Archive for September, 2005

Beaker vs. Bunsen

I often wonder how much healthier everyone would be if every medical discovery (and work in progress) was stored in a big database and freely accessible to any scientist world-wide. For example, a Montreal Scientist named Bunsen stood up and gave a presentation on his discovery of a vaccine to slow the spread of Aids. [...]


Lunch & Learn

To day I was the guest/mark/victim of a Banking Lunch & Learn session thanks(?) to some networking at the last MBA Luncheon. I decided that I wanted to learn about Bank Service Charges and so directed the conversation. My hypothesis is that the bank in question would remain a profitable corporation if they did not [...]


Blame it on the rain…

Can you believe it? The BBC reports that Swiss Re. (the company that insures the insurance companies) says that world is facing “increasing natural catastrophe events”. They will be re-adjusting their rates in the upcoming months to reflect this change. Expect your insurance rates to rise before 2006!!! Read more here under the ‘Increasing catastrophes’ [...]