Three Words for Twenty-Ten

January 1, 2010

Chris Brogan came up with a great exercise for New Years:  defining the new year by three words rather then by specific resolutions. I love the idea, for two reasons: There is no way that you can define (or even guess) everything anything that you are going to do in the upcoming year, but if [...]

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Olympic Torch Relay Route and Plans for Edmonton

December 31, 2009

“Edmonton Olympic Torch Relay Celebration January 13, 2010 – It’s your opportunity to celebrate our Olympic Athletes. Cheer on the torch – line the torch relay route. Official torch relay route will be announced on December 30 is public, visit www.edmonton.ca/torchrelay for details, or download the route. Join the celebration – attend the City Hall [...]

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13 – Dear Letters, From Which I Do Not Expect A Reply (by Moser)

December 23, 2009

Dear letters to which one does not expect a response, Why are you doing this to yourself? How unrequited your essence is. You go through so much, but gain so little in return. After getting folded and stuffed and stamped and licked and abused, you’re always stuck sitting on the sidelines, waiting for the recognition [...]

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University of Alberta on Youtube

December 16, 2009

I was interested in what type of videos were coming out of the University of Alberta on Youtube after seeing TVMcGill and some of the amazing work over there.  The U of A does have it’s own Youtube page, which is jam packed with great videos  has about 47 videos, the majority of which have [...]

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Tuition Hikes for U of A [Global News]

December 16, 2009

Two clips from Global News: December 11 and December 14 (Tuition increase news conference. From 24:15 remaining to 22:30)

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U of A administrators face furloughs, salary cuts [Edmonton Journal]

December 16, 2009

DECEMBER 12 from the Edmonton Journal: The board passed a tuition increase of 1.5 per cent and a rent increase of 3.8 per cent. They also hiked parking rates. Four board members voted against the rent increase, including Louis Francescutti, who argued food and shelter are basic necessities and need to be affordable. The number [...]

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