Archive for 'Social Issues'
MySpace vs. Facebook: Where should you dump your advertising dollars?
Marketers looking to reach the ‘young demographic’ online normally consider advertising on high-traffic social networks like Facebook or MySpace. While subscribers to both services seem to belong to the same desired target demographic, there are distinct [...]
The ‘NO’ in Porno
Another clever ad from UAE. This ‘say NO to Porno’ (loose translation) campaign was issued by the Al-Bayan Newspaper as a public service announcement encouraging citizens to uphold morality and maintain public decorum. The Playboy symbol, slightly modified, forms the [...]
Steorn's Orbo Technology: A Hoax?
Two days ago on July 5th, the science world turned its attention to London’s Kinetica Museum to view the demonstration of Steorn’s ‘free energy’ technology (branded as ‘Orbo’) with a mixture of anticipation and skepticism. Unfortunately, [...]
07-07-07 Live Earth Concert
Make sure to tune in today and watch the Live Earth Concert in broadcast on TV channels around the world. The Live Earth Concert is a live global concert in support of climate change. Performances by [...]
Underground Halifax Video
Speaking of Halifax and its peculiarities, here is a funny video I saw on raincoaster.com that’s been making the rounds online.You can read into it as you will. Deep political and social statement cloaked in amateur-ish [...]
Ridiculous Red Tape
Readers rejoice! After a mere three years of deliberation, Halifax City Hall finally gave its endorsement to the $80 Million Waterfront Hotel and Condo project of developer Ralph Medjuck of Centennial Properties. The last waterfront project to be [...]
Save Time: Manage Your Profile on Multiple Internet Social Networks
So, you have a Facebook account to stay in touch with your friends, a LinkedIn account for your business, a Flickr account for photos, and a MySpace account for feedback on your ‘SoundForge/AcidLoops’ amateur electronic music creations posted under [...]
Canada: A Land of Mediocrity
“Canadians are complacent and generally unwilling to take risks. Our culture is unwilling to accept the failures that are built into an environment that genuinely supports risk taking. Nor are we wholly comfortable with differentiation, success [...]
Atlantica
The two-day 2007 Atlantica Conference began yesterday at the Halifax World Trade and Convention Center. For those of you who don’t know, ‘Atlantica’ is an effort at better economic integration for the Atlantic region of North [...]
A Touching Plea for Help
I often receive emails at work from international citizens of less-fortunate countries asking for scholarships or bursaries to attend studies in Canada for free. Normally, I would kindly decline and point them to international resources for [...]
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Brother I am not familiar with canadian environment.But as a student o
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
With regards to Farak's comments: 1st, Hitler and the others you ment
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Stumbled upon this accidentally and didn't finish reading, but I'm won
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Salam All, This is in response to the comment from Abdirizak and all
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Nice article. It just goes to show that the Canadians are becoming the