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Nowadays, the movement of fossil fuel energy followed by the reinvestment in the local production represents a major interest of the energy transition community. Indeed, local authorities are more and more interested in engaging in the Divest-Invest movement. They are taking on their share of responsibility by implementing strong strategies, as did the city of Stuttgart in Germany. Moreover, a wide mobilization across the world will be undertaken involving civil society with the Global Divest Week which will be held in the second week of May 2017.
Stuttgart, a middle-sized city and the regional capital of the Baden- Wurttemberg region, has stepped into the field of divestment and is now a role model thanks to its ambitious strategy.
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In the meantime, the city is governed by the Green party, which may be seen as contradictory, as the industry sector remains very powerful. The divest strategy from fossil fuels started from scratch, but when the Greens came along, they created a common consensus among all politicians. The strategy is two-sided, as the divestment is followed by a reinvestment in the local production, giving the local artisans more opportunities and at the same time gaining the support of the right conservative wing (CDU).
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The United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has ruled in favor of the plaintiff in Lester J. Smith v. Brian Owens, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, a case argued by Mark Goldfeder, senior lecturer and director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion's Restoring Religious Freedom Project.
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El Distrito electoral local 11 de Hidalgo es uno de los dieciocho distritos electorales Locales del estado de Hidalgo para la elección de diputados locales. Su cabecera es la ciudad de Tulancingo.

Historia

Tulancingo como cabecera distrital

Después de la erección del estado de Hidalgo en 1869 durante la I Legislatura del Congreso de Hidalgo existían once distritos, siendo Tulancingo el VIII Distrito. De 1871 a 1879 existieron dieciséis distritos siendo Tulancingo el XII Distrito. De 1879 a 1903 existieron once distritos siendo Tulancingo el IX Distrito. Para el periodo de 1903 a 1913 se regresa a diez distritos siendo Tulancingo el VIII Distrito.

De 1917 a 1923 en Hidalgo existieron dieciséis distritos siendo Tulancingo el III Distrito. De 1925 a 1931 con diecisiete distritos existentes Tulancingo fue el III Distrito. Para el periodo 1931 a 1935 con once distritos Tulancingo fue el II Distrito. De 1935 hasta 1972 con once distritos Tulancingo fue el II Distrito. De 1975 a 1996 existieron quince distritos siendo Tulancingo el II Distrito. Para el periodo de 1996 a 2016 con dieciocho distritos existentes Tulancingo fue el III Distrito.

El 3 de septiembre de 2015 el Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) aprobó los distritos electorales uninominales locales y sus respectivas cabeceras distritales de Hidalgo, que entraron en vigor para las elecciones estatales de Hidalgo en 2016.

Demarcación territorial

Este distrito esta integrado por un total de un municipios, que son los siguientes:

 Tulancingo de Bravo, integrado por 54 secciones electorales.

Diputados por el distrito
 LXIII Legislatura (2016-2018)
 Luis Alberto Marroquín Morato (PVEM).
 LXIV Legislatura
 José Antonio Hernández Vera, MORENA (2018-2020).
 Salvador Sosa Arroyo, MORENA (2020-2021).

Véase también
 Gobierno del estado de Hidalgo
 Congreso del estado de Hidalgo

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Gobierno del estado de Hidalgo.
 Congreso del Estado Libre y Soberano de Hidalgo.

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Dick Fairhurst's Memories: Paul Golnick
Many people know Dick Fairhurst as the owner and operator of Cypress Lodge on Alta Lake, now occupied by the Whistler Sailing Association and the Point Artist-Run Centre. When he first moved to Alta Lake in 1943, however, Dick spent the springs working for Alf Gebhart at the Rainbow Lumber Company Mill. After Cypress Lodge opened in the late 1940s Dick continued to work as a logger and, through his work, got to meet many different characters that came through the valley.
In Dick's short collection of "Whistler Stories" some are mentioned only briefly while, others, like Paul Golnick, seemed to make life at Alta Lake exciting and memorable.
Paul Golnick arrived in the valley in 1952 and was assigned to work under Dick at the Van West logging camp. Paul, a young German immigrant, was described as a "very husky, burly, no nonsense man" who "looked like he could carry the logs out on his back."
The Van West Logging Camp in the 1950s, set up closer to today's Function Junction. Noyes Collection.
Paul's time at the logging camp stuck in Dick's memory from his first loggers' breakfast. Before coming to Canada Paul had lived in post-war Germany and then worked in the coal mines in France. The breakfast tables at the camp were piled with food and, as Dick recalled, in one sitting Paul made it through a dozen eggs, a plate of bacon and hot cakes and a finisher of toast and jam. Paul later told Dick he had never seen so much food before.
Though Paul quickly proved to be a hard and capable worker, his time at Alta Lake was not without mishap. While getting a drink from a creek one day he accidentally dislodged a small pole which came to stop of the head of a coworker (a chaser) getting a drink slightly down the creek. The chaser's head was pushed down and when he came back up mud streamed from his mouth and was lodged behind his glasses. This wouldn't have been so terrible but, in his temper, the chaser tripped over another log and fell into more mud. While Dick hid behind a tree laughing and Paul tried to explain the accident the chaser gathered his things and left.
Logging donkeys, caterpillar tractors with arches and mobile loaders were used by Van West. It was hard work but an improvement over the hand logging of the 1920s. Green Collection.
There were few opportunities for driving in the valley but by the 1950s a rough tote road had been made by the logging camp on the old Pemberton Trail. Dick bought three Ford Model As and, though his was a "real lemon" and good only for parts, Paul's was good enough to get them to work. Unfortunately, according to Dick, Paul wasn't the best driver and he wouldn't let anyone else behind the wheel. On steep hills the motor would stall and Dick would have to jump out to put a rock behind the wheel – apparently Paul couldn't yet handle the brake and gas at the same time. On one occasion the rock failed and Paul, thinking he'd hit the brake, went back down the hill in reverse at full speed. Dick described it as "the fanciest bit of steering I ever saw in my life." Despite two flat tires, the car was back on the road in just a couple of days.
After a year at the camp Paul took over Dick's job hooking for the catskinners and brought his bride Marianne to join him from Germany. A wedding party for them was held at Dick's house and went well until, just moments after Paul had commented that he "had never seen so many happy people," a fight broke out leaving Dick with a smashed window and a bloody wall. Dick never asked what he thought about the "happy people" after that.
When Marianne was seven months pregnant a group from the Van West logging camp went to visit at Parkhurst. This journey involved driving over the "road" to the log dump at the south end of Green Lake where they got a ride on the Queen Mary across the lake. Visits to Parkhurst were great socializing opportunities and by the time the group left it was getting dark. The Queen Mary brought them back to the log dump where there was so much bark and debris floating that, in the dusk, the debris could be mistaken for solid ground. Unfortunately the first one out of the boat was Marianne who went straight through the debris and into fifteen feet of cold water. Paul and the others still onboard quickly grabbed her and hauled Marianne back into the boat. Luckily there were no ill effects from her dunking.
The settlement at Parkhurst in the 1950s, across the lake from where Marianne fell in. Clausen Collection.
Two months later Paul and Marianne created more excitement when, at 3 am, Marianne went into labour. With no scheduled train, the section foreman had to be called to bring his speeder with a trailer to take Marianne to Squamish. At Brackendale Marianne was loaded into an ambulance and a daughter was born before they made it to the hospital.
We're not sure what happened to Paul and his family after they left Alta Lake and Dick doesn't include any details on their later years. This is not uncommon – so many people pass through the valley that it's hard to keep track of everyone. Paul's time here, however, was certainly memorable to those who knew him.
This entry was posted in Beyond Skiing, From the Archives, Museum Musings, Pioneers, Recreation and tagged Alta Lake, Cypress Lodge, Dick Fairhurst, Ford Model A, logging, parkhurst, Paul Golnick, pge railway, Queen Mary, Van West Logging Camp. Bookmark the permalink.
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John Burge | October 6, 2018 at 11:22 am | Reply
Interesting you mention Dick bought three Model A's. If I'm not mistaken, one of them ended up as the drive for Whistler's first ski "lift." Sometime in the early 60s, Dick had the idea of building a rope tow on a slope behind Cypress Lodge under the power lines. He bought 1200 feet of sisal rope, built three log towers, used car rims as the sheaves, and put the engine up on blocks in a little shed at the bottom. It still had its gear box and accelerator pedal attached, and I think he used weights or wire to set/adjust the speed. (There were no safety devices!) I believe the people using it chipped in for gas. It was mainly used on holidays and weekends, and after the first "season," the rope was destroyed in a fire in one of the Cypress lodge outbuildings. The community got together and raised funds to buy another rope, and the tow operated for at least one more season, and then I think it was superseded by immanent opening of Garibaldi Lifts.
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Global Women's Project seeks to educate ourselves (as variously privileged people) about the global poverty, oppression and injustice that women suffer, and how our own overconsumption and misuse of resources directly contributes to their suffering.
Global Women's Project invites all women to live in solidarity with women around the world seeking to empower women and girls in their own communities in living a life of dignity and respect.
GWP grew out of the Gathering of Church of the Brethren Women, held at Manchester College in July, 1978. Moved by a message delivered by Ruthann Knechel Johansen, "Giving Birth To A New World," the conference participants agreed to create the project and to urge the Church of the Brethren General Board to implement the project as a denominational program, though independently funded. Until 1995, GWP had General Board support through Program for Women, World Ministries and Parish Ministries Commissions. Presently, GWP steering committee members share the implementation responsibilities of the program, with limited support from the General Board. In over 3 decades, more than 50 people have served on the steering committee. See a full list here.
Read about our partner projects.
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+I am not a Mennonite but our new church, not far from a dtrong Mennonite area, is in the process of being built, with a Mennonite family too as members.
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1 February 2001 Inheritance of Resistance to Ear Damage Caused by Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Maize
M. E. Cartea, R. A. Malvar, M. I. Vales, A. Butrón, A. Ordás
M. E. Cartea,1 R. A. Malvar,1 M. I. Vales,1 A. Butrón,1 A. Ordás1
1Misión Biológica de Galicia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Apartado 28, E-36080 Pontevedra, Spain
J. of Economic Entomology, 94(1):277-283 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-94.1.277
Sesamia nonagrioides Lefebvre is a major insect pest of maize (Zea mays L.) in northwestern Spain. The inheritance of ear resistance in field corn to this pest has not been studied. This work aims to determine the importance of genetic (additive, dominance, and epistatic effects) and environmental effects in the inheritance of ear resistance to S. nonagrioides. Three field corn inbreds (CM109, EP31, and EP42) were used as parents and two crosses (CM109 × EP31 and CM109 × EP42) were made. These inbreds show different ear resistance levels to S. nonagrioides, with CM109 more resistant than EP31 and EP42. For each cross, parents (P1, P2), F1, F2, and backcrosses to each parent (BC1 and BC2) were evaluated. Correlations among ear damage traits showed that general appearance of the ear should be useful indicator of ear resistance. Ear resistance was dominant to susceptibility and was transmitted from inbreds to their hybrids. The additive-dominance model fit the generation mean analysis for both crosses and the degree of genetic control varied depending on the cross and trait. For both crosses, additive and dominance effects were significant for most ear damage traits. Epistatic gene effects were significant for husk and shank damage, and gene effects for number and length of tunnels were not significant. Because ear resistance involved additive and dominance effects for this set of inbreds, breeding procedures based on both types of gene action should be effective.
M. E. Cartea, R. A. Malvar, M. I. Vales, A. Butrón, and A. Ordás "Inheritance of Resistance to Ear Damage Caused by Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Maize," Journal of Economic Entomology 94(1), 277-283, (1 February 2001). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-94.1.277
Received: 15 February 2000; Accepted: 1 September 2000; Published: 1 February 2001
Vol. 94 • No. 1
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Sesamia nonagrioides
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Mean Generation Analysis of the Damage caused by Sesamia nonagrioides...
Evaluation of the European Union Maize Landrace Core Collection for...
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Evaluation of Popcorn Germplasm for Resistance to Sesamia nonagrioides Attack
M. E. Cartea, R. A. Malvar, M. I. Vales, A. Butrón, A. Ordás "Inheritance of Resistance to Ear Damage Caused by Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Maize," Journal of Economic Entomology, 94(1), 277-283, (1 February 2001)


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Robert Burness was born in a small cottage in the parish of Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 25th of January in the year 1759. His father, William Burness, was the son of a farmer in Kincardineshire. Due to the poverty of his own family in Kincardineshire the father moved south to Ayrshire where, in December, 1757, he married Agnes Brown.
Robert Burness was born into a large family, and was one of seven children. Robert was the eldest son of the marriage. He later shortened his surname to Burns.
Robert's father was a man of superior knowledge and was upright of a strong character. He took the perpetual lease of 7 acres of land at Alloway on which he built his own cottage and cultivated the remainder as a nursery. He struggled hard to maintain a reasonable subsistence for the family and to educate them. The father did give Burns some tutoring at home.
While at school Burns read widely, including the works of Pope, Ramsay, and "The Spectator". His early interest in the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare were the inspiration for his early writings of verse. He also picked-up a smattering of French and studied "practical mathematics" (a.k.a. land-surveying).
The early life of Burns was one of "toil and moil". The wolf was always at the door and although the family learned to be very thrifty, poverty, hard labour and anxiety continually pervaded his family life.
Before his father's death in 1784, Robert and his brother Gilbert took on the rental of another farm which they managed for four years.
At the age of 25, Burns became very popular in the local community for his poetry. He became a very fluent and vigorous talker. For a while he lead a fairly sober life and joined a society of freemasons. Burns really loved the women and he was loved in return by them. His many amorous exploits fired his poetry and song writing and his fame as a versifier began to spread throughout the nation.
Jean Armour, Burns' childhood sweetheart and a master-mason's daughter, found herself pregnant with twins. Robert and Jean agreed that, to give her some respectability and to make the children legitimate, they would get married. But they also agreed that to escape the call of security for maintenance for the children under threat of imprisonment, Burns would seek his fortune in Jamaica where he would work as an assistant overseer to a planter. It was hoped that this would allow Burns to raise the compensation payable to Jean.
Unfortunately, Jean's parents absolutely refused to hear of matrimony and persuaded Jean to relinquish Burns' written declaration of intended marriage. Burns regarded Jean as having renèged in love under this parental pressure. At this point Burns turned his affections to Mary Campbell, his "Highland Mary", but these affections came to nothing, for she died of a fever in Greenock.
Since Burns expected to be away from Scotland for many years - if not the remainder of his life - he resolved to leave behind him some record of how Ayrshire had been his inspiration for his poetic genius. In 1786 he published, at Kilmarnock, 600 copies of a small volume of his verses. The volume was very well received and earned Burns �20. As a result of this success, his friends persuaded Burns to abandon the Jamaican trip and to pursue better opportunities in Edinburgh.
He arrived in Edinburgh in 1786 and although he had no contacts at first, he very quickly became known by the leading people in fashion, literature and social rank. They were surprised at his brilliant conversational powers, his wit and his literary knowledge. During his two year stay in Edinburgh, Burns took the opportunity to visit many other parts of Scotland, and crossed the English border into Carlisle and Newcastle.
A 2800 copy edition of his poems was published in Edinburgh in 1787 for which he earned �600. Burns had now grown to become the convivial Ayrshire peasant poet - the centre of attraction at all the best social gatherings in Edinburgh.
In early 1788, Burns returned to Ayrshire and again met and married Jean Armour. They had four sons and one daughter (his daughter died at the age of three). He took a farm at Ellisland in Dumfries-shire where he exercised his skill as a ploughman. But Burns found it difficult to make a worthwhile income from the farm and decided to augment his income by taking the post of the local excise officer, for which he was paid �50 per annum.
After Burns had been on the farm for three and half years he found that his duties as excise man interfered with agricultural pursuits, so he gave up the farm and in 1791, moved to a small house in Dumfries where he remained for the rest of his short life.
Ill health, mental dejection and a continual shortage of money pervaded his life. His over-indulgence brought on many maladies and a fever struck him down. On the 21st of July 1796, at the age of thirty seven, Burns died, while his wife Jean was in confinement with their fifth child.
All Scotland rejoiced and was proud that such a famous poet of immense popularity had left a reflective legacy of his countrymen's ways of life, the Scottish character and the mind of the Scottish Nation.
Burn's poetry bequeathed to the Scots three precious gifts viz:-
a clarity of incisive expression
a priceless collection of singable songs
a sympathy with life so vivid and intimate as to fervently stir the imagination
Burns was five feet ten inches tall, with black curly hair and dark eyes. He had a quick temper, and although he wrote many songs, he had no technical knowledge of music and did not have a great singing voice. He regarded "Tam O' Shanter," which he wrote in a single day at Ellisland in 1793, to be his best work.
With the famed To a Mouse, To a Louse and Holy Willie's Prayer amongst his assets, not to mention the well-famed Auld Lang Syne and Scots Wha Hae, Burns is unequivocally one of the greatest poets of all time.
The Star o' Rabbie Burns
Words: James Thomson
Music: James Booth
There is a star whose beaming ray
Is shed on every clime.
It shines by night, it shines by day,
And ne'er grows dim wi' time.
It rose upon the banks o' Ayr,
It shone on Doon's clear stream.
A hundred years are gane and mair,
Yet brighter grows its beam.
Let kings and courtiers rise and fa'
This world has mony turns,
But brightly beams abune them aw'
The Star o' Rabbie Burns.
Though he was but a ploughman lad
And wore the hodden grey,
Auld Scotland's sweetest bard was bred
Aneath a roof o' strae.
To sweep the strings o' Scotia's lyre,
It needs nae classic lore;
It's mither wit an' native fire
That warms the bosom's core.
On fame's emblazon'd page enshrin'd
His name is foremost now,
And many a costly wreath's been twin'd
To grace his honest brow.
And Scotland's heart expands wi' joy
Whene'er the day returns
That gave the world its peasant boy
Immortal Rabbie Burns.
Examples of Burns' Poems
Address To The Toothache
Fareweel to A' Our Scottish Fame
Highland Mary
Holy Willie's Prayer
Man Was Made To Mourn
Tam Glen
The Cotter's Saturday Night
The Selkirk Grace
To A Louse
To A Mountain Daisy
To Miss Cruickshank
Examples of Burns' Songs
Green Grow the Rashes, O!
Is There, For Honest Poverty
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
Scots Wha Hae
There Was a Lad (was born in Kyle)
Ye Banks and Braes
Visit the 'Gateway to Scotland's National Collection of Burns Treasures'.......
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Was an architect and designer whose style of art nouveau and Scottish Celtic traditionalism greatly influenced Glasgow designers of the time. His greatest design achievement was The Glasgow School of Art which was much copied by his contemporaries.
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Q: MySQLdb Python Trouble creating and using a Table I'm trying to make a mysql table with python 2.7 using MySQLdb.
I've written a program to retrieve tweets based off of a search or "query" from twitter.
I want the tweets to be stored in a MySQL database for later retrieval by their query.
Things to know beforehand: the variable "tweets" is a list of strings.  I want the table to have two parts, the query (what the person searched) and the tweets.
What is supposed to happen, is it should cycle through the list of tweets and insert them into the table.  I keep getting Syntax errors and I'm not sure why.
Maybe there is a better way to do this than how I am currently trying to?  Or maybe I'm just doing it wrong?  All suggestions appreciated.
Thanks
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db=MySQLdb.connect(host = 'localhost',user='root',passwd="swag",db="tweets")
cursor = db.cursor()
cursor.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS TWEETS")

sql = """CREATE TABLE TWEETS (
         QUERY  CHAR(40) NOT NULL,
         TWEET  BLOB,
         )"""

cursor.execute(sql)

#Inserts tweets into MySQLdb
for i in range(0,len(tweets)):
    sql = "INSERT INTO TWEETS(QUERY, \
           TWEET) \
           VALUES ('%s', '%s')" % \
           (query, tweets[i])

try:
    cursor.execute(sql)
    db.commit()
except:
    db.rollback()

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New Delhi, June 13 : Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's fitness challenge saying that yoga and treadmill were a part of his daily workout but he was more concerned about the "development fitness" of his state.
"Dear Narendra Modiji, I am honoured and thank you very much for the concern about my health.
I believe physical fitness is important for all and support the cause. Yoga-treadmill are part of my daily workout regime. Yet, I am more concerned about development fitness of my state and seek your support for it," Kumaraswamy tweeted in response.
"Here are moments from my morning exercises. Apart from yoga, I walk on a track inspired by the Panchtatvas or five elements of nature - Prithvi, Jal, Agni, Vayu, Aakash.
This is extremely refreshing and rejuvenating. I also practice breathing exercises. #HumFitTohIndiaFit," Modi tweeted.
"I am delighted to nominate the following for the #FitnessChallenge: Karnataka's CM H.D.
Kumaraswamy. India's pride and among the highest medal winners for India in the 2018 CWG, Manika Batra. The entire fraternity of brave IPS officers, especially those above 40."


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LNG Business in Asian Subcontinent (South Asia)
1 Introduction & Background
2 LNG Demand in South Asia
3 LNG / Natural Gas Supply Modes in South Asia
4 The volatility of LNG Price in 2021
5 Current LNG / Natural Gas Business in South Asia
6 Future of LNG Supplies in South Asia
7 Technical Conve
The declared SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by United Nations coupled with net-zero emissions targets are continuously exerting pressures to drive the world towards cleaner fuels. Natural gas (LNG with regasification facilities where pipelines cannot transport natural gas) is among the cleaner hydrocarbon fuels and is witnessing increased demand in the world's transition to clean energy use – being a reliable, available and lower-emissions energy source. On the one side, natural gas / regasified LNG is becoming an immediate option to lower emissions in hard-to-electrify sectors by replacing most polluting fuels (cow dung, coal and wood) in Asia. While on the other side, natural gas / regasified LNG plays an important role in supporting energy transition in the developed world through the provision of hybrid energy supply systems coupled with renewables, providing grid stability during cyclic renewable energy supplies.
Source: Shell LNG Outlook – February 2022
South Asia (mostly India) and China have been among the most affected countries in terms of carbon pollution due to biomass burning and coal for power generation. In India, it has been reported that anthropogenic emissions contribute approximately 80% to surface CO over the megacities of Delhi and Kolkata. Similarly, biomass burning contributes ~23% CO over Northeast India & Myanmar.[1] Large CO concentrations have been identified as a major indicator for determining environmental pollutants, particulate matter and resultant smog creation during winters.
Average Yearly CO levels determined in referred study related to South Asia (2015)
There may be a difference of opinion regarding future outlooks regarding the share of natural gas / LNG in the long-term energy mix. Still, there is no doubt that natural gas and LNG will continue needed. In South Asia, particularly in the Asian subcontinent, natural gas / LNG has a definite role to play in terms of replacing the declining domestic gas production to support economic growth – almost 2 billion out of 4.6 billion Asian population lives in South Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka constitute 43% of Asian population). The population of China is 1.4 billion. Thus, China a South Asia together constitute 74% of the Asian population. Thus, South Asian (mostly the Indian subcontinent) gas requirements are one of the biggest contributors for driving LNG demand growth, followed by China and the Asia Pacific (Taiwan, South Korea and Japan). In 2020, total LNG imports that landed in Asian countries were 250 MTPA (Million Tons Per Annum) out of 380 MTPA LNG imported by various countries of the world – Asian LNG imports accounted for 66% of total LNG trades worldwide. (Refer to figure below).
Source: Wood Mackenzie 2021 data
South Asia and China are different among Asia's Top LNG Importing countries. While the Top LNG Importers Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, depend on LNG supplies, South Asia and China have options between pipeline gas imports and LNG. Thus, various modes or options available to Asian countries to fulfil their gas needs practically affect their ability to manoeuvre in the LNG market. South Asia and China have an edge due to their geographical location to get natural gas from large Russian and Central Asian gas reserves through pipelines. Traditionally, Europe used such options to their advantage for decades. However, with the changing geopolitics based on increased supplies of US Shale gas / LNG, Europe has been gradually shifting from Russian piped gas imports to US LNG imports.
Russian pipeline gas supplies have been continually declining towards Europe as the US LNG supplies to Europe increased tremendously during winter 2021 – 2022. Onwards, this will further reduce speedily due to the recent war in Ukraine. The graph on the left below indicates that in January 2022, Russian gas supplies to Europe were less than 60% (300 MMCMD) compared to what Europe received from Russia in January 2019. Similarly, the graph below indicates more than a doubling of US LNG supplies to Europe in January 2022 compared to December 2021.
Russia, in the meanwhile, is looking to sell more pipeline gas to the Asian subcontinent (South Asia). In a recent visit of Pakistan's Prime Minister to Russia (February 2022), a new pipeline is announced as Kazakhstan – Afghanistan – Pakistan gas pipeline. This pipeline will carry Russian natural gas to South Asia via Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan's gas network is connected to the Russian gas supply network (and gas sources) in Ukraine's West and North. Thus, in the coming days, South Asia will have more control over LNG price options and the reliability of gas supplies. In recent winters, South Asian LNG imports declined due to high LNG prices as the relatively developing nations could not compete with the Asia Pacific and European buyers in an LNG price war.
Energy markets got destabilised due to the volatility in energy prices in 2021 – the main reason being a disruption in supplies from traditional pipeline connected sources. Despite high LNG production and export from the US, the European countries were helpless in paying rising LNG prices due to lower-than-expected output from renewable sources. European renewable energy supplies (RES) declined despite increased installed capacity, as indicated in the graphs below. South Asian countries also got affected due to high prices for the Asian sub-continent –proximity with JKF (Japan Korea Marker) and TTF (Title Transfer Facility – a virtual trading hub in the Netherlands for natural gas Spot Trades to Europe). The graph below indicates the stable price of Henry Hub (HH is US-based).
Pakistan, India and Bangladesh (combined) imported around 40 million tons of LNG in 2021 – making it the 4th largest LNG import region. These combined imports of LNG, despite rising LNG prices, by South Asia are expected to cross LNG imports of South Korea (3rd largest LNG importer currently) very soon. The graph below indicates that two South Asia (Pakistan and Bangladesh) were among the list of countries entering into Term Contracts with big LNG suppliers.
Most of Afghanistan does not currently have an established gas supply network, except gas distribution system in a couple of cities like Herat – mostly bottled LPG / LPG tankers are the main gaseous fuel source. Afghan Gas Enterprise (AGE) is a state-owned company that extracts and supplies natural gas. The AGE currently provides 95% of natural gas to industrial projects like Kod-e-Barq enterprise, Bayat and Ghazanfar IPP. The total gas consumption of Afghanistan is around 6 BCF annually. Natural gas currently accounts for less than 1% share in Afghanistan's energy mix, with no possibilities of LNG imports due to it being a land-locked country.
Pakistan has had a well-established gas transmission and distribution system operating since the 1950s – 15,000 km high-pressure transmission lines and 150,000 km low-pressure distribution network operated by Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, Sui Southern Gas Pipelines Limited and a few small companies operating single pipeline systems under Third Party Access arrangement. Two LNG regasification terminals (Engro Elengy Terminal and Pakistan GasPort Limited) have been commissioned in 2015 and 2017, supplying 1.2 BCFD gas to make up for declining domestic natural gas supplies – the combined nameplate capacity of two terminals is 9 MTPA. Currently, total natural gas consumption in Pakistan is around 5 BCFD (1,700 BCF gas annually), with more than 20% procured through imported LNG. Term contracts for importing LNG are made by Pakistan State Oil and Pakistan LNG Limited with Qatar Energy and Qatar Gas. Spot LNG is also procured as per requirements. Currently, natural gas (indigenous plus imported regasified LNG) accounts for more than 40% of Pakistan's energy mix.
India has numerous gas companies supplying 6 BCFD gas to consumers. GAIL (India) Limited, Indraprastha Gas Limited, Gujarat State Petronet, Petronet LNG Limited, Gujarat Gas Limited, Mahanagar Gas Limited, Adani Total Gas Limited and Central UP Gas Limited are among the big names in the LNG / natural gas business. India's natural gas pipeline network, currently operational and under construction, totals around 34,000 km (including high to low-pressure pipelines). Currently, India's total natural gas consumption stands at 2,000 BCF annually, with more than 40% procured through imported LNG. Currently, natural gas accounts for only 7% of India's energy mix, which is far below the global average of 24%.
There are currently five LNG import terminals operational in India with a total nameplate capacity of around 40 MTPA.
Dahej LNG Regas Terminal
Hazira LNG Regas Terminal
Dabhol LNG Regas Terminal
Kochi LNG Regas Terminal
Ennore LNG Regas Terminal
Sri Lanka is one of the two countries in South Asia whose share of renewable energy in the grid is over 50%; however, base-load electricity generating facilities are required to avoid capacity shortages when rainfall reduces to below-average values. Currently, Sri Lankan gas consumption is negligible, and the petroleum and gas supply industry has not been brought under regulatory reform. However, there are plans to set up an LNG regasification terminal, operate by Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, and construct a pipeline to supply regasified LNG to the power plant. Sri Lanka is expected to set up a natural gas company[1] as a subsidiary of the state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation under a public-private partnership to store, construct pipelines, transport and distribution, develop facilities and monitor local natural gas exploration and production.
Bangladesh has 2,000 km[2] of high-pressure transmission pipelines operated by Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL) is, a subsidiary of state-owned Petrobangla. Six gas distribution companies support GTCL in supplying 3 BCFD gas to consumers.
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL)
Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution Systems Limited (JGTDSL)
Bakhrabad Gas Systems Limited (BGSL)
Karnaphulli Gas Distribution Company Limited
Pashchimanchal Gas Company Limited
Sundarban Gas Company Limited
Total natural gas consumption in Bangladesh currently stands at 1,300 BCF annually, out of which around 130 BCF (or 10% of consumption) is met through LNG imports. Currently, natural gas (indigenous plus imported regasified LNG) accounts for around 60% of Bangladesh's energy mix. Starting from 2018, Bangladesh utilises two 3.75 MTA floating storage regasification units (FSRUs) for importing LNG.
Myanmar has numerous gas companies supplying 1.5 BCFD gas to local consumers through 4,000 km of the domestic pipeline network. In addition, there are export pipelines to China and Thailand. Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) is the company responsible for the operation of these pipelines. Total natural gas consumption in Myanmar currently stands at 550 BCF annually with 100% indigenous production – Myanmar's total natural gas production stands at 700 BCF annually with 150 BCF exports. Natural gas currently accounts for 39% of Myanmar's energy mix. Hydropower and natural gas dominate Myanmar's power sector fuel mix. The share of hydropower in the power generation mix is currently around 59.0%.
Myanmar has been exporting oil and gas[3] through two separate, parallel pipelines running from offshore blocks A-1 and A-3 in Myanmar to China – Shwe gas field located offshore of the Bay of Bengal is owned by a joint venture between Daewoo International, ONGC Videsh, MOGE, GAIL and Korea Gas Corp. The gas and oil pipelines have been operational since 2013 (gas pipeline transport capacity is 13 BCM (455 BCF) per year). The gas pipeline is 2,520km long, including the 793km Myanmar section and 1,727km China section – starting at Ramree Island in Kyaukryu (on the west coast of Myanmar) and ending at Kunming (the capital city of Yunnan province in China). The crude pipeline carries the crude oil that CNPC imports from Africa and the Middle East into China via Myanmar. Myanmar natural gas exports to Thailand currently stand at 0.6 BCFD. Myanmar export natural gas to Thailand from Total/Chevron's Yadana field and PTTEP's Zawtika fields.
Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka are the South Asian countries that need more imported gas / LNG to meet their energy requirements and keep pace with Net Zero Emission goals. Pakistan and Bangladesh signed new term contracts in 2021, but India remained on the sidelines – it seems satisfied with its existing supply contracts. Higher LNG prices have reduced the capacity of South Asian nations to pay in the spot market. Indian LNG terminals indicate a decline in operations due to high LNG prices and a lack of downstream transportation capacity. Before the recent price hike, India planned to add 17 more LNG terminals. However, the current situation indicates that new LNG terminals in India will likely only add pressure on the existing terminals – running at low capacity due to lack of downstream takeaway capacity. But India needs to improve its energy mix to avoid further environmental degradation – currently 6% natural gas share in the Indian energy mix. Indian regulator PNGRB recently authorised 232 geographical areas (GAs) through 10 city gas distribution (CGD) bidding rounds that have covered more than 400 districts spread across 27 states and union territories. This covers around 71% of India's population and 53% of the country. In addition, PNGRB plans to offer another 44 GAs in the upcoming bid round.
Indian government plans to increase the share of natural gas in its energy mix to 15% by 2030. India's gas demand is expected to rise. To achieve this goal, the government of India is carefully weighing its options to import LNG at a lesser price – looking towards US Shale LNG supplies. Efforts are also underway to increase India's domestic natural gas production. India's natural gas production is expected to increase based on the collaboration of local investors like Reliance Industries Ltd and its foreign partner BP. This joint venture has been developing three deep-water gas developments in its KG D6 block off the Andhra Pradesh coast, which together are expected to produce around 1 billion cubic feet a day of natural gas by 2023. Also, state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd has started gas production from its KG-DWN-98/2 field Situation
The situation is different for Pakistan and Afghanistan are actively looking for pipeline gas imports from Russian and Central Asian Republics – to avoid some of the volatility in LNG price and supply commitments.
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homepage / Stelios says / Sir Stelios wins another round against brand thief Avila
Sir Stelios wins another round against brand thief Avila
Posted:14 January 2020
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, owner of the easy family of brands and his private investment vehicle easyGroup (easy.com) have secured today from a UK High Court Judge another legal victory in their longstanding battle against brand theft.
A UK High Court Judge has delivered judgment today in a preliminary jurisdictional hearing ruling that Colombian brand thief Mr Avila and his airline calling themselves 'easyFly' have committed acts within the EU and UK which the UK High Court has standing to rule amount to trade mark infringement and passing off.
It is noted that easyGroup owns an identical EU trade mark for the word easyFly already and operates this global online travel agency from this website www.easyFly.travel.
Sir Stelios commented on the judgment:
"We are delighted that Mr Avila, will have to face justice for his actions in the UK in a full blown High Court trial in London expected in the next year or two. Mr Avila has been trying to argue that the only place where he will have to answer for his actions is his native Colombia but the UK Judge did not buy that. Mr Avila has to be stopped from selling his tickets, directly or via travel agents, anywhere in the UK/EU.
We are also pleased that the UK Judge found that easyGroup had an arguable case against ATR, the French aircraft manufacturer affixing the offending marks in France on Mr Avila's new planes which are made in France. That case will have to be heard in Paris ( the home country of ATR) and we are preparing our case in the court in Paris to that effect."
In a third separate legal process, easyGroup has on the 7th of January, 2020 issued a claim against Mr. Avila and others in Miami, Florida, USA to prevent them from entering the USA with airplanes affixed with the offending marks and also to stop selling tickets using the easyfly mark in the USA, either directly or via travel agents. Again easyGroup has a very strong set of registered trademarks in the US and it is important not to allow Avila to procure American customers for his airline.
As they say: the three cases continue.
15/01/2020 – The Times


Luis Manzano believes that every TV network has the right to produce a show that aims to make the audience laugh.
Luis Manzano takes on another hosting job with the comedy prank show Laugh Out Loud which premieres on December 4. Laugh Out Loud, or LOL, will feature funny videos of unsuspecting people caught in unusual pranks. Luis shared, "What makes LOL different is that the pranks are well-thought-of. We assure you that we will bring 99.9% of laughter right on your TV screens."
But with a handful of other programs having a similar format currently airing in rival stations, LOL may be seen as a "copycat." Luis immediately defended LOL by saying that no network can claim ownership of the gag/prank show format. "I think there are more shows that came before. We can't even claim na talagang nauna na sila, not just in the Philippines."
Luis added that the only intention of ABS-CBN is to bring back comedy into the primetime block which recently has been mostly dominated by drama programs. "There is so much laughter needed in this world for only one station. Kung nagawa na 'yan ng certain channel, it doesn't mean na ABS-CBN will not have the right na gumawa ng sarili nilang show na magpatawa o magpasaya ng ibang tao. I think it'rsquo;s foolish to say na porke nagawa na [ng ibang station], that means hindi na tayo puwedeng magpasaya ng tao."
Already an acclaimed and award-winning host at a young age, Luis is now being compared to the trio of Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey De Leon who are pioneers in the field of comedy show hosting. However, Luis said he does not intend to compete with the respectable trio. "Iba talaga ang nagawa ng TVJ not just for every channel, kundi 'lsquo;yung ginawa nila sa industriya. Kung makakabangga ko sila, if you will, makakabangga ko sila, with my utmost humility. Kasi iba talaga ang paghanga ko kanila. Gagampanan ko lang ang trabaho ko."


The plan was to go to Antigua to find our inner 'zen'. 'Our' being Jayne from Girl Tweets World, and me. In my planning I kind of totally ignored the zen part, especially as soon as I realised we were going to be there for the annual Antigua Sailing Week. We could go to Nelson's Dockyard on Monday! Chase the Race Tuesday (follow the racing boats round in another boat)! Check out the capital St. John's Wednesday…! Y'know, that kind of action packed approach. I was excited.
I wanted to see all the things, have all the fun and take all the photos.
As soon as I arrived on Antigua sand though, the thought of going to Nelson's Dockyard – a beautifully modified area of town designed to be admired, eaten in and drank at – for a reggae party was pretty much number 53 on things I'd like to do at 3pm on arrival, after that flight.
– I said, or maybe it was Jayne, we were both thinking the same.
So instead of jammin to Damian Marley at the reggae party, with the thousands of people who descend on Antigua for Sailing Week, we lazed by one of Pineapple Beach Club Antigua's two pools, had our first, second and third Antigua rum cocktails and spruced ourselves up for an evening of feasting at the hotel's Pineapple Grill a la carte restaurant before collapsing into bed, circa 9:30pm.
The next day I found out Marley Junior hadn't come on stage until midnight. I was well zzzzzzd by that point. My rested body shivered at the thought. Well done us for opting to enjoy our hotel's facilities instead.
Day two and it rained. It rained like only the Caribbean can. So instead of rushing around trying to enjoy the island's attractions, or even laze on the beach, we were forced to stay in the Pineapple Beach Club, under cover. Our fellow holidaymakers were knocking back the all inclusive offerings. But we worked. With nothing else to do I got a lot of it out of the way, more than I thought I'd get done in a week in Antigua. And after that 5am jet lag wake up I'd done all I needed to by 2pm. So like any normal person who goes on holiday, I could now relax.
I could work on that 'zen'.
Jayne and I sacrificed our dry hair and clothes to make a run for it up to The Outhouse – a ramshackle looking hut perched on the cliff overlooking the Pineapple Beach Club Antigua. With a tin roof, signs and boards nailed onto the wall from past customers, an excellent vantage point to watch the storm, and a BBQ, we were set.
We ate the best ribs I've ever had, with salad, and drank beers, watching and listening to the rain hitting the roof.
I felt relaxed. We eavesdropped, we people watched and we discussed said eavesdropping and people watching conversations. I was rolling fully into mindless holiday mode, and welcoming the feeling.
I'm always rushing around, whether physically or mentally, so being forced to centre myself in one place, to narrow my focus to the fact there wasn't really anything to do in the rain, was soothing and had me centred. My essential work was done for the next few days, we didn't want to go out thanks to the weather, so instead, we joined the Beach Club quiz. I even won a point.
In the bag. Didn't actually get any more, but whatever.
The evening brightened and heated up and we went over to the sister hotel, the Verandah Resort & Spa, for a lobster dinner devoured to the sounds of a live pianist. We were taken and bought back by golf buggy, at full speed. It's an option for all guests at the Pineapple Resort, just for a little trip out. Coincidentally, bloggers Chloe from Wanderlust Chloe and Brenna from This Battered Suitcase were staying there, so we had a drink with them before they had to rush off for their dinner.
No rushing for us though.
Sleeping at Pineapple Beach was never a problem. All four nights I found my zen there as soon as my head hit the pillow. I didn't even have time to dream or run through the day, as I'm so used to doing.
I'd wake to the sunrise coming in through my double doors that overlooked the beach – surely the most zen way of waking up ever? Well rested I jumped out of bed to pull the curtains back and watch as the sun appeared over the mountains opposite, over the resort's bay. The colours of the water changing as it did.
That second morning I couldn't help myself but go out for a swim in it before anyone else. It was 6am and with only one other person on the beach I dipped and dived. The day was heating up already, the water was a cooling bliss. There was definitely no rain on the way from that cloudless sky.
After our self made bacon and cream cheese bagel from the buffet restaurant – with a dash of the local Susie's hot sauce – we joined the Pink Safari Jeep Tour for a day of fun in the sun.
Back at the hotel, at around 5pm, we relaxed on the beach. Our new friend Jules, one of the staff members there, came to recommend we sign up to the Catamaran tour. Definitely don't need to tell me twice.
The very next day we went on said hotel's catamaran tour. Snorkelling, rum, hikes, rum, swimming, lunch, rum and dancing. At that point I don't think I could've got any closer to that elusive zen feeling. This was it. Relaxing on the back of that boat, rum in hand, everyone having fun around me and the sun in that blue, blue sky.
We got back to the hotel that afternoon, with a bit more colour than we'd left with, and super chilled. We decided it'd be the perfect location for a quick photo shoot. Rude not to with Instagram accounts to run and such colourful wooden shops just lining the beach.
With the exhaustion of modelling over with, we went to zen out in our hammocks for the afternoon. Until the next feeding time.
The final morning of our Pineapple Beach Club Antigua adventure and it was time to lay our claim to the – well, I don't know what to call them – they were like rubber rings, but with a see through base. This meant you could get the cooling effect of the water, and the warmth of the sun, in one. GENIUS.
We sat planning how to take over the world, or something similarly important, right up until we had to leave. Iced daiquiris as standard.
And then, with a minor rush because we'd been zenning out a little too much in our rings, floating somewhere in the Antigua seas, off we went to our next Antigua hotel, the St James's Club Beach Club, relaxed, refreshed, and ready for more.
How can I keep that zen feeling now that I'm back at home?
I travelled to Antigua as a guest of Elite Island Resorts and Kuoni. All opinions, obviously, my own. Kuoni (01306 747008 or www.kuoni.co.uk) offer seven nights on all-inclusive at Pineapple Beach Club, Antigua in a garden view room, including flights on Virgin Atlantic from London Gatwick and transfers in resort. The price for September 2017 is from £1331 per person, based on two sharing. Book by 31 May 2017.
Thanks for your message, glad you enjoy the photos. I went in May and the weather was lush. Think we had one day of rain during the week. I went in July this year and it was a really nice temperate – hot but not sticky. I'd definitely recommend.


Searching for a loan has never been an easy process and with the recent credit crunch that process is all the more difficult. While lenders were far more easy going when it came to dishing out loans a year ago, the sub prime mortgage crises and the resulting negative effect has caused those lenders to tighten policies and create strict criteria for potential borrowers.
This means that now, more then ever, potential borrowers need to understand what it is lenders look for when it comes to who they hand credit and loans to. In such times of economic hardships, loans and credit can be difficult to attend but not entirely impossible. First, you will have to meet the lenders harsh criteria.
Credit reports will always be an important indication for lenders on if the borrower is right for the loan or credit extension. You will need to know what goes on the credit reports and how such events like foreclosure and debt can affect your credit score. Of course knowing your credit score is vital. By law you are able to receive one free credit report per year. Make sure to take advantage of this to keep track of the score. Lenders will be looking for a high credit score with few blemishes on the report. If you find that you do have a bad credit rating then work towards repairing that damage immediately.
Income is a pretty big gauge on if you can pay the loan back. Lenders want to know that you will be able to pay the loan down the road and that you will not default on payments. Be prepared to hand over pertinent tax information and employment history. Ideally, you will want to have established an appearance of reliability when it comes to jobs either staying in your current job for more then two years or that your past jobs have been far longer then a handful of months. You may also be asked to present information on other loans and financial obligations you possess. The lender may refuse you the loan or line of credit if they do not believe that your current financial situation is enough to take care of prior obligations, living expenses, and the new loan you are seeking.
Lenders will take a look at your assets, if you have any to help determine the likelihood of repayment. Owning your home, car, or other vehicles is a good sign only if you are up to date in payments. How much you have in the bank is also something that lenders will be looking at. The more the better, as this will show dependability and responsibility on your part.
With the harsher criteria and guidelines used by banks and lenders, consumers are finding it far more difficult to find a loan. If they do find a loan even if they fail to meet the standard requirements held out by some lenders it is very likely that the loan will have a high interest rate or other undesirable features.
Bottom line, be careful who you borrow from and how much it is. Be aware of your financial standings as it appears to lenders. You may think that you present a low risk borrower, but the lender may disagree. Be knowledgeable, savvy, and careful before you go out and find a loan.


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Google Pixel 2 devices have started receiving the February security patch. These updates are pushed to patch any vulnerability or a bug. However, sometimes these updates themselves start to create a new bug. Users of Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL are have started reporting that their smartphones have started heating up.
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To grant Home Rule to the City of St. Louis the voters of the entire state will have to vote to change the State Constitution. Home Rule will simply allow the voters of St. Louis to make city government more accountable, efficient and responsive to the reasonable expectations of our citizens and the local business community. Home Rule is important because the structure of a community's government leads directly to its efficiency and effectiveness. And it is this efficiency and effectiveness in local government (or lack thereof) which drives the economic decision of many businesses as to where they should locate their office or plant. Every county in Missouri with a population of 85,000 or more is granted Home Rule under the Missouri Constitution. St. Louis stands alone as the only community meeting this population criteria which does not have the constitutional right to Home Rule.
Ironically, St. Louis was the first city in the nation to be granted Home Rule under the Missouri Constitution of 1875. But the City has been denied Home Rule powers through a series of judicial decisions over the past 125 years. Unlike Florissant or Clayton which are cities located inside St. Louis County, St. Louis City is defined in the State Constitution as a "City not located within a County." It was the clear intent of the framers of the 1875 State Constitution that St. Louis residents would be empowered to adopt and periodically amend its Charter relating to both City and County functions.
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What is the difference between a "city function" and a "county function"? Unfortunately there isn't a clear and consistent answer. For example, in St. Louis County there is a County Department of Health which would appear to make health care a "county" function. However, in the City here is "City Department of Health and Hospitals" which is part of the City governmental structure. In St. Louis County there are "fire districts" which cover several municipalities which provide fire services for these areas, but in the City of St. Louis the fire department is part of the Department of Public Safety which is a "city" department. To make matters more confusing, in St. Louis County several cities such as University City and Clayton have their own city fire departments.
So, with all this lack of clarity, why is Home Rule so important to St. Louis City? Because St. Louis City is one unit of government and people expect it to act as a unified, efficient organization. That was the purpose of the creation of St. Louis as a City/County form of government 125 years ago and the rationale behind granting it Home Rule in the first place. But we have failed to meet the expectations of our citizens and the business persons who want and deserve the benefits of a unified government structure, at least in part, because judicial interpretation has stripped St. Louis of its Home Rule authority.
The fractured form of government in the City means we consume far too much time of a person wishing to locate a business in the City. Such a business person can expect to deal with between eight and twelve different departments for licenses, permits and tax reporting. Such a cumbersome structure is a dynamic obstacle to business development and in an attempt to offset these deterrents, the City has initiated a series of expensive business development incentives to attract business. While this incentive structure has been only marginally successful, it has progressively shifted the burden of taxation away from new businesses (which we're trying to attract) and onto the existing businesses (which are already in the City) and onto private citizens.
Every former Mayor of the City is a supporter of Home Rule. Yet none of us is so naïve as to believe this alone will alter the City's future. Home Rule is simply a tool; a governance structuring right granted to every other major county in the state. Not having Home Rule is a statement by the State of Missouri to the citizens of St. Louis that says "you're not capable of managing your own affairs." Achieving Home Rule is a first step to achieving "citizen equity" with the rest of the citizens of the state and an opportunity for St. Louis to move itself into the 21st Century. If we fail, at least it will be a self-imposed failure. But without Home Rule we are denied even the opportunity to organize our government so as to compete in this new, exciting economic age. Our City and our citizens deserve that chance. We deserve that respect. And we owe it to ourselves to not fail to respond to the challenges and opportunities Home Rule will provide.


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