We’ve Switched to the Mac!

Our family has just crossed the Great Divide and moved from a PC computer to a new iMac , following a long period of wishing, hoping and saving our pennies.
Both my wife and I, retired teachers, had used -- and taught our respective students with -- the early Macintosh, back in the late 1980s, and had been impressed with the ease of use and all-in-one experience.
The iMac is so easy to set up: I plugged in the power cord and the keyboard’s USB, and hit the Power switch.

Absolutely Awesome! You Rock, Halifax!

Those were just some of the reviews by the young athletes attending the Closing Ceremonies of the 2011 Halifax Jeux du Canada Games.
And, what a two-week celebration of the spirt of sport. A total of 2,700 athletes from ‘every part of this land of ours’ -- according to ‘Look Out, World!’ the first official Canada Games fight-song -- flocked to Halifax and the ski hills of Nova Scotia to perform in winter sports.
An estimated 50-thousand people attended free concerts