Liberals to promote 'Canada' as a brand
"In a postreferendum environment -- and some say prereferendum as well -- the Maple Leaf and the word Canada have combined to become Ottawa's favourite communications tool. It is a brand, and the government is selling it.
" I was part of the hardcore scene in high school. Like all good scenesters, I had a leather jacket on which I painted band names and logos. One night I met a guy from London who had painted the Coke logo across the shoulders of his jacket. He told me it was in reaction to the common habit in the U.K. of putting your preferred beer logo on your jacket. Thusly inspired, I went home and painted
Canada's national logo across the top of my jacket. Go figure.
As It Happens : The dark heart of Flipper
"Recently scientists off the coast of Scotland watched an adult dolphin whack a dolphin calf against the water until it finally sank from view. Recent news reports describe dolphins bludgeoning porpoises, biting human swimmers, as well as killing their own young." real audio (starts 23:40)
Institute for Higher Education Policy : What's the Difference
"A Review of Contemporary Research on the Effectiveness of Distance Learning in Higher Education -- The report finds that the overall quality of the research is questionable and thereby renders many of the findings inconclusive. Numerous gaps in the research require more investigation and information. These gaps include the fact that the research: emphasizes student outcomes for individual courses rather than for a total academic program; does not adequately explain why the dropout rates of
distance learners are higher; does not address the quality of digital “libraries”; and does not take into account differences among students in how they learn." pdf file.
Alicia Neumann : The Overtime Stigma
"The start-up culture has taught many to think of work as a hierarchy-free team effort with distributed ownership -- even if most employees hold a tiny fraction of the shares held by the company's founders and investors." I want to believe. via
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