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Paul Boucher • November 12, 2020
Virtual Early Birds, November 12, 2020
Virtual Early Birds, November 12, 2020
Gentlemen,
Like last week, the video is playable below.
Before that, a few things that Birds relayed during the week and during the meeting:
Related to last weeks guest, Proton Technologies CEO Grant Strem and the subject of hydrogen and the "hydrogen economy", an article from the New York Times via George Roberts:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/business/hydrogen-fuel-california.html?referringSource=articleShare
Dave Hicks
happened to be driving through Forest Lawn and noted Atco Village as he passed it. On Remembrance Day, it seemed an apt bit of serendipity.
From the Atco web site: "In November 2019 we leveraged our expertise in modular housing to build ATCO Village, a community of 15 tiny homes in Calgary for veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces."
There's a moving video on their web page and many photos of the homes for veterans. You can see it here:
https://www.atco.com/en-ca/projects/homes-for-heroes.html.
Tips flowed from Dr. Tom Olson
today like other stuff flows from John Horgan's mouth, and they were good.
1) Tom is reader of The Epoch Times, a balanced news source that is less "opinion-based" (quotes mine) than a lot of other sources. Note that when you land on the site the first time it will ask you to pick your edition (US or Canada). However, you can switch back and forth any time you like. The link is
https://www.theepochtimes.com/.
2) A Calgary company (and penny stock) that made its name in Cannabis testing called FluroTech is working on rapid-test-result technology for COVID. It's in early stages and is mentioned specifically in an updated press release at this link:
https://flurotech.com/update-to-previously-announced-sars-cov-2-test-development-initiative-with-albany-medical-college-for-the-presence-of-sars-cov-2-virus/.
Their home page is https://flurotech.com/ for more information on the company itself.
3) Finally, Tom is a subscriber to a couple of UK TV services, one called BritBox. He's a particular fan of a show called Our Girl which is summarized beautifully on this page:
https://www.britbox.com/ca/show/Our_Girl_p0260ych. You can find out more about the service in general, including prices, etc. here:
https://www.britbox.com/ca/. You may also be able to access some of these shows via the CBC GEM service.
From Ross Mikkelsen, a reiteration that the podcast No Compromise, featuring a couple of guys who think the NRA are a bunch of lightweights is "something else" and worth a listen. Ditto for an unexpected new one he discovered called "Bunga Bunga" which documents the rise and fall of Silvio Berlusconi. Surprisingly compelling and available at:
https://wondery.com/shows/bunga-bunga/.
And now....the video. Enjoy.
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