Updated Panama Canal opens premium Asian markets to US LNG

It has been quite a year for the US LNG industry. In February, Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG terminal exported the continental US’ first commercial cargo of LNG. Since February, Cheniere’s Train 1 at Sabine Pass, the only fully commissioned operating US LNG export terminal, has exported 19 cargoes to eight different nations on three continents. While South America has so far received more US LNG cargoes than any other region, the re-opening of the newly expanded Panama Canal could drive new competition from North Asian markets.
While many expected the majority of Cheniere’s cargoes to end up on Europe, ten of the first 16 cargoes (three are out at sea) have delivered into South America, specifically Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Only two cargoes have delivered into Europe.
Cheniere’s first cargo was delivered to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s furthest regasification terminal from Sabine Pass. Depending on what terminal you deliver into Brazil, shipping a cargo of LNG from the US Gulf Coast can take between 11 and 16 days. Delivery into either of Argentina’s two terminals takes roughly 21 days.
The expanded Panama Canal will allow US LNG producers to deliver their cargoes to select destinations in South America and Asia faster and cheaper. Chile is a good example: when travelling around the southern tip of South America, an LNG vessel departing from Sabine Pass must travel 9,507 nautical miles over 30 days to deliver into Chile’s Mejillones terminal. Through the Panama Canal, the trip is cut down to just 3,607 nautical miles, lasting about 11 days.
A shorter trip to North Asia through the Panama Canal means South American LNG importers will now face new competition for US LNG supply. Before the opening of the Panama Canal, the idea of sending a cargo of US LNG to North Asia seemed like a pretty far off idea. Via the Suez Canal, a US Gulf Coast laden LNG vessel must travel around 47 days and 14,500 miles to reach Tokyo Bay. Around the Cape of Good Hope, the trip is 15,689 nautical miles, lasting 50 days. Through the Panama Canal, the trip is cut down to 29 days and a distance of 9,214 nautical miles. From a distance and time perspective, this is significant.
Fewer miles traveled and fewer days out at sea result in lower shipping costs for LNG vessels. Platts Analytics show freight costs from the US Gulf Coast toNorth Asia via the Cape of Good Hope are $1.40/MMBtu, but drop down to $1.02/MMBtu when using the Panama Canal.
The Panama Canal Authority and the US Energy Information Administration stated that the newly expanded canal will be able to accommodate 90% of the world’s current LNG tankers with capacity up to 3.9 billion cubic feet (Bcf). Prior to the expansion, only 30 of the smallest LNG tankers (6% of the current global fleet), with capacities up to 0.7 Bcf, could transit the canal.
Why would US LNG producers want to travel across the Pacific Ocean into North Asia? For now, at least, this region has some of the highest prices in the world for LNG. On July 25, Platts assessed the Japan Korea Marker (JKM) for September deliveries at $6.05/MMBtu. By comparison, European LNG prices for September delivery are in the$4.75/MMBtu range.
On July 25, the Sabine Pass laden 3.48 Bcf Maran Gas Apollinia LNG vessel was the first LNG vessel to pass through the newly expanded Panama Canal. The Trinidad & Tobago laden British Merchant was expected to pass through the Panama Canal on July 27.
Looking ahead, the amount of US LNG cargoes end up going through the Panama Canal will depend on demand levels and. consequently, prices in South America and Europe.

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5 Application or Content Anti Mainstream Mandatory On the Install On Laptops Student

For a student, have a laptop is very important to support them in learning activities, both at home and at school gan. The presence of laptops enabling them to do the task, the task of searching for materials, to present their school work. And whose name laptop donk would also require multiple applications to optimize the function of the laptop itself. But unfortunately most of the students are currently only enabled mainstream applications such as Ms.Word, Adobe Reader, music and video player application.
Well on this occasion, allow ane create a thread that discusses the anti-mainstream applications and content that is suitable for students, for further enhance their abilities in academics. So that they are better prepared when facing the National Examination gan. Want to know any kind of application that,

Applications Bank About
All students going to agree if the name of the National Examination (UN) as a difficult challenge, who would not want to be in the face in order to continue their education to a higher level. Many ways are done by the students to face the UN, from participating Bimbel, private lessons, to join UN simulation or try out. So for parents who have children who are still in school and will face the National Examination, it is better to install this application dilaptop bank about them. Because the exercises work on the problems in these applications on a regular basis, will automatically increase their science. so that the child be much better prepared when faced about the National Exam later gan. Lots of question bank applications circulating on google, one of which is a bank application about Kelase . Kelase application itself is a question bank that contains a lot of questions Exam for students grades 6, 9 and 12 gan. Ease back, this application features the deadline so that students as if they were doing about the real exam. After work, we also can see the longer answer, whether right or wrong.

Applications Mathematics
Most students think math is the hardest lesson to understand, because the full calculations and formulas. In fact, mathematics is one of the important subjects in the National Exam gan. Well to conquer the problems of the National Exam in mathematics, rather than a laptop in macem-macem install applications that do not really matter, mending cobain mathematics dah install applications that are circulating on google, with various versions. Starting from version Mathematics applications capable of solving problems of pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, to calculus gan. This application is very useful to help students solve complex problems. Live daily wrote about Mathematics in Mathematics application, then automatically this app can finish with a concept that is easy to learn gan. How, they would say if it was difficult to learn math?

Applications Ebook
first time computer technology has not developed as quickly this, students have to buy the book or borrow books at friend and libraries to read and work on the problems. But today that is completely online, to find textbooks or other books so easy gan. Just download the application wrote the ebook in google. Unfortunately a lot of students are reluctant to install this application for many reasons. Of the many applications of e-book, which is most suitable for these students is an e-book from Mahoni.com gan. Why? Because in it there are thousands of ebook subjects from elementary, junior high school to vocational school with a national standard, and certainly these books officially having been bought copyrights gan. How Manteb khan ebook of this Mahogany ?? The e-book Mahogany can be free if agan buy a laptop with a processor Intel .

Application Dictionary
Surely one of you, who do not agree if there is a dictionary application is the application of anti-mainstream. But try to look ente ente that a student or students who have children, whether the laptop is no application of this dictionary? Guaranteed answer is only a few who install this application. When in fact this dictionary application is very important to install on laptops each student to hone their skills in English. Moreover, the subject of English is one of the important subjects in the National Exam gan. In google apps dictionary now many language versions, so just choose which one continues download ente Like deh. By downloading this application dictionary, indirectly agan save money to buy books dictionary, and supports the program go green save paper. In tau own book dictionary

Content Video Education
Learning to teach with a pleasant atmosphere is the dream of all students. If teachers only explain and students sit listening, definitely get bored. For ngakalinnya, yes learn use other methods, such as through educational video content. Well if puzzled find video lessons okay where, check inibudi.org . Inibudi provide a wide range of educational videos. Videos of inibudi can also be obtained in laptops Intel, as part of Smarter Generations program that includes educational content together Kelase & Mahogany. The advantage, if in laptops Intel, content in this study can be accessed anytime and anywhere without an Internet connection. Just open the laptop, watch deh education material in accordance with the wishes ente, like video that talks about Chemistry, Mathematics, Geography, History, all there gan! Cool again this video was made ​​directly by teachers or who are experts in their respective fields.

Now that he's applications and content that must be installed on a laptop students. So for those of you who confused to choose a laptop for a child agan students, need not be confused gan, select Intel laptop aja, deh direct dapet educational content packages for students in it. There Kelase, Mahogany, and Inibudi. Confused purchasing where? Datengin wrote showroom Columbia. There are loads of choice affordable laptop gan, already so credit program at Columbia condition is easy, and the installment super lightweight! For more details, you can be checked in www.intel.co.id/campaign

Although Internet, Here's How to Keep WhatsApp Tens of Billions Every Day

As we all know that earlier this year, WhatsApp undertake bold steps to eliminate its services. Previously, the service messaging purchased by Facebook that charge a fee of $ 0.99 per year for those users who use it.

Have you ever wondered, if WhatsApp is free, and they benefit from? Through the following article, let us peel more about their heroic acts such.

Free WhatsApp So, what reason?
Of the large number of users (reach 1 billion users ), WhatsApp it does not charge at all of its users. Instead of having to wear a charge of approximately 13 thousand rupiah every year, they want everyone to be able to use the service for free.

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Investigate a investigate, the decision to exempt these services because they would like to make every user. Not everyone has a credit card, and most users WhatsApp come from developing countries. Therefore, giving charge to them is not a pleasant action.

WhatsApp also still cling to ideals by not displaying advertising as a source of income. They think that advertising has always been a barrier and unfriendly in terms of look for the user.

Then WhatsApp Can Profit From Where?
Since WhatsApp purchased by one of the Internet giant that is Facebook , they certainly now have a very strong financial support from the parent company. Facebook trying to juggle WhatsApp be one means of connecting business / business with a customer .

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How can? Still remember the LINE cooperating with GO-JEK in giving direct booking feature motorcycles from column chatting LINE? Then most likely, WhatsApp will also do the same thing.

Experiments service Business-to-customer had indeed been under consideration by the CEO of WhatsApp that Jan Koum . He hopes someday WhatsApp can be used as a tool to check your bank account, departing aircraft, and other useful things.

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Indeed grand plan has not clearly posted, but that's the most likely prediction in terms of income that will come to WhatsApp. Money will come when other companies want to cooperate with WhatsApp and integrating services into applications.

We are just waiting, when the cooperation with other companies will take place. Whether it's in the near term as well as long, but most likely it is going to happen. What do you think?

More defenses roll out to thwart Clickjacking

At Google we defend our ad systems from fraud using technology in a variety of ways. Often our investment in these defenses goes beyond protecting against only known threats. Our engineering and operations teams are continually working to identify new and emerging threats.  Once a new ad fraud threat is found, we move quickly to defend our systems against it using a combination of technology, operations, and policy.

Recently we identified �Clickjacking� (aka UI Redress) as an emerging threat to cost-per-click display ads, and we�ve rolled out new defenses to protect advertisers against this threat. Clickjacking is a type of web attack where the appearance of a website is changed so that a victim does not realize they are taking an important action, in this case clicking on one or more ads. For example, a user may intend to click on a video play button or menu item, but instead clicks an invisible ad unit.

Figure 1: An example of a clickable ad hidden behind a video playback button.

Moving quickly to thwart Clickjacking attempts

Earlier this year when our operations team identified Clickjacking activity on our display network, they moved swiftly to terminate accounts, removing entities involved in or attempting to use this technique to trick users. Our engineering team worked in parallel to quickly release a filter to automatically exclude this type of invalid traffic across display ads.

This approach delivered a one-two punch to publishers who violated our policies: our operations team, which forms an early line of defense against invalid traffic, cleaned out publishers from our ad systems, while engineers built a new filter as a durable defense to protect against Clickjacking traffic.

Figure 2: An example of mouse-tracking, which leads to a page with lots of ads being opened regardless of where a user clicks.

Even as there are ongoing attempts to perpetrate this type of attack, our ongoing and proactive hunt for emerging types of invalid traffic has enabled us to move early and quickly to address Clickjacking threats on several occasions.

A combination of defenses

Our Clickjacking defenses operate at considerable scale, analyzing display ad placements across mobile and desktop platforms, evaluating a variety of characteristics. When our system detects a Clickjacking attempt, we zero-in on the traffic attributed to that placement, and remove it from upcoming payment reports to ensure that advertisers are not charged for those clicks.

This latest effort also is a great example of how our work against invalid traffic is at the intersection of technology, operations, and policy.  Each piece plays a key role in keeping our ad systems clean and defended against ad fraud.

Equally important, our efforts also promote a level playing field for good publishers on our ad systems.  And while our Ad Traffic Quality team works hard to keep our ad systems clean, we also rely on publishers to do their part in contributing to a healthy ads ecosystem.

Best practices for publishers

Publishers play a crucial role in delivering a good ads experience.  We�ve included some relevant best practices below to remind publishers of ways that they can improve the ads experience on their web properties.

• Double and triple-check implementations to verify that your sites contain no programming errors, conform to AdSense policies, and display correctly across different browsers and platforms.
• For mobile devices, plan your layout carefully to accommodate limited screen real estate.
• Avoid placing ads close to other clickable content to prevent accidental clicks. For more guidance on how to implement banner ads see our best practices video.
• Monitor analytics often to spot traffic anomalies. For example, setting up Analytics alerts can show if an unusual amount of traffic comes from a particular ad placement or site.
• Lastly, if you find suspicious activity, please report it via the Invalid Clicks Contact Form.

We�re proud of our work to protect our ad systems against emerging threats like Clickjacking, and we�ll continue to be vigilant as we fight the good fight against ad fraud. 

Posted by: Andres Ferrate, Chief Advocate, Ad Traffic Quality

Now you can also earn money with Matched content

Last year we launched Matched content to help increase user engagement on your site by promoting relevant content from your site to your visitors, which may help grow your ad business as well. Starting today, you can use Matched content units to directly generate revenue by allowing ads to appear alongside your recommended content.

Matched content with content recommendations and ads

With the new �Allow ads� feature, relevant ads will appear within your Matched content units, and will be styled to complement the look and feel of your content recommendations. We'll gradually roll this feature out to all Matched content eligible publishers across the globe over the coming weeks. To enable ads, visit your My ads tab and choose �Allow ads� for your Matched content units.

Matched content is available for sites with multiple pages with unique images and high volumes of traffic. Have a look at the site management settings in your account to see if your sites are eligible and to get started with Matched content. Matched content units don�t count towards your Google content ad limit per page - to get the most out of this new tool, check the best practices in the AdSense Help Center.

As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts about this new feature in the comments section below.

 Posted by Tobias Maurer, Product Manager

A Busy Parent Multi-Tasks at the Music Center at Strathmore

As many parents can attest, successfully balancing professional and personal schedules requires multi-tasking to the �n-th� degree. This is especially true when one parent happens to be President of the United States.

Case in point: In mid-December, during a break in a dress rehearsal at the Music Center at Strathmore of the Moscow Ballet's �Great Russian Nutcracker,� in which daughter Sasha portrayed a mouse, President Barack Obama worked on the remarks he gave later that day at a vigil for the shooting victims in Newtown,

CT. Photo by Pete Souza/The White House, from Time LightBox.

County Holiday Schedule for Veteran�s Day

Montgomery Countygovernment will observe the following holiday schedule for Veterans Day on Monday, November 12:

• County Offices � closed 
• Public Libraries � closed 
• County liquor stores � open 
• Recreation � aquatic and community centers are open as scheduled. Aquatic classes and programs will meet as scheduled. All other classes, administrative offices, senior centers and all senior programs will be closed 
• Ride On � Special modified holiday schedule (www.rideonbus.com), click on �Holidays� to see specific schedules) 
• Metrobus � Saturday supplemental schedule 
• Metrorail � Saturday schedule (5 a.m. to midnight) 
• TRiPS Commuter Stores (Silver Spring and Friendship Heights) � closed 
• Refuse/recycling pickup � regular collection 
• Transfer Station � open 
• Parking at public garages, lots, curbside meters � free 
• MCPS Administrative Offices � open 
• State offices & courts � closed 

Resident Strikes Gold in London

County Executive Ike Leggett spoke for all County residents when he extended public appreciation to Bethesda�s Katie Ledecky for her gold medal swim at the London 2012 Olympics:

"As the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic Team, Katie Ledecky�s extraordinary performance in the 800-meter freestyle swimming event not only won her a much deserved Olympic gold medal but has inspired an entire nation of young athletes who will work even harder to reach their own goals of excellence.

"On behalf of Montgomery County, I congratulate Katie on her gold medal win and want her to know how proud we are that she and her family call our community home."

New Dryland Facility Used by US Olympic Dive Team

US Dive Team member and Olympic medalist Nick McCrory (left) used
the new Wall Park facility during the team�s training sessions
in Montgomery County just prior to leaving for London.

Thanks to a new public-private partnership between M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks and the Montgomery Dive Club, the County will have its first dedicated dryland diving training facility.

The partnership has enabled the conversion of a 1,600 square-foot facility from underutilized, standalone handball courts into a multi-purpose acrobatics and gymnastic site for dryland diving training. It will also be used for new community programs and classes for people of all ages. All costs will be covered by the Montgomery Dive Club.

The project was approved in late June 2012 by the Montgomery County Planning Board. The partner immediately moved mobile equipment into the facility so the USA Olympic Diving Team could train there during the week leading up to their departure for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Montgomery Dive Club members will now train at the new Wall Park dryland facility, as well as the Eunice Kennedy and Sargent Shriver Aquatic Center operated by the County Recreation Department.

The Storm and Pepco

• Read a Report from County Executive Ike Leggett: �The June 29 th Storm & Pepco� (pdf)
• Statement by Council President Roger Berliner on Pepco's Performance
• A Power Point on the Storm and Response
• The �Big 7�s� letter to Pepco (pdf)
• Economic Development Director: Pepco Unreliability is Bad for Business
• Pepco Responds

Storm Aftermath: Use Caution Hiring Contractors to Repair Damage

The Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) warns county residents to be cautious when hiring contractors to repair damage caused by the recent severe storm and advises consumers to do their homework before signing a contract for any home repair or improvement, or tree service work.

Among the tips offered to residents by OCP are:

Don�t panic and hire someone because they are the only company that can come out to the house right away. Make sure the home improvement contractor is licensed with the Maryland Home Improvement Commission (MHIC) by calling 410-230-6309 or check online.

For tree service or removal, check to see if the business is a licensed tree expert with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources ( DNR), Forestry Division at 410-260-8521 or online at www.dnr.maryland.gov.

See more tips and details.