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From the World Health Organization https://www.who.int/features/qa/64/en/ Oral polio vaccine (OPV) contains an attenuated (weakened) vaccine-virus, activating an immune response in the body. When a child is immunized with OPV, the weakened vaccine-virus replicates in the intestine for a...

Money => Power => Control => Satisfaction => Happiness I would be much happier if I were earning $100 million per day than $1000 per day. More monet means more power and ability to control my environment, which leads to greater satisfaction, which results in greater happiness.

Terminate With Extreme Prejudice You should off the lowest possible package that any employement agreement allows and not offer one cent more. You should also terminate the people as quickly as possible and walk them out the door within 5 minutes after giving out the termination notices.

Let's hope the price of gasoline rises to $2/L. The oil companies have been producing mediocre profits, when compared to the banks. Exxonmobil had about $39B in net income on total revenues of $377.6B, i.e., about 10.3%. By comparison TD Canada Trust had $4.6B in net income on total revenues...

Question Value of French as an Official Language Given the current or foreseeable global economic developments, we should question the value and role of French as an official language for Canada. If one wants to preserve and maintain a unique identity for the country, then expanding the use...

High Gasoline Prices Are Good for Petroleum Industry Investors I am more than satisfied with gasoline prices near $1.00/Litre. I make more money on the dividends from my petroleum industry investments than it costs me to fill my car at the pump. I would make even more money if gasoline prices...

What is the return on investment for anyone to do anything or care about the situation in Darfur? If there is no benefit to be derived, I can't be bothered to even consider the situation.

Bonds versus GICs While they share some characteristics, several key differences exist between bonds and guaranteed investment certificates (GICs). A bond is a certificate issued by a government or corporation (as a method of raising capital) that pays a fixed sum of interest until maturity. At...

FAX is much more private and secure than email. I still have an encrypted FAX machine in a locked interior room with a steel door for the higher security stuff. Sending pdf files via email is not secure.

I think a group of murderous bastards planned and executed this and other terrorist acts simply to demonstrate that governments are powerless to prevent stop them. The people responsible for planning and committing these types of terrorist acts should be hunted down and terminated with extreme...

I will put my faith in the business acumen of Ted Rogers and his corporate executives over you any day. Rogers Communications stock was trading at about $20/share in September 2003. Not long ago it traded above $58/share. I sold my 2000 shares at $58/share. I think that Ted Rogers and his...

Why should anyone care about what is happening in Darfur? At present, there is no significant strategic, political or economic benefit to justify any expenditure to address the situation in Darfur. I do not see any return on investment to even bother with keeping up to date on the number of...

Why should anyone care about the 12.6% of the population living at or below the poverty line? Where is the return on investment to do anythig about them? It would be better for the economic health of the country to focus on the people who are making at least the median income.

Outer Beauty: 9.5 Inner Beauty: 0.5 When she loses the outer beauty as she ages, she can be replaced. We should all embrace living in a society where everything is disposable.

We are experiencing uncertain times and unprecendented threats to our security. There is a difficult balance to be achieved between imposing strong measures to ensure security at home and maintain the principles of democracy. As a firm believer in the philosophy of "the end justifies the...

Let's Return to the Motives That Made HBC You are right! Canadians should shed their misguided humanitarian sentiments and return to the philosophy and motives that made the HBC a great company for the first 400 years of its history. We should make profit and greed the "raison d'etre" for...

In terms of achieving security for the Israeli border, I fully support the IDF bombing Lebanon back to the Stone Age. The IDF should establish a 100 km security buffer zone and kill anything that moves within that zone. They should damage Lebanon's infrastructure to the extent that it will...

In 2001 Argentina declared itself to be insolvent and incapable of servicing its foreign debt. The goverment limited all bank withdrawals to $250 per week. Note that most people are paid by direct depsoit to their bank accounts. Credit card interest rates are 30%. Public service salaries...

International humanitarian law (IHL) is the body of international law applicable when armed violence reaches the level of armed conflict, whether international or non-international. The best known IHL treaties are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977...