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Securing the Northwest Passage
September 10, 2009, Comments Off on Securing the Northwest Passage

 Arctic passage close to reality The retreat of Arctic Ocean ice is allowing two German ships to complete a dream of sa ...

Wednesday Night #1436
September 9, 2009, 2 Comments

People want to be led As President Obama was giving his address to Congress on health care just before Wednesday Night c ...

West Wing Wednesday Night #18
September 5, 2009, Comments Off on West Wing Wednesday Night #18

Here is the invite for next week’s salon – Sept 9th, 2009 (yes, 09/09/09 for those of you paying attention t ...

China post 2008 Olympics
September 4, 2009, Comments Off on China post 2008 Olympics

Chinese separatists blamed for syringe attack violence Chinese authorities dispatched police in riot gear to disperse pr ...

Canada's Northern Strategy
August 22, 2009, 1 Comment

Canada’s Northern Strategy ; Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security in a Transforming Circumpolar World (click to do ...

Wednesday Night #1433
August 19, 2009, 4 Comments

More to come The U.S. Healthcare debate Throughout much of the world and certainly most of the western world, universal ...

Don Hewitt 1922-2009 R.I.P.
August 19, 2009, Comments Off on Don Hewitt 1922-2009 R.I.P.

60 Minutes Creator Don Hewitt, 86, Dies (CBS)  Don Hewitt, recognized as a father of modern television news and the cre ...

Eunice Kennedy Shriver 1921-2009 R.I.P.
August 16, 2009, Comments Off on Eunice Kennedy Shriver 1921-2009 R.I.P.

Eunice Kennedy smiles sitting next to her brother John, Palm Beach, Florida, 1941. Photograph: Morgan Collection/Getty I ...

Invest in the planet and clean up
August 16, 2009, Comments Off on Invest in the planet and clean up

Native American group and others invest in algae biofuel The Southern Utes tribe, one of the wealthiest Native American ...

Wednesday Night #1432
August 12, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1432

Work in progress – more to come With glittering representation from the Federal and municipal levels of government ...

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