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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
 The Green Man
linkback: The Origins and Traditions of May Day
The international working class holiday; Mayday, originated in pagan Europe. It was a festive holy day celebrating the first spring planting. The ancient Celts and Saxons celebrated May 1st as Beltane or the day of fire. Bel was the Celtic god of the sun.
The Saxons began their May day celebrations on the eve of May, April 30. It was an evening of games and feasting celebrating the end of winter and the return of the sun and fertility of the soil. Torch bearing peasants and villager would wind their way up paths to the top of tall hills or mountain crags and then ignite wooden wheels which they would roll down into the fields.
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
This spring, Alberta producers are asking a lot of questions about
cropland rental. Strong grain and oilseed prices have prompted
landlords to renegotiate land leasing arrangements, especially those
involving cash rents. It is understandable that with increased returns,
higher cash rents are justifiable. The critical question is, how much
higher.
“Generally, throughout the province, cash rents increased 10 to 20 per
cent in 2007 over the 2006 rates,” says Ted Nibourg, business
management specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development,
Stettler. “It may be safe to assume that similar increases are possible
for 2008.”
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 |
A summer employment program for farmers and students will run again in
July and August of 2008. The program is designed to assist farmers with
hiring help for the summer, and to provide an on-farm experience for
Alberta’s young people.
“New this year is an increase in the subsidy provided by Alberta
Agriculture and Rural Development,” says Betty Birch with Alberta
Agriculture and Rural Development’s Ag-Info Centre, Stettler. “The
government provides wage support to a maximum of $400 per month, as
well as worker’s compensation coverage and safety training information.”
Employers must own or rent a farming operation in Alberta producing a
minimum of $25,000 worth of farm commodities. Employees must be
residents of Alberta, between 15 and 24 years-of-age and cannot be a
direct relative of the employer.
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 |
by Christopher Walsh
 Women's Roller Derby in Alberta Scarla Maim is circling the cement
floor of the Big Four building at the Stampede Grounds in Calgary in
fine fluorescent form. Her bleached hair is reflecting in the light as
she bites down on the neon green mouth guard and makes a turn that
she's made hundreds of times in her two years in the roller derby
league.
The
little girl who once dazzled her family with figure skating flair is
now being chased by a vicious group of women on roller skates dressed
in fishnet stockings and short skirts, some even sporting war paint,
intent on maiming her. Girls with names like Bamm Bamm, Loriville
Slugger, Trailer Trish, Whiskey Girl and Topp Gunns. But Scarla is
cruising the cement, taped-on track with great efficiency. Those pink
and white wheels are rolling fast around corners just brushing past a
screaming crowd cheering for a hit, a take-down, an errant elbow to the
jaw; anything that might send Scarla to the floor and sliding into
their raucous arms, only six feet away.
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Monday, 31 March 2008 |
 Young people are at particular risk from exposure to radiation
Sunday, 30 March 2008
Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by
an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. He says people should avoid
using them wherever possible and that governments and the mobile phone
industry must take "immediate steps" to reduce exposure to their
radiation.
The study, by Dr Vini Khurana, is the most devastating indictment yet
published of the health risks.
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Monday, 24 March 2008 |
From Eugene Plawiuk's Blog: LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Analysis And Comment
( you can blame us for the picture and caption )
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 Hasta la vista baby!
Brenda Martin who languishes in a Mexican jail got a visit from Harpers Mouthpiece; Jason Kenney yesterday. After the media focused on her case of Mexican injustice, the Harper government has finally acted.
After two years. However considering the corruption of the Mexican
judiciary and cops Kenney should have simply taken a bushel of money
with him and paid off all concerned, and Ms. Martin could have been
winging her way home.
Instead after a weak tea protest she
has been promised yet another trial on trumped up charges, in thirty
days. Thirty more days, perhaps Kenney should share her cell to insure
she gets her trial. After all it's his government that got her put
there in the first place. Despite Harpers protests to the contrary.
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