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Aramark’s changes to Jennings

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

Aramark’s changes to Jennings
Chris Chu
Last spring, Philadelphia-based Aramark successfully won a contract over previous supplier Sodexho to manage food services. The parent company is internationally renowned in Fortune magazine as America’s Most Admired Company in Diversified Outsourcing in 2006, but how has it performed since arriving at Mount Allison?
For students with nutrition concerns, Peter Schneider, [...]

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Welcome to the 21st century

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia finally gave the 45% of the province what they wanted: the freedom to choose whenever they wanted to shop.
Sunday shopping has always been a heated issue among Canadians. Originally banned for secular reasons, the Lord’s Day Act was enforced throughout Canada until the Supreme Court [...]

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Period

Monday, May 1st, 2006

From Napster.com:
We will never spam you or sell your email
address. Period. View our Privacy Policy.
Guess what happens when I go and have a look at their Privacy Policy? Half a dozen pages of this:
This ClashBang.com article was written by Chris Chu. Tired of privately venting his frustration in vain, Chris decided to share his discontent [...]

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I say get me a job you say let’s talk

Monday, May 1st, 2006

I am currently sitting outside the Metrotown Starbucks (the Chapters one, not the other two), typing dutifully away on my laptop while observing passer-bys. This location gives me the perfect spot to gaze out at Kingsway, where many cars and people go by fulfilling their lives.
Effie was right. People in Vancouver are different than those [...]

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Hello World, Part 1

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

I’m going to post Hello World examples from different programming languages. Hello World programs are those often used in beginner’s tutorials, and show a simple “Hello World” on the screen.
This will also show interesting differences in languages, as well as evolutions in computing trends.
Here’s Hello World in GW-BASIC:

10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD”
20 END

GW-BASIC was developed for [...]

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