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| Home: | Red Deer, AB Canada |
| Company: | World Internet Postal Service |
| From: | Edmonton, AB Canada |
| Industry Category: | Internet | | Universities: | University of Alberta |
| Industries: | Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Telcom, Nanotech, Biotech, Education, Entertaintment, Tourism, | | Interests: | Golfing, Skiing, Windsurfing, Volleyball...Photography, Digitial Film Making, |
WHAT'S NEW?
- THE GREATEST CANADIAN INVENTIONS
- A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO CANADIAN HUMOR
- MY CRAZY BOOK LIST ( 26-42)
- HOT Resort, Recreational & Retirement Properties in KIMBERLEY, BC CANADA
THE GREATEST CANADIAN INVENTIONS – TOP 50
| RANK |
INVENTION |
YEAR |
INNOVATORS |
| 1 |
"INSULIN, TREATMENT FOR DIABETES" |
1921 |
FREDRICK BANTING & CHARLES BEST |
| 2 |
TELEPHONE |
1876 |
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL |
| 3 |
LIGHTBULB |
1874 |
HENRY WOODWARD & MATHEW EVANS |
| 4 |
FIVE PIN BOWLING |
1908 |
THOMAS E. RYAN |
| 5 |
WONDERBRA |
1964 |
LOUISE POIRIER |
| 6 |
PACEMAKER |
1950 |
"JOHN HOPPS, WILFRED BIGELOW & JOHN CALLAGHAN" |
| 8 |
ZIPPPER |
1913 |
GIDEON SUNBACK |
| 9 |
ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR |
1952 |
GEORGE KLEIN |
| 10 |
POUTINE |
1957 |
FERNAND LACHANCE |
| 11 |
COBALT-60 “BOMB” CANCER TREATMENT |
1951 |
HAROLD JOHNS |
| 12 |
JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE |
1994 |
JAMES ARTHUR GOSLING |
| 13 |
BLOODY CAESAR |
1969 |
WALTER CHELL |
| 14 |
CANADARM |
1975 |
SPAR AEROSPACE |
| 15 |
STANDARD TIME |
1878 |
STANDFORD FLEMING |
| 16 |
ELECTRON MICROSCOPE |
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JAMES HILLER & ALBERT PREBUS |
| 17 |
SKI-DOO |
1922 |
ARMAND BOMBARDIER |
| 18 |
BLACKBERRY |
1999 |
MIKE LAZARIDIS |
| 19 |
RADIO VOICE TRANSMISSION |
1900 |
REGINALD FRESSENDEN |
| 20 |
BIRCH BARCH CANOE |
|
FIRST NATIONS |
| 21 |
BASKETBALL |
1892 |
JAMES NAISMITH |
| 22 |
RETRACTABLE BEER CARTOON HANDLE |
1957 |
STEVE PASJACK |
| 23 |
UV DEGRADABLE PLASTICS |
1971 |
JAMES GUILLET |
| 24 |
INSTANT REPLAY |
1955 |
CBC’s HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA |
| 25 |
GOALIE MASK |
1959 |
JACQUES PLANTE |
| 26 |
MARQUIS WHEAT |
1908 |
SIR CHARLES SAUNDERS |
| 27 |
PABLUM |
1930 |
"ALLAN BROWN, FREDRICK TISDALL & THEODORE DRAKE" |
| 28 |
LACROSSE |
|
FIRST NATIONS |
| 29 |
ELECTRIC OVEN |
1892 |
THOMAS AHEARN |
| 30 |
STEAM FOG HORN |
1853 |
ROBERT FOULIS |
| 31 |
WALKIE-TALKIE |
1942 |
DONALD L HINGS |
| 32 |
ALKALINE LONG-LASTING BATTERY |
1959 |
LEWIS URRY |
| 33 |
PAINT ROLLER |
1940 |
NORMAN BREAKEY |
| 34 |
ELECTRONIC MUSIC SYTHESIZER |
1945 |
HUGH LECAINE |
| 35 |
WEEVAC 6 |
1980 |
WENDY MURPHY |
| 36 |
GREEN GARBAGE BAGS |
1950 |
HARRY WASLYK & LARRY HANSEN |
| 37 |
SNOWBLOWER |
1925 |
ARTHUR SICARD |
| 38 |
SELF-PROPELLED COMBINE HARVESTER |
1937 |
THOMAS CARROLL |
| 39 |
INSTANT MASHED POTATOES |
1962 |
EDWARD ASSELBERGS |
| 40 |
EXPLOSIVES VAPOUR DETECTOR |
1985 |
LORNE ELIAS |
| 41 |
MARINE SCREW PROPELLER |
1833 |
JOHN PATCH |
| 42 |
PLEXIGLASS |
1931 |
WILLIAM CHALMERS |
| 43 |
KEY FRAME ANIMATION |
1969 |
NESTOR BURTNYK |
| 44 |
CPR-MANNEQUIN “ACTAR 911” |
1989 |
DIANNE CROTEAU |
| 45 |
G-SUIT |
1941 |
WILBUR ROUNDING FRANKS |
| 46 |
ARDOX SPIRAL NAIL |
1954 |
ALLAN DON |
| 47 |
AUTOMATIC LUBRICATING CAP |
1872 |
ELIJAH MCCOY |
| 48 |
CRASH-POSITION INDICATOR-CPI |
1957 |
RICHARD BRAULT & HARRY STEVISON |
| 49 |
CAUKING GUN |
1894 |
THEODORE WITTE |
| 50 |
SEPARABLE BAGGAGE CHECK |
1882 |
JOHN MITCHELL LYONS |
MY CRAZY BOOK LIST
| BOOK |
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
| 1 |
In to Thin Air |
John Krakaue |
| 2 |
A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom: The Four Agreements |
Don Miguel Ruiz |
| 3 |
Handbook to Higher Consciousness |
Ken Keyes Jr. |
| 4 |
Soul Stories & The Seat Of the Soul |
Gary Zukav |
| 5 |
Care of the Soul |
Thomas Moore |
| 6 |
The Trading Game: Playing the Numbers to Make Millions |
Ryan Jones |
| 7 |
Hot Commodities |
Jim Rogers |
| 8 |
Quantum Investing - Quantum Physics, Nanotechnology and the Future of the Stock Market |
Steve Waite |
| 9 |
The Valuation and Investment Market of Diamonds |
Sarkis Khoury |
| 10 |
The Biotech Investor: How to Profit from the Coming Boom in Biotechnology |
Tom Abate |
| 11 |
The Coming Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It: Making a Fortune by Investing in Gold and other Hard Metal Assets |
James Turk & John Rubio |
| 12 |
The Mathematics of Money Management: Risk Analysis Techniques for Traders |
Ralph Vince |
| 13 |
A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market |
John Allen Paulos |
| 14 |
Right Stock at the Right Time: Prospering in the Coming Years |
Larry Williams |
| 15 |
Zero to IPO & Other Destinations |
David Smith |
| 16 |
Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and The World Economy |
Matthew R. Simmons |
| 17 |
Good to Great |
Jim Collins |
| 18 |
Oil Factor |
Stephen Leeb & Donna Leeb |
| 19 |
Seeing What's Next, Clayton M. Christensen |
Scott D. Anthony, Erik A. Roth |
| 20 |
Take control of you Financial Destiny |
David Singh |
| 21 |
"Health, Wealth & Happiness - You Can Control Your Destiny |
David Singh |
| 22 |
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side of Everything |
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner |
| 23 |
Fire Your Stock Analyst |
Harry Domash |
| 24 |
The Dance of Molecules, How Nanotechnology is Changing Our Lives |
Ted Sargent |
| 25 |
Six Thinking Hats |
Edward de Bono |
| 26 |
The Magic of Thinking Big |
David J. Schwartz |
| 27 |
Think and Grow Rich |
Napolean Hill |
| 28 |
Investing in Nanotechnology |
Jack Uldrich |
| 29 |
Market Busters: 40 Strategic Moves That Drive Exceptional Business Growth |
Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian C. MacMillan |
| 30 |
Does Anything Eat Wasps? And 101 Unsetting Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Ask |
New Scientist |
| 31 |
The New Psycho-Cybernetics |
Maxwell Maltz |
| 32 |
Let Go to Grow: Escaping The Commodity Trap |
Linda S. Sanford with Dave Taylor |
| 33 |
The Perfection of the Morning - An Apprenticeship in Nature |
Sharon Butala |
| 34 |
Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques |
Michael Michalko |
| 35 |
Commodities Rising: The Reality Behind the Hype and How to Really Profit in the Commodities Market |
Jeffrey M. Christian |
| 36 |
Spin Selling: Situation-Problem-Implication-Need Payoff |
Neil Rackham |
| 37 |
Revolutionary Wealth: How It Will be Created and How It Will Change Our Lives |
Alvin and Heidi Toffler |
| 38 |
India: An Investor’s Guide to the Next Economic Superpower |
Aaron Chaze |
| 39 |
Canadian Securities Exam: Fast Track Study Guide |
Sean Cleary |
| 40 |
Undercover Economist |
Tim Harford |
A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO CANADIAN HUMOR
by Nicholas Pashley, Larry Tyson, Anthony Jenkins
Great Canadian Fighters
1. Tommy Burns
2. George Chuvalo
3. Shawn OíSullivan
4. Willie de Wit
5. Whipper Billy Watson
6. Dave Schultz
7. Morley Callaghan
8. Sandra Gotlieb
Famous People Who Married Canadians
1. Suzanne Somers
2. Lynn Redgrave
3. Douglas Fairbanks and Buddy Rogers (same Canadian)
4. Carrie Snadgress
5. Tammy Grimes
6. George C. Scott
7. Alex Karras
8. Irving Thalberg
9. David Suskind
10. Eleanor Powell
People Who Might As Well Have Been Canadian
1. George Hamilton
2. Jughead
3. Merv Griffin
4. Gerald Ford
5. Mickey Dolenz
6. Steve Weed
7. Pope John Paul I
8. Judy Carne
9. Roger Whittaker
10. Pete Best
11. General Galtieri
12. Trini Lopez
13. Lumpy Redford
14. Zeppo & Gummo Marx
15. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
16. The Chicago Cubs
17. George Bush
18. Mila Mulroney
19. Captain Scott of the Antartic
Famous People Alleged to Have Had Sex with Canadians
1. Barbara Streisand
2. Dusty Springfield
3. Mick Jagger
4. Jane Fonda
5. Graham Nash
6. John Belushi
7. Jack Nicholson
8. Levon Helm
9. Hoyt Axton
10. Ron Wood
11. Richard Chamberlin
12. Groucho Marx
13. Peter Bogdanowich
14. Lou Rawls
15. David Letterman
Ten Dubious Canadians
1. Robert Goulet
2. Arthur Hailey
3. Brian Moore
4. Robert Service
5. Malcolm Lowry
6. Art Linkletter
7. Glenn Ford
8. Saul Bellow
9. Gina Lollobridgida
10. Lord Stanley
What Ever Happened to
1. Rene Simard
2. John Turner
3. Claude Charron
4. Our Pet Juliette
5. Margaret Trudeau
6. Paul Henderson
7. Frank Miller
8. Jack Horner
9.Charles Templeton
10. Nelson Skalbania
11. Peter Pocklington
12. Bauchman-Turner Overdrive
13. Dave Stieb (honorary cdn)
14. Eugene Whelan
HOT NEW Resort, Recreational & Retirement Properties in KIMBERLEY, BC CANADA
- Canadian Mountain Cabins (Phase I & II Sold Out, Phase III & IV Preselling) – ask about lots available (lots range from $89,900 CAD)
- NORTSTAR Condos (Unit A, B, C, D, E, F) – ask about quarter share ownership (prices range from $179,900 CAD)
- SULLIVAN STONE Condos & TIMBERSTONE Condos – get in early (prices range from $599,900 CAD)
- DreamCatcher Homes – TIMBER FRAME (prices range from $499,000 CAD - virtual tour a must see)
$$$ MONEY SENSE Magazine $$$
rated Kimberley the second best place in Canada to buy resort property.
CONTACT ME for more information today.
May 2008 be rewarding and fun!
CHEERS, Gord :)
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