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Home sales, prices in Canada signal 'fabled soft landing ...
Canadian home prices remain incredibly calm, cool, and collected
While it?s too early for victory laps, evidence is building that the Canadian housing market has pulled off the ?fabled soft landing?, says Douglas Porter, chief economist for BMO Capital Markets.
But not everybody thinks so
Here?s why Steve Eisman, who rose to fame betting against subprime mortgages in the U.S., says he is pessimistic about the Canadian housing market. Read on
Sales of existing homes climbed 0.6% in April from March, which trimmed the year-over-year decline to 3.1%, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Wednesday.
Porter points out that recent surprises in home sale data have consistently been on the high, rather than low, side.
Sales have risen in three of the four past months and are pretty much unchanged since last August when tighter mortgage rules first began to bite. Porter said other key metrics support the view of a ?well-tamed? market. Sales and listings are balanced and the backlog of unsold homes is at a slightly high, but ?unremarkable? 6.6 months.
Adrienne Warren of Scotiabank says even with tougher lending rules, low interest rates continue to encourage sales. After a sharp dip in the first few months after the new rules were introduced, sales have steadied in 2013.
However, it?s home prices where the stability of the market shows most, said Porter.
?Despite the very loud gnashing of teeth and excessive wringing of hands for well over a year on the topic, Canadian home prices remain incredibly calm, cool, and collected,? he said.
CREA?s home price index rose 2.2% in April from a year earlier, echoing similar increases in every major index for Canadian housing prices. Porter noted that 20 of the 26 cities are still reporting price increases over the past year, ?a far cry from a hard landing.?
?While some are highlighting the fact that prices are now rising at ?their slowest pace since the 2009 recession? the plain facts are that: a) they are still rising, and b) faster than inflation, and c) prices are at all-time highs. Some meltdown,? said Porter.
It was a view echoed by several other economists.
Sonya Gulati, senior economist at TD economics, also hailed the ?spring thaw? in Canada?s housing market. But while there are signs of promise, she does not expect a robust revival.
?There simply is no economic impetus for a full-fledged comeback in the cards. In turn, the 2013 spring home-buying season should be mediocre at best,? she wrote.
Source: http://business.financialpost.com/2013/05/15/canadas-housing-meltdown-must-of-missed-that/
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Family Medicine to the rescue?throughout the life cycle! | Nashen ...
Last chance to sign up for the 11th season of JGH Mini-Med School
The Jewish General Hospital?s (JGH) Mini-Med School is open for registration and spots are filling up fast! If you think you?ve got what it takes to gain a deeper understanding of family medicine, then all you need to do is bring your sense of curiosity and set aside a few evenings this spring, and be prepared to immerse yourself in the JGH Mini-Med School.The aim of this four-week series is to alert patients to the ways a family doctor can help prevent illness and provide help at every stage of the life cycle, explains Dr. Michael Malus, who is JGH Chief of Family Medicine, Director of the Goldman Herzl Family Practice Centre, and the kick-off speaker this year. The lectures?mixing education with entertaining insights in down-to-earth language?will touch on all aspects of family medicine: how to prevent illness, manage medications more effectively, help your teen through difficult times, and be more effective at navigating the home-care system.
?Though graduates of the JGH Mini-Med School will not be eligible to actually practice medicine, the hope is that they will be better-informed patients who are better able to take control of their health,? says Glenn J. Nashen, JGH Director of Public Affairs and Communications. ?The Goldman Herzl Family Practice Centre has just celebrated its 100th anniversary, so we felt that this was the perfect opportunity to share with the public all of the latest advancements in family medicine, and how the public can have a direct impact on long-term health care.?
The lectures will take place on four consecutive Wednesday evenings, beginning May 22, and climaxing with the final lecture on ?graduation? night on on June 12.
Here?s what you can look forward to:
May 22
Dr. Michael Malus, Some Tips on Avoiding Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and?Dementia
May 29
Dr. Silvia Duong, Managing Medications: A Guide to Safer Drug Use
June 5
Dr. Perry Adler, Helping Teens Through Adolescence: The Psycho-Social Aspects of?Adolescent Medicine
June 12
Dr. John C. Kirk, House Call to Home Care: Something Old is New Again
Where: Jewish General Hospital
When: Wednesdays from May 22 to June 12, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
The fee is $40 for adults and $25 for students (with valid student ID) and seniors (60 and over) for all four sessions. The public can sign up at www.jgh.ca/en/minimed . This educational series is now accessible at any time; presentations from years past can be viewed at jgh.ca/minimed at no cost. DVDs from three different Mini-Med series are also available at libraries throughout Montreal and Quebec.Like this:
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Source: http://gjnashen.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/family-medicine-to-the-rescuethroughout-the-life-cycle/
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When green means danger: A stunning new species of palm-pitviper from Honduras
May 14, 2013 ? A new species of green palm-pitviper of the genus Bothriechis is described from a seriously threatened cloud forest reserve in northern Honduras. Because of similarity in color pattern and scalation, the new species (Bothriechis guifarroi) was previously confused with other Honduran palm pitvipers. Genetic analysis revealed that the closest relatives of the new species are actually found over 600 km to the south, in the mountains of Costa Rica.
The study was published in the open access journal Zookeys.
The gorgeous new species was discovered by scientists during two expeditions in 2010 aimed at studying the fauna of Texiguat Wildlife Refuge, one of the most endemism-rich and diverse highland forests in Mesoamerica. This beautiful, but highly toxic, snake represents the 15th endemic species occurring in the region. Texiguat Wildlife Refuge was created in 1987 to protect populations of wildlife such as the famous but elusive jaguar and Central America tapir, as well as howler and white-faced monkeys, sloths, and a variety of endemic amphibians, reptiles, and plants.
To draw attention to the dedication and sacrifice of many grassroots conservationists in Honduras and Central America, the new species was named in honor of Mario Guifarro of Olancho. Guifarro was a former hunter and gold miner who became an outspoken conservationist when he saw the vast rainforests of eastern Honduras being destroyed and converted to cattle ranches. After years of threats and multiple attempts on his life, Guifarro was ambushed and murdered on 15 September 2007 while on a mission to delimit a biosphere reserve for the indigenous Tawahka.
The lead author of the study Dr Josiah Townsend, Department of Biology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, comments on the importance of the discovery and conservation status of the new species: "The description of Bothriechis guifarroi has important implications for Central American biogeography as well as conservation. We recommend that B. guifarroi be immediately classified as Critically Endangered due to its limited known area of occurrence and the potential for anthropogenic damage to its habitat. We also consider that this species warrants immediate consideration for protection under CITES, given its striking appearance and high potential for exploitation in the pet trade."
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- Josiah Townsend, Melissa Medina-Flores, Larry Wilson, Robert Jadin, James Austin. A relict lineage and new species of green palm-pitviper (Squamata, Viperidae, Bothriechis) from the Chort?s Highlands of Mesoamerica. ZooKeys, 2013; 298 (0): 77 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.298.4834
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The 77th Annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival Means ... - The Connector
Photos and article by Sheronda Gipson, contributor
Ah! Spring in Atlanta. At first only noticed by the schizophrenic weather, pollen covered cars and wheezing and sneezing of allergy sufferers. But through watery eyes and sniffling noses there is a beacon of light called the Atlanta Dogwood Festival.
Makaela Davis, first-year animation and graphic design student, not only attended the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, she has been a part of it in several ways. ?I have a part-time job there regularly,? Davis says.
When asked if this was her first time at the festival, Davis replied, ?Last year I won second place in their annual high school exhibition/contest, so I spent more time actually enjoying the festival then. They?re really supportive of young artists. It was a statewide contest, and everyone in it was really encouraged by the event.?
?There are plenty of awesome events for the less artistically inclined individuals to enjoy too. They have carnival rides, fair food, dog show and live music. It?s like a huge fair even if you don?t visit a single one of the hundreds of art stands that line the sidewalk,? Davis says.
Sybil Vaughn, who has attended the Atlanta Dogwood Festival every year for the last ten years, ?says ?This year the art looked about the same, the vendors, the same, but there was one thing that stood out?more food stations and trucks. There were more food trucks and vendors, selling everything from fried oysters, BBQ pork sandwiches, gigantic turkey legs, grilled brussel sprouts and sweet funnel cakes laden with powdered sugar, to draft beer, homemade lemonade and $8 margaritas.?
The Atlanta Dogwood Festival is held every year at Piedmont Park. For more information, visit http://www.dogwood.org
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Rethinking the Paths Business Training Can Lead To | Schools ...
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It is common for small business owners to outsource their IT and accounting services. This is understandable since most business owners and independent contractors are more focused on their individual products and services. However, outsourcing can be expensive. The more that working professionals can learn to do on their own, the more control they have over the financial health of their business.
Accounting Training.
Today?s computer programs have made accounting easier than ever. When you receive a basic understanding of accounting software, or other accounting-based software, you are taking the financial health of your business into your own hands. Plus, you can save thousands, hundreds of thousands, and even millions of dollars over the lifetime of your business.
Along with basic accounting and bookkeeping skills, you will learn about local, state, and government tax legislation. When your business accounting training is complete, you will know exactly what to do on a quarterly, bi-annual, and annual basis in order to keep your business running profitably, and in accordance with current payroll and tax laws. Accounting is an important skill to add to your holistic business training portfolio.
IT Training.
How many times have you had to call an outside IT technician to fix a simple computer glitch? Have you been writing monthly checks to an outsourced IT company who doesn?t perform as quickly or efficiently as they advertised? There is a good chance that simple IT training is all you need to keep your company?s computers operating effectively on a day to day basis, while keeping appropriate firewalls and other virus and spyware protection in place.
Within just a few IT classes, you will know exactly what to do in an IT emergency. You will learn how to safeguard your internal network, fix basic computer problems, and will learn how to be an effective IT administrator for your company. Whether you are a company of one, or have a small in-house staff that works for you, keeping your IT services from being outsourced will save a significant amount of money in the long run. Should a technical issue arise, you will get back to business as usual, without having to fit into somebody else?s schedule. Another advantage of IT training is that formal classes teach you how to train yourself as technology evolves, keeping your skills fresh.
So what are you waiting for? Rather than letting someone else hold the reigns to various aspects of your company, IT and accounting training will help you keep all of the control where it should be: in the boss? hands. Together, they will make your business training complete.
Visit Academy of Learning College for more information on business training and other useful skills for a small business owner.
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90% Beyond The Hills
All Critics (79) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (71) | Rotten (8)
The final shot, with windshield wipers struggling to clean away a torrent of muddy water, suggests that no human agency is great enough to handle this world's misery.
"Beyond the Hills" seethes with astonishment and rage at a broken society marooned between the 21st century and the 16th.
It is a haunting movie, dealing with superstitions, possession, even exorcism, one in which Mungiu poses no easy answers, because there are none to be found.
If you long for the bleak intelligence of an Ingmar Bergman film, where humankind is deeply flawed and God is indifferently silent and the landscape is cloaked in perpetual winter, then Beyond the Hills promises to be your cup of despair.
There are no easy villains or heroes in this sad and slow but forcefully told tale, which exhibits the same humanity Mungiu brought to 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, his abortion drama that won the 2007 Palme d'Or.
A film that asks its viewer to consider the nature of good and evil, love and trust - and trust that turns into something like blind faith.
Beyond the Hills' undercurrents prove more interesting than its storyline or characters.
Strikingly shot and punishingly long ...
(Writer-director Christian) Mungiu balances his film's more disturbing content with peaceful shots of the idyllic, surrounding countryside and of intimacy between the two women while slowly building to an inevitable conclusion.
When the ill and unstable Alina returns to the monastery, just so she can be with her beloved, Beyond the Hills becomes a species of those exorcism movies that audiences gorge on, only done with a realism and ambiguity usually missing from the genre.
What makes this movie unique is that it holds literally everyone in the film accountable for the unfortunate goings on.
It's an exorcism movie for everyone who thought, after Mungiu's gruelling abortion buddy-movie 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, that this guy should do an exorcism movie
It's an enigmatic and austere film from a region where political, sexual and religious repression are as stifling as the sooty air.
Mungui's rigorous approach to filmmaking isn't a ton of fun to watch, but his ideas stick with you.
It delivers an emotional punch, in what its director has called a story about the sin of indifference.
Such is the rigorous and high-minded nature of Romanian cinema that even a real-life exorcism story can inspire something loftier than a horror movie.
Heartbreak at a Romanian convent
...Cristian Mungiu has taken a real life event...to consider deeply human philosophies such as freedom vs. discipline, love vs. security, the choices facing those without financial recourse and the hypocrisies of organized religions.
I found it riveting to watch and fascinating to think about afterwards.
An undeniably tough watch.
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Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beyond_the_hills_2012/
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