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Author: jon.foster (page 2)

Getting Older, but What About Wiser?

Posted on: January 17, 2012 Last updated on: January 17, 2012 Written by: jon.foster Comments: 0
Monday of this week marks my 32nd year on this planet, and often when my birthday passes, I become reflective of my life. Specifically I judge where I am at, compared to where I thought I would be at. This…
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Team Building: Leadership First

Posted on: January 10, 2012 Last updated on: January 10, 2012 Written by: jon.foster Comments: 1
  As we embark on a new year, I have had much time to reflect on the past, and to conjure up in my mind what I want to accomplish for the future. While I have the standard resolutions of…
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Quitting: The quest to go smoke-free

Posted on: December 7, 2011 Last updated on: December 7, 2011 Written by: jon.foster Comments: 2
Last week I was keen on writing a post on how to successfully quit smoking, but, after much thought, I felt that I would be a hypocrite if I did so. Yes, I had plans on quitting, as I tend…
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Five Myths About HIV/AIDS

Posted on: November 29, 2011 Last updated on: November 29, 2011 Written by: jon.foster Comments: 7
This coming December 1st marks World AIDS Day, the 23rd annual commemoration to bring awareness to the ever-growing pandemic of HIV/AIDS in the world. This week, I dedicate my blog post to this purpose. In my time outside of classes,…
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Work/play balance lowest in the country?

Posted on: November 22, 2011 Last updated on: November 22, 2011 Written by: jon.foster Comments: 5
In a Globe & Mail article, “University Report Card 2012 Rankings”, the University of Toronto received a D for work/play balance, making it the lowest ranked university in the country. I, to be honest, do not get this at all.…
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Life Lessons Start When You’re Young

Posted on: November 16, 2011 Last updated on: November 16, 2011 Written by: jon.foster Comments: 0
In writing my blog post this week, I thought back many many years to a book I read when I was 14 that literally changed my philosophy of how to live my life. The book, written by Robert Fulgham, was…
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Library Fines Aren’t So Fine

Posted on: November 8, 2011 Last updated on: November 8, 2011 Written by: jon.foster Comments: 0
Ever have a moment of clarity, when you think to yourself, “Why did I do that?” I had that earlier this week when I checked out my online library account . I have $49 in fines, because I had 14…
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Slave to the Email

Posted on: November 1, 2011 Last updated on: November 1, 2011 Written by: jon.foster Comments: 0
Like me, millions of people around the world are finding themselves to be slaves to email. This “new” way of communicating has actually been around for about three decades now, but seems to becoming a more and more popular means…
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Five Ways to Kill Time During Your Study Break

Posted on: October 25, 2011 Last updated on: October 25, 2011 Written by: jon.foster Comments: 1
I am trying to figure out why it is that some people have already had mid-terms, some are in the process of mid-terms, and people like me don’t have mid-terms until next week. No matter which category you fall into,…
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Coming Out is So 1995

Posted on: October 18, 2011 Last updated on: October 18, 2011 Written by: jon.foster Comments: 4
In case you never heard of it, much like myself, last Tuesday was International Coming Out Day. Who’d a thunk it? A special day for people to announce to their family, friends, the world even, that they are in fact…
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