Coffee War Brewing
on Nov 20, 2009 in economy Think of some of the great coffees you've enjoyed. Has it included instant?After 20 years of R&D Starbucks has rolled out VIA with the biggest product launch ever for the company. It includes national TV ads, highly visible in store marketing,...

Meet Paul Cornies of Quoteflections
on Nov 20, 2009 in personal After almost two years of blogging, over 700 blog posts, (my online journal) and a following of 140 RSS readers (thank you for subscribing), I formally introduce myself. Paul Cornies lives in Leamington, Ontario Canada. Many of you know my signatur...

Sports Stadium Sells for Price of Condominium
on Nov 19, 2009 in economy The Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan was an icon of its time. It was built in 1975 for $55 million and sold this week to Canadian investors for $583,000, 1% of its initial value.The Silverdome hosted a rich legacy:- the Detroit Lions of the NFL from 7...

Boreal Biome: Precious Resource
on Nov 18, 2009 in environment Canada's vast boreal forest which stretches from Newfoundland to the Yukon holds a staggering 208 billion tons of carbon, or the equivalent of 26 years of the world's carbon emissions that spew into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels.The report,...

Sex-ed Teen Texting
on Nov 17, 2009 in media Sex-ed in 160 characters? Several text messaging initiatives are reaching out to inquiring teens.Scarleteen recently began a text message service for its roughly 10,000 American visitors a day and will soon expand to Canada."With teenagers, texting...

WISE: The Future of Global Education
on Nov 16, 2009 in education Education is rarely discussed within a global framework. The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) begins today in Doha, Qatar and is sponsored by the Qatar Foundation.The three day forum brings together 1000 renowned education experts and de...

5 Germiest World Attractions
on Nov 15, 2009 in travel Trip Advisor highlights five tourist sites destined to enthrall and... engulf you with germs.In these days of H1N1 precautions, of sanitizing and protecting yourself from harbouring bacteria, the following sites may turn some a bit squeamish:- Blarne...

Creativity Springs Eternal
on Nov 14, 2009 in education Fred H. Schlegel at Frog Blog connected with me immediately with his post on 'Creative Launch Pad.' A childhood building project initiated by his father resulted in vivid memories. Fred also posits three basic sources of creativity: needed, struct...

GPS November Theme: Tumbling Walls
on Nov 13, 2009 in Green Pen Society By words the mind is winged. ~ AristophanesI wheeled with the stars; my heart broke loose on the wind. ~ Pablo NerudaThe Green Pen Society (It's our GPS) is about empowered writing around a monthly theme.The November theme is writing about a wall y...

MP3's Diversify Education
on Nov 12, 2009 in education A pilot project in a Toronto school with video podcasts and MP3 players has energized learning.Teachers Catherine Kong and Lorenzo Rossi were looking for a way that Grade 8 students could fit in a computer science course amidst a very busy arts schoo...