As a baby boomer who happens to count my brain as one of my finer assets, I was intrigued by a recent new product announcement. It seems Nintendo has developed a new program called Brain Age to be played on their dual screen GameBoy. Journal Technology writer Steve Makris describes it as “a program for… Read more »
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Health Plan for AUSU Members – Announced Finally, AUSU members can save on health and dental benefits in Canada! Your council has struck a deal with Student Benefits Administrators, an affiliate of Ingle International and Imagine Financial Ltd., to provide great rates to AUSU members on their commercial insurance products. The program offers a range… Read more »
S.L.A.P. Update Here I am ready to write about training ? so I spoke with my husband who gets the deer-in-the-headlights expression on his face after about tens minutes. This is when I realize that one person’s obsession can be another person’s instrument of boredom. Since the intent is not to inflict boredom, I think… Read more »
Dear Barb: For the last little while I’ve had a rash on my leg. At first, I thought it was a patch of dry skin. I kept putting cream on it, but nothing seemed to help. I finally went to the doctor. I have always been a person who spent time in the sun. So,… Read more »
Every so often people are horrified by a disgruntled employee who goes postal. Let’s just say, I’m one disgruntled customer who could go telus at any moment. Let me set the stage. While I’ve been slower than some to embrace the technology, I’ve accepted the fact that I can either get onto the information highway… Read more »
New AUSU Executive Elected AUSU elected a new council in March and now it has a new executive council which may be familiar to Voice readers. While AUSU executives are elected for two-year terms, last year council replaced the executive half way through the term due to the early departure of the VP External and… Read more »
S.L.A.P. Update Here I am ready to write about training ? so I spoke with my husband who gets the deer-in-the-headlights expression on his face after about tens minutes. This is when I realize that one person’s obsession can be another person’s instrument of boredom. Since the intent is not to inflict boredom, I think… Read more »
Perhaps inspired by the sense of rebirth that is tied up with Easter, my partner and I, both in our forties, were talking the other night about what exactly it is about the process of growing older that seems so pleasurable to us. I know that for many people, aging is filled with trauma and… Read more »
Dear Barb: First, I want to say that I enjoy your column. Also, I’ve noticed lately that there seems to be more multiple births, especially twins. Everywhere I go I see someone pushing a double stroller. A few years ago this would be a unique sight and everyone would crowd around to see the babies…. Read more »