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Pets

Implant “rfid” chips in your dogs cats or pets no way
 By Dean A. Ayers

It’s a technology that’s already being used voluntarily on millions of pets in America. Now, RFID microchips are being implanted in human beings as well.

Mother Pigeon..pictures to prove it
 By Online

These are wonderful Photos, I can hardly believe a Bird would do this.

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.

My Puppy “Funny” for the Day! Named LILLY
 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.

Technology

Actiontec Networks Your House Through Power Wires – and a new WinZip Debuts
 By Jim Bray

Networking your computers and electronic devices is increasingly popular as such gadgets learn the ability to talk to each other. Many of them offer access to the Internet as well.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 – A Product that Speaks for Itself
 By Jim Bray

Like nearly everything computer-related, voice recognition software continues to evolve. And it’s getting pretty good at taking what you say and either acting on it or transcribing it. If only my kids would listen so well!

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.

Oldies Music

Listening to Golden Oldies at Echos—where I want to be!
 By Judi McLeod

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

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 Day
 By 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.

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