If it is as cold where you are now as it is where I am and you are like me, you are dreaming of sunshine and warm weather that is still an eternity away. Or is it? In some places, this is the case but in Florida, the sun is always shining and warm weather is to be had all year long. In other words, with the prices as low as they are now, cheap Florida holidays are within everyone’s reach!
Imagine leaving the snow and sub-zero temperatures behind to bask in the sun and relax on white sandy beaches. This is the time to make it happen because theses prices will not last long! Florida has so much more to offer besides just sunshine. We’re talking Disney World, Sea World and many other fun places for the whole family. You can choose from many popular destinations from Orlando and Miami and everywhere in between. There is no shortage of both relaxing and exciting things to do in Florida. Disney World and the sun are just the beginning of your Florida Adventure. So get out of the snow now and start planning your discount vacation to the place that has earned a reputation for being so warm and sunny, it has been dubbed “The Sunshine State”.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Number One Yet Again!
Well, it has happened again. For the third time in less than a year, Cape Breton Island has been voted best island in the world! Travel and Leisure magazine gave the rating based on criteria such as scenery, culture and history. With the scenic Cabot Trail (which has been voted most scenic drive in North America), the Fortress of Louisbourg (which is a full-scale replica of an 18th century French fortress), and a culture that is a mix of French, Scottish and Micmac, Cape Breton certainly meets all the criteria required to receive this coveted title!It seems people the world over are finally starting to take notice of this tiny island situated just off the East Coast of Mainland Nova Scotia. But locals and many tourists who have visited the island in the past have known all along what the island has to offer. The island welcomes hundreds of thousands of tourists every year and with this newly released information, those numbers will surely go up with many North Americans on a tight travel budget following the recent economic crisis realizing that they don’t need to travel south to the Caribbean to vacation in an Island Paradise. I guess this means I will no longer have my favorite beach all to myself anymore!
View article here:
http://mediacentre.canada.travel/content/travel_story_ideas/best_island_cape_breton
Monday, February 1, 2010
More Reason to Love this Discount Airline!
If you have ever traveled with WestJet, you already know what a great airline they are! With their great customer service, spotless safety record, low prices and a knack for rarely loosing luggage, you can’t go wrong with them.
And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, they recently introduced a new perk to their impeccable service; the option to pay extra for some things you want and don’t want!
Some of the services that surveyed travelers said they would pay an extra ten dollars for include being the first to board, premium snacks or foods and faster baggage delivery. And of course there are those things that you would like to save ten dollars on too and soon you will be able to do both when WestJet introduces this new service that will allow you to pick and choose what you want just like you do when you order a meal in a restaurant!
Check out the full article here!
http://www.geekytraveller.com/2008/11/westjet-lets-you-pay-extra-for-what-you-want-or-dont/
Book your next flight or vacation with WestJet here!
http://www.westjet.com/guest/en/home.shtml?s_cid=PS|{Yahoo}|{Corporate%20WestJet}|{Corporate%20Terms}|{westjet}
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Swine Flu Panic
The madness started back in April of 2009. I was in Vegas at the time and completely oblivious to the chaos that was unfolding not too far away, across the border in Mexico. An unknown, contagious and deadly virus was killing hundreds of people and making scores of others very ill or so the media was saying. By the time I got home, the panic had spread throughout the entire world and the media was doing what it does best; creating mass hysteria and paranoia.
The illness soon became known as H1N1 or Swine Flu and although I did not get it when I was vacationing in the Southern United States, some people back home kept their distance from me for the first few days I was back in Canada. The panic had even struck here in Newfoundland, an island in the middle of the North Atlantic, within a few weeks and soon after, WHO declared the Swine Flu a pandemic and put it at their highest of high alerts. News stories told us of scores of people who were dying from this flu. By summer, immunization plans were rolled out and everyone was advised to get this flu shot.
Before this flu made the airwaves, I was already aware of some of the shady things that go on behind the closed doors of certain government officials, world leaders and the heads of the big pharmaceutical companies. I was also aware of some predictions that were made a while back by people who were labeled crazy even though those predictions came true, including the one that said we would see a major pandemic very soon. Another prediction was that of a devastating economic crash which, as we all know, happened. Is it coincidence that these events happened so close together and at the time they were predicted to happen? I think not, but that is just my opinion…and the opinion of millions of others around the globe.
Now, you may be wondering what makes me think that something is being hidden from us. Besides the fact that it ties in with other events in recent and not-so-recent times which I will not get into because I will be here for a week listing those things, there are may things that happened during the Swine Flu panic that made me question whether there even was a swine flu and if there was a real threat, I didn’t think it happened naturally. Sinister things were going on and here is why I think that:
1. Back in 2008, the government of Canada introduced Bill C-51 which stated that all natural products would be banned. The bill stated that natural products were dangerous and posed a threat to people and that 75% of all natural products on the market would be hauled off the shelves and banned. Anyone caught with said products in their house would be fined and possibly jailed. At any time, an official could come into your house and search for these products to make sure you were obeying the law. At this time, the United States was trying to implement the same thing. I scratched my head and wondered why they would want to ban products that helped millions of people bounce back from ill-health while millions of others died and suffered terrible side-effects from the medications being prescribed by their doctors, medications that were not being banned. It dawned on me pretty quickly; people were starting to see that eating well and supplementing with natural products was helping them feel better, therefore making them less dependent on prescription medication. With the pharmaceutical companies loosing big-time cash to natural products, their only way of bouncing back was to call on a ban. And because the people who run these big companies have the government wrapped around their fingers, they came up with a proposed bill to ban vitamin C and other natural foods that we have been eating for thousands of millennia without side effects so that everyone will go back to their doctors and be drugged into a zombie-like state until they die. Thankfully, the bill died out.
2. During the Swine Flu hysteria, there were many contradicting reports surrounding the flu and the vaccine. One news station reported that people who were planning to get the regular flu shot should not get the swine flu vaccine because of potential side-effects. That same day, another news station reported that it was fine to get both shots. Both of these reports were made without any backing information to support either claim. Another contradiction made the airwaves when one news station reported that the vaccine had not been tested enough to give to the public and went on to report about the side effects that affected many people who took the vaccine that was created to fight the pandemic in the 1970’s. At the same time, another news station was reporting that the vaccine was perfectly safe and it is to be expected that a SMALL percentage of people will have side effects. A lot of people had side effects in the 1970’s pandemic and that is a well-known fact. And yet another contradicting news report told the people of Newfoundland that eleven people had died from the Swine Flu. A week after this report, the same news station reported that that number was false and in fact only four people had died from the Swine flu and all of those people had underlying, terminal conditions before they got the flu, a fact that was omitted from the first report. Releasing this information before the truth was known caused widespread panic and also told me and many others that if they thought the death toll was higher than it actually was, they must be just guessing that these people died of Swine Flu without even testing them. The symptoms of Swine Flu and other illnesses are very much alike. And the most important piece of information that was released by the media was that of a reporter who claimed to have inside information that the Swine Flu was created in a lab and unleashed unto the unsuspecting people so that big pharmaceutical companies would reap in millions of dollars from the sale of vaccines that were said to be created before anyone even got sick. This reporter also claimed that WHO knew about this and did and said nothing. The fact that the media was willing to cover this very important piece of news gave me temporary faith in the media for covering something so controversial but that faith subsided when the reporter and her story were never heard of again. Pertinent information lost in the ensuing race for people to think about nothing except getting the Swine Flu vaccine.
3. Now for the insults on the general public at large. The Canadian government had a supply of vaccines sent to remote Northern Aboriginal communities. Included with this supply were body bags! Now what did this tell the people of those communities? That the Government knew many of them would die even if they dove into the vaccine supply? There’s a great way to heighten the morale of people during a potential pandemic. And why were body bags only sent to Aboriginal communities? Here in Newfoundland, we received shipments of vaccines but body bags were not included or at least no one told us they were. Other insults to the general public included lies that were easy to see through, attempts at debunking the people who questioned the obvious and just plain disorganization that should have told the people that the powers that be were not to be trusted.
4. The handing out of the vaccine was so disorganized (not that I would have lined up and got it anyway) that people were standing outside in line for hours in sub-zero temperatures waiting to get it and most were turned away where there was not enough supply. The vaccine was supposed to be handed out to high-risk people first. Here, in Newfoundland, health care workers were considered high-risk but their families were not unless they met one of the other criteria on the list. Despite this, some healthcare workers in the province became so selfish because of the panic and hysteria surrounding this flu that killed a small handful of people in the province, they snuck their family members in ahead of people who were considered high risk. I personally believe that those people were better off without the vaccine anyway but that is not the point.
5. The single most important fact that brought me to believe that something fishy is going on is the fact that this flu, as opposed to past flues that affect the very young, the very old and the very weak, affected healthy, young people in their prime and pregnant women. It has been thought for decades that the world governments are in cahoots with one another to reduce the world’s population by 80%. What better way than to develop a virus that would wipe out people in their reproductive years. At no other time in history did a virus affect this demographic so much.
Despite the media frenzy, scare tactics and everyone running around in a panic, I have decided to listen to my instincts and not get the vaccine. I’m healthy, I eat well, I exercise and I use my brain. I know I will not get this flu and even if I do, it will be like any other flu I have ever had. I will get sick, I will miss a few days of work ad complain about not being able to pay my rent due to lack of money but other than that, I will survive. Millions of people all around the world die from the regular seasonal flu every year and that does not get the attention the Swine Flu has gotten. It makes no sense to me that so many have panicked over this and it makes even less sense that so many ran out blindly, without doing any research, and lined up like cattle to get this vaccine that they know nothing about. I’m expressing my opinion and opening people up to the idea of least doing research before they jump into something that could affect their lives so profoundly. I fear the vaccine and the people who are behind what is sure to go down in history as one of the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated on mankind.
The illness soon became known as H1N1 or Swine Flu and although I did not get it when I was vacationing in the Southern United States, some people back home kept their distance from me for the first few days I was back in Canada. The panic had even struck here in Newfoundland, an island in the middle of the North Atlantic, within a few weeks and soon after, WHO declared the Swine Flu a pandemic and put it at their highest of high alerts. News stories told us of scores of people who were dying from this flu. By summer, immunization plans were rolled out and everyone was advised to get this flu shot.
Before this flu made the airwaves, I was already aware of some of the shady things that go on behind the closed doors of certain government officials, world leaders and the heads of the big pharmaceutical companies. I was also aware of some predictions that were made a while back by people who were labeled crazy even though those predictions came true, including the one that said we would see a major pandemic very soon. Another prediction was that of a devastating economic crash which, as we all know, happened. Is it coincidence that these events happened so close together and at the time they were predicted to happen? I think not, but that is just my opinion…and the opinion of millions of others around the globe.
Now, you may be wondering what makes me think that something is being hidden from us. Besides the fact that it ties in with other events in recent and not-so-recent times which I will not get into because I will be here for a week listing those things, there are may things that happened during the Swine Flu panic that made me question whether there even was a swine flu and if there was a real threat, I didn’t think it happened naturally. Sinister things were going on and here is why I think that:
1. Back in 2008, the government of Canada introduced Bill C-51 which stated that all natural products would be banned. The bill stated that natural products were dangerous and posed a threat to people and that 75% of all natural products on the market would be hauled off the shelves and banned. Anyone caught with said products in their house would be fined and possibly jailed. At any time, an official could come into your house and search for these products to make sure you were obeying the law. At this time, the United States was trying to implement the same thing. I scratched my head and wondered why they would want to ban products that helped millions of people bounce back from ill-health while millions of others died and suffered terrible side-effects from the medications being prescribed by their doctors, medications that were not being banned. It dawned on me pretty quickly; people were starting to see that eating well and supplementing with natural products was helping them feel better, therefore making them less dependent on prescription medication. With the pharmaceutical companies loosing big-time cash to natural products, their only way of bouncing back was to call on a ban. And because the people who run these big companies have the government wrapped around their fingers, they came up with a proposed bill to ban vitamin C and other natural foods that we have been eating for thousands of millennia without side effects so that everyone will go back to their doctors and be drugged into a zombie-like state until they die. Thankfully, the bill died out.
2. During the Swine Flu hysteria, there were many contradicting reports surrounding the flu and the vaccine. One news station reported that people who were planning to get the regular flu shot should not get the swine flu vaccine because of potential side-effects. That same day, another news station reported that it was fine to get both shots. Both of these reports were made without any backing information to support either claim. Another contradiction made the airwaves when one news station reported that the vaccine had not been tested enough to give to the public and went on to report about the side effects that affected many people who took the vaccine that was created to fight the pandemic in the 1970’s. At the same time, another news station was reporting that the vaccine was perfectly safe and it is to be expected that a SMALL percentage of people will have side effects. A lot of people had side effects in the 1970’s pandemic and that is a well-known fact. And yet another contradicting news report told the people of Newfoundland that eleven people had died from the Swine Flu. A week after this report, the same news station reported that that number was false and in fact only four people had died from the Swine flu and all of those people had underlying, terminal conditions before they got the flu, a fact that was omitted from the first report. Releasing this information before the truth was known caused widespread panic and also told me and many others that if they thought the death toll was higher than it actually was, they must be just guessing that these people died of Swine Flu without even testing them. The symptoms of Swine Flu and other illnesses are very much alike. And the most important piece of information that was released by the media was that of a reporter who claimed to have inside information that the Swine Flu was created in a lab and unleashed unto the unsuspecting people so that big pharmaceutical companies would reap in millions of dollars from the sale of vaccines that were said to be created before anyone even got sick. This reporter also claimed that WHO knew about this and did and said nothing. The fact that the media was willing to cover this very important piece of news gave me temporary faith in the media for covering something so controversial but that faith subsided when the reporter and her story were never heard of again. Pertinent information lost in the ensuing race for people to think about nothing except getting the Swine Flu vaccine.
3. Now for the insults on the general public at large. The Canadian government had a supply of vaccines sent to remote Northern Aboriginal communities. Included with this supply were body bags! Now what did this tell the people of those communities? That the Government knew many of them would die even if they dove into the vaccine supply? There’s a great way to heighten the morale of people during a potential pandemic. And why were body bags only sent to Aboriginal communities? Here in Newfoundland, we received shipments of vaccines but body bags were not included or at least no one told us they were. Other insults to the general public included lies that were easy to see through, attempts at debunking the people who questioned the obvious and just plain disorganization that should have told the people that the powers that be were not to be trusted.
4. The handing out of the vaccine was so disorganized (not that I would have lined up and got it anyway) that people were standing outside in line for hours in sub-zero temperatures waiting to get it and most were turned away where there was not enough supply. The vaccine was supposed to be handed out to high-risk people first. Here, in Newfoundland, health care workers were considered high-risk but their families were not unless they met one of the other criteria on the list. Despite this, some healthcare workers in the province became so selfish because of the panic and hysteria surrounding this flu that killed a small handful of people in the province, they snuck their family members in ahead of people who were considered high risk. I personally believe that those people were better off without the vaccine anyway but that is not the point.
5. The single most important fact that brought me to believe that something fishy is going on is the fact that this flu, as opposed to past flues that affect the very young, the very old and the very weak, affected healthy, young people in their prime and pregnant women. It has been thought for decades that the world governments are in cahoots with one another to reduce the world’s population by 80%. What better way than to develop a virus that would wipe out people in their reproductive years. At no other time in history did a virus affect this demographic so much.
Despite the media frenzy, scare tactics and everyone running around in a panic, I have decided to listen to my instincts and not get the vaccine. I’m healthy, I eat well, I exercise and I use my brain. I know I will not get this flu and even if I do, it will be like any other flu I have ever had. I will get sick, I will miss a few days of work ad complain about not being able to pay my rent due to lack of money but other than that, I will survive. Millions of people all around the world die from the regular seasonal flu every year and that does not get the attention the Swine Flu has gotten. It makes no sense to me that so many have panicked over this and it makes even less sense that so many ran out blindly, without doing any research, and lined up like cattle to get this vaccine that they know nothing about. I’m expressing my opinion and opening people up to the idea of least doing research before they jump into something that could affect their lives so profoundly. I fear the vaccine and the people who are behind what is sure to go down in history as one of the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated on mankind.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Get Away From the Cold this Winter with a Trip to the Desert!
Las Vegas is a destination that should be on everyone’s “places to see” list. Even if you don’t gamble or party hard, there is something for everyone to see and do and I guarantee, you will not be disappointed with what this fabulous city has to offer. I should know, I traveled there last April and I have been itching to get back since I left!
The best thing about Las Vegas is how cheap it is to travel there and there are packages suited to everyone’s budget. There are endless Las Vegas Deals available but they won’t all last forever so now is the time to start looking for a deal that will take you to one of the world’s best known and most beloved cities.
Las Vegas has so much to offer including world-class entertainment, top-notch restaurants, endless shopping malls, outlet stores and specialty stores, museums, and of course, lots of gambling! You can also take tours to places outside the city such as Hoover Dam, The Grand Canyon and Death Valley. There is excitement at every corner but if you prefer to relax and stay low-key, there are plenty of opportunities to do that as well!
Included in most package deals is your return flights and accommodations with taxes included. When you arrive at McCarron Airport in Las Vegas, you will be minutes away from the The Strip and everything you need will be in walking distance from your hotel! But be warned…you will be doing a lot of walking up and down Las Vegas Boulevard, so make sure to bring those walking shoes!
The best thing about Las Vegas is how cheap it is to travel there and there are packages suited to everyone’s budget. There are endless Las Vegas Deals available but they won’t all last forever so now is the time to start looking for a deal that will take you to one of the world’s best known and most beloved cities.
Las Vegas has so much to offer including world-class entertainment, top-notch restaurants, endless shopping malls, outlet stores and specialty stores, museums, and of course, lots of gambling! You can also take tours to places outside the city such as Hoover Dam, The Grand Canyon and Death Valley. There is excitement at every corner but if you prefer to relax and stay low-key, there are plenty of opportunities to do that as well!
Included in most package deals is your return flights and accommodations with taxes included. When you arrive at McCarron Airport in Las Vegas, you will be minutes away from the The Strip and everything you need will be in walking distance from your hotel! But be warned…you will be doing a lot of walking up and down Las Vegas Boulevard, so make sure to bring those walking shoes!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Why not go North for a Change!
If you are looking for a different kind of vacation this spring, one that is different from the typical vacation down south, why not consider traveling North with one of the Holidays to Canada that are available for a vacation experience that you will never forget!
Canada is one of the biggest countries in the world so there is no shortage of things to see and do. Steeped in history and culture, Canadians are the laid back kind of people who know how to live life to the fullest and will show you the down home hospitality the country is known for. There are many different types of vacation packages available for people interested in vacationing in Canada and there is bound to be one that will fit your needs! You can visit Toronto, the biggest city in Canada and experience the big city life the way it is supposed to be. Culture, art and fine dining abound and there is much to see outside the city and in surrounding areas. Niagara Falls is one of the top destinations in the country with the larger part of the falls spanning 2,600 feet and dropping 173 feet. If you want to get a big city experience without the very big city feel, Montreal is the city to visit. Although smaller than Toronto, Montreal has everything the bigger city has but with a French touch added to the mix. Other popular areas of Canada to visit are Vancouver and surrounding areas, Quebec City with it’s old world feel and the Rock Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia.
When seeking a Canadian tour to suit your needs, keep in mind that there are many different options including escorted tours and independent vacations. Starting searching for the right one for you now as these deals will not last forever!
Canada is one of the biggest countries in the world so there is no shortage of things to see and do. Steeped in history and culture, Canadians are the laid back kind of people who know how to live life to the fullest and will show you the down home hospitality the country is known for. There are many different types of vacation packages available for people interested in vacationing in Canada and there is bound to be one that will fit your needs! You can visit Toronto, the biggest city in Canada and experience the big city life the way it is supposed to be. Culture, art and fine dining abound and there is much to see outside the city and in surrounding areas. Niagara Falls is one of the top destinations in the country with the larger part of the falls spanning 2,600 feet and dropping 173 feet. If you want to get a big city experience without the very big city feel, Montreal is the city to visit. Although smaller than Toronto, Montreal has everything the bigger city has but with a French touch added to the mix. Other popular areas of Canada to visit are Vancouver and surrounding areas, Quebec City with it’s old world feel and the Rock Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia.
When seeking a Canadian tour to suit your needs, keep in mind that there are many different options including escorted tours and independent vacations. Starting searching for the right one for you now as these deals will not last forever!
Friday, January 8, 2010
My cats
I have had a blog for almost a year now and it only recently occurred to me that I have never posted about my precious babies. My babies, of course,being my two cats, Captain Jack and Scratchy.
I adopted Captain Jack when my sister moved cross-country and could not take him with her. His name came about when she was watching pirates of the Caribbean and temporarily named the little tabby kitten after the main character in the movie, Captain Jack Sparrow. When he came to live with me, he was so much of a little terror that I was convinced he may even have been raised by pirates!
I am not 100% sure where scratchy got her name but I am told that she is named after the devil but I find that hard to believe because she is such a little quiet and well-behaved angel unlike the Captain who takes great pleasure in constantly tormenting her!
Here are some pictures of my two adorable little furballs! (actually Captain Jack is not so little as he weighs a whopping 21 pounds…..that’s a big housecat!)
I adopted Captain Jack when my sister moved cross-country and could not take him with her. His name came about when she was watching pirates of the Caribbean and temporarily named the little tabby kitten after the main character in the movie, Captain Jack Sparrow. When he came to live with me, he was so much of a little terror that I was convinced he may even have been raised by pirates!
I am not 100% sure where scratchy got her name but I am told that she is named after the devil but I find that hard to believe because she is such a little quiet and well-behaved angel unlike the Captain who takes great pleasure in constantly tormenting her!
Here are some pictures of my two adorable little furballs! (actually Captain Jack is not so little as he weighs a whopping 21 pounds…..that’s a big housecat!)
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