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Tomorrow I'll rent a car and go to Ottawa over the weekend with a few friends. This might just be a second sleepless weekend in a row, but I'm really looking forward to it. We'll be on the road 6-7 hours and have to arrive on friday before 8am - otherwise we won't have a place to sleep.
Originally, we planne to go to Montréal, but since Ottawa is closer and the stay will be less hard on our money, we decided to visit Canada's capital. I wonder what the German embassy looks like...
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strange and cassandra meet for the first time! but what of the fate of dr. linker?
The Practice of Everyday Design is a Canadian partnership focusing on art, product design and architecture which seeks design opportunities from the merging of seemingly irreconcilable ideas. Their piece The Mobile Office is constructed of materials discarded within a one block radius of the installation's site. The layout maximises space while allowing for flexibility.
Spatial and material maximisation is commonly seen in informal economies at the base of the pyramid. Yesterday I watched a garland maker peacefully proceed with his craft from a miniscule work environment below the stall which sold his products alongside small goods.
This is my first post, and I am tipsy. I shouldn't be tipsy. I have a law paper due tomorrow afternoon and a math test Wednesday night that I have yet to start studying for. It's 3:56 am but fuck it. To be honest, I've never been much of a wine guy, but I'm starting now. I hear it's good for my heart.
The best pies in Toronto are scattered across the city. Nothing store bought about them either. All the pies offered by the 11 bakeries that made this list are fresh baked daily and all use local ingredients when available. So, while there might be plenty of calories on that pecan or lemon meringue, at least you can feel good about cutting into a pie that supports local farmers.
6.200 lecteurs de cette lettre d'informations ont envoyé un message à Vale Inco, la compagnie minière multinationale, pour exprimer leur solidarité avec les 3.500 mineurs canadiens en grève depuis le mois de juillet pour obtenir le respect des normes de sécurité au travail.
Au lieu de négocier avec leur organisation syndicale, Vale continue à faire la sourde oreille et va jusqu'à proposer de "nombreux emplois dans ces opérations canadiennes" sur son site internet et via Twitter pour éventuellement remplacer les grévistes.
Pour contrer cette manœuvre, LabourStart vient de lancer la première pétition syndicale mondiale sur Twitter pour complémenter sa campagne principale et remettre la pression sur Vale.
Si vous avez un compte Twitter, il vous suffit de cliquer ici puis sur le bouton "Sign and Tweet".
Dans le cas contraire, vous pouvez créer un compte très simplement en cliquant ici.
Coup de chance ! L'interface Twitter vient d'être traduite (au moins partiellement) en français.
Vous pouvez twitter, retwitter, reformuler comme vous voulez, mais n'oubliez pas d'inclure #valeinco dans vos 140 caractères.
Rendons cette campagne "virale" !