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Would you pay to hire a friend for an hour? Although there are plenty of online dating sites, RentaFriend.com may be the first to offer a friend-connection service ... for a price. It will cost you $10/hour to... >Read More
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What are you Searching For?
Far more people in Canada used the Internet for "personal interactions" last year than those who didn't. According to Statistics Canada, "Eighty per cent of Canadians age 16 and over used the Internet for personal reasons in 2009, up from 73 per cent two years earlier." I was a bit surprised that only 80% used the Internet. Less surprising... >Read More
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Facebook,
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mentoring,
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social networking sites,
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Make Way for the New You
If you are like me, or any other human in the known universe, you probably struggle with breaking bad habits. But this is not something that I condemn myself about. It isn’t something that paralyzes my everyday life and stops me from moving ahead.
I know that I was intended for something greater than this, that I have a greater... >Read More
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change,
erwin mcmanus,
moving forward,
nicole wiebe,
soul cravings
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What do you Crave?
If you could wish for anything in the world, what do you most desire? Take a minute and dream big. If you could write the story of your life any way at all, what would it look like? What would you give in exchange for the satisfaction of that longing?
We all long for something more – and it’s not... >Read More
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erwin mcmanus,
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Olympians: More Than a Medal
Kelly Clark, a member of the US Olympic Women’s Snowboarding team, knows a lot about pressure. The gold medalist from the 2002 Olympic Winter games, a bad landing kept her out of the medals in 2006. This year she’s in Vancouver looking to add another medal to her collection.
Being an Olympian comes with a lot of pressure. “If you... >Read More
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Snowboarding,
soul cravings,
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US Olympic team,
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Helping the Homeless, Practicality Please
With the Olympics coming to town, one cannot help but be aware of the concern over the homeless population. It has been a topic front and center since we first learned that Vancouver would be holding the 2010 games. In 2006, CTV was already reporting that the homeless population in the city may have tripled, producing numbers of up... >Read More
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hope,
nicole wiebe,
shelter,
soul cravings,
volunteer,
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Olympic Bobsledder Curt Tomazevicz
Olympic bobsledder Curt Tomazevicz has no trouble navigating tricky corners. As a member of the US Men’s Bobsled team, he’s had a lot of experience. In the following interview Curt talks about how life is like bobsled and the importance of taking it one curve at a time.
On a bobsled course there is a very specific beginning and end,...... >Read More
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