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Healthcare
NYT Special Section on Health Slow Ideas — Some innovations spread fast. How do you speed the ones that don’t? by Atul Gawande We yearn for frictionless, technological solutions. But people talking to...
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UN was headed to Philadelphia, but a Rockefeller stepped in The book “Capital of the World” chronicles the search for a home for the United Nations headquarters after World War II and the nearly 250...
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Canada International Relations – Trade
BEYOND TRADE: MAKING CANADA MATTER IN ASIA Jeremy Kinsman (Policy Options) Canada is embarking on a welcome national trade expansion and diversification project, in part because of a threat of...
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Terrorism
Critical opinion of Islam ignores the fundamental truths On Terrorists, Canada and Montreal– Beryl Wajsman (selection of clips) How Terrorist Groups End How do terrorist groups end? The evidence since...
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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
Genetically modified oilseed rape, one of the four main commercial GM crops. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Background: The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; SciDevnet GM crops and Agriculture...
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Natural resources: mining
Mineral Exploration and Industry News — Latest News in Mineral Exploration, Oil Mining and Other Industry Ecological Impact of MiningTechnology, Minerals and War in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
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Water
More on Water and on Wednesday-Night.com Thirst a powerful slide show on water ; Stockholm International Water Institute ; Nanotechnology for clean water ; (IPS files) Troubled Waters ; Economist...
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Alternate (clean) energy/renewables
Alternative energy news February 2010 The Pew Center on Global Climate Change: Clean Energy Markets: Jobs and Opportunities North American Environmental Commission Promoting Green Jobs with Renewable...
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Canada in 2013: International trade
The stated objective of the Government of Canada is to create “the most favourable conditions for Canadian businesses to compete internationally. Free trade agreements (FTAs) and foreign investment...
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Cities and sustainability
Coastal cities to pay high price for climate change Global flood damage could cost cities US$1 trillion per year, say researchers Coastal cities in developing countries will be hardest hit Policymakers...
View ArticleWednesday Night #1642
1642, a year notable for the civil war in England, which pitted the hapless Charles I against Parliament, and, as it happened, broke out on August 22nd. It was a banner year for education in...
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Japan 2013
Analysis: Dr John Swenson-Wright, Chatham House In foreign policy, Japan’s immediate neighbours, most notably South Korea and China, worry that the prime minister may be planning to pursue an...
View ArticleNew federal election map
Canada’s federal electoral map is changing Every 10 years, after the census is conducted, the number of electoral districts and their boundaries are revised to reflect population shifts and growth....
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E is for Espionage
Probably our two favorite spy stories of 2013 (Reuters) – Turkish authorities detained a bird [kestrel] on suspicion it was spying for Israel, but freed it after X-rays showed it was not embedded with...
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U.S.: Environment & energy
Climate change on Wednesday-Night.com Andrew Revkin Dot Earth blog Natural Gas Forum Pros and Cons of Marcellus Shale Gas Development “Gasland” on PBS NOW talks with filmmaker Josh Fox about “Gasland”,...
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Alternate (clean) energy/renewables
Alternative energy news February 2010 The Pew Center on Global Climate Change: Clean Energy Markets: Jobs and Opportunities North American Environmental Commission Promoting Green Jobs with Renewable...
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Nuclear energy 2011-2013
International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) Nuclear Energy Institute World Nuclear Association SciDevNet Climate Change & Energy: Nuclear power after Fukushima Two years on: How nuclear sells itself...
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Terrorism
Critical opinion of Islam ignores the fundamental truths On Terrorists, Canada and Montreal– Beryl Wajsman (selection of clips) How Terrorist Groups End How do terrorist groups end? The evidence since...
View ArticleWednesday Night #1648 – Westphalia
Complete information about the October 22nd launch of Buffets And Breadlines, the first book of Kimon’s trilogy, is now available on the New School of Athens website. The significance of 1648 cannot be...
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Natural resources: mining
Mineral Exploration and Industry News — Latest News in Mineral Exploration, Oil Mining and Other Industry Ecological Impact of MiningTechnology, Minerals and War in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
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