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		<title>Leadership Through Insight</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2011/12/28/leadership-through-insight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About four weeks ago, I was invited to a private dinner party with some old political associates and friends I made during my years with the Green Party. The guest of honor was former Leader of the Green Party of Ontario, Frank de Jong. Also present was former and present Green Party of Manitoba Leaders, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ongoing Dilemma of The Human Condition</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2011/04/25/the-ongoing-dilemma-of-the-human-condition/</link>
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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>Who Are Y-O-U?</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2011/04/16/who-are-y-o-u/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have come across a series of books influenced by Carl Jung and it has me looking differently at personality and who we are. Carl Jung adopted the notion that there are layers to our personality. Perhaps if you asked him the question &#8216;Who Are You?&#8217; he would have responded that we are complicated and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Ways We Get Sick And Disabled</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2011/04/06/five-ways-we-get-sick-and-disabled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.billogs.net/?p=1267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have worked in health care for the past fifteen years. I have seen at least over a thousand clients and as a professional case manager, my job is to help facilitate a portion of their care. It recently occurred to me that despite the vast array and variety of diseases, accidents, and disabilities these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Lesson In Betrayal and Humility</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2011/03/15/a-lesson-in-betrayal-and-humility/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2011/03/15/a-lesson-in-betrayal-and-humility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can one say about the earthquake and tsunami that has hit Japan? Very little. It is all very humbling and scary to witness the raw death-dealing power of the planetary body that is supposed to house and sustain us. What will happen next? We will see more earthquakes because that is the way of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Economics Trumps Democracy</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/12/05/why-economics-trumps-democracy/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/11/12/the-relationship-between-cost-and-value/</link>
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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>How To Evaluate Computer &amp; Video Games As Art</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/10/04/how-to-evaluate-computer-video-games-as-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to a couple of blog posts, Growing Up Games and Games vs Art, I feel compelled to respond with my own perspective about how to evaluate Computer Games as Art. Computer Games is a medium that is criticized for being immature and adolescent. Games are seen as being full of violence, escapism, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates And Their Sense of Entitlement</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/09/16/pirates-and-their-sense-of-entitlement/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2010/09/16/pirates-and-their-sense-of-entitlement/#comments</comments>
		<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>Curing the Diseases of Optimism and Pessimism</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/06/30/curing-the-diseases-of-optimism-and-pessimism/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2010/06/30/curing-the-diseases-of-optimism-and-pessimism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.billogs.net/?p=1038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In relation to my previous post talking about understanding Human Nature as the centre of all general and political philosophy, I thought I would touch on two mindsets that plague us as much as ideology. The twin-opposites of Optimism and Pessimism. Optimism is about emotional states of being including hope, wishful thinking, and at its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Its Our Human Nature, Stupid</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/06/26/its-the-human-nature-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have read my blog for a while, you will know that I am a thinker. I like to mull ideas around, post about them, and the re-post again when a new insight arrives. Today&#8217;s blog post appears to be a cumulative of many years of thinking. I think that I have solved an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generation Gasp</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/05/26/generation-gasp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 23:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.billogs.net/?p=1032</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent meeting with a few of my work colleagues I was struck by how differently we each see issues and problems. I am not talking about different personality views, but a general worldview that appears to be defined by the generation cohort we belong to. As one of the younger people at my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Most People Good?</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/05/03/are-most-people-good/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2010/05/03/are-most-people-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.billogs.net/?p=995</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I attended an ethical workshop recently and the presenter stated she thought that most people are good. This worldview allowed her to approach people she met in a warm and open fashion which made for a rewarding and pleasant work experience. Benefits aside of such a worldview, is she right? Are most people good? I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Forgotten Question</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/04/21/the-forgotten-question/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2010/04/21/the-forgotten-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.billogs.net/?p=997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most journalists talk about the five W&#8217;s as a method to get a story. These are: WHO? Every topic needs a subject. WHAT? Every subject needs an event. WHEN? Every event needs a time. WHERE? Every event needs a place. WHY? The existentialist question. There is a reason behind the subject experiencing the event, at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking Social and Economic Class</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/04/02/rethinking-social-and-economic-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.billogs.net/?p=744</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have stumbled across a few books and websites that are pointing to a new understanding of social and economic class. Its a refreshing and what I believe, accurate, understanding of social change in modern nations. In contrast to the Leftist/Communist understanding of Class Conflict, the Creative Class is a term given to what is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Middle of the Muddle</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/02/09/middle-of-the-muddle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In turning 40 years old, I am sharing a personal poem to celebrate my arrival of middle life. Now that I am middle-aged, I can start acting even more eccentric and get away with it. &#8230; Middle of the Muddle: A Poem About Mid-Life by Christopher Billows &#8230; I have learned, that facts and theory, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Golden Rule x 2</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/02/02/the-golden-rule-x-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.billogs.net/?p=882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people know about &#8220;The Golden Rule&#8221;, which some say is the basis of most religions. &#8220;Do unto others what you would have them do to you.&#8221; or its negative form &#8220;Do not do to others what you would not like to be done to you.&#8221; It is pretty hard to disagree with this principle. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defining Poverty</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/01/16/defining-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poverty is generally defined as being in material want of something. Not having enough to eat or money to buy essentials is the general understanding of poverty. But I would also say that poverty is also having an attitude of feeling powerless, helplessness, or even non-gratitude. It is psychological and is how you define yourself. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack, the Beanstalk, and Market Intervention</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/12/12/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>Some Are Not Worthy&#8230; Rational Charity Giving</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/11/23/some-are-not-worthy-rational-charity-giving/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2009/11/23/some-are-not-worthy-rational-charity-giving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that giving to the less fortunate is beneficial both personally and socially. When a person demonstrates generosity by giving to a charity, their spirit is enriched in some non-material way; it is like invisible bridges are built between them and others. This is nothing to be said of the how the act of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Personality Pacifier</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/11/08/the-personality-pacifier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all believe that we have personality. We also believe that this personality is pretty static, that a person&#8217;s fundamental likes and dislikes, their tastes, and world-views do not change that much. We are a solid entity that possesses a distinct imprint, kind of like a fingerprint. In 1968, distinguished personality theorist Walter Mischel pointed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Subtle Slope of Self-Determination</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/10/28/the-subtle-slope-of-self-determination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working in health care, I am faced with questions about a person&#8217;s ability to say no to health care treatment or service. Unfortunately, there is so much uninformed thinking about this issue, we waste energy on something that should be much simpler. The problem is that self-determination is a concept that does not possess singular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dark Side of Human Gratitude</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/10/08/the-dark-side-of-human-gratitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend recently told me that the world and universe was created for human happiness. She commented how the world is grand, amazing, colorful, and full of beauty. Of course, I could not disagree with her. From my own observations and in watching the stunning Planet Earth DVD series, the world appears to be all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Humility of Free Enterprisers</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/09/25/the-humility-of-free-enterprisers/</link>
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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>Fear at Social Heights</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/09/09/fear-at-social-heights/</link>
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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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