SHELL: All profits and no principles

Royal Dutch Shell: Profits and No Principles

Nov 8th, 2011

by John Donovan.

By John Donovan

For the record, the litigation news reports in the "Motiva Live News Feed" – eg. Nintendo Stomps Motiva's Patent Infringement Claims - relate to a small company called Motiva LLC, not Motiva Enterprises, the company owned jointly by Shell and the Saudi regime.

The apparent clash prompted memories of the time that we approached Nintendo and Shell proposing a Nintendo themed instant win promotional game for Shell forecourts. We went to the trouble of obtaining approval from Nintendo before disclosing our proposal to a Shell executive, Andrew Lazenby, on a strictly confidential basis.

While the signs were encouraging with a fax received from Mr Lazenby containing a handwritten message saying: "Thanks John. I'll be back in touch when we've made any further progress. Cheers. Andrew" – Shell was secretly producing a Nintendo themed instant win game.

The first I knew about it was when I turned over a page in a Daily Mail newspaper and saw a colourful advert for a Nintendo promotion on Shell forecourts, which bore a striking similarity to the promotion that I had put forward to Andrew.

During a telephone conversation that same day Andrew professed to be ignorant of the meaning of confidentiality. He said to me:"Under terms of confidentiality? I don't even know anything about this stuff, you're the expert."

To my further surprise, Andrew went on to assert that the "Make Money" game was Shell's property. I reminded him of our joint rights agreement with Shell on the "Make Money" promotion. He replied, "I don't care about that". He evidently thought that because of its financial muscle, we would not dare to go up against Shell in the Courts. He was dead wrong.

I also drew his attention to a serious security flaw in the Nintendo game that potentially enabled staff at Shell stations to identify prizes that were supposed to have been concealed under a latex (scratch-off) patch. He accepted that I had identified a problem. We subsequently discovered from Shell "discovery" documents, that Shell was aware, even before the launch date, that they had a serious problem with print security. Shell still ran the scheme for its full term – so much for Shell's "Profits & Principles" pr line – it should have been "Profits and No Principles."

It became obvious during my discussions with Lazenby and another Shell executive, David Watson, that Shell was up to something with the "Make Money" game. This was confirmed by a high level insider source. Shell was secretly producing a "Make Money" game in direct breach of the joint rights agreement. 100 million game pieces were being printed in North Wales.

We immediately issued High Court proceedings, threatening to serve an injunction and to send legal notifications to every Shell petrol station in the UK.  Shell settled the case out of court.

We subsequently discovered and demonstrated to a team from Shell that the "Make Money" game was totally insecure, with employees being potential able to identify and pick out all winning game pieces. Shell continued with the promotion despite this knowledge.

We also issued proceedings in respect of the Nintendo themed game. Shell also settled that action along with two further High Court cases we brought against the company, all involving the same Shell executive, Andrew Lazenby. Four successive claims, plus two High Court libel actions and a County court case, all settled in our favour by Shell.

Never guessing that his hand-written diary entries would be exposed to scrutiny in the High Court, Lazenby made entries which revealed that he was a disgruntled employee and was intent to "Set up personal business while @ Shell 35 yrs = exit date." It was his apparent objective to exploit his position to create enough personal wealth to exit Shell at the age of 35.

As far as we could tell, all confidential ideas disclosed to Lazenby from a variety of sources and subsequently adopted by Shell, were channeled to an agency called Option One, with whomLazenby had a close private relationship. His diaries also revealed that he had an offshore bank account in the Channel Islands (Jersey).

Readers may wonder why Shell does not take action as the above statements appear to be outrageously libelous. It is because we have the evidence/proof confirming that what we say is true. Hence Shell and its army of lawyers have to put up with the dirty laundry aired here online.

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Ending our Deficit with Warren Buffet!

From: Alfred Clayton
I've been railing about some of these points for years:  IMUA, power
to the people.
Congress is not a career choice for royals.  Please consider...
Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of thebest
quotes about the debt ceiling:
"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass
alaw that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of
GDP,all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election".

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds)
tookonly 3 months, 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple!
The people demanded it. That was in 1971 - before computers,
e-mail,cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1)
yearor less to become the law of the land - all because of
publicpressure.

         Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this
emailto a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask
         each of those to do likewise.

         In three days, most people in The United States of
Americawill have the message. This is one idea that really should be
passed
         around.
Congressional Reform Act of 2011:

1. No Tenure / No Pension.

A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives
nopay when they're out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the
SocialSecurity system immediately. All future funds flow into the
SocialSecurity system, and Congress participates with the American
people.It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.
Congressionalpay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates
inthe same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are
voideffective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this
contract with Congressmen/women. Congressmen/women made all
thesecontracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not
acareer. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so
oursshould serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will
onlytake three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive
the message. Don't you think it's time?

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!

If you agree with the above, pass it on. If not, just delete. You are
one of my 20+ - Please keep it going, and thanks.

Revealed power of the Noah's Ark

From : Jose Victoria


GUARDIAN ANGEL

Forward this message the same day you receive it.
It may sound ridiculous, but it is right on time.
We believe that something is about to happen. Angels exist,
only sometimes they haven't got wings and we call them friends;
you are one of them!
Something wonderful is about to happen to you and your friends.
Tomorrow at 8:23 am somebody will call you and tell you
something you have been waiting to hear.


This is an actual size of Noah's Ark.

Let me know what happens to you the morning after you open this e-mail.

This is an unusual one. It actually gives you a time tomorrow. Let's see if it works.
SAY THIS PRAYER

Heavenly Father; I Come to you As Humble As I Know How. I Confess My Sins, Those Known & Unknown. Lord, you Know I'm Not Perfect & I Fall Short Every day Of My Life. I Just Want to Take Time Out to Say Thank you. Thank you for your Love. Thank you for your Mercy. Thank you for your Grace. Thank you for My Home, Car, Food, Life, and Everything I Do Have. I Realize That this Life I'm Living Is Full Of Trials & Tribulations But Thank you for Not Putting More On Me Than I Can Bear. Please Send This Prayer to Every 1 in your directory & The Next Time you Get Ready to Complain, Tell The Devil you are A Blessed Child Of God & you Have More to Be Thankful for Than to Worry About. We Must Go Thru The Storm to Appreciate The Sunshine! This is a test to see who has more followers. Jesus or Satan.

If you are for Jesus, forward this to ten people....


The TRUTH will set you FREE.

‘Insider trading’ at SC?

‘Insider trading’ at SC?

The TRUTH will set you FREE.

Driving in the rain. Could save your life!!!

From: Alfred Clayton <clayalf@msn.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:31 PM 

Gosh knows how much rain we have been getting................. Driving in the rain --  this may save your life GOOD VISION IN A DOWNPOUR How to achieve good vision while  driving during a heavy downpour. We are not sure why it is so effective;  just try this method when it rains  heavily. This method was given me  by a Police friend who had  experienced and confirmed it.  It is useful....even driving at night.  One method used by Canadian Military  Drivers for years. Most of the motorists would turn  on HIGH or FASTEST SPEED of  the wipers during heavy downpour,  yet the visibility in front of the  windshield is still bad...... In the event you face such a situation,  just try your SUN GLASSES  (any model will do), and miracle!  All of a sudden, your visibility in  front of your windshield is perfectly  clear, as if there is no rain. Make sure you always have a  pair of SUN GLASSES in your car,  as you are not only helping yourself  to drive safely with good vision,  but also might save your friend's  life by giving him this idea.. Try it yourself and share it with  your friends! Amazing, you still  see the drops on the windshield,  but not the sheet of rain falling. You can see where the rain  bounces off the road. It works  to eliminate the "blindness" from  passing semi's spraying you too. Or the "kickup" if you are following  a semi or car in the rain. They ought  to teach that little tip in driver's  training. It really does work.. And for a similar reason, why  "Fog" lights must make WHITE light,  or else are useless in FOG. Those YELLOW "FOG"lights are  great in those blinding night  SNOWstorms, and those big  snowflakes become virtually invisible. But YELLOW is useless  in RAIN, FOG. This next warning is a another  good one! I wonder how many  people know about this: A 36 year old female had an  accident several weeks ago  and totaled her car.. A resident  of Kinburn, Ontario was traveling  between Kinburn & Ottawa. It was  raining, though not excessively, when  her car suddenly began to  hydro-plane and literally flew  through the air.. She was not  seriously injured but very  stunned at the sudden occurrence! When she explained to the  OPP Officer what had happened  he told her something that every  driver should know -  NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH  YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON .  She thought she was being  cautious by setting the cruise  control and maintaining a safe  consistent speed in the rain.  But the Officer told her that if  the cruise control is on when  your car begins to hydro-plane  and your tires lose contact with  the pavement, your car will accelerate to a higher rate of  speed making you take off like  an airplane. She told the OPP  Officer that was exactly what  had occurred. The Officer said this warning  should be listed, on the driver's  seat Sun-visor - NEVER USETHE  CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE  PAVEMENT IS WET OR ICY,  along with the airbag warning.  We tell our teenagers to set the  cruise control and drive a safe  speed - but we don't tell them to  use the cruise control only  when the pavement is dry. http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/wetroad.asp The only person the accident  victim found, who knew this  (besides the officer), was a man  who had a similar accident,  totaled his car and sustained  severe injuries. NOTE: Some vehicles (like the  Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will  not allow you to set the cruise  control when the windshield  wipers are on. If you send this  to 15 people and only one of  them doesn't know about this,  then it was all worth it.. You  might have saved a life.

Jury duty scam

From: Alfred Clayton <clayalf@msn.com>
Date: Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 3:30 PM

This has been around before; but you may have missed it. It is real.

Some of us are to old for jury duty but not your kids and grandkids.  Pass this on to your grown children and anyone else you can think of. This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below). Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book. It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take those summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty that a new and ominous kind of fraud has surfaced.     The caller claims to be a jury DUTY coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the Scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out any of this information and bingo; your identity was just stolen.    The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma , Illinois , and Colorado ,AZ and more. This (swindle) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by pretending they are with the court system.    The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.     Check it out here:    http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm       And here:    http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp       Yep! It's true

Please read this wonderful story

From: Alfred Clayton <clayalf@msn.com>
Date: Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 3:26 PM

Breakfast at McDonald's
This is a good story and is true, please read it all the way through
until the end!:
I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my
college degree.
The last class I had to take was Sociology.
The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I wish
every human being had been graced with..
Her last project of the term was called, 'Smile.'
The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document
their reactions.
I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone and say hello
anyway. So, I thought this would be a piece of cake,
...........Literally.
Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband, youngest son, and
I went out to McDonald's one crisp March morning.
It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our son.
We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden
everyone around us began to back away, and then..........        Even
my husband did..
I did not move an inch... An overwhelming feeling of panic welled up
inside of me as I turned to see why they had moved.
As I turned around I smelled a horrible 'dirty body' smell, and there
standing behind me were two poor homeless men.
As I looked down at the short gentleman, close to me, he was 'smiling'
His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God's Light as he searched
for acceptance....
He said, 'Good day' as he counted the few coins he had been clutching..
The second man fumbled with his hands as he stood behind his friend. I
realized the second man was mentally challenged and the blue-eyed
gentleman was his salvation.
I held my tears as I stood there with them.
The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted.
He said, 'Coffee is all Miss' because that was all they could afford.
(If they wanted to sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy
something. He just wanted to be warm).
Then I really felt it - the compulsion was so great I almost reached
out and embraced the little man with the blue eyes..
That is when I noticed all eyes in the   Restaurant were set on me,
judging My every action.
I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two
more breakfast meals on a separate tray.
I then walked around the corner to the table that the men had chosen
as a resting spot. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the
blue-eyed gentleman's cold hand.
He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, 'Thank you.'
I leaned over, began to pat his hand and said, 'I did not do this for
you.. God is here working through me to give you hope.'
I started to cry as I walked away to join my husband and son.... When
I sat down my husband smiled at me and said, 'That is why God gave you
to me, Honey, to give me hope..'
We held hands for a moment and at that time, we knew that only because
of the Grace that we had been given were we able to give.
We are not church goers, but we are believers.
That day showed me the pure Light of God's sweet love.
I returned to college, on the last evening of class, with this story in hand.
I turned in 'my project' and the instructor read it.
Then she looked up at me and said, 'Can I share this?'
I slowly nodded as she got the attention of the class.
She began to read and that is when I knew that we as human beings and
being part of God share this need to heal people and to be healed.
In my own way I had touched the people at McDonald's, my son, the
instructor, and every soul that shared the classroom on the last night
I spent as a college student.
I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn:

UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE.
Much love and compassion is sent to each and every person who may read
this and learn how to
LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS - NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE.

Cherokee Legend

From: Alfred Clayton <clayalf@msn.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:01 PM

Cherokee Legend Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youths' rite of Passage? His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He cannot cry out for help to anyone. Once he survives the night, he is a MAN. He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must come into manhood on his own. The boy is naturally terrified. He can hear all kinds of noises. Wild beasts must surely be all around him . Maybe even some human might do him harm. The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but he sat stoically, never removing the blindfold. It would be the only way he could become a man! Finally, after a horrific night the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold. It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump next to him. He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm. We, too, are never alone. Even when we don't know it, God is watching over us, sitting on the stump beside us. When trouble comes, all we have to do is reach out to Him. If you liked this story, pass it on. If not, you took off your blindfold before dawn. Moral of the story: Just because you can't see God, Doesn't mean He is not there. "For we walk by faith, not by sight." God Bless

--
Antonio L. Buensuceso Jr.

GANGRENED JUSTICES

Impeach them
By: Conrado de Quiros
Philippine Daily Inquirer

10:06 pm | Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
The TRUTH will set you FREE.