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Carol Odell MSWMy own best life lessons come from being a wife and mother, friend and colleague. Having been married for almost three decades, raising a now grown son, being a member of many groups, teams and organizations, engaging in my own ongoing therapy…what I have gleaned from these experiences informs and enriches my professional work as a therapist. With a 30- year accumulation of observations and experiences in the field of psychotherapy, I feel grounded, balanced and successful in what my practice offers.

We are all on this journey together, the journey of being human. It is by sharing and learning along the way that we can assist in each other’s personal growth. I believe this is the path toward evolutionary change.

  • Masters in Social Work degree from University of Washington in 1984.
  • Licensed therapist with the State of Washington (# 00004175)
  • 1984-1991: Worked for Family Counseling Services in Everett
  • 1992-1999: Worked at  University of Washington School of Medicine as in-house therapist for medical students and their families
  • 2000-present: Full-time private psychotherapy practice


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Retail PR

If you have a product to launch or promote, we can ‘sell it’ to the media, using a vast database of contacts on shopping and women’s pages, fashion sections and wedding titles.

We have promoted products as diverse as scent and shoes, and Beard Beanies and bridal jewellery! We have also carried out PR campaigns for retail outlets and department stores and have in-depth and personal experience of book promotion.

Whether you have: a gardening product or a gadget; a shopping mall or mother and baby item; a toy or a tiara, we can help you build your brand through a product launch and high impact retail PR campaign that targets the top shopping editors and the consumer in the street.

Call us on +44 (0) 1253 891114 to tell us about your product, shopping centre or online shop and we’ll soon help you bag some editorial in all the right places.

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September 21st, 2017

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The team here at Catapult PR is absolutely ecstatic after achieving another major coup within our sector, by notching up the greatest number of award shortlistings of any specialist PR agency across the north in this year’s Northern Marketing Awards. […]

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Catapult Gets Buzz From 4 CIPR PRide Shortlistings

Lancashire-based PR consultancy, Catapult PR, is flouting convention and pouring a glass of mead, rather than bubbly, to celebrate its success in the 2017 CIPR PRide Awards NW. Within three days of being appointed to handle PR for the brand […]

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Call for prayers for those who work the land

19/05/2017 11:00 am

Prayer walk through field

In recent years problems and difficulties in UK agriculture have increased. Financial problems, debt and bankruptcy are common, the incidence of crop and livestock disease is high and rural stress-related mental health problems, including tragic suicides are seen in many communities.

Most Christian denominations in the UK have regular prayers for those who work the land. Traditionally these often take place at Rogationtide (from Rogare ‘to ask’) when in the three days before Ascension Thursday the Lord is asked to protect and make fruitful the new crops and animals, at Lamas (Loaf-Mass on 1 August) – when the first bread from the new wheat harvest is blessed – and at Harvest Festival (variable between mid-September and mid-October depending on local cropping and circumstances).

The head of one of the best-respected rural charities and support groups – the Farm Community Network (FCN) – has asked that all Christians pray in these difficult times.

Appropriate Mass Texts

In 2017, in the three days before Ascension Thursday (Rogationtide – Monday 22 May – Wednesday 24 May) there are no major feasts and so one of the Masses for special needs e.g. ‘At Seed Time’ Missal p.1355 with associated readings (Lectionary Vol III 635 ‘For Productive Land’), may be used on one of these days.

Texts for Bidding Prayers, Prayer Services, School Assemblies

Suggested ecumenical prayer resources are available on the FCN website and also the Arthur Rank Centre website.

If you are involved in ecumenical services, it may be helpful to have insight into Anglican practices. The Church of England website is useful for this.

For more resources or advice please contact:

Fr Rob Taylerson
Archbishop’s Adviser on Rural Affairs
Birmingham Archdiocese

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Pope Francis meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

14/01/2017 6:47 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas

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Pope Francis met with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican on Saturday morning, 14 January, to build on existing good relations between the Holy See and Palestine, sealed by the Global Agreement of 2015.

Following the audience, the Holy See Press Office issued this press release:

This morning the Holy Father Francis received in audience His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, president of the State of Palestine, who subsequently met with His Eminence Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by His Excellency Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for Relations with States.

During the cordial discussions, the parties evoked the existing good relations between the Holy See and Palestine, sealed by the Global Agreement of 2015, which regards essential aspects of the life and activity of the Church in Palestinian society.

In this context, mention was made of the important contribution of Catholics to favouring the promotion of human dignity and assistance for those most in need, especially in the fields of education, health and aid.

Attention then turned to the peace process in the Middle East, and hope was expressed that direct negotiations between the Parties may be resumed to bring an end to the violence that causes unacceptable suffering to civilian populations, and to find a just and lasting solution. To this end, it is hoped that, with the support of the international community, measures can be taken that favour mutual trust and contribute to creating a climate that permits courageous decisions to be made in favour of peace.

Emphasis was placed on the importance of safeguarding the sanctity of the Holy Places for believers of all three of the Abrahamic religions.

Finally, particular attention was dedicated to the other conflicts affecting the region.

Web section for the 2017 Holy Land Coordination.


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Schoolchildren who came to venerate relics in Birmingham are told that smiling makes a difference

Large numbers of young pilgrims and pilgrims of all ages flocked to venerate the relics of St John Bosco at the Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad, Birmingham, this week.

Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham celebrated Mass in the Cathedral, packed to capacity with primary schoolchildren and their teachers, from schools throughout the archdiocese.

Fr Martin Coyle SDB, provincial of the Salesians in Britain, emphasised that St Don Bosco, who is the patron saint of schoolchildren and young people, “was a great saint who was always cheerful”.

Fr Coyle asked each of the pilgrims present to turn to the person next to them and smile at them for five seconds. He said: “It is infectious and it spreads. People have to try very hard not to smile back. It makes a difference to someone else’s life.”

He concluded: “It’s quite simple to be holy – by being happy, not long faces. We need to share joy with one another. Try to be cheerful each day and smile at someone. Others will join in and it will make a difference!”

St John Bosco died in Turin on January 31 1888, aged 72. A large proportion of the population of the Northern Italian city turned out for his funeral. He was declared Blessed in 1929 and canonised by Pope Pius XI on Easter Sunday, April 1 1934.


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CINA is an econometrics dataset

CINA  (Census Is Not Adult) is derived from census data (the UCI machine-learning repository Adult database). The data consists of census records for a number of individuals. The causal discovery task is to uncover the socio-economic factors affecting high income (the target value indicates whether the income exceeds 50K). The 14 original attributes (features) including age, workclass,  education, education, marital status, occupation, native country, etc. have been coded to eliminate categorical variables. Distractor features (artificially generated variables, which are not causes of the target) were added. In training data, some of these distractors are effects (consequences) of the target and/or of other real variables. Some are unrelated to the target or other real variables. Hence, some of the distractors may be correlated to the target in training data, although they do not cause it. The unmanipulated test data are distributed like the training data. Hence both causes and consequences of the target my be predictive in the unmanipulated test data. In contrast, in the manipulated test data, all the distractors are "manipulated" by an "external agent" (i.e. set to given value, not affected by the dynamics of the system) and are therefore they cannot be relied upon to predict the target.

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Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says companies sitting on piles of cash need to give it back to shareholders or spend it on expanding their businesses.

He says holding on to cash only amounts to "dead money."

Carney told a Canadian Auto Workers union gathering that companies should give cash back to their shareholders if they can't come up with a better plan.

"The level of caution could be viewed as excessive," he said. About corporate managers, he said: "Their job is to put money to work and if they can’t think of what to do with it, they should give it back to their shareholders."

The bank governor was responding to a question about a study that suggests Canadian businesses are sitting on some $500 billion in cash assets.

The Bank of Canada says business investment and consumer spending remain the chief support systems for the recovery.

But business investment is expected to be less robust than previously thought due to concerns about the global economy.

Carney says having the best financial system in the world is only really a value if it's also there in the tough times, adding the current level of caution could be viewed as excessive.

CAW union president Ken Lewenza says money can be reinvested in technology, the workplace, productivity and training to keep workers abreast of industry trends.

He says you can't sit on this pile of cash and expect the economy to move.


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TSX and LSE proposed merger

The TMX Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Toronto Venture Exchange, has agreed to merge with the London Stock Exchange Group.

"The merger will create a world-leading organization and is unanimously being recommended by the boards of both LSEG and TMX," the TMX Group said in a statement.

"This is great news," Xavier Rolet, the London Stock Exchange Group CEO, said. "Great news for Canada and all its provinces."

Shares in TMX Group gained almost 10 per cent, to $44.25, in Toronto on Wednesday in reaction to the news. Shares in LSEG were up by almost as much in London.

The merger would create the world's biggest stock exchange, with more than 6,000 companies traded, including the vast majority of the world's publicly traded energy and resource companies.

The TMX Group is valued at $2.99 billion, while the London group's value is around $3.25 billion. The combined transatlantic group would be jointly headquartered in London and Toronto.

Any merger or takeover of a Canadian company worth more than $299 million can be subject to government approval under the Investment Canada Act.

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday, Industry Minister Tony Clement was evasive about what Ottawa's reaction to the deal would be.

"There are six factors under Section 20 of the Investment Canada Act where one determines whether that test is met or not," Clement said. "We are not even at that stage. We are at the stage of determining whether the provisions of the act apply in this particular case."

He also declined to offer a timeframe for how quickly a decision might be made.

"I don't want to put an exact time on it, but I have a lot of faith in my officials that they can give me some advice sooner rather than later."

Ottawa recently invoked the act to stop BHP Billiton's attempted $40-billion takeover of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan.

The stock exchange link-up must also be approved by regulators, and TMX would have to change a key rule that prevents any one person or company owning more than 10 per cent of the company.

Quebec's finance minister, Raymond Bachand, said Wednesday that the province's regulator, Autorité des marchés financiers, would need to approve the deal since it has jurisdiction over the TSX's large derivatives market, which is based in Montreal.

"The dangers that are always in global consolidations is that your centre of expertise is diluted and you lose jobs," he said, adding that the AMF would hold its own hearings on the matter.

Industry Minister Tony Clement says Ottawa will determine whether the Investment Canada Act applies to the transaction. ((Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press))

Rolet would be CEO of the new merged group, while Thomas Kloet, TMX chief executive, would be president.

"We are creating an international group with deep expertise, undeniable leadership in key sectors and the ability to compete and win on the global stage," Kloet said.

"Canadian customers will benefit from access to one of the world's deepest capital pools while European issuers will have an effective gateway to North American financial markets."

On a global scale, "Toronto was being marginalized," said Ian Nakamoto, director of research of MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier Inc.

"Them bulking up with London, which everybody knows, will mean more companies have access to European funds. It's like advertising."

Kloet told analysts on a conference call Wednesday morning he was confident the deal would provide a "strong net benefit" to Canada. But that view is not universal.

"It's a bad deal for Canada," NDP finance critic Thomas Mulcair said, citing the risk that Canada could lose some valuable mining business. "The biggest concern is that Canadians would lose control of a key sector of the economy."

'I expect the deal will go through, but we'll see where the nationalistic fervour goes in the next few weeks.' — Ian Nakamoto, MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier Inc.

Nakamoto disagrees.

"I think it's very different from Potash, because with the royalty regime, Potash was clearly a huge revenue generator for Saskatchewan," he said.

"TMX is a $3-billion company in Ontario. I don't know the details, but I doubt that's a major revenue generator for the government.

"I expect the deal will go through, but we'll see where the nationalistic fervour goes in the next few weeks," Nakamoto said.

The TSX is still the world's dominant exchange for resource companies, but more than a third of the companies listed on London's main index are mining firms.

TMX consolidated virtually all stock trading in Canada by buying up rival exchanges in Vancouver and Montreal. But in recent years, alternative trading systems such as Omega, MATCH Now, Pure Trading, Instinet, Chi-X and most recently Alpha Group have eaten into the TSX's dominance.

After holding a virtual monopoly, only 64 per cent of stock transactions in Canada happened over TSX's systems last month.

As a result, the world's major stock exchanges have looked to each other for mergers in an attempt to maintain their dominance. A report in the Financial Times on Wednesday suggested that shares in the New York Stock Exchange and Germany's Deutsche Borse have been suspended as the NYSE was in advanced stages of discussions to take over its German rival.

New merged group would get new name

The New York Stock Exchange merged with Euronext in a complex transaction in 2006. At that time, the Nasdaq attempted to purchase the London Stock Exchange (LSE), and there is speculation that the NYSE might still have an interest in acquiring the TSX.

Under the terms of the current agreement, TMX shareholders would receive 2.9963 LSEG ordinary shares for each TMX share. LSEG shareholders would own 55 per cent and TMX shareholders would own 45 per cent of the enlarged share capital of LSEG, the holding company of the new merged group, which would be renamed after closing.

LSE CEO Xavier Rolet called the deal a merger of equals on Wednesday. ((Andrew Winning/Reuters))

The two companies pitched the tie-up as a "merger of equals," although the London exchange will get eight of 15 seats on the new entity's board.

"They're calling it a merger from an optics point of view," Nakamoto said. "But the London exchange is bigger and worth more. If you were an LSE shareholder, would you accept a smaller number of seats? Probably not."

Tom Caldwell, chairman of Caldwell Financial and a past governor of the Toronto Stock Exchange, welcomed the news.

He told CBC's The Lang & O'Leary Exchange on Tuesday that a merger would give a listed company in Toronto access to an easy market listing in London.

"That would be really outstanding because I could bring in more investors from Europe, the Middle East, etcetera."

Caldwell also said the deal would enable London to get into the derivatives business.

TMX Group also operates the Montreal Exchange and the Natural Gas Exchange, and owns Shorcan Brokers Ltd., a fixed income inter-dealer broker, Equicom, an investor relations subsidiary, and a majority stake in the Boston Options Exchange.

In addition to the London trading market, London Stock Exchange Group operates the Italian stock exchange Borsa Italiana and has a stake in FTSE International Ltd., which manages over 100,000 equity, bond and hedge fund indexes.


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A recovery strategy is being drawn up for the critically imperilled Pacific water shrew, a small, elusive creature whose chief habitat is areas of the Lower Mainland near small streams or rivers commonly known as riparian zones.

The Pacific water shrew has been listed as critically Imperiled and a recovery strategy has been drafted by both the federal and provincial governments. (South Coast Conservation Program)

The proposed federal strategy to save the shrew was released last month, and outlines the need for population counts and habitat measurements through the next three years in order to try and halt further population loss over the next 10 years.

The provincial government has already pledged to protect shrews on Crown land and to require conservation measures on private lands.

The Pacific water shrew moves slowly on very short legs and its Canadian habitat is mainly limited to areas in B.C.'s Lower Mainland.

The area around Burnaby Lake shows critical habitat for the Pacific water shrew at Lubbock's Creek and Kensington Interchange. Critical habitat is indicated by the shaded yellow polygon. (Environment Canada)

Conservationists says human destruction or alteration of the tiny mammal's habitat can destroy its sources of food and leave it with no cover, making it easy prey for birds and other predators.

Though the shrew, also known as the marsh shrew, is ranked as "apparently secure" in the United States, where its range extends to northern California, the Canadian government lists the Pacific water shrew as "critically imperilled" in its Canadian range, and B.C. lists it as "imperilled to critically imperilled."

23 areas of critical habitat

B.C. habitat identified as critical for the Pacific water shrew's includes:

  1. Burnaby Lake
  2. Thunderbird Creek, Squamish
  3. Bear Island, Seymour Reservoir
  4. River Road and 80th Street, Delta

    Critical habitat for the Pacific water shrew at River Road and 80th Street, Delta, B.C is represented by the yellow polygon. The red grid highlights the general geographic area containing the habitat. (Environment Canada)

  5. North Hoy Creek, Coquitlam
  6. Widgeon Creek, Coquitlam
  7. MacIntyre Creek, Coquitlam
  8. Fraser Heights and Highway 1, Surrey
  9. Fraser Heights and S. Perimeter Road, Surrey
  10. Highway 10, B.C., Surrey
  11. Fergus Creek, White Rock

    The Pacific water shrew, whose chief habitat is primarily the Lower Mainland, is critically endangered according to a recent federal study (South Coast Conservation Program)

  12. Aldergrove
  13. Davis Creek, Fraser Valley Electoral Area F
  14. Matsqui
  15. South Clayburn and Stoney Creeks, Abbotsford
  16. Fin Creek, Fraser Valley Electoral Area E
  17. Smith Falls, Fraser Valley Electoral Area E
  18. Harrison Lake - Wolf Lake, Fraser Valley Electoral Area C
  19. Elk River, Chilliwack
  20. Miami Slough, Harrison Hot Springs & Agasssiz, B.C.
  21. Chiliwack View Road
  22. Alouette River — Golden Pond
  23. Cheam Wetland, Fraser Valley Electoral Area D

Consult the federal recovery strategy report for detailed maps outlining the boundaries of the above 23 habitat areas.

On mobile? Click here to read the federal report


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It's a parent's nightmare — getting separated from your child in a crowded transit hub.

Thankfully, a family's fears were put at ease when a four-year-old boy was united with his parents after getting lost at a C-Train station on Tuesday.

"For a second you think he's gone forever," said Daniel Petke, father to Kayden.

The little boy got onto a train at Westbrook station, but his parents were still on the platform.

"It was right out of a movie for me, the door closed, nothing I could do … my son is looking right  at me yelling 'Daddy,' I'm banging on the door yelling, 'That's my son.'"

"It was heart-wrenching just watching the train pull away, and I chased it for a moment before I realized what am I doing? I can't chase a train."

That's when he hit the help button to alert Calgary Transit staff.

Two train drivers brought the little boy into their cabs and he was returned to his parents safely.

"He ran into my arms and the first thing he said was, 'Mommy I got to drive the train!'" said Brittni Petke.

The parents, drivers and Calgary Transit staff met for a reunion on Wednesday to say thank you.

Although it was the longest 10 minutes of their lives, Petke says they are forever thankful to the staff who helped them — also to their young son for acting like a big boy throughout it all.

"I was just so brave," said Kayden Petke.

CTrain family rescue

Daniel Petke says it felt like a movie when the train doors closed and his four-year-old son was whisked away for a stop. Thanks to assistance from Calgary Transit staff, the little boy was safely brought back to his parents. (Evelyne Asselin/CBC)


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A North Korean state agency threatened on Thursday to use nuclear weapons to "sink" Japan and reduce the United States to "ashes and darkness" for supporting a UN Security Council resolution and sanctions over its latest nuclear test.

The Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, which handles the North's external ties and propaganda, also called for the breakup of the Security Council, which it called "a tool of evil" made up of "money-bribed" countries that move at the order of the United States.

"The four islands of the archipelago should be sunken into the sea by the nuclear bomb of Juche. Japan is no longer needed to exist near us," the committee said in a statement carried by the North's official KCNA news agency.

Juche is the North's ruling ideology that mixes Marxism and an extreme form of go-it-alone nationalism preached by state founder Kim Il-sung, the grandfather of the current leader, Kim Jong-un.

Regional tension has risen markedly since the reclusive North conducted its sixth, and by far its most powerful, nuclear test on Sept. 3, following a series of missile tests, including one that flew over Japan.

The 15-member Security Council voted unanimously on a U.S.-drafted resolution and a new round of sanctions on Monday in response, banning North Korea's textile exports that are the second largest only to coal and minerals, and capping fuel supplies.

The North reacted to the latest action by the Security Council, which had the backing of veto-holding China and Russia, by reiterating threats to destroy the United States, Japan and South Korea.

"Let's reduce the U.S. mainland into ashes and darkness. Let's vent our spite with mobilization of all retaliation means which have been prepared till now," the statement said.

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South avoiding arms race

South Korean President Moon Jae-in is against having nuclear weapons in his country despite the growing threat from the North. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Despite the North's threats, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he was against having nuclear weapons in his country, either by developing its own arsenal or bringing back U.S. tactical nuclear weapons that were withdrawn in the early 1990s.

"To respond to North Korea by having our own nuclear weapons will not maintain peace on the Korean peninsula and could lead to a nuclear arms race in northeast Asia," Moon said in an interview with CNN.

South Korea's Unification Ministry also said it planned to provide $8 million through the UN World Food Programme and UNICEF to help infants and pregnant women in the North.

The move marks Seoul's first humanitarian assistance for the North since its fourth nuclear test in January 2016 and is based on a longstanding policy of separating humanitarian aid from politics, the ministry said.

The North's latest threats also singled out Japan for "dancing to the tune" of the United States, saying it should never be pardoned for not offering a sincere apology for its "never-to-be-condoned crimes against our people," an apparent reference to Japan's wartime aggression.

It also referred to South Korea as "traitors and dogs" of the United States.

Statement called 'provocative and egregious'

Japan criticized the North's statement harshly.

"This announcement is extremely provocative and egregious. It is something that markedly heightens regional tension and is absolutely unacceptable," Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters.

North Korea had already rejected the Security Council resolution, vowing to press ahead with its nuclear and missile programmes.

A tougher initial U.S. draft of Monday's resolution was weakened to win the support of China, the North's lone major ally, and Russia. Significantly, it stopped short of imposing a full embargo on oil exports to North Korea, most of which come from China.

The latest sanctions also make it illegal for foreign firms to form commercial joint ventures with North Korean entities.

U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed that North Korea will never be allowed to threaten the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile, but has also asked China to do more to rein in its neighbour. China in turn favours an international response to the problem.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the international community had reached a "high consensus" on trying to realize a peaceful solution.

"We urge the relevant directly involved parties to seize the opportunity and have the political nerve to make the correct political choice as soon as possible," Hua told a regular press briefing.

The North accuses the United States, which has 28,500 troops in South Korea, of planning to invade and regularly threatens to destroy it and its Asian allies.

The United States and South Korea are technically still at war with North Korea because the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a truce and not a peace treaty.


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The 19th Annual Celebrate Women event is coming up in Sudbury. Organizers have invited author Reva Seth as the guest speaker. She wrote the book "The Mom Shift" about women who have successful careers after having children. We spoke with her about her boo

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15 Superheroes Who Would Win The Game Of Thrones

George R.R. Martin has crafted an elaborate and exciting world in Game of Thrones. It is compelling because it borrows from so many genres: it has great character arcs that come from soap operas, mystery associated with magic realism, and the drama associated with politics. Characters fight to be on the Iron Throne, the chair the King sits in, which is composed of 1,000 swords from people that lost in the War of Conquest. Wearing the crown makes you the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, King of the Andals and the First Men, and Protector of the Realm. Given all of the treachery and difficulties of surviving during this time, you’d have to have superpowers just to defend yourself against dragon attacks, poisons, Greyscale, conquering armies… you name it. So let’s answer the question, shall we? Which superheroes would win the Game of Thrones?

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To be fair we’re not going to choose characters like Galactus or Darkseid. Instead, we’ll be looking at those who would fare well based on their skills, along with past Game of Thrones plotlines. We’ll also see, based on the character history and traits, which Houses they might ally themselves with. It’s probably a given that Namor would fight in the name of the Drowned God for House Greyjoy, but what about The Black Panther, or The Savage Dragon?

Wolverine is the ultimate survivor. His mutant healing power not only gives him longevity but the edge as well in combat. He also has an immunity to most poisons and other things that cause mortal harm. Hell, if he could survive Hiroshima, he could definitely survive a Wildfire explosion. In the Game of Thrones universe, you can only get so far without getting into a fight and shedding some blood, two things that Wolverine does well and doesn’t shy from.

Logan would be the person you want to pick if you can opt for Trial By Combat. Not only that, but given Wolverine’s directness and distaste for politics, we can see him being a part of the Brotherhood Without Banners, an outlaw group working against the Lannisters and protecting people from unjust forces, regardless of which King or Lord they support. Sound familiar?

Zatanna is a powerful magician in DC Comics. In the storyline Identity Crisis, she is able to freeze Batman in his tracks and also mind-wipes and magically lobotomizes Justice League villain Doctor Light. Catwoman also learns that her personality was altered by Zatanna’s magic. Although this could prove useful against a band of swordsmen, it would go further in gaining the trust of a king or even when bartering with the Iron Bank.

Fighting can take you far in Game of Thrones, but so can magic. Magic has been used to instill fear in people due to it being an extension of the unknown. Zatanna would do well allied with the Red Priestesses who worship the Lord of Light. Reputation alone should have the common folk fear Zatanna and pique the curiosity of the elite. She might even pair well with the dry wit and sharp perspective of Tyrion.

Emma Frost is an Omega-Level telepath and was not only a teacher at The Xavier Institute, she was also the leader of the Hellfire Club. Being able to read the minds of those around her would prove quite helpful, especially when negotiating with someone as devious as Walder Frey or as tactical as Stannis Baratheon.

To win the Game of Thrones, you need to be astute in the ways of politics. You need to be able to win over (possibly control) the masses, but still have enough status to earn the respect of the elite. Emma Frost was born into money; you can tell by the quality of outfits she wears. Given her telepathic ability and her ease at navigating politics, we can see her either being allies with the Lannister Family or with Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish.

Gilad Anni-Padda, also known as the Eternal Warrior, was born in 3268BC and has literally millennia-worth of fighting experience. In the Valiant Comics universe, he is an immortal that has superhuman strength and stamina, and the ability to heal from almost any wound.

The Eternal Warrior would easily earn the respect of those around him due to his legendary prowess on the battlefield. Perhaps Gilad Anni-Padda would fare well allied with Dorne. The Sand Snakes vow to never have weak men rule Dorne again and The Eternal Warrior is anything but weak. With The Eternal Warrior at his side, perhaps The Red Viper could have gotten the vengeance he so desperately wanted from “The Mountain” Gregor Clegane. Someone as honorable and strong as Gilad might also fare well fighting with the Starks.

Although he looks like a dragon, Fin Fang Foom is actually an alien from the planet Kakaranathara. Members of his race landed in Ancient China and infiltrated human society to understand better how to conquer it. But yeah, let’s just forget the whole alien part and focus on him looking like a giant dragon.

When you think dragons in Game of Thrones, you can’t help but think about the Mother of Dragons Daenerys Targaryen. Given his strength, size, and intimidating appearance, we think he would fit right in with Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion. The big problems is that the three dragons are, to the Breaker of Chains, her children. Fin Fang Foom would not want to be treated as such. After all, his people did come to Earth to conquer it, not be led by Khaleesi.

Sunfire is a former X-Man who has the ability to fly and shoot superheated plasma. Although he was not considered a team player, he did try to get Asian mutants to safety from the Terrigen Mists. Regardless of his history, his power — fire — is a powerful element in Game of Thrones. The worshippers of the Lord of Light use it as a means of purification. Wildfire was used to help Cersei become the current ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. Dragons use it to destroy armies.

Given that Sunfire’s mutant ability is to create fire, he would be in high demand and his powers could take him all the way to the Iron Throne. Dorne remained independent from the Seven Kingdoms for many years and joined the Seven Kingdoms not by force but through marriage. By doing so, they’ve retained much of their culture and viewpoints, giving them a strong cultural identity. Perhaps Sunfire could find allies with the Dornish people due to their strength through culture.

Don’t let the above image fool you: we’re not letting Tony use his armor because that would be both unfair and no fun. Even without the Iron Man suit, Tony is one of the smartest people in the Marvel Universe. Tony knows how to make weapons and he’s a formidable engineer in any time period, so in the Game of Thrones, he would know how to defend himself as well as others. Sure, he may not be able to fight the Mountain in hand-to-hand combat, but why would he need to if he designs a Wildfire flamethrower?

However, we think Tony would take a different route. Given that he is an engineer first and weapons designer later, we think he would set up shop in the Citadel, a place where people go to become Maesters. Since Maesters advise lords on scientific, medical, and historical matters, this is where Tony could rule without ever setting foot in Westeros.

The Dragon one day awoke, without any memory of who or what he was, in the middle of a burning field in Chicago, Illinois. He had super-strength and a strong healing factor, and was recruited by the officer that found him into the Chicago Police Department, where he fought against a super-powered criminal gang known as the Vicious Circle.

Because of his appearance, the Savage Dragon would probably be comfortable amongst fellow dragons and if the spot hasn’t been claimed by Fin Fang Foom he could be allied with House Targaryen. Given the fact that The Dragon joined the Chicago Police Department, he has strong morals; a sense of right from wrong that is tempered as strong as his skin. With his driven need to protect, he might find himself on the Wall repelling such invaders as Wildlings and White Walkers.

After an extraterrestrial spaceship blew up within close proximity to Bernhard “Buddy” Baker, Baker found himself with the power to mimic the abilities of animals such as an ape’s brute strength or even a bird’s ability to fly. In the New 52, Baker’s daughter Maxine is the Avatar of The Red, the force that sustains all animal life, and Animal Man serves as her protector.

Given that a good number of the Stark members have the ability to warg (enter the minds of animals), he might do well allied with House Stark. However, the Children of the Forest worship the Old Gods of the Forest and rumors point to them as the ones that carved faces into the Weirwood trees. Given their divine connection to nature, Animal Man would fit right in.

Zebediah Killgrave is also known as the Purple Man, because when you’re got purple skin due to exposure to an experimental nerve gas, you’re not going to call yourself anything else. The Purple Man has the chemical ability to mind control people, and the kinds of things he has people do are cruel and sadistic. He held Jessica Jones captive for months, he’s forced a woman to marry him, and forced people to act out his fantasies.

Given the Purple Man’s taste for torture and mayhem, he would probably do well allying himself with House Bolton. The Bolton’s sigil is a person being tortured on a wooden X and the unofficial house motto is: “A naked man has few secrets; a flayed man, none.” In fact, we think he’d be best friends with Roose Bolton, who spent many an episode gleefully torturing Theon Greyjoy, who he renamed Reek as an extra insult to injury.

Imperious Rex! Namor has fought on the Avengers, Defenders, and even the X-Men (technically he’s Marvel’s “first mutant”), but he also has, in the past, tried to conquer those living on land. Namor is the king of the undersea kingdom of Atlantis, and his strength, speed, and durability is matched only by his arrogance and ego. Namor is a strong leader, a good tactician, and we can see him attacking Westeros from Blackwater Bay.

Given his relationship to the sea, it’s most likely that he would find himself allied with the Iron Islands. The Ironborn have developed a culture centered on raiding and pillaging, which explains why the motto of House Greyjoy is “We Do Not Sow.” Yeah, we can’t really imagine Namor tilling a field either.

T’Challa is the ruler of the Kingdom of Wakanda found in Northeast Africa. Wakanda is considered the most technologically advanced nation on the planet. Similar to Doctor Doom, T’Challa has strong connections to the technical and the mystical. Besides being a skilled hand to hand combatant, a brilliant scientist and strategist, he is one of the wealthiest people in the world.

The Black Panther is an honorable man and someone who is fiercely dedicated to his morals and beliefs. The members of House Stark are admired for their dedication to their beliefs, and both Ned and Rob have died defending those values. It would certainly be a good match-up to have T’Challa working with, or even possibly as, The King In The North. His “gunboat diplomacy” skills would be second to none.

Aric of Dacia fought hard for his Visigoth people against the Roman Empire in fifth century Europe. During a scouting raid, the darndest thing happened to Aric and his compatriots: they became victims of an alien abduction. Alien colonizers known as the Vine kidnapped and enslaved Aric and his friends. After several years of captivity, Aric led a revolt and not only escaped, he did so in a sentient suit of armor called the X-O Manowar.

To be fair, we don’t think he could be in Game of Thrones and be in possession of the X-O Manowar suit. But even not protected by the sentient armor, Aric still is an excellent fighter and leader of men; he could challenge any physical threat sent against him. Given that Aric is a Visigoth barbarian, he might do well allied with the Free Folk, the Wildlings that live in the lands beyond the Wall.

Raven Darkholme, the mutant known as Mystique, has been both ally and foe to the X-Men over the years. Besides having an accelerated healing factor and long life, she has the ability to shapeshift into any person she wants, as well as changing her voice and body mass. She can also augment her physique to grow wings, move internal organs to avoid serious injury, and create natural body armor. Her power versatility makes her quite formidable.

Based on her mutant ability to change into any person she wanted to be, she would most likely work with the God of Death, also known as the Many-Faced God. She would fit in quite well with Jaquen H’ghar and Arya committing assassinations masquerading as others. She would easily do more harm impersonating others and acquiring intelligence than an entire army of Unsullied.

Vandal Savage is possibly the oldest human in the DC Universe. He is also technically the first murderer (Cain from the Bible). Savage is also credited with having destroyed Atlantis and a possible leader of the Illuminati. He claimed to be the one to have killed Julius Caesar (as opposed to Brutus) and killed people in London as Jack the Ripper. He’d be PERFECT for the Game of Thrones universe.

Game of Thrones is filled with vile characters like Joffrey Baratheon and Ramsay Bolton, whose names are associated with cruelty and torture. Vandal does not value life and has no morals to prevent him from committing the cruelest acts. We can see him being more devious than Littlefinger, forming alliances with virtually anyone to cause chaos and destruction. Whether it’s a White Walker or Lannister, Vandal will do literally anything to get what he wants.

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By any standard, the AMC adaptation of “The Walking Dead” has already had an impressive run — debuting in 2010 and breaking multiple ratings records along the way. But according to showrunner Scott M. Gimple, the show might not even be at the halfway point yet.

At Friday night’s “The Walking Dead” PaleyFest event in Hollywood, attended by CBR, Gimple pointed out that the show’s eighth season premiere — which will presumably air in the fall of this year — will be the 100th episode of the series. Gimple informed the audience that it would be less of a retrospective and more about setting up the future.

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“The first episode [of the eighth season] is I think less about that we reached a hundred episodes, it’s more about setting up our next hundred episodes,” Gimple said. “The end of this season is very much the end of a chapter. It’s very much a conclusion that promises this epic story ahead. The first episode of season 8, it’s about setting up this gigantic, epic tale to come. Not only in season 8, but beyond.”

Given the arc of the current season, it’s easy to speculate that at least part of the “epic tale to come” might be the show’s take on “All-Out War,” a 12-issue arc in the Image Comics series by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. “All-Out War” ran from 2013 to 2014 and depicted Rick Grimes leading the Hilltop and the Kingdom against Negan’s Saviors — though, of course, that’s just an educated guess at this point, as future “Walking Dead” TV storylines remain closely guarded secrets.

It’s certainly possible Gimple was being somewhat rhetorical and 200 episodes may not be an actual “plan,” but hitting that mark would put “The Walking Dead” in rarefied air on scripted TV, especially for an hour-long live-action drama. There are plenty that have produced more episodes, but with more installments produced per year than “The Walking Dead.” At its current pace, “The Walking Dead” would hit episode No. 200 at 14 years on air — which is not unachievable (given “Gunsmoke,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “ER”), but would definitely be a feat, and an unprecedented one for a comic book-based series.

For now, there are still three episodes left of “The Walking Dead” season seven, which is set to wrap at 9 p.m. on Sunday, April 2 on AMC. The next new episode, “The Other Side,” airs this Sunday.

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Baltimore County, MD – Students in the Community College of Baltimore County Interior Design Program made their presence known at the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Maryland Chapter 40th Anniversary “A Legacy of Elegance” Annual Awards Gala. The event was held Oct. 10 at Westminster Hall in Baltimore City.

CCBC captured seven awards including first place in the Collaborative Group Project category for their Twin Toddler World Traveler Suite for the 2015 Baltimore Symphony Decorator’s Show House at Oak Acre in Guilford.

Awardees were: Cecily Roberts and Darlene (Dee) Rollins of Catonsville, Md., Crystal Evans and Laura Tilman of Baltimore City, Md., Jason Fischer of Halethorpe, Md., Patil Bozabalian of Hunt Valley, Md., Laura Fitzpatrick of Monkton, Md., Ida (Lucy) Schmid of Nottingham, Md., Mary (Kate) Gomprecht and Taja Barnes of Owings Mills, Md., Myriam (Nodji) Maouyo of Parkville, Md., Sherrie Rashid of Towson, Md., Camille Scott of Woodstock, Md., and Laura Kimball of Perry Hall, Md., coordinator of the CCBC Interior Design Program.

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My liver approves this recent change in behaviour.

The good old days, of course, includes the time I spent in Sydney when I failed to save money because most of my income was spent on booze, taxis and liquid eyeliner. One of my favourite haunts was the awesome Oxford Street institution of The Shady Pines, introduced to me by my friend Jess and a place I spent my birthday night at during my second visit to the city.

Upon being told that the ‘Pines had a sister bar modelled after an underground speakeasy I quickly vowed to visit, and soon after my return to the city had switched allegiances to this new discovery, spending many a fun night there much to the displeasure of my savings account.

When Mikey and I first planned our whirlwind cricket trip to Australia’s unofficial capital city one of the things at the top of my list was a visit to my old stomping ground, if only to see the look on Mikey’s face as we entered.

You see this isn’t a bar that shouts for attention. You really have to know where to look if you’re going to go for a drink here.

An uninteresting archway halfway down Clarence street doesn’t look like much from the outside.

Walk down and you’ll find yourself in a courtyard with a fairly run of the mill restaurant in one corner. Everyone there probably has no idea that there’s a far superior place to spend the evening just a few feet away.

Find a dirty looking grey door in one corner of the courtyard and make your way gingerly inside.

Oh lovely, you think, the storage area for empty barrels. This looks like a nice place, doesn’t it?

What an inviting looking door you’ve taken me to see.

Wait…hang on. What?

Welcome, one and all, to The Baxter Inn.

Mikey was so astonished, having muttered under his breath about ‘rape alleys’ until we got inside, that he made us walk back out and film ourselves walking in again. Unfortunately we’d already spent about half the holiday budget on drinks and wine at The Opera Bar (such a cliche by the way, but immense fun) and so the video mostly shows my forehead and the ceiling and is in no way worth posting on the internet.

But it’s not just the look on the faces of my friends as I lead them down a dark alley whispering “not much further…” in a deliberately sinister manner that makes me love this place, the inside is pretty damn brilliant too.

Unless of course you’re not a big fan of having a huge variety of craft beers to choose from, gorgeous apron clad bar tenders that genuinely know their shit and a selection of spirits so large that the staff need ladders to reach the top shelves.

^^^One side of the beer menu.

My friends, Wetherspoons* this is not.

Being a teensy bit tipsy I went overboard and declared that, fuck it, it’s my birthday and I’m damn well going to have the expensive Talisker. I’m one of those awful people who are simultaneously a bit of a whiskey snob but also don’t know that much about it. What I do know is that I like my glass warmed and my whiskey with a bit of water added to it.

Side note: If you add ice to whiskey then you’re doing it wrong. Seriously.

Of course these bar staff understand the delicate art of adding just the correct amount of water and I was given a pipette  for precisely measuring the amount, which was obviously the most fun thing ever.

Mikey decided to go for the pleasantly named ‘Tramp Stamp’ from the Clown Shoes brewery. At first he’d declared that he was going to make his way through the entire list, but after his first sip pledged allegiance to this one drop and didn’t change his choice for the rest of the night.

He still talks about how good it was. I can’t wait to give him his first taste of proper British beer.

We happily propped up the bar for a while, munching on our bowl of complimentary pretzels (free food, you guys!) and occasionally having a chat with those who drifted up to order more drinks.

Because The Baxter only has a license for one hundred and twenty people the atmosphere is always convivial and relaxed. In a city of four million people this is a place where the guy next to you won’t give you a withering look if you attempt to make conversation. In fact, when I asked the fellow beside me what he was drinking he grabbed a straw to give me a taste. There’s also no posing, prancing or judging here. We were dressed pretty casually and didn’t feel out of place at all even next to a group of city suits. It makes for a nice feeling.

After a while we felt a bit bad taking up space better reserved for drink ordering and moved ourselves to a candlelit table in a corner…

I’d switched to a cocktail, having done a ‘I’ll have what he’s having” after my tasting and was having a hard time not gulping it down in three goes. Our barmaid was so well informed that she had adapted the cocktail knowing that I enjoyed the taste of Talisker. I wish I could remember the name of what she made me but, well, I was several wines and whiskies down by this point. Looks good though, right?

The playlist was eclectic and enjoyable, and as last orders were called several couples (ourselves included) ended up finishing off the final song with a dance. That’s what I mean about the atmosphere, it didn’t feel weird to suddenly be a part of a group of strangers all slow dancing with their partners. And not in a drunk-girls-bonding-in-toilets kind of way. Whe the song finished we laughed and sat back down to enjoy the last bit of our drinks.

We stayed until kicking out time, waving goodbye to all of our new friends with tummies warm and full of decent drink. If you want a drink in the city but can’t bear to be surrounded by tourists then I suggest you get yourself here.

Actually, I probably shouldn’t even have told you about it. Damn. Forget everything I just told you, it’s horrible.

Although while googling for the link to their website I discovered that The Baxter Inn has genuinely just been voted the best bar in Australasia, and the 7th best in the world. So, y’know, clearly I know my shit guys. And it’s not going to stay this hidden for much longer, get in there before the hipsters take it over.

*Non British readers, if you’ve never heard of Wetherspoons then it’s a cheap chain pub that deliberately buys almost out of date beer and then sells it at a very cheap price. It’s basically the pub version of the reduced food section at the supermarket. I once got ID’d buying an orange juice in my local establishment. It does do very cheap drinks though. And pretty decent food. hang on, why is it a bad place, again?

This is in no way a sponsored post. I can show you the terrifying amount we ended up splurging, all worth it of course.

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Ecuadorians Shake Up Chevron Shareholder Meeting

Activists and representatives from affected communities protesting outside Chevron's AGM

Reposted from Eye on the Amazon

At its Annual General Meeting in San Ramon on Wednesday, Chevron executives gave a good show – and a chillingly hard line. CEO John Watson told the assembled shareholders and activists from around the world that all was well, the company was raking in money and there was nothing to worry from those pesky multi-billion-dollar legal judgments and threatened fines against the company.

Watson showed a series of slick videos about Chevron's global business, including one purporting to show how the $18 billion Ecuador judgment against Chevron was a "fraud." For an in-depth and truthful expose on their disaster see

Pressed by shareholders and large institutional investors who urged Watson to settle the case, Watson dug in his heels and took the hardest line he has yet taken publicly in the 18-year-old case.

"We are resisting until Hell freezes over," Watson said. "We don't intend to pay criminals who seek to defraud your company."

Although the Ecuadorian rainforest communities who won the lawsuit are now preparing to seek court orders internationally to seize Chevron's assets, Watson said "no country that observes the rule of law" would do so.

He emphasized the company's Hail Mary legal strategy, in which it has asked an international arbitration tribunal to force the Ecuadorian government to pay the $18 billion. Although the tribunal has not yet granted Chevron's request, Watson said flatly – and falsely – that it had: "The tribunal has said the Ecuadorian government is liable for the judgment."

He confirmed previous reports that the company was trying to do an end run around the lawsuit by cutting a side deal with Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa.

"We are seeking a dialogue with the government of Ecuador, but so far that has not moved forward."

Chevron's board of directors gave Watson frequent applause. One of those in the audience who was not so easily wowed by Watson's fancy videos was Luz Cusangua, a 60-year-old grandmother from eastern Ecuador.

"It's not so easy to wash your hands of this. I saw what you did in the 1970's. Mother Earth has been contaminated."

She continued, looking straight at Watson:

"This video is an insult to us. Chevron needs to pull up its pants and act like grown-ups, and accept responsibility for its mess in Ecuador."

– Paul Paz y Miño

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Taking it to Chevron's Doorstep

Chevron designed their oil extraction systems to pollute the rainforest in order to save a few dollars per barrel

Reposted from Eye on the Amazon

Tomorrow, May 30, Chevron will be practicing the elaborate rite of corporate public relations known as the Annual General Meeting for shareholders. At the company's headquarters in San Ramon, California, there will be plenty of image-buffing and apple-polishing for top executives and the board of directors, plus praise for the company's obscene profits.

Of course, denial of reality also will be part of the show. Chevron executives are likely to make only passing mention of their dire legal situation internationally, from Ecuador to Brazil to Nigeria, where the company faces tens of billions of dollars in fines for environmental crimes.

That's where Amazon Watch comes in. As in previous years, we will be accompanying indigenous leaders from northeastern Ecuador to speak truth to power.

Here are their stories:

Luz Cusangua

Luz Cusangua

Luz Cusangua, 60, is a farmer from area of the Sacha oil field, which was developed by Texaco (now Chevron) in the 1970s and 1980s. After she moved with her family to the Ecuadorian Amazon from the highlands region of Ibarra in 1975, she witnessed firsthand the destruction of the tropical paradise as oil operations expanded around her. The river Wilya, which her family used for bathing, washing clothes, fishing and drinking, became a source of poisons. Her children suffered from various illnesses including skin diseases. Her mother was diagnosed with skin cancer, which was attributed by health professionals in the area to oil contamination.

The nearest well is a scant 100 meters from her home. To this day, the river Wilya remains contaminated.

Luz is the mother of five children and seven grandchildren. Her husband is deceased. Despite the contamination, she has managed to create a sustainable ecological farm, including coconuts, cacao, coffee, heliconia, orchids, medicinal plants and Amazonian fruit trees.

Robinson Yumbo

Robinson Yumbo

Robinson Yumbo, 39, is the president of the National Indigenous Federation of the Cofan People (FEINCE). Born in Lago Agrio, the oil town founded by Texaco, Robinson has lived his entire life in the community of Cofan Dureno along the shores of the AguaRico river. As a child, he witnessed firsthand the environmental devastation caused by Texaco's (now Chevron's) operations in the ancestral territory of the Cofan people. What was once the Cofan people's ancestral territory was transformed by Texaco (Chevron) into a massive oil field, characterized by continuous spills, the deliberate dumping of toxic wastewater into rivers and streams, and 24-hour flaring of natural gas.

Robinson witnessed the onset of a public health crisis within the Cofan community, including spontaneous miscarriages, birth defects and cancer. Texaco's oil operations also opened up the Cofan territory to uncontrolled migration, in the form of homesteading colonists, a phenomenon that led to large-scale deforestation (illegal mining and logging operations), the reduction of ancestral territory, the loss of game, and severe cultural threats.

Luz and Robinson will be joining other grass-roots leaders from California, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Australia and the Philippines who will participate in a public teach-in Tuesday night on the True Cost of Chevron. The event, at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley, is from 6:00-8:00 pm.

The next morning, they will be face to face with Chevron executives inside the shareholder meeting. Also speaking truth to power at the meeting will be a coalition of 40 institutional investors from the United States, Canada and Europe, with a combined total of $580 billion in assets under management. The coalition, which includes New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, sent Chevron a letter calling for it to settle its lawsuit in Ecuador, which has resulted in an $18 billion judgment against the company.

DiNapoli, is trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, which owns 7.24 million shares worth an estimated $713 million in Chevron, issued a statement last week slamming the company: "The company's attempt to undo the court's verdict only keeps the case in the public eye and further damages Chevron's reputation. Chevron's actions are hurting shareholders as well as the indigenous people of the rainforest. I urge the company's leadership to settle the case and put this issue to rest."

– Paul Paz y Miño

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Chevron's Grand Shareholder Deception

Hew Pate, Chevron's $7.8 Million Lawyer, "Celebrates" Another Legal Defeat At the Hands of Ecuador's Rainforest Communities

Reposted from The Chevron Pit

The rulings this week by U.S. federal judge Lewis A. Kaplan denying Chevron's motion for attachment in the Ecuador case was by any reasonable measure a setback for the oil giant in its campaign to evade paying the $18 billion court judgment.  In fact, it is the latest of string of stunning losses for Chevron in courts in the U.S. and Ecuador over the last several months – losses that can be laid at the doorstep of R. Hewitt Pate, Chevron's General Counsel and the mastermind behind the company's increasingly confused legal strategy in the Ecuador matter. See here.

These losses include a unanimous reversal in January by a U.S. federal appeals court of an injunction purportedly barring enforcement of the Ecuador judgment and an affirmance earlier this year by the Ecuador appellate court of the overwhelming evidence that the company committed crimes and fraud in Ecuador. See here and here.

Chevron's contamination in Ecuador also has been confirmed by numerous independent journalists and is simply indisputable – see this 60 Minutes segment and this video prepared by the plaintiffs.  In addition, Chevron's lead outside law firm in the case – Gibson Dunn & Crutcher – has been sanctioned repeatedly for committing ethical violations even as it bills the company hundreds of millions of dollars as part of a "rescue operation". See here.

One would never know from Pate that the legal prospects of Chevron are dimming or that the company is being taken for a ride by Gibson Dunn.  In a press release that can only be described as the ultimate in chutzpah, Pate celebrated Chevron's latest legal defeat yesterday by claiming "victory" because the judge tossed out only a few of the fraud claims the company filed against lawyers for the plaintiffs as opposed to all of the claims.  In keeping with his spin, Pate failed to mention in his press release that Kaplan expressly found that Chevron is unlikely to prevail on the remaining fraud claims.

We have said it before:  Pate and the higher-ups in Chevron management are leading Chevron and its shareholders down a dangerous path over the Ecuador liability, and possibly over a cliff.  The spin is getting increasingly desperate as the walls begin to close in on the company's plan to evade paying the judgment.

Whether spinning bad news into fake news is a deliberate strategy or a function of internal self-delusion can be sorted out by others – including SEC regulators who have been called on to determine whether the company is producing materially false and misleading information about the Ecuador liability. See here.

These are our takeaways on the Kaplan decisions this week:

  1. Pate's latest press release shows the company continues to mislead shareholders over the Ecuador liability, as documented in stunning detail by Canadian securities lawyer Graham Erion in this report released in April. Pate's press release was designed to sugarcoat an adverse legal decision, exactly the kind of gamesmanship that regulators frown upon.  Expect a new report soon from the plaintiffs on how Pate's press releases on the Ecuador case are designed to hide risks from shareholders and the markets.
  2. Judge Kaplan, who used to consistently favor Chevron in his decisions, has started to lose his appetite for the case after getting sternly rebuked in January by the U.S. court of appeals in New York.  Not only did Kaplan deny a Chevron motion to attach the assets of the Ecuadorians for the second time, he also dismissed two fraud claims and cast serious doubt on Chevron's remaining RICO claims against American lawyer Steven Donziger. (The Ecuadorians maintains that Chevron's claims are baseless and are a ruse to distract attention from its own criminal misconduct in Ecuador.)
  3. It is increasingly clear that Chevron's RICO case is a dog reluctant to hunt.  Worse for Chevron, if the case hunts – as in, actually survives various motions to dismiss and gets to a jury – it can bite Chevron far more harshly than it can bite Donziger or his Ecuadorian clients.   Chevron will be on the defensive because of counterclaims about its attempts to corrupt the Ecuadorian judicial system.  A jury will be able to hear evidence about Chevron's sham remediation, its efforts to bribe Ecuador's government, its attempts to doctor evidence through its "dirty tricks" operative Diego Borja, and its threats to judges.  All of this has been detailed in a sworn affidavit from Juan Pablo Saenz, an Ecuadorian lawyer.
  4. Pate is going to have a whale of a time explaining the Ecuador problem at the company's upcoming annual meeting on May 30.  How he explains why several prominent law firms around the world have rallied to the cause of the Ecuadorians when the case is supposedly an "extortionate scheme" will be interesting to watch. Further, a large group of Chevron shareholders is pressuring the SEC to investigate Chevron based on the Erion report, which exposes out of control risk-taking and an apparent cover-up.  Expect several pension funds to speak out with a more forceful voice.

Multiple lawsuits against Chevron assets in various jurisdictions are now looming over the company.  Once these actions are filed and start progressing through the courts, Chevron will have a hard time entering into partnerships or making further investments in countries that could be strategically important to the company's growth.

In the meantime, Chevron's feckless Board of Directors awarded Pate a 75% pay increase (to $7.8 million) for losing the Ecuador case. See here. Because of Pate's bungling of the Ecuador matter, billions of dollars of Chevron assets are now at risk of being attached, seized, and auctioned off at fire sale prices because the company refuses to comply with its legal obligations.  In the double-dealing inside world of Chevron-land, this merits an extraordinary pay raise.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Epic Greenwashing From Chevron

Epic Greenwashing From Chevron

Reposted from Eye on the Amazon

Apparently believing that no outright whopper can't be repeated again and again, Chevron has issued a report bragging about the company's "commitment to respecting global human rights." The 2011 Corporate Responsibility Report, issued May 10th, is a glossy, 50-page masterpiece of corporate greenwashing. Here are some of its claims:

  • In Nigeria, Chevron "has delivered more than 200 projects in 425 communities, villages and chiefdoms benefiting some 850,000 people. Chevron launched the Niger Delta Partnership Initiative and announced a five-year, $50 million endowment, including a partnership with USAID, to build capacity and promote long-term economic sustainability."
  • In Angola, Chevron has "committed $4 million over four years to support the Angola Sickle Cell Initiative, the country’s first comprehensive sickle cell treatment program."
  • In Kazakhstan, "Chevron signed a partnership agreement with Nazarbayev University in the country’s capital city, Astana, to provide funds to the Center for Energy Research for studies in energy, the environment and sustainable development, and to provide the Social Development Fund to support young researchers."

What the report doesn't tell you is the underside of these nice projects. For example:

  • Nigeria – Chevron has a long track record of pollution and collusion with government human-rights abuses. Chevron is accused of involvement in the shootings of Nigerian villagers who occupied an offshore barge in 1998 to protest the company's hiring and environmental policies. In January 2012, an explosion and fire at an offshore natural gas well killed two people. As of mid-May, the fire is still burning on the ocean surface as the gas escapes uncontrollably.
  • Angola – Oil leaks and spills from Chevron's facilities continue unabated after many years. Fishing communities along the coast continue to complain that fish stocks have decreased significantly because of the spills and seismic activities, and the compensation process is dysfunctional.
  • Kazakhstan – Residents near Chevron's Karachaganak Field have demanded for compensation and relocation to a safe and environmentally-clean location of its choosing because of years of pollution, causing widespread chronic illnesses.

Not to mention, of course, Chevron's abominable track record in Ecuador, which has made the company a global pariah. Lots more background information on the company's global record is available at our True Cost of Chevron report.

Now, we don't doubt that amid its global depredations, Chevron probably has done a few good things, much like dictatorial governments often have a carefully-buffed kind side. Nor do we assume that everyone working for Chevron has poor intentions. Chevron's more than 60,000 employees around the world surely include many decent, idealistic people. Given the company's immense financial, technical and human resources, the company has the capacity to do a lot of good.

Which is why it's such a shame that Chevron's top management has instead chosen the path of pollution, abuse, bluster and shameless propaganda.

– Paul Paz y Miño

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Preparing Fourth Hit Job On $18 Billion Ecuador Judgment

Reposted from The Chevron Pit

We are flattered to report that the Wall Street Journal editorial page is once again trying to carry water for Chevron's public relations flaks over the company's $18 billion judgment for creating the world's worst oil disaster in Ecuador. Chevron has hired six public relations firms and almost 500 lawyers to undermine the communities that sued the company.

The irrepressible Mary Anastasia O'Grady – who purports to comment on events in Latin American as a columnist – called Karen Hinton, the spokesperson for the Ecuadorians, and, in a hurried interview yesterday, asked a series of questions reflecting Chevron's misleading talking points about the Ecuador trial. O'Grady said she is preparing a column on Chevron's claim that an expert report submitted to the court was "secretly" authored by the plaintiffs. This is one of Chevron's urban myths that has been fully debunked by the plaintiffs and rejected by Ecuador's appellate courts.

Let's test O'Grady's integrity. Hinton sent her the following email responding to her questions in writing. Read it and judge for yourself how much of these facts make it into O'Grady's upcoming column, should she indeed publish it:

I want to reinforce and expand upon my answers to some of the questions you raised today in our phone call about the Chevron case in Ecuador. I am hoping you will strongly consider all of my comments as you write your column and not gloss over them.

It is clear your questions are based on Chevron's misleading talking points. One of my colleagues informs me that you interviewed him by phone in 2007 and that you subsequently canceled a meeting where he was prepared to present information refuting Chevron's arguments as lies. Even though you did not write then on this issue, the editorial page of your newspaper has subsequently staged three separate attacks against the case based on Chevron's misinformation and extrajudicial strategy to undermine the proceedings to evade accountability for creating what is likely the world's worst oil-related disaster. We wrote letters to the editor in response to each of those articles correcting various inaccuracies. We hope that process does not repeat itself with your column.

We also have confirmed that the WSJ editorial page never disclosed that at least one of the two unsigned editorials attacking the Ecuador case was written by Bret Stephens, a columnist and now deputy editorial page editor who previously had written a signed column on the same issue with the same viewpoint.

Here is some additional perspective on some of the issues you raised:

On whether Richard Cabrera met with the plaintiffs before he was appointed the global expert, and whether he and the plaintiffs planned what the global report would say:

Chevron has presented thousands of pages of papers and videos to the Ecuador court on this issue, and that court rejected the material as irrelevant and disregarded the results of the Cabrera report in making its decision finding Chevron liable. Instead, it based its decision on 104 other technical reports – the majority submitted by court experts named by Chevron, paid by Chevron, and whose reports were written by Chevron lawyers – in deciding that Chevron dumped billions of gallons of toxic waste into the Amazon, abandoned hundreds of toxic waste pits, flared poisonous gas into the air, and therefore should pay for a clean-up of what experts consider to be the world's worst oil-related disaster.

That said, there is nothing wrong with the Cabrera report. The contents of that report – which relied heavily on Chevron's own technical reports submitted as evidence that proved contamination – is valid from a technical and empirical standpoint. Some of the information and conclusions were presented to Cabrera by top-level technical experts, consistent with court rules. The fact Cabrera adopted these findings and relied on his own independent soil and water sampling reflected his judgment that they were valid and reflected the evidence. This is no different than what judges do all the time in the U.S. when presented with findings of fact and conclusions of law by the parties in a disputed litigation. The fact Cabrera was paid exclusively by the plaintiffs was required by the Ecuador court; other court-named experts were paid exclusively by Chevron, also consistent with court rules that require the party asking for a report to pay for it. Again, this is no different than a party in the U.S. paying for the costs of an expert witness.

Chevron boycotted the Cabrera report process because it did not want to legitimate any aspect of the proceeding that it knew it would lose based on the scientific evidence. Thousands of soil and water samples had already been taken by both parties that showed extensive contamination at 100% of Chevron's former well sites. Chevron knew Cabrera had access to this data, and this fact terrified the company's lawyers. So Chevron now reaps what it sowed with its unilateral boycott: a report that does not reflect its point of view in any way, shape, or form. But it did succeed in getting the report knocked out of evidence by waging an unrelenting, entirely improper pressure campaign against the judges presiding over the trial.

When Chevron says the plaintiffs met secretly with Cabrera, that is a complete misrepresentation of the process. The plaintiffs met with Cabrera (and with other experts appointed by the court) consistent with court rules, as did Chevron's lawyers. We remind you that to the extent these rules seem different than those in the U.S., it does not mean they reflect an inferior system. In fact, these procedures are consistent with the rules in most civil law countries and have been confirmed as valid by multiple legal experts in Ecuador and elsewhere. Chevron has been unable to cite one statute or court rule justifying its position on the Cabrera report.

Chevron also has tried to market two additional lies about Cabrera – that he was paid with a "secret" bank account, and that he was "bribed". Both of these accusations collapse when viewed in light of the evidence. There was no secret bank account. Cabrera was always paid for work performed consistent with court rules and the contractual obligation of the parties to pay for experts who produced reports they requested.

On whether attorneys for the plaintiffs will be paid $5.7 billion in fees. The judgment categorizes how $9 billion will be spent on cleanup, water and health. Where does the rest of the money go?

If you are relying on documents Chevron obtained through discovery from U.S. counsel to opine on this issue, we are putting you on notice that those documents have been interpreted inaccurately by Chevron lawyers and in any event have been superseded by other documents.

The vast majority of the judgment will be used to remediate Chevron's horrific and deliberate contamination of the rainforest – a contamination so great in magnitude that it dwarfs the size of the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico where liability has been estimated to be a minimum of $40 billion. By comparison, Chevron is getting off easy in Ecuador because the court rejected several claims for damages made by the rainforest communities. The money will be used to remediate contaminated soils and groundwater, provide clean drinking water to dozens of communities, create a health care infrastructure to deal with high cancer rates in the region, and to restore indigenous lands. The attorneys will be paid a modest contingency fee per private contract with the affected communities – a fee that is low compared the two decades of work spent preparing and litigating the lawsuit, and the risk undertaken by lawyers in advancing their own funds and time in the pursuit of a fair result for their clients.

On Chevron's contention that the Cabrera report and the court judgment contain identical language from documents written by the plaintiffs.

As in the U.S. court system, a court expert or judge often adopts language offered to the court by one of the parties. What happened in Ecuador was no different. Cabrera accepted some of the documents we submitted because his own testing proved their accuracy.

Chevron's assertions about the "ghostwriting" of the judgment is a complete lie and reflects the company's desperation. The documents in question have been submitted to the court in various forms, either as direct submissions from the plaintiffs or Chevron, or via expert reports. In fact, none of Chevron's so-called "experts" on this issue has even reviewed the entire trial record. And some of their conclusions simply do not withstand serious inquiry.

This is nothing more than last-minute hysteria by a desperate litigant. Chevron stalled the case for ten years in U.S. courts, thinking it would disappear once a U.S. federal judge moved it to Ecuador. When the evidence of contamination began to pour in, Chevron began to cry foul as part of a concerted strategy to undermine the very court system it repeatedly had praised. The only way out was to either be held accountable or concoct accusations of fraud. Now that the communities have won a landmark victory and are preparing to enforce their judgment, Chevron is appealing once more to journalists with one-sided presentations of facts that have no relationship to the body of evidence that overwhelmingly proved Chevron's guilt.

Finally, we have extensively documented Chevron's violations of anti-bribery statutes in the U.S. and Ecuador in various sworn affidavits. Most recently, Chevron offered a $1 billion bribe to Ecuador's government to extricate itself illegally from the lawsuit. More information on this and other examples of Chevron's malfeasance and criminality can be found on the website

We hope and indeed expect our version of the facts will be reflected in your analysis and that you will not allow your column to become a de facto public relations tool for Chevron's unethical attempt to evade justice.

Karen Hinton