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Chevron seeks to revive Kitimat LNG with plans for electric plant
Brent Jang
Published July 14, 2019 Updated July 15, 2019
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The Kitimat LNG site at Bish Cove, located on Haisla Nation reserve land near the community of Kitimat, B.C.
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Chevron Corp. has submitted a revised plan to regulators to build a terminal to export liquefied natural gas from northern British Columbia, hoping to start construction by 2023.
California-based Chevron, through Chevron Canada Ltd., wants to revive the much-delayed Kitimat LNG project that it co-owns with Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd. New designs for the export terminal promote electric-motor technology in a bid to comply with British Columbia's clampdown on carbon emissions.
Various owners have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into site preparation near Kitimat, but the project has been stalled for the past couple of years. Chevron and Woodside are now pursuing "an all-electric plant powered by clean, renewable hydroelectricity from BC Hydro," Chevron regulatory manager Darcy Janko said in a letter last week to the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office.
Mr. Janko said the electric drive "features an advanced compact module design, with lower LNG storage requirements."
In 2014, there were more than 20 B.C. LNG proposals vying to be the first out of the gates. Despite much hype from the previous BC Liberal government, only the Royal Dutch Shell PLC-led LNG Canada consortium is constructing a terminal to export the fuel to Asia.
The Chevron-Woodside site is at Bish Cove, located on Haisla Nation reserve land near Kitimat. LNG Canada's terminal is being built on a Kitimat industrial site that is located on the Haisla's traditional territory.
While the BC NDP government supports LNG Canada, the province has discouraged any new LNG projects in an effort to meet provincial climate targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Chevron-led Kitimat LNG, also known as KLNG, said in a 186-page filing to B.C. and federal regulators that it would operate at a level below British Columbia's limit for "emissions intensity" of 0.16 carbon-dioxide equivalent tonnes for each tonne of LNG produced.
"The KLNG plant will outperform current best-in-class global LNG plants and the more stringent government of B.C.'s LNG intensity benchmark," according to the submission. "The KLNG expansion project will utilize electric-motor-drive technology for all liquefaction process and utility compressors, pumps and fans, and will purchase power from BC Hydro."
The filing said that Kitimat LNG staff made changes resulting in "substantial reductions in LNG unit costs, execution risk and emissions, and more effective utilization of the Bish Cove site."
Chevron and Woodside plan to make a final investment decision in 2022-23, with the goal to complete construction of the first phase by 2029.
Shell-led LNG Canada will use natural gas in the liquefaction process in which high-efficiency General Electric LMS100 turbines supercool gas into liquid form, while relying on hydroelectricity for a supporting role, including auxiliary power.
LNG Canada is aiming for 0.15 carbon-dioxide equivalent tonnes for each tonne of LNG produced. Last month, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau confirmed that Ottawa will contribute $220-million toward the gas turbines through the Strategic Innovation Fund. LNG Canada plans to begin exports by early 2025.
Kitimat LNG originally targeted having an export capacity of 10 million tonnes a year of LNG. The revised plan calls for the first phase to have a capacity of 12 million tonnes a year, followed by further expansion that would increase the total to 18 million tonnes a year.
The first phase would have two "trains," or separate LNG cooling processes, which turn natural gas into a liquid for eventual export. Each train is being designed to handle six million tonnes a year of LNG exports to Asia.
One small-scale B.C. proposal, Woodfibre LNG near Squamish, is considered by industry experts to be viable in the short term. Woodfibre plans to export 2.1 million tonnes a year.
Kitimat LNG, which received an export licence from the National Energy Board in 2011, has gone through a series of ownership changes. In 2015, Woodside bought a 50-per-cent stake in the project from Houston-based Apache Corp.
The B.C. Environmental Assessment Office has requested to take the lead in the review of the expanded proposal, and co-ordinate with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), which must first determine whether a federal assessment is required.
If federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna approves the provincial regulator taking the lead, "British Columbia also commits to provide an assessment report and aboriginal consultation record," Kevin Jardine, associate deputy minister for the B.C. environmental office, said in letter dated July 10 to CEAA president Ron Hallman.
Mr. Hallman and Ms. McKenna have not filed responses yet.
Kitimat LNG's proposed Pacific Trail Pipeline would transport natural gas from the Summit Lake area in the B.C. Interior to the export site at Bish Cove.
Part of Pacific Trail's route would go through the Wet'suwet'en Nation's unceded territory. Seven Wet'suwet'en hereditary house chiefs have led a campaign to oppose TC Energy Corp.'s Coastal GasLink, which is being constructed to carry natural gas from northeast B.C. to LNG Canada's Kitimat site.
Those hereditary chiefs also oppose Pacific Trail, but Kitimat LNG said 16 elected band councils along the route support the pipeline venture.
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Nerves hold the key
Kevin kyle knows Sunderland must steady their nerves with a win at Reading tonight.
The Black Cats looked edgy after going behind against league leaders Wigan at the Stadium of Light on Saturday and there was an explosion of relief when Stephen Elliott equalised for Mick McCarthy's men.
Sunderland have made a poor start to their Championship campaign with just five points from their first five games and they are yet to take a point on the road - a record they are keen to put right at the Madejski Stadium.
Scotland international striker Kyle believes Sunderland must concentrate on scoring the first goal in games to give the side a confidence boost.
He said: "We need to go into the international break on a high and the best way to do that is to win tonight.
"We have not taken a point away from home yet and that is something we want to put right as soon as possible.
"The manager has said we must target an average of two points per game and at the moment we are well down on that, so we have to improve.
"At the moment we look edgy when we go a goal down, particularly when we are at home.
"We were nervous on Saturday as soon as we went behind and you could tell that the fans, who always give us great backing, were anxious too.
"We need to get our noses in front in games and score the first goal because that will give us confidence."
Sunderland struggled to create clear goalscoring chances against a well-organised Wigan defence. Elliott's equaliser was the Black Cats' only shot on target all game.
Kyle said: "We do need to improve on the number of chances we create. The chances have not always been coming our way and that makes it hard for myself and Marcus Stewart.
"It put the pressure on because when chances are few and far between you dare not miss as that might be the only chance you get."
NSUNDERLAND have cancelled the remainder of Nicolas Medina's contract and the Argentinian midfielder will join Spanish Second Division side Real Murcia.
Medina joined the Black Cats for #3.5m three years ago but made just one FA Cup appearance during his time on Wearside.

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Fantasia International Film Festival is rapidly approaching. In keeping with public safety, the festival will be online featuring both live and on-demand films, panels, and discussion. There is still time to get tickets and set your schedule. The festival runs August 20th, 2020 through September 2nd, 2020. Please be aware it is geo-locked to Canadian residents only. This year's lineup has an interesting mix of genre fare and a few unexpected gems. Ahead of opening day, tomorrow here are our top picks. This is in no way an exhaustive list, but rather the films that can't be missed. Follow all our Fantasia 2020 coverage here.
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Attempting to surpass his father's legacy and pressured by an old colleague (Dana Ashbrook of TWIN PEAKS), a reclusive neuroscientist becomes entangled in his own risky experiment. Ethan (Sathya Sridharan) has now locked himself in his home with his ex-girlfriend Allie (Paton Ashbrook) and the two navigate trauma, ambition, and missteps of the past. Diving headfirst into the uncharted equations of the brain, they realize that there is more at stake than just their relationship or Ethan's reputation. With time quickly running out, he is forced to face off against the darker sides of himself while frantically attempting to solve an enigma that lies within his subconscious.
The sci-fi thriller is thoughtful without being trite and inventive. Taking the best of other future paranoia films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, this film challenges you and is so perfectly suited to a pandemic audience. The cast is excellent and editing even better. It premiers on August 29th, 2020, and gets a second showing on August 31st, 2020.
18-year-old Sarah (HONEY BEE's Julia Sarah Stone) is having troubles. A tense situation at home has her avoiding the place as much as possible, crashing with friends, in a park, anywhere, and it's ruining her at school. A call for participants at a university sleep study comes at precisely the right time, offering both a space to rest her head and perhaps a way towards healing past the terrible dreams that have been tormenting her. Before long, Sarah realizes that she's become the channel to a frightening new discovery. Dreams twist. Nightmares come true.
If you are looking for the top pick for Fantasia 2020, Come True is it. This dark fantasy looks and sounds like nothing you have seen before. It is haunting and unsettling. Julia Sarah Stone(Sarah) and Landon Liboiron(Jeremy) are fantastic. It premiers on August 30th, 2020.
DOPPELBÄNGER
American Sofian Khan's provocative DOPPELBÄNGER (international premiere) is presented as a clever tale about sex work and, quite singularly, takes place in a futuristic world where people have robotic doubles of themselves.
It's the only short on this list, but it is an absolute must-see. Shot almost entirely in black and white and littered with a low budget but ingenious set-piece, DOPPELBÄNGER is the kind of short that easily can and should be expanded on. It's quirky, funny, endearing, and nostalgic science fiction at it's best. It premiers on August 25th, 2020.
Dean Imperial is memorable as Ray Tincelli, a not-quite-honest delivery boy doing his best to make a living and provide for his sick brother. After several odd jobs, he finally landed a real job in an emerging industry. This consists in installing kilometers of cabling on inhospitable terrain, in order to supply the new "quantum stock exchange", a real revolution in the world of high finance. Needless to say, the quantum stock market favors only the richest of the rich, and that these armies of independent entrepreneurs who set up the cable network have virtually no social benefits. As Ray sinks into the depths of the forest, he enters a rather singular working environment. Robots compete to increase productivity. A workers' revolt seems poised to erupt – a revolt of which Ray, despite himself, seems to be a centerpiece.
I love speculative films. Comedic ones that aren't just weird for weird's sake, I like even better. Lapsis is one of the rare finds that is speculative but yet still accessible to the masses. It's funny and disturbing in equal measures. Visually compelling with a relatable hook, it scratches the tech paranoia itch everyone should feel. Read our full review here ahead of the on-demand release on August 20th, 2020.
On a snowy night in a small Canadian town, Paul (Peter Outerbridge) seeks to close his bar when a young man named Steve (RJ Mitte) walks in – with lots of luggage. A joint episode in the two-man's story creates significant tension before Steve finally says he has one hell of a story to tell. This is another bar, The Oak Room, on another snowy night, and another bartender visited after hours, this time by a stranger. There is a story to this story too … and as each mini-tale unfolds it brings Paul and Steve closer to a truth that will have dire and irremediable consequences.
This character-driven thriller redefines storytelling. Relying on dialogue and performance to create tension, it is a taut, unique vision. Directly following the premiere on August 24th, 2020, join the live Q and A with actors RJ Mitte and Peterbridge. Also joining the discussion is director/producer Cody Calahan, producer Chad Archibald, screenwriter peter Genoway, cinematographer Jeff Maher, and composer Steph Copeland. The film will show again on August 31st, 2020.
Nothing is going well in the life of Eric (José María de Tavira). One day he leads a rather happy life as conductor of a prestigious philharmonic orchestra, then the next day everything breaks: Carolina (Paulina Dávila), his longtime girlfriend, leaves him without notice, a video message as only goodbye . Finding himself now alone and isolated in the house they shared, Eric feels overwhelmed and lost. Shortly after, he will meet Fabiana (Cristina Rodlo), who will know how to make him enjoy life again. Fabiana discovers, however, that Carolina's departure hides more mysteries than she was led to believe. They live in a house full of secrets… and they are far from the only ones.
From Jose Michel Grau, who brought us the masterpiece, We Are What We Are comes Perdida. With a Hitchcockian story and De Palma sensibility, this is another soon to be classic. Dreadladen and suspenseful, this is a white knuckler you can't miss. Watch it on-demand beginning August 20th, 2020.
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Performed by Noémie Merlant ( PORTRAIT OF THE YOUNG GIRL ON FIRE ), Jeanne is shy and socially unfit. She works nights in an amusement park. It is also at night that Jeanne is truly happy, since her life at home is difficult: her mother (Emmanuelle Bercot, MON ROI ), a great extrovert no doubt a little too attentive, never ceases to observe and analyze the behavior of her daughter. Jeanne would like to find a boyfriend, just to put an end to the endless questions. One night while on her way to work as usual, she discovers a new ride that has just been delivered and installed. It is an imposing structure, covered with multicolored bulbs, and called Jumbo. For Jeanne, it was love at first sight. Her heart is beating wildly. She is silent with admiration. To his astonishment, and in a single transcendent second, his very conception of life is forever upset. Jeanne is in love. Deeply, hopelessly in love.
Its a beautifully bizarre love story that you have to see to believe. Noémie Merlant(Jeanne) is only one of the committed performances in this heartfelt and fantastical film. I had the pleasure of seeing it in conjunction with the Chattanooga Film Fest. Read our full review here. If you like your sex a little on the wild side, Jumbo is perfect. It premiers August 28th, 2020, with a second showing on August 31st, 2020.
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Having surgery is stressful enough, but Alison (Maaike Neuville) has no idea what to expect when she arrives at Klinika Krawczyk for breast reduction surgery. She is accompanied by her mother Oksana (Taeke Nicolai), there for another procedure, and her boyfriend Michael (Bart Hollanders), who cannot stand the sight of blood. His hematophobia will be put to the test after he finds out the result of a skin cell rejuvenation treatment based on experimental technology, which leads to a deadly epidemic that spreads through the hospital. Soon, Alison, her relatives, Doctor Krawczyk and a few others are the only survivors, attempting to make their way through the health center overrun with bloodthirsty undead. And even though these creatures don't kill them.
If you are only going to see one zombie comedy, go for Yummy. The Belgian gorefest is raunchy and disgusting, featuring some incredible practical effects and buckets of entrails. Read our full review here and watch it on-demand starting August 20th, 2020.
The Block Island Sound
Something terrifying is happening near the coast of Block Island. A strange force influences residents as well as nature. Birds are falling from the sky. Some people fall, too, breaking down emotionally in unexplained ways. Harry Lynch (Chris Sheffield, THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT ) has always been marginal. These days, he watches with concern as his father (Neville Archambault, 13 CAMERAS ) lose his memory and become more and more confused. And angry. Very, very angry. His sister Audry (Michaela McManus, THE VILLAGE), whose work in marine biology will soon prove indispensable, returns to town with his daughter and immediately sees what Harry sees. His exploration of the horrific phenomena of wildlife intertwine with what triggers his father's actions, leading them all to blood-curdling revelations that no one is prepared for. Revelations that will affect the family in unimaginable ways.
Directors Kevin and Matthew McManus, who brought us the wonderfully clever American Vandal and Youtube hit Cobra Kai, sets their sites on horror. This intensely creepy film is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. If I had to use one word to describe it, that word would be panic. It is eerie and features killer performances from the entire cast. August 28th, 2020 with a second showing on September 1st, 2020.
One evening while working in a club, DJ Neel (Noble Luke) meets the lovely Sitara (Navjot Randhawa from MEHSAMPUR). He is completely fascinated by her beauty. Sitara brings him home, but poor Neel finds himself in a situation he could never have imagined: a grieving family, gathered in a ritual room around a dying father. As the patriarchal customs of India want a male descendant to administer the last sacraments, and there is no male descendant in the Sitara family, it is to Neel that we turn straight away. . Stunned, he complies. And this is far from being the most unusual thing he will have to experience in this house. Towards the end of the night, it becomes evident that Sitara's family is under an ancestral curse. A curse that Neel is now a part of.
This is a seductive, provocative film that sneaks up on you. There is an army of genre Who's who behind it, and the slow burn quality of the scares trick you into complacency before grabbing you with strangeness. It premiers on August 26th, 2020, with another showing on August 29th, 2020.
With her first feature film BLEED WITH ME , director Amelia Moses takes us on an intimate stay at the chalet where boundaries will be crossed and relationships will deteriorate. During a getaway with her best friend Emily (Lauren Beatty) and her hostile boyfriend Brendan (Aris Tyros), Rowan (Lee Marshall), a reserved and awkward young woman, feels she is too much. To calm her nerves, she drinks and pushes her body and mind into a deep trance, where she begins to have terrible nighttime visions that make her feel more like an intruder, insecure, and unstable. BLEED WITH ME is an excruciatingly imaginative thriller that manages to portray the state of vulnerability and discomfort one can feel when exploring the issues of self-harm and social isolation. In its winter setting, BLEED WITH ME has made the most of its low budget.
Bleed With Me is an uncomfortable but entertaining watch. Like the best horror, it weaves the terror of real-life with something all together illogical. This film has a ton to say about women, men, and their relationship with each other. Directly following the first showing on August 26th, 2020 director Moses, and actors Lee Marshall and Lauren Betty will be conducting a live Q and A. You can catch the film again on September 1st, 2020.
Chino Moya's first feature film, UNDERGODS, places viewers in a distant futuristic world, although it unfortunately seems more familiar with each passing day. The film's narrators maneuver through a deserted, ruined, greyish-blue town, gathering bodies as they go and sharing nightmarish stories from a long abandoned past. What follows is a series of narratives, overlapping and weaving through time and space with remarkable grace and ease. Narrative arcs intersect elegantly as the stories overlap and rush to a powerful and satisfying conclusion. While the stories clearly date from before their world was completely degraded, there is an ominous sense of hopelessness already present on every character's weary face.
Incredible music and stirring imagery combine to deliver a haunting experience. This film is a study in contrasts. Occasionally funny and sad, hopeful, and resolved, scary and emotional UnderGods is a head trip. Catch this on August 30th, 2020, and then again on September 2nd, 2020.
Fantasia 2020 has a smartly curated list of genre films, shorts, live discussions, and panels. If you live in Canada and are a lover, this festival is well worth your time and money. Get your tickets today and see you virtually at the movies.
Tracy Palmer
As the TV/Streaming Editor for Signal Horizon, I love watching and writing about genre tv. I grew up with old school slashers, but my real passion is television and all things weird and ambiguous. When I'm not watching and writing about my favorite movies and series, I'm introducing my family to the wonderful world of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. My only regret, there is not enough time in the day to watch everything.
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Curse or conundrum? Drawing new donors when a big name is at the table
By Catherine Cheney // 31 March 2017
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Members of Washington's global health community and leaders from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meet at the Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington. Photo by: Washington Global Health Alliance
The last question put to the CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation at a November event in Washington, D.C., was about a dynamic that the audience member deemed "the Gates curse."
While the Gates Foundation encourages its grantees to diversify, it is often difficult for organizations that get Gates' funding early on to attract other donors. This is because of a perception that they do not need further support, Peter Matlon, an expert in agricultural development, said in front of the audience at the American Enterprise Institute.
"When other donors are approached, they say well, 'Gates has bottomless pockets. Why don't they provide the support?'" he said, mentioning his experience working with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and African Women in Agricultural Research and Development when he was at the Rockefeller Foundation. "Or if Gates is beginning to phase down their support to encourage new donors coming in, they interpret that in the wrong way, that something isn't working."
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In response, Gates CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann acknowledged to attendees how support from the foundation can have unintended consequences because "people can assume that you're completely funded." Matlon had asked what the Gates Foundation might do early on in the founding of these programs to bring in new donors from the beginning. Desmond-Hellman explained that the foundation works with grantees to develop "a shared understanding of the pros and cons" of its support and ensures these organizations are "healthy and sustainable."
The question points to a problem that extends across the sector.
Donors like to demonstrate their theory of change with their dollars, meaning they want to support an organization from the early stages. But early support from donors with big names and deep pockets can sometimes present difficulties for grantees who need to raise coinciding or follow on funding. The challenge can extend from individual organizations to entire sectors, because when high-profile philanthropists take on a new topic, funders can sometimes turn their attention toward other areas where they can make their mark.
So what can be done to bring other donors to the table when a big name is already at the table? To answer that question, it makes sense to start with the largest foundation in the world.
The difficulty of diversifying
The Gates Foundation took an early interest in Apeel Sciences, seeing the potential of its technology, which repurposes fresh plant scraps to create a barrier that preserves produce to extend the shelf life of cassava and other crops widely consumed in the developing world.
When James Rogers, founder and CEO of Southern California-based startup, traveled to the Gates Foundation in Seattle in 2012 along with other winners of $100,000 grants to improve yields from farm to fork, he got some advice from Rob Horsch, deputy director for agricultural development at the Gates Foundation.
Horsch told the group of founders that he was aware these grants were only drops in the bucket compared to the dollars these organizations would ultimately need to draw in order to develop their technology and carry out their work. He recommended they leverage that funding in order to draw private capital. And Rogers acted on that advice, making the rounds in Silicon Valley, raising $40 million in total, including a recent $33 million round led by Andreessen Horowitz and DBL Partners; he also ultimately received another $1.5 million in funding from the Gates Foundation.
"We're looking for private capital, but most private capital says, 'I know world hunger is a problem, but I'm not the one to invest in this, because I can't validate whether or not you can make this technology,'" he said. "That's where having the Gates Foundation was incredibly valuable because we could leverage that seal of approval to say that yes the technology is feasible to go raise private capital to develop the technology."
Still, while he has had success with venture capital, Rogers told Devex it has been difficult for him — and other founders seeking out grants as well as investments — to manage what he calls a market failure in the philanthropic sector.
"If there's a solution that looks like it's working, has potential, has support, philanthropic organizations don't often pile onto those things because they say, 'Well it looks like that will be okay, so why don't we put our money on this risky thing?'" he said. "It's counterintuitive. The more success you have with a philanthropic organization, the less attractive you are to other philanthropic organizations, and so it really creates a challenge."
The more success you have with a philanthropic organization, the less attractive you are to other philanthropic organizations, and so it really creates a challenge."
— James Rogers, founder and CEO of Apeel Sciences
Philanthropy on a spectrum
Foundations in the field of catalytic philanthropy want their capital to propel an idea that leads to significant impact, said John Kohler, senior director of impact capital at Santa Clara University Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship.
"Part of being catalytic is an examination by the foundation on what would happen if they did not fund the idea or solution," he said. "If there is reasonable evidence that the idea or solution will proceed anyway or be offered in a different way, then the catalytic test is not met."
Many foundations define their success by grant recipients attracting capital from other sources. But philanthropic capital does not stay "in the game" long enough to create "investment ready ideas that other funders will pick up," Kohler said. This only perpetuates the missing middle of impact funding.
What this really comes down to is the issue of "not-invented-here syndrome," said Paul Brest, the former president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
"People want to be the first and they don't want to follow somebody else," he said. "When I was president of the Hewlett Foundation and wanted to engage in collaborative work, instead of going to another foundation and saying, 'Here's a great idea I have. Won't you join?' What I would say is, 'I have just the beginning of an idea. Would you like to explore?'"
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Again, this issue extends across philanthropy, but the bigger the foundation, the greater the potential for this perception that the funder can go it alone, he said.
Individual legacy and collective impact are not mutually exclusive, but rather at two ends of the spectrum, said Graham Craft, director of corporate and foundation partnerships at Mercy Corps in Portland, Oregon.
"There's a natural human tendency to want your impact to be distinctive, so anybody that sets up a strategy will ask: 'Which problem, why us, and why now?' That is natural, and generally best practice, and it makes sense organization by organization," he said. "But as a sector, the more unique everyone's impact is, the harder it is for a nonprofit to bring donors together."
"As a sector, the more unique everyone's impact is, the harder it is for a nonprofit to bring donors together."
— Graham Craft, director of corporate and foundation partnerships at Mercy Corps
Who takes responsibility?
When Matlon used "the Gates curse" term in a meeting at the Gates Foundation, he put some of the responsibility on the foundation.
"The responsibility should be on you to reach out in a collaborative fashion, to bring other donors on board early, or if not early enough, at least to convene groups of donors and convince them that you are fully in support of this program and would like it to grow and sustain but it does require more diversified funding," he said, recalling his comments at that meeting. "Instead of the grantee going out alone and having to make the pitch, we really need someone as deep pocketed as Gates to serve in a convening and catalytic function to make that pitch succeed."
Bill and Melinda Gates, the co-chairs of the Gates Foundation, often insist they cannot do this work alone, and Bill Gates himself has made the case for official development assistance to U.S. President Donald Trump.
"We always have to be thinking about who are our partners in each stage of the way and ultimately how we convince governments to fund these things and to scale them up," Melinda Gates said in a recent onstage conversation with Lisa Cohen, founder of the Washington Global Health Alliance, after she mentioned constant pushback in conversations on global health funding that "the Gates Foundation will take care of that."
Given the huge cuts to ODA proposed in Trump's recent budget proposal, there may soon be more pressure than ever before on philanthropy, and coalitions of public and private funders could be part of the path to solving this sector-wide problem.
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"Our foundation is committed to helping catalyze change to ensure all people have the opportunity to lead healthy, productive lives," Mark Suzman, chief strategy officer and president of global policy and advocacy at Gates, said in an email to Devex. "However, the foundation's resources represent only a small fraction of what is needed, and we believe strongly in the power of working with a broad coalition of partners, both public and private, to solve some of the world's most challenging issues."
Coalitions are key
The Gates Foundation has brought other donors together in a number of coalitions, from GAVI to The End Fund to Uniting to Combat NTDs. And the list of coalitions launched by the co-chairs and the foundation itself only grows, with recent examples including CEPI, the End Malaria Council, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures — all of which mobilize a range of donors to tackle big problems. But the key, particularly for the Gates Foundation, is to make sure that other donors feel that their ideas, as well as their dollars, are valued as part of the process, Brest said.
Mitchell Warren, the executive director of AVAC, received a five year, $14 million grant from the Gates Foundation in 2007, but has since brought other donors on board, and continues to accept individual donations. Warren said the best way organizations can navigate what he calls a conundrum, rather than a curse, is to stay on mission, focusing first on what they are trying to do, and then considering the different pots of money that can help them achieve those objectives.
"I can easily tell you what a $25,000 grant can do that the Gates Foundation with many more zeros can't help me do," he said. "If an organization can't make a compelling case of why a $25,000 grant from a small family foundation isn't just as critical as a $25 million grant from the Gates Foundation, then it's not the Gates Foundation's fault. And I think a good organization is able to do that."
"If an organization can't make a compelling case of why a $25,000 grant from a small family foundation isn't just as critical as a $25 million grant from the Gates Foundation, then it's not the Gates Foundation's fault."
— Mitchell Warren, the executive director of AVAC
Of course, donors who might otherwise turn down applications from organizations funded by big donors like Gates can look at paperwork to see how close or far they are from being fully funded, but reports alone cannot dispel these preconceived notions, said Jane Wales, founder of the Global Philanthropy Forum and World Affairs.
"In the end it is up to the organization to make its needs known, through effective communication and ongoing fundraising, something they would do with or without the Gates funding," she said. "If indeed a Gates grant leads to a mistaken impression of affluence, I still suspect that no one would trade that support in order to avoid that possible problem!"
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Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Budget 2019/20 & Business Plan
Meeting of Cabinet (Housing) Committee - DISCONTINUED, Wednesday, 30th January, 2019 4.30 pm (Item 4.)
View the background to item 4.
Ian Tait addressed the Committee during public participation. In summary, he requested clarification of the strategic land purchases referred to in the report as he believed that the Council should be seeking to purchase land for the purpose of building more affordable housing. In addition, he requested further details about the reference to care provision in relation to Barton Farm in the Business Plan.
The Strategic Director - Services (Interim) and Head of Housing Finance introduced the report and responded to Members' questions as summarised below.
In response to comments made by Mr Tait, the Strategic Director explained that the Government's removal of the debt cap removed the requirement for the bid for additional headline borrowing referred to in the report. At the current time, the Council did not have any specific proposals to purchase land but this was the intention in the future, subject to being able to demonstrate affordability and prudential borrowing.
The Strategic Director advised that the report had been considered by The Overview and Scrutiny Committee at its meeting on 28 January 2019 where Members had generally supported its contents, but had raised a number of matters they believed required further attention:
Increase in cost of voids;
Future use of garages and implications on availability of storage;
Requirement for rural housing.
In response to a query raised by Members of The Overview and Scrutiny Committee, the Strategic Director confirmed that the Council had built more new homes than had been sold under "right to buy" since 2012 and full details could be made available to Members.
The Head of Housing Finance highlighted that the report demonstrated that the Council could deliver 1000 new housing units over the next 10 years. It also set aside additional funding for fire safety and to mitigate the impact of the roll out of universal credit. He advised Members of a minor amendment required to the Capital Programme Funding table contained as Appendix 5 of the report as follows:
2018/19 Forecast column:
HRA Revenue Contributions to Capital - £2.343m (not £2.839m)
Major Repairs Reserve - £4.687m (not £4.191m)
On behalf of TACT, Monica Gill supported the report and thanked the Head of Housing Finance for attending a recent meeting of TACT to present its contents.
In response to questions, the Strategic Director acknowledged that building new homes on Council owned land was likely to offer best value. However, it was possible to achieve good value on private land purchased by the Council and the Council would be examining different options to achieve this, for example including a mix of tenures. The Strategic Director clarified that the target to provide 1000 new affordable homes by 2029 replaced the previous target to provide 600 new homes by 2020.
The Strategic Director confirmed that the proposed housing numbers had been discussed with Officers in the Local Plan team who were content with its fitting with other housing targets within the Plan. The exact mix of housing was likely to be a mixture of affordable housing (ie 70-80% rent levels) and shared ownership. Housing for social rent was not currently provided for within the Business Plan but could be a matter for future discussion should Members wish.
During discussion, there was some debate amongst Members about encouraging parish councils to support additional affordable homes in rural areas. However, it was recognised that parish councils were broadly supportive but it was sometimes difficult to persuade local residents of the requirements.
In general, Members welcomed the report and commended Officers for the work involved in producing.
The Committee agreed to the following for the reasons outlined above and set out in the report.
RECOMMENDED to Cabinet:
That it be recommended to Council:
1. That the 2019/20 Housing Revenue Account budget and final forecast for 2018/19 as detailed in Appendices 1 and 2 to the report be approved.
2. That the HRA Capital Programme for 2018/19 to 2028/29, as set out in Appendix 3 & 4 to the report, be approved.
3. That the proposed fire safety provision of £1m in 2019/20 identified in 11.5 be approved.
4. That in 2019/20, the HRA continues to include a provision of £100k to mitigate against the impact of the universal credit rollout throughout the district.
5. That authority be given to incur capital expenditure in 2019/20 of £9.046m for the Maintenance, Improvement and Renewal programme as detailed in Appendix 3 of the report, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rule 6.4 (noting that within this, for any schemes in excess of £100,000, a financial appraisal will be approved in accordance with the scheme of delegations), be approved.
6. That authority be given to incur capital expenditure in 2019/20 of £22.407m for the New Build programme as detailed in Appendix 4 of the report, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rule 6.4 (noting that within this, for any schemes in excess of £100,000, a financial appraisal will be approved in accordance with the scheme of delegations), be approved.
7. That the proposed funding for the HRA Capital Programme as detailed in Appendix 5, including the additional borrowing requirement, be approved.
8. That the HRA Business Plan operating account extract, including annual working balances as detailed in Appendix 6, be approved.
9. That delegated authority be given to the Corporate Head of Housing, in consultation with the Strategic Director (Resources), Leader and Portfolio Holder for Housing Services, to make adjustments to the overall Maintenance, Improvement and Renewal programme as set out in Appendix 3 to the report, including the flexibility to substitute projects and re-balance expenditure within and between the different elements/schemes in order to meet operational needs, changing priorities and commitment targets, with any changes being reported to Committee at the earliest opportunity.
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Fisher-Price has recalled nearly five million infant sleeping chairs, following a U.S. consumer watchdog group's investigation that found the product was linked to at least 32 baby deaths over 10 years.
On Friday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said consumers who bought a Rock 'n Play Sleeper should immediately stop using it, and contact Fisher-Price for a refund or voucher.
CPSC said the deaths occurred after infants rolled onto their stomachs or their sides while they were unrestrained. But they did not specify how they died.
The recall follows the watchdog organization Consumer Reports publishing an investigation, on Monday, that found the infants died from suffocation.
The group linked the chair to at least three times as many infant deaths as Fisher-Price had initially claimed, including babies younger than three months.
"Based on the deaths and injuries associated with the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play, the product clearly puts infants' safety at risk and should be recalled immediately," said William Wallace, senior policy analyst for Consumer Reports.
In a statement on Friday, Fisher-Price said it was standing by the safety of its products and said it issued the voluntary recall "due to reported incidents in which the product was used contrary to the safety warnings and instructions."
The recall will cover approximately 4.7 million sleepers which have been sold since 2009.
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Louis Ropars, dit Loeiz Ropars, est un chanteur traditionnel breton né le  à Poullaouen et mort le  à Quimper. Pendant plus de 50 ans, il fut animateur de festoù noz, moniteur de danses et sonneur, en plus de sa carrière d'enseignant. Il est l'un des artisans essentiels du renouveau des festoù noz en Bretagne et « passeur de mémoire » avec les chants de kan ha diskan. Il est à l'origine de la création du cercle celtique et du bagad de Quimper.

Il a chanté avec Catherine Guern (née en 1874), Pierre Huiban, Roger Le Béon, François Ménez, François-Louis Gall, Ernest Hourman, Pierre-Jean Motreff…

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Louis Ropars naît à Poullaouen, dans le Finistère, dans un milieu paysan où les chants et les danses populaires sont importants. En effet, habitant devant l'église de Poullaouen, il entend la musique bretonne interprétée à la bombarde et au biniou, voire au treujenn-gaol, lors des mariages. N'étant pas issu d'une famille de chanteurs, il découvre véritablement le chant à danser à sept ans ; au terme d'une journée de battage chez son grand-père, il assiste à une gavotte chantée depuis son lit clos, qui le marque durablement.

Il fait des études universitaires à Rennes et devient professeur de lettres, de français, de grec et de latin, ainsi que de breton dès qu'il le pouvait. Étudiant en Haute Bretagne, il prend conscience de l'originalité de la culture populaire de Basse Bretagne et souhaite préserver et diffuser cet héritage. Dès 1939, il a l'idée avec son ami Pierre Huiban de relancer les veillées chantées et dansées. Il se met au chant à danser en compagnie de celui-ci, puis avec François Menez, un cousin éloigné, lorsque les festoù-noz reprennent spontanément de la vigueur dans les campagnes bretonnes sous l'Occupation. Au sortir de la guerre, il se lie d'amitié avec Roger Le Béon, un carabin qui devient son compère en kan ha diskan, se faisait entendre notamment au Bleun Brug de Locronan en 1949. Roger devant quitter la Bretagne pour ses études de médecine, ce couple de chanteurs prometteur est rompu. Loeiz s'installe définitivement à Quimper à partir de 1946. Il enseigne en divers établissements quimpérois, collèges et lycées publics, au centre littéraire, à l'École normale et à la Chambre de commerce.

En 1949, il est un des fondateurs, avec Ronan Cadiou, Jean Lédan, Jos Le Corre et Pierre Kerbourc'h, de la Kevrenn C'hlazig qui allait devenir par la suite le bagad Kemper. Premier président du bagad, il avait appris la bombarde et le biniou de façon empirique, auprès de sonneurs traditionnels, dont le fameux Léon Bras de Carhaix. Il apprend à Ronan Cadiou, l'un des créateurs du bagad, la cornemuse, des airs et des danses. Il est aussi un des fondateurs du Cercle celtique de Quimper. Il participe le  à la naissance de la confédération Kendalc'h, avec Pierre Mocaër comme premier président et Polig Monjarret secrétaire général. Il sera responsable de Kevrenn ar Yez, prononçant nombre de conférences.

Au début des années 1950, avec Albert Trévidic, il relance l'engouement pour les festoù-noz. Il organise son premier fest-noz à Poullaouen le  en présence des techniciens de Mouez Breiz (label quimpérois) et de Radio Rennes. Pour relancer le kan ha diskan, il dédie la journée au "chant alterné" comme annoncé sur l'affiche, en organisant des concours de chants. D'autres manifestations analogues suivront, se déplaçant successivement à Spézet, Châteauneuf-du-Faou et Gourin où a lieu la dernière en 1959.

En 1957 à Quimper, il organise le premier « bal breton », après avoir testé la formule au lycée de Quimper où il enseignait pour permettre aux élèves de pratiquer les principales danses. Il créa également à Quimper le fest-noz des Fêtes de Cornouaille et a été l'élément moteur principal de la relance des festoù-noz en Cornouaille dans les années 1950 puis de leur extraordinaire expansion dans toute la Bretagne. Il fonde l'association Al Leur Nevez (l'aire nouvelle) en 1964, avec laquelle il œuvre en faveur du breton populaire, en organisant des stages de breton et produit une dizaine de disques, à commencer par le triptyque formé par Fest-noz war ar mêz, Compagnons de festoù-noz et Deut da zañsal.

Passionné de culture bretonne, membre de l'association Emgleo Breiz, il a enseigné pendant de nombreuses années la langue bretonne ainsi que la danse et le chant traditionnels (le kan ha diskan, en particulier). Il fut également producteur de disques ; il produit le tout premier disque de kan ha diskan avec le cercle de Poullaouen, enregistré à la Mutualité à Paris en 1956, 33 tours qui reçut un Grand Prix du disque. Pour lutter contre le fléau que cause le remembrement imposé aux campagnes bretonnes et au paysage constitutif de l'identité du pays, il fonde l'association Le Terroir breton.

Il est décoré en 1995 de l'ordre de l'Hermine. Il a diffusé son chant de fest-noz dans la diaspora bretonne en France et dans le monde entier, comme en Californie à Palo Alto en 2001, à Pékin en 2005, à Tokyo et New York en 2006. Il décède à l'âge de 86 ans le  à Quimper.

Son fils Erwan Ropars, décédé en 2015, est considéré comme un expert de la cornemuse en Bretagne et en Écosse, penn-soner du Bagad Kemper pendant 25 ans et fondateur du Bagad Kerne. Ses petits-enfants, Mona et Steven, sont également sonneurs (Bagad Moulin-Vert, Bagad Kerne).

Discographie

45 tours
 Fest-noz war ar mêz, 1965, Mouez Breiz
 Compagnons de festoù-noz, Mouez Breiz
 Deut da zañsal, Mouez Breiz
 Kan an diskan, avec Catherine Guern, Mouez Breiz
 Gavotte de Poullaouen, avec Marcel, Mouez Breiz
 Gavotte de l'Aven, Mouez Breiz

33 tours et CDs
 Kan ha diskan, 1992, avec Kanerien-Dañserien Poullaouen (33 tours Gavotte de Poullaouen, 1956)
 Kan ba'n dañs, 2002, avec Kanerion Pleuigner
 A-bouez penn, avec Pierre-Jean Motreff
 Pemp war'n ugent
, 2 CD, livret de 78 pages (photos, paroles en breton traduites en français), Prix Spécial du Jury Produit en Bretagne 2008
 Paotr ar festou-noz - Le rénovateur du fest-noz, 2011, Emgleo Breiz

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Sources

  et « Hommage à un esprit libre » par Yvon Guilcher

Articles connexes
 Bagad Kemper
 Festival de Cornouaille
 Fest-noz
 Kan ha diskan
 Emgleo Breiz

Liens externes

  Témoignage de Loeiz Ropars à propos du fest noz, 2004, Christophe Le Menn, Erwan Sparfel et Awen Plougoulm.

Chanteur breton
Interprète de musique bretonne
Enseignement du breton
Titulaire de l'ordre de l'Hermine
Musicien du bagad Kemper
Naissance à Poullaouen
Orthographe universitaire du breton (ar skolveurieg)
Naissance en février 1921
Décès en novembre 2007
Décès à Quimper
Décès à 86 ans

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Gender Equity Pay Gap – Fair (equity) Pay
Filed under: General — Julie @ 1:03 am Fri 19th June 2009
Labour's spokesperson for Women's Affairs Sue Moroney, is attacking Pansy Wong for not giving Labour what they want. But you have to hand it to Pansy Wong and the National party. They are not in a hurry to bankrupt NZ over feminist demands nor turn us into state communist control.
Minister of Women's Affairs, Pansy Wong, today backed away from commitments she made to the National Council of Women to work on fair pay for women, Labour's spokesperson for Women's Affairs, Sue Moroney says.
That is ALLEGED commitments BTW.
Sue goes on to say "The women of New Zealand are not fooled by this stalling tactic. Unfortunately the prospects of women achieving pay equity are getting further away under a National Government."
I for one think National is being smart. They are going over the research to find the real reasons we have pay issues. It certainly is equal pay for equal work and we certainly have more trained women in NZ than we do men. And the 'glass ceiling' doesn't exist to all the women who have jobs above it.
Maybe I should send some ideas to our leaders from the UK like this one.
Equality and Human Rights Commission chief executive Nicola Brewer said: "Changing the way we approach parental leave could be one way of tackling the gender pay gap." The report wants fathers to be able to tag-on the extra paternity leave after the mother's six months of maternity leave finishes.
The extra "parental leave" would be allocated on a "use it or lose it" basis so fathers would not be allowed to transfer unused leave to their partner.
http://tinyurl.com/cv6zha
Just in case you don't know what all this demand is about:
Equality pay is equal pay for equal work. The feminists sorted this out in the early 70's.
Equity pay is all men's pays combined divided by the amount of men compared to all women's pay combined divided by the amount of women.
The problem with the equity pay is that women are still staying home or working part-time to take care of their children. (we do have stay at home dads also btw) But this is not what the Labour Government wants. It wants ALL children in state care and ALL men and women working for the STATE or state controlled business.
I want to share this little piece I found.
As a government's power is more unrestrained, as its power reaches into all the corners of culture and society, and as it is less democratic, then the more likely it is to kill its own citizens. There is more than a correlation here. As totalitarian power increases, democide multiplies until it curves sharply upward when totalitarianism is near absolute. As a governing elite has the power to do whatever it wants, whether to satisfy its most personal desires, to pursue what it believes is right and true, it may do so whatever the cost in lives. In this case power is the necessary condition for mass murder. Once an elite have it, other causes and conditions can operated to bring about the immediate genocide, terrorism, massacres, or whatever killing an elite feels is warranted.
Finally, at the extreme of totalitarian power we have the greatest extreme of democide. Communist governments have almost without exception wielded the most absolute power and their greatest killing (such as during Stalin's reign or the height of Mao's power) has taken place when they have been in their own history most totalitarian. As most communist governments underwent increasing liberalization and a loosening of centralized power in the 1960s through the 1980s, the pace of killing dropped off sharply.
Communism has been the greatest social engineering experiment we have ever seen. It failed utterly and in doing so it killed over 100,000,000 men, women, and children, not to mention the near 30,000,000 of its subjects that died in its often aggressive wars and the rebellions it provoked. But there is a larger lesson to be learned from this horrendous sacrifice to one ideology. That is that no one can be trusted with power. The more power the center has to impose the beliefs of an ideological or religious elite or impose the whims of a dictator, the more likely human lives are to be sacrificed. This is but one reason, but perhaps the most important one, for fostering liberal democracy.
24 Responses to "Gender Equity Pay Gap – Fair (equity) Pay"
alphadominance says:
Fri 19th June 2009 at 8:09 am
Feminism stopped being about equality a loooong time ago. Now it's just all out war to loot as much as possible from the productivity of men, while ensuring that they end up with the dirty work. In the eyes of the feminist academic and government establishments men are just grist for the mill of female entitlement. Boycott marriage and family. The only way we'll derail this train is for the birthrate to decline so precipitously that government is forced to start incentivizing men to do so with fair and equal treatment.
I was waiting for someone to post this, as I can't work out how.
I can't believe they are putting so much money into this when some survey showed us as being one of the best in the world.
There isn't geneder pay gap in NZ it is a myth.
It can never be properly worked out anyway… do they look at every person in every job and look at their qualifications, time at job, previous experience, companies financial positions etc etc? No. Plus they can't compare one work place with the next. Most of the women I know earn more than me, and I have more qualifications than them but I don't get upset, cause all bar one I don't work in the same industry!
Oh and the woman I know who is in the same industry, holds a higher position and has been at the company longer.
glenn says:
Fri 19th June 2009 at 12:09 pm
Pay equity is a great idea. And as soon as everything else is equal, in terms of Family Law, Child Support, Child Access, the Domestic Violence Act etc; as soon as men have equal say and equal power in the home, which has never been so, and have an equal degrees of control over parenting blah, blah blah, we should seriously look at it. Hey – equity itself is a great idea, but, alas, also a myth. The gender pay differences that have been evident, and I am not sure they still are, are a hang over from the days when there were families, all under the one roof, and the man was the most likely breadwinner, expected to provide for his family, and the woman was the decision maker, the educator and homemaker. Remember that? The destruction of that institution has meant that generally, men still have to provide for their family, whether resident under the family roof or not. And women still claim the role of decision maker, educator and homebreaker (rhymes!). So women insist upon and are delivered those benefits, screwing men over until desperation drives them to suicide, or worse, and also go to work wanting the same pay as well. They expect all the benefits, and none of the responsibilities. I don't see pay inequities as particularly unfair, if, indeed, they exist. Men, you might as well get yourself on the dole, abstain from the family situation and leave the workforce and the family (if they can make one) to women, and wait for the noise that makes. Or make a big noise now about all the other inequities.
Fri 19th June 2009 at 3:27 pm
This is an interesting NZ Herald read on how Obama is going to create the largest and most powerful 'super power' yet.
The federal reserve.
sounds like Obama has little dick syndrome
he has to compensate by proving his nuke is bigger theres
blamemenforall says:
Some say that a valid comparison of gender incomes needs to include income derived from domestic partnerships and relationship property entitlements. Those who spend more time homemaking and child rearing are often earning income from their partner. Rent/mortgage is paid, food is bought (or money provided for the purpose), a car provided and petrol paid for, and so forth. When an employer provides such things this is considered as part of the income package and fringe benefit tax is charged. It seems invalid to calculate women's average income while completely ignoring the substantial amount they share of men's earnings, and what they are guaranteed by law through relationship property legislation.
Sat 20th June 2009 at 2:08 am
Thanks very much Labor…
……..and can we have the equitable parenting for men on the side please…..
Yes that one over there in blue…..and can you deliver it with a side dish of equitable relational, educational and health provision for men?
Oh good!…….
And how much do we owe you……?
Oh! Only are arm and a leg? Possibly more…..you say….
Well that's very reasonable then……
Thanks ever so much……Labor……you're so caring for our menfolk……..I'm ever so, ever so touched…….
tick…tick….tick…..
Sat 20th June 2009 at 4:32 pm
And dont forget the massaging of the stats. All of the money men pay in child support is deemed to be their income. Whereas after they have paid the tax on it is given to the women to spend but not added to their income in the national stats. a rort if i ever saw one. We should all seriously consider boycotting the next census as this is one device the feminazi system uses to massage the facts.
Mmmmmm, good stuff, Yep Men (Pay),,,many women i meet around all say one thing??? that they love to have been born a Man, Men have it good they say, don't get the monthly curse,don't have to bear the pain of child birth,etc etc, i am sure you have all heard it.
But soon as a war comes along men are whisked off to die for their country, women and children.
Many a excellent young men have died for this place, so as the others that survive will go on to better the country.
If only them young men could see what their country has done to their men now.
What makes it right when you pay morgage, power, rates , phone etc etc, and child support and then you are left with $50 dollars for your self to buy food and run a car etc.
The child is getting $125 a week to live off, and the person paying it gets $50 a week,,,and the childs guardain is working and collecting rent from another person, and has another partner, Yep this government is going to kill more men and there's no war.
This government will cry for help as soon as the shit hits the fan, and that help is expected from Men who have been ripped off by this government paying unrealistic child support.
Hey Mr Key why not start charging Tax on the Guardian for recieving another income from chid support, and that would be a triple tax on that Mans income,,ie, He earns the wage gets taxed on that then payes child support which is another tax, then you can tax the ex on extra earnings from child support.
Next election dont vote.
SicKofNZ says:
I voted once when I was 18yrs. I haven't voted since then and I'm 45yrs old now. They're all on the same side anyway so why bother voting? None of them offer any real skills or solutions for anything anyway. Instead they rely on trendy propaganda from world bodies to dictate to the people. They all suckle from the same nipple. It should be of no surprise that western society has unilaterally gone to the dogs as we are slowly but surely shepherded toward Global Government. Baaaa
Mon 22nd June 2009 at 3:17 pm
Modern Feminism is about equal outcomes (when it suits) where as all other groups take equality to mean equal opportunities and rewards.
So their foundation is that regardless of what choices, effort, education, risks, etc women take as a group they should on average get paid the same as men. This is the rationale that justifies unequal treatment for women.
The only other group I can think of that considers this equality are true communists.
All other groups only want equal opportunities and rewards. If I work hard, study hard and do well then I want to have the same reward as someone else who put in the same effort. Otherwise I will do a job that no one else wants to do because market forces will pay me more for less effort.
I think the tide is turning for the Min of women's affairs. It is seen to be struggling to justify it's own existence. To kill it off only requires highlighting how it is failing to address what most women really want. That then means that no female votes will be lost by killing it.
Most women want the same things – most of which are not aligned with modern feminism.
Hans Laven says:
Tue 23rd June 2009 at 2:06 pm
It is true that there are few options to vote for if you are looking for strong policies in favour of true gender equality serving the welfare of both men and women. Feminist ideology, often based on dishonesty, has so captured the western world's belief system that few politicians dare to challenge it. However, those who chose not to vote share in the responsbility for the anti-male terrorism we continue to endure. The fact is that every single vote for true gender equality will be very powerful because there have been so few of them. As other parties see signs of a groundswell of support for a more rational and fair society, they will get on the bandwagon offering better deals for men.
Scrap_The_CSa says:
No Dave,
National just gave another 2 mill budget increase to MOW when its slashing other budgets.
Jim Bailey says:
Whose hands are the comments on MENZ Issues playing into?
Onward – Jim
Fri 26th June 2009 at 11:57 am
Hi Scott – you are welcome to register as an author here if you want to post new items.
Biology is destiny, but I guess this is hard for women to accept?
Just another example, from a growing list:
Non-Euclidean Navigational Strategies Of Women: Compensatory Response Or Evolved Dimorphism
Wed 23rd May 2018 at 12:53 pm
The paper above is now available at:
Non-Euclidean Navigational Strategies of Women: Compensatory Response or Evolved Dimorphism?
Irwin Silverman, Jean Choi
Wed 23rd May 2018 at 1:02 pm
Equal pay for equal work – is women's work always equal to mens?
The Wikipedia article about White matter suggests that women have less connectivity in their brains. This might result in less work ability?????
Myelinated axon length
Men have more white matter than females both in volume and in length of myelinated axons. At the age of 20, the total length of myelinated fibers in males is 176,000 km while that of a female is 149,000 km.[6]
The lengths are quite spectacular. Around the world about 4 times, with all of that hidden inside every head. Don't take it too seriously……
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/300410142/suffrage-day-bold-leaders-wanted-no-paygap-shirkers-may-apply
The Author is forced to seperate equality into two different things.
"Let's keep it simple, and take just one example. Women still don't have pay equity with men. We are getting closer to pay equality, but that is a different thing. If that's a surprise to you, you're not alone, and you're not being dim. The two things sound similar, but they're different in an important way:"
So pay equality is to be paid the same for the same work.
It turns out, we essentially have pay equality.
The company's that researched it, found pay equality.
Also there's no court cases, on pay equality.
So since there is pay equality, we need a new definition.
Pay equity.
Which relates to what the job is.
In effect the "pay gap" does exist, but not as pay equality.
" Case in point – when Westpac investigated its pay gap, it found no problem with pay equality within roles at the bank. But its overall pay gap was a whopping 30 per cent, mainly because most of its women were employed in lower-paid roles. The bank realised to fix this, it had to work harder to get women into IT and senior banking roles."
How does the bank do that?
Encourage only teenage girls to do IT.
Or only girls doing Accounting, or Economics degrees.
Only girl's allowed to do Business Management.
So they can have all the top jobs.
"Others such as Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Meridian and Contact Energy survey pay in like-for-like roles but not their company-wide pay gaps. F&P Healthcare told me this was a conscious decision "because we don't think it provides much useful insight given the composition of our workforce."
So they want pay equity.
The F&P example.
The factory workforce is highly female.
Low paid.
It's office is highly male.
With Engineering degrees.
Highly paid.
Repeatedly we have an education choice, job choice issue.
The common denominator, is choice.
The pay equity gap, a resultant.
Not an actual thing, as a cause.
There is no gender discrimination, if it was a freely chosen resultant.
Logic dictates examples with the opposite happening.
In some business examples.
High wage females, low wage males.
Law Commission as an example.
All the high paid lawyers are female.
The cleaners possibly male.
"Pay equity adds a bunch more stuff to the equation – it looks at why there are fewer women in high-paying roles, why women take (through necessity or otherwise) more flexible working options, and bias in hiring and promotion practices, educational and career advancement opportunities."
There is no educational bias against females.
Attendance ratios shows its biased in females favour.
Bias in promotion, hiring?
How would you control that?
A driver for that is who starts business.
Who naturally gets the top jobs.
And demand on job type.
IT, plumbers etc are in high demand.
For real world, income generating work.
And not mentioned.
The parenting gap.
Other than implying it's forced on them.
Female only maternity leave.
Is not forced on them.
Shared care would force males, into flexible jobs.
Not mentioned.
Those things are policy of government.
A lot coming from the writers 5 leaders.
Some information in this.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/the-detail/300433970/the-detail-call-for-companies-to-make-pay-gap-public
Only four companies in Aotearoa disclose their pay gap. One, Genesis Energy, has a gender pay gap at 35 per cent.
"At face value that's a huge gap," says chief executive Marc England.
But on "like for like roles" the gap is very low, meaning for men and women in the same or similar jobs there is a 1.7 per cent difference in pay.
So the 9% pay gap figure they talk about is the 35% figure.
They don't give us the national average for the 1.7% figure.
As pointed out in the article, it's a carrier choice issue.
Unless we become communist, with everybody paid the same.
The resultants will be very difficult to change.
How do you change naturally occurring trends towards job type.
The benefits research says a lot.
Bonuses, and performance are inherent to each other.
I have not heard of bonus schemes being different, by gender.
Females getting more parking benefits, shows a job type difference.
Higher vehicle costs, should be due to vehicles for a job difference.
A work Ute, is more expensive than a commuter car.
A tradesperson doing more miles, with more costs.
Than a lawyer going from the office, to court.
Only 4 companies?
Many more have reported examining the issue.
Finding the same resultants, for the same reasons.
Some actual bias exists, the 1.7% figure exposing it.
Even then not all the 1.7% figure, will be due to bigotry.
It to may have contributed causes.
What would a law requiring reporting solve?
How many bad actors, will it catch.
Certainly none are being prosecuted now.
For not having equal pay.
Sat 6th November 2021 at 10:16 am
An example of bias, and propaganda.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/126879529/ethnic-gender-inequities-at-ministry-for-culture-and-heritage
"More than 90 per cent of managers at Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage are Pākehā, and even though they're mostly women, they're still paid less on average than the men who report to them."
So the argument for race.
Not talked about is what the cause, of the resultant is.
To be a manager, one would assume they have qualifications.
Does education, create the resultant, not employment bias.
What about population demographics.
Is where they are based, not the national average.
Obviously they like the mostly women managers part.
That's ignored, in the article, as a problem.
But this about money.
"Hardy said the gender pay gap narrowed at the end of September to 2.8 per cent"
That's after saying.
"74 per cent of its lowest-paid employees are women"
Hence the resultant 'gap'.
What exactly where they measuring.
Was it the identical employee, pay gap.
Which is likely 0%, or against males.
They wouldn't dare discuss where women are paid, more than men.
Or just an average, of male vs female pay.
Did they then prove there was gender bias.
It doesn't look, for women, that there is any.
The title says things, because they have a statistic.
The propaganda, the writing from one perspective.
Are they advocating for a male employment rate.
The same as, National population demographics.
Will they launch, a program for 50% male managers.
50% male employees.
Males slowly and certainly, removed from positions of power.
By current policy.
If this was done to women.
Action would be demanded, by the media.
Fri 19th November 2021 at 7:50 am
This is on the far end of propaganda.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/127027478/the-gender-pay-gap-means-another-year-of-women-working-for-free
At no point of time do women work for free.
They use a false concept.
The minimum pay female, and male, are identical.
At no point does the pay stop for females.
But continue for males.
Even when a company has a gender pay gap.
They say women are 'required' to work for free.
We all know, that's blatantly false.
"With good legislation, pay gaps can be all but eliminated; we've known this for some time."
They cannot solve some problems, with the pay gap.
The low paid, worker jobs, mostly females.
The office, with high paid staff, mostly male.
The pay gap unavoidable.
The opposite should exist, in some workplaces.
Low paid male workers, high paid female managers.
They would have to mandate, equal employment.
Every position, two people, paid identically.
All female workplaces, forced to hire men.
All male workplaces, forced to hire women.
The blatant, false comment.
"I have had conversations with friends who proudly announce they are not being paid less than their colleagues, and have always been paid fairly for what they do. This may be the case, but evidence shows it would be the exception."
The friends experience pay equity.
The 'evidence' shows pay equality, from demographics.
There example a bank.
Tellers, etc the low paid workers, mostly female.
The high paid economic geniuses, more male.
A male teller, is paid the same, as the female teller.
Propaganda is also about what they don't say.
They demand equality, as feminists.
When women want equality, with men.
Silent on men having equality, with women.
The parenting gap, enormous.
By there logic, the single father, demographic.
Stops being a father, in January.
Women complain about a November, result.
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Canadian astronaut to fly on first crewed Artemis mission – SpaceNews
WASHINGTON — NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have finalized an agreement regarding Canada's participation in the Artemis program, which includes flying a Canadian astronaut on a mission around the moon in 2023.
The agreement, announced by the two agencies Dec. 16, confirms that Canada will provide the Canadarm3 robotic arm for the lunar Gateway. It will also provide interfaces for Gateway modules to allow the arm to move across the exterior of the Gateway to install payloads and perform maintenance.
A commercial logistics spacecraft will deliver Canadarm3 to the lunar Gateway in 2026. SpaceX received a contract from NASA in March to transport cargo to the station using a version of its Dragon spacecraft called Dragon XL.
Canada will, in turn, get two seats on future Artemis missions. One will be on Artemis 2, the first crewed flight of the Orion spacecraft scheduled for 2023, which will fly around the moon. The second will be a mission to the lunar Gateway at a later, unspecified date.
Getting a seat on Artemis 2, expected to be the first crewed mission beyond Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972, was a particular point of pride for Canadian officials. "This will make Canada only the second country, after the U.S., to have its astronauts in deep space," said Navdeep Bains, Canadian minister of innovation, science and industry, during a press conference announcing the agreement between NASA and CSA.
Canadian officials said they have not selected which of its four current astronauts will fly on either Artemis 2 or the later Gateway mission. "Canada is fortunate to have a strong corps of highly trained professional astronauts, any one of whom would be an excellent choice," said CSA President Lisa Campbell. A decision for Artemis 2 will be made closer to launch, but she didn't give a specific schedule.
NASA has also not made any crew assignments for Artemis 2 or later missions. The agency announced Dec. 9 an "Artemis Team" of 18 NASA astronauts who would be eligible for later flight assignments. Andrea Matte, a spokesperson for the Canadian Space Agency, said after the press conference that the Canadian astronauts selected for those missions would then join the Artemis Team.
In a NASA statement, Administrator Jim Bridenstine noted that Canada's commitment to the Artemis program dates back to the February 2019 announcement that it would develop Canadarm3 for the Gateway. "Canada was the first international partner to commit to advancing the Gateway in early 2019, they signed the Artemis Accords in October, and now we're excited to formalize this partnership for lunar exploration," he said.
Canadian officials used the announcement to also discuss the progress on Canadarm3. CSA awarded a contract Dec. 8 to MDA, the Canadian company whose experience in space robotics includes the original shuttle-era Canadarm and the Canadarm2 on the International Space Station, to begin Phase A technical studies of Canadarm3. The new arm will be similar to Canadarm2, but will incorporate artificial intelligence technologies to support operations when no one is on the Gateway.
Canada's four active astronauts — Jeremy Hansen, Joshua Kutryk, David Saint-Jacques and Jenni Sidey-Gibbons — spoke at the briefing and all said they were excited about the possibility to fly on an Artemis mission. Flight opportunities for Canadian astronauts in general are rare, as it is the smallest of the five major partners on the ISS. Of the four, only Saint-Jacques has flown in space so far.
"The international corps here in Houston is over the moon excited, I'll say that today, by the prospect of these missions," said Kutryk. "We're all feeling particularly inspired right now in a way I hope all Canadians can feel inspired."
Asked if he thought he'd ever get a chance to go to the moon, Hansen noted that he became an astronaut in 2009, when NASA was still implementing the Constellation program to send humans to the moon, but that the new effort offered a "tremendous opportunity" for Canada. "I'm excited that a Canadian will be on Artemis 2," he said. "We're paving the way for Canadians to do even more things in space: eventually, hopefully, one day a Canadian on the moon and on Mars."
NASA will send a Canadian astronaut around the moon – CNET
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