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I’m currently on my way back to Montreal from my 5 day trip to good old Toronto. This trip has been eventful for couple of reasons. For example, the hotel I stayed in (which shall remain nameless out of fear of litigation) had water problems for an entire night. By claiming contractual violations, the fee [...]

Well it’s finally done, the Barreau exams are over! Unless I did badly on those 2 days of exams, I won’t have to retake them, which is really a blessing.
For the 2nd day, the exam was on obligations, which is a truly vast area of the law. However the questions concentrated mainly on leases (both [...]

Today was the first part of the final exam at the Barreau du Québec, and I’m very happy to have done it. As I’ve previously indicated, the final exam is worth 70% and today’s portion amounted to 34% (which means, according to my trusty calculator, tomorrow’s portion shall be 36%!).
So what do you get for [...]

Now that the court has finally ruled that “Intelligent design is a religious alternative masquerading as a scientific theory and cannot be mentioned in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public school district” by a federal court in the States, it is necessary to reflect on whether the whole debate was necessary in the first place.
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I still haven’t logged much time with my Xbox 360 since I’m still in preparation for my exams, but another feature of Xbox Live amuses me greatly: Gamerscore. Basically, it is a score that shows how much you play videogames but it goes beyond that. Every game for Xbox 360 has a maximum Gamerscore value [...]

After almost a month of trying (now I know clearly I should have preordered months ago), I’ve finally acquired a Xbox 360 today. And I even didn’t have to resort to turning to sex to get it! Acquiring what’s been labeled as the hottest toy of this holiday season certainly makes me feel good, and [...]

Since everyday, my soul gets drained in preparation for the upcoming Quebec bar exam, I’ve decided to take a short break and google my name: not my whole name but my first name only, as this search is bound to generate more exciting results. And here are some of the entries I found.
Aram Store: [...]

Henry Jenkins, who is a director of comparative studies at MIT, debunks 8 popular myths about video games (more specifically their nefarious consequences on sosciety).
The myths he debunks are:
1-”The availability of video games has led to an epidemic of youth violence.”
2-”The availability of video games has led to an epidemic of youth violence.”
3-”Children are the [...]