Archive for August, 2016

Wednesday Night #1800
August 31, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1800

Yes, it is the milestone #1800 and we are sure that Gerald will  have an appropriate list of historical facts with whic ...

1800 Wednesday Nights – August 31, 2016
August 31, 2016, Comments Off on 1800 Wednesday Nights – August 31, 2016

Scheherazade had 1001 nights of fabulous stories to entertain her husband-king Primarily to stop him from doing her in D ...

Tudor Johnston R.I.P.
August 28, 2016, Comments Off on Tudor Johnston R.I.P.

JOHNSTON, Walter Tudor Wyatt Tudor Johnston, considered the greatest research theorist in plasma physics in Canada, pass ...

Wednesday Night #1799 with Peter Berezin
August 24, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1799 with Peter Berezin

Peter is back on the job at BCA  and most recently has issued a report on the Upside of populism in which he points out ...

2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro
August 22, 2016, Comments Off on 2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro

Follow Rio 2016 Olympics NYT slideshow of Opening Ceremony CBC (short) video of Opening Ceremony 2016 Rio Summer Olympic ...

Wednesday Night #1798
August 17, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1798

YES, Wednesday Night is on at 2174, as sadly, we are unable to attend the wine tasting and BBQ event at the Beaconsfield ...

Nepal
August 11, 2016, 1 Comment

The Cost of Political Instability in Nepal (NYT Editorial) Last week, Nepal’s Parliament elected Pushpa Kamal Dahal as ...

Wednesday Night #1797
August 10, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1797

Please note that the abnormally hot temperatures have driven PM Trudeau to go shirtless to the shock of columnist Barbar ...

World Social Forum
August 10, 2016, Comments Off on World Social Forum

What is the World Social Forum?   The World Social Forum is a place for activists, NGOs, academics and development thin ...

China: government and governance /2
August 9, 2016, Comments Off on China: government and governance /2

China’s Year of Tumult Puts Xi’s Governance Under the Microscope Looking out over Beijing’s Tiananmen Squa ...