disease mongering, billboards, tax shift, climate, depression, cycling

[angela bischoff]

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Billboard Blasts Passers-By with Audio Advertisement

By Eliot Van Buskirk December 13, 2007

 Walk by the billboard for the new A&E show "Paranormal State" on Prince
Street in Manhattan, and you could find yourself targeted by a narrow
beam of sound projected from the ad using technology from Holosonics,
which specializes in creating "audio spotlights" that are audible only to
the person whose cranium they hit.  It's possible that not even earplugs
will keep the beam out; according to Ad Age, "thesound is contained within
your cranium."

The voice apparently says, "Who's there? Who's there?... It's not your
imagination."

The president and founder of Holosonics, Joe Pompei, denies that his
technology is utterly annoying and wrong.  If that were his goal, he says,
he would have used a loudspeaker instead of the beam.

"If you set up a loudspeaker on the top of a building, everybody's going
to hear that noise. But if you're only directing that sound to a specific
viewer, you're never going to hear a neighbor complaint from street
vendors or pedestrians. The whole idea is to spare other people."

http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/12/billboard-blast.html

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Tax Shifting
								by Lawson Hunter, Alternatives Magazine

When the chief executive officers from some of Canada's most influential
corporations encourage government intervention to tackle climate change,
you know change is in the air. And in this case, the change involves a tax
shift, a green tax shift, that is... <snip>  ... green tax schemes involve
a shift from taxing good things (e.g. income, profits) to taxing bad ones
(e.g. pollution, wasted resources), in order to encourage more
environmentally sound behaviour.

http://www.alternativesjournal.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=346&Itemid=9

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THE NATURE OF THINGS
(Thursday January 3 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld)
WEATHER REPORT
Climate change is irrevocably altering the world as we know it,
challenging our sense of the future and the fundamental values of our
industrial societies. For two hundred years, we, in the west, have
wagered the world that economic growth is the highest form of progress,
burning more and more fossil fuels. WEATHER REPORT takes us on a journey
to the frontlines of our climate changing world in the Canadian Arctic,
Montana, Northern Kenya, China and India, visiting communities and
ordinary people whose lives and livelihoods are being impacted in the
most dramatic ways.
http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/weatherreport.html

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About Fair Trade

Fair Trade is an international system of doing business based on dialogue,
transparency & respect. It contributes to sustainable development by
offering better trading conditions for producers/workers in developing
countries.

Behind the principles/goals of Fair Trade is a rigorous international
system of monitoring, auditing & certification. The Fair Trade system is
structured to produce the following outcomes for farmers/workers in
developing countries: fair compensation for their products/labour;
sustainable environmental practices; Improved social services; investment
in local economies.

Find our more at: www.transfair.ca
Buy Fair Trade!!!

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Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression

Florida researchers have investigated the pharmaceutical / psychiatric
claims of "chemical imbalance" and recently a study was released which you
can find here:
<http://www.springerlink.com/content/u37j12152n826q60/fulltext.pdf>http://www.springerlink.com/content/u37j12152n826q60/fulltext.pdf
entitled "The Media and the Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression"

The researchers examined media reports referring to this chemical
imbalance theory and asked reporters for evidence supporting their
claims. Responses were received from multiple sources, including
practicing psychiatrists, clients, and a major pharmaceutical company. The
evidence offered was not compelling, and some sources flatly stated the
proposed theory of imbalance was known to be incorrect.

These Florida researchers discuss their earlier findings of "chemical
imbalance" on Fox TV:
Part 1
 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWE3UGl7KFk>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWE3UGl7KFk
Part 2
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzDv6Cublaw>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzDv6Cublaw
Part 3
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw0PxgTIT4k>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw0PxgTIT4k

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OTESHA BIKE TOUR OPPORTUNITIES

Opportunity: 2-month Bike Tours for the Environment
<http://www.otesha.ca/bike+tours/>http://www.otesha.ca/bike+tours/
Organization: Otesha <http://www.otesha.ca>http://www.otesha.ca
When: various dates in Spring/Summer/Fall 2008
Where: various regions of Canada

The Otesha Project today announced the routes for the 2008
Otesha Cycling and Performing Tours. Applications are now
being accepted for seven regional tours throughout Canada
that will take more than 120 inspiring young change-makers
on the journey of a lifetime!

Tour members will share an incredible experience as they
live as a mobile and sustainable community for two months.
They will cycle from performance to performance, braving the
elements, connecting with communities along the route, and
exploring all the ups and downs of directly addressing
environmental and social injustices through their own
every day actions.

More information available at <http://www.otesha.ca>http://www.otesha.ca

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Cold Weather Cycling Tips

If you have never cycled in cold weather before, you will be surprised at
how warm you will be!
Cycling is an aerobic activity, which means that your body will produce
heat- a lot more heat
than walking. Most first-time cold weather cyclists find that they have
overdressed and are too hot and even sweating by the end of rides.
More information:  http://www.toronto.ca/bug/cold_weather.htm

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