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I’ve mostly used prepaid Mastercards in the past. Today I tried to use a prepaid VISA card, and my transaction was declined. I talked to the recipient of the attempted transaction (a company) and they said to try the card, because it was declined. I called VISA’s number on the back of their card. Foreign … Read more

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With this online free app, you can customize the colors for features and text on Google Maps. You don’t need to sign in to try it out, but if you come up with something you want to save, you will have to sign up at that time (and it will save — you don’t need … Read more

Well, Canadians, it looks like Prime Minister-Designate Justin Trudeau will lead Canada after his Oct. 19 win on promises of “real change” — doing things differently and better than Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s conservative government. Think hard about it. What do you expect of Trudeau during the next 4 years? [youtube id=”KlzovaP4VG4″ align=”center” mode=”normal” autoplay=”no”] Some of the … Read more

Red – news related … Green – groceries … blue – non-food-and-drink shops and places … A Twitter List by EdSpk October events: Info on events: Tongues of Fire: every 2nd and 4th Thursday from September through May. Sign-up opens at 7:30pm, and the open mic begins at 8pm. $6-10 sliding scale. Solstice Café (529 Pandora … Read more

When Canadian Doctor Frederick Banting discovered insulin, he turned down offers from big corporations that would have made him – and them — rich, by making insulin available only to those who could afford it. Instead, Banting said that insulin was his gift to mankind. Diabetes began to be recognized as a top killer of humans in … Read more

Buy cassette tapes. According to m u s i c i a n / p r o d u c e r s, these are the best spots. Keeping in mind you’re looking for DIY prices, the cheapest places are: Duplication.ca NAC deltamedia BandCDs How much should you pay? It shouldn’t be up there around … Read more

“Our function at the hunting club is a mission. We don’t do it so that can go into nature to shoot or get drunk. We support nature and hunting, and we do it out of love.” These are the words of the president of the hunting association, Humberk Ivo Hrzán. He has managed the association for several years. … Read more

“The Self Immolators,” written in 2013 under the pen-name Day Blakely Donaldson. Rights and permissions to use material in this book: the text, including translations, can be used under the Creative Commons licence. You can reprint sections of this book, but include a line noting the source and link the text “The Self Immolators” back … Read more