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Inspiration on Two Legs
By Online
On a trip back from Fl, I had to change planes in Dallas and was asked if I would mind changing seats so that Faith and her owner could have the front two seats in coach. It was really wonderful getting to meet them. You should have seen her coming down the escalator to baggage claim when she spotted the rest of her family! I believe they live in OK City.
By Dean A. Ayers
I have a 6 month old mini-size Maltese female, named “ Lilly” and she is such a loving little pup. Lilly spends the majority of her time, bouncing around on my lap and on top of my computer desk walking and jumping around, so the other bigger dogs don’t get her (IMO) because she is so small.
Elk Calf Having Fun!By Online
By Dean A. Ayers
A group of dog loving people were standing by the Animal Shelter River bank doing nothing in particular except watching the clock tick by until the “Animal Rights” doomsday activists arrived.
Technology
TELUS to launch Canada’s largest 3G+ network on November 5
By Online
VANCOUVER, Oct. 26 /CNW/ - TELUS today announced that it will launch Canada’s largest 3G+ network(*) on November 5, 2009.
BlueAnt Devices Keep Your Hands on the WheelBy Jim Bray
Bluetooth, as most of you know by now, is a wireless standard designed so that electronic devices can “talk” with each other. It’s only good for short distances, apparently conceived of originally as a way to replace the RS232 cables that link computers and peripherals, but it has become much more than that.
Panasonic Lumix Camera Great for CruisingBy Jim Bray
It’s getting hard to keep up with all the innovations in digital photography these days. Pixels are getting more mega almost by the month, you can shoot high definition video alongside your stills, and such things as image stabilization and automatic focusing are getting more sophisticated with each generation.
Oldies Music
Listening to Golden Oldies at Echos—where I want to be!
By Judi McLeod
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| D.J. Lenny (left) and Owner Kerry Wilkinson |
Right up there with investigative journalism and gourmet cooking, the allure of the Golden Oldies is my passion.
Tuning in to AM740 is the start of my every business day. The songs of Dean Martin, Fats Domino and Gerry Vale keep me going. They make all the difference in my overly busy life in front of the computer screen.
Sometimes I get to tune in to AM740 when not writing for Canada Free Press (CFP). Barring business emergencies, at 2 p.m. every Sunday, I put everything aside to hear Gene Stevens. I rate his Vintage Favorites; from 2 to 4 as the best radio show I’ve ever heard!
Travel
Orlando Launches More than 70 Deals “Made for Canadians”
By Online
ORLANDO, Fla. – With Canada poised to become Orlando’s top international market by the end of the year, the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc. (Orlando CVB) unveiled a Canadian specific savings program for the first time in the company’s history. The new “Made for Canadians” offers, available at VisitOrlando.com/Canada, provide Canadian travelers more than 70 options to create a fun-filled winter vacation that won’t break the bank.
Sports
Yankees riding Thomson’s ‘wave’
By Online
St. Marys - It was Game 1 of the American League Division Series. The hot Minnesota Twins were playing in New York against the Yankees.
Quote Of The DayBy Bob Parks
While I did watch some football last Sunday, I wasn’t as enthused as I used to be as the NFL has left a very bad taste in my mouth, and it’s nice to know I’m not alone.
Entertainment
Amelia is Lost in the Clouds
By Aaron Goldstein
Hilary Swank has no peer when it comes to portraying doomed women. It has resulted in her winning two Academy Awards for Best Actress—one for playing the late Brandon Teena in Boys Don’t Cry and one for playing female boxer Maggie Fitzgerald in Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby. No actress is better suited to play Amelia Earhart.
Gardening
Clean Air Kits
By Wes Porter
Surprises come in many sizes. What rolled out of its mailing box first looked like a tennis ball on diet – or perhaps a golf ball over-indulging in carbs. But the leaflet with it from the Britt Lawson at McKenzie inquired: “Have you grown your clean air today?”
Books
Destroying America from within
By Frank Gaffney Jr.
A powerful new book is wreaking havoc with the reputation myriad Islamic organizations in America have been carefully cultivating for years. Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that’s Trying to Islamize America (WND Books, 2009) reveals that, far from the moderate Muslim “mainstream” they profess to represent, these entities are associated with the insidious Muslim Brotherhood - an international criminal enterprise that has the self-professed mission of “destroying Western civilization from within.”
Google Trends
Eight New Natural Wonders Inscribed on World Heritage List
By Editor
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, July 8, 2008 (ENS) - Eight new natural sites were added to the World Heritage List today by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec City.
The new sites include the Socotra Archipelago in Yemen, Canada’s Joggins Fossil Cliffs, the French Lagoons of New Caledonia, Saryarka in Northern Kazakhstan, Mount Sanqingshan National Park in China, Surtsey in Iceland, the Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona, and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico.
“These eight stunning natural sites are amongst the best of what nature has to offer,” said David Sheppard, head of the Protected Areas Programme with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN, which undertakes technical evaluations of the natural values of the sites nominated for inscription on the World Heritage List.
