http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/us/politics/09caucus.html?_r=1
All the best @renaturetek
Scratches to Sketches
Saturday, 3 March 2012
The Caucus - Is Focus on Limbaugh Blurring the Big Picture? - NYTimes.com
Republican Ms Snowe seems right on the money fo a number of important issyes affecting America. We need to see an exit plan behind subsidies to the rich. We need to eliminate, not reduce, the many fiscal advantages offered to the American wealthy. Their influence is no, no, no. Don't?
Obama Backs Student in Furor With Limbaugh on Birth Control - NYTimes.com
If Rush Limbaugh is a self appointed spokesperson for the Republicans, he is doing the political process no good. He comes across as a former xxx type with unreasonable ideas on almost all subjects. He is like a little dog that snips at your pant leg, huffing and puffing in order to make himself feel important in a more intelligent world that has lost interest in his meaningless animalistic rhetoric. He is the clown of the Republicans being absurd in order to draw attention to his wireless rantings. Clueless as to appropriateness this little hound barks aimlessly at flowers and then .... all over them!
All the best @renaturetek
Obama Backs Student in Furor With Limbaugh on Birth Control - NYTimes.com
I don't find the lazy ideas of Limbaugh very fruitful. He should perhaps have his liver checked for hormone imbalance and I heard he was dependent on substances, not good for his health, hearsay! Seriously, can you blame women for thinking about Limbaugh : save me from domineering men! So, so, parental, father knows best and domineering, a creator of mythology, replacing one with another to dominate the air waves! What drives the man down his crazy path of logic? Not his golf swing?
All the best @renaturetek
Friday, 2 March 2012
Thursday, 1 March 2012
British bank chief warns quantitative easing is 'laying seeds for next crisis' | Business | The Guardian
I guess the point is that the money will be used to fight a spree of bank takeovers which is part and parcel of the original problem. Growing your balance sheet by purchase of assets was used to persue a competitive strategy. It was not so much seen as a means of profit, but as a means to garner bonuses and prepare for a takeover or fend against one. Any idiot realizes that the margin on such acquisition of assets is highly risky?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/29/ben-bernanke-qe3-hopes-us-economy?CMP=EMCNEWEML1355
All the best @renaturetek
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
This column will change your life: the two things | Life and style | The Guardian
You may not agree with the author's summary of economics! For many there is a free lunch, and it does matter what they do with the left overs.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/24/two-things-to-know-oliver-burkeman
All the best @renaturetek
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Save the Children
What is coconut to you might save a life?
http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/savethechildren.htm
All the best @renaturetek
Monday, 27 February 2012
Coconut Research Center Home Page
May we not use coconut oil for treating disease?
http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/
All the best @renaturetek
Sunday, 26 February 2012
NCC: Long Sought Off-shore Islands Receive Protection
We need to go beyond this and renaturalize all of our countryside, especially our streams and field borders.
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
4 Ways to Be Invisible Online - SmartMoney.com
Protect yourself!
http://www.smartmoney.com/spend/technology/4-ways-to-be-invisible-online-1329502910909/
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
Saturday, 25 February 2012
Rethinking Pitt-Rivers | Marathon Spearheads
In ancient past, there was a battle of 490 BC that defined a course of history. Had the Greeks lost many of us would probably not be reading this now.
http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/rpr/index.php/object-biography-index/1-prmcollection/648-marathon-spearheads
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
Stratford Shakespeare Festival - 2012 Season Playbill
So this how you find out about the theater!
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
Colors :: COLOURlovers
Colour your day!
http://www.colourlovers.com/colors/search/new
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
Islamic schools and branches - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
We should be familiar with the various branches of Islamic thought and organisation!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_schools_and_branches
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
Brandon Boyd and Bob Hurley | civilclothing.com | Celebrate The Difference - Civil Clothing LA
We are an island!
http://civilclothing.com/blog/2011/04/05/brandon-boyd-and-bob-hurley/
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
Friday, 24 February 2012
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Oscars 2012: A year of comfort | Reuters
A change of attitude!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/22/us-oscars-preview-idUSTRE81L1XS20120222
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
Fwd: Thanks for taking action
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetekBegin forwarded message:
From: "Avaaz.org" <avaaz@avaaz.org>
Date: 22 February 2012 09:40:04 AM EST
To: Wuhlax@gmail.com
Subject: Thanks for taking action
Thank you for taking action to help stop the flow of Canada's deadly tar oil into the EU.
This vote could happen in less than 48 hours! Send the email below to friends and family, and post this link on your Facebook wall.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/uk_tar_sands/?tta
Thanks again for your help,
The Avaaz team
--------
Dear friends across the UK,
In 24 hours, Europe could pass a directive that would introduce strict pollution controls and stop the flow of deadly tar sands oil into the EU. But the UK is blocking this crucial law -- now only we can save it.
Tar sands oil destroys forests, lakes, and emits 25% more carbon pollution than other oil. But for Canada it is a money making bonanza, and the government and big oil companies are ferociously lobbying Europe to open the flood gates to this black gold. Right now the UK is close to caving, but if we can pressure Transport minister Baker to put people and the planet before oil profits, we can win!
The Fuel Quality Directive vote is on a knife's edge and it all comes down to us. We only have 24 hours to take action -- let's send a flood of messages now urging our government to be green champions. Click below to send a message and forward this to everyone:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/uk_tar_sands/?tta
Tar sands fuel could not be any more destructive -- Canada has cleared millions of acres of pristine forests and displaced indigenous communities to extract it, all the while emitting cancerous heavy metals and sulphur to refine the dirty oil. It's so filthy that even the US doesn't want it -- their Environmental Protection Agency says refining tar sands causes 82% more carbon pollution than regular oil, and President Obama just halted plans for a cross-border pipeline.
Now Canada and the oil companies are looking for new markets to reap the fruits of their $379 billion tar sand investment. The EU's proposed Fuel Quality Directive would set a binding 6% climate pollution reduction target for Europe's transport fuels by 2020. But Canada wants the EU to ignore tar sands emissions -- hoping if they can slip it into Europe others are likely to do the same. It's a smart strategy, and unfortunately it's working -- the UK is doing dirty deals with Canada and urging other countries to follow.
Europe's global environmental leadership is on the line and our climate ambitions are shockingly being undermined by Canada, who has withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol! Norman Baker will join a European Council vote in 24 hours -- let's show him that UK voters expect him to stop tar sand pollution and vote for strong controls. Take action now and send this to everyone!
http://www.avaaz.org/en/uk_tar_sands/?tta
Time and time again Avaaz members have galvanised to win major victories for our environment. Only a few months ago we pressured Europe into pushing forward new carbon-cutting aviation laws, supported by the UK. Let's come together once again and get our government to withstand Canadian pressure to drink down its deadly tar oil.
With hope,
Jamie, Iain, Alex, Antonia, Giulia and the rest of the Avaaz team
Sources
UK secretly helping Canada push its oil sands project (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/27/canada-oil-sands-uk-backing
Canada threatens trade war with EU ahead of oilsands vote (Vancouver Sun)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+threatens+trade+with+ahead+oilsands+vote/6184897/story.html
Airlines and tar sands proxy for bigger climate battles (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17112187
UK undermining Europe's tar sands ban, say campaigners (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/may/30/uk-undermining-tar-sands-ban
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UK: 24 hours to stop tar sands
:
From: Arthur Lake <wuhlax@gmail.com>
Date: 22 February 2012 09:36:06 AM EST
Subject: UK: 24 hours to stop tar sands
The message below reflects how we feel about this abuse of capitalism. If it is not so bad that the Canadian dollar is so strong that it makes no sense to manfacture anything in Canada any more!When will politics become statesmanship instead of short term thinking! We can only dream about what we have lost and what future generations will wake up to see!All the bestArthur LakeTwitter: @renaturetek
Begin forwarded message:From: "Jamie Choi - Avaaz.org" <avaaz@avaaz.org>
Date: 22 February 2012 08:08:57 AM EST
To: "Wuhlax@gmail.com" <Wuhlax@gmail.com>
Subject: UK: 24 hours to stop tar sandsAvaaz.org - The World in Action Dear friends across the UK,
In 24 hours, Europe could pass a directive that would introduce strict pollution controls and stop the flow of deadly tar sands oil into the EU. But the UK is blocking this crucial law -- now only we can save it.
In 24 hours, Europe could introduce pollution controls that could stop the flow of Canada's deadly tar sands oil into the EU. But the UK is moving to block the rules. Only a huge public outcry can save it now. Click below to send an urgent message to the Transport Minister Norman Baker:
Tar sands oil destroys forests, lakes, and emits 25% more carbon pollution than other oil. But for Canada it is a money making bonanza, and the government and big oil companies are ferociously lobbying Europe to open the flood gates to this black gold. Right now the UK is close to caving, but if we can pressure Transport Minister Baker to put people and the planet before oil profits, we can win!
The Fuel Quality Directive vote is on a knife's edge and it all comes down to us. We only have 24 hours to take action -- let's send a flood of messages now urging our government to be green champions. Click below to send a message and forward this to everyone:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/uk_tar_sands/?vl
Tar sands fuel could not be any more destructive -- Canada has cleared millions of acres of pristine forests and displaced indigenous communities to extract it, all the while emitting cancerous heavy metals and sulphur to refine the dirty oil. It's so filthy that even the US doesn't want it -- their Environmental Protection Agency says refining tar sands causes 82% more carbon pollution than regular oil, and President Obama just halted plans for a cross-border pipeline.
Now Canada and the oil companies are looking for new markets to reap the fruits of their $379 billion tar sand investment. The EU's proposed Fuel Quality Directive would set a binding 6% climate pollution reduction target for Europe's transport fuels by 2020. But Canada wants the EU to ignore tar sands emissions -- hoping if they can slip it into Europe others are likely to do the same. It's a smart strategy, and unfortunately it's working -- the UK is doing dirty deals with Canada and urging other countries to follow.
Europe's global environmental leadership is on the line and our climate ambitions are shockingly being undermined by Canada, who has withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol! Norman Baker will join a European Council vote in 24 hours -- let's show him that UK voters expect him to stop tar sand pollution and vote for strong controls. Take action now and send this to everyone!
http://www.avaaz.org/en/uk_tar_sands/?vl
Time and time again Avaaz members have galvanised to win major victories for our environment. Only a few months ago we pressured Europe into pushing forward new carbon-cutting aviation laws, supported by the UK. Let's come together once again and get our government to withstand Canadian pressure to drink down its deadly tar oil.
With hope,
Jamie, Iain, Alex, Antonia, Giulia and the rest of the Avaaz team
Sources
UK secretly helping Canada push its oil sands project (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/27/canada-oil-sands-uk-backing
Canada threatens trade war with EU ahead of oilsands vote (Vancouver Sun)
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+threatens+trade+with+ahead+oilsands+vote/6184897/story.html
Airlines and tar sands proxy for bigger climate battles (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17112187
UK undermining Europe's tar sands ban, say campaigners (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/may/30/uk-undermining-tar-sands-ban
Support the Avaaz Community! We're entirely funded by donations and receive no money from governments or corporations. Our dedicated team ensures even the smallest contributions go a long way.
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Saturday, 18 February 2012
Illuminated Manuscript, Book of Hours, St. George, Walters Manuscript W.168, fol. 217v | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Quite the illustrator!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/medmss/6882587043/lightbox/
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
$6T of Fake U.S. Bonds Seized in Mafia Probe - Bloomberg
Kinda wonder what they are spending the proceeds on! Who are they paying off?
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
Rainforest Canopy—Introduction
Protection of the canopied forests is extremely important. Learn more about them and how you, a human, can help
http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0401.htm
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Spherical Home Is Built from Abandoned Oil Silos : TreeHugger
like a round house this structure has real possibilities!
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
Species at Risk Stewardship Fund - Policy Division - Ontario Government, Ministry of Natural Resources
Of course, it's a good idea to try to preserve all land for potential stewardship of natural species. it's not a question of natural appartied.
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Species/2ColumnSubPage/STEL01_131229.html
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
Common Five-lined Skink in Ontario - Policy Division - Government of Ontario, Ministry of Natural Resources
Think skink! one needss to know what a skink is to be able to understand how to preserve its potential natural habitat.
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Species/2ColumnSubPage/STDPROD_066837.html
All the best
Arthur Lake
Twitter: @renaturetek
TreeHugger and UNEP Announce Third Annual World Environment Day Blogging Competition : TreeHugger
Blogging about recapturing nature in areas that have established, but redundant, activities destructive to our environment can't be bad. It's time to act for renaturalisation of regions suffering from neglect!
Twitter: @renaturetek
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Allergy Show - Solutions for a free from life.
Allergies, and especially food allergies or intolerances are potentially dangerous. It is often only those that suffer who know! We need to strengthen the support base for those that are allergic!
http://www.allergyshow.co.uk/london/london-home.php
RT
RIM Director to BlackBerry Critics: No, You’re the Idiots | Techland | TIME.com
Ease of use and range of use requires a lot of thought.
The product needs to sell itself. Marketing is not the weakness, the product needs to outperform the iPad family linked to Apple computers.
RIM has an opportunity, but only a window, to do catchup on Apple. Its management needs to understand the hunger for technology software based on increasingly camera TV like hardware that can do an infnte number of jobs, not just reliability. It's all about integrating more and more gadgets into one object that is portable and high capacity.
The new device is a library, a photographic source and storage device, a movie projector and screen. It will replace the store, the movie house, the camera shop, the preacher, the music bar. It is a portable workd inside your pocket that can capture everything, show everything, decifer everything, treach everything. It's the new indstrial interface for all manufacturing and design. It's the big picture and the library. Its so much that RIM still doesn't get it, but could, and wow.
Minimum is an amazing camera, and amazing screen.
Go beyond 64 gig to 256 gig.
Rev up the motor.
Rev up security.
Bolster the phone and reduce charges per call.
Get all apps to do portrait and landscape.
Improve the art work and ease of use!
RT
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Fear Heightens Appreciation of Abstract Art - Miller-McCune
I hope that this is not all hat supports peoples' love of the abstract image!
http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture/fear-heightens-appreciation-of-abstract-art-39728/
RT
Bacteria Facts to Interest & Surprise You - Miller-McCune
We can tap into theworld o bacteria to get a beter understanding of ourselves!
http://www.miller-mccune.com/science/bacteria-r-us-23628/
RT
Children’s Books Increasingly Ignore Natural World - Miller-McCune
This is a sad reminder of how vulnerable nature is to mans encroaches. Picking on nature is increasingly like picking on a child!
http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/childrens-books-increasingly-ignore-natural-world-39391/
RT
Oxytocin Levels Predict Longevity of Love Affairs - Miller-McCune
I can see how this would work. Perhaps, it could be possible to go one step further back to understand what makes the oxytocin levels higher in the first place!
RT
Monday, 13 February 2012
Saturday, 11 February 2012
Waste Water Technology
Now waste water can be pasturised!
http://pastechgroup.com/index.php/technology/
RT
New Wastewater Treatment Tech Ditches Chemicals, Generates Clean Energy : TreeHugger
Wastewater treatment tchnologies are continuously improving!
RT
The case for celebrities at book festivals | UK news | guardian.co.uk
How much hype should the organising group give a book festival and how far should one move from bookish? These are questions book festival organisers in the UK are asking. Do the books and authors properly promoted sell themselves or do you want to defray costs by adding celebrities from outside the book world? The celebrities help lower averge costs assuming more people attend. The question to ask is whether the festival is self sustaining as a book festival or should another name be given to it, such as arts festival.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/scotland-blog/2012/feb/10/cheltenham-literary-festival-celebrities
RT
Friday, 10 February 2012
The new ball game in transportation vehicles
You just know in your gut that a revolution in transportation is just around the corner. It is! Sure gas or solid fuel vehicles will be around as hybrids before the new technology. But, they are only stopgaps to the ultimate substitution.
Electric energy driving everything from transportation to homes has to be the way forward. Over time smaller and smaller lighter and lighter energy units will power everything, make everything mobile, efficient and capable.
The economies of scale in manufacture will eliminate numerous traditional industries and create new ones.
Yes, we are headed towards a cleaner world. Just look and see:
http://www.teslamotors.com/modelx
RT
Model X | Tesla Motors
You can get a glimpse of the revolution to come. Such vehicles will change the way we think about the world economy, and change the world conomy permanently within thirty years. Can you see why?
http://www.teslamotors.com/modelx
RT
Tesla Model X - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You have to work through short descriptive stuff that just wets your appetite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_X
RT
Tesla's Model X: Finally, an electric car we all want | Cutting Edge - CNET News
A reasonable commentary about a luxury vehicle. Lots of could be useful details are missing in an attempt to present a short quick theme about this exciting new vehicle:
RT
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Protecting Rare Species - the Five-lined Skink
The following is a quickly composed a letter on the subject, hence the typos!
There is a very real possibility, almost certainty, of five-lined skinks living in the nearby dunes of Southcott Pines of Lambton Shores and so your letter came as a welcome heads up on its protection. Although I have not seen a skink, I believe that for several hours last summer I photographed typical trails leading across and up into the dunes not far from the path used for access to Lake Huron, nearby. I was of the earlier mind that it was the trail of a small snake, but, it did not match what to suspect and concluded it was a form of lizard because a tiny footfalls, thereto, a skink does make more sense to me.
I encourage you in your efforts to inform people. It is wonderful news that there is the possibility of an endangered species in our locale, and also places a very heavy onus upon us to succeed in protecting it's habitat.
I can really say....wow! wow! Yes, yes, yes! We do need to protect this habitat. I am so pleased that you are on the ball with this and I would / do offer to help get the message out. As a child, I enjoyed so much the older habitats in this region that were conducive to the populations of struggling species. At little lake, we used to see billions of tadpoles one week followed by billions of tiny frogs, followed by billions of snakes.
It matters little that we brought the snakes and frogs back into town and released them into the gardens of neighbours. Little lake is no longer a habitat, except in memory. we have collectively succeeded in killing off what our children need to see and enjoy. our region has been reduced from a bountiful area to a struggling area in so many ways. it's not about working with existing economics, but I am afraid, against a host of economic signals that are false and misleading development. No wonder people are so destructive!
if you have a powerpoint / keynote presentation or film, I would be very interested in using it to help inform people about what to look out for and ways that we can make our community five-lined skink friendly. This is of utmost importance to me and I do hope that you will be able to provide me with some information that you have, or local Ontario research.
I have often thought that the University of Western Ontario should have an environmental department located in Grand Bend where they could study environmental, botanical and biological issues. Much of the proposed development by developers of housing in this area is misguided and needs urgent regulation. Legislation needs to be written that will help reverse the major mistakes while giving a qualitative uplift to the natural resources that we share our space with.
For example, residents in this area, which includes the farming community, need to reverse practices such as ploughing and drainage which have transformed the area from one of the most beautiful natural spots in north america into a wasteland of failed potentials for natural resource and space use. It really does need urgent research from the scientists at Western or elsewhere.
It is so unfortunate that there is no Ontario school of international renown looking at these issues. This I am told by European experts!
I firmly believe that people, flora and fauna can live together to maximize yield of food for human and natural use, but we are terribly terribly ignorant of what to do. Your people need to help us on this. If you give us information we can create a nature friendly habitat area that humans and all living creatures can enjoy and sustain.
Farmers need to be shown how to grow crops that make them independently wealthy and able to resist the absolutely enormous profits to be had by devastating this beautiful landscape with homogenous cropping and factory like attitudes towards food production.
If we remain ignorant and unresponsive to the needs for restraining deadly forms of commericial development outside existing locations, we will see this area and all its flora and fauna disappear. We need help!
We need legistation that sees past the almighty dollar and profit and puts water back into our small lakes and allows our streams to bend naturally. We need people to have access to paths and trails that help the human spirit as well as protecting flora and fauna. So much in Ontario is rectalinear like the thinking that insists on homogenous grassing and farming.
Also, I ask whether you can forward this message on to the relevant parties who might help. Would your government be prepared to assist the Association for Tropical Agriculture survive and enable it to grow in directions that build friendly environments for all the world's endangered species. There is a huge need for retired experts to share their expertise about what to do to get our province back into Carolinian growth mode. Many of them are in tropical agriculture and we could share with them our effort to work together to increase food production yields, eliminate the mindset towards homogenity of natural environments.
We are seeing the Irish potatoe famine issues emerge from / with profit oriented farming technologies that redicule the independent small holder and give excessive advantage to large commercial enterprises that have turned Ontario farmers into a seventeeth century putting out economic system that will destroy our natural habitat further. Will we repeat the destruction of the past and lose everything of value in allowing the spread of forms of habitat racism / genocide?
RT
Ontario and the Environment ... Rare species and Commercial Development in Lambton Shores
The following is a quickly composed a letter on the subject, hence the typos!
There is a very real possibility, almost certainty, of five-lined skinks living in the nearby dunes of Southcott Pines of Lambton Shores and so your letter came as a welcome heads up on its protection. Although I have not seen a skink, I believe that for several hours last summer I photographed typical trails leading across and up into the dunes not far from the path used for access to Lake Huron, nearby. I was of the earlier mind that it was the trail of a small snake, but, it did not match what to suspect and concluded it was a form of lizard because a tiny footfalls, thereto, a skink does make more sense to me.
I encourage you in your efforts to inform people. It is wonderful news that there is the possibility of an endangered species in our locale, and also places a very heavy onus upon us to succeed in protecting it's habitat.
I can really say....wow! wow! Yes, yes, yes! We do need to protect this habitat. I am so pleased that you are on the ball with this and I would / do offer to help get the message out. As a child, I enjoyed so much the older habitats in this region that were conducive to the populations of struggling species. At little lake, we used to see billions of tadpoles one week followed by billions of tiny frogs, followed by billions of snakes.
It matters little that we brought the snakes and frogs back into town and released them into the gardens of neighbours. Little lake is no longer a habitat, except in memory. we have collectively succeeded in killing off what our children need to see and enjoy. our region has been reduced from a bountiful area to a struggling area in so many ways. it's not about working with existing economics, but I am afraid, against a host of economic signals that are false and misleading development. No wonder people are so destructive!
if you have a powerpoint / keynote presentation or film, I would be very interested in using it to help inform people about what to look out for and ways that we can make our community five-lined skink friendly. This is of utmost importance to me and I do hope that you will be able to provide me with some information that you have, or local Ontario research.
I have often thought that the University of Western Ontario should have an environmental department located in Grand Bend where they could study environmental, botanical and biological issues. Much of the proposed development by developers of housing in this area is misguided and needs urgent regulation. Legislation needs to be written that will help reverse the major mistakes while giving a qualitative uplift to the natural resources that we share our space with.
For example, residents in this area, which includes the farming community, need to reverse practices such as ploughing and drainage which have transformed the area from one of the most beautiful natural spots in north america into a wasteland of failed potentials for natural resource and space use. It really does need urgent research from the scientists at Western or elsewhere.
It is so unfortunate that there is no Ontario school of international renown looking at these issues. This I am told by European experts!
I firmly believe that people, flora and fauna can live together to maximize yield of food for human and natural use, but we are terribly terribly ignorant of what to do. Your people need to help us on this. If you give us information we can create a nature friendly habitat area that humans and all living creatures can enjoy and sustain.
Farmers need to be shown how to grow crops that make them independently wealthy and able to resist the absolutely enormous profits to be had by devastating this beautiful landscape with homogenous cropping and factory like attitudes towards food production.
If we remain ignorant and unresponsive to the needs for restraining deadly forms of commericial development outside existing locations, we will see this area and all its flora and fauna disappear. We need help!
We need legistation that sees past the almighty dollar and profit and puts water back into our small lakes and allows our streams to bend naturally. We need people to have access to paths and trails that help the human spirit as well as protecting flora and fauna. So much in Ontario is rectalinear like the thinking that insists on homogenous grassing and farming.
Also, I ask whether you can forward this message on to the relevant parties who might help. Would your government be prepared to assist the Association for Tropical Agriculture survive and enable it to grow in directions that build friendly environments for all the world's endangered species. There is a huge need for retired experts to share their expertise about what to do to get our province back into Carolinian growth mode. Many of them are in tropical agriculture and we could share with them our effort to work together to increase food production yields, eliminate the mindset towards homogenity of natural environments.
We are seeing the Irish potatoe famine issues emerge from / with profit oriented farming technologies that redicule the independent small holder and give excessive advantage to large commercial enterprises that have turned Ontario farmers into a seventeeth century putting out economic system that will destroy our natural habitat further. Will we repeat the destruction of the past and lose everything of value in allowing the spread of forms of habitat racism / genocide?
RT
Friday, 13 January 2012
Sunday, 8 January 2012
Anti-sprawl development to the fore in Calgary - The Globe and Mail
Would that more thought artistically about land use!
RT
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Friday, 6 January 2012
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Nyack Sketch Log: Pickwick Book Shop
A story and a picture!
http://www.nyacknewsandviews.com/2011/12/bb_pickwick20111219/
The bookstor that has a special gift for its customers.
RT
Friday, 30 December 2011
H3N2v: How a New Swine Flu Virus Could Complicate Influenza Season | Healthland | TIME.com
If you don't think you need to take precautions. Think again!
RT
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
Sunday, 25 December 2011
BBC E-mail: £16 computer gets close to launch
I saw this story on the BBC News app.....
** £16 computer gets close to launch **
The eagerly anticipated Raspberry Pi home computer is very close to going into full scale production.
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16316439 >
** Disclaimer **
The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified.
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