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Jason Kenney looking prime ministerial back in the day (Photo: David J. Climenhaga).
Andrew Scheer is done like dinner — What Will Jason Do?
David Climenhaga
Posted on December 12, 2019, 3:08 pm
After an unsuccessful election campaign his supporters expected him to win, Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer has been accused by someone of dipping his paws into Conservative Party of Canada funds to pay for his children's private-school education.
Accordingly, Mr. Scheer is done like dinner. Innocent or not, he has resigned. So as of right now he has no more influence on the party. Whatever he thought yesterday, it has no relevance today.
Outgoing federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer (Photo: Flickr/Andrew Scheer).
Meanwhile, even if the process takes a few months, the jockeying to replace him starts immediately.
So we need not waste a lot of time reviewing Mr. Scheer's short, spectacularly unsuccessful career as Conservative leader or speculating about why a man earning $259,000 a year and living in a free mansion would have thought he needed extra cash from a politically toxic source to send his kids to private school.
Time for him to get moving. Or, as Alberta Premier Jason Kenney put it in a sweet tweet moments ago, "Thank-you to my friend @AndrewScheer for his service to Canada in the tough job of Leader of the Opposition. I know this was a difficult decision, and wish Andrew all good things in the future." In other words, what I said.
No, the question that matters now to those of us in Alberta, and perhaps in the rest of Canada too, is WWJD — What Will Jason Do?
Mr. Kenney, United Conservative Party leader and former heir apparent to Stephen Harper's prime ministerial throne, is well known to have cast covetous eyes on Mr. Scheer's job. He will be mightily tempted to go for the gusto.
On the other hand, the timing is less than perfect for Mr. Kenney. With October's federal election out of the way and his nemesis Justin Trudeau back in the PMO without a majority, Alberta's premier has revealed via his just-released budget what a market-fundamentalist extremist he is. According to a recent poll of dubious provenance in a disreputable newspaper chain, his post-budget popularity has plummeted.
Potential rivals for Mr. Scheer's job, and there are plenty of good ones, will have taken note of this stuff.
Still, from Mr. Kenney's perspective, all is not lost. He's an excellent yarn spinner. He'll probably have a good explanation for everything by nightfall — which this time of year isn't that far away.
Premier Kenney has just been to Ottawa with a huge retinue of retainers, thanks to the generosity of Alberta taxpayers, and he probably had more than a hint of what was coming. Maybe Mr. Wolf, his cleanup guy, has already been doing some issues management. Probably one of his new talking points will be that nobody can bring a divided party together like Mr. Kenney can, with or without the help of a Kamikaze candidate.
So what will Jason do?
Notwithstanding his almost instant endorsement of Rona Ambrose, as soon as she politely declines I say he'll jump.
Give Mr. Kenney a few months to pull his leadership team together and twist some arms to raise cash for the run. (Potential fund-raising pitch: Promises made; promises kept.)
Then he'll get the spring budget passed — maybe not quite as horrible a budget as he was planning a few days ago.
Then he'll step down. He'll say he had to … to save Canada.
Then he'll run.
You'll know I'm right if all of a sudden you don't hear much more about Alberta's non-negotiable demands from Confederation. Also, look for a symptomatic downturn in Wexit sentiment.
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34 Comments	to: Andrew Scheer is done like dinner — What Will Jason Do?
If his past history is anything to go by, Kenney will continue to collect his generous salary while campaigning.
chuckstraight
Maybe Dean Del Maestro would be ready to make a comeback?
What is he going back to jail ?
So it is okay to use tax deductible campaign contributions to send your kids to private school interesting, but more importantly how this looks and plays with the base. Obviously something that would irritate some and would compromise Scheer's leadership. Who knew and when did they know it and what else is there? Although this isn't the primary reason to take him down used with other skeletons it could pressure him out.
Poor Kenney his dream job comes up and he has been busy unleashing regional division and talk of separation making him untenable in Quebec, parts of Ontario, the lower mainland of BC, likely east of Quebec, and most of Edmonton. That should leave enough seats to form government… So does he throw his Alberta base under the bus to cozy up to Quebec for the chance at the PM job? Something like take me back they were just words, it wasn't me, they made me. Perhaps the saddest part is Albertans will still vote for him.
Would this alienate the base? The 2019 Kon is an aspiring grifter who covets the luck of higher-status grifters. As the society gets dumbed down and becomes more superstitious, sentiments increasingly rule. Any success in "bleeding the beast" is to be praised.
Cass Morrison
Alberta is the only province that would re-elect him after this performance. That said, think he'll jump ship after 4 years if the minority government lasts that long.
He said he thought Rona was the best option, secure in the knowledge that he offends no one with that and when she says "hey guys, I told you before, NOT interested," he can consider his options.
I do believe that the craziness we're seeing today about Scheer came about because someone wanted him gone before Rona accepts the Ambassador to the US job that's being talked about. If she's even slightly interested in the CPC leadership – and I don't believe it for a second – she certainly wouldn't be interested in a fight to push Scheer out.
Death and Gravity
I won't take that bet.
Have you noticed any similarities to the sudden turn of events that propelled the less-presentable Ford brother into the Premier's office?
Bill Malcolm
Scheer ran an ejection campaign, his own. The federal Cons now need to select as leader the glibbest smarmiest gorfe available, a person able to lie convincingly on the spur of the moment. Jason fits that bill, and he is too grasping a doink not to grab for the brass ring, I agree. If he manages to make it all the way to PM, well, turn off the lights – the country will be toast.
Jon Cee
Yup. In fact, Kenney's market extremism is not a feature of his beliefs or disposition but rather a move to demonstrate his fealty to the party's chief backers, resource extraction companies looking to carpetbag after Alberta's economy completely chonks out. You see, oil ain't coming back, and the big boys want to cut their losses. Kenney's catering to them right now so they'll back his federal leadership bid come later. Simple.
Prairie Observer
"or speculating about why a man earning $259,000 a year and living in a free mansion would have thought he needed extra cash from a politically toxic source to send his kids to private school" – because Andy is and never has been the sharpest knife in the drawer. To say this man is obtuse is an understatement. It is a major reason why the Conservatives lost the last election.
What is just as bad is that the federal Conservatives still only have a B list of possibles to replace him as leader. It is also a terrible idea to allow Scheer to continue on as leader until a new one is chosen as his continued presence will only serve to drag the party even further down. This party is not exactly steeped in deep strategic thinkers and allowing Scheer to stay on as an interim leader is evidence of this. What should be obvious to them is that their next leader should not come from western Canada – take note, Premier of Alberta.
Political Ranger
Your moniker belies the depth and breadth of your observations. I agree.
A couple of my own:
Your claim that Scheer is not "the sharpest knife in the drawer" and that calling him obtuse does not rise to the level of apt description is both profound and insightful. The insight is that a sharp-witted, quick-thinking person, capable and competent, would not find themselves leading a mob of yesterday's conservatives. To maintain the level of anti-democratic vitriol and disrespect for common citizens that epitomise the current conservative mob one has to be slow-witted enough to not be able to follow an argument to its logical conclusion and gullible enough to still believe disproven slogans from 40 or 50 years ago. Any person who would not be described as old used cutlery would be politically aligned with something more contemporary, fact-based and possibly even more progressive.
The profound observation is that conservatives, all over the world and equally here in Canada, have been usurped by the corporate class; Kenny's konservatives are the simple and unwitting stooges in a class war perpetuated by the petroleum corporations, Canadian conservatives work directly to promote the interests of owners of corporations over the interests of the common citizen.
The before-mentioned sharp-witted, quick-thinking person, capable and competent, who was of a conservative leaning would be looking for, or helping to build, a conservative movement that addressed today's circumstances for today's people. Something that does not seem to exist. Yet.
Rose Kelly
Bang on David ! Fingers and toes crossed ! Will be carefully watching for no more non negotiable Alberta demands from Confederation and a "symptomatic downturn in Wexit sentiment". I also feel the minority government wouldn't last more than a couple of years, so his eyes will be on the PM seat… Jason to Canada' rescue….
"What? Moi, as Conservative leader! I couldn't possibly ….. Well, if the people insist . . . "
Mr. Scheer resigns shortly after Mr. Kenney's visit to Ottawa. Hmmm … perhaps they should search the trash near the security check in at the Ottawa airport and related video for any sharp objects disposed of by Mr. Kenney just before his flight back to Alberta.
However, I've noticed Mr. Kenney is fairly good at alibis or at least not being at the scene of the crime when it happens. He was out of town when the Election Commissioner was fired and he certainly was not in Ottawa when Scheer announced his resignation either, so I suspect this will not be pinned on him in any significant way. In the later case, to be fair, certainly Mr. Kenney is not the only person to gain from Scheer's departure and a lot of other Conservatives looked like they might have been carrying sharp objects too and they were in Ottawa closer to the scene of the crime.
The almost immediate endorsement of Ambrose by Kenney also suggests to me that something is afoot. I have a feeling Kenney believes she will not run (ambassador? – a lot of prestige and good pay without all the hassle) and this was just done to buy him a bit of time to figure out what to do, or perhaps more importantly how to do it, without having to answer more probing questions for a little so as to take the spotlight off himself while he figures it out.
While the timing is a bit off for Kenney, I also suspect the Conservatives will reasonably accommodate him (and other potential candidates) by just cancelling the April leadership review meeting – no review needed now, right? This seems fair as it will also give more time for all the unidentified potential leadership candidates to organize themselves. I suppose the party could go with a June leadership convention or maybe even sometime in the early fall. Probably the later date is better for Kenney, to give him more time to get his affairs more in order, but I think he could probably work with the earlier date if necessary. Heck, after all he is always campaigning they apparently say and he already has a whole province that has a lot of Conservative members fairly organized, which is probably more than most other potential candidates can say.
If Kenney is lucky, this time he may not even need to create a kamikaze candidate if Peter Mackay runs, as long as MacKay doesn't do a Fildebrandt just beforehand and screw that scenario up for Kenney. In my opinion, Alberta's gain will be Ottawa's loss once he picks up his carpet bag and moves back there to his real permanent address. Oh well.
Kenney seems to have a serial history of leaving people dependent upon him holding the bag while he skives off to more rewarding (to him) opportunities, so I wouldn't necessarily expect him to give much thought to whom he was leaving in the lurch in Alberta if he thought that he'd have a chance to grab the federal Brass Ring. Least of all the UCP voters.
And remember, he has no family, so there's none of that tedious uprooting-of-the-kids etc.
If only Andrew Scheer lived in Alberta his kids would have their private schooling paid for by taxpayers.
I'm sure you're right and I'm sure Kenney will find a way to cheat at the federal level too.
That said, he'll be useless to the Cons at large because (a) he's not bilingual and will get crushed in Quebec and (b) he's only going to get seats where the Cons already got them, so no real net gain.
I'm thinking Trudeau should ease out of the holidays with a whole bunch of background on Scheer's 'creative' education funding, /maybe toss in an investigation into the hiring/employment of certain political consultants that railed against Trudeay for a year or so and was fundamental to the JWR nonsense and call a snap election some time around March.
Easy majority.
Keith McClary
"Tory leader steps down to spend time with family."
https://www.gocomics.com/speedbump/2019/04/24
Rona Ambrose will NOT enter the contest. Political leadership is extraordinarily toxic for women, and the CPC is the biggest cesspool of them all. And…Ambrose is a middle-aged woman who is childless and unmarried. (in the traditional sense) She is not known to be a church-goer, so she has no place in the leadership of the CPC.
Which leaves…no one I can think of other than the angry midget premier from Alberta.
Socon cred? Check.
Likes to pick fights and loves being an attack dog? Check.
Considers having lots and lots of enemies a good idea? Check.
Has an extreme talent and desire for coming up with all kinds of strategies designed to destroy society's social fabric? Check.
Has a tendency to lie, even when he says that abortion is settled business in Canada? Check…and this maybe the only time that the socons are hoping that Kenney is lying.
He's a high risk candidate for the CPC, because the GTA, Quebec, and anywhere the CONs need to win in will become that much harder to build support in.
As the CPC struggles to moderate itself, the pull from the socons will be extreme, the pull to end abortion, same-sex marriage, a host of social justice achievements. This will prove to be the makings of a vicious civil war among the CONs.
How bad a civil war? The allegation that Scheer wrongly used CPC campaign funds is, I believe, friendly-fire from within the CPC itself. Scheer resisted leaving, so why not turn an prior approved agreement by the party to provide funds for the Scheer children's education into an act of malfeasance?
The socons have decided to seize control of the CPC and oust the 'red tories'. This is only the beginning.
I'll get the popcorn started…
Simon Renouf
OK David I'll bite. I just don't see Kenney exchanging actually power (albeit in one province) to ride the pine in the opposition benches for four to eight years. Fun fact: the last provincial premier to become Prime Minister was . . . nobody (with a footnote for Sir John A who was premier of Canada before it was melded into, um, Canada).
Simon: The only provincial premier to become prime minister was Sir Charles Tupper, premier of the colony of Nova Scotia from May 1864 until Confederation and premier of the province of Nova Scotia, it seems, for two days, or maybe a day and a half, July 2 and 3, 1867. He was, however, obviously not elected to be a provincial premier. He was prime minister of Canada for 69 days in 1896, the shortest term on record. So, not an auspicious record, but a record of sorts just the same. I remain persuaded Mr. Kenney would like to be the first, but be that as it may, there are lots of candidates whose names are being bandied about right now. I will have more to say about that in the next few days. DJC
Bob Raynard
A commenter a few days ago speculated that a draft Kenney movement will start, and I can certainly see it happening. If Kenney can orchestrate a kamikaze campaign, he can certainly work behind the scenes to arrange a 'spontaneous' draft Jason movement. Jason can then resist long enough to assure people he is only doing it for the good of Canada, like David says. This would also make winning the leadership process much smoother.
Jason Kenney as leader of the CPC would be a guarantee of success for Justin Trudeau. Canadians already rejected Andrew Scheer's climate change denying, social conservative vision for Canada. Having rejected it once, they are unlikely to embrace the same vision from a leader with Jason Kenney's history of sleazy manipulations. Kenney got away with firing the election commissioner who was investigating him here in a deep state province, but the rest of Canada is not so forgiving of tin pot dictator behaviour. At least Andrew Scheer comes across as a likable person.
There's got to be a morning after, and here it is. Kenney has sent his stooge Adriana to threaten the CBE school trustees with her hammer. She's going to fire them all!
With Scheer gone, Kenney's crew has come out swinging their hammers and making threats, before they head out on their European vacation, at Alberta taxpayer expense. Oh, holy night.
Don't you want to know who ratted Scheer out?
Jerrymacgp
I think Mr Kenney has missed his chance. He needed the Cons to keep Mr Scheer on a couple of more years, so he could finish ruining Alberta before jumping ship to the federal arena and campaign to ruin the Rest of Canada instead. If he were to leave the Premiership now, it'd be such obviously crass opportunism he'd be pilloried by the punditocracy and slaughtered at the polls by CPC members.
From the perspective of a Liberal Party strategist, the best outcome of the new leadership race would be for the Cons to elect the most repellently xenophobic, misogynistic, homo- & trans-phobic Neanderthal they can find… & Kenney, along with his good buddy Doug Ford, fits that bill perfectly. But for anyone who cares about Canadian politics, I think we'd all be better off if they chose a much more moderate, slightly right-of-centre "Progressive" conservative who accepts the need for credible climate action, and is also laisser faire on the social issues front — not one beholden to the Wilberforce Project, Campaign Life Coalition, and the rest of the forced-birth crowd. Who that might be, remains to be seen.
As usual, Jerry, I agree with your ideas. The problem is that the people who need to follow your advice, ie the ones who will be voting for the leader, are more likely to be the climate change denying social conservatives who will vote for the candidate that best represents their views, not the one whose views can be converted into electoral success.
The CPC's argument in the 2015 election campaign was that Justin Trudeau was 'just not ready'. Given the errors we saw Mr. Trudeau make in his first term, that assessment appears to have had some merit. As such, Justin Trudeau's prime ministership was definitely ripe for the picking in October; I would have seriously considered a PROGRESSIVE Conservative like Joe Clark. What is the CPC to think of the message Canadians sent them, then, that they would prefer a lightweight like JT than a CPC government?
I also expect that Justin Trudeau will learn from his first term mistakes and be harder to beat in 2023.
How hapless could a leader be?
Has he renounced his U.S. citizenship yet. I bet not.
Can't a guy making $259,000 per year pay for his own children's private education? And if a person is interested in governing working people send his kids to the regular school system? As a Catholic he should be sending his kids to the Catholic school system.
A dream scenario would be Kenney ditching the UCP to run for the CPC leadership, losing (due to an unlikely collective rush of sense to CPC heads), and coming back to Alberta to find Brian Jean ensconced firmly as the leader of the UCP and Premier.
Even better would be all of this, and Kenney returning to Alberta to face charges from the RCMP of electoral malfeasance. I'd like that even better.
Sorry, folk, we Albertans are stuck with Kenney. Remember old Stevey H? Well, he's waiting in the wings, licking his chops.
It looks like Adriana's hammer is about to strike in Airdrie, too. Gotta keep us distracted from the wasteful extravagance of yet another holiday by King K&K, to London.
Adriana's going to end up in the new Alberta Trades Hall of Fame with all that hammering.
https://calgarysun.com/news/local-news/airdrie-mlas-bash-rocky-view-school-trustees-on-facebook-as-budget-dispute-goes-public/wcm/e0d90173-5f7c-4878-87b1-21c3722c5a0f
Mike in Edmonton
Andy M may have a point about Jason (aka King Ralph II) Kenney staying put. Not to ruin anyone's weekend or anything, but a fellow named Michael Harris has a disturbing idea that would be even weirder than Prime Minister Jason "Ralph II" Kenney.
Ready? Here it is: the return of Stephen Harper (cue ominous music) https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2019/12/12/Harper-Comeback/
Personally, I don't buy it. Harper's much better off out of the limelight, where he can manoeuvre freely. (Munchkin Jason would be much easier to manipulate than an entire country.)
Still, I can easily believe that Jason "Ralph II" is wishing mightily for a growing chorus of "Save us!" from the base. He might hear it, too, from Oilberduh and Saskatchewan.
I totally agree that Lars's dream scenario is the best possible outcome. My own dream scenario is:
1) Jason "Ralph II" Kenney scrambles for the federal Con leadership
2) he wins and THEN dumps the UCP
3) a snap federal election by PMJT returns a Liberal minority with more Green support (I did say it's a dream) and
4) a dejected and depressed Jason "no longer King" Kenney returns to the US to pine away his days writing memoirs of how it should have been.
I read the Tyee article you provided the link to, Mike. Thanks for providing it. The author does write a strong argument that Stephen Harper could be considering a political comeback, and that he remains a favorite with CPC party members. That shouldn't be a surprise, however, since Harper created the party and the people who remain in it are his disciples.
Something that was not addressed, however, is the subject of Stephen Harper's electability with the general public. He was rejected in 2015, only managed to win a majority once during the ca 10 years of his prime ministership, when he faced a series of weak Liberal leaders, and recently the guy calling himself 'Stephen Harper with a smile' was rejected by voters when his opponent was in a weakened state.
I also suspect that Jason Kenney could do/has done some serious damage to Stephen Harper's electability. Remember how people used to suggest that Stephen Harper had a hidden agenda? It never surfaced while Mr. Harper had a minority government for the first 5 or 6 years of his prime ministership, and I suspect by the time he had a majority he had learned it would not be a good idea to implement it (but if he had won a second majority?…)
I think that Jason Kenney is showing us what that hidden agenda would look like. Between his apparent feeling of invincibility from his strong mandate, and his combative nature, Kenney is showing us what Harper would have liked to do to the entire country. Kenney held off implementing a budget until after the federal election. The point has been made that Kenney's Fair Deal Panel and other grandstanding events are serving as a distraction from the budget cuts he is making. After I read the Pressprogress story below, I am afraid the cuts controversy is also serving as a distraction from what Jason Kenney wants to do to our public school system.
https://pressprogress.ca/kenney-government-appointed-foreign-koch-funded-researcher-to-rewrite-albertas-education-curriculum/


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Results

Qualifying
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References

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They are quite nice - and for free. We don't hear from the fella as of late. You still out there Mr. Lamppost?


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Uranium — Where Is It Found?
NM Mining and Uranium FAQ
Uranium is a naturally occurring element that has the highest atomic weight (~238 g/mole) and is slightly radioactive. It can be found in minute quantities in most rocks, soils and waters (normally < 5 ppm), but the real challenge is to find it in high enough concentrations to make it economically feasible to mine. Uranium is easily oxidized and forms a number of common uranium oxides and oxy-hydroxide like uraninite (or pitchblende) and schoepite (including meta- and para-).
Table 1: Average uranium concentrations in ores, rocks and waters (ppm - parts per million).
Concentration (ppm U)
High-grade orebody (>2% U) >20,000
Low-grade orebody (0.1% U) 1, 000
Average granite 4
Average volcanic rock 20 - 200
Average sedimentary rock 2
Average black shale 50 - 250
Average earth's crust 2.8
Seawater 0.003
Groundwater >0.001 - 8
Uranium can be found in soils and waters due to the breakdown (weathering) of rocks containing it. Once it is in the soil and water, it can be taken up by plants and consumed by people or grazing animals, or it can dissolve in the water to be consumed by any organism.
Types of Uranium Deposits
Uranium deposits occur in many different rock types from sedimentary to volcanic. One thing almost all economic uranium deposits have in common is that the uranium is remobilized from one area (ie., leached from a source rock containing minute quantities of U or as mineral grains with elevated U concentrations) and reprecipitated in a host rock where chemical conditions (reducing) are conducive to concentrating the uranium in higher concentrations or redeposited due to water action (waves on beaches or water flow in rivers) in placer deposits.
Common uranium deposits are
Fault and Unconformity-related Uranium Deposits
Source: Natural Resource Canada
Unconformity-related deposits.
An unconformity is time gap in the rock record between two rock units where the lower unit may be deformed, brecciated or altered and the overlying units are less deformed. Uranium deposits can occur in the underlying or overlying units. In the underlying units, there may be a weathering zone, fault zone or some other feature that increases the rocks porosity and permeability. In the overlying units, it maybe the sandstones or some other features that allows the concentration of uranium. Deposits of this type are common in Australia,Canada and India.
Breccia uranium deposits.
Breccias are pre-existing rocks that have be broken-up into pieces by either weathering and collapse or fracturing (hydraulic or tectonic). The blocks form a high porosity and permeability framework for U precipitation. Deposits of this type are common in Australia, United States and India.
Schematic Cross Section of a "Typical" Breccia Pipe
Source: The NAU Project, modified after Wenrich, Billingsley, and Huntoon, 1986
Roll-Front Sandstone Uranium Deposits
Source: Curnamona Energy
Sandstone & Conglomerate deposits.
Normally in the coarser fraction of sandstones and conglomerates, these units are typically deposited in marginal marine to terrestrial environments. The best deposits are found between impermeable units and contain abundant organic debris or other material to promote the reducing conditions to cause the U to precipitate out of solution. Deposits of this type are common in United States, Niger, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Gabon, South Africa, Canada, India and Australia. Types of deposits include:
Roll-front Deposits
Roll-front deposits cut across bedding. Uranium-bearing ground waters precipitate uranium oxide minerals when they come in contact with reducing conditions in porous and permeable rocks.
Trend Sandstone Uranium Deposits
Tabular or Trend
Uranium deposits form tabular bodies that may or may not cross bedding. They are usually associated with organic debris or pyrite. Some uranium deposits follow paleochannels or some other depositional trends. The ore can occur either as reprecipitated deposits in reducing zones associated with pyrite or organic debris (like roll-front deposits) or as placer deposits (heavy mineral deposits) concentrated in a beach, bar or channel due to water movement. Deposits found in USA, Japan, Niger and Canada.
Limestone Uranium Deposits
Source: Finch & McLemore (1989) in McLemore (2007)
Tectonic deposits.
Uranium is remobilized and precipitates adjacent to permeable fault and/or fracture zones. See figure in unconformity deposits which also shows mineralization adjacent to fault zones.
Limestone deposits.
Units that have high porosity and permeability (due to tectonic or diagenetic alteration) as well as organic carbon contents form good sites for uranium precipitation. Deposits of this type are rare, but can be found in United States (Grants Mineral Belt, New Mexico).
Surficial deposits.
The U is concentrated in young sediments or soils near the earth's surface. Uranium minerals precipitate out onto the finer-grained particles or are transported particles. Associated with soil formation. Deposits of this type are found in United States, Australia, Canada and Namibia.
Volcanic deposits.
Deposits are associated with fault, fracture and shear zones in acidic volcanic rocks. Deposits of this type are found in China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Namibia, Greenland, South Africa, United States, Canada and Australia.
Vein deposits.
Uranium ore is associated with veins or other lenses in igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary rocks. Deposits of this type are found in Australia, France, Czech Republic, Germany and Zaire.
Intrusive deposits.
In intermediate to acidic igneous rocks and pegmatites, the uranium-rich minerals are direct precipitates (no dissolution and remobilization. Deposits of this type are found in USA, Namibia, Greenland, Canada and South Africa.
Metasomatic deposits.
Hydrothermal alteration of deformed basement rocks. Deposits of this type are found in Brazil, Ukraine and Australia.
Phosphorite and Lignite deposits.
The uranium occurs with organic-rich marine-deposited phosphorites (within the apatitie) or in lignites (low-grade coal). Fly ash, the result of burning coal, can increase the U concentration by burning off the carbon. Deposits of this type are found in the United States.
For additional information on uranium deposits go to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) or the World Nuclear Association.
Uranium can be found in a large number of minerals (WebMineral has an excellent listing of them in order of uranium concentration). The most common economic minerals are listed below (click on the links to see photos and additional information on these minerals):
uraninite/pitchblende
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carnotite
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Uranium in New Mexico ranks second in the United States in U reserves, behind Wyoming. The map below shows the different mining districts in the state of New Mexico and can be downloaded from the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources. The largest deposits can be found in the northwest corner of the state in the Grants Mineral Belt. The Jurassic-age Morrison Formation sandstones are the principle host for these deposits. The deposits in these sands are roll-front or tabular/trend deposits. Other units that contain uranium ore in New Mexico are: the Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone, the Triassic Chinle Group sandstones and small deposits in other Cretaceous and Tertiary units. New Mexico is one of the few areas that hosts significant uranium deposits in limestones (2% of the total uranium production to date). The Jurassic Todilto Limestones are unique because of their high-organic content and their relatively high porosity and permeability due to post-deposition diagenesis.
Mining Districts in New Mexico
(Uranium shown in red)
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Beautifully, the story begins with one of those unexpected questions on the Today programme that can occasionally catch ministers unawares: a handful of mistaken words cause everything to unravel. Simon Foster (Tom Hollander), ingénue and for some reason Minister for Overseas Development, has been given the graveyard interview just before nine, and has been dribbling-on about diahorrea ('what is this, the shi*ting forecast?' asks the enraged press secretary). Thoughtlessly (or possibly, just telling his own version of the truth) he says that any new war in the Middle East would be 'unforeseeable'. Such a statement – when the Government has hitherto been quite consistent on the subject, consistently evasive – is regrettable. So he is forced to back track, in the street, surrounded by a mob of the media fox-hounds (in a model, incidentally, of exactlywhat Labour Party media training tells you never to do). Here his magisterial comment is that 'to walk the path of peace, occasionally we must climb the mountain of conflict' ('"Climb the mountain of conflict"?' snarls the press secretary this time. 'You sound like a Nazi Julie Andrews').
The unexpected result of this is that Simon Foster becomes a tool in the machinations of bothsides, the hawks and the doves, and is flown to Washington to make everything even less clear. War and politics are full of the unexpected results of one's actions: in reality tragedy, in fiction, farce.
In the Loop is such a funny film that if I have a reservation, it's that it was too easy to laugh my way through the whole two hours. Laughing at things robs them of their power, so it's commendable to laugh about the bullying machismo of the spin machine. But I have this niggling concern that there are things about the invasion of Iraq that we should remember through something other than comedy.
The centre of the comedy – and the dramatic tension – is drawn from watching Simon Foster spin in the wind, unable to decide whether he supports the unnamed proposed war or not. The grit in this satire is that this was exactly what the Labour Party did in 2003. The tragicomedy lies in the study of men lying to themselves about what they really believe, unable to admit the truth even to themselves. It's the problem that faced Pontius Pilate: I don't really want to do this bad thing, but the political forces seem stronger than me, what else can I possibly do?
Back in 2002, one answer to this niggling doubt was the scrabble to find a version of the truth that fitted what people wanted the truth to be, hence the notorious dossier, Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction. In the Loop beautifully satirises the sloppy thinking that surrounded its authorship. The fictional dodgy dossier in the film began life as a highly critical, anti-invasion report, hitherto unread by the key policy-makers (because they don't read), hastily edited of all its criticality, evidence, nuance and provisos. Such a process is often referred to as 'sexing-up'.
The Hutton Inquiry found that the British Government's dossier was not in fact 'sexed-up' as occurs in In the Loop. But the Inquiry also concluded that political requirements may have subconsciously influenced the presentation of the intelligence. Nothing improper occurred, but some of the psychological boundaries appear to have been blurred, with an adverse effect on the truth, because the truth was not what people wanted to hear. As the late Robin Cook pointed out in his resignation speech, the truth was that 'Iraq probably has no weapons of mass destruction in the commonly understood sense of the term'.
New Labour ideology has often swatted such scrupulosity aside, claiming that compromise is necessary to achieve what really matters. And, of course, everyone does have to compromise in some way, at some point in their life. But the real skill is to know when your compromise is actually about the good of the country and not about saving your job or keeping your career staggering on for another year or two. So it is important to remember that it was Mr Cook, a man who claimed to be an atheist, who threw his career away to defend his idea of truth – unlike a number of professing Christians involved.
 Robin Cook's resignation speech, 17 Mar 2003, Personal Statement, HC Deb 17 March 2003 vol 401 cc726-8.


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The Gainesville Police Department's union has ratified a contract for pay raises of varying amounts through 2021, ending a years-long standoff between the union and the city.
Sheldon McKinzie, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Gator Lodge, said the vote Thursday for the contract was unanimous.
"It was a long time coming. It's a really good contract. There are some pretty good pay raises for everyone," McKinzie said. "It brings all of our officers up to the market standard that was in a pay study that the city did."
Interim City Manager Deborah Bowie said the Gainesville City Commission will vote on the contract Oct. 3, adding she has no doubt that it will pass.
"I am just thrilled. I have been working behind the scenes on this for a while," Bowie said. "I dug in and tried to rebuild trust with FOP leadership. Of all the things we do as a city, core services is the most important. I don't think we are a city worth our salt if we are not in a good place with public safety."
The relationship between rank and file officers and the city has been acrimonious the past several years with the sides unable to agree on a contract and other issues, including a perceived lack of support by city officials.
A state hearing officer ruled in early August that the City Commission acted illegally when it authorized a changed to 12-hour shifts for police officers in violation of bargaining rights.
That change was made last year when the commission approved a contract that the union declined to ratify.
McKinzie said the work schedules will remain the same for now, adding they are needed because of a shortage of officers.
The exodus of officers should slow with the pay raises, McKinzie said.
"We are still going to be working the schedule we are working now based on the staffing. That's one of the concessions we made. Once staff increases, we'll probably go back to a 10-hour schedule," McKinzie said. "I think with the pay increases ... we'll see a lot fewer departures, which will allow us to get staff back up over the next few years."
The raises are retroactive to the 2017-19 agreement and will continue through October 2021.
McKinzie said some officers who had been set to leave the agency told him they will now be staying because of the raises.


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Senior Awards Ceremony & End of Year Awards Videos
June 10, 2020 by Erin D'Souza
Happy Last Day of School!
We are so proud of our students for the perseverance to make it through this collective challenge of 2020 together. Here's a video message from Erin & Andrew as we close out this school year and remain hopeful for what's to come: Last Day of School Video from the Principals
Today we will celebrate our Class of 2020 in a special awards ceremony at 1pm. Here is the webinar link to watch – please share with family and friends: https://zoom.us/j/98639637018
We also want to highlight the exceptional work of a few students in grades 9, 10, and 11. Please see the videos to hear the recognition these students have earned this year.
Class of 2023 (9th grade): End of Year Awards Video (Class of 2023)
Class of 2022 (10th grade): End of Year Awards Video (Class of 2022)


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Chief Secretary P. Mitra complimented the banks for opening 1,92,500 accounts within a week under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) in the State. He said that bankers should aim to open bank account of all left out households both in urban and rural areas of the State before the end of October this year.
P. Mitra, while presiding over H.P. State level Bankers Committee (SLBC) meeting here today, said that Himachal Pradesh was well placed in banking sector as economy and education of the people was quite good as compared to other States. He said that in Himachal Pradesh there was 3757 per branch population against national average of above 13000 having high proportion of 89 percent of households availing banking services.
Chief Secretary said that still there was a need of greater participation by financial sector to increase usage of basic banking services through technology enabled services, innovation of products and services.
P. Mitra said that the credit growth during the first quarter of current fiscal was 20.15 percent as compared to deposit growth of 12.23 percent which has helped in improved Credit Deposit (CD) ratio. He said that the national parameters set by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for financing to priority sector, agriculture sector, weaker section and women were achieved by the banks except Differential Rate of Interest (DRI). He said that banks should open branches in unbanked areas as out of 16 branches opened during the first quarter only 6 branches were opened in unbanked areas.
He said that all the sponsoring agencies and departments should sponsor 150% to 200% loan proposals under different government sponsored programmes and schemes to the banks as the performance was not upto the mark in this area. He said that banks should provide liberal funding in the rural areas as there was vast scope of development in agriculture and allied activities in the State.
Principal Secretary, Finance Dr. kant Baldi said that State Government would provide all assistance to achieve the allocated targets of the banks. He said that State Government would also coordinate in improving recovery performance of the banks and a Joint Sub Committee of Government officers and bankers could be formed, if needed.
Chairman and Managing Director, UCO Bank Arun Kaul said that the outreach of banking services in the State was one of the best in the country and under the new PMJDY scheme, banks were identifying the left out households to achieve the cent percent target. He said that the total deposits of the banks in the State have recorded year over year growth of 12.23 percent to Rs. 65877.48 crore from Rs. 58698.36 crore during the previous year. He said that total advances of the banks have recorded growth of 20.15 percent to Rs. 29899.17 crore from Rs. 24884.41 crore during the previous year.
Kaul said that CD ratio in the State was 65.96 percent as of June, 2014 and it has registered growth of 1.23 percent over the previous year. He said that Banks in the State have network of 1827 branches with more than 80 percent branches located in rural areas out of which 149 branches had been opened previous year. He said that there were 1497 ATMs operational in the State. He sought the help of State Government to improve the recovery performance of banks which was recorded 71.33 percent upto June last.
General Manager, UCO Bank and Convenor, SLBC V.K. vastva while welcoming the Chief Guest highlighted the performances of various banks during first quarter.
Principal Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment P.C. Dhiman, Special Secretary Finance Amandeep Garg, Director, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj R. Selvam, Regional Director, RBI I.S. Negi, Chief General Manager NABARD K.P. Chand, senior executives from banks and senior officers of the State Government participated in the meeting.
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Shimla-Himachal Pradesh on Monday witnessed a major jump in the number of both daily Covid-19 positive people and Covid-19 related deaths. While the state recorded 2446 new cases, six people died due to Covid-19 related illnesses in the last 24 hours. The Kangra district reported four of these days. The Covid-19 death toll has jumped to 3880 in the state and the active cases to 12142.
Further, Solan (359) reported the highest number of cases, followed by Kangra (348), Mandi (312), and Sirmaur (310). The capital reported 289 new cases.
Himachal Pradesh has also reported two new cases of the Omicron variant. Both cases were reported from the Una district where two people had returned from foreign countries. Reportedly, one of them had returned from Dubai and the other from France. So far, the state has recorded three cases of the Omicron variant, according to the official statistics.
Daily Covid-19 Report Issued by HP NHM for January 17, 2022 (Till 7 pm)
The daily sampling, however, remains low despite a rise in positivity rate. On Monday, according to the statistics of the HP Health Department, 12,850 samples were taken. Chief Minister Jairam Thakur had been directing the officials to increase testing, but the number remains below 15, 000 per day.
According to the official statistics, last week (10 Jan – 16 Jan), Himachal Pradesh had reported 11280 new cases and the positivity rate rose to 14.1%.
Though the HP Government has imposed some Covid-19 restrictions, the entry of visitors to the state was yet to be restricted or regulated.
The surge is likely to continue till the third wave of the pandemic peaks in Himachal. Health experts and the state government had already warned about the advent of the third wave.
The government and experts had been urging the people to follow Covid-appropriate behavior and follow related protocols strictly to minimize the impact of the third wave. However, the compliance was reported to be quite low among all sections of the society and within the government itself.
The daily sampling, however, remains low despite rise in the positivity rate. On Monday, according to the statistics of the HP Health Department, 12,850 samples were taken. Chief Minister Jairam Thakur had been directing the officials to increase testing, but the number still remains below 15, 000.
According to the official statistics, last week (10 Jan – 16 Jan), Himachal Pradesh had reported 11280 new cases and the positivity rate had risen to 14.1%.
The surge is likely to continue till the third wave of the pandemic peaks in Himachal. Health experts and the state government had already warned about the advent of third wave.
Shimla-A meeting of the Himachal Pradesh Cabinet was held on January 14, 2022. It was expected that the state government could take a decision on imposing more Covid-19 restriction considering the sudden surge in daily new cases, however no such decision was taken.
The Cabinet took various decisions including a nod to dispense with the process of 15 marks evaluation and enhancement of weightage of written test from 85 to 100 marks for direct recruitment to Class-III posts.
Tax Waivers for Transporters
The Cabinet gave its ex post facto approval for 100 percent waiver/ exemption of Token Tax, Special Road Tax and Passenger Tax of various categories of vehicles to provide relief to the transporters keeping in view the effect due to corona pandemic.
HP Cabinet decided to waive of remaining 50 percent Token Tax on Stage Carriage, Taxi, Maxi, Auto and Contract Carriage buses, Institutional Buses and 100 percent Token Tax on Contract Carriage Buses and Special Road Tax on Stage Carriage with effect from 1st August 2020 to 30th June 2021. I
The Cabinet also decided to waive off 100 percent Token Tax on Stage Carriage, Contract Carriage and Institutional Buses and Special Road Tax of Stage Carriage with effect from 1st July 2021 to 30th November 2021.
It also decided to waive off 100 passenger tax on contract carriage and institutional buses with effect from 1st April 2020 to 30th November 2021.
The HP Cabinet gave its approval for restructuring of State Taxes and Excise Department. Creation and filling up of posts would be carried out by the Department in a phased manner in consultation with the Finance Department and sync with the restructuring proposal.
The Cabinet gave its approval to fill up 108 posts of different categories in the Revenue Department on a contract basis.
The Cabinet decided to fill up 42 posts of Silk Inspectors in the Industries Department on a contract basis.
The Cabinet decided to fill up 13 posts of different categories in the Printing and Stationery Department.
It decided to fill up three posts of Statistical Assistant in Revenue Department on contract basis.
Relief to Flood Affected Farmers of Lahaul-Spiti
The Cabinet gave its nod to provide relief to flood-affected farmers of Lahaul-Spiti district for current agriculture and horticulture losses caused due to extensive rains on 27th to 30th July last year. The farmers would be provided Rs.2000 per bigha for losses between 25 to 50 percent, Rs. 2500 per bigha for losses between 50 to 75 percent and Rs. 3000 per bigha for losses to agricultural and horticultural crops above 75 percent. Rs. 3000 per bigha would also be provided to farmers for losses to their lands caused due to landslides/flash floods/avalanches etc. and Rs. 1000 per bigha would be provided for the desilting of agricultural and horticultural lands.
It also gave planning permission for the construction of the PHC building between Lions Club and Housing Block No. 46 in Sector 6 New Shimla with relaxation beyond permissible norms in the public interest.
HP Swaran Jayanti Energy Policy-2021
HP Swaran Jayanti Energy Policy-2021 for clean and green energy development through expeditious of full energy potential especially hydro and solar. The Government aims to add 10000 MW of green energy through hydro, solar and other green energy sources by 2030 and the development of green energy sources
It also aimed at developing a transmission Master Plan to facilitate planning and timely execution of hydro and solar projects. It also lays stress on renewal energy sources viz. solar, wind, biomass and other non-conventional energy sources.
HP Swarnim Jayanti Sports Policy 2021
The Cabinet gave its approval to the Himachal Pradesh Swarnim Jayanti Sports Policy 2021 to develop and maintain sports infrastructure, encourage public-private participation in creating sports infrastructure, coordinate with educational institutions for the promotion of sports and to encourage, train and support sportspersons for participation and excellence in national and international championships with high standards of ethics.
Shimla-Himachal Pradesh is witnessing a sudden spike in the number of daily Covid-19 positive cases as warned by the health experts and the government. In a span of eight days, the rate of new cases has jumped to more than double.
On Monday, of the total 9942 samples tested for Covid-19, 1200 were found to be positive with two Covid-19 deaths. This number was below 500 on Sunday.
The surge has come ahead of the `warning of the third wave which is expected to peak by the March-end.
The state government has begun to increase restrictions as a precautionary measure. But the most crucial measure – restrictions on visitors from outside the state- is yet to be attended. Currently, Hill state is reporting a huge footfall of tourists due to snowfall. All tourist destinations are crowded with tourists as it's the peak season. The imposition of restrictions on visitors would affect the tourism industry.
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The HP Government has already imposed a night curfew, closed all educational institutes, banned all social and religious gatherings and imposed conditions on the number of people for those which have been allowed, shifted to a 5-day week for the government offices with only 50% attendance. Further, timings of the opening of the markets/shops have also been modified. However, these restrictions wouldn't apply to chemists/medical stores. These restrictions would remain in force till January 26, 2022.
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In the Shimla district, the shops/markets would be allowed to open between 10 am to 7 pm. However, motor mechanics are allowed to remain open till 11 pm. Similarly, restaurants can remain open till 10 pm, and those located along the National Highways till 11 pm.
In the Una district, all shops/markets except some would be allowed to open only till 6:30 pm and will remain closed on Saturday.
The district administration of Hamirpur has decided this timing to be between 6 am to 6 pm. The markets would remain closed on Saturday and Sunday except for those selling essentials.
For the Kullu district, shops/markets would remain open till 6: 30 pm and 6 pm in Solan. Similarly, administrations of respective districts have the liberty to create their roaster for these timings.
The return of these restrictions to the state and the warning of more daily cases during the next couple of months is causing a panic in the public, worsened by speculations of a possible lockdown in stock.


The fête took place on January 24th at the United Nations' Ambassador River View and brought together fashion designers, philanthropists, artists, musicians and all around fabulous fashionistas to enjoy a night of runway presentations and musical performances, to celebrate the release of VERA and the SAVE.LOVE.GIVE campaign, Validas' latest tech endeavor in the form of an app that allows users to repurpose "WirelessWaste" for philanthropy.
Validas and Seven Bar Foundation have partnered up to raise mass awareness to empower women through microfinance, and VERA is a clear example of their enterprise, repurposing what you pay for your mobile plan versus how much you actually use.
The fashion portion of the evening featured re-imagined corsets by several contemporary designers. Renowned salon, Warren-Tricomi, styled the models, who strutted down the catwalk in designs by Agent Provocateur, Erin Fetherson, Guy Laroche, Zang Toi, Moss Lipow, and Mickalene Thomas, while french pop sensation Yelle's Safari Disco Club played on the background.
An original performance by actress-designer-artist Tara Subkoff choreographed and co-composed a mini-opera, executed by Eve Gigliotti, MET's soprano, wearing an origami corset dress made entirely of recycled phone bills, the theme of the music piece. Following up on that, Yelle rocked the house with a set of songs that included the latest single, L' amour Parfait.
Photos courtesy of BFA Agency.