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When her husband was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2003, Linda Reinstein was devastated. She had never heard of the disease, couldn't pronounce it and soon learned that doctors couldn't cure it.
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Alan Reinstein died in 2006 at age 66 after a fierce battle with mesothelioma, but Linda has carried on his fight to this day. As a way of coping with her tragedy and intense grief, she co-founded the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) in 2004, a nonprofit with a mission to serve as a voice for victims of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. The organization has played a major role in fighting for victims and helping to shape public policy.
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ADAO began with modest, grassroots beginnings but has since grown to have a significant impact in the United States and overseas. Reinstein recalls walking the halls of the Hart Senate Office Building and knocking on doors in 2004, trying to get United States Senators and their aides to listen to her story. She and Doug Larkin formally founded ADAO shortly thereafter. Larkin is a former chief executive of Larkin Communications, a strategic communications and public affairs firm based in Washington, D.C. He also had a close relative who died from mesothelioma.
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ADAO is dedicated to three core initiatives: education, advocacy and community. On the education front, ADAO has built an extensive resource library with materials that are widely shared in the U.S. and around the world, and the organization provides speakers at international conferences and events devoted to public health. On the community level, ADAO provides support and resources to asbestos-disease patients and families around the world. Reinstein says she has never forgotten the isolation she felt when her husband was diagnosed with mesothelioma, and she is determined to help others in that situation. ADAO now makes extensive use of social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter to support and unite families and lessen their sense of isolation.
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ADAO has launched several new initiatives this year alone. In February, it announced a new campaign, "Hear Asbestos, Think Prevention," aimed at preventing asbestos exposure by featuring essential prevention materials explaining how to prevent asbestos exposure at work, in the home or after a disaster, what to do after exposure and how to help educate the public about the harm that asbestos causes.
Later this week, ADAO is hosting its 11th Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference in Washington. The three-day conference, titled "Where Knowledge and Action Unite," will bring together asbestos patients, physicians, researchers, educators and public health advocates from around the world. More than 30 experts, researchers and asbestos victims from 10 countries will present the latest advancements in diagnosing and treating asbestos-caused diseases, prevention, and global advocacy.
Vento is one of two keynote speakers at this year's ADAO conference and plans to speak about the power of asbestos victims' stories and the importance of telling them to elected officials, their staffs and journalists. The other keynote speaker is Dr. Jorma Rantanen of Finland, a professor at the International Commission on Occupational Health, a leading scientific agency in the area of occupational health. One of the commission's main priorities is a global ban on asbestos.
This year's convention also features several other public officials and scientists from around the world. The Brazilian Labour Public Ministry, for example, is slated to receive an award for their steadfast efforts to protect workers' safety and health and to promote justice for asbestos workers and victims.
The main work at the conference will take place during four workshops. One workshop will discuss progress and challenges from the frontlines, a second will discuss medical advancements in diagnosing and treating asbestos-related diseases, a third will discuss prevention and a fourth will be devoted to strategies for bringing about a global ban on asbestos. Each of the panels include a combination of patients and public health and medical experts.
Standing on the shoulders of giants
Reinstein is quick to point out that the credit for ADAO's strategy and success has been built on the work performed by numerous scientists, public health advocates and ordinary people who have banded together to fight asbestos. "It's not my story – it's not about one woman," she says. "It's about the global asbestos strategy and how we can impact change." She adds, "ADAO has been able to do the work it does because we stand on the shoulders of giants."
Susan Vento, who first met Reinstein in Washington, D.C. about a decade ago, says that Reinstein's passion and persistence has been a major force in the battle to raise awareness and shape public policy. "She exemplifies the type of advocate that's needed – she's out there telling her story and Alan's story but she's also helping provide an opportunity for others to be involved and tell their stories."
"She's tireless, articulate and persistent," says Vento, adding, "She's like the Energizer Bunny -- her battery never wears down. I think it takes a unique person to keep with it – I am in awe of her ability to stay with the cause."
At age 59, and nearly a decade after her husband's death from mesothelioma, Reinstein says she has no intention of easing up.
"I can't slow down," she says. "The fire is burning inside me every day."
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2017 "All Your Secrets", with Jo Rogge, Guns & Rain, Johannesburg
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2011 "Living on a Horizon" Solo exhibition, Circa, Johannesburg.
2010 "What am I doing here Ke Dirang Ha?" 'Solo exhibition, BICHA Gallery, South Bank, London.
2008 Open Studio, Dumbo, Triangle Workshop. New York.
2006 "Linhas de Sangue, Territories of the Heart", Solo exhibition, Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo, Mozambique.
2002 "Monomotapa", residency exhibition, Fordsburg Studios, Johannesburg.
2001 "Hoche Koche", multi media performance with Steve Dyner and Tumbuka Dance Compnay (showed at HIFA Harare, Grahamstown Festival, Dance Festival Avignon, Dance Umbrella Johannesburg)
2000 "Three Women Three Perspectives", group show with Coex ae Qgam (Dada) and Neo Matome Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Windhoek & Gaborone; funded and hosted by the Alliance Francaise, Botswana.
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The Triangle International Art Workshops, New York, USA
University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa
The Alliance Francaise, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 11:35 AM
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a resident of Rex Manor
on Mar 15, 2017 at 12:25 pm
This Stanford Community Legal Clinic is pretty irritating. If you believe so much in the value of rent control, then pass it first in Palo Alto. That's where Stanford is located. Why are you pushing this burden on another city? Plus the majority of these Stanford students probably come from very wealthy families with no rent control in their neighborhoods, so they don't have to suffer any of the negative effects. It's so hypocritical. They want to pat themselves on the back and feel like they are doing something good in the world, but they are not will to do so in their own towns. Pass rent control in Palo Alto first, and then I'll consider supporting it in Mountain View.
a resident of Gemello
on Mar 15, 2017 at 12:51 pm
I don't think that hypocrisy means what you think it means. Did this group from Stanford previously make anti-rent-control statements or do something that demonstrated that they oppose rent control in Palo Alto or elsewhere?
The fact that Palo Alto doesn't have rent control does not mean that everyone in Palo Alto is required to oppose rent control. Not everyone in San Francisco needs to support it either.
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Mar 15, 2017 at 2:14 pm
The Stanford Community Law Clinic is a legal services clinic in East Palo Alto. Web Link
a resident of another community
on Mar 15, 2017 at 2:52 pm
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East Palo Alto has a Rent Stabilization Ordinance. It was implemented back in 2010. Please share with those who would like to learn more about RSO.
Stanford Community Law Clinic
2117 University Ave a, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
There will always be two sides to every case. It just depends on whether you're the landlord or the renter. That's why there are lawyers for both sides.
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Mar 15, 2017 at 3:02 pm
Gary is a registered user.
Under CA Code of Civil Procedure section 387, a person or legal entity with a financial or other significant interest in the outcome pf a lawsuit may intervene if it is shown to the Court that the existing parties will not adequately represent that interest. I have not read the papers but it did seem to me that the City (with six of seven councilmembers against Measure V) had proven it could not be trusted to represent the interests of renters when it placed a worthless competing measure on the November ballot or when it stipulated to a TRO in December when the California Apartment Association (CAA) filed the case. Whether the other group will be allowed to intervene may involve showing that the CAA is not adequate - not so easily shown. The CAA argues that Measure V is invalid in almost every respect and, unlike the City, is not a risk to suddenly stipulate that its position is wrong.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 15, 2017 at 3:04 pm
None of the court issues will matter if the Council can't appoint one more landlord/rental manager to the board. It's required in Measure V to have at least 2 from that group. If the rent control board doesn't meet the minimum requirements, it won't exist. If CAA REALLY wanted to stop this ordinance, they just have to keep anyone from their side from applying or accepting the position. The drafters never put in a contingency for that scenario. Just sayin'.
a resident of Rex Manor
on Mar 15, 2017 at 3:12 pm
@Patrick Actual phrasing is 1709(a) :"There shall be no more than two (2) members of the Committee that own or manage any rental property, or that are realtors or developers"
So 0,1, or 2 members can be landlords.
CAA is welcome to boycott participating.
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Mar 15, 2017 at 5:31 pm
The more I think about it, the more I realize old Billy was right...
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Mar 15, 2017 at 6:44 pm
The will of the people cannot be stopped. Temporarily restrained by our City Council Members under the influence of the CAA perhaps, but we shall inevitably prevail thanks to the support of our great legal counsel, truly a dream team.
Let the rents start rolling back soon!
Si, Se Puede!
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Mar 15, 2017 at 7:26 pm
Let's roll back car prices, grocery prices, taxes, and all other items.
Why should we stop with just rent control,
All price fixing is taking others property which should not be allowed.
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Mar 15, 2017 at 8:28 pm
If Prop 13 is OK then I don't see why Rent Control should be any different.
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Mar 15, 2017 at 10:28 pm
PROP 13 applies to all residents in California.
How about applying so called "STABLIZATION" on all property in Mountain View?
The absurdity of a measure voted by majority (renters and non owners) against property owners who cannot even vote in the city is a taxation without representation.
a resident of Whisman Station
on Mar 15, 2017 at 10:47 pm
Prop 13 regulates tax rates between a citizen and the state.
Measure v regulates common law contracts between two private parties.
There is a fundamental difference in those two ideas just like there is a difference between how bridge tolls prices are set vs the cost of gasoline.
In the bay area prop 13 hasn't reduced the tax base, which is what you imply. So making the case that rents has to be high because property owners have a low tax base is a false narrative. Prop 13 tax base is reset upon sale of a property, which occurs just as frequently before prop 13 in the bay area as what prop 13.
Either way, if you want to turn this into a tax argument, then you should ask for a law that allows for rental deductions against income tax - that seems like the closest thing to prop 13.
20% of the citizens of this state live in poverty. This proposal will do nothing for them except exclude them permanently from these neighborhoods just like what happened in SF and NYC. As rent gets locked in, renters doesn't move and landlords gets more picky with who their renters are. It's astounding how many people choose to ignore fact and data to push the NIMBY mindset, especially given how clear it is that increasing density in this city so fundamentally solve the problem at its core. First principles anyone?
Either way, mountain view just got even more difficult for the poor people to be in. It's a sad day and a win for those with great paying jobs who just fattened their wallet at the expense of those truly in need of protection.
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Mar 16, 2017 at 1:05 am
@Old timer
"PROP 13 applies to all residents in California."
Prop 13 applies to all residents in California who own property. Very important detail. But hey, if it was important enough to freeze property taxes so people wouldn't find themselves suddenly taxed out of their homes, that sounds like the exact same argument for legislating rent control.
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Mar 16, 2017 at 1:09 am
I see a lot of interesting arguments you've ascribed to me that I don't recall making at all in this thread. Are you sure you're not debating someone else?
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Mar 16, 2017 at 11:14 am
Measure V is a case of democracy gone wrong.
1. Housing problem is city wide if not regional problem. Many city with rent control or similar ordinance have experienceed more problem afterwards. It is at best a bad solution to a fundamental problem.
2. It only affects older buildings, sadly, these are the ones providing lower rental stocks. This is also a measure against a smaller subset of property owners who are now asked to shoulder city wide problem.
a resident of another community
on Mar 16, 2017 at 3:28 pm
Stanford is not in Palo Alto. Stanford is in unincorporated Santa Clara County for the most part. The SHOPPING CENTER area is in Palo Alto so that sales tax revenues benefit the city. East Palo Alto is in a different county and that's where the law project provides service. Argh.
a resident of Rex Manor
on Mar 20, 2017 at 3:28 pm
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I find this an abomination!
a resident of Waverly Park
on Mar 20, 2017 at 3:49 pm
My good landlord already sold the property I rent as a result of this being voted in. I didn't vote for it but it won. Landlords should have seen it coming and done something before Nov.'s vote. Now it's the law so the city should defend it and end this now.
In a city that is majority renters with off site landlords, and out-of-control rent hikes in some well-publicized cases this was coming for a long time. The time and place for avoiding measure V was Before The Election. If we could go back and do the whole election over, then great. But we can't and this lawsuit is just wasting all our time now. Enforce it, refund the last rent hike (post Oct 2016) and move on.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Mar 20, 2017 at 8:33 pm
Can someone explain how it is possible to "roll back prices"?
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Mar 23, 2017 at 2:41 pm
The Business Man is a registered user.
How asked a very good question:
"Can someone explain how it is possible to "roll back prices"?"
The courts for more than 30 years established that if there is a recognized lack of housing available in a city, the local government can in fact not only control rent, but reset the base rent to a prior level. The only thing required to be demonstrated is that there is a clear documented history of the lack of housing. In the case of Mountain View, the City Council record shows that the city council was aware of the shortage starting in October 2015.
The case that establishes this standard was:
Berman v. Downing (1986) Web Link
It stated:
We hold, on this record consisting of a stipulation of facts and the language of the West Hollywood Moratorium Ordinance, fn. 1 that the rent rollback provisions of that ordinance are constitutional.
[1] We agree with plaintiff that "the constitutionality of residential rent controls under the police power depends upon the actual existence of a housing shortage and its concomitant ill effects of sufficient seriousness to make rent control a rational curative measure." (Birkenfeld v. City of Berkeley (1976) 17 Cal. 3d 129, 160 [130 Cal. Rptr. 465, 550 P.2d 1001].) Equally important, however, "the existence of 'constitutional facts' upon which the validity of an enactment depends [citation] is presumed in the absence of any showing to the contrary [citation] ...." (Ibid) Plaintiff was entitled to show the nonexistence of those facts as to the West Hollywood ordinance but failed to do so.
So in order to prevent the rent rollback in court the CAA will have to demonstrate there is NO LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING in Mountain View.
And this will need to be demonstrated with proof and evidence, without any of these, the CAA has no case to prevent it.
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Earlier this month I introduced the hidden program of "I have to struggle." This insidious, pervasive, unseen program is often at the root of much of our personal pain.
I want to explore this unconscious belief that you have to struggle, how you can begin to recognize it and remove it. This is so important, because almost every human being has this disempowering program running in the background, and very few are aware of just how impactful it is!
But most of all, I want to help you understand just how intricately woven it is into almost every aspect of your life so that you can become conscious of it and nip it in the bud. I believe you can begin to eliminate struggle as a core operating system in your life. It is through clarity that you create freedom and can reinvent and re-create your life.
This week, I want to take a peek into how struggle is impacting your money. Let's look at some of the ways the hidden programs of struggle.
There are millions of people who struggle every day just for survival. They work in low-paying jobs that they hate. They work long hours and can barely make ends meet. Millions of people and families are one or two paychecks away from homelessness and they worry how they will buy groceries and keep the utilities on.
I've been there personally, too. Looking back, I remember the shame I felt about my working situations and the terror that was a constant companion. I was a single mom with two teenage children. I was barely recovering from being bed-ridden for two years with crippling rheumatoid arthritis, when I decided I could no longer remain in a broken marriage. I had no job and was on disability, and knew that I'd never make it on the minimal money I had coming in.
I knew I had to do something – and quick. I'd love to tell you that the next day I found a pot of money and I lived happily ever after, but that would be a lie. Instead, I did what everyone running struggle programming does: I found a low-paying job that barely kept a roof over my family's head and was physically difficult for me to perform!
The program of struggle kept me in survival mode. I was constantly in lack financially, and my body was under a great deal of stress. I knew I wasn't well-suited to the job, but figured "beggars can't be choosers!" (Hint: That's another struggle program!)
That job was filled with struggle – long hours in the sun, climbing up and down hills, while my body was still beginning to recover, and trying to learn entire new computer systems and a whole new set of job skills! However, it also got me back into the work force, and gave me the confidence to look for other work that was more financially rewarding and more suited to my abilities.
My next job working in the telecommunications industry was almost three times the salary as my previous position. But I still hadn't resolved the underlying belief of struggle. So I manifested a slave-driver as a boss and a company that viewed their employees as disposable resources that could be used up and thrown out at any time. My stress levels were off the charts!
Because of the extreme stress, my health began to suffer again. I would wake up in a cold sweat and sheer panic at 2 a.m. every night wondering how I was going to keep my job and raise my kids. I was short tempered and controlling at home because I was exhausted and my body was in a lot of pain. I didn't know any better way to cope.
Ultimately, I got some counseling and learned new ways of lowering my stress levels. As my stress levels came down, my pain levels also went down and I felt like I began to thrive. And still I didn't recognize just how ingrained the program of "I have to struggle" was in every facet of my life. But I had learned how to cope more efficiently.
Perhaps you can relate to this scenario. Or perhaps you have your own unique way of believing you have to struggle.
It has taken me years to discover this hidden program and I'd like to help you find a shortcut to eliminate this destructive program if possible. I believe it is truly at the root of much of our pain and suffering.
So what how does the program of struggle show up in your life? What does it look like? Are you even aware that you're struggling. Most people have a sense that they do struggle at some level, but aren't aware of how all-encompassing it is.
Here are some things to think about as you explore this program more deeply:
- Do you procrastinate and put things off until you are in crisis?
- Do you find yourself having challenge after challenge after challenge?
- If so, do you feel triumphant after you've overcome each obstacle only to have something else pop up soon? (Hint: This can also be tied into an addiction of triumphing. Using conflict and challenges to create an emotional and spiritual high.)
- How often do you feel like you have to rob "Peter to pay Paul" throughout the month?
- When was the last time you felt like you could breathe deeply and relax because things were going to be OK?
- Do you experience having an abundance of money only to find that the hot water heater goes out or that the car needs to be fixed – and there goes that extra abundance?
- Do you find yourself kvetching about how bad traffic was on the way to work?
- Is your attitude on the darker side – feeling pessimistic about life in general and some things in particular?
- Are you at odds or in active conflict with your family, friends, or co-workers?
- Do you make a big deal out of 1st World problems – your food didn't come fast enough, your cell phone service dropped your call again, you just can't find anything to wear in your already full closet, etc.?
- Is everything generally good in your life, but you're still not satisfied or happy?
- Do you feel tense and irritable more often than not?
These are just a few of the ways that we can identify whether we are actively running the hidden program of "I have to struggle" in our lives.
Now, to be clear, not everything goes smoothly every day. That would be unrealistic. And everyone is entitled feel their feelings when something doesn't go according to expectations! That's normal. There's nothing wrong with truly feeling your feelings. In fact, it is IMPERATIVE that you feel them clearly, deeply and strongly! Because feelings are the soul's way of speaking to you.
But how you react to the things that show up in your life will give you big clues as how much this program of struggling is affecting you. "Having to struggle" programming makes us feel disconnected, anxious, unworthy and overwhelmed. Wouldn't you like to feel better? Did you know that you DON'T have to struggle? Did you know it is even possible to change the energy of struggle?
So here's my challenge: Notice how you are feeling! Write your feelings down. Notice and record when you feel tense, anxious, irritable, unhappy. What are the circumstances and events that trigger those feelings? Don't judge those feelings! Just take note and begin to watch for patterns that begin to emerge. Listen to your intuition and insights.
Also notice what makes you happy or brings you a sense of peace and serenity. Notice when you feel connected and aligned. What makes you laugh and what uplifts you?
Keep a journal or a daily notebook so that you can begin to connect the dots. Especially notice and keep track of the ways you feel about your finances and money. This is the area in which most people struggle the most! Notice all the ways you feel uncomfortable when you spend, or when you can't spend. Identify the ways you feel conflicted about money in any way! Pay attention to the inner voices that "talk to you" about your money and write down the words.
Then join me April 3rd at 5:00 p.m. PT/ 6:00 p.m. MT/ 7:00 p.m. CT/ 8:00 p.m. ET for a free training call as we explore this subject more fully. To register for this free training class, click here to reserve your seat. Space is limited, so register early.
I look forward to "seeing" you there!
Next month, we will explore ways that you can begin to resolve and release the negative struggle programming that you've identified and are experiencing. It's time to release the old, hidden struggle programs, so that you can easily and powerfully manifest your goals and dreams.
Here's to the start of your journey to freedom from struggle. I can hardly wait to see what you create as you begin to release struggle and step into ease, flow and grace.


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Profile: Marius Kloppers
Profile: Marius Kloppers
His very public assertion of BHP's preferred political response to climate change caught Australia by surprise. CEO Marius Kloppers' acknowledgement of the reality of the impact of carbon emissions on climate and his equally blunt assertion of the policy settings required to deal with the issue have attracted slightly stunned endorsement or blunt scorn. He is providing the leadership from big business that has been lacking to date.
Matthew Stevens in The Australian (18 September 2010):
YOU wouldn't call it a conversion on the road to Damascus so much as a confirmation on the way home from Copenhagen.
On Wednesday, Marius Kloppers confirmed BHP Billiton was a supporter of the mainstream view on climate science and recommended that Australia embrace a "mosaic" of policy responses based on the prompt introduction of a carbon tax, even if that meant we moved to efficiently price emissions before our international peer group.
From the moment the Copenhagen climate summit collapsed last December under the predictable weight of national economic self-interest, Kloppers set about ensuring BHP would be properly primed for the renewal of the debate over how to price carbon in Australia.
From BHP's perspective, Copenhagen proved that nations would act in their own interests on emissions. It also established the validity of individual, purpose-built responses to the climate challenge. Essentially it said the debate had moved away from the "silver bullet" responses being promoted by academic economists and that national interest and pragmatism had won the day.
Without the possibility of global consensus on emissions trading and carbon pricing, Australia's proposed emissions trading scheme, the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, looked as politically improbable as it was essentially economically irrational.
Kloppers' public assertion of BHP's preferred political response to climate change caught Australia by surprise. His plain English acknowledgement of BHP's long-standing position on the reality of the impact of carbon emissions on climate and his equally blunt assertion of the policy settings required to deal with the issue have attracted slightly stunned endorsement or blunt scorn.
It's a strange world where Bob Brown's Greens and Tony Maher's coal union find themselves in alignment with BHP while the Coalition is left in an angry lather about what it perceives as a sudden shift in the miner's attitude.
Needless to say, none of them seems yet to fully appreciate what Kloppers has promoted. The Greens hear him talk about a carbon tax and the necessity of properly pricing emissions and little more. The noise from the Opposition reflects not only a worrying ignorance of BHP's consistent views on emissions management but a similar failure to actually go to the source material and attempt to digest and appreciate the complexity of the BHP position.
Like so many of the core strategies that have shaped the modern BHP, the approach to climate change was established in the early 2000s by then boss Paul Anderson. A former heavy in the US gas industry (and now a director of BP), Anderson asserted that climate science was authentic; carbon pricing was coming; a carbon tax was the only way to go; and BHP needed to "get involved or get trodden on".
When he left, the greenhouse nettle was grasped by Chip Goodyear, who went on to articulate a climate change policy and in 2005 committed to spending $US300 million on emissions mitigation. A year later BHP had formalised greenhouse targets and established reporting standards that are reported annually in its sustainability report.
In the end, though, for all its quiet commitment to the emissions management task, BHP felt it had been caught flat-footed by the rapid redirection of Australian industry policy in the wake of Kevin Rudd's election in November 2007. And nowhere was that more apparent (until the super-profits tax debacle, at least) than in the rapid and comparatively isolated progress of the Garnaut Climate Change Review.
The fact that the Garnaut process ran ahead of any debate reflects, in part, its strange genesis but also that industry was working to a completely different set of rules to the newly elected Rudd.
Garnaut's review, you may recall, was created by Rudd and the state premiers in April 2007, while the Queenslander was still in Opposition. It was then something of a sideshow until Rudd's election in November. But by then, Garnaut had a full head of steam.
In what became a fairly familiar story during Rudd's prime ministership, before industry really had a chance to properly articulate its individual or collective views, the Garnaut report steamrolled through the green paper and white paper stages and by the end of 2008 Australia was on the way to embracing the slick, elegant European emissions solution: a giant trading scheme.
But when Rudd's progress to an ETS was interrupted by the Copenhagen debacle and the trickiness of the Greens, BHP was back in the game. And this time it was ready to get very much on the front foot by first plainly articulating and then strongly promoting its preferred approach.
To do that, Kloppers called in the recently appointed boss of Heath, Safety, Environment and Community, Ricus Grimbeek — one of a community of South Africans at the pointy end of BHP.
Grimbeek's task was to ready BHP for the return of carbon pricing to the political agenda. Kloppers wanted a very specific, totally informed program that expressed the company's point of view and supported that view in deep detail. Kloppers insisted that it was time to move beyond general platitudes about climate change and corporate life. Rather he wanted Canberra to be presented with a fully formed, simply expressed, platform of carbon mitigation initiatives.
It is said at BHP that, from December until Wednesday, Grimbeek has "put in man-years of work" in capturing and digesting all the available underlying data on climate change policy around the globe and in assessing what can work and what can't work.
The response Grimbeek, Kloppers and the rest of the senior BHP management settled upon is supported, rather typically, by six simple principles. It sends a clear price signal, it is revenue neutral, it is trade friendly, broad based, predictable and gradual in transition and it is simple and effective.
The platform is built on the idea that through a direct, simply constructed carbon tax, the federal government can become a clearing house to reprice carbon and then recycle the funds generated back to the energy users.
It is not, in other words, a great big new tax. It is merely a means of forcing a pricing disincentive on energy use and, at the same time, a pricing incentive to make more carbon-friendly energy choices over the medium and long term.
For example, it will encourage generators to invest in combined cycle gas-fired power stations rather than coal stations. And that will leave Australia more cost-competitive when the rest of our trading world starts pricing carbon properly.
The trade friendliness is built around the idea that carbon tax generated by exports will be rebated until there is a level playing carbon playing field. This means Australia might successfully reduce its emissions while not undermining the ability of its exporters to compete globally.
While refuting the effectiveness of a broad-based ETS, mostly because of its indescribable and constraining complexity, the BHP plan recommends a trading scheme for the electricity sector, which speaks for 51 per cent of Australian emissions.
And finally, the BHP scheme would seem to be predicated on the idea that where carbon pricing won't change consumer habits, then you have to regulate. So government has to get down and prescribe the way we construct our homes and the efficiency of the services we install in them.
Now, if you think this is a strange level of detail for BHP to be burying itself in, then you would have been right until about three years ago. Before Rudd's election, it would have been unimaginable that the simplifying Global Australian would go to such efforts to establish itself a base camp at the broadest points of the climate change issue. But one of legacies of the ill-fated Rudd government is an erosion of confidence in the quality of the governance of the commonwealth.
Over 25 years federal governments from both sides have reinforced a consultative, reforming pragmatism that encourages business to maintain an historically light and deeply confidential engagement with Canberra. But the days of quiet are over.
Source: www.theaustralian.com.au
Mathew Murphy in The Age (21 September 2010):
LESS than a week after BHP Billiton chief Marius Kloppers called for immediate action on climate policy, a world report card has given his company a B grading for its carbon-management policies, ranking it lower than rival Rio Tinto.
The Carbon Disclosure Project, which represents 534 institutional investors with more than $64 trillion of assets under management, has found that 85 per cent of leading companies had entrusted board members or senior executives with responsibility for climate policy, up from 82 per cent a year earlier.
The report ranked National Australia Bank as the best-performing of the Australian companies, scoring 93/100 or ninth of all companies globally. Rio Tinto scored 89/100 and a B grading, putting it among the top handful of companies in the materials index.
The scores, which are based on consideration of business-specific risks related to climate change and good internal data management of emissions, put BHP further back with a score of 71/100. Companies scoring above 70 are considered to have achieved a high grade.
The report found that Australian companies were still lagging behind the rest of the world – only 40 per cent of S&P/ASX 200 Index companies had emission reduction targets, compared to an average of 70 per cent for the Global 500. The top 200 Australian companies lagged in every indicator except the percentage of companies that perceived regulatory risks associated with climate policy (69 per cent of ASX 200 companies compared with 66 per cent of the Global 500).
Chief executive of the Investor Group on Climate Change Nathan Fabian said Australian companies should follow Mr Kloppers's lead on the mitigation of greenhouse gases.
"It is a positive that BHP is describing their policy view. We need all leading companies to do that. Keeping quiet on the issue won't make it go away or aid a smooth policy transition," he said. "Part of the score is calculated on the public position of companies. Determining the policy for your company should not be underestimated, but that does not get the company to a strong position on abatement or mitigation and every company that is emissions exposed is going to have to go through that hard process.
"I think the global results are showing that companies around the world are getting on with the job. Even in the US, which you would argue has had substantial regulatory uncertainty, the S&P 500 numbers increased by a substantial amount," Mr Fabian said.
BHP Billiton is due to release its annual sustainability report tomorrow. It is expected to show that its greenhouse gas emissions have reduced from 51.7 million tonnes in 2008 to 45.9 million tonnes. This is tracking at 93.2 per cent of its 2006 levels, meaning it has, in effect, already met its 2012 target of reducing emissions by 6 per cent.
Mr Kloppers's intervention on carbon policy mirrors a global trend – 80 per cent of companies surveyed said they were engaging with policymakers, up from 71 per cent a year earlier
Source: www.theage.com.au
From the 2010 BHP Billiton Sustainability Framework
The issues associated with climate change continue to be a challenge for governments, communities and industry around the world. The urgency and complexity of these issues require responses from all of us. BHP Billiton shares the view that the rational choice is to accept that the mainstream science is right in pointing to high risks from unmitigated climate change.
Risks of climate change may include changes in rainfall patterns, water shortages, rising sea levels, increased storm intensities and higher average temperature levels, which may result in damages to crops, buildings, infrastructure and ecosystems.
As a global community we have the potential to reduce the worst impacts of climate change, and clearly the greatest benefits will come from acting early. Alliances to tackle this challenge will need to cross national and cultural boundaries, but the developed world has a clear leadership responsibility in achieving a global approach.
Scientists tell us the world must aim to stabilise global carbon dioxide concentrations in the range of 450 parts per million to avoid the most severe impacts. An international climate framework must establish binding commitments for all developed and major developing economies if real reductions in emissions are to be achieved.
From our perspective, the key principles for an effective international response include:
• A global regime that prices carbon to allow enough certainty for investment in new technology and abatement opportunities to occur while still promoting economic growth.
• Strong measures to help avoid deforestation and fund reforestation (large landholders like BHP Billiton have a role to play here).
• Support for the poorest countries in adapting to the physical impacts of climate change and pursuing low carbon pathways to development through energy efficiency or the adoption of alternative energy technologies.
• Business leadership and ingenuity is critical to achieving low carbon growth and, as a major resources company, we are committed to playing our part.
In addressing this and other issues affecting all of us, we appreciate that governments have to consider the needs of industry and communities as well as the global implications.
Carbon Pricing Protocol
BHP Billiton maintains an internal mechanism for costing carbon and determining carbon price impacts on Greenfield and brownfield developments, and on mergers and acquisitions.
The Carbon Pricing Protocol includes a range of prices for developed and developing countries based on likely scenarios of government requirements and technology deployment, as well as the associated costs and economic impacts. Our valuations for investment decisions and planning processes include the expected impacts of carbon emissions (both cost and price impacts). The Carbon Pricing Protocol is updated annually to reflect internal and external carbon price modelling and proposed treatment of carbon permits in countries where we operate.
Source: www.bhpbilliton.com


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ILAS Member Commissioned by Air Corps
Recently joined ILAS Member, Tadhg Firman from Foulksmills in Co Wexford, was one of nine students of the 32nd Air Corps Cadet Class commissioned on July 28 2016 at the Air Corps Headquarters in Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel. As well as his wings, Lieutenant Firman was awarded the 'Cadet Jevins Trophy' for achieving the highest standard in the ground school syllabus, and remarkably was also presented with the 'The Commandant D K Johnston Cup' for achieving the highest standard of flying during his training. Lieutenant Firman is type-rated on the Pilatus PC-9, and has also been checked out on the ILAS Field tractor for grass cutting duties.
ILAS extends it congratulations and good wishes to Lieutenant Firman on the occasion of his commissioning. Fellow 32nd class cadet, Christopher Jevins, who was also commissioned on the same occasion is another regular visitor to ILAS Field, as was his older brother David who was tragically killed in the PC-9 accident in Connemara back in 2009, and in who's memory the 'Cadet Jevins Trophy' has been awarded.
We have uploaded some photos of the occasion to the ILAS Facebook page:
The photos show Cadet Tadgh Firman being presented with his "Wings" by Brigadier General Paul Fry GOC Air Corps and newly commissioned Lieutenant Firman being presented with the 'The Commandant D K Johnston Cup' by Major General Kieran Brennan, Deputy Chief of Staff Ops.


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Re: CORRECTION to all previous
In reply to:
CORRECTION to re: COTTINGTON
From a family bible comes this info:
David Cottington married Rachel Hatfield
dates and places unknown.
Dau of David and Rachel:
Eva Dora b.9 Oct.1864 in Ohio, d.12 Feb.1935 in Topeka, KS.
Eva married John E.Felker 26 Nov.1887. He was b.26 Mar.1852 in VT, d.16 Nov.1928 in Topeka KS.
John and Eva had at least 6 children, and the girls names all end with the letter 'a'.
If this info fits in with yours I would love to hear from you. I'm looking for other names and dates in Eva Dora's family. Thank you. Nancy


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Thanks, Alan. I am distantly aware of Clonlara and of its focus on
supporting home schoolers. I'll check it out.
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Rams to raid Red Devils
By Tom Adams
Last Updated: 01/01/70 1:00am
Derby County are closing in on the signing of Man Utd youngster David Jones.
Promotion chasing Derby County are closing in on the signing of Manchester United youngster David Jones.
Rams chairman Peter Gadsby revealed on Tuesday that The Championship's fifth-placed side were hopeful of making a 'tremendous signing', and it appears as though Jones is the man in question with the midfielder close to agreeing a move to Pride Park.
Derby are believed to have arranged a deal which will see the 23-year-old move to the club on loan before making a seven-figure permanent transfer when the transfer window opens in January.
Rams boss Billy Davies is well aware of Jones' ability having brought him to former club Preston on loan last season - with the midfielder also spending time at NEC Nijmegen in De Eredivisie - and the Scot is now on the brink of reuniting with the player.
"David is a player I have admired for a long time and he did a wonderful job for me at Preston," Davies told the Derby Evening Telegraph.
"He is a talented young player.
"He has great ability and vision and can create and score goals."
The Red Devils youngster did not return to Holland over the summer to focus on his career at Old Trafford, but after making two appearances in the Carling Cup he now looks set to a move to the Championship outfit.
Although the finer details of the deal are still to be worked out, The Rams hope to have the former FA Youth Cup-winning captain in their squad to face Luton on Saturday.


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Thrive Kids Summer Series!
Get your kids involved with Five to Thrive this summer!
Summer is finally here and it's time for our Five to Thrive kids series to begin! We are going to kick the series off with some hiking on June 2. You can expect lots of food, fun, and laughter for the whole family. This will be a great opportunity to get involved with the community at Thrive and see God's hand at work. Don't forget to invite friends! Listed below is the schedule for the series. Stay connected with Facebook, Instagram,
and Twitter for reminders and details.
Hiking, Mountain Biking, and BBQ: June 2
- Where: Gregory Park
- Time: 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Bowling: June 21
- Where: Ozark Lanes
- Time: 5:30 – 8 p.m.
- Cost: $1 plus money for dinner
Ice Skating: July 7
- Where: Jones Center
- Time: 6 – 8 p.m.
- Cost: $5
Naturals Game: August 2
- Where: Arvest Ball Park, Springdale
- Time: 7:05 p.m.
- Cost: $5
Big Serve: August 20
- Where: Thrive/Veterans Memorial Park
- Time: Kickoff at 9 a.m. service
Check out what's going at Thrive this summer and upcoming events in the fall!


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Longevity & Health
In the context of generally positive trends towards longer life spans and healthier older years for most Americans, health and wellness issues are especially important concerns for older adults.
Many hope to mitigate the negative physical and cognitive changes that can result from aging through life styles, nutrition, and other interventions.
Recent research on aging offers new data on the importance of certain activities and habits for maintaining optimum health, including regular exercise, mental stimulation and social engagement.
There is a whole body of research concerning the negative impacts of social isolation, and other research providing evidence for the physical and emotional health benefits of participatory, well structured arts education in social groups.
These are important findings for librarians charged with developing programs to enhance the quality of life for older adults.
Common Aging Myths Dispelled
Here's Robert Butler of the International Longevity Center at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University on the fact that 'there is no way to assume that older people can't learn,' among other myths.
Brain Health
Brain health is a special concern for many older adults and the professionals who work with them, not only because of concerns about Alzheimer's disease but also due to interest in how to optimize brain function in later life.
Recent advances in neuroscience have revealed the significance of brain plasticity, or the capacity of the brain to develop new cells even as it sheds old ones, and to use different parts of the brain in different phases of life.
Older adult creativity is now understood to be a function of these brain changes, helping to compensate for other losses. And, it appears that the aging brain benefits from stimulation, whether through new experiences, learning languages, playing music or reading. For librarians, the new knowledge about brain health is essential for planning collections, service and programs.
'It's important to find something that works for you and train, not strain, the aging brain.'
Bonus Years
Beyond the extension of the human life span, and the likelihood of relatively good health during the later decades of life, there is another important demographic phenomenon, the so-called "bonus years.'
Not only are we gaining years at the end of our lives but we are also gaining healthy, productive years in our 6th, 7th or 8th decades. Unfortunately, we do not yet have blueprints or expectations for how these years might be spent.
The new "bonus years" challenge us all — as policy-makers, professionals and individuals — to reconsider learning, work, self-expression and service and to try out new paths for growth in the later years.
Further Reading:
Arts, Education, the Brain, and Language. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://saveourstrings.net/LearningArtsandthe%20Brain.pdf#page=91
Brain 101: Topics in Neuroscience | UCSF Memory and Aging Center. (n.d.). Retrieved May 8, 2013, from http://memory.ucsf.edu/brain
Cohen, G. (2000, Summer). Think Young! Get Creative! Ten Ways to Keep Your Brain Young. Alliance for Aging Research. Retrieved May 8, 2013, from https://www.agingresearch.org/newsletters/view/203
Goldberg, E. (2005). The wisdom paradox: how your mind can grow stronger as your brain grows older. New York: Gotham Books.
Petitto, L.-A. (n.d.). Arts Education, the Brain, and Language (Toronto group) – Dana Foundation. Retrieved May 11, 2013, from http://www.dana.org/news/publications/detail.aspx?id=10750
Senelick, R. (2013, January 4). Creative Aging: The Emergence of Artistic Talents. The Atlantic. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/01/creative-aging-the-emergence-of-artistic-talents/266799/


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Devdutt Pattanaik,
Indian Mythology:
Tales, Symbols & Rituals from the
Heart of the Subcontinent
(Inner Traditions, 2003)
When you get your copy of Indian Mythology, open it to one of the two colored photograph/plate sections and feast your eyes on these magnificent items of folklore in India. If you have a magnifying glass, you will undoubtedly become so caught up in these pictures that an hour will seem like five minutes.
The next thing that will catch your attention is the unusually high number of tables and charts in this book. I loved the way I could quickly find information in these and the way the author has reduced the complexity of the topics to phrases that fit into these tables. He takes things to the basic level and presents them in a way that is easy to understand.
Once you have completed your visual inspection of the book, you begin a rare journey into the world of the mythology of India. I used the word "rare" because there are few books that I have found that explain the myths and folklore in a way that westerners can readily comprehend. I have often been left confused about the entities and their appearances. This book eliminated all the confusion and allowed me to enjoy -- and understand -- these tales in a way that I never have.
I cannot praise this book highly enough. Pattanaik is a gifted teacher and writer. He has a knack for wading right through the obscure and transforming it into something concrete. His analysis and explanations of the myths and folktales provide the reader with common situations that are normally encountered in everyday living. The average reader will find many things to identify with in these tales.
If you are seeking a book that provides entertaining myths and folklore, this one has an abundance. The author also offers his own interpretation and analysis of the tales, showing how they translate into modern lessons for life.
Devdutt Pattanaik is a medical doctor who gave up his clinical practice to pursue his greatest interest in life, the mythology and folklore of India. He is the author of The Goddess in India and works that introduce Vishnu, Shiva and Devi. He freelances as a health communicator and lectures on Hindu rituals, philosophy, art and narratives.
Indian Mythology is a superb book. If you have any interest in mythology, folklore or Indian culture, be sure to order a copy for your personal reference library. It is not a book to be quickly scanned, but slowly digested. Plan to spend several hours with this one.
- Rambles