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CITY OF CALGARY CANADA DAY INFO

The City of Calgary is adjusting its hours of operation for services and facilities on Canada Day, Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
All administrative offices are closed on Canada Day, Wednesday, July 1 and will reopen Thursday, July 2, 2009.

CALGARY TRANSIT
Calgary Transit will provide a Sunday level of service on Canada Day.

WASTE & RECYCLING
The City of Calgary will provide regularly scheduled garbage and Blue Cart collection on Canada Day, Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

All City landfills will be open from 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

RECREATION
For more information please visit www.calgary.ca/recreation

SOUTHLAND LEISURE CENTRE
Open from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Arenas – Closed

VILLAGE SQUARE LEISURE CENTRE
Open from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Arenas – Closed

INDOOR POOLS
All City of Calgary pools will be closed on Canada Day.

ATHLETIC PARKS
All arenas and Athletic Parks will be closed, but available for bookings. For facility bookings call 403-268-3800 in advance.

ART CENTRES
Wildflower Arts Centre and North Mount Pleasant Arts Centre will be closed to the public on Canada Day, and will be reopen on Thursday, July 2.

THE CITY OF CALGARY PARKS – OUTDOOR RESOURCE CENTRE Permanently closed.

OTHER FACILITIES

INGLEWOOD BIRD SANCTUARY
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Nature Centre will be open 10 a.m. –
4 p.m. on July 1, 2009.
The Inglewood Bird Sanctuary trails will be open from sunrise to sunset.

DEVONIAN GARDENS
Closed for renovations

CALGARY ZOO
Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

FORT CALGARY
Fort Calgary will be hosting its Canada Day celebrations from
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. including a free pancake breakfast for the first 1,000 people at 9 a.m. and a musical ride by the Strathcona Mounted Troop.

DEANE HOUSE
The Deane House will be open 11 a.m. – 3p.m. Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

HERITAGE PARK HISTORICAL VILLAGE
Historical Village and Gasoline Alley Museum open at 9:30 a.m.
Historical Village opens at 10 a.m. and the entire Park closes at 5 p.m.
Dominion Day/Canada Day Celebrations, July 1 - Celebrate Canada Day the old fashioned way at Heritage Park. Family fun all day long, western entertainment, and free pancake breakfast between 9:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

TELUS WORLD OF SCIENCE
Open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Idiot of the Day

Bad taste, IMHO

A day @ Energy

This is what Carlos does all day...

Say what you will, be he's a funny slacker...

SoF - One month already!?

Carlos:
Oh wow. One month, I honestly can’t believe it’s been a month already, and what a way to end this month.

I started to wonder why we only did 2 warm-up laps rather than the usual 3, and then it hit me. End of the month, we have to forget all our Limits, leave them at the office (or your car), because today we are going All Out!

We started doing our regular stretching and Private Pearson said "We are going to run to the other side of the river and on the way there we are going to do some fun stuff", the class has been over for a over a day and I'm still waiting for the fun part.

It was probably at some point between the push ups or the jumping jacks that I realized that I was doing way better than I thought I would!

Believe it or not, I am going to miss Soldiers Of Fitness, because it works for me, I do need the encouragement of having someone telling me I can do it, I do need the camaraderie of the group workout, because, if it where to be only me going out for a run on my own, I would just turn back and crash on my couch rather than actually doing something that it's not only better for me, but for those around me (I don't snore as much as I used to according to my fiancé)

For this, for all the muscle pain I went thru, for the little scrapes from rolling on the grass, for all the sweaty workout days I had, SoF, I'm really great full! (Except for the part of watching Zack's pasty body, I gotta take my step-brother down to Mexico and introduce him to a little thing called SUN)



I'm sure that now I'm in better shape that I was back when I started, and there is no doubt in my mind that after my wedding, I will be coming back. Because you guys thought me that the only thing I should fear are my own mental limits. I am my worst enemy, I choose to live a healthy life, and you guys are helping me live that life.

Thanks SoF!

Blitz Hour - I can see the Finish Line!

Carlos:
Oh Wow!
It's really hard to explain the way I feel right now, I'm having mixed emotions, I feel Glad that I know I can finish a month of intense workout on Soldiers Of Fitness, (My own definition of Intense Workout: From not doing anything at all, to actually working out) I know for a fact that I can run 2K's non-stop at my own pace (lets face it, I'm not trying to brake speed records here, just trying to be healthy) but it's still Sad at the same time that I'm almost done, but the great news is that both Zack and I will be going back for another month... It's like someone made us addicted to working out...

I did, however, paid the price of not going to SoF on Thursday, I felt it was sooo hard to go back to that routine where you are doing something, It's like you become addicted to work out, addicted to be healthy.

I manage to hold again and ran all 3 warm-up laps, and by the time that was done, I had drank half of my water for the hour, and by the time we were done the second exercise My water was gone, so pretty much after only 20 minutes of working out I drank a full water bottle, so, close to the end of the hour I was pretty much DONE!

It will be hard to say good bye to some of our classmates that can't come back, but I'm excited to welcome the new SoF Cadets to this journey. I thought I wanted to do this because of my up coming wedding, but it wasn't till during SoF that I realized that I wanted to join and workout because I just wanted to make sure I was going to live long enough to see my own kids grow up and hopefully live long enough to go to their wedding.

I think that who ever decides to work out, they know by now that they do it because of them, not because you want to look good on a special day, at least, that's what I think and that's my reason.

HUA

SUMMER SONGS

as promised! the list of songs from the SUMMER SONGS Weekend Warmup!

Stereos Summer Girl
Jason Mraz I'm Yours
Dj Jazzy Jeff/Fresh Prince Summertime
Ataris Boys of Summer
Kid Rock All Summer Long
LFO Summer Girls
Kevin Lyttle Turn Me On
Nelly Hot in Herre
Banarama Cruel Summer
C+C Music Factory Gonna Make You Sweat
Lady Gaga Just Dance
Pitbull I know You Want Me
Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl
Black Eyed Peas I Got A Feeling

Soldiers of Fitness!

Get your head in a hat! That was Carlos' excuse for not coming to SOF on Thursday! Booo!

So, seeing he mocked my for having to be at the DR for a sinus infection, therefore CARLOS pic is next from the BEFORE. My brother Carlos here is already looking a lot different than this pic!



You really need to take before pics when you start a new routine! SOF JUNE has 1 week left and we're loving it!

Iran Elections - Amazing

It's quite possible I'm watching a revolution unfold right on my desktop. Amazing. Can you imagine the nerve these people possess? Amazing. Not sure we could pull this off... Amazing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fhashemi/sets/72157619758530748/show/

Mariah Carey - Obsessed

Blitz Hour Challenge - Week 3

Carlos:

Is it ok that on Week 3 I was still a bit out of breath an hour after we where done working out?!

Oh man... as I'm typing I can feel my calf muscles cramp a little bit... Private Pearson says if it hurts it means that we are doing a good workout... then I think I was doing Pretty Darn Excelent Today!!!

Jokes aside I can honeslty say that my improvement level has gone up reasonably. I do have to say thank you to my class mates for helping me out when I needed it, as much as I try to make de classes a little bit more fun, ie "Private: Don't give up, think of your happy place", "Carlos: McDonald's!", "Class: GIGGLE/LAUGH!"; the time just deels like it slows down while you are doing SOF. That Hour feels like 2 Hours, and when you are told you only have 30 seconds left on a single exercise, those 30 seconds are the longest 30 seconds of your life!.

Even though we had a couple of cassualties today, Zack couldn't make it because he is sick and Khazma (Promotions/Marketing Manager) had a Last Minute Management Meeting, our team was still holding strong and poshing to their limits to make sure that we all completed the drills and that no one was left behind.

The team strenght that we've develop in the last 5 clases is amazing, we hardly know each other in a personal level and yet we are still willing to go the distance for one another no matter the weather condition or if we had a crappy day at the office. You can always count that the SOF Team will be there to help you in anyway that they can.

It's hard to belive that we are almost this months workout... I just hope I look good once I get into my tux for my wedding...

Puppy Flushed and lives!

New pics of David Beckham

Because this guy is perfect, and you love him for it :)



and I swear the hearts added this one were by Perez Hilton, not me... SWEAR!!

Soldiers of Fitness

Another BEFORE pic! This is producer Rob, BEFORE we started Soldiers of Fitness. DOYLE RULES!

Saved by the Bell

Ok, so I've interviewed Screech... and he's actually a jerk. Or perhaps his comedy routine is just to intelligent that it's beyond me and I just don't get it.

THIS! on the otherhand, is comedy genius.

Soldiers Of Fitness - WOW! Week 2!!

Carlos:
I can't believe we are already working on day 1, week 2. As I sit to enjoy a nice lunch, I think about how do I feel about today's performance.

Yeah, I'm in a little bit of pain, but its considerably less pain compared to day 1, week 1. I actually think that my body is starting to adapt to this life style again. How do I feel you still ask your self? Let's put it this way, I was pretty impressed with my overall performance during today's workout session. I manage to run non-stop 2 out of 3 warm up laps and complete 75% of the exercises successfully (the way they where meant to be done). Compared this to last week... I think the difference is overwhelming. I feel better, like I have more energy and like my efforts are actually starting to show, more on my resistance and on my state of mind and on the way I actually feel before we go to SoF, I get excited the night before just to think I have to go workout. I doubt I would've even feel anything close to that last week.

It still takes me a lot to look past the mental block that wants me to stop, that wants me to quit in the middle of, but that's where the magic of SoF comes in, we all come together as a unit to help, encourage, and push each other out. My team, its really there to push me when ever my mental block wants me to stop.
Thanks again... Talk to you guys next week...

And if you are wondering what am I having for lunch... Salad, Chicken and cottage cheese. I'm ready for the SoF Blitz Hour Challenge.

Are you ready for the SoF challenge?

GLAMBERT Adam Lambert Interview

Who gives an ef about winning a singing competition? Adam Lambert's just happy he can finally party at all the best H'wood hot spots. "I was living on Melrose and Wilcox in a studio apartment six months ago just hoping I could get into Teddy's," the American Idol runner-up said last night, accepting the Artist of the Year award at the Young Hollywood Awards in Santa Monica. "Now I can!"

Ad couldn't even wait to get his freak on at the afterbash, ending his thank-you speech insisting that somebody "buy me a drink!"

Before slurping back any martinis, Lambert exclusively dished to us about the Clay Aiken feud, dealing with the ever-present paps and what he calls "the queen rumors—both kinds!"

FULL ARTICLE HERE

Soldiers of Fitness, Week 1 Day 2

So.. our day began with Leyland forgetting shoes, and deciding 15 minutes before our workout that he would go buy new ones. Ley is part of the Energy 101.5 Blitz Hours team for our Soldiers of Fitness (SOF) workouts. The catch is, that if someone is late, everyone else gets punished and has to do pushups/etc to make up for the error. Way to go Leyland! So, we took our BEFORE photos to show our progress at SOF... and seeing Leyland made us late today... he goes first. We'll add others as we go, so we can compare our progress by Carlos' wedding.

Try not to laugh TOO hard at our BEFORE pics.. cuz we're trying really hard to be honest here... and show our results! 4 weeks isn't too much, but we hope to do at least 6-8 before we give up and change our diets too. We even all went for salad for lunch! BTW, Leyland, you owe me $10 for buying your lunch... you obviously FORGOT that TOO!

Soldiers Of Fitness - Blitz Hour Challenge

Carlos:
Oh, my!
I would've never guessed that after not doing SOF for 6 months I was going to be soooo out of shape. Going in on Day 1, Today, I was excited but nevious at the same time. I really wanted to get it going, but 15 minutes in to the workout I just wanted it to end, I don't know why. I've done it before and I've known since before we even started that this wasn't going to be an easy task. I do want to get fit for my wedding and I do think that Soldiers Of Fitness is the way for me to do so. I've tried working out at gym's and I never really felt the encouragement to go back and keep on working out.

I love SoF because if I'm doing something I want to make sure I do it the right way or I might as well just stay at home and watch some TV.

I think that having someone to guide you, telling you if you need to lower your back, to keep doing push-ups with your knees down if you can't do them on your toes, to never quit, helps out to get to our main goal the right way. without injuring our selfs, and it also teaches us, to never quit on selfs. We set our own limits and the only way we can get better at doing something to to raise our own bar each an every time we are trying to do anything, running, doing ranger kicks, push-ups.

Yes, today was a bit hard, but, I know that right now, I'm on the right track to feeling great and looking even better on my wedding day, and also, nobody said loosing weight and getting back into shape was going to be easy, but the guys from SoF are going to make sure we, all of our Blitz Hour Class, make the right choices, and that we help each other, to get to the same goal and that we tell our selfs all the time to never quit on our self or our Class.

I'm really proud of the guys at the Radio Station, I'm sure just two of us knew what we where getting our selfs into, the other 3?, not really sure if they knew how much effort it actually took... I'm also thank full and impressed with our listeners that decided to come and join us in this crusade, I'm sure all your efforts from today are going to pay sooner than you think. It might seem a little hard but, trust me, it gets easier... at the end of this week, you'll notice that your stamina, your endurance, and your willingness to keep on going and pushing the envelope will increase and you'll even be surprise...

Let's keep on going, let's keep on pushing and let's make sure we achieve everything that we want to out of this... HUA!
(Heard Understood Acknowledge)

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