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Cold and Flu Season in Calgary

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Taken for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/activeassignment">Active Assignment Weekly</a>. This week's assignment: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/activeassignment/discuss/72157622570559472/">Signs of the Season</a> <b>Assignment</b>: Signs of the Season Here in North America, it's autumn, but in Australia it's spring... So... get out there and show us images of things that identify the season where you are. You can focus on nature or on people - you choose. (Natural or man-made subjects are OK.) <b>Restrictions</b>: No fancy post-processing, just adjustments to exposure, cropping, etc. <b>Dare</b>: Make it black & white. <b>What it took</b>: The most entertaining part of shoot was getting believable steam to come up from the bowl. I tried filling the bowl with boiling water, but the steam was hardly visible on the shot. In the end I hid a steamer behind the medecine, cut a hole in the bowl and stuck the nozzle from the steamer into it. Lit by a flash at camera left bounced off the ceiling.

Calgary’s most recent cold snap (remarkably, the first truly painful chill of this winter season) has unleashed upon our city a fresh batch of sore throats, stuffed noses and painful coughs. Whether you’re nearly over the weather again or still trying to halt the sickness from achieving its full wrath, … Read More

Vancouver Yoga: Semperviva Studios

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Vancouver was arguably Canada’s earliest adopter of yoga culture, though in the ’70s the scene was almost entirely female. The modern scene, locally, nationally and internationally, is moving towards a much better balance of the sexes. Here in Van city, Semperviva Yoga Studios offers a combination of class styles for one … Read More

3 Coolest Extremophiles

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The search for the toughest bugs is on. They’re living in hostile environments not previously believed to be able to support life: more acidic than a car battery, hotter than boiling point, icier than a penguin’s lunch box, and under more pressure than Stephen Harper on date night. They’re called … Read More

More Montreal Winter Activities

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Continuing from part one of our guide to winter activities in Montreal, we’re looking to distill how this city survives snowstorms, the cold, and what seems to be permanent nightfall. Hot Chocolate Many fond, wintry memories feature mugs of hot chocolate. While not an activity in and of itself, sipping … Read More

What to Admit to Your Doctor

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Guys are notoriously averse to seeing doctors, so it’s not surprising that a 2007 survey by the American Academy of Family Physicians found that 55% of men hadn’t had a physical exam in the past year, while 29% admitted to waiting “as long as possible” before seeking help when sick, … Read More

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