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Have you seen Kellie Pickler’s prom dress? It’s 5,789 times worse than what you’re thinking right now. Really, just go see. (Fatback) Ashlee Simpson makes fun retards, but never once mentions her own idiot sister. Irony? (Websters) What is that long, pink, phallic thing in Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr’s [...]

Mr. Cartoon seems to be all over the place lately from sneakers, to clothing, to vinyl figures.  His latest collabortive work involves a motorcycle built by Roland Sands with his airbrushed artwork.  The motorcycle will be making it’s rounds at select motorcyle shows.  Check out more pictures after the jump! Images\Info: Riottt Tags: Mr., Cartoon, x, Roland, [...]

Oilsands never 'green' - From Montreal Gazette   Tell the Alberta premier to get his head out of the oil sands. But, astonishingly, his government is spending $25 million on a brazen PR stunt designed to delude the world into believing the oil sands are "green."   Stelmach's agent in Washington, deputy premier Ron Stevens, was attempting to persuade the U.S. government to leave Alberta off a list of countries producing "dirty oil," from which imports would be banned.   U.S. advocacy group National Resource Defence Council certainly didn't. Spokeswoman Liz Barratt-Brown said calling the oil sands sustainable was  "ludicrous," given the "enormous amounts of global warming and toxic pollution" they create. OK, so they're a bunch of sad-sack lefties.   But li

Serpentine, Kennac Sands.Sketchbook, Blood red serpentine rocks make up the sculptural beauty of this part of the Lizard in Cornwall Apparently, in healing usage, serpentine is very powerful. Its properties promotes good luck and it is supposed to help people in achieving their dreams and desires. Maybe that's why I feel so happy here. This is a sketchbook painting, available as a print for $20 or £10, see earlier posts for full details and let me know if you want one.

Time is running out! Voting for the LAMMYS ends Monday night at midnight Pacific time. Please don't miss this chance to honor your peers (and maybe get honored yourself) as it won't come around again for awhile.Here's the link: promise to make no more than two or three more reminder posts about the LAMMY deadline. ;)Also, the deadline for entries into the Summer of LAMB contest is Friday night at midnight Pacific. Additional details can be found here.

Divide the chips as you will. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) had a pitiful quarter. Revenue rose from $628 million to $1.079 billion. The good news ended there.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On this trip I stayed in a resort called Toshali Sands. This resort is about 65 KM from Bhubaneshwar city and it takes about an hour and a half by car to reach the resort from Bhubaneshwar airport. The road is very good and it is quite a smooth ride. You can call up the resort and arrange for a car pick up from the airport which we did and it cost us Rs. 1200. In front of the resort is the Baiukhanda Reserve Forest which is basically a cashew plantation owned by the government and were told that there were mainly deer in it but we did not get to see any. If you drive through the forest then you reach the Balighai beach.Although the resort claims to be of 4 star quality it is not really of the same quality of other 4 star properties although it might have similar amenities as a 4 star prope

  Efficiencies Currently start @ $89,5002 Bedroom units start @ $159,900Currently there are 47 active listings at Sands Ocean ClubPrices range from $89,500 - $469,000Direct Oceanfront Efficiencies start @ $99,900Direct Oceanfront 2 Bedroom units start @ $225,000 for a short sale unit      This is Floorplan for Efficiency unit with North or South Ocean views Two Bedroom Suite Two Bedroom Executive Suite 3 Bedroom  Suite Amenities at Sands Ocean Club Resort24 Hour Front Desk AM/FM Alarm Clock All rooms non smoking Babysitting/Child Services Bar/Lounge Barber/Beauty Shop Beach Business Center Coffee Maker in Room Courtesy Car Fitness Center or Spa Free Parking Laundry/Valet Services Meeting/Banquet Facilities Pool Restaurant Room Ser

Prince of Persia: Trilogy Pack (Includes Prince of Persia Warrior Within, Two Thrones, and Sands of Time) (CD-ROM)By UbiSoft Click for more info Customer Rating: First tagged “ps2″ by David R. Graves [...]

The Zen of White Sands A photo exhibit by internationally awarded photographer CARLOS L. ESGUERRA April 11-25, 2008 Artistree Fine Art Gallery Art Plaza, Level 4 EDSA Shangri-La Plaza Mall Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

Published by: Ubisoft Developed by: Ubisoft Montreal Genre: Third-Person Action Adventure Number of Players: 1 ESRB Content Descriptors: Animated Violence Also Available On: Game Boy Advance, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wireless     Description: Publisher Ubisoft brings us the next official installment in the legendary Prince of Persia series with Prince of Persia: The Sands

There’s lots of talk on the financial channels this morning regarding all of the untapped possibilities that we can explore to supply our country’s need for oil in the coming years. Canadian oil sands have been getting a lot of coverage because they say there is more oil in that sand in Canada than there is in all of Saudi Arabia. It’s an expensive process to extract the oil from the sand. It has to be heated to separate the two and that eats up the profit per barrel. I believe I heard mention of a price of $30 per barrel. In these days of $100 plus prices for a barrel of the black gold 30 bucks seems like a piddling amount doesn’t? Therefore, we can probably look for daily oil production in Canada to start kicking butt if it hasn’t already. In addition to the possibilities

Game synopsis :Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person action adventure video game published by Ubisoft. It was released on November 6, 2003 and is a continuation of the landmark MS-DOS game series Prince of Persia, created by Jordan Mechner in 1989. The Sands of Time, developed internally at Ubisoft Montreal, successfully captures the mechanics of the original platformer and

Our Sands Of Oblivion contest is now over. The winners' names are Greg Johnson, Judy, Richard Tucker, Lori Berman, Patricia Hill, Gary Armour, Larry Wheeler, Brandon Beckner, Stacy Berg and Belinda (whew!). You have all been notified via email and I've sent your info to the sponsor of the contest. It's up to you to respond in order to claim your prizes. Thanks to everyone who entered! I'm a big fan of the Sci Fi Channel's regular series like Stargate: Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica, and I know that some of you actually like some of the movies they show. :-) For you folks, here's a DVD giveaway just for you: Screen Rant is giving away 10 copies of the Sci Fi Channel movie Sands Of Oblivion. The movie stars the following actors: Adam Baldwin (Serenity, Chuck, The Thirst) Morena

Question COS 2007 earning is 1.55 per unit but the annual dividend is 3. Explain why the dividend is higher than the earnings? Will the high dividend sustainable given the low earning figure? Thanks Answer Hello, In the Income statement we have revenues and expenses and we are left with Net Income(or Loss). Net Income(or Loss) [...]

DVD Giveaway: Sci Fi Channel's Sands Of OblivionI'm a big fan of the Sci Fi Channel's regular series like Stargate: Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica, and I know that some of you actually like some of the movies they show. :-) For you folks, here's a DVD giveaway just for you: Screen Rant is giving away 10 copies of the Sci Fi Channel movie Sands Of Oblivion. The movie stars the following actors: Adam Baldwin (Serenity, Chuck, The Thirst) Morena Baccarin (Stargate SG-1, The O.C.) Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons â€" Voice of Homer Simpson, Pursuit of Happyness) Victor Webster (Charmed, Must Love Dogs) Oscar-winner George Kennedy (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Earthquake) Here's a description of the movie: From Beneath The Sands - The Ultimate Evil Will Rise In 1923, legendary dire

Sands beach is situated at the end of Shore Drive where the street ends. No worry of thru traffic. With 3 pools on site , a hot tub, tennis courts, a newly remodeled lobby and restaraunt. This complex is like new. It has seen alot of major renovations in the last couple of years. From new doors and water heater to NEW elevators. 2 Bedroom Oceanview suites start @ only $150K with a short sale in this complex. Units Peaked out over $200K in the Hype of the market.2 Bedroom direct Oceanfront units start @ $269K at this time. These units topped out at $399,900 in September 2005! Picture Above is Oceanview Suite unit @ Sands Beach Club l                          &n

What is it with us Canadians? Do we suffer from ‘the grass is always greener, the sand always warmer’ syndrome? During a -40 snap, you bet we do. And it’s not all bad either.Due to increases in salaries and the great rise in Alberta real estate values have helped make many Albertans quite well off. Our strong dollar and the perceived bargains in the U.S. have brought droves of Realtors and salesmen from South of the border to flog their wares, when we’re feeling at our most vulnerable-bitter winter.Albertans are prime targets.I too admit to a weakness for a house on a palm-treed beach. Actually, I’m lucky to have two palm trees in my garden but their leaves turn brown and fall off during cold spells, far from the beach of my dreams.The number one thing to remember is that Albe

Here is a video from the Stimulator and his radical show It's the end of the world and I feel fine. In this episode he has piece on the Alberta tar sands which are said to be one of the most destructive projects on the planet.

Do you know which is the bestest TV comedy in the whole wide world? Nope, it’s not Monty Python. Nah, it’s not Little Britain. And it’s certainly not Seinfeld. Give up? It is… *Drum roll* CSI Miami! Otherwise known as The One with Horatio Caine and his Sunglasses of Justice. Seriously, the show is a joke, Carrot Top is a joke [...]

We visited in late September, the end of the six-month dry season when the landscape takes on almost ghostly qualities as dust and sand envelops the scrub and vegetation. It's the best time for instant, quick-fix game viewing -- in contrast to the hours sometimes spent in Kruger. Although visits are possible all year round, it can get uncomfortably hot between November and February.Etosha is deservedly the highlight of a visit to Namibia, a country dominated by the Namib and Kalahari deserts and roughly the size of France and Germany combined, which is attracting growing numbers of tourists -- especially from Europe -- lured by safaris and sand. Endless, endless sand.

We visited in late September, the end of the six-month dry season when the landscape takes on almost ghostly qualities as dust and sand envelops the scrub and vegetation. It's the best time for instant, quick-fix game viewing -- in contrast to the hours sometimes spent in Kruger. Although visits are possible all year round, it can get uncomfortably hot between November and February.Etosha is deservedly the highlight of a visit to Namibia, a country dominated by the Namib and Kalahari deserts and roughly the size of France and Germany combined, which is attracting growing numbers of tourists -- especially from Europe -- lured by safaris and sand. Endless, endless sand.

Perdon por la espera pero esque no había subitulos, pero ya está listo el episodio seis titulado "Damien Sands" en el formato de 190HQ subtitulado y también en el Formato de 100MB subtitulado gracias a pib0te.190MB HQ Subtitulado100MB SubtituladoTorquemada - Uploader Team

By: Brett Debritz http://www.news.com.au/ WHEN Australians dream of an island paradise, their thoughts probably turn east to Fiji, Tahiti or Hawaii. But Asia has its fair share of beach holiday options, offering as much or as little excitement as any tourist could want. The Philippines may not come to mind as readily as, say, Bali or Phuket, but it does offer some fabulous affordable getaways. Prominent among the nation’s 7107 islands is Boracay, about 40 minutes flying time south of the main island of Luzon. This popular spot offers a wealth of attractions - hotel and resort complexes suitable for any budget, a golf course and the 4km long White Beach that has been ranked among the best in the world. (more…)

Esta semana salio un poco mas tarde de los acostumbrado el release del nuevo capitulo de Nip Tuck pero no por eso lo ibamos a dejar de poner y aqui lo tienen termino la espera descarguenlo y porsupuesto disfruten de esta excelente serie.Entrar al Foro

BP rose on plans to venture into the Canadian oil sands on Tuesday amid a surge in energy stocks on tight oil inventories and plans by OPEC to hold production steady. The overall market also provided a big lift, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJ:13,444.96, ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

BP rose on plans to venture into the Canadian oil sands on Tuesday amid a surge in energy stocks on tight oil inventories and plans by OPEC to hold production steady. The overall market also provided a big lift, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJ:13,444.96, +196.23, +1.5%) rallying nearly 200 points in midday action on strong U.S. productivity gains and private-sector hiring. Crude-oil stocks fell by 8 million barrels to 305.2 million barrels in the past week, well below the forecast for a dip of 1.7 million barrels. Crude-oil futures rose 50 cents to $88.82. In a move to tap into what's often regarded as the largest oil reserves in the world outside Saudi Arabia, BP (BP:73.68, +1.33, +1.8%) said it will exchange half of a stake in its Toledo refinery for a half share of Husky Energy's Sunrise field in Alberta. "BP's move into oil sands is an opportunity to b

Check out this preview clip from tonight’s episode of NIP/TUCK, “Damien Sands,” featuring Tiffany “New York” Pollard. I cannot say that I am a fan of I Love New York (Tiffany “New York” Pollard’s reality show on VH1), but you know what, this clip is not half bad, at least she seems like herself. Don’t forget to watch Nip/Tuck “Damien Sands” tonight at 10pm on FX. Share This

The Moonlight Mid Mod Bus Tour – Part 4 It took something REALLY exciting like a moonlight bus tour of Modernist Las Vegas to get me onto the strip on a Friday Night. But there we were looking for the original site of one of the preeminate photos of all time (as far as Vintage Las Vegas is concerned). MM figured out from satellite photos of then and now exactly where the photo was taken. Well, exactly within about 10 feet. So that’s where we took the group photo of everyone on the bus tour. The spot is now the front sidewalk of the Venetian. And that’s the first time in 20 years anyone’s managed to make me go on the strip on a weekend night.   Share This

It was from Byzantium that the taste for refinement and sensuous luxury came to Venice. "Artificiosa voluptate se mulcebat," a chronicler wrote of the Greek wife of an early doge. Her scents and perfumes, her baths of dew, her sweet-smelling gloves and dresses, the fork she used at table scandalized her subjects, plain Italian pioneer folk. The husband of this effeminate woman had Greek tastes also. He began, says the chronicler, "to work in mosaic," importing mosaic workers -- and marbles and precious stones -- to adorn his private chapel, St. Mark's, in the Eastern style that soon became second nature to the Venetians. The Byzantine mode, in Venice, lost something of its theological awesomeness. The stern, solemn figure of the Pantocrator who dominates the Greek churches with his frowning brows and upraised hand does not appear in St. Mark's in His arresting majesty. In a Greek church, you feel that the Eye of God is on you from the moment you step in the door; you are utterly enco

Regular visitors and locals are aware of the fact that Islay is a musical island and there is even a place on Islay where the sand is singing. The Singing Sands on Islay are not unique in the world, there are other places that have singing sands, roaring sands or even whistling sands. There are a few conditions that have to be met to let the sand sing. The sand grains have to be round and between 0.1 and 0.5 mm in diameter, the sand has to contain silica and the sand needs to have a certain humidity. The frequency of vibration is related to the thickness of the dry surface layer of sand. In the case of Islay's Singing Sands it is said that if you rub the sole of your shoe over the sand it generates a singing sound. I have been to the Singing Sands a few times but probably never had the right conditions, or the proper shoes, to generate a sound.The Singing Sands beach is located on the Oa peninsula just behind the Carraig Fhada Lighthouse. If you park your car at the Kilnaughton gravey

Wow, I remember growing up in the Garden State and heading out to Atlantic City. The Sands was a fixture. A fixture we never went to, preferring the Trop and Caesars, but still a fixture, with that weird set back entrance and covered walkway. Well, it has the distinction of being the first casino on the East Coast to be imploded. Sweeeet. While it was no Vegas style New Year’s Eve bash, it still had fireworks and Bon Jovi, and oh, a giant imploding building, so it was damn cool. Sadly the good part of the video doesn’t happen till the very end. Check out the Star Ledger piece on the event with the same video and some more pictures.

The Sands Macao Hotel will be the second casino hotel opened by the Las Vegas Sands."We are now uniquely positioned in Macao to offer all the integrated amenities necessary as a destination to attract a diverse range of multi-night visitors," said Mark Brown, president of Sands Macao and the Venetian Macau Resort Hotel.The new 24-story hotel is situated next to casino Sands Macao as it will adds 289 suites, seven restaurants, a 660-seat theater to the 800 table games and 1500 slot machines in the casino and a heated rooftop swimming pool .作為澳門金沙發展計劃當中部分的澳門金沙酒店在9月28日開業, 樓高24層，有289間精套房. 酒店以現代化裝潢的套房設計，套房面積由600至千多平方呎不等及3間每間面積4500平方尺名為“威尼斯人”的總統套房. 預計在10月正式開幕酒店設有酒吧, 7間頂級的環球美食餐廳、和娛樂場所, 包括一間澳門餐廳, 3間中國廣東式餐館和拉斯維加斯西扒屋。Sou

"A government-appointed panel reviewing Alberta's energy royalties called Tuesday for the oil-rich Canadian province to increase its total take from the energy industry by 20 percent a year, or roughly $2 billion Canadian (US $1.97 billion; €1.42 billion)."How will this affect the Albertan Economy?1. Albertan will see more more of the Oil Sands revenue in infrastructure and perhaps more rebate cheques.2. Oil companies worry that rising royalties may slow or hinder production.With the oil prices rising and Alberta's 175 Billion barrels of oil, second only to Saudi Arabia, many companies will pay the royalties to participate in what may be the biggest economic boom of the century.READ MORE

File planet now has the full versions of these three great Ubisoft PC games now available for free: Far Cry Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Rayman Raving Rabbids As with many other free models these days, they are "ad supported". But hey, that’s what makes them available for free and a small ad here and there won’t bug me as a trade off!!

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time takes place in a mystical Middle Eastern setting, all bathed in soft, warm light and looking like something straight out of a storybook. You play as a young prince who possesses exceptional athletic and acrobatic skill. Early on in the game, the prince steals the dagger of time, a treasure from a rival nation, as a token for his father the king. When a traitorous vizier compels the prince to use the dagger to unlock another treasure, a huge hourglass, everything goes wrong. The sands from the hourglass blow forth, enveloping the kingdom and turning its guardsmen and citizens into, for lack of a better way to describe it, “sand zombies.” The prince, the vizier, and a young woman named Farah are among the only survivors. In the prince’s efforts to undo his mistake, he’ll join forces with Farah, seek out the hourglass, and confront the vizier. The game’s story takes a backseat during most of the game, but it is bookended nicely and is framed a

Former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed is predicting a "war" between the federal government and Alberta over pollution caused by the growing oil sands industry. He says the conflict could be a threat... Earth-centred news for the health of air, water, habitat and the fight against global warming

n the deal, Marathon will give Western Oil Sands shareholders $3.6 billion in cash and 34.2 million shares of Marathon stock valued at $1.9 billion based on Marathon's closing share price on Monday of $57.

Sands Creative Group is pleased to announce that the 2006 Annual Report for Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston has won an Award of Excellence in the 2007 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence, a national competition for communications professionals. The APEX Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence. According to APEX, this year’s entries displayed an extraordinary level of quality. The APEX judges saw only the most promising publications that professional communicators could enter. From those entries, the judges had the truly difficult task of selecting the award-winning entries. (more…)

Paris-based process specialist Technip will transform heavy oil into crude at Fort Hills Oil Sands project near Edmonton, Canada after being awarded a contract by Fort Hills Energy on Thursday. This job includes front-end engineering, detail engineering, procurement, construction and project management for the primary upgrader, which transforms heavy oil into lighter synthetic fuel. The project covers a diluent recovery unit, or DRU, and a delayed coking unit. The DRU recovers solvent from diluted bitumen piped from a Fort Hills mine.The coking unit upgrades heavy bitumen into lighter hydrocarbons via coke extraction. Fort Hills is 55-percent Petro-Canada owned, 30-percent UTS Energy Corp. and 15-percent Teck Cominco.OilGas24 Advertise on The ENERGY DATA WAREHOUSEwww.BajaeNergyBLOG.com

Paris-based process specialist Technip will transform heavy oil into crude at Fort Hills Oil Sands project near Edmonton, Canada after being awarded a contract by Fort Hills Energy on Thursday. This job includes front-end engineering, detail engineering, procurement, construction and project management for the primary upgrader, which transforms heavy oil into lighter synthetic fuel. The project covers a diluent recovery unit, or DRU, and a delayed coking unit. The DRU recovers solvent from diluted bitumen piped from a Fort Hills mine.The coking unit upgrades heavy bitumen into lighter hydrocarbons via coke extraction. Fort Hills is 55-percent Petro-Canada owned, 30-percent UTS Energy Corp. and 15-percent Teck Cominco.OilGas24 Advertise on The ENERGY DATA WAREHOUSEwww.BajaeNergyBLOG.com

In medieval Persia, Earth’s mightiest and most mysterious kingdom, a king and his son defeat the powerful Maharajah, looting his palace of priceless treasure, including an extravagant hourglass and a mysterious dagger. What the Prince does not realize is that these two objects can turn their possessor into an immortal god, and give him control over time itself. Tricked by a dying Vizier bent on harnessing this terrible magic for himself, the Prince releases the Sands of Time, destroying a kingdom and turning its populace into ferocious demons. Now, it is up to the young Prince of Persia to call upon every resource and ounce of courage he possesses to save his kingdom and redeem his fatal mistake. Download (more…) pc games, prince of persia, sands of time

When I think of the Scottish Borders I tend to forget that the Borders region extends to the east coast of Scotland. The sea and the landscape in this area is really beautiful. After a few hours of rain around lunch tine today, the sun appeared and it was a gorgeous late afternoon, ideal for a trip to the beach at Coldingham.

A chief motif of this blog is that the global status quo—that is, the one where the world considers Federal Reserve notes made of paper valuable—is not likely to stay the same. Indeed, I have shown that American wealth is an illusion manifested by cheap credit and a highly leveraged consumer. With debt climbing unsustainably [...]

by Kurt Wulff (McDep Associates)Read more | Digg story Announced with first quarter results after the market close on April 25, the directors of buy-recommended Canadian Oil Sands Trust (COSWF) declared a quarterly distribution of C$0.40 a unit, up 33% from the previous quarter. Market reception of Syncrude Sweet Blend was better than management guided. Record volume of 356,000 barrels daily was achieved in the last month of the quarter. Actual and futures prices for Light Sweet Crude oil are now more than US$65 for 2007, up from $60 in management’s new guidance and up from $55 in management’s old guidance. Though we are confident in our estimate of net present value of US$35 a unit, the stock has been under pressure apparently from Canadian political considerations regarding potential taxation of trusts and carbon dioxide emissions. We agree as Chief Executive Marcel Coutu courageously urges unitholders to protest in a campaign that may bring down the Conservative governmen

Da molti anni ricevo regolarmente la newsletter di “Comunità Giovanile”, un’associazione-ritrovo di Busto Arsizio che spesso organizza incontri interessanti. Oggi ho ricevuto la consueta newsletter, nella quale si parla di una manifestazione dedicata a Bobby Sands organizzata dal Gruppo Vertex Teatro, che fu a suo tempo animato da Giuliana Falcetta: Comunità Giovanile -18 anni di alternativa comunitaria- SAB 5 VERTEX TEATRO PRESENTA BLOCCO H. DIALOGO TRA UN ANGELO E L’ALLODOLA ore 21.30 -spettacolo tetrale in memoria di Bobby Sands a 26 anni dalla morte- “accettare lo status di criminale significherebbe degradare me stesso a ammettere che la causa in cui credo e di cui mi nutro e’ sbagliata… Possono tenere i nostri corpi nelle piu’ inumane condizioni, ma finché la nostra mente rimane libera, la nostra vittoria è certa”. -INGRESSO RISERVATO AI SOCI- La tessera costa 10 euro consumazione inclusa e consente di accedere a tutte le

A Russian designer who harks back at the Middle Ages has come out with weird looking watch to shock your Rolex wearing homies.this Balykin Pavel watch has a screen into a large hour sandglass.So each time you want to check out time,you just have to push a button and the screen disappears into a readable digital clock.make a perfect gift for those who cannot tell time or are habitually late for meeting :). ok may be today is a short review from me.have a nice days ...

Many people are waxing poetically about Stéphane Dion's environmental credentials. The new Liberal leader was praised for his progressive yet untimely legislation as environment minister, which was killed in late 2005 before it could be debated.As a Liberal leadership contender in 2006, it was Dion who first made the environment a prominent issue within his personal policy platform. Alongside the economy and social justice, the environment was a major part of Dion's "three pillars" strategy - which is similar to the Green Party's "triple-bottom-line accounting" - stressing that all three policy areas need to be part of a pragmatic balance, and that a zero-sum approach that stresses one or even two of these three areas can never lead to a balanced policy agenda. Iggy and others quickly followed suit regarding Dion's environmental lead, helping it to become a major policy area of the Liberal leadership campaign. Several candidates, such as former Tory Scott Brison, gave the envi

Really excellent Thomas Homer-Dixon column in the Globe and Mail today, though with a sorrowful conclusion: We (in Canada) need a federal government with a sense of urgency about the problem, the guts to act, and the commonsense recognition that government must play a major role in Canada's response. Instead, right now, we have a federal government with its head stuck in the tar sands. Link via- Desmogblog

I was determined to get out for a walk on Sunday even though the weather was a bit overcast so I paid a long over due visit to one of our local nature reserves, Mere Sands Wood, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside.This reserve has always been a favourite of mine, not only because it's almost on our doorstep, but due the the huge variety of flora and fauna that can be seen without the use of any special equipment.As I was in no hurry I meandered up and down all the paths and went into all the bird hides to see if any of the winter visitors had arrived yet.The Great crested grebes were still looking after some chicks that looked large enough to fend for themselves and all the usual water birds were present but no signs of the winter species yet.Apparently a few rarities had been spotted earlier in the week but I'm not dedicated enough to sit staring through a pair of binoculars for hours on end for that one elusive glimpse.I'd rather