Governor General’s Literary Awards

News Releases – 2008
Canada Council for the Arts announces finalists for the 2008 Governor General’s Literary Awards.
Toronto, October 21, 2008 – The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the finalists for the 2008 Governor General’s Literary Awards. The finalists include authors from ages 28 to 77, several previous finalists and three first-time finalists who [...]

Tools For Writers of Fiction or Nonfiction

If you’re looking for writing competitions, or literary magazines and small presses that welcome both new and established writers, begin here. If you’re seeking employment in the literary world, be sure to visit poets & writers Job Listings. Visit Poets and Writers here: http://www.pw.org

Readers Zone

Readers Digest

Information is always useful when you take that information and make your life better so for this reason check out Readers Digest when you get a chance. From politics to eating well. http://www.readersdigest.com

When People Don’t Act Real

I am always personally amazed by people who I meet from time to time who will appear to be so nice and friendly that I just simple want to invite them home for dinner. Wait! not so fast something doesn’t feel right too nice maybe, too friendly how do you know that the person is [...]

Black Book Magazine-Celebrities, Fashion, Nightlife

“BlackBook has a spirited enthusiasm for urban life, and the ways in which fashion, pop culture, and politics intersect and sometimes collide. It still enjoys frollicking in the shallows as well as in the deep end. BlackBook is a pop culture magazine… never less than stimulating, provocative, and, best of all, entertaining..” Check out black [...]

Amber Watch Mobile-Track your kids

Amber Watch Mobile

AmberWatch Mobile Hero: The AmberWatch Foundation , a child safety advocacy and educational outreach group, has launched this mobile service that turns kids’ cell phones into intelligent tracking and alerting tools. Similar to mobile social mapping cell phone services (think Boost Loopt’s “Where you at?”), the AmberWatch Mobile Hero service uses GPS technology [...]

Chicken Noodle Casserole-Yum!

Chicken Noodle Casserole

To get the recipe for this great casserole visit http://family.go.com and click on food

Simply Home Magazine

is the premier resource for women looking to blend their work and personal lives by starting a home business. Through a mix of true success stories, advice from industry experts, and relevant editorial content, Simply Home gives women the solutions and motivation they need to make a change and start a new career at home. [...]

Elevator Pitch 101

“Do you have a business idea that you would like to present to an Angel investor, Venture Capitalist?” Then MSNBC offers great information for people looking to get their idea across in the hopes of receiving funding. As a follow up the Mind your Business with MSNBC Article on my blog, you can go to [...]

Mind Your Business with MSNBC

MSNBC
updated 2:46 p.m. ET, Mon., Oct. 6, 2008
A new Web page on msnbc offers small business owners and entrepreneurs a place to get expert advice, network with other entrepreneurs and learn how to grow their companies.
The page, at http://yourbusiness.msnbc.com, is the new online home of “Your Business,” a 2-year-old show that airs on MSNBC cable [...]

Press Release Delicious Cookies,Great Prices! U.S.A Canada

“Do you want to enjoy your time this Christmas season? Be able to enjoy the great Christmas shows around town with your family and friends? Do you want relax and not worry that your cookie gifts are been sent out nicely packaged and freshly baked not store bought? Well, let us bake all the cookies [...]

Closet Cooking-No Cost to you

This Blog have some great recipes and great pictures. You can find Greek, French, Indian, Japanese and vietnamese two of my favourites.
I enjoy food from diverse cultures and you should too. Get out of your comfort zone and go have dinner at a vietnamese or thai restaurant or try some Indian or korean food. The blog also offersThai, chinese and [...]

Business Advantage through Technology

No other publisher covers IT from a uniquely Canadian perspective like ITBusiness.ca and IT World Canada.  They offer informative, incisive and unbiased coverage and examines Canadian case studies, news stories and applications. They provide an overview of trends and technologies, and looks at Canadian product availability and costs.

How to Cheat on your Man in the kitchen!

 The Sneaky Chef is the brainchild of Missy Chase Lapine, whose New York Times bestseller, The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids’ Favorite Meals (Running Press, March 2007) inspired a whole new brand in the healthy eating/lifestyles category.  How to Cheat on Your Man in the Kitchen was published April, 2008.
Missy [...]

Get Gooped!

Gwyneth Palthrow

Got GOOP by Gwyneth Paltrow?
Oscar winner launches lifestyle website
Fashion Week Daily Dispatch-Monday, September 22, 2008
(NEW YORK) Gwyneth Paltrow has launched her own lifestyle website, GOOP by Gwyneth Paltrow. It’s a “collection of experiences [of] what makes life good” according to the site. Currently in its nascent stages, each of the sections (Make, Go, Get, Do, [...]

Help End Slavery-Actress Julia Ormand

SLAVERY
”When one person completely controls another person, uses violence to maintain that control, exploits them economically, and pays them effectively nothing. A slave cannot walk away.“
”The process of moving a person into slavery.“
CONSUMER PLEDGE
I want to live my life free of the taint of slavery. I want to buy my products from companies committed to [...]

Five Fruits That Will Improve Your Vitality

 Let’s start with Strawberries. These bite sized fruits that are great by themselves or used for various things including strawberry jam, strawberry shortcake and countless other great things offer great fiber intake. They store more vitamin than orange and according to most doctors they can help stabilize your blood sugar level. Strawberries are best eaten [...]

Empower your life through affirmations

by Christine Peart

“Too many of us are hung upon on what we don’t have, can’t have or we won’t ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy—if not less of it—doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do.”
                              –Terry McMillan.
 
Author Terry [...]

Very Strange News-Angel caught on camera in Germany

Very Strange News
Mostly True, Weird News from around this Freaky World
http://verystrangenews.com/?p=53
February 10, 2007
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/200758/flying_creature Three friends are out for a drive in Hambury, Germany… one decided to turn on his camcorder and starting filming his friends… but it seems he also filmed something else… something very strange. What he caught on film can only be described [...]

Flags–A compelling story about humanity

Flags is a book written by Maxine Trottier and Paul Morin. The book tells the tale of a little girl named Mary and her Grandmother who had a next door neighbour Mr. Hiroshi who was Japanese. I read the book with my daughter recently and wanted to share the story of the book as well [...]

Smart Spending- Rich Living

                                                                             Articles you can read:
How to Beat the Emergency Spending Situation.
 
2. Needs, Wants and Passionate Desires.
These articles and more can be found over at Budget Savvy http://www.budgetsavvymag.com a great site that offers even more tips and hints on saving and I am sure everyone right now wants to save money. If you pocket is happy well [...]

Blissfully Domestic-Financial Editor

Financial Bliss

Starting next week I will be contributing regular business news over at Blissfully Domestic http://www.blissfullydomestic.com read all about living frugally, homeshool, healthy living, fashion,food and lots of other great topic ideas served up their ever growing talented and creative writers. So pop here at my blog–then pop over at Blissfully Domestic and I am [...]

Ravioli Vegetable Lasagna

Ravioli Vegetable Salad

Courtesy of the Food Network
As a follow up to saving in these tough economic times here is another recipe that will certainly taste good and put some money back into your pocket. I recommend you substitute the Provolone cheese with say swiss cheese, substitue the Aspargus for additional spinach,fresh corn, Mushrooms, or eggplant. [...]

Eating Healthy and Saving money

With the ever increasing economic woes it is extremely difficult to stay on budget and save money while trying to feed the family. One of the ways to save money while shopping is focusing on creating healthier meals. Dishes like vegetable soup, stir-fry vegetables with cooked chicken, stir-fry vegetables with Tofu offers some healthy alternatives. Vegetable [...]

25 Highest Paid Women 2008

Kathleen Quirk of Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold 2007 Total Compensation 16.3 million
Take a look at the remaining women on the list of Fortune Magazine 25 Highest Paid Women below 
 
 
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0809/gallery.women_highest_pay.fortune/4.html

Savvy Mom!

So okay, maybe you already know about Savvy Mom and you are already enjoying the great articles they already write and the resources they offer. For those who don’t and like reading and getting new information that helps you to live a more productive life then head on over to http://www.savvymom.ca
Wrap N’ Pack Pizza Pouches

Wrap [...]

Robin Thicke-The Singer, Musician

Robin Thicke

The award-winning multiplatinum superstar returns to center stage with Something Else, a joyful and modern tribute to the ‘70s soul and pop records that have inspired an extraordinary career.
Something Else is aptly titled. “It’s time for hope and change,” Thicke says. “It’s in the air. And I’m speaking on the times around me.” Thicke [...]

How do bloggers make money?

Blogging for Dollars By Michael Agger
Posted Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, at 6:28 PM ET
Last week, the blog search engine Technorati released its 2008 State of the Blogosphere report with the slightly menacing promise to “deliver even deeper insights into the blogging mind.” Bloggers create 900,000 blog posts a day worldwide, and some of them [...]