Home » 2009 » May (Page 2)Posted by John Malloy on 05/12/2009
Louise Fresco argues that a smart approach to large-scale, industrial farming and food production will feed our planet’s incoming population of nine billion. Only foods like (the scorned) supermarket white bread, she says, will nourish on a global scale.
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Saturday, July 4 and Sunday, July 5 Presented by the Meaford Creative Arts Association on Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Over 70 artists and artisans from the Meaford area and Southern Ontario. This annual event showcases high quality work including paintings in watercolours, acrylics, oil and pastels as well as photography, [...]
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As soaring oil prices and greenhouse gas emissions fuel the search for cheaper and cleaner sources of energy, a Japanese aerospace manufacturer may have found the right stuff for a solution. It’s a windmill you can call your very own. Yokohama-based aerospace manufacturer, Nippi Corporation, has developed a revolutionary 20 kW wind turbine power generation system [...]
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The alternative sources of energy are constantly evolving. Scientists and manufacturers are trying to come up with better products that are user friendly and economical. Government is drawing policies that encourage use of alternative sources of energy. Researchers, entrepreneurs and common people are devising their own ways to use clean and green sources of energy. [...]
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Civilians continued to flee Pakistan’s northwest in droves Monday as government troops prepared to engage Taliban militants in the crisis-hit Swat Valley. More than 360,000 Pakistanis have fled their homes since May 2, the United Nations has reported. “Obviously more people are on the move,” said Ariane Rummery, a spokeswoman for the U.N. human rights [...]
05/10/2009Read More
WHAT A GREAT LADY Recently, a 98 year-old Polish lady named Irena Sendler died. During WWII, she got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist but she had an ulterior motive. She KNEW of the Nazi’s plans for the Jews. Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box [...]
05/09/2009Read More
Keep this moving – maybe by some chance someone will have seen her and get her back home where she belongs ! Here are some better pictures of Victoria, the missing girl from Woodstock, Ontario. Please pass these along – the wider the circulation the better the chances of finding her. You never know where she might [...]
05/08/2009Read More
Join us during our 2009 season Fridays 3-7 p.m. from June 5th through October 9th. A family & friends event under the Rotary Pavilion at the Harbour. Local, high quality produce, direct from our farmers. You can expect fresh, seasonal fruits & veggies, premium meats, and other unique local food products. Stay and treat yourself [...]
05/07/2009Read More
The leader of GM Canada’s largest union says a filing by the car maker for court protection from creditors is likely. The federal and Ontario governments have ordered the Canadian Auto Workers andGeneral Motors of Canada Ltd. [GM-N] to slash hourly labour costs by May 15. CAW president Ken Lewenza says the company faces liquidation if a [...]
05/05/2009Read More
Madoff is behind bars and isn’t talking. But a Fortune investigation uncovers secrets of his massive swindle. The employees were transfixed. Standing on the mid-Manhattan trading floor of tie Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securis in late 2007, a half-dozen staffers stared up at the ceiling-mounted TV as CNBC aired a report on the mysterious Palm Beach [...]
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Residents in Mexico City restlessly waited for life to return to normal Tuesday as officials from both Mexico and the United States said the worst may be over in the swine flu outbreak. The number of confirmed swine flu cases worldwide stands at 1,117 Tuesday with 26 deaths, according to figures from the World Health [...]
