In early May, a group of sixth-graders set out for an adventure with their teachers–a weeklong trip to a state park in their home state of Tennessee. Like it would be for any group of young kids, the trip was probably high adventure, perhaps the first time that some of them had been away from… Read more »
Over the past couple of years, Facebook (http://www.facebook.com) and MySpace (http://www.myspace.com) have cornered the social networking market. Millions of people flock to both services to meet others, to keep track of friends, to share interests, and, yes, even to do a little unsavoury spying on others. Despite the popularity of both sites, it may be… Read more »
I remember this city when it was something new and strange to me. That was when the air was filled with the stench of dragons, and every windstorm was the ferocious beat of their mighty wings. Those were my bohemian days, living in the one-room apartment on the edge of Chinatown. There were rumours of… Read more »
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Do you remember the age of innocence? I’m not talking about some long-forgotten era of old. I’m talking about when we were young, when life was simpler. If You’re a male baby boomer chances are you were a young adult in the 1970s. Do you remember primping for a date or a night out with… Read more »
A little-known program at the University of Maine provides tuition, fees, and accommodation to undergraduate or graduate students ?who can prove membership in a state or federally recognized tribe or can prove direct descent from a member? (1)–and this tuition waiver is also available to members of recognized Canadian tribes. Currently, there are about 500… Read more »
Take an early bird peek at one of AU’s new courses, Environmental Change in A Global Context (ENVS 243)! This course, which is also cross-listed as GLST 243, is tentatively scheduled to officially open to student registration within the next few weeks. Through an exciting blend of written and online media, ENVS 243 enables students… Read more »
Management at Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit: Restoration or a Distant Relative? I recently had the chance to visit two sites in Toronto where ecological restoration work is being carried out–High Park’s black oak savannah and the Leslie Street Spit. The environmental management approaches at these sites are quite different, and provide an interesting opportunity for… Read more »
We are all a sum of what’s gone before, from the frightening to the fantastical. The History of The Guillotine http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/Pages/History.html A rather terrifying piece of machinery, but probably a lot less painful than the garrotte . . . one hopes. Eleven Weirdest Ancient Mysteries http://crazylinkz.blogspot.com/2006/08/11-weirdest-ancient-mysteries.html True or false, fake or real–still part of our… Read more »
Are you a snow-loving Rocky Mountain gal? A wide-open-spaces Prairie kind of guy? Or maybe someone who can’t get enough of the rugged coasts and fresh Atlantic air in the east? Tell us why the place you live is the best place in Canada, in The Voice Great Canadian Place Challenge! Is it the people?… Read more »