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International News Desk – At Home: Vancouver makes a commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions – In Foreign News: More UN peacekeepers are coming from China than ever before

At Home: Vancouver makes a commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions First British Columbia and now the city of Vancouver have decided to take the lead on curbing greenhouse gas emissions since Kyoto resolutions have failed to take place throughout Canada. The aim is for the city to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050… Read more »

Click On This – How To Do

In a big, wide world such as we’ve got for ourselves, you’d think we would never run out of things to do. Yet, sometimes, we are still bitten by the boredom bug, and need to find some way to fill our time. Turn An Etch-A-Sketch Into A Picture Frame http://photojojo.com/content/diy/etch-a-sketch-picture-frame/ Not only that, but they’ll… Read more »

International News Desk – At Home: Canadian cities are among the cheapest to live in – In Foreign News: Climate change refugees?

At Home: Recent survey claims Canadian cities are among the cheapest to live in The Mercer Human Resource Consulting agency has compiled its annual cost of living survey; a list of the most expensive cities in which to live. The survey took 143 countries into consideration and used various daily costs and transactions to calculate… Read more »

Click On This – Speakeasy

One of the things that sets mankind apart as a species is the manner in which we communicate. We have a rather unique language, and sometimes the things we do with it are equally unique. Oxypedia http://www.oxypedia.com/index.php?title=Welcome_to_Oxypedia While we can be such original creatures, there is also the fact that sometimes we aren’t; sometimes we… Read more »

Click On This – Abandurban

Often, too often, we build, we use, then we exit and forget. Sometimes this goes beyond merely leaving a place, and extends to the point where everyone has left and everyone has forgotten. Following are links that will take you to some very interesting examples of abandoned and unused places, and urban decay. The Nostalgia… Read more »

International News Desk – At Home: Behind the Canadian Visa – In Foreign News: Spy Satellite Launched by Israel

At Home: Behind the Canadian Visa The CBC website (http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/who-visas/) has posted profiles of six people who have been refused a visa into Canada. The report offers an unusual glimpse into the immigration and visa process that most of us would usually not give a second thought to. Applying for a visa in most countries… Read more »

Click On This – Backtrack

We are all a sum of what’s gone before, from the frightening to the fantastical. The History of The Guillotine http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/Pages/History.html A rather terrifying piece of machinery, but probably a lot less painful than the garrotte . . . one hopes. Eleven Weirdest Ancient Mysteries http://crazylinkz.blogspot.com/2006/08/11-weirdest-ancient-mysteries.html True or false, fake or real–still part of our… Read more »

International News Desk. At Home: Loonie poised to reach parity with the buck; In Foreign News: CITES continues to fight the ivory trade; southern Africa fights back

At Home: Loonie poised to reach parity with the buck Over the past five years, the Canadian dollar has increased by 43.4% (according to CTV News), a strikingly high increase rate that saw it reach a 30-year high of 94.77 cents on the American dollar on June 4. Several reasons have been cited for the… Read more »

Click On This – Vehicular

We’ve all got to get there in the end somehow; but who says getting there has to be a bore? Twike http://www.twike.us/ I wonder if I can get this little beauty in neon green? Gypsy Caravans http://gypsy-caravans.co.uk/ Not just a thing of vehicular beauty, you can have one of your very own! Strange and Unusual… Read more »