Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Monday, November 10, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Great Canadian Music
Music from the artist of my homeland. The true North, Strong and Free.
Featuring artists such as Jann Aden, Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk, Fiest, Nelly Furtado, Cory Lee, Celine Dion, Kardinal Offishall, Chad Kroeger, The Barenaked Ladies, Kreesha Turner, and Hedley
Featuring artists such as Jann Aden, Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk, Fiest, Nelly Furtado, Cory Lee, Celine Dion, Kardinal Offishall, Chad Kroeger, The Barenaked Ladies, Kreesha Turner, and Hedley
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Monday, September 01, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Random Quote
Frink: As you can see, I have created a lemon ball so sour it
can only be safely contained in a magnetic field. The
candy, known as 77X42... Bwei... Where the hell is the
candy?
Homer: I don't know.
can only be safely contained in a magnetic field. The
candy, known as 77X42... Bwei... Where the hell is the
candy?
Homer: I don't know.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
A Couple Random Factoids
The snow in snowglobes used to be gold foil.
The Chicago Cubs won the 1908 World Series.
Sweden has a population of about 9 million people.
Saskatchewan is the seventh largest province at over 600,000 kilometers.
The Chicago Cubs won the 1908 World Series.
Sweden has a population of about 9 million people.
Saskatchewan is the seventh largest province at over 600,000 kilometers.
Kenojuak Ashevak
(1927- )
Sculptor, Draughtswoman
Companion of the Order of Canada, recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation's award for lifetime achievement, member of the Royal Academy of Arts and recent inductee into Canada's Walk of Fame: Kenojuak Ashevak is probably contemporary Inuit art's most famous personality. Born in an igloo in 1927, she is an artist who has lived in two very different worlds -- the traditional Inuit culture, and, increasingly, the twentieth-century western culture.
Kenojuak grew up travelling between hunting camps on Baffin Island and in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec. To be able to survive on the land, the Inuit had no choice but to master many skills: making their own weapons and clothing, building "qarmaqs" (sod houses) and igloos, hunting, fishing, trapping and adding ornamentation to functional everyday objects. From a young age, Kenojuak was required, under the guidance of her grandmother, to learn such skills as designing and creating handicrafts, sewing waterproof seams with caribou sinews and making repairs on skins being prepared for the Hudson's Bay Company. These manual skills proved to be transferable to her later career as an artist. Kenojuak's life was put on hold in her early twenties however, when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis and sent to recover, for three years, in a Québec City hospital.
In the late 1950s, Kenojuak and her husband, Johnniebo, met James Houston, who was then serving as a federal administrator. Houston was encouraging Inuit of the Cape Dorset area to make soapstone carvings and, later, prints and drawings, to be sold in the cities of southern Canada and abroad. Since their camp was not far away, Johnniebo and Kenojuak went into Cape Dorset regularly to obtain everyday supplies. They began to develop an interest, and take part, in the projects organized by Houston and his wife, Alma.
During this period, Kenojuak experimented with a great variety of different materials and techniques. She carved stone sculptures and made kamiks (boots), sealskin wall hangings and bags with cut-out ornamental details and beadwork. She has continued to work with all of these materials throughout her career. Kenojuak received high praise for her work, and she and Johnniebo welcomed the second source of revenue as insurance against failed hunts.
The Houstons commissioned Kenojuak to create sealskin appliqué designs, which became the basis for her artistic style. The designs' simple forms and bold outlines were particularly suited for the prints being created by the newly formed West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, which included a busy printmaking shop. The Houstons also encouraged Kenojuak to try her hand at drawing with two foreign media -- pencil and paper. She commented about her introduction to paper in the National Film Board's 1962 film, Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak saying "a piece of paper from the outside world is as thin as the shell of a snowbird's egg."
In her first tentative drawings, Kenojuak usually portrayed subjects that were well known from her sealskin appliqués and essentially bound to tradition -- people, faces, qarmaqs and igloos, sled dogs and sleds, fish and birds. As with her previous works of art, Kenojuak's drawings proceeded directly from design to finished product. She simply put her pencil to paper and did not lift the pencil until she had completed the essential form of her image. Preliminary sketches were rarely made.
Kenojuak's drawings were among the first by an Inuk woman to be transferred to a template for printing. Interestingly, while Kenojuak is perhaps best known worldwide for her prints, she does not make them herself. Instead, the prints are made by stone cutters and printers on the basis of her drawings. Kenojuak has never been involved in the actual printing process.
Over the past forty years, Kenojuak has continued to pursue works of art that, above all else, satisfy her own aesthetic ideals. She says that her drawings, prints and sculptures are explorations of design and form and colour, rather than illustrations of events or stories. Over time she has developed some favourite subjects -- especially birds, fish and human faces -- and most of her work from the 1990s to the present includes these forms. Usually, the subject matter of her images is static; a solitary icon without any kind of background or context. She is also known for creating flowing webs of interconnected images and intricately constructed patterns of texture and colour. But there is no need to look for a deeper meaning in the interconnectedness of the images, because the overall effect of the whole image is all that concerns her.
Although she has travelled widely for exhibitions and is internationally renowned, Kenojuak insists that she puts no more importance on her art, than any other aspect of her life. She now lives in a solid house, rather than a qarmaq, but her memories of living a traditional Inuit life are strong and she still gets out fishing regularly. She has many grandchildren, with whom she spends a good deal of her time. When she does draw, her intense and powerful images continue to keep the rest of the world enchanted with the beauty of the Canadian North and its people.
Kenojuak Ashevak is a Companion of the Order of Canada, a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and the recipient of two honorary doctorates and also a 2008 winner of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.
Sculptor, Draughtswoman
Companion of the Order of Canada, recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation's award for lifetime achievement, member of the Royal Academy of Arts and recent inductee into Canada's Walk of Fame: Kenojuak Ashevak is probably contemporary Inuit art's most famous personality. Born in an igloo in 1927, she is an artist who has lived in two very different worlds -- the traditional Inuit culture, and, increasingly, the twentieth-century western culture.
Kenojuak grew up travelling between hunting camps on Baffin Island and in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec. To be able to survive on the land, the Inuit had no choice but to master many skills: making their own weapons and clothing, building "qarmaqs" (sod houses) and igloos, hunting, fishing, trapping and adding ornamentation to functional everyday objects. From a young age, Kenojuak was required, under the guidance of her grandmother, to learn such skills as designing and creating handicrafts, sewing waterproof seams with caribou sinews and making repairs on skins being prepared for the Hudson's Bay Company. These manual skills proved to be transferable to her later career as an artist. Kenojuak's life was put on hold in her early twenties however, when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis and sent to recover, for three years, in a Québec City hospital.
In the late 1950s, Kenojuak and her husband, Johnniebo, met James Houston, who was then serving as a federal administrator. Houston was encouraging Inuit of the Cape Dorset area to make soapstone carvings and, later, prints and drawings, to be sold in the cities of southern Canada and abroad. Since their camp was not far away, Johnniebo and Kenojuak went into Cape Dorset regularly to obtain everyday supplies. They began to develop an interest, and take part, in the projects organized by Houston and his wife, Alma.
During this period, Kenojuak experimented with a great variety of different materials and techniques. She carved stone sculptures and made kamiks (boots), sealskin wall hangings and bags with cut-out ornamental details and beadwork. She has continued to work with all of these materials throughout her career. Kenojuak received high praise for her work, and she and Johnniebo welcomed the second source of revenue as insurance against failed hunts.
The Houstons commissioned Kenojuak to create sealskin appliqué designs, which became the basis for her artistic style. The designs' simple forms and bold outlines were particularly suited for the prints being created by the newly formed West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, which included a busy printmaking shop. The Houstons also encouraged Kenojuak to try her hand at drawing with two foreign media -- pencil and paper. She commented about her introduction to paper in the National Film Board's 1962 film, Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak saying "a piece of paper from the outside world is as thin as the shell of a snowbird's egg."
In her first tentative drawings, Kenojuak usually portrayed subjects that were well known from her sealskin appliqués and essentially bound to tradition -- people, faces, qarmaqs and igloos, sled dogs and sleds, fish and birds. As with her previous works of art, Kenojuak's drawings proceeded directly from design to finished product. She simply put her pencil to paper and did not lift the pencil until she had completed the essential form of her image. Preliminary sketches were rarely made.
Kenojuak's drawings were among the first by an Inuk woman to be transferred to a template for printing. Interestingly, while Kenojuak is perhaps best known worldwide for her prints, she does not make them herself. Instead, the prints are made by stone cutters and printers on the basis of her drawings. Kenojuak has never been involved in the actual printing process.
Over the past forty years, Kenojuak has continued to pursue works of art that, above all else, satisfy her own aesthetic ideals. She says that her drawings, prints and sculptures are explorations of design and form and colour, rather than illustrations of events or stories. Over time she has developed some favourite subjects -- especially birds, fish and human faces -- and most of her work from the 1990s to the present includes these forms. Usually, the subject matter of her images is static; a solitary icon without any kind of background or context. She is also known for creating flowing webs of interconnected images and intricately constructed patterns of texture and colour. But there is no need to look for a deeper meaning in the interconnectedness of the images, because the overall effect of the whole image is all that concerns her.
Although she has travelled widely for exhibitions and is internationally renowned, Kenojuak insists that she puts no more importance on her art, than any other aspect of her life. She now lives in a solid house, rather than a qarmaq, but her memories of living a traditional Inuit life are strong and she still gets out fishing regularly. She has many grandchildren, with whom she spends a good deal of her time. When she does draw, her intense and powerful images continue to keep the rest of the world enchanted with the beauty of the Canadian North and its people.
Kenojuak Ashevak is a Companion of the Order of Canada, a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and the recipient of two honorary doctorates and also a 2008 winner of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Two Quotes About School Lunch
"Junk food can't be an option. If it is, kids will steer clear of healthy foods."
-Dr. Sandra hassine, A.I. Dupont Hospitol for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
"There are very few green fats or carbs. The more colourful a lunch is, the healthier it is likey to be."
-Dr. Jeffrey LaMont of The Marshfield Clinic, Weston, Wisconsin
-Dr. Sandra hassine, A.I. Dupont Hospitol for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
"There are very few green fats or carbs. The more colourful a lunch is, the healthier it is likey to be."
-Dr. Jeffrey LaMont of The Marshfield Clinic, Weston, Wisconsin
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
How can parts of Canada be "missing" gravity?
For more than 40 years, scientists have tried to figure out what's causing large parts of Canada, particularly the Hudson Bay region, to be "missing" gravity. In other words, gravity in the Hudson Bay area and surrounding regions is lower than it is in other parts of the world, a phenomenon first identified in the 1960s when the Earth's global gravity fields were being charted.
Two theories have been proposed to account for this anomaly. But before we go over them, it's important to first consider what creates gravity. At a basic level, gravity is proportional to mass. So when the mass of an area is somehow made smaller, gravity is made smaller. Gravity can vary on different parts of the Earth. Although we usually think of it as a ball, the Earth actually bulges at the Equator and gets flatter at the poles due to its rotation. The Earth's mass is not spread out proportionally, and it can shift position over time. So scientists proposed two theories to explain how the mass of the Hudson Bay area had decreased and contributed to the area's lower gravity.
One theory centers on a process known as convection occurring in the Earth's mantle. The mantle is a layer of molten rock called magma and exists between 60 and 124 miles (100 to 200 km) below the surface of the Earth . Magma is extremely hot and constantly whirling and shifting, rising and falling, to create convection currents. Convection drags the Earth's continental plates down, which decreases the mass in that area and decreases the gravity.
A new theory to account for the Hudson Bay area's missing gravity concerns the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which covered much of present-day Canada and the northern United States. This ice sheet was almost 2 miles (3.2 km) thick in most sections, and in two areas of Hudson Bay, it was 2.3 miles (3.7 km) thick. It was also very heavy and weighed down the Earth. Over a period of 10,000 years, the Laurentide Ice Sheet melted, finally disappearing 10,000 years ago. It left a deep indentation in the Earth.
To get a better idea of what happened, think about what happens when you lightly press your finger into the surface of a cake or a piece of really springy bread. Some of it moves to the sides and there's an indentation. But when you remove your finger, it bounces back to normal. A similar thing happened with the Laurentide Ice Sheet, the theory proposes -- except the Earth isn't so much "bouncing" back as it is rebounding very slowly (less than half an inch per year). In the meantime, the area around Hudson Bay has less mass because some of the Earth has been pushed to the sides by the ice sheet. Less mass means less gravity.
So which theory is correct? It turns out that both of them are. Convection and the ice sheet's rebound effect are both causing some of the decrease in gravity around Hudson Bay. First, we'll consider the ice sheet theory.
To calculate the impact of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics used data gathered by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites between April 2002 and April 2006. The GRACE satellites are highly sophisticated machines, orbiting about 310 miles (500 km) above the Earth and 137 miles (220 km) apart. The satellites can measure distances down to a micron, so they can detect minor gravitational variations. When the lead satellite flies over the Hudson Bay area, the decrease in gravity causes the satellite to move slightly away from the Earth and from its sister satellite. This shift in distance is detected by the satellites and used to calculate the change in gravity. Any shifts detected can also be used to create maps of gravitational fields.
The GRACE data allowed scientists to create topographical maps approximating what Hudson Bay looked like during the last ice age, when it was covered by the Laurentide Ice Sheet. These maps revealed some interesting features about the area, including two bulging areas on the western and eastern sides of Hudson Bay where the ice was much thicker than the rest of the sheet. Gravity is now lower there than in other parts of the gravity-depleted bay.
Another important finding came from the GRACE data: It turns out that the ice sheet theory only accounts for 25 percent to 45 percent of the gravitational variation around Hudson Bay and the surrounding area. Subtracting the "rebound effect" from the area's gravitational signal, scientists have determined that the remaining 55 percent to 75 percent of gravitational variation is likely due to convection.
The Hudson Bay area is going to have less gravity for a long time. It's estimated that the Earth has to rebound more than 650 feet to get back to its original position, which should take about 5,000 years. But the rebound effect is still visible. Although sea levels are rising around the world, the sea level along Hudson Bay's coast is dropping as the land continues to recover from the weight of the Laurentide Ice Sheet.
While the mystery surrounding Canada's gravitational anomalies has been put to rest, the study has wider implications. Scientists involved in the Harvard-Smithsonian Center study were amazed that they were able to see how the Earth looked 20,000 years ago. And by isolating the influence of the ice sheet's rebound effect, researchers better understand how convection affects gravity and how continents change over time. Finally, the GRACE satellites have provided scientists with data on many ice sheets and glaciers. By examining climate change that took place thousands of years ago, scientists may gain a better understanding of how global warming and rising sea levels are affecting our planet today and what impact they will have on our future.
Two theories have been proposed to account for this anomaly. But before we go over them, it's important to first consider what creates gravity. At a basic level, gravity is proportional to mass. So when the mass of an area is somehow made smaller, gravity is made smaller. Gravity can vary on different parts of the Earth. Although we usually think of it as a ball, the Earth actually bulges at the Equator and gets flatter at the poles due to its rotation. The Earth's mass is not spread out proportionally, and it can shift position over time. So scientists proposed two theories to explain how the mass of the Hudson Bay area had decreased and contributed to the area's lower gravity.
One theory centers on a process known as convection occurring in the Earth's mantle. The mantle is a layer of molten rock called magma and exists between 60 and 124 miles (100 to 200 km) below the surface of the Earth . Magma is extremely hot and constantly whirling and shifting, rising and falling, to create convection currents. Convection drags the Earth's continental plates down, which decreases the mass in that area and decreases the gravity.
A new theory to account for the Hudson Bay area's missing gravity concerns the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which covered much of present-day Canada and the northern United States. This ice sheet was almost 2 miles (3.2 km) thick in most sections, and in two areas of Hudson Bay, it was 2.3 miles (3.7 km) thick. It was also very heavy and weighed down the Earth. Over a period of 10,000 years, the Laurentide Ice Sheet melted, finally disappearing 10,000 years ago. It left a deep indentation in the Earth.
To get a better idea of what happened, think about what happens when you lightly press your finger into the surface of a cake or a piece of really springy bread. Some of it moves to the sides and there's an indentation. But when you remove your finger, it bounces back to normal. A similar thing happened with the Laurentide Ice Sheet, the theory proposes -- except the Earth isn't so much "bouncing" back as it is rebounding very slowly (less than half an inch per year). In the meantime, the area around Hudson Bay has less mass because some of the Earth has been pushed to the sides by the ice sheet. Less mass means less gravity.
So which theory is correct? It turns out that both of them are. Convection and the ice sheet's rebound effect are both causing some of the decrease in gravity around Hudson Bay. First, we'll consider the ice sheet theory.
To calculate the impact of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics used data gathered by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites between April 2002 and April 2006. The GRACE satellites are highly sophisticated machines, orbiting about 310 miles (500 km) above the Earth and 137 miles (220 km) apart. The satellites can measure distances down to a micron, so they can detect minor gravitational variations. When the lead satellite flies over the Hudson Bay area, the decrease in gravity causes the satellite to move slightly away from the Earth and from its sister satellite. This shift in distance is detected by the satellites and used to calculate the change in gravity. Any shifts detected can also be used to create maps of gravitational fields.
The GRACE data allowed scientists to create topographical maps approximating what Hudson Bay looked like during the last ice age, when it was covered by the Laurentide Ice Sheet. These maps revealed some interesting features about the area, including two bulging areas on the western and eastern sides of Hudson Bay where the ice was much thicker than the rest of the sheet. Gravity is now lower there than in other parts of the gravity-depleted bay.
Another important finding came from the GRACE data: It turns out that the ice sheet theory only accounts for 25 percent to 45 percent of the gravitational variation around Hudson Bay and the surrounding area. Subtracting the "rebound effect" from the area's gravitational signal, scientists have determined that the remaining 55 percent to 75 percent of gravitational variation is likely due to convection.
The Hudson Bay area is going to have less gravity for a long time. It's estimated that the Earth has to rebound more than 650 feet to get back to its original position, which should take about 5,000 years. But the rebound effect is still visible. Although sea levels are rising around the world, the sea level along Hudson Bay's coast is dropping as the land continues to recover from the weight of the Laurentide Ice Sheet.
While the mystery surrounding Canada's gravitational anomalies has been put to rest, the study has wider implications. Scientists involved in the Harvard-Smithsonian Center study were amazed that they were able to see how the Earth looked 20,000 years ago. And by isolating the influence of the ice sheet's rebound effect, researchers better understand how convection affects gravity and how continents change over time. Finally, the GRACE satellites have provided scientists with data on many ice sheets and glaciers. By examining climate change that took place thousands of years ago, scientists may gain a better understanding of how global warming and rising sea levels are affecting our planet today and what impact they will have on our future.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Symbolism of the Coat of Arms of Canada
Shield
The shield is divided into five sections:
The first division at the viewer's top left contains the three golden lions that have been a symbol of England since at least the reign of King Richard I. The second quarter bears the red lion rampant of Scotland in a double tressure border with fleurs-de-lis, used as a symbol of Scotland since at least the reign of William I. The third quarter shows the Irish harp of Tara. Legend states that this golden harp with silver strings was used in royal banquets at Tara, a capital of ancient Ireland, and was later given to Henry VIII by the pope during his attempt to succeed to the Irish throne. The gold fleurs-de-lis of royal France, the first European emblem raised in Canada by Jacques Cartier during his landing at Gaspé, fill the fourth quarter.The tinctures of the quarters are Gules (red), Or (gold), Azure (blue), Azure and Argent (silver) respectively.
The fifth charge, a sprig of red maple leaves at the bottom is a distinctly Canadian symbol that became gradually identified with the country throughout the 19th century. They were first proposed as a symbol in 1834, were established in 1868 on the arms of Quebec and Ontario and officially became the national emblem in 1965, with the proclamation of the Flag of Canada. Initially, the leaves were depicted as coloured green on the coat of arms because it was thought to represent youth, as opposed to the red colour of dying leaves in autumn (however, they are blazoned as "proper," so could be shown as either red or green, and it is the blazon, rather than any depiction, which is regarded as authoritative). The leaves were later redrawn in official depictions in 1957 with the current colour to be in line with the official colours of Canada. The shield forms the basis of the royal standard of Canada.
Ribbon
The ribbon is marked desiderantes meliorem patriam, meaning "desiring a better country." It is the motto of the Order of Canada. This component was added, by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister, to the arms used to represent the Queen in 1987, after a new Canadian "law of arms" was created, which included the rule that the motto of the Order of Canada would be included around the personal coat of arms of any Canadian who received an appointment to the Order, while the arms used by government ministers and departments remained without the ribbon. Since 1994 the arms used by government ministers and institutions now reflect the personal arms of the Queen.
Helm
The arms show a royal helmet, which is a barred helm of gold looking outward, and draped in a mantle of white and red which are the official colours of Canada. The golden helmet facing the viewer symbolizes Canada's sovereignty.
Crest and crown
The crest is based on the Royal Crest of England but differenced by the addition of a maple leaf, and appears on the Governor General's blue flag denoting that the Governor General is a representative of the Sovereign.
It consists of a crowned gold lion standing on a twisted wreath of red and white silk and holding a maple leaf in its right paw. Above the crest is St Edward's Crown, the style preferred by the Queen. (See the article on the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom for a discussion of different styles of crown historically used in the Commonwealth.)
The 1921 design was a Tudor crown, and the style was modernized to its current form in 1957 by the Canadian government, although the Queen had indicated her preference in May 1952, shortly after ascending the throne in February 1952.
Supporters
Supporting the shield on either side are the English lion and Scottish unicorn, which are also the supporters of the UK coat of arms. The lion stands on the viewer's left and holds a gold-pointed silver lance flying the Union Flag. The unicorn has a gold horn, a gold mane, gold hooves, and around its neck a gold, chained coronet of crosses and fleurs-de-lis; it holds a lance flying the three gold fleurs-de-lis of royal France on a blue background. Unlike the British version, the lion is not crowned, nor is it facing the viewer. Supporters holding lances displaying flags are elements adopted from the Royal coat of arms of Scotland.
Motto
The motto of Canada is in Latin a mari usque ad mare (From sea to sea), a part of Psalm 72:8. This phrase was first suggested by Samuel Leonard Tilley, a Father of Confederation. The motto appears at the base of the arms. The motto was originally used in 1906 on the head of the mace of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. It was included in the Arms of Canada in 1921.
In March 2006, the premiers of Canada's three territories called for the amendment of the motto to better reflect the vast geographic nature of Canada's territory—Canada has three coastlines on the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. Two suggestions for a new motto are A mari ad mare ad mare (from sea to sea to sea) and A mari usque ad maria (from the sea to the other seas). The motto remains unchanged.
Friday, June 27, 2008
You Know You're Canadian When
You're not offended by the term, "Homo Milk."
You understand the phrase, "Could you pass me a serviette, I just dropped my poutine, on the chesterfield."
You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.
You drink pop, not soda.
You know what a Mickey and 2-4 mean.
You don't care about the fuss with Cuba. It's a cheap place to go for your holidays, with good cigars.
You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway.
You drive on a highway, not a freeway.
You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.
You know that Casey and Finnegan were not part of a Celtic musical group.
You get excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.
You brag to Americans that: Shania Twain, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion and many more are Canadians.
You know that a Canadian was the C.E.O. of American Airlines from 1998-2003
You know what a touque is.
You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced "Zed" not "Zee".
You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.
You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan."
You perk up when you hear the theme song from "Hockey Night in Canada."
You were in grade 12, not the 12th grade.
"Eh?" is a very important part of your vocabulary and more polite than, "Huh?"
Winter. Whenever you want it. And then some.
There's German food, Italian food, Chinese food, Armenian food, American food, but NO Canadian food.
You call a "mouse" a "moose".
You like the Americans a little because they don't want Quebec either.
Contests run by anyone other than the government have "skill-testing questions" that winners must answer correctly before they can claim a prize.
Everything is labelled in English and French.
Milk comes in plastic bags as well as cartons and plastic jugs.
Mountain Dew has no caffeine.
You spell "colour" and "favourite" with "ou" no just "o" because you know thats stupid
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Canada.
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"Hey, I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader...
I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dogsled...
and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada,
although I'm certain they're really really nice.
I have a Prime Minister, not a president.
I speak English and French, not American.
And I pronounce it 'about', not 'a boot'.
I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack.
I believe in peace keeping, not policing,
diversity, not assimilation,
and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal.
A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch,
and it is pronounced 'zed' not 'zee', 'zed' !!!!
Canada is the second largest landmass!
The first nation of hockey!
and the best part of North America
My name is ________!!
And I am Canadian!!!"
You understand the phrase, "Could you pass me a serviette, I just dropped my poutine, on the chesterfield."
You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.
You drink pop, not soda.
You know what a Mickey and 2-4 mean.
You don't care about the fuss with Cuba. It's a cheap place to go for your holidays, with good cigars.
You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway.
You drive on a highway, not a freeway.
You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.
You know that Casey and Finnegan were not part of a Celtic musical group.
You get excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.
You brag to Americans that: Shania Twain, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion and many more are Canadians.
You know that a Canadian was the C.E.O. of American Airlines from 1998-2003
You know what a touque is.
You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced "Zed" not "Zee".
You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.
You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan."
You perk up when you hear the theme song from "Hockey Night in Canada."
You were in grade 12, not the 12th grade.
"Eh?" is a very important part of your vocabulary and more polite than, "Huh?"
Winter. Whenever you want it. And then some.
There's German food, Italian food, Chinese food, Armenian food, American food, but NO Canadian food.
You call a "mouse" a "moose".
You like the Americans a little because they don't want Quebec either.
Contests run by anyone other than the government have "skill-testing questions" that winners must answer correctly before they can claim a prize.
Everything is labelled in English and French.
Milk comes in plastic bags as well as cartons and plastic jugs.
Mountain Dew has no caffeine.
You spell "colour" and "favourite" with "ou" no just "o" because you know thats stupid
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Canada.
------------------
"Hey, I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader...
I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dogsled...
and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada,
although I'm certain they're really really nice.
I have a Prime Minister, not a president.
I speak English and French, not American.
And I pronounce it 'about', not 'a boot'.
I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack.
I believe in peace keeping, not policing,
diversity, not assimilation,
and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal.
A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch,
and it is pronounced 'zed' not 'zee', 'zed' !!!!
Canada is the second largest landmass!
The first nation of hockey!
and the best part of North America
My name is ________!!
And I am Canadian!!!"
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Prime minister apologizes to native Canadians
In a historic speech, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized Wednesday to Canada's native peoples for the longtime government policy of forcing their children to attend state-funded schools aimed at assimilating them.
The treatment of children at the schools where they were often physically and sexually abused was a sad chapter in the country's history, he said from the House of Commons in an address carried live across Canada.
"Today, we recognize that this policy of assimilation was wrong, has caused great harm and has no place in our country," he said, as 11 aboriginal leaders looked on just feet away.
Indians packed into the public galleries and gathered on the lawn of Parliament Hill.
From the 19th century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 Indian children were required to attend state-funded Christian schools as part of a program to assimilate them into Canadian society.
Hundreds of former students witnessed what native leaders call a pivotal moment for Canada's more than 1 million Indians, who remain the country's poorest and most disadvantaged group. There are more than 80,000 surviving students.
"The government of Canada now recognizes that it was wrong to forcibly remove children from their homes and we apologize," Harper said.
"We now recognize that it was wrong to separate children from rich and vibrant cultures and traditions, and that it created a void in many lives and communities and we apologize," Harper said.
Harper also apologized for failing to prevent the children from being physically and sexually abused at the schools.
Phil Fontaine, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations and one of the leaders seated near Harper, wore a traditional native headdress and was allowed to speak from the floor after opposition parties demanded it.
"Finally, we heard Canada say it is sorry," Fontaine said.
"Never again will this House consider us an Indian problem for just being who we are," Fontaine said. "We heard the government of Canada take full responsibility."
He said the apology will go a long way toward repairing the relationship between aboriginals and the rest of Canada.
The federal government admitted 10 years ago that physical and sexual abuse in the schools was rampant. Many students recall being beaten for speaking their native languages and losing touch with their parents and customs.
That legacy of abuse and isolation has been cited by Indian leaders as the root cause of epidemic rates of alcoholism and drug addiction on reservations.
Fontaine was one of the first to go public with his past experiences of physical and sexual abuse.
The apology comes months after Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a similar gesture to the so-called Stolen Generations — thousands of Aborigines forcibly taken from their families as children under assimilation policies that lasted from 1910 to 1970.
But Canada has gone a step farther, offering those who were taken from their families compensation for the years they attended the residential schools. The offer was part of a lawsuit settlement.
A truth and reconciliation commission will also examine government policy and take testimony from survivors. The goal is to give survivors a forum to tell their stories and educate Canadians about a grim period in the country's history.
Special Thanks to The Associated Press
The treatment of children at the schools where they were often physically and sexually abused was a sad chapter in the country's history, he said from the House of Commons in an address carried live across Canada.
"Today, we recognize that this policy of assimilation was wrong, has caused great harm and has no place in our country," he said, as 11 aboriginal leaders looked on just feet away.
Indians packed into the public galleries and gathered on the lawn of Parliament Hill.
From the 19th century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 Indian children were required to attend state-funded Christian schools as part of a program to assimilate them into Canadian society.
Hundreds of former students witnessed what native leaders call a pivotal moment for Canada's more than 1 million Indians, who remain the country's poorest and most disadvantaged group. There are more than 80,000 surviving students.
"The government of Canada now recognizes that it was wrong to forcibly remove children from their homes and we apologize," Harper said.
"We now recognize that it was wrong to separate children from rich and vibrant cultures and traditions, and that it created a void in many lives and communities and we apologize," Harper said.
Harper also apologized for failing to prevent the children from being physically and sexually abused at the schools.
Phil Fontaine, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations and one of the leaders seated near Harper, wore a traditional native headdress and was allowed to speak from the floor after opposition parties demanded it.
"Finally, we heard Canada say it is sorry," Fontaine said.
"Never again will this House consider us an Indian problem for just being who we are," Fontaine said. "We heard the government of Canada take full responsibility."
He said the apology will go a long way toward repairing the relationship between aboriginals and the rest of Canada.
The federal government admitted 10 years ago that physical and sexual abuse in the schools was rampant. Many students recall being beaten for speaking their native languages and losing touch with their parents and customs.
That legacy of abuse and isolation has been cited by Indian leaders as the root cause of epidemic rates of alcoholism and drug addiction on reservations.
Fontaine was one of the first to go public with his past experiences of physical and sexual abuse.
The apology comes months after Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a similar gesture to the so-called Stolen Generations — thousands of Aborigines forcibly taken from their families as children under assimilation policies that lasted from 1910 to 1970.
But Canada has gone a step farther, offering those who were taken from their families compensation for the years they attended the residential schools. The offer was part of a lawsuit settlement.
A truth and reconciliation commission will also examine government policy and take testimony from survivors. The goal is to give survivors a forum to tell their stories and educate Canadians about a grim period in the country's history.
Special Thanks to The Associated Press
Saturday, June 21, 2008
This pair is poetry in motion on ice
Canada's Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison have awed all with their chemistry and presence
The camel spin, evolved from arabesque in ballet, is a rotation on the spot, one leg extended at a right angle parallel to the ice.
It's a pretty move, particularly when performed in unison by pairs.
With Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison, though, it's their signature element, if for hideous reasons.
Audiences wait for it, breath held, and applaud its unremarkable execution.
"The funny thing is, we do it very well,'' says Davison. "When it's on with each other, it gives us even more energy to keep going. When we do it in a competition or a show, the audience – if they know our sport a little bit – give us even bigger applause for a side-by-side spin which normally isn't seen as a WOW move.''
Last February, at Four Continents, the camel a deux almost killed Dube.
In one of the most horrific figure skating mishaps in memory, the skaters came too close, Davison drifting towards Dube. On the third rotation, his blade caught Dube flush in the face, cutting a looping gash from just beneath the left eye and across the nose, where cartilage meets bone.
Not quite realizing what had happened to her, Dube dropped face-first onto the ice, blood spurting and pooling.
"I started crying because I saw all this blood. I didn't really feel the pain, not until later when I was in the ambulance and they were putting pressure to make the bleeding stop and I couldn't breathe. But it was the blood that scared me.''
Davison knelt over his partner, aghast and terrified. "She looked straight up at me. I remember thinking, `Thank God, she can see me.' There was this large wound and the skin was hanging off. But she could see me. And I knew it would be all right because I hadn't hit her in the eye or the throat or the temple. I could tell by the way she was reacting that it would be okay.''
He says that now, from the comfortable distance of a career resumed – stunningly, after only 11 days off the ice – and with Dube's beautiful young face turned toward him, the scar only faintly visible. But Davison admits it took some time, and therapeutic counselling with a sports psychologist, for him to get past the trauma of that night in Colorado Springs.
"I had feelings of guilt because, yes it was an accident, but I was the male, the protector, and I had injured her, actually cut the female.''
No apology was ever required. From her hospital bed that night, after undergoing emergency surgery, Dube made it clear what happened had been an awful accident, that she still trusted the partner who had, until only shortly beforehand, been her boyfriend as well.
Both have watched, repeatedly, videotape of the incident, part of the mentally healing process for desensitizing themselves to the memory. It was the first element they practised upon returning to their training regimen. Even now, they continue to view it on YouTube.
"Believe me, what I saw in real life was a hundred times worse than what you can see from all the camera angles,'' says Davison.
The trials and tribulations of this young team – he's 21, she's 20, and they've been together for five years – have constantly derailed their progress. Dube missed the start of the past two seasons after undergoing surgery on one knee, then the other.
Yet they've persevered, placing seventh at the worlds earlier this year – only six weeks removed from their accident – and just last weekend copped an impressive gold at Skate America, beating the '06 world champion Chinese by a healthy margin. They're gunning for a repeat podium appearance here tomorrow.
Those who know the sport are awed by their chemistry and stage presence, the power of their lifts, the smooth side-by-side jumps and the polished spins. They fit together from the start, when first paired by coaches, and despite the fact they're not a typical pairs duo. She's not a munchkin; he's not a behemoth.
"I'm not the largest pair man and Jess is not the smallest pair girl,'' observes Davison, "which makes our skating beautiful but also makes other things difficult. Our lifting, the way we carry the flow through the lifts and Jess's position on top of the lifts, is rather high quality for people who are closer in size. And our throws – Jess is like a cat, she can land just about anything.''
By anything, he means the quadruple throws they hope will be part of the package come the Vancouver Olympics.
Davison repeated the other night what he's said of Canadian athletes in the past – they've got to be more assertive, more aggressive, more cutthroat in their ambitions.
"As Canadians, we're seen as nice people. When you look at the Chinese and the Americans, they go to win competitions. I'm not saying we need to be mean to the other competitors. But we need to go to win. One of the only sports where we do that is hockey.''
Dube concurs, and points to a telling detail – how other teams invaded their space in the warm-up at Skate America. "Everyone was (claiming) their spot and we were, like, not doing the same thing. We're always nice and they know it, so they take advantage of it.''
They may both vow to be more in-your-face in the future, with rivals, but this is a couple of characteristic serenity and centred calm, especially in the midst of chaos. Perhaps that can be attributed in part to an unspoken and beneath-the-skin communication each to each. It was always there, this recognition of what the other is feeling.That first year together, they ran the table as juniors. They gradually become romantically involved, then un-involved. That shows maturity beyond their years.
They're also shaping up as one of Canada's best medal bets for gold in Vancouver, perchance gold, no alarming competition on the horizon, nobody they feel they can't beat or haven't already beaten.
Says Davison: "Everyone has their strengths and their weaknesses. The team that has the strongest weak point is going to win in the end.''
Special Thanks to The Toronto Star
The camel spin, evolved from arabesque in ballet, is a rotation on the spot, one leg extended at a right angle parallel to the ice.
It's a pretty move, particularly when performed in unison by pairs.
With Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison, though, it's their signature element, if for hideous reasons.
Audiences wait for it, breath held, and applaud its unremarkable execution.
"The funny thing is, we do it very well,'' says Davison. "When it's on with each other, it gives us even more energy to keep going. When we do it in a competition or a show, the audience – if they know our sport a little bit – give us even bigger applause for a side-by-side spin which normally isn't seen as a WOW move.''
Last February, at Four Continents, the camel a deux almost killed Dube.
In one of the most horrific figure skating mishaps in memory, the skaters came too close, Davison drifting towards Dube. On the third rotation, his blade caught Dube flush in the face, cutting a looping gash from just beneath the left eye and across the nose, where cartilage meets bone.
Not quite realizing what had happened to her, Dube dropped face-first onto the ice, blood spurting and pooling.
"I started crying because I saw all this blood. I didn't really feel the pain, not until later when I was in the ambulance and they were putting pressure to make the bleeding stop and I couldn't breathe. But it was the blood that scared me.''
Davison knelt over his partner, aghast and terrified. "She looked straight up at me. I remember thinking, `Thank God, she can see me.' There was this large wound and the skin was hanging off. But she could see me. And I knew it would be all right because I hadn't hit her in the eye or the throat or the temple. I could tell by the way she was reacting that it would be okay.''
He says that now, from the comfortable distance of a career resumed – stunningly, after only 11 days off the ice – and with Dube's beautiful young face turned toward him, the scar only faintly visible. But Davison admits it took some time, and therapeutic counselling with a sports psychologist, for him to get past the trauma of that night in Colorado Springs.
"I had feelings of guilt because, yes it was an accident, but I was the male, the protector, and I had injured her, actually cut the female.''
No apology was ever required. From her hospital bed that night, after undergoing emergency surgery, Dube made it clear what happened had been an awful accident, that she still trusted the partner who had, until only shortly beforehand, been her boyfriend as well.
Both have watched, repeatedly, videotape of the incident, part of the mentally healing process for desensitizing themselves to the memory. It was the first element they practised upon returning to their training regimen. Even now, they continue to view it on YouTube.
"Believe me, what I saw in real life was a hundred times worse than what you can see from all the camera angles,'' says Davison.
The trials and tribulations of this young team – he's 21, she's 20, and they've been together for five years – have constantly derailed their progress. Dube missed the start of the past two seasons after undergoing surgery on one knee, then the other.
Yet they've persevered, placing seventh at the worlds earlier this year – only six weeks removed from their accident – and just last weekend copped an impressive gold at Skate America, beating the '06 world champion Chinese by a healthy margin. They're gunning for a repeat podium appearance here tomorrow.
Those who know the sport are awed by their chemistry and stage presence, the power of their lifts, the smooth side-by-side jumps and the polished spins. They fit together from the start, when first paired by coaches, and despite the fact they're not a typical pairs duo. She's not a munchkin; he's not a behemoth.
"I'm not the largest pair man and Jess is not the smallest pair girl,'' observes Davison, "which makes our skating beautiful but also makes other things difficult. Our lifting, the way we carry the flow through the lifts and Jess's position on top of the lifts, is rather high quality for people who are closer in size. And our throws – Jess is like a cat, she can land just about anything.''
By anything, he means the quadruple throws they hope will be part of the package come the Vancouver Olympics.
Davison repeated the other night what he's said of Canadian athletes in the past – they've got to be more assertive, more aggressive, more cutthroat in their ambitions.
"As Canadians, we're seen as nice people. When you look at the Chinese and the Americans, they go to win competitions. I'm not saying we need to be mean to the other competitors. But we need to go to win. One of the only sports where we do that is hockey.''
Dube concurs, and points to a telling detail – how other teams invaded their space in the warm-up at Skate America. "Everyone was (claiming) their spot and we were, like, not doing the same thing. We're always nice and they know it, so they take advantage of it.''
They may both vow to be more in-your-face in the future, with rivals, but this is a couple of characteristic serenity and centred calm, especially in the midst of chaos. Perhaps that can be attributed in part to an unspoken and beneath-the-skin communication each to each. It was always there, this recognition of what the other is feeling.That first year together, they ran the table as juniors. They gradually become romantically involved, then un-involved. That shows maturity beyond their years.
They're also shaping up as one of Canada's best medal bets for gold in Vancouver, perchance gold, no alarming competition on the horizon, nobody they feel they can't beat or haven't already beaten.
Says Davison: "Everyone has their strengths and their weaknesses. The team that has the strongest weak point is going to win in the end.''
Special Thanks to The Toronto Star
Sunday, June 15, 2008
New CPR method takes 20 minutes to learn
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Quebec is launching new guidelines for cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, or CPR.
The new method is supposed to be more efficient in helping a patient survive.
A new teaching style of the technique will help people remember what they've learned.
The procedure is vital in keeping a patient's heart pumping, until emergency services arrive.
Old school
For 50 years, people have been learning to give 15 compressions followed by two breaths, to a person who is in cardiac arrest.
Now, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Quebec says it's better to use 30 compressions, followed by two breaths.
The new method is based on scientific data from thousands of international studies, says ambulance technician Marc Gay.
The research shows blood circulation drops when the compressions stop, meaning it's important to give more compressions and allow more blood to flow through the body.
"Then your heart's going to stay in an excitable fashion which means that it is easily and readily defibrilated with the defibrillator," Gay said Monday as the new technique was shared with journalists.
A person's chances of survival increase dramatically if CPR and defibrillation are administered within the first minutes of cardiac arrest, said Dr. Alphonse Montmigny of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Quebec.
"The survival rate can be 50 to 75 per cent, it's really high," Montmigny said.
The new CPR technique will now take only 20 minutes to teach, instead of four hours. Research shows that volunteers will retain just as much with the new learning method.
The heart and stroke foundation will begin teaching it in the spring.
The new method is supposed to be more efficient in helping a patient survive.
A new teaching style of the technique will help people remember what they've learned.
The procedure is vital in keeping a patient's heart pumping, until emergency services arrive.
Old school
For 50 years, people have been learning to give 15 compressions followed by two breaths, to a person who is in cardiac arrest.
Now, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Quebec says it's better to use 30 compressions, followed by two breaths.
The new method is based on scientific data from thousands of international studies, says ambulance technician Marc Gay.
The research shows blood circulation drops when the compressions stop, meaning it's important to give more compressions and allow more blood to flow through the body.
"Then your heart's going to stay in an excitable fashion which means that it is easily and readily defibrilated with the defibrillator," Gay said Monday as the new technique was shared with journalists.
A person's chances of survival increase dramatically if CPR and defibrillation are administered within the first minutes of cardiac arrest, said Dr. Alphonse Montmigny of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Quebec.
"The survival rate can be 50 to 75 per cent, it's really high," Montmigny said.
The new CPR technique will now take only 20 minutes to teach, instead of four hours. Research shows that volunteers will retain just as much with the new learning method.
The heart and stroke foundation will begin teaching it in the spring.
Friday, May 02, 2008
Euphemisms for Marijuana
4:20 Time
A Number
Barbecued Iguana
Baseball
Baseball Bat
Bifta
Blogroll
Blue Hair
Blunt
Bone
Bowling
Bud
Buddha
Bunk
Cabbage
Carla
Carrot
Cat Food
Cheeba Cheeba
Chronic
Chrons
Coffee Break
Cone
Cracker
Creeper
Cron
da Kind
Daddy
Dank
Darren Popovich
Dirt Weed
Donnie
Doob
Doobage
Doobie
Dope
Fatty Boombalaty
Fetid Finger
Fire
Fishing
Freshly Baked Bread
Gang Dang
Ganj
Ganja
Garden Gnome
Garlic Knots
Ghandi
Grass
Green
Greenage
Greener
Greenery
Hairy Mexican Skunk Balls
Happy Leaf
Harry Larry
Heinlen
Herb
Herbage
Hippie Lettuce
Hit
Hogger
Hog-Leg
Hooba
Hoobastank
Hydro
Indica
Indo
Inhibition Reducer
Irish Mind Bomb
Jay
Jazz Cigarette
Jesus
Jibber
JJ
Joint
Joseph
Kaya
Keeping It Real
Kill
Killer
Kimo Sabe
Kind Bud
Kindly
Knockout
Leprechaun’s Hairy Beaver
Loco Weed
Long-Beach
Mary
Mary Jane
Maui Wowee
Mexican Dirt
Mids
Mommy
Mother Nug
Nodge
Notes
Nugs
Oregano
Parsley
Pasta
Pinner
Pizza
Pop Tarts
Pot
Puff
Puff The Magic Dragon
Red Hair
Reefer
Regs
Roach
Rotini
Shit
Shwag
Skizzzunk
Skunk
Skunk Tail
Smashed Potatoes
Smeck
Smokage
Smoke
Spliff
Stank
Steege
Sticky Bud
Sticky Icky
Sticky-Icky-ICKY
Strange
Sweet
Sweet Leaf
Tea
Tetrahydrocannabinol
Thai Stick
THC
The Tree
Tickets
Tonto
Toot
Trees
Wacky Tobacky
Weed
Wowe Maui
Yellow Fever
Yukon Gold
Zol
A Number
Barbecued Iguana
Baseball
Baseball Bat
Bifta
Blogroll
Blue Hair
Blunt
Bone
Bowling
Bud
Buddha
Bunk
Cabbage
Carla
Carrot
Cat Food
Cheeba Cheeba
Chronic
Chrons
Coffee Break
Cone
Cracker
Creeper
Cron
da Kind
Daddy
Dank
Darren Popovich
Dirt Weed
Donnie
Doob
Doobage
Doobie
Dope
Fatty Boombalaty
Fetid Finger
Fire
Fishing
Freshly Baked Bread
Gang Dang
Ganj
Ganja
Garden Gnome
Garlic Knots
Ghandi
Grass
Green
Greenage
Greener
Greenery
Hairy Mexican Skunk Balls
Happy Leaf
Harry Larry
Heinlen
Herb
Herbage
Hippie Lettuce
Hit
Hogger
Hog-Leg
Hooba
Hoobastank
Hydro
Indica
Indo
Inhibition Reducer
Irish Mind Bomb
Jay
Jazz Cigarette
Jesus
Jibber
JJ
Joint
Joseph
Kaya
Keeping It Real
Kill
Killer
Kimo Sabe
Kind Bud
Kindly
Knockout
Leprechaun’s Hairy Beaver
Loco Weed
Long-Beach
Mary
Mary Jane
Maui Wowee
Mexican Dirt
Mids
Mommy
Mother Nug
Nodge
Notes
Nugs
Oregano
Parsley
Pasta
Pinner
Pizza
Pop Tarts
Pot
Puff
Puff The Magic Dragon
Red Hair
Reefer
Regs
Roach
Rotini
Shit
Shwag
Skizzzunk
Skunk
Skunk Tail
Smashed Potatoes
Smeck
Smokage
Smoke
Spliff
Stank
Steege
Sticky Bud
Sticky Icky
Sticky-Icky-ICKY
Strange
Sweet
Sweet Leaf
Tea
Tetrahydrocannabinol
Thai Stick
THC
The Tree
Tickets
Tonto
Toot
Trees
Wacky Tobacky
Weed
Wowe Maui
Yellow Fever
Yukon Gold
Zol
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