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		<title>From Flippa to Sucka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I alluded to in my New Years address, I was going to become more busy with some website launches. Well, that &#8216;some&#8217; has become &#8216;many&#8217; thanks to an obsessive pastime I have had this year. That pastime is named Flippa.com. When I found Flippa, I was stoked. I quickly realized it to be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ongoing Dilemma of The Human Condition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is full of choices at times. Sometimes we feel as if we have no choice because we are forced to do something. But generally, most societies do allow some degree of choice. In the West, choice is directly tied to the concept of human rights. Now the quality of our choices is pretty diverse. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally Organizing My Business Assets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally reached one of my goals for 2011. I have started to amalgamate my corporation&#8217;s assets with my sole proprietorship. This will make the ongoing management and accounting duties much easier for me. Copia Enterprises will be rolled into Promaginy. This has coincided with a relaunch of Promaginy.com with a new website design which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monkey Poo for iPhone and iPad Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Complex Games, the developers I work with has had an interesting December. They won a Canadian New Media Award for a game called One Ocean which is basically a Serious Game. Then they release a new iPhone/iPad game that is about throwing monkey poo (and no pun intended with using release and poo in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Economics Trumps Democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is talk that the Euro will become obsolete because the European Union is close to becoming insolvent. Well, I don&#8217;t think that will happen since governments can just print more money to keep afloat and deal with inflation by implementing price controls. This creates other problems and only delays the inevitable problem of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Relationship Between Cost and Value</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have the balanced relationship with money, you see it as a means to an end. Money is a tool that gives you control over your life and more money can give you more control over your life, but to a limit. How we spend our money determines the value of what we experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates And Their Sense of Entitlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is truly stunning. Software developers are releasing games and applications on the iPhone platform for $0.99 and despite the low price their games are still pirated. Developers are finding evidence that 90% of their games are being played without being paid for. The same thing appears to be happening in the music, movie, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea is an apt title for this book. It is a short history, but a very interesting one. And its interesting because the subject matter is treated with enthusiasm which becomes a source of entertainment. This is a book written for the non-academic, acting almost like a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyber Circuit for iPhone Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Complex Games, the developers I have worked with since 2004 has launched their second iPhone game. The game does a complete 180 degree turn in terms of gameplay, replacing skipping stones with molten laser beams. The game is pretty hardcore and quite challenging which is completely opposite of the leisurely pace of the first game. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack, the Beanstalk, and Market Intervention</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/jack-the-beanstalk-and-market-intervention</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The year end is fast approaching and it appears that the global financial crisis has being contained. Governments around the world stepped in to nationalize banks and insurance companies and invested heavily into their economies to keep them from collapsing. They played the role of the hero, just like Jack in the fairytale Jack and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skipping Stones for iPhone Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My company Promaginy have been working with Winnipeg game development company, Complex Games, since 2004 to bring to market some outstanding games. I am pleased to announce that their first game is going to be released shortly for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The game is called Skipping Stones and more information can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Humility of Free Enterprisers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a dinner with a friend recently and we talked about some of the personality characteristics of those who are for and against Free Enterprise. Since we had both spent time with Anti-Free Enterprise types over the course of our political experience and have since evolved into believing in the Free Enterprise system, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Logo Spoofs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the market tumble in the past year, these logos would have been a lot more relevant, but they are still pretty clever because they are so irreverent. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>Fear at Social Heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just like there is an increased fear when somebody is at the top of a tower/building, so there is increased fear the higher one&#8217;s position is in a social organization. A friend was telling me how her store manager gave a customer a replacement plant even though it was obviously neglected and they had no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Competition Is Over-Rated In Capitalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest criticisms I have heard from the anti-capitalist crowd (which I was once a part of in my younger years) against capitalism is that it is all about competition.? Capitalism has no room for cooperation, or so we are told in the countless business and marketing books and courses (The Art of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opting for Stock Options</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Purchasing stocks carry with it risk. Your money could be lost if the company goes out of business. You could lose money if the company is losing sales. What if you could own a ticket that would allow you to purchase a company if it did well? Would it not be kind of like having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Your Investment Risk With Stocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever you invest, you are taking a risk. The goal is the manage it and not avoid it. Every good investor knows that he should set aside some of his portfolio for long-term, lower-risk investments.? The other portion can be used for medium to higher-risk investments depending on your financial circumstances and other life factors. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finance and Civilization Theory</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I was searching for &#8220;evolution of civilizations&#8221; I stumbled on this intriguing website dedicated to financial freedom. It always impresses me when people do not forget that finance and investing are tools of modern civilization. Check it out&#8230; Wealth Builder]]></description>
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		<title>The Answer to Organizational Failure: Complexity Science</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/the-answer-to-organizational-failure-complexity-science</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 23:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t recall how I stumbled onto this concept and websites, but a while ago I found this riveting theory which I believe explains why most modern organizations are so inadequate at times and spend far too much time chasing the wrong priorities. I have touched on parts of this in previous blogs such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investing Principles Made Simple</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You do not need to be an accountant or a financial wizard to handle your investments. There are some basic principles to follow, known as the KISS principle. KISS is generally know to stand for ?Keep It Short &#38; Simple? but I think the acronym can also apply to investing: K ? Keep invested I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Pension Plans a Type of Ponzi Scheme?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading about Bernie Madoff&#8217;s investment scandal and it suddenly struck me that defined-benefit pension plans (public and private) operate on the same principal as Madoff&#8217;s Ponzi plan. Bernie Madoff defrauded his investors of $65 billion dollars with a massive ponzi scheme. Madoff was smart by? never offering suspicious high returns to everyone, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Crisis Challenges Convictions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have re-watched the Credit Crisis video a few times and each time its message really hits home. Not only was the crisis created by collective greed, but also a sophisticated scheme to generate money without actually contributing much useful. It was all about getting rewarded without doing any heavy work. Sure sounds like socialism. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How We Got Here: The Crisis of Credit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A brilliant flash presentation that skillfully and comically educates how we arrived in our state of financial crisis. Many people will simply say that we go here due to greed. But seeing how the greed reached such levels of sophistication and complexity is fascinating. The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.]]></description>
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		<title>Lets Talk About Mediocrity (Ahem, I Mean Mutual) Funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first investment was in mutual funds which is what most people invest in because the mutual fund industry is very effective at promoting its products. There is a certain sense of security knowing that everyone else is also buying mutual funds. Unfortunately for the most part we have been sold a product that does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driven To Distraction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It happens in my professional work, in my non-profit work, and even in my businesses. The attractive and constant allure to complicate things. It appears that we humans love to add layers of complexity, meaning, interpretation, and embellishment to everything we create. From business systems to government programs to products, we sure know how to [...]]]></description>
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