Can common rubber give you cancer? | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3466622/World-health-chiefs-warn-cancer-risk-rubber-Chemical-tyres-gloves-babies-dummies-causes-diseases.html

New study claims carrots can help cut breast cancer risk by 60% | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

http://www.dnaindia.com/health/report-new-study-claims-carrots-can-help-cut-breast-cancer-risk-by-60-2183087

Paul Krugman: Republicans Should Not Be Shocked by Donald Trump's Racism Given They Invented it - The Daily Banter

To anyone familiar with Republican electoral tactics, it is clear that Trump is basically saying what their constituency believes -- that black people are lazy, Mexicans are stealing their jobs, torturing Arabs is fun, and women should stay in the kitchen. Of course Republicans cannot come out and say this given they need to attract moderates in general elections (who understand it is a tactic and vote mostly due to economic reasons), but the insinuation is enough to rile up and activate their base of angry white voters.

http://thedailybanter.com/2016/02/paul-krugman-republicans-should-not-be-shocked-by-donald-trumps-racism-given-they-invented-it/

Russia and Turkey fight for control over Bulgarian political party - The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/russia-and-turkey-fight-for-control-over-obscure-but-powerful-political-party-in-bulgaria/article28938032/

A modest but necessary step in Ontario’s fight against global warming: Walkom | Toronto Star

http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2016/02/25/a-modest-but-necessary-step-in-ontarios-fight-against-global-warming-walkom.html


Truth is like a school of fish ...

Climbing Lake Huron

So here's a pic done today and overpainted ... :-)

Here’s How Electric Cars Will Cause the Next Oil Crisis

http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-ev-oil-crisis/

Mitt Romney warns of possible 'bombshell' in Trump's taxes | MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/mitt-romney-warns-possible-bombshell-trumps-taxes?cid=eml_mda_20160225


Truth is like a school of fish ...

Why the West Must Stand Up Against Russian Aggression - SPIEGEL ONLINE

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/why-the-west-must-stand-up-against-russian-aggression-a-1078662.html


Truth is like a school of fish ...

What Are Trump and Sanders? They Are the End of American Exceptionalism | RealClearWorld

http://www.realclearworld.com/blog/2016/02/trump_sanders_end_american_exceptionalism_111710.html?utm_source=World+News&utm_campaign=b3869ff5c6-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d519acabbf-b3869ff5c6-83781849


Truth is like a school of fish ...

We all know exercise makes you live longer. But this will actually get you off the couch. - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/we-all-know-exercise-makes-you-live-longer-but-this-will-actually-get-you-off-the-couch/2016/02/22/833e0128-d0d5-11e5-88cd-753e80cd29ad_story.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_lean


Truth is like a school of fish ...

IMF seeks contingency plans for vulnerable global economy | Daily Mail Online

This is bad ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3462819/IMF-seeks-contingency-plans-vulnerable-global-economy.html

EUV, Big Molecules and Moore | EE Times

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1329015&_mc=NL_EET_EDT_EET_daily_20160224&cid=NL_EET_EDT_EET_daily_20160224&elqTrackId=aa3e4bdf0a664cee8f7cfecd1f476bab&elq=f691fd0cb98546169d0537d9c5f8c328&elqaid=31027&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=27123

Bill Clinton targets Trump at Dallas rally | WFAA.com

Making America whole again may catch on? Uniting is stronger after dividing loses appeal ... Moral issues involved ...

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas-county/bill-clinton-targets-trump-at-dallas-rally/51356534

BlackburnNews.com - Development Surges In Lambton Shores

Is such optimism and investment 'without necessary infrastructure and industry changes' and 'provisioning' warranted or foolish?

https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2016/02/23/development-surges-in-lambton-shores/

Federal Deficits Could Exceed $52B Over 2 Years, If Liberals Keep Their Promises

Does balancing the fed's fiscal budget matter, or are there other more important balances to work on? Why the focus on government when balancing other budgets are more important ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/02/22/liberal-budget-deficit-projections_n_9295012.html

Rooftop Solar On Big Box Stores Could Power Millions Of Homes: Report

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/02/23/rooftop-solar-big-box-stores_n_9292528.html

Liquid Solar Energy May Arrive Sooner Than Bill Gates Thinks | Inverse

https://www.inverse.com/article/11895-liquid-solar-energy-may-arrive-sooner-than-bill-gates-thinks

Putin is No Ally Against ISIS by George Soros - Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/putin-no-ally-against-isis-by-george-soros-2016-02

10 Misconceptions on the Link Between Environmental Factors and Cancer

http://ecowatch.com/2016/02/19/cancer-environmental-factors/

Wind and solar power paired with storage could power grid 99.9 percent of the time -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121210133507.htm

Donald Trump Isn’t Real - The New York Times - He's Borrowing from the Wrestlers

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/opinion/donald-trump-isnt-real.html?WT.mc_id=2016-FEBRUARY-OTB-INTL_AUD_DEV-0201-0229&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=IntlAudDev

German fusion reactor achieves first plasma

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-German-fusion-reactor-achieves-first-plasma-1612154.html

Is Gluten really that bad? It depends... - Well.org

http://well.org/nutrition/is-gluten-really-that-bad-it-depends/?inf_contact_key=62323b267c76886fe5ae9415cf1b2f32951f09f3443e9744795ed73c0d455725

New Book Exposes Koch Brothers' Guide To Infiltrating The Media | Blog | Media Matters for America

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/02/17/new-book-exposes-koch-brothers-guide-to-infiltr/208612

Huge Crack in the Earth Opens Up East of Yellowstone Caldera by Big Horn Mountains

Take a look at this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/DF4w7O46-7w

A Country Breaking Down by Elizabeth Drew | The New York Review of Books

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/02/25/infrastructure-country-breaking-down/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR%20Scalia%20and%20the%20constitution%20the%20chess%20master%20and%20the%20computer&utm_content=NYR%20Scalia%20and%20the%20constitution%20the%20chess%20master%20and%20the%20computer+CID_2f5f707cfcfac768f69ce5f00a044059&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_term=A%20Country%20Breaking%20Down

Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The author went to Koch school in Washington DC ...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_Oil:_The_Case_for_Canada%27s_Oil_Sands

Beware the bouncing cannonball of rage that holds us all to account - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/12156949/Beware-the-bouncing-cannonball-of-rage-that-holds-us-all-to-account.html

Europe Organizes, Rationalizes, and Industrializes Hate (Again) - The Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/15/europe-organizes-rationalizes-and-industrializes-hate-again.html

What to Do About Secular Stagnation | Foreign Affairs

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2016-02-15/age-secular-stagnation?cid=nlc-fatoday-20160217&sp_mid=50718651&sp_rid=d3VobGF4QGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2&spMailingID=50718651&spUserID=MTI3NTYxMTI1OTI5S0&spJobID=862138563&spReportId=ODYyMTM4NTYzS0

Russia Wields the Kurdish Weapon - by Walter Russell Mead

Should America just declare war on Assad, which amounts to declaring war on Russian interests in the Middle East.

http://www.hudson.org/research/12217-russia-wields-the-kurdish-weapon

Epigenetics: DNA Isn’t Everything -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090412081315.htm

Seeing Beyond The Hubris Of Facebook’s Free Basics Fiasco | TechCrunch

http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/13/seeing-beyond-the-hubris-of-facebooks-free-basics-fiasco/?ncid=tcdaily

The Problem with Poland by Jan-Werner Müller | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books

The two pillars of our freedom since 1945 are being tested to their limits and we may as a generation be found wanting ... the pillar of maintaining adequate absorptive capacity of immigrants and of adequately housing our children and their families ...

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/02/11/kaczynski-eu-problem-with-poland/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR%20Poland%20Scalia%20Coens&utm_content=NYR%20Poland%20Scalia%20Coens+CID_4e340fa2e851b03b57532243a917fccc&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_term=The%20Problem%20with%20Poland

On Economic Stupidity - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/opinion/on-economic-stupidity.html?emc=edit_ty_20160212&nl=opinion&nlid=60644272&_r=0

The costs of inequality: When a fair shake isn’t | Harvard Gazette

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/02/the-costs-of-inequality-when-a-fair-shake-isnt/

The Secrets of Charles Koch’s Political Ascent

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/charles-koch-political-ascent-jane-mayer-213541#ixzz3zbZBpWsH

The Kochs Are Ghostwriting America’s Story - BillMoyers.com

http://billmoyers.com/story/the-kochs-are-ghostwriting-americas-story/

Reaching back in philosophy and faith

It's curious that not all had Such a dim view of Muslims. Having a relative Lawrence 'of Arabia' and having worked in Libya over three years does not permit me to hold short sighted views by any stretch of the imagination. I actually have more to fear from those that are afraid.


http://www.adamsjefferson.com/papers/Widmer_peopleofbook.pdf

Why Coco bonds may bring forward our next crisis .... Bank equity values falling ....

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-are-coco-bonds-2016-2?utm_content=10ThingsOpeningBell&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20%28moneygame%29:%2010%20things%20you%20need%20to%20know%20before%20the%20opening%20bell&utm_term=10%20Things%20Before%20the%20Opening%20Bell

Partners in Learning .. winter sessions continue ... Mondays

The coffee is hot .. join us and learn ...

https://www.facebook.com/thecoffeeishot/?ref=notif¬if_t=page_user_activity

Arthur Lake

Why Did Jian Ghomeshi Keep Lucy DeCoutere's Letter? | CANADALAND

http://canadalandshow.com/article/why-did-jian-ghomeshi-keep-lucy-decouteres-letter

Study Uncovers How Electromagnetic Fields Amplify Pain in Amputees - News Center - The University of Texas at Dallas

http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2016/2/3-31891_Study-Uncovers-How-Electromagnetic-Fields-Amplify-_story-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS

Welsh home installs UK's first Tesla Powerwall storage battery | Environment | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/05/welsh-home-installs-uks-first-tesla-powerwall-storage-battery?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Green+Light+main+050216&utm_term=155207&subid=11219&CMP=EMCENVEML1631

Amazon might be opening hundreds of bookstores | Grist

http://grist.org/business-technology/amazon-might-be-opening-hundreds-of-bookstores/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-horizon

On Foreign Policy, Why Barack is Like Ike | TIME.com

http://poy.time.com/2012/12/19/on-foreign-policy-why-barack-is-like-ike/

SolarCity Corp: Elon Musk’s Big Idea for Solar Energy Is Simply Awesome

http://www.profitconfidential.com/news/solarcity-corp-elon-musks-big-idea-for-solar-energy-is-simply-awesome/

France Is Paving More Than 600 Miles of Road With Solar Panels | Smart News | Smithsonian

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/france-paving-more-600-miles-road-solar-panels-180958035/

Net-Zero Energy Opportunities in Water, Wastewater Utilities - WaterWorld

http://www.waterworld.com/articles/print/volume-31/issue-12/features/net-zero-energy-opportunities-in-water-wastewater-utilities.html?cmpid=EnlWaterWorldFebruary42016&eid=296396769&bid=1301431

What to do about Syrian refugees? Novak Djokovic just nailed it.

http://www.upworthy.com/what-to-do-about-syrian-refugees-novak-djokovic-just-nailed-it?c=reccon1

RSA ANIMATE: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

Take a look at this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/u6XAPnuFjJc

U.S. & NATO Deterrence of Russia: Money and Resolve

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/430715/us-nato-deterrence-russia

What are the ‘nacreous clouds’ lighting up the winter skies? - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-are-the-nacreous-clouds-lighting-up-the-winter-skies-2016-2?nr_email_referer=1&utm_content=COTD&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20%28sai%29:%20Here%20are%20the%20most%20valuable%20companies%20in%20America%20since%201990&utm_term=Tech%20Chart%20Of%20The%20Day

Why Obama’s Army Isn’t Defeating Russia, China, ISIS - US News

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-02-03/why-obamas-army-isnt-defeating-russia-china-isis

Partners in Learning -

We now have a Facebook page for Partners in Learning. This is an opportunity to share your experiences at Partners and to help publicize our interesting programs and events.

https://www.facebook.com/thecoffeeishot/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Arthur

Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump Voters Share Anger, but Direct It Differently - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/us/bernie-sanders-and-donald-trump-voters-share-anger-but-direct-it-differently.html?emc=edit_th_20160131&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=60644272&_r=0

This Artwork Is Probably The Most Accurate (And Scary) Portrayal Of Modern Life We’ve Ever Seen | True Activist

http://www.trueactivist.com/this-artwork-is-probably-the-most-accurate-and-scary-portrayal-of-modern-life-weve-ever-seen/

China’s Bumpy New Normal by Joseph E. Stiglitz - Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-economic-policy-debate-by-joseph-e--stiglitz-2016-01?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8f0a9352b7-DeLong_Economics_Age_of_Abundance_1_31_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-8f0a9352b7-93479177

The Return of the Currency Crash by Carmen Reinhart - Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/currency-crash-renminbi-volatility-by-carmen-reinhart-2016-01?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8f0a9352b7-DeLong_Economics_Age_of_Abundance_1_31_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-8f0a9352b7-93479177

The Three Fears Sinking Global Markets by Anatole Kaletsky - Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/three-fears-sinking-global-markets-by-anatole-kaletsky-2016-01

Why Climate Leadership Means Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground

http://ecowatch.com/2015/12/09/climate-leadership-keep-fossil-fuels-in-ground/

Trump says U.S. economy in a 'bubble' he doesn't want to inherit | Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-economy-idUSMTZSAPEC1QKI56N2

Lord Keynes long term outlook! He did not read Schumpeter ...

http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ116a/keynes1.pdf

Idiotic Anti-Stimulus Talking Point Won’t Die -- NYMag

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/01/idiotic-anti-stimulus-talking-point-wont-die.html?mid=twitter-share-di

The Sky Is Not Falling in China | The National Interest

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-sky-not-falling-china-15020

Master Penman Jake Weidmann | HUMAN - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KvSyQDu49pI&time_continue=7&ebc=ANyPxKqnSxD3e7gSvDxHjfhmfkadTCzFAGEZMXio2MO3pOBnZ8uNLdIwNNDvEmbS0Z8lx3Bm9kM4bIkMuz1lqdAXUZrvRVx7Vw

Okkupert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okkupert

Multi Dimensional Time [HD]

Take a look at this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/ivqotmVbWQk

The real (and shocking) story of Kevin O'Leary's business career | National Observer

http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/01/26/news/real-and-shocking-story-kevin-olearys-business-career

Schengen Should Be Suspended For Economic Migrants - Forbes

Any ideas about this?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2016/01/26/schengen-should-be-suspended-for-economic-migrants/?utm_source=followingdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20160126#4ef9b40966eb

All at sea | The Economist

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21688885-ideological-divisions-economics-undermine-its-value-public-all-sea?cid1=cust/noenew/n/n/n/20160125n/owned/n/n/nwl/n/n/n/email

The Sneaky Way Austerity Got Sold to the Public Like Snake Oil | Institute for New Economic Thinking

Theory of need for budget constraint has produced atmosphere of indecision ..

http://ineteconomics.org/ideas-papers/blog/the-sneaky-way-austerity-got-sold-to-the-public-like-snake-oil


Truth is like a school of fish ...

A Bleak Forecast from Sotheby’s | BLOUIN ARTINFO

http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1316721/a-bleak-forecast-from-sothebys


Truth is like a school of fish ...

RBS cries 'sell everything' as deflationary crisis nears - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/12093807/RBS-cries-sell-everything-as-deflationary-crisis-nears.html

Smart2.0 - Lithium-air breakthrough promises new class of batteries

http://www.smart2zero.com/en/lithium-air-breakthrough-promises-new-class-of-batteries.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=10006547&vID=1895&from_mail=1#.VpzuYK_sGh8

Plane with freed Americans leaves Iran; U.S. imposes new sanctions - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/plane-leaves-iran-with-post-reporter-other-americans-in-swap/2016/01/17/5dc7095c-bd21-11e5-9443-7074c3645405_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_rezaian-1124am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Must-read: Paul Krugman: "Oil Goes Nonlinear" - Equitable Growth

http://equitablegrowth.org/must-read-paul-krugman-oil-goes-nonlinear/

Russia and Nato 'actively preparing for war' - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11797351/Russia-and-Nato-actively-preparing-for-war.html

Russia accused of clandestine funding of European parties as US conducts major review of Vladimir Putin's strategy - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/12103602/America-to-investigate-Russian-meddling-in-EU.html

Dangers of Wi-Fi & the iPad

http://drsircus.com/medicine/dangers-wifi-ipad/

Global markets turmoil echoes 2008 financial crisis, warns George Soros | Business | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/07/global-markets-turmoil-echoes-2008-financial-crisis-warns-george-soros

Why are we looking on helplessly as markets crash all over the world? | Will Hutton | Opinion | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/17/china-economic-crisis-world-economy-global-capitalism?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H&utm_term=151449&subid=11218&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

Vote all you want. The secret government won’t change. - The Boston Globe

https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/10/18/vote-all-you-want-the-secret-government-won-change/jVSkXrENQlu8vNcBfMn9sL/story.html?p1=Article_Recommended_ArticleText

Extreme Weather and Global Growth by Kenneth Rogoff - Project Syndicate

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/extreme-weather-impact-global-economy-by-kenneth-rogoff-2016-01?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=edb349387c-Fukuyama_Chinas_Development_Model_1_17_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-edb349387c-93479177

(a fate worse than) Death of the Newspaper | CANADALAND

As we can see the Toronto Star lay off printing and digital staff, we can expect further rationalisation in the media industry, and it won't be kind to Canadians ...

http://canadalandshow.com/podcast/fate-worse-death-newspaper

Gates and policy

https://www.globalpolicy.org/images/pdfs/GPFEurope/Philanthropic_Power_online.pdf

This technology may be the future of solar energy - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/01/15/this-technology-may-be-the-future-of-solar-energy/

Let China win. It’s good for America. - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/let-china-win-its-good-for-america/2016/01/14/bfec4732-b9b6-11e5-829c-26ffb874a18d_story.html

Macro and Markets » Economic Optimism in the State of the Union

http://blogs.cfr.org/kahn/2016/01/13/economic-optimism-in-the-state-of-the-union/?cid=nlc-public-the_world_this_week--link13-20160115&sp_mid=50474359&sp_rid=d3VobGF4QGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2

1950s Tax Fantasy Is a Republican Nightmare - Bloomberg View

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-01-02/1950s-tax-fantasy-is-a-republican-nightmare

Who Dares, Wins | RealClearWorld

http://www.realclearworld.com/blog/2016/01/who_dares_wins_111660.html

Policy: Reassess New Mexico's nuclear-waste repository : Nature News & Comment

http://www.nature.com/news/policy-reassess-new-mexico-s-nuclear-waste-repository-1.19135

Smart2.0 - New material stores solar energy

http://www.smart2zero.com/en/new-material-stores-solar-energy.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=10006531&vID=1894&from_mail=1#.VpOX3K_sGrU

Everything you need to know about Canada’s new (really cheap) airline : The Loop

http://www.theloop.ca/everything-you-need-to-know-about-canadas-new-really-cheap-airline/

Stonehenge may have been first erected in Wales, evidence suggests | UK news | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/07/stonehenge-first-erected-in-wales-secondhand-monument?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU%20Today%20main%20NEW%20H&utm_term=141997&subid=2465317&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

Stonehenge stones may have been first erected in another country | Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/12/07/stonehenge-stones-may-have-been-first-erected-in-another-country.html?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_811213

Why Economists Took So Long to Focus on Inequality - Bloomberg View

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-04/why-economists-took-so-long-to-focus-on-inequality

AW Lake / Wuh Lax

http://woohs.blogspot.ca/

Local Sobeys Refuses to Post Notice on World Religion Day yet Posts Notice on Philosophy. Should Religion be renamed as World Philosophy Day

Lynn, et al ...

Funny strange and disturbing story .. I am ... 

As some people know, I volunteered to work on the advertising for Partners in Learning and also set up a shared Facebook page. My approach has been to work out a route by which all the notices, flyers and bulletins can be distributed easily without crossing roads. I also said that I would run round flyers for World Religion Day. 

In my first attempt, I listed all the entities that I found on the East side of Highway 21 that  had public bulletin boards that non profits could display. My outcome was that I could not find such boards at NoFrills and Sobeys. This fact irritated me so I asked Anne what her experience was. She said that both groceries had bulletin boards. I was mystified. How had I missed them.

This morning, I returned to NoFrills and found a board that I had earlier decided was user unfriendly. I left without discovering another board even though I went through the checkout. I am now thinking I made a mistake because the Librarian told me that there was one at the exit. She said it was user friendly, then proceeded to advise me on all the boards in town. 

Now Sobeys was interesting and for me disturbing. I found a glassed-in bulletin board there hidden in the busy entrance way behind five feet of fresh gluten bread and quite user unfriendly. A smokes shop would have loads of advertising of addictive bad things, but no board showing how or offering advice on to escape the addictions. What I saw as Sobeys' bulletin board did not meet my standards of lowest community user friendly.

I asked for the manager at Sobeys and a tall man appeared. I showed him the brochures that I wanted posted. He glanced at the two of them. Partners passed the test, but he said he would not, repeat not, post the flyer promoting World Religion Day on the 17th. I was in a state of extreme shock. I told him that I would tell everyone that Sobeys had refused to post the notice. He asked "who". I repeated, "everyone".  Then, I added that I was an activist. (What a stupid thing to say, but probably true given I just love swimming against the stream.. It's in the name ...) 

The Independent in Exeter was a completely different story. Everything is allowed, but on the maturity date the brochure is removed. The manager of facilities there offered me a splendid well lit room saying that Partners could use it for free as we are a non profit. We just need to book with her. It has a kitchen and small TV and tables arranged in a circle, a regular King Arthur's room with supplies for coffee! It's just above the Joes sign. 

So, me being me, has gone all quiet for a while. I am plotting. SOBEYS is my target and I am considering how to get my ethics across. My point is that while they will post a brochure clearly advertising philosophy, and Everyone is a Philosopher, they won't allow one to advertise World Religion Day which is all about philosophy. I imagined an image with a NAZI sitting at a desk deciding my fate. Philosophy "ya", religion "nein". Please follow the left side passage where all the music is playing and work makes one free. 

So there it is ... my Saturday morning ... I am drawing up my list of everyone ... Who is the GM/CEO of Grocers Magazine, not my old boss Garfield "W"? 

Arthur

On 8 Jan 2016, at 8:10 pm, Lynn <lynn.larouche@hay.net> wrote: