Archive : January 2012

Weird and wacky world of bafflegab

  You know the routine. It’s similar to a Sherlock Holmes mystery, with you trying to figure out the real meaning of what you read and hear these days. Someone has something to say in a memo, report or news interview, bu...

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Where there be dragons

  The Chinese dragon is god of water. In the western world, even among desert dwellers, dragons are also associated with water and often said to live in wells. This belief spawned the myth that the bottom of a well is the drag...

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Why January 27 is important day

  “January the twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and sixteen, will stand out for all time in the political history of the Province of Manitoba,” announced a Manitoba Free Press editorial, “and of the Dominion ...

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Positive outlook for real estate market

  The latest projections for the Winnipeg  real estate market  were featured at the sixth annual breakfast forecast meeting of WinnipegREALTORS®. Over 300 attendees heard insightful information from guest speaker...

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The Year of the Dragon

Chinese New Year arrives January 23, heralding the Year of the Dragon. Dragon years occur every 12 years. The 15-day New Year festival will feature feasts, dragon dancing in the streets, even some taboos. For example, never was...

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Similar to mortgages, regulate credit cards

  by Will Dunning Credit card lending is starting to look a lot like airline travel did a generation ago. In those times, government regulations set minimum airfares at levels that would have allowed ...

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