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Predictions for 2010

It’s hard to ignore trends … some are bang-on, while others tend to fall by the wayside.  We love them.  We hate them.  Money is spent creating them.  Businesses try to adjust to them.  Governments analyze them.
Yet – after a year no-one was able to predict – it’s becoming more important then ever to take [...]

Merry Christmas!

Tractors on Parade

Ferndale, California is a small town that celebrates Christmas in a big way.
Each year, area farmers decorate their farm equipment with thousands of lights for a uniquely rural Christmas parade!

 

Forum For Young Canadians An Opportunity for Youth

The Forum for Young Canadians is a unique opportunity for a young person from your community to learn first-hand how decisions are made nationally in Canada so that they can return home eager to engage in the decision making process in their community.
Four sessions of the program are offered each year.  The 2010 scheduled dates [...]

Wind Turbines Not a Health Risk

Whew.  And here I was lying awake at night thinking about those giant, wicked wind turbines … evilly whirring away, plotting humanity’s downfall.
But seriously, though, an international panel of health experts has released a report based on a review of a large body of scientific literature on sound and health effects, and specifically with regard to sound [...]

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