Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Mafia bribed Montreal airport customs agent
80’s Music Rules ~ More from Retrospect CFRC-FM ~ 9-29-09
I knew it was going to be a great night when Ed-FM opened the show with Armoury Show. We were also treated to a taste of Goth in honor of this week’s Criminally Underrated feature about the Sisters of Mercy, plus some fabulous barn-burners such as Cassandra Complex’s “Def Con One” and Data Bank A’s “Waiting Room.” Don’t recognize any of the tunes? Then consider joining us next Tuesday night at 8 pm.
Be sure to tune in to Ed and his “obscure is like a box of chocolates” 80’s Retrospect show on CFRC-FM from 8 pm until 10 pm on Tuesday nights. Ed takes requests by phone: (613) 533-CFRC (2372) or email: retrospectcfrc at yahoo dot ca. Indulge yourself in some “80’s Music that doesn’t suck.” I guarantee die-hard 80’s New Wave/post-punk fans will not be disappointed.
CFRC-FM Playlist September 29, 2009
Basement of Carruthers Hall in Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
ED-FM ~ Retrospect
80’s Music That Doesn’t Suck
If the “Listen Live” link on the CFRC Website doesn’t work, copy and paste this URL into your Windows Media Player: http://sunsite.queensu.ca:8000/
Join us in the Chat Room during the show – either click the link on the right menu under the Rave and Roll graphic, or here. To listen to any shows that you may have missed, go to the CFRC website and look up the archives under the “Programming” drop-down menu. You can enjoy Ed’s previous shows in one-hour increments.
1. Armoury Show – Castles In Spain
2. Chain Of Fun – Paisley Girls
3. Spoons – Smiling In Winter
4. The Smiths – There’s A Light That Never Goes Out
5. Men Without Hats – Unsatisfaction
6. Siouxsie And The Banshees – Killing Jar (lepidopteristic mix)
7. Simple Minds – Today I Died Again
8. Skinny Puppy – Choke
9. Bauhaus – Ziggy Stardust
10. Breeding Ground – Reunion (12 inch)
11. Data Bank A – Waiting Room
12. Cassandra Complex – Def Con One
13. Fad Gadget – Collapsing New People (the Berlin mix)
14. Mittageisen – Wir
15. Sex Gang Children – Beasts (12” single)
16. Happy Birthday – Altered Images
17. Cult Hero – I’m A Cult Hero
18. Victims of Pleasure – Jack And Jill
19. Paul Hardcastle – 19
20. Berlin – Sex (extended)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Psychic Clues - Mariam Makhniashvili - Jessica Neilson - Lisa Stebic - Missing Persons
mariam makhniashvili toronto disappear sept 14 2009
I have psychic information about Mariam Makhniashvili, Jessica Neilson and Lisa Stebic.
On The Idea Girl Says I show the comparison in looks and share two of the visions, dreams about Mariam Makhniashvili.
On Jessica Neilson A Pyschic Investigation – I’ve posted psychic dreams, visions about these cases on Squidoo.
I woke up today around 330 am.
I’ve been trying to AVOID doing the pyschic stuff for awhile because I find it very draining.
But this case is bugging me so I gave in and posted the info.
I hope it helps the police and detectives in solving their cases.
That is what I pray will happen.
I hope what I write and share helps bring closure to the grief these families share.
That is the only reason I post the information given to me.
I never know if a dream will come true but in some cases they do.
If our dreams can be used as clues to help find missing persons then I’m helping the universe in some small way.
I guess I believe when you have a gift your supposed to share it.
I stopped working with the gift and ghosts because I lost my surround sound then my car.
I was angry about it.
But now I realize that I have to help in any way possible because there are no leads for Mariam.
Hopefully what I’ve written, or what others have written (other pyschics) the police can use the similarities between the clues given to find what they are looking for.
Usually a dream from the Universe will be given to more than one person, if it’s asked to help with something.
There should be some sort of gut confirmation or dream sequence of events that all ties in together.
When I was working on the Victoria Stafford case, I was constantly being shown that what I saw or dreamed about was also given to several other people (we all had the same dream, vision but none of know each other and were all in different cities – we bumped into each other during a psychic vision night with Zoltar)
It’s also been the case in disasters.
The big mud slide that wiped out a village?
Over 30 people had a dream that something was going to happen to the village two nights before it happened.
If they had shared their dreams or visions, they would have realized it was a warning from the Universe to protect themselves and get away from that area.
The people that had the dream, all survived and talked about the DREAM after it happened.
I read about it somewhere while surfing the net for DREAMS and VISIONS and Psychic stuff.
It’s something that mankind needs to embrace.
The Universe will send you messages that sometimes don’t make sense.
A dream, words, a sentence – jot it down in a diary and put the date and time.
Later go back over your notes and you’ll be surprised that you have a message.
It will be sent to help you, guide you or give you wisdom concerning a future decision that you will have to make.
In some cases, it’s also the way your brain solves a problem.
Our brains are like a computer we have packet loss when a message is sent to us.
So I guess the Universe sends the messages to our brains in bits and pieces so that we can put the puzzle together (strengthen our brain muscles = a healthy brain) and learn something from it.
In Victoria Stafford’s case, I was given the message where her body would be found but I didn’t figure it out till after it happened.
Now I write down all clues and look at them from different angles while keeping in mind, that the Universe has a different dimension then we do, so we have to look outside the box or in other words, look for a pattern or something out of the ordinary.
The next time you’re out in a public place, really listen to your gut instincts.
I had a strange experience the other day as I was walking by people, something was telling me what they did for a living.
I used to do that for a game then I’d ask people and I was usually right about their occupation.
Have you ever known yourself to read people’s minds?
You have a thought when looking at someone then without even knowing it – minutes later they start talking about what they were thinking – and you realize that you’ve read their mind.
You’re an antenna picking up on their thoughts.
It’s all about tuning into your intuition and following what your gut says.
When I refer to the Universe I believe we are all connected.
Six Degrees of Separation – Facebook is a prime example – out of six people someone will be connected to you and to someone else that you know.
Maybe our minds are all connected in some way shape or form, (now that’s scary!)
We will never know unless we try to understand how our brains work.
Through Science, Research and Technology new things are being discovered about the human body on a daily basis.
Someday we’ll have the answers to all of our questions and thoughts that flitter through our brains.
In the meantime, lets do what we can to help humanity.
If you have a gift, don’t be afraid to share it.
You might just rescue someone from a bad situation or you will help to bring peace of mind to a family somewhere…
grand final
Being in Canada, finding somewhere to watch one of Australia’s biggest annual sporting events, the Australian Rules Football Grand Final, was never going to be easy. After a few false starts, we found a drinking establishment that claimed to know what TV channel would carry the game and, even better, was willing to put it on. The Charles Dickens Pub was the place in question. Sounds almost gentrified, doesn’t it? I have even had lunch here on one occasion before and found it to be a nice, quiet local pub.
The start time for the game here was 9:30pm local time, Saturday night. Ever heard that old Elton John song, “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)”? Almost positive that he wasn’t thinking of sleepy ole Vancouver Island when he wrote those lyrics.
We sat on high stools up against the bar, watching a small TV up in a corner, above the bottles of spirits. The bartender warned us that he couldn’t put the sound on, but that didn’t worry us, we were just happy to watch. Turns out that sound or no sound wouldn’t have made any difference as the noise levels in the pub rose to a dull roar by 10pm. The table behind us became a meeting place for a large group of 20-something, mostly male patrons. I was pretty focused on the game but I could certainly hear that things were getting a little messy behind us. As the game went into the 2nd quarter, some “words” had already been exchanged amongst the young bucks but up until then, they were just that, words. And then the fists started flying. I missed the start of proceedings (hey, I was watching the game!) but when I turned around there was a large scrum off to the left of us. It seemed to be degenerating rapidly towards an all-in brawl until the bouncers showed up and did their job well. This quieted things down for a little while but it was clear that testosterone levels were still elevated. We were also baffled by the presence of the original combatants again behind us with drinks in their hands. Turns out they were actually “friends” of sorts!
Half time arrived and we reluctantly decided that, although we wanted to see how the game would end, we didn’t want to witness how this night at the pub would end. Now, some of you are probably thinking that this sounds like a normal Saturday night at the pub, and you may be right, but I don’t get out much. I just wanted to watch the game without fear of being king-hit from behind. Is that too much to ask?
In the end I had to settle for listening to the second half on an internet radio station. Cheers to Cats supporters and commiserations to the Saints supporters.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Canadians should be in a National Uproar over the Globalive / CRTC hearings. Is Globalive Canadian owned ? Does it matter ?
It apparently does, and the incumbents (Bell, Telus, Rogers) are pissed – why ? Well, here’s the new kid on the block that’s going to rain on their parade. If you were one of three firms operating in an oligopoly ripping consumers off for so many years, and a new competitive threat was knocking on the door, wouldn’t you do anything you could to stop the new companies from entering the market ?
And on the flip side, the Canadian consumer should be pissed. We have opened up wireless spectrum to allow for more competition in the marketplace. We need this competition to drive down prices and improve service. We should be in a national uproar that these CRTC hearings are even happening – if Globalive is stopped from entering the Canadian marketplace it’s the consumer that will suffer. It’s particularly disturbing considering Industry Canada has already approved the Globalive structure.
I did a post a few weeks ago about Globalive, one of Canada’s three new cell companies getting ready to launch in the next few months.
Well – with the help of the CRTC, Globalive is back in the news.
The CRTC, apparently the pet dog of Rogers , Telus, and Bell, was let loose to freely attack Globalive. Telus, Bell and Rogers, under the guise of the CRTC, seem to have a bit of a problem with the funding that Anthony Lacavera received to make the bid on the Canadian spectrum, and they are trying to do whatever they can to spoil Globalive’s chances of success.
The incumbents all have a good reason to attack Globalive. As reported by the Globe and Mail, upstarts like Globalive, Public Mobile, and DAVE mobile will potentially eat up 24% of the Canadian wireless market by 2014. That’s some serious market share, and the incumbents aren’t going to lie down and let the new guys steal their lunch.
The biggest problem seems to come down to math. Globalive states that Lacavera is in control, and he is a Canadian citizen. The incumbents are complaining about the amount of ownership and possible influence that the Egyptian financial backer, Orascom Telecom, has on the Globalive company. The way that Lacavera has explained it, the Globalive team is following all the rules while still allowing for some out of this country funding. Here is the breakdown:
- Anthony Lacavera owns 35 % of Globalive, and Orascom owns 65%.
- Orascom funded over $500 Million so Globalive could pay for the wireless spectrum that they bought, and the bridge financing required for the infratructure
- Both of these parties have agreed to replace the loans with third-party investments – as soon as it is commercially viable.
Telus and Bell suggest that Globalive and Orascom are pulling a fast one – trying to get around the legalities by setting up separate companies but still providing Orascom with a majority stake in the company, and also with the added benefit of controlling the operations.
It shouldn’t be a big shock that Globalive was financed through another country, and as long as Globalive and Orascom commit to what they say they are going to do, there shouldn’t be any problems.
Well – still one hefty problem – the CRTC is under the influence of the incumbents. The decisions coming from this regulatory body will provide fuel for many posts to come.
Am I the only one that sees the irony in the CRTC grilling Globalive about being influenced by outside sources? Isn’t this the pot calling the kettle black?
More: You can read about the other two new cellular companies coming to Canada. TheTelecomBlog.com has profiled:
Coming to Canada this Fall – profiling Public Mobile
Coming to Canada this Fall – profiling Wind Mobile
Coming to Canada this winter – profiling Dave Wireless
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Lake of the Woods Ice Fishing
Lake of the woods is located in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba and the U.S. state of Minnesota. Lake of the woods is over seventy miles long and seventy miles long. It has over 14,552 islands and 65,000 miles (105,000 km) of shoreline. It would be the longest shoreline of any lake in Canada but the lake is not completly in Canada.
There are several communities around the lake of the woods. In Minnesota there is Angle Inlet, Baudette, Hackett, Roseau, Warroad, and Wheeler’s Point. In Ontario there is Angle Inlet, Big Grassy, Dog Paw, French Portage Narrows, Kenora, Minaki, Morson, Naongashiing, Naotkamegwanning, Nestor Falls, Obashkaandagaang Bay, Ochiichagwe’Babigo’Ining, Onigaming, Rainy River, Regina Bay, Sioux Narrows, Wauzhushk Oniguming, and Windigo Island. Manitoba has only two communities near the shores of Lake of the Woods, Middlebro and Buffalo Point.
The main feature of the Lake of the woods is the Aulneau Peninsula. It is connected to the mainland by a strip of land at its southeast corner. Aulneau Peninsula is about twenty five miles long and ten miles wide. It has over eighty lake with in it and the largest of the lakes is called Arrow Lake. The Aulneau Peninsula was named after the Jesuit Father Jean-Pierre Aulneau, he was a French Catholic priest, who was killed on June 6th 1736 at Lake of the Woods.
The local economy of the Lake of the Woods relies heavily on tourism for revenue. There are many places for recreation on and around the lake. Equipment and boats can be supplied by the many resorts and outfitters for those that don’t have their own to use. Many locations of the lake are extremely remote and are difficult to access. Because the lake is so huge, it provides many excellent enviroments for fish to thrive in. The lake is well known for its walleye population, but lake perch and pike are also aboundant. You can also catch bass and muskies in this huge lake.
Ice fishing of this lake is a huge business. It freezes over completely in winter and provides hours, days and months of ice fishing enjoyment for those zany hard water anglers. You can expect to pull walleye, lake perch, pike, musky and bass out of the ice hole.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Shepherds Pie / Cottage Pie
This recipe comes from my Brother in Canada who sent me this to share with everyone, after he was sent it by our mum back in 2007. I think he enjoys making this to remind him of the delicious home cooked food we were brought up with.
Apparently there is a dish called ‘Pâté chinois’ in Canada already (Chinese pie) which is a French Canadian dish similar to that of Shepherds or Cottage Pie – however it seems to have an additional layer of canned corn in the middle between the meat and potato and is usually eaten with ketchup mixed in.
500g Potatoes sliced then cooked and mashed with olive oil and or butter or spread - salt & pepper
500g Extra-lean Minced Beef or Minced Lamb
1 Small Onion – finely chopped
1 dessert spoon Cornflour - you may need more to thicken you must decide.
Stock or water and Bovril or something similar
Ground Bay Leaves, Celery Salt or something or nothing, whatever you prefer
Salt & Pepper
Some people add a half can of chopped tomatoes, red wine, and garlic, but this then becomes a Bolognese sauce.
1 Put meat in a saucepan and cook until meat is browned and the fat runs. (Drain off some of the fat if there is a lot of it).
2 Add the onion and mix in. If using other ingredients add them – then and cook until all the juice is incorporated, over a medium heat.
3 Sprinkle over the cornflour – cook for 1 minute stirring it in.
4 Then add the stock to the thickness you want – cook for 1-2 minutes stirring all the time
5 Put into an ovenproof dish – spread over the prepared potatoes and if you want, a sprinkle of grated cheese.
6 Cook in the oven for 20-30 minutes until potatoes have browned.
Enjoy!
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