The Thar Desert in Pakistan is an area of water scarcity.

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Tremendous transformation or a grave mistake: The site of the Thar Coal project situated near Islamkot | Photos by Mohammad Ali/White Star

For those listening, the distressed calls for help from those living in the 12 villages of Gorano have been disturbing: an under-construction reservoir meant for temporarily storing mine effluent from the coal pits of Thar is putting their homes and livelihoods at stake.

Many fear that the waste deposit is the tip of an environmental fallout that will not only destroy their arable land but also the larger ecology of the Thar desert.

Most recently, the villagers stormed out of the Hyderabad Literature Festival, another public forum where they tried to voice their plight.

Reportedly, they were no match for the slick corporate machine of Sindh Engro Mining Company, the joint venture managing the Thar mining operation.

The Gorano villagers haven't given up railing against Engro — a big, well-established corporation — and the Sindh government.

The controversy hasn't been completely drowned out either, though it's clearly a lopsided contest with only one likely outcome.

Is this just another case of a mega development project for the larger good, being stymied by natives?

The Sindh government may sincerely believe that the project is a great idea, a panacea for the nation's relentless energy woes.

Such a conviction however rests upon a very tenuous set of assumptions about coal energy: whether it has a major role to play in 21st century electricity portfolios, there are no competitive alternatives available on the same tract of land, it's the quickest and most economical large-scale electricity project that can be delivered with the allocated resources, it's necessary to keep the lights on, that it may even result in electricity exports, and hence it's worth all the multi-billion dollar investment and development fatigue.

In short, it depends on the view of coal as being a critical energy source for the future.

Thar Coal has been touted as the panacea to the country's long-term energy woes.

But aside from its environmental repurcussions, it doesn't even make economic sense, argues an energy expert

By drawing our attention to the gestalt of the project, even at this late hour, the villagers of Gorano have done the whole nation a favour.

After all, the villagers aren't going to be the only victims of its environmental and economic consequences.

A society and economy lacking sufficient provision of energy, in particular electricity, is like a human without oxygen.

And there is no denying that Pakistan suffers from a chronic gap between electricity supply and demand.

It's not just a matter of nominal installed electric power capacity, but how electricity is made available in terms of affordable, sustainable pricing and alignment to the demand pattern of consumption.

In Pakistan, a vicious cycle persists between the lack of affordable electricity and struggling socio-economic development.

So it should certainly be a topmost national priority to decisively solve this problem, not merely with stopgap measures but systematically for the long run.

Coal became the global workhorse of large-scale electricity in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The discovery of oil and gas between the two world wars, the superiority of energy density in these fossil fuel cousins was a significant setback to the global coal market, not to mention the market entrance of radioactive uranium later on.

The 1973 oil shock to the United States, the world's single largest national economy, spurred a fresh momentum for coal.

At that time, the US did not know how much natural gas it had or its extraction technology.

Copycat economies, especially those with ample coal reserves of their own, followed the US's example.

The worldwide electricity share of coal grew from 30.3 percent in 1974 to a peak of 41.3 percent in 2007, but has been faltering since.

During the coal boom, the many ill-effects of coal electricity, from environmental destruction to greenhouse gas emissions to a lethal impact on human health became increasingly obvious, extensively researched and documented.

Despite a growing toll on planet care and human life, coal was considered a necessary evil for cheap electricity and competitive industrialisation.

Around the turn of the 21st century, it dawned on the more affluent and technologically advanced countries that coal was more of a historical burden than future necessity.

The lure of the dirty watt began to rapidly fade.

Pakistan was unable to mine coal in its heyday.

The opportunity of coal from the Thar desert became a hot topic about a decade ago, ironically when the smarter economies started its retirement planning from their energy portfolios.

The perception built around the Thar coal reserves was the discovery of a momentous national solution, even though the reserves consist of lignite, a lowly ranked form of coal in energy content.

Engro pounced on the opportunity, first forming the Engro Powergen Thar Limited (EPTL), then teaming up in a joint venture with the Sindh government for the mining — a clever move to lock in the political and bureaucratic establishment with its corporate financial plans.

According to a publicly available information pack, EPTL initially planned two stages of coal power scaling up from 600 megawatt (MW) to 1.2 gigawatt (GW), the numbers would change a few times over the years.

The selected mining area, called Thar Block-II, is said to have exploitable lignite reserves of 1.57 billion tonnes with the potential to generate five gigawatts power for 50 years.

The leased mining area is spread over 95.5km2.

Apparently, the project planning was initiated several years ago, around 2010.

The promotion material boasts, "Given the large energy deficit and the lack of any sustainable indigenous resources in the country, the Thar coal project presents a tremendous growth opportunity."

According to a news report (Dawn, July 2017), the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) set an offtake tariff, the all-inclusive buying price (also called the Levelized Cost of Electricity or LCOE in energy industry jargon) for the project's 30-year electricity output at 7.33 US cents/kWh.

The overall project deployment cost is estimated at an average of $1.2 million/MW.

A more recent news update (Dawn, Dec 30, 2017) reports that 660 MW of Thar coal power supply to the national grid is expected by December 2018.

The total project investment comes to $1.945 billion, of which $845 million is for the mining.

The remaining $1.1 billion divided by 660 MW comes to $1.6 million/MW for the coal power plant commissioning.

Another $2.5 billion investment is earmarked for complementary works in the area, bringing the total bill to $4.5 billion.

The project is included in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor programme — another seal of approval.

The project managers optimistically mention the prospect of electricity exports to India.

While EPTL and the Sindh government have invested considerable time and financial resources in the protracted Thar project planning, mining and other works to date, a project of this magnitude deserves intense scrutiny at every stage, a check of how it compares to alternative courses of action at each juncture.

Whatever financial spending has happened to date is a "sunk cost", money that has already been spent and cannot be recovered, whether for good or bad.

What matters most is deciding the best path forward, based on what we now know.

To assess the value of coal power, one must understand the nature of the beast.

Coal follows the thermal route to electricity generation.

There are two basic defining characteristics of thermal power plants: technical and commercial.

A thermal power plant initially transforms the chosen fuel ingredient into heat energy that is subsequently turned into electricity by a steam turbine.

It is an indirect conversion process that requires copious amounts of freshwater to create steam from the heat energy as an intermediate step.

The other important characteristic is that the plant requires a recurrent supply of the fuel, with an associated variable (operational) cost of production, for electricity generation.

The variable cost is driven by volatile financials of the fuel supply — no one really knows how to predict or control fuel prices over the long run, no matter what one might claim.

Is there really a "lack of any sustainable indigenous resources in the country" to meet our "large energy deficit"?

The 21st century ushered in an alternative system of large-scale electricity generation, challenging the status quo of thermal power plants.

This new category is called renewable energy or renewables for short.

Abundant natural assets in Pakistan, the renewables of solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind are local resources ideally suited to meet our large energy deficit, without being a major drain on scarce water resources, polluting the air, causing environmental damage or social displacement.

Solar PV is the direct conversion of light into electricity by semiconductor materials, with silicon being the most commonly used semiconductor for the purpose (over 90 percent of the market).

Silicon is the second-most abundant element in the Earth's crust (and the universe for that matter).

Wind plants take kinetic energy in atmospheric velocities to drive a mechanical system for electricity generation.

The main materials used in wind turbines are glass or carbon fibre-reinforced plastics.

Neither solar PV nor wind energy face a potential materials shortage for the foreseeable future.

These renewables do not need any recurrent supply of fuel.

The variable cost of fuel supply is zero, for the entire planned duration of the power plant.

The power production process does not need the intermediate steps of creating heat energy and then converting it into electricity with the use of freshwater and a steam turbine.

The water withdrawal and consumption requirements for operating these renewables, small amounts for routine cleaning, is therefore relatively trivial.

How much solar electricity can be produced from the 95.5 km2 allocated mining area for Thar Block-II?

The land usage requirement for ground-mounted solar PV, using standard fixed-tilt arrays, is 1 MW-peak per 12,138 m2.

The solar MW-peak capacity needs a capacity factor adjustment for the local operating conditions.

Adjusting the 1 MW-peak by a capacity factor of 20 percent, we come to 1 MW per 0.06 km2 (5 x 12,138 m2 = 60,690 m2) i.e. 1,574 MW for 95.5 km2 (95.5 km2 divided by 60,690 m2).

The solar power capacity of the mining area alone is well over twice the 660 MW coal power plant.

The block of land can be used again and again for solar PV.

The bankable lifetime of a solar PV plant is 25-30 years.

However, the solar PV plant can be easily replaced by another after the 25 to 30-year period, with a lower installation cost and electricity output price for each successive installation.

How would the solar electricity buying price (the project LCOE) compare to that of the 7.33 US cents/kWh set by Nepra for the EPTL coal project?

The electricity buying price for the latest 100 MW-peak extension of the Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park near Bahawalpur, being undertaken by Zorlu Enerji, has been reportedly agreed at 6 US cents/kWh for 25 years — that's 18 percent cheaper than the Thar coal tariff!

The daily insolation at Thar is about the same as Bahawalpur, an average of nearly 6 kWh/m2 per day (about twice the level of Germany, a global leader in solar per capita).

A greater project size possible on the 95.5 km2 of land enables a lower procurement cost, an economies of scale effect, so an even lower tariff than Bahawalpur is possible.

Alternatively, the Thar solar project developer can pocket a higher profit than Zorlu Enerji at the same tariff of 6 US cents/kWh.

It should be clear from the above, that solely on the basis of the achievable project financials, renewables are a preferable option to coal for the designated Thar land.

It's better for the potential financiers and owners of a large-scale electricity project on the land, the people of Thar, the electricity infrastructure of Sindh and Pakistan, our national economy, the welfare of our shared planet.

The absurdity of coal mining and thermal power plants in areas with acute water stress should be self-evident.

Mining operations require around 250 litres of freshwater per tonne of coal.

The daily diet of coal for a thermal power plant is about 12 tonnes per MW.

A typical 500 MW coal power plant then needs another 1,300 million litres of freshwater a day for the electricity generation process, varies by the exact heating and condensing technology.

That's close to three litres of freshwater per day for every inhabitant of Sindh.

Solar electricity can be used to desalinate brackish water deposits into drinking water for the local population.

Community-based solar powered desalination projects have been demonstrated to deliver drinking water at a cost of as low as one US cent per litre.

Rather than being a drain on dwindling freshwater reserves, a solar project would have the opposite effect.

The last decade has seen an irreversible sea change in new electricity planning.

Solar PV and wind are inevitably increasing their share of the global electricity portfolio for the two previously mentioned reasons: no fuel and less taxing on scarce freshwater.

Another key driver of change is the emergence of Natural Gas (NG) as the preferred choice for thermal power plants.

As with renewables, one fundamental reason is a reduction in lifecycle generation cost to financially outperform coal.

Another is that well designed NG plants have fewer toxic emissions than other fossil fuels.

The most important advantage is how NG and renewables complement each other in the overall electricity portfolio.

The electricity output of renewables is higher up the pecking order in consumption priority than a thermal power plant — it's called the Merit Order Effect (renewables have a higher demand merit) — as there is no additional operational cost of paying for the fuel.

A zero marginal cost of solar or wind energy supply always wins over fuel expenses.

However, solar and wind are variable sources of electricity that can, at times, produce excess electricity than planned (or vice versa).

So if you want a thermal power plant in the portfolio mix, it's best to have one that can be easily ramped down and up.

Coal and nuclear do not fit the bill — technically cumbersome and costly to shut down and restart.

NG, on the other hand, is well suited to flexible power generation.

Let's scan how various economies are adapting in the global energy transition.

The US, China and India offer instructive examples of heavily coal-reliant countries, with far greater supply-chains, well-developed reserves of the fuel than Pakistan.

The US Energy Information and Administration meticulously compiles data on new capacity additions each year.

The trio of solar, wind and gas have dominated the new millennium in the US, with solar and wind sharply accelerating in 2015-2016.

Coal (and nuclear) power plants are on their way out, stagnating till their expiry date or already being decommissioned (an excruciating, costly process in itself).

The Trump administration has tried to revive coal's fortunes for political reasons, but to no avail.

All sorts of concessions aren't rolling back the years for coal, because of the sheer force of competitive economics.

It's now more economical to invest in a new renewables plant than prop up a coal dinosaur.

This month, the US Federal Commission rejected the push to subsidise coal and nuclear for future electricity needs, prompting media headlines like "Trump's Coal Bailout Is Dead".

China's progressive transition to renewables is even more dramatic.

About a year ago, the Chinese National Energy Administration abruptly cancelled all 103 of its new coal power plant licences totalling 1.2 GW capacity.

China learnt the hard way that a strategy of green coal power based on supercritical and ultra-supercritical technology had spawned "white elephants" in a "provincial pipe dream".

Utilisation rates for coal power were plummeting.

Independent US research into the Chinese experience came to the conclusion that it's not a good idea to follow the same failing strategy (though obviously the Trump administration wasn't paying attention).

Renewables and gas were better options, it concluded.

Aside from worsening air pollution, despite the use of superior coal technology, and the consequent social backlash, the economics didn't work out for China.

Parochial politics, chasing short-sighted gratification for their own constituencies, drove the Chinese coal rush further into the mire.

The disappointing outcome is captured in the above graph (see China's Coal-fired Power Capacity Bubble).

On the other hand, China's experience with solar PV and wind has been as escalating lovefest, not only domestically but in international investment.

In 2016, China installed 68 GW of renewables nationwide out of a global total of 165 GW (surpassing its 2020 cumulative target well in advance).

Investments in overseas projects crossed $44 billion last year.

China is eagerly consolidating its global leadership in renewables, as a consumer, manufacturer and investor.

The future of coal in India is also in jeopardy.

Hazardous air pollution, of great peril to the political establishment, has necessitated tighter emissions controls for new coal power plants, spiking the total deployment costs.

Renewables, both solar and wind, have soundly beaten coal to become the cheapest electricity source in India.

Two-thirds of India's coal power is now more expensive than renewables.

Replacing these coal power plants with renewables would save Indian consumers up to $8 billion annually.

Recent research indicates that further investment in coal will result in India missing its Paris Agreement emissions targets and/or cause a proliferation of stranded assets.

A stranded asset means a power plant that has to be operationally abandoned before the completion of its planned financial lifetime.

In contrast, there is little risk of a stranded asset in renewables because the variable operational cost is zero.

Unsurprisingly, the Indian government is beating a strategic retreat from coal, abandoning a pipeline of 50 GW.

Coal India, the world's largest coal company that owns 82 percent of India's coal, has been forced into closing down 37 mines.

Further closures are on the cards to deliver the desired coal-free future.

The writing on the wall is crystal clear.

Numerous other examples from Chile to Britain to Australia present similar facts, show trends in the same direction.

Future electricity portfolios will be dominated by solar, wind and NG.

Forward-looking economies do not want to become trapped in the past with coal.

It would be quite foolhardy on the part of Pakistan to go against the tide of the global energy transition, wasting its meagre financial resources on coal.

Pakistan, like China and India, is a signatory to the Paris climate agreement and cannot afford to ruin its international standing by undermining its commitments.

Pakistan does not have better coal technology than that of the Chinese (world leaders in the field, ahead of the US).

The fragile economy of Pakistan cannot afford to repeat the mistake of the Chinese coal capacity bubble.

Coal is increasingly incompatible with a global energy transition that has gone past the tipping point.

The multi-billion dollar debt being poured into the Thar sands is investment in a dead horse.

Construction work continues rapidly at the 660 MW power plant

While the more savvy energy planners are busy migrating to 21st century electricity portfolios, we seem intent on financing a power supply chain that will become obsolete before the investment fully pays off.

Although renewables have become cheaper, are cleaner, and save on the scarce, precious resource of freshwater, a trite argument used by die-hard coal advocates is that it's necessary to provide baseload power.

A few years ago, the CEO of UK's National Grid famously remarked in an interview, "The concept of baseload is already outdated", going on to explain that "the idea of a large baseload generator that runs pretty much all of the time ... just doesn't have as good a fit to the market conditions we expect to see."

Baseload power means the provision of a minimum threshold of power for a sustained period of time.

Coal power plants are no longer needed for it.

The diversification of electricity supply to renewables and NG has enabled a more robust paradigm of flexible power generation.

The minimum threshold is securely and economically taken care of, not to mention the unexpected deviations in demand.

The old baseload contracts that coal needed for economic profitability are now defunct, incongruous with modern electricity planning.

An illustration of how the future electricity needs for hot climates like Pakistan, the so-called duck curve of aggregated demand variation in such conditions, can be best served by renewables and NG without the need for any coal:

The whole point behind sprawling, capital intensive, transmission and distribution networks is taking advantage of diversified electricity sources.

Flexible power generation has been likened to a musical orchestra, the conductor needs to know what instrument to play at different times to satisfy the tune of demand.

Solar and wind generation are complementary in terms of their daily and seasonal variation.

Energy storage is also an essential part of the band.

When a large coal power plant trips, as it will do, a backup energy storage unit of equal power output capacity is needed to quickly compensate for the outage.

With distributed renewables, any single outage of a solar PV or wind system will not require the same level of backup.

The geographical distribution of electricity supply, the more renewables the better, reduces such backup costs.

The backup requirement also kicks in during the downtime of power plants, for periodical maintenance operations.

The typical guaranteed plant availability of solar PV and wind is over 98-99 percent, while it is around 70-80 percent for coal.

The operational maintenance of solar PV and wind plants is much simpler than that for coal power, so their scheduled and unexpected downtime is much less.

Energy storage comes in several varieties.

Large-scale centralised energy storage can consist of pumped hydro — the Makran coast offers possible locations — or compressed air energy storage, perhaps feasible in the abandoned salt mines of Khewra.

Decentralised energy storage in the form of MW-scale batteries is making rapid advances in cost and ease of installation.

MW-scale batteries are ideal for storing the cheap electricity of solar and wind, shifting the supply to different times of the day.

This advancing technology front boosts the case for renewables, accelerates the inevitable obsolescence of coal.

In countries such as Pakistan, where the transmission and distribution networks are weak and plagued by energy theft, an attractive alternative is the bottom-up electricity infrastructure development of micro-grids.

These micro-grids can deliver reliable power at various levels e.g. an industrial zone, rural village or metropolitan area.

Coal power is not suitable for micro-grids because, unlike renewables, it is not modular and incrementally scalable.

Micro-grid projects rely primarily on renewables and NG from local renewable sources (methane from waste).

These micro-grids can be set up far more quickly than thermal power plants, and offer an ideal quick fix solution to local load-shedding.

Dumper trucks at the Thar-Block-II mining site

It's unlikely that the Thar coal power output will be in demand for exports to India.

The area on the other side of the border is prioritised for India's national solar strategy, and we know the cost of this solar electricity is cheaper than the output price of the proposed Thar coal project.

We also know that India is phasing out its own reliance on coal power, as it's incompatible with a forward-looking electricity portfolio based mainly on renewables.

Sustainable electricity at affordable prices for the long run without technical or financial risks, mitigating climate change, optimal use of our land, water management, clean air, and avoiding social discontent that can be politically exploited, are all issues of major national security importance.

The Thar coal endeavour needlessly creates vulnerabilities in every aspect.

Energy independence is better secured by renewables than resorting to the Thar coal reserves.

There is no need for a trade-off between cheap, reliable electricity supply and preserving our natural environment.

The situation might have been different when the Thar coal project was originally envisaged, but we can surely do better now, learning from the experiences of others and understanding the latest options available with an eye on future developments.

The Thar coal is best left buried as it is.

A few may fleetingly benefit from this silly, blighted scheme but it's not worth sacrificing the well-being of the many and national security for it, and it is not worth proving how myopic and self-destructive a nation we have become, easily led astray.

It would be a grave mistake, a staggering act of national masochism, to fall into this coal trap.

The writer is a renewable energy and technology commercialisation expert based in London.

He can be contacted at Viewpoint@Vivantive.com

Published in Dawn, EOS, February 4th, 2018

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 Water systems are affected by coal mining. For example, mining affects groundwater and water table levels and acidity. Spills of fly ash, such as the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill, can also contaminate land and waterways, and destroy homes. Power stations that burn coal also consume large quantities of water. This can affect the flows of rivers, and has consequential impacts on other land uses. Coal mining and coal power plants would use significant quantities of water in areas of water scarcity.


The charity is run by a board of trustees.

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A message from Peter Aiers, 16th October 2017

Our board of trustees is chaired by Peter Ainsworth and its dedicated members all give their time and contribute their varied expertise, knowledge and experience without payment.

The board's members come to the Trust with specific skill sets relevant to different areas of our work, ranging from legal and business management skills to knowledge and experience of working on architectural, conservation and regeneration projects as well as extensive experience in the heritage and volunteering sectors.

As well as the part they play in board meetings some trustees are involved in sub committees and working groups which focus on specific areas of our work.

Peter Ainsworth was appointed Chairman of The Churches Conservation Trust for a three year term in July 2016.

Peter has been UK Chair of the Big Lottery Fund since 2011 and is a Board member of the Environment Agency.

He was previously Chairman of Plantlife International and the Elgar Foundation.

Peter previously served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture and Shadow Secretary of State of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

He was Member of Parliament for East Surrey for 18 years until 2010.

His involvement in the heritage sector dates back to 1995, when he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for National Heritage.

He was a member of the DCMS Select Committee in 2009-10.

A former investment banker, he is a founding partner of sustainability consultancy the Robertsbridge Group.

He is also a Patron of the College of St Barnabas, a residential community of retired Anglican clergy in Lingfield, Surrey.

William Donaldson was appointed to the Board of Trustees in July 2017.

Born and raised in Western Canada, he moved to the UK to read Theology at the University of Wales.

Following an early charity-sector career in property management with the Church of England, he became a founding shareholder, now Group Director and Co-Chairman of Mainstay Group, providing industry-leading services to the property sector.

He has also led successful joint venture projects, notably with the Pemberstone Group in acquiring residential freeholds between 2006-2011.

A significant voice in residential asset management, he continues to work with some of the UK's largest pension funds.

Will is delighted that his CCT trusteeship brings together his love for churches, architecture and entrepreneurship.

Edward Harley was educated at Cambridge and for many years he worked at Cazenove and Co where he was a partner.

He is Chairman of the Acceptance in Lieu Panel and the Mappa Mundi Trust.

He is also involved in a wide range of charities including the Burghley House Preservation Trust, the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, the Goldsmiths' Company and the advisory council of Tate Britain.

He is a past president of the Historic Houses Association and a Lay Canon of Hereford Cathedral.

In January 2018 Edward was awarded an OBE for services to heritage.

Journalist and writer Sir Simon Jenkins FSA FRSL was appointed to The Churches Conservation Trust's board of trustees in January 2016.

A broadcaster, journalist and former Chairman of the National Trust, Sir Simon has a keen interest and knowledge of historic churches and is the author of the popular Penguin books 'England's Thousand Best Churches', 'Country Churches' and 'England's Cathedrals'.

Sir Simon writes columns for both The Guardian and London's Evening Standard and was previously a commentator and editor for The Times.

She is a communications professional with experience spanning the charity, heritage and creative industries sectors.

As communications lead for Allchurches Trust, one of the UK's largest grant-making trusts, she works closely with churches and charities addressing homelessness, poverty and isolation and is involved in a pioneering new partnership in the education sector.

Beth began her career at Dulwich Picture Gallery before joining Sotheby's where she become Head of Corporate Press and was instrumental in establishing Sotheby's Asia.

She moved to English Heritage in 1996, where she launched campaigns including Heritage at Risk and the Angel Awards and led a complex process of transition to the new Historic England brand.

Beth has recently been appointed a Leadership Fellow of St George's House, Windsor and is an advisor to a leading crowdfunding company.

Liz was Chief Executive of the British Property Federation for thirteen years until her retirement in 2014.

She was awarded a CBE in 2008 for services to the property industry.

Liz now has a portfolio career with a range of non-executive, advisory and charity roles, at Howard de Walden Estates, RPS Group, RDI REIT, Holtby Turner, and the Churches Conservation Trust.

She is Chairman of the Architectural Heritage Fund and Centre for London and President of the Property Litigation Association.

She is a member of the Mayor of London's Homes for Londoners Board and chairs the Government Property Agency.

In 2017 Liz was appointed Chairman of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) and in 2018 she was appointed Chairman of the shadow Sponsor Board for the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme.

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Carol was appointed a trustee in April 2018.

Carol is currently Chief Executive of the Historic Coventry Trust.

She was previously Assitant Director of Planning at Historic England, formerly English Heritage, where she spent over two decades in senior roles.

An archaeologist by training, she has had a longstanding interest and involvement in churches and their conservation, ranging from her previous role as founding editor of Church Archaeology (the journal of the Society for Church Archaeology) to being a current member of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England.

Sue was appointed to the Board of Trustees in July 2017.

She was an executive board director at the National Trust until the end of 2016 with responsibility for membership, fundraising, volunteering and participation.

During her career with the National Trust, she led several multi-million pound IT and digital investment projects.

She also led a successful brand review, developed the Trust's approach to visitor experience and customer service and was the executive board lead on tourism.

Sue is currently a trustee of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the Medical Research Foundation.

She is a board director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) and chair of the Canal & River Trust Living Waterways Awards.

In earlier years she served on the Visit England Board and as a trustee of the Institute of Fundraising.

List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands

The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant by the Church of England. The Trust was established by the Pastoral Measure of 1968. The legally defined object of the Trust is "the preservation, in the interests of the nation and the Church of England, of churches and parts of churches of historic and archaeological interest or architectural quality vested in the Fund ... together with their contents so vested".   The charity cares for over 350 churches.  The Trust is financed partly by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Church Commissioners, but grants from those bodies were frozen in 2001, since when additional funding has come from other sources, including the general public. In the 12 months ending 31 March 2010 the charity's income was £6,161,653, and its spending was £6,035,871.  During that year it had 44 employees, and used the services of 2,000 volunteers.


The board of trustees delegate the day-to-day management to a chief executive.

(meta data) TITLE: Board of Trustees | The Churches Conservation Trust

A message from Peter Aiers, 16th October 2017

Our board of trustees is chaired by Peter Ainsworth and its dedicated members all give their time and contribute their varied expertise, knowledge and experience without payment.

The board's members come to the Trust with specific skill sets relevant to different areas of our work, ranging from legal and business management skills to knowledge and experience of working on architectural, conservation and regeneration projects as well as extensive experience in the heritage and volunteering sectors.

As well as the part they play in board meetings some trustees are involved in sub committees and working groups which focus on specific areas of our work.

Peter Ainsworth was appointed Chairman of The Churches Conservation Trust for a three year term in July 2016.

Peter has been UK Chair of the Big Lottery Fund since 2011 and is a Board member of the Environment Agency.

He was previously Chairman of Plantlife International and the Elgar Foundation.

Peter previously served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture and Shadow Secretary of State of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

He was Member of Parliament for East Surrey for 18 years until 2010.

His involvement in the heritage sector dates back to 1995, when he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for National Heritage.

He was a member of the DCMS Select Committee in 2009-10.

A former investment banker, he is a founding partner of sustainability consultancy the Robertsbridge Group.

He is also a Patron of the College of St Barnabas, a residential community of retired Anglican clergy in Lingfield, Surrey.

William Donaldson was appointed to the Board of Trustees in July 2017.

Born and raised in Western Canada, he moved to the UK to read Theology at the University of Wales.

Following an early charity-sector career in property management with the Church of England, he became a founding shareholder, now Group Director and Co-Chairman of Mainstay Group, providing industry-leading services to the property sector.

He has also led successful joint venture projects, notably with the Pemberstone Group in acquiring residential freeholds between 2006-2011.

A significant voice in residential asset management, he continues to work with some of the UK's largest pension funds.

Will is delighted that his CCT trusteeship brings together his love for churches, architecture and entrepreneurship.

Edward Harley was educated at Cambridge and for many years he worked at Cazenove and Co where he was a partner.

He is Chairman of the Acceptance in Lieu Panel and the Mappa Mundi Trust.

He is also involved in a wide range of charities including the Burghley House Preservation Trust, the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, the Goldsmiths' Company and the advisory council of Tate Britain.

He is a past president of the Historic Houses Association and a Lay Canon of Hereford Cathedral.

In January 2018 Edward was awarded an OBE for services to heritage.

Journalist and writer Sir Simon Jenkins FSA FRSL was appointed to The Churches Conservation Trust's board of trustees in January 2016.

A broadcaster, journalist and former Chairman of the National Trust, Sir Simon has a keen interest and knowledge of historic churches and is the author of the popular Penguin books 'England's Thousand Best Churches', 'Country Churches' and 'England's Cathedrals'.

Sir Simon writes columns for both The Guardian and London's Evening Standard and was previously a commentator and editor for The Times.

She is a communications professional with experience spanning the charity, heritage and creative industries sectors.

As communications lead for Allchurches Trust, one of the UK's largest grant-making trusts, she works closely with churches and charities addressing homelessness, poverty and isolation and is involved in a pioneering new partnership in the education sector.

Beth began her career at Dulwich Picture Gallery before joining Sotheby's where she become Head of Corporate Press and was instrumental in establishing Sotheby's Asia.

She moved to English Heritage in 1996, where she launched campaigns including Heritage at Risk and the Angel Awards and led a complex process of transition to the new Historic England brand.

Beth has recently been appointed a Leadership Fellow of St George's House, Windsor and is an advisor to a leading crowdfunding company.

Liz was Chief Executive of the British Property Federation for thirteen years until her retirement in 2014.

She was awarded a CBE in 2008 for services to the property industry.

Liz now has a portfolio career with a range of non-executive, advisory and charity roles, at Howard de Walden Estates, RPS Group, RDI REIT, Holtby Turner, and the Churches Conservation Trust.

She is Chairman of the Architectural Heritage Fund and Centre for London and President of the Property Litigation Association.

She is a member of the Mayor of London's Homes for Londoners Board and chairs the Government Property Agency.

In 2017 Liz was appointed Chairman of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) and in 2018 she was appointed Chairman of the shadow Sponsor Board for the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme.

##### Trustee & chairman of Conservation Committee

Carol was appointed a trustee in April 2018.

Carol is currently Chief Executive of the Historic Coventry Trust.

She was previously Assitant Director of Planning at Historic England, formerly English Heritage, where she spent over two decades in senior roles.

An archaeologist by training, she has had a longstanding interest and involvement in churches and their conservation, ranging from her previous role as founding editor of Church Archaeology (the journal of the Society for Church Archaeology) to being a current member of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England.

Sue was appointed to the Board of Trustees in July 2017.

She was an executive board director at the National Trust until the end of 2016 with responsibility for membership, fundraising, volunteering and participation.

During her career with the National Trust, she led several multi-million pound IT and digital investment projects.

She also led a successful brand review, developed the Trust's approach to visitor experience and customer service and was the executive board lead on tourism.

Sue is currently a trustee of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the Medical Research Foundation.

She is a board director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) and chair of the Canal & River Trust Living Waterways Awards.

In earlier years she served on the Visit England Board and as a trustee of the Institute of Fundraising.

The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant by the Church of England. The Trust was established by the Pastoral Measure of 1968. The legally defined object of the Trust is "the preservation, in the interests of the nation and the Church of England, of churches and parts of churches of historic and archaeological interest or architectural quality vested in the Fund ... together with their contents so vested".   The charity cares for over 350 churches.  The Trust is financed partly by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Church Commissioners, but grants from those bodies were frozen in 2001, since when additional funding has come from other sources, including the general public. In the 12 months ending 31 March 2010 the charity's income was £6,161,653, and its spending was £6,035,871.  During that year it had 44 employees, and used the services of 2,000 volunteers. The charity is run by a board of trustees.


The chief executive has a senior management team.

(meta data) TITLE: Board of Trustees | The Churches Conservation Trust

A message from Peter Aiers, 16th October 2017

Our board of trustees is chaired by Peter Ainsworth and its dedicated members all give their time and contribute their varied expertise, knowledge and experience without payment.

The board's members come to the Trust with specific skill sets relevant to different areas of our work, ranging from legal and business management skills to knowledge and experience of working on architectural, conservation and regeneration projects as well as extensive experience in the heritage and volunteering sectors.

As well as the part they play in board meetings some trustees are involved in sub committees and working groups which focus on specific areas of our work.

Peter Ainsworth was appointed Chairman of The Churches Conservation Trust for a three year term in July 2016.

Peter has been UK Chair of the Big Lottery Fund since 2011 and is a Board member of the Environment Agency.

He was previously Chairman of Plantlife International and the Elgar Foundation.

Peter previously served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture and Shadow Secretary of State of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

He was Member of Parliament for East Surrey for 18 years until 2010.

His involvement in the heritage sector dates back to 1995, when he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for National Heritage.

He was a member of the DCMS Select Committee in 2009-10.

A former investment banker, he is a founding partner of sustainability consultancy the Robertsbridge Group.

He is also a Patron of the College of St Barnabas, a residential community of retired Anglican clergy in Lingfield, Surrey.

William Donaldson was appointed to the Board of Trustees in July 2017.

Born and raised in Western Canada, he moved to the UK to read Theology at the University of Wales.

Following an early charity-sector career in property management with the Church of England, he became a founding shareholder, now Group Director and Co-Chairman of Mainstay Group, providing industry-leading services to the property sector.

He has also led successful joint venture projects, notably with the Pemberstone Group in acquiring residential freeholds between 2006-2011.

A significant voice in residential asset management, he continues to work with some of the UK's largest pension funds.

Will is delighted that his CCT trusteeship brings together his love for churches, architecture and entrepreneurship.

Edward Harley was educated at Cambridge and for many years he worked at Cazenove and Co where he was a partner.

He is Chairman of the Acceptance in Lieu Panel and the Mappa Mundi Trust.

He is also involved in a wide range of charities including the Burghley House Preservation Trust, the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, the Goldsmiths' Company and the advisory council of Tate Britain.

He is a past president of the Historic Houses Association and a Lay Canon of Hereford Cathedral.

In January 2018 Edward was awarded an OBE for services to heritage.

Journalist and writer Sir Simon Jenkins FSA FRSL was appointed to The Churches Conservation Trust's board of trustees in January 2016.

A broadcaster, journalist and former Chairman of the National Trust, Sir Simon has a keen interest and knowledge of historic churches and is the author of the popular Penguin books 'England's Thousand Best Churches', 'Country Churches' and 'England's Cathedrals'.

Sir Simon writes columns for both The Guardian and London's Evening Standard and was previously a commentator and editor for The Times.

She is a communications professional with experience spanning the charity, heritage and creative industries sectors.

As communications lead for Allchurches Trust, one of the UK's largest grant-making trusts, she works closely with churches and charities addressing homelessness, poverty and isolation and is involved in a pioneering new partnership in the education sector.

Beth began her career at Dulwich Picture Gallery before joining Sotheby's where she become Head of Corporate Press and was instrumental in establishing Sotheby's Asia.

She moved to English Heritage in 1996, where she launched campaigns including Heritage at Risk and the Angel Awards and led a complex process of transition to the new Historic England brand.

Beth has recently been appointed a Leadership Fellow of St George's House, Windsor and is an advisor to a leading crowdfunding company.

Liz was Chief Executive of the British Property Federation for thirteen years until her retirement in 2014.

She was awarded a CBE in 2008 for services to the property industry.

Liz now has a portfolio career with a range of non-executive, advisory and charity roles, at Howard de Walden Estates, RPS Group, RDI REIT, Holtby Turner, and the Churches Conservation Trust.

She is Chairman of the Architectural Heritage Fund and Centre for London and President of the Property Litigation Association.

She is a member of the Mayor of London's Homes for Londoners Board and chairs the Government Property Agency.

In 2017 Liz was appointed Chairman of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) and in 2018 she was appointed Chairman of the shadow Sponsor Board for the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme.

##### Trustee & chairman of Conservation Committee

Carol was appointed a trustee in April 2018.

Carol is currently Chief Executive of the Historic Coventry Trust.

She was previously Assitant Director of Planning at Historic England, formerly English Heritage, where she spent over two decades in senior roles.

An archaeologist by training, she has had a longstanding interest and involvement in churches and their conservation, ranging from her previous role as founding editor of Church Archaeology (the journal of the Society for Church Archaeology) to being a current member of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England.

Sue was appointed to the Board of Trustees in July 2017.

She was an executive board director at the National Trust until the end of 2016 with responsibility for membership, fundraising, volunteering and participation.

During her career with the National Trust, she led several multi-million pound IT and digital investment projects.

She also led a successful brand review, developed the Trust's approach to visitor experience and customer service and was the executive board lead on tourism.

Sue is currently a trustee of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the Medical Research Foundation.

She is a board director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) and chair of the Canal & River Trust Living Waterways Awards.

In earlier years she served on the Visit England Board and as a trustee of the Institute of Fundraising.

The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant by the Church of England. The Trust was established by the Pastoral Measure of 1968. The legally defined object of the Trust is "the preservation, in the interests of the nation and the Church of England, of churches and parts of churches of historic and archaeological interest or architectural quality vested in the Fund ... together with their contents so vested".   The charity cares for over 350 churches.  The Trust is financed partly by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Church Commissioners, but grants from those bodies were frozen in 2001, since when additional funding has come from other sources, including the general public. In the 12 months ending 31 March 2010 the charity's income was £6,161,653, and its spending was £6,035,871.  During that year it had 44 employees, and used the services of 2,000 volunteers. The charity is run by a board of trustees. The board of trustees delegate the day-to-day management to a chief executive.


(meta data) TITLE: Nevada AG candidate Aaron Ford arrested 4 times in 1990s | Las Vegas Review-Journal

# Nevada AG candidate Aaron Ford arrested 4 times in 1990s

Nevada Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, was arrested four times in Texas in the 1990s for public intoxication, stealing tires and twice for failing to appear in court — once for a speeding ticket and once for a theft charge.

By Ramona Giwargis Las Vegas Review-Journal

Nevada Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, was arrested four times in Texas in the 1990s for public intoxication, stealing tires and twice for failing to appear in court.

POLICE INCIDENT REPORT; CLICK TO ENLARGE

The longtime senator also was investigated for trespassing into his now ex-girlfriend's home, documents show.

The documents, first obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Tuesday, detail several years of legal troubles for Ford in his early 20s.

The revelations come a week after the Review-Journal reported that Ford owed more than $185,000 in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties.

Ford on Friday acknowledged making bad decisions in his youth and said he has learned from his mistakes.

"I obviously made some bad decisions, but college kids make bad decisions," he said.

It's part of what makes me so passionate for what I fight for.

I don't want the first 20 years of my life to be the judge of what's happened the last 25 years of my life."

According to records, Texas authorities issued an arrest warrant for Ford in October 1994 after he skipped arraignment on a misdemeanor theft charge.

Ford was arrested in June that year and accused of stealing $20 to $200 worth of tires in Brazos County.

His bail was set for $10,000, documents show.

Ford, 46, was arrested on the warrant in December 1994 and arraigned in February 1995.

The records show Ford eventually made restitution and the case was dismissed.

In 1993, the senator was investigated by the City of College Station Police Department for criminal trespassing after he allegedly entered a Texas woman's home "without her permission."

Ford was not arrested and no criminal charges were filed.

The woman, Stephanie Ybarra, is the mother of Ford's son and reportedly told officers she did not allow him to enter her home, according to an incident report.

The City of College Station denied a public records request for the full report, providing just the first page.

Officials said they withheld the records because the police investigation did not result in a conviction.

Ford also was arrested by Texas A&M University police in 1991 and charged with public intoxication.

He was arrested again the following year when police responded to a "disturbance" at his apartment in Bryan, Texas.

Ford said his college friends were partying before officers responded to the home.

A routine check showed a warrant stemming from Ford's failure to appear for a speeding ticket.

Though Ford's arrests are more than two decades old when he was in his early 20s, political opponents say the information is relevant because Ford is running for attorney general — the state's top law enforcement official.

"Four criminal arrests are a pretty serious revelation for someone running to be Nevada's top law enforcement officer," said John Vick, campaign manager for Ford's Republican opponent Wes Duncan.

Contact Ramona Giwargis at rgiwargis@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-4538.

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Ford was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He is the oldest of three sons from a working-class family where money was tight. Ford earned a scholarship and received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in 1994. He was the first in his family to graduate from college. He earned a master's degree from George Washington University. He studied international education at George Washington University while teaching at a local high school. He also has a master's, juris doctor, and doctorate degree from Ohio State University.


In January 1991 Ford was charged with public intoxication.

(meta data) TITLE: Nevada AG candidate Aaron Ford arrested 4 times in 1990s | Las Vegas Review-Journal

# Nevada AG candidate Aaron Ford arrested 4 times in 1990s

Nevada Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, was arrested four times in Texas in the 1990s for public intoxication, stealing tires and twice for failing to appear in court — once for a speeding ticket and once for a theft charge.

By Ramona Giwargis Las Vegas Review-Journal

Nevada Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, was arrested four times in Texas in the 1990s for public intoxication, stealing tires and twice for failing to appear in court.

POLICE INCIDENT REPORT; CLICK TO ENLARGE

The longtime senator also was investigated for trespassing into his now ex-girlfriend's home, documents show.

The documents, first obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Tuesday, detail several years of legal troubles for Ford in his early 20s.

The revelations come a week after the Review-Journal reported that Ford owed more than $185,000 in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties.

Ford on Friday acknowledged making bad decisions in his youth and said he has learned from his mistakes.

"I obviously made some bad decisions, but college kids make bad decisions," he said.

It's part of what makes me so passionate for what I fight for.

I don't want the first 20 years of my life to be the judge of what's happened the last 25 years of my life."

According to records, Texas authorities issued an arrest warrant for Ford in October 1994 after he skipped arraignment on a misdemeanor theft charge.

Ford was arrested in June that year and accused of stealing $20 to $200 worth of tires in Brazos County.

His bail was set for $10,000, documents show.

Ford, 46, was arrested on the warrant in December 1994 and arraigned in February 1995.

The records show Ford eventually made restitution and the case was dismissed.

In 1993, the senator was investigated by the City of College Station Police Department for criminal trespassing after he allegedly entered a Texas woman's home "without her permission."

Ford was not arrested and no criminal charges were filed.

The woman, Stephanie Ybarra, is the mother of Ford's son and reportedly told officers she did not allow him to enter her home, according to an incident report.

The City of College Station denied a public records request for the full report, providing just the first page.

Officials said they withheld the records because the police investigation did not result in a conviction.

Ford also was arrested by Texas A&M University police in 1991 and charged with public intoxication.

He was arrested again the following year when police responded to a "disturbance" at his apartment in Bryan, Texas.

Ford said his college friends were partying before officers responded to the home.

A routine check showed a warrant stemming from Ford's failure to appear for a speeding ticket.

Though Ford's arrests are more than two decades old when he was in his early 20s, political opponents say the information is relevant because Ford is running for attorney general — the state's top law enforcement official.

"Four criminal arrests are a pretty serious revelation for someone running to be Nevada's top law enforcement officer," said John Vick, campaign manager for Ford's Republican opponent Wes Duncan.

Contact Ramona Giwargis at rgiwargis@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-4538.

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Ford was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He is the oldest of three sons from a working-class family where money was tight. Ford earned a scholarship and received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in 1994. He was the first in his family to graduate from college. He earned a master's degree from George Washington University. He studied international education at George Washington University while teaching at a local high school. He also has a master's, juris doctor, and doctorate degree from Ohio State University. In January 1991 Ford was arrested.


The arrest occurred on his college campus.

(meta data) TITLE: Nevada AG candidate Aaron Ford arrested 4 times in 1990s | Las Vegas Review-Journal

# Nevada AG candidate Aaron Ford arrested 4 times in 1990s

Nevada Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, was arrested four times in Texas in the 1990s for public intoxication, stealing tires and twice for failing to appear in court — once for a speeding ticket and once for a theft charge.

By Ramona Giwargis Las Vegas Review-Journal

Nevada Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, was arrested four times in Texas in the 1990s for public intoxication, stealing tires and twice for failing to appear in court.

POLICE INCIDENT REPORT; CLICK TO ENLARGE

The longtime senator also was investigated for trespassing into his now ex-girlfriend's home, documents show.

The documents, first obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Tuesday, detail several years of legal troubles for Ford in his early 20s.

The revelations come a week after the Review-Journal reported that Ford owed more than $185,000 in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties.

Ford on Friday acknowledged making bad decisions in his youth and said he has learned from his mistakes.

"I obviously made some bad decisions, but college kids make bad decisions," he said.

It's part of what makes me so passionate for what I fight for.

I don't want the first 20 years of my life to be the judge of what's happened the last 25 years of my life."

According to records, Texas authorities issued an arrest warrant for Ford in October 1994 after he skipped arraignment on a misdemeanor theft charge.

Ford was arrested in June that year and accused of stealing $20 to $200 worth of tires in Brazos County.

His bail was set for $10,000, documents show.

Ford, 46, was arrested on the warrant in December 1994 and arraigned in February 1995.

The records show Ford eventually made restitution and the case was dismissed.

In 1993, the senator was investigated by the City of College Station Police Department for criminal trespassing after he allegedly entered a Texas woman's home "without her permission."

Ford was not arrested and no criminal charges were filed.

The woman, Stephanie Ybarra, is the mother of Ford's son and reportedly told officers she did not allow him to enter her home, according to an incident report.

The City of College Station denied a public records request for the full report, providing just the first page.

Officials said they withheld the records because the police investigation did not result in a conviction.

Ford also was arrested by Texas A&M University police in 1991 and charged with public intoxication.

He was arrested again the following year when police responded to a "disturbance" at his apartment in Bryan, Texas.

Ford said his college friends were partying before officers responded to the home.

A routine check showed a warrant stemming from Ford's failure to appear for a speeding ticket.

Though Ford's arrests are more than two decades old when he was in his early 20s, political opponents say the information is relevant because Ford is running for attorney general — the state's top law enforcement official.

"Four criminal arrests are a pretty serious revelation for someone running to be Nevada's top law enforcement officer," said John Vick, campaign manager for Ford's Republican opponent Wes Duncan.

Contact Ramona Giwargis at rgiwargis@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-4538.

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In a July 2018 interview with the "Toronto Sun", Baker confirmed that at least three albums' worth of unreleased material was recorded with Downie before his death.

Loss of Gord Downie 'still really fresh' for Tragically Hip bandmates | Toronto Sun

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# Loss of Gord Downie 'still really fresh' for Tragically Hip bandmates

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Gord Downie's Tragically Hip bandmates — guitarists Rob Baker and Paul Langlois, and bassist Gord Sinclair — say they continue to mourn the loss of their long-time friend and frontman as they slowly step back into the spotlight.

"A chocolatey mess," is how Baker described still feeling after Downie passed from brain cancer on Oct. 17.

"It's still really fresh," added Sinclair, while the trio did their first interviews at a lavish country gathering at The New Farm — about 125 km northwest of Toronto — to celebrate their Up Cannabis partnership.

"It's been only eight months after 30 years.

We have great support networks," said Sinclair.

Personally, I have really sad days and I have really good days.

And it doesn't just include the five of us, or the four of us — see, there you go — I still think of it, in terms of a unit.

But it's just the people we've worked with, you know, since the early '90s.

Speak to them, see how everybody's doing.

It's the loss of a good friend of all of ours."

With the Oct. 17 date for legalized pot looming, the three Hip musicians, minus drummer Johnny Fay, were part of a large gathering to celebrate their partnership with Up Cannabis as both investors and brand ambassadors.

"Gord would have loved that," said Baker of the first anniversary of his death coinciding with the date that weed becomes legal for recreational use in Canada.

Five strains, all named after Hip songs — Eldorado, Morning Moon, Grace, Gems, and 50MC (Mission Cap) — were unveiled Tuesday while food from five celebrity chefs was provided on two long banquet tables with seating for 260 people.

Kingston rockers, The Glorious Sons and Toronto's Dallas Green performed inside a barn, and a nearby watering hole provided a refreshing cool down in the middle of southern Ontario's heatwave.

"He would have insisted that we played," said Baker when asked what Downie would have thought of the event.

"He would have loved today," added Langlois.

Interestingly, despite being long thought of as one of Canada's most passionate frontmen, his bandmates say he wasn't entirely comfortable as a public speaker.

"Gord would stand in front of 25,000 people and sing his heart out and go stream-of- consciousness until the cows come home, but if you got him to speak in front of 10 people about water rights, he hated it," said Sinclair.

Added Baker: "The whole persona he developed on stage was stage fright.

It's not a natural thing to stand in front of an audience and bare your soul or to speak to a crowd of people.

And I think every tour he would say, 'I'm not going to do the dancing bear!

I'm going to stand there and sing the songs!'

And as soon as he got out there in front of the crowd, like after about 20 seconds, it would just take over because he needed to do that."

But when the Hip last toured together in 2016 — culminating in a nationwide broadcast of the last show on Aug. 20 in their hometown of Kingston – Sinclair says Downie fed on the fans reactions.

"He got stronger and stronger because of the love that he was getting back from them," he said.

"That's what really struck me about the whole thing.

He was still really sick when we finished but he was better.

No more new Hip music: "We're not actively creating music as The Hip.

Maybe unreleased Hip music: "We'll have to talk about what we do with that at some point.

There's probably like three albums worth.

But I'm not sure what any of it means yet."

Other side projects: "We're still musicians.

It's what we all love – being musically creative.

We're creative in other ways too so I don't see that changing."

— Read part two of Jane Stevenson's interview on The Hip's Up Cannabis deal in this weekend's Toronto Sun.

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History.:2018–present: Activity following Downie's death.

Before his death, Downie indicated in interviews that the band had unreleased material that may still be issued as one or more new albums; when accepting Downie's posthumous awards at the Juno Awards of 2018, his brothers Patrick and Mike also stated that more unreleased music is likely to be issued in the future.
 "A National Celebration", a concert film of the Tragically Hip's final concert, was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 8, 2017.
 In July 2018, guitarist Rob Baker told "Entertainment Tonight Canada" that the Tragically Hip were no longer active as a touring or recording entity following Downie's death. He stated "When I say The Tragically Hip doesn't exist as a performing unit anymore because a key member is gone, I think [fans] understand that. We wouldn't be The Hip without Gord [...] The Hip has played their last note." Baker also revealed that Downie had encouraged the group to audition replacement vocalists, but the other members did not seriously consider the idea. With the legalization of marijuana in Canada, the remaining band members became investment partners in Newstrike, a cannabis company which has named several of its products after Tragically Hip songs.


Baker stated that the band had yet to decide how it would be released.

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Gord Downie's Tragically Hip bandmates — guitarists Rob Baker and Paul Langlois, and bassist Gord Sinclair — say they continue to mourn the loss of their long-time friend and frontman as they slowly step back into the spotlight.

"A chocolatey mess," is how Baker described still feeling after Downie passed from brain cancer on Oct. 17.

"It's still really fresh," added Sinclair, while the trio did their first interviews at a lavish country gathering at The New Farm — about 125 km northwest of Toronto — to celebrate their Up Cannabis partnership.

"It's been only eight months after 30 years.

We have great support networks," said Sinclair.

Personally, I have really sad days and I have really good days.

And it doesn't just include the five of us, or the four of us — see, there you go — I still think of it, in terms of a unit.

But it's just the people we've worked with, you know, since the early '90s.

Speak to them, see how everybody's doing.

It's the loss of a good friend of all of ours."

With the Oct. 17 date for legalized pot looming, the three Hip musicians, minus drummer Johnny Fay, were part of a large gathering to celebrate their partnership with Up Cannabis as both investors and brand ambassadors.

"Gord would have loved that," said Baker of the first anniversary of his death coinciding with the date that weed becomes legal for recreational use in Canada.

Five strains, all named after Hip songs — Eldorado, Morning Moon, Grace, Gems, and 50MC (Mission Cap) — were unveiled Tuesday while food from five celebrity chefs was provided on two long banquet tables with seating for 260 people.

Kingston rockers, The Glorious Sons and Toronto's Dallas Green performed inside a barn, and a nearby watering hole provided a refreshing cool down in the middle of southern Ontario's heatwave.

"He would have insisted that we played," said Baker when asked what Downie would have thought of the event.

"He would have loved today," added Langlois.

Interestingly, despite being long thought of as one of Canada's most passionate frontmen, his bandmates say he wasn't entirely comfortable as a public speaker.

"Gord would stand in front of 25,000 people and sing his heart out and go stream-of- consciousness until the cows come home, but if you got him to speak in front of 10 people about water rights, he hated it," said Sinclair.

Added Baker: "The whole persona he developed on stage was stage fright.

It's not a natural thing to stand in front of an audience and bare your soul or to speak to a crowd of people.

And I think every tour he would say, 'I'm not going to do the dancing bear!

I'm going to stand there and sing the songs!'

And as soon as he got out there in front of the crowd, like after about 20 seconds, it would just take over because he needed to do that."

But when the Hip last toured together in 2016 — culminating in a nationwide broadcast of the last show on Aug. 20 in their hometown of Kingston – Sinclair says Downie fed on the fans reactions.

"He got stronger and stronger because of the love that he was getting back from them," he said.

"That's what really struck me about the whole thing.

He was still really sick when we finished but he was better.

No more new Hip music: "We're not actively creating music as The Hip.

Maybe unreleased Hip music: "We'll have to talk about what we do with that at some point.

There's probably like three albums worth.

But I'm not sure what any of it means yet."

Other side projects: "We're still musicians.

It's what we all love – being musically creative.

We're creative in other ways too so I don't see that changing."

— Read part two of Jane Stevenson's interview on The Hip's Up Cannabis deal in this weekend's Toronto Sun.

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Before his death, Downie indicated in interviews that the band had unreleased material that may still be issued as one or more new albums; when accepting Downie's posthumous awards at the Juno Awards of 2018, his brothers Patrick and Mike also stated that more unreleased music is likely to be issued in the future.
 "A National Celebration", a concert film of the Tragically Hip's final concert, was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 8, 2017.
 In July 2018, guitarist Rob Baker told "Entertainment Tonight Canada" that the Tragically Hip were no longer active as a touring or recording entity following Downie's death. He stated "When I say The Tragically Hip doesn't exist as a performing unit anymore because a key member is gone, I think [fans] understand that. We wouldn't be The Hip without Gord [...] The Hip has played their last note." Baker also revealed that Downie had encouraged the group to audition replacement vocalists, but the other members did not seriously consider the idea. With the legalization of marijuana in Canada, the remaining band members became investment partners in Newstrike, a cannabis company which has named several of its products after Tragically Hip songs. In a July 2018 interview with the "Toronto Sun", Baker confirmed that at least three albums' worth of unreleased material was recorded with Downie before his death.


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Eric Murray (b), Hamish Bond (s), New Zealand, Men's Pair, Heat 1, 2016 World Rowing Cup II, Lucerne, Switzerland

The 2018 Thomas Keller Medal, rowing's most prestigious award, has been awarded to two recipients, Eric Murray and Hamish Bond of the 'Kiwi Pair'.

The award recognises an Outstanding Career in Rowing with Murray and Bond of New Zealand winning over a list of highly accomplished nominees.

Murray and Bond made up the most successful men's pair ever seen in rowing.

They came together in the pair in 2009 and began an incredible run of 69 unbeaten races that included two Olympic gold medals until retirement after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The duo first found success in the men's four, becoming World Champions in 2007.

A disappointing seventh-place finish at the Beijing 2008 Olympics left Murray and Bond dissatisfied.

This may have acted as motivation for Bond to contact Murray and suggest rowing the pair.

Despite rather different personalities, both rowers had a common belief of always striving to develop and improve their technique, treating every training session as another chance to win and having the utmost respect for their competition.

As Bond described their rivalry with Great Britain's top men's pair, Pete Reed and Andrew T Hodge; "We drove them to become better athletes and they drove us to become better.

Their training workload was huge with Bond and Murray doing enough so that even on a 'bad' day they could still win an Olympic title.

This helped them set the World Best Time in the pair during the heats at the London Olympics.

They also set the World Best Time in the men's coxed pair after deciding to 'spice up' their training and racing by entering two events at the 2014 World Rowing Championships.

They raced in the pair and coxed pair, winning both.

Since retiring from rowing Murray has stayed involved in the sport while Bond has moved to cycling and has already proved himself internationally by winning a medal at the recent Commonwealth Games.

The Thomas Keller Medal presentation will take place on Saturday 14 July 2018 during the World Rowing Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Murray and Bond will receive the medal from Dominik Keller, son of FISA's former President, the late Thomas Keller.

To arrange interviews with either Murray or Bond please contact Rowing New Zealand's communications manager, Anna Williams: anna@rowingnz.kiwi, +64 27 403 9326

To view the list of previous Thomas Keller Medal winners, click here.

The Thomas Keller Medal is the highest distinction in the sport of rowing.

It recognises an exceptional international rowing career as well as exemplary sportsmanship and a legendary aspect.

The award was named after the late President of FISA, Thomas Keller (Thomi).

Born in 1924, Keller was elected President of FISA in 1958, at the age of 34 and was then the youngest-ever president of an international sports federation.

Following the 1988 Olympics, Thomi Keller spontaneously awarded the FISA Medal of Honour to Peter-Michael Kolbe and Pertti Karppinen to commemorate one of the greatest rivalries in the history of the sport and recognising their exceptional talent and sportsmanship.

This shaped the idea of the Thomas Keller Medal which was initiated by the Keller family following Thomi's passing in 1989.

It was first awarded to the great Norwegian oarsman Alf Hansen in 1990.

In 2017 the award went to Olympic Champion Katherine Grainger of Great Britain.

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On 17 January 2012 Murray raced five-time men's single scull world champion Mahé Drysdale in the single scull event at the North Island Club Championships and won by less than half a second. Drysdale and Murray were the only two scullers in the event due to inconsistent crosswinds.
 At the 2012 London Olympic Games Murray and teammate Hamish Bond took six seconds off the world record to 6:08.5 in their heat for the men's coxless pair. In the Olympic final Murray and Bond surged into the lead after the 500 meter mark to win the gold medal in 6:16.65 by open water. France edged Great Britain for the silver in 6:21.11 v. Great Britain's time of 6:21.77. The victory capped an undefeated streak that began when Murray and Bond began racing the pair internationally in 2009. After the Olympics, Murray underwent minor knee surgery and announced that he would not be available for international competitions in 2017, whilst Bond announced in November 2016 that he would take a break from rowing.
 In the 2013 New Year Honours, Murray was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rowing. In 2018 the International Rowing Federation awarded Murray and Bond the Thomas Keller Medal for their outstanding international rowing career.