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Canada elects Conservative Minority Government
And so last night Canada elected a Conservative minority government. Voter turnout was up over the 2004 election, but it would be hard not to (that election brought out just over 60% of the electorate and a dismal 25% of the 18-24 year-old market). CBC: Voter Turnout up. CBC: Election Quickfacts: Interesting facts and figures…
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Busy Weekend
Wow, what a weekend it’s been. Friday, I helped Patricia look for a car; we started at 8am and finished by 6pm. It was an exhausting process. She’s detailed it out here (link poorly translated from Portuguese thanks to Google). The red one is hers. As a means to relax we were going to hit…
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Word of the Day: Macguffin
As defined by dictionary.com: Main Entry: McGuffin Part of Speech: noun Definition: in film, a plot device that has no specific meaning or purpose other than to advance the story; any situation that motivates the action of a film either artificially or substantively; also written MacGuffin Etymology: Alfred Hitchcock’s term, based on a story where…