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Somewhat surprisingly, Canada has been reluctant to acknowledge its newly minted status as an energy power broker. "We need to start acting like an OPEC-level player with an ability to change the world economy," says Ross Jacobs of Fort McMurray, a Liberal who was recently defeated in a bid to represent his district in Alberta's provincial legislature. "Canadians need to start thinking globally...
...exposes more than just property investments. The social and cultural value of home ownership in the U.K. makes any slump more difficult to shoulder. The roots of this love affair with property go deep. For centuries, a house of one's own gave an Englishman not just privacy and status; until 1832, those in the countryside had no right to vote without property of a certain value. Small wonder, suggests Stuart Lowe, a housing expert at the University of York, that the English dream of home ownership has become "a deep cultural issue...
Social networks, such as MySpace and Facebook, have reinvented the way we communicate with each other, gather information and determine "friend" status. In the last three years, the major social networks have taken their place among the top Internet destinations, displacing traditional Web portals in the process...
...wonder what sort of anti-Israel, soft-on-terrorism nutjob said this after the elections that brought Hamas to power in 2006: "So the Palestinians had another election yesterday, and the results of which remind me about the power of democracy ... Obviously, people were not happy with the status quo. The people are demanding honest government. The people want services ... And so the elections should open the eyes of the Old Guard there in the Palestinian territories ... There's something healthy about a system that does that...
...insist that they develop it. But I've observed that human life without patience becomes unworkable. My experience has been that I've been forced to develop patience with unchangeable situations." It is a virtue to recommend as well to those hoping for a solution for Tibet's status...