Buying friends . . . online
After arriving on the webpage, a female voice begins extolling the benefits of paying for uSocial. The voice belongs to a chatbot, who has popped up on the left side of the page.
“Here at uSocial, we know the secrets to making you an overnight rockstar on Twitter,” the chatbot says, going on to promise up to 100,000 “real followers who will respond immediately to meet your market demands.”
Environmental legislation highlights in Canada, Ontario, and the UN: 1970-2010
1970 - The U.S. creates the Environmental
Protection Agency.
1971 - Department of the Environment formed in Canada.
1972 - Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the U.S. and Canada. Amended in 1978 and 1987.
Frugal living
Armed with a flashlight, backpack, some friends, and the safety of the night, Jo Richard climbs onto the rims of dumpsters and peers in, carefully sorting through bags of garbage to find her prize : food.
Richard, a women studies student at the University of Ottawa, supplements her diet with dumpster dive finds.
Although she doesn’t consider herself to be a freegan, she practices some of their lifestyle ideals by trying to reduce her impact on the world while balancing life as a student.
Buy one, get one! Your guide to extreme couponing
A coupon for a free, no-strings-attached ThermoCare HeatWrap turned Shelley Bochek into a coupon queen.