Global Food Crisis Day.   In partnership with radio stations, media, churches and bloggers, Compassion International is working to spread the word about the Global Food Crisis.  We hope to raise both awareness and funds to feed those who are most critically impact...

As of today, 101 members of the 111th Congress of the United States have the dubious dishonor of not having introduced a single bill for consideration. Let me be clear about what I mean by this. When I last reported on inactivity in the Congress two weeks ago, someone (a staffer?) gave me a hard tim...

a posting from the Patti Network find out what else I'm writing. OK, Who Let the Other Harper Out of His Cage? After weeks of there being just a bit of a semblance that maybe the boys and girls on Parliament Hill were capable of playing nice and getting the business of government done — someon...

Title: Velveteen vs. The Eternal Halloween, Part II. Summary: There was a time before Velveteen had retired from The Junior Super Patriots, West Coast Division; a time when she thought that a hero's life was definitely the life for her. And a time, once upon a dark and stormy night, when Halloween s...

in the 2009 Chamber Directory! We are pleased to bring to the Berkley Community the first Berkley Chamber Profile book. 3,000 hard copies will be produced and distributed to Berkley residents and newcomers to the area.  The directory will also have an interactive component which ca...

What is the link between financially strapped companies and expensive sporting tie-ups? Back in 2004, in an earlier, more innocent age, Northern Rock was proud to spend £25m on sponsoring Newcastle United FC. Northern Rock chief executive Adam Applegarth looked ahead to five successful seasons toge...

I don't have a picture to show, but Amanueal is our latest sponsored child.  He is 9 years old and living in Ethiopia.  While both of our names are on all of our sponsorships, I write to the girls, who have always been considered my sponsored children.  Bruce ...

I’ll admit I was pretty bemused that the BC Liberal Party was a sponsor of WordCamp Whistler last weekend. I’m not big supporter of the BC Liberals. They tend to be a wee to far to the right for my tastes, however while I was surprised they were a sponsor, I wasn’t upset about it. ...

Title: Velveteen vs. The Eternal Halloween. Summary: There was a time before Velveteen had retired from The Junior Super Patriots, West Coast Division; a time when she thought that a hero's life was definitely the life for her. And a time, once upon a dark and stormy night, when Halloween seemed set...

Filed under: Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Chrysler, LLC., Celebrities If a company is going to stay in business, there's no question that it must continue to market itself. Yet Chrysler's choice to pay to do so via this summer's Terminator: Salvation is a head-scratcher. Some folks have made an issu...