The near 30% slide in the Chinese stock market suggests that we have three to six more months of deflating commodity prices. And, if the trend in Japanese, German and Swiss yields are any indication, bonds in the United States and Canada have plenty of room to fall further.
Louise [Yamada recently] made the point that while secular phases in the stock market generally last between 12 and 16 years, interest rate cycles tend to be much longer – anywhere from 22 to 37 years; and she has a chart back to 1790 to prove the point! So while all we ever hear is that this secular bull market in bonds is getting long in the tooth, having started in late 1981, it may not yet be over. After all, the deleveraging part of this cycle has really only just begun and if history is any guide, it has a good 5-6 years to go – at a time when practically every measure of underlying inflation is running south of 1%.


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is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Saitama, currently signed to Warner Music Japan.

Minami won the second FlyingDog Audition Grand Prix in 2017, and later signed onto FlyingDog under Victor Entertainment in 2019. On June 30, 2020, she transferred to Warner Music Japan.

Biography
Minami was born in the city of Saitama in Saitama Prefecture.  Influenced by the live performances of Yutaka Ozaki in high school, she took up guitar and participated in music activities.
In 2017, the first mini-album "ETERNAL BLUE" and the first single "main actor" were released. On Tower Records in Shibuya, Sapporo, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, limited sales were made.

Discography

Mini-Albums/Extended Plays

Singles

Miscellaneous
• アスター (Astor)• ハル-あと3cmの冬-• groping• issue• プレッシャーボーイズ (Pressure Boys)• Deep-sea fish• 放課後オレンジヒーロー (After School Orange Hero)• ETERNAL BLUE• 留年確定• カレーライス (Curry Rice)• サイダーみたいだ (Like a Cider)• 傘を忘れた日• Summer time game!!• 星屑のうた• 雪見だいふくの歌

References

External links
Official site

21st-century Japanese women singers
21st-century Japanese singers
1997 births
Living people
People from Saitama (city)

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While it is true that the award-winning author's 15 books run the gamut from biography to historical novels to contemporary fiction, it's hard to see how anyone could stop reading at just one. From the 18th century true-crime drama Slammerkin (Harcourt, $15) to the breathlessly suspenseful Room (Little, Brown, $7.99), a fable of mother love told from the perspective of a five-year-old that was shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize, Donoghue's work shows astonishing breadth and scope.
Donoghue will appear at BookPeople this Sunday to read from her new collection of short stories, Astray (Little, Brown, $25.99).
Astray's 14 stories, all based on or inspired by true historical episodes, follow a motley assortment of travelers and wanderers, immigrants and exiles on literal and figurative journeys from old worlds to new. Donoghue herself has emigrated twice, first to England for graduate school and then to Canada, where she lives now with her partner and two children.
The thrill of reading the collection comes not only from learning quirky bits of history — did you know about the 1876 plot to steal Lincoln's corpse? We didn't! — but also from the themes of cultural and sexual hybridity that it illuminates.
Since this is Donoghue's first trip to Austin, we'll see what she draws from her experience here — a newfound appreciation for tattoo sleeves and be-thonged bicyclists, perhaps? Sometimes, as Austinites well know, the truth is weirder than fiction.
Donoghue spoke to CultureMap about the troubled relationship between truth and fiction, why Irish history is boring, and how to tell when a dead person is lying.
CultureMap: Half a dozen of your novels are based on historical characters, and even Room is based on a story ripped from the headlines.
Emma Donoghue: Clearly I have an impoverished imagination! I can't seem to get by without these little nuggets to get me started.
CM: Why is that, do you think?
ED: I don't think I'm a natural at plotting. I think I'm really good at imagining up characters, and I think my natural talent is the dialogue. But I'm not somebody who just naturally rolls out of bed in the morning with great plots in her head. So I find history a particularly useful source, because not only do substantial and dramatic things happen, but they also have that edge of oddity to them.
One example would be my novel The Sealed Letter, about a Victorian divorce case. If I was just making up a Victorian divorce story, which of course I could do, I would probably have gone for one that was relatively clean in its lines. One husband, one wife, and maybe she would have one affair. But the woman I was writing about in the real case, the Covington trial, she was carrying on simultaneously, and in an overlapping way, with two of her husband's military colleagues!
I would never have made that up, that would have just seemed preposterous. So I love that edge, that sort of rough edge that history has, that hasn't been smoothened down. There are all those details that you just can't quite believe, and yet they ring true because they're genuinely odd.
CM: But your PhD isn't in history?
ED: No, it's not. You know, I was turned off history with a capital "H" by the fact that I was growing up in Ireland. The Irish high school curriculum, the history they taught was the minutiae of Irish doomed revolutions. We've got a lot of tiny doomed revolutions — microscopic! — you know, it'll be like six guys in a field, with three pikes between them. We concentrated entirely on that, and on British parliamentary politics. So I found history really pretty boring.
What I liked was what I now realize is called social history. My mother used to take me to graveyards and stately homes, and I loved that. But I just didn't think of that as official "history." So I studied English, which I loved, too, of course. But now I realize that really I'm a natural historian, but it just didn't really occur to me to do it at university, because I thought it would be more of those damn Irish revolutions. The "national question" has just this terribly dominant hold on our minds.
CM: You became a literary historian, though.
ED: It's true in a way. But when I'm writing my fiction, I feel terribly, terribly grateful to the scholars that I'm drawing on. Because every time I write a thing set in, say, the 18th century, I'm drawing on 20 different books about roads in the 18th century, currency in the 18th century, clothes in the 18th century. Somebody else has done a lot of that hard primary research.
I think often reviewers overestimate the extent to which I have dug up these cases. Very often other people have dug them up and all I am doing is turning them into fiction. . . It's a very different kind of work doing primary history, it's very slow and painful. But deeply satisfying, too.
I did a slim biography of a pair of Victorian poets, Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper, who wrote as "Michael Field." So I read every word of their diaries in the British Library, and that was deeply satisfying. And you know, it was a very small publication, it was never going to make me famous, but just the satisfaction of seeing them get their first really comprehensive modern biography was really enjoyable work.
CM: What kept you from writing a novel about that? What made them a better subject for a biography than a novel?
ED: Because the source was wonderfully thorough. And so any novel about them would have been effectively just taking that source and putting a skin of fiction on it. They wrote so eloquently about themselves, it would have felt a bit like cheating! The source was full enough that actually all that it needed was a very straightforward approach where I mostly let them speak for themselves, and I just quoted all the best bits.
Whereas the stories in Astray, these are the kind of people who, well, Jumbo [the elephant] has had a couple of biographies written of him, but most of the people in the book are too odd or obscure, or we don't know enough about them, that you're never going to be able to do a biography. I think fiction is enormously good at reaching into those little crevices that history as such is not going to be able to get to.
CM: Do you feel a fidelity to these historical characters, to really tell the truth about them?
ED: You know, it's not that I feel I have to stick to every detail that's in the sources, because luckily — well, luckily from my point of view! — sources contradict each other. They're often full of lies. Like the court case I used in my novel The Sealed Letter, I mean nobody in that court case was remotely credible. You can just smell the lies.
One advantage to having done a lot of historical reading is that I think you do develop a good ear for lies. You know, like you can tell when the language gets more conventional, you can tell that now what you're hearing is somebody's sort of, you know, souped-up theme that they're making up. And other passages really ring true.
So sources, I don't feel obliged to always stick to exactly what they say. But I do feel obliged to say at the back which things I've made up and which things I've changed. I do like to be very transparent about my process, because I have a historian side as well as a fiction writer side, I don't want to muddle the two. I can in a way combine the two in my historical fiction, but I wouldn't want to pretend that my fictional versions are the gospel truth either. I think especially as I'm writing about such obscure people often, I feel obliged to let people have the facts as much as we can find them, so that my short story won't be the only version I'm offering.
I think it's up to me to resurrect these people, and then let the readers go off and find more about them and write their own version. I don't feel that I own these cases.
Emma Donoghue will appear at BookPeople on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 4 p.m. For an extended version of this interview, please see the Amy Gentry's blog, The Oeditrix.


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Pedro Almodóvar's Pain and Glory Is His Most Heartbreaking and Beautiful Film Yet
Aimee Murillo | Posted on October 3, 2019 October 11, 2019
Antonio Pedro Almodóvar Bandaras. Photo courtesy Sony Classics
It's hard to fully designate Pedro Almodóvar's latest film, Pain and Glory, as his most personal because his cinema has always seemed so personal, inspired by some of the director's own experiences. But in this film, there are intense similarities between Almodóvar and his main protagonist, Salvador Mallo (played by Antonio Banderas). Plus, as Almodóvar states in his press notes accompanying my screening, the house it was filmed in, along with the furniture and clothing, were Almodóvar's, and some of the dialogue references real exchanges with the director. Even the way Banderas' hair looks is similar to Almodóvar's.
Pain—both emotional and physical—is studied closely, serving as the main catalyst for many of Salvador's choices. Other complex dualities float to the surface: youth and old age, the public and private, health and illness, addiction and sobriety. While the Spanish film director is in good health and spirits these days, he examines the effects physical and mental faculties that are at odds with each other can have on an artist's creative life, how the person can suffer from a destablized worldview and self-worth.
Salvador is an aging film director whose life as an artist has been placed on a firm hiatus because of his declining health. An animated sequence narrated by Salvador details the physical maladies that have struck his body after years of drug use and extensive travel. The man before the viewer now is a reserved curmudgeon who has abstained from life's joys because "what's the point of life if I can't make movies?" We also learn that Salvador suffers from tinnitus and migraines, as well as depression after his mother passed away four years ago.
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A chance encounter with an actress friend puts Salvador back in contact with Alberto Crespo (Asier Etxeandia), an actor with whom he made one of his most successful films, Sabor, but then had a falling out because of Alberto's heroin use. With an upcoming retrospective screening, Salvador decides to reach out to Alberto to help him present the film. The two reconnect at Alberto's apartment, where Salvador decides to start using heroin, too.
He drifts off to sleep, experiencing memories of his childhood in idyllic Spain with his hardworking mother, Jacinta (Penélope Cruz). As a boy, Salvador is sharp and a talented singer. After moving with his parents to the caves in Valencia for a better life, Salvador becomes a tutor for an illiterate teenaged boy named Eduardo in exchange for house repairs. One day, while washing himself off after installing tiles in their home, a naked Eduardo calls out to Salvador to bring him a towel. Upon seeing Eduardo in the buff, Salvador promptly faints in shock.
Salvador tutors. Photo courtesy Sony Classics
While Salvador chases the dragon during one of their hangouts, Alberto uncovers on Salvador's computer a manuscript detailing his addiction memories, his love for cinema, and his past romance with another young man. Utterly entranced by the text, Alberto begs Salvador to turn it into a play, but Salvador balks. Eventually, Salvador submits, but only under the condition that Alberto take authorship because it's too personal to Salvador. During its initial run, the old flame mentioned in the text attends a performance and realizes Salvador is the actual author. He seeks out Salvador, and their reunion helps Salvador to break out of his self-destructive melancholia.
Much of the greatness of this film is owed to Banderas' performance. Now decades older than the Spanish heartthrob he was marketed to be in mainstream American cinema, Banderas has shed most of that sex appeal to become the hermit-like Salvador. He retains a glint in his eyes that is extremely expressive of physical pain and vulnerability (while he was the picture of health making the movie, Banderas had suffered a heart attack before the film was written), yet there's also a spark that proves his mischievous, quirky side is still alive.
Cruz imbues the young Jacinta with wonderful resolve and a spitfire energy, but Almodóvar regular Julieta Serrano, who plays Jacinta at the end of her life, offers the most touching and heartbreaking scene in the film, providing a powerful presence the viewer won't soon forget. Both Salvador and Jacinta put their most honest revelations on the table, as well as their regrets and uncomfortable truths, one of which helps to explain the trauma behind Salvador's inability to get over his mother's death.
Spitfire. Photo courtesy Sony Classics
While pain is extremely prescient, glory is also felt throughout, through humor, friendship and love. Brought to life with vibrant cinematography and a surreal blend of the past and present, Almodóvar threads all these elements together with beauty and mastery.
Pain and Glory was written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar; and stars Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia and Leonardo Sbaraglia.
Aimee Murillo
Aimee Murillo is calendar editor and frequently covers film and previously contributed to the OCW's long-running fashion column, Trendzilla. Don't ask her what her favorite movie is unless you want to hear her lengthy defense of Showgirls.
CategoriesFilm, Film and TV TagsAntonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Julieta Serrano, Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz

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DMP asks HSC examinees to leave home early for exams Wednesday
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has requested the HSC examinees to leave homes early on Wednesday to arrive early at exam centres.
DMP has imposed restrictions on many roads in different parts of the city for ensuring the safe movement of the guests who are scheduled to come to Bangladesh on Wednesday.
DMP Commissioner Shafiqul Islam said this at a press briefing over the law-and-order situation, held at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangshad Bhaban on Tuesday.
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind will attend the Victory Day celebrations here on December 16 apart from his other key engagements.
President Kovind will be visiting Bangladesh at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Abdul Hamid.
"Vehicular movements will be restricted on many roads on Wednesday due to the arrival of the Indian President. So, HSC examinees have been requested to leave their homes early. If any HSC examinee will face any trouble to reach their exam centers in time, he/she has been requested to make a phone call to 999 for help. Police will take steps to reach them in their respective exam centers," he said.
Besides, a four-tier security measures have been taken in the city marking the Victory Day and the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he said.
All venues will be swept with SB, SSF, Rab and DMP dog squads.
Plainclothes police will be deployed in the high-rise buildings adjacent to the Parliament and its surrounding area.
Besides, the bomb disposal unit and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) will kept ready for emergency service, he added.
Bangladesh is celebrating the Golden Jubilee of its Independence and the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The three-day programme will begin on December 15. The programmes will be arranged maintaining health protocol amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
Foreign guests of seven countries will participate in the programme at Parade Square ground.
Answering a question about any threat over security, the DMP Commissioner, said "There is no specific threat but we have taken additional security measurers after keeping the global situation and internal issues in mind."
In a query over any possible militant activities, Shafiqul said "The militants are always active and they do not want to lose any scope. So, we have made our plan after keeping it in our mind."
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Bardet opposed to dispensation for pro riders to train outdoors during coronavirus lockdown
April 7, 2020, 9:36 a.m. ·3 min read
Paris Nice 2020 - 78th Edition - 7th stage Nice - Valdeblore La Colmiane 166,5 km - 14/03/2020 - Romain Bardet (FRA - AG2R - La Mondiale) - photo Nico Vereecken/PN/BettiniPhoto©2020
Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) has stated his opposition to the idea of giving dispensation to French professional riders to train on the road while France is in a state of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In Le Monde on Tuesday, Bardet said that "now is not the time for selfishness" and pointed out that riders currently have no events to train for, given that the UCI has suspended all racing until at least June 1.
Last week, Pascal Chanteur, president of the French riders' union UNCP, sought permission for professional cyclists in France to train outdoors from the middle of April, when the country's current set of lockdown measures is up for revision. He and others are concerned that the pandemic could create a two-speed peloton because riders are still allowed to ride outdoors in Belgium, the Netherlands and the USA, while France, Spain and Italy are under strict lockdown.
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France went into lockdown for an initial period of two weeks on March 17 and the order was later extended for a further fortnight. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has since said that the ongoing lockdown is likely to be extended beyond April 15.
"There is no hurry to get a dispensation to have the right to ride on the road. That will only be important when we have a schedule to start up again," Bardet told Le Monde.
"Right now, it would be comforting, it would be personally enjoyable, everybody is tired of the lockdown. If the pros want to ride, then so do the amateurs. And as there is talk of a drop in compliance with the rules, the message wouldn't be positive. Now is not the time for selfishness."
Bardet's words echoed those of Total-Direct Energie rider Lilian Calmejane, who stated his opposition to the UNCP's call for dispensation in an interview with L'Équipe on Monday, when he pointed out that the riders were, first and foremost, citizens.
"Given the global situation, I'm in favour of everybody – starting with personalities with a media profile – giving a good example by staying at home," Calmejane told L'Équipe.
"If we remain in a state of general confinement, I don't see why professional cyclists should be allowed out freely before everyone else, given that we don't have any racing before July. At a certain point, we need to set an example. Unity is what will help us come out of this crisis without too much damage.
"We're all citizens, so for me there's nothing to think about. It's easy to say that when you live in a small town with a bit of freedom, or house with a piece of land and a dog to walk in the park. But for me, we all have to be irreproachable. From a sporting point of view, there's no hurry."
Calmejane's Total-Direct Energie manager Jean-René Bernaudeau also rejected the UNCP call for a dispensation for professional riders, telling Cyclismactu that there were more pressing priorities beyond professional sport in the weeks ahead.
"The health problem needs to be dealt with, then we can start again," Bernaudeau said.
"And if there's less training and the Tour de France is ridden 3km/h slower, that's not going to kill us. I'm really shocked by top-level sport, not just cycling. We're a bit selfish. We're not much in comparison to the whole French population who are suffering, so right now, it's selfish to speak about business in sport. Sport is so secondary…"
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A brand new series on dating game premiers today on StarTimes on the eve of Kenya's Mashujaa day celebrations that will run down tomorrow.
From social media stars to fitness models, each of Kelce's potential sweethearts will have 60 seconds to make a lasting impression on the sports star before he narrows the dating pool down to 20.
Each episode, one of the girls will be chosen for an all-access group date – and she gets to pick which of the other hopefuls will go on the date with her.
But who will make it to the coveted VIP date?
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Q: Is $\frac{\left(1+\sqrt{4n^2+1}\right)^n+\left(1-\sqrt{4n^2+1}\right)^n}{2^n}$ always an integer? Let
$$a_n = \frac{\left(1+\sqrt{4n^2+1}\right)^n+\left(1-\sqrt{4n^2+1}\right)^n}{2^n}=2^{1-n} \sum _{k=0}^{\lfloor n/2\rfloor} \binom{n}{2 k} \left(4 n^2+1\right)^k,$$
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A: I'll give two approaches:  In either case, let
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b_{m,n}=\left(\dfrac{1+\sqrt{4m+1}}{2}\right)^n+\left(\dfrac{1-\sqrt{4m+1}}{2}\right)^n
$$
thus $a_n=b_{n^2,n}$.  We will prove $b_{m,n}\in\mathbb{Z}$ for all $m,n\in\mathbb{Z}$, $n\geqslant 0$.  In particular, we get $a_n\in\mathbb{Z}$.
Approach 1: Show that $a_n$ is a rational algebraic integer
The numbers $\dfrac{1\pm\sqrt{4m+1}}{2}$ are roots of $x^2-x-m$, so are algebraic integers.  Hence $b_{m,n}$ is an algebraic integer.  On the other hand, you know $b_{m,n}$ is rational by binomial expansion.  So $b_{m,n}\in\mathbb{Z}$ as $\mathbb{Z}$ is integrally closed.
Approach 2: recurrence relation
We have $b_{m,n}$ satisfies a recurrence relation
$$
b_{m,n+2}=b_{m,n+1}+mb_{m,n}
$$
with $b_{m,0}=2$ and $b_{m,1}=1$.  So inductively $b_{m,n}\in\mathbb{Z}$ for all $m,n\in\mathbb{Z}$, $n\geqslant 0$.

A: Fix some integer $n$ and consider the Galois conjugated algebraic integers
$s,t$ equal to
$$
\frac 12\Big(\ 1\pm\sqrt{4n^2+1}\ \Big)
$$
in the appropiate quadratic field over $\Bbb Q$.
They are algebraic integers, because we have $s+t=1$, $st=\frac 14(1-(1+4n^2))\in\Bbb Z$.
Fix some natural power $k$. Then the number $s^k+t^k$ is also an algebraic integer, it is fixed by the Galois conjugation exchanging $s\leftrightarrow t$, so it lives in $\Bbb Q$.
So it is an integer.
Now consider the special case $k=n$.

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'It is a special moment, the point you wrap up your life as a student. I am glad to say I look back at a good year: this Master's programme has a quite demanding planning, but the atmosphere within the programme was good and lecturers were interested in students and open to questions and suggestions.' Read what Michou tells about Medical Anthropology and Sociology.
My name is Michou Benoist and I am from The Netherlands. Before applying to the Master's programme Medical Anthropology and Sociology (MAS) at the University of Amsterdam, I followed the Bachelor's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at the University of Utrecht (also in The Netherlands).
I wrote my Master's thesis on incontinence. In a class full of people traveling to all corners of the world to do research on topics such as HIV, pregnancy and traditional medicine, you could say I was the odd one when I chose to do my research in a Dutch elderly care center on diapers and dirt. Still, it was a logical choice considering my interest in 'non-events,' moments of life that are not considered as important, or so private that they remain hidden. And, since it could be argued nothing is more private and routine than toileting, I saw it as a challenge to look behind that closed toilet door, and explore the role ideas on bodily control, dignity and privacy play in everyday life of residents and their care workers.
It is a special moment, the point you wrap up your life as a student. I am glad to say I look back at a good year: this Master's programme has a quite demanding planning, but the atmosphere within the programme was good and lecturers were interested in students and open to questions and suggestions. Lecturers represented a variety of interests and regularly invited guest lecturers to broaden their scope. Our class was nice and eclectic, with students with different backgrounds ranging from anthropology, sociology and psychology to nursing, medicine and dietetics. Following classes and having the occasional drink together, we found a nice mixture between studying and fun.
I mostly view my study period at the University as a start of something new. It is up to me to hang on to all the curiosity and enthusiasm I collected over the years. My advice to students would be to combine their personal interests and experiences and find themes and topics that you can relate to.
I hope to further specialize in the field of elderly and nursing. I would love to continue doing research and hope that the stories that people shared with me during my research can be of use. Although I am aware that jobs in research are not up for grabs, I know this is where my heart lies and I hope I will find a way to put my interests to good use.
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On 13 February, Google sent a strongly worded letter to The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules, urging the Committee to reject the proposed amendments and leave the expansion of the government's investigative and technological tools to Congress.
What Google finds most disturbing is the fact that FBI would have permission to access data stored anywhere in the world, giving the US government unrestricted access to unthinkable amounts of information.
"Remote searches of media or information that have been 'concealed through technological means' may take place anywhere in the world," Google writes, adding that "this concern is not theoretical".
"Concealed through technological means" – means that the FBI could remotely search computers that have hidden their location using different anonymity services like Tor.
The second crucial problem lies in the place where the computer is located. Currently, under the so-called Rule 41, the FBI needed a warrant to search a computer, given by a judge located in the same district.
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Google says this approach violates the sovereignty of other nations: "To this end, it is well established that '[a]bsent a treaty or other agreement between nations, the jurisdiction of law enforcement agents does not extend beyond a nation's borders'.


For me, editing a live music video is about recreating the performance through the eyes of the audience. Imagine you were the entire audience; not just one person, but everyone in the venue. What would your collective experience be? You'd be watching the performance from the front row, from the balcony, and from the crowd. Your focus would shift from the bassist to the lead singer, to the drummer as he laid down a fill, and to the people rocking out in the front. When I'm cutting together a live concert video, I'm trying to recreate that experience; bringing the viewer into the space and creating the feeling of being right there.
My second goal is to follow the music. The musicians are already telling a story through their words and notes; my job is to support & mirror all those elements. A bad edit will work against the music, cutting out of time and focusing on the wrong subjects. A good edit flows with the beat, amplifying the hits & emotional energy of the music. When I'm putting the edit together, I'm focusing on four elements; subject, balance, distance, & pacing.
Editing live music videos is mostly a pragmatic process; my main goal is just to focus on the most interesting element at any moment. On my first pass, I'll go through all the different angles and pick out the best moments from each (I'll also cut out any uninteresting or unusable footage). For the lead singer, I'll pick out the verses & choruses. For the guitarist, I'll pick out riffs that stand out and any solo sections. For the drummer, drum fills; and so on.
In my second pass, I'll go through and pick the most interesting moments from all the angles combined. At this point, I've got a good starting point to build my edit from.
The next thing I'm focusing on is balance. Am I leaning too heavily on close shots and not using my wide & medium angles? Am I using too many shots of the guitarist and not enough of the bassist? There is a hierarchy to shots; my close shot of the lead singer is going to get the most screen time, as they're leading the performance and it's usually one of the best-looking angles. But it's important to use all available angles to keep your edit dynamic & engaging.
Distance is a powerful tool for conveying emotion; close shots are more dynamic, while medium & wide shots convey a sense of space & scale. As a general rule, I'll use wide & medium shots when the music is more sparse or slow (such as in the beginning of a song or during a breakdown), and I'll use close shots when the music is faster & higher energy (such as solos, builds, & endings).
Pacing refers to the amount of cuts you're making. Just like with distance, pacing is a tool to reinforce the energy of a performance; when the music is slower, quieter, or has less people playing, it calls for longer shots and less cuts. When the music becomes faster & louder, it calls for shorter shots and less cuts.
By paying attention to these elements as you edit your video, you'll be able to follow & support the energy of the music, giving it as much emotional impact as possible and recreating the experience of the audience. While this post focuses on the big picture, my next post covers the frame-by-frame of where to place the cut, so check that out if you're interested.
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Most recently, Tiffany successfully created and executed all aspects of a feasibility study on behalf of the Church by the Sea to assess and determine the overall viability of the creation of a church funded non-profit foundation while she simultaneously expanded the church's volunteer network and community engagement efforts. As Director of Advancement, Major Gifts and Capital Campaigns at The Cushman School, Tiffany launched Cushman's first-ever capital campaign raising over $6 million. Before joining Cushman, Tiffany served as Vice President, State Operations & Programs for Best Buddies International where she oversaw the organization's expansion and operations of 21 state offices across the country with a combined annual budget of $14 million and a department of 180 employees.
Tiffany currently facilitates a monthly non-profit forum with The Commonwealth Institute, serves as a volunteer on the Executive Committee for the Northeast Corridor Together for Children Coalition, as the Development Chair on the Early Learning Foundation Board, as the Chair of Programming for the Miami Beach High School PTA and is a member of the PTA for New World School of the Arts. She previously served on the Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Center PTA as Vice President, Fundraising raising over $650,000 for a playground/field improvement project.
She holds a B.A. in Special Education and Psychology from the University of Miami and she lives in Miami with her husband and three children.
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Hautot-Saint-Sulpice ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Seine-Maritime in der Region Normandie.

Geografie
Die Gemeinde liegt gut vierzig Kilometer nordwestlich von Rouen, bis zur Küste sind es knapp dreißig Kilometer. Die Gemeinde liegt auf durchschnittlich 140 Metern Meereshöhe.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Nach einem langen Abwärtstrend (1846 hatte die Gemeinde noch 1383 Einwohner), der 1975 seinen Tiefpunkt erreichte, wächst die Einwohnerzahl inzwischen wieder.

Weblinks

Hautot-Saint-Sulpice auf communes.com
Einwohnerstatistik ab 1793

Ort in der Normandie


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Aston University photonics expert elected as Fellow of Optica
• Professor Edik Rafailov is head of the Optoelectronics and Biomedical Photonics Research Group
• He is a member of Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, a world-leading photonics research centre
• Optica is the leading organisation for researchers and others interested in the science of light.
A photonics expert at Aston University has been elected as a Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA), Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide.
Professor Edik Rafailov is head of the Optoelectronics and Biomedical Photonics Research Group in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Aston University and a member of Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), one of the world's leading photonics research centres.
He was elected for his 'contributions to novel gain media for semiconductor lasers at wavelengths from 750nanometres to1300nanometres'.
Optica is the society dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving and dissemination of knowledge in the field of photonics. Founded in 1916, it is the leading organisation for scientists, engineers, business professionals, students and others interested in the science of light.
Fellows are selected based on several factors, including outstanding contributions to business, education, research, engineering and service to Optica and its community.
Satoshi Kawata, 2022 Optica president, said: "I am pleased to welcome the new Optica Fellows. These members join a distinguished group of leaders who are helping to advance the field optics and photonics. Congratulations to the 2023 Class."
Director of AIPT, Professor Sergei Turitsyn said: "I am delighted that Edik has received this prestigious fellowship.
"AIPT has one more Optica Fellow, that is a high honour in the field of photonics.
"Edik joined Aston University in 2014 and since then his research has contributed to the Institute's world-leading position in the fields of fibre and semiconductor lasers and bio-medical photonics, making impact on industry, scientific communities and society."
Fellows are Optica members who have served with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics. As they can account for no more than 10 percent of the total membership, the election process is highly competitive. Candidates are recommended by the Fellow Members Committee and approved by the Awards Council and Board of Directors.
The new Optica Fellows will be honoured at the Society's conferences and events throughout 2023.
Edik Rafailov Professor (Research), AIPT
Professor Rafailov's research interests include CW and ultrashort-pulse lasers; generation of light from UV to THz and biomedical photonics.


When I was on my way back from McAdam recently, I decided to scout out a new location for shooting NB Southern photos. I found this on highway 645 at mile 70.97 on the McAdam subdivision.
(Facing west) NB Southern has a radio relay station here.
(Facing east) You can see there used to be a siding on the right.
This is part of a long straight run. I think eastbounds would be especially good with a telephoto lens, as there is a downhill grade for them that I think would make for a good long-distance photo.
Brian Barchard took a photo of an NB Southern train here. View it on RRNNE.net.
View this location on Google Maps.


Founded in May, 1984, Best Day Travel is the most reliable company in the market for travel in Mexico. Since its inception, Best Day has been distinguished by its personalized services and its growing offering of hotels, tours and transfers.
In 1995, Best Day Travel entered its adolescence with the launch of BestDay.com.mx, which has gradually incorporated flights, car rentals and vacation packages around the world. Today, this mature company consolidates its leadership through information kiosks in malls, a powerful online booking engine, and a team of professionals who do everything with love. Happy birthday Best Day, it's time to party with incredible offers!


Ever wanted to experience Japan that wasn`t in the guide books! Here are our suggestions on secret, special, underrated spots in Japan! I hope you like it!
Also known as nippori fabric town. Check out the 100s of stores located in this area! Perfect for DYI.
Hakozaki Junction is a complex network of roads that meet in Tokyo city! Take a look at this marvel!
Watch all the different kinds of trains go by!


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Arik Air — авіакомпанія Нігерії зі штаб-квартирою в Ікеджі (штат Лагос), що працює у сфері регулярних пасажирських перевезень на внутрішніх маршрутах країни і за її межами. Має статус національного авіаперевізника Сьєрра-Леоне. Портом приписки авіакомпанії і її головним транзитним вузлом (хабом) є міжнародний аеропорт імені Муртали Мохаммеда в Лагосі, ще один хаб перевізника знаходиться в міжнародному аеропорту імені Ннамді Азіківе (Абуджа).

Історія
Arik Air була заснована в 2002 році.

3 квітня 2006 року авіакомпанія отримала у власність об'єкти інфраструктури аеропорту Лагоса реорганізованої три роки тому компанії Nigeria Airways. 14 червня того ж року Arik Air придбала два нових літака Bombardier CRJ-900 для виконання рейсів за внутрішніми маршрутами (а з осені 2006 року і за міжнародними напрямками), два літаки Boeing 737-300 у авіакомпанії United Airlines і три п'ятидесятимісних судна Bombardier CRJ-200. 30 жовтня 2006 року Arik Air відкрила регулярні пасажирські рейси між Лагосом і Абуджою на літаках CRJ-900. 15 листопада того ж року авіакомпанія ввела регулярний рейс між Бенін-Сіті і Енугу.

Авіакомпанія повністю належить інвестиційному холдингу Нігерії «Ojemai Investments».

У 2007 році Allied Air пройшла процедуру перереєстрації в Управлінні цивільної авіації Нігерії (NCAA), задовольнивши тим самим вимоги державного органу про необхідність рекапіталізації та повторної реєстрації всіх нігерійських авіакомпаній до 30 квітня 2007 року.

4 квітня 2008 року Arik Air отримала від Міністерства транспорту США дозвіл на здійснення польотів в аеропорти Сполучених Штатів Америки.

6 серпня 2010 року компанія перевезла п'ятимільйонного пасажира на маршруті між Йоганнесбургом і Лагосом.

Маршрутна мережа

В серпня 2006 року Федеральне міністерство авіації країни видало Arik Air дозвіл на регулярні маршрути з Нігерії в Тринідад і Тобаго, Амстердам, Лондон і Мадрид. Крім того, авіакомпанія планує відкрити регулярні пасажирські рейси в Атланту, Маямі і Х'юстон в США і Бірмінгема у Великій Британії.

15 грудня 2009 року Arik Air запустила регулярний маршрут з Лагоса в лондонський аеропорт Хітроу на широкофюзеляжному лайнері Airbus A340-500. 1 червня наступного року стартував маршрут у міжнародний аеропорт Йоганнесбурга, а 30 листопада того ж року — в нью-йоркський міжнародний аеропорт імені Джона Кеннеді.

У квітні 2009 року почала операційну діяльність дочірня авіакомпанія Arik Niger (код ІАТА Q9), проте вже в лютому наступного року компанія була ліквідована за банкрутства.

Флот

Станом на листопад 2016 року повітряний флот авіакомпанії Arik Air становили такі літаки. Середній вік літаків становить 8,8 років.У 2007 році Arik Air розміщувала замовлення на п'ять далекомагістральних лайнерів Boeing 777-300ER, проте в 2011 році замовлення був анульований.

Авіаподії й нещасні випадки
 31 березня 2010 року. У Boeing 737-700, що був на стоянці міжнародного аеропорту Калабар, врізався автомобіль «Ауді», прорвав до цього два кордони служби безпеки аеропорту. Водій був негайно затриманий, після чого стверджував, що він посланий самим Ісусом Христом щоб покарати грішників. У ході інциденту ніхто не постраждав, лайнер прибув з аеропорту Лагоса і готувався до вильоту в Абуджу.

Примітки

Посилання
 Офіційний сайт авіакомпанії Air Arik
 Бортовий журнал «Arikwings» авіакомпанії

Авіакомпанії Нігерії
Засновані в Африці 2006


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Q: Query ShapeFile to get informations from coordinates I have a shapefile that represents all the Hydrological Basins in the world. You can download the file from here:
http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/resources.get?id=38047&fname=Major_hydrological_basins.zip&access=private
In that file, there's the whole world divided into areas (all the Hydrological Basins in the world). I need to create a function that query the shapefile with latitude and longitude, and gets back the values of that point, that are:
MAJ_BAS, MAJ_NAME and MAJ_AREA
I need to do this server side, without a GUI. To me seems simple, when I do in my QGIS I just click on a point and get back the informations I need, so I thought "there'll be a function that you'll give latitude and longitude, and the function will answer with the datas of that point". But I've been looking for 2 days and still get no solution about this problem.
I'm quite new to QGIS.

A: If you are using PyQGIS then I think you can use the QGSVectorLayer.select() method to select objects in a given search rectangle.
See @nathan-w example code here which seems a good starting point: How do I allow users to select features with the mouse?
layer.select( layer.pendingAllAttributesList(), rect, True, True)
for feature in layer:

A: And thanks for your precious answers! I see your methods are much more rigorous than what I found out yesterday night, working on my project, and I appreciate all your answers.
Since I need just a few queries, what I did was to create a table in MySQL with polygon objects and then use the algorythim of point in polygon. I created a function in MySQL that's the follwing
DETERMINISTIC
BEGIN
DECLARE n INT DEFAULT 0;
DECLARE pX DECIMAL(9,6);
DECLARE pY DECIMAL(9,6);
DECLARE ls LINESTRING;
DECLARE poly1 POINT;
DECLARE poly1X DECIMAL(9,6);
DECLARE poly1Y DECIMAL(9,6);
DECLARE poly2 POINT;
DECLARE poly2X DECIMAL(9,6);
DECLARE poly2Y DECIMAL(9,6);
DECLARE i INT DEFAULT 0;
DECLARE result INT(1) DEFAULT 0;
SET pX = X(p);
SET pY = Y(p);
SET ls = ExteriorRing(poly);
SET poly2 = EndPoint(ls);
SET poly2X = X(poly2);
SET poly2Y = Y(poly2);
SET n = NumPoints(ls);
WHILE i<n DO
SET poly1 = PointN(ls, (i+1));
SET poly1X = X(poly1);
SET poly1Y = Y(poly1);
IF ( ( ( ( poly1X <= pX ) && ( pX < poly2X ) ) || ( ( poly2X <= pX ) && ( pX < poly1X ) ) ) && ( pY > ( poly2Y - poly1Y ) * ( pX - poly1X ) / ( poly2X - poly1X ) + poly1Y ) ) THEN
SET result = !result;
END IF;
SET poly2X = poly1X;
SET poly2Y = poly1Y;
SET i = i + 1;
END WHILE;
RETURN result;
End

If the function returns 1, the point is in the polygon. If it returns 0, it's not.
Then, when I need to find if a point is inside a polygon, I'll just query like this
select * from *Polygon_table* where myWithin(PointFromText( concat( 'POINT(', *{$long}*, ' ', *{$lat}*, ')' ) ), *Polygon_table*.polygon )

where myWithin is the name of the function and the polygon in the Polygon table has been saved as a Polygon object. This function returns the polygon(s) that contain(s) that point.
I know this is not the fastest solution, but for my case (one single query not often) was a great solution.


Coming to Chester? Want to eat great food? Chester has a fast-growing independent food scene to sort all tastes and pockets. Here are some ideas.
Here's a look at how some of Cheshire's favourite places to eat are promoting their Best of British offerings and celebrating British Food Fortnight (22nd September - 7th October).
Whether your taste buds crave lovingly-prepared afternoon tea, a fresh spice-infused curry, a juicy cut of steak or maybe something you've never tried before – you're spoilt for choice in Ellesmere Port.
Torrential rain or glorious sunshine, the British summer wouldn't be the same without a great big helping of ice cream.
10-minute interview with FIODOR ROMAN from Russian Style Crepes.
Find some of the best places to sample some Cheshire pub grub.


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David Demuth Institute of Cosmetology
1301 South 8th Street
Richmond IN , 47374-4101
About David Demuth Institute of Cosmetology
Founded in N/A, David Demuth Institute of Cosmetology is a Less than 2-year college. Located in Richmond, which is a city setting in Indiana, the campus itself is Town. The campus is home to 14 full time undergraduate students, and N/A full time graduate students.
Admissions Requirements for David Demuth Institute of Cosmetology
Admissions at David Demuth Institute of Cosmetology are considered N/A, with N/A of all applicants being admitted. In the 2017/2018 school year, of the students who applied to the school, only N/A of those who were admitted eventually ended up enrolling. N/A of incoming freshmen are in the top half of their high school class. N/A were in the top quarter, and N/A were in the top tenth.
The David Demuth Institute of Cosmetology Academic calendar runs on a semester basis. In the 2017/2018 school year the student to faculty ratio was 6:1. There are N/A. full time instructional teachers. Degrees awarded at David Demuth Institute of Cosmetology include: Bachelor's Degree, Masters Degree, Post-master's certificate, Doctor's degree.
60% of students attending David Demuth Institute of Cosmetology receive some sort of financial aid. 60% were awarded federal grants. While 57% received federal loans. Many students do also need to apply for additional private student loans.


[John] As I sit here trying to compose an interesting introduction to this week's newsletter, absolutely nothing comes to mind. I guess this is what the pros in the literary world call "writer's block". I then got the great idea of writing about events that have been happening recently in Canada. I found two news stories of epic proportions that needed to be told. Both stories come from the Atlantic region and could have worldwide repercussions!
The first story comes out of Bishop's Falls, Newfoundland. At the time of this writing, police remain on the hunt for a missing emu. This flightless bird escaped from its owner's farm near Highway One, some 75 kilometres west of Gander (yeah, I know... emu, gander....). A male, this emu is worth about $4000, and RCMP Constable Jeff Milner chased it along a highway at speeds up to 40 kilometres per hour, prompting him to say, "The bird wasn't even breaking a sweat!" Unfortunately the 68-kilogram emu veered off the highway and disappeared into the woods. Not only are the police involved in this bird hunt, but so are the owner of the farm and his son. Officials say the emu isn't a danger to humans, but are worried it could cause havoc with traffic if it decides to head back to the highway.
The second story comes from Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island, where a recent comic book convention was cancelled. Now writer Kurt Busic of Marvel Comics will make the sandy shores of the tiny community a venue in two upcoming editions (42 and 43) of the "Avengers" comic book series. Busic was contacted by an area resident who was very disappointed in the cancellation. Busic also says he missed out on a great island vacation he was planning around the convention, at which he was scheduled to appear as a guest. Now Rollo Bay will be invaded (fictionally) by "sword-wielding barbarians from deep in the Atlantic Ocean" and the Super Heroes who come to the rescue.
I hope both these stories turn out to have happy endings, for the sake of all humanity.
Marvel Comics site on the "Avengers"
Happy Hollow, Saskatchewan. Never heard of it? Not surprising, as it changed its name 111 years ago. What is the current name of this prairie town?
The answer, as usual, is near the bottom of the newsletter.
Born on August 15, 1925, in Montreal, Quebec, Peterson has devoted his life to music. The magnitude of his recorded output and awards bears out this dedication. He has recorded over 130 solo works, including his masterful composition of "The Canadiana Suite" from 1963. He has also teamed up with scores of other music greats like Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and even classical violinist Itzhak Perlman. Being a fan of both classical and jazz music, with the violin and piano being my two favourite instruments, I am surprised that I do not own the Peterson/Perlman work. I shall have to rectify this.
Peterson's parents, Daniel and Kathleen, had a total of five children. Oscar was the fourth, with siblings named Fred, Charles, Daisy and May. Daniel was a porter with the CPR and an amateur organist. He insisted that each child should study music, with each child being responsible for teaching the next child who came along. Thus Peterson's first musical instructor was his older sister Daisy. Later Daisy herself would become a well-respected piano teacher in the Montreal community.
During his teen years, Peterson studied and trained under a number of instructors including the renowned Paul de Marky. It soon became evident though, that Peterson's talents would soon surpass that of all expectations. Peterson emerged during the early 1940s as a big attraction around the Montreal area, performing on local radio and appearing as a soloist with the Johnny Holmes Orchestra. His first recording came in the spring of 1945 and was released by RCA Victor. By the end of 1946, after two western Canadian tours and appearances on a number of CBC Radio variety shows, Peterson secured his position as the first jazz star that Canada could truly call its own. By the end of the forties Peterson had all but exhausted the limited jazz market in Canada and, in the fall of 1949, he made his American debut as a surprise guest of the Philharmonic in New York's famous Carnegie Hall. This brief performance caused quite a sensation and served as the launching pad for Peterson's international career.
Through all his success and awards, Peterson could have based himself anywhere in the world, but in 1958 he made Toronto his home and later moved to the Mississauga area. Peterson has never stopped working or recording and has credits on hundreds of recorded works. Dozens of books have been printed about him, with Peterson actually penning a series of jazz exercises for the young pianist. In 1972 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada, and he was promoted to Companion in 1984. He is also in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame (1978). Several of his recordings have also won Grammy Awards and in 1997 he was honoured with their Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also a Juno-Award winner and was awarded the Glenn Gould Prize in 1993. Gould would probably be Peterson's only rival among Canadian pianists.
In 1999 Concordia University in Montreal changed the name of their concert hall to the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall. Originally opened in 1989, this magnificent venue seats 570. Currently the National Library of Canada in Ottawa is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Peterson's life called "Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Sensation". You'd better hurry if you want to see it, as it only runs through September 3, 2001.
The Glenn Gould Prize is an international prize, which was awarded for the first time in November 1987. It was created by the Glenn Gould Foundation and is intended as a tribute by the people of Canada to the life and work of Glenn Gould.
The prize is awarded every three years to recognize an exceptional contribution to music, and consists of a $50 000 award and an original work by a Canadian artist. The Glenn Gould Prize is awarded to an individual who has earned international recognition as the result of a highly exceptional contribution to music and its communication, through the use of any communications technologies.
Individuals from any country are eligible and may come from a broad range of fields, including musical creation or performance, film, video, television, radio and recordings, music-theatre and writing.
Birth date: August 12, 1956.
Vocation: Singer, songwriter and musical innovator.
Schooling: University of Guelph in Ontario, where she studied microbiology. Her first singing performance was at a coffee house on the campus.
Career: Although her style is not considered mainstream, Siberry has had an avid and devoted following during the past 20 years since she recorded her self-titled debut album in 1981. Her style has been described as ambitious, quirky and melodic, a folk-based pop-oriented menagerie of styles. After a dozen years riding out the independent record label scene in Canada, Siberry signed with the mega-label Warner Brothers but, after two critically-acclaimed but poor-selling offerings (including the 1995 jazz oriented "Maria"), she left the label. In Toronto in 1996 she formed her own label, Sheeba Records, and relies heavily on the Internet to keep her fans up-to-date with concert dates, releases and much more. On Sheeba she has released a series of unique recordings.
Claim to fame: Recorded the song "It Can't Rain All the Time", which was part of the soundtrack for "The Crow", which starred Brandon Lee.
Other notable recordings: "Mimi on the Beach", "Ingrid and the Footman", and "Everything Reminds Me of My Dog".
"Happily ignorant of what I was getting into, I rented a room in a factory, ordered an 800 number, and slept with myself so that I could get in good with the boss." --Jane Siberry, on starting her own record company, May 17, 1996.
This village of just over 300 people is located about 200 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, a few kilometres from Lac La Biche, and about halfway between Edmonton and the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range. It was named after the postmaster, Joseph Plamondon, who was a homesteader in this area. Although first named in 1909, it was not until 1965 that the site was designated a village.
Not to be outdone, the Plamondon Corn Festival takes place on September 8, 2001. This is a traditional French-Canadian festival, during which everyone enjoys the contest which involves looking for a red or blue kernel of corn so the finder can be crowned King or Queen of Corn. The day's activities include a barbecue dinner and a corn roast. New Francophone individuals are introduced and the evening is wrapped up with a dance and games.
Brian Doyle, children's novelist, born in Ottawa, Ontario, August 12, 1935.
Rejean Ducharme, author, playwright, scriptwriter, songwriter and recluse, winner of the Governor General's Award for Literature in 1968 for "L'Avalee des avales" and again in 1982 for "HA ha!" Born in St.-Felix-de-Valois, Quebec, August 12, 1941.
Mitchell Frederick Hepburn, provincial treasurer and premier of Ontario (1934-1942), born in St. Thomas, Ontario, August 12, 1896.
Arthur Reginald Marsden Lower, professor and historian, two-time Governor General's Award winner (1946 and 1954), Royal Society of Canada's Tyrrell Medal winner (1947), Companion of the Order of Canada (1968), and an honorary chief of the Ojibwa (his native name Kikugaygawbigoneden means "the recorder of his people's tradition") born in Barrie, Ontario, August 12, 1889. Lower lived to reach the hearty age of 98 years.
John Walter Grant MacEwan, author, historian, mayor of Calgary, Alberta (1963-1966), lieutenant-governor of Alberta (1966-1974), appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada (1974), born in Brandon, Manitoba, August 12, 1902. MacEwan was also long-lived, as he died two months shy of his 98th year.
Ken Watson, curler with a record of 25 Brier Cup wins (with only two losses), born in Minnedosa, Manitoba, August 12, 1904.
Philip Carteret Hill, lawyer and premier of Nova Scotia (1875-1878), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 13, 1821.
Camillien Houde (a.k.a. "Mr. Montreal"), politician and mayor of Montreal for four separate terms, born in Montreal, Quebec, August 13, 1889.
Gordon Sparling, pioneering filmmaker, director, writer and producer of over 200 films, born in Toronto, Ontario, August 13, 1900, and died in his 93rd year.
Horst Bulau, ski jumper, born in Ottawa, Ontario, August 14,1962.
Steven Heighton, poet and short-story writer, born in Toronto, Ontario, August 14, 1961.
Gerald Ouellette, marksman and aviator, winner of the 1956 Olympic gold medal in the small-bore rifle category, born in Windsor, Ontario, August 14, 1934. He died piloting his own aircraft at the age of 40 on June 25, 1975.
Jacques Alfred "Ja Dex" Dextraze, career soldier, and Officer then Companion of the Order of Canada, born in Montreal, Quebec, August 15, 1919. He worked his way through the ranks from private to general and served as the chief of the defence staff from 1972 to 1977.
Charles Fisher, lawyer, judge, and one of the premiers of New Brunswick prior to Confederation, born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, August 15 or 16, 1808. He is also considered one of the Fathers of Confederation.
Thomas Laird Kennedy, farmer and premier of Ontario (1948-1949), born in Dixie (now Mississauga), Ontario, August 15, 1878.
George Johnn Klein, design engineer and inventor, born in Ottawa, Ontario, August 15, 1904. Some of Klein's work included work on the Canadarm as chief consultant while in his seventies, the invention of a wheelchair for quadriplegics, and a microsurgical gun used to suture blood vessels.
Harold Foster, cartoonist, artist and author, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 16, 1892. Foster was one of the early cartoonists drawing the "Tarzan" comic strip (1929-1937). He also created the "Prince Valiant" strip in 1937, calling it "an original illustrated historic novel". He both wrote and illustrated the strip for 42 years until three years prior to his death on July 28, 1982.
John Jones Ross, physician and premier of Quebec (1884-1887), born in Ste.-Anne-de-la-Perade, Lower Canada, August 16, 1833.
Robert Porter "Buddy" Tinsley Jr., CFL football star, born in Damon, Texas, August 16, 1924. Tinsley's Blue Bomber teams went to the Grey Cup five times, winning twice. He won many awards and was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1982.
Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, first premier of New Brunswick after Confederation (1867-1870), born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, August 16, 1820.
Colin James, singer, songwriter and musician, winner of six Juno Awards, born in Regina, Saskatchewan, August 17, 1964.
Jean Pierre Lefebvre, French-language filmmaker, born in Montreal, Quebec, August 17, 1941.
Arthur LeBlanc, violinist and composer, born in Village-du-Bois de Saint-Anselme (now Dieppe), New Brunswick, August 18, 1906.
Sir Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan, symphony conductor and composer, born in Mimico (later Etobicoke), Ontario, August 18, 1893. MacMillan received many honours in his life which included being knighted (1935), winning the Canada Council Medal (1964), and appointment as a Companion of the Order of Canada (1970).
Joseph Harvey Shoctor, lawyer, real-estate developer and theatre producer and administrator, appointed a Member (1978) and then an Officer (1985) of the Order of Canada, born in Edmonton, Alberta, August 18, 1922. He has also won awards or been honoured many times on a provincial level in Alberta.
August 12, 1970 -- The reconstructed Gitksan Indian village of Ksan, near Hazelton, British Columbia, was officially opened. Located on the Skeena River, Ksan is the Gitksan name for the river, which means "River of Mists". It was built with provincial and federal funding along with $10 000 raised by the Hazelton Library Association to promote a better understanding of local Indian culture and reviving its artistic traditions.
August 13, 1535 -- As Jacques Cartier's expedition sailed near the Ile d'Anticosti, two Indian youths being brought back from France after a previous journey informed him that the route to Canada lay to the south of the island. The island is situated near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River and, in giving their directions, the youths were referring to the village of Stadacona, which was situated on the future site of Quebec City. Cartier referred to this discovery as the "Province of Canada".
August 13, 1941 -- The Canadian Women's Army Corps were established on this date to answer the Canadian Army's need for extra assistance. Except for nursing sisters, women had not previously been admitted into the Canadian Armed Forces.
August 15, 1945 -- This dates marks the anniversary of the surrender of Japan at the end of World War Two. The day is celebrated as a commemoration of the victory of the Allied powers in the Pacific and the end of the war. It is know as VJ (Victory over Japan) Day. The anniversary of Germany's surrender at the end of World War Two is marked by VE (Victory in Europe) Day on May 8.
August 15, 1950 -- The British Columbia Provincial Police (BCPP), its 492 men and its duties were taken over by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The BCPP originated in 1858 to provide law and order following an influx of gold miners and settlers.
August 16, 1979 -- Former Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker died in Ottawa, Ontario, a month shy of his 84th birthday.
August 16, 1971 -- Hurricane Beth dumped 296 millimetres of rain on Nova Scotia, washing away several bridges, damaging buildings, and flooding farmland in the process.
August 16, 1947 -- The first flight of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver float plane occurred.
Above I posed the question: "Happy Hollow, Saskatchewan. Never heard of it? Not surprising, as it changed its name 111 years ago. What is the current name of this prairie town?"
Located just 26 kilometres north of Regina, Lumsden, Saskatchewan got its current name in 1890 as the town of Happy Hollow changed its name to honour railway engineer Hugh Lumsden, who was instrumental in completing a rail line connecting Regina with Saskatoon. Today it is famous for the annual Lumsden Duck Derby, which is held each Labour Day weekend. Personally, I like the old town name.
Next Sunday I give you some trivia on the word "bungee", continue our occasional feature of the number one music hits of yesteryear with 1991, tell you about Minnedosa, Manitoba, ask you a question about the premiers of Manitoba, profile painter Edwin Holgate, and Craig will give you his impression of an excellent Canadian movie called "The Score".
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Have you ever seen anything strange or unusual in the sky? and which thing?
I saw a big fire ball in the sky when i was 15 year old.
Hi guys, can u list down few good communication skills which one needs to have to achieve success in life? i feel one needs to be a good listner.
are you the same person you hoped you could be when you were a kid?
which is the best movie u ever seen?
i loved white chicks. u like any of that kind? whats so special bout ya fav?
ksridevi I loved the guns of navarone. A war movie, picturised mainly on British spy agency/army uncovering the Germany and destroying the guns which are obstructing sea passage. Really good movie, good direction. Worth to see.
who is the best sportsman for the year 2006?
Is soya protein a health food? How can it benefit those involved in strength training exercises? Are there any disadvantages in consuming defatted soybeans?
What is facemask? How I can decide which facemask suit to me?
Do you play any Yahoo games?
If you do how often and what are your favorites? I like to play the free trial downloads like the dinerdash, roller rush and games like that. I also play dominoes and poker sometimes.
altavista is a search engine which work as ur google yahoo and others. is it helpfull to u ? have u ever use this search engine?
ksridevi Maximum I use google. But for translation purposes I am using altavista. In my view altavista's babel fish translation is best available on line. Yahoo also I used mainly for shopping.
IE 7 :Has any one used it?


I know that prayer is not an easy discipline. It's hard to pray with all the distractions in our lives. If we manage to find the time to sit down for a minute our minds race to the next event on the agenda, or to problems that must be solved, or to fussy children. We wonder if it is worth the effort.
As this New Year begins I am deeply troubled by what I see happening around me. It has been a tough couple of months for our part of the world. On the Friday after Thanksgiving, Robert Lewis Dear shot and killed three people and wounded several more, in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Then less than a week later a radicalized couple added to the terror by storming a holiday party with guns and ammunition killing 14 more people. It has raised contentious debates about sensible gun control legislation and tapped deeply into our fear of terrorism and encouraged the evil of religious intolerance. In response, one presidential candidate is calling on government officials to deny entrance to our country to anyone of the Muslim faith.
It is scary and wrong to generalize about an entire religion or people based on the evil actions of a minority. But how do we respond?