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DOPEfm – Hip-Hop Radio at Its Finest
DOPEfm is an overnight hip-hop radio show that can be heard on 93.3 fm each and every Saturday night. If you don’t live in the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada area and can’t tune in the signal, you can stream us live on the station website. If you can’t stay up to listen to us live, you…
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Through the Clouds: The Mixtape
I’m participating in The Social Playlist Challenge this month. Every week, I will be given a theme and it’s my job to create a 15 song playlist around that theme. I wanted to take it a step further and make a mix each time. I was only told of this week’s theme this morning so…
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Kiwanis Skateboard Plaza (Visual Tour)
Kiwanis Skateboard Plaza is an incredible skateboard park in London, Ontario, Canada. I love an early morning skate. It gives me a chance to get a little bit of workout first thing in the morning. And most of the time, the skateparks are empty at this time so I can have the entire run completely…
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Solve the Messy Desk Problem
Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Each and every week, I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching practice. This week’s tip comes courtesy of Lessons in Teaching: Thoughts From A First-Year Fourth Grade Teacher. Messy student desks bug me for some reason. I don’t like how disorganized…
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Famous Firsts
This post was inspired by Calvin over at The Canadian Cave of Cool. First Job: Soccer referee. I started with house league games and got paid $7.00 per game. It was a pretty good job and decent money for a young kid back then. I moved on to do some pretty big tournaments, including the Ontario…
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Running Alongside the Thames (Downtown London)
The Thames Valley Parkway in London, Ontario is an excellent paved trail that runs for over 40 kilometers. Today, I laced up my shoes, grabbed my camera, and went for a run along five kilometers of it. I started at Ivy Park in the downtown core and ran alongside the Thames River. The Walter J.…
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Chasing Content – The Best of Last November
It’s time for another edition of Chasing Content! So click on all the links and take a trip back in time to relive all the great moments from last November. or just these these super-cool ones Peanuts Should Be Illegal – No they shouldn’t. Food alergies are scary. There is no doubt about that. But…
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Know Your History: Episode 34 Halloween Hip-Hop
Welcome to Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. I’m your host Chase March and today we are celebrating Halloween, hip-hop style. You can download this episode for free or stream it with the player below. We need to start the Halloween edition of the show with this song. There’s no question about…
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Teaching Tips – Visual Art
Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Every week I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching. You can visit the Teaching Tips Archive to see all of the tips in the order I have posted them over the years. Please check that page as I will continue to…
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Merritt Trail (Mountain Locks Park)
It’s time for another photgraphic tour. This time we are going to the Merritt Trail located at Mountain Locks Park in St. Catherines, Ontario. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started off on my trail run this weekend. It looked like the trail ran alongside a road, but I was hoping it would…