Hart Energy and CSUR Announce DUG Canada Conference Dates ...

HOUSTON, Nov. 27, 2012 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ ? Hart Energy and the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources (CSUR) will jointly present the 2ndannual Developing Unconventionals (DUG?) Canada conference and exhibition, Feb. 25-27, at the TELUS Convention Centre, in Calgary, Alberta.

This year?s conference theme, ?Changing Dynamics ? Unconventional Resources Require Unconventional Capital,? supports a diverse topical agenda.

The event program will examine liquids-rich plays ? the Duvernay, Bakken, and Montney, as well as emerging horizontal oil plays in Alberta?s Deep Basin. The conference will also spotlight the politics, people, capital, and strategies needed to encourage Canadian resource development.

To date, industry speakers confirmed include:

• Doug Ramsay, CEO, Calfrac Well Services
• Ian Anderson, president, Kinder Morgan Canada
• Doug Bloom, president, Spectra Energy Transmission West
• Mike Wood, vice president, Canadian shale division, Talisman Energy
• John Moon, managing director, Morgan Stanley Private Equity
• William A. Marko, managing director, Jefferies & Co.
• Victor Ojeda, managing director, LNG Canada project, Shell Canada Ltd.

DUG Canada delivers a uniquely targeted program and outstanding networking opportunities for investors, producers, midstream operators, service companies ? anyone who focuses on Canada?s emerging resource plays.

For the agenda, visit dugcanada.com.

For 30-plus years, Hart Energy has been a leader, covering news and technology for energy investors and executives. The Houston-based company publishes Oil and Gas Investor, E&P, Midstream Business, and FUEL, online data services (OilandGasInvestor.com, UGcenter.com, A-Dcenter.com), and industry newsletters, and provides research and consulting services. With its successful DUG? conference series, maps, playbooks, and research studies, Hart Energy offers exceptional depth in unconventional resources information. Visit hartenergy.com for more information.

The Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources (CSUR) is a not-for-profit society, registered in the Province of Alberta since 2002. The organization encourages the development of Canada?s unconventional hydrocarbon resources, focusing on: natural gas from coal; tight gas sands and carbonates; shale gas; and gas hydrates; and more recently light tight oil. CSUR provides information about these unconventional resource sources and strives to increase communication between the industry and the provincial and federal governments, stakeholders, and First Nations. Visit csur.com for more information.

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China's 'Beijing Blues' wins at Taiwan film fest

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ? China's "Beijing Blues" won the best film award Saturday and Hong Kong's Johnnie To took home the best director's award at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival, an event considered the Chinese-language Oscars.

"Beijing Blues" portrays the lives of the urban dwellers through the work of a squad of plainclothes crime-hunters.

In receiving the award, director Gao Qun Shu was visibly shocked, and he thanked the "globe" for giving an inexperienced director like him such honor and recognition.

To won best director for "Life Without Principle" about ordinary citizens in Hong Kong who are caught in the fallout of the global financial meltdown.

The film also won veteran Hong Kong actor Lau Ching Wan the best actor's award for his portrayal of a triad thug seeking to recover money lost in a loan shark scheme.

Lau said he was happy to receive the award "even though you don't act in order to win an award."

Taiwan's Gwei Lun-mei won the best actress award for portraying a woman involved in a romantic triangle in "GF-BF" or "Girlfriend-Boyfriend."

She burst into tears on receiving the award after beating out hot contenders including Hao Lei and Bai Bai He, both of China.

China's Liang Jing won the best supporting actress award for playing a toothy midwife harpy in "Design of Death."

Best supporting actor went to Hong Kong's Ronald Cheng for his role in "Vulgaria" about the financial capital's struggling film industry.

Controversial Chinese director Lou Ye did not receive the widely expected award for directing box-office hit "Mystery." But at the ceremony, Lou received a rare mention for eventually directing a movie that was screened in Chinese theatres.

"Mystery" ? about a woman's radical revenge after uncovering her husband's infidelity ? is seen as marking Lou's entry into the commercial mainstream after years on the social and artistic edge.

Lou's films have long focused on sensitive subjects like sex, violence and politics, and have repeatedly been censored by China's cultural authorities.

A special award for outstanding movie worker was presented to Huang Yu-siang, a 25-year-old blind Taiwanese pianist in real life, for his first movie shot in Taiwan's "Touch of The Light," about young artists pursuing their dreams.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-beijing-blues-wins-taiwan-film-fest-152403957.html

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Big Data to Create 960K New IT Jobs in APAC by 2015: Gartner

As more enterprises invest in big data, 960,000 new IT jobs will be created in the Asia-Pacific region in the next three years, but only one-third of these big data roles will be filled due to a skills shortage, according to a Gartner analyst.

Speaking at Gartner's annual Symposium/ITxpo on the Gold Coast, Gartner senior vice president and global head of research Peter Sondergaard told delegates that governments and organisations in the APAC region will need to focus on big data education and skills development, such as data science, to remain competitive.

To learn more and to read the entire article at its source, please refer to the following page, Big data to create 960K new IT jobs in APAC by 2015: Gartner- Computerworld - New Zealand

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World's Cutest Celebrity Couple Pick Up Cozy SoCal Spread - Curbed

Thursday, November 15, 2012, by Amy Schellenbaum

The Real Estalker is reporting that the The Help actress Emma Stone and actor boyfriend Andrew Garfield (he of Spider Man and The Social Network) have just dropped $2.5M on a ranch-style Beverly Hills abode once owned by the late actor/comedian Dudley Moore. The duo?objectively the most adorable celebrity couple on the planet?met on the set of Spider Man and are supposedly already living together in an NYC apartment. At 3,862 square feet, their SoCal pad, a low-slung house with a flagstone fa?ade, is relatively unassuming, and its French doors, beamed ceilings, and generally sunny disposition give the place a coziness that's often missing from other, more capacious celebrity manses. See more above.

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? All Celebrity Real Estate coverage [Curbed National]

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Obama in Chicago to Await US Election Result (Voice Of America)

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How the New "Medicare Tax" Will Affect Your Real Estate Investments

by Jason Jenkins, Investment U Research
Friday, October 12, 2012

If you?ve read any of my articles recently, you probably know how I feel about the current opportunity in real estate.

We have seen that it does have legs through the latest numbers ? and with the actions of some of the biggest players in the investment world. So I would be remiss not to follow up on any prevalent developments in the industry.

One of the ways to take advantage of the rebound is through the purchase of real estate itself. Right now, there?s a strong case for being a landlord. As I have mentioned in previous articles, homebuilders have seen a run-up in 2012, and according to some measures, home valuations are near a 14-year low. That still presents itself as an opportunity.

But here?s something that any current or future real estate investor must keep in mind:

The housing market may have bottomed out, but what?s very ambiguous right now is what part taxes will play in selling homes?

Where the New ?Medicare Tax? Comes into Play

In order to help fund the Affordable Healthcare Act (or Obamacare), the legislation instituted a 3.8% surtax that would apply to many kinds of investment income. And as it would happen, it affects all the different kinds of investment income we?ve been promoting in this market like interest, dividends, rents and capital gains.

As far as real estate is concerned, many experts believe that it won?t have a far-reaching impact in the industry as most feared.

However, it could be a serious blow to many investors. Specifically, the law could have a profound affect on those investors who made a hefty profit or those who made some large gains from the sale of a vacation home or investment property.

Nobody Said it Was Easy?

When have laws involving taxes or investments ever been easy for us laymen to understand? But here?s what we do know:

• The Medicare tax will hit individual filers who make more than $200,000 in adjusted gross income (AGI), and married couples with an AGI over $250,000.

• These AGI numbers are not indexed for inflation, so this could affect more investors in the future.

• The tax will apply to the smaller amount between either your net investment income or the amount that your AGI is over the above thresholds.

And About Your Primary Residence?

If you file as an individual and sell your primary residence for less than a gain of $250,000, that?s considered ?excluded income.? The same applies for married couples if the gain is less than $500,000. Anything that isn?t included as taxable income also isn?t included in the whole Medicare tax equation.

Long story short: The Medicare tax will affect those higher-income earners whose real estate investment profits aren?t protected by the aforementioned exclusions.

What About Vacation Homes?

Be careful of vacation homes. They aren?t primary residences so any gain would be added to your AGI. This could possibly push you over AGI limits. The Medicare tax would apply to any excess income over that limit.

If you rent your vacation home, the rental income becomes taxable if it?s rented for more than 14 days. If you exceed those 14 days, the rent paid ? subtract any expenses ? is considered taxable income.

For investment properties, rents collected minus expenses must be considered investment income. This may make you subject to the tax.

Here?s a ?word to the wise.? It?s okay to buy into the real estate rebound. But if you?re diving in by getting your hands dirty as a property manager, do your due diligence. You may also want to talk to a trusted tax adviser.

Good Investing,

Jason

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"Shamoon" virus most destructive yet for private sector, Panetta says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The "Shamoon" virus that attacked Saudi Arabia's state oil company, ARAMCO, was probably the most destructive attack the business sector has seen to date, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday.

Addressing business leaders in New York, Panetta described the virus as sophisticated and noted that a similar attack days later struck Qatar's natural gas firm, Rasgas.

"More than 30,000 computers that it infected (at ARAMCO) were rendered useless, and had to be replaced," he said.

He said Shamoon included a routine called a "wiper," coded to self-execute, which replaced crucial system files with an image of a burning U.S. flag. It also overwrote all the real data on the machine with what he called garbage data.

"Imagine the impact an attack like this would have on your company," Panetta said, as he called for steps to bolster the nation's cyber defenses.

In his speech, Panetta also cited recent denial-of-service attacks against major U.S. banks, which delayed or disrupted services on customer websites.

"While this kind of tactic isn't new, the scale and speed with which it happened was unprecedented," he said.

One U.S. official, briefing reporters before the speech on condition of anonymity, said the United States knew who carried out the attacks cited in Panetta's speech, but declined to disclose that information.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Peter Cooney)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/shamoon-virus-most-destructive-yet-private-sector-panetta-030432187.html

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