tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129821642024-03-18T19:49:48.913-07:00buddhaspeaksbizThis weblog serves as a forum for the discussion and musings of "Zentrepreneurism."
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Available at www.zentrepreneurism.com , the virtual hub for The Z Centre, changing the way the world does business, one zentrepreneur at a time.buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-87604276506881731122011-07-04T11:51:00.000-07:002011-07-04T11:51:01.415-07:00Contrary to polls, Vancouver's not so nice<a href="http://www.theprovince.com/Contrary+polls+Vancouver+nice/5044167/story.html">Contrary to polls, Vancouver's not so nice</a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-10983715216603449072011-05-30T11:51:00.000-07:002011-05-30T11:51:30.359-07:00Zentrepreneur - Senior Articles - Senior News - Senior Housing News - Senior Living Magazine<a href="http://www.seniorlivingmag.com/articles/zentrepreneur">Zentrepreneur - Senior Articles - Senior News - Senior Housing News - Senior Living Magazine</a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-27992100147346001272011-04-25T17:18:00.000-07:002011-04-25T17:18:54.501-07:00Zentrepreneur - Senior Articles - Senior News - Senior Housing News - Senior Living Magazine<a href="http://www.seniorlivingmag.com/articles/zentrepreneur">Zentrepreneur - Senior Articles - Senior News - Senior Housing News - Senior Living Magazine</a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-44009471554383909992011-04-01T12:45:00.000-07:002011-04-01T12:45:28.415-07:00Research proves PWRN Media Changing Society<a href="http://www.theprovince.com/news/Acts+kindness+inspire+others/4526024/story.html">Acts of kindness can inspire others</a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-50669257462852010512011-02-11T14:25:00.000-08:002011-02-11T14:25:39.995-08:00Georgian luger's death in Vancouver still haunts his hometown<a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/Georgian+luger+death+Vancouver+still+haunts+hometown/4266996/story.html">Georgian luger's death in Vancouver still haunts his hometown</a><br /><br /><br /> Here is the question? Why are we reluctant to bring John Furlong to justice. Is it because we will do anything to not tarnish the after glow of the Olympics.<br /><br /> The man lied, he knew something and decided to bury it and was an accomplice to an avoidable death. In many courts that's an accessory.<br /><br /> If this kid's parents were wealthy and living in Vancouver they would have hired one of the top law firms in town and gotten some justice. <br /><br />Did Furlong and Vanoc count on this going away because his grieving family was in another part of the world with limited financial resources. <br /><br />The real shame is that Furlong shows up to the kid's funeral, expressing his sadness to the family, knowing full well that he had e-mailed his troops about the safety issues on the track. <br /><br />That's like Bernie Madoff knowing full well he just took millions of her husbands money, planted it off shore, and then shows up to his funeral to offer his condolences to the wife.<br /> <br /> That smacks of a sociopath and like so many corporate CEO's they see nothing wrong with their behavior. He was really hoping you'd buy his story that the kid was ill prepared. <br /><br />Wow, how many more of these sociopaths have we got kicking around B.C. Politicians are notorious for this skullduggery. We attract them here like skiers to fresh powder; Gordo and Gregor are the latest. And then there are the federal politicians who happily take our money and tell us to TRUST them. Would you ever trust Bernie again with your money?<br /><br />But then again we are a peaceful people, and we don't make a fuss. My parents taught me to not be loud, only Americans are loud. So, as I approach my twilight years, I see that the most Canadians ever get excited about is the talk of abolishing universal health care, and their hockey team losing the Stanley Cup. <br /><br />When you actually believe your own lies, you are more dangerous than a petty criminal who at least admits he stole that purse. Let's stop being so polite as Canadians and start DEMANDING the truth. <br /><br />We don't need to revolt in the streets quite yet like Egypt. But when you think of it, that's how it started 30 years ago for them. As long as we accept everything that people in power tell us, we become robotic in our allegiance. <br /><br />It's a slow burn. Try thinking with your own head for a while and see how clear minded you get. Start asking questions. Don't be afraid. The government should be afraid of us , not us afraid of the government. We have it all wrong. <br /><br />Every time a politician, a boss, a CEO, a manager, your wife, your husband, your children, your friends, your business partner etc. tells you something, all you need to ask them is one question, and don't be afraid of the answer. "So what part of what you just told me was a lie?" <br /><br />Here's what somebody told me once, or maybe I heard it in a movie:<br /><br />"Don't trust anyone who lies to you and don't lie to anyone who trusts you"buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-55437343281127981212011-01-14T01:49:00.000-08:002011-01-14T01:49:26.907-08:00TED WILLIAMS & HIS MOTHER INTERVIEW {HOMELESS MAN BECOMES FAMOUS} {TODAY...<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8WaYluivK_o?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-90200096046017183542011-01-13T10:27:00.000-08:002011-01-13T10:38:02.351-08:00PWRN in 2011I'm excited to be working with Mercury Communications in developing our new website. Should be ready in 3 weeks. <a href="www.pwrnradio.com"></a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-24791060746712690902010-12-24T14:39:00.000-08:002010-12-24T14:39:09.847-08:00Opening Gambit: Best. Decade. Ever. - By Charles Kenny | Foreign Policy<a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/16/best_decade_ever?showcomments=yes&sms_ss=blogger&at_xt=4d152109f8d2be96%2C0">Opening Gambit: Best. Decade. Ever. - By Charles Kenny | Foreign Policy</a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-72956440453605407552010-12-08T11:45:00.000-08:002010-12-08T11:45:58.448-08:00Breaking down barriers around aging and well-being<a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Breaking+down+barriers+around+aging+well+being/3943450/story.html">Breaking down barriers around aging and well-being</a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-9798628244969331882010-10-08T15:55:00.000-07:002010-10-08T15:55:10.384-07:00Editorial: Vision doesn't care what you think<a href="http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/editorials/Editorial+Vision+doesn+care+what+think/3641682/story.html">Editorial: Vision doesn't care what you think</a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-42140066327248323392010-10-08T15:30:00.000-07:002010-10-08T15:30:49.721-07:00Vision Vancouver political supporter wins unusual $60,000 City Hall cont...<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wkKs2Xn-XUI?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wkKs2Xn-XUI?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-41020836823924892132010-09-05T17:41:00.000-07:002010-09-05T17:41:02.406-07:00Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around the World<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Us-TVg40ExM?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Us-TVg40ExM?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-20828999260777747852010-09-03T12:46:00.000-07:002010-09-03T12:46:58.368-07:00How to fight City Hall: First, pout<a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/fight+City+Hall+First+pout/3472829/story.html">How to fight City Hall: First, pout</a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-42168807951400894262010-09-01T22:14:00.000-07:002010-09-01T22:14:02.082-07:00vancouver city hall s empty floors and the mayor s office expansion plans<a href="http://communities.canada.com/VANCOUVERSUN/blogs/civiclee/archive/2010/08/13/vancouver-city-hall-s-empty-floors-and-the-mayor-s-office-expansion-plans.aspx">vancouver city hall s empty floors and the mayor s office expansion plans</a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-84981171875535590592010-08-29T13:47:00.000-07:002010-08-29T14:08:16.289-07:00STOP THE INSANITY AT VANCOUVER CITY HALL!While Mayor Gregor grooves his way through bike lanes, our students go without schools, and parents wonder what our priorities really are. Can you really blame them. A Mayor should lead from the front to champion ways to improve the lives of it's citizens, especially children "our future". Think about the $260,000 spent on a bike lane used by one small segment of the population, and the fact that $42,820 would have saved this school.<br /><br /> It's time for the dissenters to speak up. I don't belong to any particular party and I stopped being "General Manager" of the universe, but when things start making less and less sense in my own backyard, I think it's time we stopped being such a polite bunch while this Mayor and Council seem to operate like a cuban dictatorship. <br /><br />And true to his impish nature, when asked how he can justify spending money to make his office larger during these tough economic times, and while 7 floors at city hall remain empty, he is quoted as saying; I deserve to have a bigger office and that's what I'm going to get. It's the Gregorian Principle of always getting what he wants. Please Mr. and Mrs. Robertson pick up your little boy, wash his mouth out with soap, teach him some manners, and lend him a few bucks from his inheritance to help add another wing for his playroom. Maybe you can transfer some toys too from his bedroom at home to keep him busy in between the occasional bike trip on Burrard Street for a photo op.<br /><br />As Jeff Green, the astute Vancouver Sun reporter said: "This city council is one that has never met a green initiative it didn't like. I would not expect this council, which pushed ahead with alacrity despite some concerns to build the $800,000 Dunsmuir lane and to put two separated lanes on Burrard Bridge, to somehow think differently about Hornby Street. "<br /><br />"It's worth reading the city report on looking forward to cycling in 2010-2011. Will this Hornby bike lane be good or bad for the city? I have no idea. Cities don't advance or modernize without provocative leadership. But cities can also be harmed by overly-aggressive political agendas."<br /><br />As evidenced by his untimely foul mouthed expression of disdain for dissenters, it's no wonder that this Mayor, more so than any other in our history has assumed a marxist philosophy that he will determine what is good and right for this city. <br /><br />This past week somebody just happened to wander up to the seventh floor of city hall and look what they found: <br /><br /> VANCOUVER SUN - For nearly 75 years, the imposing grey art deco city hall building at the corner of 12th and Cambie has been a symbol of civic government in Vancouver. But for more than a year, city hall has harboured a secret, one created in the confusion of a growing and independent bureaucracy and complicated by changing politics and the 2010 Olympics. The upper seven floors of the 11-storey tower, built in 1936, are completely empty. <br /><br />Last summer the entire engineering department moved into a newly built 86,000-square-foot commercial space at Cambie and Broadway that the city has leased for $41 million over the next 10 years. The city spent another $7 million to outfit and move the department. The move came in the same year the city laid off 158 people and raised taxes by 2.26 per cent to cover a $61-million shortfall in its $961-million budget. <br /><br />That move, and another one this summer involving the social development, housing and cultural affairs departments moving into three city-owned floors of the renovated Woodward’s heritage building were done in the absence of any master plan, something city manager Penny Ballem says can’t happen again. WAIT A MINUTE, how long has this mayor and council been in office? They were elected Nov. 18, 2008. So,does that mean they kept their dirty little secret till now. You can't tell me that somebody didn't ask the question, what's happened to the people from floors 7-11??<br /><br /><br />She has now put a stop to departments making their own lease arrangements and wants to consolidate services back into a few city-owned buildings. BECAUSE SOMEBODY FROM THE MEDIA FOUND OUT! Come on who are you kidding. Stop the lies and how stupid must she think we are. The only unfortunate aspect of this is that if this was Enron , we would have had a whistle blower by now, but because it's government, everyone protects each other for fear they will lose their secure job.<br /> <br /> When they left city hall, the engineers left everything, including desks, chairs, filing cabinets and boardroom tables. Now, the only services in the heritage building are the council chambers, mayor’s and councillors’ offices, city manager’s office, a public counter and a handful of small departments on the first three floors. <br /><br />The Vancouver Services Review team is in temporary quarters on the fifth floor. As part of the reorganization, the city quietly closed the fourth-floor offices of the working media, turning them into a storage room for the protocol department. It has promised the media new offices elsewhere. <br /><br />Plans for the now-vacant floors aren’t complete and the city hasn’t approved a budget for repopulating at least five of the seven empty floors. But Ballem acknowledged that her office will move from the third floor to the sixth this fall, allowing Mayor Gregor Robertson to expand his offices into her existing space. The city will also create a dining room and meeting area in part of the mayor’s old offices for the elected councillors who, Ballem says, now have no suitable place to eat. She said Robertson’s space is too cramped and he has no private office. Boo Hoo!!<br /><br />WHAT A MESS!! We all know that it is illegal to withhold property taxes, but as a taxpayer who pays for this unbelievable travesty, I say it's time for not just a "wake up" call, but a complete shake up and investigation.<br /><br /> Most Canadians are conformists and we have a world wide reputation for being polite. Polite yes, but stupid no! It's time to show up en masse and get this Mayor and Council out to a school gymnasium somewhere in Vancouver and ask them what the hell is going on. TELL US THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR AGENDA! If they can show up for a "Meet the Candidates Meeting" to tell us why they should be elected, then they can bloody well show up and tell us why we should believe and trust them with OUR MONEY! Would you give your money to a financial planner and not ask any questions about what he/she was doing with your money, and just trusted them to do the right thing?. Oh yeah, a lot of people did that didn't they. Can you say Bernie Madoff. <br /> <br />Dissenters benefit others, while conformists benefit themselves. Ask yourself this question, do I become a dissenter when something affects me and my family, and until that happens am I a conformist? And if so, what's the price I pay both financially and persoanlly.buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-80578740879503803812010-08-26T23:01:00.000-07:002010-08-26T23:01:16.062-07:00Raw Video: Names Make for Hilarious Horse Race<object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/hjJI1iAQRbo/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hjJI1iAQRbo?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hjJI1iAQRbo?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-30098125120704776282010-08-26T16:27:00.000-07:002010-08-26T16:27:31.786-07:00Vancouver jazz institution shuts down, but the bands play on<a href="http://www.vancourier.com/Vancouver+jazz+institution+shuts+down+bands+play/3440681/story.html">Vancouver jazz institution shuts down, but the bands play on</a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-38131305344410576172010-08-20T13:51:00.000-07:002010-08-20T13:51:01.883-07:00Faith Popcorn - the Future of LOHAS pt 2<object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/twTdXtUpqMk/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/twTdXtUpqMk?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/twTdXtUpqMk?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="480" height="295" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-5095068341180594262010-08-14T16:21:00.000-07:002010-08-14T16:21:54.578-07:00Zardari 'diverted £300m quake aid to other causes'<a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Zardari+diverted+300m+quake+other+causes/3396781/story.html">Zardari 'diverted £300m quake aid to other causes'</a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-78506535140768843912010-08-11T23:56:00.000-07:002010-08-11T23:56:05.060-07:00America's Got Talent YouTube Special - 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Our mission is to use our global media network as a forum to; connect, share, build ideas,movements,social change, businesses, political change and helping those in need in an an era where everyone in the world is inter-connected." <a href="www.pwrnradio.com"></a><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.pwrnradio.com "></a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982164.post-31586507191206894142009-08-27T13:03:00.000-07:002009-08-27T13:03:30.450-07:00Facebook | My Links<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogtalkradio.com%2FPapa-Zen%2F2009%2F08%2F28%2FLate-Nite-Conversations-with-Allan-Holender#/posted.php?id=1069557236&success">Facebook | My Links</a>buddhaspeaksbizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00016037839694218868noreply@blogger.com0