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With more than 20 samples of chili available, and three microbreweries serving cold beer, Barrie residents were able to warm up this weekend while filling their bellies and supporting Easter Seals. The inaugural Chili and Beer festival saw hundreds of residents pour into the Southshore Community Centre over the weekend to sample chili made by local restaurants and businesses. "It's a great chance to support Easter Seals and the local restaurants and breweries," said Charlene Myke, Easter Seals' district manager. "It's also a great thing for a wintry day." While the overall goal is to raise money for the Simcoe County and Muskoka North chapter, Myke said the big thing this year was to introduce residents to the event and get them excited and talking about it for next year.
Volatile issues could sidetrack Conservative agenda in Parliament
Here are a few words to remind folks what they'd get from the Libs: Sponsorship. Bondoggle. Gun registry. Increase the GST. Oh, and my personal favorite - Invade Iraq.
Yep. Speaks volumes, doesn't it. Posted 28/01/08 at 9:22 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
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Tourists invade Tibet
The project got underway in earnest in 2001 and the train began running in July 2006, on a specially designed track to protect the delicate permafrost that lies under much of the last third of the rail line.
According to government statistics, 3.2 million tourists visited Tibet in the first nine month of this year, an increase of 67 per cent over the same period in 2006. The figure — 2.9 million Chinese tourists and 326,000 from overseas — is 710,000 more than the total number of visitors for all of 2006.
"There's been a dramatic increase in tourism generally since the opening of the railway," said Kate Saunders of the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet. "It's been particularly acute at the major sacred sites . . . the sites that are most important to Tibetan heritage."
In addition to the 7th century Potala Palace, tourists in Lhasa pack the Jokhang Temple Monastery, the most sacred of Tibet's temples, and Norbulingka, the Dalai Lama's former summer palace.
Elite Fitness Systems Celebrates Tenth Anniversary and Ninth ...
Tate, a competitive powerlifter, renowned speaker and author, founded EliteFTS.com in 1998 in an effort to dispel the multitude of misinformation presented on the Internet with respect to training in sports. Realizing the existence of a market of thousands of coaches and athletes from all over the world seeking proper training advice, he launched Elite Fitness Systems.Today, the site is one of the leading resources in the strength and conditioning field, attracting more than 800,000 unique visitors per month. One of its top features is an interactive Q&A with more than 30 resident experts from a variety of sports disciplines, ranging from football and mixed martial arts, to powerlifting, strongman and beyond.Elite Fitness Systems strives to be a recognized leader in the strength training industry by providing the highest quality strength training products and services while providing the highest level of customer service in the industry.
AROUND THE RIM
Nuggets' Anthony sits: Nuggets All-Star Carmelo Anthony did not play against the New Hornets on Monday night. Anthony tested his sprained left ankle, and appeared to be concerned about his mobility on drives to the hoop. Hot Hornets: New Orleans has won 21 games by double digits and is 20-0 when scoring 100 or more points. The Hornets are 16-7 at home, where they've won seven straight. Cavs forward heads home: Cavaliers forward Anderson Varejao went home from Cleveland's road trip to undergo further tests on the left ankle he sprained during Sunday's win over the Los Angeles Lakers. WNBA labor deal near: The WNBA players union neared ratification of a new six-year contract with the league in a deal that includes increases in wages and a dual salary-cap system.
Hokies put FSU away early
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- A.D. Vassallo scored 15 of his 22 in the first half as Virginia Tech opened the game with an 18-4 run and didn't let mistake-prone Florida State get within single digits until too late in an 89-80 victory Tuesday night. The Hokies (13-8, 4-3 ACC), coming off a road victory at Boston College on Saturday, led 42-24 at the half and by no fewer than 11 for most of the second half until the Seminoles closed to within five in the final minutes. The Hokies clinched it at the free-throw line, going 22-for-31 in the second half. Virginia Tech was 33-for-45 from the line overall. The Seminoles (13-9, 2-5) made 8 of 11 3-pointers in the second half to make it interesting but lost for the fifth time in six games. FSU hurt itself with 22 turnovers.
Russia to kick off presidential campaign on Saturday
MOSCOW, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia's election administration hold a drawing on Tuesday to distribute free TV and radio broadcasting between the presidential candidates in the month-long campaign that will start on Saturday. The First Channel, the Russia TV Company and the TV Center as well as the Mayak, Radio Russia and Voice of Russia will grant free time for advertising clips and TV debates before the March 2 poll. Each of the four registered candidates will get seven free hours of publicity period in the national media during the campaign from Feb. 2 to March 1, said Central Election Commission officials. The presidential hopeful, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, however, has refused to take part in TV debates, saying he will continue his daily job.
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