Saturday, September 16, 2006

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Sunday, January 01, 2006

Retirement Calculator for Canadians

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Here is a really simple and basic retirement calculator for Canadians . It takes OAS and CPP into consideration, along with pension funds an...
Saturday, December 31, 2005

Nobel-Prize Winning Research Rejected

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Thanks to BenS, here is a link to a paper that chronicles all the research that was rejected by journals but which later, when published el...
Thursday, December 29, 2005

The Three-Inch Conspiracy, Inflation, and Money Illusion

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What is the average difference between the true height of a basketball player and the height listed in the programme? I had friends 40 years...

Mutual Funds and MERs

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Recently, I attended a social gathering where there were several fund managers for a firm that sells mutual funds. I commented with some que...
Wednesday, December 28, 2005

France: The Ted Bundy of European Nations

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From Vile France , by Dennis Boyles (h/t to BenS) [I quoted the first part of this material earlier ] : In very large numbers, the French do...

Co-mingled Recycling at UWO

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Several (many?) years ago, The University of Western Ontario embarked on a massive recycling programme. There were Blue boxes for fine paper...
Tuesday, December 27, 2005

How Much of a Worry is Global Warming?

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Not much, if you accept the research reported by Joseph Bast in a report put out by The Heartland Institute . (also see Taken by Storm). Her...
Monday, December 26, 2005

Self-Serve Check-outs

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I had never seen or heard of "self-serve" check-outs until I visited my son in Houston a couple of years ago. To use one, you scan...
Sunday, December 25, 2005

A Terrific Gadget,
bordering on being a necessity

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Last week, I bought one of these: an iRiver AFT-100 FM transmitter . I use it to listen to podcasts through my car's sound system from m...

Spider Stalemate

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Some time ago, I posted a question about what happens in Spider solitaire when you run out of cards in the piles across the top, and the gam...
Saturday, December 24, 2005

Stroke Recognition: More Information Beyond the 3 Basic Questions

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Last March, I wrote about stroke recognition. We have printed this information and posted it on our fridge: The warning signs of a stroke a...
Friday, December 23, 2005

Christmas-nomics

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Two totally unrelated items about economics and Christmas: Daniel Gross writes in Slate that Christmas tree sales are a good concurrent indi...

How to Attract a Mate

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This advice is for males. I recently listened to the podcast interview of Donald Cox by Russell Roberts . Near the end of the podcast, they ...
Thursday, December 22, 2005

Might Israel Try to Destroy Iran's Nuclear Weapon Capability?

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With the recent hostile speeches by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel must take a very cautious stance. On the one hand, he soun...

Worried About Avian Flu?
Don't Try to Stockpile Tamiflu via the Internet

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It seems that many people are not only concerned about the possibility of an Avian Flu pandemic, but they are trying to prepare for it by st...
Wednesday, December 21, 2005

How to Attract a Mate

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This advice is for males. I recently listened to the podcast interview of Donald Cox by Russell Roberts . Near the end of the podcast, they ...

Advice for IT Start-up Companies

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Many people seem to have the notion that the way to get rich in the information technology industry is to start a company and then sell it t...

Trade Restrictions and Disaster Relief

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What is the best way to amplify the damaging effects of a natural disaster? From The Emirates Economist : Use the strong arm of the governme...