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f a maritime women who helps maritimers navigate the health care system to get abortions written by randy mcdonald july 12 2017 at 3 30 pm posted in assorted canada economics politics popular culture science social sciences tagged with abortion arctic atlantic canada canada children economics first nations health internet links news north america nunavut technology telecommunications blog some friday links blogto looks at a condo of 22 wellesley street east centauri dreams considers if enceladus may have been recently shaped by a massive asteroid impact dangerous minds shares photos from a florida alligator farm where children could ride the reptiles d brief reports on the craters left by methane blowouts on the bottom of the barents sea language hat notes the apparently declining diversity of english dialects in england marginal revolution shares a nice passage arguing that reading is a cumulative progress the reader progressing the more they read spacing toronto shares john lorinc s thoughts on the politics of the minimum wage torontoist notes that the lower don trail is nearing completion written by randy mcdonald june 2 2017 at 5 30 pm posted in assorted demographics economics history politics popular culture science toronto tagged with arctic asteroids blogs canada don river economics enceladus england english language florida links oceans oddities ontario reading saturn three torontos toronto blog some friday links blogto profiles classic toronto convenience store chain becker s crooked timber links to their index of posts on their recent symposium on the ethics of immigration the dragon s gaze notes that a simulation of the gliese 581 system assuming four planets shows it s stable over long periods the dragon s tales links to a paper suggesting that the distribution of trans neptunian objects indicates the existence of two large distant planets eastern approaches notes the recent revolution in abkhazia geocurrents martin lewis notes that there is scarce evidence of environmental issues triggering boko haram in northeastern nigeria language hat hosts a discussion on elias muhanna s essay on the translation of frozen language log s victor mair lists the long collection of words censored in china on the grounds of their relationship to tiananmen square marginal revolution notes a recent study suggesting rapidly declining fortunes among young americans after 2000 savage minds engages with the potentially colonial concept of the arctic window on eurasia suggests russia is drawing multiple connections between ukraine and syria and notes the huge contribution of ukrainians to the defeat of the nazis in the second world war written by randy mcdonald june 6 2014 at 5 09 pm posted in assorted demographics economics history politics popular culture science social sciences toronto tagged with abkhazia arab language arctic arctic canada astronomy becker s blogs borders china chinese language climate change demographics economics environment exoplanets former soviet union geopolitics links middle east migration nigeria poltiics popular culture russia second world war shopping social networking south caucasus space science syria terrorism toronto ukraine united states war blog some wednesday links bag news notes comments on one of the iconic photos of the boston marathon bombing aftermath of an elderly man on the ground in front of three cops it turns out that the man a jogger ended up coming second in his age class burgh diaspora s jim russell notes that migration and economic development are quite compatible even emigration migrating professionals often return to their community of birth bringing skills and connections acquired abroad with them centauri dreams paul gilster notes the few surveys of the nearby universe for dyson spheres vast artifacts of extraterrestrial civilizations nothing has been found so far bostonian daniel drezner posts about the necessity of reacting to the boston marathon bombings calmly and rationally joe my god picks up on a paraguayan presidential candidates vitriolic condemnation of same sex marriage and non heterosexuals and on the response to said lawyers guns and money observes that left wing terrorism in the united states is pretty marginal certainly more so than right wing terrorism the new apps blog notes that a great way to ensure the full development of young children is to talk to them normblog s norman geras is quite unimpressed with an article expressing opposition to same sex marriage here in new zealand that amounts to just because the power and the money s noel maurer lists the numerous severe economic problems facing post chavez venezuela perhaps for the sake of multi party democracy in that country the defeat of capriles by chavez s successor maduro is for the best towleroad notes the success of same sex marriage in new zealand the volokh conspiracy s sasha volokh is very unimpressed with the content of russian school history textbooks propagandizing on behalf of empire and minimizing state atrocities as they do window on eurasia notes that wealthy china is starting to take an interest in the arctic perhaps at the expense of russia written by randy mcdonald april 17 2013 at 4 23 pm posted in assorted demographics economics history politics popular culture science social sciences tagged with arctic astronomy blogs china dyson spheres economics education extraterrestrial intelligence former soviet union glbt issues history latin america links marriage rights migration new england new zealand paraguay photos russia south america space science sports terrorism united states venezuela brief note on the possible adoption of the canadian dollar by iceland barrie mckenna s globe and mail article discussing what seems to be growing discussion in iceland about replacing the icelandic króna with the canadian dollar has gone viral across my facebook feed for many canadians who read this learning that any country even one as small as iceland wants to unite in some fashion with canada on grounds of our economic strength is a massive ego boost mckenna does highlight the importance that the extension of canadian money elsewhere in the arctic might have on canadian heft at least the perceived importance as far as i can tell the icelanders are still debating the question to put it mildly while very few people in canada have been thinking about iceland at all since the stabilization of the economy one note adoption of the canadian dollar would also iceland s emergent relationship with the european union how would it work for a european union member state that adopted the currency of a non member indeed the currency of a non european country i ve joked in the past that maybe canada should join the european union since someone has to pay for romania but seeing what s going on with greece takes the fun out of that joke t iny iceland still reeling from the aftershocks of the devastating collapse of its banks in 2008 is looking longingly to the loonie as the salvation from wild economic gyrations and suffocating capital controls and for the first time the canadian government says it s open to discussing the idea in brief remarks to be delivered saturday in reykjavik canadian ambassador alan bones will tell icelanders that if they truly want the canadian dollar canada is ready to talk but he will warn icelanders that unilaterally adopting the loonie comes with significant risk including complete loss of control over their monetary policy because the bank of canada makes decisions only for canadians and the canadian economy he ll caution for example that giving up the krona in favour of the canadian dollar cad usd i1 01 0 004 0 36 will leave the country with few levers short of layoffs to counter financial shocks and fluctuations in the loonie there s a compelling economic case why iceland would want to adopt the canadian dollar it offers the tantalizing prospect of a stable liquid currency that roughly tracks global commodity prices nicely matching iceland s own economy which is dependent on fish and aluminum exports there s also a more sentimental reason the average person looks at it this way canada is a younger version of the u s canada has more natural resources than the u s it s less developed has more land lots of water explained heidar gudjonsson an economist and chairman of the research center for social and economic studies iceland s largest think tank and canada thinks about the arctic in a recent gallup poll seven out of 10 icelanders said they would happily dump their volatile and fragile krona for another currency and their favoured alternative is the canadian dollar easily outscoring the u s dollar the euro and the norwegian krona iceland is also in a bind the country imposed strict currency controls after its spectacular banking collapse in 2008 foreign exchange transactions are capped 350 000 kronas about 3 000 a major downside of those controls is that foreign investors can t repatriate their profits making iceland an unattractive place to do business those capital controls are slated to come off next year and many experts fear a return to the wild swings of the past in inflation lending rates and the currency itself iceland is the smallest country in the world still clinging to its own currency and monetary policy the krona soared nearly 90 per cent between 2001 and 2007 only to crash 92 per cent after the financial crisis in 2008 the official government plan is to go to the euro iceland has applied to join the european union and eventually the euro zone but that s not looking like a very attractive option these days and formal entry could take a decade experts said the other options are to peg the krona to another currency such as the yen greenback or euro written by randy mcdonald march 2 2012 at 9 49 pm posted in canada economics politics tagged with arctic canada economics iceland islands supranationalism west norden brief note on the possible adoption of the canadian dollar by iceland barrie mckenna s globe and mail article discussing what seems to be growing discussion in iceland about replacing the icelandic króna with the canadian dollar has gone viral across my facebook feed for many canadians who read this learning that any country even one as small as iceland wants to unite in some fashion with canada on grounds of our economic strength is a massive ego boost mckenna does highlight the importance that the extension of canadian money elsewhere in the arctic might have on canadian heft at least the perceived importance as far as i can tell the icelanders are still debating the question to put it mildly while very few people in canada have been thinking about iceland at all since the stabilization of the economy one note adoption of the canadian dollar would also complicate iceland s emergent relationship with the european union how would it work for a european union member state that adopted the currency of a non member indeed the currency of a non european country i ve joked in the past that maybe canada should join the european union since someone has to pay for romania but seeing what s going on with greece takes the fun out of that joke nwhyte t iny iceland still reeling from the aftershocks of the devastating collapse of its banks in 2008 is looking longingly to the loonie as the salvation from wild economic gyrations and suffocating capital controls and for the first time the canadian government says it s open to discussing the idea in brief remarks to be delivered saturday in reykjavik canadian ambassador alan bones will tell icelanders that if they truly want the canadian dollar canada is ready to talk but he will warn icelanders that unilaterally adopting the loonie comes with significant risk including complete loss of control over their monetary policy because the bank of canada makes decisions only for canadians and the canadian economy he ll caution for example that giving up the krona in favour of the canadian dollar cad usd i1 01 0 004 0 36 will leave the country with few levers short of layoffs to counter financial shocks and fluctuations in the loonie there s a compelling economic case why iceland would want to adopt the canadian dollar it offers the tantalizing prospect of a stable liquid currency that roughly tracks global commodity prices nicely matching iceland s own economy which is dependent on fish and aluminum exports there s also a more sentimental reason the average person looks at it this way canada is a younger version of the u s canada has more natural resources than the u s it s less developed has more land lots of water explained heidar gudjonsson an economist and chairman of the research center for social and economic studies iceland s largest think tank and canada thinks about the arctic in a recent gallup poll seven out of 10 icelanders said they would happily dump their volatile and fragile krona for another currency and their favoured alternative is the canadian dollar easily outscoring the u s dollar the euro and the norwegian krona iceland is also in a bind the country imposed strict currency controls after its spectacular banking collapse in 2008 foreign exchange transactions are capped 350 000 kronas about 3 000 a major downside of those controls is that foreign investors can t repatriate their profits making iceland an unattractive place to do business those capital controls are slated to come off next year and many experts fear a return to the wild swings of the past in inflation lending rates and the currency itself iceland is the smallest country in the world still clinging to its own currency and monetary policy the krona soared nearly 90 per cent between 2001 and 2007 only to crash 92 per cent after the financial crisis in 2008 the official government plan is to go to the euro iceland has applied to join the european union and eventually the euro zone but that s not looking like a very attractive option these days and formal entry could take a decade experts said the other options are to peg the krona to another currency such as the yen greenback or euro written by randy mcdonald march 2 2012 at 4 49 pm posted in assorted tagged with arctic canada economics iceland islands supranationalism west norden link the oddities and anomalies of svalbard this geocurrents post outlines the interesting situation of the peculiar arctic archipelago of svalbard briefly the islands can be described as almost norwegian svalbard about the size of sri lanka or tasmania is notable for its geopolitical anomalies the coal rich archipelago came to norway through the svalbard treaty of 1920 the treaty signed by the united states denmark france italy japan the netherlands norway and sweden ostensibly granted norway full and absolute sovereignty over the entire landmass svalbard the wikipedia stresses is not a dependency of norway but is fully part of the kingdom in actuality the situation is more complicated norway s sovereignty over svalbard is lim...