Wednesday, April 7, 2010

National Post, 06 Apr 2010. Pages 12 - 13

Interesting - I wonder if commandment #3 is less observed than the others?


National Post
06 Apr 2010

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Ambitious U. S. research projects to alter how intelligence is gathered (The Vancouver Sun, 01 Apr 2010, Page B6)

A compost strategy - I love it :)


Ambitious U. S. research projects to alter how intelligence is gathered
BY ROBERT S. BOYD
The Vancouver Sun
01 Apr 2010

WASHINGTON — Three recent events — the foiled Christmas Day bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner, the Dec. 30 assassination of seven CIA officers and contractors by a Jordanian double agent in Afghanistan, and the difficulties that U. S. marines have...read more...

Monday, March 29, 2010

The work never ends for some (The Vancouver Sun, 27 Mar 2010, Page D14)

Admirable.


The work never ends for some
BY ELLEN VAN WAGENINGEN
The Vancouver Sun
27 Mar 2010

TECUMSEH, Ont. — Andy Noestheden retired, but he hasn’t stopped working. Instead of channelling his imagination and know-how into projects for his employer, the 63-year-old tool and die maker now works for himself. He has developed a furnace filter...read more...

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Evidence of newhuman species found in Siberia (The Irish Times, 25 Mar 2010, Page 14)

Wow!


Evidence of newhuman species found in Siberia
DICK AHLSTROM
The Irish Times
25 Mar 2010

THE EARTH was a more crowded place than we realised in the days of the caveman. Scientists have discovered a new kind of early human who lived alongside Neanderthals and modern humans 40,000 years ago. Remarkably, the previously unknown “hominin” –...read more...

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Economics bumps are expected to turn into steps (The Vancouver Sun, 01 Mar 2010, Page A16)




Economics bumps are expected to turn into steps

The Vancouver Sun
01 Mar 2010

Re: Olympics won’t bring lasting economic benefits, Feb. 22 If we are going to have serious debates about important matters, we have a responsibility to apply some rigour to our assessments. In response to Seth Klein’s article, we raise these...read more...

It was a great party — but was it worth the cost? (The Vancouver Sun, 01 Mar 2010, Page B9)




It was a great party — but was it worth the cost?
HARVEY ENCHIN henchin@vancouversun.com
The Vancouver Sun
01 Mar 2010

That was some party. But now that the first phase of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games is over, with the Paralympic Games on deck, it’s time to reconsider the impact of hosting the event. It cost a lot of money, as much as $ 6 billion depending on who’s...read more...

Friday, February 19, 2010

For a healthy heart, even faking happiness helps (Times of India New Delhi Edition, 19 Feb 2010, Page 19)

Fake happy = healthy, eh?

For a healthy heart, even faking happiness helps

Times of India New Delhi Edition
19 Feb 2010

the most likely to sneak a peak at a girl’s cleavage before looking them in the eye, the poll of 1,000 adults has revealed. What’s more interesting is that the survey has found that many women have even admitted to checking out other girls’ assets up...read more...

The Washington Post, 19 Feb 2010. Page 21

Library irony ...

The Washington Post
19 Feb 2010

The Washington Post, 19 Feb 2010. Page 30

Library irony ... article continuation


The Washington Post
19 Feb 2010

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Tourist lure defended as cheeky, not cheap (The Cairns Post, 04 Feb 2010, Page 3)

That's some vacation :)


Tourist lure defended as cheeky, not cheap
Julie Lightfoot
The Cairns Post
04 Feb 2010

A CHEEKY new marketing campaign is promoting Mission Beach as an adventure capital where you can “get high, get wet and get laid”. The campaign, aimed squarely at the Far North’s fun-loving backpacker market, began this week with Bruce Highway...read more...