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Vortiv V impeller demo video 2006-11-16 01:35:00 This is the video ...

Home Advantage Interiors 2006-11-02 01:43:00 Home Advantage Interiors has a new website location. ...

Spice Your Kitchen has Urban Accents 2006-11-01 22:50:00 About a year ago, I came across this collection of spices at HomeSense. Finding the right spice blend has always been a quest for me, and when I saw this collection from Urban Accents, it provided a new opportunity to try out yet another "delicious" recipe.It was a hit. The 4 pack included rubs for Pork, Chicken, Fish and Beef. The Pork and Chicken blends were not bad, but definitely not original. The Beef and Fish rubs are amazing.So amazing, that I panicked when I found out that HomeSense no longer carried them. After a few emails to Urban Accents, I managed to find a local distributor. That distributor was in Oakville Ontario. Spice Your Kitchen is owned by Francois and Therese Boukhaled. Therese was very helpful. I loaded up on Urban Accents spices, just in case. Spice Your Kitchen has a large selection of spices, rubs and sauces, as well as numerous kitchen supplies and gadgets. I write this blog entry, because I noticed that the website for Spice Your Kitchen was poorly designed. ...

Ontario Science Centre Host. The Eighties. 2006-09-01 01:47:00 Smokin Nitrogen Originally uploaded by Carl Bachellier. I have been scanning some old pictures from the early 80's. A time when I was a Host at the Ontario Science Centre. I guess I did turn out to be somewhat of a rocket scientist! Maybe I'm just visible on the web because I am so passionate about computers, but I don't see other people from my past out there. I don't see people participating. Just spectating. No other pictures of Hosts out there. Maybe it's time to start a trend.My first desktop computer experience was at the Ontario Science Centre. The OSC used Apple II computers at the time. Many hours were wasted playing Lost Treasures. Just before I left, they were buying Lisas and I saw my first computer politely announce, "that it was now safe to shutdown". During one show on computers in 1982, I discovered my first flight simulator. It was probably worth hundreds of thousands of dollars at the time, it was amazing. You could pilot a 747 and fly to the end of the w ...

Help me find my cousin Darren Saunders. 2006-08-28 02:14:00 This is a picture of my cousin Darren Saunders in May of 1983. I know he is a police officer in England right now and was looking into moving to Canada. Maybe Darren will find this, maybe someone else will. It will give me a chance to get back in touch with my cousins from England. technorati tags:Saunders, Darren, Bachellier, England, police, officer, cousin, findBlogged with Flock ...

Pluto refuses demotion. Stays planet. 2006-08-24 09:37:00 Today in Prague, a group of astronomers decided that Pluto should lose its status as a planet. They didn't really give a very good laymens answer except to say that Pluto's oblong orbit takes it well outside the boundaries of the other planets in the Solar System. What does that mean? Pluto can stay at my place.If Pluto is a planet, then it defines the outer boundary of the Solar System. Pluto is round and has two moons. It orbits our Sun, so it's a planet. It seems a bit harsh for astronomers to start making claims about a celestial body that they know very little about. Now we have them demoting it. Planet comes from a Greek word "planetes", which means wanderer and is defined as an object in orbit around a star that is not a star in its own right. The word planet doesn't really have a precise definition. It's one of those words that we use to describe something in general. Unless the International Astronomical Union has decided to change what the word planet means, they have ab ...

Artificial Heart Pump. Impeller design. 2006-08-19 01:22:00 Artificial Heart Impeller Design My one claim to fame was an impeller flow theory I developed many years ago. It all started with the idea that a military submarine could be propelled silently underwater. The flow would avoid a condition known as cavitation by removing elements from the mechanical setup of an impeller system. One of the applications of this device has been in shear sensitive nanoparticle colloidal suspensions. These are fluids that are very similar to milk, but extremely shear sensitive. In other words, if the impeller hits them too hard during the pumping process, the liquid turns into cream. That's bad. The origin of this application came from a process in the cancer therapy field. The liquid was an extremely shear sensitive material with delicate long chain polymers. During the mix phase, these long chains would break when pumped with conventional "screw-like" impellers. My design avoids that stress, and the material can be mixed. The recent nanoparti ... Design

Home Advantage Interiors 2006-08-16 14:37:00 Home Advantage Interiors is owned by my wife Elaine Basaran. A new website is being developed at Home Advantage Interiors. Elaine will also have a BLOG to keep everyone up to date on the latest developments in design and decor. Home Advantage Interiors started in 1995 and has been growing ever since. Projects range from condos to residential estates. We specialize in custom design work, drapery, blinds, custom bedding and furniture. We put the whole look together to reflect your lifestyle and taste. Elaine Basaran graduated from George Brown College at the top of her class. Home Advantage provides top class services to the most discriminating of clients in Carlisle, Freelton, Waterdown, Dundas, Burlington and Oakville. (905)659-4668 technorati tags:Home, Advantage, Interiors, Interior, decorate, decorating, drapery, design, furniture, bedding, custom, blindsBlogged with Flock ...

Barcelo Marina Palace in Varadero Cuba. A second thought. 2006-07-25 01:58:00 My original review is a very popular link . The Barcelo Marina Palace in Varadero Cuba is the reason that my wife and I will most likely not use Signature or Barcelo again. The first time we went, we stayed in Cayo Coco. I enjoyed that a great deal, but my wife got bored with the isolation after a few days. I actually enjoyed it, so it depends on what you want from a vacation. Cayo Coco is very isolated, but resort that we stayed at, the Iberostar Daquiri was top notch. The Barcelo Marina Palace however was not. It is a brand new resort on the very end of the Varadero peninsula. This may account for the very windy conditions that turn the beach into a sandblasting event. It probably also accounts for the inordinate amount of garbage that collects on the beach. A few resorts down, the wind is much calmer and the water is warmer. I don't get paid by resorts to write reviews. I was simply moved by a few people at the resort that went to the front desk crying. They didn't know that th ...

Outlook Express Identity problems 2006-05-31 14:23:00 I have seen this problem several times. Outlook Express allows you to set up unique identities so that more than one person can use the same program to check their email. Unfortunately, if one of the identity files becomes corrupt, you can lose all of your email.Microsoft makes it extremely difficult for a novice to backup their email. Where is my email? Where indeed. It is buried away in the hidden application support folder and named using a long, incoherent, alphanumeric code. It is very infuriating, even for a power user. There are many sites that offer methods of backing up your Outlook Express mail, but if an identity becomes corrupt, you will never make it past the second step of the process. The best you will be able to do is open another mail program and import the primary identity. That's it. One identity.So this advice is purely to prevent the problem. Stop using Outlook Express immediately. It is great when it works, but when it breaks, your mail is most likely gone. An ex ...