Bones alumni were university secretaries from 1869 to 1921. : The Continuing Story of Buffalo Dick", "Funeral of E.J. Borealis moves its head office from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Vienna, Austria, reinforcing its European footprint and positioning it strategically at the centre of Europe, and closer to its owners. Another study used data from the national Health and Retirement Survey that included whether participants carried the APOE4 gene, which increases the risk of Alzheimers. Thats why the company keeps discovering new applications and material solutions to address global challenges in the areas of climate, energy, food, health, water and sanitation, waste, and recycling solutions. Borealis introduces its new company values: Responsible, Respect, Exceed and Nimblicity. In 2014, the Borouge 3 mega-project saw the start-up of the worlds largest ethane cracker, one polypropylene (PP), and two polyethylene (PE) plants. Contributions to undergraduate life has been historically among the criteria for membership in Yale societies. Borealis announces the appointment of His Excellency Suhail Al Mazrouei, Managing Director of International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), to its Supervisory Board and the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board. To end 2016 with such a result has been a remarkable journey of which all our people should be proud. The bagginess of this 800-plus-page tome is made worse by the fact that Richards is not a natural storyteller. Yale partisans may be tempted to take delight in the fact that their school has not taken such a humorless stand against a venerable form of undergraduate socializing. [54], Edward John Phelps, Envoy to the Court of St. James's, accepted the offer in 1885 to be namesake to the Wolf's Head alumni association. The founding defeated the last attempt by the administration or the student body to abolish secret or senior societies at Yale. The OPEX ("operational excellence") programme is introduced, improving working processes in order to proactively manage risks and change, and to enable employees to learn from incidents and share their knowledge and experience across the company. They use questionnaires or the same five-word exercise she gives to her students. [26], Dissatisfaction grew: In 1873, The Iconoclast, a student paper published once, October 13, 1873, advocated for the abolition of the society system. This good financial performance is supported by favourable polyolefin market conditions. Reversing that will require sweeping changes an age liberation movement, she added. "Acqua per LAquila": Borealis and System Group - Centraltubi support the construction of temporary housing facilities in LAquila, Italy, after a devastating earthquake. It had been understood that the society system was beyond reform and might well be abolished. Physical function. Among undergraduates the fledgling group was known as the "Fox and Grapes" for the Aesopian fable of jealousy. Exploring the Health Effects of Ageism - The New York Times Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Each profit centre Base Chemicals, Polyolefins, and the Borouge joint venture sees an improved performance compared to the previous year. This symbolised to everyone in the company to forget the past and focus on our future. [30], The initial delegation, including ten Class Day officers from the Class of 1884 and led by Edwin Albert Merritt, met in secret during their senior year with the aid of members of the Class of 1883 who were "eager to start a society provided the evil features of the old societies would be eliminated. Each spring, the society admits fifteen rising seniors to . 70, Yale University Banner and Pou Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT, Class of 1924, pg. 122 RANDLE: Calephelis borealis Biology VoU, nos.3-4 was about 250 feet distant from and about 35 feet above a permanent stream. These local facilities will allow us to step up collaboration with our global customers and value chain partners to become even more innovative. Berzelius is a secret society at Yale University named for the Swedish scientist Jns Jakob Berzelius, considered one of the founding fathers of modern chemistry. Shook, Chief Financial Officer. [2] But she has found reason for optimism: Damaging ideas about age can change. We are honoured to bring our expertise in polymer research to this prestigious Scientific Committee to help select recipients of this illustrious award. Bush, and George W. Bushbecame U.S. presidents. They no longer have the cultural cachet they enjoyed in the days of John OHara and Dink Stover. Borealis announces the launch of a feasibility study for a new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant at its production site in Kallo, Belgium. Kenneth MacLeish left school to join the Naval Reserve Flying Corps, deployed to France as a pilot and was shot down over Belgium on Oct. 14, 1918, less than a month before World War I ended. Book and Snake and St. Elmo, also societies from Sheffield, followed suit. I use that in practically every talk I give because its shocking, said Tracey Gendron, who chairs the gerontology department at Virginia Commonwealth University and credits Dr. Levys work in Ageism Unmasked, her own recent book. This initiative is part of Borealis and Borouge Water for the World commitment to contribute to making a difference to a global challenge. The new plant would be one of the largest and most efficient facilities of its kind in the world. Together, Borealis and Borouge now have an annual polyolefin production capacity of 8 million tonnes. Borealis and Neste begin strategic co-operation to accelerate circularity and bioeconomy in plastics. A look inside Yale's secret societies and why they may no longer Some participants in the Baltimore study underwent regular brain scans, and some donated their brains for autopsies. developing new approaches, technologies and products for key industries. Berzelius became a senior society in the tradition of Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, and Wolf's Head in 1933 when the Sheffield Scientific School was integrated into Yale University. Shes truly been a pioneer.. BOREALIS, member of PE100+ Association 89, The Bridgeport Telegraph, Friday, May 16, 1924, pg. A unique bottom-up process resulting in a new addition to the English language, Nimblicity combines the essence of "nimble" and "simplicity.". We absorb these stereotypes from an early age, through disparaging media portrayals and fairy tales about wicked old witches. We will carry on working according to the highest health, safety and environmental standards to further strengthen our position as industry leader. [7] The surviving ca. Like most of the others, it chooses 15 new members every spring at a ceremony called tap day (or tap night). Thanks to their efforts, we know that beyond reduced longevity, ageism is also associated with: Cardiovascular events, including heart failure, strokes and heart attacks. Could a society undertake such a mission? OMV now holds a 75% interest and Mubadala retains a 25% interest in Borealis. The International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) of Abu Dhabi and OMV Aktiengesellschaft of Austria agree to purchase Statoils 50% shareholding in Borealis A/S. Seniors had to spell everything out to the juniors in advance, which rather diminished the mystique. Even after those public-school upstarts learned what secret societies were, they still were unfamiliar with conventions that were second nature to legacies: whether you were allowed to lobby societies in advance (no), how seriously to take the code of secrecy (very), even something as simple as the procedure for Tap Night, the traditional evening of robes and rituals when all the societies induct their new members. We ask all men, as a question of right, which should be allowed to live? Omissions? In their The Pirates of Penzance prank, Wolf's Head members persuaded the thespian pirate king to display the numbers 322 (part of the emblem of Skull and Bones) below a skull and crossbones at a local theatre. The Borouge joint venture petrochemical complex in the UAE ships its first commercial Borstar polyethylene (PE) in January. 28 and Saturday, May 17, 1924, pg. 2023 - Borealis AG. This complex expansion project will result in a twofold increase in total production capacity to 4.5 million tonnes of polyolefins, making Borouge the largest integrated olefins/polyolefins complex in the world. Berzelius (secret society) - Wikipedia The award recognises Borealis successful business transformation since 2001, including a step change in safety across the Group (including contractors) which has contributed to overall operational excellence. Honorary members are elected. It echoes sexism and racism, describing the stereotyping of and discrimination against older adults. Those selected become Bonesmen and Boneswomen. Richardss microscopic view of his subject obscures the larger fact that Yales secret societies have long been in decline. Borouge, a joint venture between Borealis and ADNOC, starts up a new, EUR 1.4 billion petrochemical complex in Ruwais, UAE. They were celebrated. These acquisitions are in line with our strategy to grow our fertilizer business, to keep our number 1 position in Central and Eastern Europe and to become a leading producer in Europe. First joint appearance for Borealis, Borouge and Nova Chemicals at the 2010 K Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany. 284 - 327, "The Solution of Wolf's Head (1883 - 1888)" pp. At Borealis we never put financial results above safety, ethics or our values. They were shopping together when Grandma Horty fell over a crate with jagged metal corners that had been left in the aisle. Their decline coincided with the increasingly meritocratic policies of the 1960s. In 1971 a student columnist noted with indignation that the students inducted that year included one black militant, a leading spokesman of last springs Mayday activities, [and] one of the organizers of the charity drive for New Haven. How, he asked, can some of the most outspoken defenders of the community last spring now be a member of a society that does nothing for the community?. Borealis Supervisory Board announces the appointment of Alfred Stern as new CEO following on Mark Garrett, who has decided to step down. The spirit was excellent all the time. Borealis AG and NOVA Chemicals Corporation ("NOVA Chemicals") signed a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture (JV) with Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA, Inc. ("Total") that will develop and own a new light feed cracker and a new Borstar polyethylene (PE) facility in Bayport, Texas. LINZER AGRO TRADE extends its network with the opening of a new subsidiary in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. Skull and Bones was formed in 1832 by William Huntington Russell and Alphonso Taft. Older people with positive views of aging perform better on hearing tests and memory tasks. [53] This was Yale's last all-male society; it has tapped women since the spring of 1992. A psychologist and epidemiologist, Dr. Levy has demonstrated in more than 140 published articles over 30 years and in a new book, "Breaking the Age Code" that ageism results in more . The facility is planned to be located at the existing Borealis production site in Kallo, Belgium. Introduced to industry partners at the 2014 Cigr Session in Paris, the new BorlinkTM grade supports extruded DC transmission at extra high voltages. Borealis and United Chemical Company LLP (UCC) have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) for the development of a world-scale polyethylene project, integrated with an ethane cracker, in the Republic of Kazakhstan. With a total investment of around EUR 45 million, the ongoing Itatiba expansion project is a vital component of the Borealis long-term growth strategy in South America. History - About Borealis - Borealis - Borealisgroup (en-GB) Costumed bands of students hurtled across campus, going through the motions to gain acceptance into one of Yale's senior societies, the groups of roughly 15 students who meet every Thursday and Sunday evening in their last year of college. borealis yale society. Bart Giamatti, who served as president of Yale from 1978 to 1986, believed that the declining prestige of secret societies was an unavoidable consequence of diversity. These include admiring words like wisdom and creative and roles such as grandmother. But senility comes up a lot, Dr. Levy said recently, and a lot of physical infirmity and decline: stooped over, sick, decrepit.. We have to actually implement them in practice because this is what truly circular thinking is about. The society changed its name to Wolf's Head five years later. The societys clubhouse is a monumental brownstone building in New Haven called the Tomb. Borealis supplies services and products around the globe through Borealis and two important joint ventures: Borouge Borealis announces the mechanical completion and production start-up of an new plan in North Carolina, USA. Further embedding of environmental and social criteria in decision-making processes regarding innovation and investment projects. Borealis is one of the worlds leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions and a European front-runner in polyolefin recycling. Source: Purchase, Dunlap Society 100 Years of Amer Yale Collection: Visual Resources Collection Digital Collection: Visual Resources Collection . Wolf's Head (secret society) - Wikipedia ADNOC selects Borealis as joint venture partner to build and operate a world-class petrochemical complex in the UAE. 35. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. The societys original name was the Eulogian Club. It almost kills me, he wrote. Produced with renewable feedstock derived entirely from waste and residue streams, these premium polyolefins offer the same material performance as virgin polyolefins, yet with a reduced carbon footprint. Skull and Bones opened its tomb in 1856, more than two decades after its founding. I am sure that many people who started the journey with Borealis in 1994 would never have dreamt that one day, we would have a net profit in the 10-figure range. Paul Moore, Jr., long-time Senior Fellow and successor trustee (1964 - 1990) for the Yale Corporation and long-tenured bishop in the Episcopal Church (United States), recalled the night before he first encountered combat in World War II: "I spent the evening on board ship being quizzed by [a friend from Harvard] about what went on in Wolf's Head. Neste, Veolia and Borealis agree to create a joint venture company to build a new combined heat and power plant in Porvoo, Finland. Dr. Robert N. Butler, a psychiatrist, gerontologist and founding director of the National Institute on Aging, coined the term ageism a half-century ago. Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Class of 1929, pg.109, Yale Pot Pourri and Banner yearbook, Class of 1956, pg. The fund promotes social projects in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Borealis is a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers. The "Old Hall" was erected within months of the founding. Borealis Borlink cables will be implemented in the northern part of the SuedOstLink and along the entire SuedLink corridor, thus facilitating the transmission of renewable energy in Germany from north to south with minimal loss. They are relatively quiet about their existence, and new ones pop up and disappear just as quickly. Another memento in Dr. Levys office is a card on her bulletin board that reads, Ask Me About 7.5. The souvenir came from a Wisconsin anti-ageism campaign and refers to her 2002 longevity study, which for two decades followed hundreds of residents older than 50 in a small Ohio town. He waits until nearly the end of the book to mention that one of the undergraduate ringleaders in favor of admitting women was future Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee. In 2009 Geronimos descendants sued unsuccessfully to get the skull in question turned over to them. 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[22] PBK exists today, without any secrecy, as an academic honor society. Before leaving for Japan, though, she visited her grandmother, a lively septuagenarian. The research, by Dr. Levy and other scholars, continues. Box/folder number, Mss. [1][2], The alumni trust organization, the Colony Foundation,[3] owns the society's building. It inspired me to want to understand the psychology of aging, she said. Combined non-financial and financial report published in English and German language. In fact, those receiving positive exposure improved more than a similar-aged experimental group that exercised for six months. The pro-society seniors won the Class Day vote, 67 - 50. Membership recomposes annually with fifteen or sixteen Yale University students, with rare exceptions typically rising seniors. Among the mementos in Dr. Levys small office at Yale is a treasured photo of her and Dr. Butler, who died in 2010. This process prepares its members whose diversity is highly valued for an active, intellectually vigorous, and moral life, giving them a place and time for contemplation and reflection so that they might rise boldly to the challenges of their lives, devoted to good character, tolerant of others, and willing to serve their communities, while forging links of mind to mind in a chain unbroken. In Europe, Borealis is a market leader in base chemicals and fertilizers. It affects physical and cognitive health and well-being in measurable ways and can take years off ones life. The building was erected in 1884 soon after the founding members secured financing.[7]. 7 of Yale's Super-Elite Secret Societies Ranked by Wealth You cant create beliefs, but you can activate them, Dr. Levy said, by exposing people to words like active and full of life, instead of grumpy or helpless, to describe older adults. The older Academical Department societies met originally for decades in rented quarters near campus. Theyre malleable. 16, Yale University Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, Class of 1958, New Haven, CT, pg. Its infamous history is shrouded in mystery and extends back to 1832, when the society was first established. The investment ensures the long-term competiveness of this location. Head office opens in Lyngby, Denmark. Borealis announces the start-up of commercial operations of a new ethane cracker at its 50/50 joint venture with TotalEnergies, Baystar in Port Arthur, Texas, with an annual production capacity of one million tons of ethylene. Borealis new Borstar-based Full PE Laminate solution gives polyethylene-based packaging materials a second life as valuable end products, without compromising on product efficiency or integrity. I noticed how differently older people were treated there, she said. Dr. Levy, who is 55, credits her focus on aging to an after-college job at a psychiatric hospital in suburban Boston, a graduate fellowship in Japan and an errant crate in a Florida grocery store. . Our Strategy - Sustainability - Company - Borealis The company reduces its European footprint from seven sites in 2001 to four operational hubs: Scandinavia (Norway and Sweden), Belgium, Central Europe (Austria and Germany) and Finland. Borealis achieves an extraordinary record result improving further on the record result realised in 2014. ADNOC and Borealis agree to build and operate a petrochemical complex in Abu Dhabi and to establish a marketing company in Singapore. The number is generally taken to refer to the year (322 bce) of the death of the Greek orator Demosthenes, a turning point in the transformation of ancient Athens from democracy to plutocracy. The expansion triples Borouge's total manufacturing capacity to 2 million tonnes of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) per year. Some new members are high-achieving students, while others are descendants of socially prominent families. OMV, the Austria-based international oil and gas company, owns 75% of Borealis, while the . It consists of a 600,000 tonnes per year (t/y) ethylene cracker and two Borstar polyethylene (PE) plants with a combined production capacity of 450,000 t/y. The earliest undergraduate members allowed fellow schoolmates to handle the pin, a specific refutation of pin display by the older societies. Austrias Minister of Economy and Labour inaugurates the plant. Borealis has now passed another milestone on the way to continued expansion of global supply capabilities. [24][25] Five of the first six Yale Corporation elected Alumni Fellows were members of Bones. Mere egalitarianism was never the problem, since left-wing political commitments rarely stopped anyone from accepting admission to a society, even when outsiders accused them of hypocrisy. Within two turnarounds, Borealis temporarily takes its plants in Porvoo, Finland, and Stenungsund, Sweden, off stream to carry out maintenance. 109, Yale University Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT, Class of 1924, pg. The society has been reputed to tap the gregarious "prep school type". They had twice as high a risk if, at young ages, theyd taken in negative stereotypes about aging. Their cardiovascular events occurred at earlier ages, too. [5], Architectural historian Scott Meacham cites both Berzelius buildings in his study of Yale and Dartmouth society and fraternity architecture. Charlotte Abney Receives SHS Award and Aurora Borealis Prize The Scroll and Key Society is another secret society, founded in 1842 at Yale University. borealisgroup.com. He had not even been tapped by Skull and Bones, where, through Archie, he was a legacy. In addition to the meeting room, dining area, and numerous study rooms, there are below-ground activity rooms with a pool table and ping pong table for recreation. Svein Rennemo becomes Chief Executive of the Borealis Group, succeeding Juha Rantanen, who had served as Chief Executive since 1994. Those with the gene who had positive age beliefs had as low a risk as people without the gene, Dr. Levy said. Upon completion, Borouge will be the world's largest single-site polyolefin complex. OPEX is set to improve leadership and technical skills throughout the company. Borealis inaugurates its newly-upgraded low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant in Stenungsund, Sweden. Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announces that it will move to the FEED-phase for a new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant, after successfully concluding a pre-FEED feasibility study in June 2017. "The purpose is to have an intellectual and emotional experience with a group of your. [7][12][13], Before the founding in 1780 at Yale of the Connecticut Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the second chapter established after that society's founding in 1776 (which still practices a secret handshake among members),[14] Yale College students established and joined literary societies. Undergraduates walk past the brownstone tomb on High Street with no more interest than they walk past Yorkside Pizza. Dont think too much, she tells them. Corrections? This is a further step by Borealis to strengthen its European operations. [7][38], Many pioneering and subsequent members mocked as "poppycock" (from the Dutch for "soft excrement")[39] the seemingly Masonic-inspired rituals and atmosphere associated with Skull and Bones. We started from a clean sheet. Borealis introduces the Borealis Ethics Policy, providing guidance on how to do business according to high ethical standards and in alignment with company values. 183, Yale Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Yale Class of 1952, pg. Borealis and DuPont launch their 50-50 manufacturing joint venture, Speciality Polymers Antwerp N.V., in Zwijndrecht, Belgium. The current delegation spends its year together answerable to an alumni association. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 39, Yale Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Yale Class of 1949, Yale Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Class of 1954, pg. Phelps - Ex-President Dwight of Yale Pays a Feeling Tribute to the Dead - Interment in Vermont", "Secret Society 2013: Who they are, and how they got in! Borealis leverages its polyolefins expertise and decades of experience to offer value adding, innovative and circular material solutions for key industries. Less clear is what precisely about that seismic cultural shift proved fatal. How Harvard, Princeton and Yale discovered women. About Borealis - Borealis - Borealisgroup (en-GB) Even though Yale University has admitted women since 1969, females were not granted membership into Skull and Bones until 1992. But institutions employers, health care organizations, housing policies express a similar prejudice, enforcing what is called structural ageism, Dr. Levy said. [5][6][7], The effort was aided by more than 300 Yale College alumni[8][9] and a few Yale Law School faculty, in part to counter the dominance of the Skull and Bones Society in undergraduate and university affairs.[7][10].
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