Taking risks and how to avoid them!

There is no such thing as a risk free world; we all take risks, both big and small. We would not have heard of Microsoft Windows if innovators like Bill Gates had not taken certain risks, nor would we hear about people climbing Mount Everest.

‘Risk Management: with Applications from the offshore Petroleum Industry’ by Terje Aven and Jan Erik Vinnem, Springer 2007, is about how the offshore oil and gas sector should assess, manage and tackle risk of an offshore installation’s complete life cycle from predesign to final decommissioning and disposal in the world’s tempestuous seas. http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/RiskManagement.html

Warwickshire

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Places to visit in Warickshire

Celebrate our favourite English apple at Mary Arden’s Farm “Apple Day”!  

Join the Tudors at Mary Arden’s Farm in Wilmcote on Sunday 3 October for this year’s annual Apple Day - a celebration of our favourite English apples! Enjoy a big bite of countryside fun with the largest ever programme of crafts, activities and entertainment to welcome the harvest season.  

This year’s Apple Day promises to be even more exciting with plenty of locally brewed ciders and juices, preserves and cakes.  As well as a programme of fun activities including apple identification, apple games, apple tasting and an apple day trail; this year’s highlights include a hog roast and a country market showcasing http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/Warwickshireevents.htmlunique crafts and local produce such as cakes, jams, vegetables, soaps and jewellery.

Jaeger menswear

Graphic pattern is a key part of the Autumn/Winter 2010 look for Jaeger menswear. Following on from Spring/Summer, there are a series of shirts, knits, scarves and ties that feature striking prints and statement patterns.http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/Oxford-Fashion.html

Trans Adriatic Pipeline

Trans Adriatic Pipeline reconfirms Shah Deniz II as the initial gas source for the pipeline

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) highlighted today that the Shah Deniz II natural gas field in Azerbaijan is the initial target of gas intended for the project.

In a joint statement, shareholders EGL, Statoil and E.ON Ruhrgas said: “The TAP pipeline is designed to cater for the volumes of gas from Shah Deniz phase two that will be exported beyond Turkey into Europe. TAP shareholders consider Caspian gas to be the initial source of supply to fill TAP’s initial capacity of 10 bcm per year. The pipeline will not transport any Iranian gas under the current political circumstances.” http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/TransAdriaticPipeline.html

Von Ribbentrop’s Watch

A new play by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran at the Oxford Playhouse.  On until the 18 September.

“It’s seventy years ago! Ancient history! Can’t we just move on?” exclaims Sasha, the youngest member of the Jewish Roth family half way through this play, when the subject of the Holocaust threatens to take over an already tense and fraught family gathering. Just because they are Jewish, do they have to remain perpetually obsessed with persecutions that happened, in some cases, thousands of years ago? http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/VonRibbentropsWatch.html