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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1436642)	1/31/2024 9:51:01 PM
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Al Gore warns of planetary emergency The Associated PressPublished: October 24, 2007 VIENNA, Austria: Former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Peace laureate Al Gore on Wednesday warned the North Polar ice cap could be gone in a generation. Speaking at an event in the Austrian capital, Gore said at the current rate of melting it could be gone in as little as 23 years. "The scientists who specialize in population and demography tell us that a single generation is 22 years, so that is the course of a single generation," he said. "But it is true that what is going on right now as a result of the global warming pollution that we're putting into the Earth's atmosphere is creating a great threat to the future of human civilization." Gore, the winner this month of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said he was briefed a month ago by scientists who had just completed a fact-finding mission investigating the shrinking ice cap. Gore said: "All over the world, on every continent, we are seeing an increased incidence of fire, we're seeing an increased incidence of drought." Before he arrived in Austria, Gore was in Berlin Tuesday, where he applauded Chancellor Angela Merkel for her commitment to fighting global warming and for working to find a successor to the Kyoto treaty. iht.com

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Saskatechewan? Before Elon Musk was thinking about Mars and electric cars, he was doing chores on a Saskatchewan farmHis family’s roots in the province are deep. It’s enough to make one wonder if Elon Musk's family has a genetic predisposition for ambition SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils the company's new manned spacecraft, The Dragon V2, designed to carry astronauts into space It was 1989 when Mark Teulon first met his 17-year-old cousin. The boy came all the way from South Africa to stay at Teulon’s farm near Waldeck, a village east of Swift Current. He spent a mere six weeks on the farm, but it was enough to give Teulon the impression that he was a little sharper than your average teenager. “He was a pretty smart guy,” says Teulon. “We had that figured out pretty quick.” His cousin, who celebrated his 18th birthday on the farm, was Elon Musk. Yes, that Elon Musk. Musk is now an inventor, engineer and entrepreneur who has revolutionized several high-tech industries. He is the CEO and product architect of electric car manufacturer Tesla, as well as the founder, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, one of the leading private aerospace companies. His most recent business venture, Neuralink, intends to create devices that can be implanted in the brain, allowing humans to interface directly with computer software. Musk’s face and name have become inseparable from discussions on the future of technology. He’s seen as an authority on subjects that once resided in the realm of science fiction, such as artificial intelligence or colonizing other planets. But before Musk was thinking of how to send people to Mars or plug our brains into computers, he was doing chores at Teulon’s grain farm while waiting for his mother Maye to arrive in Canada. Musk’s time in Saskatchewan was brief, but his family’s roots in the province go much deeper. Looking his grandfather’s story of political intrigue and international adventure, it’s enough to make one wonder if the family has a genetic predisposition for ambition. Musk’s grandfather, Joshua N. Haldeman, moved with his family to Herbert in southwest Saskatchewan from Pequot, Minn., in 1906 when he was four years old. Haldeman would pack up and move his own family 44 years later, albeit on a much longer trip than Minnesota to Saskatchewan. In 1950, Haldeman took his wife and four children — including Musk’s mother — and left Regina to seek new adventures in Pretoria, South Africa. Haldeman’s time in Saskatchewan was far from boring. He joined forces with a new political movement called Technocracy, which was temporarily outlawed. He worked to establish the country’s first chiropractic association and school, and waged a public health campaign against Coca-Cola. Haldeman was born on Nov. 25, 1902 to John Elon Haldeman and his wife Almeda Jane at a log cabin in Pequot. Almeda studied chiropractic care in Minneapolis, and after the family moved to Saskatchewan, she became Canada’s first known chiropractor. Her son would eventually follow in her footsteps. In 1926, Haldeman graduated from the Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. He ran a chiropractic practice for only a few years before trying his hand at farming in Waldeck. He lost the farm when he was unable to pay for equipment purchased on credit from a local bank.