said.
Of OSU�s five scoring drives, four began in Louisville territory after Rodgers returned a kickoff or punt. That meant the Beavers had to cover only 23, 37, 46 and 40 yards on those four possessions for points.
The Beavers never trailed, but only because of a goal-line stand that stopped Louisville�s first drive at the 2-yard line, and an officials� review that later negated a Cardinals touchdown. Froman scrambled for what would have been a 13-yard touchdown run, but the review from upstairs ruled � correctly, it appeared on ...
�That�s the type of guy Suaesi is,� Dockery said. �He doesn�t quit until the play is over. That example right there is what we all need to do.
Instead, Louisville never led though the Cardinals drew even at 7-7 and 14-14. But when the Beavers scored on their first two possessions of the second half to take a 35-14 lead, it appeared to be about time to think ahead to Boise State.
Well, until the Cardinals pulled within 35-28, and had three more possessions in the fourth quarter to mount a drive to tie the game before Dockery�s interception finally snuffed out that hope.
After taking that 21-point lead with 25 minutes left in the game, the Beavers had only four more first downs, and one of those was on a penalty. Katz, knocked out of the game by a hard tackle for a series early in the fourth quarter, threw incompletions on six of his final nine passing attempts.
�We kind of died out toward the end,� Quizz Rodgers said. �We�ve got to keep the ball moving.
A group of scientists in a plane caught sight of a mysterious piece of space junk right as it burned up in Earth's atmosphere above the Indian Ocean Friday.
Researchers had been expecting the object — appropriately named WT1190F — to re-enter Earth's atmosphere since it was spotted in October, so the International Astronomical Center and the United Arab Emirates Space Agency mounted an observation campaign to catch the debris (nicknamed 'WTF') during its fiery re-entry.
Scientists from various organizations got a look at WT1190F as it burned up harmlessly off the coast of Sri Lanka, capturing a great video of the object as it vaporized in the atmosphere.
But the flight wasn't without its challenges.
"It was raining in Sri Lanka," SETI, one of the partners in the observation campaign, said in a statement. "Much of our flight to the area saw haze above our flight altitude at 45,000 ft, but our navigator, pilot and first officer found a small clearing and managed to put the aircraft there at the right time."
Scientists still aren't sure exactly what WT1190F was, but they do have some ideas.
Researchers know that WT1190F was about 1 to 2 meters across, and probably hollow, according to José Luis Galache of the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
"This means it is likely a spent second stage of a rocket. Which one? We can't tell," Galache told Mashable via email in October.
The observations made of WT1190F could help people on the ground further characterize the strange object and perhaps learn more about how objects — human-made or natural — burn up once entering the planet's atmosphere.
"A piece of a solar panel, for instance, would behave differently than a booster tank," Lowell Observatory planetary astronomer Nick Moskovitz said in a statement before the object's re-entry.
At the moment, NASA and other space agencies around the world monitor a large percentage of the millions of bits of space debris that orbit the planet. These pieces of space junk are moving so quickly that even tiny fragments of spent rocket stages, defunct satellites or other objects could wreak havoc if they collide ...
Ileana D'cruz shared this photo on her Instagram account.
It was a regular Saturday for Ileana D'cruz as she went browsing through her photo gallery when she bumped into some really beautiful and picturesque photographs of herself enjoying in the "turquoise" waters of Fiji. This is what she wrote on her Instagram account as she posted those amazing pictures, implying herself ...
Ileana D'cruz is the brand ambassador of Fiji and often travels the place and shares photographs on social media from the trips she makes. The actress is often questioned by her fans on Instagram whether she has quit Bollywood. To which, we have an answer. Ileana will be seen with John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Arshad Wars...
On the personal front, Ileana D'cruz is rumoured to be dating Australian photographer Andrew Kneebone. The latter's Instagram account is all about Ileana's candid pictures and his descriptions to those photos are all things love. However, Ileana likes to keep things under wraps.
When the Baadshaho actress was asked about she addressing Andrew as her "hubby" on social media last Christmas, she cleared the air saying, "It's not important for me (to tell the world if I'm married or not). I do tell the world about my equation in a way, and let the world a little bit into my life. But I like it tha...
The actress with Goan roots says that she will never ever quit Telugu industry for Bollywood. She was last seen on the big screens with Ajay Devgn in Raid.
Bradford City came back to Wembley with a vengeance. Three months after being walloped by Swansea City in the Capital One Cup final, the Bantams returned to the scene of that pain and spanked Northampton Town to win promotion to League One. Phil Parkinson did not care that his team's dominance meant the play-off final ...
The exertions of reaching February's cup final, when the Bantams endured a 5-0 battering, had almost cost Bradford a place in the play-offs but Parkinson's team rallied sufficiently towards the end of the regular season to creep into seventh spot in League Two, three points behind Northampton. Parkinson felt the hoopla...
"The media attention, the new suits, the worry about getting tickets for everyone, that drained the lads last time so we took that away this time and just said we are here to finish a job," Parkinson said. "It worked." It certainly did, as Bradford immediately set about doing to Northampton what Swansea had done to the...
Aidy Boothroyd watched aghast as his team played like a shoddy imitation of the side who had kept nine clean sheets in their previous 15 matches. The goals followed a similar simple pattern, with Northampton defenders conspicuous by their passivity as crosses flew from one side of the penalty area to the other before b...
Hanson plundered the first goal in the 15th minute after a cross from the left by Kyel Reid was retrieved on the right by Garry Thompson, who clipped the ball towards the back post, where Hanson leapt above Clarke Carlisle to nod into the net. Carlisle may be the chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association bu...
"I thought Bradford's visit here earlier in the season ,when they got beaten, would work in our favour but it didn't," said Boothroyd. "They started much better than we did and we were like a rabbit in the headlights for the first 30 minutes. I don't think there are too many of the lads that can say they have shown a t...
The first-half toll would have been ever heavier if not for the Northampton goalkeeper, Lee Nicholls, who blocked a Wells shot from four yards after a long throw-in by Stephen Darby and later tipped a header by Reid over the bar after another Darby throw-in was allowed to bounce on the edge of the six-yard box. At the ...
Unless Boothroyd had a magic wand, it was difficult to see what the manager could do at half-time to conjure a comeback by his team. Nicholls had to react smartly again early in the second period to stop Hanson making it 4-0.
Northampton improved in the second half but Bradford defended diligently and could have increased their lead on the break. Ultimately, the Bradford goalkeeper, Jon McLaughlin, barely had a save to make. Both these clubs came perilously close to relegation last season but as they watched their Bradford counterparts rejo...
Taurean Prince, a senior forward from San Antonio, drives down the court during the game against TCU on Wednesday.
Lester Medford, a senior guard from Tuscon, Ariz., looks for an open pass despite heavy defensive pressure from TCU.
Rico Gathers, a senior forward from LaPlace, La., leaps to block a TCU shot during Wednesday's game.
Taurean Prince, a senior forward from San Antonio, shoots for three during the game against TCU on Wednesday.
Lester Medford, a senior guard from Tuscon, Ariz., drives towards the basket during the game against TCU Wednesday.
Ishmail Wainright, a junior guard from Kansas City, Mo., looks to the basket during the game against TCU Wednesday.
Al Freeman, a sophomore guard from Charlotte, N.C, is fouled while shooting during the game against TCU Wednesday.
Al Freeman, a sophomore guard from Charlotte, N.C, looks for a pass during the game against TCU Wednesday.
Johnathan Motley, a sophomore forward from Houston, shoots from under the basket during Wednesday's game against TCU.
King McClure, a freshman guard from Ovilla, pushes for a shot Wednesday during the game against TCU.
Jake Lindsey, a freshman guard from Salt Lake City, Utah, shoots during the game Wednesday against TCU.
Johnathan Motley, a sophomore forward from Houston, looks for a pass during Wednesday's game against TCU.
Crude Oil Price Tanks on Huge Inventory Increase - 24/7 Wall St.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report Wednesday morning showing that U.S. commercial crude inventories increased by 6.8 million barrels last week, maintaining a total U.S. commercial crude inventory of 414.2 million barrels. The commercial crude inventory is about ...
Tuesday evening the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported that crude inventories dropped by 3.7 million barrels in the week ending August 10. Gasoline inventories decreased by 1.6 million barrels and distillate stockpiles rose by about 1.9 million barrels. For the same period, analysts expected crude inventories ...
Volatility is the name of the game in oil trading now. Prices rose Tuesday on reports that Saudi Arabia was lowering production. Then this morning’s report from the EIA absolutely crushed the gain. A refinery run of 18 million barrels last week has got to be a multiyear, if not an all-time, high.
Total gasoline inventories decreased by 700,000 barrels last week, according to the EIA, and are now about 5% above the five-year average range. U.S. refineries produced about 10.2 million barrels of gasoline a day last week, up by about 300,000 barrels compared to the prior week. Total motor gasoline supplied (the age...
Before the EIA report, benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for September delivery traded down about 1.8%, at around $65.85 a barrel, and it dropped further to around $65.10 (down about 2.8%) shortly after the report’s release. WTI settled at $67.04 on Tuesday and opened at $66.69 Wednesday morning. The 52-wee...
Week over week, U.S. crude oil exports fell by 258,000 barrels a day last week and U.S. production rose by 100,000 barrels a day to 10.9 million barrels. Exports averaged 1.59 million barrels a day last week and have a cumulative daily average for the year of 1.82 million barrels a day, a 138% increase over the year-ag...
Distillate inventories rose by 3.6 million barrels last week and are about 8% below the five-year average range for this time of year. Distillate product supplied averaged 3.9 million barrels a day for the past four weeks, down by about 100,000 compared with the prior week. Distillate production averaged 5.3 million ba...
For the past week, crude imports averaged 9 million barrels a day, up by 1.08 million compared with the previous week. Refineries were running at 98.1% of capacity, with daily input averaging 18 million barrels a day, about 383,000 more than the previous week’s average. Exports of refined products rose by 75,000 barrel...
According to AAA, the current national average pump price per gallon of regular gasoline is $2.857, down by less than a penny from $2.865 a week ago and down about two cents compared with the month-ago price. Last year at this time, a gallon of regular gasoline cost $2.35 on average in the United States.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) traded down about 2%, at $76.69 in a 52-week range of $72.16 to $89.30. Over the past 12 months, Exxon stock has traded down about 1.7%.

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