Thursday, April 15, 2010

We can all benefit from hard-learned lessons (National Post, 12 Apr 2010, Page A15)

From Craig.


We can all benefit from hard-learned lessons
RICK SPENCE Rick Spence is a writer, consultant and speaker specializing in entrepreneurship. His column appears weekly in the Financial Post. He can be reached at rick@rickspence.ca
National Post
12 Apr 2010

Business can be messy. It comes with endless disputes, disappointments and mistakes. But it’s a rare setback that doesn’t carry some lesson that can help you win next time. Mark Mawhinney was in his early 20s and running a buffet restaurant in...read more...

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Семейная жизнь в �€еа�»ьном го�€оде (Vremia Novostiey, 29 Jan 2010, Page 10)

Uma Thurman ..


Семейная жизнь в �€еа�»ьном го�€оде
А�»ена СОЛНЦЕВА
Vremia Novostiey
29 Jan 2010

Фи�»ьм Кэт�€ин Дикман «Мате�€инство» бы�» вк�»ючен в п�€ош�»огоднюю п�€ог�€амму фестива�»я независимого кино «Санденс». Этот факт и участие в ка�€тине Умы Ту�€ман, сыг�€авшей г�»авную �€о�»ь, — п�€актически все его бонусы. Бо�»ьше ничего выдающегося в ск�€омной комедии...read more...

Monday, March 29, 2010

Virtual gamers a â€� human resource’ in real world’s epic of survival (The Vancouver Sun, 27 Mar 2010, Page I4)

Intriguing spin on this one.


Virtual gamers a â€� human resource’ in real world’s epic of survival
KIM DAVIS Kim Davis is a Vancouver sustainable-design consultant. E-mail: redkimwrites@gmail.com homes@vancouversun.com
The Vancouver Sun
27 Mar 2010

Jane McGonigal, an online game designer of 10 years, has a goal: to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is in online games. According to McGonigal, director of game research and design at the Institute of the Future, a non-profit San...read more...

Saturday, March 13, 2010

The neuroscience of devotion (National Post, 13 Mar 2010, Page A16)

This looks interesting.


The neuroscience of devotion
BY CHARLES LEWIS
National Post
13 Mar 2010

Lionel Tiger’s earliest encounters with religion were not encouraging. As a Jewish boy in Montreal in the 1940s he was continually harassed by Catholics for being a “Christ-killer” and harassed even more because Quebecers were being dragged into a war...read more...

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Tangy cheese and a splash of Chianti flavour this Italian-style onion soup (Edmonton Journal, 17 Feb 2010, Page E2)

Onions - part 2


Tangy cheese and a splash of Chianti flavour this Italian-style onion soup

Edmonton Journal
17 Feb 2010

Scallions, also called spring onions, are the shoots of a variety of white onion that does not form an enlarged bulb at the root end. Eric Akis is the author of the recently published Everyone Can Cook for Celebrations: Seasonal Recipes for Festive...read more...

Get under the skin: All you need to know about onions (Edmonton Journal, 17 Feb 2010, Page E1)

Onion tips


Get under the skin: All you need to know about onions
ERIC AKI S Victoria Times Colonist
Edmonton Journal
17 Feb 2010

Onions are an everyday kind of vegetable. Any day of the week, we’ll chop some for soup, set a slice on a burger, stir-fry or sprinkle them. We eat so many onions, you would think everyone would know everything about them, but I routinely get...read more...