Category: Culture
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10 Ways You Can Make Money from Your Condo
Many people are currently looking at Montreal condos for sale, as the present boom in the property market makes it an ideal investment. As these developments continue, Montreal is also becoming more and more attractive to employees, tourists, homeowners, and investors alike. Planning to buy a condo and make money from it? Check out these…
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Ontario Intro’s Online Alcohol Sales And Delivery Via LCBO.COM
Ontario is offering a new and convenient way to buy alcohol products by introducing online sales through LCBO.com. Starting today, LCBO consumers can buy online up to 5,000 different products from across Canada and 85 other countries. Customers can choose to have their order sent to an LCBO store of their choosing for pick up,…
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Album By Yellow Salamand’r 4 Is More Than Soundscape
I really like this album, there’s some great soundscapes but also a sparseness and edge of tension at times. The production is excellent allowing sounds to evolve and grow. Fact: you will find a variety of recorded sounds that combine with layers of noise and drone elements and this results in the expected elements of experimental…
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Ontario Building About 500 Electric Vehicle EV Charging Stations- Here’s Where
Ontario is building almost 500 electric vehicle EV charging stations at over 250 convenient locations across the province to help reduce greenhouse gas pollution and fight climate change. The province is working with 24 public- and private-sector partners to create an unprecedented network of public charging electric vehicle stations in cities, along highways, at workplaces and…
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Albuquerque’s Joy Junction Homeless Shelter Is Turning 30
Joy Junction is three decades old. It is hard to believe the shelter I founded is 30 this year, and that I’ve spent more than half my life at what has obviously now become a lifetime calling. Looking back, it seems just like a short time ago that I came up the driveway of our…
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Chinese Newspaper Baskets
Okay I admit it, newspapers are dead. But maybe in China they aren’t. Or are. Because in a local bargain shop I discovered a cache of wastebaskets in three different sizes made entirely out of newspapers: Chinese newspapers to be exact. And that started me thinking. It seems probable that in China, or somewhere near there, an active recycling…
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Still Think UFO ‘s Are Fringe?
How do you take in and digest a weekend of UFO lectures when multiple talks happen simultaneously in multiple locations? That was the challenge I faced at the well attended Brant Cosmic UFO Expo. You see, the programming ran deep [click here to learn more] and I felt a certain allegiance to those speakers best representing…
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Ontario Basic Income Pilot Begins- Special Advisor Hugh Segal Appointed
The province has appointed the Honourable Hugh Segal to provide advice on the design and implementation of a Basic Income Pilot in Ontario, as announced in the 2016 Budget. Basic income, or guaranteed annual income, is a payment to eligible families or individuals that ensures a minimum level of income. Ontario will design and implement…
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International Etiquette Expert, Sharon Schweitzer Shares Father’s Day Ideas
Without him, you would not have known how to change a flat tire, nor the difference between a socket wrench and a ratchet wrench. His insights on sports led you to your favorite team. He’s always been there with a helping hand and now with the approach of Father’s Day on Sunday, June 19th, take…
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United States ‘ NSA Spy Town ‘ Going To Real Estate Auction
An abandoned United States Navy Information Operations Command spy town with 80 homes and amenities such as bowling alley and football field is going to auction and featured this week by our friends at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. “United States Spy Town Auction” It’s not the first time that an entire American town has gone on the auction block, but…
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First “Party Star”, Socialite Dorothy Taylor’s Beverly Hills Mansion For Sale
“The Countess of Beverly Hills Mansions” Before Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, socialite Dorothy Taylor may have been the first Hollywood celebrity who wasn’t in the entertainment business. She was the ultimate party host and frequent 1930’s scandal rag fodder. Her lovers included Gary Cooper, Bugsy Siegel, George Raft and an Italian count. Dorothy’s trip…
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International UFO Symposium Landing in Brantford, Ontario June 24-26
As a young child living in rural Newfoundland on the outskirts of Grand Falls, Osie woke up screaming every night from her terrible UFO nightmares. She believes she was abducted as a child – and is still being abducted today – by aliens, who have been doing medical procedures to her for her entire life.…
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America Meditating Radio Show Launches “Meditate The Vote – Real Conversation”
Building a better and more cohesive environment through collaboration Washington, D.C. – “Meditate the Vote – the Real Conversation” is the brainchild of the globally broadcast America Meditating Radio Show. In the midst of the election fever and the buzz that follows it, it is even more important that the citizenry is brought together to…
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May 4 is Yom HaShoah ‘ Holocaust Remembrance Day ‘
The Holocaust was a time of devastation, hate and corruption and is considered one of the most terrible events in human history. While the horror and mass extermination of more than six million Jews is known as fact around the world, it is more than just history to Arthur Weisze— it is his most vivid…
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Celebrate 20th Century Fox Alien Day On April 26 With Re-Issued Reebok Shoes
Is the Alien(s) franchise overdue for an official day of recognition and fan celebration? I think so. Fans of the original 1979 movie and the sequels and prequel that followed are a loyal bunch. They spend money on toys, posters, t-shirts, Blue-ray box sets and some like me, shelled out big bucks in 1987 for a…
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The Metapolitics of Burning Man- ‘Fighting the Lie of The Normal Art Economy’
OCCUPY BLACK ROCK! THE METAPOLITICS OF BURNING MAN by MARK VAN PROYEN As annual journalistic rituals go, the annual Time Magazine “Person of the Year” has been the most enduring barometer of the spirit of the moment of its announcement. For close to a century, the banner was “Man of the Year,” but after Corazon…
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Using Voice Tones To Teach Improvisation For Beginner Jazz Guitar
This article discusses an approach to teaching linear improvisation to beginning jazz guitarists through the function of voice leading in harmonic progressions. The guitar student may gain a clear understanding of improvising melodies by establishing clear visual and aural relationships between the chordal and melodic textures. Three dominant 7th chord voicings are introduced and applied…
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Impressive Fan Series ‘Star Trek Continues’ Is Shockingly True To Original Series
Ahead At Warp Speed The finishing touches are now being applied to the sixth episode produced by the fans behind Star Trek Continues, and we look forward to a debut screening in May at MegaCon in Orlando. This week, we’re launching another crowdfunding campaign to produce more episodes, which will bring to 10 the number…
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Real Estate Bubble? Celebrities Forced To Reduce Asking Price On Homes By Millions
Both Celine Dion and Puff Daddy have vastly reduced the prices on their mansion homes, featured this week at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. “Celine Drops Price on Florida Water Park Home” Grammy Award-winning Canadian singer Celine Dion and her manager husband, René Angélil, built their dream Florida home on Jupiter Island in 2010. The location offered the privacy the…
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“Good Ole Boys” Network In RV Industry Conspired To Keep Me Out
Dear Silo, For the next month, North Americans will be celebrating and honoring women and their journey throughout history. But it’s also important to look at what’s in store for the future. Right now, more than 9 million women own a business in the U.S.A. alone. It’s all part of a change in tide as…
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UK Firm Offers Modern Tech To Heat Old Homes
NOTE~ As of today’s date, 1 Pound Sterling = $1.88 CDN or $1.39 US dollars Modern Technology to Warm an Old Home by Cast Iron Radiators 4u.
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Celebrate Blade Runner 2049 Release With First Film’s Sketchbook
We’ve seen a lot of sequels and reboots over the years and the buildup to some of those (for example, a certain Sci-Fi movie series set in a galaxy far, far away) have been justifiably a social phenomena even if they disappointed fans of the original movies. But what to make of Blade Runner? Originally released in 1982 this…
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Words A Spoken Word Poem
“Words”. Thoughtful contemporary poetry from Allen Minor. Allen Minor is From Utica, New York and lives in Daytona Beach, Florida @allen_minor (Twitter) allen minor (YouTube) allen-minor (Tumblr) allen_minor (Instagram) Website http://Amazon.com/author/asminor
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Ontario Certifies Six Nation Polytech- First Aboriginal School to Award Languages Degree
Six Nations Polytechnic Aboriginal Institute to Offer Standalone Languages Degree Program Ontario Helping to Expand Post-secondary Options for Indigenous Students NEWS February 8, 2016 Ontario is helping to improve access to culturally appropriate postsecondary education and training opportunities for Indigenous learners by making it possible for Six Nations Polytechnic, an Aboriginal Institute, to…
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Alcohol Inks in place of Oil Paint has become my new Addiction
While searching for ways to expand “the oil painting experience” I came across tiny bottles of Alcohol Inks in all the basic colours, with an extender (strictly rubbing alcohol at 99%) as well as some clean-up solution. Painting with oils has always been my favorite medium but on occasion I find it kind of rigid-…
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Up for bidding- One of only 24 Barber 1894 Dimes ever struck
Heritage Auctions Coin News- 1894-S Barber Dime leads Heritage Tampa, FL FUN Platinum Night offerings *NOTE Jan8th 2016 Canadian Press picks up our story and updates– 1894-S 10C Branch Mint PR66 PCGS Secure. CAC 1894-S 10C Branch Mint PR66 PCGS Secure. CAC An 1894-S Barber Dime, Branch Mint PR66 PCGS CAC, the finest known survivor,…
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Through Mediums of Painting and Written Narrative, FLY shares Tales of Tremendous Strength and Courage
Los Angeles, USA – FLY has launched a one-of-a-kind artistic-inspirational campaign on Kickstarter, presenting the world’s first ‘pen & ink’ art book, solely designed to inspire and uplift its readers. Using pen and ink portraits and written narrative, FLY tells the stories of known and unknown human beings who dazzled the world against all odds,…
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LIFE SPORT Is Athens Sweatpants Shop And Art Space
LIFE SPORT (est. 2014) is both a sweatpants shop and an art space. Based in Athens, we aim to become a fully functioning shop with the intent to generate alternative arts funding in a time and place where there is none. Hosting presentations, spoken word and services, LIFE SPORT is invested in the experiment of…