March, 2009

If you have a University of Ottawa e-mail account, you are undoubtedly familiar with Mr. Marc Kelly’s issues. Admittedly, like any good political science student craving their weekly fix of schadenfreude, I attended Mr. Kelly’s most recent talk at McDonald Hall at the University of Ottawa, hoping to see someone get arrested. But I must admit, the performance was eye-opening.

At a Christmas party one cold and snowy Wednesday night, I sat no more than fifty feet from a man who could become Canada’s next Prime Minister. Michael Ignatieff – a professor, a world-renowned journalist, a human rights advocate, and the new interim leader of the Liberal Party – was speaking to his Caucus and Liberal staff.  

The surface of the Earth is just over 70% covered with water.  Approximately 97.3% of that is seawater, 2.14% is frozen in glaciers and permafrost, and the rest is freshwater, found in the earth’s lakes, rivers, streams and most significantly in groundwater.  This freshwater is that which is used by humans for any number of purposes, including drinking, washing and cleaning, agr

January 23 2009, Lagos, Nigeria, a vigilante group arrives at a police station demanding the arrest of a black and white goat for attempted armed robbery. The group explains that while on patrol they witnessed two men attempting to steal a Mazda 323. The group gave pursuit, one robber escaped, and the other, once noticing he was cornered, used black magic to transform himself into a goat!