Friday, April 22, 2005
“Those who are in power are to be held responsible, and that includes me,” Canada’s Prime Minister, Paul Martin, told his nation in the first live address by a PM in ten years. “If so much as a dollar is found to have made its way into the Liberal Party for ill-gotten gains, it will be repaid to the people of Canada.” [1]
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper described Mr Martin’s broadcast as “a party leader playing for time, begging for another chance”.
“After the Prime Minister has shut down the democratic process here … my guess is there will be more people that are calling for some accountability, perhaps in the form of an election,” New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton said.
A series of opinion polls show that in an election held today, a minority Conservative government would probably result, reports The Australian.
Friday, May 7, 2010
US stock markets saw an unusually turbulent day yesterday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) losing almost a thousand points in thirty minutes, although later recovered somewhat to end the day with a smaller loss.
The DJIA had its worst fall since 1987, a drop of 9% or 998.50 points, before going back up a bit to close with a loss of 3.30% or 347.80 points to a level of 10,520. The Nasdaq fell 82.65 points or 3.44%, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped 3.24% or 37.75 points.
According to some reports, the quick loss happened because a trader mistyped an order to sell a large amount of stock, causing the stock price to go down enough to trigger orders to sell elsewhere in the market. (By the following day this theory had been abandoned.) Other reports suggested that the biggest markets “slowed” their executions when it became clear that computerized errors were occurring; as a result, the vast majority of buy orders were briefly withdrawn, allowing the free-fall to continue for several minutes.
| We don’t know what caused it. We know that that was an electronic trade […] and we’re looking into it | ||
Stock for the Procter & Gamble company fell almost 37% during the sell-off, about 75 minutes to the closing bell. An investigation started into whether any erroneous trades happened.
Procter & Gamble spokeswoman Jennifer Chelune spoke about the incident: “We don’t know what caused it. We know that that was an electronic trade […] and we’re looking into it with Nasdaq and the other major electronic exchanges.”
The Reuters news agency reports that, at their height, the losses cause equity values to lose $1 trillion.
Some stocks saw extreme, but short, changes; for instance, consulting firm Accenture saw its shares plummet from about $42 to four cents, although it later rebounded to close the day at $41.09.
Meanwhile, oil prices also dropped to lows not reached since February. Benchmark crude was down $2.86 to $77.11 in New York.
“The potential for giant high-speed computers to generate false trades and create market chaos reared its head again today,” said Delaware senator Edward Kaufman. “The battle of the algorithms — not understood by nor even remotely transparent to the Securities and Exchange Commission — simply must be carefully reviewed and placed within a meaningful regulatory framework soon.” Kaufman, along with senator Mark Warner from Virginia, called on Congress to investigate the cause of the mass sell-offs.
Nasdaq, meanwhile, says that all trades of stocks at prices 60% higher or lower than the preceding price at or around 2.40 PM “or immediately prior” are to be cancelled; it noted that it coordinated its move with the other exchanges.
Chief investment officer at Fort Pitt Capital Group Charlie Smith said: “I think the machines just took over. There’s not a lot of human interaction. We’ve known that automated trading can run away from you, and I think that’s what we saw happen today.”
In the past three days, the DJIA has lost 631 points, or 5.7%, mainly over concerns about Greece’s ailing, debt-burdened economy. Peter Boockvar an equity strategist for Miller Tabak, commented: “The market is now realizing that Greece is going to go through a depression over the next couple of years. Europe is a major trading partner of ours, and this threatens the entire global growth story.”
Handmade Christmas Gifts Your Family Will Love
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David Barnes
There are many types of gifts to give for Christmas to your family, but the greatest gift you can give is one that you have made yourself. It is a gift that will be cherished for years to come because you loved them enough to give the gift of your talents and time. Even if your not the most creative, or already have a developed hobby that you can do easily, you can still make a handmade gift if you start early enough to learn how to do it. Children can make wonderful crafts that anyone will love in the family. There is no limit on the different types of gifts you can make, and knowing the different choices are easy once you know how to theme it.
Anyone in the family that loves the comfy soft side of rest and relation will find useful gifts of the material type. Handmade pillows and quilts make great and useful gifts. If they love themed subjects, such as lighthouses, dogs, food or even steam engines, you can embroider or cross stitch interesting designs onto pillows for the couch or bed. Quilts can be a real heirloom because they can be any patch work design, or tailored to fit the interest of a family member. Young girls can put away a quilt for the hope chest with a wedding ring or flower design for their future home or apartment. Younger children whether boy or girl can be immediately enthralled with a homemade train set or wooden blocks. Little girls love to play house and a handy mom or dad might want to consider buying a precut dollhouse and assembling it before Christmas day. Later the girl in your life might love to go along with you to the hobby store to theme her home with the furniture and other necessities, such as curtains and little people.
Other types of gifts for the different family members need to include parents and grandparents. Depending on the age of the children they can make some sure fire popular gifts that will please mom. Dad can help a child by providing guidance and the supplies on a themed gift for mom and vice versa. A mom can certainly use any of the pampered gifts that a child could make. For example, a gift basket of mom’s favorite interests would be appropriate, such as candles and scented gift sachets for her clothing drawers, or even a collection of wrapped flavored coffees would make her smile too. A lot of moms like new recipes hand written or typed, and a child can paint and decorate a lovely recipe box that will make a busy mom very happy. Dads also appreciate hand made gifts, and mom and child can theme a gift for them too around their work or hobbies. Creating a personalized book on the computer for a dad that likes sports such as golf is a real keepsake for dad. Ideas and patterns can be used for dad to have his own homemade wooden jewelry chest from the child he loves. Wooden engraving sets can be found at hobby or discount stores such as K Mart. Lovingly engraving their initials or a pattern of their profession makes a nice gift to give from a child.
Grandparents are some of the easiest family members to make a gift for at Christmas time. If they live away they certainly appreciate any gift that they can display to show off, but even close by grand parents still cherish those gifts too. A family collaboration on homemade gifts can be items such as photo frames engraved and a new picture tucked inside, or children can make grand parents jewelry with craft products. Lovely pieces made with beads for grandmothers necklace or bracelet, and for a grand father handmade tie tacks, cuff links, or lapel pin will make him feel very dressed up for the holidays or anytime. Grand parents always love it when a scrap book is made by grand children, and they never get tired of admiring it either.
What ever gift you decide to make for your loved ones this Christmas season you will not go wrong in making it, even if there are a few blips when it is finished. The holidays are a time for giving the gift of love, and also for making a lot of precious memories and keepsakes that will be passed down from one generation to the next. Take the time to make a new tradition of giving hand made gifts not only this Christmas but for the years to come – you won’t regret it.
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By Shirley Tan
A bridal shower calls for a fun and enjoyable party for bride’s girl friends, sisters and colleagues. However, even the party host itself may tend to avoid too much expenses to build the party. Of course even if there is a budget constraint, you don’t want to compromise the fun and experience the bridal shower party may offer. Come to think of it, a bridal shower party should not cost too much for you, after all the party will still exist even if you don’t have a fancy limousine where to ride your guests or elegant venue just to let your guest stripper do his thing.
Having a simple and inexpensive plan and preparation for a bridal shower party can avoid pressure and headaches. Actually, there are choices of inexpensive shower accessories available in most local discount stores, even the Internet can give you lots of affordable choices you can have. There are affordable choices ranging from bridal shower invitations, menus, decorations to party favors. Favors for example are of different affordable choices to choose from, it can be a simple thank you card, candle favor, soap, chocolates, candies and the likes.
Thank you cards are composed of fancy papers, wordings and extra beauty of ribbons and other tiny accents. You may consider the Cherry Blossom Thank You Cards, simply beautiful cards to show appreciation to all the party guests. These cards comes in affordable price and are elegant and charming with their fresh floral look to classic wedding stationery. Or perhaps the Bridal Gifts Thank You Cards, with these cards you’ll be able to extend your sentiment of thanks in every language with style. These Bridal Thank You Cards are just what you will need after the shower party.
Another option to give for the party guests are favor boxes. Favor boxes aren’t only beautiful little souvenirs but they can make an affordable option as well. There are different favor boxes that comes with different sizes, colors, and themes. Often, these favors are filled with small items like candies, mints, chocolates, bath salt, candles, soaps and others. These were then tied with fancy ribbons to add extra effect. Consider the Truffle Favor Boxes, come in white boxes and are perfect for weddings and so as bridal shower parties. These boxes can be filled tasteful treats, you can then spruce them up with colorful ribbons. These boxes can hold anything, from wonderful grand size chocolate truffles, colorful almonds, and even fragrant ideas of scented candles and soaps. Or for more cheaper option, you can have these Clear Favor Boxes. These boxes can display colorful sweet temptations with some additional of decorative touch to your party theme of color motif. You can fill them with colorful candies, mints coated almonds and colorful soaps and candles.
Other simple and affordable option can be tea party favors, coffee favors, engravable compact mirrors, purses and the like. Engravable mirrors ables you to personalize the party souvenirs, the same thing with monogrammed purses, tote bags and clutches. These are all widely available at your local wedding favor stores, all you need to do is to find the most reliable store where you can buy these affordable choices.
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By John Deeprose
When I first heard about this business, I was excited not only about its unique angle but the fact that you could build a HUGE repeat subscription base selling into specific niche markets.
Lets face it EVERYBODY buys magazines. I buy them by the bucket load, Music magazines, Computer magazines, Alternative Lifestyle etc. So when I read about a brand new guide that is the only information of its kind available online, then I decided I needed to check it out.
Magazine subscriptions are the ideal Ebay product as they require:
NO packing
NO Shipping
No Storing
No negative cash flow
Heaps of niche areas to exploit in the Ebay marketplace
Whilst the above is fantastic in itself, what really amazed me about this opportunity is the fact that there are more than 1,500 magazine subscriptions that equal recurring sales, and profit margins can be up to 5,000 per cent. There are even some titles that publishers will pay YOU to get rid of. It seems that the advertiser revenue props up the publication and there is a real financial incentive to get it into the marketplace.
I have digested all the information regarding this business, and it took me longer than it should, as I brainstormed tons of angles with which anybody could make a nice few hundred dollars a week both on Ebay and off it. I often have a tough time trying to match a product to the market its aimed at, but I really felt with this business that the guide not only fully explained, without padded nonsense, how to exploit the power of Ebay in magazine subscription selling, but also gave me a few ideas to make a good income in other areas.
I have to say, that as a business opportunity thats very low cost and potentially very lucrative, this guide is brilliant, but what really floats my boat about the whole deal is that its both interesting AND has a potentially massively recurring customer base that both want and can afford the product offered.
While I was reviewing this guide my 13 year old son was hogging the sofa opposite my PC surrounded by the latest Heavy Metal and Warhammer magazines, and I had to smile at the irony as one of those magazine subscriptions was a present 2 years ago and my wife and I had one heck of a job finding out where the publication was actually sold, and it sells many thousands of copies a month!!
I myself have several subscriptions that I avidly look forward to receiving each month, and if you pinned me down I wouldnt be able to tell you when I took them out, I just enjoy the magazines. I do remember though that 2 of my monthly received titles were originally gifts that I renewed the subscription on as I am interested in the niche content, and I couldnt be bothered to go down to the local news store and spend the time asking the news guy to find the title and sign up for it!!
Being a writer means that I have a bit of a love affair with the written word so I can see myself getting into this business as a nice easy-to-run sideline, and also because it means I can keep tabs on the industry publications and see what people are interested in reading about.
So on a personal and business level, I think its fair to say that I rate this opportunity very much, and I think that there is plenty of scope for an enterprising individual to make the hundreds of dollars a day claimed by the guides authors.
I do recommend this guide fully as I have NEVER read anything similar to this and the author has gone to great lengths to help anyone interested in the opportunity to make a success of it in the form of ongoing customer support.
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Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Glen Stollery is a New Zealand website developer who created the site ScienTOMogy.info in mid 2005. The site, which is a parody of Tom Cruise and his involvement with the Church of Scientology, became the centre of controversy when it was served with a number of cease and desist orders initiated by the Church. On March 19, 2006, Glen issued a media release stating that his web hosting provider, YouTube, had removed videos of Tom Cruise which formed part of the site. The release suggested that YouTube had taken this action under external pressure from Cruise or Viacom.
Responding to a query by Wikinews reporters, YouTube stated “We have not received a DMCA notification letter from Viacom.” The Church of Scientology was offered the opportunity to respond to the claims made by Stollery during the interview. No reply was received.
This exclusive interview deals with these issues and others relating to the website. It was conducted with Glen via email between March 21 and April 3, 2006.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
An autopsy performed on Tuesday revealed that the late Boyzone singer Stephen Gately “had died of natural causes”.
Officials from the Spanish island of Majorca that Stephen had suffered from an accumulation of fluid on the lungs, or as it is known in scientific terms, a pulmonary edema. The 33-year-old singer was found dead on a sofa in the lounge of his apartment. He had been out of the accommodation for the night while he was partying with Andrew Cowles, who was his partner.
There was a court hearing held earlier today in Majorca. The hearing only lasted for a short time. The judge had decided that the family of Stephen Gately would be allowed to take his body back to the Republic of Ireland, the country in which Gately grew up and had lived in, by plane. After discovering Stephen’s death, the other members of Boyzone took a plane flight to Majorca, so as to comfort Andrew Cowles. They have now flown back to their homes.
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Philadelphia is one of the leading cities in the United States and there is increasing demand for residential real estate here. The city offers the perfect combination of work opportunities and avenues for learning, sports and entertainment, making it a very attractive place to live. It is very important to get a good Philadelphia realtor in order to locate the best possible property to buy or rent. A good Philly realtor will have detailed knowledge of the most suitable neighborhood for a client to live in. A good Philly realtor will have detailed knowledge of the most suitable neighborhood for a client to live in.
Philadelphia has many unique and interesting areas and it is important to know what distinguishes one from the other. A person looking for luxury accommodation, preferably in close proximity to upscale dining and shopping options, should definitely consider the area around Rittenhouse Square. This area is also perfect for families with children, because of its many open spaces and green areas. Pet owners also like this area for the same reason. Washington Square is another of Philadelphias original five open-space parks that give the city much of its character and beauty. Pet owners also like this area for the same reason. Washington Square is another of Philadelphias original five open-space parks that give the city much of its character and beauty.
Philadelphia is renowned for its unique architecture dating to the 18th and 19th centuries. People love its charming and roomy brick townhouses, particularly if they are located on quaint cobblestone streets. Society Hill has many such townhouses as does Queen Village. Both these areas have plenty of restaurants, cafes and shops. Incidentally, Queen Village is the oldest residential area in the city. Society Hill has many such townhouses as does Queen Village. Both these areas have plenty of restaurants, cafes and shops. Incidentally, Queen Village is the oldest residential area in the city.
Philly realtors get plenty of requests for houses in the Graduate Hospital area which is part of Southwest Center City. Even though it gets its name from the Penn Medicine center situated here, this area is also known as South of South, Naval Square or even So-so, and it is also a very popular residential district because of the many options it offers.
A really good Philadelphia realtor will take the trouble to gauge the clients needs and budget before suggesting various residential options. After all, people do not like having to go through the trouble of moving again and again because of family and work commitments. In addition, house hunters rarely have time to go looking for houses and would prefer to be presented with a customized list of homes to look at. It makes a great deal of sense to locate the most suitable Philly realtor before one starts the process of looking for a house. It makes a great deal of sense to locate the most suitable Philly realtor before one starts the process of looking for a house.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
The U.S. electoral college voted on Monday to place Republican businessman Donald Trump in the presidency.
In most election years, this is a formality. However, with Trump’s loss of the popular vote by a margin of 2.7 million, allegations of Russian hacking, and concerns, such as those expressed by Texas elector Christopher Suprun that Trump “shows daily he is not qualified for the office,” liberal voters and anti-Trump protest groups had hoped the electors would deny Trump the 270 votes he would need to be inaugurated on January 20.
The president-elect issued a statement: “This election represents a movement that millions of hard working men and women all across the country stood behind and made possible. With this historic step we can look forward to the bright future ahead. I will work hard to unite our country and be the president of all Americans. Together, we will make America great again.”
Trump received 304 of the 306 votes he had been pledged and Hillary Clinton 227 of 232 for a total of seven faithless electors. Five whose constituencies went for Clinton voted for former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Bernie Sanders or Faith Spotted Eagle who opposed the Keystone Pipeline. Two Republican electors, both from Texas, whose votes were slated for Trump engaged in a protest vote, one for Ohio governor John Kasich and one for Ron Paul. Several other Democrats and one Republican who had announced their intentions in advance were either replaced or resigned.
While tradition dictates that electors must vote according to their constituencies, only 29 U.S. states and the District of Columbia actually have laws requiring them to do so, and there is no constitutional or federal law on the matter. In the remaining 21 states, electors are technically permitted to cast their votes as they see fit. No faithless elector has ever been prosecuted.