By Dr Paul Bundi Human beings are endowed with remarkable resilience, which can only be broken when they choose to give up. Says Viktor Frankl in his seminal book, Man's Search for Meaning; ''it is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future-sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his salvation in thd most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.'' Man's life is primarily driven by the desire for future, the unshakable belief that the future holds promise. We invariably cease to live when we think we have hit a dead end, or that there's nothing more to be had by living. Theoretically, there is no limit to man's achievement, and that is what drives men to wake up and strive day after day. The opposite is spiritual, psychological death, which manifests way ahead of physical death. Lesson? Losing today doesn't mean losing always. You can lose 10 times and win the 11th time. Or, you...
Gazprom, China's CNPC sign contract on gas supplies to China on sidelines of President Vladimir Putin's visit. The gas supply contract with China is worth $400 billion over 30 years, Alexei Miller, the Russian gas giant's chief executive, told reporters in Shanghai. "This is Gazprom's biggest contract. A contract like this has never been signed with any company," Miller said. This works out at $350 per thousand cubic meters: Gazprom signed a 30-year contract to supply up to 38 bcm of gas to China per year. He said agreement on the contract was reached at 4:00 am local time in Shanghai. "All the fundamental issues were resolved," he said. He said regarding mineral extraction tax for the gas fields where the gas for China would be sourced that "the sides have provided for preferential tax regimes." Russia, China sign memorandum on gas supplies via Eastern route Russia and China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on gas supplies via the Eastern route in addition to the contract between Gazprom and CNPC, an Interfax correspondent reports from the signing ceremony. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Wu Xinxiong, the head of China's National Energy Administration, signed the MoU.
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