Author: The Silo
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Hashtag Roundup App reaching 100,000,000 Twitter “Hashtag gamers” weekly
Have you been playing hashtag games on Twitter? Hashtag games are fun and free word games where Twitter users contribute funny or clever responses around a common theme, like #RejectedPrezCampaignSlogans or like #Things20SomethingsSay. Hashtag games can often be found in the “what’s trending” area of Twitter but to discover all of them there’s a new…
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ArtyA’s Timepiece Will Be Exhibited In Swiss Musée d’Ethnographie de Neuchâtel
Skulls & Bones: Skulling the heights of perfection The skull motif made popular in watchmaking by ArtyA has long been copied, resulting in a whole range of derivatives. Now, the fully independent brand has taken the helm once again. The Skulls & Bones is an extreme timepiece that pushes the creative concept to the limit.…
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SipSup mobile linked Drinking Glass disrupts Conventions of Communication
SipSup is a new beverage drinking glass that communicates with smart phones via app technology to become an interactive media display and storage unit. When you have finished drinking your beverage of choice, digital photos and videos you have dropped into your glass via the SipSup app are left behind. The SipSup app enables you to keep…
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Are More Native Children In Gov’t Care Today Than At Height Of Residential Schools?
Truth and Reconciliation Report – One Oneida Woman’s Perspective Indian Residential Schools are a large part of Canadian History. I use the present tense. Every Canadian lives with the fallout of these schools which were to, “Kill the Indian in the Child.” Cultural Genocide the TRC [Truth and Reconciliation Commission CP] says in its opening paragraph.…
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Elementary Forces By Timothy deVries
What is a corner? The corner represents a symbolic value. Children are told to stand in the corner when they are disobedient. The corner is a place where one meditates on one’s shortcomings. One can be ‘backed into a corner’ and left with few options or one can retreat into a corner for safety. Animals…
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COOPY handheld Smart Device launches Kickstarter Campaign
COOPY is a small, hand-held tool which provides users with a solution to complete multiple functions by simply clicking a button. With the simple action of clicking one of three buttons included on this smart device, COOPY uses its own application to complete designated functions as set by the user. This includes, but is not limited to, sending predefined…
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Aeromobil Flying Car Available For Purchase
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Pic Pal Is A Free Real Time Selfie App
Selfies—an act in which the photographer is also the subject of the photograph—are hugely popular in today’s world. Selfie sticks, selfie apps and even selfie songs are taking the world by storm. If you’re on a hike or at the dentist and feel the need to let your associates know, take a selfie! PicPal combines…
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Former Obese Addict Alcoholic Ran Boston Marathon Four Times
Twenty-seven thousand athletes ran the last Boston Marathon. However, one man ran it four times … four times in one day. David Clark is a former 320-pound alcoholic who was also addicted to painkillers. He’s been sober for nearly a decade and credits extreme endurance sports for his path to recovery in his bestselling autobiography, Out…
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Global Meditation for Compassion will livestream FREE & feature Deepak Chopra
The Chopra Center has just announced that the 2015 Global Meditation for Compassion will be held on Saturday, July 11 at 9 a.m. PT In Carlsbad, CA at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa and meditation will be accessible worldwide for free via livestream in both English and Spanish [see link below DE]. Gabrielle Bernstein,…
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Outer Shores Expeditions Relive Canadian Documentary Haida Gwaii
Please note, Outer Shores Expeditions is in no way affiliated with the ‘Haida Gwaii: On The Edge of the World’ nor is it portrayed in the documentary. What Hot Docs’ best Canadian Feature Documentary explores on film, Outer Shores Expeditions explores by classic wooden schooner. Documentary film fans were given an intimate look into life on the Haida Gwaii…
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Invest in iconic Space flown items with Heritage Live! Auctions
Don’t miss out on incredible historic space items such as the first complete Lunar Bible flown aboard Apollo 14. Heritage Live! allows you to place late proxy bids and compete live against the auction floor from your PC or mobile device*. We recommend placing proxy bids before the live session in the unlikely event either…
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Canada Was Being Transformed Due To Stephen Harper’s Government
MacLean’s columnist, Paul Wells, wrote a book on Prime Minister Stephen Harper entitled “The longer I’m Prime Minister: Stephen Harper and Canada 2006 –“. In this book, the author warns that as the years pass with Harper in office, Canada is being radically transformed. Truthfully, Canada is being transformed because of Stephen Harper’s government in…
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Device Lets Mountain Bikers Check Sealant Without Removing Tires
Swiss invention milKit makes mountain biking with tubeless tires easier than ever. With milKit, riders and racers can quickly measure and check their remaining tire sealant with a simple, portable kit, adding sealant as needed while leaving their tires on the rim, maintaining air pressure, keeping their hands clean and saving time. The inventors are…
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St. Lawrence Expedition Earns National Geographic Recognition
National Geographic Traveler recently released its tenth annual ‘50 Tours of a Lifetime,’ a curated list of the best-guided trips offered by today’s top adventure tour operators around the globe. This year’s collection includes Adventure Canada’s Mighty Saint Lawrence expedition cruise, an incredible voyage that begins in historic Québec City and travels down the Saint…
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Gadget Autopsy Smartphone Versus Smartwatch
At time of posting 1 pound = $1.84 Cdn & $1.46 US Infographic design via- http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/
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Vacate The Seatback SKY2BUY Is The New ‘Mall in the Sky’
After a difficult bankruptcy auction process, the purchase of SkyMall’s brand name was announced last Friday, March 27th. The new owners paid $1.9 million for the well-known brand. The purchase price, however, didn’t include any assurances from the airlines that the catalog will be put on their planes. In fact, all prior agreements with the…
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Getting Social: Living in the Age of Tech and Social Media
When you’re a 20-something, what’s the first and the last thing you do? You check your Facebook or you tweet. When you want to buy a pair of jeans and you want to ask your friends’ opinions, you post a picture on Instagram with a #needyourhelp! And who needs to go to a store when…
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Strange Lights May Have Been UFO Over Southern Ontario
At approximately 10:15 PM EDT on March 17th I witnessed a strange sight. While driving into Simcoe, Ontario via Hillcrest Road, something low on the horizon caught my attention. At first I wondered if this was a planet but after I pulled the car over to the side of the road and focused harder, it became clear that this…
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Ontario Increasing Minimum Wage- will also affect Liquor Servers, Students
Province Committed to Providing Fairness for Workers, Predictability for Business Ontario is raising the general minimum wage from $11 to $11.25 per hour, effective October 1, 2015. Minimum wage rates for jobs in special categories such as liquor servers, homeworkers, and students are also increasing at the same time. The increase is the result of…
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Letter To The Silo- Ways To Catch Wild Pigs Is How To Create Socialism
Dear Silo, a thought to remember- Marx said,”Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed.” These are words to the wise, if you can understand what’s going on around you…. * There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class.…
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WW2 Graphic Novel KATUSHA goes daily in free WEBCOMIC debut
Garth Ennis: “Wayne Vansant has done a magnificent job with these first two volumes of Katusha.” Wayne Vansant’s epic war story KATUSHA, GIRL SOLDIER OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR is being made available to read for free at www.katushagirlsoldier.com. KATUSHA (according to babynology.com, Katusha is a dimunitive form of Russian Ekaterina and Yekaterina, meaning “little…
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FCC Promoted American Broadband Competition And Net Neutrality
In late 2014- early 2015, the FCC stood up for more competition and more choice in local broadband. This is a critical step in making faster, cheaper Internet available for all Americans. You may have heard that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just put in place rules to protect ‘net neutrality.’ That’s big news. But…
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A Second Look At Ontario Bill83 AKA SLAPP
Canadian free speech, journalistic powers or lack there of are back in the news. Here is a related story about Ontario’s Bill 83 from last year that deserves a second read. Bill83. The threat of abusive lawsuits claiming damages like slander and defamation is deterring a significant number of Ontarians from speaking out against big business on…
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Jack White’s Guacamole Recipe Was Rider “Inside Joke”
FOR GOD SAKES! dear journalists and other people looking for drama or a diva, even in the age of the short attention span internet article, it’s still hard to believe you are STILL writing about this: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/02/15/386409331/for-musician-jack-white-any-old-guacamole-just-wont-do wow. classy. seems like there’s a new rule number one for up and coming journalists: dont let the…
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Ontario Strengthens Protections For Marine Mammals Including Pool Size
Ontario is moving ahead with enhanced standards of care for marine mammals – such as dolphins, belugas and walruses – to ensure both greater protection and improved treatment. These new standards of care, reflecting advice from an expert report by University of British Columbia marine biologist Dr. David Rosen, will be among the best in…
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Tiller Institute Scientists Confirm Subtle Energy Found In ‘Secret Anti-Aging Potion’
Scientists at the William A. Tiller Institute: “When Jim Kaszyk first asked us to determine if a sample of his product contained Subtle Energy, we were reluctant….we had been trying to prove the existence of Subtle Energy for 40 years, with only minor success and had almost given up. Attempts to measure Subtle Energy usually…
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Native Blockade Shuts Down Caledonia’s Douglas Creek Estates
The bypasses and bridges of Haldimand County On February 28, 2006, Janie Jamieson and Dawn Smith led a blockade shutting down construction of Caledonia’s Douglas Creek Estates. The subdivision has been occupied by native activists ever since. Over the ensuing nine years, protests and demands have had an impact on traffic, construction and plans for…