alan indicated, i've got responsibilities for a few bits of the world beyond texas. 27 countries from banff to bangladesh, and the way i characterize them, it's south africa, middle east, afghanistan, iraq. 27 countries and 13 have some form of major interruption going on. that leaves three. and you can never quite trust the canadians. and, again, those of you who have done your math will mean that leaves texas. so the point of civility in my life. so thank you for all that. i'm told this city is to energy as london is to finance, and i'm very pleased to be here at the heart of the global energy industry. my thanks to the first council for pulling this together and fto all of you for taking this time together. this is a busy time of world. we have her majesty the queen's jubilee in june. and then in july, the eyes of the world will turn to london for the olympic and the paraolympic games. it's a huge chore to put on the best olympics ever, but to be coming in ahead of time and on budget -- i'm not sure whose budget, but it's on budget -- is yet another reason why the u.k. is a place where y