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One of the very first lectures in this class we were asked to do an exercise. We were instructed to empty our minds and ask ourselves a question, “How do I think?” Well…I had never really asked myself that question. It took me a moment to even understand what that question was actually asking. I […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2014 No Comments »
Give me an everyday situation that produces a somewhat undesirable problem. Ask me to solve it. I will no doubt use my ready logic and deductive reasoning to arrive at a rational solution. Because of my analytical and common sense nature, I have found that my arrivals yield, to my dismay, rather boring and textbook […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 24th, 2011 No Comments »
Will Papademos, former vice-president of the European Central Bank, Greece’s new prime minister, pay the bills? The democratic process is generally touted in the western world as the most desirable form of government, but you have to wonder; given the frequency with which countries have been going bankrupt lately, that there might […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 20th, 2011 No Comments »
Sienna Richardson-Isberg shines a bloglight on the funky phone app that won’t short change your next Starbucks fix…unless you forgot to load your phone. The new payment method is indeed a nifty improvement on plumbing your purse for the exact change, however, most repeat Bucks customers quite simply will not care. It’s a coin toss whether this innovation will froth up enough interest […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 16th, 2011 No Comments »
In response and in full support of the message in Jaskaran Chauhan’s blog, titled “Eco Friendly or Brand Friendly?”, I would further suggest that Air Canada’s Zerofootprint propaganda is offensive. In the years prior to the 1970’s, BC’s lower mainland experienced some nasty pea-soup smogs. Because they were a serious threat to commerce, the hue […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 8th, 2011 No Comments »
The recent contretemps over the routing of the Keystone Oil Pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands to Texas brings the whole business of sending Canadian resources south into focus again. Whether we agree to supply the US with electricity and water, or the US, China and the Pacific Rim countries with our oil and natural […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 30th, 2011 No Comments »
Given that business must grow in order to survive; an ever expanding world population would seem to be the ideal. There’s only one problem; sustainability suggests humans will affect the demise of this planet before we find another planet to inhabit. So unless you’ve reserved seats for a self sustaining stealth capsule secretly circumnavigating Earth’s […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 26th, 2011 No Comments »
Since the fall of the wall in 1989, Germany has struggled with reunification and the rebuilding of their infrastructure. Despite these colossal undertakings, Germany has emerged with the strongest economy in Europe. It’s not surprising then that when they’re asked, as a reward for all their diligence, to bail out most of the rest of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2011 No Comments »
Lynda Steele A recent airing of female infuriation over gender-based pricing, or to put it plainly, gender gauging, has women losing their shirts. CTV’s Lynda Steele hosting ‘Steele On Your Side’ has taken a closer look at the market differences between the sexes. Many women have a subliminal awareness that they pay more when […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2011 No Comments »
More hot fudge or nuts with that contentious banana split? Maybe both in the case of the Dole Food company vs. Tellez et al. with lawyer Juan Dominguez leading the charge in 2007. Sifting fact from fiction and the ethical from the immoral has become a hot mess and a hard legal nut to […]