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Give a goat, a shovel, a toy … or an engineer
December 1, 2012, Comments Off on Give a goat, a shovel, a toy … or an engineer

We first posted this five years ago and added to it in 2009. It is worth reposting every year as a reminder to us all th ...

The Concorde
November 29, 2012, Comments Off on The Concorde

Concorde website with photos and news of where individual aircraft are now displayed Good historical overview Concorde c ...

Social media, society and technology 2009-2012
November 15, 2012, Comments Off on Social media, society and technology 2009-2012

Restrictions to limit Internet access on the rise, warns UNESCO The United Nations agency which deals with freedom of ex ...

‘Punch’ Sulzberger, R.I.P.
September 29, 2012, Comments Off on ‘Punch’ Sulzberger, R.I.P.

‘Punch’ Sulzberger, R.I.P. By NICHOLAS KRISTOF Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, better known as Punch, transformed this newsp ...

Woodsworth gone from Concordia
September 5, 2012, 1 Comment

Concordia goes through senior administrators like Elizabeth Taylor went through husbands! Peggy Curran blog University C ...

London 2012 Olympics
August 13, 2012, Comments Off on London 2012 Olympics

(The Independent) London 2012 Olympics: A musical farewell to the world at the closing ceremony (The Guardian) London 20 ...

Fisheries
August 6, 2012, Comments Off on Fisheries

The End of the Line (Babelgum) Endorsed by and with major marketing support from National Geographic, Greenpeace and the ...

Gore Vidal R.I.P.
August 4, 2012, Comments Off on Gore Vidal R.I.P.

Gore Vidal Dead: American Intellectual, Author And Playwright Dies At 86 In a world more to his liking, Gore Vidal might ...

Canadian infrastructure projects earn global recognition
July 24, 2012, Comments Off on Canadian infrastructure projects earn global recognition

Canadian infrastructure projects earn global recognition (RCI) Six Canadian urban infrastructure projects have been name ...

Nora Ephron 1941-2012 R.I.P.
June 27, 2012, Comments Off on Nora Ephron 1941-2012 R.I.P.

She was not a friend, but we feel as though she were one. She leaves a legacy of bittersweet writing about so many socia ...

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