Monday, June 12, 2006

A Rich Man Goes To Heaven

Billionaire Kenneth Thomson, Canada's richest man, dead at 82

Ken Thomson: Canada's wealthiest man never shook Depression-era

Media mogul Kenneth Thomson dies at 82

"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" (Matthew 19:24)

Eye of a needle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But he might make it before Lord Black who is defintely going to the other place.

Also See:

CEO Watch: Canadas Richest Man


Criminal Capitalism:

Lord Black Fugitive

Black & Radler,Thick as Thieves

Black Lord Dodges Tax Man

From Black to Iraq and Back

Rescuing Lord Black






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Big Brother IS Watching You At Work


You have been warned. Especially if you are reading this at work, or working on your blog at work.....Or if you surfing the web at work, etc. Remember to use an anonymizer and clean those files.

Electronic Evidence: Catch The Rogue Employee

By Adrian Miedema

The explosion of e-mail communication presents risks and opportunities for employers. Electronic files can be a goldmine of evidence against rogue employees – particularly when the employee believes the file to have been permanently deleted.

Deleted Files: The New "Smoking Gun" Evidence?
Just as e-mails and electronic files present risks, they present great opportunities for lawyers and human resources professionals. It is commonly understood that a "deleted" e-mail or file is gone forever. This is not true. By "deleting" a file, one deletes only the file name and path to the file; the contents of the file actually remain. Often it is only when the hard drive or disc fills up, and the computer needs the disc space, that the "deleted file" will be overwritten. Because most people use far less than 100% of their hard drive space, many deleted files are never overwritten.

The "deleted" files may be recovered with the assistance of a forensic information technology professional who can obtain an "image" of the hard drive, which is an exact copy of the drive, including deleted files. The professional can then find and restore deleted documents including e-mails. It is almost always advisable to use an external forensic IT professional because the person who obtains the "image" may be called as a witness in court. Without formal training in forensics, an inhouse technology professional may see his or her evidence destroyed in cross-examination – and may also be accused of bias.

Because most employees believe that "deleted" really means "deleted", they are often very free with what they say in e-mails – some of which are sent and then promptly deleted. As a result, in employment litigation matters, deleted e-mails can often become critical evidence, if not a source of amusement.

Unbeknownst to most people, personal e-mails sent from work using an employee’s web-based e-mail account such as "Hotmail" will often reside on the work computer. An employee, believing that these e-mails could not be seen by the employer, will often be free with what she says in – or what documents she sends along with – such e-mails. Privacy implications and systems use policies should be considered and consulted before using any such "personal" e-mails as evidence.

Recovered e-mails are particularly useful evidence where an employee steals intellectual property or takes steps – while still employed – to compete against the employer. For instance, an employee might send a customer list by e-mail to his personal e-mail address and then delete the e-mail. That e-mail will usually remain on the hard drive and will be "smoking gun" evidence in legal proceedings against the former employee, such as injunction proceedings to prevent the employee from competing or soliciting clients.

But employers must think beyond computers. Other devices such as cell phones, Blackberries and Palm Pilot-type devices all have memory that can be "imaged" and preserved by the forensic IT professional. The employer should take steps to preserve the potential goldmine of electronic evidence on a departed employee’s hard drive. Don’t shut the computer down, but do ensure that it is safeguarded. In particular, where key salespersons or other key employees depart, the employer should consider obtaining a forensic image of the employee’s hard drive. If litigation arises, the employer may then analyze the forensic image and determine whether, for instance, the employee stole customer lists. The forensic image of the hard drive may be stored and used later if necessary.

Similarly, before dismissing a key employee, the employer should secure the employee’s laptop, cell phone, Blackberry or Palm Pilot to ensure that the employee cannot, after the dismissal, permanently delete or "scrub" files from those devices.

Knowledge is Advantage
Since many employees are not familiar with the recovery of "deleted" files, employers who understand these concepts have a real advantage, particularly where emloyees have engaged in nefarious activities. Employers should take steps to preserve "deleted" e-mails and files that may become key evidence in litigation.



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Life Long Learning

Everybody in Canada agrees Life Long Learning is important for production, GDP, competitiveness, changing working conditions, skills upgrading.

Politicians, business and labour all talk about Life Long Learning. Education and skills upgrading is the pancea for business when they layoff workers for increased profits. Education and skills upgrading is what will make us competitive they say as they ship jobs offshore.
Canada lags in global trade race: Emerson

Yep Education and skills are important for the working class. But the reality is, well far less impressive.

Canada is a world leader at giving its residents a first chance to get a high school diploma. But when it comes to second chances, we tumble down the rankings.Our adult education system is spotty, riddled with barriers and unresponsive to the needs of Canadians who lack basic literacy and numeracy skills, say the authors of a new study entitled Too Many Left Behind: Canada's Adult Education and Training System. What is even more troubling, they contend, is that the gap between the winners and losers is widening.Adult education spotty at best

Almost six million Canadians aged 25 and over do not have a high school diploma or higher credentials, says a new report from the Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN).
And a staggering nine million people aged 16 to 65 - 42% of Canadians - have literacy skills below the level considered necessary to function in society.Poor literacy skills hinder too many

Lifelong learning eludes those who need it the most: report


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Too Many Left Behind: Canada's Adult Education and Training System. Karen Myers and Patrice de Broucker. CPRN Research Report W|34, June 2006, 109 pages.

A new study from CPRN provides answers and makes recommendations to improve the effectiveness of Canada's adult education systems. Too Many Left Behind: Canada's Adult Education and Training System, by Karen Myers and Patrice de Broucker, documents the availability of formal adult learning opportunities in Canada and the factors influencing the participation of less educated/less skilled workers. The authors pinpoint gaps and suggest ways to overcome them.



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