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By Wojtek Dabrowski
TORONTO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The main index of the Toronto Stock Exchange ended in the red on Thursday as a surge in resources and Research In Motion RIM.TORIMM.O failed to offset weak energy and financial shares, which fell on renewed worries over the U.S. economy.
The S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE fell 42.14 points, or 0.31 percent, to close at 13,509.55.
"Unfortunately, today is one of the days when concerns about a possible recession in the U.S. are front and center in the minds of most investors," said Elvis Picardo, investment strategist at Northern Securities in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The energy and financial sectors headlined the broad decline, shedding 1.61 percent and 0.64 percent respectively. Utilities gave up a notable 2.62 percent.
Investors around the world continued to fret over the health of the U.S. economy in wake of the subprime mortgage crisis.
"We've just started to see the tip of the iceberg," said Lex Kerkovius, senior research analyst at McLean & Partners Wealth Management in Calgary, Alberta. "I think the economic news is still a long way from being at its zenith in terms of the amount of bad news that could potentially come out."
Among the few bright spots of the session, the resources-laden materials group rose 0.88 percent, while information technology was up 1.82 percent thanks to RIM.
The company, which makes the ubiquitous BlackBerry smartphone, was the day's top net gainer, adding C$8.96, or 9 percent, to finish at C$108. The jump came after RIM said it will add more subscribers in its fourth quarter than earlier expected.
Gold miners also saw healthy gains as Goldcorp (G.TO) and Barrick Gold (ABX.TO) both posted banner profits. Barrick also announced it would buy out Rio Tinto's (RIO.L) stake in their Cortez gold-mining joint venture in Nevada for $1.7 billion.
Gold is trading at about $950 per ounce, benefiting from inflation fears and a weak U.S. dollar, which lends additional support to miners' shares.
Picardo said he expects bullion "could be on course to test $1,000 per ounce in the weeks ahead."
$1=$1.01 Canadian Reporting by Wojtek Dabrowski; Editing by Peter Galloway


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So we made it home from Arizona... but not without having lots of adventures!
Day 1: Thursday, February 5, 2009
Woke up at 2:45am in order to leave our house and meet at my parents' house by 4:15am. That was an early morning! Travel the entire day was amazingly smooth and easy. We arrived in sunny Scottsdale around 1pm, just in time for lunch. We ate delicious sandwiches at a little Bistro and it was wonderful. That afternoon we lounged by the pool... because it was 83 degrees! Only about 83 degrees warmer than Indianapolis when we left... darn!
Day 2: Friday, February 6, 2009
Got up early and enjoyed breakfast at Butterfield's Pancake House. So scrumptious! Thank you to my friend and co-worker Mrs. Funke for recommending such a yummy place! Then it was to the car for a 3 hour drive to Tombstone. To see those pictures check out my Flickr page. We had lots of fun and I think Kris was basically in Heaven!
Day 3: Saturday, February 7, 2009
After enjoying another tasty breakfast at Butterfield's (yes... we had to go two days in a row... it was just that good...) we had to sit through a sales presentation about the resort and Westin hotels, resorts, etc. Only 2.5 hours later and we were free! Then it was back to the resort to lounge and just enjoy the fact that we were in a place almost 80 degress warmer than home and also that we weren't at work. It was great! Saturday night we had wine by the fire, outdoors. Can't beat it. I need to move to Arizona. Anyone know of any jobs in research?? :) I need it. I need to get there.
Day 4: Sunday, February 8, 2009
Traveling home. Boo. Remember how I said the trip there was easy? Not so much on the way back! The plane we were supposed to leave on had been struck by lightening. Needless to say (although no one was harmed) there were some electrical issues and they didn't want anyone else using that plane. So luckily the airline was able to find us another flight but that didn't put us home in our beds until about 4am on Monday morning. I slept-in until around 2pm :) Don't you just love vacations?
Here are a few of my favorite photos from the trip. Again... I need to move there...
Monday, February 16, 2009
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Shopkeeper, journalist sentenced to prison for insulting president
In Turkey, protesting against alcohol regulations and calling President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a dictator can land you behind bars.
In the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, a shopkeeper was sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison for reading a poem that was ruled to be insulting to the presidency, Diken newspaper reported. Mustafa Ertem had read the poem as a protest three years ago for being fined 30,000 Turkish liras for selling alcohol past 10 p.m. His prison sentence was announced to be deferred. The alcohol sales after 10 p.m. are prohibited by law in the country.
Ertem said he read the poem not to insult but to criticise.
Additively, journalist Hüsnü Mahalli received a one year and eight-month prison sentence for the same offence, after he allegedly referred to Erdoğan on social media as a dictator, Diken also wrote.
In his defence, Mahalli said "dictator" is not an insult but a technical term. "In the international community, it's a term is known to refer to one person collecting power," he said.
Erdoğan's attorney said their complaint is warranted. "As written in the indictment, the president's name and the office was alluded to. … We request the suspect is penalised," the attorney said.
Mahalli defended his work as journalism.


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I'm not a big wearer of black and white but from time to time I'm drawn to its simple, chic allure.
At the same time, I tend to get board with it because I haven't found many ways to spice it up in a modern way.
That is… until I found this look on Pinterest.
I never would have thought to pair olive with B&W (I'd usually wear it with other earth tones or occasionally red). However, it's the unexpected colour and the casual feel of the jacket that create the contrast that makes this look simple, chic and interesting.
Jacket – Jacob Connexion (modified)
Shirt – Mexx
Pants – Jacob
Heels – Fergalicious (via The Bay)
Ring – NY flea market
How do you like to spice up Black & White?


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Firstly let me apologise for the lack of updates on this site since JULY !!!
After a good start, circumstances led me to be so tied up with other things that I couldn't continue with running it and I failed to get anyone else to take over. Mea Culpa.
However, although still very busy, I do hope to put some more effort back into this site from mid-winter onwards.
If anyone else would like to join in with keeping this ticking over then that would be great. email email@example.com
Most of the urgent but not important stuff goes on our facebook page, this site is really intended more as a record and repository of what we are doing and useful information.
We have made steady progress through the year. Rob Butler has been doing amazing work with delivering aid into refugee areas in Northern Europe. The weekly drop-off for donated items continues at the Central Methodist Church from 10-12am on Tuesdays. We are nearly a charity – which will mean we start to get gift-aid tax-back on qualifying donations. Meanwhile the bank account slowly grows and we are about one third of the way towards having the funding for our first family…


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India Squad: The Four-Test match series against Australia
by SportingFreak.com • February 14, 2017 • Cricket
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced 15-man squad for first of the two Tests in the four-match four-match Test series against Australia.
The hosts retained the same squad that beat Bangladesh in the one-off Test at Hyderabad. All the players find themselves retained for throughout the series, beginning on February 23 in Pune.
Meanwhile, Australia captain Steve Smith and his men arrived in India on Monday evening, and will play a three-day warm-up match against India `A' on 16th February at the Brabourne Stadium.
The first Test will play at Pune's Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on February 23, followed by the next three tests at Bengaluru (March 4-8), Ranchi (March 16-20) and Dharamshala (March 25-29).
Squad for the first two Tests: Virat Kohli (Captain), Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Karun Nair, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhinav Mukund & Hardik Pandya


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SINGAPORE stocks opened 0.1 for every penny bring down on Wednesday, with the Straits Times Index dropping 4.18 focuses to 3,301.9 as at 9.03 am.
Around 109.7 million offers worth S$83.5 million altogether changed hands, which worked out to a normal unit cost of S$0.76 per share.
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Failures dwarfed gainers 61 to 55, or around 10 down for each nine up.
Hong Kong[HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks pushed their rally into an eighth straight day on Wednesday as speculators followed another record close on Wall Street.
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Creating a Successful Family Business
Career Path : Administration
When you have an idea to start a new business, getting family members and other relatives involved is a great way to build a brand with the combination of input and dedication to create a working company. Creating a successful family business requires the understanding that you are likely to face conflicts at times and must develop solutions to solve them. The more you make the necessary preparations for creating a successful family business, the less likely you are to be hindered by any potential challenges and obstacles you face along the way.
Call a Family Meeting
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Consider Furthering Your Education
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Put Everything Into Writing
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The Department of Education has come under fire over a document seeming to compare British loyalist terrorist groups to children's charities
BBC News:
The UDA and UVF were described as "voluntary organisations" and bracketed with Barnados and the NSPCC.
The document is a note of a meeting between a group of principals and senior figures in the department.
Dolores Kelly (SDLP) said it was outrageous. The department there was a "mistake" in drafting the minutes.
Ms Kelly, whose party has accused the department of "illegal sectarian discrimination" through an action plan which allegedly favours Protestant neighbourhoods for additional funding, said she was stunned.
"It beggars belief that anybody would compare the UDA and UVF with Barnardo's and the NSPCC," she said.
"Indeed it beggars belief that the UDA and UVF would be asked to help contribute to a plan to help children's education.
"It is, at the same time, ludicrous and insulting. "
The comparison was made in minutes of a meeting between school principals in Protestant areas of north and west Belfast, the chief executive of the city's education and library board and a deputy permanent secretary at the Department of Education.
Called as part of Renewing Communities, the government's response to a taskforce report on working-class Protestant communities, it lists a series of actions needed to develop service delivery integration.
One point states: "Maintain/establish good working relationships with voluntary organisations (Barnardo's, NSPCC, UDA, UVF)."
SF warned not to barter away residents' rights
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From Greg:
Do You Know Someone Suffering From Trump Unacceptance & Resistance Disorder (TURD)?
TURD is a pattern of pathologically dissociative and psychotic behavior, first observed in the late hours of November 8th 2016, and increasing in severity with passing time.
Sufferers of TURD often exhibit pronounced cognitive dissonance, sudden bouts of rage, rioting, and uncontrollable crying.
People with TURD are characterized by a persistent unwillingness to accept that Donald Trump is going to Make America Great Again.
TURD Is caused by the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America. For many, both in America and worldwide, this was a shocking and unexpected outcome; their preferred news sources having failed to inform them that the alternative candidate was a criminal parasite in such ill health she got chucked into the back of a van like a kidnap victim.
Research is ongoing, but TURD appears to correlate closely with the following environmental and behavioral factors:
Patients with TURD are very resistant to treatment, and dangerous in large groups. Any possibility of treatment requires that they be separated from their hive-mind support apparatus; they cannot begin the process of accepting reality in the presence of encouragement towards delusion and irrationality. Separation may require the assistance of law enforcement.
If you have a friend or loved one suffering from TURD, urge them to seek treatment. Together we can beat this scourge, and Make America Great Again.
Know the signs, spot the symptoms, and save a life.
- Membership in the Democratic Party
- Identifying as a Feminist
- Currently enrolled in college, and/or Possession of a Liberal Arts college degree
- Living in a densely populated metropolitan area
- Massive student debt
- Spotty or non-existent work history
Undercover Project Veritas: Protesters Using Homeless To Block Streets During Inauguration?
Just a few comments from notes taken while watching today's historic inauguration of President Donald J. Trump.
There was no Muslim Imam invited to deliver a prayer.
There was no gay or transgender minister invited to deliver a prayer.
Chelsea Clinton and the Obama kids were not present in the audience.
Melania Trump and the Trump family looked stunning.
There was noticeable steam emanating from the ears of Obama during Trump's speech.
CNN and MSNBC had gleeful remarks regarding the lesser turnout of a crowd for this event compared to that of Obama's back in 2009. No mention was made that for Obama, no conservatives threatened the safety of the crowds with riots, marches and demonstrations. The one today had the threats of violence, leading many to decide to watch from the safety of their homes. Of course, Obama had refused to admonish his followers to behave with dignity and respect and to refrain from intimidating those who would have attended the event.
Without a doubt, this was the most pro-American, patriotic, stirring speech from an American President's induction we have ever heard. He was straight with the people he evidently adores and wishes to defend and have prosper. He attempted to kiss no one's butt. He owed no one in the VIP seats a thing. He lambasted the previous president who was sitting grim faced in his seat, hands folded in his lap. His talk was right to us, those sitting in our homes watching and listening. It was a promise from one who has never held elected office that he would take his job seriously, he would cater to no one and that he would strive to make America great again! What's wrong with that?
Post-inauguration statements from both CNN and MSNBC's commentators:
"It was a radical event since there was no mention of gender rights."
"Dark, too idealistic."
"An over-reaction. No road to togetherness. A convention speech. No olive branch thrown to other side."
"Obama has higher approval rating right now than Trump.'
"Too racial, America First is his cause.'
"Beijing and Moscow will love this speech."
"He's not healing the nation after a brutal presidential campaign."
"Obama is leaving after two successful, scandal free terms. He was the best president, ever."
"No reach out to Hillary."
Since the schools no longer teach government to our kids I guess it's up to the parents (if they can) or grandparents to explain how the world works successfully, and how to keep the country going. This story makes me ill and sad for my country.
From an Oregon Resident:
While I was getting a coffee, I overheard 7 young people (22-26 years old, 5 males, 2 female) who have been protesting in downtown Portland the last two nights.
I told them I was doing research and asked nicely if they would answer some questions. They were cool with it, so I sat down and went for it.
Three voted. Of the four who didn't, none was registered to vote.
None of them researched independently either candidate.
All were for Hillary but preferred Bernie.
Why the Democratic Candidate?
- "More things are taken care of."
- "Time to have a woman President."
- "Democrats aren't sexist or racist."
Six of them live at home.
All are under their parents insurance.
Two have "real" jobs.
Three aren't working, nor are they trying hard to find a job either.
Parents pay for everything in their life or subsidize it.
Six get money from mom or dad every month.
Two have been on unemployment for 6+ months.
One is at Portland State U, doesn't work, and parents pay for everything.
All 7 said Trump is a racist/sexist. I asked to cite proof … "That tape, man!"
When I asked, as a man myself, "Have you ever said anything like that when you've been hanging out with your buddies? All five males said "Yes."
Would you say it if you knew you were on tape? All five answered "No."
What's the difference? I asked. "You've all said bad stuff like that. Does
that mean you hate women and are a sexual predator?" Nothing. No answer.
None could tell me how our government works … they didn't know how
laws are passed, how the House of Representatives or the Senate work.
None could explain how a bill is passed.
Only one could tell me the difference between legal and illegal immigration.
One of them said, "Legal immigration is when you immigrate legally." Seriously.
None could explain the purpose of the Electoral College or how it works.
In 10 minutes they felt they had explained everything. Nice kids … but so ignorant. I know some awesome, phenomenal young adults; but I'm afraid the majority are like these seven. Too many participation trophies, too much coddling by parents and teachers.
In 1944 18 year olds stormed the beach at Normandy into almost certain death.
In 2016 18-year-olds feel unsafe because words hurt their feelings. This country is in deep do-do!


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Goodnight Kiss Music (BMI) & Scene Stealer Music (ASCAP)
|"What It Means To Publish A Song"
(C) 1999 All rights reserved by Lynn Robin Green
it comes up in ordinary social conversation when I first meet
someone and they ask what I do ,(when I tell them Im a music
publisher,they get a really blank look and say OH? How
interesting)... Uh,...But what does a Music Publisher really do
exactly? I have found that most writers and everyday folks aren't
really sure what being a music publisher means (nor the process
involved),so I thought I'd try to define what IT REALLY MEANS TO
Firstly a song that is uncirculated and is not released for commercial distribution IS AN UNPUBLISHED SONG.When we sign a song to a contract and we move ahead to try to publish it--this means that we work to take it to the next point and find commercial usages for the song.That usage may be pitching it to a Recording Artist that is currently seeking material for an album session ,(with the goal being that the song is released on their record for sale to the public).
Or we may present the song for possible usages in
1)A Television Show as a theme song,featured song or as a background usage song.
2)For a motion picture in production as a featured song,a theme song or a background source cue.
3)To an Advertising Agency for possible consideration as a commercial for a certain product that the song would well represent musically and thematically.
4)To CD software producers who may be seeking a specific type of material for the score of a CD ROM project.
5)To a Recording Artist to do for a TV Special or a Special Event Concert that will be filmed and televised (as even though they may not have recorded the song on record),this usage can be two fold as it will be in the Filmed Show and thereby will earn TV air play royalties and a licensing fee,as well as the opportunity for the Artist to sing it,expose the song to the masses and hopefully find that they will want to record it in the future on their next release.(This kind of pitch is known as supplying 'special material').That's usually a song that fits the theme of the event or benefit better than any other song that may be available.Until one of above above usages is obtained on an unpublished song-it hasn't the chance to be considered as published as IT'S financially unexploited and hasn't a basis of application commercially to earn from (ie-an income stream that is generated by the song's own earnings for ITSELF)...The key to getting the song UP ON ITS EARNING legs is to go find all of the creative applications and marketing opportunities for it in todays existing marketplace.We must use all of our resources that we have built up over the years as Publisher's and our contacts with A people (who may have a current artist seeking material) and/or tip sheets that only Publishers subscribe to whether in the United States or in foreign territories.And we also use TV & Film Production guides and data that keep us abreast of new productions and we call to find out what kind of material they may need for that project.
The secret is that we must believe in that song more than anything and go forward with the attitude of selling it to others (so that they feel the same way and want to use the song too).It takes alot of high energy and sales tactics and HYPE sometimes,but knowing that you have a fabulous piece of material or a GREAT band or Solo Artist it isn't hard to make others see it too...Part of the success in finding the first usage for a song or finding a record deal for an artist is based alot of the time on faith ,hope ,personal connections realtionships in the business and unlimited hard work. Until a song has its first usage or a band gets a TV spot or a recording deal,its largely an UPHILL process all the way.
Once a record is released on a song,then the Publisher too often joins in helping to promote that record (or that show appearance of their band) in any way that they can..
Once a record is released we often rely on Gavin and billboard charts to reveal its chart position which is a reflection of
1)the amount of air play its receiving and
2)the amount of sales it is earning at the cash registers,which is also reflected by Soundscan..(The bar code that you put on your independent CD or a major record release has an intrinsic code that the retail stores use as a sales logging device which is then reported to Soundscan and Billboard as UNITS SOLD).
When a record is imminent for major release a Publisher must know where it will be released firstly.In the event that it will be released outside the U.S. -we must notify our sub publishers (also known as our collection agents) in those countries in order for them to license it over there.We supply them the song title,writers,publisher information and percentages we own and also the record name,artist,title of album,release date,label name and the record number itself (which you see on the spine of the CD and usually on the CD itself).The sub-publishers then license it there ,collect on it,and also work to find other material usages for it as I've outlined above.If the group or artist is well known --the revenue to the Publisher and the Sub publisher coming out of that foreign territory can be substantial.The sub-publisher has a responsibility to collect and to exploit it further for the Publisher in foreign territories or vice versa as some songs are sub-published in the U.S. for a foreign original publisher too.It's all about who owns and controls the rights.
The original Publisher though is responsible for accounting to the writers of that song and duly assimilates all earnings and accounts for same,usually twice a year with a statement showing how many units sold,or licensing fees received for Tv or film and/or print music income too,if the song was released also in a song book or (folio form or any other income received).Once the record is out there is often a good chance that a few years later it will be reissued again on a best of or a greatest hits Cd as well.And if the song charts high there is a good chance that another recording artist may COVER it (record their own version of the song).Of course the licensing for that cover record is again also handled by the Publisher and is also collected for the songwriter by the Publisher again.It's the cover recordings and reissues that can provide longtime income streams for the Writer and Publisher for many years. There is sometimes a bit of confusion I've seen over the term -'self-published'.Let me give you an easy example of what this term means..In the event that you do not assign your publishing rights or any percentage of them to a Publisher THEN you hold those rights.
One case I'll describe is a writer who sent me a song that he stated was in a new motion picture coming out.Well he could choose to assign it to a Publisher,OR he can also choose to start up his own publishing firm with Ascap/BMI or Sesac and clear (reserve) a publishing company name and then once affiliated ,register the song and CUE sheet from that movie with his performing rights org. as writer 100% publisher 100%-(the cue sheet must reflect this information exactly along with the timing,and type of usage in the film.)If a writer has done this and he also has received a licensing fee from the film company to use the song/master-(and has a signed a synchronization and master license)--and THAT movie then plays on TV ----then his performing rights org will pay him both the Publisher and Writer air play shares as its surveyed on the different TV stations it plays on...At that point the song starts earning on its own legs and would be considered PUBLISHED but also then as SELF-PUBLISHED as the writer did not assign his publishing rights to any publisher in that case.The problem is that many writer's are not educated in how to handle the licensing or the administrative parts --and sometimes earned monies will fall through the cracks and they will not receive-- it nor do they know why.. Music publishers 'are in the exact business of getting usages'- exploiting copyrights, administrating ,collecting and accounting to the writer -(so a publisher and writer relationship whether its 100% or 50% or 25% is a long term relationship providing writers with direct ACCESS to exploitation opportunities) and with an expert who can handle getting YOU paid from all those sources)..
At least that's the WAY it should always work in the Publisher/Writer relationship.
Music Publisher's -----ARE in the business of selling your MUSIC and making money for you with your music -"continuously" ----and collecting that income for you---always.
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The plane was purchased on wet lease at the cost of 19 million dollars. Administration had to pay $8,000 per hour a day for six months for its premier services; still the load factor was not according to the plan for its London flights.
Salaries of the foreign staff were also being paid by the national airline.
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Date and Time: Thursday, May 31, 8:00pm; Friday, June 1, 7:00pm; Saturday, June 2, 9:00pm
Duration: 60 min, without intermission
Location: Gallery 308
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Early Bird: $15
General Admission: $25
Reserved Seating: $30-35
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Daïna Michaud - Artistic director
Josephine Klaveness - Scenario and stage director
Éric Miles - Choreographer
Daina Michaud, Edith Bergeron and Esméralda Nadeau-Jasso - Costumes
Ryan Ockenden - Sound Designer
Mélodie Martin Couture - General Director
Maribel Garcia Navarro - Marketing Director
Marie-Jade Lemonde - Production and Technical Director
Khalil Michot Graphic designer
Daïna Michaud - Artist
Delphine Cézard - Artist
Mélodie Couture - Artist
Priscilla Dellazizzo - Artist
Sara Deull - Artist
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Experience the dark world of prohibition era Quebec in the company of Cirquantique, a women led Canadian ensemble making their US debut at the Festival. Get ready for a spellbinding evening of nouveau cirque, burlesque and live music as talented artists from Montreal's underground circus scene offer a night of transgression and rebelling against false temperance--in a parallel universe where speakeasies proliferate, bootlegging is rampant and the black market rules.
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Mélodie Couture – Hula hoop and Static Trapeze
Always looking for movement, challenges and opportunities in order to come to life on stage, Mélodie practices various artistic disciplines. She specializes in fixed trapeze, hula hoop and entertainment on stilts. A romantic at heart, Mélodie seeks to embody various characters and stories during her performances. Bearded lady and snake charmer, Mélodie has performed with Cirquantique and as part of the Montréal Complètement Cirque festival. She has also performed across the province with Poécirque and in Mexico with the CircoRevolución troupe. Mélodie always has a new story to tell and a new exciting adventure to embark upon.
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Cirquantique is an artistic collective that produces immersive cultural events. Our artists, who come from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, share talent and expertise in the worlds of the circus, burlesque, theatre, dance, electronic and live music, as well as stage and costume design.
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This fantastic light fixture hangs in the lobby of the Audi Design Center in California. It was designed for Ivalo Lighting by a group of automotive designers formed by Audi as a "think tank†for the future of automotive design.
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18 Aug 2014 Sentiment on social media turns negative for Capitec!
Capitec's share price is coming under pressure after Moody's downgraded Capitec's debt rating to junk status. The share price dropped from R243 to R203 in two weeks after the demise of African Bank (Abil) and the rating downgrade.
Topsy measures social sentiment and rates millions of microblogs (mostly tweets) as positive or negative. Strong relationships have been found in research between social sentiment and future price movements. While Abil collapsed, the social sentiment of Capitec stayed above 50% positive. It has since dropped to only 7.3% positive over the last 7 hours (see picture). Tweets per day shot up from 150 to 800.
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Blu-ray New Releases August 5th 2008
August 5, 2008 by Dave Cowl · Leave a Comment
The following titles are scheduled for Blu-ray release August 5th 2008.
How HD DVD Almost Won The Format War
July 31, 2008 by Mehar Gill · 38 Comments
There was a interesting article over at Forbes, the article talks about how Sony followed up the HD DVD Paramount announcement in August, believe it or not the announcement had done more damage to Sony then previously thought.
Warner Dedicated to Digital Copy on Blu-ray Releases?
July 30, 2008 by James Segars · 5 Comments
We're mildly ecstatic to see that WB has been pulling out the stops with regard to their upcoming BD title releases (Speed Racer, Run Fat Boy Run, The Matrix), and their most recent inclusion of Digital Copy (DC).
Digital Downloads Update July 25th 2008
July 24, 2008 by Mehar Gill · 4 Comments
Discs Not Your Thing? Don't worry we have you covered! The newest feature on Format War Central will list the latest Digital Download releases for various platforms.
Blu-ray Promoted to Comic-Con Crowds
July 18, 2008 by Dave Cowl · 6 Comments
Studios are increasingly seeing the value in presenting promotions at Comic-Con in San Diego, noting that the audience is a good match for certain releases.
E3 08: Sony's Announcements
July 15, 2008 by Mehar Gill · 9 Comments
Sony had there E3 press conference today as well, they made some pretty big announcements about their video service, the big one being it will be available tonight.
Top Selling DVD at Amazon is the Batman Begins Blu-ray
July 7, 2008 by Dave Cowl · 9 Comments
The Blu-ray release of Batman Begins is a very hot seller at Amazon where it holds the top spot, beating out all other DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.
French Matrix Trilogy Announced for October 22nd?
June 30, 2008 by Dave Cowl · 2 Comments
Some very interesting Warner box sets have listed at Amazon France, including the eagerly anticipated Matrix Trilogy Box Set. Matrix Trilogie : The Matrix ; Matrix Reloaded ; Matrix Revolutions has been listed for October 22nd, 2008.
Revenues Up, Market Share Down for Blu-ray Week Ending June 15th
June 22, 2008 by Dave Cowl · 3 Comments
Home Media Magazine is reporting that revenues were up and market share was down a little for the week ending June 15th. The market share versus DVD reduced to 7% last week, while revenues rose to $12.73M.
Studio Heads Target $1 Billion for Blu-ray
A report over at Home Media Magazine indicates that studio bosses are aiming for $1 Billion revenue for Blu-ray Disc for 2008. That is the magic number for Blu-ray Disc sales according to a majority of the home entertainment studio presidents at 'transFORMATions' – the seventh annual Home Entertainment Summit.


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The most ideal approach to make sense of what you do need in life is by following your enthusiasm and energy. Very frequently this sort of message loses all sense of direction in New Age talk however it is really a capable device on the off chance that you strip away the greater part of the "woo-woo" from it and keep it this straightforward: Consistently, you will have numerous things to browse. Pick the one that is the most energizing that you can make a move on without desire of what is to originate from it and see where it drives you. When you can never again take it any further, proceed onward to the following energizing thing. Your fervor resembles a compass needle pointing you in a particular bearing that says, "Go along these lines." So, take your energy and fervor and see where it drives you.
4. Keep A Positive Mind and Healthy Body
Life is loaded with heaps of cynicism. It will be your business to encircle yourself with constructive vitality and individuals. What's more, it will be your business to fill your body with the correct nourishment that keeps you feeling sound and clean. Your brain and a body is a vessel: what you put in is the thing that you get out. In the event that you need to carry on with an existence loaded with euphoria and energy, fill your brain and body with great things.
5. Practice Gratitude
On the off chance that you don't set aside the opportunity to stop and enjoy the ambiance, life can appear to be ordinary (despite the fact that it is not). Very regularly, individuals lose all sense of direction in their everyday exercises and after that life winds up exhausting or a drag. There are no exhausting circumstances, simply exhausted personalities. In the event that you remain in a condition of appreciation and are grateful for every minute, at that point you will be in a state where you can pull in better things throughout your life. You are a radio wire that is communicating and accepting vitality. Stay in a condition of appreciation and you will draw in that in your life.


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Belief Systems
All human societies, from indigenous to the most advanced, are based on belief systems. In our post modern world, layers of secular and sectarian belief systems exist simultaneously, usually at odds with each other, sometimes fatally. Like brothers who fight or sisters who hate each other, these competing belief systems polarize our society and alienate our psyche.
In the noisy confusion of our times, belief systems support local interests, not the universal interest of the complete whole. They reward loyalty and conformity and foster prejudiced thinking, which prevail over transparency and truth. Divisive local interests produce conflict, misunderstanding, murder and war. Just read the headlines of any newspaper. No wonder many people feel burdened and crippled by belief systems, just as they are often disillusioned by relationships.
Krishna consciousness can be seen as a belief system. It can be presented and practiced as one. But in reality, awareness of Krishna, the all attractive person, and his all accomodating forms, qualities and pastimes transcends belief. jivera swarup haya. the jiva (soul) has an inner form, an inner reality. Real saints live and breathe this reality. Sadhikas (practitioners) try to practice it, study it and finally, realize it.
Beneath the surface of rituals and beliefs is a place where the absolute ideal meets our innermost emotions, where pure reason meets the heart. Here progress is made towards realizing the sweetened condensed truths of eternal reality. In this hidden space, far beneath the show of public discourse, we take our first steps in the dance of divine love. When charm, beauty and affection finally embrace and capture the jiva, all pretense, duplicity and belief systems vanish forever in the ocean of devotion. And real freedom begins.
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|24 January 1983 (aged 71)
|Alma mater
|Kazan University
|Known for
|Theoretical prediction of acoustic paramagnetic resonance (1952)
|Scientific career
|Kazan University, Lebedev Physical Institute
|Doctoral advisor
|Igor Tamm
Semen Alexandrovich Altshuler (also Altshuller, Al'tshuler or Al'shuller; Russian: Семён Александрович Альтшулер; September 24, 1911 – January 24, 1983) was a Soviet physicist known for his work in resonance spectroscopy and in particular for theoretical prediction of acoustic paramagnetic resonance in 1952.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early years[edit]
Altshuler was born in 1911 in Vitebsk, now a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia. He finished school in Nizhny Novgorod and later moved to Kazan, where he spent most of his life. In 1928, he entered the physics faculty of the Kazan University aiming to study theoretical physics. He graduated in 1932 and obtained a post-graduate scholarship, but had to change university due to the scholarship rules. He moved to Moscow to study with Igor Tamm whom he admired for his books on electricity and magnetism. In 1934, Altshuler and Tamm published a famous article which predicted the existence of the magnetic moment of neutron and correctly estimated its value and sign. This idea was so unusual then that even Niels Bohr who visited Moscow in 1934 could not accept it.[6]
In 1934, Altshuler was recalled to Kazan by Evgeny Zavoisky who offered him a position of lecturer and a chair of the theoretical physics group.[6] In Kazan, Altshuler closely collaborated with Zavoisky in his search for nuclear magnetic resonance and electron paramagnetic resonance.[7] One indication of this collaboration was a paper published during the World War II with the names of Zavoisky, Altshuler and Kozyrev – Altshuler was absent at the time, serving in the Soviet army during the war, between 1941–1946, yet his ideas were valued by his group.[8]
World War II and after[edit]
As a member of the Communist Party, Altshuler has volunteered to serve in the Soviet army on the first day of Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, 22 June 1941. After a short training course, he joined an anti-tank artillery unit and fought in it until the end of the war.
He returned to Kazan University in 1946, to work on the phenomenon of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), newly discovered by Zavoisky. In 1948, he demonstrated the so-called hyperfine interaction in EPR, that is splitting of the resonance signal due to electromagnetic interaction between the spins of the resonance electron and a nearby nucleus. This finding had great practical impact as it allowed detection of nuclei through resonance absorption by electrons. Although Zavoisky left the group in 1947 to work in nuclear physics in Moscow, he continued generating new ideas in the area of electron resonance. In particular, he suggested that the EPR phenomena could be extended from the radio to the sound waves. This idea was theoretically developed by Altshuler in 1952, and resulted in the prediction of a new phenomenon, acoustic paramagnetic resonance.[1][3] Altshuler continued working on the resonance phenomena at Kazan University for the rest of his life. He died in 1983, leaving a school of students which included 10 professors and more than 40 PhD-level scientists.[4][5]
For his military achievements, Altshuler was awarded three Orders of the Patriotic War and the rank of a major. He also received the Order of the Red Star, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Order of the Badge of Honour. In 1976, he was elected as an Associated Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[4]
- ^ a b Kochelaev p.100
- ^ S.A. Altshuler (1952). Soviet Physics Doklady (in Russian). 85: 1235.CS1 maint: Untitled periodical (link)
- ^ a b S.A. Altshuler; B.I. Kochelaev; A.M. Leushin (1961). "Paramagnetic absorption of sound". Soviet Physics Uspekhi (in Russian). 75 (3): 459.
- ^ a b c B.A. Arbuzov; et al. (1983). Памяти Семена Александровича Альтшулера. Soviet Physics Uspekhi (in Russian). 141 (3): 559.
- ^ a b Sh. Sh. Bashkirov; et al. (1981). Семен Александрович Альтшулер (К семидесятилетию со дня рождения). Soviet Physics Uspekhi (in Russian). 135 (3): 525.
- ^ a b Kochelaev pp.63–64
- ^ Kochelaev p.65
- ^ Kochelaev p.75
- Boris I. Kochelaev (1995). The beginning of paramagnetic resonance. World Scientific. ISBN 981-02-2114-2.


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Ernst Wood died at the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol, Rhode Island on Friday, May 27, 2011. He was 92 years old. He had struggled for a very long time with advancing dementia, and although his family misses him terribly, they are happy for him that he has been relieved of the burden of confusion, anxiety and disorientation of that disease. He lived a very full and rich life at the center of an active and loving family, traveling the world and enjoying many of the simple pleasures that he committed himself to after World War II.
When reflecting on surviving the Battle of the Bulge, Mr. Wood told his wife, Barbara Morris Wood, that after that experience he wanted only to have a home and a family and enjoy a quiet, peaceful life. That is precisely what he did for their 62 years together.
He led a remarkable life. Born in 1918, the son of a New Bedford Quaker father and an aristocratic German mother, his life would cause him to span the Atlantic several times.
His father, Professor Henry Wood, was a 9th generation New Bedford Quaker who attended Moses Brown School during the Civil War. During Professor Wood's graduate studies in Germany in the late nineteenth century he met and married Mr. Wood's mother. Ernst Frederick Wood, their third son, was born when his father was 69 years old and his mother was 46 years old. Based on letters preserved from that period, his arrival was quite a surprise to his parents.
Mr. Wood first crossed the Atlantic from his birthplace in Baltimore, Maryland to Berlin, Germany when his parents retired to Germany when he was three years old. By the time he was five his father, an American Goethe scholar who founded the German language department at Johns Hopkins, had died. At that young age he was sent to a boarding school on the Baltic Sea where he had to break the ice on top of his water bucket to wash up on winter mornings. As Hitler came to power in Germany, Mr. Wood's beloved headmaster was forced out of his boarding school because his grandmother was Jewish. Although only in his teens, Mr. Wood joined a small group of schoolboys who followed their purged teacher to Stuttgart to found a new school, in resistance to the regime. As it became clear to Mr. Wood that Hitler's power would not be stopped, he convinced his mother to leave Germany in 1939 and they returned to the United States.
He returned to Europe as an infantry Forward Operating Intelligence Scout in the U.S. Army in 1944. As he referred to it, he "walked across Europe," starting in France, and reaching the former Czechoslovakia by the end of the war. Mr. Wood received the European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Campaign Medal with three stars, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe, as well as a Good Conduct medal, a Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and a Distinguished Unit Badge. He never spoke about his wartime experiences with bravado. Instead he focused on two things: the fellowship he felt with the men with whom he served, and his pride in being able to use his bilingual and bicultural understanding to encourage many German troops encountered in the field to surrender at the end of the war, thus saving both American and German lives.
In 1946, like many returning GI's, Mr. Wood found himself looking for a post-war civilian job. He applied to Pan American Airways and was interviewed by Barbara Morris. Barbara not only hired him to work for Pan Am, the two were married on March 21, 1949. Because both worked for an international airline, their friends were scattered around the globe. Their best man was stationed by Pan Am in Damascus, Syria, so they were married in Damascus and honeymooned by traveling around the Middle East. On March 29, 1949, while in Syria, the couple found themselves at the center of the first coup d'etat in Syrian history. They awakened on that morning to the sight of tanks parked in the city square with turret guns pointed at their hotel. It was a momentous launch to their honeymoon and their life together.
After briefly working for Pan American at Laguardia Airport in New York, Mr. Wood was again tapped to use his linguistic and cultural knowledge of Europe. He returned to Germany with his wife to spend several exciting years helping Pan Am establish civilian aviation in post-war Europe, supporting the Berlin airlift, and starting a family.
In the 1950s he returned to the United States for the last time, to make his home with his family in New York, where he worked for Pan Am until his retirement in 1980. Like so many others, he forged a new life in a split-level suburban development on Long Island. He rode the Long Island Railroad, planted a garden, nurtured the dozens of beautiful beech trees that he had saved from the builder's chainsaw, built fences, patios, sheds and swing sets, fixed his children's bicycles, and took up woodworking and clock repair.
He also became a member of the German Order of St. John in the United States, known as the Johanniter Orden, a charitable organization whose mission is to care for the sick and the poor. He rose to become the official delegate of that organization for the United States and served in that capacity for many years.
Thanks to the airline's travel benefits, he and his wife traveled with their entire brood of five children to every corner of the world. For decades he could be seen during every school vacation, hurrying through airports carrying five or six heavy suitcases like a Sherpa, with children trailing along behind. He took quiet pleasure in coming to know and share his life with his children's partners, his seven wonderful grandchildren and their partners, as well as the three adorable great-grandchildren who came into his life as the years passed.
In his final months he received exceptionally kind and professional care at the R.I. Veterans' Home. The staff there made sure that his last days were filled with extraordinary compassion, caring and dignity. His family is deeply grateful to all of the Veteran's Home staff for all that they did to keep him safe and make him comfortable.
The sum of a long life, well lived, is hard to communicate. Ernst Wood is remembered as a true gentleman, honest to a fault, classically educated, fluent in at least four languages and comfortable with both Latin and Greek. His tolerance, respect and open embrace of people of all backgrounds and circumstances were truly exceptional. Despite his relatively rarified upbringing, he wanted nothing but to be a common man, enjoying life's most basic pleasures. At the end of his life he sometimes deployed, in gratitude to a caregiver, and without affectation, a simple gesture of affection and respect that had been hardwired in his youth. When he could no longer care for himself in basic ways, if someone was bestowing a kindness, he would sometimes express his gratitude by softly brushing the back of their hand with a kiss.
Ernst Wood was a gentle, humble man. His family misses him.
A celebration of Mr. Wood's life will be held on June 19th, 2011 at 2pm at Brown University's Manning Chapel (
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Microsoft's J Allard recently gave an interview to TheStreet.com, in which he talked up the Xbox 360. Among the hints he dropped were that the price of the new console would be "in the neighborhood" of the first Xbox's launch price of US$300. That's quite a bit lower than the ~$450 price that's being tossed around for Sony's upcoming Playstation 3, but then again, with all the pre-release one-upsmanship going on between the two companies one wonders if MS lowballed the price to steal some of Sony's thunder.
The other bit of launch-related news Allard dropped was that Microsoft is planning a worldwide launch of the product, where it launches in all the major markets in the same holiday season. Frankly, I'm skeptical that IBM will be able to supply the Xbox 360's processor cores in enough volume to support that kind of massive rollout. As this Gamesindustry.biz article noted, the PSP was originally slated for a single worldwide launch before that plan was scrapped due their inability to produce enough units.
Finally, I can't resist pointing out this part of the article, which I know is going to rub Ars forum mod IceStorm the wrong way. (I live to harass the other Ars guys and to make their lives miserable :)
Q: When the original Xbox came out, Microsoft showed off what you could do with off-the-shelf, PC hardware. In contrast, you're going with customized hardware this time around. Why the change in direction? Part of it was the necessity of getting to market quickly, we had to go off-the-shelf. There wasn't an alternative. You can't build a game console with highly customized silicon components with [the time they had for the Xbox] . We barely did it, in some ways, with the off-the-shelf stuff.
Part of it was our experience as well. We thought that it was very, very important to get game developers a great platform that they were familiar with.
But the thing about going to custom hardware is it will give you the best price-performance ratio. The second thing it does is it allows you to control costs. Intel doesn't make 733MHz parts anymore -- except for us. So they don't cost reduce in the same way [as custom hardware] . It's very important for us to be able to manage our costs, so our price curve and our cost curve approximate one another. On this [past] generation, they just didn't.
So there is J Allard describing the original Xbox as having been made with "off-the-shelf" components (with qualifications on the term, of course). My question to you guys is, is this a fair characterization of the Xbox's innards, or is Allard just caving in to the common misconception(?) that the Xbox was made with slightly modified off-the-shelf hardware? Talk (or fight, rather) amongst yourselves. After all, everyone needs to get the last rounds of current-generation console flame warring out of their system before the new consoles arrive.


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Linux background, history and distributions
Submitted by jinlusuh on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 02:07
Introduction to Linux
It is important to know some basic Linux background before working with Linux operating system, especially if user has no experience of Unix-based operating system. Unlike Windows operating system, Linux was designed to be a true multitasking operating system. It was designed to be a network operating system like Unix. Let's look at the basic Linux background and history below.
Linux background and history
What is Linux? Linux is a free multitasking, multi-user network operating system that behaves like Unix. That means Linux is not UNIX. It is a UNIX-based operating system. It was designed specifically for the 386(x86 Intel CPU) platform and released under GNU General Public License. That's where Linux really interesting. The x86 Intel cpu means affordable and GNU GPL means free.
The Linux history is very interesting. It started with a talented student who wrote a source code and then share it with the world to let everyone have the same excitement as he is. He was right about that. Many programmers interested to try and they compiled and improved the source code and gave him feed back.
Here is the Linux history's fact. Linux was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991 when he was a student at Helsinki University, Finland. He developed an operating system source code and post about it in Minix news group. The date is August 25 1991. That's how it was started. The feedback is good and lead to the source code version 0.01 available on September 1991. Later, the source code was available in ftp and spread around the world.
There are many complete history of Linux available in the Internet. But there is one very well-written, and I have fun reading it is by Ragib Hasan from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Many years passed by, and Linux has become a very popular operating system. Today, many great network programs, security tools and servers including DNS, Email, Web server similar to those available in Unix were developed by programmers and hackers around the world. Even though those programs and tools are not real UNIX but they behave like one. Which means they are secure, stable and they are continually developed and patched by talented programmers in the world. Linux community has growing bigger and bigger everyday. Support can be found anytime in the developer's website, forum even in blogs. Nowadays, Linux can be installed on many architectures such as ALPHA and SPARC.
Linux Distributions
There are many Linux distributions around. You can try them all if you want because they don't cost you a penny. Major Linux distributions are Slackware, Debian and Red Hat. Red Hat has become commercial but they provide resources for hackers to develop Fedora, which continue the last Red Hat version 9. Many Linux distributions today based on these major distributions. Beside Fedora which is based on Red Hat, there's Ubuntu which is based on Debian. Other well-known Linux distributions are openSUSE, Mandriva, centOS and Gentoo. To learn more about each of the distribution's history, specification and requirement, you can check their official website.
Hackers community has developed Linux for desktop as well. Desktop operating system is an end user operating system, has graphical user interface like Windows XP. This operating system is use to do office job, multimedia, database job and so on. There are two excellent graphical user interface in Linux which are, KDE and GNOME. Why is this a good news? Because other than servers and other networking jobs, and only used by certain people, it can be everybody's operating system as well. Remember that it's free.
Although Linux desktop is popular in Linux community and has been used as an excellent workstation, the popularity of Linux desktop among public going up recently is noticeable. Most Linux distributions offer kde and/or gnome in their official releases, but the famous and excellent one is UBUNTU. Here is a link to Ubuntu official website. The Ubuntu team has done a very good job. The graphical installer is fast enough which only takes less than 30 minutes of installation process. The desktop is clean and tidy, plus many marvelous desktop wallpapers designed by Linux community. It is a complete desktop (operating system) contains whatever you need to do your job including office applications (word processor, spreadsheet processor and presentation), editing photos, musics, videos, browsing internet, email and so on.
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Brooklyn used to be the outback to me. My knowledge confined to the Brooklyn Museum and BAM. Now that I visit my son more frequently, I am getting to appreciate why it has become so popular. Though not my favorite breakfast experience, it was good enough and the staff was very accommodating of all the various needs of our group from the fussy 2 year old to her vegan mother and post cleanse great aunt. Don't know why this hand sanitizer was nestled between the two restrooms or why the instructions were in Spanish.