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Are Renewable Energy Resources Really Disrupting the Coal Market?
Alex Forbes
The decline of the coal industry in the US was a hot topic during the recent presidential election. Are renewable energy resources to blame?
Trends Energy Outlook North America Asia & Pacific
Owners and operators of electricity generation assets and potential investors in new ones must take a dispassionate view of the tectonic forces reshaping the coal landscape globally. These drivers consist primarily of competition from other fuels, such as renewable energy resources and unconventional natural gas, and environmental policy on climate change and local air quality. They vary in relative importance from region to region, but they matter everywhere.
The future of a nation's coal-mining industry has long been fueled by the common economic principles of production cost, supply, and demand, but the rise of renewable energies and growing environmental concerns play an ever-larger role in coal's fate.
Previously, renewable energy resources and political policies that favor them have taken a backseat to economic factors in determining coal consumption. Today, that balance is shifting in some regions of the world, where economic and environmental factors are increasingly reinforcing each other, magnifying their disruptive influence on coal.
Global coal consumption has grown strongly since 2000 but is expected to level off over the medium term. Growing coal consumption in some Asian countries (Japan, Korea, India, and Indonesia, for example) is being offset by steep declines in North America and Europe.
Coal Landscape in the US
In the US specifically, coal consumption has fallen dramatically over the past decade. Last year's 15 percent decline was the largest ever, and both the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) expect this trend to continue. Production and exports have been falling. Some of the nation's largest coal companies have gone bust. Of those left, some are struggling to survive.
Most of the coal burnt in the US is for electricity generation, and until last year coal had been the largest component of the electricity fuel mix for decades. That is now changing and understanding the drivers is vital.
Competition From Cheap Gas
The common perception that coal's decline in the US is due to the rise of renewables like wind and solar power is only partly correct. While both have played a role, until now the biggest factor has been competition from cheaper natural gas. The unleashing of gas from shale rock by hydraulic fracturing technology has led to widespread fuel switching. Last year, for the first time, gas took a larger share than coal of the US electricity fuel mix.
Today, this economic driver of coal decline is being rivaled by political policies that discourage coal production and/or favor renewable energy resources. Environmental policies such as the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS) and the Clean Power Plan (assuming it is implemented) will increasingly prompt utilities to close down coal-fired power plants and discourage investment in new plants.
"Moving forward we see [US] coal demand declining," said Keisuke Sadamori, director of the IEA's energy markets and security directorate, during a webinar in advance of the Beijing launch of the Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2016, "but the gains will be more in renewable energy resources rather than gas. The coal-to-gas switching potential has been rather exhausted."
The IEA expects further declines in US demand for coal from 2017 onward, adding up to an average decline of 1.6 percent/year between now and 2021.
The Global Picture
Coal decline in Europe is also set to continue thanks to environmental policy making. The European Union has set challenging greenhouse gas emissions targets for 2030 and is reforming its Emissions Trading System to support carbon dioxide prices and reduce volatility. Meanwhile, the UK plans to phase out coal-fired power by 2025 and other nations are planning similar curbs.
The declines in North America and Europe are also part of a long-term trend that has seen coal demand shift eastwards to the emerging economies of Asia.
"In 2000 Europe and North America combined accounted for roughly half of global coal demand whereas Asia represented less than half," said Sadamori. "Now Europe and the US combined represent less than a quarter, whereas Asia represents almost three-quarters—and this trend will continue."
Still, as in the US and Europe, renewable energy resources are making giant strides into electricity generation in Asia, not least because of environmental imperatives related to both greenhouse gas emissions and local air quality. This is especially true in the case of the two biggest coal consumers—China and India—both of which have jaw-dropping ambitions to grow wind and solar power.
Nevertheless, coal will remain one of the most economical fuels for electricity generation in growing Asian countries with an electricity shortage for the foreseeable future. Also, as the share of renewable energy resources grows, coal's dispatchability means it will play an increasingly important role in helping to maintain the stability of power grids.
This is why the IEA is just one of many voices calling for Asian countries to adopt the best possible coal technologies, such as the ultra-supercritical power plant technology commissioned this year at the TPower Plant in Malaysia. It can achieve efficiencies of up to 47 percent, compared with a global average of 30 percent, which means much lower carbon dioxide emissions.
The word "critical" could hardly be more apt.
How Will Grid-Scale Energy Storage Impact Gas Turbine Market Share?
The falling costs of grid-scale energy storage batteries affect the gas turbine market. What does the effect look like?
5 Energy Industry Trends in 2017
Power plant managers should keep watch for energy industry trends in 2017: rise of distributed generation, fuel mix changes, digital technology, and more.
What's Driving Consumer Energy Demand?
Smart appliances, electric vehicles, and the smart grid will all play a vital role in consumer energy demand management.


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Neuralstem has announced that two sets of data from the NSI-189 clinical trial in major depressive disorder (MDD) were reported at two recent academic conferences: American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP) Annual Meeting, and the International College of Neuropyschopharmacology (CINP) Annual Meeting. NSI-189 is Neuralstem's lead proprietary neurogenic compound.
Had significantly increased brain wave patterns in the hippocampal region of the brain. Specifically, qEEG measurements at day 28 showed statistical significance between the treatment and the placebo group in the electrical wave patterns emanating from specific areas of the brain, namely the left posterior temporal lobe and parietal region (p<0.02).
Showed increased electrical coherence in the prefrontal cortical region, which is a pro-cognitive signal.
Researchers concluded that these electrophysiological changes are consistent with the neurogenic hypothesis of the drug mechanism, which involves long-term structural changes in the hippocampus.
In a comprehensive assessment scale for depression (Symptoms of Depression Questionnaire or SDQ), the combined treatment group showed statistically significant improvement (p=0.02) after 28 days of the drug treatment compared to its randomised, double-blinded, placebo control group. There was a large effect size of 0.90.
As measured by the assessment scale of cognitive and functioning deficits specifically designed for depressed patients (Cognitive and Physical Functioning Questionnaire or CPFQ), the treatment group was significantly better than the placebo group (p=0.01) at day 28 with a large effect size of 0.94.
As measured by both by SDQ and CPFQ, NSI-189's significant and large treatment effects continued for eight weeks even after the drug was withdrawn.


Thank you very much for the very warm welcome and thanks to you, Ambassador Holden. In terms of coming back, that depends on the result out there today. I'm not a good loser!
I was extremely delighted when Ambassador Holden asked me to play polo here, at the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club. It has to be one of the most beautiful polo grounds anywhere in the world. As a keen polo player, it's also an honour for me to celebrate with you this afternoon this famous Club's one hundredth birthday. My father, The Prince of Wales, and my brother, Harry, were as green as that grass outside when I told them I'd be here today.
Catherine and I have had a busy few days - so the prospect of being able to let loose this afternoon is wonderful for me. But that's what sport is all about - be it polo or football, sorry I mean soccer or whatever your preferred sport is - more specifically how sport helps young people to find purpose in life - is a key element to the Foundation that Catherine, Harry and I have established.
We are focusing on helping military veterans and their families; and, following my father's example, working on sustainable development. We also want to give the most disadvantaged young in society hope and confidence in their lives. We feel passionately about this.
But today is about Santa Barbara polo - a hundred glorious years. Thank you Ambassador Holden. Thank you Tiffany's for the beautiful Foundation Cup, which I'll be picking up later. Here's to the next century - happy birthday!


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Dharwad (en canarés; ಧಾರವಾಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ) es un distrito de India, en el estado de Karnataka .

Comprende una superficie de 4265 km².

El centro administrativo es la ciudad de Dharwad.

Demografía
Según censo 2011 contaba con una población total de 1 846 993 habitantes.

Referencias

 Censo del Estado de Karnataka.

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web oficial.

Dharwad

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Waterlase Lasers significantly decreases the risk of cross contamination in dental patients? Cross contamination occurs when bacteria are unintentionally transferred from one source to another, and can occur in dental environments. However, Laser Dentistry avoids direct contact with your tooth and utilizes single-use, disposable tips, making it a highly hygienic treatment.
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Hannah Bethel
Hannah Bethel is an up and coming singer/songwriter in Nashville, TN. Her country sound, infused with organic, pop sensibilities, is a refreshing twist on the genre. Hannah released a self-produced EP in
September 2010 entitled, "No Stopping, Standing, Parking". It has been receiving airtime on several online and northern US radio stations and is available for purchase on iTunes.
The debut single from her latest project, "The Freedom EP", was released in May 2012. It can be purchased on iTunes and at www.hannahbethel.com. "The Freedom EP" is set to release in October 2012. Hannah hosts a biweekly Youtube show called "Every Other Thursday", which can be viewed at Youtube.com/hannahbethelmusic.
Several of Hannah's songs are featured on the debut album of Momentum
Label Group's flagship country artist, Rachele Lynae. Look for Rachele's video for her single, "Party 'til the Cows Come Home" on GAC.
Hannah is from Northern Michigan and enjoys fishing, kissing, beer,
trees and sparkles.
www.Youtube.com/hannahbethelmusic
www.Twitter.com/hannahbethel
www.Facebook.com/hannah.bethel.artist

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Непарламентские выражения () — в Вестминстерской системе слова или словосочетания, считающиеся недопустимыми для произношения в палате депутатов во время заседания. Прежде всего, запрещено задевать честь и достоинство другого депутата, в частности, запрещено говорить, что другой депутат лжёт. Поскольку депутаты пользуются депутатской неприкосновенностью, публичные оскорбления могут восприниматься как злоупотребление ею.

Решение об отнесении выражения к непарламентским принимает спикер палаты. После произнесения тех или иных выражений он просит допустившего их депутата взять их обратно, после чего данное выражение пополняет список непарламентских. За непарламентские выражения депутат может быть лишён слова.

В Канаде к непарламентским выражениям отнесены в разные годы слова «злой гений» (evil genius), «расист» (racist), «родившийся по ошибке» (coming into the world by accident) и многие другие. В Ирландии имеется особый список непарламентских выражений в составе регламента Salient Rulings of the Chair, сюда входят, в частности, слова «трус», «коммунист», «лицемер», «крыса», «йеху» и любые намёки на то, что оппонент лжёт или пьян. Во время скандала в декабре 2009 года, когда депутат нижней палаты ирландского парламента (Дойл Эрен) Пол Гогарти, заранее извинившись за «самые непарламентские выражения», два раза крикнул депутату Стэггу «fuck you!», выяснилось, что подобная обсценная лексика на самом деле не имеет официального «непарламентского» статуса.

Имеются тщательно выработанные эвфемизмы, позволяющие обойти ограничения на непарламентские выражения, например, «терминологическая неточность» (ложь), «экономно относиться к истине» (умолчания), «устал и взволнован» (пьян). В 1983 году непарламентским выражением в Великобритании было сочтено в конкретной ситуации слово «недееспособен» (намёк на то, что оппонент был пьян).

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Strider - Sega Mega Drive - 1990 / Strider Hiryu - Sharp X68000 - 1992
Strider (or Strider Hiryu as it is known in Japan) is a hack 'n' slash platform game released into the arcades in 1989. I acquired it for my Atari ST and like R-Type and OutRun it was a disappointing conversion. I'm guessing the same is true of the other European home computer releases as none of them appear on my shortlist.
The two versions that are on my shortlist are Strider for the Sega Mega Drive from 1990 and Strider Hiryu for the Sharp X68000 which was released in Japan in 1992. The X68000 arguably hosts the most faithful conversion of Strider including some nice speech between stages. The Sega Mega Drive release has larger sprites, slightly inferior graphics and a different ending but is equally as playable.
Mecha Pon on the Sega Mega Drive (left) and Sharp X68000 (right)
The game is set in the near future – 2048 to be precise – and the world is ruled by a tyrannical dictator known as the Grandmaster. You are cast as Hiryu, a member of an order of ninja-like agents known as Striders. It is your task to fight your way through the games five stages in order to bring an end to his reign.
The basic aim of the game is to traverse each stage from left to right. Hiryu is controlled by the d-pad and two buttons. One button allows him to jump and the second to attack. The main means of dispatching enemies is the plasma sword. Pressing down and the jump button simultaneously makes the character slide to get under obstacles and take out weaker opponents.
Strider Hiryu is very versatile character. He can climb sheer walls, hang from ledges and platforms and perform a long cartwheel jump. Each stage has been designed to make the most of these abilities seeming as tall as they are wide.
Part of the second stage involves leaping between aircraft (X68000)
Power ups can be found scattered around the stages and are dropped by certain enemies. These include increasing the range of the plasma sword, adding to the health bar and providing extra lives. The power ups can also include robotic helpers. These comprise an eagle that can dispatch aerial enemies and droids that can take out ground based opponents. There is also a robotic tiger that follows Hiryu but didn't seem to help much. The final power up gives Strider a couple of short-lived doubles that make him invincible.
The robot eagle helps take down airborne enemies (X68000)
Every time Hiryu is hit his health gauge is decreased. When this is depleted he will lose a life. He can also lose a life if he falls off the bottom of the screen or when the time limit runs out. When all lives are lost each version contains a couple of continues.
Although these two games represent the best versions of Strider at the time, neither is perfect. Both suffer graphical glitches when the screen gets busy (though not as glitchy as my example gameplay video). I also found Strider starts to get very difficult during the second level, but I guess that's the nature of the coin-op original. It's still a great game and I am finding it difficult to separate the two versions.
At the end of stage one the Russian Parliament forms into a hammer and sickle wielding centipede (Mega Drive)
Example gameplay from the Sharp X68000 (a combination of my screen recording software and youtube makes the graphics more glitchy than normal (especially at the end))....
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Splatterhouse - NEC PC Engine - 1990


There are many reasons why more families move in together. They do this during house crisis, for love or money, to save money, to weather recession, to plan retirement or to blend a family amongst many other reasons. The current economic situation and the high unemployment levels have significantly contributed to families opting to move in together. Other families consider moving in order to save money regarding this decision as the appropriate move or right idea. This is mostly due to economic reasons or love reasons.
Many children adults are moving back into their parent's house because of the current recession. In the recent times, the number of families living in households together has risen at a rate of 11%. This increase is evident between the year 2007 and 2010. According to the report cited by the Washington post and the Abbey study, more than a half of young adults have moved back home. The report states that more than 1 million young adults moved back home between the years 2007-2010. More families move in together to save money being influenced by economic conditions, low employment levels, and limited work prospects. According to AARP and Pew findings, most family households are owned by older parents who live with their young adults and grand children; the rate of multigenerational families increased from 28.8 % in 1990 to approximately 27.4 % in 2008 (Armour 1-3). More extended families are living together. This has changed people's attitude towards extending families living together. According to the new Pew research analysis, 16 % of the United States population lived together with their extended families in 2008. In this case, older persons move in with their children.
Family members do not always have the same values, beliefs, and morals. This is because they have different experiences, which change their perspectives and beliefs concerning many different issues. In this case, families living together are likely to have conflicts. According to Dougherty, privacy changes a lot when family members move back home. However, Dougherty suggests that moving in is not so bad. This is because it helps to save on the finances.
In every family, often, boundaries are crossed; values as well as views on various topics are different, which causes heated discussions and conflicts.
Political and religious views may differ within a family setting. This is because family members share different religious and political views. The best way to deal with religious and political conflicts is to keep an open mind and avoid any discussions concerning these issues.
Financial matters can also cause conflicts within families which have moved in together. Sometimes, members of the family may be stressed because of the lack of money and end up blaming other family members for these financial difficulties. In an extended family setting, it is common for one family to criticize other families for the use of money. This may cause conflicts within the family setting. The best way to deal with this is to discuss every family member's needs and wants. Additionally, there should be a family plan on how to spend money without crossing any other person's boundaries. However, the family members should avoid discussing family money matters publicly. This is because money matters is a private issue.
Different generations within an extended family often have different views on how to raise children. Most conflicts arise when one member of the extended family criticizes how other ones are raising their children or child. However, in such a situation, it is extremely beneficial to compromise. The best way to deal with such conflicts is to avoid imposing child rearing or discipline advice on other family members. In this way, it will be easier to draw a line or boundaries and thus limit the conflicts.
In some families, all members are allowed to influence other family's decisions and lives. The best way to deal with such conflicts is to avoid family influence.
Conflicts can easily be turned into opportunities. This is because the family members can learn how to deal with the conflicts instead of avoiding the conflicts which is very important. It is important to note that mismanagement of conflicts can cause harm to the relationship. In this case, handling conflicts in a positive manner may provide strengthening of bonds within the family. According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the divorce rates fall.
According to the report released in November, 37% of members claim that they observe a decrease in divorce rate. However, others while responding to these attributions said that they witnessed a significant decrease in the number of divorce cases during the times of national economic decline. 19% of the members reported an increase during the most challenging times in the family.
The best way to deal with conflicts is to understand conflicts between the members of the extended family which have moved in together. It is necessary to understand that conflicts arise because of differences which occur when family members disagree on desires, ideas, perception, motivations, and values. When a conflict arises, it is necessary to understand the core of the problem. It is important to understand that conflicts are more than disagreements where a threat is perceived, the conflicts can continue to fester if ignored by the family members. It is necessary to respond to conflicts based on the perception of the persons involved, understand that conflicts may trigger strong emotions. All in all, every conflict is an opportunity for growth.
Cultural boundaries are extremely influential in the efforts to tame, frame, name, and handle different conflicts within an extended family. In this way, the conflict depends on emotional exchange, airing of different views, and provocations. The best way to deal with such case, according to the book Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation across Culturesby John Paul Lederach, is to identify a mediator in the family setting.
Conflicts can easily be dealt with by avoiding position-based competition and conflicts. It is necessary to note that in a position-based competition, every member of the family tries to hold their ground and prevail. In a power-based approach, the members of the family handle or resolve the conflicts leaning on the opinion of the family member with more power. In a right-based handling method, the members of the family handle the conflicts according to legal rights and the claims that are presented to authorities who are recognized. However, these methods of handling conflicts weaken, hurt or destroy relationships (Edi 2012).
Conflicts and disputes must always be assessed and handled directly. The extended family members have a choice to analyze and avoid such conflicts. However, avoiding the conflict will not make it go away, and dealing with rights and authorities to solve conflicts will only harm the extended family relationships. In this case, developing solutions and reaching mutual interest is the best way to handle conflicts. The conflicts can, therefore, be healthy or unhealthy. This is in relation to how the conflicts are handled and approached. It is necessary to attack the problems but not the family members.


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Loved the first two. Third one was a dud thanks to how easy it was and all the motion control trash.
Yeah, needed after Prime 4 not coming out this year.
Prime 1 still has the best graphics relative to the time of all time. It still holds up almost 20 years later.
I'm not linking. Basically someone on resetera shown to have reliable inside info says the direct is coming Wednesday or Thursday and they're going to announce Mario maker 2 and Metroid prime trilogy for switch.
What?!?!? This deserves to be in the title too.
Mario maker 2 and Metroid prime trilogy for switch.
That's a pretty big double boom.
I've decided to give xenoblade chronicles 2 another go until the final fantasy games come out. My only problem with it was the confusing battle system.
I had to watch YouTube videos to get the battle system down.
It takes a minute trying to set your party up correctly to do driver combos efficiently, while also having good blade combo rotations. Rex, Nia, & Morag is my current setup with either Nia/Morag breaking, then Rex having Pyra, Agate/Gorg, & Roc for the Topple, Launch, & Smash. GL.


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Die Diamond Botanical Gardens sind ein botanischer Garten auf der Karibikinsel St. Lucia.
Dort befinden sich auch die Diamond Falls, der "farbenprächtigste Wasserfall der Karibik".

Beschreibung
Die Diamond Botanical Gardens befinden sich auf dem Gelände des Diamond Estate. Die ehemalige Plantage liegt an einer vulkanisch aktiven Zone, wo in einer Schlucht Schwefelquellen entspringen. Ehemals gab es ein Badehaus, welches aber völlig zerfallen ist. Rund um die Diamond Falls, die durch die mineralhaltigen Wasser bunt gefärbt sind, hat Joan Devaux in den 1980ern den botanischen Garten angelegt, der etwa 2 ha umfasst. Verschiedene Palmen, Bananen, Zitrusfrüchte und Kakao wachsen inmitten von Hibiskus, Ingwergewächsen, Helikonien, Vanille und anderen tropischen Pflanzen.

Geschichte
1713 wurde der Familie Devaux als Dank für ihre Verdienste von Ludwig XIV. ein Teil von St. Lucia geschenkt. Das ursprüngliche Anwesen umfasste 2000 acre (8 km²) und beinhaltete die Schwefelquellen und das Gebiet des heutigen Soufrière. Erst 1740 beanspruchten drei Brüder das Gelände für sich und gründeten eine Plantage auf der Zitrusfrüchte, Kopra und Kakao angebaut wurden. 1784 begann der Kurbetrieb für Veteranen von König Ludwig XVI., die die heilenden heißen Quellen zu schätzen wussten. Auf königlichen Befehl wurden riesige steinerne Thermalbäder errichtet, deren Becken zum Teil heute noch genutzt werden. Das Badehaus wurde während der Französischen Revolution völlig zerstört.

1930 entschloss sich der damalige Besitzer des Anwesens, Andre du Boulay, die Bäder für private Zwecke zu renovieren und in den 1980ern legte die Tochter von Boulay, Joan Devaux, den botanischen Garten an.

Diamond Falls
Die Sulphur Springs speisen sowohl die Bäderanlagen, als auch die Diamond Falls. Dort mischen sich Regenwasser und Wasser der Schwefelquellen. Die Kaskade fällt etwa 17 m in die Tiefe. Je nach Lichteinfall nimmt das Wasser unterschiedliche Färbungen an und durch das mineralhaltige Wasser ist das umliegende Gestein mit farbenprächtigen Ablagerungen bedeckt. Baden ist dort nicht möglich.
Ein Pfad zu den Wasserfällen führt auch noch weiter zu einer alten Zucker-Mühle, die noch ein Wasserrad von 1765 besitzt.

Weblinks
 Diamondstlucia.com
 tripadvisor.com
 franks-travelbox.com
 rainforestadventure.com
 paradise-islands.org

Wasserfall in Nordamerika
Wasserfall auf St. Lucia
Sulphur Springs St Lucia
Soufrière (Quarter)
Fließgewässer in der Karibik
Urbaner Freiraum in St. Lucia
Botanischer Garten in Nordamerika


During a recent interview with "The Five Count" radio show, URIAH HEEP guitarist Mick Box was asked why his band has not yet been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. He responded: "I've never even thought about it, because all I hear about how they choose bands and people to be in it, I'm not quite sure it's good or bad; I can't make up my mind about it. But, saying that, just recently, a campaign has been started for us to be in the Hall Of Fame. Whether it disappears into the ether, I have no idea. If it comes to fruition, it'll be great — it'll be a nice moment to savor. But, you know, life goes on regardless. And if it comes, great; if it doesn't, then that's great too." He continued: "Wouldn't it be nice to have [the trophy]? But if it don't come, then life will continue. And as it is, it's a pretty good life already. I mean, the thing they do overlook is that we were pioneers for a lot of bands throughout our career. For instance, we were the first band to play in Moscow when Glasnost sent us an official invitation to be the first Western rock band to play over in Russia. We went to Moscow and played to 180,000 people in the Olympic stadium over a 10-day period. It was just immense. And through our success, other bands could follow in the following years. And similarly in Czechoslovakia, before it became the Czech Republic and Slovakia, we were the first to play there, and then bands followed us there, and then Bulgaria and South Korea, Hungary… All these Eastern Bloc countries — even East Berlin before the wall came down. And it allowed other bands to follow in our wake, which opened up the world a lot more, certainly to good music." URIAH HEEP's 25th studio album, "Living The Dream", was released in September via Frontiers Music Srl. The disc was helmed by the widely respected Canadian producer Jay Ruston, known for his work with STONE SOUR, ANTHRAX and STEEL PANTHER. Box is the original guitarist and sole remaining founding member of URIAH HEEP. He, vocalist Bernie Shaw and keyboardist/vocalist Phil Lanzon have formed the nucleus of the band for more than 32 years and released 17 albums together. URIAH HEEP debuted in 1970 with the release of one of hard rock's milestones, "Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble", and has since sold in excess of 40 million albums worldwide. They constantly tour the world, playing up to 125 shows a year to more than 500,000 fans. The band's live set features the classic tracks from the '70s and is a musical journey from the band's beginnings to the present day. Along with LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH and DEEP PURPLE, URIAH HEEP helped invent a decorative and uniquely British form of heavy metal with "Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble", offered as a self-titled on American shores, but whatever the titling, historically massive in the invention of a music format that would rule the '70s and only intensify in the '80s.


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The Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave, popularly known as ATM Cave or the Cave of the Crystal Maiden. This is one of the most spectacular ceremonial Maya cave sites in Belize. ATM Cave is located in the country's western Cayo District. Most noteworthy, the ATM Cave has been featured by Lonely Planet, National Geographic, the History Channel, and dozens of documentaries and magazine articles.
Due to the sensitive nature of the relics within, only tour groups accompanied by a licensed guide may enter the cave. After an invigorating hike through the jungles of the surrounding nature reserve, participants will arrive at the spring-fed pool that guards the entrance to the cave. Participants will pass through the water barrier and enter a hidden world that escaped detection by European colonizers in centuries past.
The interior of ATM Cave soon opens up to a large cavern filled with spectacular stalagmites and stalactites. The ancient Mayas carved a large ceremonial altar in this area. You can also see several other artifacts nearby. After wading through a subterranean river, participants will climb a series of ladders to arrive at the solemn heart of the cave complex. Once here, one can see jade axheads, obsidian knives, food offerings in ceramic bowls and pots, and even the remains of sacrificial victims.
The most famous attraction in ATM Cave is known as the Crystal Maiden. The bones of a young female adult have slowly fused with the minerals in the cave. This fusion gave the remains a unique sparkle that shimmers in the torchlight. The remains of other sacrificial victims lie nearby, include several from very young children. Archeologists believe that the ancient Maya gave the ultimate sacrifice of human blood to their gods during the Post-Classic period. During this time there was widespread famine, warfare, and civil unrest.
Amber Sunset Jungle Resort has been taking guests on tours of ATM Cave since it was first opened to the public in 2012. We are committed to preserving the important historical artifacts in situ. Consequently, future generations will be able to enjoy and study the cave.
Due to the sensitive nature of the remains in the cave, no cameras are permitted. In addition, visitors are required to remove their shoes before entering the cave to minimize damaging the interior environment. Participants need to be in reasonably good shape in order to explore the ATM cave. Participants will need to bring a change of socks and a towel. Headlamps and other necessary equipment will be provided.


Today, NYC's Mayor Bloomberg announced that free Wi-Fi is coming to 10 commercial corridors throughout New York City.
The corridors (and the organizations who will implement and oversee the Wi-Fi programs) were selected through the Wireless Corridor Challenge, led by the New York City Economic Development Corporation. The selected organizations are the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, Alliance for Downtown New York, Brooklyn Academy of Music, GOWEX, and Flatiron 23rd Street Partnership.
Today also marks the launch of WiredNYC, a rating system for the broadband connectivity of office buildings. Click here for the press release.


On Wednesday (May 16), BET announced the nominees for the 2018 BET Awards and leading the pack with a total of six nominations is DJ Khaled.
Not too for behind Khaled is Kendrick Lamar with five nominations, while Migos picked up four nods. K. Dot will be competing for some of the night's biggest awards including, Best Male Hip Hop Artist and Video of the Year Award. The rapper's Pulitzer Prize-winning Damn. album is also up for Album of the Year.
Migos' Culture II project is also competing for the Album of the Year Award and the crew will be going up against A Tribe Called Quest, N.E.R.D and Rae Sremmurd for the Best Group Award.
Other nominees for the night include Cardi B for Best Female Hip Hop Artist and Video of the Year, as well as Stormzy and Stefflon Don, who will be vying for The Best International Act Award.
The 2018 BET Awards will air live on Sunday, June 24 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. The awards will also air around the world on BET's international networks in the U.K., Africa and South Korea on June 26.
Check out all of the hip-hop artists nominated for awards below.
Lecrae featuring Tori Kelly - "I'll Find You"


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Justin Trudeau. Pierre Trudeau. Canada And Imperial Globalization. Part VI
Justin Trudeau. Pierre Trudeau. Canada And Imperial Globalization..... Part VI
Reading Justin Trudeau's Election-time book, Common Ground (2015) is not a richly rewarding experience. In the face of the Stephen Harper/Conservative Party incipient fascism, however, Justin Trudeau's insistence upon democratic consultation and multi-racial equality in the book is important. But his depiction of Pierre Trudeau seems … simply unreal.
Did father and son never discuss politics, political philosophy, public service, Pierre Trudeau's record? Was it all about keeping physically fit and learning to paddle a canoe? Doubtless Justin Trudeau's writing hand was guided by Election Strategy and Party Advisors. But … still ….
I thought back. Pierre Trudeau became prime minister in 1968. Justin was born in 1971. He was not sixteen years old until his father had been out of active politics for a few years. Those of us who were politically active nationally at the time of Pierre Trudeau's arrival as prime minister know much more about the political Pierre Trudeau than Justin ever can, no matter how many of Canada's bad historians he reads, no matter how many close colleagues of his father Justin consults. Those ones will be sure to clean their recollections for the sake of their own reputations.
Pierre Trudeau began his Liberal career as an internationalist – only one of the reasons he was determined to abort the 'monster' of Quebec independence. (That subject should be a column, and a book of its own.)
In 1969 he appeared at Carleton University in Ottawa to engage with students. At that time Canadians were on a downward curve to becoming a minority holding university teaching positions in Canada. A 'Canadianization' movement had begun and was gaining strength across the country – to provide justice for bright young Canadians, to assure them majority place in the operation of Canada's universities, colleges, art galleries, museums, etc.
A student asked Pierre Trudeau what he thought of the work being done on the matter. The student newspaper reported Trudeau replied that he didn't care who taught in Canadian universities!
At about the same time word was abroad in porous Ottawa that Trudeau had said he didn't care who owned Canada as long as they paid the taxes required to finance government of the country. No source for that statement can be named. But the man most effectively and determinedly working to repatriate ownership of the Canadian economy was Walter Gordon – and his relation to Trudeau tells much.
He began work on Canadian independence in the 1950s, became Lester Pearson's minister of finance, and in a famous 1963 budget created a "takeover tax" and policy to begin regaining Canadian control of the economy. The Stock Markets went berserk; Erik Kierans, head of the Montreal Stock Exchange, flew to Ottawa. Lester Pearson crumpled and "accepted" Gordon's resignation. But not before Pearson agreed the government would set up a Task Force to examine foreign ownership. It was created in 1967.
In his memoirs Gordon reports that Pierre Trudeau (campaigning to become Party Leader) seemed to convey sympathy for the work of the Task Force. When Trudeau became prime minister, however, Gordon (in his gracious way) suggests he was double-crossed by Trudeau.
The Report of the Task Force on Foreign Ownership and the Structure of Canadian Investment, called "the Watkins Report" was published in 1968. Pierre Trudeau was not sympathetic to it. That was so clear that following the creation of the Waffle Movement ("independence and socialism") in the NDP (1969), Walter Gordon and others, less Left than Wafflers, created (1970) The Committee for an Independent Canada. They did so, in fact, to push (as the Waffle was pushing) against Trudeau 'internationalism' and growing foreign ownership of the Canadian economy. (They were largely Liberals trying to force Liberal Trudeau to pay attention to foreign takeover.)
Then – public interest being high – two more Reports on foreign ownership (from government ranks) appeared. The first was The Wahn Report (1970) gaining modest attention. In 1972 the (Herb) Gray Report caused much more discussion and did not please Trudeau (since the issue was insistently present).
Despite a large Committee For An Independent Canada petition and a gathering of members in the Chateau Laurier, followed by an 8 or 9 person delegation meeting with Trudeau, he refused to release the Gray Report to the public, saying (the delegates reported back to us) that to do so would upset the Markets.
Subsequently, the Report was leaked to the (Toronto) Canadian Forum which printed large parts of it. Only then did Trudeau release the Gray Report.
That was the ambiance of the Trudeau prime ministership for some years. For the 1970 Manitoba Centennial Celebration at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Trudeau arrived with Barbara Streisand (U.S. Movie Star) on his arm (probably the first time Ms. Streisand learned that a place called 'Manitoba' exists).
I wrote a letter about the inappropriateness of Trudeau's companion, published in the Ottawa newspaper. As if to heighten the symbolism of 'imperial globalization', it was answered by a particularly bombastic U.S. citizen, a professor in Ottawa, to "correct" my idea of appropriate Canadian protocol … to which I replied. To cap the symbolism, our letters were featured in the Canadian edition of Time magazine. (Not in any Canadian publication.) A few years later, Trudeau didn't like some of my lampooning (about his failure to resist takeover)… and said so. The editor to whom he made his remarks (in porous Ottawa) relayed them to me shortly after their utterance.
It was in that "internationalist" (?) milieu that the Bank of Canada (1974) gave up powers to the Bank of International Settlements and ceased providing interest-free loans to Canadian governments for Infrastructure and related undertakings.
The sale in 1970 to U.S. McGraw Hill of Ryerson Press, Canada's oldest text book publisher, and publisher in the twentieth century of major Canadian writers, brought people into the streets.
On one cold winter morning, demonstrating at a major Ottawa United Church (Ryerson Press was owned by the United Church), the demonstrators were surprised to see the arrival of Governor General Roland Michener for the religious service.
He had to wait outside for his welcomers to appear, and so I asked him if he had come to join the protest against the hateful sale of Ryerson Press. He replied that he had come to worship at the Church where his parents worshipped before him.
The committee of the Church, arranging tea and biscuits for the worshippers after the service, were (strongly) not antagonistic to the demonstrators and invited all in after the service … for warmth and refreshments.
When the matter of the sale of Ryerson Press was brought up in the House of Commons and the government was urged to keep Ryerson Press Canadian (at really very little cost), Pierre Trudeau, like Atlas, shrugged, and he refused even to consider the idea.
His conversion to Canada came late … and slowly. The 1975 creation of Petro Canada as part of the National Energy Program was a response to world conditions, a desire to increase revenues for Ottawa, and (finally!) the intention to have a major Canadian presence in the Canadian Oil Patch!
Pierre Trudeau's attitude to Canada didn't fully change until he had been in office almost ten years. (People forget that.) His attitude is especially strange since a strong push from Canadians existed all through the late 1960s and the 1970s for 'Canadian Independence' and a Canadian Industrial Strategy. The Canadian population was willing to try new and controversial measures. In fact, the Conventional Press and Media have created non-history concerning the National Energy Program. It was hated by international capital, of course (and so the Right press says 'Westerners' hated it). But a poll of Canadians at the time revealed 80% of Canadians supported the NEP – and 80% of Albertans did, too!
When Pierre Trudeau returned to the prime ministership (after the brief Joe Clark, Progressive Conservative interlude) in 1980, a move was talked of again … seriously … to create an Industrial Strategy for Canada. "There was" … the Canadian Encyclopedia reports "another attempt to formulate an industrial strategy, inspired by the government's National Energy Program. This attempt also failed, partly because of growing American objections…." (Vol. 2, 1988, p. 1063)
What the Encyclopedia doesn't report is that U.S. pressure to keep Canada a Resource Colony was intense. And threats almost certainly were made and kept secret. For Alan MacEachen, minister of finance and deputy prime minister, flew to Washington to apologize and record Canada's submission to U.S. will. And almost at the same time Jean Chretien, minister of energy, mines, and resources, flew to New York to give a speech to assembled U.S. power merchants – the theme of his speech being.......
'Canada is Open For Business'.
Until he left politics, Pierre Trudeau oversaw the growing dissolution of Canadian Independence. Through many of Justin Trudeau's growing years his father was an internationalist with contempt for independence seekers and for movements to unite Canadians around the idea of a Canadian-owned economy and culture.
We may not be surprised, then, that in his book, Common Ground, Justin concentrates on the domestic father urging his son to keep in good shape and learn to paddle a canoe through the wilderness of untamed nature – away from the wilderness of untamed political sell-out, betrayal, and colonial administration.
Time to step up to the plate Justin Trudeau.....Petronas's Pacific Northwest LNG proposal is a carbon bomb located in prime wild juvenile salmon rearing grounds...Science has spoken, .....Petronas's location is problematic to say the least.....With all the other west coast LNG proposals that have fallen by the wayside...Clearly there is another British Columbia location available.....
Make me proud Justin Trudeau by making the right thing...Grant G
European Union And Fascism. Imperial Globalization. Part V
European Union And Fascism. Imperial Globalization. ....Part V
Canadians had a taste of incipient fascism with the Conservative government led by Stephen Harper. Flagrant abuse of Parliament. Vicious attacks on organized labour. Deliberate destruction of pubic information and record. Perversion of the National Police Force. Even (I claim) a false, fabricated court action (nationally celebrated) to destroy an enemy. And … much, much more.
Fascism, we remember, is the merging of government and large private Corporations, turning Parliament, the law, the courts, the military and police, as well as conventional press and media (and, often, Opposition Parties) to the task of empowering and enriching the wealthiest, their friends and supporters, while suppressing democratic and humane resistance.
The neo-liberal, neo-fascist face of politics has not been present in Canada only. Britain's vote to leave the European Union has taken place in the midst of a sharp division in Europe. On the one side is a drive to create a sharing, democratic community. On the other is a powerful drive by international capital, banks, and U.S. global policy to create a Gigantic European Market – intending the unimpeded rape of the European population to create a massive profit-centre for the super-rich.
On one side (at its best) is the European Parliament where (for instance) the so-called 'racist', Right Member of the European Parliament, Nigel Farage (just-resigned leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party) tangled with Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission.
Juncker represents international capital and imperial globalization, in fact. Former prime minister of Luxemburg – a super, offshore Tax Haven – Juncker was revealed by 'Lux Leaks' to have benefitted from favours done for flagship international capitalist entities like Apple and Amazon. (Le Monde diplomatique, July, 2016, p. 7) Fellow EU Commissioners are unperturbed by the revelations of 'Lux Leaks'. Jean-Claude Juncker presses on unscathed….
The vote by Britons to leave the European Union is a huge indication of the EU rift.
Take France. For months its people have been in the streets fighting fascist government moves. The French Socialist Party (in power) led by a bland neo-liberal Francois Hollande sells out everything democratic (in league with the European Commission) in order to bring down and oppress the French population.
To force through a punishing labour law, the Hollande forces didn't have the proposed new legislation debated within their own Party (the Socialist Party!!) at all, anywhere, at any time (where real improvements to present labour/management problems might have been presented). The punitive bill (in the face of huge public opposition) was pushed through the National Assembly without a word of debate.
The European Commission (called by some 'EU government') is strangely independent of the European Parliament. The Commission is a neo-liberal, austerity-supporting, employer-backing, worker-punishing ally of international capital and imperial globalization. It wants, in short, a precarious position for labouring people: to be hired in direct competition with one another, without overall ruling Labour Law, for low (or no!) starting wage, with no guarantee of employment, with easy firing available to employers, with no guarantee of working hours or overtime pay regardless of hours of work demanded, and with a minimum of social insurance.
When those principles are hardened into law - the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund say - unemployment will drop, Gross Domestic Product will rise, and the new laws will bring sunny days to the European population.
The fundamental conflict throughout Europe is between "austerity" and what might be called "infrastructure spending". Neo-liberalism pretends that removing spending power from the population will stabilize government debt and increase active enterprise. It knows that is false. But by bringing the population to its knees, neo-liberals can take over government and use it to enrich international capital.
The opposition to neo-liberalism argues that fair wages, public spending on good infrastructure, and public involvement in new enterprise produces tax revenue and assures health for private enterprise and the overall economy.
In Italy, president Matteo Renzi has managed a coup that destabilizes and threatens the work force. He has won increasing diminishments of labour's rights and securities. In 2010 the law severely restricted the possibility of cases of employer abuse. In 2012 employers were given great freedom to fire at will for "economic reasons". Firing can go almost unexamined. A clause was introduced allowing "positions" to be changed, meaning employees are, in effect, fired without recourse – the "position" is no longer there. In effect, Italy now permits what are called contracts of indeterminate time rather than of determinate time. Hiring and firing can be conducted profitably for employers – at the same time affecting (falsely) employment statistics.
Renzi's so-called 'Jobs Act' falls on a working population in Italy so stripped of defenses that no worker reaction is expected that compares with resistance action in France. In Italy the new laws smash labour. Between 2014 and 2015 the instability of young Italians' working life rose from 43% to 55%. The rate of unemployment of youth between 15 and 24 years moved from 30% to 40%. [Andrea Fumagalli, "Jobs Act", Le Monde diplomatique, July, 2016. P.8]
A total neo-liberal, Matteo Renzi has overseen the lowering of taxes for corporations and the very rich as well as the privatization of energy, transportation, and the postal services. Those moves, neo-liberals vow, will increase investment, production, and employment.
At the same time a study done (February 2016) by the Transnational Institute on Industry and Privatization in Europe (Le Monde diplomatique, July 2016, p. 12) concludes "there is no proof to demonstrate that privatized industries provide better service". Indeed, it records "the wave of privatizations has made salaries fall, has degraded working conditions, and has increased earning inequality".
Some of the Italian young are now being asked to work for nothing as a way to build a record that will lead to a CDI – a contract of indeterminate time or – put another way, to a condition in which the employee may be fired at will, without examination of cause.
Meanwhile in the birthplace of democracy, Greece, a calamity deepens as a "troika" in (real) control of Greek affairs tears Greece to pieces.
Many agree Greek publicly-owned infrastructure entities need restructuring. But the "informal group"(!) shaped by the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (the "troika") to auction off Greece will hear of no reconstruction. Everything (so far nineteen privatizations) is to be forcibly sold: ocean ports, airlines and fields, airports, gas, electricity, rail, etc. And the Greek people are to lose (and have lost) wages, pensions, and social protections of all kinds.
A highly effective (and increasingly profitable) proposal for reconstruction was put forward to expand and improve airports and related facilities in public hands. It "ran into categorical refusal by the troika" (Le Monde diplomatique, July 2016, p. 6).
Writing of the enormous, dishonest, manipulated Greek calamity, Niels Kadritzke reports that, repeatedly, single bidders appear, set their own terms for sale, and make huge acquisitions. The "auction" has one person attending! Of the German winning bid for airport ownership and control Kadritzke described the three bidders involved as "an exceptional number for Greek privatizations".
Describing the German win in the airport matter as suspect,
Kadritzke suggests that sale after sale robs Greece of any on-going revenue as taxes are slashed or erased and terms of ownership allow unlimited freedom to exploit the Greek people.
Of the German airport acquisition, Kadritzke writes: "In sum, there is in this matter the ingredients of flagrant conflict of interest in violation of all European regulations concerning the process of calling for and receiving offers to purchase – without speaking of the most elementary violation of decency." (No action on that questionable "sale" (or any other) has been taken by any authority.)
Greece is not going through anything like an auction. Nothing as honest as that. It is being violently shredded and internationally privatized with the apparent hope on the part of the European Commission and imperial globalizers that NOTHING will be able to put it back together.
Prime minister Alexis Tsipras, who helped create and build the new Syriza Party to save Greece from what is, in fact, happening, appears to have joined the most destructive elements of the European Union.
Of the sell-off of the port of Piraeus to China (COSCO), Tsipras praises it as bringing closer ties between China and Greece.
In the guise of building a cooperative European Community, international capital and imperial globalizers are slashing at the European population with the intention of bringing it to its knees. So far, imperial globalization has had astonishing success. When the people of Europe awaken, take hold, and decide to change direction, the Brexit upheaval in Britain will look like a pleasant afternoon Garden Party on the lawn at Buckingham Palace.
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Christy Clark's LNG Rhetoric....Fiction Versus Facts
The below information assembled by Grant G
I would like everyone to look at the above chart....The LNG demand forecast for Japan is not flatlining, it's retreating fast...Even with the demand from other countries factored into the mix...The market isn't growing near fast enough to absorb increased production..more nuclear power will be restarted and renewables.....Look below at what Christy Clark told the British Columbia voters in the run-up to, and during the 2013 provincial election....
Oh, as for the above chart...it belongs to this article..
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-07/biggest-lng-buyer-expands-europe-links-amid-demand-uncertainty
In that Bloomberg article...JERA....Japan's largest LNG buyer has purchased too much longterm LNG..They have no need for it in Japan....JERA..JERA has comes to new terms..Now, JERA can re-sell this excess LNG into the European market...
Reality Check | The LNG Boom ?
The B.C. Liberals claim future liquefied natural gas sales will help pay off the province's debt. The CBC News Reality Check team wades through the spin to figure out whether the plan is hype or hope.
"Liquefied natural gas is the industry that will make British Columbia debt free," says B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark.
"We have a plan to export natural gas at five times the price of what we can get here in North America."
The site has been prepped on the first of five promised LNG plants in northern B.C. where the gas will be extracted, chilled into liquid form and shipped to Asia, where there's a thirst for LNG after the 2011 earthquake in Japan, which sidelined all but two of the country's 52 nuclear reactors.
"Their hunger for the cleanest fossil fuel on the planet is almost unlimited," Clark said earlier this month while on a campaign stop in Dawson Creek.
'Wishful thinking'
But Peter Hughes, a UK energy consultant who specializes in the international trade of LNG, says Japan's willingness to pay sky-high prices is not unlimited. He says the current system of pricing LNG based on the price of oil could soon change.
"The Japanese have now decided they need to move away from oil indexation as the pricing basis for their LNG imports and the government has issued instruction to that effect, which in Japan is a very powerful factor," he said.
B.C. has major LNG competitors in Qatar, East Africa and Australia.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04/29/lng-christy-clark-bc_n_3177715.html
Too much gas for too few customers, ...100 million tonnes of new LNG supply(already under construction or near completion) about to hit the market....
Looks folks....Where is Vaughn Palmer...where is Keith Baldrey..Where is Postmedia....
This LNG thingy wouldn't be a big deal, or an important issue for British Columbia if....
If Christy Clark and her BC Liberal Government didn't promise a $100 billion dollar prosperity fund....the elimination of the B.C.'s growing debt..elimination of crown corporation debt, .the elimination of our sales tax..monies for northern communities, monies for First Nations, money for healthcare and education....
And a 100,000 new high-paying LNG jobs...
if, if Christy Clark didn't promise all that during the 2013 provincial election LNG wouldn't be a B.C. issue...but she did, all the BC Liberals did..
So..Where are you Postmedia..where are you Vaughn Palmer...Where are you Michael Smyth..Where are you Keith Baldrey....Nevermind..
Christy Clark's 2017 Election Gambit(LNG Redux) and The Stunning Display of Postmedia Publishing Rubbish..A Straight Goods Special
It absolutely amazes me, no matter how stupid, how outrageous, no matter what this BC liberal government says or does all we hear from our employed by Postmedia or employed by Global/CTV legislative media is.....not much, usually nothing..
Vaughn Palmer..Michael Smyth..Keith Baldrey....last week education minister Mike Bernier threw a hail Bernie Madoff pass, eer, I mean a Hail Mary pass at the Vancouver School Board.
The pure unadulterated gall emanating from Christy Clark's governing playbook is almost too much to believe...
Christy Clark's 2013 election campaign theme was "Families First" and something about a "$trillion dollar LNG windfall"...Let's discuss the former first..
Families First...Why isn't Vaughn Palmer, Michael Smyth, Keith Baldrey laughing at and or mocking in print, on TV or radio Christy Clark?
That answer comes first...The sold out to the far rightwing corporate agenda company, also known as Postmedia and Global BC...The only possible plausible answer is....
Postmedia and Global BC have forbidden their personalities to say, report, write about anything that could, or would harm business interests and or this corporate owned BC Liberal Party, no longer is the public informed of the truth, the realities on the ground, Global BC and Postmedia no longer inform Joe public of any scandals, any corruption if it involves their preferred side, that being the side of Mega-Corporation and Mega-Corporation's bought government, The BC Liberals ... with the loss of honest journalism, with writers handcuffed, with only one-sided skewed reporting and spin, our mainstream media is no longer serving Joe public, in their eyes Joe public is merely an obstacle in need of being bent and twisted...
None of those long serving legislative scribes had the courage to challenge their employer, i'm not talking about those above mentioned legislative scribes doing anything radical, violent or ill toward...writing the truth would be a good start, a little balance perhaps..
The hypocrisy.. Vancouver and surrounding areas are grappling with a real estate reverse meltdown, politicians are pretending to be scrambling to get it under control, press conferences and vague words, promises of doing something, sometime...and then..an 11th hour blather and ridiculous proposal by Mike Bernier and the ministry of education...Telling the VSB, publicly(Twitter) I might add, to sell a money generating asset(real Estate) to pay a portion(1/4) of the budget shortfall...more fuel on a burning market, and the gall, the BC Liberals will take an ownership share to advance the sale quickly....come on..who is it Christy Clark?..Which one of the BC Liberal party donors wants Kingsgate mall..the Beedies, ?..Is it the Wall's...who wants the land Christy.....I remember too well the sweet deal Christy Clark made to sell(give) away Burke Mountain land at 1/10 of the value to her friend...now attempting to force the VSB to do the same....Only an idiot can't see where and or who thunk of the VSB proposal..Teacher hating public education hating Christy Clark....Families First..Christy Clark's party donating family first, and only her family..
Christy must be grinning, she gets to jab and poke the VSB while simultaneously rewarding her wealthy friends..
How can the three stooges remain silent, ...never mind.
Now the latter....Christy Clark 2013 election promise of a "$trillion dollar LNG windfall"
There was two LNG as it pertains to British Columbia articles published yesterday...one article, reported by small-time media Alaska Highway News...That article informs Joe Public of what a Petronas insider is saying about the Pacific Northwest LNG terminal project...and it's brutal news for Christy Clark's LNG election gambit....and more...if one looks at what the Petronas insider is really saying...in a nutshell...Petronas is not going to make a final investment decision regardless of the expected by the end of September federal decision on the project, even if the project gets the federal nod..Petronas will not make a final investment decision until June 2017...
That's right folks..three weeks after our 2017 provincial election.....!!!! That can't be a coincidence..It tells me two things, number one..Petronas is prepared to play with our 2017 election, by playing, I mean Petronas will suggest to BC's public that if the NDP are elected they won't go forward with the project..secondly..
Christy Clark, Gordon Wilson will put that scenario front and center in the BC Liberal's 2017 election campaign...something like this..
If The NDP are elected BC's LNG windfall will vanish, all the hardwork we BC Liberals put into developing a new mega-industry for British Columbian's will have been for not..
The article in AHN
http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/wait-for-pnw-lng-investment-decision-could-drag-into-june-2017-1.2293709
the Petronas insider had more to say..much much more..
The head of an advocacy group for B.C.'s oil and gas service sector says it could be almost another year before Petronas makes an investment decision on its Pacific NorthWest LNG facility.
At the annual general meeting of Energy Services BC late last month, President Dave Turchanski told members that, according to a source within the company, the Malaysian oil and gas giant likely won't make a final investment decision on Pacific NorthWest until June 2017.
The facility, which would be built on Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, would process gas from Northeast B.C. for export to Asia. It is undergoing a review by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, with a decision expected by mid-September.
"At the earliest is June of 2017, Petronas might come out with a final investment decision (FID)," Turchanski said in an interview.
"If they come out with an FID, that doesn't mean they're going to go to work right away. They might delay it another year, they might delay it two years, they might delay it five years."
A possible June 2017 decision(FID) one month after our 2017 provincial election, and even then, construction to be delayed up to another 5 year..that would be 2022/2023...and if the LNG glut looks to persist longer?..Then as this writer wrote last year...Petronas is out..they will never build in BC ..unless, unless we pay them to take the gas...
http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2016/06/another-made-in-british-columbia-lng.html
http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2016/01/breaking-newsit-looks-almost-certain.html
When is Postmedia going to report on the real LNG story...
There is a LNG glut until 2026 or later, with new technology, with renewable power, with country after country discovering they have their own domestic natural gas reserves...
With China building windfarms in Pakistan..With Egypt developing their own domestic gas, Israel developing mammoth gas deposits in their backyard...With China, India, Middle East, Qatar, Iran, Russia...neighbours working with neighbours...
Longterm LNG buying contracts inked for between $4 and $5 dollars per MM BTU,s...That my friends is the new longterm price bench and unless someone can deliver it cheaper, or has access to free gas reserves to liquefy...Petronas and others can't make any money...no money to be made, no expenditure of $billions..
Those are the facts on the ground..
I did mention there was two B.C. related LNG articles published yesterday..The other article was posted by Postmedia's Calgary Herald writer(spinner) Chris Varcoe...
In the Postmedia article published the same day as the Alaska Highway News LNG article..in the Postmedia article there is no mention of Petronas's NEW DELAY..the article does mention how bad B.C.'s and Canada's LNG is fairing, they mention the gas glut, they mention the LNG headwinds facing British Columbia....you can't deny the OVERT realities!...The Calgary Herald LNG article talks of a possible ray of hope for the B.C. LNG industry...
This readers is where propaganda and piss-poor reporting rears it's Postmedia head, where journalism leaves the page, where even the most basic background data is ignored, the Chris Varcoe article at this point relies on mere quotes from a LNG industry promoter..
Canadian natural gas producers have been battered by relentless headwinds in recent years and the challenges ahead look daunting, looming like summer storm clouds hanging over the Prairies.
But even with the problems created by low prices, shrinking exports, massive production increases in the United States and depressed drilling activity at home, there are slivers of hope on the horizon — if the sector can get through the gale.
A new report by the Canadian Energy Research Institute predicts natural gas production in the country is likely to rise over the next two decades along with prices. As well, demand inside Canada will continue to grow.....
"We've come to a significant crossroads," says Dinara Millington, CERI's vice-president of research. "Do we want Canada to be an international player in the LNG game or not? It's pretty clear where the industry stands on this. It's not quite clear where the governments are."
Canada could remain as a net exporter of natural gas through the next 20 years," the report concludes.
However, the ray of hope for the sector's future comes with the assumption Canada will approve and build an LNG terminal on the British Columbia coast — something that hasn't yet occurred.
If that happens, CERI projects an increase in exports of four billion cubic feet a day. If it doesn't happen, Millington says the idea of ramping up production won't materialize and Canadian gas output will stagnate or dip.
"We might literally miss the boat," she warns.
http://calgaryherald.com/business/energy/varcoe-canadian-natural-gas-outlook-appears-uncertain-but-signs-of-hope-emerge
First, Let me remind you who CERI is......
http://www.ceri.ca/partners/
Mr. Mike Cleland?
Former CEO of the Canadian Gas Association
Mr. Terry Abel
Director, Oil Sands at
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
____________ Mr. Kendall Dilling
Vice President, Environment and Regulatory
Mr. Michael W. Ekelund
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic InitiativeAlberta Department of Energy
Mr. Allan FogwillPresident and CEO
Canadian Energy Research Institute
Mr. Fogwill previously worked for natural gas distribution companies in BC..Alberta and Ontario
Mr. Kevin Heffernan
Consultant...
Mr. Hefferman was a stakeholder in Trident Exploration, a private company developing coalbed methane..
CERI is a group of industry insiders with vested financial interests, in other words, the more gas and oil moved and produced, the more money those individuals make....(This reported in the link directly below)
http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2016/06/postmedia-defends-indefensable-site-c.html
Full Stop....
In that Calgary Herald article written by Postmedia's Chris Varcoe..he repeated a quote from ....
Dinara Millington, CERI's vice-president of research
and I quote...
"However, the ray of hope for the sector's future comes with the assumption Canada will approve and build an LNG terminal on the British Columbia coast — something that hasn't yet occurred."
Do you see that..there it is, overt, glaring, as plain as the nose on your face...Vice president of CERI's research department..Research, are you kidding me, what research, read the lie..here, let me point it out again...
However, the ray of hope for the sector's future comes with the assumption Canada will approve and build an LNG terminal on the British Columbia coast — something that hasn't yet occurred...
First point...Canada isn't building anything, energy companies are proposing building LNG terminals and...
Shell Canada had all the permits to build, they had a 40 year export license, a First Nations deal, they had a federal environmental certificate and all the required BC oil and Gas Commission permits...
Shell Canada had everything except customers buying gas at a profitable price point...AltaGas, Christy Clark's Burrard bridge yogafest sponsor..
AltaGas had all the permits too, a First Nation deal, a NEB export licence, an EA certificate, again, they had everything except gas buying customers...Yesterday, in a article published in the Alaska Highway News...
A Petronas insider told the press that PNW LNG, even if it gets a greenlight from the CEAA they will delay constructing anything until 2022....
With BC gas revenues in the negative to the tune of $1 billion plus once all the drilling credits are calculated...How is a maybe in 2022 construction start going to create this miracle..the "ray of hope"
How can Dinara Millington, CERI's vice-president of research state such a blatant lie?..it is a lie..how can a Postmedia scribe repeat a blatant lie...Shell Canada and Altagas's federal approvals were not kept in a secret vault...This is basic information..
Vancouver, British Columbia, June 17, 2015— LNG Canada announced today that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has approved the project's Environmental Assessment and the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has issued an Environmental Assessment Certificate for its proposed four train liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Kitimat, B.C. The provincial and federal approvals conclude the project's environmental assessment review process.
"We have made significant progress to advance our project over the past year," said Andy Calitz, CEO of LNG Canada. "Receiving both provincial and federal approval of our Environmental Assessment is a critical milestone on our path to making a final investment decision. We could not have achieved this without input from the local community of Kitimat and First Nations, and we appreciate the local knowledge they shared with us."
http://lngcanada.ca/media-items/lng-canada-receives-approval-for-environmental-assessment
Altagas...
Posted February 25 2016
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-lng-altagas-kitimat-1.3464576
In another blow to B.C.'s nascent liquefied natural gas industry, AltaGas Ltd. is shelving the development of its Douglas Channel LNG plant near Kitimat.
The decision to halt work on the project was blamed on poor economic conditions and worsening global energy prices.
"We believe the project could deliver LNG to Japan at very competitive prices," AltaGas CEO David Cornhill said Thursday.
"However, without a meaningful offtake agreement the consortium can no longer continue the development of the project."
AltaGas, along with its global partners in the project, had been aiming for the project near Kitimat, B.C., to begin exporting LNG in 2018.
The announcement comes just weeks after Shell Canada announced it was postponing its final investment decision (FID) on their huge LNG terminal proposal in Kitimat until the end of the year.
Significant decisions to come
Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman said today's news does not mean B.C.'s LNG industry is in trouble.
"I don't think so," Coleman said Thursday.
Sure thing Rich Coleman..whatever you say...
You see folks, here is what bothers me, how can a mainstream omit such facts, repeat industry lies, Altagas had all the needed permits, they were greenlighted, they, Altagas cancelled the build because no banks were going to lend money for a project that was destined to lose money..thus the plug was pulled..
So how can a Vice president of research at CERI say with a straight face that no approvals have been granted...
How can Dinara Millington, CERI's vice-president of research say the only thing that can save the LNG industry is if Canada grants federal approvals... when in fact the federal Government has granted two approvals..
CERI's vice-president Dinara Millington needs a new title...
Vice president of CERI's word salad division..
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