MONTREAL — (AP) — Ben Weider, the Canadian who helped turn bodybuilding into a worldwide sport and who was instrumental in launching Arnold Schwarzenegger's career in the United States, has died. He was 85. Weider died Friday after being taken

Fifth-year forward Mitch Gudgeon was almost unstoppable last night as the University of Victoria Vikes men's basketball team kicked off the Canada West season with a 78-69 road victory over the Alberta Golden Bears. Gudgeon poured in 22 points and

MasterCard, perhaps having noticed our recent post on Chinese cities, sent over a copy of their latest research, the 2008 Worldwide Centres of Commerce: Emerging Markets Index for our review. The report notes that "Close to 60 Percent of Cities...are

Jack Perkowski, author of (book and blog) "Managing the Dragon" (and Mr China's boss) has some good advice. One of the memorable quotes from the book, which highlights the very different perspectives of those visiting China and those who have

IP protection and pirated products get a lot of attention in China, but never more so than in the software and DVD market. Xinhua notes some follow-up on Microsoft's latest anti-piracy tool: "Microsoft on Thursday issued a public letter defending

and to highlight some recent news that it has put out: "The double-digit growth rates the Chinese economy has shown in the past years have brought about a strong demand for professionals and managers that currently cannot be met. According

The Conditioners have been formulated to complement the shampoo and extract. They will leave your hair feeling thicker and fuller. This is a thick, creamy conditioner designed to work with Nisim shampoo and extract, and to provide thicker and fuller

The Hair Apparent - Palm Beach InteractiveIt doesn't matter what the Delaware senator and Democratic vice presidential hopeful is saying. Or wearing. You can't help staring at The Hair - and the lack of it on the back of his

Holiday lights drive in need of support - Republican & HeraldThe Greater Shenandoah Area Chamber of Commerce needs to raise $12,000 to reach its goal of purchasing new Christmas lighting decorations for the downtown business district. According to member Betty

In a previous blog I marveled at a spirited mom who was featured in a recent issue of Runner's World magazine. She ran a marathon while she was eight months pregnant and is now preparing to run another with the

When I first started a workout routine that included weightlifting and running (nearly 20 years ago) I kept a journal to keep track of what exercises I was supposed to do on a particular day. After a while my routine

It's never too late to start lifting weights. At least that's what the authors of a new fitness study maintain.A recent study published in the Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that individuals should be hitting

How many times have you seen guys at the gym try to lift as much weight as they can without paying attention to form or technique? They're grunting and sweating and throwing weights up instead of lifting them correctly and

Death and Taxes 2009 is a detailed graphical account showing where your tax dollars will go next year in the most detailed and fascinating way: Everything is set to scale according to the amount of...

Optimus has revealed their prototype of the 15-key Putius, that's now been redubbed the Aux. While the case is metal, here we see the plastic circuit board chassis and the complete electronic heart...

Instructables posted a guide to creating a plumbers'-crack detector, using a LilyPad Arduino controller, a vibrating motor, and a photoresistor to measure how much light is beaming into your crack....

Over on the T-Mobile forums, there's a massive thread about the G1's totally borked POP3/IMAP email service. Looks like receiving, sending, and even just checking email results in a nasty connection...

It's an unfortunate turn of events when Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Sulu don't get along in real life. But we'd like to believe that through the magic of t-shirts and a night out drinking with the...

So here's the deal. You don't get copy/paste. You don't get image or videos over MMS. And you still can't type your emails or text messages in landscape mode. BUT! If you've been dreaming about...

At 2am on Sunday 26th October, the clocks will be wound back an hour as British Summer Time ends. Enjoy the extra hour in bed!