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Venezuela orders one million laptops for schoolchildren
Venezuela is ordering one million low cost laptops for its school children.
The machines will be based on the Intel Classmate laptop that has been designed for school children.
Many see the deal as a blow for the One Laptop Per Child organisation that has also been touting its child-friendly machine […]

Remembering the incredible pluck of the Times Picayune during Katrina and the aftermath, we returned to this long-neglected source and found it better than ever. Hurricane Gustav News and Storm Tracking
BBC, as usual, does a fine job of reporting the story and the context, including photos from the destruction wreaked in Cuba
Reuters/Planet Ark FACTBOX […]

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August 13
Elephant seals join fight against climate change
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Elephant seals swimming under Antarctic ice and fitted with special sensors are providing scientists with crucial data on ice formation, ocean currents and climate change, a study released on Tuesday said.
The seals swimming under winter sea ice have overcome […]

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The “Wednesday Night Salon” series - west coast edition is going for its fifth monthly anniversary! As the new relationships are developing amongst all of these great Vancouverites, we are still enjoying the discovery period of new connections and degrees of separation unfolding at each event… Many […]

This thoughtful piece by Kenneth Rogoff was written in 2005. In light of the collapse of the Doha round, it bears reading and pondering, although we could not resist inserting a link to Dan Yergin that undermines the confidence the author had in him at the time of writing.
Who’s Dependent Now?
by […]

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July 31
Seeking a trade deal
(Globe & Mail) The Canadians who participated in the Doha process, including Trade Minister Michael Fortier, say they will now turn to negotiating bilateral agreements with individual countries. That is a smart decision, and a first priority should be to get an agreement in […]

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The “Wednesday Night Salon” series - west coast edition is going for its fourth iteration! And now that summer has finally arrived in Vancouver, let’s celebrate all things witty, jazzy and frivolous!
We’ll absolutely have to spend some time on Caribbean affairs - Cuba post-Castro, […]

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After last week’s fascinating and informative evening on Iraqi Kurdistan, another first. This Wednesday we are delighted to feature three brilliant young women: Anne Sophie Coleman, Katleen Félix and Emma Richez.
Anne Sophie is paying Montreal a brief visit - something to do with the Jazz […]

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24 June 2008
Speaking of Obama and NAFTA
Sen. Obama had staked out an increasingly negative attitude on NAFTA as the primary season unfolded - particularly in Pennsylvania and Ohio. One unspoken reason why his position is wobbly, is that he doesn’t want to say what he really thinks, and that is, Canada is […]

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