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what i have learned about business


if you have the right attitude and soft skills you will soar in your department

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Tell MacEwan who your daddy-mac favorite band is!


I personally love Breaking Benjamine, Social Code, and Three Days Grace.

Right now on Sonic 102 FM they are playing some trippy song by Depeche Mode. It sounds ok.

But, what I’m wondering… What do you like?

Are there any good music sights out there to listen to while I do my Business homework?

1club.fm has done me well but I’ve heard enough of the same songs. Maybe I’ll have to head over to sonic.

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open topic


Are there gods?  Or is our world built on lies?  Please comment.

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government in the media


what role should they play? 

I think absolutely none!!! freedom of speach is freedom of speach. If people dont agree with what is being shown in the media then don’t support it!! Your dollar is your vote. Dont like violent movies? DONT PAY TO WATCH THEM! Dont like shows with sex and violence, dont watch them. If you are worried about your kids watching them…then dont let them watch them, thats your responsibility as a parent, not the governments! I belive that all views and all opinions should be given a chance!!! Following is an interview with a person in a high level job relating to the healthcare industry:

Sean: What role do you think the government should play in the media?

Olivia: I hope I am answering this correct but I think social media is a central role in expressing the views of the publics both back to the governments and for the governments to interact with the constituents. ignore the sentence structure.

Sean: what are your views on censorship?

Olivia: I have strong views that we should limit censorship.

Sean: Why do you feel that way? 

Olivia: How are you able to communicate effectively if everything is censored. Don’t get me wrong,I respect that we need to communicate in an open manner but I am not for disrespectful harmful or objectionable information being spread. so begs the question of how you can both - right? have both sorry

would this mean i am neutral???

Sean: hmm can you recall any situations in your career or life where censorship has been a good thing? Or wait.. i guess how would you even know if it was censored right? hahaha.

Sean: So then….can you recall any times when censorship has been detrimental?

Olivia: Yes - for sure - I know of events that may not have been portrade to the public appropirately - maybe others thought they should not know all the info but if they had they could have made their ownn decisions

this is common place in media

Sean: any by the company you work for? Your last name and place of work will remain secret

Olivia: no not my company for sure that is not a joke they are open an upfront

but in other areas of work I have been involved in it is common place

and if you publish my name your toast…..speaking of censorhsip….

Sean: first names only! dont worry

Olivia: ok sweetie. as along as my name is never used. can you change my first name to Olivia?

Olivia: some people feel by keeping details back ( i.e censorhsip) that it is better for those who are getting the info so they are not alarmed and some high level executives feel that only they know how others will react. they lose perspective on the rights of the public to know the truth.

Sean: and you have expirenced this during your career? sorry if im taking you out of your comfort zone…

Olivia: prior careers over 20 years ago which is why i left.

Olivia: ok, if I can’t be identified I am fine.

Sean: Soooo any details for pesky diggers?

Olivia: well you could use the real live sitatuions of the health authorities who did not provide details to people who may have been infected with Hep C as a result of dirty operating equipemnt

what woudl you call that?

Sean: a ditry little secret! thats what i would call it!

Olivia: hey would call it cencsorship? correct. keeping information secret because they think it is good for the people not to worry meanwhile people could be getting sick and even infecting others.

Sean: thank you so much for your help!

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An Attack on One of Us, is an Attack on All of Us


What role should any level of government take in social media? (federal, provincial ,city, crown corporations, educational institutions, etc)

Should social media be thwarted by the government? No.  An attack on social media is an attack on free speech.  What I choose to put on Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace is my choice and no one else.  The difference between voicing my opinion and writing my opinion is no different.  The target audience may be different, but that is it.  Whatever happens is my fault and it shouldn’t be up to any form of government to limit how my opinion is voiced.

The people need to moderate their own actions.  People aren’t dumb.  They will learn that if they do something, and negative consequences arise, that duh, maybe they should change their actions.  Let people learn.  Let them screw up.  Let us make mistakes.  To be moderated in everything we do is not helping.  We need to be let go and figure out life on our own.

We are the government and we need to voice our opinions and rise to the challenge.  Nothing will ever change if we sit back and let the “select” few run our lives.




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Are They Watching U??


We know already that facebook is used by organizations to check out potential employees and police organizations use it to search for connections between known gang members.  Is this appropriate? Does it help protect innocent people from harm? Or does it impede upon our fundamental human rights?  If you post information out in the open, is it all fair game?

If any level of government were to restrict social media it will undoubtedly loose a large part of its appeal to the public….  I don’t believe any censorship by the government is appropriate.

That’s all i got for this one..


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topic 5


they should invest more money helping the starving children in third world

countries rather spending billions of money in space!!!!

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Pizza’s Here


The pizza arrived and I would like to say that there was an uber amount.


Now that everyone had some Pizza we got back down to beetboxin’

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Final Update


Thanks for your support! 1 hour to go. It definately the home strech now and so everyone is going on all cylinders.Final UpdateFinal UpdateFinal Update

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1:30 – Topic 2 - Is ‘business ethics’ an oxymoron? Do business ethics need to improve? If so, how?


Well…that’s a rather touchy subject, isn’t it? Business being an oxymoron? I guess it all depends on your perspective…and which aspect of it you are referring to…If you’re looking from the consumer’s point of view, it may come as an oxymoron…but realize this: while we do provide you with services, products, etc, we are only doing this because we benefit from the profits we generate by providing such commodities…is it so wrong to earn money in this process? Think about it for a minute…without that aspect of business, we could only wither and die…it’s as simple as that…

As much as people demand that our ethics in business be improved, business bylaws that concern customers are designed so that the company gets the upper hand should a dispute ever arise, as long as the business keeps its operations legit. If businesses were to “improve” their ethics, it would only be to improve their state when dealing with such disputes. I guess all I can say to you guys is: “suck it up…” as harsh as that sounds…

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