The federal government is being formally asked to overturn a CRTC decision that will force smaller Internet service providers to charge similar usage-based fees as Bell, Rogers and Shaw.

Hmmm, lets hope now the Feds will do something about it other than just sit back and let this continue to happen.   If not well lets say this, election time isn’t far off.   Keep on writing them letters folks maybe just maybe they might hear us.   My Opinion Only

Another good article concerning our Internet is here take a look and don’t forget to sign the petition going round.  Every little bit helps.  You folks are the only ones that can help stop this tragedy that is about to happen.  Below I put a link to the place you can sigh the Petition easy simple only takes a second.  Also the article below that for you to read at your leisure.

http://openmedia.ca/meter

http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/114520504.html

Here is a link that will take you to where you can read what is about to happen to our Internet.  For those that like the Internet as we now know it, read it through, then at the bottom where it says , Stop The Meter, click on that an sign the petition.   What these folks are trying to do will be the down fall of everything that the Internet stands for, simple as that, along with the little servers going out of business and them making millions of $$$$$$.  So now it is time to do your part.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/a-metered-internet-is-a-regulatory-failure/article1881250/

Attractions Marketing Information Session

Wednesday February 2^nd, 2011

9:30 – 11:30 am

Muskoka Boat and Heritage Centre

185 Cherokee Lane, Gravenhurst

OR

Thursday February 10^th, 2011

9:30 – 11:30 am

West Parry Sound District Museum

17 George Street, Parry Sound

The meetings have been designed to introduce you to RTO12, to develop strong partnerships and to coordinate attractions in the region.

Each meeting will include:

• The plans being considered for attractions in the region;
• Ways for you to become involved with the RTO12 Attractions Committee;
• A presentation on Social Media and how you can take advantage of this RTO12 lead program to support your marketing efforts;
• An opportunity to meet with some of the key players and attraction partners in RTO12.

One of our goals is to double tourism receipts by 2020.  To accomplish this we are looking for interested individuals to participate on an RTO12 Attractions Committee to help develop future plans and shape attractions in RTO12.

Who We Are:

Regional Tourism Organization 12 (RTO12) is one of the 13 RTO’s set in place by the Ministry of Tourism & Culture to identify and implement regional priorities allowing for more consistent marketing of tourism in Ontario.

Region 12 coverage area includes Algonquin Park, Almaguin Highlands, Georgian Bay Country, Muskoka and the Township of South Algonquin.

Our Mandates:

Our mandates are: leadership and strategic planning, developing strong partnerships and collaboration, investment attractions, innovation, marketing, workforce development and skills training.

For more information:

Phone: 705-645-2512

Email: [email protected]
Website: www.rto12.ca

Take a look at this next line that came out today in the news.

The number of people receiving regular employment insurance benefits fell 0.8 per cent in November from the previous month to 673,650, Statistics Canada said Thursday.

Now with them saying this, it kind of makes one think that more folks are getting jobs and that the economy is on an upswing.  My way of looking at it is, that their unemployment has just run out and no longer on the system, so the Powers That Be figure they went back to work, but in reality a lot are still out of work.  Hope I am wrong.  My Opinion Only.



Today children under five are more comfortable playing computer games than tying their own shoelaces.

Practical skills in children are increasingly being lost, with tradition skills being replaced by , well I don’t know really.

Well thought I would add a couple links and a map here for the Argyle Riders, our snowmobile club here in Port Loring. The map below shows the trails and where one can get gas, repairs, food , or what ever while in our area.  Oh and don’t forget to stop by our gift shop located at 11588 our 911 number out front on HWY 522 Port Loring, can’t miss it just look for the big sign out front of our home.  Second house on the right heading west, just past the Shell station. Click Picture of map to enlarge and link to go to the Argyle Web Site.  Now…..get you there and have some fun.  Oh and don’t forget your trail pass for 2011.

http://www.argyleriders.com/index.html

http://www.jakesrestaurant.ca/

http://theoldcraftsman.com/

The Link below  shows where all the Animal and Bird Deaths are happening here on earth.   Just hover your mouse over the selected areas and a pop up will come up and tell you what it is all about.  Pretty interesting I thought take a look. Click Link Below

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=201817256339889828327.0004991bca25af104a22b

Now here is some interesting news that for some reason doesn’t even bother folks, as to what is happening in our old world today. For most parts the Powers That Be have said it isn’t us humans that have caused their death, but in saying that I kind of think they are wrong in their thinking.  Something is causing these to die and no matter what they say I don’t believe it is natural.  I am inclined to think that the cause is from us humans and to take it one step further I am kind of inclined to believe that some where killed deliberately. Reason being there is word out there that a lot of folks in certain towns are plagued with birds of certain kinds, along with fish and other species.  So what better way than to get rid of a few and put the blame on something, other than themselves.   Now again my opinion only.

Two million fish washed up in Chesapeake Bay.

Hundreds of snapper fish were found dead on the beaches of Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand on Tuesday. Beachgoers found the fish, many with their eyes missing, lying lifeless on the sand.

You know they talk about fast guns many years ago but this fellow here is pretty good himself he is suppose to be the fastest gun alive and once you watch the video you will see for yourself that he is pretty good.  Click Link Below to view

http://www.wimp.com/fastestgunman/

Well since my son works there in North Bay on Base at NORADm I figured I should put this write up about NORAD tracking Santa this Christmas  Also click the link in the below article as it will take you to the official site of where NORAD is doing its tracking.  So here it is.  Enjoy and Merry Christmas.

As Christmas gets closer, the Canadian NORAD Region has put the finishing touches on plans to track and escort Santa Claus when he visits Canada, and has selected four CF-18 fighter pilots who will act as Santa’s official escorts.

425 Tactical Fighter Squadron Commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Sylvain Ménard, and Major Eric Haas, an exchange officer from the United States Air Force, will launch from 3 Wing Bagotville, Que., to welcome Santa as the sleigh approaches Canadian airspace. 409 Squadron Commander, Lt.-Col. Eric Kenny, and Captain Chad Ireland of 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alta., will take over the escort duties as Santa makes his way into Western Canada.

Special NORAD SantaCams, positioned around the world, will take photos and video of Santa and his sleigh as he journeys around the world. The SantaCams instantly download the photo and video imagery so that it may be viewed by children worldwide on the NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, on December 24. All of this information will be available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Chinese.

The Canadian Air Defence Sector Operations Centre at 22 Wing in North Bay, Ont., will alert NORAD when their radar and satellite systems detect Santa approaching North America. Two CF-18 Hornet fighter jets from 3 Wing will welcome Santa as he enters Canadian airspace off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. As Santa flies across Canada from east to west, two CF-18 Hornets from 4 Wing will escort through Canadian airspace so that he may safely conduct his Christmas voyage.

On December 24, children can also receive updates on Santa’s Christmas Eve journey by calling the traditional “NORAD Tracks Santa” telephone hotline at 1-877-HI NORAD, or by emailing NORAD at [email protected]. Last year, the NORAD Tracks Santa website received over 13 million unique visitors from 231 countries and territories around the world. On Christmas Eve alone, NORAD “Santa Trackers” answered more than 74,000 telephone calls and answered 3,500 emails over a 25 hour period ….

Kind of interesting of how folks like to make an extra dollar these days.  Take A Look.  Kind of makes you want to be a touch more on the ball before doing things that others ask of you.

This long distance phone scam causes consumers to inadvertently incur high charges on their phone bills. Consumers usually receive a message telling them to call a phone number with an 809, 284, 649, or 876 area code in order to collect a prize, find out information about a sick relative, etc. The caller assumes the number is a typical three-digit U.S. area code; however, the caller is actually connected to a phone number outside the United States, often in Canada or the Caribbean, and charged international call rates. Unfortunately, consumers don’t find out that they have been charged higher international call rates until they receive their bill.  The Amounts are quite high one should remember, more than what most can really afford.

AT&T recommends the following tips to help avoid the 809 area code scam:

• Return calls to familiar numbers only. As a general rule, return calls from numbers that contain familiar or recognizable area codes. You may call your directory assistance or long distance operator to check the area code location.
• Carefully read your telephone bill. Make sure that you only receive charges from your provider of choice. Ensure you thoroughly understand charges listed on your phone bill, have chosen to do business with all of the listed providers billing for those charges and have authorized additional fees invoiced. If your local service provider has changed, you will receive a final bill from the former provider and a notice of service disconnection.

If you believe that you have been scammed:

• Contact the carrier with whom the charge originated, whose name and toll-free telephone number should be printed on the same bill page as the charge in question. Often, the problem can be resolved with a single phone call.
• If the carrier with whom the charge originated does not agree to resolve the problem, contact AT&T. AT&T will work with you and the carrier to help remove fraudulent charges from the phone bill.

Might not hurt to check your cupboards in case you have a jar or two stuck away.  For us my wife does all ours up fresh from our garden.  One way of making sure what you are eating is safe to eat.  With Precautions of course.  Just another reason that come spring you get to planning out a good size vegetable garden.  I have a spot around forty feet by thirty feet and it supplies all our needs and then some.

OTTAWA—The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has expanded a warning about a number of Barrie Bros. vegetable soups.
The agency says they may contaminated with a bacteria that could cause botulism, a life-threatening illness.
These Barrie Bros. Local Food Company 1892 vegetable soup products, sold in a 744 mL Mason glass jar with a metal lid, are affected by this alert.
These products do not have a lot code or a Best Before date.
Fresh asparagus soup, fresh cauliflower soup, butternut squash soup sweet potato and red pepper soup and potato and leek soup.
The list also includes Jeff Suddaby’s gourmet pumpkin and sweet potato soup and gourmet vegetable barley soup.
There have been no reported illnesses linked to these productsm which have been distributed in Ontario.
Food contaminated with Clostridium botulinum toxin may not look or smell spoiled.