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It is hard to track exactly what kind of oil has been found around the world, in what quantities, because of loose definitions and reporting practices. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission demands strict reporting for financial purposes: proved reserves means proved-so-far by current wells or firm development plans, saying little about the full size of the discovery. Naturally, the estimates are revised upward as fields are drilled, giving a misleading impression of “reserve growth....

This drama follows weeks of it, including Twitter employees using the site to disparage their new boss, refute his claims, and excoriate him for “starving” them after he took away the $400 lunches that no one was showing up to eat. The latest outrage came from a set of emails in which Musk said he would consider firing managers who allow employees to work remotely. “It is also expected that you have in-person meetings with your colleagues on a reasonable cadence, ideally weekly, but not less than once per month,” wrote Musk....

Despite the widely negative reception to the game, Cyberpunk 2077 had impressive sales. Cyberpunk 2077 was the best-selling game on PS4 in June 2021, selling well despite a warning from Sony about playing it on the base model PS4, in addition to the sales records it broke on PC. Hopefully, with more updates like the latest one, those who have purchased it will be able to enjoy a more technically sound experience....

There’s a better explanation. Though leaders along the Pacific Rim insist that fundamentals in Asia continue to be strong, their constituents are not so sure. Crowds of antigovernment demonstrators have marched in Bangkok. Bank depositors have jostled with police in Jakarta. And from Malaysia to South Korea, populists are railing against hardships they blame on the ““imperialist’’ West. Twenty years of prosperity under a U.S. security shield transformed East Asia into a global model of political stability....

Crowdfunding is quietly changing the world. Websites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo are enabling inventors, artists, and developers a way to fund their projects that up until now was almost impossible. The secret resides in the simple idea of giving creators a chance to pitch to their intended audience rather than to the CEOs of large corporations. Traditionally if you wanted your product made you needed to raise the capital to build it yourself, usually achieved by securing funds from investors....

I’m personally supportive of same-sex marriage and I think the policies that can help make this be settled law, as well as related legal questions be settled law, are a good thing. There’s been a major shift from the right on this, but the issue of how the shift occurred is twofold. There’s a variety of suburban voters who were more traditional at one time who now care more about economic issues and less about faith driven issues....

The first came several years ago when Walter Hugentobler, a Swiss physician who sometimes practices at a clinic in Zurich International Airport, noticed several years ago that pilots and flight attendants seemed unusually susceptible to the flu throughout the year, even though they were generally healthy. More recently, Hazhir Rahmandad, an engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management, noticed that COVID-19 tended to spread in his native Iran at different rates from one region to the next, even when population densities were similar....

Although it might be tempting to cast Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson as Joel and Ellie again, the remake may consider putting two new actors in the lead roles. This sort of choice is easier said than done, but its challenge highlights one of the major difficulties of remaking such an iconic game. The Last of Us remake needs to decide if it wants to forge its own identity as a game separate from the original, or if it wants to simply invoke the original game’s essence....

According to a recent leak, the wait for a Mario Kart game may be over soon. LeakyPandy, an industry insider who specializes in Nintendo news, recently claimed that Nintendo will reveal a game called either Mario Kart 10 or Mario Kart Crossroads sometime in 2022. According to LeakyPandy, Mario Kart Crossroads will differ from its predecessors in that it will cross broadly with other Nintendo properties. That may sound strange at a glance, but when considering recent changes to Mario Kart, a crossover game seems like the logical next step in a long-term plan from Nintendo....

This is essentially what has happened on a private Rust server, hosted by content creation group OfflineTV. The mix of streamers has led to some contentious moments, with some of the invitees to the Rust server griefing other players and stirring up drama. This, in turn, has generated headlines and attracted viewers. RELATED: Shroud Thinks OfflineTV’s Rust Server is Going to ‘Implode’ Because of xQc A game like Rust creates the perfect environment for “entertainment” of this type....

While the Saharan dust plume may bring stunning sunsets and sunrises along with all that dust, it can also mean trouble for people with allergies and underlying respiratory issues. What Is the Saharan Dust Plume? While the Saharan dust plume is getting a lot of attention, it’s not a new phenomenon. The Saharan dust plume, aka Sahara Air Layer (SAL), is a mass of very dry, dusty air that forms over the Sahara Desert during the late spring, summer, and early fall, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)....

It makes sense, I swear. Take a look at Altuve’s Baseball-Reference page , and the observant eye will notice two 2016 stats that really stand out for the rather unlikely emerging American League MVP candidate. The first one is home runs. Altuve already has 10 this year, through 70 games. He set his career high with 15 last year; before that, he hadn’t popped more than seven over the fence....

The battle began last November, when Truong Van Tran, 37, arrived home from an eight-day trip to Hanoi and promptly hung a Vietnamese flag and a picture of the long-dead North Vietnamese leader inside his video shop. He says he was impressed with the positive changes he had seen in Hanoi and wanted to spread the word. ““I have a very simple idea,’’ he told NEWSWEEK. ““We should normalize our relations with Vietnam....

Particularly, the hotel is believed to be a major inspiration for American Horror Story’s “Hotel” season, which was set in a hotel that was above a Hellmouth. However, that is not the only link between The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel and American Horror Story. The latter was actually directly inspired by Lam’s final moments in the hotel in February 2013. Particularly, the show’s Hotel season began to come together after producer Ryan Murphy saw the video of Lam in the Cecil Hotel’s elevator acting erratically, a video that had been released by the LAPD during its investigation....

The theory relies on a presumed relationship between solar radiation and sunspots, dark patches that periodically erupt on the solar surface. In the current issue of Science magazine, Eigil Friis-Christensen and Knud Lassen of the Danish Meteorological Institute show a striking relationship between sunspot activity and global temperature over the 130-year period for which accurate climate records exist. (Technically, the relationship is not with the appearance of sunspots as such, but with a mathematical abstraction representing the length of the sunspot cycle at a given time....

I bring this up not as a comment on the two men’s comparative wit or a warning against the perils of exhaustion campaigning or anything else but this: the fact that so much in our political reaction is superficial, opportunistic, tactical, the-blues-versus-the-greens, my-guy-over-your-guy-no-matter-what. It is, in other words, wanting in anything that could be called a single standard of judgment. This is something you at least ought to acknowledge and keep in mind, even if you can’t avoid indulging in the double-standard responses yourself, as we head into what is certain to be a very heavy-duty scandal season....

For those who are new to the show, or even just those who have only seen the original movie or Stargate SG-1, the chronology might be hard to get a handle on. There’s a lot of time jumping and simultaneous events and stories to organize, so let’s take a look at the Stargate timeline and how it all lines up. RELATED: Stargate SG-1: Who Were The Asgard? The Stargate universe began in 1994 with a feature film starring Kurt Russell as Colonel Jack O’Neill, and James Spader as Dr....

Is Ibrahimovic world class? At 35 years old, and with United struggling at times under Jose Mourinho this season, the argument still continues not just with regards to his world class ability, but whether or not he is good enough to play for a potential title challenger in the Premier League. After seeing him score two goals in Saturday’s 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, making it seven goals in seven Premier League appearances, questions over his ability can be put to bed....

Get the odds on the EPL title race Since joining from Inter for just £8.5 million in 2013, the Brazil international has been at the centre of everything good about the Anfield outfit. His value has risen ten-fold in almost half a decade, and with Jurgen Klopp set to utilise him in arguably his best position of midfield in 2017-18, it is no surprise that Liverpool are so keen to keep hold of him at all costs....