We Canadians

 By Subhas Puri
So you want to be an author and publish a book?
Why?
Because, you have many good thoughts in your mind, you want to put them on paper, you want to share them with others.
Ok, I am convinced.
Now what is your subject area: fiction? Non-fiction?Children books?Biography?History?Or even politics? First, realize some areas sell well and [...]

Are you trying to learn a language new,
Are you trying to sing an alien tune,
Join me in my gang as I am too,
anecdotes to share, are not just one, quite a few.
 
The first day my Professor realised,
the herculean task he was upto.
Apart from the word rendezvous,
I had absolutely no clue.
 
While I tried to learn Je m’appelle Shreya
Je [...]

Most of us can outsmart  Internet scammers who are always on the prowl for victims. But few can avoid the consumer rip-offs that affect our everyday lives, making us spend hundreds more  than we have to on  utilities, goods and services offered by seemingly reputed companies.  In fact,sometimes we dont even realize that we are [...]

 
 Make no mistake. The fight against global warming is a full-fledged war, with strong armies poised for battle on either side. There are minor skirmishes and engagements, attacks and counter-attacks, strategies and counter-strategies, deceptions, victories and defeats. But above all, there is the fog of war - the cloud of disinformation that makes real success [...]

Unscrupulous companies have perfected the art of ripping-off the unwary consumer. These are not just the fly-by-night operators; many large corporations practise this art and they are getting  really good at it.
The trick, apparently, is to gouge the customer for small amounts but with a large number of  transactions. This way, the individual amounts go almost unnoticed but [...]

Reason 1: More Incentives, Lower Costs
Ontario has  planned a great incentive program that should become law very soon. For each unit (kilowatt-hour) of  solar power that you produce you would be paid over 80 cents. For each unit of power you consume you pay far less, probably just 10% of this.  This magic is achieved using Feed In [...]

They may not be the best thing since sliced bread but they are pretty close, at least in the field of renewable energy. The Feed In Tariff s (FITs) have worked wonders in many European countries including Germany, which is now the second largest producer of solar energy in the world.