Western Troy’s CEO, Rex Loesby, commented, “As we worked through the feasibility process for our MacLeod Lake Project, we evaluated a number of electric power options. One option is a small nuclear reactor. We found there are a number of small reactor designs in operation and under development around the world and there looks to be an opportunity to work with one or more of these reactor designs to develop the technology specifically for remote communities and mine sites in Canada.
via Western Troy to Initiate Small Nuclear Reactor Venture | SYS-CON CANADA.
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Looking at the tartan of the peculiar Macleods of Harris is uninspiring. I can think of nothing interesting about the Macleods, except that the Macleod of Macleod’s claim that they are half fairy and half Harris and that they own a Fairy Flag.
via Professor Humperdink III: Macleod of Macleod.
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Like it or not, tweens are bombarded with celebrity culture, says coauthor Terri MacLeod. Young stars are strong role models and if their message and behavior is positive, young girls everywhere can be inspired and realize some of the tough stuff in their lives also happened to their favorite star-and they survived and thrived.
via 113 Things to Do by 13.
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Bob MacLeod was a talent agent and Steve Byckiewicz a flight attendant in 1980 when they ditched city life for a farmhouse and a fresh start. Unlikely entrepreneurs, they were mostly interested in gardening and entertaining. But dwindling savings prompted them to launch a business inspired by their healthy lifestyle.
via The naturals: How Kiss My Face got started – Aug. 17, 2009.
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Playing at the provincial level is a first-time experience for Adam Scott Collegiate’s Cody MacLeod.
His plan is to make the most of it.
The 17-year-old, who turns 18 on Aug. 30, is heading to the Canada Summer Games in Summerside, P.E.I. beginning tomorrow as a member of Ontario’s under-18 men’s rugby team.
via Canada Games learning curve for MacLeod – Peterborough Examiner – Ontario, CA.
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A CHURCH of Scotland minister, serving an overseas parish, has become the second to quit the Kirk’s ministry in the bitter row over the induction of an openly gay minister.
The Rev John Macleod, 39, who is the minister with the Kirk’s World Mission at St Andrew’s Church in Nassau in the Bahamas, submitted a letter of resignation to the Church’s headquarters earlier this week.
via Minister quits Kirk over swearing in of gay man – Scotsman.com News.
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He said it was the “gems” in among the big names and the opportunity for visitors to discover new or less well-known talent that had made the festival the foremost literary event in the world.
Mr Holloway recommended the Canadian author Alistair MacLeod
via BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | ‘Take a chance’ on Book festival.
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Truro blind golfer Brian MacLeod continued his stellar summer with a win at the Nova Scotia Open at River Oaks Golf Club. MacLeod defended his B1 (no sight) division title with a two-round total of 218.
via PLUS/MINUS – Nova Scotia News – TheChronicleHerald.ca.
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History professor James MacLeod, 43, is hoping his tongue-in-cheek approach to climate change will land him the coveted prize of science’s most socially conscious, and not to mention wittiest, doodler.
The Greenock-born dad of two now lives in Indiana where he teaches at the University of Evansville.
via Scots cartoonist draws his own conclusions on US politics « Deadline Press & Picture Agency.
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He should instead seek out the wise counsel of the immaculately-spoken Kenny Macleod in the Stornoway SNP office.
If the first ministear then starts speaking with a Niseach twang, there will be even less chance that anyone, anywhere would have a scooby what he was uttering. In the view of some, that would be no bad thing at all.
via Tears on my shoulder as first minister shatters braveheart – Press & Journal.
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