CCF Report details 8 provinces that can seize your private property. -- politics

Steampunk Ottawa has 1,692 members. A place for Steampunks in the Nation's Capital to sit and have a cuppa. -- costume

Tutorial on the complex process of how to restore (put back) a Calendar event from Trash in Outlook. -- windows

How to set up speech-to-text in Windows 10 -- windows

Centre Block is closing for a decade for renovations. Visit Canada's Parliament buildings in this 7-part video tour. -- article

Techniques that help parents get back some free time. -- child

A high concentration of sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) can cause problems for patients who have dry mouth. Toothpastes vary in the amount of SLS they contain. Avoid SLS. Some toothpastes include plaque-control agents such as pyrophosphates and zinc citrate that prevent plaque from sticking to the teeth after they've been brushed. These are good. Rinsing with an essential-oil containing dentifrice (mouthwash) for 30 seconds twice daily after brushing helps prevent plaque buildup. -- health

The easiest way to solve the Rubik's cube, for absolute beginners. This step-by-step tutorial shows how to repeat the same four-move sequence until the cube is solved. -- game

I searched around and tried several sites which either failed or did a bad job of converting the Val-des-Monts council meeting PDFs to text. This one mangles the formatting but gets all the pages. Maybe it's better when converting to DOC. -- service

Translate French to English -- service

Buy a pair of 7X50 binoculars and a planisphere. -- gear

Vitamin C has been studied for many years as a possible treatment for colds, or as a way to help prevent colds. But findings have been inconsistent. Overall, experts have found little to no benefit from vitamin C for preventing or treating the common cold. -- health

Collected works of Mark Crislip. Health articles with a focus on debunking. -- health

Mark Crislip, MD argues that if you are normal, leaving good enough alone is probably the way to go. -- health

A five storey modular home clings to the side of a cliff in this conceptual design by Modscape. -- art

Great detailed article on the best way to get plywood cut at Home Depot. -- fixit

Shocking. Controversial. Believable. Presentation to a Michigan House committee looking at the topic of low level radiation. The LNT hypothesis states than any level of radiation exposure in dangerous. The contrary argument is while high levels will kill you, low level radiation is beneficial. Skip to the the 11:14 minute point to get to the start of the presentation. Was originally posted at http://www.house.mi.gov/MHRPublic/PlayVideoArchive.html?video=ENER-101717.mp4 -- health

The internet speed test that raises money for charity -- service

Nanokirigami is based on the ancient arts of origami (making 3-D shapes by folding paper) and kirigami (which allows cutting as well as folding) but applied to flat materials at the nanoscale. Now, researchers at MIT and in China have applied this approach to the creation of nanodevices to manipulate light, potentially opening new possibilities for light-based communications, detection, or computational devices. -- research

Elaborates on a hand-picked selection of features from the HTML5 specification and other fine standards. Content aside, this is worthwhile looking at just for the presentation (which is itself an example of HTML5). -- web