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Covid19 Cases Consistently Increasing Daily

Cases Consistently Increasing Daily – Covid19

Rosco Reports by Ross Thrasher The COVID-19 virus continues its relentless march around the globe, with total cases consistently increasing daily by around 80,000 and deaths by several thousand per ...
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The Positivity Rate – Covid19

Rosco Reports IV by Ross Thrasher Today's international coronavirus totals: 2.4 million cases and 165,000 deaths.  The USA represents nearly one-third of these cases and almost one-quarter of the fatalities ...
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The Coronavirus Curve – Covid19

Rosco Reports III by Ross Thrasher On April 15 the global tally of coronavirus cases passed the two-million mark, growing by 80,000 daily.  25% of these have recovered and 6.5% ...
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Canada-USA Comparison – Covid19

Rosco Reports II by Ross Thrasher The penetration of this pandemic into all jurisdictions is quite remarkable.  Case in point: the American states and Canadian provinces, not one of which ...
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Peaks & Plateaus – Covid19

Rosco Reports on Covid-19 by Ross Thrasher The coronavirus continues to rage worldwide. As of today the WHO has recorded more than 1.6M cases and 95K deaths, a fourfold increase ...
/ Covid-19, international news
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Shakedown

Shakedown: a radical change or restructuring, particularly in a hierarchical organization or group. It is disturbing. It is troubling. It seems unfair. Our plans for the future are in doubt ...

Wonders of the Salish Sea

Wonders of the Salish Sea 2020 will be hosted by the Douglas Park Community Centre from April 6 to May 11 (no class Apr. 13). This program is a unique ...
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The Year 2020:
See Clearly, See Far into the Future, See with Heart

This is my charge to everyone: We have to be better. We have to love more and hate less, listen more and talk less. It is our responsibility to make ...
/ climate change, news, opinion, policy
Climate Crisis for the Ordinary Person by GTEC

The Climate Crisis for the Ordinary Person

Introduction  At GTEC’s recent Town Hall I was surprised to meet several people who told me they were confused about the climate crisis. What is the situation exactly? Where do ...

Bandwidth, Urgency and Hot Networks

“Not long ago, the Northwest Passage, the storied northern route from the Atlantic to the Pacific required an icebreaker to navigate it. During the summer of 2016, seventeen hundred people ...