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But it is likely that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will continue to heat our world with major changes to weather. Some places are predicted to get wetter and some drier. More extreme weather events, including protracted droughts, are predicted.
The provincial government is expressing concern about the changing picture. British Columbia’s coastal communities already face flood risks related to precipitation and river flows, and climate change will add new risks from sea-level rise and storm surges. British Columbia, Environment On a personal level, our hay crop was cut and harvested a good three weeks earlier than it has ever been. The yield is down by a third. You may understand my annoyance with the TV weather person going on about another nice day and more good days to follow. Good for farmers means some useful rain and soon. Sources: Rethinking Water government publication CTV News The Tyee British Columbia Environment MERS is caused by a coronavirus. Little is known about it as it was only identified as the cause of illness three years ago. The first case positively identified was a man in Jordan. The virus has been known to infect camels but the linkage to humans has not been worked out yet.
Coronaviruses are a group of infective agents that cause respiratory illness. They cause varying degrees of illness. Human’s common cold is caused by them. SARS(Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome) that originated in China and spread worldwide is a coronavirus. MERS so far has shown itself to be more deadly than SARS but less contagious. Sources: S. Korea MERS outbreak: 2nd hospital closed, interest rate cut CDC gov Al Jazeera Public Health agency Canada Recently the bank has agreed to pay the equivalent of US $43 million for an out of court settlement regarding money laundering.
They have had to pay fines to US and UK regulators over allegations of rigging foreign market exchange rates. The hearings in Britain over the Swiss situation have dragged the Conservative Lord Green, into the fray when, as Trade Minister, he refused to answer questions put to him by the Treasury committee. Some of the misconduct being investigated by the Treasury committee is as follows: “interest rate derivative selling, Libor manipulation, Eurobor manipulation, mis-selling mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Forex rigging, weakness in money laundering, credit default swaps … rigging precious metals” and was involved in “various class action lawsuits over the Bernie Madoff fraud”. The Guardian Sources: Bloomberg Financial Post HSBC Home Page Bangkok Post The guardian
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Barbara McPherson
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