Dame Ellen MacArthur: The surprising thing I learned sailing solo around the world | TED Talk | TED.com

https://www.ted.com/talks/dame_ellen_macarthur_the_surprising_thing_i_learned_sailing_solo_around_the_world?language=en

M A R C E L L I S O N | Data- & Photojournalist » On War’s Centrifugality: Paul Watson

Doug Bonesteel,

It would seem that you and Paul have some major things in common. Principles .. Intelligences .. Convictions .. A hatred of bullying .. And a high disregard for foolish decisions.

Don't let the misguided bullies get you down. Within a playpen of missing smarts and brights, you really shine.

If you ever want to meet to explain your frustrations to sympathetic ears, let me know.

I am myself am not prepared to let bullies push me around on issues where corruption is the order of the day or the economics and environment are sacrificed. My memory will be extremely long, my street smarts, and my wits exercised as long as my brain willingly functions.

Thanks,

Arthur

http://www.marcellison.com/blog/?p=214

Global Warming, Greece, and International Violence | Evaggelos Vallianatos

Help Greece build a solar future.

Canada should mount a major effort and organised advanced economies a la Lester Pearson to channel surplus funds to assist Southern Europe get rid of its dependence on fossil fuels. Alberta should close down its oil industry and begin invest in environment friendly energy technologies where there is a long term economic future. Justin Trudeau would seem to be the only Canadian capable of such forward thinking leadership, like his father.

Building island sea barriers using its surplus sulphur and limestone from Canada would be a great start to helping countries that will otherwise be flooded. Why do these enormous poisonous mounds of yellow chemical sit unused when they could be of so much value fighting the effects of climate change?

Does government have to do everything? Where is the forward looking Canadian private sector that Harperism has created, ha ha ha ha!?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evaggelos-vallianatos/global-warming-greece-and-international-violence_b_7689066.html

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Watson resigns from Toronto Star - Toronto - CBC News

Unbelievable? Are we already a dictatorship? Where is this leading Canada? Obviously, we desperately need new honest leadership. Let the corruption stop forthwith. What negative advertising will begin for this whistleblower?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pulitzer-prize-winning-journalist-paul-watson-resigns-from-toronto-star-1.3143768

PhotojournalismOn Resigning from the Toronto Star —arcticstarcreativity.com ArcticStar Creativity

This is incredible. Is the Harper government muzzling the Toronto Star?

http://www.arcticstarcreativity.com/blog/2015/7/6/on-resigning-from-the-toronto-star

Pulitzer-winning journalist Paul Watson quits Toronto Star over ‘refusal to publish’ story on Franklin expedition | National Post

One suspects that the Toronto Star is not an honest newspaper anymore. It stands increasingly naked in its biased writing without the likes of a Pierre Berton. Is democracy in Canada dead? Shows existing budget of reporting critical of the government's heavy handedness needs to be increased. Is Ontario's failure to attract manufacturing etc. due to bad governance in Ottawa arising from cutbacks over the last decade. Its obvious there is a lack of leadership qualities in Steven Harper and to compare him to the other party leaders shows the enormous deficit in the Conservative platforms and leadership. All the negative conservative advertising on Youtube is really getting to me.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/paul-watson-toronto-star-resignation-820147

Puerto Rico: Another Harsh Lesson About The Consequences of Violating Fiscal Policy’s Golden Rule

Interesting, but is it correct?

http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/06/puerto-rico-another-harsh-lesson-about-the-consequences-of-violating-fiscal-policys-golden-rule/

p.83-4. Modern Research As Illustrating the ...

So I wondered where the phrase "troglodytic axe grinder" originated from. Here's a clue:

http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Modern_Research_As_Illustrating_the_Bible_1000669573/83

Can you find more?

Arthur

Portland Just Installed Water Pipes That Generate Electricity! | The Mind Unleashed

http://themindunleashed.org/2015/02/portland-just-installed-water-pipes-generate-electricity.html

Aliens will look a lot like us, says an expert on evolution - ScienceAlert

http://www.sciencealert.com/aliens-will-look-a-lot-like-us-says-an-expert-on-evolution

809 And "Tropical" Area Code Scams

http://www.scambusters.org/809scam.html

Solar Energy Cell Can Store and Convert Energy At Night

http://www.techfragments.com/3576/solar-energy-cell-store-night/

Climate change concert calls for more investment in green energy - Edmonton - CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/climate-change-concert-calls-for-more-investment-in-green-energy-1.3138807

Wind Energy: Back Door For Fuel Cell Respectability? | CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2015/07/04/wind-energy-back-door-for-fuel-cell-respectability/

Europe’s Attack on Greek Democracy by Joseph E. Stiglitz - Project Syndicate

Greece be wary of Americans bearing gifts:

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/greece-referendum-troika-eurozone-by-joseph-e--stiglitz-2015-06

If you think your local sewerage system is adequate ?

From Wikipedia:

Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide used to kill weeds, especially annual broadleaf weeds and grasses known to compete with commercial crops grown around the globe. It was discovered to be an herbicide by Monsanto chemist John E. Franz in 1970.^[3] Monsanto brought it to market in the 1970s under the trade name Roundup and Monsanto's last commercially relevant United States patent expired in 2000.

Glyphosate was quickly adopted by farmers, even more so when Monsanto introduced glyphosate-resistant crops, enabling farmers to kill weeds without killing their crops. In 2007, glyphosate was the most used herbicide in the United States agricultural sector, with 180 to 185 million pounds (82,000 to 84,000 tonnes) applied, and the second-most used in home and garden market where users applied 5 to 8 million pounds (2,300 to 3,600 tonnes); in addition, industry, commerce, and government applied 13 to 15 million pounds (5,900 to 6,800 tonnes).^[4] With its heavy use in agriculture, weed resistance to glyphosate is a growing problem. While glyphosate and formulations such as Roundup have been approved by regulatory bodies worldwide and are widely used, concerns about their effects on humans and the environment persist.^[5]

Glyphosate's mode of action is to inhibit a plant enzyme involved in the synthesis of the aromatic amino acids: tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine. It is absorbed through foliage, and minimally through roots,^[6][7][8] and translocated to growing points. Because of this mode of action, it is only effective on actively growing plants; it is not effective as a pre-emergence herbicide. Some crops have been genetically engineered to be resistant to glyphosate (i.e., Roundup Ready, also created by Monsanto Company). Such crops allow farmers to use glyphosate as a postemergence herbicide against both broadleaf and cereal weeds, but the development of similar resistance in some weed species is emerging as a costly problem. Roundup Ready soybean was the first Roundup Ready crop.

Many regulatory and scholarly reviews have evaluated the relative toxicity of glyphosate as an herbicide. The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment published a toxicology review in 2013, which found that "the available data is contradictory and far from being convincing" with regard to correlations between exposure to glyphosate formulations and risk of various cancers, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).^[9] A meta-analysis published in 2014 identified an increased risk of NHL in workers exposed to glyphosate formulations.^[10] In March 2015 the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer published a summary of its forthcoming monograph on glyphosate, and classified it as "probably carcinogenic in humans" (category 2A) based on epidemiological studies, animal studies, and in vitro studies.^[5][11][12]

Public Meeting for OP

Received today:

Feelings are already running high .. I personally think alternatively to worrying about septic tanks, which are not a problem and will shortly become a source of energy for home and community systems, the local rivers should be tested for poisoning by Roundup runoff and embodiment in plants and foods and the impact this horrible chemical has had on human health.  

I am not sure that the existing project is not a waste of money and time because of the residual human medications in the resultant water. Farmers may regard high levels of antibiotics as acceptable in food and animal waste seepage that ends up on our beaches, but I don't. 

Arthur

Subject: Re: Public Meeting for OP

Hi Carol:

Thank you for your response of yesterday. It is appreciated.

Since this is or should be a public meeting for the OP there will be an appropriate notice to all property owners in Lambton Shores. A simple newspaper notice as the municipality is well aware is not sufficient. This factor is a well established guide line as Lambton Shores has previously been advised by the authorities.

In an effort to avoid offending the legal rules of "Natural Justice" will you please let me know when the Municipality will advice its property owners of this upcoming public meeting?

Further will the administration and the planner undertake to give full disclosure of the impact of the new proposed draft OP on the use of private property?

There are more questions that the municipality should address in order to have transparency and openess.

Thank you.

Bob Sharen

Boko Haram's Weapon Supplier Arrested In Chad | 360Nobs.com

http://www.360nobs.com/2015/07/boko-harams-weapon-supplier-arrested-in-chad/

EXTRACT: Councillor Bonesteel concerned re: installation of sewers along lakeshore

This video needs to be sent to everyone in the SPPA whether resident year round or not and not to do it is irresponsible in my view. Time for action against the bulldozer.

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/of5f3kqq6M0

How to deter the West Nile Virus?

http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/4-plants-your-garden-reduce-west-nile-virus-risk.html