Ancient forests in B.C.
Environmental groups in B.C. are calling attention to the last remaining old growth forests in the west. Avatar Grove, near Port Renfrew, B.C., is one forest that has escaped logging. Conservation biologists say such forests would take hundreds of years to grow back, and tree-planting alone cannot resuscitate such ancient forests.
Polar Bear Swim 2019 - Vancouver, B.C
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Winter Swimming in Oxford
I'm swimming outdoors every day for one year to get in touch with nature, and do more of what I love. This is day 132, swimming at Port Meadow in Oxford.
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ALUS Norfolk clip from Striking Balance documentary
The good work of ALUS Norfolk is prominently featured in Episode 1 of the TVO documentary Striking Balance, a TV series exploring Canada’s amazing UNESCO World Biosphere Reserves, including this one, the Long Point Biosphere Reserve in southwestern Ontario. Narrated by Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo. See more on strikingbalance.ca and facebook.com/strikingbalancetv
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David Blackwood
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David Blackwood was born in Wesleyville, Bonavista Bay, November 7, 1941. His father was Captain Edward Blackwood, and his mother was Molly Blackwood. Blackwood grew up in an out port populated with schooner and sealing captains. He spent his summers aboard his father's schooner, the Flora S. Nickerson, fishing off the Labrador coast. He also spent sometime on Bragg's Island with his grandparents. When he was fifteen, he fished out of Wesleyville with his own boat and lobster traps.
Blackwood opened up his own art studio in 1956, where he painted during the winter months and then he sold his work to visitors during the summer. His artwork won several awards, which gained admission to Ontario College of Art in 1959. He sold one of his first etchings The Lost Party to the National Gallery of Canada for its permanent collection.
After he graduated, he remained in Ontario, teaching part time while working on his artwork. At this time he developed the very famous Lost Party series of etchings which focused on the S.S Newfoundland sealing disaster of 1914. It contains 50 etchings it is one of the largest series of prints in Canadian history. Since then , he remained one of the country's foremost artists winning numerous awards and receiving honorary doctorates from several universities, including Memorial University if Newfoundland. He also greatly involved with the creation of an art gallery at Erindale, a branch of the university of Toronto. As a sign of gratitude to Blackwood , it was eventually named the Blackwood gallery.
Then in 1974, the National film board produced a documentary about him merely titled: Blackwood. It won a world wide acknowledgment gaining 10 international awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1975. In 1975 Blackwood was elected into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and to the Academia Italia in 1980. Also there are, wake of the Great Sealers a book written by Farley Mowat and The Art of David Blackwood.
His art continues to focus on Newfoundland, but he has not lived in the province on a regular basis since leaving art school in the early 1960's. He comes home to Wesleyville, once or twice a year. He now lives in Port Hope, Ontario. He says in interviews that if lived in the province it would hinder his ability to illustrate the stories of the Newfoundland out ports. Blackwood considered to be now one of Canada's best printmaker. He was retired from teaching, but continues to work on a full time basis as an artist.
Journey of the Heart – Isao Takahata 世界・わが心の旅 〜 高畑勲
Isao Takahata (1935–2018) was one of Japan's most successful animation directors. In this documentary (1998), Takahata goes to Canada to see the places and things shown in his 1979 TV series Anne of Green Gables. He also visits Frédéric Back (1924–2013) and plants a tree with him.
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1998年にNHKで放送された番組「世界・わが心の旅 〜 高畑勲 」です。
British Columbia | Wikipedia audio article
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British Columbia (BC; French: Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. With an estimated population of 4.817 million as of 2017, it is Canada's third-most populous province.
The first British settlement in the area was Fort Victoria, established in 1843, which gave rise to the City of Victoria, at first the capital of the separate Colony of Vancouver Island. Subsequently, on the mainland, the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) was founded by Richard Clement Moody and the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment, in response to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. Moody was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for the Colony and the first Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia: he was hand-picked by the Colonial Office in London to transform British Columbia into the British Empire's bulwark in the farthest west, and to found a second England on the shores of the Pacific. Moody selected the site for and founded the original capital of British Columbia, New Westminster, established the Cariboo Road and Stanley Park, and designed the first version of the Coat of arms of British Columbia. Port Moody is named after him.In 1866, Vancouver Island became part of the colony of British Columbia, and Victoria became the united colony's capital. In 1871, British Columbia became the sixth province of Canada. Its Latin motto is Splendor sine occasu (Splendour without Diminishment).
The capital of British Columbia remains Victoria, the fifteenth-largest metropolitan region in Canada, named for the Queen who created the original European colonies. The largest city is Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, the largest in Western Canada, and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest. In October 2013, British Columbia had an estimated population of 4,606,371 (about 2.5 million of whom were in Greater Vancouver). The province is currently governed by the British Columbia New Democratic Party in a minority government supported by the Green Party of British Columbia, led by John Horgan, who became premier as a result of a no-confidence motion on June 29, 2017.
British Columbia evolved from British possessions that were established in what is now British Columbia by 1871. First Nations, the original inhabitants of the land, have a history of at least 10,000 years in the area. Today there are few treaties and the question of Aboriginal Title, long ignored, has become a legal and political question of frequent debate as a result of recent court actions. Notably, the Tsilhqot'in Nation has established Aboriginal title to a portion of their territory, as a result of the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision (William [Tsilhqot'in Nation] v. British Columbia).
British Columbia | Wikipedia audio article
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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SUMMARY
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British Columbia (BC; French: Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. With an estimated population of 4.817 million as of 2017, it is Canada's third-most populous province.
The first British settlement in the area was Fort Victoria, established in 1843, which gave rise to the City of Victoria, at first the capital of the separate Colony of Vancouver Island. Subsequently, on the mainland, the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) was founded by Richard Clement Moody and the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment, in response to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. Moody was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for the Colony and the first Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia: he was hand-picked by the Colonial Office in London to transform British Columbia into the British Empire's bulwark in the farthest west, and to found a second England on the shores of the Pacific. Moody selected the site for and founded the original capital of British Columbia, New Westminster, established the Cariboo Road and Stanley Park, and designed the first version of the Coat of arms of British Columbia. Port Moody is named after him.In 1866, Vancouver Island became part of the colony of British Columbia, and Victoria became the united colony's capital. In 1871, British Columbia became the sixth province of Canada. Its Latin motto is Splendor sine occasu (Splendour without Diminishment).
The capital of British Columbia remains Victoria, the fifteenth-largest metropolitan region in Canada, named for the Queen who created the original European colonies. The largest city is Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, the largest in Western Canada, and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest. In October 2013, British Columbia had an estimated population of 4,606,371 (about 2.5 million of whom were in Greater Vancouver). The province is currently governed by the British Columbia New Democratic Party in a minority government supported by the Green Party of British Columbia, led by John Horgan, who became premier as a result of a no-confidence motion on June 29, 2017.
British Columbia evolved from British possessions that were established in what is now British Columbia by 1871. First Nations, the original inhabitants of the land, have a history of at least 10,000 years in the area. Today there are few treaties and the question of Aboriginal Title, long ignored, has become a legal and political question of frequent debate as a result of recent court actions. Notably, the Tsilhqot'in Nation has established Aboriginal title to a portion of their territory, as a result of the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision (William [Tsilhqot'in Nation] v. British Columbia).
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Wealth and Power in America: Social Class, Income Distribution, Finance and the American Dream
Wealth in the United States is commonly measured in terms of net worth, which is the sum of all assets, including home equity, minus all liabilities. More on the topic:
For example, a household in possession of an $800,000 house, $5,000 in mutual funds, $30,000 in cars, $20,000 worth of stock in their own company, and a $45,000 IRA would have assets totaling $900,000. Assuming that this household would have a $250,000 mortgage, $40,000 in car loans, and $10,000 in credit card debt, its debts would total $300,000. Subtracting the debts from the worth of this household's assets (900,000 - $300,000 = $600,000), this household would have a net worth of $600,000. Net worth can vary with fluctuations in value of the underlying assets.
The wealth—more specifically, the median net worth—of households in the United States is varied with relation to race, education, geographic location and gender. As one would expect, households with greater income feature the highest net worths, though high income cannot be taken as an always accurate indicator of net worth. Overall the number of wealthier households is on the rise, with baby boomers hitting the highs of their careers. In addition, wealth is unevenly distributed, with the wealthiest 25% of US households owning 87% of the wealth in the United States, which was $54.2 trillion in 2009.
When observing the changes in the wealth among American households, one can note an increase in wealthier individuals and a decrease in the number of poor households, while net worth increased most substantially in semi-wealthy and wealthy households. Overall the percentage of households with a negative net worth (more debt than assets) declined from 9.5% in 1989 to 4.1% in 2001.
The percentage of net worths ranging from $500,000 to one million doubled while the percentage of millionaires tripled. From 1995 to 2004, there was tremendous growth among household wealth, as it nearly doubled from $21.9 trillion to $43.6 trillion, but the wealthiest quartile of the economic distribution made up 89% of this growth. During this time frame, wealth became increasingly unequal, and the wealthiest 25% became even wealthier.
According to US Census Bureau statistics this Upward shift is most likely the result of a booming housing market which caused homeowners to experience tremendous increases in home equity. Life-cycles have also attributed to the rising wealth among Americans. With more and more baby-boomers reaching the climax of their careers and the middle aged population making up a larger segment of the population now than ever before, more and more households have achieved comfortable levels of wealth. Zhu Xiao Di (2004) notes that household wealth usually peaks around families headed by people in their 50s, and as a result, the baby boomer generation reached this age range at the time of the analysis.
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