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The state Duma of the sixth convocation has summed up the results of their work
The state Duma of the sixth convocation has summed up the results of their work. As noted by speaker Sergey Naryshkin, referring to the heads of the factions, "a huge burden of political responsibility" was carried with dignity – almost all the leading parliamentarians mentioned the historic decision on the reunification of the Crimea with Russia. The experts hope that the new Duma would be "more interesting, brighter and more representative than the current".
State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin, summing up in plenary the outcome of the lower house of the VI convocation, said: "I am proud of the state Duma, which was at the height of his political and historical responsibility", reports TASS.
"Very responsible decision on the reunification of the Crimea with Russia forever entered the sixth convocation of the State Duma in the history of our country"
The Chairman of the lower house thanked the leaders of the factions – Vladimir Vasilyev (United Russia), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR), Gennady Zyuganov (Communist party), Sergey Mironov ("Fair Russia") – for the collaboration and added: "you have a huge burden of political responsibility, you carry it with dignity".
Earlier, on June 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the decree about appointment of elections to the State Duma of the new convocation, they will be held on September 18, the third Sunday of the month. Following elections in the Duma should be as honest as possible, they should not turn into a mudslinging fight, there should be no doubt in people, said the head of the faction "United Russia" Vladimir Vasilyev.
The same is said earlier, speaking at the last plenary meeting of the state Duma of the current convocation, Vladimir Putin, where he named key tasks for the new lower house. "The legislature is an independent branch, and its work should not interfere with any market interests, no desire to hurry to make a decision", – said the head of state. Also, according to the President, the election campaign in the Parliament should not be a mudslinging fight, but a battle of ideas.
Responsibility in a global world, and the best years in his career
Naryshkin noted that the Russian deputies "in many ways, helped the return of the Crimea to Russia… And not just adopting over 120 laws, but also morally supporting the Crimeans in March 2014," – said Naryshkin. He said that many deputies "visited those historic days when the Republic and the city of Sevastopol was preparing to exercise their right to self-determination, and then worked in two new regions of Russia, helping to resolve the unprecedented challenges of the transition period." Head of chambers said: "Thanks to modern Crimea, Russia has developed a new appreciation not only on their own history, but also on their level of responsibility in a global world".
Concluding his speech, Naryshkin thanked the deputies for their cooperation. This trust, this support I felt all those years, all those five years, which, I confess, are the best in my professional career."
"A few steps in the right direction"
Over the past nearly five years, the state Duma of the sixth convocation took a few steps in the right direction, said, concluding the spring session, the Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov, quoted by TASS. According to policy, were adopted by the Communist party tabled a bill aimed at improving life in the country in different areas.
Nevertheless, the village continued to writhe in agony," says Zyuganov. "We insisted on the fact that 10 percent of the expenditure part of the budget went to the agriculture support tried to help, but got stuck on one and a half percent," he said. Meanwhile, earlier member of the Presidium of the General Council of the EP, Chairman of the Duma Committee on budget and taxes Andrey Makarov noted that the famous "10 steps" Gennady Zyuganov – "these are the 10 steps that lead to the basement of the merchant Ipatiev house (where in 1918 was shot Nicholas II and his family and intimates)".
Zyuganov said that during the sixth convocation of the lower house "thanks (to the speaker Sergei) Naryshkin has developed an honest dialogue… We are ready for further dialogue, have prepared a real program, we are for honest dialogue during the elections," – said Zyuganov.
"Crimea entered the sixth convocation of the state Duma in history"
The reality contributed to make the rich work of the sixth convocation of the state Duma and, in particular, led to a completely new level of international activities of the lower house of Parliament, said the first Vice-speaker of the state Duma, first Deputy Chairman of the CPRF Central Committee Ivan Melnikov, who was quoted by "Interfax".
"The convening was so rich, what was the reality of the last five years," – said Melnikov. He also noted that first among the most significant results of the work of the convocation, he singled out legal support of the reunification of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia. "This is a very responsible decision forever entered the sixth convocation of the State Duma in the history of our country", – said the MP.
However, he believes that the changes made in the course of the convening of the changes in the electoral legislation went "to the detriment of the growth of the influence of political parties due to the return of single-member districts." "Of course, this is largely adjusted the political system, reduced opportunities for competition with the ruling party," – said Melnikov.
Elections should be as honest as possible
The head of the United Russia faction Vladimir Vasilyev earlier, by contrast, emphasized a much larger number of parties that will take part in the elections, including single-seat districts, increase the efficiency of the political system. Agreed with him and the political scientist, the Director of the Center for socio-political research "Aspect" Georgy Fedorov, who in an interview with the newspaper OPINION noted: the introduction of a mixed system of single-member districts and that the next Duma will be "more interesting, brighter and more representative than the current". He explained that the MPs, if you want them re-elected, will work with the people, "this will improve the quality and efficiency of the State Duma".
Vasiliev, meanwhile, added that the "United Russia", in his opinion, contributed to the development of the political system, organizing the primaries. "Pre-poll voting opens wide the road to representative government for all talented and ambitious Russians. This experiment was a success," – said Vasilyev.
"Deputies from "United Russia" in this convocation are actively implementing the orders of the President of the openness and legitimacy of the election campaign. Elections should be as honest as possible, they should not turn into a mudslinging fight, should not cause any doubt among people", – said the head of the faction. He drew attention to the fact that all the leaders of political parties expressed their readiness to follow the principles stated by the President.
"Deputies were able to achieve results in the field of agriculture development. We have much to be proud of. Russia in 2015 sold more grain than the United States and Canada. This has never happened," – said Vasilyev.
Vasilyev added that a lot of attention was also paid to the development of anti-corruption legislation. "As a result of this work was to reduced domestic corruption, the number of cases of extortion on the road. Russia is successfully fighting terrorism, and we urge other countries to cooperate with us in resolving this issue," – said Vasilyev.
Regarding the special package of initiatives related to strengthening anti-terrorism legislation, Melnikov also noted that "in this convocation it was either pace or ahead of threats." "It is very important that the parliamentary support helped the National anti-terrorism Committee in its work. An important event was the joint session of the two houses on this issue after the tragedy in Sinai," said first Vice-speaker of the state Duma.
He also noted that the important was the inclusion in legislation responsibility of the authorities of the constituent entities of Russia, local self-government bodies in the sphere of interethnic relations. "It would seem that private aspect. But as a member of the presidential Council see and know how important the breach was closed," – said Melnikov. Overall "a little more noticeable was in this convocation, the fight against corruption," he added.
"Together all the great international work, which came in the sixth convocation to a whole new level. I would like to mention the first international parliamentary forum of BRICS and the ratification of the agreement on the New development Bank and the Treaty establishing a pool of foreign exchange reserves of the participating countries," concluded Miller.
"To protect Maidan"
Vasiliev, meanwhile, said: "Significantly improved the situation in the country, we have laid legal grounds to protect the country from processes that occurred in Ukraine, on the Maidan."
He also stressed that "priority of the "United Russia" remains the theme of saving people… life expectancy in Russia is 71 years old, but there is something to strive for, the prospects are positive", – said the head of the United Russia faction. "We have halved the number of children in children's homes, fewer orphans, many citizens have adopted children, we are legally ensured", he said. Vasilyev also added that United Russia was engaged in this convocation improving the effectiveness of parliamentary control. "We were able to find 315 billion rubles, which is inefficient has been used and send to address important problems," – said the MP.
"During this convening we held regular meetings with the government, we were able to engage with it in effective dialogue. This work has yielded good results", – concluded Vasiliev.
Managed to increase the amount of authority
Member of the Presidium of the General Council of the EP, Chairman of the Duma Committee on budget and taxes Andrey Makarov also noted that, among other tasks, the state Duma of the sixth convocation was to establish a process of parliamentary control, this feature has become one of the Central problems for the faction "United Russia" in the house of Parliament, he said. "We managed not only to regain lost functions, but also to the scope of the powers, which the Duma has never been… and control powers of Parliament. The task of the next convocation is to learn how to implement these powers", – said the Deputy.
Makarov cited the example of the party project "kindergartens – to children", which allowed to solve the problem of providing children with places in kindergartens. He noted that today, the program transformed into a program to build new schools, which will be allocated 3 trillion rubles, and the first 25 billion already transferred to the regions, and this is important achievement", said Makarov. "But we need to talk about trillions, but the real results. You need to pay attention to the alarm, the old schools," said the head of the Committee, adding that the control over the expenditure of money that will be allocated for these purposes must also be hard.
The Deputy also spoke about the successful implementation of artproekta "Construction of fitness centres" and "500 swimming pools". "Over the last three years of swimming pools built more than in the entire existence of the Soviet Union. This is a quite significant figure," – he stressed.
"Something to be proud of"
The Chairman "Fair Russia" Sergei Mironov, summarizing the activities of the Duma of the sixth convocation, said that the assessment of its work higher than satisfactory, he would not put notes on the website of the party. According to the politician, speaking about the social component of the state Duma of the VI convocation, here is nothing to boast. "We have extended the free privatization, but, in my opinion, it is necessary to do a perpetual. Benefits for retirees on the overhaul plus can not be put because it was not necessary to adopt the law on capital repairs". The Deputy noted that the fraction of CP is a strong second place by quantity of the introduced legislative initiatives.
However, Mironov expressed gratitude to the Chairman of the state Duma Sergei Naryshkin. "Despite the fact that he's a member of "United Russia" and represents the party in the opposition which we are, cannot fail to note that Sergey Naryshkin from the point of view of the organization of the entire State Duma and conduct of plenary meetings is coming to a perfect speaker – absolute democracy, equal treatment of representatives of all factions. Comments were made when it was required by the regulations. The fact that the state Duma VI convocation has become a place for discussion, in contrast to the position of the previous Chairman, is the merit of Sergei Naryshkin," – said Mironov.
In spite of the opposition position, the leader spravedlivorossov has pointed out, "something to be proud of… this is a bill on the restoration of historical justice – the return of the Crimea to Russia. This is a truly historic event. And in the end, many will be forgotten, but that the State Duma of the VI convocation held all of these decisions, so the memory will remain". The parliamentarian also added that the emotional and logical point in the work of the state Duma of the VI convocation put the President's visit on June 22.
"We supported the actions of our country"
Speaking about the upcoming elections, the LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky also drew attention to the disadvantages of a mixed system. "The mixed system is not in any European country. It hinders the development of political parties. And then democracy will be strong when strong political parties. When the economy is strong, when a strong democracy. Why we said goodbye to the USSR – was a strong economy, but no democracy. And a strong economy are unable to keep the country", – gave the example of Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
Speaking about the work in the foreign policy of Russia, the LDPR leader said: "We supported the actions of our country in Syria, in Ukraine, in the Crimea. The liberal democratic party was supported by the Crimea since 1991, with the first days of this illegal coup. We only responded to the call of the State emergency Committee (emergency Committee). It was created in accordance with the law. Government: the consolidation of the territories of Russia need 40 provinces, five million people. This is our strategy and concept. It is economically advantageous. It is necessary to create the potential power of Economics.Related posts:


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The Cab Inn is a small chain of a few hotels in Denmark, half of which are in Copenhagen. Their motto is Sleep Cheap in Luxury. Clearly, I have a very different definition of "luxury" than the Danes. ok, so they put a small tv in each room (with only danish and swedish channels), and a kettle, tea, and coffee in each room. But luxury? that might be a bit of a stretch.
Nonetheless, the Cab Inn isn't a bad hotel, particularly considering the prices of hotels in Copenhagen, particularly during peak (summer) season. There are three Cab Inn hotels in Copenhagen, one in Aarhus, and one somewhere on the left coast of the country. The Cab Inn City is about two blocks south of the train station and Tivoli, so it is quite convenient and easy to get to. However, if you keep your window open you can hear the rides at Tivoli a bit, and there is also a police station across the the street -- though I rarely heard sirens.
A single is about 71 euros, and the same room but for two people is 87 euros. The basic room has bunk beds -- yes, bunk beds. Actually, there is even a third trundle bed (full size) so that the room can be a triple. But the rooms are quite small -- as most hotel rooms in Copenhagen are -- so I am not sure where anyone would put their bags if the third mattress were pulled out so that someone could sleep on it. There are also rooms with larger beds, though I have not seem one of them personally.
The rooms also have a tall somewhat narrow window which doubles as the door to step out onto the balcony. The views, mostly, are nothing to write home about. But at least it is fresh air, which is nice in the summer. Each room also has its own bathroom, which is, like the rest of the room, tiny. Spacewise perhaps it is a bit larger than the bathroom at the hotel in which I stayed in Monaco, but the sink and shower are also connected. There are two things at the sink -- one is the hot/cold/on/off thing, and the other switches the water from the sink to the shower. The shower is in the far corner and just has a shower curtain that closes in a circle around yourself -- but without including the sink (some other Copenhagen hotels to do that). Which means that to turn the shower on or off, you have to open up part of the shower curtain. In other words, the bathroom gets soaked. But at least it's a private bathroom.
Breakfast is usually included in the room price, but I think it may be possible to not pay for the breakfast. Considering how expensive Denmark is, I would recommend the breakfast because you eat breakfast there and pack yourself a lunch, too. There is the typical European breakfast spread -- cereal museli, yogurt, breads, meats, cheeses, and drinks. The coolest is the cheese machine that takes two large things of cheese and slices them in perfect slices with such ease. Quite possibly the best part of the Cab Inn.
The hotel also has wireless in the lobby and breakfast room, though I had some difficulties getting it to work. The guy at the front desk told me that European computers seem to work by not American ones, but I don't buy that. It may not be as luxurious as you might think from the hotel's slogan, but compared to what else is in Copenhagen, it is actually a much better price for about the same small room.
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Very small rooms, but very clean, affordable and all you really need when traveling. Close to Copenhagen Central train station, the city center, Tivoli, Nyhavn, the Stroget shopping district and the Little Mermaid all within walking distance.
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Transport for NSW has extended the deadline for the technology industry to express interest in shaping the state's future transport systems through the Smart Innovation Centre until June 10.
The Centre aims to be a hub for collaboration, research, demonstration and piloting emerging transport and road technologies, including connected and automated vehicles and intelligent transport systems.
Secretary of Transport for NSW, Tim Reardon, said it was on the cusp of using its road infrastructure in a much smarter way and it was an opportunity to improving the efficiency, accessibility and safety of road travel.
"Transport for NSW is determined not to get in the way of innovation – we want to support and contribute to the next big ideas," Reardon said.
"That's why we're preparing now for the eventual arrival of automated vehicles and working with our federal and interstate counterparts to explore the legislative, regulatory and road design changes necessary to allow the introduction of these types of technologies in the future.
It is currently inviting Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from organisations and individuals who are interested in participating in the governance of the Smart Innovation Centre and/or investing and collaborating on technology projects including testing of vehicles and technologies; pilots and demonstrations for connected and automated vehicles and collaborative research projects, data simulations or modelling of the outcomes of new transport technologies.
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Baylor's Truett Seminary Prepares for First CommencementMay 2, 1997
WACO, Texas - A century after the legendary George W. Truett received his diploma from Baylor University, the seminary bearing his name at his alma mater will recognize its first graduates in ceremonies May 16-17.
George W. Truett Theological Seminary will hold a baccalaureate service at 6 p.m. Friday, May 16, in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Waco, 500 Webster. Dr. Frank Pollard, pastor of First Baptist Church of Jackson, Miss. and former president of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, will be the guest speaker.
During the baccalaureate service, Dr. Brad Creed, dean of the seminary, will present the students with alumni pins bearing the name and logo of the seminary and the year 1997. The students also will receive leather-bound New American Standard Bibles, donated by the Lockman Foundation of LaHabra, Calif. And, as the first graduates of Truett Seminary, the students will be given medallions marking the centennial of Truett's graduation and the continuation of his legacy through the seminary. The medallions feature images of Truett and the Baylor campus along with the seminary's logo.
Thirty students will receive their degrees during commencement ceremonies at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17, in the Ferrell Center at Baylor University. (An additional six seminarians are scheduled to graduate by December 1997.) Dr. Robert B. Sloan Jr., president of Baylor and the first dean of the seminary, will present the diplomas to the graduates.
William "Bill" David Shiell of Pensacola, Fla., has been selected as the Outstanding Student for the first graduating class.
The Rev. George W. Truett graduated from Baylor in 1897. As Southern Baptists' most prominent pastor and ardent advocate of religious liberty, Truett served as pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas for 47 years until his death in 1944. Before Truett enrolled at Baylor, he raised $92,000 during a 23-month period ending in 1893 to clear the university's debt. He later served 46 years as a Baylor trustee.
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Today is the first day of the 31st Alaska Folk Festival, and to some, therefore, it's spring.
For others, well, there will be little chance of avoiding the banjo players, the accordionists and the hundreds of musicians expected to descend on the town from Alaska, Canada, Ireland and all parts of the Lower 48.
The folk fest, today through Sunday, April 17, will include more than 150 musical acts at Centennial Hall and the National Guard Armory. Hundreds more will jam in cafes, parks, hotel rooms, bars, alcoves and open spaces all over town.
This year's guest artist is Jawbone, an old-time trio of Tony Trischka (banjo), Bruce Molsky (fiddle) and Paula Badley (guitar). The group formed last fall, though all three have been widely recognized in bluegrass and/or old-time circles for quite some time.
The action starts at 7 p.m. each night at Centennial Hall, with each act getting its 15 minutes on stage. On Saturday and Sunday, afternoon sets at the hall run from noon-4 p.m. The armory, across the parking lot from Centennial Hall, will host dance sets from 7 p.m. until late Thursday through Saturday.
Everything is free. And the Centennial Hall sets will be broadcast live on KTOO-FM, and over the Internet at ktoo.org. For a complete schedule of events, with updates check out www.juneau.com/affg.
Jazzesorri, a group of students from the Juneau Montessori Jazz Ensemble, has the honor of opening the festival at 7 p.m.
Jeff Hill, an acoustic guitarist and a bicycle shop owner on the Mendenhall Peninsula, has the 7:45 p.m. slot. He's played with the band Earthen Vessel, and he performed at last year's folk fest, providing harmonica backup for friend Greg Maloney. This year will be his first appearance with his own material.
Hill has two songs planned, a surprise Hank Williams tune, and "Casualty," a song he wrote for three Juneau men who died at age 20 in the Vietnam War.
Today's schedule: All shows at Centennial Hall, free
7 p.m. - Jazzesorri, Douglas. Students from the Montessori adolescent program jazz improv class.
7:15 - Kray Van Kirk, Juneau. Singer/Songwriter.
7:30 - Twice the Size of My Belly, Juneau. Aldyn Brudie, Charli Childers.
7:45 - Jeff Hill, Juneau.
8:00 - Tom Waits For No One. Michael Bucy, Buzz Ritter, Albert McDonnell, Dale McFarlin, Douglas.
8:15 - Don't Go, Stey, Juneau. Jim Stey, Martha Stey.
8:30 - Dave Stancliff & Friends, Tok. Dave Stancliff, Becky Miller, Laurie Miller, Luke Nelson, Connie Nelson, Rich Matson, Bob Rearson.
8:45 - Dave Bowen and Bruce Gartner, San Diego, Calif.
9 - The Preserves Festival Band, Juneau. Tony Tengs, Albert McDonnell, George Wallace, Bill Glude & others.
9:15 - Invisible Circus, Juneau. Brian Sullivan and Friends.
9:30 - Out of the Blue, Douglas. Joe Funk, Kathleen Wiest, Craig Mapes, John Sisk play a few folk classics.
9:45 - Teri Tibbett, Juneau. Original songs & stories.
10 - The Buckley Women, Juneau. Linda Buckley, Cadie Buckley, Ann Marie Buckley, Bree Simpson, Caleb.
10:15 - Rory Merritt Stitt, Juneau.
10:30 - Patrice Helmar, Juneau. Original songs.
Charles F. Gamble Jr., born in Juneau, was a heavy equipment driver in Vietnam and died Oct. 28, 1969, in Kontum, South Vietnam, according to a searchable database of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at thewall-usa.com. Kirk Owen Barkley, born in Michigan, was a reconnaisance specialist and died Aug. 9, 1970, in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Both were Hill's friends. They graduated from Juneau-Douglas with him in 1968.
Donald Walter Sperl, born in Juneau, was a medic and died May 8, 1968, in Kontum. He was a basketball star at JDHS and graduated a few years before Hill.
For years, the high school used to put on the Sperl-Gamble Memorial Run, a 5K to raise money for scholarships.
"It's a song of honor and remembrance," said Hill, who was shipped to Germany during the war. "For me, it had a lot to do with current events. We're in another tough situation in Iraq and Afghanistan, and were losing more casualties. I'm not a war protester, but I think that sometimes we just forget to honor these people."
Hill owns Disciple Bike Shop and gives away bicycles - 30 to 40 a year - to kids who couldn't otherwise afford them. He's played guitar on and off for the last eight years, and more intently in the last three or four. He wrote "Casualty" in January and played it for a couple friends, then played it during a talent show at his church.
"Some people said that might be a good song to do at the folk fest, and it went from there," Hill said. "It wasn't my intention. It was a song I put together, and it morphed into doing the festival."
"I really enjoy the atmosphere, and I like all the performers," he said. "The guests artists are always tremendous. I have CDs of Buddy Tabor, and I enjoy listening to Teri Tibbett. It's just a joy to be playing."
Hill actually shares the Monday set with Tibbett. She goes on at 9:45.
The Buckley Women, a folk festival tradition started by Linda Buckley, is back for the first time in two years. They play at 10, right after Tibbett, and before Rory Merritt Stitt (10:15) and Patrice Helmar (10:30).
The Buckleys missed last year while one of the women had a baby. The group writes all original songs, usually risqué.
Past tunes have included, "Itchy Footed Woman," about a woman itching to escape the weather in Juneau, and "Starr Hill Heartache," about a man who treated one of the Buckleys poorly.
"The year we did that song, afterwards about 40 guys asked if the song was about them," Linda Buckley said. "I think that's why we got to be popular. Everyone knoew that we were going to play original songs, and they knew they were going to relate to them on some level."
This year's set include, "Purple Shirted Man," about a man one of the Buckleys met at a past folk festival.
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The domain name seems to be registered to a person in Florida
This is the log-in page -
@teriziegler I found the domain: scentedink.org which was purchased by you in 2011. Though it's now registered under a different account name: 'scentedInk'. Is that your account? if not, perhaps you can contact the owner and ask for more clarification.
Yes, that is me. I saw the profile pic I used back then, a heart with cross in the sand. So that was me. Now what do I do? I want to have a blog, but not pay the $18 fee.
Then log into the link I gave you and stop the auto renew - there is a lost password option at the link - and if you have trouble with the email or user name there is a need more help option somewhere (sorry can't remember exactly) - the reset password will be sent to the email of record for your old account
As auxclass says you can renew the domain at: https://scentedinkdesign.wordpress.com/wp-admin/paid-upgrades.php?page=my-upgrades . Make sure you are logged in as 'scentedink' though.
Okay, I finally logged in & cannot find "auto renew" to stop it.
Where do I find that on my blog site?
I can stop the auto-renew for your upgrade. Please log in as 'scentedInk' and reply to this thread to verify the ownership of the account.
Kardotim, Please go ahead & stop the auto-renew for upgrade. I do want to blog, but not pay this fee. Thanks so much for taking care of this for me. Can you let me know when you have stopped it.
@teriziegler you need to be logged in as 'scentedInk' for @kardotim to stop the auto renew - the instructions need to come from the logged in account that owns the upgrade - that is to protect everyone
@teriziegler please login as 'scentedinks' (not scentedink) to verify the domain upgrade ownership.
You guys are being so patient with me. I want the autorenew stopped and also my $18 refunded. I did go try to log in as scentedinks. The password I use when I log in as teriziegler, would not work, so I thought I must need a new password for scentedinks log in. But when I went to change the password, they sent me an email that said "Someone recently requested that the password be reset for teriziegler." Well...I don't want a new password for teriziegler. I've changed that a bunch of times trying to figure this out. I'm so confused! Please don't give up on me. My husband wants me to take care of this. Why can't someone talk with me on the phone at WordPress??!!
@teriziegler - log out of that account - you can't be logged in at all
Then go to the log-in page - and do the lost password process with 'scentedinks' as noted above
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The sound of a cork popping sets the mood – frivolous, fun- a celebration in the making. What better way to celebrate a new year's arrival than with a new bottle of bubbly.
I'm a traditionalist, generally speaking, when it comes to champagnes. French (the true champagne) is my favorite, but let's get real, with the Euro soaring into the heavens, the 'real deal' is real expensive.
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If you like just a tad bit of sweetness, the Lucien Albrecht Crémant d'Alsace is another lovely rosé. Also under $20. Central Market has this one.
A big crowd pleaser for only $12 is the Korbel Brut…it's one of the winners of the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo's wine event. Easy to find (HEB), and easy on the pocketbook. Another nice sparkling available at HEB is the "J" from Sonoma.
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Joanna Killian of KPMG, Andrea Sutcliffe of the Care Quality Commission and Polly Mackenzie of the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute offered their top tips for women working in the public sector
Joanna Killian was eight and a half months pregnant when she found herself on the 28th storey of a half built tower block. She was managing the construction project and had convinced herself refusing to get in the lift would be seen as proof she was unfit to do her job.
"On that particular day I was feeling awful, but a very senior minister was coming to visit the project," Ms Killian told a KPMG event exploring the experiences of women in the public sector. "So I got into this cradle lift on the outside of the building and stepped onto the top of the roof, which only had a tiny barrier around the edge.
"I staggered around, trying to be perfect, came back down, got out of the lift and thought, 'what on earth am I doing?'. I felt if I didn't get into the lift as a pregnant woman, I would be threatened and unable to come back to my job."
The facts about gender equality – or the lack thereof – are well known. In the public sector, the situation is particularly damning. While the majority of the health and social care workforce is female, very few reach the upper echelons of the organisations for which they work.
Ms Killian was joined at the event marking International Women's Day by two other women in senior public sector positions – Andrea Sutcliffe, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Polly Mackenzie, Director of the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute. Together, they offered a series of tips for women in their field.
"I used to do loads of things I thought people would want me to do that were just not me," said Ms Killian, recalling the lift incident. "Be authentic. Don't do completely daft things because you feel you have to prove a point."
Ms Sutcliffe echoed the sentiment. She rejects the role of regulator "as someone who walks around with a clipboard and tick boxes, trying to catch people out." Instead, she asks her inspectors to use 'the mum test': would they be happy for someone they love to receive the care being inspected?
"That's really resonated, and it's made people aware of the reasons why I do the job."
Ms Sutcliffe revealed she was very close to never taking up her role at the CQC in 2013, not because her interviewers ruled her out, but because she nearly ruled herself out.
"I'm not absolutely sure what it was that the headhunter said to me, but two days before the interview I nearly withdrew. I thought that I was making up the numbers, and they were just interviewing me because they wanted somebody a little bit different to talk to."
Having the confidence to go for a job is a real issue, she said. "Women will look at a person specification and there'll be 10 things on it that we have to do deliver on, and we can do eight and we can't do two, and so we don't apply. And there will be men who will look at a person specification and say: I can do two, and I'll blag the other eight. So there is something about believing in yourself."
It was Ms Sutcliffe's husband who convinced her to persist with her application for the CQC job. The importance of having a supportive partner was a recurrent theme during the KPMG event, especially for those with children. Polly Mackenzie was keen to stress the support needs to run both ways.
"I think it's actually really challenging for men to take time away from work – to take this exchangeable parental leave that was introduced, to work four days a week, to work from home, to go home early," argued Ms Mackenzie.
"We have to all support each other to allow the caring part of life – which is something that is fundamental to everything that we live for – to be shared rather than be divided down this gender barrier."
It's not just partners who can offer support. So too can friends and colleagues.
"As somebody who grew up as a working class girl going to a comprehensive in the north east of England, quite frankly the idea that I'd be sitting here today would be beyond my wildest comprehension and dreams," Ms Sutcliffe told the audience. "But along the way there have been a variety of opportunities that have arisen, and I've been helped to take those opportunities." And she was keen to note: "nearly all of the people I have worked for and most of the people who have encouraged me to take on other and new roles have been men."
Ms Mackenzie revealed her own "radicalisation as a feminist in the workplace" came when she returned from maternity leave to find six people had replaced her and she no longer had enough to do – a depressing reflection on the challenges that still face women in senior public sector positions.
But she is optimistic about the future. "Gender equality is something we can fix," she said. "There doesn't need to be eternal special stuff for women and special stuff for men – we can get over this."
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The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) has announced that both the IAEM-Global Partners in Preparedness Award and the IAEM-USA Partners in Preparedness Award for 2011 have been awarded to the Texas Emergency Tracking Network for its cooperative data-sharing project. Project partners named in the award include Texas Department of Public Safety Emergency Management Division, Texas Dept of State Health Services, Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council, Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council, Sabine-Neches Chief's Association, University of Texas Center for Space Research and Radiant RFID, LLC.
The Texas Emergency Tracking Network (TxETN) is a comprehensive network of systems which allow emergency management and healthcare officials across the state to update the last known location of citizens who have been impacted by a disaster so that families can be reunited and overall response can be enhanced. Data systems linked by the data sharing project are: Radiant RFID's EvacCenter, ESi's WebEOC, Intermedix's EMTrack and the Southeast Texas regional tracking system developed by the Sabine Neches Chief's Association.
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The IAEM-USA awards certificates will be presented at the IAEM-USA Annual Conference, Nov. 11-17, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The IAEM-Global awards certificates will be presented at the IAEM-Global Annual Conference, EMEC Europa, held Oct. 11-13, 2011, in Munich Germany.
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Joleon Lescott has urged Manchester City fans to get behind striker Carlos Tevez.
Lescott urged fans to remember what Tevez, 28, has achieved at City - rather than the trouble he has caused.
Lescott said: "You need to appreciate what he has done for the club over the last two years - just take on board what he has done.
"We don't need any disruptions and no one here sees Carlos as that.
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Rebirth: Recent Work by Mariko Mori
Friday, October 11, 2013 — Sunday, January 12, 2014
An icon of 1990s Japanese pop art, the visionary artist Mariko Mori has always transformed herself effortlessly and faster than anyone else into the future. Japan Society Gallery presents her latest countenance in this major solo exhibition, Rebirth, as a significant artistic statement by Mori. The entire gallery space is transformed into Mori's world through 35 sculptures, drawings, photographs, sound and video works, strung together into a narrative of birth, death and rebirth—a continuous circle of life force that the artist observes on a cosmic scale. Journey through space, time and consciousness in this immersive installation.
$12; students & seniors $10, Japan Society members & children under 16 free. Admission is free to all on Friday nights, 6-9 pm. (*Please note: On Nov. 22, Dec. 6, and Dec. 13, the Gallery will close at 6 pm, with free admission from 4-6 pm.)
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The exhibition is generously supported by Chris A. Wachenheim, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation, Harold and Ruth Newman, The Japan Foundation, Mori Building Co., Ltd., Barrisol and Barrisol USA, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, Shiraishi Masami, Lucio and Joan Noto, Thierry and Yasko Porté, Jack and Susy Wadsworth, Charlotte Feng Ford, Mika Seki, SHISEIDO CO., LTD., New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and an anonymous donor.
Media sponsorship is provided by WNYC.
Transportation assistance is provided by Japan Airlines.
Additional support is provided by Zumtobel Lighting, Inc.
Exhibitions at Japan Society are made possible in part by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Endowment Fund, Director's Circle members, and the Friends of the Gallery.
Image: Mariko Mori (b. 1967), Transcircle 1.1, 2004. Stone, Corian, LED, real time control system, 132 3/8 inches in diameter; each stone 43 3/8 x 22 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Courtesy of Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.


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Anyone in the media business knows that a headline writer's goal is to attract a potential reader to an article. So when a provocative headline says something like Green Party MLA supports refinery, you can bet that heads will turn. In this age of sound bites and 140 character tweets, too often the subtleties explored within the full article are overlooked. And that is precisely what is wrong with much of our political discourse in British Columbia. Issues are not black and white; they are nuanced shades of grey.
In what follows, I provide an analysis of the issues surrounding the expansion of tar sands and proposed pipeline projects in North America. I am hoping this piece will provide a catalyst for further discussion.
1. Bitumen by rail
In British Columbia, oil is currently being brought by rail to Vancouver. In fact bitumen by rail is on the rise and frankly, there is little we can do about that.
Under the Canada Transportation Act there are a number of obligations that rail companies must comply with. If they do not comply with these obligations they can be taken to court. Here are three examples:
So what does this all mean? If a company based in Alberta wishes to ship heavy crude to Prince Rupert or Kitimat they can choose to ship it through a railway corporation. Legally CNI or CP would be obligated to accept such a cargo, as long as it met the current regulations (e.g. type of tanker car, adequate loading and unloading facilities, proper labeling and quantities). They could negotiate on liability concerns but must sign an agreement dividing the proportion of liability if an accident was to occur. But in other words, the rail company cannot say 'no'.
Numerous derailments have been in the news of late. I am reasonably confident that I am not alone in British Columbia in wanting to slow down the flow of bitumen by rail though Vancouver and numerous communities in the BC interior.
2. The Kinder Morgan pipeline
In British Columbia, diluted bitumen (dilbit) is also being piped through the Kinder Morgan line to Burnaby where it is loaded onto tankers. About one tanker a week laden with dilbit is passing along the coast of the Oak Bay-Gordon Head riding on its way to refineries in Asia or California. In the fall of 2013, Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Natural Resources Canada published a report entitled Properties, Composition and Marine Spill Behaviour, Fate and Transport of Two Diluted Bitumen Produc ts form the Canadian Oil Sands. Its findings were clear. These include:
Now one thing is certain, with the Fraser River outflow, we have no shortage of sediments suspended in the waters of Juan de Fuca and Georgia Strait. Can you imagine the economic and environmental costs of a dilbit spill in Vancouver Harbour or the coastal waters along Vancouver Island? This is why I called for moratorium on dilbit tanker traffic from the Burnaby port on September 19, 2013.
In fact a recently released government-commissioned risk analysis has identified the southern tip of Vancouver Island (which includes the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head) as one of the most probable areas for a major heavy oil spill. The report notes that both the Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan proposals would lead to "very high" risk of a major oil spill. That's frankly unacceptable.
3. The Alberta tar sands and climate change
I've worked as a climate scientist for more than 20 years and served as a Lead Author on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I acted as the Chief Editor of the Journal of Climate published by the American Meteorological Society for five years and I've published numerous papers on the topic. Rest assured, I understand the profound consequences that global warming has and will have on our natural environment. Frankly, witnessing British Columbia drift away from its position of leadership on this file is one of the main reasons I decided to run for office.
In 2012 Neil Swart, a PhD student working in my lab, and I published a paper examining the global warming potential of a variety of resources. I further expanded upon this in a piece I wrote in the Huffington Post. We asked the specific question as to how much global warming would occur if we completely burned a variety of fossil fuel resources. Here is what we calculated for the following resources:
In other words, the global warming potential of the Alberta tar sands, and in fact all global conventional and unconventional oil reserves, pale in comparison with the potential from coal and unconventional natural gas. This does not mean the tar sands get a "get out of jail free" card. They represent the largest source of greenhouse gas emission growth in Canada and are the single largest reason Canada is failing to meet it's international climate commitments and failing to be a climate leader.
There are many problems with the rate at which tar sand development is expanding as I note in this Youtube video. This is why I joined Chief Adam of the Chipewyan Nation and Neil Young in a press conference on January 12 to launch the Honour the Treaties tour. I support Chief Adam in his Draw a Line in the Sand campaign. To quote Chief Adam from the press conference: "We don't want to shut down the tar sands, we want to slow down the tar sands". The Chipewyan First Nation is asking that their Treaty 8 rights be respected. They want promises of reclamation to keep pace with expansion; and they want assurances that they will have access to clean water.
What does slow down mean to me? It means fulfilling promises to reclaim the land that has been disturbed by existing tar sands exploration. It means ensuring that production doesn't exceed the present rate of around two million barrels per day. It means reclamation must be ramped up because expansion of the tar sands to date has vastly exceeded reclamation. And it means the implementation of a national strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and our reliance on fossil fuels using the wealth of today to position ourselves for the economy of tomorrow, much as Norway has done in Europe.
4. The Keystone XL pipeline
The discovery of enormous reserves of shale oil in the Bakken and Eagle Ford formations in the United States means that for the first time since 1973 (when a ban on crude oil exports was introduced), the US is considering exporting crude oil abroad. At the same time, President Obama is mulling over a long awaited decision concerning the Keystone pipeline approval. The US State Department recently released their Final Environmental Impact Statement providing the necessary background information to inform President Obama's decision.
I believe that President Obama will reject the Keystone pipeline application. While I expect his rationale will be cloaked in environmental concerns, I suspect that central to his decision will be a desire to ensure a domestic market for Bakken and Eagle Ford formation shale oil. That is, the construction of the Keystone pipeline will mean a commitment to dependence on dilbit from the tar sands and further pressure to export US produced shale oil. By rejecting the Keystone pipeline application, there will be a US market for US shale oil thereby keeping in place the 1973 ban on exports.
So where does the drying up of the US market leave Canadian tar sand production? There will be enormous pressure from an industry that has invested billions and a federal government that has gone all-in on tar sands bitumen extraction as a catalyst for the Canadian economy to push this land-locked product to foreign markets. I, like many of you, did not vote for this government. And I, like many of you, believe that Mr. Harper has done enormous damage to our country's identity and international reputation. But does this mean I am trying to shut down Canada's oil and gas industry? Of course not.
5. The Northern Gateway pipeline
The proposed Northern Gateway project would see 525,000 barrels of the heavy oil diluted bitumen (dilbit) transported across British Columbia each day and loaded onto super tankers for shipment to international refineries. I've been opposed to the Northern Gateway project for quite some time for a number of reasons.
First and foremost, Northern Gateway does not have a social license to proceed. Virtually every First Nation is opposed to the project and the Northern Gateway pipeline would go through their traditional territories so their wishes must be respected. The overwhelming majority of British Columbians are also against this project. As far as I am concerned, Northern Gateway has burned too many bridges, alienated too many First Nations and lost the trust of the people of BC. It's time for the Northern Gateway proponents to move on.
Second, tanker traffic along the BC coast is an accident waiting to happen as the waters are hazardous to navigate. Were a dilbit spill to occur, the Environmental destruction would be profound. To date no oil spill response study has been able to account for dilbit; studies have only analyzed what would happen in the case of a spill from more commonly shipped crude oil. According to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' own recent submission to Treasury Board: "Behaviour models specific to dilbit spills do not exist, and existing commercial models for conventional oil do not allow parameter specific modifications." But dilbit is unlike other crude oils in that whereas most oils will float on the surface, dilbit can sink. Once that happens, we don't know where it will go, how it will interact with currents and tides or how we could reasonably clean it up. In some areas it is projected that only 3% of floating crude oil could be cleaned up in the event of a spill. That number is already dismally low. With dilbit it would be even lower. We need to keep dilbit out of our coastal waters.
Third, I am troubled by the potential for lasting environmental degradation should a dilbit leak occur in the pristine wilderness regions of Northern BC. This is particularly concerning if such a leak occurred in the vicinity of a stream or river. We have to look no further than the July 2010 Kalamazoo River dilbit spill to see what the effects might be. Three and a half years later, they are still trying to clean up the remnants of the 3.3 million litre spill.
Fourth, shipping raw products abroad means shipping jobs abroad. Other nations need propane, jet fuel, diesel, lumber and paper. They do not need dilbit and raw logs. We should be providing increased value here in Canada.
6. The BC Government's five conditions.
The British Columbia government has outlined five conditions that must be met for their acceptance of heavy oil pipelines projects. These are
I support these five conditions. But in addition and for the reasons outline above, the BC Green Party has added a sixth condition:
On December 19th, the National Energy Board Joint Review Panel recommended that the federal government approve the Northern Gateway project subject to 209 conditions that should be met. This decision partially meets the first condition above. The final decision on project approval now rests with Mr. Harper and his cabinet. They have until June 17, 2014 to respond. If Obama does not approve the Keystone XL pipeline, Harper will be under increased pressure to give the go ahead to Northern Gateway despite the wishes of British Columbians and the fact that 2015 is an election year.
Were this to occur, it would be particularly ironic since in 1980 when Trudeau introduced the National Energy Program, Albertans were outraged. They argued that it was utterly inappropriate for the federal government to interfere with their energy policy as it was deemed to be within provincial jurisdiction.
7. Future pipelines
While continuing to oppose the unbounded growth of bitumen extraction from the tar sands and to highlight the dangers of transporting it across our province, we must be honest about the immense economic pressure to transport it across BC so that it can be exported overseas. While the safest solution for BC would be no new pipelines, we have a responsibility to educate ourselves about what proposals are on the table.
David Black is one of my constituents, and I met with him to explore the details behind his refinery proposal. From what I gathered he too wants to protect this coast and, in my view, it is his opposition to the sheer recklessness of proposing to load super tankers with impossible-to-clean-up dilbit that has caused him to search for alternatives. He too is apparently concerned about greenhouse gas emissions, which is why he proposed to build a refinery using the more expensive Fischer-Tropsch technology.
As with any fossil fuel project, the Kitimat refinery proposal poses serious environmental risks, not the least of which concerns a pipeline he would need to build to feed the refinery. Even if British Columbia insisted that bitumen be upgraded to synthetic crude in Alberta prior to its shipment, any transport of oil beneath our rivers is risky business, and so far I haven't seen any appetite by British Columbians to take on these kinds of risks.
Any major project like this across the unceded territories of our First Nations fundamentally requires First Nation support as partners from the onset, not after the fact. Any major project like this would require a social license from British Columbians for it to proceed.
The Kitimat refinery proposal goes a long way to addressing the second of the five BC Government conditions. It meets the 6th condition of the BC Green Party since he would propose shipping diesel, propane and jet fuel rather than heavy oil. These products are already shipped to the Islands along our coast to meet local needs. But he certainly has his work cut out for him if he wishes to meet the other conditions.
8. Positioning ourselves for tomorrow
As the Green MLA for Oak-Bay Gordon Head, the first Green MLA in North America, and as someone who has spent my life working in the area of climate science, for anyone to suggest that I am "pro-oil" or "pro-pipeline" is frankly ridiculous.
Do I believe that we should strive to build value-added industry and to create good, long term jobs for British Columbians? Absolutely. Did I say that the Kitimat refinery proposal has merit? Yes within the context outlined above and as we transition to a low carbon economy. Am I in advocating for pipelines? No. Am I endorsing a specific project? No.
Let's move beyond the eye-popping headlines and see what I actually said in the articles that appeared in the Georgia Strait here and here, the Victoria Times Colonist and the Prince George Citizen.
1) "I like to think the Green Party as a science-based, evidence-based common sense party,"
2) "It's a party that realizes that we need gasoline in our cars but we also need to have a strategy to wean ourselves off that."
3) "We've always said we'd like to see a transition as quickly as possible away from fossil-fuel dependence to renewable forms, and if we can use some of the wealth of today to assist us in that transition rapidly, so much the better,"
4) "Rail is bad news, dilbit in the water is bad news, dilbit on land over rivers and streams is potentially very bad news"
5) "B.C. Greens have agreed and accepted the five conditions of the B.C. Liberal government"
6) "There should be no transport of diluted bitumen both on land, which means through a pipeline, and coastal waters."
7) "Obviously as the Green Party [MLA], I'd prefer to keep it in the ground as much as possible and start to invest sooner than later into the low-carbon economy of tomorrow, but I'm pragmatic and I recognize at some point one may need to develop a compromise and a compromise solution is one that would actually give jobs in B.C."
8) "He said the upgraded synthetic crude, while still posing some environmental challenges, would be better than a diluted bitumen pipeline similar to the one proposed by Northern Gateway."
9) "As far as I'm concerned, the Northern Gateway project is dead"
10) "But you don't move society forward by only saying no to everything."
That sure doesn't look like advocating for a specific project. In fact, you'll also note:
11) "Weaver doesn't think its appropriate for an MLA to endorse or advocate for a specific project"
We must find solutions to transition our society away from fossil fuels in general, and coal in particular. However we must also recognize that this transition will not happen overnight. The coming decades will still see oil in our plastics and gas in our cars.
The British Columbia Green Party is a party of solutions, principled, pragmatic, and focused on building a prosperous Green British Columbia. To do this, we must be prepared to think outside the box and give any proposal a fair hearing, assessing it on its merits and then deciding what is in the best interest of the Province.
But it is British Columbians alone who can make these decisions. I believe that our democracy should be healthy enough for us to discuss the options we have and difficulties we face, without rushing to judgment. Our province has great potential, but it is only when we can talk together, that we can move toward the future we deserve.
And finally, let's be clear, the BC Green Party is not a protest movement. We are a political party trying to move us forward towards a sustainable world recognizing that we are not there now. That is why I am hoping to reinvigorate the energy debate in BC. We need to discuss uncomfortable issues in an open and honest way. To those politicians who claim to be so concerned about greenhouse gas emissions, where are your voices in opposition to the proposed expansion of thermal coal exports? To those politicians who claim to be concerned about heavy oil spills, where are your voices with respect to existing dilbit transported to Burnaby and through our coastal waters? You should be joining me in demanding that bitumen is upgraded to synthetic crude in Alberta and that heavy oil be kept out of our coastal waters. To those politicians who claim to be against pipelines, where are your voices with respect to the growing trend of rail transport and the fact that the common carrier obligation prohibits a rail company from saying no to transport.
It's time to get politics out of environmental policy and environmental policy into politics. After all, the environment really doesn't care what political party you belong to.
"There will be enormous pressure from an industry that has invested billions and a federal government that has gone all-in on tar sands bitumen extraction as a catalyst for the Canadian economy to push this land-locked product to foreign markets."
Last time I checked… Canada is not land-locked. If you view Alberta as a separate country, then yes, it is land-locked. This attitude is divisive and very frustrating. Why, if we are all Canadians, are we fighting each other? Meanwhile we sell our oil at a 20% discount to Americans.
As an Albertan, I am growing to truly hate British Columbia. I do not see you as my fellow countryman. You are becoming my enemy. This is what the American elite want.
Solar airships are already being used to transport fuel to remote areas. Why have we not considered using solar airships as an alternative to pipelines or rail? Not only would this mean no tankers in the marine ecosystems off the coast of BC, no tankers in the oceans, no encroachment of FN land or wildlife habitat, no derailments like we saw at Lake Magnata, no leaking pipelines, and it would create jobs beyond the tar sands (MB has been developing airship technologies, has the engineers, the technicians trained for building aircraft and really needs the jobs). Also investing in airships means that the infrustructure could be used to transport more than just oil (also lumber, food etc).
As were many people, I was very surprised by the headline about Andrew Weaver backing Black's proposal and am happy to read this excellent article as directed by Weaver in his letter to the TC. However I am puzzled as to why Weaver did not write a more detailed clarification to the TC of his position rather than just referring people to this article. I am concerned that many people will not take the time to go to this link and become informed about the nuance of his position and will simply remember the headline. It is all about the sound bites unfortunately.
Rather than dissecting Andrew Weaver's "analysis of the issues surrounding the expansion of tar sands and proposed pipeline projects in North America", which is very clearly written and comes across as a pragmatic approach to the fossil fuel dependency "problem" which doesn't have a "black and white" solution, I am going to suggest a catalyst that I believe comes from "outside the box".
Here is a link to a short essay written by George Lakoff, "an American cognitive linguist, best known for his thesis that lives of individuals are significantly influenced by the central metaphors they use to explain complex phenomena."
As you read this essay, whenever you see the words "George Orwell" or "Orwell", with the exception of the last paragraph, substitute Andrew Weaver or Weaver.
If you believe Lakoff's message has little to do with Weaver's here is another link to a Youtube video that may help convince you otherwise.
According to Lakoff, Progressives, and I assume Greens believe they are progressives, don't understand political messaging, and I agree.
Given the fact we are living in a world with finite resources and a world governed by the laws of physics it is clear that any political party that claims we can move forward towards a sustainable world is not discussing the issues in an honest and open way. We are moving towards a future where everyone will live with less. And the speed with which that is taking place is much faster than any politician would have us believe.
Yes, "the environment really doesn't care what political party you belong to" and regardless of issue nuance we will "move toward the future we deserve" because nature bats last.
I may be wrong but isn't Fischer-Tropsch a gas to liquid or coal to liquid process?
I frankly appreciate you going into this much detail to explain things. What I get from what you are saying is that among the realistic options and future scenarios we may be faced with, what is the best of the worst, and what are the necessary conditions to implement that. I think the conditions are so high I can't imagine the oil and gas industry honestly being able to meet them for any project, and I don't hear you endorsing a particular project.
You talk to us like a scientist explaining something around the kitchen table. The problem is that rather than having detailed discussions in good faith, politics and the media are all about competing frames and sound bytes. Your honest analysis is being spun and framed by the corporate media as "green says being realists means compromising with the oil industry." Then we are starting the conversation from a place we don't want. You need to find a way to frame your honest analysis differently so it doesn't generate that spin and we can lead the conversation with what we do want.
It is refreshing to finally read a balanced evaluation of our options. How can someone who is concerned about these decisions get involved and make an impact?
as a former resident of Terrace, and a lifetime resident of BC, i appreciate your time and effort in writing and sharing this article, clear, and informative and objective. There is no room for error with the tankers and the coast line, there are no second chances with a pipeline burst/spill through our forests and waterways…and changes are necessary in all aspects of our fossil fuel consumption. Thanks for sharing this.
Dr. Weaver,
I appreciate your detailed statement on your position on bitumen shipments through BC, and your opposition to the most egregious proposals. However, having reviewed your statement and the associated materials, I believe you decision not to oppose a synthetic crude pipeline and refinery is based on an analysis that substantially understates the impact to be expected from exploiting these resources.
The first problem is your warming projections and assumed carbon budget.
Per IPCC AR5 184.108.40.206 ( http://www.climatechange2013.org/images/report/WG1AR5_Chapter12_FINAL.pdf , page 1113 ), total anthropogenic carbon emissions need to be kept below 790 PgC (790 Gigatonnes carbon, or 2897 GTCO2e) to have a 66% probability of staying under 2 degrees C warming, of which 515 GTC had been emitted by 2011. Assuming another 10 GTC/yr. for 3 years to bring us to the present, the remaining budget is 245 GTC.
Table S-1 in Swart and Weaver, well-to-wheel emissions, lists the carbon emissions from all bitumen in place at 281 GTC, from proven reserve at 26.4 GTC, and from active development at 4.1 GTC. Respectively these represent 115%, 10.8%, and 1.7% of the available remaining global carbon emissions budget per AR5.
Swart and Weaver, on the other hand, estimates warming of 0.42 degrees C for all bitumen in place, 0.04 degrees C for proven reserve, and 0.01 degrees C for active development. Assuming 1 degree C as the baseline warming locked in by emissions to date, this would appear to correspond to ~1.42 degrees C total for burning all bitumen in place (and nothing else). This is substantially lower than the IPCC AR5 projection of well over 2 C based on exceeding the global emissions budget, and suggests the other warming impacts projected by Swart and Weaver are also well below the impacts in AR5. These reduced impact projections would in turn correspond to a much higher total emissions budget for 2 degree C, and in fact Swart at http://climate.uvic.ca/people/nswart/Alberta_oil_sands_2C_warming.html postulates a budget of 1300 GTC, referencing Mathews, Gillet, Stott and Zickfeld from 2009.
My conclusion, therefore, is that your decisions are being based on impact estimates that are older, and well below, the AR5 benchmark. AR5 in turn is widely regarded as conservative (low) in its projections due to exclusion of factors not sufficiently established for inclusion in the models, and thus represents the low end for impact estimation for purposes of responsible policy formation.
The second problem, related to the first, is how the impacts are framed in per capita terms. Canada's population is 0.49% of the world population (35 million vs. 7.13 billion) yet exploiting the proven reserves would consume 10.8% of the global carbon budget. This would make each Canadian's pro rata emissions 22 times their share, before considering anything other than bitumen, which I find clearly beyond justification.
The third problem is that the refinery proposal discussed is based on the Fischer–Tropsch process, which is well known for being extremely energy intensive. The carbon footprint of fuels produced by this process could well be double of those produced in conventional refineries.
I hope you will review your conclusions based on this feedback. As you quoted in Swart and Weaver:
"the locking in of future emissions due to infrastructure investments represent a serious setback to our hopes of limiting the global rise in temperature to no more than 2° Celsius. "
Dr. Faith Birol, IEA Chief Economist.
I look forward to seeing the Pacific Coast unite to stop the further exploitation of dirty fuels!
I live in Terrace, am a long time, paid environmentalist. When I first read the article, I was pissed off, took some shots at you on Facebook. Then I read your article, and your website. Maybe the first political website for grownups I've seen. The refinery has very little to recommend it, but it deserves a rational discussion. Thanks for standing up to the engo PC police, and bearing witness to the hypocrisy of the BC NDP on LNG.
So if the "six conditions' are met – including "world-leading" responses and practices, not "effective" ones – then increased oil tanker traffic through the Douglas Channel (that had two tsunamis in 1975 – one of 28 feet that destroyed the docks in Kitimat !) and Hecate Strait (the fourth most dangerous body of water in the world) is an acceptable risk?
Elizabeth May wrote (Elizabeth May's Blog – 2 December 2012) that ""The decisions have all been made. The problem is that in asserting that oil supertankers can safely traverse British Columbia's northern coastal water, the Prime Minister is ignoring quite substantial evidence."
Does the Green party support increased oil tanker traffic or not ?Surely David Black's refinery proposal means increased oil tanker traffic – no matter how nuanced Green party support may be.
I agree with most of the argument. I most heartily agree that both Alberta and British Columbia should look at refining our own resources here using the best science and methods available and employing our own citizens first and reaping the financial rewards. Royalties are not the best return for our precious resources.
Thanks to Andrew for his thoughtful post on the Alberta oil sands and the ways it is likely to move to market. It reflects, I think, the start of some real soul-searching by British Columbians in particular on the future of this resource, which is economically valuable and therefore is going to find its way to market one way or another. It is therefore helpful that Greens in B.C. are starting to figure out what their real bottom lines are, as far as shipment of bitumen is concerned, because there are problems with this. But dreaming of shutting down the oil sands can't be considered a serious option at this point, for a lot of reasons. One small point on Kitimat Clean, from an Albertan's point of view (I am from, gasp! Calgary): I agree wholeheartedly that processing this resource at home is preferable to shipping the raw product overseas. But if that is the policy option we favour, it is worth noting that the logical place to do that is at Fort Saskatchewan, in Alberta, which already has some of the infrastructure and could be expanded more cheaply than inventing a whole new facility on the coast. The real challenge is that our trade partners want that upgrading work themselves, the the oil companies have basically been prepared to give it to them.
One point I would like to add – the dilbit is diluted with diesel fuel. This is wasted fuel, with the result that diesel fuel is now about 14 cents per litre more than regular gas. Historically, it has been closer to 10 cents less than gas. This has had the result of driving up all shipping costs, including that of BC Ferries.
I definitely agree that what needs to be done is process here – whether it be logs or petroleum. Shipping out raw materials is leaving money on the table, and that is plain foolishness.
A very realistic assessment of where we stand on transportation of oil and gas within the boundaries of British Columbia. Very well written and researched. I am most definitely supporting the position taken by Mr. Weaver and the B.C. Green Party. Unfortunately, I believe that the federal government will attempt to shove both the Northern Gateway Project and the Kinder Morgan pipeline proposal down our throats. This will devastate the environment that we all live in and lead to historic levels of civil unrest and disobedience. I hope that calmer heads will rule the day as this definitely is "A Line in the Sand."