Canadian SME International Trade and Marketing - writings upon readings and continued curiousity in the realms of cross cultural business. Some of my opinions are not my own, but I would fancy to say nearly all of them should be credited to the various authors. Deming disciple. I stubbornly persist.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Cool tune, I like it.
If you need me, I will run to you
And if you call me, out of the blue
I will run to catch you as you fall on me
And it's no surprise that you'll soon forget about me
So slow it down
And take it easy
If you want me, I will be right here
And if you love me, you will notice me here
And it's no surprise that your eyes are crying my name
And it's no surprise that my eyes are seeing the same
So slow it down
And take it easy
Monday, August 08, 2011
Joni Mitchell: Hejira - perfect for rainy days
Joni Mitchell
I'm traveling in some vehicle
I'm sitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
That shell shock love away
There's comfort in melancholy
When there's no need to explain
It's just as natural as the weather
In this moody sky today
In our possessive coupling
So much could not be expressed
So now I'm returning to myself
These things that you and I suppressed
I see something of myself in everyone
Just at this moment of the world
As snow gathers like bolts of lace
Waltzing on a ballroom girl
You know it never has been easy
Whether you do or you do not resign
Whether you travel the breadth of extremities
Or stick to some straighter line
Now here's a man and a woman sitting on a rock
They're either going to thaw out or freeze
Listen...
Strains of Benny Goodman
Coming thru' the snow and the pinewood trees
I'm porous with travel fever
But you know I'm so glad to be on my own
Still somehow the slightest touch of a stranger
Can set up trembling in my bones
I know - no one's going to show me everything
We all come and go unknown
Each so deep and superficial
Between the forceps and the stone
Well I looked at the granite markers
Those tribute to finality - to eternity
And then I looked at myself here
Chicken scratching for my immortality
In the church they light the candles
And the wax rolls down like tears
There's the hope and the hopelessness
I've witnessed thirty years
We're only particles of change I know, I know
Orbiting around the sun
But how can I have that point of view
When I'm always bound and tied to someone
White flags of winter chimneys
Waving truce against the moon
In the mirrors of a modern bank
>From the window of a hotel room
I'm traveling in some vehicle
I'm sitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
Until love sucks me back that way
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Nova Scotia Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariffs
• Wind Power over 50 kW: $0.139/kWh
• Wind Power under 50 kW: $0.452/kWh
• Biomass (combined heat and power): $0.156/kWh (to be reviewed regularly)
• In-stream Tidal Power under 0.5 MW: $0.652/kWh
• Run-of-the-river Hydroelectricity: $0.14/kWh
Information on Nova Scotia’s COMFIT is provided online (http://www.nsrenewables.ca/feed-tariffs/community-corporations/quick-guide) and participation in the program can be achieved through the formation of a CO-OP.
The Colchester Regional Development Association (CoRDA) is proposing to support the forestry and farming industries in Nova Scotia through a process of sector consultations and workshops that will allow foresters and farmers to participate in the COMFIT program.
If there are any questions please contact CoRDA at ewicks@corda.ca
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Rock and Roll Girls
The trick is to ride and make it to the bell.
But there is a place, sweet as you will ever know,
In music and love, and things you never tell.
You see it in their face, secrets on the telephone,
A time out of time, for you and no one else.
Chorus:
Hey let’s go all over the world,
Rock and roll girls, rock and roll girls.
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
If I had my way, I’d shuffle off to buffalo;
Sit by the lake, and watch the world go by.
Ladies in the sun, listenin’ to the radio,
Like flowers on the sand, a rainbow in my mind.
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Yeah, yeah yeah!
Great sax tune
Blue Jean-she got a camouflaged face and no money
Remember they always let you down when you need 'em
Oh, Blue Jean - is heaven any sweeter than Blue Jean
She got a police bike
She got a turned up nose
Sometimes I feel like
(Oh, the whole human race)
Jazzin' for Blue Jean
(Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue)
Blue Jean can send me
(Oh, somebody send me)
Somebody send me
(Oh, somebody send me)
One day I'm gonna write a poem in a letter
One day I'm gonna get that faculty together
Remember that everybody has to wait in line
Blue Jean-look out world you know I've got mine
She got Latin roots
She got everything
Thursday, July 28, 2011
CertIBET Pass with Distinction

CertIBET – Written Assignment
i) Select, adapt and or develop a set of materials for a six hour segment of a business
English programme. Relate your materials to an individual business English learner or
group at a level of your choice.
ii) Provide an outline lesson plan for the six hours indicating language focus, skills and/or
purposes that the materials will support.
iii) Provide a rationale for your choice of materials and their exploitation.
Word Count: 3364 (including cover page) 3310 (excluding cover page)
Friday, July 22, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Avoid Asiana?
South Korean troops shoot at passenger jet
South Korean troops have shot at civilian passenger jet after mistaking it for a North Korean military aircraft.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Acadian Forest Restoration Workshop June 25th
Monday, June 13, 2011
Fattening Frogs For Snakes
Fattening Frogs For Snakes
by
Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller)
recording of 19
from
The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson (Chess/MCA 9343)
It took me a long time to find out my mistakes
Took me a long time to find out my mistakes
it sho'h did man
But I bet you my bottom dollar I'm not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes
I found out my downfall back in nineteen and thirty eight
I started checkin'
I found out my downfall from nineteen and thirty eight
I'm tellin' all of my friends I'm not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes
All right now
Yeah it is nineteen and fifty-seven I've got to correct all of my mistakes
Whoa man nineteen and fifty-seven I've got to correct all of my mistakes
I'm tellin' my friends includin' my wife and everybody else
not fattenin' no more frogs for snakes
Friday, June 10, 2011
South Korea to Weigh Rate Increase as Household Debt Poses Risk for Growth
Read more here.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Sonny's Dream: Ron Hynes
Sonny's Dream
(Ron Hynes)
Sonny lives on a farm on a wide open space
Where you can take off your sneakers and give up the race
You could lay down your head by a sweet river bed
But Sonny always remembers what it was his Mama said
Sonny carries a load though he's barely a man
There ain't all that to do, still he does what he can
And he watches the sea from a room by the stairs
And the waves keep on rollin', they've done that for years
cho: Oh, Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone
And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home
And the nights get so long and the silence goes on
And I'm feeling so tired, I'm not all that strong
And it's a hundred miles to town, Sonny's never been there
And he goes to the highway and stands there and stares
And the mail comes at four and the mailman is old
Oh, but he still dreams his dreams full of silver and gold
Sonny's dreams can't be real, they're just stories he's read
They're just stars in his eyes, they're just dreams in his head
And he's hungry inside for the wide world outside
And I know I can't hold him though I've tried and I've tried
Oh, Sonny don't go away, I am here all alone
And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home
And the nights get so long and the silence goes on
And I'm feeling so tired, I'm not all that strong
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Broken Bells - The High Road: For those who miss playing pong?
Broken Bells - The High Road
We're bound to wait all night.
She's bound to run amok.
Invested enough in it anyhow,
To each his own...
The Garden needs sorting out.
She curls her lips on the bow,
And I don't know if I'm dead or not,
To anyone...
Come on and get the minimum,
Before you open up your eyes.
This army has so many heads,
To analyze...
Come on and get your overdose.
Collect it at the borderline,
And they want to get up in your head...
Cause they know and so do I.
The high road is hard to find.
A detour to your new life.
Tell all of your friends goodbye.
The dawn to end all nights,
That's all we hoped it was.
A break from the warfare in your house,
To each his own...
A soldier is bailing out.
He curled his lips on the barrel.
And I don't know if the dead can talk,
To anyone...
Come on and get the minimum.
Before you open up your eyes.
This army has so many hands,
Are you one of us?
Come on and get your overdose.
Collect it at the borderline,
And they want to get up in your head...
Cause they know and so do I.
The high road is hard to find.
A detour to your new life.
Tell all of your friends goodbye.
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide.
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide.
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide.
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul
Position Opening
1. Period: September 1, 2011 – August 31, 2012 (The contract can be extended every 1 year, posterior to the performance evaluation)
2. Qualifications: Candidates should have at least an MA (or equivalent) in Business Administration such as Strategic Management, International Business, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Operational Management, Information Management, Service Management, or Management Science
* Recruitment: 3-4 faculty members.
3. Salary:
- Full Professor (e.g. Person possessing at least 11 years education experience at Universities): 4,652,500 Won per month (Korean Currency)
- Associate Professor (e.g. Person possessing at least 6 years education experience at Universities): 4,148,000 Won per month
- Assistant Professor (e.g. Person possessing at least 2 years education experience at Universities): 3,627,200 Won per month
- Full-time Lecturer (e.g. Person who doesn't have education experience at Universities): 3,108,700 Won per month
* 1. Successful candidate will receive 12 months salary for the first year.
2. If you work for one year you will receive 13 months salary from the second year.
3. For reference, approximate exchange rate is $1,100-1,150/USD.
4. Travel: One-way air plane ticket from (departure) to Seoul (economy class for the faculty member and his/her spouse)
* University will purchase an air plane ticket and send it to foreign faculty by E-Mail (electronic ticket form)
5. Accommodations: Dormitory for foreign professors (single room or family room)
6. Documents required: Curriculum vitae at the initial stage
* Successful candidates will need to submit Certificate of employment in English, Photo Copy of diplomas (such as BA, MA, Ph.D), Research / publications list in English, Copy of passport (including your family, incase come with a family), Certificate of marriage if possible, Certificate of children's birth if possible, family member's photos in Korea.
7. Other benefits:
- Publication in Korean domestic journals
Support of 1,000,000 won will be given as a basic for one academic paper, and an additional 2,000,000 won will be given as support for one additional paper. Maximum frequency of support is twice per year for each faculty member.
- Publication in international journals indexed in SSCI (i.e. social science citation index)
8,000,000 won will be given for each paper. Maximum frequency of support is twice per year for faculty member.
* 1. The amount is decreased for the articles written by more than one author.
2. University will provide 70% of the total grants for collaboration publishment (2 authors)
3. All academic papers supported by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies are required the citation at the bottom of their first pages as described below:
This work was supported by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research Fund
8. Deadline: May 31, 2011.
9. Documents should be mailed to leedspark@hufs.ac.kr
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Hello Love
Hello Love sung by Hank Snow (written by Aileen Mnich and Betty Jean Robinson)
Well, look who's comin' through the door
I think we've met somewhere before. hello love, hello love
Where in the world have you been so long
I've missed you so since you've been gone, hello love, hello love.
Make yourself feel right at home
I hope you plan on staying long, come in love, come in love
I must say I was sure surprised
You're the last thing I expected by, hello love, hello love.
I've heard it said time and again
You often go back where you've been
I really didn't believe it was true
But I left the door unlocked for you.
I'll try to please you in every way
Assure you of a pleasant stay this time love, this time love
I've been so blue since you've been gone
Now you're back with me and nothing's wrong, hello love, hello love.
--- Instrumental ---
I've heard it said time and again
You often go back where you've been
I really didn't believe it was true
But I left the door unlocked for you.
And it's wonderful now you're back with me
And things are like they used to be, remember love, remember love
You're back with me now and my world's complete
So don't mind me if I repeat, hello love, hello love, hello love, hello love...