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TransCanada, FBI and DHS: Keystone XL Activists Are 'Eco-Terrorists'
Posted by John Loeffler in Activists, Advocacy Groups, Canada, Canadian Government, Canadian Tar Sands, Corruption, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Eco-friendly, eco-terrorism, eco-terrorists, Environment, Environmentalists, Environmentally-friendly, FBI, Grassroots, Greed, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Keystone XL, Keystone XL Pipeline, NSA, Peace, People, Politicians, Politics, Power-hungry, Protests, psy-ops, Spying, Suppression, Surveillance, Tar Sands, Tar Sands Oil, Tar Sands Pipelines, TransCanada, U.S., U.S. Government, United States, Wildlife
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Who are the REAL Eco-terrorists, "TransCanada?!" "Eco-terrorism" is a word made up by the U.S. and Canadian Governments that is a contradictory term! "Eco" means habitat or environment, and "terrorism" is the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. Peaceful protests and contacting your elected officials to ensure the safety and preservation of the environment, to include the people and wildlife in it, are called for by a plethora of environmentally-friendly organizations like the Sierra Club, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Rainforest Action Network. You cannot call these and dozens of other "eco-friendly," grassroots organizations and millions of their supporters "eco-terrorists!" The TRUE "eco-terrorists" are the governments, including politicians, and the corporations (that run such governments through lobbyist money and bribery) who purposely destroy our environment for nothing more than pure GREED and power-hungriness! "Eco-terrorism" is a corporate-political process that uses fear tactics such as surveillance, unwarranted arrests and even cold-blooded murder to achieve its goal of human rights suppression for regional or global dominance!- John Loeffler, Fountain City, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Documents recently obtained by Bold Nebraska show that TransCanada – owner of the hotly-contested Keystone XL (KXL) tar sands pipeline – has colluded with an FBI/DHS Fusion Center in Nebraska, labeling non-violent activists as possible candidates for "terrorism" charges and other serious criminal charges.
Further, the language in some of the documents is so vague that it could also ensnare journalists, researchers and academics, as well.
TransCanada also built a roster of names and photos of specific individuals involved in organizing against the pipeline, including 350.org's Rae Breaux, Rainforest Action Network's Scott Parkin and Tar Sands Blockade's Ron Seifert. Further, every activist ever arrested protesting the pipeline's southern half is listed by name with their respective photo shown, along with the date of arrest.
Read more important information here (source): http://www.nationofchange.org/keystone-xl-activists-labeled-possible-eco-terrorists-internal-transcanada-documents-1371307987
Exxon Mobil Pegasus Tar Sands Oil Spill A Mayflower Mystery!
Posted by John Loeffler in Arkansas, Canadian Tar Sands, Contamination, Corruption, death, environmental catastrophe, environmental disaster, Exxon-Mobil, Greed, Keystone XL, Keystone XL Pipeline, Mayflower Arkansas, National Wildlife Federation, Oil, Oil Spills, Pegasus Pipeline, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Tar Sands, Tar Sands Oil, Tar Sands Pipelines, TransCanada, Wildlife
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Duck coated in Exxon Pegasus tar sands oil in Mayflower, AR, April 2013 (Photo: Lauren Ray)
Here's today's update on the Exxon Mobil Pegasus tar sands spill in Mayflower, Arkansas: Exxon still isn't revealing a cause and the wetlands still aren't restored. Not much of an update, is it?
In the days following the disastrous pipeline rupture, Exxon rushed to take control of the spill site and wildlife cleanup. But as Debra Hale-Shelton of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (sub. Req.) reports, that urgency hasn't carried over to Exxon's safety investigation:
More than two months after an aging pipeline cracked open, spilling more than 100,000 gallons of heavy crude oil into a Mayflower neighborhood and a cove of Lake Conway, Exxon Mobil still has not provided federal regulators with even a preliminary cause for the break and has not requested approval to resume transporting oil through that pipeline.
Before Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. Can reopen the 850-mile-long Pegasus pipeline, which was built starting in 1947, it must comply with several corrective measures ordered April 2 by the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
Exxon Mobil has neither updated its April 26 accident report filed with the federal agency nor asked to reopen the pipeline, which spilled an estimated 147,000 gallons of oil March 29, leading to the evacuations of 22 homes, dead and injured wildlife, several lawsuits, and federal and state investigations.
Exxon's "before" & "after" photos of the Pegasus tar sands oil spill in Mayflower, AR
Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil has released this set of photos of the cleanup of a Lake Conway cove that was devastated by the Pegasus tar sands spill, calling them "before" and "after" photos. But the photos don't actually show "before" when the area was an oil-free wetland wildlife habitat, and the "after" doesn't show a restored wetland.
"These photos aren't before and after – they're mid-disaster and mid-cleanup," says National Wildlife Federation South Central Representative Geralyn Hoey. "What does Exxon plan to do for wetland restoration? Are they going to try to recreate what was a thriving habitat for waterfowl, beavers, and other wildlife?"
Exxon's celebratory news release doesn't say. Exxon has released few details about exactly how it conducted the cleanup. Reporters were told to stop taking photos of the spill and also not to go anywhere near the site by an Exxon contractor (they moved to another location and kept taking photos). Especially since this was heavy, toxic tar sands oil, it's impossible to say for sure if the oil is gone without taking samples several feet below the surface.
"These photos are a horrible reminder of what the people and wildlife in Mayflower have gone through and the high price to America of serving as the middleman as oil companies pipe Canadian tar sands to the international market," says National Wildlife Federation South Central Representative Geralyn Hoey. It's not just Arkansas – spills of toxic tar sands have fouled communities, waterways and wildlife habitat from Michigan to Missouri. A National Wildlife Federation-led coalition has asked two federal agencies to set stronger safety standards for tar sands pipelines.
Now the tar sands industry wants to build a massive new tar sands pipeline in Keystone XL. Spills are only part of Keystone's threat – all of us would be on the hook for its massive amounts of climate-disrupting carbon pollution.
But just last week, officials with British Columbia's government told national authorities that the province wants nothing to do with the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline that would bring tar sands west for export. Officials said the tar sands industry has failed to answer questions about the impact of spills on clean water and the communities and wildlife that depend on them.
"If Canada doesn't want to accept the risk of transporting Canadian tar sands, why in the world is Arkansas suffering for it?" asks Geralyn.
TAKE ACTION HERE: https://online.nwf.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1707&s_src=Blog_Ark_BeforeAfter
Exposed: Canadian Oil and Gas Workers, Major Union Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline
Posted by John Loeffler in Alberta Tar Sands, Barack Obama, Canada, Canadian Tar Sands, Dirty Fossil Fuels, Environment, environmental catastrophe, environmental disaster, exports, Greed, Gulf Of Mexico, Keystone XL, Keystone XL Pipeline, Leaks, Mayflower Arkansas, Oil Spills, Tar Sands Oil, TransCanada, U.S., United States
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As President Obama weighs whether to give the Keystone XL pipeline his approval, climate scientists have warned that the volume of greenhouse gases released by the pipeline could push the planet over a climate tipping point. Proponents of the pipeline — which would pump 900,0000 barrels a day of bitumen crude from Alberta's boreal forests to refineries along the Gulf of Mexico — promise that the economic benefits far out weigh whatever environmental damage ensues. Touting jobs numbers that have long been debunked, a large portion of American labor leadership is still providing working-class cover for the project's corporate backers.
Amidst the ongoing jobs-vs-environment debate, however, one voice is noticeably absent: the bitumen workers in Canada who are largely against long-term tar sands extraction and the building of the pipeline.
"We're diametrically opposed to the construction of it," said David Coles, president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP), which represents 35,000 Canadian oil and gas workers, including thousands laboring in the country's tar sands. "The Keystone XL is not good for the economy, it's not good for the environment, it violates all kinds of First Nations rights."
Read more here: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16700-exposed-canadian-oil-and-gas-workers-many-unions-now-oppose-keystone-xl-pipeline
Big Oil Rakes in Huge First Quarter Profits!
Posted by John Loeffler in Alberta Tar Sands, Americans, Arkansas, BP, Chevron, Congress, Conoco-Phillips, Corruption, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Dirty Politics, ExxonMobil, fines, Fossil Fuels, Greed, Gulf Of Mexico, Keystone XL, Keystone XL Pipeline, laws, low, Mayflower, Obama Administration, Oil Industry, Oil Spills, outdated, Politicians, Profits, Republicans, royalties, Sequestration, Shell Oil, subsidies, Tar Sands Oil, tax rates, Taxes, Taxpayers, U.S., unfair, United States
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Despite lower prices at the pump, the biggest publicly traded oil companies in the world have raked in billions of dollars in profit over the past three months. According to their earnings reports released last week, the big five oil companies—BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell—earned a combined $30.2 billion during the first quarter of 2013, or $331 million per day. Cumulatively, Big Oil profits were six percent lower than the first quarter of 2012 due to lower gasoline and oil prices, but these companies still earned a combined $229,832 every minute from January through March. This is more than what 95 percent of American households earn in an entire year.
Nearly one-third of these profits were used to repurchase companies' stock, which only serves to pad the pockets of senior executives and the largest shareholders. The big five oil companies are also sitting on $82 billion in cash reserves, according to reports from the Securities and Exchange Commission for each company. While making these huge profits, BP and Exxon are the culprits in ongoing major oil disasters that are affecting the Gulf Coast and Arkansas.
Big Oil Behaving Badly, Again
April 20, 2013, was the third anniversary of BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 oil-rig workers and gushed 210 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico over the course of 87 days. Three years later hundreds of Gulf Coast residents are still experiencing serious health effects from this spilled oil, along with the nearly 2 million gallons of toxic chemicals dumped into the Gulf of Mexico to disperse oil during the haphazard cleanup process. There is growing evidence that the oil and dispersants are also harming sea life.
Congress has yet to pass a single law to strengthen federal oversight of offshore oil and gas production. A year ago a Center for American Progress column, The Lasting Impact of Deepwater Horizon, highlighted the need for Congress to raise the preposterously low $75 million limit on liability that oil companies currently face for future oil blowouts. The cleanup costs for the 2010 BP disaster rang in at more than $14 billion at the end of 2012, according to the Congressional Research Service. This demonstrates the huge financial and environmental risks that face Americans if these liability limits remain so artificially low and the companies responsible for future disasters refuse to pay for cleaning up their messes.
On land, meanwhile, fellow oil giant ExxonMobil's most recent spill dumped 500,000 gallons of tar sands crude oil near Mayflower, Arkansas, in late March 2013. The spill forced the evacuation of two dozen homes, and a massive cleanup is currently underway. Because this tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, is classified under the Superfund law as "diluted bitumen," this and similar kinds of oil are exempt from the 8-cents-per-barrel fee that conventional oil must pay into the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. This fund, created under the Superfund Act in 1980 and paid for by levying this tax on oil companies, pays for the oil-spill cleanup should a mishap occur. Exxon gets to avoid it.
This terrible oil-pipeline spill spewed tar sands oil similar to the oil that could be transported through the Keystone XL pipeline if it is approved by President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry. Pipeline discharges are a common event. NPR reported that, "Federal data show that on average over the past decade, nearly 3.5 million gallons of oil spilled from pipelines each year." If Keystone XL moves forward, not only will Big Oil profit from its operation, it could eventually add to this spill tally.
Big Oil Skimps on Corporate Taxes and Receives Billions of Dollars in Wasteful Subsidies
The biggest three publicly owned U.S. oil companies—ExxonMobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips—also paid relatively low federal effective tax rates in 2011. Reuters reported that their tax payments were "a far cry from the 35 percent top corporate tax rate." It estimated that ExxonMobil's effective federal tax rate in 2011 was 13 percent, Chevron's was 19 percent and ConocoPhillips's was 18 percent.
The oil and gas industry gave more than $70 million in federal campaign contributions during the 2012 cycle, with a whopping 90 percent going to Republican candidates. The big five oil companies spent nearly $50 million on lobbying Congress in 2012, or more than one-third of the entire oil and gas industry's expenditures. A major goal of these political activities is to retain special tax breaks for the oil and gas industry, which add up to $40 billion over a decade. Despite ranking as some of the most profitable companies in the world, the big five oil companies receive $2.4 billion in tax breaks from Congress each year, according to the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. U.S. taxpayers should no longer foot the bill for antiquated, 100-year-old fossil-fuel subsidies that, upon conception, were meant to help a then-fledgling industry grow.
Big Oil argues that it needs these tax breaks for oil exploration and development. Yet the big five oil companies produced two percent less oil in the first quarter of 2013, according to their recent financial statements, compared to the same time last year. These companies each have several hundred idle offshore leases that could produce oil if they were to be developed, according to an analysis for Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA). Instead, these companies leave the leases undeveloped while sitting on billions of dollars of cash reserves.
Big Oil Benefits From Low Federal Royalty Rates on Public Lands
In addition to special tax breaks, Big Oil companies drill for oil and gas on public lands owned by all Americans while paying relatively little for what they produce from these areas. Oil companies pay a royalty for the oil and natural gas that they extract from these federal places: A law from the 1920s requires the oil and gas industry to pay "not less than" a 12.5 percent royalty on oil and gas produced from onshore public lands. This rate has not been permanently increased in nearly 100 years, despite the fact that there is nothing preventing Congress or the Obama Administration from doing so.
The federal royalty for oil and gas production on public lands is much lower than what is paid to some states and private landowners for oil taken from their lands. The state of Texas, for example, assesses up to a 25 percent royalty for oil produced from its lands. North Dakota has a royalty of 18.8 percent, while Wyoming's rate is at least 16.6 percent. Royalties for oil taken from private landowners nationwide are estimated to average 18.8 percent.
Higher royalty rates on federal public lands would ensure that Americans receive more compensation for oil companies' use of their lands and minerals, which is all the more important in this time of fiscal uncertainty. The Department of the Interior should finalize plans to significantly raise the royalty rate for oil and gas produced on public lands.
The five biggest oil companies are making tens of billions of dollars in profits, while paying artificially low, ineffective federal tax rates and low royalties for taking and producing oil and gas owned by all Americans. In addition, companies can evade payments into the oil-spill cleanup fund based on specific categorizations of different kinds of petroleum. Meanwhile, they continue to make billions of dollars in profits every quarter while receiving special tax breaks from Congress.
None of this makes sense, especially when sequestration is forcing steep automatic across-the-board cuts in college assistance, cancer research and other middle-class programs. It's time to ask the huge, profit-making, big five oil companies to pay their fair share.
Source: http://ecowatch.com/2013/big-oil-rakes-in-huge-first-quarter-profits/
Average 250 Pipeline Accidents Each Year, Billions Spent on Property Damage! (Oil Spill Map)
Posted by John Loeffler in Alberta Tar Sands, Arkansas, Big Oil, Bitumen, BP, Canada, Canadian Pacific Railway, Contamination, Corruption, Cover-up, covert operations, crime, Crude Oil, Deepwater Horizon, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Dirty Fossil Fuels, environmental catastrophe, environmental disaster, ExxonMobil, Federal Government, Greed, Gulf Of Mexico, History, Kalamazoo River, Keystone XL, Keystone XL Pipeline, Leaks, Mayflower, media blackout, Michigan, Money, Oil, Oil Companies, Oil Industry, Oil Spills, Pegasus Pipeline, Pollution, Property, Railroad, Rivers, Shell Oil, Tar Sands, Tar Sands Oil, Tar Sands Pipelines, Taxpayers, TransCanada, Transportation, U.S., U.S. Government, Uncategorized, United States, Widespread Damage
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If only this were milk there would be no need to cry.
Cleanup efforts are currently underway in four separate oil spills that have occurred in the last ten days.
On March 27th, a train carrying Canadian tar sands dilbit jumped the rails in rural Minnesota spilling an estimated 30,000 gallons of black gold onto the countryside.
Two days later a pipeline ruptured in the town of Mayflower, Arkansas, sending a river of Albertan tar sands crude gurgling down residential streets. And news is just breaking about a Shell oil spill that occurred the same day in Texas that dumped an estimated 700 barrels, including at least 60 barrels of oil into a waterway that leads to the Gulf of Mexico (stay tuned for more on that).
This week a Canadian Pacific freight train loaded with oil derailed, spilling its cargo over the Northwest Ontario countryside. Originally reported as a leak of 600 liters, the CBC reported on Thursday that the estimated volume of the spill has increased to 63,000 liters.
The accelerating expansion of Alberta's tar sands has North America's current pipeline infrastructure maxed out and, as a result, oil companies have been searching for an alternative way to move their product to market. As lobbying efforts around the stymied Keystone XL and Northern Gateway pipelines intensify, oil companies have been quietly loading their toxic cargo onto freight trains.
There has been a marked boost in the rail transport of crude in the last three years as new extraction techniques increase production in the tar sands. According to Reuters, "U.S. trains carried 233,800 carloads of crude oil in 2012, more than double the 65,800 carloads transported in 2011 and dwarfing the 29,600 in 2010, according to figures from the Association of American Railroads."
Meanwhile the Canadian Pacific Railway's crude oil volumes have skyrocketed from 2,800 carloads in 2010 to a staggering 53,000 last year. The company hopes to increase that number to over 70,000 this year.
Most, if not all, advocates of pipeline transportation will argue that the growing use of rail transport emphasizes the urgent need for pipelines. Pipelines are commonly touted as a more reliable mode of fuel transport than rail.
Pipelines, as the story goes, are safe.
Unfortunately for pipeline proponents, last week's pipeline rupture in Arkansas is no anomaly in the history of US pipelines. In fact, pipelines have made a pretty consistent mess throughout the States for the last 20 years. One thing has changed, however: those messes are getting more expensive to clean up.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is responsible for reporting and recording all "significant pipeline incidents" which are all incidents exceeding the cost of $50,000 (in 1984 dollars).
In terms of property damage PHMSA records indicate that the 20-year average (1993-2012) cost of significant pipeline incidents is over 318 million dollars, the 10-year average (2003-2012) cost is over 494 million dollars the 5-year average (2008-2012) cost is over 545 million dollars and the 3-year average (2010-2012) cost is over 662 million dollars.
The cost of cleaning up after pipelines just keeps getting more expensive.
Over the last 20 years, pipeline incidents have caused over $6.3 billion in property damages. On average during this time period there were more than 250 pipeline incidents per year, without a single year where that number dropped below 220. During that time, more than 2.5 million barrels of hazardous liquids were spilled and little more than half of those spilled amounts were recovered in cleanup efforts.
One of the factors contributing to the cost of cleanup is the introduction of Alberta's diluted bitumen to southern markets (The most expensive year on record is 2010 when Enbridge spilled 3.3 million liters or 877,000 gallons of dilbit into Michigan's Kalamazoo River).
Companies eager to move Canadian dilbit south to refineries and export facilities have been jimmying an aging pipeline infrastructure to handle the more corrosive substance and there is currently no federal oversight to monitor this process.
Pipeline Network by Petroleum GeoGraphics Corp. on NRP.
Two decades of pipeline spills, mapped by the New York Times.
ExxonMobil's sixty-five-year-old Pegasus pipeline that ruptured last week was one such retrofitted line. Built in the late 1940s, the old winged horse of a pipeline was reversed in 2006 in order to carry Canadian dilbit to the Gulf Coast via Illinois at a 50 percent increased capacity. The burst line sent a river of at least 84,000 gallons of dilbit running down residential streets in Mayflower and into nearby wetlands.
The exact cause of the pipeline rupture is still unknown.
Many of the major pipeline operators – like Exxon, Enbridge and TransCanada – have been cited for lax inspections, shoddy emergency preparedness, and ineffective spill management and response. Both Exxon and Enbridge have been told their actions in the immediate hours after pipeline ruptures have made spills worse than necessary.
NPR reports "more than half of the nation's pipelines were built before 1970. More than 2.5 million miles of pipelines run underground throughout the country."
Debbie Hersman with the National Transportation Safety Board told NPR, "100 percent of the accidents that we've investigated were completely preventable." In many cases companies performed inspections and discovered cracks and corrosion in the line but did not perform repairs before accidents occurred.
In an interview with Reuters, John Stephenson, vice president and portfolio manager at First Asset Investment Management in Toronto described these events as "not good for producers…not good for Canadian oil going south…not good for Keystone."
But added, "the reality is this oil is going to make it south of the border, quite likely by rail or one of the other pipelines across the Canadian-US border, so I see it as a short-term hiccup at worst."
Yet even a cursory glance at the history of pipeline accidents in the US shows what is happening in Arkansas is no 'hiccup' and will bear no 'short-term' consequences. At least, not for the residents of Mayflower.
Source: http://desmog.ca/2013/04/05/average-250-pipeline-accidents-each-year-billions-spent-property-damage
Do The Math – The Movie (Climate Crisis)
Posted by John Loeffler in 2013, 350.org, Barack Obama, Big Oil, Bill McKibben, BP, Cancer, Cancer-causing, Carcinogenic, CEOs, Chevron, Civil Rights, Civilization, Clean Air Act, Clean Energy Act, Clean Water Act, Climate Change, climate crisis, Congress, Conoco-Phillips, Contamination, Corporations, Corruption, Cover-up, covert operations, Crystalline Silica, D.C., Deadly, Deception, Destruction, Dirty Fossil Fuels, Dirty Politics, Divest, Do The Math, Earth, Environment, environmental catastrophe, environmental disaster, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Evidence, ExxonMobil, Fossil Fuel Industry, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Fracking Leaks, Gas Companies, Glacier Sands LLC, Global, Global Dominance, Global Warming, Greed, Health, Health problems, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Humanity, Hydraulic Fracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, Keystone XL, Keystone XL Pipeline, Lies, Lobbyists, Marcellus Gas Shale, media blackout, Mining, Money, Nuclear, Nuclear Accident, nuclear disaster, Nuclear Industry, nuclear meltdown, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Waste, Obama, Occupy, Occupy Movement, Ocean Desalinization, Oil, Oil Companies, Oil Drilling, Oil Industry, Oil Spills, Poisoning, Politicians, Pollution, Power, power abuse, Power-hungry, public health hazard, Safety Violations, Sand Fracking, Science, Scientific Evidence, Secrecy, Shale, Shale Gas Exploration, Shell Oil, Silica, Silica or Sand Fracking, Silicosis (Lung Disease), Special Interests, Species, Species Extinction, Tar Sands, Tar Sands Oil, Taxpayers, Toxic, TransCanada, U.S., U.S. Citizens, U.S. Government, U.S. Government T.V. News Filtering, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. President, U.S. Senate, Unacceptable, Uncategorized, United States, unnecessary, Unsafe, Wall St., Washington D.C., Waste, World
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Do the Math: A Movie to Spark a Movement
The fossil fuel industry is killing us.
They have five times the amount of coal, gas and oil that is safe to burn — and they are planning on burning it all. Left to their own devices, they'll push us past the brink of cataclysmic disaster — life as we know it will be irrevocably altered forever. Unless we rise up and fight back.
Do The Math chronicles follows the climate crusader Bill McKibben as he works with a rising global movement in a David-vs-Goliath fight to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis.
This growing groundswell of climate activists is going after the fossil fuel industry directly, energizing a movement like the ones that overturned the great immoral institutions of the past century, such as Apartheid in South Africa. The film follows people who are putting their bodies on the line the Keystone XL Pipeline and leading universities and institutions to divest in the corporate polluters hellbent on burning fossil fuels no matter the cost.
The film also features a veritable who's who of the climate movement including Dr. James Hansen (Director, NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Naomi Klein (Author, The Shock Doctrine), Lester Brown (President, Earth Policy Institute), Michael Brune (Executive Director, Sierra Club), Majora Carter (Founder, Sustainable South Bronx), Jessy Tolkan (Co-Executive Director of Citizen Engagement Laboratory), Phil Radford (Executive Director of Greenpeace), James Gustave Speth (Co-Founder of Natural Resources Defense Council), Mike Tidwell (Executive Director, CCAN), Van Jones (CNN Correspondent & Author, The Green Collar Economy), Bobby Kennedy Jr. (President, Waterkeeper Alliance ), among others.
ExxonMobil's Mayflower Mess (Photos)
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Several weeks after ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline gushed at least 500,000 gallons of tar sands crude and water into the Arkansas community of Mayflower, many of the evacuated families still can't return to their homes.
Sierra Club organizer Glen Hooks, who grew up about 20 miles southeast of this disaster site, recently attended a meeting for the displaced families at Mayflower High School. "I had to really stare down some ExxonMobil goons who told me to leave because it was a private meeting," he said. "I politely explained that it was a meeting in a public building about a public subject with numerous public officials in attendance, and that I was planning to stay."
During the Mayflower meeting, Hooks listened as an ExxonMobil executive apologized to the families and said that the focus was on safety and helping the homeowners. "The meeting then moved into a phase where ExxonMobil met with individual family members about their claims in a side room guarded by no fewer than six uniformed police officers."
Read more important information here: http://www.nationofchange.org/exxonmobil-s-mayflower-mess-1366557651
Now how safe do you think TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline is? Pigs, or motorized detection units, were run through the pipeline before it was buried to ensure no leaks. However, TransCanada turned off the hole sensors in these Pigs while testing them! Why? Because these new pipes leak like sieves! How many more disasters must we have before we rise up, and say "Enough Is Enough!" Corporate pimps like ExxonMobil and TransCanada are ruining our environment to export their extremely toxic tar sands oil down through Canada to the Gulf of Mexico for shipment off to China to use! Our government whores are allowing one environmental catastrophe after another to take place, so their oil industry pimps can pay them off while we suffer the consequences! China is now admitting to having "cancer villages" due to the massive pollution from burning fossil fuels from the U.S. and Canada! How many people have to die before we kill off the real culprit in all of this mess, GREED?!
The Fossil Fuel Fight Of Our Lives!
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As the world burns, a new movement to reverse climate change is emerging – fiercely, loudly and right next door
It got so hot in Australia in January that the weather service had to add two new colors to its charts. A few weeks later, at the other end of the planet, new data from the CryoSat-2 satellite showed 80 percent of Arctic sea ice has disappeared. We're not breaking records anymore; we're breaking the planet. In 50 years, no one will care about the fiscal cliff or the Euro crisis. They'll just ask, "So the Arctic melted, and then what did you do?"
Here's the good news: We'll at least be able to say we fought.
After decades of scant organized response to climate change, a powerful movement is quickly emerging around the country and around the world, building on the work of scattered front-line organizers who've been fighting the fossil-fuel industry for decades. It has no great charismatic leader and no central organization; it battles on a thousand fronts. But taken together, it's now big enough to matter, and it's growing fast.
The Fossil Fuel Resistance: Meet the New Green Heroes
Americans got to see some of this movement spread out across the Mall in Washington, D.C., on a bitter-cold day in February. Press accounts put the crowd upward of 40,000 – by far the largest climate rally in the country's history. They were there to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, which would run down from Canada's tar sands, south to the Gulf of Mexico, a fight that Time magazine recently referred to as the Selma and the Stonewall of the environmental movement. But there were thousands in the crowd also working to block fracking wells across the Appalachians and proposed Pacific coast deep-water ports that would send coal to China. Students from most of the 323 campuses where the fight for fossil-fuel divestment is under way mingled with veterans of the battles to shut down mountaintop-removal coal mining in West Virginia and Kentucky, and with earnest members of the Citizens Climate Lobby there to demand that Congress enact a serious price on carbon. A few days earlier, 48 leaders had been arrested outside the White House – they included ranchers from Nebraska who didn't want a giant pipeline across their land and leaders from Texas refinery towns who didn't want more crude spilling into their communities. Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham was on hand, urging scientists to accompany their research with civil disobedience, as were solar entrepreneurs quickly figuring out how to deploy panels on rooftops across the country. The original Americans were well-represented; indigenous groups are core leaders of the fight, since their communities have been devastated by mines and cheated by oil companies. The Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. of the Hip Hop Caucus was handcuffed next to Julian Bond, former head of the NAACP, who recounted stories of being arrested for integrating Atlanta lunch counters in the Sixties.
Read more important information here: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-fossil-fuel-resistance-20130411/+1


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$20.00 Single Annual Breakaways Membership.
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Beginners are always welcome to join our friendly social atmosphere.
Breakaways Rock 'n' Roll Dance, Social and Welfare Club Inc.
Belmont Bowls Club, 20 Narracott St, Carina, 6:30-9:30pm, commencing 16th January 2019.
Rotational dance lessons, no partner required.
Our dance classes are 4-week cycles starting at the beginning of each month. When a month has five Tuesdays or Wednesdays (our dance class nights) we have a dance social with a band on the fifth week.
EVERY THURSDAY Night from 6:30pm (QLD) 7:30pm (NSW DST) - during daylight saving time.
beginner lessons & Intermediate, Partner & line dancing lessons.
then have fun dancing and meeting great people.
followed by social dance afterwards.
We teach Rock n Roll, Lindy Hop, Swing Jive and Balboa.
We also specialise in Workshops of your choice.
Keep updated with everything through this page and the website.
8:00 Social dancing until 10:00pm.
Visitors and beginners welcome. No partner required.
Partner Dances: On the 5th week of the month we will teach new partner routines.
There will be no Rock and Roll classes on these nights, and the Advanced and Beginners classes will be combined.
Lesson will commence at 6:30 - 8:00.
PRIVATE LESSONS AVAILABLE ALL VENUES.
NO PARTNER REQUIRED at ALL VENUES.
DANCE DANCE DANCE SHOES - Comfortable, individual styles, colours, any colour and heels. Ladies and Men's. Email me for a flyer!!!
Geebung Bowls Club, Robinson's Road, Geebung.
old time or new vogue dance etc.
2 months of 8-step jive then 2 months of 6step rock n roll, then back to jive again etc.
No partners needed, kids under 15 free.


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Communications and Development Manager
Faunalytics Remote
Are you passionate about helping animal advocates be as effective as possible? Do you excel at creating and executing strategic communications and fundraising campaigns? Then this could be the career you've been waiting for! This position will play an integral role in expanding our fundraising efforts and visibility among animal advocates and donors alike, ultimately increasing our impact potential. Primary Responsibilities: Communications : Advocate Relations: Develop and execute a strategy for increasing awareness and use of Faunalytics' work among the animal protection movement, both nationally and internationally. Assist senior staff with cultivating, maintaining, and strengthening relationships with high-impact animal protection organizations. Help implement a strategy for measuring the use and impact of all of Faunalytics' resources among animal advocates (from grassroots to major organizations). Disseminate original studies to appropriate organizations. Social Media: Manage the organization's social media accounts, including developing, planning, and executing strategies that increase brand awareness and engagement. Responsible for creating content and engaging with social media networks. This includes developing and expanding our online community and influencer outreach efforts. Evaluate campaigns and translate data and trends into recommendations and plans for revising social media efforts, content marketing, and social advertising campaigns. Media Relations: Develop a media outreach strategy, seeking and obtaining high-level article placements primarily in online media. Draft and send press releases and cultivate media relationships to increase public awareness, both nationally and internationally. Identify and secure speaking opportunities (including news interviews) to expand awareness of our work. Administrative: Serve as the initial contact for all public inquiries. Assist senior staff with promoting and conducting online webinars. Misc. communications related tasks as they arise. Development : Donor Development: Assist with fundraising efforts, including prospect donor research and outreach (people and corporations). Assist in growing monthly donor support and reengaging lapsed donors. Design and execute a strategy for engaging donors in online peer-to-peer fundraising, including Facebook fundraising. Serve as a lead in the development and execution of Giving Tuesday and Year-End fundraising plans and efforts. Assist in developing a program for support through trusts and bequests. Grants Management: Assist in identifying opportunities for soliciting new funding from philanthropic foundations. Develop proposals and reports for foundation grants as needed. Manage grant reporting calendar and accurately track and monitor restricted funds. Administrative: Responsible for gift processing (data entry and gift acknowledgement on behalf of the executive director). Misc. development related tasks as they arise. Essential Qualifications: Belief in Faunalytics' mission and animal protection Bachelor's degree in a relevant field Three or more years of nonprofit communications and development experience Meticulous attention to detail Proficiency with managing social media for business Exceptional written and oral communication skills Ability to balance multiple projects and deadlines Self-driven and able to work remotely with limited oversight Ability to work effectively as part of a small team, including a willingness to help other team members as needed Familiarity with Google for business (Docs/Sheets/Drive) Preferred Qualifications: Commitment to a vegan lifestyle Master's degree in a relevant field Five or more years of nonprofit communications and development experience for an animal-related organization Familiarity with social science research Familiarity with effective animal advocacy and effective altruism Familiarity with communication tools including Slack, Asana, and Zoom Familiarity with Google services including AdWords and Analytics Familiarity with Quickbooks Online Details: Reports to: Executive Director and works closely with the Content Director Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours/week, flexible Salary: $43,000 USD annually Benefits: Health care stipend, equipment stipend, 10 paid vacation days, 10 paid holidays, and 8 paid sick days Location: Remote (preference is given to work hours that align with North America) Deadline: Apply by February 20, 2020
Senior Donor Relations Officer (Major Gifts)
The Humane League Remote (San Francisco, CA, USA)
WHO WE ARE The Humane League is an international farm animal advocacy group. THL fosters a high-energy culture of teamwork and mission-driven problem solving, and we have earned recognition as Top Charity from Animal Charity Evaluators for all of their rating periods. Over the past few years, The Humane League has positioned itself for growth. We have a current staff size of 80+ dispersed across the country and internationally. The Humane League is seeking an experienced major gifts professional who enjoys building lasting relationships with individuals, and who is dedicated to our mission to end the abuse of animals raised for food. YOUR OPPORTUNITY The Senior Donor Relations Officer will report to the Director of Donor Relations, and will work closely with the President, Senior Director of Development, and other Donor Relations team members to cultivate, solicit, and steward our most generous supporters. This role is integral to the success of The Humane League's expanding Development program, and will be critical to helping a high-impact organization achieve sustainable growth. You are a great candidate for this role if you are an experienced relationship-builder and philanthropic strategist, passionate about The Humane League's mission, have the ability to work independently and as a member of a team in a fast-paced environment, and be able to prioritize and manage multiple projects efficiently. This is a full-time, remote position. Candidates must reside in either the Pacific or Mountain time zones, preference given to candidates who reside in San Francisco or Los Angeles. We are only able to consider applicants who possess United States work authorization . CORE RESPONSIBILITIES Develop and execute cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies for a portfolio of high-net worth individuals in the Western United States to secure major gifts Collaborate with Development and Leadership staff to support Executive-level major gifts fundraising Support the development and execution of fundraising and cultivation events including in-person events, happy hours, conferences, and virtual town halls Solicit and lead committees of donor volunteers to host private house parties in collaboration with the Fundraising Events Coordinator Collaborate with Development staff to qualify and upgrade major giving prospects from annual fund and mid-level programs Stay current on The Humane League's programs and theory of change to effectively articulate our mission and represent our work to the public Travel regularly to meet with donors in the Western United States, attend conferences, events, and two strategy retreats per year Conduct research and briefings on donors and prospects Work with program staff to draft tailored donor correspondence, proposals, impact reports, and other communications Maintain detailed donor files in the donor database Maintain an understanding of related philanthropic opportunities including but not limited to legacy giving, foundational giving, leadership giving, and peer-to-peer giving Related activities that fall within the scope of responsibilities or as assigned by your manager DESIRED SKILLS Experience with relational databases (e.g. EveryAction), spreadsheets, Google Docs, Asana, and Slack Background or demonstrated interest in farmed animal welfare Experience in project management, including establishing project scope, timelines, and execution Experience planning and executing intimate fundraising events, especially house parties Experience developing and writing donor proposals Experience with planned giving Experience with foundations Experience working with an organization's leadership team to develop and execute coordinated strategies Familiarity with a remote working environment REQUIRED SKILLS Four or more years of directly applicable professional experience in major gifts fundraising Track record of soliciting and securing five- to seven-figure gifts Demonstrated ability to develop and execute strategies and overcome obstacles to achieve goals Strong ability to communicate persuasively verbally, in presentations, and in writing Outstanding organizational skills with a high level of attention to detail Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize activities, and be flexible in adjusting expectations as new developments occur Strong capacity to take initiative, work independently, and follow through to execute on project ideas Ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality regarding all aspects of work Exceptional listening and interpersonal skills, including curiosity, empathy, and diplomacy Ability to maintain composure, flexibility, and levity under tight deadlines Willingness to take direction and embrace a collaborative spirit Ability to travel up to 30% of the time to support relationships and events as required Availability to work night and weekend hours as needed Starting annual salary is $56,000, with additional consideration for cost of living for candidates residing in preferred locations. Employees enjoy full medical coverage, optional dental and vision packages, a 401(k) retirement plan, working from home, flexible holiday and vacation time, room for advancement, and the supportive environment at The Humane League! The Humane League is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Women, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. In compliance with laws and in furtherance of our commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. The Humane League is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please email People Operations (anguyen@thehumaneleague.org) and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
Senior Operations Lead
Charity Entrepreneurship London, UK
ABOUT CHARITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP The best charities in the world have a huge impact. Charity Entrepreneurship is a startup incubator dedicated to getting more great nonprofits founded. Our organization conducts research to identify the most promising potential charitable interventions, then runs a training program that incubates 10+ evidence-based charities per year. Focus areas include animal advocacy, health policy, mental health, and family planning. HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE Your role will be to lead the operations department and help Charity Entrepreneurship, and dozens of new charities, to run highly effectively. Many new organizations are slow to have an impact due to their struggle with the logistics of running an organization. A strong operations lead can make a huge difference, positively impacting the lives of thousands of animals and humans. You will also have a significant role in shaping the long-term operations team. ABOUT THE ROLE This role is diverse and challenging, requiring a problem solver's mindset and strong attention to detail. Our organization is unconventional, and, as we help many different charities, the work ends up being highly diverse with often an unclear path forward. The Senior Operations Lead needs to excel under uncertainty and develop adequate solutions to a wide range of dilemmas. As an operational lead, you are responsible for finance, accounting, logistics, HR, and grant management. Tasks will include the following: Managing other members of the operations team Creating hiring contracts and grant agreements; helping create onboarding processes Leading any HR work Coordinating incoming and outgoing grants Determining the best investment strategies for runway money Filing year-end tax forms Finding a larger office space for our growing team Coordinating with multiple newly-founded charities to set up earlier-stage operations systems Determining strategies for accommodation and living costs reimbursements for program attendees Creating flexible, versatile systems that could be used by new charities in the future Overseeing accounts and bookkeeping Working with the CEO of Charity Entrepreneurship to oversee CE UK establishment as a legal entity and registered charity in the UK (to complement our existing Canadian and Indian charity registration) Coordinating with the Charity Commission to secure charitable status and ensure ongoing compliance with the Charity Commission's requirements Given the relatively small size of our nonprofit, the ideal candidate would also have skills in more general areas, such as communications and finance, in order to assist with these tasks based on organizational needs. WHAT WE NEED Passion for doing good in the world and an excitement for helping Charity Entrepreneurship expand to new projects and/or launch additional charities Background doing similar work Enthusiasm for creating and optimizing systems Intelligent and quick learner Creative problem-solver Detail-oriented individual Excellent time-management skills Minimum intermediate skills with Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets Solid interpersonal skills Calm under pressure Comfortable with risk and ambiguity Good organizational skills and ability to organize tasks and big projects coherently You can see more about what makes a good operations lead here BONUSES Interest in founding an effective charity in the future Understanding of Canadian and/or UK tax systems Comprehension of Quickbooks Local to London or willing to relocate Have followed the written output from Charity Science or Charity Entrepreneurship projects Good understanding of effective altruism concepts BENEFITS Work in a job with a huge impact on the world Get to know the Charity Entrepreneurship team and work in a startup culture Gain experience with an effective altruism nonprofit Work with like-minded, dedicated, and compassionate teammates Be part of a casual environment, with little organizational bureaucracy Get a strong resume reference and build a wide set of skills Enjoy flexible work hours and environment Receive training in important skill-sets FINE PRINT Expected hours: Full-time Reports to: CEO or COO Location: London-based Pay: Amount dependent on role fit and employee needs; £20,000-£40,000 Application deadline: January 27th The strongest candidates will be contacted for the first-stage interview
Junior Operations Officer
ABOUT CHARITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP The best charities in the world have a huge impact. Charity Entrepreneurship is a startup incubator dedicated to getting more great nonprofits founded. The organization conducts research to identify the most promising potential charitable interventions, and then runs an annual program to incubate high-impact charity startups. Focus areas include animal advocacy, health policy, mental health, and family planning. HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE Your role will be to lead the operations department and help Charity Entrepreneurship, and dozens of new charities, run highly effectively. Many new organizations struggle, or are slow to have an impact, due to their struggle with the logistics of running an organization. A strong operations lead can make a huge difference, helping to positively impact the lives of thousands of humans and animals. You will also have a significant role in shaping the long-term operations team. ABOUT THE ROLE This role is diverse and challenging, requiring a problem solver's mindset and strong attention to detail. Our organization is unconventional, and, as we incubate many different charities, the work ends up being highly diverse. The Junior operations lead needs to excel with details and systems implement adequate solutions to a wide range of dilemmas. Tasks will include the following: Coordinating incoming and outgoing grants Filing year-end tax forms Conducting bookkeeping, accounting, and payroll Improving office functions Coordinating with multiple newly-founded charities to stay legally compliant Tracking and providing reimbursements for program attendees and staff Creating hiring contracts and grant agreements, assisting with onboarding processes Working with the operations lead of Charity Entrepreneurship to oversee CE UK establishment as a legal entity and registered charity in the UK, to complement our existing Canadian and Indian charity registration Coordinating with the Charity Commission to secure charitable status, and ensuring ongoing compliance with the Charity Commission's requirements. Given the relatively small size of our nonprofit, the ideal candidate would also have skills in more general areas, such as communications, in order to assist with these tasks based on organizational needs. WHAT WE NEED Passion for doing good in the world and an excitement for helping Charity Entrepreneurship expand to new projects and/or launch additional charities Intelligent and quick learner Detail-oriented individual Excellent time-management skills Minimum intermediate skills with Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets Solid interpersonal skills Calm under pressure Comfortable with risk and ambiguity Good organizational skills and ability to organize tasks and big projects coherently You can see more about what makes a good operations lead here . BONUSES Interest in founding an effective charity in the future Understanding of Canadian and/or UK tax systems Comprehension of Quickbooks Local to London, or willing to relocate Have followed the written output from any Charity Science or Charity Entrepreneurship projects A good understanding of effective altruism concepts BENEFITS Work in a job that has a huge impact on the world Get to know the Charity Entrepreneurship team and work in a startup culture Gain experience with an effective altruism nonprofit Work with like-minded, dedicated, and compassionate teammates Be part of a casual environment with little organizational bureaucracy Get a strong resume reference and build a wide set of skills Enjoy flexible working hours and environment Receive training in important skill-sets. FINE PRINT Expected hours: Full-time Location: London-based Pay: Amount dependent on role fit and employee needs; £20,000-£30,000 Application deadline: January 27th The strongest candidates will be contacted for the first-stage interview

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Karmienie piersią – najbardziej naturalny sposób żywienia noworodków i niemowląt. Zapewnia dziecku właściwy rozwój już od pierwszych chwil jego życia, kiedy w piersiach pojawia się siara – substancja bogata w ciała odpornościowe, białko, witaminy A i E, sole mineralne, oraz chroniąca piersi przed bakteriami. Skład pokarmu jest ściśle zindywidualizowany i dostosowany w pełni do potrzeb dziecka.

Karmienie piersią jest korzystne również dla kobiety. Chroni przed rakiem piersi i wieloma chorobami kobiecymi, powoduje prawidłowe kurczenie się macicy po porodzie. Łatwiej też pozbyć się dodatkowych kilogramów, ponieważ organizm kobiety zużywa więcej energii na laktację, wykorzystując tłuszcz nagromadzony w czasie trwania ciąży.

Podczas karmienia matka i dziecko pozostają w bardzo bliskim kontakcie fizycznym i emocjonalnym, który wpływa pozytywnie na dalszy rozwój dziecka.

Właściwości i skład pokarmu
Skład kobiecego pokarmu: laktoza (chroni jelita przed bakteriami), tłuszcze nienasycone (wpływające na rozwój mózgu), proteiny, sole mineralne, witaminy A, B, C, D i E, cholesterol (zabezpiecza przed miażdżycą), aminokwasy (ważne w rozwoju systemu nerwowego), enzymy trawienne oraz inne substancje, ułatwiające przyswajanie żelaza, opóźniające rozwój komórek nowotworowych, wzmacniające układ odpornościowy i chroniące przed rozmaitymi chorobami, jak np. cukrzyca, alergia, anemia, celiakia, krzywica, próchnica zębów, infekcje dróg oddechowych, nadciśnienie, zawał, astma i inne. Ok 1/3 mleka ludzkiego to glikoproteiny, które są niestrawne dla noworodków, służą one jednak jako pożywka pożytecznych bakterii jelitowych, które ograniczają występowanie szkodliwych bakterii.

Okres karmienia piersią
Światowa Organizacja Zdrowia i UNICEF zalecają:
 rozpoczęcie karmienia w ciągu godziny po porodzie
 karmienie do co najmniej drugiego roku życia
 w wieku 6 miesięcy włączenie innego pokarmu

Analiza terminu zakończenia karmienia piersią u 135 gatunków naczelnych wykazała, że długość okresu karmienia jest skorelowana w 91% z ciężarem matki. Zależność tę wyraża wzór:

dni karmienia=2,71*masa matki w gramach0,56.

W przypadku człowieka oznaczałoby to średni czas karmienia od 2,8-3,7 lat. W połowie biedniejszych krajów świata karmienie piersią trwa co najmniej 2 lata, a w 64 społeczeństwach zbieracko-myśliwskich średnio około 3 lata.

Karmienie a antykoncepcja

W czasie karmienia piersią nie zaleca się stosowania tabletek antykoncepcyjnych zawierających estrogeny w pierwszych 6 miesiącach życia dziecka, ponieważ mogą doprowadzić do zahamowania laktacji. Zalecane jest stosowanie jednoskładnikowych tabletek progestagenowych (MTG – minitabletki gestagenne). Ich przyjmowanie należy rozpocząć w 21. dniu po porodzie. Taki sposób zapewnia praktycznie 100% zabezpieczenie przed ciążą. Sytuacja dramatycznie zmienia się w przypadku zmniejszenia liczby karmień (rozpoczęcie dokarmiania) lub w przypadku wystąpienia pierwszej miesiączki po porodzie. Wówczas należy przejść na inną metodę antykoncepcji lub zastosować tabletki dwuskładnikowe.

Powrót płodności po porodzie
Karmienie wyłącznie piersią, bez dokarmiania i dopajania oraz używania smoczków, jest podstawą naturalnej metody regulacji poczęć zwanej metodą LAM. Powrót miesiączkowania po porodzie u kobiet wygląda bardzo różnie. Im bardziej zachowanie matki jest zbliżone do standardów metody LAM, tym później (przeciętnie) zacznie ona miesiączkować. U kobiet spełniających wszystkie siedem warunków metody, miesiączka wraca średnio 14 miesięcy po porodzie, jednakże u niektórych pojawia się już po 2 miesiącach, a u innych nawet po 42 miesiącach. Pary, które chcą mieć dzieci w odstępach co 18-30 miesięcy pomiędzy dziećmi, w niektórych przypadkach mogą osiągnąć to polegając na samym karmieniu piersią.

Choć pierwszy cykl miesiączkowy po porodzie jest czasem bezowulacyjny, nie jest to regułą, co oznacza, że można zajść w kolejną ciążę, nie mając ani jednej menstruacji po poprzedniej. W drugim i następnych cyklach owulacja zazwyczaj występuje; jej brak może wskazywać na chorobę lub menopauzę. Tym niemniej, u niektórych kobiet karmienie piersią zmniejsza płodność nawet wtedy, gdy występuje już jajeczkowanie. Faza lutealna może być na przykład bardzo skrócona, uniemożliwiając zajście w ciążę. Nie dzieje się tak u wszystkich kobiet, więc nie można traktować karmienia piersią jako skutecznej metody antykoncepcji.

Korzyści dla dziecka

Karmienie piersią jest związane ze zmniejszonym ryzykiem wielu chorób u dziecka, m.in.:
 alergia
 astma
 choroby autoimmunologiczne tarczycy
 bakteryjne zapalenie opon mózgowo-rdzeniowych
 celiakia
 choroba Leśniowskiego-Crohna
 cukrzyca
 biegunka
 wyprysk
 zapalenia przewodu pokarmowego
 ziarnica złośliwa
 martwicze zapalenie jelit
 otyłość
 zapalenie ucha środkowego
 infekcje dróg oddechowych i świsty
 reumatoidalne zapalenie stawów
 zakażenia dróg moczowych

Korzyści dla matki
Karmienie piersią jest także związane z licznymi korzyściami, głównie zdrowotnymi dla matki, m.in.:
 przyspieszony proces inwolucji macicy
 szybsze dochodzenie do masy ciała sprzed ciąży
 zmniejszenie ryzyka krwotoku poporodowego, a co za tym idzie niedokrwistości
 poprawa mineralizacji kości do poziomu sprzed ciąży, stąd mniejsze ryzyko wystąpienia osteoporozy w okresie pomenopauzalnym
 zmniejszenie ryzyka wystąpienia raka sutka i jajnika w okresie pomenopauzalnym
 powstawanie więzi między matką a dzieckiem
 wygoda – nie ma konieczności przygotowywania mleka i sprzętu do jego podawania
 czynnik ekonomiczny – "własne" mleko kobiety, nie wymaga nakładów finansowych

Rodzaje karmienia piersią

Odciąganie pokarmu
Matka może odciągnąć pokarm w celu jego późniejszego przechowywania i wykorzystania. Może uczynić to za pomocą masażu lub laktatora. Mleko można przechowywać w specjalnie przeznaczonych do tego pojemnikach. W temperaturze pokojowej może być ono przechowywane do sześciu godzin, w lodówce do ośmiu, a zamrożone nawet do dwunastu miesięcy. Badania sugerują, że aktywność przeciwutleniaczy w ściągniętym mleku maleje z biegiem czasem, ale utrzymuje się na wyższym poziomie niż w mleku modyfikowanym dla niemowląt. Ponieważ picie z butelki wymaga od dziecka mniejszego wysiłku, może zdarzyć się więc, że straci ono zainteresowanie karmieniem piersią. Aby tego uniknąć, odciągane mleko można podawać za pomocą łyżeczki lub filiżanki. Niektóre kobiety przekazują odciągnięte mleko innym matkom (bezpośredni lub za pośrednictwem banku mleka- laktarium). Dzięki temu kobiety, które z różnych przyczyn nie są w stanie karmić piersią, mogą zapewnić swojemu dziecku korzyści płynące z mleka matki.

Korzystanie z pomocy mamki (Shared nursing)
Czasami matka zatrudnia inną kobietę, która będzie karmiła jej dziecko piersią. Taka praktyka popularna była w historii, a obecnie wciąż można ją zaobserwować w niektórych krajach rozwijających się, na przykład w Afryce. W krajach rozwiniętych wywołuje jednak negatywne reakcje społeczne.

Karmienie w tandemie
Matka może kontynuować karmienie starszego dziecka piersią, jednocześnie rozpoczynając karmienie młodszego. Większość matek jest w stanie wyprodukować ilość mleka wystarczającą, do wykarmienia dwójki dzieci jednocześnie. Ważnym jest jednak, aby upewnić się, że noworodek w ciągu pierwszych kilku dni po urodzeniu otrzymuje wystarczającą ilość siary.

Laktacja indukowana
Proces rozpoczynania karmienia piersią przez kobietę, która nie rodziła. Zwykle wymaga to od adopcyjnej matki przyjmowania hormonów i innych leków w celu stymulowania rozwoju piersi i produkcji mleka. Niektóre z kobiet, które zdecydowały się na adopcję noworodków lub niemowląt podejmuje decyzję o karmieniu przysposobionego dziecka piersią. Indukowanie laktacji u kobiety, która nie urodziła jest możliwe poprzez stymulowanie laktacji (przystawianie dziecka do piersi, pobudzanie piersi z wykorzystaniem laktatora,korzystanie z SNS, kangurowanie, farmaceutyki).

Re-laktacja
Proces wznowienia karmienia piersią. W krajach rozwiniętych ponowne rozpoczęcie karmienia piersią następuje najczęściej po wyeliminowaniu problemów medycznych, które wcześniej spowodowały jego zaprzestanie. W krajach rozwijających zdarza się natomiast, że matka ponownie rozpoczyna karmić piersią, aby uchronić dziecko przed odwodnieniem w wyniku choroby, z towarzyszącą biegunką. Im krótszy czas minął od momentu zaprzestania karmienia, tym bardziej prawdopodobne, że uda się wznowić jego proces, choć zdarza się, że u niektórych kobiet laktacja może powrócić nawet po miesiącach przerwy.

Wpływ karmienia piersią na seksualność kobiety
Jak pokazują badania, karmienie piersią zmniejsza aktywność seksualną i zainteresowanie seksem. Wynika to głównie z działania prolaktyny, hormonu hamującego potrzeby seksualne, którego ilość, u kobiet karmiących piersią, utrzymuje się na wysokim poziomie. Co więcej, laktacja wiąże się z niskim poziomem estrogenu oddziałującego pozytywnie na pożądanie, przyjemność, fizjologiczne nawilżenie ścian pochwy oraz częstość orgazmów. Mimo to u niektórych kobiety stan laktacji nie wpływa na satysfakcję seksualną lub wpływa na nią pozytywnie. Niekiedy samo zjawisko powiększenia się piersi oddziałuje korzystnie na poczucie atrakcyjności kobiety i wiążące się z tym podejmowanie aktywności seksualnej. Należy również zwrócić uwagę na podobieństwo procesów fizjologicznych zachodzących podczas karmienia piersią oraz współżycia. W obu przypadkach odnotować można wzwód brodawek piersiowych i rytmiczne kurczenie się macicy, co sprawia, że u części kobiet mogą pojawić się erotyczne doznania związane z karmieniem piersią, często powodując u nich dyskomfort psychiczny i lęk. Karmienie piersią wzmaga także zmęczenie, które jest jedną z najczęstszych przyczyn podawanych przez kobiety zapytane o powód obniżenia libido po porodzie.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Hanna Szajewska, Andrea Horvath, Anna Rybak, Piotr Socha, Karmienie piersią. Stanowisko Polskiego Towarzystwa Gastroenterologii, Hepatologii i Żywienia Dzieci (PDF), Standardy Medyczne/Pediatria, 2016, vol. 13, ss. 9-24
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Neonatologia
Fizjologia rozrodczości
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package org.robolectric.util;

import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import java.util.List;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.robolectric.TestRunners;

import static org.fest.assertions.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.robolectric.util.SQLite.*;

@RunWith(TestRunners.WithDefaults.class)
public class SQLiteTest {
  ContentValues values;

  @Before
  public void setUp() throws Exception {
    String byteString = "byte_string";
    byte[] byteData = byteString.getBytes();

    values = new ContentValues();
    values.put("name", "Chuck");
    values.put("int_value", 33);
    values.put("float_value", (float) 1.5);
    values.put("byte_data", byteData);
  }

  @Test
  public void testBuildInsertString() throws Exception {
    SQLite.SQLStringAndBindings insertString = buildInsertString("table_name", values, SQLiteDatabase.CONFLICT_NONE);
    assertThat(insertString.sql).isEqualTo("INSERT INTO table_name (byte_data, float_value, int_value, name) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?);");
    verifyColumnValues(insertString.columnValues);
  }

  @Test
  public void testBuildUpdateString() {
    SQLite.SQLStringAndBindings insertString = buildUpdateString("table_name", values, "id=?", new String[]{"1234"});
    assertThat(insertString.sql).isEqualTo("UPDATE table_name SET byte_data=?, float_value=?, int_value=?, name=? WHERE id='1234';");
    verifyColumnValues(insertString.columnValues);
  }

  @Test
  public void testBuildDeleteString() {
    String deleteString = buildDeleteString("table_name", "id=?", new String[]{"1234"});
    assertThat(deleteString).isEqualTo("DELETE FROM table_name WHERE id='1234';");
  }

  @Test
  public void testBuildWhereClause() {
    String whereClause = buildWhereClause("id=? AND name=? AND int_value=?", new String[]{"1234", "Chuck", "33"});
    assertThat(whereClause).isEqualTo("id='1234' AND name='Chuck' AND int_value='33'");
  }

  @Test
  public void testBuildColumnValuesClause() {
    SQLStringAndBindings columnValuesClause = buildColumnValuesClause(values);

    assertThat(columnValuesClause.sql).isEqualTo("(byte_data, float_value, int_value, name) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)");
    verifyColumnValues(columnValuesClause.columnValues);
  }

  @Test
  public void testBuildColumnAssignmentsClause() {
    SQLStringAndBindings columnAssignmentsClause = buildColumnAssignmentsClause(values);

    assertThat(columnAssignmentsClause.sql).isEqualTo("byte_data=?, float_value=?, int_value=?, name=?");
    verifyColumnValues(columnAssignmentsClause.columnValues);
  }

  void verifyColumnValues(List<Object> colValues) {
    assertThat(colValues.get(0)).isInstanceOf(byte[].class);
    assertThat(colValues.get(1)).isInstanceOf(Float.class);
    assertThat(colValues.get(2)).isInstanceOf(Integer.class);
    assertThat(colValues.get(3)).isInstanceOf(String.class);
  }
}

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Once again its time to turn our attentions to the aerial spectacle of the year. As usual the event will be held during the first two weeks of August, this time at Cordoba Air Base to reduce disruption at Cordoba Airport. As usual there will be exhibition spaces for companies to display their latest types and flying slots for demonstrations.
As usual there will be 48 slots, 6 are reserved for twin-engined fighters. It is first come first served and I'm reserving six slots now (2 Argentina, 2 RAF and 2 NPC). Please read the revised rules carefully. There will be some event changes this year and possibly scoring changes too.
1. Any nation can enter a maximum of two fighters, that is to say the primary role of the aircraft must be to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft; they can be of different types or the same and may be twin-engined fighters or carrier-based fighters.
2. Entries must be production machines, that is to say they must be in regular squadron service (for at least a minimum of six months) and in no way modified from the production standard. All prototype and pre-production aircraft are prohibited from entry. All-up weights should be roughly identical to production machines in service and efforts to lighten the airframe or the removal of equipment to save weight are prohibited. The polishing of surface finish and the tightening of panel gaps is allowed and minor aerodynamic coverings of gun ports and other protruding and drag-inducing imperfections is also allowed. Revised windscreens to reduce drag are prohibited.
3. Engine tuning is allowed but the addition of superchargers to non-supercharged engines is prohibited. Fuel additives are prohibited but special boost systems using separate mixtures not added to fuel are allowed as long as such equipment is fitted as standard. Special racing spec engines are prohibited. Each team can bring two engines for each aircraft entered but both must be the same model and set up identically and one engine must be a spare only and can be fitted during the main events if repair of the race engine proves impossible or impractical. Changes to propeller types are also prohibited as are changes to radiators to reduce drag or to improve cooling.
4. No armament to be fitted, ballast to weight of guns must be added, only those fighter aircraft fitted for bomb racks may be entered into the bombing contest.
5. All aircraft must be fitted with a radio transmitter/ receiver for safety reasons.
6. Pilots must have over three years of flying experience on single-engined types, official state or company test pilots are allowed to compete but other civilian pilots are not. Rank of the pilot is not an issue.
7. All single-engined and twin-engined aircraft will compete in separate race events, all duels will also be separate but the Grand Final Duel will feature both types of fighter. Bombing and altitude and cross country races will be of mixed groups. Pilots will score points and these will be tallied to declare a winner.
Please reserve two slots for the RSAF, details to follow later.
The US will send 2 aircraft (1 single-engined and 1 twin-engined), and Germany will 2 as well (both single-engined).
Atlantis will send 2 aircraft (single engined), Colombia 2 as well (single engined), Turkey the same and Byzantium will consider sending 1 or 2 to fill any empty slots.
Latvia will send at least one, and is considering sending a second. Please reserve at least one single engined spot for Latvia. Latvia will consider taking a double engined spot.
Don't forget chaps to include pilots names and full specs of the fighters. I know its getting easier to find stats on the board these days but I want to make sure I have the latest and correct stats.
Major de Aero Antonio Valdez, commander of Squadron 1/2 of the 1st Grupo of Aerea Regimenta No1 based at Cordoba [two confirmed kills in the South American War], he is flying his personal silver FMA I-02 Pulqui with a blue tail for the first time at Talons.
Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, a celebrity in his own right as a sportsman and pilot and for being the only military pilot in world flying with two false legs after his horrific crash in a Bristol Bulldog in 1932. He is flying the twentieth production Hawker Typhoon powered by a 2,180hp Napier Sabre II 24-cylinder H-24 engine.
Romania and Brazil reserve spots each, details to follow. One question, when is the six month cutoff again?
Talons is in August so the aircraft must have entered service before (or at the very very least during) February 1939.
Canada will be sending a twin engine and single engine plane. Details to follow.
Hood, you forgot one important rule: ugly Canadian monstrosities are prohibited.
Oh, that's good to know. It changes what I'm able to send, as Chile isn't starting production at ENAER on the I-02 until April, and the other fighter I was interested in sending, the ZCA Pillan, doesn't go into production until March.
Let's submit a modified version of last year's entries.
Comandante de Escuadrilla Carlos Matta (b.1910) (recently promoted; rank equivalent to Major) is representing the FACh and is flying a ENAER-built I-01-IIB. Matta is the new commander of 110 Escuadrón, 2 Grupo. Matta first flew in combat against Bolivia in the Andean War, shooting down two Bolivian biplanes despite flying a bomber. He was thereafter promoted to pilot fighters. In the recent Air Battle of Arica and Tacna, Matta scored three kills against Peruvian aircraft, shooting down a Hurricane, a Boulton-Paul Defiant, and a Bristol Beaufort. The final combat resulted in Matta's F-12 Aves being hit by machine gun fire; Matta bailed out of his burning F-12 and was taken prisoner by the Peruvian Army. He has recovered from injuries sustained in the war and was repatriated, returning to 2 Grupo. Matta has 17,500 flight hours, being qualified in Spartan Storms, Spartan Cyclones, Accrisius Aves, and now I-01-IIB Buchons, among others. He has a total of nine years flying experience. This is his second Talons appearance. Matta's I-01-IIB, named "Laura Fiora" for his wife, is the same aircraft he used in the 1938 Talons.
Capitan de Corbeta (Lt. Com.) Patricio Mistral (b.1908) represents the Armada de Chile Arma Aérea (Chilean Navy Air Arm) and is flying an ENAER I-01-IIB Buchon. Mistral flew combat missions during the Andean War as well as the Peruvian War, scoring one aerial kill in each war. Mistral commands Escuadrón de Cazas No.3 (aka "The Black Fighters of the Armada") and serves as the executive officer of the AdCAA's III Grupo when deployed aboard the carrier Mapuche. He has 18,200 flying hours and ten years experience, and is currently the only AdCAA pilot (and one of four in Chile) who has qualified for night-fighters (which Chile doesn't have) and was the first Chilean pilot to trap on the airship Capitan Prat. This is his third Talons appearance. This year he will be borrowing an Air Force I-01-IIB Buchon instead of his normal I-01N.
Kapitan Dobri Kolarov (b.1903) is representing Bulgaria flying a DAR/Avia B.137 fighter. Kapitan Kolarov is the senior flying officer of the Bulgarian Air Force and is responsible for testing new fighter acquisitions and developing training regimes for new aircraft. He currently leads Bulgarian pilots in number of hours flown (averaging 2,300 hours per year) with over 29,500 hours total flight time on his logs, and has qualified in over forty-five different aircraft. This will be his second Talons appearance. His B-137 is painted dark green with a red and yellow pinstripe down the sides, and red-tipped wings; the Bulgarian tricolor (white-green-red) is painted on the aircraft tail.
Porucik (Senior Lieutenant) Lidiya Ivanova (b.1916) will be flying one of the latest Supermarine Spitfire MkIIs delivered to Bulgaria. Lieutenant Ivanova is second-in-command of Bulgaria's 502 Kerkenez (Kestral) squadron, and the second-highest ranked female pilot in the VNVV. Ivanova has served as a mercenary pilot in two different campaigns, scoring one kill and one probable while flying a Romanian IAR-80 fighter for the Armenian Air Force, and claiming six air kills (all Bolivian Communist Fiat Cr.32s) and several ground kills while flying a Swiss EKW D-3801 fighter named "Charity" for the Flying Legion in Bolivia (late 1937). Ivanova's identity as "Charity" however is somewhat obscured by the continued secrecy of the Flying Legion. Ivanova has three years military flying experience and five more years flying as a civilian, earning her pilot's license at age fourteen; since then she has logged approximately 16,000 hours. She is qualified on the EKW D-3801, IAR-80, Bf-109, Supermarine Spitfire (all existing marks), Kaproni Bulgarski KB-5 Tchutchuliga-III, DAR-3 Garvan (Raven), DAR-7 Koketka (Kitten), Focke-Wulf Fw-44, and Miles Master. This is her fourth Talons appearance.
Flying Lieutenant Eoin Clancy (b.1914) is representing Ireland in a Boulton Paul Resistant (P94 Defiant). Clancy has nine years flying experience, being the son of a British Great War fighter pilot who started instructing him at age 15. He has logged roughly 8,000 hours of flight time, most of it within the last five years. His fighter, named "Oopsie Daisy", is painted in RAF-style camouflage albeit with the Irish roundel, and a green port wingtip and an orange starboard wingtip. This is his third Talons appearance.
Additional Notes: ENAER, Fanaero-Chile and Constelación Aircraft will be sending displays.
Italy has a new aircraft to send for the first time in a couple of years. The pilots will be Gen di BA Bergamini and Tenente Salvi, representing both ends of the Air Combat School's spectrum. Primo Capitano Ricco and Primo Tenente Tronchon having moved onto normal squadrons in the meantime. The whole Italian delegation is large than the previous year, with a number of companies attending to exhibit. Caproni are present with models of their new 2005 Sagittario fighter, and the 1001 Astore bomber. Fiat's representatives will be trying to sell the G.55 and the A.38 engine. Bergamini feels that he has a very good chance of winning this year given the healthy performance increase given by the Centauro.
There will be two Nordish entries. Details will follow once I've figured out what's actually in service.
The Saab F-21 Mk1 and Saab Orkan Mk4 (details here) are some fairly hot ships, even though they've been in service for two years now. They're easily on par with all but the newest of the newest fighters. (Around 20mph faster than anything any of my countries have in service, in fact.) I'd guess Saab and Sopwith are working on replacements, but with such a formidable fighter in service, probably not much hurry.
For pilots - might I suggest Finnish ace of aces Ilmari Juutilainen? He'd be in Nordish service at the moment, with a career dating to 1935.
The US team will be somewhat different this year. Lieutenant (now Captain) Leigh Wade will be back with his P-38, but he will be flying the only USAAC aircraft in the competition. The other aircraft flying for the US will be a USMC F4U Corsair, piloted by USMC Captain Harold William Bauer.


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I have a Victoria Victorilux with 2x12 eminence legend speakers. I have a spare Weber 12f50 light dope i would like to put in it, but only one. How do you think it would sound. Do I need two? Should I leave the 2 eminence alone?
I've always returned to the original speakers in my Victorias after chasing the perfect combo. Best way to find out is to put it/them in and test drive for yourself. Mix and match at will, just make sure the impedance is the same on both speakers. One may be audibly louder than another depending on sensitivity. I'd be interested in hearing about the final verdict.
those weber 150 series are wildly loud.


In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a class-action suit brought against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. by 1.5 million current and former female employees of the retail giant in June of this year. But U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of the Northern District of California said in a ruling on August 19th that the women now have until October 28th to file individual suites. The women claimed that Wal-Mart denied them promotions and pay raises because of their gender.
The Chicago Tribune reports that the women must take up their claims with the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission before they will be able to file a federal lawsuit.
Potential clients that never filed a complaint with the EEOC have until January 27th, 2012 to do so in states that have a 180 day limit and May 25th in those states with a 300 day limit.
Wal-Mart's attorney, Theodore Boutrous Jr. said "This is a fair approach that is similar to what we proposed." The case is Betty Dukes et al v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., U.S. District Court for the Northern District.


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Dr. Aubrey Malphurs, senior professor of Educational Ministries and Leadership and Pastoral Ministry, talks with Jeff Harris, pastor of Grace Point Church in San Antonio, TX about planting churches and how to be obedient in the journey.
Jeff Harris, the Senior Pastor at Grace Point Church of San Antonio since 1994, celebrates the privilege of seeing the church family and surrounding community grow from the very beginning. His passion is equipping believers to be the church wherever they go, and he thrives on seeing transformed lives on a daily basis. Jeff is a graduate of Baylor University, Dallas Theological Seminary, and he earned his doctorate from Midwestern University. He is a published author with his book Leadership Forum: Developing Your Own Leadership Compass. Jeff and his wife, Jody, have four children.


(d) "Standing Committee" means the Standing Committee established under section 6.
2(1) There is hereby continued the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund established under the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act, RSA 1980 cA-27.
(1.1) The Crown is the legal and beneficial owner of the Heritage Fund.
(2) The Minister shall hold, manage, invest and dispose of the assets of the Heritage Fund in accordance with this Act.
(3) The Minister shall establish and maintain a separate accounting record of the Heritage Fund.
3(1) The investments of Heritage Fund assets must be made with the objective of maximizing long‑term financial returns.
(2) When making investments, the Minister shall adhere to investment and lending policies, standards and procedures that a reasonable and prudent person would apply in respect of a portfolio of investments to avoid undue risk of loss and obtain a reasonable return that will enable the Heritage Fund to meet its objectives.
(3) and (4) Repealed 2013 cF‑14.5 s19.
(b) the delivery to the Minister of collateral consisting of securities or classes of securities or of letters of credit.
(2) The Minister may enter into agreements or engage in other activities of a financial nature respecting investment under this Act, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, exchange agreements, futures agreements, option agreements, rate agreements, any other financial agreements or any combination of the agreements or activities referred to in this subsection.
5 The Minister may be a participant under section 40 of the Financial Administration Act on behalf of the Heritage Fund.
6(1) There is hereby established a standing committee of the Legislative Assembly called the "Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund" consisting of 9 members of the Legislative Assembly.
the resulting vacant positions on the Standing Committee may be filled by members of the Legislative Assembly who are members of the governing party.
(3) The members of the Standing Committee shall be appointed at the commencement of each session in the same way that members are appointed to other standing committees of the Legislative Assembly.
(d) to hold public meetings with Albertans on the investment activities and results of the Heritage Fund.
(5) The Standing Committee may, without leave of the Assembly, sit during any period when the Assembly is sitting or when it is adjourned or after prorogation of a session of the Legislature.
7 Repealed 2013 cF‑14.5 s19.
8(1) The net income of the Heritage Fund accrues to and forms part of the Heritage Fund.
(2) The net income of the Heritage Fund less the amount retained in the Heritage Fund under section 11(1) must be transferred by the Minister from the Heritage Fund to the General Revenue Fund in a manner and at the times determined by the Minister.
9 Repealed 2015 cF‑14.7 s14.
9.1 The Minister may transfer into the Heritage Fund from the General Revenue Fund an amount not exceeding $3 000 000 000 to be allocated to the account referred to in section 4(4) of the Access to the Future Act in amounts and in a manner considered appropriate by the Minister.
9.2 There may be paid into the Heritage Fund money appropriated by the Legislature.
10(1) In this section, "previous Act" means the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act, RSA 1980 cA‑27.
(2) Notwithstanding section 14 of the Financial Administration Act, money invested pursuant to section 6(1)(a) of the previous Act that is recovered through the disposition of assets owned by the Crown shall be included in and forms part of the Heritage Fund.
(b) the net income of the Heritage Fund for that fiscal year.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), if the percentage increase in the Alberta Consumer Price Index specified by the Minister is a negative number, that negative number shall be treated as if it were zero.
12 Repealed 2013 cF‑14.5 s19.
13 The Minister may charge a cost, expense or other payment to the Heritage Fund if in the opinion of the Minister the cost, expense or other payment was incurred or paid in respect of the Heritage Fund.
14 The Auditor General is the auditor of the Heritage Fund.
15(1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first 3 quarters of every fiscal year, prepare and provide to the Standing Committee a report on the activities and financial performance of the Heritage Fund for the preceding quarter.
(2) Information contained in the report provided to the Standing Committee is to be reflected in the reports under section 6 of the Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act.
16(1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, prepare and provide to the Standing Committee an annual report of the Heritage Fund, including a financial statement audited by the Auditor General.
(2) Once the Standing Committee has approved the annual report provided to the Standing Committee under subsection (1), the Standing Committee shall, on or before June 30 following the conclusion of the fiscal year for which the annual report was made, furnish copies of it to all members of the Legislative Assembly and to the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly and on doing so shall make the report public.
17 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the investments that may be made under this Act.


Every CIO knows that finding and retaining the right IT talent is one of the most difficult jobs they have. Not only are IT professionals with the right skills in short supply, competition for those people is nothing short of fierce.
Given the fact that it often takes six months or more to train IT professionals in emerging technologies, it's in the interest of senior IT leaders to do everything possible to minimize IT staff turnover. After all, salary and benefits only buy so much loyalty, productivity, and engagement.
In a workshop at the Data Center World Fall conference in National Harbor, Maryland, in September, Gordon Blocker, principal consultant at the Table Group, will outline what it takes to create a "healthy" workplace that enables smart people to not only succeed but to thrive.
Blocker says most people become disenchanted with their jobs when they are forced to toil away anonymously, without metrics in place to determine whether they are actually succeeding, becoming disassociated with the core purpose of the organization as a whole.
Companies that are committed to organizational health focus on the cohesion of leadership teams, organizational clarity (of purpose, values, strategy, etc.), over-communication of that clarity, and reinforcement of clarity through human systems, he says.


History is a fascinating collection of stories connecting human beings and experiences through time, often providing inspiration, but also revealing mistakes made that we hope never to repeat. We often refer to history to motivate a movement and to justify making changes for the better. In the early 1990's patient safety was thrust into the spotlight forcing us to take a hard look at the problems facing our healthcare system, patients and families, and the workforce - thus today's patient safety movement was formed. How did we get here, and where we do we go from here? During this session we will answer those questions by hearing from three patient safety luminaries who have been part of the movement since the beginning. They will share their unique experiences that helped to shape the movement and lead us in a discussion about how to continue on the right path forward, so we can look back in 20 years and ask: Are patients safer than they were before?