Category: Culture
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Artwork That Reminds Us History Is Absolute
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” -George Orwell The facts of the past cannot be objectively altered regardless of belief or opinion. They can, however, be tainted by those wishing to assume power. It is critical that we understand the past as it…
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Google Fined Billions By EU For Breaking Competition Law
It’s hard to imagine how much the latest Google fine really equates to. Really difficult in fact. But don’t worry! We’ve worked that out for you. Surprise, surprise, it’s a lot of money. How many times a day do you say or think “I’ll have to google that!”. Probably a lot. Google has definitely become essential…
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Affirmation Cards From Canada Moms Intended To Affect Millions
Everyone knows the old saying “to know where you’re going, you have to know where you’ve been” right? This couldn’t be more accurate, and for you to truly relate to Love Powered Co. and where it came from, we feel that you might need to know a little bit about affirmation and about us first.…
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Prime Minister Trudeau On Barcelona Terrorist Attack
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, issued the following statement on the terrorist attack in Barcelona: “I am deeply saddened by today’s terrorist attack in Barcelona that has killed and injured so many innocent people. “Sophie and I join all Canadians in offering our sincere condolences to the families and friends who have lost loved ones,…
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IDA Challenges Airlines To Cut Environmental Baggage And Save Animals
Air India announced that it has made one simple change that will save the airline $1.5 USD million (Rs 10 crore) and spare hundreds of thousands of animals from short, brutal lives and untimely deaths – it stopped serving non-vegetarian meals. Air travel is one of the most notorious carbon polluters, which harms wild animals…
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Natural World Immediacy A Rare Concept
Immediacy? “Nothing important comes into being overnight; even grapes or figs need time to ripen. If you say that you want a fig now, I will tell you to be patient. First, you must allow the tree to flower, then put forth fruit; then you have to wait until the fruit is ripe. So if…
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The Long Road To Self Publishing
It is amazing to me how many of us aspire to write and publish a book. If you don’t believe me, try this experiment. Mention to five people “I’m thinking of writing a book…” and then wait for the response. Among the (hopefully) positive comments you get back, I bet that three or four people will…
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This Quiz Helps You Discover Your Perfect Gap Year
Hello There! Everyone dreams of taking some time off to travel. However, before settling on the location or how long you intend to stay abroad, as an intrepid explorer you should be thinking about exactly what type of gap year is right for you. Perhaps you’re looking to explore off the beaten track? Add to…
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Ancient Zen Story About Re-framing Failure Applies To Grant Applications
When thinking about grant writing, it helps to first consider this story that tells about luck. In it, a farmer’s horse runs away and all his neighbors come by to say what bad luck this is. The farmer replies “maybe.” His horse returns and with it brings wild horses. The neighbors all say what good…
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Neglected Tallahatchie County Horses Seized And Rescued
This article contains graphic images. Cascilla, Miss. – Two Mississippi animal protection organizations have joined forces to rescue four neglected horses in Cascilla, Tallahatchie County. In Defense of Animals’ Justice for Animals Campaign and Jackson-based Mississippi Horses seized the starving and wounded animals from a property on Smith Road. Concerned people who passed the property…
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Seven Years War Story Behind Our Civic Holiday
As the civic holiday some refer to as Simcoe Day approaches, I wish to shine light on Upper Canada’s first lieutenant-governor. Born Feb. 25, 1752, in England, John Graves Simcoe, although best known as lieutenant-governor, was also a member of British Parliament, colonial administrator, army officer, and commander of the Queen’s Rangers during the Revolutionary…
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Most Common Neighbor Disputes In Britain
Neighbor disputes are fairly common. They can arise for a number of reasons, such as shared land and amenities, repairs, boundaries, noise or parking spaces. How you deal with these could determine how comfortable you feel in your house and your neighborhood. So many times, disputes can escalate unnecessarily and leave both parties stressed, angry…
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Reactions To Walking In Downtown Albuquerque
The mayor of a beautiful American city filled with wonderful people-but part of a state often thought to be in a different country, had a serious but undiagnosed problem. It was known to many residents, but the mayor seemed blissfully unaware for months of what was going on. Violence and robberies dominated the local newscasts…
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I Am Content To Keep Watching While Men Dominate F1
The first time I watched an F1 Grand Prix was the race in Australia in 1998. I’d been persuaded by a friend who loved Canadian driver, Jacques Villeneuve, to watch and found myself gripped. Being a Scot, my instinct was to cheer for my fellow countryman, David Coulthard. I was thrilled when he led the…
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Canada Space Museum Partners On Search For Historic Avro Arrow Test Models
The Canada Aviation and Space Museum is proud to support OEX Recovery Group Incorporated (“OEX”), in a project involving the search-and-recovery of nine free-flight Avro Arrow models from Lake Ontario. The project was created by OEX as a Canada 150 initiative. As one of the three museums under the new Ingenium banner, the Canada Aviation…
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No Cost Auto Coupon Button Applies Savings At Checkout For Online Shopping
I’d like to tell you about an easy shopping hack that moves coupon clipping into the 21st Century. Gumdrop by Goodshop is a new free browser button which automatically finds and applies the best coupons at checkout when you are shopping online at more than 30,000 retailers including Kohl’s, Toys R Us and Amazon. It…
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Canada Uses USA Ad Agency To Snipe American Trademark In Time For 150th
With this Saturday, July 1st marking the celebration of Canada’s 150th Anniversary, the country recently hired the renowned New York ad agency Juized (*satirical) to rebrand the nation as “The Greatest Country On Earth”. This phrase has typically been associated with the U.S., but America let the trademark slip and Canada has scooped it up…
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SABRE Announces $15,000 Safe In Smart Scholarship Sweepstakes
SABRE, the number one brand of pepper spray trusted by police and consumers worldwide, is holding a scholarship Sweepstakes that will award one winner with $15,000 in scholarship funds. The Safe Is Smart Scholarship Sweepstakes is set to run from July 1st to September 1st—just in time for the back to school season. Recent campus safety statistics…
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Largest And Most Trusted Digital Marketplace For Shipping Estate Sales
We’re EBTH- Everything But The House- the largest and most trusted digital marketplace for shipping estate sales, but we started small, in front yards and tag sales. Our founders,-Brian Graves and Jacquie Denny, met while working in the Cincinnati auction and antiques world. While they loved uncovering the potential of pieces waiting inside their clients’…
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Amazing Fan Series Star Trek Continues Wraps Up With Florida Supercon Screening
The cast and crew of STAR TREK CONTINUES finished principal photography on our series a few months ago, and we are working at warp speed to put all of the finishing touches on Episodes 9, 10, and 11 – which will complete our salute to The Original Series. And while we are all sad to…
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Cooking With Toronto’s Steam Whistle Beer Is Versatile
Steam Whistle Brewing recently surveyed their fans, friends and followers on the brewery’s Facebook and Twitter pages to find out if they had any interesting alternative uses for beer. While many indicated that they prefer their beer for drinking, an overwhelming majority of the alternative uses for Steam Whistle involved using it when cooking, in…
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SWOLEMATE Is New Exercise Trend Bringing Couples Together
You may have seen this hashtag trending on social media as millennials run to the gym in droves to exercise, tone up and sweat it out with their #swolemates. According to fitness experts Danny and Denise Locsin, spending quality exercise-time with a sweetheart has more benefits than one may realize. Working out together builds self esteem,…
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An Artist Life Means Putting Your Guts Out Into The World
The formula for a life well lived might look something like this: Dive in head first > fail > repeat. Life is a series of cycles. There is of course the broad cycle, we are born, we live, we age, we die. But within this scope are countless other cycles for every part and parcel…
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Joy Junction Apartment Complex In Albuquerque Fights Homelessness
It’s no secret that homelessness in Albuquerque is an ongoing crisis. The crisis continues, despite inaccurate promises by some groups to “end” homelessness. Over the last few years, I’ve seen panhandling increase prolifically all over the city, while at Joy Junction, desperate families-often with children-call or visit us daily asking for a meal and a…
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Original Cast And Creator Bring Futurama Comedy Cartoon To Mobile Gaming
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! TinyCo, a Jam City Company, and Fox Interactive have announced the development of Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow, a new game coming soon for mobile devices. The game features original content from Futurama creator and Executive Producer Matt Groening, Executive Producer David X. Cohen, and much of the team behind the beloved TV…
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A Cautionary Tale Of Picking Winners
It’s dangerous to pick winners. Everyone knows that and yet it’s difficult to not put your stamp, your intuition and your ego into choosing a winner. Heck, some folks even make a decent living out of it. They’re called critics and advertising executives and sometimes they’re known as a marketing committee. But just for a moment…
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Art Of Painting With Camera Focus At Hurban Vortex Exhibit In Cannes
If you could choose just one photo exhibit to see all year, it would have to be Hurban Vortex in Cannes. Often, photography is the visual equivalent of telling a one-word story, expressed through an immediately comprehensible image. In contrast, Parisian photographer Boris Wilensky takes you on a journey through time, space, and humanity. His…
