Friday, June 19, 2015
Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: Seeing Earth from an outer perspective
By Lisa Goudy
There’s something fascinating about space.
Wouldn’t it be great if we saw footage of space, or of Earth from space, in high-quality video or images? The answer is probably yes.
Earlier this week, I watched two space-related videos online. The first was the first full-colour HD footage of Earth taken from the International Space Station. Showing less than a minute of footage from London, Boston and Barcelona, it was quite neat to watch.
This started in December 2013 and January 2014 when Russian astronauts mounted UrtheCast’s ultra high-definition camera called Iris onto the space station. There is also a second camera that captures photos. The company is planning to install two more cameras on the station in 2017.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Gardening for the soul
Lyndon Penner “super thrilled” to be coming to Festival of Words
By Lisa Goudy
Having only written two books, gardening expert Lyndon Penner couldn’t believe it when he was invited to the Festival of Words.
“I do a lot of gardening events. I don’t get to do a lot of writing events specifically. So I’m excited about that,” he said. “I love books. I love learning and so I’m super thrilled to be a part of this.”
Penner’s two books are called The Short Season Yard (2014), and Garden Design for the Short Season Yard (2015).
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| Saskatchewan-born gardening expert and author Lyndon Penner will be at the 2015 Saskatchewan Festival of Words this July. Submitted photo |
By Lisa Goudy
Having only written two books, gardening expert Lyndon Penner couldn’t believe it when he was invited to the Festival of Words.
“I do a lot of gardening events. I don’t get to do a lot of writing events specifically. So I’m excited about that,” he said. “I love books. I love learning and so I’m super thrilled to be a part of this.”
Penner’s two books are called The Short Season Yard (2014), and Garden Design for the Short Season Yard (2015).
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Friday, June 12, 2015
Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Planting for the future
By Lisa Goudy
Central Collegiate teacher Vivian Gauvin remembers what it was like to be at a Heart Garden planting ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
“The Native Studies students from my class decorated hearts and sent them to Ottawa. They were part of the ceremony on June 3 in Ottawa,” she said. “I was there at the ceremony. I was able to see it, experience it, and bring it back so the community of Moose Jaw could experience it. I took pictures of the students’ hearts and sent them back to the students.”
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Central Collegiate teacher Vivian Gauvin remembers what it was like to be at a Heart Garden planting ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
“The Native Studies students from my class decorated hearts and sent them to Ottawa. They were part of the ceremony on June 3 in Ottawa,” she said. “I was there at the ceremony. I was able to see it, experience it, and bring it back so the community of Moose Jaw could experience it. I took pictures of the students’ hearts and sent them back to the students.”
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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: Feeling the effects of celebrity deaths
By Lisa Goudy
From Scaramanga to Count Dooku to Saruman, Sir Christopher Lee was an actor known to many generations.
Thursday morning, when the news broke that he had died, social media lit up with tributes to the late actor. Lee, who was 93, was hospitalized for heart and respiratory problems, made great and numerous contributions to the film world.
Over the years, he starred in more than 250 films. He was knighted for his services to drama in 2009. He was everyone’s favourite villain.
We tend to give a lot of attention to celebrities who die. I’ve heard some people say that we shouldn’t care much about when a celebrity dies because we don’t know them anyway. Besides, people die every day.
While it’s true we don’t know them personally and many people die every day, it does affect us in some way. After all, these people were a part of pop culture.
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From Scaramanga to Count Dooku to Saruman, Sir Christopher Lee was an actor known to many generations.
Thursday morning, when the news broke that he had died, social media lit up with tributes to the late actor. Lee, who was 93, was hospitalized for heart and respiratory problems, made great and numerous contributions to the film world.
Over the years, he starred in more than 250 films. He was knighted for his services to drama in 2009. He was everyone’s favourite villain.
We tend to give a lot of attention to celebrities who die. I’ve heard some people say that we shouldn’t care much about when a celebrity dies because we don’t know them anyway. Besides, people die every day.
While it’s true we don’t know them personally and many people die every day, it does affect us in some way. After all, these people were a part of pop culture.
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Monday, June 8, 2015
Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Top 10 Biggest Dinosaurs
By Lisa Goudy
Dinosaurs might be on a lot of people’s minds after a new
dinosaur was discovered last week in Canada.
The Regaliceratops peterhewsi
was nicknamed Hellboy after the
fictional comic book character because of how its stubby horns resembled the
character and how difficult it was to get it out of the rock. It lived 68
million years ago in what is now Alberta.
In honour of the latest dinosaur discovery, and with the
upcoming release of Jurassic World, here’s
a list of the Top 10 biggest dinosaurs that once walked the Earth, according to
journal Scientific Reports. To put the estimated masses in perspective, a
fully-grown polar bear weighs approximately one ton. Also keep in mind that
with new discoveries all the time, this list is subject to change.
10. Diplodocus - This
was also one of the longest dinosaurs. Diplodocus lived in the late Jurassic period
(155.7 million to 150.8 million years ago) and usually roamed in western North
America. The estimated mass of the dinosaur is 16.3 tons.
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Friday, June 5, 2015
Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Fewer permits, less value
By Lisa Goudy
So far this year, as of May 31, the city has issued 17 fewer permits valued at $55.39 million less than what it issued in that period in 2014.
The city issued 108 permits between Jan. 1 to May 31 of this year with a value of $18.18 million. In the same time period in 2014, the city issued 125 permits with a total value of $73.58 million.
Last month, the city issued a total of 35 permits, with a value of $4.07 million. In May 2014, the city issued 54 permits valued at $6.18 million.
A permit for a new restaurant was the highest single permit issued in May 2015.
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So far this year, as of May 31, the city has issued 17 fewer permits valued at $55.39 million less than what it issued in that period in 2014.
The city issued 108 permits between Jan. 1 to May 31 of this year with a value of $18.18 million. In the same time period in 2014, the city issued 125 permits with a total value of $73.58 million.
Last month, the city issued a total of 35 permits, with a value of $4.07 million. In May 2014, the city issued 54 permits valued at $6.18 million.
A permit for a new restaurant was the highest single permit issued in May 2015.
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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: More than what is on the surface
By Lisa Goudy
If you haven’t seen the video of Chris Evans and his younger brother Scott Evans singing a duet, I’d recommend it.
The duet is of James Taylor’s song Fire and Rain, featuring Chris, 33, playing the piano and singing backup and Scott, 31, singing lead. The clip itself is short – only 43 seconds – but it’s clear from the outset that these two brothers are musically talented. It also shows how much fun they had together.
The video was shot over Memorial Day weekend in the United States at which time Chris had a break from filming Captain America: Civil War. Scott is also an actor.
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If you haven’t seen the video of Chris Evans and his younger brother Scott Evans singing a duet, I’d recommend it.
The duet is of James Taylor’s song Fire and Rain, featuring Chris, 33, playing the piano and singing backup and Scott, 31, singing lead. The clip itself is short – only 43 seconds – but it’s clear from the outset that these two brothers are musically talented. It also shows how much fun they had together.
The video was shot over Memorial Day weekend in the United States at which time Chris had a break from filming Captain America: Civil War. Scott is also an actor.
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