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Q: How to implement https support for Perl's HTTP::DAV I am trying to access a remote server via the WebDav protocol, and more specifically Perl's HTTP::DAV module.
According to its documentation the coupling to a remote directory takes place in the following manner:
use HTTP::DAV;

$d = HTTP::DAV->new();
$url = "http://host.org:8080/dav/";

$d->credentials(
   -user  => "pcollins",
   -pass  => "mypass",
   -url   => $url,
   -realm => "DAV Realm"
);

$d->open( -url => $url )
   or die("Couldn't open $url: " .$d->message . "\n");

I created a local webdav directory and can access it flawlessly over the http protocol.
According to HTTP::DAV's documentation, there should be and https support as well using the Crypt::SSLeay module.
The Crypt::SSLeay's documention offers us the following synopsys using inside the LWP::UserAgent module, thus providing for us web resource access over the https protocol:
use Net::SSL;
use LWP::UserAgent;

my $ua  = LWP::UserAgent->new(
    ssl_opts => { verify_hostname => 0 },
);

my $response = $ua->get('https://www.example.com/');
print $response->content, "\n";

My question is:
How can I combine the HTTP::DAV and Crypt::SSLeay modules in order to have web resource access over the WebDav and https protocols?
Something like the following:
use HTTP::DAV;

$d = HTTP::DAV->new();

$url = "https://host.org:8080/dav/";

#...

A: This is untested, but from skimming the documentation, this should work:
$d->get_user_agent->ssl_opts( verify_hostname => 0 );

The documentation for HTTP::DAV says:

get_user_agent
Returns the clients' working HTTP::DAV::UserAgent object.
You may want to interact with the HTTP::DAV::UserAgent object to modify request headers or provide advanced authentication procedures.

HTTP::DAV::UserAgent isn't documented, but its source code shows it's a subclass of LWP::UserAgent. The documentation for LWP::UserAgent mentions the ssl_opts method for setting SSL options for the user agent object.

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"The Bullwinkle Statue"
The year was 1961, on the eve of the new "The Bullwinkle Show" on NBC. In a switch from the program's previous home on ABC, the revamped series was eager to make its presence known on the new network. A name change ("Rocky and His Friends" to "The Bullwinkle Show"), a new time slot, and more insane stories were a big enough reason to celebrate for Jay Ward.
"I always wanted to do a takeoff of Grauman's [now Mann's] Chinese Theater," said Mr. Ward. In his typical fashion, the grand gala would call out Hollywood for this black tie affair, with an offbeat twist. First, instead of having celebrities leave imprints of their hands and feet in the cement panels in front of the Jay Ward Productions building, Jay opted to have imprints of celebrity "drinking elbows" instead. Yes, literally an imprint of the elbow that was lifted when they drink.
The Ward offices, located at 8218 Sunset Boulevard, dawned not only an assortment of celebrity elbows, but also one of Jay's other pride and joys...the 30 foot tall statue of Bullwinkle and Rocky. That statue is almost a spoof of the statue across the street at the time. On the other side of Sunset in 1961 stood a bikini-clad cow girl that spun on a pedestal on the top of a huge sign for the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. She stood on one foot holding a lasso and her hat. Back near the Ward offices, Bullwinkle spun on a rotating pedestal of his own on the ground.
The statue was unveiled to the public at a kick-off party to commemorate "The Bullwinkle Show" joining NBC on September 24, 1961. The party was a raging success. Jayne Mansfield, a 1950's film star (and sex symbol) pulled the ribbon that released the canvas that covered Hollywood's oddest treasure. Three of the four lanes on Sunset Blvd. were blocked, leaving one very slow lane of traffic filled with onlookers. Jay even put up a sign on the edge of the road that read " Stop Complaining, or We'll Block This Lane Too".
Today the statue still stands on Sunset Blvd, outside of the former offices and the Dudley Do-right Emporium, the Bullwinkle mega-store that sells merchandise from all of Jay Ward's cartoons.
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Iceland's choice of hotels covers the spectrum from simple backpacker friendly guest houses to smart design hotels. Icelandic hotels are invariably welcoming, efficiently run… and expensive. Hotel tariffs make for disturbing reading, but it's important to make sure that you cover all the small print to see what's included (breakfast is often 'extra').
In Reykjavik's Old Town the Hotel Borg oozes as much old world charm and nostalgic grandeur as any of Europe's finest hotels; and comes with a price tag to match. Further from the historic city centre the Hotel Saga is a popular choice with well heeled tourists businessmen and alike. This Radisson SAS owned hotel boasts every conceivable creature comfort and some that you wouldn't have thought of; such as an enviable penthouse restaurant.
What Iceland's mid range hotels lack in architectural finesse, they more than compensate for in terms of comfort and cleanliness. Anyone looking for a hotel would do well to heed Willie Dixon's words that you 'can't judge a book by looking at its cover'; instead forget the façade, go inside and have a good snoop around.
Much of Iceland's mid range hotel market is sewn up by two chains: Fosshotel and Edda. They have both built up solid reputations for providing quality accommodation at prices that won't break the bank (even in Reykjavik). Not so long ago anyone looking for a contemporary bed for the night would find themselves metaphorically left out in the cold. However, the slick minimalist lines of Klöpp and Skjaldbreið have proved a welcome addition to downtown Reykjavik's hotel scene.
Budget travellers can choose from a good selection of guest houses, although many are only open during the peak summer months. If you're planning on spending a few days in the city centre it might make economic sense to think about renting an apartment (you'll certainly save on food bills).
No matter where you decide to stay; it's important to book early. Hotel across Iceland fill up quickly and if you're planning on staying in Reykjavik at the weekend reservations are essential as half the country descends on the capital to party.


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Online shopping has been a hot topic of conversation for a number of years now as footfall on British high streets has made a gradual, but significant, decrease. But according to Mintel's Christmas 2014 predictions, although online sales are again set to increase, a whopping 87% of all retail sales will be made in shops in December 2014.
Online business Website City AM recently reported that although fewer shoppers visited shopping centres and high streets this summer, retail spending was actually at it's highest since January.The Director of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Helen Dickinson said that although footfall had decreased, the amount of money that was spent by shoppers per trip had actually increased.
"It seems that customers are hitting the high streets with purpose – knowing what they want to buy ahead of time, supported by online research ¬– and doing more shopping in a single trip," Helen Dickinson said.
The data went on to reveal that although footfall has decreased on high streets and shopping centres, it increased by 2.9% in out-of-town retail parks during August 2014.
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Brad Gilbert was the defending champion, but did not take part in the U.S. National Indoor tennis tournament that year.Michael Stich clinched his first career singles title in the final, defeating Wally Masur 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–1).

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A presentation of the papers from the foreign convention on Classical and Hellenistic Architectural Terracottas, held on the American university of Classical reports at Athens, December, 1991. whereas the vast majority of the papers be aware of architectural terracottas from the Greek mainland, examples from websites at the Aegean islands, Asia Minor, present-day Albania, Sicily, and Italy are lined to boot.
Ranging from the author's discovery that the Persian epic poem Vamiq and Adhra through Unsuri (11th century advert) derives from the traditional Greek novel of "Metiokhos and Parthenope", this paintings includes serious versions of the Greek and Persian fragments and testimonia, with reviews.
This paintings covers the discourse on Kurdishness and the advance of the Kurdish nationwide flow from its inception on the finish of the nineteenth century to the overdue Thirties. It examines the efforts of aspiring Kurdish leaders to "awaken" their fellow Kurds to the need of the Kurdish reason.
This quantity offers researchers and scholars of faith with a precious reference paintings at the heritage, cultural effect and reshaping of Christianity in Japan. Divided into 3 elements, half 1 makes a speciality of Christianity in jap historical past and contains reviews of the Roman Catholic venture in pre-modern Japan, the "hidden Christian" culture, Protestant missions within the sleek interval, Bible translations, and theology in Japan.
The forest that surrounds the house becomes the driving element for the conception of the interiors made of irregular columns and posts. " Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) paid close attention to nature and its governing systems, as he understood that humans exist in connection with the rest of the living world. Jean Prouve's (1901–1984) Maison Tropical (1949) and the later Maison du Sahara (1958) not only explored ideas of prefabrication and lightness, but are especially important for their design for extreme climates.
Image courtesy of im studio mi/la and collaborators) The notion of aesthetics also plays a substantial role in incorporating nature into the built environment, as it establishes emotional attachments and garners respect. In human society, beautiful places tend to be valued more. By designing aesthetically pleasing things, we can help their conservation. Issues of aesthetics in architecture have been discussed since the time of the ancient Greeks, a society highly interested in such philosophical aspects of life.
The invention of the microscope in the late 16th century in the Netherlands and later the compound microscope by Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) in 1625 allowed scientists to study the incredibly close and small as well as the distant using the same technology. Today, with the aid of the electron microscope, we can observe the fine structure of a single cell, and with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, observe protein structures. Robert Hooke (1635–1703) is considered the first to bring to the public astonishing microscopic images from the invisible to bare eye from the world of nature.


Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) can be used to either complement or replace traditional methods of characterizing both the geometry and structural geology of unstable slopes. TLS data collected from a failed bedrock slope threatening the main east–west highway in the Bhutan Himalaya are presented and interrogated for structural information. The structural data, along with TLS-derived slope geometry and cross-sectional profiles, are suitable for use within commercially available slope stability packages to derive solutions for the causes of instability, likely geometry of failure, and future activity under varied scenarios. The methods also allow the possibility of future model verification and calibration though TLS monitoring. The results of TLS-based numerical modelling utilizing a commercially available code are presented and the implications for slope surveying, numerical modelling, monitoring and management are discussed.


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Q: Using the definite article in "I love the people who make me laugh." What's the difference between the two following sentences and which one is grammatical? Should I use the definite article in the second sentence?

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*I love people who make me laugh.

*I love the people who make me laugh.

Please note that I am talking about people in general and I have no specific people in my mind.

A: The last line of yours changed my answer.
So, if you are talking about people in general, put no article.
Things (animate or inanimate) in general take zero article. And, that's how it is!

I love people who make me laugh.

Anyway, you are defining people by telling that you like those who make you laugh.
When in dilemma, take another example and decide!

I love cars over I love the cars.

Good read is her (BBC)

A: If you are talking about people in general, than use no article.
If you would like to mention specific people (from your class, family etc.), than use the definite article.


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Yesterday saw Mexico's elections take place, and in addition to electing the new President of the Republic, the nation voted to elect 500 members of congress, 128 senators, eight state governors (in the states of Chiapas, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Morelos, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz and Yucatan), the Head of Government of Mexico City and local and federal offices (Municipal Presidents and City Mayors, among others). The biggest news to come out of yesterday was definitely the announcement of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (often referred to as "AMLO") as the new president of Mexico.
Lorenzo Córdova Vianello, President of the INE (National Electoral Institute), issued a statement about the election's results, in which he highlighted that the percentage of citizen participation in the election is estimated to be between 62.9–63.8% of those citizens registered (89,123,355 Mexicans).
After mentioning the percentage of people who voted, Córdova Vianello presented the estimated results of Mexico's presidential election. Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), of the coalition Juntos Haremos Historia, took first place with 53%. Ricardo Anaya of the coalition Por México al Frente took 22.1–22.8% of the vote. José Antonio Meade of the coalition Todos por México took 15.7–16.3% of the vote, and Jaime Rodríguez Calderón, an independent candidate, took 5.3–5.5% of the vote.
With these results, Córdova Vianello confirmed the victory of AMLO.
After being named the new president of Mexico, AMLO received congratulations via Twitter from various world leaders, incluing Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro and Justin Trudeau.
In his speech AMLO emphasized that he will represent everyone, including LGBT people, making the speech a truly historic event, as it's the first time LGBT people have been mentioned in a Mexican president's first public speech.
What do you think about the results of the elections in Mexico?


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Lamond Maurice Murray (20 d'abril de 1973, a Pasadena, Califòrnia) és un jugador de bàsquet que actualment és agent lliure de l'NBA.

Murray va ser elegit en la setena posició del Draft de l'NBA del 1994 per Los Angeles Clippers, després d'una gran carrera en la Universitat de Califòrnia. A part dels Clippers i Nets, ha jugat també en els Cleveland Cavaliers i als Toronto Raptors.

És cosí de l'exjugador de l'NBA Tracy Murray.

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The cost of hiring a music producer will largely depend on the nature of your project.
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The cost of recording a song in a studio can be anything from a couple of hundred dollars, up to several thousand dollars.
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What is a music producer?
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Music producers are essentially project managers for recording-based projects. They work directly with the artist to navigate the recording process and ensure the finished recording is the best it can possibly be.
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Disposing of liquid and solid medical waste from the operating suite is a task that every healthcare facility must perform with an eye toward efficiency and cost effectiveness while protecting healthcare workers (HCWs) from exposure to pathogenic bacteria and viruses. HCWs are often exposed to hepatitis B virus (HBV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other dangerous bloodborne pathogens on a daily basis. Through the institution of safe work practices and engineering controls, HCWs' exposure can be significantly reduced.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities note that precisely defining medical waste on the basis of quantity and type of potential disease-causing agents present is virtually impossible. Therefore, the guidelines suggest that the most practical approach to medical waste management is to "identify wastes that represent a sufficient potential risk of causing infection during handling and disposal and for which some precautions likely are prudent." Wastes targeted for handling and disposal precautions include microbiology laboratory waste (e.g., microbiologic cultures and stocks of microorganisms), pathology and anatomy waste, blood specimens from clinics and laboratories, blood products and other body-fluid specimens.
A single, leak-resistant biohazard bag is usually adequate for containment of regulated medical wastes, according to the guidelines, as long as the bag is sturdy and the waste can be discarded without contaminating the bag's exterior. If the bag is contaminated or punctured, it should be placed into a second biohazard bag. All bags should be securely closed for disposal.
Technology has helped make exposure to bloodborne pathogens in the operating room or trauma unit setting less likely. Suction canisters and other fluid-collection devices are designed to inactivate a variety of bacteria, viruses and fungi. Numerous products exist in the marketplace today and include the aforementioned canisters, liner systems, and systems that collect and dispose of fluid into a sewer system. Medical fluid waste management systems are now found throughout the healthcare institution and can be either fixed or mobile systems.
Ticer (2007) describes stationary fluid waste management systems as typically being installed in soiled holding or utility rooms and consisting of a holding bracket for contaminated suction canisters, a tubing component that connects the canister to the waste management system, an actuating lever to start the fluid removal process, as well as optional rinse and disinfection cycle capabilities. These systems are usually connected to the main hospital drain for fluid disposal. Ticer (2007) further describes mobile medical fluid waste management systems as consisting of a cart containing a suction reservoir and vacuum pump located near the point of use. The cart functions as a wall-mounted suction regulator and canister would, including similar use of tubing, vacuum pressure and the monitoring of the reservoir's capacity. Similar to the stationary systems, the cart-based devices drain, rinse and disinfect their internal reservoirs.
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While many systems are now sealed/closed, impervious systems, care should still be taken by way of donning appropriate personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves and gowns, and following manufacturers' recommendations when handling and disposing of the canisters to prevent unintentional exposure. It is essential for HCWs to follow standard precautions — an infection control system that assumes that every direct contact with blood and body fluids is a potentially infectious exposure – when handling RMW. This system is based on the premise that not all patients with bloodborne infections have been diagnosed, and therefore, precautions must be applied.
FedCenter.gov. Medical Waste. Summary of Federal Requirements.
Ticer J. Medical liquid waste management. Medical Construction & Design. March/April 2007.


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Today I helped a relative out by taking photos of a number of family heirlooms. These are precious, mostly sentimental items, and my relative wanted to have a permanent record of them in case they became damaged, and to show other family members. It was a fun shoot!


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June 26, 2012 | Radio
Radio ratings: Good news for 98.5, The Beat and CHOM
Quarterly radio ratings were released earlier this month. You can see the BBM compilation of top-line data here (PDF), but it doesn't say too much.
Astral and Cogeco both provide analysis for the benefit of advertisers, Astral in the form of a slideshow (PDF) and Groupe Force Radio (which represents Cogeco stations and independent former Corus stations in Quebec City and Saguenay) also does a slide presentation (PDF). The latter tends to be more detailed, but is also more biased, highlighting their stations' successes and their competitors' struggles.
Here, based on those reports, is some analysis of what's going on in commercial radio in Montreal. We'll start with the English side.
Afternoon ratings show a spike for Donna Saker's show on CKBE, rocketing it to No. 1. There's a similar spike in late mornings and at noon-hour.
Overall, there hasn't been much change in the ratings. A few points up, a few points down. But breaking it down a bit you see some significant gains for CKBE-FM 92.5 (The Beat) and a few highlights for CHOM-FM 97.7 as well.
The Beat, which rebranded last fall in an effort to attract a younger female audience but hadn't seen much movement in ratings until now, is starting to see the change (and accompanying marketing spending) pay off. It's second behind Virgin Radio among adults 18-49 and 25-54 (in both cases passing CHOM), first among adults 35-64 (passing CJAD) and has seen a gain of more than 50% in a year for men 25-54 (which is interesting because the station is targetting women).
The biggest news for The Beat is that it's now No. 1 during the workday among adults 25-54, stealing a pretty big share from Virgin Radio compared to the last ratings period.
Before: Virgin dominates the day, The Beat and CHOM fight for No. 2
After: The Beat has climbed and Virgin has dropped, creating a three-way race
As the charts above from Groupe Force Radio show, it's a pretty significant change.
CJAD 800
Everything's pretty stable at 'AD. No major programming changes the past few months (though Mose Persico's show is gone). We can confirm some effects (or lack thereof) from schedule changes last fall:
Aaron Rand's afternoon drive show has about the same ratings as Ric Peterson before him (at least among adults 25-54, for all audiences it's down a bit).
Peterson, meanwhile, is slightly below the ratings of a year ago of people he replaced in early afternoons, Kim Fraser and Dan Laxer.
Viewpoints with Todd van der Heyden has about 16,000 listeners, a thousand less than Showtime with Sharman Yarnell a year ago. (On the other hand, the Chris Robinson Travel Show with Sharman Yarnell has lost about 3,000 average-minute listeners compared with last year).
Kim Fraser's Saturday show is a few points below that of Anne Lagacé Dowson in the same slot a year ago.
Total listeners: When counting all age groups, including teenagers and retirees who are of little interest to advertisers, CJAD still has the largest market share at 23%.
Early mornings (Andrew Carter): Carter's morning show still has the largest audience before 7am, when Virgin's Freeway and Natasha takes over. Carter's show is also the highest-rated show in Montreal radio, with 32,600 listeners during the average minute among all age groups.
Late night (Joey Elias): Elias's comedy show gives the station a spike around midnight, particularly among women.
Weekend mornings: It's not quite as dominant as it used to be, but the station is still No. 1 among adults 25-54 before 10am on weekends. The weekend morning shows get 25,000 listeners, which is more than Tommy Schnurmacher.
Youth: The station hasn't historically done well among young adults, but its poor position is continuing to decline among adults 18-34. What's worse it's also losing ground among older listeners, handing the top spot among adults 35-64 to The Beat.
Early evenings: The loss of Canadiens games to CKGM seems to have hurt the evening ratings. Among men 25-54, the station has lost half its audience between 7pm and 9pm.
CKGM 990 (TSN Radio)
Not too many big changes here either. The addition of Ted Bird to the morning show came too late to have much of an impact on the spring numbers.
Nevertheless, the station has lost a lot of the ground it made up during the fall months. A spike during the ratings period ending at the end of February has been wiped away, perhaps because interest in the Canadiens (both in listening to the games and talking about them) faded along with their chances at making the playoffs.
That said, it's still better than it was a year ago, and the year before that.
Mitch Melnick: CKGM is the only anglo commercial station with a stronger peak in the afternoon than in the morning. This is probably reflective of the fact that sports fans stay up later, but also of the fact that Melnick is the big star here.
Canadiens games: The loss in ratings attributable to the loss of Canadiens games at CJAD has showed in a corresponding increase to CKGM's ratings for the same time period on weeknights, doubling its audience among men 25-54 in that time period. From 7pm to 9pm on weeknights, the two stations are now neck and neck, among both men and women. There's also an increase for CKGM on weekends from 7 to 9pm among men, which is probably also because of Canadiens games.
Youth: CKGM has less than a third of the market share of CJAD among adults 18-34.
Women: Should come as no surprise. Its 2.4% market share among women 25-54 gives it a sixth that of CHOM and a seventh that of CJAD.
Mornings (Elliott Price and Shaun Starr): The flip side to a strong Melnick is a weak morning show, which has less than half the audience of any of the other four stations among adults 25-54. Will Ted Bird help change that? We'll see in the next ratings report.
CKBE-FM 92.5 (The Beat)
Cogeco and The Beat are very happy with these ratings, but their increases aren't quite in their target groups. The Beat is up significantly among men (where it's behind CHOM and still behind Virgin) and young adults (where it's still well behind Virgin). They're up a bit in other demographics as well, but not as pronounced.
It's too early to get any indication about Cousin Vinny in here. Though he started the very day after this ratings period ended, so it'll be easier to make comparisons when the next set of numbers comes out.
If we compare to last year at this time, we can see noticeable gains in weekday and weekend mornings, weekdays during the day and weekday drive. There's a more modest gain for Nat Lauzon's weekend afternoon show.
Middays (Donna Saker): The queen of the work day is now No. 1 among adults 25-54, increasing her average minute audience for that demographic by 50% over the past year. Most of the gain has come at the expense of Virgin.
Older listeners: The Beat is now No. 1 among adults 35-64, passing CJAD.
Men: As ridiculous as it might sound for a station that professes its love for women so much, The Beat's gains this quarter are much stronger among the XY-chromosomed. The Beat, in fact, has the best-rated drive show among men 25-54, even though the drive show was sitting without a permanent host for this entire ratings period.
Weekend mornings (Ken Connors): Though still behind CJAD, Ken Connors's weekend morning show has shown significant results for The Beat's key demo of women 25-54. Among men, it's stuck with Virgin and well behind CHOM.
Income: The average household income of The Beat's listeners is higher than the other stations.
Francophones: It's not really counted in most market measurements, because they only count anglo households as part of the market, but CHOM and CJFM do much better among francophone listeners. So while Virgin and The Beat are neck and neck in overall market share among anglos, among francophones Virgin reaches 400,000 more listeners than The Beat in an average week, twice as much in an average day, and it has 50% more market share.
Demographics: When the name of the game is to own a demographic to maximize ad revenue, being balanced gender-wise is a bad thing, and The Beat is the most gender-balanced of the five commercial anglo stations. It's also older – an average age of 49 compared to 37 for Virgin. More importantly, The Beat still isn't beating Virgin overall in the key demographic of women 25-54.
CJFM-FM 95.9 (Virgin Radio 96)
Even though it's still No. 1 in many key categories, this isn't the best ratings report for Virgin because it's losing a lot of ground to The Beat. (It's losing a lot of talent, too, though it's unclear at this point whether the latter is the cause of the former.) Among adults 25-54, rather than being 14 points ahead of The Beat, as it was last year, it's now only 2.3 points ahead. Among men 25-54, Virgin has lost seven points in the past year and The Beat has gained seven points.
Youth: Virgin has a stranglehold 42% commercial market share among adults 18-34.
Women: It's losing ground and The Beat is coming on strong, but Virgin still has first place among women 25-54.
Mornings (Freeway Frank and Natasha Gargiulo): Virgin's morning show is still strong despite the loss of Cat Spencer to The Beat and Lisa Player to who knows where. It has a very concentrated peak around 8am among women.
Afternoons and evenings: The drive show (now hosted by Andrea Collins) and the early evening show (with Tony Stark) are tops among both men and women age 25-54.
Weekends: Even though Virgin uses syndicated programming and doesn't have many DJs doing weekend shifts (Kelly Alexander's morning show being the exception) while its competitors have high-profile weekend DJs throughout the day, Virgin dominates among adults 25-54 weekend afternoons and well into the evenings. Even among men, it's neck and neck with CHOM for top spot in that age group.
Older listeners: About the only category Virgin does poor in is adults 35-64, where it places fourth.
It's too early to judge from these numbers what kind of impact Virgin's recent afternoon changes have had. But program director Mark Bergman tells me bringing in a syndicated Ryan Seacrest show has resulted in a slight improvement in numbers and that new drivetime host Andrea Collins is keeping her ratings stable.
CHOM-FM 97.7
With the arrival of Terry DiMonte and Heather Backman and the departure of Pete Marier, just about the entire schedule has changed over the past year. The station, which has been stalling in the ratings for a while, is starting to make some gains in some areas.
It's been suggested to me (by people with axes to grind) that Terry DiMonte would bring CHOM's ratings up, but mainly for women, not men. The data seems to give evidence to this theory. DiMonte's show has doubled its average audience for women, from about 2,000 listeners in the average minute to about 4,000 among women 25-54. There's also a noticeable peak for female audience during the morning show that didn't exist a year ago. But among men 25-54, the ratings are also up.
Mornings (Terry DiMonte and Heather Backman): The show's ratings are much higher than they were a year ago, when it was Chantal Desjardins and Pete Marier, among both men and women 25-54. Are they up enough to justify the expense of bringing DiMonte back to the mic? That's a good question.
Middays (TooTall): Now the highest-rated show on CHOM's schedule (among men 25-54 and adults 25-54). A year ago, CHOM would slowly lose audience during the day, but with TooTall he keeps the audience (particularly among men) strong until 2pm. His gender balance (very heavily skewed toward men) is also sure to please advertisers.
Weekends (Sharon Hyland and Rob Kemp): Hyland in the mornings and Kemp during the day have helped to boost CHOM's ratings among men significantly compared to a year ago, at least until 2pm. Kemp does particularly well among young listeners, 18-34.
Men: CHOM is still No. 1 among men 25-54, after being slightly behind Virgin a year ago.
Afternoon drive (Bilal Butt): While the morning and midday shows are up, the afternoon drive show is stagnant. Its ratings are actually up slightly from a year ago, particularly among women, but the success of TooTall has made the dropoff in numbers in the afternoon more significant. Rather than dominating among men, Bilal's numbers are about the same as the competition.
French radio
French-language market share for Montreal (by Groupe Force Radio)
The big winner, once again, is CHMP 98.5FM, which has seen its overall market share go from 12.9% in winter 2011 and 14.3% in spring 2011 to 23.5% in spring 2012. After a spectacular ratings jump last fall, its numbers have actually continued to go up.
As Le Devoir points out, much of this gain comes at the expense of Radio-Canada.
Otherwise, there aren't any big losers. Rythme FM still dominates music stations, and CKOI still struggles, barely staying No. 1 among adults 18-34. This helps explain why Cogeco has decided that it's better to model regional stations after CHMP than CKOI.
CKAC 730 (Radio Circulation)
Because it has less than a point in market share, the error margin is pretty high and it's hard to make too much analysis out of relative changes. So the fact that it's down 25% doesn't really say much. Suffice it to say the station isn't going to shatter the industry in terms of advertising.
CKMF-FM 94.3 (NRJ)
Mornings: It's the highest-rated music station in the morning, and the only station that has it audience peak before 9am. (It'll be interesting to see if that changes now that Mitsou is no longer part of the morning show.)
Youth: Not far behind CKOI in terms of young audience
Other than a strong morning show and okay performance among young men, the station's ratings are mediocre.
CKOI-FM 96.9
Youth: The station is No. 1 among adults 18-34, but not by much. It has a 23% market share, but the four other stations have shares above 15% in this demographic
Everything else. There's been a bit of a recovery from a very poor ratings report in winter, but not enough. Expect something drastic to happen to this station soon.
CHMP-FM 98.5
Paul Arcand: By far the most popular morning host, and CHMP's top-rated show.
Paul Houde: Lesser domination, but Houde's afternoon drive show also beats its competitors
Ron Fournier: His Bonsoir les Sportifs gives the station better numbers from 10pm to 1am weeknights than it does earlier in the evening
Men: The station is top-rated among men 25-54 throughout the day
Average listening time: 6.4 hours a week per listener, almost twice that of the music stations and a record for CHMP
Isabelle Maréchal: Even though it's the one being tapped to be taken network-wide, Maréchal's show from 10am to noon is the lowest-rated of the four big daytime talk shows, falling behind Rythme FM and even Rouge FM among adults 25-54.
Weekends: With weak programming, CHMP falls behind all four music stations on weekend afternoons
CFGL-FM 105.7 (Rythme FM)
Income: Rythme FM has the highest average listener income of the big stations, even beating CHMP. Only Planète Jazz (CKLX-FM 91.9) has a higher average income.
Reach: About 2.4 million people listen to the station at least once a week, making it the station with the highest overall reach.
Weekends: The station is No. 1 during the day on weekends, scoring well among both men and women.
Women: Rythme FM is the most skewed toward women (except for Planète Jazz) and dominates in this group from 9am to 5pm weekdays as well as from 10am to 7pm weekends.
Julie Bélanger: The daytime host brings her station to No. 1 during most of the time between rush hours.
Mornings: Les Matins de Montréal, with its long list of hosts, falls not only far behind Paul Arcand but behind NRJ's morning show, where it fights among the other three music stations.
Véronique Cloutier: There's a noticeable dip in ratings for CFGL's noon show hosted by the animatrice vedette, one that you don't see at the other music stations.
CITE-FM 107.3 (Rouge FM)
Women: It's second behind Rythme FM among women 25-54, but CHMP is right behind it. It's also second among men, but a more distant second, and tied with NRJ.
Weekends: It's the only station competing with Rythme FM during the day on weekends, particularly among women. Its weekend morning show is also very competitive.
Evenings: There are points where it's No. 1, during the weakest part of the day for all the stations.
Mornings: Even among women, the morning show lags behind its competitors.
Tags: CFGL, CHMP, CHOM, CITE, CJAD, CJFM, CKAC, CKBE, CKGM, CKMF, CKOI, radio ratings
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21 thoughts on "Radio ratings: Good news for 98.5, The Beat and CHOM"
Charlie June 26, 2012 at 12:49 pm
BBM doesn't take WYUL or WBTZ into account?
Fagstein Post author June 26, 2012 at 1:43 pm
They're out-of-market stations. They're counted, along with all the stations that aren't BBM members, but they're not reported.
Eric June 27, 2012 at 12:22 pm
The weakness for TSN990 in the morning is a crew that is not sports oriented. They want to be funny and witty and smart alecky. But they come off as goofs, and honestly have nothing of value to say. Adding Ted Bird, a sports nobody, doesn't help. They should get people who know what they are saying, having 5 minutes with TSN Toronto personnel doesn't count.
People want to talk and listen to sports commentary and opinions not dumb ass comments about people that call in. Making fun of the people who listen to your show is not a great way of to increase your base of listeners.
Anyway, I've always said that station sounds like a high school radio. Nothing more nothing less. CHOM should try to give Melnick a show, he always wanted to be a DJ, why not replace that Butt guy. Then he could play all the crappy music he wants so we can listen to sports programs.
Everyone would be happy.
Sorry for the grammatical errors… I cannot go back and change them.
Sheldon June 27, 2012 at 4:57 pm
I have to agree that there has been a change in the quality of the TSN morning show and most of it happened with the departure of Denis Casavant. I stayed with the show after Casavant left, although I really found that the chemistry changed. Now that Ted Bird has joined the team, I'm finding it difficult to stay with. As you pointed out, they have indeed tried to make the show "funnier" but they have sacrificed a lot of quality sports-talk because of it. I'm sorry but the Don Scary and Revisionist History schtick, in my opinion, is just old and tired. I also have heard a few listeners being referred to as "loser" and "idiot" on the air because they took the time to either e-mail or text message the show with their opinions about the show. I guess listeners' opinions only count if they are in agreement with those of the hosts. Not very classy. I find that the same attitude unfortunately carries over into the Marinaro show as well.
I like Starr and Price together, but with Casavant included in the mix, it was certainly better. Now it seems, at least to me, that with Bird as a part of the team, they are almost trying to out-do each other rather than compliment each other. The "laugh-out-loud" style of yucking it up over each other's jokes, something that permeates most FM "morning zoo" style formats, has crept into the TSN morning show. That really wears very thin, very quickly.
I have always supported the station and I like the fact that they have given a lot of young, local people the opportunity to get on the radio and learn on the job, something that other stations in this market do not tend to do. Some of them are much better than others, but they are all trying very hard and I congratulate the station management for giving them the opportunity. What I always liked about the station in the past is that staff and management were, generally speaking, very open to comments, suggestions and criticism and often went out of their way to address the issues that were brought up to them.
I am a huge fan of the Melnick afternoon show. What I particularly enjoy is that it isn't just 100% sports. Melnick has often said that there are days when there just isn't a lot of sports going on and if he had to do 4 hours a day of nothing but sports, he probably wouldn't be doing the show. I think he has a finger on the pulse of the majority of his audience, and the ratings prove it. The show is heavy on sports when it needs to be, but he is a real pro at knowing how to balance it out and to offer entertainment and variety to his audience together with the sports.
I am not a huge sports fan, but I am a fan of quality radio. I hope that TSN 990 continues to examine itself closely and pays attention to the loyal following they have. It has served them well in the past.
Good points Sheldon,
I think that listening in the morning and getting off to a bad vibe kinda start ruins it for me. You are right, the zoo thing has been beaten like a dead horse.
Honestly, I get angry just listening to them out do each other.
And you are right, kudos for giving kids a chance, but I would let them get experience during the night in order to find their voice. Not during prime time.
As for Melnick, I have my issues with him. I wasn't a fan of bringing over Nilan but Chris has brought good points and gives the listener an insiders point of view. A bit like Momesso and Dollas. Which is what TSN is lacking. The listeners need more like them. People who played the game and can comment and say the way it is. Not make guesses and read what others say on other web sites.
Gazoo June 28, 2012 at 10:51 am
just curious of you think Mitch Melnick is any better? spends a good protion of his show playing music (Dylan and the likes). does this have anything to do with sports? He has his buddies McGuire and Lee talk for 15 minutes each chewing up another chunk of his show.
I agree with you regarding the morning show. Since Casavant has left, it has gone down hill. Shaun Starr drives me nuts and Bird brings nothing to the party in regards to sports.
further to Melnick, if there is not allot going on in sports (aka the Habs or hockey in general) there certainly are other sporting events going on… soccer, football, the summer Olympics are soon to begin, or perhaps even talk about local amateur athletes, promote them once in awhile.
To me, the Dylan schtick has grown old and tiring.
Eric June 29, 2012 at 9:18 am
Indeed. Imagine when Dylan dies ? OMG it will be a week long tribute and sh!t. Also his nobody singer songwriters. Seriously, people get this man a job elsewhere but on sports if he so wants to play music. Yes it's different but we want sports not music. If I want music I'll listen to my IPOD. Which is what I do in the mornings since TSN's morning show is so infuriating.
Happy Canada day…..
Fagstein Post author June 29, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Also his nobody singer songwriters.
You would prefer if he limited himself to only famous artists?
Eric July 3, 2012 at 8:50 am
Reply to Fagstein about nobody songwriters = NO MUSIC. If I want to hear some music I put on my Ipod in the car. I always had the impression that he was part of some music/tour company and was pushing those artists. I could be wrong.
BTW listened to the TSN morning show today and having Price back, is a breath of stale air…. Jeez there were at one point 4 people trying to get a word in (Price, Starr, Bird and some woman). Yup it's a zoo with all the same type of animals….
Neil K. July 3, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Mitch is indeed partner in a music promotion company called Billy Bob Productions. His company has brought several important, highly respected non-mainstream singer/songwriters to town (Steve Forbert, John Prine to name a couple) and I imagine he does play their music on his show to push the shows.
Bob June 27, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Is There ary news on when TSN 990 switches to 690?
Btw is there any news on whether or not CTV Montreal will ever get HD?
The plan is for the switch to happen in September.
Within the next year and a half. Beyond that, I don't have any updated information. The first steps will probably take place after the Olympics this summer, when CTV has some HD equipment and other resources it can offer to regional stations.
Clive July 4, 2012 at 2:32 am
The richest TV network in the country still can't get it's landmark newscast in HD for another 18 months. Jeeez.
Come on people, there are other options. Quit watching Pulse dammit!
Fagstein Post author July 4, 2012 at 3:48 am
CTV National News is already in HD and has been for quite some time.
Some people (about 200,000 or so) still seem to prefer having good content over having it in high definition.
How old is Mitsumi ? Seriously….Wikipedia doesn't even mention it. That's old.
I stopped watching Pulse as soon as I was able to push the buttons on my remote.
Bird Berdan from WPTZ was the BEST…. It always freaked me out to know they also broadcasted to the North Pole. I figured if Santa Claus can watch Bird, so can I.
Neil K. July 4, 2012 at 3:54 am
Nobody watches "Pulse" anymore. It hasn't been called "Pulse" in years.
Marc July 4, 2012 at 9:24 am
Quality of the newscast wins out over screen resolution. 480p is perfectly watchable; has been so for decades.
Aislen July 14, 2012 at 1:25 am
Not on my idiot box.
Peter November 23, 2012 at 9:49 am
Montreal radio has sucked for the 50 and up crowd since The Beat replaced Q92 many have gone to satellite radio, and they will never come back.


BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson has predicted West Ham to lost this weekend against Southampton.
West Ham travel down to the south coast for a 3pm Saturday kick-off as they prepare to take on Southampton at the St Mary's Stadium.
The Hammers will be looking to get back to winning ways after a disappointing 4-0 loss at Old Trafford on the opening day of the season left them bottom of the Premier League table.
They face Southampton, who drew their opening game 0-0 with Swansea.
In his weekly edition of predicting each Premier League game, Mark Lawrenson has stated that he believes West Ham will lose.
Lawro believes that the Hammers will slump to a 2-1 defeat against Southampton, who have a new manager in Mauricio Pellegrino.
"West Ham are on the road again – they are starting the season with three straight away games because London Stadium is not ready for matches after hosting the World Athletics Championships.
"That is not ideal anyway, but even less so after the manner of their 4-0 defeat at Manchester United on Sunday.
"Southampton made a better start with their draw against Swansea, but their problem was they did not really look like they were going to score despite having plenty of chances.


Ok, only one stripe. Just thought I'd update you on some of my crochet projects, some finished and some just started. I began making the above blanket last weekend. I wanted to have a go at rippling but I had 2 large (400g each!) balls of cream aran wool which needed using up - yes you guessed it, another charity shop bargain. I thought an all-one-colour ripple blanket might work, but once I'd started I realised that it may need a little help, hence the blue stripe. I will do another blue stripe at the other end of the blanket and, depending on how I feel once it is finished, I may embellish it further. I am sort of liking this blanket but I'm not loving it as the wool is not particularly soft. Hopefully it will soften up in the wash. But I am really enjoying rippling and once I'd learned the basics (not helped by reading the instructions after a couple of glasses of wine!) it is really easy to do and very relaxing whilst watching rubbish on the TV. Such an exciting life I lead.
This weekend I decided I would crochet some stars to make a Xmas garland (sorry, I said that word again) I used the star pattern on The Royal Sisters blog but I didn't do the last round as I didn't want the stars to be too big. I am really pleased with the colour combination - I used some wool left over from the rainbow stripe blanket.
I just need to make a chain to hold the stars together and sew some decorations on. This will brighten up our non-fireplace this Xmas!


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Santo Tomé (Corrientes), een plaats in de Argentijnse provincie Corrientes
 Santo Tomé (Santa Fe), een plaats in de Argentijnse provincie Santa Fe
 Santo Tomé (departement), een departement van de Argentijnse provincie Corrientes
 Santo Tomé (Jaén), een gemeente in de Spaanse provincie Jaén


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In a national poll conducted this summer by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), around 85% of emergency physicians reported a rise in ED violence in recent years, which they say has negatively impacted patient care and doctors.
Survey details and key findings
For the survey, Marketing General Incorporated (MGI) on July 25 asked over 30,000 current ACEP members to participate in the poll. After the poll was closed on Aug. 1, a total of 2,712 responses had been completed.
In their report, ACEP compared survey results from 2022 to findings from 2018.
Compared with 2018, a higher percentage of emergency physicians said they were physically assaulted in the ED in 2022 (55%), and a higher percentage said they witnessed the assault of another individual (79%). In addition, fewer emergency physicians said they did not experience or witness an assault in the ED in 2022.
When asked who committed the most recent assault emergency physicians witnessed, respondents indicated that almost all assaults were committed by patients. The findings related to who committed assault did not change significantly from 2018 to 2022. The study found that 98% of assaults were committed by patients in 2022, compared with 97% in 2018.
Emergency physicians reported that psychiatric patients and those seeking drugs or under the influence of drugs or alcohol are most often responsible for the assaults (42% and 40%, respectively).
The most common type of assault emergency physicians encountered in 2022 was verbal assault, with threats of violence, which was reported by 64% of respondents. Meanwhile, 40% of respondents reported hitting or slapping, 31% reported spitting, and 29% reported punching.
Following an assault in the ED, many physicians said they did not receive adequate support from hospitals and law enforcement. Many reported that hospitals' responses to violent events were minimal, with some escorting the perpetrator off the property or restraining them. However, many respondents said the hospital did not take any action.
According to the poll, the most common response to an assault was putting a behavioral red flag on the patients' charts (29%), followed by arrest (16%).
In 2022, almost nine in ten physicians agreed that violence in the ED harmed patient care (89%)—a figure that has increased significantly since 2018 (77%).
Roughly 85% of physicians said ED violence leads to increased wait times, while 60% said attacks often cause patients to leave the ED before they can receive care. Around 87% of physicians reported a loss of productivity, and 85% reported trauma or increased anxiety as a result of ED violence.
Jeremy Faust, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, said there should be harsher penalties for individuals who assault a physician in the ED.
"Emergency physicians and our colleagues don't choose our clients," Faust said. "We treat everyone, anytime, regardless of anything. I think that warrants added protection."
According to Chris Kang, president-elect of ACEP, frustration among patients, lack of access to care, and social isolation may all be contributing to increased violence between patients and hospital staff. "That's impacted the level of trust, and somewhere along the way that also erodes that quality of care that can be provided," he said.
Kang highlighted two pieces of federal legislation introduced in Congress intended to provide added protection to health care workers—the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act and the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act. However, he noted that hospitals need to track and report incidents and provide additional support to staff.
"Emergency medicine is hemorrhaging," said Alex Skog, president-elect of the Oregon chapter of ACEP. "Now more than ever, I fear that we will lose these frontline medical professionals, unless action to increase the accountability and add protection in emergency departments is addressed with the seriousness and urgency required to stem the tide of violence."
"At this time, given the current measures, given the current support that we have received from various stakeholders, unfortunately we believe this cycle is going to continue to rise," Kang added. "That overall not only affects us physically and emotionally and psychologically, but impacts the care that we need to deliver to you individually, as well as your communities." (D'Ambrosio, MedPage Today, 9/22; ACEP Emergency Department Violence Poll Results, accessed 9/23)
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import javax.xml.datatype.DatatypeFactory;
import javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class CalendarUtils {

    /**
     * Private constructor.
     */
    private CalendarUtils() {}

    /**
     * Creates a Date object from the string representation of unixtime in seconds.
     * @param unixTime the unixtime. If the argument is null, then epoch is returned.
     */
    public static Date getDate(String unixTime) {
        Date date;

        if(unixTime == null) {
            date = new Date(0);
        } else {
            date = new Date(Long.parseLong(unixTime)*1000);
        }
        return date;
    }

    /**
     * Turns a string representation of unix time into a XMLGregorianCalendar.
     * @param unixTime The unixtime. If the argument is null, then epoch is returned.
     * @return The XMLGregorianCalendar.
     */
    public static XMLGregorianCalendar getXmlGregorianCalendar(String unixTime) {
        return getXmlGregorianCalendar(getDate(unixTime));
    }

    /**
     * Turns a date into a XMLGregorianCalendar.
     * @param date The Date. If the argument is null, then epoch is returned.
     * @return The XMLGregorianCalendar.
     */
    public static XMLGregorianCalendar getXmlGregorianCalendar(Date date) {
        if(date == null) {
            date = new Date(0);
        }

        GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();
        try {
            gc.setTime(date);
            return DatatypeFactory.newInstance().newXMLGregorianCalendar(gc);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Could not convert the date '" + date + "' into the xml format.", e);
        }
    }
}


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