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Lynda.com makes photo book production a breeze

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Online course explains how to plan, organize and publish a photo book on Blurb.com

Lynda.com Creating Photo Books with Blurb, showing book cover design

Self-publishing a book is a daunting task made relatively easy with the Lynda,com course Creating Photo Books with Blurb.

For example, if you want to create a really special Valentine’s Day photo book covered in How to make the best Valentine for under $50, the related Lynda course takes about 2 to 3 hours to complete and costs $25, or $37.50 if you use their sample files. The fee is a one month membership and you can also take other courses during the month. There also is a Lynda.com 7-day free trial.
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One day internet blackout works but it’s not over yet

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Massive blackout of internet sites on Jan 18 influences lawmakers

The media stories have Hollywood corporate fat cats reeling from Wednesday’s shutdown or blackout of more than 12,000 websites like Wikipedia, Reddit and Wired. NJN Network did its small part by wearing black all day.
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NJN Network is darkened today to protest SOPA PIPA

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Wearing black for SOPA protest

Wikipedia goes dark for SOPA protest

If SOPA passes the US Congress in anything close to its current form, the internet as we know it will be essentially dead.

We are joining sites around the world to protest like Wikipedia, Flickr, and Reddit.
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Registered Disability Savings benefit for well-to-do Canadians

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The RDSP is a disability support program that is not intended to help those who really need it.

Canada's Finance Minister sheds a tear for disabled (photo Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)The RDSP needs serious revision before it will be more than a boutique benefit program for a few lucky Canadians.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty teared up during an October 2011 press conference announcing a review of the RDSP.

“There was an initial attempt to contain the tears. When that failed, there was a brief foray at concealing them from the cameras.” Continue reading →

Isn’t it time men to give women a chance?

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“I dance and snowboard…And I am SICK of getting hurt by guys” Tabitha Stepple

Tabitha Stepple identified as the ex-girl friend and murder victim of the suspected triple murderer

The country is shocked to hear the story about three young people gunned down on the highway in Alberta, apparently by the ex-boyfriend of Tabitha Stipple one of the victims says the Calgary Herald.

Mitch Maclean and Tanner Craswell were two young ball players from PEI on their way home for Christmas, being driven to the airport by their female friends.  Continue reading →

Charlottetown new-homes in slump developers not in sync with market

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Building more single family homes and luxury condos in a Canada’s poorest province

Martell Builders Green Homes in Moncton, sell like hotcakes

CBC is reporting that new home construction is down 9% for the Cornwall, Charlottetown and Stratford region.

Summerside however is booming with 32% increase in new home construction.

The problem lies squarely on the shoulders of the municipal governments and greedy developers who are not in sync with the market.  Summerside is experiencing growth because they are addressing the growth segment of the market.  Continue reading →

Occupy Wall Street is not about homeless lazy bums

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Many thoughtful people can see the corruption of the economic system

Former Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis arrested at OWS

City governments and police that are arresting Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters are making a big mistake.

Authorities who refuse to work on the problem are breaching democratic rights to free speech and free assembly. Continue reading →

Movie Producers praise China and Iran

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Speaking in support of SOPA, “The MPAA’s Michael O’Leary showed support for regimes that censor the internet, by saying that “the internet isn’t broken” in places like China and Iran… He really should spend some time there speaking to those who have been censored.” Thoughts On The House Judiciary Committee’s Hearings On SOPA TechDirt

Essentially SOPA, if passed, will shut down the internet as we know it to make Sony and Universal richer.

Charlottetown one of Canada’s least accessible cities

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The City of Charlottetown pays lips service to accessibility while toasting newspaper heroes like Rick Hansen

Wheelchair cut out at Charlottetown Mall

People in wheelchairs don’t take long to come up against barriers in Charlottetown, PEI.

The City of Charlottetown has the appropriate by-laws for accessibility but will not enforce them.
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Tackling disability discrimination takes more than wheelchair ramps

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Dribblers please sit on the left”; the underbelly of disability segregation and acceptance.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who took a stand against racial segregation on buses in Alabama. Disabled people face an 'us and them' ethos. Photograph: Corbis

By Matthew Harper – Guardian Blog

You’re in a restaurant; dressed up, with friends, family, maybe a partner and halfway through your slap-up meal there’s a tap on your shoulder and “do you mind moving? it’s disgusting, no its just … you’re dribbling – it’s putting me off my food”. Had that said to you? Or been the one saying it? Or even just thinking it?  Continue reading →

Thank you Toyota for inventing the walking robot

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Toyota will be selling several health robots to help people walk, transfer from bed to wheelchair in 2013

It’s easy to get excited when Toyota announces a robot to help people walk.

In the 60 years since my left leg became paralyzed nothing really new in technology has been invented beyond the leg brace to help people like me.
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