Hurricane Earl is approaching the eastern coast of the U.S. and then Canada and will likely hit very soon. It is unclear exactly how much damage it will cause but many areas have already declared a state of emergency as they brace for the worst. Declaring a state of emergency is a government formality which allows [...]
Recently, a bunch of reports and articles have popped up about a new way to shop at stores. It requires using your smartphone with either an app found in the Apple App Store or with small hardware add-ons to your phone. Basically, the idea is that you go to the grocery store and your phone will [...]
The Ontario provincial government, led by Premier Dalton McGuinty is by all accounts a terrible government and Premier. I won’t get in to why this is so, but everyone living in Ontario will more than likely agree with me. Almost 4.5 months ago, I published a post about online gambling and how governments in North [...]
As you may or may not have heard sizeable natural gas discoveries have been made in the past 18 months or so in Israel. The reserves are located in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of the northern Israeli city of Haifa. The location of this find is completely within the territory of Israel, but close [...]
I recently stumbled upon an interesting article in the Toronto Star (click here to read it) about the development of offshore wind turbines. Anyone that lives in the northeast United States or southern Ontario knows that the electricity grid in the region is sometimes not up to the task of meeting the energy needs that [...]
Not every industry can be as exciting and interesting as consumer electronics, automobiles or movies. Some industries, including but not limited to, industrial businesses are inherently more boring and are not fun to talk about or even think about other than simply investing money in them, like stocks. However, some of these industries offer opportunities in [...]
Although this post does address the immediate or medium term needs the world has for a cheap, clean and abundant energy source, the future or long-term energy solution may have already been identified. The solution is called fusion power and it has the potential to be a very efficient, safe and clean energy source that will [...]
By now, we all know (or should know) about the global problems the advanced world has with Iran. Recently, further sanctions were placed on that country because they are trying to build nuclear weapons and are evading international pressure to stop. The sanctions that have been recently passed by the UN Security Council, plus some unilateral [...]
We are right in the middle of the G20 meeting in Toronto and although the statements and announcements made by the world leaders are interesting and may be important, so far it seems that the protesters have stolen the show and have successfully upstaged the official events and top world leaders. For anyone that is [...]
The video game industry is worth multiple billions of dollars and is constantly evolving. The current leaders in this space in terms of consoles are the Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox and the Nintendo Wii. All of these systems have several versions and various pros and cons but they are all considered the best way to play the top video games. Using the computer is the [...]
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