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C-JOC Message to KJO Employees

AGOC Board of Directors Holds its 46th Meeting

JAC Holds Its 3rd Meeting in 2019

Should I Get the High-Dose Flu Vaccine?

In this ISSUE

On December 25th, 2019, H.R.H. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Al Saud; Minister of Energy, and H.E. Dr. Khalid Al-Fadhel; Kuwaiti Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water, launched the countdown for resuming production in KJO, at KJO Office Park, in presence of Deputy Governor of Eastern Province; H.R.H. Prince Ahmad bin Fahad bin Salman Al Saud, Sheikh Nemr Fahad Al-Malek Al-Subah, the Saudi Ambassador in Kuwait; Majdi Al-Dhafiri, H.E. Advisor of Corporate Affairs in the Ministry of Energy; Abdulrahman M. Abdulkareem, President and CEO of Saudi Aramco; Eng. Amin H. Nasser, A/CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation; Wafaa Al-Zaabi, Saudi Aramco Senior Vice President of Upstream; Dr. Mohammad Al-Qahtani, and Khafji Governor; Mohammad Al-Hazza, together with a number of executives from Saudi Aramco, AGOC, KGOC, Chevron Saudi Arabia, officials of Khafji, businessmen and media. After reciting some verses from the Holy Quran, Eng. Khalid Al-Buraik, AGOC Chairman, delivered a speech expressing his pleasure for welcoming H.R.H. Minister of Energy, and H.E. Minister of Oil, and confirmed the continuous support of

AGOC to KJO. Then a video was displayed about KJO under the title “Power through partnership”. C-JOC Eng. Azeb Al-Qahtani then delivered a speech expressing his pride in the achievements of KJO employees and commended KJO as a good example embodying successful partnership in energy investment under the two wise leaderships. He highlighted the role of this unique partnership in creating a reliable management for the sources and maximizing its economic and cultural returns, as well as its role in the existence and development of Khafji Community. Moreover, C-JOC lauded the efforts of the Minister of Energy toward developing Khafji throughout the past three decades, and expressed his immense pleasure in seeing both of H.R.H. Minister of Energy and H.E. Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water, working together to maintain the pioneering position of the Kingdom and Kuwait in the Oil Industry, and paving the way to more successful and prosperous future, for finalizing the readiness of facilities for startup in line with the best environmental standards, through the project of “gathering and re-utilizing gas”.

In turn, MON Eng. Abdullah Al-Mutairi made a presentation about KJO readiness for starting up and resuming production, demonstrating the details, procedures and works that have been so far completed to achieve the targeted goals.H.E. Dr. Khalid Al-Fadhel and H.R.H. Abdulaziz bin Salman, delivered two speeches expressing their pleasure for such achievements, confirmed the deep relations between the leaderships of both countries, and demonstrated the importance of oil industry in the region. Al-Fadhel added: “Today is a turning point representing the firm relations between the two countries, and the concordance that happened was just a fruit of it”. In turn, H.R.H. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman stated: “What happened was a concordance rather than an agreement, because the two countries have mutual brotherly relations going beyond the natural resources to the human resources”. He added that the production will be increased gradually so that to reach 325,000 barrels per day by the end of 2020. Further, both Ministers confirmed that resuming production in KJO will not affect the obligations of both countries under OPEC.Afterwards, both Ministers launched the countdown for resuming production in KJO, which is two months, amid overwhelming happiness and pleasure. At the end of the ceremony, A/CEO of KGOC Eng. Abdullah Al-Sumaiti presented a memorial gift to H.R.H. Minister of Energy, while AGOC President & CEO, Eng. Azeb Al-Qahtani, presented a memorial gift to H.E. Minister of Oil, Minister of Electricity and Water, and presented a photo album to H.R.H Minister of Energy showing the historical visits of His Royal Highness to Khafji during the past three decades. The two ministers, together with H.R.H. Prince Ahmad Bin Fahad Bin Salman and Sheikh Nemr Bin Fahad Al-Subah, and the accompanying delegations, made a tour in the historical exhibition of KJO and KJO facilities, and later all proceeded to the lunch banquet arranged in their honor.

H.R.H. Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman and H.E. Dr. Khalid Al-FadhelLaunch the Countdown for Resuming Production in KJO

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Joint Operation’s News

On Wednesday, Rabi II 28th, 1441H, December 25th, 2019, KJO marked a new chapter in the history of Khafji.

In this unforgettable historical day, H.R.H. Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman, Minister of Energy, Saudi Arabia, and

H.E. Dr. Khalid Al-Fadhel, Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water, Kuwait, in presence of H.R.H. Prince

Ahmad Bin Fahad Bin Salman, Deputy Governor of the Eastern Province, have together launched the countdown

of resuming production in Khafji Joint Operations.

It is my utmost honor and great pleasure, on this memorable occasion, to extend my warm congratulations

to all of you on behalf of KJO Executive Management, and would like to commend your concerted efforts and

dedication toward preserving KJO assets, completing the projects and ensuring the readiness of the facilities to

start up the production operations safely and in conformity to the uncompromised environmental requirements.

Definitely, this unique achievement would have never been materialized without the benevolent blessings of the

Almighty Allah, the consolidated teamwork, high technical and professional capabilities of KJO›s team, and the

effective collaboration with our stakeholders; including the shareholders, contractors, suppliers and others.

In this regard, I would like to emphasize the importance of strict compliance to all safety regulations and

environment requirements in all stages of preparation for startup, and throughout all production activities. I urge

you, dear colleagues, to exert efforts to maintain the highest level of quality and compliance to business ethics

and professional values.

The Joint Operating Committee (JOC) is fully confident of the solidarity, strength and integrity of our team, and

their due realization of our responsibilities to meet the expectations of our leadership in both countries and the

level of trust, and hopes pinned on KJO›s capability to honor its obligations successfully.

C-JOC Message to KJO Employees

Azeb Al-QahtaniChairman Joint Operating Committee

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On Sunday, December 2019 ,22, the Joint Executive Committee (JEC) held its third

meeting at Jumeirah Royal Saray Hotel, Bahrain. The meeting was presided by C-JEC and A/CEO of KGOC Eng. Abdullah Al-Sumaiti, accompanied by Eng. Mohammad Al-Haimar and Basem Essa,

together with the JEC Secretary Eng. Abdullah Al-Awadhi, from the KGOC side. AGOC was represented by C-JOC and AGOC President & CEO Eng. Azeb M. Al-Qahtani, Eng. Abdul Hameed Al-Rasheed and Abdul Aziz Al-Ruwai’ei. The Executive Directors of KJO Eng. Abdullah Al-

Otaibi, Mubarak Al-Saeedi, Eng. Mohammad Al-Hamdan and Eng. Nouri Bin Salama participated in the deliberations of the meeting. JEC members deliberated the items of the agenda, and after closing the meeting, they took the required recommendations in this regard.

On Monday, 16 Dec. 2019, the Board of Directors of Aramco Gulf Operations

(AGOC) held its 46th meeting in Al-Marsa Hall, Le Meridien Khobar Hotel, presided by Chairman of the Board, Eng. Khalid Al-Buraik, in presence

of board members Abdul Hameed Al-Rasheed, Hassan Al-Zahrani, Azeb Al-Qahtani, and Abdul Aziz Al-Ruwai’ei, together with the Board Secretary Abdul Mohsen Al-Zuhair. The meeting dealt with the agenda of the

meeting, and a lunch banquet was served in honor of the Chairman and Members, in presence of EDO Eng. Abdullah Al-Otaibi, EDI Abdullah Al-Qahtani, A/EDP Eng. Nasser Al-Ardhi, and A/EDH Tawfiq Al-Ateeq.

AGOC Board of Directors Holds its 46th Meeting

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Meeting in 2019

On December 24th, 2019, AGOC President & CEO Eng. Azeb M.

Al-Qahtani arranged a dinner party in honor of Ex-EDO Eng. Mohammad Al-Khatib on the occasion of his retirement, in presence of AGOC Chairman Eng. Khalid Al-Buraik, and the Board Members; Hassan Al-Zahrani and Abdulaziz Al-Ruwa’ei, together with AGOC Board Secretary Abdulmohsen Al-Zuhair, members of the Executive Management and a number of AGOC employees. The President & CEO delivered a speech on behalf of the Executive Management expressing his appreciation to the achievements of Al-Khatib during the tenure of his service, which started from Nov. 2010 and ended on Nov. 2019, and wished him good health, success and prosperity.In turn, Al-Khatib thanked AGOC President & CEO and Board Members for arranging this honoring ceremony.

In presence of the Chairman and Board MembersAGOC President & CEO Honors Al-Khatib

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On December 21st, 2019, the Community and Business Services Department (CBD)

concluded its sport and entertainment activities, which was launched on Nov. 19th for KJO employees and contractors, in presence of EDI Abdullah M. Al-Qahtani, and a number of department managers and employees. In this occasion, Fahad Al-Hubaini, Head of Soccer Club, highlighted the role of KJO in supporting and sponsoring variety of entertainment activities and spreading sport awareness and competition between the participants. The sport activities included championships of soccer for employees and their sons, basketball, volleyball, table tennis for employees and their sons, tennis, billiard and chess.The winners were as the following: Kingdom Team won the soccer competition of juniors. Hout Field team won the employees’ soccer competition. PCD team won the basketball competition. Mohsen Tal’at won the table tennis competition. Yousef Moqbel won the junior table tennis competition. Bedro and Edlfonso won the tennis competition. Meshari Otaibi won the billiard competition. TMD won the volleyball competition. In the closing day of the activities, the cups and medals were presented to the winners.

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CBD Concludes its Sport and Entertainment Activities

On Wednesday, December 18th, 2019, the Joint Audit

Committing (JAC) held its third meeting at Kingdom of Bahrain, presided by Chairman Falah Al-Enazi, in presence of JAC members; Dr. Hassan Al-Zahrani and Fayez Al-Azmi, together with the JAC Secretary Bader Al-Bannai. The meeting was attended by C-JOC Eng. Azeb M. Al-Qahtani, together with the independent auditors and Ali Al-Ghamdi from IAD. JAC members reviewed the minutes of the previous meeting and discussed the report of the independent auditors, as well as the agenda of the meeting. The Committee commended the efforts exerted by KJO toward full compliance with audit recommendations, and encouraged maintaining this type of fruitful continuous cooperation with the Internal Audit to ultimately achieve all KJO goals.

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On Monday, 30 Dec. 2019, Khafji Joint Operations Hospital

(KJO-H) held a medical conference about (The latest updates of Hyperglycemia, its treatment and quality) for the medical staff; including doctors, pharmacists, nurses and healthcare practitioners within the context of the efforts exerted to confront diabetes and its potential repercussions. The sessions of the conference were equalized to 12 training hours approved by SCFHS. Four lectures were delivered in the conference by

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Pediatrics Consultants Dr. Yaser Fathi, Endocrinology Consultant Dr. Osama Hasanin, Obstetrics & Gynecology Consultant Dr. Ismael Al-Talab, and Project Manager of Sultan Saudi Medical Co. Dr. Rami Mustafa. All lectures focused on the latest

technologies to treat diabetes and protecting other parts of the body from its complications and repercussions. It is worth mentioning that this conference came in line with the efforts exerted by the Hospital

to support continuous learning and medical research to share knowledge about the latest updates and technologies in the healthcare industry.

On Tuesday, January 7th, 2020, the Corporate Planning Department (CPD) held a meeting for the planning

superintendents and budget controllers for the purpose of coordinating and achieving the set goals. The meeting discussed the business plan of 2024-2020 and the preparations for the business plan of 2025-2021. Mohammad Al-Ali, Strategic Planning Superintendent, explained the role of the budget controllers in making the business plans successful and enhancing the best utilization of the operational and capital budgets; including compliance to the planned calendar for preparing the business plan 2025-2021. He emphasized finalizing the preparations for the period of 2024-2020 and the operational plan of 2020, by taking the following steps; -1 Holding regular monthly meetings to check projects progress -2 The departments should execute their projects as approved, and shall refer the same to the executive management. -3 The executing departments shall provide an execution calendar for completing the projects. -4 A project manager shall be assigned for each project. In turn, Ahmad Al-Salfiti, Business Development Analyst, explained the stages of setting the key performance indicators (KPIs), and demonstrated that CPD is in the process of developing some performance indicators and creating new ones.

CPD Holds a Meeting for Planning Superintendents and Budget Controllers

On January 13th, 2020, MIS Sultan M. Al-Sadoun issued a circular prohibiting photography within KJO facilities.

The circular stipulates preventing taking pictures or videos within KJO facilities or sharing the same via social media. It states that Dash Cameras of vehicles are prohibited, and any vehicle equipped with such dash cameras will be prevented from entering KJO facilities. The rules and regulations will be applicable on those who violate such instructions.

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Should I Get the High-Dose Flu Vaccine?

Q. If the high-dose flu vaccine is more potent, why do I have to wait until I’m 65 to get it?A. People younger than 65 can receive the high-dose vaccine, but there are caveats.Because older people have a weaker immune response to influenza vaccine than younger people do and are at increased risk for hospitalization and death from flu, the Food and Drug Administration approved a high-dose flu vaccine, called Fluzone High-Dose, in 2009, but only for those 65 and older. Fluzone High-Dose contains four times as much immune-stimulating antigen as the standard-dose vaccine does. As a result, it produces significantly higher antibody levels in those who receive it. In a rigorous post-licensure safety and efficacy study mandated by the F.D.A., Fluzone High-Dose was about 24 percent more effective than standard-dose vaccine in preventing influenza among older recipients. More important, it appears to reduce the serious cardiopulmonary complications of influenza, including pneumonia and worsening of heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the elderly. A few small trials have studied the effect of high-dose vaccine in younger patients. In a study of 300 adults who were 50 to 64 years old, Fluzone High-Dose produced higher levels of antibodies than the standard-dose vaccine did. And a study of 100 adults ages 18 to 64 showed similar results. Since the evidence suggests that younger people would also benefit from the high-dose vaccine, why is it restricted to older people?The reason is that the clinical trials upon which the F.D.A. based its approval of Fluzone High-Dose were performed in patients who were 65 and older. Thus, the “on-label” indication — that is, the official F.D.A.-approved use — carries this age restriction.But doctors can, and often do, prescribe medications for unapproved “off-label” indications. Off-label prescribing requires doctors and patients to understand the risks and benefits.In this case, the risks might include increased injection-site pain and muscle aches. The benefits might include increased protection against influenza and its complications. But because the vaccine has not been studied extensively in younger people, these potential risks and benefits remain unproven.A C.D.C. advisory committee recommends that, “No preference is expressed for any one vaccine type. Vaccination should not be delayed if a specific product is not readily available.” Thus, the upshot is to get vaccinated with any vaccine that’s available early in the flu season.

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ScienceComputer scientists’ daydreams have revealed the power of quantum mechanics. Imagine meeting omniscient beings who claim to have the solution to a complex problem that no computer could ever solve. You’d probably be at a loss to check the answer. But now, computer scientists report that quantum mechanics provides a way to quickly verify the solutions to an incredibly broad class of problems, including some that are impossible to solve in the first place. Although the result doesn’t have obvious practical applications, its theoretical ramifications have had a ripple effect, answering unsolved questions in physics and mathematics, scientists report in a paper posted January 13 at arXiv.org. “It has so many implications for all these areas. It’s a huge deal no matter how you look at it,” says theoretical computer scientist Scott Aaronson of the University of Texas at Austin, who was not involved with the new study.In computer science, some problems are difficult to solve but have solutions that are easy to check. So researchers classify questions according to how hard it is for computers to verify purported answers. On its own, a computer can go only so far in verifying solutions. But scientists have a few tricks up their sleeves. They concoct scenarios where a “prover” — a computer or person who claims to have a solution to a problem — is peppered with questions by the person who is

attempting to check the solution, the “verifier.” Imagine, for example, that you have a friend who claims to have deduced how to tell the difference between Pepsi and Coke, even though you can’t distinguish between the two. To confirm this claim, you — the verifier — might prepare a cup of either Pepsi or Coke and query your friend — the prover — on which one it is. If your friend consistently gives the right answer to such questions, you’d be convinced that the cola-identification quandary had been solved.Known as an interactive proof, this strategy can reveal additional information that would allow computer scientists to verify solutions to problems that are too difficult for a computer to convince the scientists of independently. Still more powerful interactive proofs involve multiple provers. That scenario is a bit like a police interrogation of two suspects, isolated in separate rooms, who can’t coordinate their answers to trick an investigator.The class of problems that can be verified in this way is “big, but not ridiculously big,” says study coauthor Thomas Vidick, a theoretical computer scientist at Caltech. To check the solutions to an even larger variety of problems,

scientists can imagine adding another twist: The provers share a quantum connection called entanglement, which causes two seemingly independent objects to behave in correlated ways (SN: 18/25/4).

Until now, it was not known how many problems were verifiable with quantum entanglement. The new result reveals that it’s “an unbelievably huge number of problems,” says Aaronson.That huge group is called recursively enumerable, or RE, problems. “It contains all problems that are solvable by computers and then some,” says coauthor Henry Yuen, a computer scientist at the University of Toronto. “That’s a crazy thing.” It’s the “and then some” that is really mind-boggling. No computer would be able to solve those problems outright, but if two entangled omniscient beings had a solution, they could convince you it was correct. Of course, enacting the verification technique in the real world is made implausible by the lack of omniscient beings to offer up the answers.The result is summed up in the succinct equality, MIP* = RE, where MIP* stands for Multi-prover Interactive Proof with quantum entanglement. Every problem in RE is also in MIP*, and vice versa.

Although not yet peer-reviewed, the study is being taken very seriously, says computer scientist Lance Fortnow of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. “I would bet that it’s probably correct…. There’s no reason to think it’s wrong.”And the result is a triple threat: It solved three problems at once. In addition to revealing that MIP* equals RE, it simultaneously answered two other open questions, one in physics and one in math. The first is a quantum physics puzzle called Tsirelson’s problem, which asks whether the types of quantum correlations that could be produced using an infinite amount of entanglement could be approximated with a very large, but finite amount of entanglement. The answer, the study reveals, is no: Sometimes you can’t even come close to replicating infinite entanglement with finite entanglement. In mathematics, the study settles Connes’ embedding conjecture, a long-standing idea that is mathematically equivalent to Tsirelson’s problem. It likewise deals with the question of whether a finite approximation can necessarily replicate something truly infinite. Again, the answer is no.“It’s an incredible achievement; it’s just really exciting,” says mathematician William Slofstra of the University of Waterloo in Canada. “It’s a fulfillment of something we’ve wanted for a long time.”

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A quantum strategy could verify the solutions to unsolvable problems - in theory

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SafetyManagement

Visual literacy can help identify hidden work hazards, experts sayIn a black-and-white image, thick brush partially hides a danger lurking in plain sight.When seen in color, the danger comes alive.It’s a leopard surrounded by brush, its menacing eyes locked on a potential meal.During the 2018 National Safety Council Congress & Expo this past October in Houston, the Center of Visual Expertise – founded by the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio – shared these images as part of a visual literacy experience designed for safety professionals to better see occupational hazards in everyday surroundings.“We live in a very ‘noisy’ environment,” said Adam Levine, COVE’s advisory board chairman. “There’s so much visual stimulus and sensory stimulus that we have to tune out.“We all know that we use our attention selectively. That applies to vision as well. You’re leveraging your selective attention on the basis of the image you’ve already seen to focus on the part of the image where you know there to be a hazard.”Along with exhibiting the program in Houston, COVE and the museum have partnered with the Campbell Institute at the National Safety Council to bring visual literacy training to numerous companies.“Not a whole lot of safety training is fun,” Campbell Institute Director John Dony said. “This is engaging. It’s fun.”Look at the black-and-white photo: Do you see the leopard hiding? The color photo shows the leopard clearly. These and other images are used in visual literacy training, which teaches workers to better “see” their work environment and identify on-the-job hazards. A better understandingLearning visual literacy, according to the Campbell Institute, gives employees the ability to better understand their work environments. It also helps in enhancing hazard identification and comprehension of potential risks.“It’s usually the most obvious things that you miss,” Levine said. “The things you walk past a thousand times and never realized they’re an issue – that’s what this is. That’s what we’re training people not to do. That’s part of the reason we feel like we’re really onto something.”In a 2018 white paper, the Campbell Institute points out that about 90 percent of the information individuals take in is visual. With so much visual data being processed, people filter it to see only what’s important to them.This leads to what is called inattentional blindness, or perceptual blindness, which is becoming blind to the countless details. By using visual literacy’s step-by-step procedure to visually process a scene, and becoming aware of individual visual biases, safety professionals “truly ‘see’ as much detail as possible,” the white paper states.How training worksOne of the most unique aspects of COVE’s visual literacy training is that it takes place outside the workplace. For most participants, a work-related safety program at an art museum is out of the norm. But for Levine, it makes perfect sense.“If you do the workshop at work, you have all the inherited hierarchy of that workplace,” Levine said. “There’s a great leveler about being in a neutral space, which is so different from the workplace.“The thing we’re uniquely equipped to provide is sensory education. We are an education institution. We engage all of the senses in our displays and in our teaching. That’s how we learn. Human beings learn by creating memories that are caused by emotion. That emotion is triggered by the senses.”The same senses involved in learning also are activated in many workplaces, where safety is a top priority.“I’ve been astonished walking into these factory environments,” Levine said. “Not just by the nature of the work, but these are loud places. There are smells. This is a multisensory environment. To allow people to actively engage those senses, of which sight is the dominant sense, is a place that museums are uniquely suited to play.”TMA hosts monthly workshops for two to three representatives from each company in a train-the-trainer model. Along with describing and drawing exercises intended to spark the senses, the training involves seeing in a different way through art by examining five essential art elements: line, shape, color, texture and space.Participants begin by using the concepts on works of art throughout the museum. The training also works to break down an individual’s “visual biases,” which include:• Not seeing what’s right in front of you, even if you know it’s there.• Once you see something, it’s impossible to un-see it.• You’re always filling in the blanks based on what you expect to be there.“A lot of what we do is make you aware of your visual and cerebral biases,” Levine said. “It’s only when you’re aware of them that you can begin to mitigate them. Art is an unmatched tool for exposing those biases.”

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‘Seeing’ safety in a new way

When it comes to getting employees to do their best work, good managers often adopt the role of a coach. They know that achieving the best results from their team members requires having someone who leads by example and provides the resources to help them do their best. As a result, many managers focus on inspiring and motivating their employees. There’s just one problem with this: Far too many assume that inspiration and motivation are essentially the same thing. Well, they aren’t. And knowing which how to leverage what makes them distinct can lead to a better chance of achieving long-term successful outcomes for your team.Should You Master Motivation?Motivation is consistently cited as one of the most important tools managers have for improving employee productivity. Providing external forces that encourage employees to give their best effort can make a significant difference in the workplace. Many motivating factors rely on some sort of reward. For example, a survey from Leadership Management Australia found that 79 percent of employees felt that training and career development opportunities were either “quite” or “very” important in motivating them to stay with their current company. In this case, the potential for career advancement was a powerful external motivating factor. Similarly, reward systems and recognition are often used to encourage greater productivity, while also improving retention and workplace happiness.As Kristen Hamlin notes in a blog post for Chron, “Employers are better served to focus on rewarding employees for their actions rather than threatening punishment if they want to motivate them. Promising rewards for specific actions triggers the ‘go’ response that gets people to act. Trying to scare people into action via threats about the bad things that are going to happen if they don’t act is likely to create more fear and anxiety, which can thwart action.”Innovation With InspirationWhile using external motivation can improve productivity and retention, quite often, these bonuses are only temporary. As soon as an employee feels they have advanced their career as far as possible within your organization, they become likelier to jump ship. To foster lasting engagement, you must do more than motivate. You must inspire.So how does inspiration differ from motivation? A recent email conversation with Sam Taggart, founder of The D2D Experts, went a long way in clarifying the crucial differences for me. “Motivation is a push factor,» he explained. «It’s an outside force that is compelling you to take action, even if you don’t necessarily want to. Inspiration, on the other hand, is more of a pull or driving force. It’s something that comes from within that gets us to proactively give our best effort. When someone is inspired, they’re with you for the long haul.”Inspirational leadership focuses on each individual employee, while also placing great emphasis on the company’s mission and values. Inspiring managers communicate and live the company values in each interaction with an employee. They emphasize how the team’s work is making a positive impact in the world. Inspiring leaders clearly communicate expectations and pay attention to the needs of their employees. They get to know their team members on a more personal level so that their words and actions carry greater weight for those they lead. A focus on inspirational leadership helps change an employee’s internal mindset. Motivation starts to come from within as they understand how their contribution makes a difference.Research from the American Psychological Association reveals that finding meaning in one’s work is ultimately a far greater predictor of engagement, satisfaction, career growth and decreased absenteeism than any other factor. This was even true of “undesirable” industries, such as sanitation.Where Do Managers Need to Focus?In reality, your greatest leadership successes won’t come by focusing exclusively on inspiration or motivation. You will need to use both to foster a successful team environment. For example, a survey from LinkedIn identified both motivating and inspirational factors as being extremely important in creating a sense of belonging among employees. Fifty-nine percent of those surveyed wanted to be recognized for their accomplishments, while 46 percent wanted to feel like their company cared about them as an individual.Ultimately, both motivation and inspiration will help your employees be happier and more satisfied with their work environment. A study by the Social Market Foundation and the University of Warwick’s Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy found that happy workers enjoyed productivity rates 12 to 20 percent greater than a control group.In an economy where even single-digit percentage boosts in revenue or productivity are considered a big deal, it’s clear that creating a workplace where your employees can truly thrive will have a lasting impact on your company’s profitability. Which motivating and inspirational factors you should use will likely vary from person to person. Some people respond better to motivating factors, while others will buy in completely with inspirational leadership. You must get to know your team as individuals to effectively motivate and inspire based on their individual needs.

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The Difference Between Inspiration and Motivation

A quantum strategy could verify the solutions to unsolvable problems - in theory

Huawei’s Mate 30 Pro has been hailed as one of the most innovative smartphones released last year and Huawei’s continuing the momentum by releasing a true 5G variant in the UAE. Boasting powerful 5G capabilities, the Mate 30 Pro is an absolute 5G powerhouse with a blazing fast processor, an iconic design, superb battery life and the best camera system on any smartphone.If you’re looking to pick up a 5G-enabled smartphone in 2020, then you should seriously consider the Mate 30 Pro 5G, which along with being an impressive handset, supports both 5G architectures making it not only an ideal 5G phone but the king of 5G phones.

Powerhouse performance with 5G that supports all standardsThe Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G is powered by Huawei’s own top-of-the-line Kirin 990 chipset which brings key performance upgrades across the board and packs an integrated 5G modem. At the moment, telecom operators have adopted two mainstream network architectures for the rollout of 5G - Non-standalone (NSA) and Standalone (SA).The first wave of 5G will be NSA networks that use 4G cell towers with 5G radios to provide 5G signals. This will eventually be switched to SA networks which is the ultimate 5G solution, providing bigger bandwidths, higher network speeds and lower latency.As 5G rolls out in multiple phases with changing standards, you don’t want to get stuck with a 5G phone that will not evolve. Current smartphones only support NSA 5G networks, the Mate 30 Pro 5G is the only true 5G smartphone that works on both SA (Standalone) and NSA (Non-Standalone) network architectures. You also get dual-SIM 5G+4G support that lets you stay connected even if one SIM is in use.The Iconic design with smart gesture controlWith a single tap, you can connect your phone to your PC via NFC, stream your phone’s screen on the PC and control both devices at the same time.*The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G elevates its already stunning aesthetic by integrating a striking Halo design around its circular camera array on the back. The 5G version also comes in two new exciting variants featuring a plush vegan leather Orange and Emerald Green.Over on the front there’s a futuristic curved edge-to-edge display with an overflowing Horizon display that does away with side bezels and the 3D sensor in the notch introduces a new way to interact with your phone.Through AI gesture controls, you can take screenshots by pinching your fingers in front of the phone or scroll through galleries or websites by flicking your finger up and down. If you’re a Windows user, you can make use of the multi-screen collaboration feature to swiftly transfer data between PC and phone or take advantage of multi-screen operation.*

The best smartphone for videographyThere’s also something special for slow-mo fans. Where most phones’ slow-mo capabilities max out at 960fps, the Mate 30 Pro takes things to a whole new level with an Ultra Slow-Motion mode that allows users to shoot at a whopping 7,680fpsThe Mate 30 Pro 5G features a revolutionary quad-camera setup that takes videography to the next level. The Leica branded lenses include a one of a kind 40MP Cine Camera, a 40MP SuperSensing lens, making it the first dual 40MP setup, along with an 8MP telephoto lens and a 3D depth sensing camera. Aside from being able to effortlessly shoot 4K video in 60 fps, the Mate 30 Pro 5G gets incredible results in low-light conditions with Ultra Low-Light Video unlike any other phone thanks to its large 1/1.54-inch sensor with an impressive video ISO of 51,200.

Super battery performanceThe Mate 30 Pro 5G packs in a gigantic 4,500mAh battery that’s capable of lasting a long time and keeping up with all your 5G need. It comes with TÜV Rheinland certified wired and wireless Huawei SuperCharge Technology. When using wired charging, users get super quick speeds of 40W that can restore almost 40% battery in just 15 minutes.And the phone is no slog when it comes to wireless charging either, offering blazing wireless charging speeds of up to 27W which restores 25% of the phone’s battery in 15 minutes when using Huawei’s official wireless charging pad.

Keeps your data private and secureWe’ve all experienced the awkwardness of having personal messages show up on our phone’s screen when someone else is nearby. Huawei has a neat solution to overcome that with AI Private View that scans the user’s face and hides messages if there are unidentified faces around.There’s also dual-biometric authentication on board with an in-screen fingerprint scanner and 3D face unlock to ensure that your phone is safe from unauthorized access. Even better, you can rest easy knowing that your most sensitive data is stored in the most secure part of the chipset separate from the outside Android environment.The new Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G does not pre-install Google Mobile Services, and users will be able to download and enjoy the applications from the Huawei AppGallery pre-installed in the device.

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Rolls-Royce has announced that it plans to build, install, and operate up to 15 mini nuclear reactors in Britain, with the first set to go online in nine years. In a BBC Radio 4 interview with business journalist Katie Prescott on January 2020 ,24›s Today program, Paul Stein, chief technology officer for Rolls-Royce, said that the company is leading a consortium to produce factory-built modular nuclear reactors that can be delivered for assembly by ordinary lorries.Currently, the world is undergoing a boom in nuclear power. According to the World Nuclear Association, there are 448 operating civilian reactors and another 53 under construction. However, almost all of these are being built in Eastern Europe and Asia, with China alone building more reactors than the entire Western world combined.Part of the reason for this is political with every reactor program in Europe or North America facing implacable environmentalist opposition and part of it is the expense of building and operating large reactors in an energy economy now dominated by cheap natural gas. However, one technology trend that could reverse this stagnation is the development of small, modular nuclear reactors that could be mass-produced in factories, carted to the site by ordinary lorries, and then assembled to generate cheap carbon-free electricity.This approach, too, has its drawbacks, but Rolls-Royce believes that its consortium has got its sums right and can restart Britain›s nuclear industry by building up to 15 Small Modular Reactors (SMR) with an expected value to the UK economy of 52£ billion (US68$ billion), another 250£ billion (US327$ billion) in exports, and 40,000 new jobs by 2050.Each power station is projected to have a service life of 60 years and generate 440 MW of electricity, or enough to

power a city the size of Leeds. The estimated cost of the electricity generated is 60£ (US78$) per MWh.«Our plan is to get energy on the grid in 2029,» Prescott told the BBC. «The obvious sites to put them are what we call brown-field sites – sites where we›re running elderly or decommissioned nuclear power stations. There are two sites in Wales and one in the northwest of England. Eventually in the UK, we’ll be rolling out 10 to 15. We›re also looking to a significant export market. In fact, the

current estimate for the export market for SMRs is 250£ billion, so this could be a huge industry.»

According to a previous press release from Rolls-Royce, the British government has already promised 18£ million in matching funds, or about half the present costs of the endeavor, with the consortium

partners providing the rest. Prescott says that the advantage of the Rolls-Royce plan

is that it doesn›t involve building a whole new reactor, as other companies have tried to

do, but rather to adapt a present design. In addition, the reactors will be built along manufacturing lines rather than civil construction, which the company claims will drive down costs rather than inflating them.«Our desire has not been to create a new nuclear reactor,» says Prescott. «In fact, the design of the nuclear reactor is one that we›ve been running for many, many years in nuclear power stations around the world. It’s been a relentless focus on cost and it›s the first time that›s been done – to take a look at a whole power station design and not just the nuclear island, also the other parts of the power station, and the civil engineering construction and the time from starting it to finishing it. And I think it›s the first time an industrial consortium has focused on driving down the cost of electricity to the consumer and it’s arrived just at the right time with escalating concerns about climate change.»

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