"“If kids are exposed to it all the time, it's going to make them more anxious,” said Dr. Boer, chief psychologist for the York Region District School Board. “Sometimes you've got to tune it out.”"
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The Fall Bike to Work Week is ON! I'm about to hop on my stead this morning to ride to Vancouver under sunny skies. NIce!
"America faces a crisis of obesity and diabetes. New York started summer street closures – 7 miles of Park Ave. “I want to see many yellow checkered bikes” she said that they have been looking at the Montreal bixi system."
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Obama at MIT: “From China to India, from Japan to Germany, nations everywhere are racing to develop new ways to producing and use energy. The nation that wins this competition will be the nation that leads the global economy. I am convinced of that. And I want America to be that nation…. There are going to be those who make cynical claims that... - http://climateprogress.org/2009...
Some much needed optimism that I think will be contagious to Canadian politicians. Thanks again for the brilliant words President Obama. —RL
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"The prize citation describes Suzuki as "one of the most brilliant scientists and communicators about science of his generation," adding he has shown a "lifetime advocacy for the socially responsible use of science.""
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"“Apple supports regulating greenhouse gas emissions, and it is frustrating to find the chamber at odds with us in this effort,” Ms. Novelli continued." ...Nice work Apple! —RL
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"Eventually, though, he devised a way to do redwoods justice. It involved three cameras, a team of scientists, a robotic dolly, a gyroscope, an 83-photo composite and a lot of patience."
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"In Radiohead's new video for "House of Cards", no cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects. The video was created entirely with visualizations of that data."
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""to increase human well-being, the focus should shift away from a quantitative focus on income and consumption, towards more qualitative improvements in the human environment to do with culture, civic, community and family life, long-term learning and those other dimensions that contribute to relatively long and happy lives.""
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