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* TSX rises 5.13 points, or 0.04 percent, to 12,509.94 * TransCanada shares rise 2 percent * First Quantum shares drop nearly 4 percent amid takeover battle By John Tilak Jan 9 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index was little changed on Wednesday as optimism on Alcoa Inc's outlook and a rise in TransCanada Corp shares after the company won a large contract were tempered by caution about the outlook for global growth. TransCanada shares rose 2 percent to C$48.22 after the country's largest pipeline operator revealed plans to build a C$5 billion line for Progress Energy Canada in British Columbia. However, the gains in the market were kept in check as investors remained wary about the fiscal situation in the United States and ahead of policy meetings of European central banks. Investors are keeping a close eye on whether the fiscal cliff talk in the fourth quarter affected earnings numbers and on the projections companies will be making, said Elvis Picardo, strategist and vice president of research at Global Securities in Vancouver. "This is the first indication we are going to get from many of the bellwether companies about how they see 2013 shaping up," he said. Alcoa, the largest aluminum producer in the United States, said on Tuesday it expects demand for the metal to grow in 2013, helped in part by strong sales to aerospace and construction customers. "It's Alcoa's earnings yesterday that's setting the mood. If the earnings season can show itself as relatively positive or better-than-expected, the mood can really solidify on that," said Serge Pepin, vice president of investment strategy at BMO Asset Management Canada. At midafternoon, the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 5.13 points, or 0.04 percent, at 12,509.94. Six of the 10 main sectors on the index were down. "Though we've gone through averting the fiscal cliff, investors still feel anxious about the first quarter of this year. Europe has not gone away, although we're seeing some stability there," Pepin said. Spain and Italy will hold their first debt sales of the year on Thursday, revealing the depth of demand for peripheral euro zone debt. The Spanish auction could also offer clues on the timing of a much-anticipated request by the government for international financial aid. The materials sector, which includes mining stocks, shed 0.2 percent, with gold and silver prices slipping. "Commodities continue to be a drag. As a result, the TSX has begun the year looking like it's probably going to lag the S&P 500 for the third year running," Picardo said. "Commodity prices are caught in a slump. But that is unlikely to improve until we have concrete evidence of a turnaround in the global economy," he added. Miner Goldcorp Inc was down 1.7 percent, at C$35.22, and Kinross Gold fell 1.7 percent to C$9.23. First Quantum Minerals Ltd gave back 3.7 percent to C$20.74 after the Canadian base metal miner took its takeover bid for smaller rival Inmet Mining Corp to the target company's shareholders. The energy sector was down slightly as TransCanada's gains were offset by a 1.3 percent fall in Enbridge Inc and a 1.2 percent decline in Canadian Natural Resources. Oil prices also fell and weighed on the group.


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Surat Shabd Yoga: The Surest Way of Reining in the Mind!
Surat Shabd Yoga is the Surest Way of Reining in the Mind!
- Swami Achyutanand Ji
Translated Excerpts from the book "Bindu-Nada
Dhyan" authored by SwamI Achyutanand Ji
-Translated by Pravesh K. Singh
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It is essential to practise bindudhyAn, drishTi- yoga or the Yoga of Inner Light before doing nAdaDhyAn, because with continued practice of drishTiyoga (Yoga of Light) the ability to do nAda dhyAn is gained. The mind gets completely controlled with nAdadhyAn. The mind does not merely get controlled, it rather dies down. Sant Charandas Ji has depicted it exquisitely:
"jabase anahad ghora sunI |
indri thakit galit mana hUA, AshA sakal bhunI||"
[Since when I perceived the Divine Sound ricocheting within, all the organs became completely exhausted, the mind melted, and all the cravings were roasted. ]
How did this happen? He further elaborates,
"ghUmat naina shithil bhayi kAyA, amal jo surat sanI |
roma roma Ananda upaj kari, Alas sahaj bhanI ||"
That means, on turning the drishTi inwardly (i.e. practising drishTiyoga), and on perceiving the inner sound, the body turned motionless, every pore of it got soaked in divine bliss, and all lethargy, quite naturally, fled away.
It is why Kabir Sahab taught,
"shabda khoji mana basa karai, sahaja yoga hai yehi |
satta shabda nija sAra hai, yaha to jhUThI dehi ||"
[Subjugate the mind by finding the (inner) sound; this is the sahaja (natural) yoga. |
The True or Unstruck Word is our essence; this body of ours is otherwise illusory or impermanent ||]
Sant Charandas Ji further says,
"karate anahad dhyAn ke, Brahma rUpa hoi jAya |
Charandas yon kahata hai, bAdhA saba miT jAya ||"
[By meditating on the Word, the practiser becomes the same as God or Brahman. |
Doing this way, says Charandas Ji, all obstacles are removed. ||]
In NAdavindUpanishad it has been said about the Nada DhyAn that,
"sarvachintAm samutsrijya sarvachesTA vivarjitah |
nAdamevAnusandAdhyAnnAde chittam vilIyate ||
nAdAsaktam sadA chittam vishayam na hi kAnkshati |"
That is, discarding all worries and all efforts one should mainly focus on the exploration of nAda; by doing thus the mind gets dissolved in the nAda, and the mind thus absorbed in the nAda does not crave anymore for the sensory objects.
NAda itself is Brahma. We should absorb our mind in this very nAda. ShrimadAdya Shankaracharya has stated in Yogataravali:
"sadA shivoktAni sapAdalakshyalayAvadhAnAni vasanti loke |
nAdAnusandhAna samAdhimekam manyAmahe mAnyatamam layAnAm ||
nAdAnusandhan namostu tubhyam tvam manmahe tattvapadam layAnAm |
bhavatprAsAdAt pavanena sAkam vilIyate VishNupade mano me ||
sarva chintAm parityajya sAvadhAnena chetasA |
nAda evAnusandheyo yoga sAmrAjyamichchhatA ||"
[Lord Shiva has listed 1,25,000 ways for dissolution of mind. |
Amongst these nAdAnusandhAna (meditation on the inner sound) is the best as well as the easiest way. ||
I bow to thee, O nAda! For you lift me on to the highest throne. |
It is only with your grace that my prANa-vAyu (vital life-air) and my mind get dissolved in the highest plane of the Supreme Lord. ||
(Therefore,) renouncing all sorts of worries and with an alert & focussed mind...|
Those who yearn for the union with the Highest should meditate on the Divine Sound within. ||]
Balayogi Shri Bala Swami Ji Maharaj has beautifully expressed his views regarding nAda-dhyAna, "This is such a means that enables us easily experience that supreme bliss that is our very own. NAda has a unique power. All of us know of the joy we experience while listening to melodious music in the outer world, but so unique & unparallel is the bliss of this inner melody that the mind gets completely dissolved, and all its cravings get annihilated.
"indriyANAm manonAtho manonAthastu mArutah |
mArutasya layo nAthah sa layo nAdamAshritah ||"
[Mind is the master of all the organs; prANavAyu is the lord of the mind |
`manolaya' (dissolution or absorption of mind) is the boss of prANavAyu, and this dissolution is accomplished with the help of nAda or the inner sound.||]
Perseverant practice of nAdAnusandhAna leads to the dissolution of the mind. By sitting in a proper posture and consistently practising to look within, with the eyes closed, one gets to listen to the nAda."
[Kalyana Yoganka, p 325]
Shruti Bhagvati is very lucid on nAda-dhyAna:
"vAgevArtha pashyati vAgbravIti vAgevArthe sannihitam santanoti |
vAchaiva vishvam bahurUpam nibaddham tadetadekam pravibhajyopbhunkte |
vAgeva vishvA bhuvanAni jagye vAcha itsarvamamritam martyam cha ||"
[We conceive the meaning through word only, speak word only, and elaborate the meaning implicit in the word only. |
Through word alone is this world divided into numerous forms; we take out a part of that and enjoy (use). |
The world has grown out of word only; word alone is the elixir as well as death. ||]
Sant Kabir sings prolific praise of shabda-sAdhanA or nAda-dhyAna:
"Kabir shabda sarIr mein, bin gun bAjai tAnt |
bAhar bhItar rami rahA, tAtein chhoTI bhrAnti ||
shabda shabda bahu antarA, shabda sAra kA sIr |
shabda shabda kA khojanA, shabda shabda kA pIr ||
shabda shabda bahu antarA, sAra shabda chita deya |
jA shabdai sAhaba milai, soi shabda gahi leya ||
shabda shabda sab koi kahai, wo to shabda videha |
jibhyA par Awai nahIn, nirakhi parakhi kari deh ||
shabda hamArA Adi ka, pala pala kariye yAda |
anta falaigI mAnhi kI, bAhar kI sab bAda ||
yahi baDAi shabda kI, jaise chumbak bhAya |
binA shabda nahin ubarai, ketA karai upAya ||
shabda binA sruti AndharI, kaho kahAn ko jAya |
dvAra na pAvai shabda kA, firi firi bhaTakA khAya ||"
[The word, says Kabir Sahab, keeps ringing in the body |
It is pervading within & without; this alone can destroy all the confusions ||
There are many words, each different from the other, the quintessential word is the crown of all. |
One word is explored through the other, as one word is the Guru of (or leads to) the other. ||
Words are much different from each other; focus yourself on to the Quintessential Word. |
Grasp that Word that would take you to the Supreme Lord. ||
Though everyone talks of the word, that Word is without a body. |
The tongue can't pronounce it; it has to be perceived within thebody. ||
Word has been there before we came into being, remember (meditate on) it constantly.|
This word alone that is found within would prevail in the end, rest all being of least significance. ||
The beauty of the Word is that it acts like a magnet does. |
One can't be liberated without the Word however hard one might try. ||
The soul is blind without the Word, knowing not whither to go. |
Not finding the Word, it keeps wandering again & again. ||]

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Cisco Catalyst 2950
I did the configuration and ran this command.
sh run.
current configuration : 2790 bytes
version 12.1
no service pad
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
no service password-encryption
hostname SW2950BLDG2-48PORTS
enable secret 5 $1$xaBB$JHolSBxDqRrv8CB7ayLTG.
enable password blank
ip subnet-zero
spanning-tree mode pvst
no spanning-tree optimize bpdu transmission
spanning-tree extend system-id
interface FastEthernet0/1
no ip address
interface FastEthernet0/48
no ip address
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
no ip address
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
no ip address
interface Vlan1
ip address 10.1.10.3 255.0.0.0
no ip route-cache
ip default-gateway 10.1.10.1
ip http server
line con 0
exec-timeout 0 0
line vty 0 4
password blank
I ran this command and got this RESULT:
SW2950BLDG2-48PORTS#ping 10.1.10.1
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.10.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
Success rate is 0 percent (0/5)
W2950BLDG2-48PORTS#ping 10.1.10.3
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.10.3, timeout is 2 seconds:
Success rate is 0 percent (0/5)
I don't know why doesn't it reply on ping?
I decide to connect a laptop on Port 1 of this Switch and configure the laptop ethernet properties manually set to "10.1.10.254, 255.0.0.0 and 10.1.10.1.
I got request time out. I was hoping to get a ping response from SWITCH interface.
00:21:20: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to up
00:21:22: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1, chang
ed state to up
I want to connect to SWITCH interface via Browsers from my laptop.
What am i doing wrong????
Thanks for your help !!!
3 Replies
Mar 18, 2008 at 1:56 UTC
One thing I noticed right off the bat is that you have no IP set for interface FastEthernet0/1 (no ip address). Also, did you do a 'write mem' to save your settings? You also need to set the subnetmaks on the gateway. One more off the top of my head, I believe you have to use IE to access the GUI, I could be wrong on that since I'm more of a command line person and have only used the GUI on Cisco a hand full of times.
Also, I would set a password on your switch, leaving it blank is a BAD idea.
Mar 18, 2008 at 4:23 UTC
It worked! It worked, I am so excited...
This is what I did.
My Vlan1 interface was shutdown. I didn't notice that earlier. I have all the IP address, Subnet and Gateway assigned but it was shutwdown.
So I typed Config.
Configuring from terminal, memory, or network [terminal]? terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
and then the following
SW2950BLDG2-48PORTS(config)#interface vlan1
SW2950BLDG2-48PORT(config-if)#no shutdown
1d06h: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Vlan1, changed state to up
Press Ctrl+Z
Building configuration...
W2950BLDG2-48PORTS#ping 10.1.10.3
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.10.3, timeout is 2 seconds:
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/4 ms
Now it is working ....as u can see..
Mar 18, 2008 at 4:33 UTC
That was going to be my next question, I suppose it should have been my first ;-)
A quick way to check this is to do a sh cdp nei (show cdp neighbor).
I'm glad to hear you got it working!
This discussion has been inactive for over a year.
You may get a better answer to your question by starting a new discussion.


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Direct observation and extensive sampling in ancient margins exposed in the Alps, combined with drill-hole and geophysical data from the present-day Iberia margin, result in new concepts for the strain evolution and near-surface response to lithospheric rupturing at magma-poor rifted margins. This paper reviews data and tectonic concepts derived from these two margins and proposes that extension, leading to thinning and final rupturing of the continental lithosphere, is accommodated by three fault systems, each of them characterized by a specific temporal and spatial evolution during rifting of the margin, by its fault geometry, and its surface response. The data presented in this paper suggest that margin architecture and distribution of rift structures within the future margin are controlled first by inherited heterogeneities within the lithosphere leading to a contrasting behaviour of the future distal and proximal margins during an initial stage of rifting. The place of final break-up appears to be determined early in the evolution of the margin and occurs where the crust has been thinned during a first stage to less than 10 kilometres. During final break-up, the rheology of the extending lithosphere is controlled by the thermal structure related to the rise of the asthenosphere and by serpentinization and magmatic processes.


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Kylie's Journal was a mere log of Kylie's day to day activities until it was destroyed.
Eduardo Rivera once asked Kylie about the stain on her journal's back cover, joking it was blood in relation to the recurring joke she was a vampire. Kylie didn't take too well to the joke and stormed off. In what became an alternate timeline, Kylie continued to write in her journal after Tempus took over the world. A past version of Kylie took back the journal after Tempus tried to steal it. Kylie found a message left by Garrett Miller to dig for a Proton Pack in a spot in Central Park. When Tempus complicated matters, Roland Jackson wrote a new message. Back in the present, Eduardo Rivera and Garrett were tempted to learn about their future but Kylie ultimately decided to blast her journal with a Particle Thrower.
- The stain on the back cover was from when Pagan knocked over a glass of grape juice. [1]
- On page four of Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #14, the Kylie's Journal makes a non-canon cameo on the table by Egon.
- On page 11 of Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #17, Kylie's Journal makes a non-canon cameo in the Firehouse's R&D lab on the table Kylie works at.
- On page six of Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #19, Kylie's Journal makes another non-canon cameo as on the table.
- ↑ Kylie Griffin (2009). Extreme Ghostbusters- Be Careful What You Wish For (1997) (DVD ts. 3:00-3:02). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Kylie says: "Pagan knocked over a glass of grape juice, if you must know."


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These are stories Report on Business is following Thursday, May 30, 2013.
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S&P could downgrade Ontario
One of the world's major credit ratings agencies warns of challenges ahead for the Ontario government, with a possible downgrade this year.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services held Ontario's long-term rating at AA-, but raised questions about whether Premier Kathleen Wynne's minority government can meet its cost goals.
(Earlier, the agency released an inaccurate statement saying it also cut its outlook for the province to "negative" from "stable." In fact, that happened a year ago, and S&P has since corrected the inaccuracy.)
"The negative outlook reflects our view regarding the minority legislature's ability in the next one to two years to meet what we view as aggressive cost containment targets necessary for the debt burden to peak in fiscal 2015 as planned," S&P said of the province's budget goals.
"We believe the province's main credit challenges include its continuing weak budgetary and debt metrics and what we view as its aggressive cost-containment plan required to achieve budgetary balance by fiscal 2018."
As S&P also warned last year, there's a one-in-three chance it would lower the long-term rating, by one notch, within the next year, S&P warned, which would spell trouble for the province.
"A downgrade could occur should we come to believe that the debt burden started trending materially above our base-case scenario projection of a tax-supported debt burden of about 250 per cent as a share of consolidated operating revenues by the end of fiscal 2015," the U.S. agency said.
"This could occur as a result of rising economic or fiscal pressures, for example, due to lower-than-anticipated economic growth or the government's inability to continue to rein in spending," it added.
"Conversely, we could revise the outlook to stable if we saw that the government was able to meet or exceed its targets for its budgetary and debt burden metrics in the next fiscal year, and remain on course to attain its goal of budgetary balance by fiscal 2018."
Ontario, whose debt is projected to top $271-billion this year, forecasts a deficit of $11-billion, or 1.7 per cent of gross domestic product, in its 2013-14 fiscal year.
"In our opinion, the rate of growth of Ontario's debt burden remains a concern, as it is already at the high end of the range for similarly rated domestic and international peers," S&P said.
The agency did say that the government's projections for economic growth – 1.5 per cent this year – is "reasonably cautious." That's a good sign given that economic growth "underpins" the fiscal forecast.
Ontario faces uncertainty on several fronts, notably its ties to the U.S. economy and Toronto's sinking housing market.
"We expect U.S. demand for Ontario goods and services to improve, although more clearly so in the latter half of 2013 and into 2014 with the U.S. fiscal uncertainty easing further," senior economist Robert Hogue of Royal Bank of Canada said in his most recent forecast for the province.
He projects Ontario's economy will expand by 1.6 per cent this year and 2.8 per cent in 2014, with a slower pace of construction and unemployment running at 7.6 per cent and 7.3 per cent, respectively.
Toronto-Dominion Bank economists also see a "gradual cooling" in real estate this year and next, but "encouraging prospects for a healthier U.S. economy towards the end of 2013 bode well for the province."
And though a better fiscal picture this year is "encouraging," it doesn't "detract from the daunting task of returning to budgetary balance by fiscal 2017-18," TD said.
RBC, CIBC profits climb
Two of Canada's major banks have put some spark in the financial services sector today, with increases in second-quarter profits.
Royal Bank of Canada posted a profit of $1.94-billion or $1.27 a share, just missing analysts' estimates, The Globe and Mail's Tim Kiladze reports. That compared to $1.5-billion or 99 cents a year earlier.
When you take out unusual items, RBC's latest profit was $1.97-billion or $1.29.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, in turn, beat analyst estimates, The Globe and Mail's Tara Perkins writes, as second-quarter profit climbed to $876-million or $2.12 a share from $811-million or $1.90 a year earlier.
CIBC also boosted its dividend, by 2 pennies, to 96 cents.
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As Governor Mark Carney counts down the minutes to his departure from the Bank of Canada, Bank of Nova Scotia economists have graded his shortened term: B+ and "incomplete."
"I'm often asked what grade I'd give BoC Governor Carney for his term in office," said Derek Holt, vice-president at Scotiabank Economics.
"I've remarked that I would lean toward grading his efforts as incomplete. In fact I can't see any other more sensible choice."
Mr. Carney, who will succeeded by Stephen Poloz, has won world renown during his five years at Canada's central bank, for how he guided the country through the financial storm and how he has taken a leadership role in global bank supervision.
Sometimes described as the rock star of central banking, Mr. Carney leaves with a strong reputation.
Mr. Holt doesn't dispute that - he says Mr. Carney "served his country well" - but he does raise several issues, the first of which is that the central bank chief is cutting short what was supposed to be a seven-year term to become governor of the Bank of England.
"A governor signs on to a seven-year stint for a reason in that it is supposed to carry one through all or the majority of a cycle," Mr. Holt said. "… Now one may counter that he is so bright that he finished the coursework and defence of his thesis ahead of schedule. I think that's cute in an academic sense, but impractical for the role at hand."
The Scotiabank economist makes several other points in his research note today:
1. On what he has accomplished, Mr. Carney probably deserves a B+. "There is no doubting that he is a polished communicator, has catapulted Canada to the forefront of global discussions on capital adequacy and experimentation in monetary policy, and to boot he's a heck of an affable guy … But let's review the matters of policy substance. First, recall that Carney did not start the BoC's easing campaign, as the BoC under Governor [David] Dodge had cut 50 basis points before Carney took office and did so whilst warning of sharp and deleterious global imbalances. While Carney is often given all of the credit for having tackled the global crisis, the ball had been set in motion by the many bright lights at the BoC before his first decision. Carney did, however, have the foresight to keep cutting and along an aggressive path in recognition of the global headwinds that were sweeping through Canada. He could have dithered, but instead acted decisively and with the requisite confidence to deliver the goods."
2. To his credit, he "avoided quantitative easing and credit easing … . The fact that Carney avoided this temptation is probably his single biggest unsung accomplishment in my opinion. Canada restructured itself the old fashioned way in the 1990s by paying its bills rather than resorting to the printing presses. It would have been a shame if the hard currency appeal of having avoided QE in the past had been squandered in this cycle, so kudos to Carney."
3. Also in his favour was his ability to help unfreeze Canada's asset-backed commercial paper.
4. Not only that, but "add to the list of accolades Carney's willingness to think outside of the box and to entertain such contributions from others."
5. Why the "incomplete" grade? "Our main argument is that since monetary policy operates with notoriously long, variable and highly uncertain lags, the jury is out on what Carney's actions are leaving behind for incoming governor-designate Poloz to face. Assessing Carney's impact doesn't stop upon cutting the rug to the door. Indeed, cut Poloz some slack going forward, as he inherits the consequences of decisions made over recent years. We have a view on how those risks will pan out, but at a minimum one cannot judge how effectively Carney served in his role without knowing with certainty what he is leaving behind on this side of the pond and it is premature to put a grade on this."
The housing market is also an issue for Mr. Holt.
First, the Bank of Canada backed Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's tightening of the mortgage market, which many believe is leading to a soft landing for real estate.
Mr. Holt, however, believes the "sleepy mortgage market" needed to be spiced up when banks became more innovative.
"But, I believe that after having eased as such and elevated housing activity to unsupportable heights, the rules were then tightened too much and too quickly at the precise all-time peak in the housing and consumer markets," he said, projecting that real estate would have cooled on its own.
"By counselling very aggressive tightening at a relatively late stage of the game given that Carney ramped up his warnings on household debt really only in the very recent past, the consequences are only just emerging by way of the magnified risks of a hard landing," he added.
Mr. Carney has, of course, been warning about the record levels of consumer debt, going so far as to warn of a rate hike if we didn't get our act in gear.
But, Mr. Holt noted, these "excesses" were driven partly by the ultralow interest rates during Mr. Carney's time.
"This is a policy catch-22 and I have a lot of sympathy for the view that there was no real other choice, lest [the Canadian dollar] be trading at double par against the [U.S. dollar] on a several hundred basis point overnight spread in the absence of those cuts," he said.
"We realize that it may have been either an undesired or unintended consequence to have fed housing and consumption excesses," he added.
"But just as a basic legal tenet is to hold accountable individuals for the full ramifications of their actions howsoever intended they may or may not have been, so too should the same apply in judging the all-around efficacy of policy measures."
Until it all washes out, the Scotiabank economist said, you can't give a completed grade.
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CMHC pulls back
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is continuing to shrink its business, as the government seeks to reduce its exposure to the housing market, The Globe and Mail's Tara Perkins reports.
The amount of insurance that the Crown corporation had in force ticked down by $3.5-billion, to $562.6-billion, during the first three months of the year.
The figure falls as consumers pay down insured mortgages and rises when CMHC sells new insurance.
Tokyo plunges
Japan is again the focus of market attention today after Tokyo stocks plunged into correction territory.
Other markets are faring far better.
Tokyo's Nikkei sank 5.2 per cent, on the heels of tremendous turmoil for the benchmark index, which, despite that, is still up about 30 per cent so far this year.
"All in all, there would appear to be a small element of 'panic' in the recent Nikkei plunge, the halt in [yen] weakness and U.S. equity market strength and the move up in U.S. mortgage rates," said Stephen Gallo, Bank of Montreal's European chief of foreign exchange strategy.
"However, we tend to view much of this as a very welcome and healthy development," he added in a research note.
"Nevertheless, the element of 'panic' should not be entirely ignored either, given that the liquidity surplus-deficit analysis would suggest that as [the Fed's quantitative easing program] tapering begins, without Japanese investors heavily involved in foreign asset markets, the offsetting Japanese liquidity to make up for what the Fed is withdrawing may simply not be there."
European stocks, however, rose, while the S&P 500, Dow Jones industrial average and Toronto's S&P/TSX composite are gaining ground.
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It's getting harder by the day to keep track of gadgetry as the world goes increasingly mobile.
Samsung Electronics Co. today unveiled the Galaxy S4 mini, with a 4.3-inch screen, a device aimed at the mid-segment market.
Apple Inc. is also expected to launch a cheaper device.
Just yesterday, Google Inc.'s Motorola business unveiled plans for the Moto X phone, also an attack on Apple.
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ExxonMobil on climate change
Some quotes are more memorable than others.
Here's what the chief executive officer of ExxonMobil Corp. told shareholders yesterday:
"What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?"
Rex Tillerson was responding to issues raised by environmental activists, who, according to reports of the annual meeting, wanted the world's biggest oil company to establish greenhouse gas emission targets.
Shareholders voted that down, by 3 to 1. They also nixed a proposal to ban discrimination where sexual orientation is concerned.
Mr. Tillerson, according to The Associated Press, said that cutting back on using oil would make it more difficult to help some billions of people living in poverty.
The CEO, according to the Houston Chronicle, agreed climate change is a major issue, but he questioned what activists say should be a goal of carbon in the atmosphere of less than 350 parts per million.
"We do not see a viable pathway with any known technology today to achieve the 350 outcome that is not devastating to economies, societies and peoples' health and well-being around the world," he said.
"So the real question is, do you want to keep arguing about that and pursuing something that cannot be achieved at costs that will be detrimental? Or do you want to talk about what's the path we should be on and how do we mitigate and prepare for the consequences as they present themselves?"
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Published: 16 March, 2006
There will be stabilisation in the retail trade even though there are plenty of economic scare stories floating around the industry. That's the news Bridget Rosewell, founder of Volterra Consulting and chief economic adviser to the Greater London Authority imparted to the 650-plus delegates at this year's BCSC Shopping Centre Management Conference & Exhibition staged in Edinburgh.
Employment and wages were stable, she went on, and had remained reasonably stable, partly because of what has been called 'the Polish builder syndrome'. Although things were looking a little better for retailers in 2006 and there had not been any prolonged retail disaster, she could not see a return to the high levels of spending that occurred prior to 2005.
It would be hard to stop the surge in public sector spending, she said, and there would be a deficit in public finances. Property prices, too, had shot up and showed little sign of abating. On the downside, Rosewell believed that subsidies for regeneration purposes would be hard to come by, and saw shocks to come on gas prices.
Regarding competition from the internet and television sales, she believed these would become stable, and, although there would be an impact, they would not completely swallow stores' business. "Shoppers may be sleeping, but they haven't gone away. It will be harder to get them to put something into their shopping bags." Margins would remain tight and it was up to retailers to "chase those volumes."
Jo Swinson, MP for East Dunbarton and Westminster's youngest MP is no stranger to the worlds of consumer marketing and shopping centres, having worked for spaceandpeople.com before the last election. She believes that shopping centres should adopt a policy of "responsible use of public spaces" -- not by allowing politician to campaign in them, but by hosting local events and becoming a focal point for the local community.
Swinson said centre management should form close relationships and engage responsibly with politicians of all shapes and sizes at national and local level. This was relevant, particularly, to smaller centres, which should put themselves right at the heart of their individual localities. Perhaps, one day, shopping centres and supermarkets might even come to be used as polling stations for electronic voting, she said.
Those sentiments were echoed by new BCSC president John Strachan, global head of retail at Cushman & Wakefield, who said that shopping centre executives across the country were often involved in matters at the very heart of community decision-making, acting as regeneration drivers. And Strachan unveiled yet another awards scheme for the shopping-centre industry.
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A lot of people often confuse between the function of a jointer and a planer although both of them are widely different and have their own distinct functions. They can be used on the same wood board but they cannot be used to function as each other which tends to confuse a lot of people. So, which tool should you use on your wood board? Don't worry, we have figured out the top 7 ways in which you can determine whether your job requires a jointer or a planer.
Determining the wood finish style
There are different types of wood finish styles: rough lumber, S2S, and S4S depending on the wood side which has been finished or primed. If two sides of the wood are finished and smoothened, then it is an S2S styled wood and if all the 4 sides are primed, then it is an S4S styled wood. For an S2S styled wood, you would need the help of a jointer to smooth the edges or fix the pieces together.
Checking the wood's surface
One of the most important things to check before you start working on your woodwork project is to check for the uneven edges and bumpy board surfaces, these can be fixed with the help of a jointer quite efficiently.
Flatness of the wood
A lot of times the wood become bent or curved a little bit due to improper storage or humidity, so you would need to flatten the wood to be able to use it properly. Although you might think a best hand wood planer will work better but it would just follow your wood along its path, a jointer will be more useful in such situations.
Required measurements for the wood
Another thing to be determined would be the measurements and the design of your wood structure. A lot of woodwork projects require their wood to be of different sizes which will need the help of a jointer to get all the pieces fixed together. If you want your wood to be of an appropriate thickness, then you would need a planer to achieve that.
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If your wood has a lot of grain and imperfections, then it would be needed to smoothen out first to make a beautiful piece of the woodwork for which planer is the best choice. A planer can help you in fixing up your wood board and make it more beautiful for usage.
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Central Pennsylvania stores sold daffodil-shaped cards.
PHILADELPHIA -- Snappy's Convenience Stores helped raise $3,393 for the American Cancer Society through the 37th annual Daffodil Days campaign, GantDaily.com reported.
During the fundraising effort, 10 Snappy's Convenience Stores located throughout central Pennsylvania sold special Daffodil Days donation cards to customers. The purchasers wrote their names on the cards, which were hung at each participating store during the month of March. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society's programs of cancer research, education, advocacy and patient services, according to the report.
The top-selling store this year was Snappy's of Bald Eagle, managed by Sonya Harsonchuck. Cheryl Christine, an employee at the Bald Eagle store, was the overall top seller.
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Taking a closer look at the front of the case towards the top are all of your front panel connections. These include a single USB 3.0 port, a single USB 2.0 port, and audio connections. The power and reset buttons are located here as well. There are two 5.25-inch external drive bays that are hidden pretty well. The rest of the front of the case has that same design with the Cougar logo towards the bottom. The front of the case does have room for two 120 mm intake fans, but they are not included.
At the top of the case there is a sort of flat section with the Cougar logo. You could easily place your mobile phone, keys or even a game controller here. Moving back there is a long ventilated section. The top of the case has room for two 120 mm fans, but they are not included.
Looking at the side of the case there is a small side panel window which will show a little bit of your installed hardware. There is also room on the side of the case for you to install two 120 mm fans, but again they are not included. The bottom of the case has four plastic feet and there is a removable filter for the power supply.
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hinchingbrooke or addenbrookes? can't visit for myself to choose(23 Posts)
Am 13 weeks pregnant and I have a choice to give birth between Hinchingbrooke and the Rosie at Addenbrookes Hospital (Cambridge). I am currently working 250 miles away, so can't visit in person for a few months. Anyone have good / bad experience of either?
Hinchingbrooke was done up a little while ago and is much smaller than Addenbrookes. I had DD1 at the Rosie and can't fault them. DD2 due to be born there too. Addenbrookes has the advantage that if there are any problems with the baby they are the regional centre where all difficult cases are sent.
It depends what you want from the hospital/your birth really.
If you want a natural/hands off birth you have a much, much, much higher chance of this happening at Hinchingbrooke.
If you want to be in a v.large hospital and the best place "just in case things go wrong" then you want the Rosie.
Had DD at the Rosie and it was brilliant. She was induced so it was a high intervention birth, but I felt really comfortable and had brilliant midwives. Had it not been an induction they have pool rooms and a midwife led unit. Its nice and big and with plenty of facilities - good because you will do endless "walks" while in early labour!
Know lots and lots of people who had babies at the Rosie and think it is well known generally for being very very good (though sure there are others who wouldn't agree). Think I would go for the Rosie if I were you - don't know about Hinchingbrook but doubt it could be better than the Rosie.
Also they have all the specialist units right there to deal with any problems that could crop up.
I had dd2 at Hinchingbrooke in the midst of the reurbishment. Staff were great, really lovely, they had lots of time for me & what I saw of the facilities were great ( We live 30 mins away & I was home within 3 hrs of having dd2 - my choice but they were happy to help iyswim)
Must add that mine was a slightly complicated birth - pre-eclampsia & CS with previous birth & Hinchingbrooke were happy to take me!!
I had an amazing waterbirth at Hinchingbrooke, low lights, soft music you get the idea. I also had a section there too, so completely the other end of the spectrum. Both births were fantastic (was planned section). The facilites, care and expereinces were beyond what I ever could have hoped for.
The mws are very experienced and go out of their way to support the kind of birth you are hoping for - whether that be low or high intervention.
MWs from Hinchingbrooke have also been the ones to come out to me for my two home births - again they were faultless.
There is a special care unit there and the consultant team are fab.
Like previous posters I have no experience of the other option so can can not compare the two for you. But I do work near Addenbrookes and can tell you that traffic around their during rush hour is horrendous and parking at the hospital is very very difficult and expensive.
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i have heard absolutely wonderful things about the new borth centre at hinchingbrooke - my friend was the first person to have a water birth in their new pool room and se said it was absolutely amazing - wonderful midwives and fantastic aftercare.
i would agree with other posters that if that is the type of birth experience you are hoping for then that is certainly the place to be.The rosie does have a birth centre but is often closed as they are so busy due to being a tertiary referral centre for the region.
i however have give birth to dd and ds via c section at addenbrooke and again i couldn't fault them for the more medicalised experience. I had quite tricky pregnancies and they knew eaxactly what they were doing and gave me excellent care and support.
the one thing i would say is that the postnatal ward can be very busy as thye have just closed sara ward their ward for mums and babies requiring more specialised care (NICU and SCUBU still open though) so all mums are nor having to go on the lady mary post natal ward so is v busy indeed.
they do have an excellent infant feeding specialist midwife at the rosie though and i would probably go there just for her alone! she is brilliant if you have breast feeding concerns of any type!
The food and the staff are nicer at hinchingbrooke IMO and it's much easier and cheaper to park!
I had ds2 by elective section at the Rosie and although I couldnt fault the birth itself (really friendly professional staff), the 2 nights on the postnatal ward were not brilliant as they were so busy and I even felt a bit awkward buzzing them to help me with ds as I felt like it was putting them out a bit. But again I think that is because it is such a busy hospital.
Im due with my 3rd in september and Im going to hinchingbrooke as im hoping for a vbac and they seem more pro-natural birth - plus they have telemetry monitoring so this is wireless and waterproof and that means they have given me permission to use the pool too. I have heard that because it is smaller it is a bit more personal at hinchingbrooke too and I havent heard a bad story yet from any local mums who have been there.
Like a previous poster said, I think it depends what kind of birth you are after.
I've worked at The Rosie, Childrenchildreneverywhere is spot on.
Just gave birth at the Rosie on Wednesday, and have nothing but praise for it. I had a completely uncomplicated pregnancy and we had planned a water birth and did spend some time in the amazing birthing pool on the delivery unit (beautiful views of the countryside south of Addenbrookes). However, because of a very long and increasingly arduous and painful labour that failed to progress (I began to transition at only 5 cm dilated, and it took 48 hours to dilate from 3 to 5) I ended up having an urgent caesarian.
The midwives were brilliant; I was never left alone for a second. And the obstetric team were world class; completely faultless. I also had an excellent experience on the postnatal ward (I was kept in for 40 hours) which surprised me, as I had heard not-so-great things about aftercare at the Rosie. But they've deliberately picked up their game, and gave me all the help I asked for from breastfeeding advice to getting the baby out of the cot for me.
I'd choose the Rosie. You can't know in advance whether or not you'll need intervention, and I'm so grateful I was at the Rosie.
hi, i know this thread is from ages ago but i am in the same siuation, i have the option to deliver at home/ rosie or primrose, hitchingbrooke.
Its really important to me to have a water birth and im pretty sure that hitchingbrooke only has one birthing pool? Does anyone know how many Rosie has? Im terrified that i will go into labour and the pool wont be available? as someone else may be using it? Surely the chances of that happening must be pretty high?
What are your thoughts? Many thanks, rebecca x
The Rosie Birth Centre has a birth pool in every room.
I've had 1 home birth and 2 delivery suite births (both high risk for different reasons) and was very happy with my care each time. The midwives in the postnatal ward are entirely overworked despite their own best efforts but we received really good care all round.
Rosie Birth centre has excellent facilites but does close due to lack of staff. I had a complicated delivery at the Delivery Unit and the obstetric team were utterly excellent. FWIW the obstetricians were far more hands off compared to the MWs, and quite anti interventionist, until they absolutely had to. I felt listened to and respected the whole way through.
My friend had an awful experience at Hinchingbrooke three years ago (multiple midwives failed to spot a serious issue because they failed to examine her). This was at the point Hinchingbrooke was on the verge of (or had only just been) taken over. As a result, I was put off Hinchingbrooke and I went to the Rosie at Addenbrookes instead and loved it (every room has a birthing pool, which was important to me as I needed to labour in water, and it was all calm and comfortable).
BUT I hear Hinchingbrooke has massively improved since it was taken over by a private company, and I would seriously consider going there for number two.
I had a nightmare at the Rosie, purely due to understaffing. I was in for induction and was there for 4 night, waiting for them to start the induction because there was no room available for me to go to or staff to deal with me. They shut the hospital to people in labour while I was there (sent them to other hospitals) and this happens very regularly. Something to bear in mind.
Hi rjarvis, the Rosie has a v fancy birth centre, loads of pools etc (10 pools I think). I would have used it, but was induced and then unexplained bleeding meant I went to delivery unit so they could keep a closer eye on me and baby. So I had induction, constant monitoring, epidural, drip, followed (eventually) by emergency caesarean as baby just wouldn't get into position - far from my ideal scenario of water birth! However I can't praise the midwives enough. Every one was so professional and kind - I felt completely safe the whole time. DD's and my well being were top priority from start to finish from induction to discharge from Lady Mary. DD is six days old and doing beautifully - I'm sure that's helped by how calm the atmosphere was during birth and the couple of days we had in afterwards.
I have several friends who have given birth at Hinchingbrooke, though, from water births to instrumental deliveries and c-sections, and they're all hugely positive too. So, I reckon you're in the luxurious position of having two excellent hospitals to choose from
I know this is an older thread but I too am struggling to make a decision between The Rosie and Hinchingbrooke. Hinchingbrooke is literally 5 minutes down the road from me (as apposed to 40 - 50 mins traffic depending with the Rosie) but given the recent news of Circle pulling out of Hinch last week; I'm now doubting my decision.
I actually work in the NHS but unfortunately in a completely different field to maternity so am unable to depend on colleagues/indsider advice!
If you read the CQC report, you'll see that maternity services are rated as good there, so I wouldn't have any worries about staying at Hinch.
Also, I'd agree that the report is rather unfair and unbalanced and that the situation isn't as bad as it seems there.
If it helps I moved to Hinchingbrooke just before Xmas due to appalling treatment at Peterborough and I've been delighted with the maternity care.
Happy to update once I've given birth! (I'm 36w)
I've only been to Rosie, mlu is gorgeous, 10 rooms, all with pools/lighting/birthing stations. Unfortnately I had to be induced followed by emcs so was on delivery ward which was fine, anesthetist and consultants (5!!) all available quickly. All the midwives were lovely although post natally they did seem rushed but that's not their fault.
Lady Mary has been refurbed and now has fewer beds per room. Parking can be discounted for dads.
I'd still recommend it.
Thanks all. I'm still undecided but feel lucky that both units are very reputable and local (well if you consider 50 mins in good traffic local!) Think I'm going to have a tour round Hinch first and see what I think.
Hinchingbrooke was the top rated mat unit regionally not that long ago, it has intervention rates way lower than the Rosie. I had my first there in 2008 before the refurb, it's very nice now apparently. All the midwives I've met who are attached to the hospital in some way have been wonderful.
Depends what your priorities are and which hospital will be nearer to you. If one of them is closer than 50 mins in good traffic then go for that one. Don't underestimate the discomfort and anxiety you might experience if you have to travel a long way while in labour. Hinchingbrooke is 20 mins from us and that really was as long as I would ever want to labour in a moving vehicle (or a even a stationary vehicle!!).
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Jurisprudence in Turkey has not progressed much since the days of the Ottoman Sultans. Armenian literature has a lesser known satirist, called Arantzar who ridiculed the Turkish laws of his day. In one of his stories an Armenian is convicted by a Turkish court for having insulted the beard of a mullah (very much like Sevan Nisanyan's insult of the Prophet). But upon appeal, the merciful judge acquits the offender on the basis of the fact that the very number of hairs on the mullah's beard, which were subject of the offense, had already fallen during the morning after a vigorous combing.
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Turkey currently is a candidate for membership in the European Union, upon whose preconditions the Erdogan government has been introducing some improvements in his country's laws, especially in the area of human rights and freedom of speech, never mind the continuing carnage of Kurds and attack on the free press with the incarceration of increasing numbers of journalists.
Turkish national Dogu Perinçek insults the Armenian Genocide in Switzerland and it is absolved by the European Court of Human Rights, supposedly in defense of the offender's right to free speech, yet the same country, clamoring for the rights of Mr. Perinçek, sentences an Armenian intellectual, Sevan Nisanyan, to 25 years of incarceration under trumped-up charges for speaking the truth about Turkish history. People could accept warped legal logic from a country like Turkey, but it is unexpected for a European court to emulate Turkish thinking.
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