Seems like the residents of Vancouver did not like the riot carried out by some young wannabe's. The rioters smashed the windows of several shops and looted the place, in addition to setting cars alight. Here are some photos I took a couple of days ago showing the other side of the riot:

Ever wondered why modern air travel is slower than in the 90's? When a Concorde could quickly get you from one continent to another? I was pondering this question when I recently piled up 90000 air miles due to internal stresses in my brain.

Seems like the biggest reason is fuel consumption. Air drag is exponential to speed. Based on the cost of air travel, there just does not seem to be a market for flying faster.

...of getting away from civilisation (i.e. the purpose of an RV in my mind) only to piggy back all your modern age luxuries such as Satellite TV?

You would not realise it, but a simple change of the Metal Halide bulbs in your reef aquarium can make a surprising difference to both the colour and the amount of light. Here I have replaced my unknown brand 2 x 250W 14000K bulbs with 2 x 250W 13000K Giesemann bulbs. First the old bulbs:

Now with the new bulbs: