Symbolic State Dinner Honours India
on Nov 25, 2009 in current events India, the world's largest democracy, was recognized as a key player in strategically pivotal South Asia, in the first official state dinner of U.S. President Barack Obama. The black-tie event was held under a tent of the South Lawn with green and s...

Dead Sea Scrolls: Thanksgiving Reflection
on Nov 24, 2009 in values I visited the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on the weekend and its exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Discovered between 1947 and 1956 by Bedouin goat-herders in a series of caves off the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, the Scrolls were auth...

Solving Hunger with Super Rice
on Nov 24, 2009 in current events The world population counter at the International Rice Research Institute based in the Philippines sends an urgent message. Half of the world's 6,800,000,000 people depend upon rice for survival. However, arable land is declining, and of all the gr...

Dynamic Literacy: Travelling Narrative
on Nov 23, 2009 in education One of my favourite writing assignments as an English teacher was the travelling narrative. Four students write one story in installments.- The first student writes the beginning by introducing setting, character, circumstance, and conflict...- The...

Coffee War Brewing
on Nov 20, 2009 in economy Think of some of the great coffees you've enjoyed. Has it included instant?After 20 years of R&D Starbucks has rolled out VIA with the biggest product launch ever for the company. It includes national TV ads, highly visible in store marketing,...

Meet Paul Cornies of Quoteflections
on Nov 20, 2009 in personal After almost two years of blogging, over 700 blog posts, (my online journal) and a following of 140 RSS readers (thank you for subscribing), I formally introduce myself. Paul Cornies lives in Leamington, Ontario Canada. Many of you know my signatur...

Sports Stadium Sells for Price of Condominium
on Nov 19, 2009 in economy The Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan was an icon of its time. It was built in 1975 for $55 million and sold this week to Canadian investors for $583,000, 1% of its initial value.The Silverdome hosted a rich legacy:- the Detroit Lions of the NFL from 7...

Boreal Biome: Precious Resource
on Nov 18, 2009 in environment Canada's vast boreal forest which stretches from Newfoundland to the Yukon holds a staggering 208 billion tons of carbon, or the equivalent of 26 years of the world's carbon emissions that spew into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels.The report,...

Sex-ed Teen Texting
on Nov 17, 2009 in media Sex-ed in 160 characters? Several text messaging initiatives are reaching out to inquiring teens.Scarleteen recently began a text message service for its roughly 10,000 American visitors a day and will soon expand to Canada."With teenagers, texting...

WISE: The Future of Global Education
on Nov 16, 2009 in education Education is rarely discussed within a global framework. The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) begins today in Doha, Qatar and is sponsored by the Qatar Foundation.The three day forum brings together 1000 renowned education experts and de...