Lenzr Photo Contest New Prizes From Mobile App Developer, Car Insurance Quotes, and Natural Medicine Clinic Sunday, Nov 29 2009

Ontario photographers should be taking notes as they read this post of Ancestry Guru. There are three new photo contests on Lenzr to help beat the winter blues. These challenges will give shutterbugs something to do in the cold winter months of November and December 2009. ALL three challenges celebrate the great outdoors and the semi-tropical environs of Mother Nature.

Macro Photos of Life contest will magnify small life forms into horrifying creatures – larger than life.

Sponsored by an advanced Toronto Ontario Canada mobile app developer this company makes a device called ShrinkRay that is a powerful tool to port websites into mobile browser applications. This Device Management System (DMS) and an application toolkit makes great web 2.0 widgets that can be customized to suit any marketing mandate.

Locaboires are folks who insist on eating only locally produced foods and drinking water, local fruit juices and beverages that are made within a hundred mile radius of their homes. For people living in  Toronto this includes the wines of Eastern Ontario.

The Prize is a deluxe Locaboire vacation where you can drink the spirit of life in Prince Edward Co. in Eastern Ontario and enjoy their wine tour travel pckge for two adults that includes two meals and one night in a Brighton Ontario b&b

Medicinal Plants in Nature harvests botanical photography.

Lenzr members (you have to be a member to upload photos) are asked to document each plant’s medical properties. The winner of the contest will be part scientist and part artist and overall someone with an eye for natural beauty.

Lenzr hopes to index medical pictures of specific healing plants and their roots, tubers and flower blossoms. We expect to see fragrant tree moss,  wild mushrooms, tree gum and grass. Anything with medicinal properties is welcome in this contest.

There’s six different Neal’s Yard Remedies, created from botanical ingredients available as prize. This prize has been generously donated by Ontario best natural medicine clinic to the member that uploads the highest rated photo. That special photographer WINS Orange Flower Facial Oil, Yarrow & Comfrey Moisturizer, and White Tea Eye Gel, Orange Flower Facial Wash, Geranium & Orange Body Butter Rosewater Toner for a total retail value of $330.00* all prizes subject to availability

Ontario Tourist Attractions 2 photo contest is all about capturing the scenery, history, culture and geography of this great province. L0ok around Ontario at your pictures of the hot spots and monuments and ask yourself ‘are these the places that I think visitors might enjoying seeing for themselves when they visit this area?  Lenzr members are asked to present the most interesting travel destinations they have ever experienced.

Kanetix  specializes in delivering the lowest car insurance quotes and so it’s well suited to host this unique challenge.  It fits with their mandate of providing  satisfaction; they offer the best and most comprehensive quote search online, which makes people happy.

The people of Ontario like to explore the beaches outside historic forst and classic architecture that really defines our province. The lakes and waterfalls and battlefield museums and boardwalks attract millions of visitors each year.

Eco tourism These folks help catch the imagination of responsible pleasure seekers and Locaboires. is finally becoming more popular and at Lenzr we love to see people picking up liter and trash along the beaches and while hiking in the woods.

The winner of this contest is the member that uploads the top rated image January 1st 2010 and he or she will receive a prize of $300 American Express gift certificate.

CONTEST ENDS Jan 1st 2010 contest open to all Canadians except the residents of Quebec

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TTC DETOUR on November 18 2009 Saturday, Nov 21 2009

I was a passenger on the TTC heading south on the Yonge Line from Sheppard Station at 3:13 pm on November 18th when the train came to a stop

The passengers were herded onto Shuttle buses

Back at Eglington Station there was mayhem as thousands of commutters were headed to waiting buses and they crowded to get on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I ran into an old friend of mine from York university and his name was Brother Ian and he was yelling at the police to get a megaphone – his voice was so loud in that crowded bus station. The policeman singled him out as the loudest voice of discontent and called him over to the sidewalk – the policeman very wisely silenced him before he could infect the mob with his animosity and mob rule would rise.

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Virgin Mobile sets Nov 19 as National Fearless Day Saturday, Nov 7 2009

Sir Richard Branson asks us to show him what it means to be fearless...  and he promises to give some lucky Canadian $5000

National Fearless Day

Branson himself made headlines in the 1990s when he floated around the world in a helium balloon, and more recently he  sailed across the Atlantic in an open boat.  So he’s without question one of the most fearless businessmen on planet Earth.  As such he’s perfectly qualified to judge a video contest that asks Canadians to submit their most fearless video for consideration and a chance to win $5000

Want even more insight into this event?  Check out comedian DJ Demers blog to get a grasp on all he’s doing for the cause…

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myCELLmyTERMS Captures $400K on CBC Dragons’ Den Thursday, Oct 22 2009

Dragons Den episode4 , Season 4 played at 8pm Wednesday night, Oct 21st on CBC television. This is always very exciting television and last night was no exception as the investors were at their best, and the business that came walking in was all very interesting…  But honestly nothing looking super profitable, except the four men from a new start-up web service that hopes to revolutionize the way Canadians buy cell time. That could be very profitable…

myCELLmyTERMS started strong as Kye Husbands explained how their process was an improvement on today’s existing service model, because on their website the customer chooses his own cellular service rate plan with all the desired trimmings, and then myCELLmyTERMS goes out and does the legwork to try and find dealers that are interested in aquiring the new business and willing to match each request point for point. This is win win as the customer gets ultimate choice and the dealer has the account…  Yes the team was doing very well, until Kevin asked about ‘the monthlies’ and thats when it was revealed that the team was only charging Dealers a one time fee…

Kevin was upset at not getting any reoccurring revenue and his dissatisfaction was echoed in the expressions and statements of the other investors – Brett seemed anxious to get Kevin out of the arena and he would have left had Arlene not entered a bid of $200K cash and 200K in services.

Kevin wanted to ’squeeze their heads’ but Brett joined Arlene by offering to provide 100K worth of cash for a quarter of Arlene’s deal.  And so that’s how it broke down. Paul Peic had the most transcending moment of the encounter when he leapt up on the riser to give Arlene a hug and a handshake as they accepted her offer.

This morning, I read @myCELLmyTERMS twitter update that reported that myCELLmyTERMS had over 10,000 visitors last night, and so right now I’m sure all four entrepreneurs are working hard,  busy helping Canadians get better rates for cellular service.

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Pabs moves on up Wednesday, Oct 21 2009

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Nunavut Blogs and Ontario Tourist Attractions on Lenzr Tuesday, Sep 15 2009

Clare Kines is a retired RCMP officer in Arctic Bay Nunavut and successful bed and breakfast business blogger – he’s the the subject of a compelling profile on CanadaBlogFriends.ca this month. Kiggavik is the name of local bird (gryfalcon) and also the name of his lodge. He’s had many famous people stay at his chalet in the north, including Dan Rather from the CBS TV series 60 Minutes.

Here’s a picture of Clare leading hikers to the berry fields opposite the town of Arctic Bay which you can see along the distant shore in the background.

This is a barren place but Clare’s blog about The House, kiggavik shows readers that the barren lands are not nearly as barren as we might suppose.

Here’s Lisa Charleyboy laughing and making merry at her birthday dinner at Vivoli on College St in Toronto on September 9th 2009.

Down here  in Ontario, on Lenzr.com

Ontario Tourist Attractions is a photo contest that’s sponsored by Kanetix.ca insurance & mortgage rate quotes and is a search for pictures that celebrate of our province’s most interesting destinations.

This web challenge asks people to upload pictures of small town main streets, beaches, museums and monuments.

Ontario Tourist Attractions

Photo contest ends at 12:01 am on the morning of November 1st 2009.

Prize is $200 for first place, followed by a $100 second prize unit AMERICAN EXPRESS gift certificates.

Hold the boat on the Toronto Ferry, visit the Hockey Hall of Fame and Raptors at Air Canada Centre and get pictures.

Added together with the location information, the 140 character caption on each image should somehow capture the essence of people enjoying the great outdoors in the Province of Ontario.

Quotes are always free on Kanetix.ca

Compare mortgage rates, car insurance, life insurance, home/property insurance, motorcycle insurance, business insurance, travel insurance, health insurance, and more…
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Pageant Produces Literature, Miss Teen Canada Posts Blog Monday, Sep 7 2009

This year, Miss Teen Canada World 2009 is a 16 year old girl from Moose Jaw Saskatchewan named Siera Bearchell. She looks every bit the part too – she’s a natural born celebrity and Canada’s freshest princess.

She’s also blogger – which is good news because that means we can actually read about what its like to become an instant star, for real

Siera is a writer so she has detailed the events and described her emotions in  a Miss Teen Canada World post called Preparation Week on her the journal found online at the Miss Teen Canada World website. This is the real thing – awesome content from the heart that written by a 16 year old beauty queen genius. 

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Lenzr Contest Winner Colleen Cole Selects iPhone as Prize Sunday, Sep 6 2009

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New Blog in New Brunswick Wednesday, Aug 26 2009

There is a new blog in Saint Johns New Brunswick called the Port City Post. This new platform is the property of a Canadian woman who has taken on the task of dutifully reporting the happenings of her hometown.  This blog is a new inside look at the port of Saint Johns, New Brunswick Canada.

Tina McWilliams with the support of her husband Jordan has planted a germ of an idea – a very good idea – in a WordPress blog Petrie dish.
Soon we may see a forest of amazing content that relates to that wonderful city by the sea.

Tina needs to get work installing the monikers of online community in her blog sidebar, and she needs to register with some upscale blog indexes and swim in deeper water… Also her posts are too long and need more pictures and subtitles. These are the hallmarks of a beginning blogger with passion to spare but no style yet… it will happen… real soon.

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Bee Propolis for sale on Smojoe.com Tuesday, Aug 18 2009

Rob Campbell the son of a beekeeper has targeted the soon-to-be-popular health and wellness keyword ‘bee propolis’ around which to build a unique online business. Now it’s possible to buy bee propolis for sale on the Smojoe blog using 3rd party shopping cart software provided by ejunkie.com

Bee propolis is a rare and precious substance which Smojoe can collect with energy and dedication while extracting honey from comb frames at Campbell’s Honey . In the month of August 2009 the third son of the beekeeper collected 2kgs of genuine Canadian bee propolis from honey supers using his hive tool.

Propolis is the sticky wax and pine resin gum that honeybees use to hold their hives together.  It may have some medicinal properties but all I know is that propolis sticks to everything and that’s why honeybees love it so much.

The substance stops drafts, and helps the bees ventilate  the queen’s brood chambers below the honey boxes – the pine resin constituents might possible  sanitize each bee’s tiny feet as she walks about their home.

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