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women in media profession

Daniela Ileana — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:00:08 +0100

Do you know the struggles of women being a journalist or being in the media. Women were restricted before by custom and law from access in journalism occupations. But as years past women were began agitating for the right to work in media. Being a journalist is not an easy job. It is hard and life-threatening work.

In order to report a very good and detailed news, journalist needs to do research papers, interviews, studies and investigations of a certain story. Besides covering organizRead More...

Drug rehab centers in Alberta (marijuana)

Keith Fagin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:50:50 +0100

http://www.drugrehab.ca/alberta.html
"Alberta's Ongoing Drug Problems
The province of Alberta has been battling continuous drug problems that are mainly all fueled from the many gang problems that the province is also dealing with. The province Justice Minister indicated that the addicts that are using everything from pot to crack play a major role of the gang problems and are not part of the solution. Alberta has been taking measures to stiffen it legislation and drug laRead More...

2009 Year in review (Calgary)

Keith Fagin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:09:28 +0100

Yet another year of activism / advocacy comes to a end and what a year it was too!

Each year Alberta 420 and Calgary 420 have grown with 2009 being a a new all time high in so many ways.

Not only did we gain more Alberta 420 Cannabis Community chapters all so much more happened in 2009!

January Calgary 420 Activist Center opened it's doors. A location for the 420 center had been donated rent free. A number of volunteers arrived to clean and reRead More...

Fucked up things: Neo Genesis Evangelion

M.D. Shorter — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:13:49 +0100

Fuck you show! What are you doing to me show? This is for children? What the fuck! Where are the robots, show? God damn it!

Neo Genesis Evangelion isn't so much a TV series as a mind rape you subject yourself to for several hours on end. You scream at it. You hate it for what it's done to you. You hate it for what it's done to Japanese children. You really want to hug them.

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Here's the premise. Read More...

The Drug League Table

M.D. Shorter — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:03:57 +0100

This has been making the rounds on my Facebook feed and it definitely deserved to be posted here. In the U.K., the country's top advisor on drugs was recently fired for criticizing the country's drug laws. Basically, he was saying that drug policy should reflect the actual harmfulness of the drugs they police, as measured by the handy table in the article.

The table ranks 20 substances by a rating assigned by researches based on harmfulness to society and physical being and the risk ofRead More...

Fucked up video: "Crabcore", Attack Attack - Stick Stickly

M.D. Shorter — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:40:18 +0100

Just when you thought autotuned music couldn't possibly get any worse.

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Attack Attack is basically Alexisonfire, except with the "hardcore" parts dirtier and harder to understand and the singing parts autotuned. You'll want to watch to the 2:46 mark or so for the inexplicable J-popish keyboard breakdown.

The dance is ridiculous. I don't want to sound like an old man, but kids, what the fuck? Is that the music you lRead More...

Just Say No! Bill C-15 Mandatory Minimums Protest

Keith Fagin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:47:04 +0100

The Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP) is Canada's only national, grassroots, youth and student network. We are a coalition of student groups working on substance use issues facing our communities.

CSSDP will be holding Just Say No! Bill C-15 Mandatory Minimums Protests across Canada on Dec. 2 / 09.

Calgary now has a new CSSDP chapter at the University of Calgary.

Dec. 2 / 09, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM the Calgary CSSDP chapter will have it's first evRead More...

Performance Enhancer

Chip Dingo — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:50:53 +0100

Check out this funny youtube animation, the story of a psychedelic pitcher. Who needs steroids?

Tommy Chong - Calgary Shades reunion

Keith Fagin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:52:53 +0100

Tommy Chong - Calgary Shades
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
Tickets are available at The Ranchman's Cookhouse
http://www.calgaryshades.com/

In the 1950's, Tommy Chong, stoner comedian, and Tommie Melton, began one heck of a band and called it the Calgary Shades.

They achieved some serious clout by the late 50s. Truth be told, there were always raucous crowds at their performances and, of course, a lot of trouble.

At some point along the line CalgaryRead More...

Anarchist-millionaire

M.D. Shorter — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:48:39 +0100

In a book I'm reading, I read those two words together and then decided that was possibly the best title you could ever take to the grave. Anarchist-millionaire.

They were attached to the name "John Gilmore" and he was egging on Jon Postel to transfer the root authority from under the U.S. government's control to Postel's.

Gilmore made his money from being the fifth employee of Sun Microsystems and used it to help out free software, GNU and sue the FAA and department of justice.Read More...

Please be patient, I'm learning English

M.D. Shorter — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:25:50 +0100

So I had a time at the 7-11 tonight. You'd think that having memorable events at a 7-11 probably wouldn't happen, unless you've been to a 7-11 during the wee morning hours. Besides the usually inebriated (myself included) clientele, you get the night shift employees.

I usually expect maybe interesting conversation from the late night employees and not so stellar service. But this time around, I ran into something that was somewhat unbelievable. Apparently the one debit machine wasn't wRead More...

The long-term health effects of Ecstasy

M.D. Shorter — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:13:40 +0100

Frequenting dance clubs and being around E quite a bit makes you start to wonder what it does physically to your body over the long term. Though I really doubt that E or MDMA will ever be legalized, the way it operates now, it's in a state of accepted use in certain places. In Edmonton, the Y Afterhours club is basically an E bar. They don't let you sell it in there, in fact if they catch you, you're gone. They don't sell it to you themselves, but it's there. They are also open all-nighRead More...

72-hours of partying

M.D. Shorter — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:49:45 +0100

Found this link through a friend about the use of high grade meth as a recreational drug for the upper class.

It's a fairly fascinating look at a drug trip from the outside-in, generally, and an incredible look at a drug that I had not really heard of. Does this article make me want to try it? Probably. I think I was mostly sold on the Vegas idea. Ever since I went to Vegas a few months back, I've kind of been itching to get back, drugs or not. In the article, they buy some last minuteRead More...

Fucked up video: McRoll'd

M.D. Shorter — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Yeah, there's a lot of "roll'd" videos on the internet these days. But do any of them make you feel like your brain is breaking like this one does?

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Fucked up video: Jozin z bazin

M.D. Shorter — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:00:00 +0100

If you don't stick around until the 2:00 mark or so, you'll be disappointed.

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Fucked up people: Bobby Darin

M.D. Shorter — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:00:00 +0100

I spent a long time one night listening to the song Mack the Knife over and over again. I think I listened to the Bobby Darin version 10 times. Now I don’t quite remember what compelled me to do that, but the important thing is it led me to read up on the dude and realize that he lived a pretty fucked up life.

At an early age, he overheard his doctor telling his mom that he’d be surprised if he lived to the age of 17. He did live to Read More...

Greenlaw at Sal's

M.D. Shorter — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:52:36 +0100

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I had done some Youtube browsing to find out a bit about Greenlaw when I heard they were coming to town to play at Sal’s on 17th through Sal’s Facebook group. The idea of a live dubstep/drum and bass/funk group sounded like a cool concept and Greenlaw didn’t disappoint when they hit the stage Wednesday.

The band is a two-piece comprised oRead More...

You give someone an inch...

M.D. Shorter — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:13:38 +0100

Well, that was a fun experiment while it lasted.

In Calgary, the City recently opened up the skateboarding park, Millenium Park, to graffiti artists. One wall would be allowed to be painted with whatever the artists chose.

Instead of some cool urban art being painted on one section of the park, it started spreading and the city closed it after a few days. Well, apparently the kids and the graffiti artists didn't like that.

The entire park ended up covered in a lot of swear wRead More...

Fucked up things: Braid

M.D. Shorter — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:00:00 +0100

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Braid is probably one of the best video games made in the last five years.

If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a short side-scrolling puzzle game released in 2008 for the Xbox 360’s Live Arcade Service and earlier this year for both the PC and Mac OS. You’re a man navigating through beautifully drawn landscapes looking for puzzle pieces Read More...

Review: Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360/PS3)

M.D. Shorter — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:02:20 +0100

There are few games this year that have made the hype machine churn as much as Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3/Xbox 360). Excited banter is often to the detriment of the game itself when it fails to live up to its billing. That’s definitely not the case with Arkham Asylum, which is a fantastic licensed game (which are generally few and far between) and a superb game in its own right.

Licensed games are gRead More...