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- Some Parting Words October 20, 2012When I began to ponder the things that I might address in this my last column in this space, I was confronted with many issues and subjects that are both important and timely. After some contemplation, I realized that parting words should be the most important words you can leave behind. They should be the […]mediaguy
- Behind Closed Doors – The Human Rights Crisis In North Korea September 25, 2012From 10,000 feet, you can’t see North Korea but you can see the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), where my wife Margaret and I, through our organization The Forerunner Project, presented with CIGI, Behind Closed Doors – The Human Rights Crisis in North Korea. How did we get involved in Human Rights in North […]mediaguy
- Arctic Sea Ice Reached Record Low Extent in 2012 – or maybe not August 30, 2012Recently, there have been a lot of pictures of the ice in the Arctic or lack thereof – but here is another point of view which merits consideration, originally published in the Tuscon Citizen. by Jonathan DuHamel on Aug. 28, 2012, The media are atwitter because the National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced […]mediaguy
- More Inconvenient Truth August 21, 2012Since the beginning of the Climate Change War, I have attempted to bring to light some of the less reported information to readers in order to provoke a more informed perspective on the matter. I have been criticized for doing so, but I hardly noticed. Some people feel, I suppose, that the status quo should […]mediaguy
- Taking a Stand for Justice and Truth in the Climate Change War August 14, 2012‘Global warming is the greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I have seen in my long life’ – Harold Lewis Phd. This quote is the summation of Dr Harold Lewis resignation (a 67 year member) from the American Physical Society. This is an important moment in science history. It appears from leaders in the science […]mediaguy
- Privacy For Sale July 24, 2012On a recent flight from Costa Rica to Toronto, I was required to show my passport 9 times and was searched 3 times, most of which was required because of a flight connection in the US. The ordeal brought on flashes of wartime movies where suspicious Gestapo officers checked travelers’ papers on night trains to […]mediaguy
- Who Is Trying to Destroy RIM?? June 19, 2012One of the really nice things about Canadian summers are the long days. Our beautiful, pleasantly warm evenings are unequaled in most places on earth. I was enjoying one of those evenings recently with a small group of friends and wondered out loud which star was Mars and which was Venus – two of the […]mediaguy
- The Man Who Quit Money May 19, 2012Amongst the din of hundreds of offbeat stories with sizzling headlines, there occasionally comes one that totally captures your attention. The headline was a simple, but seemingly impossible idea – “ The Man Who Quit Money”. I wondered if this could be a real story of a rational, sane person who had found a way […]mediaguy
- Could The World Do The Unthinkable? April 21, 2012I have been producing this radio program for a year and I have learned a lot. One of the things I have learned about “change” is that some things have to be modeled before they gain enough credibility to get wide acceptance. Many people need to “see” something before they “get it”. In other words, […]mediaguy
- That’s Not Science! March 26, 2012The problem with being a forerunner is that we don’t accept most of what we are told. We have to see for ourselves. This may arise from having experienced fraudulent authority in the past or from realizing that most of what is wrong with the world is their doing. In the past 50 years, science […]mediaguy
- Some Parting Words October 20, 2012
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A Peasant Farmer / A Visionary Leader
Speculation is …the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying of goods and services. Henry Ford As a young man growing up in Bavaria (Germany) Christian Nafzinger realized that he and his family were different than the other people in their community. They were outsiders and were looked on with [...]
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Tagged as: Christian Nafzinger, pioneers, Speculation, Wilmot Township
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Getting Off The Grid
When you step back from the trees and see the forest you realize that the problems in the economy are not just another “bump in the road” but the signs of the end of an era. In the last 20 years we have seen the collapse of communism, 9-11, and the failure of capitalism. We [...]
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Tagged as: Bio Diesel, Change, Environmentalist, Forerunners, Garbage Warrior, Host's Posts, Ian Graham, Michael Reynolds, Paul Weigel, Solar engery, solar Power, Sustainable housing, The Forerunner Project, The New economy, Visionaries
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Love Your Enemies
Most forerunners exhibit a strong desire to establish their values early in life because their ideals and their ideas are the foundation for all that they do. Mark Yantzi grew up in the Amish faith near Punkeydoodles Corners south west of New Hamburg. The second world war was still a recent memory and Mark felt [...]
The Art of Revolution
This is the 1 year anniversary of the Forerunner Column and in this edition we are going to look at one of the most important aspects of creating a forerunner friendly climate in a community or organization and how the arts are the forerunner of innovation and creative change. The word revolution may seem to [...]
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Tagged as: activism, art, Film Review, Forerunner, Forerunners, Host's Posts, Paul Weigel, Revolution, The Forerunner Project
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Forerunners and Projects
Forerunners are pioneers, initiators, and problem solvers who are motivated to build, create, innovate and reform what ever they are engaged in. Refounding our businesses, education, government, and communities, by encouraging and supporting forerunners in our community is critial to entering the new enconomy.
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Tagged as: Community growth, Forerunners, Paul Weigel, pioneers, The Forerunner Project, Vision
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Building Peace, Preventing War
In 1976, Ernie and Nancy Regehr returned to Canada from a 3 year term in South Africa and Zambia. The 70s were a tumultuous season of the beginnings of change, marked by a heightened awareness in the western world for human rights such as apartheid, relief of poverty, and greater corporate responsibility. The Regehrs were [...]
“WANTED: 150,000 Engineers
Visionary Forerunner Ira Needles revolutionizes education in Canada with coop engineering program that vaults the University of Waterloo onto the world stage over night. A Brilliant plan well executed by a skilled leader. Learn how he did it>>>>>
3 Million Canadians Will Die
A David and Goliath story of a true forerunner who has served, fought and overcome the tobacco industry for the lives of millions of people.
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Tagged as: activism, activist, environment, Film Review, Forerunner, Forerunners, Garfield Mahood, non smoker's rights
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A Desire to Serve –
Most projects start with a picture in a person’s mind of what they want to achieve, but others begin with a motivation to do something. Those projects that are founded on a motivation to serve have no destination in mind other than to satisfy the simple thirst within the heart. No one sets out to [...]
What Do YOU See When You See A Wolf?
John and Mary Theberge have been studying wolves for more than 40 years. They discovered early in their career that some people look at a wolf and see beauty, and others see an evil menace which should be destroyed. That single contrast in views has been at the heart of a lifelong struggle to save [...]
Vision, Character, and Courage
Leaders can not lead unless they can see where they are going and that takes vision. This ability to see what “can be” is what makes forerunners convincing leaders because they are passionate about where they are going. Our subject in this edition of The Forerunner is an historical figure renowned in this community in [...]
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Tagged as: Adma Beck, Baden Ontario, E. W. B. Synder, Forerunners, Hydro Electric Power, Paul Weigel
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Start With a Handshake
A handshake is a common cultural tradition in the western world. It has been used to start friendships, seal binding agreements, and show “no malice” in competitive sports. But for David Wang (pronounced Wong) Professor of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, a handshake has become a symbol of realizing a dream. [...]
Live Your Dream
When Linda Laepple (nee Schabel) came to Canada in 1980 from Germany, she had no idea of the importance the next 11 years would have in preparing her for what lay ahead. Her experience working on a horse farm near Stratford laid a foundation and appreciation for Canada which would later become an important part [...]
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Tagged as: Biogas, Environmentalist, Forerunners, pioneers, Turbines, Visionaries, Wind power
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We Are The Earth
Forerunners are people who walk the path that is revealed by the light they receive. In our first column about forerunners we introduced some of their characteristics and personality traits. Although they may come from many different domains within our society, they have a few common character qualities. They passionately and tenaciously pursue something they [...]
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Tagged as: Forerunners, homeopathic medicines, natural farming, Organic farming, Wisdom radio
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An Introduction to The Forerunner
(originally Published in the New Hamburg Independent – June, 2008) By Paul Weigel The Independent is beginning a new monthly column and I am pleased to have the opportunity to communicate a fascinating aspect of our world about which I have grown to be very passionate. This new column will feature stories of local and [...]
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Tagged as: Forerunners, giftedness, motivation living your dreams, pioneers, visonaries
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Dr. Devereaux – A Candidate for a Forerunner Award
The Story: Patients taking beta blockers, the cornerstone of treatment for heart disease since the 1970s, are a third more likely to die within a month of surgery and twice as likely to suffer a stroke, a study found. Dr P.J. Devereaux, a cardiologist and epidemiologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, who led the [...]
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Tagged as: Technology and Medicine
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