Worldwide Business Research (WBR) is a conference company founded in 1996 and and part of the Penton Learning Systems group.
With offices in London, New York and an additional opening scheduled for 2008 in Dubai, WBR produces more than 40 large scale business conferences a year.
WBR provides professionals around the world with focused conferences that deliver business solutions to the current challenges industries face and ensure network creation.
Working in partnership with key industry leaders, WBR’s conferences are “must attend” events for markets such as automotive, finance and defense…
The speakers are executives from the private and public organisations that others look to for leadership, and have included so far:
* Richard Bryan, politician
* Evan Davis, journalist
* Mariella Frostrup, journalist
* Alan Greenspan, economist
* Nick Leeson, former derivatives trader
* Michael Portillo, politician
* Dame Stella Rimington, DG of the British Secret Service MI5
* John Rose
* John Simpson, journalist
With offices in London, New York and an additional opening scheduled for 2008 in Dubai, WBR produces more than 40 large scale business conferences a year.
WBR provides professionals around the world with focused conferences that deliver business solutions to the current challenges industries face and ensure network creation.
Working in partnership with key industry leaders, WBR’s conferences are “must attend” events for markets such as automotive, finance and defense…
The speakers are executives from the private and public organisations that others look to for leadership, and have included so far:
* Richard Bryan, politician
* Evan Davis, journalist
* Mariella Frostrup, journalist
* Alan Greenspan, economist
* Nick Leeson, former derivatives trader
* Michael Portillo, politician
* Dame Stella Rimington, DG of the British Secret Service MI5
* John Rose
* John Simpson, journalist
Elizabeth Quarshie is a civil servant of the province of Saskatchewan and has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Environment, Planning & Risk Analysis Division
Environment & Forests Division by the Saskatchewan government. Early employment in the late seventies involved working with Hardy Associates, leaving two children with her husband to pursue graduate school in Washington. She is currently a Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan and a Certified Professional Environmental Auditor. Previous experience as Director of Compliance, Audit and Evaluation for Cogema Resources.
The National Energy Board gave advise to the federal Government of Canada Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan). Elizabeth Quarshie was appointed September 27, 1999 as a member of the National Energy Board for a seven-year term. Saskatchewan residents remember her appearance before the Federal / Provincial Joint Hearing on the development and expansion of the Uranium mining at Dominique Janine in Northern Saskatchewan.
Professional Writings
A sampling of some of Elizabeth Quarshie professional writings include:
# A Regulator’s Perspective of the Challenges Facing the Pipeline Industry (presented at the PRCI Board Conference in Monte Bello, Quebec), on August 9, 2004; published in the April 2005 edition of the Pipeline World Magazine. Published by both the Government of Canada and the magazine Global Pipeline Monthly.
# Outlook for Electricity Markets 2005-2006. An Energy Market Assessment, June 2005.
# Canada’s Energy Future: Scenarios for Supply & Demand to 2025, July 2003.
# Renewable Energy Prospects from National Perspective (Presented at the Renewables 2003 Conference in Calgary Alberta)
# An Outlook for Canadian Gas Supply (presented at the Canadian Gas Association Annual Conference in Vancouver, B.C., 2003)
# National Energy Board Issues (presented at CAMPUT Annual General Meeting in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland, 2002).
# Conventional Heavy Oil Resources of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, August 2001.
# National Energy Board Business Plans and Priorities: 2000-2003 (presented to clients of INTENCO Energy Consultants Limited in Calgary, Alberta, 2000).
# Canadian Natural Gas Market: Dynamics and Pricing, an Energy Assessment, Nov. 2000.
# Computer Applications on Water and Wastewater Treatment, 1984.
# Evaluation of Whitman County Waste Management Facility in Spokane, WA, 1984
# Impact Assessment of Pullman Sewage Treatment Plant Effluent on the South Fork of the Palouse River in Washington, 1983.
# Application in the Design of Various Unit Processes and the Use of Mathematical Models (Black-box) for predicting Nutrient Loading, 1983.
# Presented over 25 professional papers at conferences and workshops and conducted confidential research reports and position papers for the industry.
National Energy Board Hearings
Appendix C: National Energy Board Hearings (Chair or Panel Member)
* Enbridge Pipelines Inc., RH – 2005, Spearheaded Mobil Applications for Incentive Toll Settlement, Non-Routine Adjustment, April 2005
* Chevron Canada Ltd. (Chevron), MH – 2205, Priority Destination Application & Motion, May 2005.
* New Brunswick Power Corporation MH-1-2005 Building of International Powerline, June 2005
* Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, RH-R-1-2005 Review Application for Tolls, May 2005
* Coral Energy Canada Inc. and the Cogenerators Alliance, RH-R-2-2005, Review Application for Tolls
* Westcoast Energy Inc. Toll Settlement RH-1-2004, August 2004
* TransCanada Pipeline Limited, RH-R-1-2002, Review Application for Cost of Capital, February 2003
* EnCana Ekwan Pipeline Inc. GH-1-2003, Construction of a Natural Gas Pipeline, September 2003
* Georgia Strait Crossing Pipeline Ltd. On Behalf of GSX Canada Ltd. Partnership GH-4-2001. Construction of a subaqueous natural gas pipeline, November 2003.
* Westcoast Energy Inc. GH-1-2002, Tolls January 2003
* Westcoast Energy Inc. Settlement for 2002 & 2003 Tolls, September 2002
* Enbridge Pipeline Inc. OH-1-2000, Construction of oil pipeline, May 2001
* Murphy Oil Company Ltd (now Plains Marketing Canada L.P.) Concerning Tolls for the Milk River Pipeline, August 2001
* Ricks Nova Scotia Co. (Ricks) GH -3-2000, Ladyfern Pipeline Application, Construction of natural gas pipeline, December 2000.
* Pipestone Pipeline Ltd., OHW-1-99, Tolls February 2000
* Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline Management Ltd., GH-4-99, Construction of natural gas lateral November 2000
* Chevron Canada Resources & Partners Application re Development of Plan for Liard K-29 Gas Well, DP-2-99, December 1999.
* Canadian Natural Resources – Construction of natural gas pipeline, 2002.
* Various Development Plan Applications – Paramount Cameron Hills
Footnotes
Environment & Forests Division by the Saskatchewan government. Early employment in the late seventies involved working with Hardy Associates, leaving two children with her husband to pursue graduate school in Washington. She is currently a Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan and a Certified Professional Environmental Auditor. Previous experience as Director of Compliance, Audit and Evaluation for Cogema Resources.
The National Energy Board gave advise to the federal Government of Canada Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan). Elizabeth Quarshie was appointed September 27, 1999 as a member of the National Energy Board for a seven-year term. Saskatchewan residents remember her appearance before the Federal / Provincial Joint Hearing on the development and expansion of the Uranium mining at Dominique Janine in Northern Saskatchewan.
Professional Writings
A sampling of some of Elizabeth Quarshie professional writings include:
# A Regulator’s Perspective of the Challenges Facing the Pipeline Industry (presented at the PRCI Board Conference in Monte Bello, Quebec), on August 9, 2004; published in the April 2005 edition of the Pipeline World Magazine. Published by both the Government of Canada and the magazine Global Pipeline Monthly.
# Outlook for Electricity Markets 2005-2006. An Energy Market Assessment, June 2005.
# Canada’s Energy Future: Scenarios for Supply & Demand to 2025, July 2003.
# Renewable Energy Prospects from National Perspective (Presented at the Renewables 2003 Conference in Calgary Alberta)
# An Outlook for Canadian Gas Supply (presented at the Canadian Gas Association Annual Conference in Vancouver, B.C., 2003)
# National Energy Board Issues (presented at CAMPUT Annual General Meeting in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland, 2002).
# Conventional Heavy Oil Resources of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, August 2001.
# National Energy Board Business Plans and Priorities: 2000-2003 (presented to clients of INTENCO Energy Consultants Limited in Calgary, Alberta, 2000).
# Canadian Natural Gas Market: Dynamics and Pricing, an Energy Assessment, Nov. 2000.
# Computer Applications on Water and Wastewater Treatment, 1984.
# Evaluation of Whitman County Waste Management Facility in Spokane, WA, 1984
# Impact Assessment of Pullman Sewage Treatment Plant Effluent on the South Fork of the Palouse River in Washington, 1983.
# Application in the Design of Various Unit Processes and the Use of Mathematical Models (Black-box) for predicting Nutrient Loading, 1983.
# Presented over 25 professional papers at conferences and workshops and conducted confidential research reports and position papers for the industry.
National Energy Board Hearings
Appendix C: National Energy Board Hearings (Chair or Panel Member)
* Enbridge Pipelines Inc., RH – 2005, Spearheaded Mobil Applications for Incentive Toll Settlement, Non-Routine Adjustment, April 2005
* Chevron Canada Ltd. (Chevron), MH – 2205, Priority Destination Application & Motion, May 2005.
* New Brunswick Power Corporation MH-1-2005 Building of International Powerline, June 2005
* Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, RH-R-1-2005 Review Application for Tolls, May 2005
* Coral Energy Canada Inc. and the Cogenerators Alliance, RH-R-2-2005, Review Application for Tolls
* Westcoast Energy Inc. Toll Settlement RH-1-2004, August 2004
* TransCanada Pipeline Limited, RH-R-1-2002, Review Application for Cost of Capital, February 2003
* EnCana Ekwan Pipeline Inc. GH-1-2003, Construction of a Natural Gas Pipeline, September 2003
* Georgia Strait Crossing Pipeline Ltd. On Behalf of GSX Canada Ltd. Partnership GH-4-2001. Construction of a subaqueous natural gas pipeline, November 2003.
* Westcoast Energy Inc. GH-1-2002, Tolls January 2003
* Westcoast Energy Inc. Settlement for 2002 & 2003 Tolls, September 2002
* Enbridge Pipeline Inc. OH-1-2000, Construction of oil pipeline, May 2001
* Murphy Oil Company Ltd (now Plains Marketing Canada L.P.) Concerning Tolls for the Milk River Pipeline, August 2001
* Ricks Nova Scotia Co. (Ricks) GH -3-2000, Ladyfern Pipeline Application, Construction of natural gas pipeline, December 2000.
* Pipestone Pipeline Ltd., OHW-1-99, Tolls February 2000
* Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline Management Ltd., GH-4-99, Construction of natural gas lateral November 2000
* Chevron Canada Resources & Partners Application re Development of Plan for Liard K-29 Gas Well, DP-2-99, December 1999.
* Canadian Natural Resources – Construction of natural gas pipeline, 2002.
* Various Development Plan Applications – Paramount Cameron Hills
Footnotes
Extragratis defines as free, in the sense that one does not have to pay for a service (free of charge).
Unlike gratis, one is not limited by another good or service.
Examples:
The free mobile phone one could receive when they sign up for a mobile telephone contract is gratis or free, but not extragratis as one would only receive the phone if one complies with the mobile telephone contract.
Unlike gratis, one is not limited by another good or service.
Examples:
The free mobile phone one could receive when they sign up for a mobile telephone contract is gratis or free, but not extragratis as one would only receive the phone if one complies with the mobile telephone contract.
Florry Burrell is famous for being not famous enough.
She was born as Florence Kraus on May 19, 1924. In 1952 she, her husband Harry Burrell (a printer for The New York Times), and her mother Rose Kraus spent every cent they had to buy a house in Elmhurst, Queens, at 52-13 94th Street. There she began to raise her children, Adrienne (born 1950) and Barbara (born 1952).
Florry soon became a well-known and beloved figure in the community. She volunteered for the Red Cross, and became a Girl Scout leader (troop 4-104). When her children began to go to the local elementary school, P.S. 13, she joined the Mothers' Club, and did volunteer work for the school library. In 1963, she became a School Aide at P.S. 13, the local elementary school, and worked there for the next thirty-five years.
Florry loved children, and children loved her, which made her an ideal School Aide. In this most polyglot community of New York City, she knew how to say "don't run!" in seven languages, including Mandarin and Cantonese. Children who had trouble in school got her special attention. She made them her Visual Aids monitors, and the extra responsibility often helped to pull them up and make them better students. Decades after they graduated, they would still come back to visit and to thank "Mrs. Burrell."
Florry had a deep social conscience, and worked for democracy and fairness wherever she could. She was an elections inspector for her district for over twenty years, a well-known member of her Democratic club, and shop-steward for her union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Even after her retirement, she never hesitated to speak up for her community. When the Post Office announced that it would remove the only mailbox on 94th Street, she started a petition, wrote letters to every politician she knew, and eventually got the mailbox back for the neighborhood.
"Grandma Florry" was best known for her warm heart and good advice to any in need. If neighbors had trouble filling out a form or understanding a regulation, she would gladly help them straighten the situation out. At first the names of her friends were Italian, Irish, Jewish, and Russian; later Spanish, Greek, Dominican, and Korean. She was proud of the varied mosaic of the Elmhurst community, and even when she couldn't speak the language, she managed to communicate gardening tips, useful coupons, opera plots, and news of her grandchildren to all. Through the generations of children she mentored and the many people she helped, she made Elmhurst a better neighborhood. Though she died on June 14, 2002, she never really left the place she loved for fifty years.
In recognition of her contributions, her lifelong friends and neighbors, Karen Squeglio Ninehan and her mother Catherine Squeglio, petitioned the New York City Council, asking that the street Florry had lived on be named in her honor. On October 24, 2006, with the support of Council Member Helen Sears, the petition was granted.
On April 17, 2007, Florry's family, friends, and co-workers gathered at the corner of 52nd Ave. and 94th Street in Elmhurst for the dedication of a street sign labeled "Florry Burrell Way."
But the next Sunday, an opinion piece by Stuart Miller, a sports writer, appeared in The New York Times, asserting that Florry Burrell's name did not fit among those famous enough to merit a street sign; and that in any case, too many such signs were cluttering the streets. He may have been prompted by a recent case in Brooklyn where a City Council committee had rejected a street sign for a controversial neighborhood activist, Sonny Carson; but his animus against street-naming had appeared as early as 2003, when he co-authored another Times editorial [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res9805E3DD1239F93BA35752C1A9659C8B63&nTop/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/H/History] against naming a Brooklyn street for Harriet Tubman.
Karen Ninehan's eloquent letter in rebuttal appeared the next week. It said, "A matching piece of aluminum on a pole does not make clutter, nor is it costly. It is a way to remember the lives of residents who did more than pay taxes and obey the law. A humble street sign for one block is small recognition of one individual's selfless contributions to a community, vital to neighborhoods and the city."
Mr. Miller's scoffing only served to make Florry Burrell's name more famous, and her memorial will continue to stand on her street in Elmhurst.
She was born as Florence Kraus on May 19, 1924. In 1952 she, her husband Harry Burrell (a printer for The New York Times), and her mother Rose Kraus spent every cent they had to buy a house in Elmhurst, Queens, at 52-13 94th Street. There she began to raise her children, Adrienne (born 1950) and Barbara (born 1952).
Florry soon became a well-known and beloved figure in the community. She volunteered for the Red Cross, and became a Girl Scout leader (troop 4-104). When her children began to go to the local elementary school, P.S. 13, she joined the Mothers' Club, and did volunteer work for the school library. In 1963, she became a School Aide at P.S. 13, the local elementary school, and worked there for the next thirty-five years.
Florry loved children, and children loved her, which made her an ideal School Aide. In this most polyglot community of New York City, she knew how to say "don't run!" in seven languages, including Mandarin and Cantonese. Children who had trouble in school got her special attention. She made them her Visual Aids monitors, and the extra responsibility often helped to pull them up and make them better students. Decades after they graduated, they would still come back to visit and to thank "Mrs. Burrell."
Florry had a deep social conscience, and worked for democracy and fairness wherever she could. She was an elections inspector for her district for over twenty years, a well-known member of her Democratic club, and shop-steward for her union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Even after her retirement, she never hesitated to speak up for her community. When the Post Office announced that it would remove the only mailbox on 94th Street, she started a petition, wrote letters to every politician she knew, and eventually got the mailbox back for the neighborhood.
"Grandma Florry" was best known for her warm heart and good advice to any in need. If neighbors had trouble filling out a form or understanding a regulation, she would gladly help them straighten the situation out. At first the names of her friends were Italian, Irish, Jewish, and Russian; later Spanish, Greek, Dominican, and Korean. She was proud of the varied mosaic of the Elmhurst community, and even when she couldn't speak the language, she managed to communicate gardening tips, useful coupons, opera plots, and news of her grandchildren to all. Through the generations of children she mentored and the many people she helped, she made Elmhurst a better neighborhood. Though she died on June 14, 2002, she never really left the place she loved for fifty years.
In recognition of her contributions, her lifelong friends and neighbors, Karen Squeglio Ninehan and her mother Catherine Squeglio, petitioned the New York City Council, asking that the street Florry had lived on be named in her honor. On October 24, 2006, with the support of Council Member Helen Sears, the petition was granted.
On April 17, 2007, Florry's family, friends, and co-workers gathered at the corner of 52nd Ave. and 94th Street in Elmhurst for the dedication of a street sign labeled "Florry Burrell Way."
But the next Sunday, an opinion piece by Stuart Miller, a sports writer, appeared in The New York Times, asserting that Florry Burrell's name did not fit among those famous enough to merit a street sign; and that in any case, too many such signs were cluttering the streets. He may have been prompted by a recent case in Brooklyn where a City Council committee had rejected a street sign for a controversial neighborhood activist, Sonny Carson; but his animus against street-naming had appeared as early as 2003, when he co-authored another Times editorial [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res9805E3DD1239F93BA35752C1A9659C8B63&nTop/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/H/History] against naming a Brooklyn street for Harriet Tubman.
Karen Ninehan's eloquent letter in rebuttal appeared the next week. It said, "A matching piece of aluminum on a pole does not make clutter, nor is it costly. It is a way to remember the lives of residents who did more than pay taxes and obey the law. A humble street sign for one block is small recognition of one individual's selfless contributions to a community, vital to neighborhoods and the city."
Mr. Miller's scoffing only served to make Florry Burrell's name more famous, and her memorial will continue to stand on her street in Elmhurst.