This is truly, truly sick -- and I think could be considered propaganda, which is illegal (Federal law specifically mandates that any advertisement appearing in the format of a news item must state that the item is in fact a paid advertisement. )
Here's the thing. The BC Ferry CEO *wants* drug testing of his own employees, but the Transportation Board won't require it, and the Canadian privacy laws otherwise won't allow it. Canada can be an odd place.
Blackwater USA employees engaged in at least 195 escalation of force incidents since 2005, with the private security firm firing 80 percent of the first shots.
Also, hiring a Blackwater employee costs the U.S. gov't about 6 times as much per day as an American soldier does (in wages, but perhaps not in total expenses).
“I’m not bitter about what happened to me as a child, and my mother was instrumental in keeping me from being so. ... She taught me to be grateful for my life regardless of what that entailed, and that’s directly related to the image of Christ on the cross and the example of sacrifice that he gave us. What she taught me is that the deliverance God offers you from pain is not no pain—it’s that the pain is actually a gift. What’s the option? God doesn’t really give you another choice.”
After over a decade of user testing, it is clear that the way we search the web is similar to the way we would search our home for valuables as it was burning to the ground. Frantically.
“We must shift the focus of companies back to the customer and away from shareholder value ... The shift necessitates a fundamental change in our prevailing theory of the firm… The current theory holds that the singular goal of the corporation should be shareholder value maximization. Instead, companies should place customers at the center of the firm and focus on delighting them, while earning an acceptable return for shareholders.”
You can scroll right easily by holding down the SHIFT key and using your scroll wheel. (Firefox users trying this will end up jumping to old Web pages until a) Firefox releases a fix, b) they change their settings like so.)