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THE BOOM/BUST CROSSOVER
ON 9-OCT-07
BOTH THE DOW AND
THE S&P HIT RECORD HIGHS ON 9-OCT-07. WHAT WAS ON PEOPLE'S MIND
PRE/POST THE CROSSOVER?
Psycho-Market Analytics -
Key Findings
Desires, Aversions, Powers,
Emotions, Feelings,
and
Irrationality Indexes/Charts |
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IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE
MEGA MERGERS,
CORPORATE DOWNSIZING, STOCK MARKET RECORD HIGHS,
AND THE RISK OF GLOBAL RECESSION
18-MAR-07
AND 31-MAY-07
HOW DID PEOPLE FEEL?
WHAT WAS THEIR EMOTIONAL STATE?
HOW IRRATIONAL WERE THEY? |
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ART AND CULTURE |
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INUIT ART -
MUST SEE GALLERY |
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MIA Gallery - Museum of Inuit Art
[2 Parts] |
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Parts
1-2:
Harris Gallery (Origin of MIA
Gallery), Fine Inuit Art,
Inuit Masterworks, Toronto. |
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Dancing Bear
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EDWARD THOMAS MATTHEW AYOUB PHOTO GALLERY
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Chinese Lantern
Festival 2007 [2
Parts] |
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Chinese Lantern Festival 2007
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Parts 1-2:
Song Emperor Admires Lanterns - The Flood of Jinshan Temple -
Dragon's Chi and Cinesphere - Qilin Brings Fortune.
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Toronto
[8 Parts] |
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Sweeping Toronto Panorama
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Parts 1-3:
Stunning panoramic views of Toronto - from Bloor-and-Yonge to the banking
district and the CN tower. |
Parts 4-7:
Toronto Light Show.
Toronto City Hall; Toronto banking district; Ontario's power nexus; Royal
Ontario Museum (ROM); Heart House, University of Toronto; stunning panoramic
view of Osgood Hall; the world's longest street: Yonge street -- direction
north pole. |
Part 8: Air
Canada Centre and Union Station
Stupefying photos of the Air Canada Centre, Union Station, the Skywalk,
Toronto artist Michael Nelson.
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Cottage Country [5
Parts] |
Part 1:
Cottage Country, Ontario, Fall 2007.
Fall colors
and fall fairies. |
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Cottage Country, Ontario, Fall 2007
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Part 2:
Cottage Country, Ontario, Summer 2004.
Stunning panoramic view and fall colors. |
Parts 3-5:
Cottage Country, Ontario, Fall. 2001
Stunning panoramic view and fall colors of
cottage country.
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Fun in Amsterdam
[5 Parts] |
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Part
1: Fun in Amsterdam, August 2007. |
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Parts
2-5: Stunning views of Amsterdam by Night,
August 2007.
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SHOWS, FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS, AND
PARADES |
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The EX - Canadian National
Exhibition [7
Parts] |
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The EX,
Canadian National Exhibition 2007
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FUN RIDES
Part
1-5: Euroslide - Crazy Mouse
Coaster - Swing Tower - Awesome Helicopter Tours - Alpine Bobs
- Rock - Corn Dogs - Pizza Pizza - Bavarian Slide - Mardi Gras
- Zipper - Crazy Surf - Candy
Shop - Carousel,
Merrily-Going-Round - CNE Parade -
Hydrogenics - Spidermen - Aliens - Giant Ferris Wheel -
Panoramic View of the EX and CN
Tower - Canadian National Exhibition - 2007 Grounds Map. |
AN
EVENING OF FUN
Part
6-7: Carousel - Merrily-Going-Round - Crazy
Surf - Fun, Competition, and Games - Haunted Mansion - Wave Swinger - Zipper
- Giant Ferris Wheel - Fire Ball.
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Caribana Parade
[3 Parts] |
2006
Parts 1-3:
Caribana - 5-Aug-06.
Wonderful displays - magnificent colors; views from Ontario Place. The
Caribana Festival is organized by The Caribbean Cultural Committee. |
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Caribana, Summer 2008
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2008
Part
1: Toronto Caribbean
Carnival
- 2-Aug-08. |
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Caribana, Summer 2006
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Part 2:
Incredible Displays - Celebration of Freedom. |
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Part 3:
Soca-Calypso Music - Masquerade Bands - Masquerade Costumes. |
Part 4: Exhibition Place - Lake Shore
Boulevard - Ontario Place - Lake Ontario.
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Chinese Lantern Festival
[3 Parts] |
2006
Parts
1-2:
The Rogers Chinese Lantern Festival - 20-Jul-06 -
1-Oct-06. Dazzling display of Chinese arches, dragons,
lanterns; Four Faced Buddha. |
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Chinese Lantern Festival 2006 -
Toronto Skyline - The View from Ontario Place
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2008
Part
3: The Rogers Chinese Lantern Festival -
2-Aug-08. |
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Chinese Lantern Festival 2008
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Canadian International Air Show
[2 Parts] |
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2006 |
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Parts
1-2:
Toronto air show over lake Ontario
- 2-4-Sep-06. |
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2008 |
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Parts
1-2:
Toronto Air Show, Labor Day 2008 − Water Bombers −
Space Acrobatics − Love Over the Lake − Canadian Forces Snowbirds −
Bridge to The EX − Maple
Leaf Formation. |
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Canadian International Air Show −
The Bombardier 415 "Superscooper"
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NATURE |
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Killbear Provincial Park, Ontario
[8 Parts] |
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SUMMER 2002 |
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Parts 1-3:
Stunning panoramic views of Killbear provincial park, Ontario,
Canada. |
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SUMMER 2004 |
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Parts 4-6:
Wind-Swept Pine and Some of
the Oldest Glacier-Scrubbed Rocks on the Planet; Lookout Point Trail -
Spectacular View of Some of Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands! |
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Spectacular Killbear Sunset
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Parts 7-8:
Spectacular Sunset: One of
the Many Reasons Why People Keep Returning to Killbear! |
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SUMMER 2008 |
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Part
9:
Kilcoursie Bay - Sandy Beaches - Magnificent View |
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Sandy Beaches −
Beaver Dams and
Georgian Campgrounds
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Part
10:
Lookout Point Trail - Living Forest - Sparkling Lights - Wetland - On Top of the
World - Spectacular View of Georgian Bay |
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Living Forest
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Part
11: Magnificent Wind-Swept
Pine - Enjoying Nature's Peace and
Beauty - Divine Spot
Part
12:
Something Wonderful Is About to Happen -
Spectacular Georgian Bay Sunset
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High Park [14
Parts] |
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Parts 1-2: Early Spring
in High Park, Toronto. |
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Crab apple trees and cherry blossoms
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The Cherry Trees are a Gift from the People of Tokyo
to the People of Toronto
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Parts 3-6: Summer in
High Park. |
Parts 7-10: Early
Fall in High Park.
Spectacular fall colors, organic market. |
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Parts
11-14:
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring. |
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POLITICS |
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WORLD EVENTS |
MI2 Mind and Security Indexes/Charts Pre/Post
World Events
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PROTESTS |
Global Protest Against War on Iraq [2
Parts]
Millions protested against
the planned war on Iraq in more than 600 cities, including: Paris, London,
Berlin, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Amsterdam, Athens, Prague; New York, San
Francisco; Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto; Melbourne, Jakarta, Seoul;
Beirut, Istanbul, and Baghdad.
- U.S. and Canadian
Government Links.
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Part 1: Protest
Against War on Iraq, February 15, 2003, Toronto, Canada. Digital images,
structural maps of the U.S. and Canadian governments, and links. Gnostic
insight into why millions of people are protesting against their rulers.
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Part 2: A
Chronology of the War on Iraq, MACROKNOW
INTELLECTUAL INTELLIGENCE™ (March 1, 2003 through May 1, 2003).
Includes a bibliography with 439 research/educational references and links.
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MI2 Images Database - Archive
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Neocon Intentionality: Nothing But Malice
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WEEKDAY
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DISTRIBUTION OF GLOBAL HIGH AWARENESS/HIGH ATTENTION BY DESIRES,
AVERSIONS, AND POWERS
LAST WEEK
- ALL WEEKS
SINCE 1-JAN-08
Advertising/ Public Relations/Corporate
Communications/Government Affairs |
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ENTERTAINMENT |
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Toronto Entertainment District [1 Part] |
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Scotiabank Theatre - Chapters
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MOVIES-DINNER
Part 1:
Scotiabank Theatre - Chapters - Montana Restaurant-Bar |
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TOURISM |
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Niagara-on-the-Lake [5 Parts] |
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Prince of Wales Hotel
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Part
1: Niagara-on-the-Lake
– King Street
– Queen
Street –
Prince of Wales Hotel |
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Part 2:
Niagara-on-the-Lake
– "The Loveliest
Town in Ontario" –
Queen Street Shopping |
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Part
3: Historic
District –
Queen Street –
Just Christmas –
Kurz Culinary Creations |
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Delicious
Greaves Jams & Marmalades
Greaves
Jams & Marmalades, 905-468-3608 or 1-800-515-9939
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Part
4: Gourmet Food
– Greaves Jams & Marmalades
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Crabtree & Evelyn –
Wine Country Vintners – Ice Wine – Estia Restaurant |
Part 5:
Just Christmas – Niagara-on-the-Lake –
Canadian Horseshoe Falls – Festival of Light
– Christmas 2008
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Niagara [8 Parts] |
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Niagara Falls
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Parts 1-2:
Niagara Falls.
Canadian and American falls. |
Part 3: Niagara Parks.
Niagara Spanish Aerocar, Maid of the Mist, Victoria Park
Restaurant, Skylon Tower. |
Parts
4-6:
Clifton Hill: The Street of Fun at the Falls.
The Great Canadian Midway, Movieland, Castle Dracula, The
Haunted House.
Frankenstein, Casino Niagara, Ripley's Moving Theatre, Rainforest Cafe.
Off Clifton Hill by Night: Hard Rock Cafe, Planet Hollywood by Night,
Hershey's Chocolate, On Guard for Thee. |
Part
7: Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Prince of Wales
Hotel. |
Part
8: Niagara Wineries.
Inniskillin Wines.
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TORONTO |
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Legislative Assembly of Ontario [6 Parts] |
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Legislative Building, Queen's Park
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Part 1:
Ontario's Legislative Building, Fall 2008 |
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Part 2:
West Wing - Queen's Park - East Wing |
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Part
3: Legislative Chamber |
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Part
4: Paintings
Across from the Premier's Office - East Wing, Floors 1-3 |
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Part
5: West Wing - Ontario Exhibits - North Wing |
Part
6: Beyond
the Legislative Assembly Grounds - University of Toronto - Whitney Block
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Toronto City Hall [2 Parts] |
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Old City Hall
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Part 1:
Nathan Philips Square - Toronto City
Hall. |
Part 2:
Old City Hall.
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Yonge Street - The World's Longest Street [7 Parts] |
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Eaton Center - Gigantic Billboards
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Part 1:
Eaton Center, Sears, Atrium on Bay, Shop Dine Tour Toronto, Dundas Square. |
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Part 2:
Eaton Center Flashing Billboards, Hard Rock Cafe, Sears,
Cadbury. |
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Part 3:
Eaton Center, Multilevel Shopping, Williams-Sonoma, Godiva Chocolatier. |
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Part 4:
World's Biggest Bookstore, HMV, Guess, Boathouse. |
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Part 5:
Sam the Record Man, Pizza, Zanzibar. |
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Part 6:
Yonge and Gerrard, Yonge and College, College Park, Yonge
and Wellesley, Yonge and Gloucester. |
Part 7:
Good Bush-Bad Bush, House of Lords, Panasonic Theatre,
Brass Rail, Bloor and Yonge, The Bay.
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Toronto's Stunning Shoreline [9 Parts] |
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Harbourfront Center and CN Tower
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Part 1:
Harbourfront Centre
- CN
Tower - Queen's Quay Terminal - Mariposa Cruises - Lake
Ontario. |
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Part 2:
Sailing in Toronto Inner Harbour - Toronto Islands - Harbourfront Centre
- East Pier - Mariposa Cruises - Kajama. |
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Part
3:
Toronto Lakefront -
Remembrance Drive - Music Park - Little Norway Cres. -
Toronto Skyline - CN Tower -
Marina. |
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Part 4:
Toronto Islands - Toronto City Centre
Airport - Marina. |
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Part
5: Coronation Park -
Inukshuk. |
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Part
6: Canadian National Exhibition
(CNE) - Coronation Park - CN Tower - Lake Ontario. |
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Part
7: Ontario Place - Canadian
National Exhibition (CNE) -
The Rogers Chinese Lantern Festival
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Exhibition Place - Toronto Skyline - CN Tower. |
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Part
8: Ontario Place -
The Molson Amphitheatre -
Atlantis - Lakeshore. |
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Part
9: Ontario Place -
Toronto International Dragon Boat Race
Festival - Toronto's Centre Island. |
Part
10: A View of Etobicoke
- Trudo Bridge of the Humber River - Sunnyside Pavilion
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Etobicoke's Shoreline [3 Parts] |
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Mimico Cruising Club, Etobicoke Yacht Club,
and Humber Sailing and Powerboating Centre
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Part 1:
Trudo Bridge Linking Toronto and Etobicoke. |
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Part 2:
Waterfront Drive. |
Part
3: Humber Bay Park: Cruising,
Yachting, and Sailing.
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Yorkville,
Toronto
[1 Part] |
Part 1:
Yorkville, Toronto.
Upscale shopping and
exclusive retail.
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Toronto Islands
[1 Part]
Toronto Islands, CN Tower, SkyDome, Toronto
Waterfront, Ferry Boats at Harbourfront, View from Trout Pond. The CN Tower
is the world's tallest building and free-standing structure.
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Old Mill [3 Parts] |
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The Old Mill Inn and Spa
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Part 1:
Bloor Street West - Old Mill Towers - Old Mill Trail. |
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Part 2:
The Old Mill Inn and Spa. |
Part
3:
Old Mill Bridge - Humber
River -
Etienne Brûlé Park - Kings
Mill Park - Old Mill and Marshes Discovery Walk.
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Ontario Place
[1 Part] |
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WEATHER |
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THE WEATHER NETWORK |
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METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES |
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Environment Canada
5-Day Forecasts. |
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NOAA
National Weather Service
7-Day Forecasts. |
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NATURAL AND MAN-MADE CATASTROPHES |
Natural Catastrophe
Statistics for 2007
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Munich Re Group: Natural catastrophes in 2007
led to 15,000 deaths, $75 billion in economic damages, and insured
losses of about $30 billion; the damages in 2005 and 2006 are
estimated at $220 billion and $50 billion, respectively.
See:
Natural catastrophe figures for 2007, Munich Re
Group, 27-Dec-07.
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Swiss Re:
Natural and man-made
catastrophes led to more than 20 000 deaths, $61 billion in damages,
and insured losses of about $25 billion.
See:
Preliminary Swiss Re sigma estimates of catastrophe losses in 2007:
Impacted by high losses from flood and storm damage in Europe,
Swiss Re, 18-Dec-07.
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ACTIVISM |
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Greenpeace Canada |
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Part 1:
Greenpeace - MV
Arctic Sunrise, Toronto Pier 4, 2-Sep-07. |
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CLIMATE CHANGE |
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World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP):
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
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OPINION |
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EDITORIALS |
Pope
Benedict, President Bush, and the "Dialogue of Cultures"
September 28, 2006 |
Letter to Robert J. Aumann, Co-Winner of the Bank of
Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2005
November 8, 2005 |
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COLUMNS |
The
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - China, America, and Russia Won the Most
Gold; But the Top Gold-Per-Capita Winners Are Jamaica, Bahrain, and
Mongolia
August 27, 2008 |
Neocon Intentionality: Nothing But Malice
April 12, 2007 |
Entrepreneurship
101: The Malefic "Strangers" and their Evil Net
March
21, 2001 |
Sexual
Depravities, High-Tech Wizardry, and the Magic of High Finance
August
31, 2000 |
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POLITICS |
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HUMAN RIGHTS |
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Queers Speak Out for
Human Rights and Against Israeli Apartheid |
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PROTESTS |
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Massive Protest
Surrounding the G20
Summit Against
Capitalism, Bankers, and Greed |
Thousands of protesters converged on
1-Apr-09 on the center of gravity of U.K. finance to express rage against
failed Capitalism, bankers, and greed.
[See: Sonja Pace,
Protesters Square Off with Police as London Prepares for
G20, VOA News, 1-Apr-09,
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-01-voa17.cfm.] |
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NEWS |
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WORLD NEWS |
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GOOGLE NEWS |
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News Matrix:
U.S.,
Canada,
France,
Germany,
U.K.,
Italy,
Japan,
Russia,
China,
India
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BUSINESS |
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BUSINESS
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NEW YORK TIMES |
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FINANCE |
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Yahoo!Finance |
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BANKS |
Canada's Largest
Banks [5 Parts]
Digital images and links to government,
legislation, and bank websites:
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Government
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Justice/Law
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Bank Merger Proposals
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Political Contributions by
Banks
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Banks
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Education.
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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
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DEBT |
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U.S. Public Debt Limit
The Senate Finance
Committee approved an $850 billion increase in the public debt limit, from
$8.965 trillion to $9.815 trillion (Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate).
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GLOBAL ECONOMY |
International Monetary
Fund (IMF): 2009 Article IV Consultation with the United States
of America
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- Context: "The U.S.
financial and economic crisis has had severe global
repercussions. The run-up to the crisis involved a
substantial and
widespread underestimation of risks.
. . The sharp decline in housing prices
that started in 2007 weakened several systemically important
financial institutions, culminating in the collapse of Lehman
Brothers . . . This was followed by
the worst global
financial panic since the Great Depression, with
extreme strains in a broad range of markets, volatility in
capital flows and exchange rates, and a cascade of systemic
events"
- Long-Term Legacy: "As
in other countries, the financial crisis will also result in a
serious and enduring
deterioration in public finances, exacerbating the already
large challenges of swelling entitlement costs.
Over 2009−11, the staff projects that
federal deficits will
average 9 percent of GDP, and that debt held by the public
will nearly double to 75 percent of GDP; with debt maturities
having shortened, gross financing requirements are projected
at 30 percent of GDP, about double pre-crisis levels."
See: 2009 Article IV Consultation with
the United States of America,
Concluding Statement of the IMF Mission,
June 10, 2009,
International Monetary Fund and
U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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Income Inequality |
Thomas Piketty
(Paris School of Economics)
and
Emmanuel Saez (University of California,
Berkeley).
Income Inequality in the United States, 1913–1998.
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. CXVIII,
No. 1, February 2003.
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In 1998, the top 0.01%
(P99.99 –100), 13,100 tax units (out of a total of 130,945,000
tax units), had an average income of $9,970,000.
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TORONTO |
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Bloor West Village
[7 Parts] |
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Part
1: High Park Avenue
- High Park Entrance - Bloor Street and High Park Avenue -
Grenadier Cafe & Teahouse - High Park. |
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Part
2: High Park (Northwest
Corner) - Grenadier - Starbucks -
Bark & Fitz - 2001 Bloor Street - Wheels of Bloor - rpm - Public Library -
Green Mango - Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO). |
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Nofrills
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Wheels of Bloor - Ultimate cervélo
dealer
416-762-9119 - 2007 Bloor St. West, Toronto
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Part 3: Nofrills -
Dr. Generosity - Sharkey's Village Cafe - Timothy's
World Coffee - Bloor Street and Kennedy Road - Swan Firkin. |
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Part 4: Swan
Firkin - The Yellow Griffin Pub - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) - Chapters
- Queen's Pasta Cafe - Vineyards Estate Wines -
Scotiabank - Max's Market. |
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Part 5: Bloor
Street and Runnemede Road - McDonald's - Bread & Roses - Green
Thumb - Fresh & Wild - Bloor Street and Windermere Road -
Canada Trust. |
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Part 6: Bank of Montreal (BMO) - Bloor
Street and Windermere Avenue - RBC
Financial Group - Second Cup - Book City
- Anna's Bakery & Deli - Mamma's Pizza - Falafel World - Amber European
Restaurant - Yama Japanese Restaurant - Jolanta Interiors - Dark Horse. |
Part 7: Bloor Street and
Jane Road - TD Canad Trust - Bloor Street - The Fon - Subway - Bloor Street
and South Kingsway - Esso - Tim Hortons.
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AUTOMOBILES |
New General Motors
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The White House
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Reinvention
of GM
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Insights into the causes of
the decline of the American automobile industry
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EDUCATION |
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University
of Toronto [1 Part] |
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University of Toronto
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Part
1: University of Toronto: Birge-Carnegie
Library and Emmanuel College; Annesley
Hall; Trinity
College.
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Ontario
College of Arts & Design (OCAD) [1 Part] |
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OCAD - "Table Top" Superstructure
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Part 1:
OCAD –
Pixilated "Table
Top" Superstructure in
the Sky – Sharp Centre for Design
– Canada’s "University of the Imagination." |
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
Scientific Integrity Is Threatened
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Union of Concerned
Scientists
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Restoring Scientific Integrity in Policymaking
Quote from the Union of Concerned Scientists:
"When scientific knowledge has been found to be in conflict
with [the] political goals
[of the administration of George W. Bush],
the administration has often manipulated the process through
which science enters into its decisions. This has been done
. . . by censoring and suppressing
reports by the government’s own scientists. .
. [I]n advocating policies
that are not scientifically sound, the administration has
sometimes misrepresented scientific knowledge and misled the public
about the implications of its policies."
[MIND HAT's emphasis.]
Restoring Scientific Integrity in Policymaking.
Union of Concerned Scientists, 23-Jun-08.
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Manifestoes of Surrealism
André
Breton
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MANIFESTO OF SURREALISM (1924)
"I
could spend my whole life prying loose the secrets of the insane."1a
"Our
brains are dulled by the incurable mania of wanting to make the
unknown known, classifiable. The desire for analysis wins out over
the sentiments."1b
"I
believe in the future resolution of these two states, dream and
reality, which are seemingly so contradictory, into a kind of
absolute reality, a surreality, if one may so to speak."1c*
"Let us
not mince words: . . . only the marvelous is beautiful."1d
"We
really live by our fantasies when we give free rein to them."1e*
" . . .
[T]his phrase astonished me: . . . it was something like: "There
is a man cut in two by the window . . . ""1f
"SURREALISM, n.
Psychic automatism in its pure state, by
which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the written
word, or in any other manner -- the actual functioning of thought.
Dictated by thought, in the absence of any control exercised by
reason, exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern."1g
SOLUBLE FISH (1924)
"In New
York harbor it was no longer the Statue of Liberty that lighted
the world, but Love, which is different."1h
SECOND MANIFESTO OF SURREALISM
(1930)
"The
simplest Surrealist act consists of dashing down into the
street, pistol in hand, and firing blindly, as fast as you can
pull the trigger, into the crowd. Anyone who, at least once in
his life, has not dreamed of thus putting an end to the petty
system of debasement and cretinization in effect has a
well-defined place in that crowd, with his belly at barrel level.
. . I simply wanted to bring in here the element of
human despair . . ."1i
" . . .
[T]here is a mirror in the mind over which the vast majority of
mankind could lean without seeing themselves."1j
POLITICAL POSITION OF SURREALISM (1935)
"Art
is not a submission, it is a conquest.
The conquest of what?
Of feelings and the means to express them.
About what?
About the unconscious, almost always; about logic, very often."1k*
" . . .
[W]e live in an era in which man belongs to himself less than ever
. . ."1l
* Emphasis added.
1
Andre Breton
(1896-1966).
Manifestoes of Surrealism. Translated by Richard
Seaver and Helen R. Lane. University of Michigan, 1969.
Ann Arbor, MI:
University of Michigan Press, 1972. (Originally published in
Paris, France, by Jean-Jacques Pauvert editeur as
Manifestes du
Surrealisme,
1962.)
MANIFESTO OF
SURREALISM (1924)
a Manifesto of Surrealism (1924), at 5.
b Ibid., at 9.
c Ibid., at 14.
d Ibid., at 14.
e Ibid., at 18.
f Ibid., at 21.
g Ibid., at 26.
SOLUBLE
FISH (1924)
h Soluble
Fish (1924), at 91.
SECOND MANIFESTO OF SURREALISM
(1930)
i Second
Manifesto of Surrealism (1930), at
125-126.
j Ibid., at 181n.
POLITICAL POSITION OF SURREALISM (1935)
k
Political Position of Today's Art (1935), at 229.
l Ibid., at 232.
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