CPR Fact of the Day

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Today's CPR Fact of the Day

Today's fact: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure involving chest compressions and artificial respiration.

Olympic Torch Relay

The Olympic Torch passed through the Annapolis Valley on Friday, and Magic 94.9 was right in the heart of the fun!

Seeing and holding the Torch was great...and meeting Mr. Ronald McDonald himself was awesome. I had met him when I was 3 years old, he didn't remember.

A very fun-filled day wrapped up at Dooly's in New Minas for Jingle Bell Rock. Thanks for coming out and showing your support for the Kinsmen and Kinette Christmas Miracle!

CPR Fact of the Day

November is CPR Awareness Month.

Today's Fact: overall the odds of survival for a victim of cardiac arrest are almost four times greater if someone performs CPR on them right away.

Tales from H.M.C.S. Fredericton

Husband of Magic 94.9 Sales Misfit Lisa Pudsey, and former Misfit himself, (and forever honourary :) Chris Pudsey is on board the H.M.C.S. Fredericton on an anti-piracy mission in the Middle East.

Pud will be contributing a few passages throughout his trip to the Blog, and passes along his first report...

Sup Honky Tonk! Heres my little update so far as we proceed to deal with the dreaded pirates.

Our first port visit was Barcelona, Spain. Here we saw someinteresting things like the church known as Sangrala Famalia. It wasoriginally built in the early 1800's and is still being built to this day. They expect it to take another 30-80 years to complete. If you are working on that church, you have some serious job security.

We also got to see the Olympic Stadium where the '92 Olympic games wereheld. While Barcelona is a beautiful city, there were some serious issues with pick-pocketting going on. Numerous members of the ship's company were robbed. Funny thing is, they are nice enough to give you your wallet back, they just wanted the cash. They would find interesting ways to return the wallet to you too. They would come up to you and ask you if you dropped it for example. Of course the cash was gone but at least you had your ID.

Our next visit was to an island called Malta. This was a beautiful island and one I recommend to anyone for a vacation destination. Here I got to see an old temple site called Hagar Qim. Its an old stone temple that is bigger than Stonehenge and older than the pyramids in Egypt! Very cool. Our next stop was Haifa, Israel. The only thing that was really interesting in Haifa was The Bahai Gardens. It is known as the 8th wonder of the world and I can see why. Very beautiful. We also took a tour bus and went to Jerusalem. Outstanding visit to the old city. I am not a religious person per say, but still very cool to say you were standing at the same place that Jesus was cruicified and buried, and to touch the rocks where he was anointed and the place where he spent his last evening alive praying. We also got to see the Jordanian desert and the Dead Sea.

The pics i am sending has me sitting in front of the Jordanian Desert and one of the Bahai Gardens.

Well thats all for now, until next time, take care!

Nanoo Nanoo...no...May the Force be with you...No...Live Long and Prosper...that's the one!

Trekkies rejoice!!!

The Star Trek re-boot hits D-V-D and Blu-Ray today.

No...not that Star Trek...

The saga starts with "Kirk" (Chris Pine) as an angry young man and "Spock" (Zachary Quinto) tortured by emerging emotions as a Romulan from the future threatens peace. It co-stars Eric Bana, Simon Pegg (as "Scotty"), Anton Yelchin (as "Chekov"), John Cho (as "Sulu") and Winona Ryder, slogging along on her comeback trail. The Worf-sized collection of extras includes a gag reel, deleted scenes and commentary plus features on the starships, planets, props and costumes.

It's Friday the 13th...consider yourself warned...

It's bad luck to:
Begin a new job or a trip
Cut off both ends of a loaf of bread
Flip your mattress
Put new shoes on the table
Leave your hat on the bed
Walk under a ladder
Pour water on a windowsill
Plant potatoes
Lean a broom on a bed
Open an umbrella indoors
Do housework
Wear new clothes
Cut your hair
Sneeze to your left side
Have a black cat cross your path

It's good luck to:
Cut your finger nails on a Friday to avoid a toothache during the month.
Take candy to a friend during your first visit of the New Year.
Pick the first violets of spring.
When you set the table, place the salt down first.
If you drop a spoon, expect friends to drop by soon.
If your left hand itches, money will come to you.
When you move to a new house, take a broom and a loaf of bread with you.
Put a red bow on a newborn baby.
Don't sweep dust out the front door or you'll sweep away good luck.
Make a wish when you see the first robin of spring. If it doesn't fly away before you finish wishing it'll come true.

Get Your RED ON!!!

Acadia Basketball returns to War Memorial Gymnasium tonight...as the Axewomen and Axemen get set to host U.P.E.I! The Axewomen, coming off a very promising pre-season, will tip-off the night at 6:00, and the Axemen will follow at 8:00.

Come on out...and where red and join in on the RED OUT!! There'll be free t-shirts, prizes and tons of Acadia Pride.

See you tonight in Wolfville!

Jason Priestly visits the Early Show!

My highschool girlfriends would be envious of today's guest on the show. Every Thursday in high school, a group of 10 or so of us would take turns host of Beverly Hills 90210 night. The other guys and I would say we were dragged to it every week, but truth be told...we were just as hooked on the lives of Brandon, Dillon, Brenda, Kelly, Donna and David.

It was great to have Jason Priestly on the show today! He's left the 90210 zip code, now he's in town filming a half-hour series which we'll see on HBO Canada under the working title of "Meet Fitz". He's loving the Valley, and he and his family we'll be here until January filming the show.

The Early Show Remembers...

...of ferrets and flu-like felines...

Ricky Bobby Feelin' Fine...

Crazy story out of the states about the cat with H1N1 huh? If you missed the show this morning...

A cat in Iowa has tested positive for H1N1 flu, the first time a cat has been diagnosed with the new pandemic strain. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, the 13-year-old cat apparently caught the virus from one of the people living in the house. It has recovered and does not appear to have infected anyone or anything else. Pigs are the original source of the H1N1 virus and it has been found in several herds, as well as in a pet ferret. Ferrets are especially susceptible to human influenza viruses. An Iowa Department of Public Health vet said two of the three members of the family that owns the pet had suffered from influenza-like illness before the cat became ill.

...So if you notice your household pet going through an unusual amount of Advil Cold and Sinus, and Kleenex...get your fuzzy friend checked out. We have a ferret here in our Magic 94.9 family...and I'm pleased to report...Ricky Bobby's feeling just fine.

...all is silent from Habs fans...

WOW!!! I found a Leafs Stanley Cup picture in COLOUR!...NO MORE JOKES!!! It's going to be a great day...

What??! Not one wise-crack from a Habs fan this morning??! I suppose the day is still young :)

I thought the Leafs were going to pull it out in O.T. last night, but the Habs got another one, after the lack of brilliance from Leafs goalie Vesa Toskala. I think the Buds would have been better off with a pylon in goal...seriously...why hasn't he been sent to the Marlies yet??

I hope everyone had a great Hallowe'en...I found it rather quiet actually. It seemed that trick-or-treater numbers were down...maybe they all stayed in to watch The Leafs lose.