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PEIInfo.ca: New Aliant Phone Centre Rant (119 Words)

2010-09-09T09:09:23Z

The following is a list of companies who can retrieve my account information and provide me service using my home phone number:

1. Eastlink Cable
2. Eastlink Phone Company
3. Maritime Electric
4. Island Petroleum (or any other home heating company for that matter)
5. My satellite provider
6. My Dentist
7. My Pharmacy
8. Charlottetown Water & Sewer
9. Cornwall Water & Sewer
10. Rogers Wireless
And the list goes on.

The following is a list of known companies to me who cannot (will not) retrieve my account information and provide me service using my home phone number:

1. Bell Aliant - the company who assigned me the number in the first place....

The Guardian - Canada - World: US Marine raid frees ship from pirate hands off Somalia

2010-09-09T08:09:10Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Toronto film festival set to unveil its first permanent home: TIFF Bell Lightbox

2010-09-09T08:09:17Z

A bit more detail (Randy MacDonald): [PHOTO] Empty on Gerrard (2)

2010-09-09T08:09:35Z

Empty on Gerrard (2)
Originally uploaded by rfmcdpei

This, another empty store on Gerrard Street, was at least being worked on.

The Guardian - Canada - World: New US filings for jobless benefits tumble to two-month low

2010-09-09T08:09:29Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Exports fall, imports grow as trade deficit widens in July: StatsCan

2010-09-09T08:09:05Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Cody Jamieson goes first to Knighthawks in National Lacrosse League draft

2010-09-09T08:09:36Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: FirstService grows into Canada with purchase of residential property firm

2010-09-09T08:09:03Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Calling all peacocks: Scientists say male dancers with big flashy moves attract the most women

2010-09-09T08:09:59Z

The Guardian - Opinion: Where’s the outrage over power rate hike?

2010-09-09T08:09:56Z

The Guardian - Opinion: Emergency preparedness just common sense

2010-09-09T08:09:12Z

The Guardian - Opinion: Status quo not always best

2010-09-09T08:09:20Z

The Guardian - Opinion: Would the world be equally shocked?

2010-09-09T08:09:22Z

The Guardian - Opinion: In search of rules for sand removal

2010-09-09T07:09:54Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Oxford launches first Zulu-English dictionary update in 40 years

2010-09-09T07:09:35Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Transat Q3 profits down to $20.9M without fuel gain, as revenues move higher

2010-09-09T07:09:25Z

The Monkey Rodeo: We're moving.

2010-09-09T07:09:07Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Obama acknowledges struggling economy could hurt Democratic Party in November elections

2010-09-09T07:09:17Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Media owner detained in Romania for allegedly abetting man convicted of fraud

2010-09-09T07:09:11Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Serbian World War II communists oppose royalist rehabilitation bid

2010-09-09T07:09:48Z

CBC | Prince Edward Island News: 'Hateful' online comments attacked by MP

2010-09-09T07:09:01Z

Charlottetown MP Shawn Murphy is warning people to stop making potentially defamatory comments on the websites of the CBC P.E.I. and the Charlottetown Guardian newspaper.

The Guardian - Canada - World: Obama: Emanuel to decide on Chicago mayoral bid after Nov. elections, would be 'terrific'

2010-09-09T07:09:45Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Obama calls Florida minister's Qur’an-burning plan a 'stunt'; Tells him to call it off

2010-09-09T07:09:40Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Car bomb attack on Somalia's main airport is reported to have killed 2, officials say

2010-09-09T07:09:31Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: EU Parliament calls on Paris to suspend expulsions of Roma, criticizes France's policy

2010-09-09T07:09:23Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: 'Idol' runner-up Bowersox finds out her records were checked in Ohio; 2 employees lose jobs

2010-09-09T07:09:05Z

Jobo Designs: Chiengora "One-Skein" Hat

2010-09-09T07:09:00Z

Having completed one skein of yarn from my Alaskan-Malamute-Challenge over the past weekend... I decided to get started on the goods! The completed skein had somewhere between 100 - 125 yards, which as I suspected was more than enough to make the hat.

I chose to use the Noro spiral one-skein hat by Manuèle Ducret - which is a simple free pattern, graciously offered by Manuèle over on her website. I thought it might be a complicated knit, but was surprised and delighted by the simplicity of it all. I decided to work at my own gauge though, and cast on in multiples of 8 until I was pleased with the size of the cuff. I think I settled on 104 sts in the end. I'll have to measure the needles I used, because honestly I just grabbed a pair that "looked" appropriate in size for the yarn. Sometimes eyeballing it *does* work for me!

The Hat itself is quite fuzzy, with a light soft grey halo. I've been quite surprised with how soft the dog fur yarn actually is! The dog's owner was considering having the hat lined with some sort of soft wool (maybe angora or alpaca) but I don't think the hat will really need it. Just wearing it around the house for photos, my head was toasty warm, almost to the point of being uncomfortably warm! I'll have to run it by her, but I think she will be pleased with it as it is.

Next - More picking and carding up another basket of chiengora and wool ("Chiengora" is the posh name for Dog Fur Wool) and then spinning up another skein to get started on the cowl and mittens. My head is just spinning with all of the possibilities :)

The Guardian - Canada - World: ADF Q2 profits cut in half to $0.9 million

2010-09-09T07:09:29Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Report: South Korea indicts Christian activist for violating security laws

2010-09-09T07:09:16Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: In the spotlight: Goldbach showcases teen angst at Toronto film fest

2010-09-09T07:09:12Z

CBC | Prince Edward Island News: Canada Post cautions Summerside dog owners

2010-09-09T06:09:23Z

Canada Post is reminding people to keep their dogs away from mailboxes after an unusually high number of incidents in Summerside last month, including a biting.

The Guardian - Canada - World: Blind Chinese activist lawyer released from prison but promptly confined in rural village

2010-09-09T06:09:59Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Chinese leaders give Myanmar junta chief assurances of support ahead of 1st polls in 20 years

2010-09-09T06:09:32Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Miranda Technologies acquires OmniBus Systems for C$48.7M

2010-09-09T06:09:15Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Xceed Mortgage reports net income of $1.4 million in Q3

2010-09-09T06:09:54Z

CBC | Prince Edward Island News: Shinerama raises safety concerns

2010-09-09T06:09:13Z

Charlottetown police will meet with the organizers of this year's Shinerama fundraiser over concerns that it became dangerous earlier this week.

The Guardian - Canada - World: Rare copy of Audubon's 'Birds of America' expected to fetch millions at Sotheby's UK auction

2010-09-09T06:09:07Z

PEICurling.com: O’Rourke rink to compete in Schmirler Charity Curling Classic

2010-09-09T06:09:31Z

The Leader-Post

The Schmirler Charity Curling Classic — showcasing several of the world’s best women’s teams — is to be held Sept. 24-27 at the Callie curling club in Regina.

This year’s field includes Bingyu Wang (skip of Team China, the 2010 Olympic bronze medallist), Kathy O’Rourke (the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts [...]

The Guardian - Canada - World: New Muslim college opens in California amid furor over proposed mosque near ground zero

2010-09-09T05:09:19Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Afghan official: Karzai wants corruption probes led by Afghans, West should take back seat

2010-09-09T05:09:15Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Kosovo rules out new talks on country's status, seeks deal with Serbia on practical issues

2010-09-09T05:09:13Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Tens of thousands celebrate Jewish New Year at spiritual leader's tomb in Ukraine

2010-09-09T05:09:59Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: 'Cause this is thriller: Left for dead by MTV, music videos rebound on Web

2010-09-09T05:09:54Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: EU: Iran must go beyond suspending stoning sentence against woman

2010-09-09T05:09:04Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: 3 Yemeni soldiers killed in attack on military checkpoint in south; officials blame al-Qaida

2010-09-09T05:09:52Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Philippines say police might have shot some hostages in bungled rescue of HK tourists

2010-09-09T05:09:50Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: European court rules against German state gambling monopoly for sports betting, lotteries

2010-09-09T05:09:29Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Canada down a notch to 10th in global competitiveness ranking

2010-09-09T05:09:14Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: New commander for Canada's Task Force Kandahar will be last of combat mission

2010-09-09T05:09:51Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: UK's Cameron pays tribute to father, who died on vacation in France

2010-09-09T05:09:03Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: 4 Iraqis with links to al-Qaida escape from US custody in Baghdad prison

2010-09-09T05:09:44Z

Unmodern Mom: Pancakes say I love you

2010-09-09T05:09:35Z

I don’t know how it happened, but five years have come and gone so quickly that it has almost physically knocked the wind out of me. It seems like someone just picked up the baby I brought home from the hospital yesterday and replaced her with a beautiful, brilliant five-year-old. There’s a sweet pink embroidered corduroy [...]

The Guardian - Canada - World: AP Exclusive: Soldier's father says he warned Army of plot by troops to kill Afghan civilians

2010-09-09T05:09:20Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: No mention of regret, apology, pollution in internal report by BP over massive Gulf spill

2010-09-09T04:09:22Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Report: Bus filled with Hindu pilgrims crashes into river in central India, killing 21

2010-09-09T04:09:14Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Report: officer who shot knife-wielding man involved in 2 previous on-duty shootings

2010-09-09T04:09:05Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: British official: UK journalist held captive in NW Pakistan by militants has been released

2010-09-09T04:09:01Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Germany's annual inflation rate down slightly at one per cent in August

2010-09-09T04:09:12Z

The Guardian - News: Remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine threaten 4 US states after killing 2 in Texas

2010-09-09T04:09:48Z

The Guardian - Canada - World: Remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine threaten 4 US states after killing 2 in Texas

2010-09-09T04:09:48Z