Tuesday, July 01, 2014

The search of the day (June 30)



Grist (27 JUNE 2014) First Nations, first dibs, says Canada’s Supreme court

Globe and Mail (27 JUNE 2014) A Charlottetown family true to their school and its students’ well-being

Globe and Mail (28 JUNE 2014) Why works both love and hate vacations

Huffingon Post (25 JUNE 2013) U.S. workers have love-hate relationship with smartphones on vacation

Globe and Mail (27 JUNE 2014) The Winter We Danced reveals the full depth and breadth of Idle No More

Globe and Mail (27 JUNE 2014) A crumbling town threatens B.C.’s coast, unless you ask those in charge

Globe and Mail (30 JUNE 2014) The claims are just.  But the Supreme Court ruling means chaos

The Supreme Court’s Tsilhqot’in Nation decision marks a very dark day for the economy of British Columbia. A new era of chaotic jockeying will open among First Nations, governments and resource proponents, casting a pall over a basic economic driver of the province.


Globe and Mail (30 JUNE 2014) Canadian executives question benefits of social media.

Entrepreneur (18 NOV 2013) 10 Questions to Ask When Measuring Your Social Media ROI

Globe and Mail (29 JUNE 2014) Social media have changed how we communicate ideas

Globe and Mail (29 JUNE 2014) Few businesses see social media as transformative

Vancouver Sun (28 JUNE 2014) Downtown Eastside: 260 agencies, housing sites crowd Downtown Eastside
 
Nearly $1 million a day is spent providing low-cost housing, social services and other support to vulnerable residents of the Downtown Eastside, a Vancouver Sun investigation has found.

The news outlet compiled, for the first time in recent history, a list of every agency that operates in the Downtown Eastside or provides a service there, and also tallied the organizations’ annual revenues.

In 2013, $360 million was spent by 260 agencies and housing sites to help roughly 6,500 people. Most are poor; many have addictions or mental health challenges.


Bloomberg News (26 JUNE 2014) Your doctor knows you’re killing yourself.  The data brokers told her.

Bloomberg (5 JUNE 2014) To work or not to work? Women’s dilemma cuts growth, jobs

Grist (30 JUNE 2014) Hacking the climate: The search for solutions to the world’s greatest challenge

In recent years, weather patterns around the world have grown fiercer than ever. Blizzards paralyze daily life across large areas of the nation, while intense heat waves and enduring droughts cripple food production in the West. Huge storms threaten to sweep away coastal communities. These, and other symptoms of climate disruption, have led to growing recognition that something must be done.


Salon (17 MAR 2006) Early signs: Reports from a warming planet

Living on Earth (2006) Early Signs: Reports from a Warming Planet

Bloomberg (30 JUNE 2014) They’re dying at their desks in China as epidemic of stress proves fatal. 

Zero Hedge (27 MARCH 2014) Working to death in China

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