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Just a quick post to throw up some news resources regarding the current earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant conditions in Japan. 1. Japan Meteorological Agency, Earthquake information (English language): http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/quake_singendo_index.html 2. NHK World TV Live Stream, English version: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv 3. Blog post by a Japan resident (English language): http://gakuranman.com/great-tohoku-earthquake/ 4. IRIS World Seismic Monitor: http://www.iris.edu/seismon/ -- I especially recommend visiting the blog post in #3.  Michael has included a wonderfully comprehensive list of links for additiona

Seriously.  I just don't know what else to do than smack my forehead when I read some of the commentary made by fellow Canadians on news articles discussing a possible forced election. I say this every election year, and every time a forced early election comes up: We are not a bi-partisan country dammit!  We have more than just Conservatives and Liberals.  (Hell, we have more than even the NDP on top of those two.) Yet time and time again, all I see are people arguing over Conservative vs Liberal.  Please, lets pull our collective heads out of our collective asses and start thinking and behaving like people who actually have the freedom to

RIP Benoit Mandelbrot.  And thank you for everything you gave to us - modern computing, mathematics, and art would not be the same without all of it.