Martin's dream - Winnipeg Free Press:
Archive for 12/01/2011 - 01/01/2012
I like Paul Martin's dream
What is happiness, what is misery
2012 could be your year! Where you will be debt-free!
Are you working on it?
Climate change is real. What can we do to improve our world?
Canadian church leader speaks to government leaders on climate - The Mennonite:
We will finally know exactly how much the airfare will be
$99 seat sales take flight - Moneyville.ca:
Germany and Nuclear power. No production, yes to importing it.
Nuke-Free Germany Isn't Exactly Nuke-Free - Businessweek: "Germany says its future will be nuclear-free. For the present, though, it’s nuclear not-so-free, relying more than ever on electricity from atomic-powered neighbors. What’s more, the Germans have been turning off their reactors because they don’t want a Fukushima-style meltdown spewing radiation across their country. Yet the TemelĂn reactors, which are in good shape, are close enough to the border to rain down radiation on Germany should a serious accident occur."
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US Census: Half of U.S. poor or low income
Census data: Half of U.S. poor or low income - CBS News:
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The body parts market in the world, with prices
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Canadian charities examined by @moneysensemag @sarah_efron
The 2011 Charity 100 | MoneySense:
Three days already
Stocks Fall Hard, But Volume Remains Below Average. Gold Stocks And Bullion Itself Slide. - Investors.com: "Stocks today sold off for a third straight session, with more than a handful of top-rated stocks falling in above-average volume."
Why it is important so share your ideas - Vint Cerf
Internet Guru: Google Evangelist Vint Cerf Page 2 of 2 - Forbes.com:
Evangelical Christians learning from Mormons
God's MBAs: Why Mormon Missions Produce Leaders - BusinessWeek:
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What can Evangelical Christians learn from Mormons? A lot!
How stable is the Chinese economy?
Tom Keene Talks to Morgan Stanley's Stephen Roach - BusinessWeek:
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Tim Tebow: God's Quarterback - Christian's moral failures
What we are far less sure how to do is to take seriously a public figure's seemingly admirable character and professions of higher purpose.
And who can blame us? We don't want to be fooled again."
Robin Cardozo's advice on working in the not-for-profiit sector
Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Robin Cardozo is creating healthy communities - The Globe and Mail:
"I often talk to people who are mid-career in the corporate sector who are looking to move into the not-for-profit sector. Sometimes I find that they have the right motive but they don’t have a full appreciation of how complex the sector is.
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Italian workers dont work really hard.
Fiat Threatens to Quit Italy - Businessweek: "Fiat’s 22,000 factory workers in Italy assembled 650,000 cars in 2009, while the 6,100 employees at its plant in Tychy, Poland, built 600,000 vehicles. Without taking into account differences in models or working hours, the Italian workers each made 30 cars a year on average, compared with almost 100 in Poland. Auto workers in Italy earn €27.69 ($38.55) an hour, more than three times the €7.52 in Poland, according to data from German car industry group VDA."
9 Reasons Why Your Image Is Everything
9 Reasons Why Your Image Is Everything: "The way you present yourself has a profound impact on your career. And it's not just your body language or how you dress, the Internet has presented folks with countless new ways to bolster their personal brand -- or completely ruin it."
Jim Rogers defends the Germans in the Euro issue. Good one!
Tom Keene Talks to Investor Jim Rogers - BusinessWeek: "Why should a good, honest German taxpayer, a guy who saved his money, suddenly get a bill from the German government saying you have got to pay for some Greeks sitting on the beach drinking ouzo? That's absurd."