All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

Gerry Germain R.I.P.
April 12, 2015, 2 Comments

R.I.P. Gerry Germain Our dear friend for 50 years with whom we shared adventures and many happy hours of quiet conversat ...

Wednesday Night #1727
April 8, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1727

Hoping everyone enjoyed a Happy Easter/Passover, or simply a long, restful, weekend. For those for whom Easter or Passov ...

Wednesday Night #1726 with Marko Papic
April 1, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1726 with Marko Papic

And in a timely announcement on Thursday morning: Ukraine signed a deal for Russian gas. Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state gas ...

Population growth & sustainable development
April 1, 2015, Comments Off on Population growth & sustainable development

Overpopulation, overconsumption – in pictures Sprawling Mexico City rolls across the landscape, displacing every scrap ...

Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015)
March 30, 2015, Comments Off on Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015)

The Lee Kuan Yew Conundrum Singapore’s late leader governed undemocratically but effectively. Which raises a quest ...

Wednesday Night #1725
March 25, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1725

Alex brought up the latest news on the  Germanwings flight 9525 from the recovery of the black box. It seems a pilot wa ...

Arctic & Antarctic: Science and technology
March 21, 2015, 1 Comment

TED Talk James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss Chasing Ice and Watch the the trailer The Extent of Winter Se ...

Wednesday Night #1724 with Pierre Bossé
March 18, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1724 with Pierre Bossé

A lively evening with wide-ranging discussion and the welcome return – after 15 years – of Pierre Bossé. Ki ...

Wednesday Night #1723 with Dr. Mark Roper
March 10, 2015, 1 Comment

Dr. Mark Roper plans to join us and is eager to talk about the latest upset in the world of the mega-hospitals, this tim ...

Quebec & Bill 10
March 9, 2015, 1 Comment

Health Minister Gaétan Barrette not budging on MUHC’s seasonal bed cuts ‘It was planned that way. It was ag ...

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