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Origins – Current Events Through A Historic Perspective

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One of my beefs with our current world of instant news is that many of these stories started a long time ago and the current event is only a small chapter in this story. So it is nice to find a site dedicated to looking at these events with a historical perspective.

Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective was originally done in magazine form years ago – it went away much to the lament of its readers – it is now back as a monthly online site.  The site is part of the History Department of The Ohio State University.  It is worth checking out.

Ottawa Restaurants

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If you are in Ottawa or are coming for a visit there is a good collection of restaurants to choose from.  Some of my favourites are Beckta – very fine dinning and Sitar – yummy Indian food.

I have been accused of being too positive in my reviews of things so if you want expert advice then check out Anne DesBrisay’s Ottawa restaurant review site capitaldining.ca.  Anne – besides being my cousin – has been the Ottawa Citizen restaurant critic for over 10 years.  Her site offers a collection of her most recent reviews and a few interesting news items about the Ottawa food scene.