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The Mortgage Protector is the result of being in the Life Insurance business since 1996. My very first policy was to a young family who had taken out a mortgage insurance product through the bank – and they asked me what the difference was. I told them honestly that I didn’t know – but I [...]
12/29/2009Read More
By Isaac Asimov – What is intelligence, anyway? When I was in the army, I received the kind of aptitude test that all soldiers took and, against a normal of 100, scored 160. No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that, and for two hours they made a big fuss over [...]
12/29/2009Read More
Keeley says ” GO Canada GO “ Special thanks to the RCMP ( Canada’s Finest ) for this special photo opportunity with the Olympic Torch Relay Team at Blue Mountain. Also special thanks to the Olympic Torch Relay Team for the Olympic Pin. Keeley was thrilled, which makes her Dad very happy.
12/28/2009Read More
From Athens to Blue Mountain, on its way to Vancouver! Live a unique moment in our lifetime as the Olympic Torch Relay passes through Blue Mountain Resort on December 29th, 2009.The Olympic Flame will then continue its journey, visiting 1037 Canadian communities and places of interest before reaching Vancouver, host city of the 2010 Olympic [...]
12/28/2009Read More
Go Canada Go DECEMBER 29, 2009 – 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Followed by BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS (by donation) (Pancake Breakfast) Meaford Arena followed by free skate Olympic Torches – $2.00 Let’s welcome our Olympic entourage by Lining Sykes Street with the glow of the Olympic Torches Available for purchase at: Chamber of Commerce, Municipality [...]
12/28/2009Read More
Once again, The Times Magazine looks back on the past year from our favored perch: ideas. Like a magpie building its nest, we have hunted eclectically, though not without discrimination, for noteworthy notions of 2009 — the twigs and sticks and shiny paper scraps of human ingenuity, which, when collected and woven together, form a [...]
12/28/2009Read More
In late October 2007, as the financial markets were starting to come unglued, a Goldman Sachs trader, Jonathan M. Egol, received very good news. At 37, he was named a managing director at the firm. Mr. Egol, a Princeton graduate, had risen to prominence inside the bank by creating mortgage-related securities, named Abacus, that were [...]
12/24/2009Read More
January 16, 2010 One of rock’n’roll’s greatest pioneers was Roy Orbison. Not many people can make claim to a tribute to such a magnificent songwriter, and musician. It takes a very gifted person to re-create the mystical, emotional, almost hypnotic presence that was Roy Orbison’s. Over the span of the past ten years, the name [...]
12/20/2009Read More
by Michelle Goldberg – The late Oral Roberts did as much to shape modern Christianity as any preacher. Michelle Goldberg on how he married God and mammon—and the disciples who carry on his “prosperity gospel” today. In her deliciously scabrous book Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America, Barbara Ehrenreich makes [...]
12/20/2009Read More
Step up and fill the gap this season. The Daily Beast finds 20 last minute ways to give back, from donating your frequent flier miles to helping teachers buy classroom supplies. 1. Answer a Child’s Letter to Santa How it works: If you’re too old to write wishful letters to Santa Claus but miss taking [...]
12/20/2009Read More
Former staffers of lawmakers from Harry Reid to Mitch McConnell push clients’ agenda WASHINGTON – David Nexon had a big problem. An early version of national health care legislation contained a $40 billion tax aimed squarely at members of the medical device trade association he represents. When Senate Democrats unveiled their bill in mid-November, Nexon’s [...]
