by Denis Campbell
“What will be the next thing that challenges us? That makes us work harder and go farther? You know, when smallpox was eradicated, it was considered the single greatest humanitarian achievement of this century. Surely, we can do it again. As we did in the time when our eyes looked towards the heavens, [...]
The Dutch know how to throw a party. In 2000 in Sydney, the hottest Olympic ticket was not to the Opening or Closing Ceremonies. It was to Holland House beside Sydney Harbour where the parties were so festive and long that athletes from other countries clamoured to join in and one eventually had to produce [...]
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Like Labatts and Brahma Beer before her, Stellaaaa’s! (Artois that is) parent company In-Bev got thirsty and gulped down St. Louis, Missouri based Budweiser Beer in one chug for a cool $52 billion dollars. Ouch.
Al Gore in April said of plans to extract oil from shale, “a junkie injects drugs between their toes when the veins in their arms collapse.” We’ve talked for decades about needing to reduce energy dependence whilst driving SUVs the size of small homes, living in uninhabitable southern areas where silence is impossible with central [...]
Yesterday afternoon my wife said the two older kids (8 and 7) were talking about where babies come from and how one gets pregnant. Kids think very linearly and there is a beautiful simple innocent directness to how their minds link all questions and answers.
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