How Mercury Destroys the Brain – University of Calgary

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 | Calgary with 10 Comments

Dr. Fritz Lorscheider and Dr. Naweed Syed of the University of Calgary demonstrate how neurons are destroyed by mercury. Specifically, they show how mercury ions bond with micro tubulin structures, blocking and destroying the proper protective tubulin sheath around neuronal axons.

Fossil Fools Day in Calgary: Group

Thursday, March 31st, 2011 | Calgary with No Comments »

Fossil Fools Day in Calgary: Group
Calgary

Image by Grant Neufeld
April 1, 2005: A group photo at the end of Fossil Fools Day in Calgary. (Part of the Jumpstart Ford Campaign.

This event was organized by the Calgary Culturejammers, who are also the Calgary Adbusters Meetup.

Calgary Skyline

Monday, March 28th, 2011 | Calgary with 7 Comments

Calgary Skyline
Calgary

Image by Wherever I Roam
View from Scottsman’s Hill

Latin America pressed on rising inflation
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund warned Latin America on Saturday that economies across the region are overheating, and Canada urged policymakers not to underestimate the risks from rising inflation.
Read more on Reuters

Calgary

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2007 Calgary International Film Festival posters

Sunday, March 27th, 2011 | Calgary with 1 Comment

2007 Calgary International Film Festival posters
Calgary

Image by k-ideas
Read more in this blog entry,
kempton.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/2007-calgary-internation…

NHL Game Summary – Calgary at San Jose
San Jose, CA (Sports Network) – Patrick Marleau and Torrey Mitchell each scored twice as San Jose downed Calgary, 6-3, at HP Pavilion.
Read more on WGRZ-TV Buffalo

Calgary

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Ode to Calgary

Saturday, March 26th, 2011 | Calgary with 3 Comments

Ode to Calgary
Calgary

Image by Sifu Renka
If you study the history of ginger beef (and we’re not speaking of stir-fried beef with ginger slices – that is NOT ginger beef!! – or at least not to a Calgarian) you’ll find that its origins are from Calgary. See Wikipedia for more info (I recall reading that an anthropological study was conducted that traced its origins to Calgary!).

Every so often I have a craving for this "fake" Chinese food. I ALWAYS fill up on it at Silver Dragon, but when I’m not in Calgary, I have to make it at home. Trust me, all the places that have tooted to carry the best version of CALGARY style ginger beef are lies.

It might be a bit of work to fry up individual battered pieces of flank steak that have been pre-marinated in a half cup of ginger juice (it has to be thin – not these inch thick jerky sticks covered in molasses at The Pilot, nor battered salty mess from Garlic Pepper), then stir fry a bunch of thinly sliced peppers, carrots (omitted here), and green onions with all the remaining shredded (and de-juiced) ginger, garlic and awesome seasoning (involving soy sauce, rice vinegar, red pepper flakes, and sugar), before tossing the very crispy battered beef strips in at the last moment before serving, but the final taste is just reward.

Gosh, as un-Chinese as ginger beef is, it’s one of the tastiest dishes to have at the table.

Ice cream sandwich, Crave, Calgary

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 | Calgary with No Comments »

Ice cream sandwich, Crave, Calgary
Calgary

Image by are you gonna eat that
Ice cream sandwich on double chocolate or chocolate chunk cookies ( each). Details at ugonnaeatthat.com/2010/08/09/calgary-crave-ice-cream-sand….

Handicapped man abandoned in Calgary hotel
CALGARY — Police are dealing with a disturbing and mysterious case after a severely mentally handicapped man was found naked in a hotel room bathtub. The man, clearly unable to care for himself, was discovered by cleaning staff, Insp. Paul Stacey said.
Read more on CNews

Calgary

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Calgary Flames Crystal Logo Necklace

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 | Calgary with No Comments »

Calgary Flames Crystal Logo Necklace

  • Officially licensed crystal necklace with team color crystals and logo
  • Constructed of rhodium-plated alloy and Preciosa crystals
  • 9-mm logo charm on 15-in necklace includes a 3-in extender and lobster claw clasp
  • Comes with leatherette pouch
  • Gift boxed

LogoArt has creatively taken your favorite team logo in a highly polished alloy and enhanced it with clean and bright Preciosa crystals, symbolizing the distinctive team color it to create this fan inspired chic necklace design.

List Price: $ 30.00

Price: $ 29.95

Flames Central Calgary

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 | Calgary with 2 Comments

Flames Central Calgary
Calgary

Image by Vlastula
Base for Calgary Flames fans…

Kings castle Flames in NHL shootout to tighten playoffs grip
The Los Angeles Kings earned a small amount of breathing space in the jam-packed Western Conference playoff race with a nail-biting 2-1 shootout victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday.
Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News

Calgary

http://coveringcanada.com/category/canada/alberta/calgary/

What are some interesting things for someone under 18 to do in calgary?

Friday, March 18th, 2011 | Calgary with 1 Comment

Question by NiceTallGlassOfShutTheHellUp: What are some interesting things for someone under 18 to do in calgary?
I live in calgary and im getting board of watching movies all the time. What are some interesting things to do in calgary for someone under 18?

Best answer:

Answer by candybabewanted
go find a girlfriend or boyfriend
spend alot of time at one shop
make movies
dance around in an empty street
everytime it rains..go play in it
and mmmm (i’m against drugs) but..maybe do a drug or something and go

go out on the town
have a girl night out/ boyz night out

get a job
go to a parade
swim in a lake
crash a party

call someone
make a new voicemail message for when people call your phone

go on youtube
and
movie6.net
and
draw what you think you’ll look like in 10 years and don’t look at it until 10years has passed

go swimming
play with fireworks

take sleeping medician and fight the sleep

make cookies
make food
eat something

color on yourself
go to the mall

i dont know tons of stuff
hoped this helped
vvv-peace
much love

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Idle Free Calgary: Unacceptable

Thursday, March 17th, 2011 | Calgary with 25 Comments

Get Turned Off. For Good. Calgary is the corporate heart of Canada’s fossil fuel industry. In the past few years, the city has enacted a number of initiatives to improve the city’s environmental image. Unnecessary vehicle idling accounts for an enormous amount of wasted resources at significant cost to individuals as well as the city’s air quality and overall carbon footprint. Cold-climate cities like Calgary face the additional challenge of altering driver habits and behaviour when temperatures can hover for weeks in the sub-zero range. Warmist or anti-Warmist arguments aside, the premise that needless vehicle idling in large metropolitan areas exacts a heavy toll on every citizen’s overall quality of life set the stage for portraying the practice in the same light as other socially aberrant or unacceptable behaviours – like urinating in public. The benignly upbeat tone and manner of the “portrayal” of ordinary people obliviously relieving themselves in a variety of public venues is an intentional simile for the equally casual and benign manner in which people idle their vehicles as they go about their daily lives. The ‘carefree’ portrayal and whimsical ‘Marie Antoinette’ soundtrack stand in deliberate and marked contrast to the simple and disarmingly direct message conveyed by the voice and closing graphics. Like smoking, drinking and driving, spousal abuse and host of other ‘no-longer-socially-acceptable’ behaviours, needless vehicle idling is fast becoming worthy of
Video Rating: 4 / 5