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FRED SCHNEIDER
Fred Schneider. All photos courtesy of B-52s.
Music & Life: Past, Present and Future By Jennifer J. Lacelle June 14, 2021
There’s nothing like good music and
restaurant in Athens, Georgia, in 1976.
caffeine to get you pumped up in the
Ultimately, they formed the wildly
morning. Then hit the road and enjoy
famous B-52s who wrote and
a little sunshine, fresh air blowing
performed the hit track, “Love Shack.”
through your car windows, and the fun has begun.
Background The band named themselves after the
Fun was the entire point when Fred
hairstyle “Bouffard” — their name is
Schneider, Kate Pierson, Keith
actually southern slang for the
Strickland, Cindy Wilson and Ricky
outlandish updo, technically speaking.
Wilson played together in an impromptu session at a Chinese
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Schneider recalls their first real gig
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TAKING THE NHL BY STORM
Bryan Trottier. Photo from newsday.com
Bryan Trottier: 7 Time Stanley Cup Winner Tells All By Jennifer J. Lacelle June 15, 2021
The small, quant town of Val Marie,
Two: seven-time winner of the Stanley
Saskatchewan is the typical
Cup, Bryan Trottier.
Canadian village with under 200 residents. Their primary economical
He was born in Val Marie on July 17,
resources are ranching, farming and
1956 to Buzz and Mary. Trottier’s father
tourism, but it’s famous for two
is of Cree-Métis and Chippewa
primary reasons.
heritage, and his mother is Irish. The pair raised their five children on a
One: the nearby Grasslands
small ranch a few miles outside of the
Provincial Park, a place to see some
township. While Trottier says they
of Canada’s rarest wildlife in it’s 700
never had any specific Indigenous
square kilometers.
traditions, , especially since they didn't
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INCLUDING ALL CHILDREN IN P.L.A.Y.
All photos courtesy of SMCF.
Sudbury Manitoulin Children's Foundation By Kelly Louiseize June 18, 2021
From the foundation who ensures a
assistance to children wishing to
place for children at camp comes a
become involved in sports. Applicants
new campaign that aims to include
can submit for up to $250 three times
every child in sports.
during the year and that funding will be directly paid for sports equipment.
The Sudbury Manitoulin Children’s Foundation (SMCF) graciously
“It is just to get children active and all
welcomes the Positive Leisure
the soft skills they are learning that
Activities for Youth (P.L.A.Y)
they don’t even know (about),” says
campaign. The former initiative
Anne Salter-Dorland, executive
introduced by The Human League
director of SMCF.
Association ensures financial
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CRYPTO-CURRENCIES: WTH?
How Long Will Online Currencies Make Waves By Dr. Fred Lazar June 1, 2021
According to Wikipedia, Bitcoin was
Is Bitcoin money, an asset or a
invented by an unknown person or
combination of the two? What is the
group of people under the name
value of Bitcoin, the godfather of
Satoshi Nakamoto and released as
crypto-currencies?
open-source software in 2009. The system works without a central bank
As I write, Bitcoin is currently worth
and supposedly without a single
around $35,000. Is Bitcoin a bargain, or
administrator. The transactions are
is it destined to become the 21st
verified by network nodes through
century’s version of Dutch tulip bulbs?
the use of cryptography and
Tulipmania, as it is commonly referred,
recorded in a public-distributed
is one of the world’s most famous
ledger called a blockchain.
market bubble and crashes.
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TOP 13 PLACES TO VISIT IN CANADA
Hills in the Blue Mountains. All photos by Jennifer Lacelle.
Stop #6: The Blue Mountains & Grey County, Ontario By Jennifer J. Lacelle July 14, 2021
Ontario, Canada: 1.076 million square
or Henry Hudson, began filling lands
kilometers of beauty, business,
with forts, settlements and
luxury, history, arts and travel. Over
communities, the primary population
14.57 million people live in Ontario
were the Algonquin (migrant hunters)
but that wasn’t always the case. The
and Iroquois (farmers of squash, corn
former residents were woolly
and beans).
mammoths and mastodons… about 10,000 years ago anyway.
Furthermore, are the Oji-Cree, Ojibwa, Odawa, Mississauga, Cree, Neutral,
History
Haudenosaunee, Wendat,
Before settlers, namely Étienne Brûlé
Potawatomi, and Métis.
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WEATHER MAGIC
This Photo by Unknown Author. Licensed under CC BY-SA
Learning a Little Science By Michel Treskin Editor Jennifer J. Lacelle June 17, 2021
I remember my father predicting the
Weather forecasting is not an exact
weather better than the
science, but it is an extraordinarily
meteorologist on TV. Every time he
complex and extremely difficult
predicted adverse weather I would
discipline in which to be accurate.
question him… he was right 95% of
Aviators constantly rely on the current
the time.
weather they can see, the forecast at the destination, and the departure
After so many years as a pilot, I can
airport’s report.
now say that I read the sky just like my father did.
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When the weather is well below the
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I CAN SEA FOR MILES
Sea Pod Architect: Waterstudio.NL | All renderings provided by developer/builder: Ocean Builders.
Ocean Builders By Kelly Louiseize Editor Jennifer J. Lacelle June 28, 2021
Imagine going to sleep under the
on a large pedestal in the Indian
stars or rising to have a cup of coffee
Ocean and although it was nothing
on the patio overlooking the vast
pretty, Grant saw its potential.
ocean with dolphins playing below like children. It sounds fantastic and
“It really was a diamond in the rough,”
for Grant Romundt, it wasn’t a
Grant Romundt says.
consideration until he met Rüdiger (Rudy) Koch on a plane bound for
After the retreat Grant rejoined Rudy
Thailand.
and over the subsequent months, he and Romundt formed Ocean Builders.
He showed Grant his engineering
An acquaintance introduced Grant to
project photos, a basic house sitting
Koen Olthuis, an aqua-architect from
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WHY DO WE LOVE STORIES?
The Importance of Storytelling By Jennifer J. Lacelle July 14, 2021
One of the more famous authors of
children’s stories — which they quickly
fables is Aesop, who’s earliest record
became. Consider the tortoise and the
of writing is in the 4th Century BCE.
hare, it created the saying, ‘slow and
Although, there is some speculation
steady wins the race.’ You can
that he retold stories already created
consider the fable a lesson on patience
and he simply became the famous
and that arrogance is a downfall.
one. As time progressed, the Medieval era It’s thought that his fables were
developed more of their own stories to
meant to be statements about social
tell. In the 17th Century, Jean de La
and political criticisms, rather than
Fontaine wrote much about human
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