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Subject:  Played Valentines day Saturday 17/8/2013--re Thursday 14/2/2013
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Date Posted: 22:37:40 08/17/13 Sat Played Valentines day Saturday 17/8/2013--re Thursday 14/2/2013 Realeased Single by John Lennon from the album Imagine B-side"It's So Hard" (US) '"Working Class Hero" (UK) Released11 October 1971 (1971-10-11) Format7" vinyl, 12" vinyl RecordedMay–June 1971 at Ascot Sound Studios, Ascot and Record Plant East, New York GenreRock, pop Length3:03 LabelApple Writer(s)John Lennon ProducerJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector John Lennon singles chronology "Power to the People" (1971)"Imagine"/ "It's So Hard" (US, 1971)"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (1971) |
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Subject: Tuesday, March 7, 1972==played Saturday 17/8/2013==appeared under the genre of Top Ten Stock picks issue 331=released Friday 12/6/2009 =effective Tuesday 16/6/2009 to Monday 29/6/2009==Unlucky 13 magazine
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Author: Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937 or 1939)-"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Thursday14/2/2013) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 22:34:10 08/17/13 Sat Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937 or 1939) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is notable for jazz, soul, R&B, and folk music. Flack may be best known for her Hot 100 #1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "Feel Like Makin' Love", as well as "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" won the 1973 Grammy Record of the Year and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" won the same award at the Grammy Awards of 1974. She and U2 are the only artists to win the award in consecutive years. |
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Date Posted: 22:05:25 08/17/13 Sat 50 Slang Terms for Money by Mark Nichol I find very little about money to be interesting, other than counting my own, but I’ve noted that there’s a rich fund of slang terms for money that can help enliven both casual and more serious content about currency and finance. Here’s a roster of slang synonyms in plural form for words for US currency in particular, many of which are useful for playful references to money or as options for evoking a historical period in fiction by using contemporary idiom: 1. Bank: money 2. Benjamins: a one-hundred-dollar bill (in reference to the portrait of Benjamin Franklin that distinguishes it) 3. Big ones: multiples of one thousand dollars 4. Bills: multiples of one hundred dollars 5. Bones: dollars (origin unknown) 6. Bread: money in general (on the analogy of it being a staple of life) 7. Bucks: dollars (perhaps from a reference to buckskins, or deerskins, which were once used as currency) 8. Cabbage: paper money (from its color) 9. Cheddar (or chedda): money (origin unknown, but perhaps from the concept of cheese distributed by the government to welfare recipients) 10. Clams: dollars (perhaps from the onetime use of seashells as currency) 11. Coin: money, either paper or coinage 12-13. Cs (or C-notes): multiples of one hundred dollars (from the Roman symbol for “one hundred”) 14. Dead presidents: paper money (from the portraits of various former US presidents that usually distinguish bills of various denominations) 15. Dime: ten dollars (by multiplication of the value of the ten-cent coin) 16. Dough: money in general (akin to the usage of bread) 17-18. Doubles (or dubs): twenty-dollar bills 19. Ducats: money (from the Italian coin) 20. Fins: five-dollar bills (perhaps from the shared initial sound with fives) 21. Five-spots: five-dollar bills 22. Fivers: five-dollar bills 23. Folding stuff: paper money 24. Greenbacks: paper money (from the color of the ink) 25. Gs: thousand-dollar bills (an abbreviation for grand) 26. Grand: one thousand dollars (as in “three grand” for “three thousand dollars”) 27. Large: thousand-dollar bills 28. Lettuce: paper money (from its color) 29. Long green: paper money (from its shape and color) 30. Loot: money (originally denoted goods obtained illicitly or as the spoils of war) 31. Lucre: money or profit (from the biblical expression “filthy lucre,” meaning “ill-gained money”) 32. Moola (or moolah): money (origin unknown) 33. Nickel: five dollars (by multiplication of the value of the five-cent coin) 34. Ones: dollars (also, fives for “five-dollar bills,” tens for “ten-dollar bills,” and so on) 35. Quarter: twenty-five dollars (by multiplication of the value of the twenty-five-cent coin) 36. Sawbucks: ten-dollar bills (from the resemblance of X, the Roman symbol for ten, to a sawbuck, or sawhorse) 37. Scratch: money (perhaps from the idea that one has to struggle as if scratching the ground to obtain it) 38. Shekels: dollars (from the biblical currency) 39. Simoleons: dollars (perhaps from a combination of simon, slang for the British sixpence and later the American dollar, and napoleon, a form of French currency) 40. Singles: one-dollar bills 41. Skrilla: money (origin unknown) 42. Smackers: dollars (origin unknown) 43. Spondulix: money (either from spondylus, a Greek word for a shell once used as currency, or from the prefix spondylo-, which means “spine” or “vertebra”; these have a common etymology) 44. Stacks: multiples of a thousand dollars 45. Tenners: ten-dollar bills 46. Ten-spots: ten-dollar bills 47. Two bits: twenty-five cents (a reference to pieces of eight, divisible sections of a Mexican real, or dollar) 48. Wad: a bundle of paper money 49. Wampum: money (from the Native American term wampumpeag, referring to native currency) 50. Yards: one hundred dollars There are, of course, many other terms, dated or current, including borrowings of foreign terms like dinero. What did I miss (or omit)? |
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Subject: Tuesday August 6, 1991==posted Valentime timeline.Saturday 17/8/2013==re Thursday 14/2/2013
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Date Posted: 21:34:02 08/17/13 Sat Tuesday August 6, 1991=First Website=Location Switzerland Tim Berners Lee.==The Project Next computer at Cern http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html, On Indonesian Independence Day Saturday 17/8/2013 calendar week 33 financial week 7==total 40 22 years 12 days. Roman (end date included)=8048 |
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Date Posted: 21:25:15 08/17/13 Sat GeekDadParents, Kids and the Stuff We Obsess About The InternetPeopleShare on Facebookshares inShare.1,01620 Years Ago Today: The First Website Is Published By Matt Blum08.06.118:00 AM Edit Tim Berners-Lee It was August 6, 1991, at a CERN facility in the Swiss Alps, when 36-year-old physicist Tim Berners-Lee published the first-ever website. It was, not surprisingly, a pretty basic one — according to CERN: Info.cern.ch was the address of the world’s first-ever web site and web server, running on a NeXT computer at CERN. The first web page address was http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html, which centred on information regarding the WWW project. Visitors could learn more about hypertext, technical details for creating their own webpage, and even an explanation on how to search the Web for information. There are no screenshots of this original page and, in any case, changes were made daily to the information available on the page as the WWW project developed. You may find a later copy (1992) on the World Wide Web Consortium website. Of course, the only people who actually had web browser software were Berners-Lee and his colleagues at CERN, so the world at large remained almost entirely ignorant of the momentous event that had just taken place. Gradually installations of web servers and the use of web browsers spread, but it really wasn’t until 1993, when the Mosaic browser was released, that the technology really achieved serious momentum. In 1994, Berners-Lee founded the World Wide Web Consortium (often referred to as “W3C”) at MIT in order to create standards for the web to ensure that different websites would all work the same way. Berners-Lee, now 56, is still the director of the W3C, in addition to several other positions he holds. While there are and surely always will be some deviations from the standards by many websites and browsers, it’s not a stretch to say that the web as we know it would probably not exist if not for the W3C’s guidance. Tim Berners-Lee's NeXT at CERN: The first-ever web server, browser, and editor. It can be hard now, even for many of us who regularly used the Internet before there was a World Wide Web, to remember that there was a time when the two terms weren’t considered nearly synonymous by the general public. Of course, that’s partly because, before the proliferation of websites that followed Mosaic’s release (and for some time thereafter), most members of the general public didn’t have the least idea that the Internet even existed. And it’s nigh-impossible to conceive of just how different the world would be today were it not for the event of twenty years ago today. Heck, you’d probably have to go to comp.wired.geekdad on Usenet to read this blog. So please join us in saying “Happy birthday!” to the World Wide Web! At the rate things change in the world of technology, I can scarcely imagine what it’ll look like when twenty more years have passed. It should be fun finding out. Tim Berners-Lee image: Paul Clarke, via Wikimedia Commons. Computer/desk image: Robert Scoble, via Wikimedia Commons. Matt Blum is the Managing Editor of GeekDad. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and two kids, all of whom are also geeks. In his day job Matt is a software engineer, and his many geeky interests include science fiction, the Muppets, LEGO, board games, video games, and bacon. Read more by Matt Blum Follow @cerebus19 and @GeekDads on Twitter. |
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Author: Scotsman history TV and Paul KeatingLaurence Schitzophrenia Canberra Why are you still selling big Issue?=back cover will dine out to help homeless Monday14/11/2011 to Saturday 24/12/2011 (issue393Seeingthings70years Commercial TV) [ Edit | View ] |
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Author: Neil Diamond 24/1/1941==Nothing you can do or say Open song Love on the rocks (Joan Baez) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 20:52:52 08/17/13 Sat AmazingGraceImagineBlowinInWindPerfectstorWoodstock 2013[edit source | edit]Date Location Fight Division Titles Rematch TV Promoter Notes August 17 Cardiff, UK Nathan Cleverly vs. Sergey Kovalev Light Heavyweight WBO Light Heavyweight No BoxNation Frank Warren N/A August 17 Atlantic City, USA Daniel Geale vs. Darren Barker Middleweight IBF Middleweight No HBO Gary Show Productions N/A August 24 Schwerin, Germany Kubrat Pulev vs. Tony Thompson Heavyweight No No Das Erste Sauerland N/A September 14 Stuttgart, Germany Marco Huck vs. Firat Arslan Cruiserweight WBO Cruiserweight Yes Das Erste Sauerland N/A September 14 Las Vegas, USA Danny García vs. Lucas Matthysse Light Welterweight WBC Light Welterweight WBA Super World Light Welterweight The Ring Magazine Light Welterweight No Showtime PPV Golden Boy Promotions Undercard of Mayweather/Canelo September 14 Las Vegas, USA Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez Light Middleweight WBC Light Middleweight WBA Super World Light Middleweight The Ring Magazine Light Middleweight No Showtime PPV Golden Boy Promotions The One September 28 Manchester, UK David Haye vs. Tyson Fury Heavyweight No No Sky Sports Matchroom Boxing N/A September 28 Carson, USA Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. vs. Brian Vera Middleweight No No HBO Top Rank N/A October 5 Moscow, Russia Wladimir Klitschko vs. Alexander Povetkin Heavyweight WBA Super World Heavyweight IBF Heavyweight WBO Heavyweight IBO Heavyweight The Ring Magazine Heavyweight No RTL K2 Promotions N/A October 5 Orlando, USA Miguel Cotto vs. Delvin Rodriguez Light Middleweight No No HBO Promociones Miguel Cotto N/A October 12 Las Vegas, USA Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Marquez Welterweight WBO Welterweight No HBO PPV Top Rank N/A October 19 Denver, USA Mike Alvarado vs. Ruslan Provodnikov Light Welterweight WBO Light Welterweight No HBO Top Rank N/A November 24 Macau Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios Welterweight No No HBO PPV Top Rank N/A |
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Date Posted: 20:31:24 08/17/13 Sat Minced oath From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Minced Oath) Jump to: navigation, search A minced oath is a euphemistic expression formed by misspelling, mispronouncing, or replacing a part of a profane, blasphemous, or taboo term to reduce the original term's objectionable characteristics. Some examples include "gosh" for God, "darn" for damn, and "heck" for Hell. Many languages have such expressions. In the English language, nearly all profanities have minced variants.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Formation 2 History 3 Acceptability 4 Literature and censorship 5 Examples 5.1 Other religious examples 6 See also 7 Footnotes 8 References Formation[edit source | edit]The most common methods of forming a minced oath are rhyme and alliteration. Thus the word bloody (which itself may be an elision of "By Our Lady"—referring to the Virgin Mary) can become blooming, or ruddy.[1] Alliterative minced oaths such as darn for damn allow a speaker to begin to say the prohibited word and then change to a more acceptable expression.[2] In rhyming slang, rhyming euphemisms are often truncated so that the rhyme is eliminated: prick became Hampton Wick and then simply Hampton. Another well-known example is "cunt" rhyming with "Berkeley Hunt", which was subsequently abbreviated to "berk". Alliteration can be combined with metrical equivalence, as in the pseudo-blasphemous "Judas Priest", substituted for the blasphemous use of "Jesus Christ".[3] Minced oaths can also be formed by shortening: e.g., b for bloody or f for fuck.[1] Sometimes words borrowed from other languages become minced oaths; for example, poppycock comes from the Low Dutch pappe kak, meaning "soft dung".[4] The minced oath blank is an ironic reference to the dashes that are sometimes used to replace profanities in print.[5] It goes back at least to 1854, when Cuthbert Bede wrote "I wouldn't give a blank for such a blank blank. I'm blank, if he doesn't look as if he'd swallowed a blank codfish." By the 1880s, it had given rise to the derived forms blanked and blankety,[6] which combined together gave the name of the long running and popular British TV show Blankety Blank. In the same way, bleep arose from the use of a tone to mask profanities on radio.[5] History[edit source | edit]The Cretan king Rhadamanthus is said to have forbidden his subjects to swear by the gods, suggesting that they swear instead by the ram, the goose or the plane tree. Socrates favored the "Rhadamanthine" oath "by the dog", with "the dog" often interpreted as referring to the bright "Dog Star", i.e., Sirius. Aristophanes mentions that people used to swear by birds instead of by the gods, adding that the soothsayer Lampon still swears by the goose "whenever he's going to cheat you".[7] Since no god was called upon, Lampon may have considered this oath safe to break.[8] The use of minced oaths in English dates back at least to the 14th century, when "gog" and "kokk", both euphemisms for God, were in use. Other early minced oaths include "Gis" or "Jis" for Jesus (1528).[9] Late Elizabethan drama contains a profusion of minced oaths, probably due to Puritan opposition to swearing. Seven new minced oaths are first recorded between 1598 and 1602, including 'sblood for By God's blood from Shakespeare, 'slight for God's light from Ben Jonson, and 'snails for By God's nails from the historian John Hayward. Swearing on stage was officially banned by the Act to Restraine Abuses of Players in 1606, and a general ban on swearing followed in 1623. In some cases the original meanings of these minced oaths were forgotten; 'struth (By God's truth) came to be spelled strewth and zounds changed pronunciation (with the vowel as in "found") so that it no longer sounded like By God's wounds.[10] Other examples from this period include 'slid for "By God's eyelid" (1598) and 'sfoot for "By God's foot" (1602). Gadzooks for "By God's hooks" (the nails on Christ's cross) followed in the 1650s, egad for oh God in the late 17th century,[11] and ods bodikins for "By God's bodkins [i.e. nail]s" in 1709.[12] Acceptability[edit source | edit]Although minced oaths are not as strong as the expressions from which they derive, some hearers still find them offensive. One writer in 1550 considered "idle oaths" like "by cocke" (by God), "by the cross of the mouse foot", and "by Saint Chicken" to be "most abominable blasphemy".[13] The minced oaths "'sblood" and "zounds" were omitted from the Folio edition of Shakespeare's play Othello, probably as a result of Puritan-influenced censorship.[14] In 1941 a U.S. federal judge threatened a lawyer with contempt of court for using the word "darn".[15] Zounds may sound amusing and archaic to the modern ear,[16] yet as late as 1984 the columnist James J. Kilpatrick recalled that "some years ago", after using it in print, he had received complaints that it was blasphemous because of its origin as "God's wounds".[17] (He had written an article entitled "Zounds! Is Reagan Mad?" in the Spartanburg Herald for 12 June 1973,[18] and also used "zounds" in June 1970.[19]) Literature and censorship[edit source | edit]Main article: Minced oaths in literature It is common to find minced oaths in literature. Writers sometimes face the problem of portraying characters who swear, and often include minced oaths instead of profanity in their writing so that they will not offend audiences or incur censorship. Somerset Maugham referred to this problem in his 1919 novel The Moon and Sixpence, where he admitted: Strickland, according to Captain Nichols, did not use exactly the words I have given, but since this book is meant for family reading, I thought it better — at the expense of truth — to put into his mouth language familiar to the domestic circle.[20] Examples[edit source | edit] This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2013) Examples in English include but are not limited to: Original term Minced oath Notes God goodness, gosh, golly, gad, gor Jesus gee, geez, geesh, jiminy, sheesh, jingo, Jason, Jaysus Christ crickets, crikey, cripes, Crisp Jesus Christ (two words) Jiminy Cricket or Jiminy Christmas, Judas Priest, Jeepers Creepers, Cheese and Rice, Geez Louise, Jeezum Crow, Jason Crisp Hell Heck, H-E-double-toothpicks, H-E-double-hockey-sticks asshole a-hole, a-hat damn darn, dang, dern, drat dipshit dipstick As heard on the TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard" goddamn doggone, dadgum, goodnessdarn, gorram, goshdarn, goshdang, goshdern, gotdang, consarn, dognad "Gorram" entered popular usage after the debut of the Joss Whedon TV series Firefly (TV series). damnation tarnation, dangnation God blame me, God blind me blimey what the Hell what the heck, what in Sam Hill, what the hey, what in the world bastard bar steward fucking flipping, freaking, fricking, frigging, fudging, effing, fracking, frakking, frilling, fecking "Fecking" is widely used in Ireland, but it has a different etymology and is not simply a minced version of "fucking". "Fracking" or "frakking" (alt spelling) has come into more common use since the Ron Moore reboot of the Battlestar Galactica (TV series) franchise, though the term is native to the original incarnation.. motherfucker mother-father, Morgan Freeman, melon-farmer, monkey-fighter, mussel-shucker, muzzafuzza, fuhther-mucker, mothertrucker, mothersucker motherlover, mofo, mother effer, motherfecker The term 'melon-farmer' was frequently used in movies in the 1980s and 1990s to replace 'motherfucker', thereby making the movie suitable for younger audiences. For similar reasons, FX's TV edit of Snakes on a Plane employed the noun-noun compound "monkey-fight" in its infinitive form as an attributive verb. shit shoot, sugar, shucks, ish, shite, schnap bullshit bologna, bulwark, bull, BS, bullcrap nuts nerts, bananas bitch beach, beyotch, witch son of a bitch son of a gun, son of a pup, son of a biscuit, son of a preacher man, Many different etymologies have been proposed for "son of a gun," which may have an independent origin from "son of a bitch." Christ's money criminy, crimony The thirty pieces of silver in exchange for which Judas betrayed Jesus. pissed off ticked off, brassed off, cheesed off prig, prude, bitch, or sissy prissy Examples in other languages: Original term Minced oath Notes sacre Dieu sacrebleu A French minced oath Carlos Menem Carlos Méndez A modern Argentinian use of minced oath: ex-president Menem had a fame of bringing bad luck (especially in sports), to the point that many in his country avoided pronouncing his surname and replaced it with the euphemistic Méndez.[21] mierda Miércoles Panamanian; the speaker catches him/herself and utters "Wednesday" instead of "shit" Other religious examples[edit source | edit]suffering succotash, of Loony Tunes fame, instead of Suffering Saviour. God's will and God's peace (see, e.g., the St. Crispin's Day Speech in Shakespeare's Henry V) blimey, short for "[God] blind me." criminy or crimony, an alteration of Christ's money, the thirty pieces of silver in exchange for which Judas betrayed Jesus gadzooks, originally a dialectal pronunciation of God's hooks, the nails with which Jesus was affixed to the cross zounds, a contraction of God's wounds, the injuries that Jesus suffered while being crucified[22] substitute invocations of nominally divine beings (e.g., pagan deities) presumed to be nonexistent by the speaker and his/her audience: egads or egad, itself an alteration of ye gods intended to placate those who consider ye gods blasphemous in that its literal meaning constitutes an appeal to non-Abrahamic deities and thereby violates stricter interpretations of the First Commandment in Judeo-Christian tradition ye gods (marked as a reference to non-Christian deities by the plural form indicating polytheism) "oh, my goddess" as in the Judeo-Christian tradition, the term is not used by Jove, jumping Jupiter, etc. See also[edit source | edit]Bowdlerization Expletive deleted Fuddle duddle Four letter word Eggcorn Footnotes[edit source | edit]^ a b c Hughes, 12. ^ Hughes, 7. ^ What does "Judas Priest" mean? (10 May 1996) ^ Hughes, 16–17. ^ a b Hughes, 18–19. ^ prep. by J. A. Simpson ... (1994). Oxford English Dictionary 1 (2 ed.). Oxford Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8. definition 12b for blank ^ Echols, Edward C. (1951). "The Art of Classical Swearing". The Classical Journal 46 (6): 29–298. JSTOR 3292805. ^ Dillon, Matthew (1995). "By Gods, Tongues, and Dogs: The Use of Oaths in Aristophanic Comedy". Greece & Rome, 2nd Ser. 42 (2): 135–151. JSTOR 643226. ^ Hughes, 13–15. ^ Hughes, 103–105. ^ Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ^ Hughes, 13. ^ Lund, J.M. (2002). "The Ordeal of Zeal-of-the-Land Busy: The Conflict Over Profane Swearing and the Puritan Culture of Discipline". Journal of American & Comparative Cultures 25 (3/4): 260–269. ^ Kermode, Frank (2001). Shakespeare's Language. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 166. ISBN 0-374-52774-1. ^ Montagu, Ashely (2001). The Anatomy of Swearing. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 298. ISBN 0-8122-1764-0. ^ Leland, Christopher T. (2002). Creative Writer's Style Guide: Rules and Advice for Writing Fiction and Creative Nonfiction. Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books. p. 207. ISBN 1-884910-55-6. ^ Kilpatrick, James J. (1984). The Writer's Art. Fairway, Kansas: Andrews McNeel Publishing. p. 83. ISBN 0-8362-7925-5. ^ Herald-Journal: "Zounds! Is Reagan mad", 12 June 1973 ^ Herald-Journal: "Zounds! 5 cents a bottle, 11 June 1970 ^ Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 47; quoted in Hughes, 187. ^ El País: La derrota refuerza la fama de gafe de Carlos Menem (The [team's] defeat reinforces Carlos Menem's reputation of being a jinx. ^ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zounds |
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Date Posted: 17:02:20 08/17/13 Sat Richard Clapton From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Richard Clapton Richard Clapton, 9 October 2005 The Entertainment Quarter Background information Born 18 May ca. 1949 Origin Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Genres Rock and roll Occupations Singer, songwriter, producer Instruments Singing, guitar Years active 1965–present Labels Infinity, Festival, Mushroom, WEA, Warner, Sony, Columbia Associated acts Darktown Strutters, Bitch, Sopwith Camel, Sun, Renée Geyer, The Party Boys Website www.richardclapton.com Richard Clapton (born 18 May ca. 1949) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist from Sydney, New South Wales. His solo top 20 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart are "Girls on the Avenue" (1975) and "I Am an Island" (1982). His top 20 albums on the related Albums Chart are Goodbye Tiger (1977), Hearts on the Nightline (1979), The Great Escape (1982), and The Very Best of Richard Clapton (1982). As a producer he worked on the second INXS album, Underneath the Colours (1981). In 1983, he briefly joined The Party Boys for a tour of eastern Australia and the live album, Greatest Hits (Of Other People) (1983) before resuming his solo career. Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane described Clapton as "one of the most important Australian songwriters of the 1970s". On 12 October 1999, Clapton was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame. As from May 2010, he is writing an autobiography, expected for release later in the year. Contents [hide] 1 Life and career 1.1 Early years 1.2 Debut album: Prussian Blue 1.3 Girls on the Avenue 1.4 Goodbye Tiger 1.5 1980s 1.6 Later years 2 Personal life 3 Discography 3.1 Studio albums 3.2 Compilation albums 3.3 Live albums 3.4 Soundtrack albums 3.5 Singles 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links Life and career[edit source | edit] Early years[edit source | edit] Richard Clapton's year of birth is elusive: in a 2002 interview with a Melbourne newspaper, The Age, he described himself as being 50-something.[1] An article in Who magazine (1996) gives his birth year as 1951,[2] while Ian McFarlane's Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (1999) has 1949.[3] Clapton's mother was a night nurse at a Sydney hospital and his Australian-Chinese father was a surgeon—they had a volatile relationship and divorced when Clapton was two years old.[1] During his childhood, Clapton had no contact with his father and lived with his mother who had mental health problems.[4] She would periodically place him in care until she committed suicide when he was aged ten.[4] Clapton met his father at her funeral and was subsequently enrolled in a Sydney boarding school, Trinity Grammar, at Summer Hill.[4] As an adolescent he listened to the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, and was given his first electric guitar by a school friend's father.[5] He cites Richard Wherrett—his house master and English teacher at Trinity who later became a prominent theatre director—as an early mentor.[6] In 1965, Clapton formed Darktown Strutters with Ross Andreasen, Mick Bradley, Will Fowler, Dennis Hunter, Ross Lamonde and Ian Peepman.[7] He left school in his final year without completing his mathematics examination.[5] He played guitar while training as a commercial artist in the 1960s.[8] He raised enough money to board ship in 1967 to London where he played with three locals in a pre-punk group, followed by a group with four North Americans who were raided by the police for marijuana importing.[1] Clapton changed his birth name, using the last names of two of his heroes Keith Richards and Eric Clapton.[4] His visa had expired and he moved to Germany, where he played in a band titled Bitch and worked solo in folk clubs and on streets busking.[8] Clapton, as guitarist and vocalist, was a member of Sopwith Camel (not the United States band of same name), with Burghard Rausch on drums and Michael Günther on bass guitar (both members of krautrock group Agitation Free).[5][9] Clapton emerged in the early 1970s as a singer-songwriter in the "troubadour" style of Neil Young and Jackson Browne. Debut album: Prussian Blue[edit source | edit] In 1972, Clapton returned to Australia and signed a publishing deal with Essex Music and a recording deal with Infinity Records, a subsidiary of Festival Records. His debut single, "Last Train to Marseilles", was released in October. Clapton was backed by Red McKelvie (guitar, ex-The Flying Circus), Kenny Kitching (pedal steel), John Capek (piano, ex-Carson) and John Bois (bass guitar) and Tony Bolton (drums), both from Country Radio (see Greg Quill). At the end of the year he briefly joined a jazz-rock group, Sun, for six weeks into early 1973—he replaced their previous singer Renée Geyer.[3][8] Clapton's debut LP album, Prussian Blue appeared in November—it included "Last Train to Marseilles" from a year earlier—and was produced by Richard Batchens (Blackfeather, Sherbet). Two more singles were issued, "All the Prodigal Children" in October and "I Wanna Be a Survivor" in July 1974. On "Hardly Know Myself" and "I Wanna Be a Survivor" Clapton was backed by The La De Das, with other tracks variously featuring McKelvie, Glenn Cardier (guitar), Russell Dunlop (drums), Mike Perjanik (organ), Trevor Wilson and Mike Lawler (bass guitar) and Ian Bloxham (percussion).[3] According to rock historian Noel McGrath, the album suffered from lack of radio exposure—Australian commercial pop radio was overtaken by a local version of the Drake-Chenault "More Music" format—with a drastically restricted play list shutting out many Australian performers. Due to Clapton's solid grass-roots support, Prussian Blue sold steadily by word of mouth and four years later it was still selling 200-500 copies per week.[10] Critics praised his album which contained songs written while in Europe and Festival kept him on their books.[8] He spoke about the song Prussian Blue in Rolling Stone magazine saying it was "the only song I ever contrived". He said it "came about when I was going through my 'wanna-write-me-a-masterpiece stage, which everyone goes through." He said it took him "six weeks getting all the right clever rhymes and all."[11] Girls on the Avenue[edit source | edit] Clapton's commercial breakthrough came with his single, "Girls on the Avenue", issued in January 1975. Although Festival had little faith in the song—initially releasing it as the B-side of "Travelling Down the Castlereagh"—it was picked up by radio and became a major hit, reaching the No. 4 spot on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart in March.[12] According to Clapton:[13] "Not only did I not feel that Girls On The Avenue was the perfect song, but Festival Records rejected that song six times. They'd say to me, 'What's the chorus, is it 'Don't you slip' or 'Friday night ...'?' I don't know! Why does a song have to have a hook or a chorus? You either like the song or you don't!" The song was written about Clapton's visits to a street near his home to watch girls walking past—it was seen as a paean to prostitutes by the record label, radio commentators and the prostitutes themselves.[8] The song itself took a half an hour to write.[11] He said the only real money he ever made out of Girls on the Avenue was when it became available "on one of those bargain Explosive Hits" (compilations) and they sell about 400,00 each time."[11] According to Clapton, there were three cover versions of Girls on the Avenue that he knew of at the time (1976). One was by Mike McGear, another by ex-Fairport Convention member Trevor Lucas and an obscure Greek version.[11] The album, Girls on the Avenue, also produced by Batchens appeared in April; for touring and session work, he formed the Richard Clapton Band with John Carr on guitar, Ken Firth on bass guitar, Ace Follington on drums, McKelvie on guitar, and Tony Slavich on keyboards.[7] The album cover depicted Clapton with three women—one was a prostitute.[8] Other tracks dealt with similar themes to his debut album. Because of the commercial nature of the song, he was accused of selling out by deliberately writing a commercial song, a claim he refuted.[11] A second single, "Down the Road", was released in June but did not chart.[12] Clapton moved to Melbourne to write new material for his third album, Main Street Jive released in July 1976, again produced by Batchens.[7][8] He contributed six tracks to the film soundtrack for Highway One (1976).[14] The soundtrack included the single "Capricorn Dancer", which reached No. 40 in early 1977 and remains a concert staple.[3][12] Other contributors to the soundtrack, produced and engineered by Batchens, were The Dingoes, Bilgola Bop Band, Skyhooks and Ol' 55 with one track each.[3][14] Clapton toured Europe at the end of 1976 with his band including Slavich, Michael Hegerty (bass guitar, ex-Stars), Kirk Lorange (lead guitar) and Jim Penson (drums, ex-Blackfeather).[3][7] |
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Date Posted: 10:56:29 08/17/13 Sat Why the Dow Cratered 225 Points Today By John Divine | More Articles August 15, 2013 | Comments (1) Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) posted a second straight day of triple-digit losses Thursday, as a combination of weak earnings, rising interest rates, and chaos in Egypt sent stocks spiraling downward. While that trifecta may sound like a sure-fire reason for a sell-off, all is not lost: A seemingly major sell-off like today's still leaves the Dow up more than 17% year to date, and jobless claims last week fell to the lowest number since 2007. The Dow tumbled 225 points, or 1.5%, to end at 15,112 Thursday. Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT ) was the only stock in the index ending in the green, ticking up 0.1%. With the recent results from rival Deere being applauded by the markets today, Caterpillar benefited from its presence in the same industry. With Deere's farm machinery sales jumping 60% between 2009 and 2012, Wall Street figured now might be the time to invest in machinery makers. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ) , however, lost 2.6% as the retailer's second-quarter results underwhelmed. Not only did sales disappoint, but the company also lowered its expectations for this fiscal year, as several other major retailers missed investor's expectations. Wal-Mart, of course, faces increasing price competition from online retailers, as well, threatening its future margins. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ ) dropped 4.5% Thursday, as tech stocks were the worst performers of the day, falling more than 1.8% as a group. Some of the worst news for HP investors today didn't even come from the company itself: Dell's profits dropped 70% last quarter, an ominous sign for fellow PC makers. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO ) , incidentally, didn't help the tech sector, either, plummeting 7.2% after a discouraging earnings call in which the communications giant announced it would be trimming 5% of its workforce. Despite the slowly recovering economy, CEO John Chambers called the environment more "mixed and inconsistent" than any prior recovery he's ever seen. While the cautious tone dismayed some investors, it's important to remember that Cisco's earnings are still growing nearly 20% a year -- for the time being. Even More Premium Stock Picks The Motley Fool's chief investment officer has selected his No. 1 stock for this year. Find out which stock it is in the special free report: "The Motley Fool's Top Stock for 2013." Just click here to access the report and find out the name of this under-the-radar company. Fool contributor John Divine has no position in any stocks mentioned. You can follow him on Twitter @divinebizkid and on Motley Fool CAPS @TMFDivine. The Motley Fool recommends Cisco Systems. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. The Next Industry To Crumble... Imagine owning Amazon.com (up over an insane 4,000% since 2001) when Internet sales rendered big-box retailers obsolete... Or Apple (up over a mindboggling 6,000% since 2004) when smartphones made landlines irrelevant. Now an industry 99% of us use daily is set to implode... And 3 established companies are perfectly positioned to take advantage of this game-changing economic shift. That's why I urge you to click below to find out which industry is going the way of the dinosaur... and how YOU can take advantage. Click to see the stunning presentation. Read/Post Comments (1) | Recommend This Article (11) Share on emailEmail Print Feedback . Share on emailEmail Share on printPrint Comments from our Foolish Readers Help us keep this a respectfully Foolish area! This is a place for our readers to discuss, debate, and learn more about the Foolish investing topic you read about above. Help us keep it clean and safe. If you believe a comment is abusive or otherwise violates our Fool's Rules, please report it via the Report this Comment icon found on every comment. |
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Date Posted: 02:19:46 08/16/13 Fri No one can win hearts like man’s best friend and in honour of this bond between man and canine, Dog Day is celebrated. Take time to appreciate the love and value that dogs bring to our daily lives, and to do your bit for homeless and abused dogs the world over. From keeping us safe working for the emergency services to supporting people who are blind, deaf or disabled, dogs do a lot for us humans, and this is an opportunity to give something back. Recommendations for ways to celebrate Dog Day range from adopting a dog from a rescue home to giving your dog a holistic spa treatment or even buying yourself and your dog matching t-shirts. The National Dog Day Foundation supports all breeds and varieties of dogs and discourages purchasing from unethical backyard breeders and puppy mills; instead, support reputable breeders or adopt from rescue homes. Dog Day has been supported by such high profile individuals as former US President George W Bush whose own dog, Barney the Scottish terrier has his own website and has even starred in a series of short films. So celebrate dogs and their varied talents today, both by taking the time to treat the dogs in your own life and by supporting dogs in need. |
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Date Posted: 02:07:57 08/16/13 Fri August 15 is National Relaxation Day and National Failures Day Lisa Mason, Yahoo! Contributor Network Aug 15, 2007 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."More:Happy Father's DaySingle on Valentine's DayCheap Valentine's Day GiftsFlagClosePost a comment Is it ironic that these holidays are on the same day? Maybe not... perhaps this is a sign that we should relax and accept our failures. Maybe it is a sign that we should relax more and then we would have fewer failures. Or maybe you are relaxing too much and this is leading to your failures. I guess you can take it anyway you want. As for me, it's 2 am, I haven't slept in hours and I'm always looking for something to celebrate. So let's start with National Relaxation Day. Did you know that it is not only fun to relax but it's actually vital to a healthy lifestyle? Life is stressful! Have you seen the news lately? There are always so many things to do and never enough hours in the day. We prioritize and compartmentalize and organize and we try to squeeze each and every minute of the day to its fullest. Are you penciling "Rest Time" in your day planner? Our bodies and our minds need time to rest, to recover from a day's events and recuperate so we can feel energized and ready to begin a new day. While those workaholics among us may see it as slacking off, it's actually a great way to be more productive. When you take a reasonable amount of time for rest and relaxation, you can come back with more gusto and oomph (I only say words like "oomph" at 2 am). When you push yourself too hard, you become burnt out and sluggish and you will not be as productive. So sit back and relax and take some time to honor National Relaxation Day. Let us not forget that August 15th is such a glorious day it requires two national holidays. It is also National Failures Day. Put away that bottle of bourbon, it's not time to wallow in self-pity. No, instead we are going to embrace our failures and recognize that without them we could never grow as individuals. Life is all about choices and with those choices come consequences. Sometimes we make the wrong choices and we may not like those consequences. Sometimes we try our hardest and our best just isn't good enough. It's true that some of us fail a bit more often that others but hey, no one's calling names here. Seriously, we all make mistakes and if you try to be perfect all the time, you're just going to fail at that as well. The key is not to avoid failure but to learn from it when it occurs and continue trying. We will fail as individuals, we often fail as groups. Marriages fail, friendships fail, even countries and their leaders can fail. It's what makes the world go round, what makes us tick. Failures are often about perception as well. A failure to one person may look different in the eyes of another. Today, in honor of National Failures Day, take a look at your life and some of your failures. Failures are often about perception as well. A failure to one person may look different in the eyes of another. Was there times that what you thought was a failure turned out to be a blessing in disguise? Has someone ever accused you of being a failure and it motivated you to prove them wrong? In what ways have the failures of others affected your life? When you look at your failures, have you learned from them? If given the chance to do it all over again, would you change anything? Today, August 15th, let's take a moment to honor both National Relaxation Day and National Failures Day. |
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Date Posted: 01:49:32 08/16/13 Fri November 9 in German history From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Berlin, 9 November 1918, Philipp Scheidemann proclaims the Republic. 9 November has been the date of several important events in German history. The term Schicksalstag (Destiny day) has been occasionally used by historians and journalists since shortly after World War II, but its current widespread use started with the events of 1989 when virtually all German media picked up the term. There are five major events in German history that are connected to 9 November: 1848: After being arrested in the Vienna revolts, liberal leader Robert Blum is executed. The execution is often seen as a symbolic event for the ultimate failure of the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states. 1918: Monarchy in Germany ends when Kaiser Wilhelm II is dethroned in the November Revolution. Philipp Scheidemann proclaims the Weimar Republic from a window of the Reichstag. Two hours later Karl Liebknecht proclaims a "Free Socialist Republic" from a balcony of the Berliner Stadtschloss. Der 9. November (The Ninth of November) is the title of a novel by Bernhard Kellermann published in Germany that told the story of the German insurrection of 1918. 1923: The Beer Hall Putsch, from 8 to 9 November, marks the emergence of the Nazi Party as an important player on Germany's political landscape. 1938: In the Kristallnacht, from 9 to 10 November, synagogues and Jewish property are burned and destroyed on a large scale. More than 1,300 Jews are killed. 1989: The fall of the Berlin Wall ends German separation and starts a series of events that ultimately lead to the German reunification and the Fall of Communism in eastern Europe. November 9 was considered as the date for German Unity Day, but as it was also the anniversary of Kristallnacht, this date was considered inappropriate as a national holiday. The date of the formal reunification of Germany, 3 October 1990, therefore, was chosen as the date for the holiday instead. The establishment of the SS in 1925 is sometimes mentioned as having taken place on 9 November as well. Europe Day From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Europe Day Flag of Europe deployed in Strasbourg (France) during Europe Day 2009. Observed by European Union Council of Europe Europe Type International Significance Establishment of the Council of Europe / Date of the Schuman Declaration Date 5 May and 9 May In Europe, Europe Day is an annual celebration of peace and unity in Europe. There are two separate designations of Europe Day: 5 May for the Council of Europe, and 9 May for the European Union (EU).[1] For the EU, the day is also known as Schuman Day, commemorating the historical declaration by French foreign minister Robert Schuman.[2] The Council of Europe's day reflects its own establishment in 1949, while the European Union's day celebrates the day the EU's predecessor was proposed in 1950. Europe Day is one of a number of European symbols designed to foster unity among Europeans. Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Observance 3 Coincidence 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Background[edit] The Council of Europe was founded on 5 May 1949, and hence it chose that day for its celebrations when it established the holiday in 1964. In 1985, the European Communities (which later became the European Union) adopted the European symbols of the Council of Europe such as the Flag of Europe. However, the Community leaders decided to hold their Europe Day in commemoration of the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950. The declaration proposed the pooling of French and West German coal and steel industries, leading to the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, the first European Community, and hence is considered a principle founding moment. Hence, at the 1985 Milan European Council, 29 September was adopted as the EU's flag day. The European Constitution would have legally enshrined all the European symbols in the EU treaties, however the treaty failed and usage would continue only in the present de facto manner. The Constitution's replacement, the Treaty of Lisbon, contains a declaration by sixteen members supporting the symbols.[3] The European Parliament formally recognised the 9 May holiday in October 2008.[4] Observance[edit] 9 May is celebrated in various forms in most member states of the European Union and EU candidate countries such as Turkey.[5] Due to the political nature of the day, it sees attempts at teaching people about the European Union and speaking in support of European integration.[6] The flag as another symbol plays a major role in general celebrations. Despite a preference for 9 May, with the European Union's greater visibility, 5 May is still observed by some Europeans due to the Council's role in seeking to defend human rights, parliamentary democracy, and the rule of law. In contrast, the Schuman declaration was merely proposing the pooling of French and West German coal and steel. Ukraine since 2003 celebrates Europe Day on the third Saturday of May.[7] |
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Date Posted: 01:27:13 08/15/13 Thu Australian Stock Market Report Wednesday 14, August 2013 Summary Close Movement % Change All Ordinaries 5141.00 -0.60 0.00 All Industrials 5157.40 -0.30 0.00 50 Leaders 5328.80 2.60 0.00 Market Turnover $A 5,509,949,197.00 Commentary For detailed video updates: http://www.youtube.com/user/CommSecTV Follow us on Twitter for breaking news: www.twitter.com AFTERNOON REPORT (5pm AEST) There was a bit of everything for investors today. Some gains, some losses and then the end result – a flat finish. Overnight US markets rose on hopes the QE3 bond buying program could continue for longer than anticipated after one Federal Reserve President hinted he was not keen to taper in September. It was a very busy day on the reporting calendar. CBA shares closed lower after earlier hitting an all-time high of $75 a share. Australia’s largest company by market capitalisation reported a record $7.8 billion cash profit. Shareholders will receive a fully franked final dividend of $2 per share. Medical services company Primary Health Care (PRY) reported a near 29 per cent rise in FY net profit to $150.1 million. Total revenue was up 4.6% to $1.46 billion. The result was broadly in line with PRY´s own guidance and market expectations while a final fully franked dividend of 11cps was a positive surprise. PRY shares fell 2.8 per cent to $5.14 today. The world´s biggest share registry, Computershare (CPU) missed consensus with a 9.2% slump in its full year profit to $157 million. CPU shares fell 6.3 per cent to $9.75. Construction company Leighton Holdings (LEI) more than tripled its first half profit, however warned that challenges remain in the sector. LEI shares fell 6 per cent today to $16.24. In economic news, wages rose by 0.7 per cent in the June quarter. Annual growth of wages eased from 3.2 per cent to 2.9 per cent, equal to the slowest growth rate in three and a half years. There hasn’t been a slower period of growth since March 2000. On the market overall, a total of 1.7 billion shares changed hands, worth $5.5 billion. 491 shares were up, 445 were down and 313 were unchanged. At 4.30pm AEST the SFE 200 Futures Index was at 5120, up 4 points. Enjoy your evening. Juliette Saly CommSec Market Analyst MID-SESSION REPORT (12.30pm AEST) Investors tried it all this morning, with the Australian sharemarket a little higher on the open, in the red around an hour into trade and completely flat at lunch. Global stocks were buoyed by some upbeat economic news and comments from the head of Atlanta’s Federal Reserve (there are 12 US central banks across North America). President Lockhart seemed not overly keen to taper Quantitative Easing (QE) in a speech overnight. Economists were focused on this month’s consumer confidence reading, which rose by 3.5 per cent for August at 11.30am (AEST). Perhaps this shouldn’t come as a huge surprise however, with the federal election being called early this month together with an RBA interest rate cut. The reporting season is heating up today (busiest day of the earnings season so far). Computershare (CPU), Leighton Holdings (LEI), CSL and OZ Minerals have already issued their profit results. CPU, the world’s biggest share registry disappointed the market with a 9.2 per cent slump in full year profit. Earnings were driven by US acquisitions rather than activity from its core business. This environment remains challenging for CPU (the more corporate actions, M&As and company activity – the better from a revenue standpoint). CPU maintained its $0.14 dividend and will be paid to eligible shareholders on 17 September. CPU is down 5.1 per cent. Construction company, LEI more than tripled its profit, however warned that challenges remain in the sector. LEI shares are down 5.5 per cent. Blood products and vaccine provider, CSL is down 2.8 per cent despite announcing a 19 per cent rise in full year profit, thanks in part to better sales of an infection fighting infusion in North America and Europe. Australia’s biggest listed company, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) cracked through an all-time high of $75 briefly, only to fall back to $73.86 at around 12.30pm. At lunch, 817.9 million shares changed hands, worth $2.5 billion. 416 stocks are higher, 382 are in the red and 268 are unchanged. Enjoy your afternoon. Steven Daghlian CommSec Market Analyst MORNING REPORT (6.45am AEST) In US economic data, advance retail sales grew by 0.2pct in July. Core retail sales - excluding autos, gas and building materials - was stronger up a solid 0.5pct, the largest gain in seven months. The prior month was revised up to +0.6pct from +0.4pct. European shares hit a fresh two-month high on Tuesday as upbeat economic data reinforced expectations that the euro zone is finally crawling out of recession. The German ZEW sentiment index improved further in August. The current situation reading rose to +18.3, a 13-month high. Eurozone industrial production rose by 0.7pct in July, taking annual expansion back into positive territory at +0.3pct - the first positive reading since October 2011. The FTSEurofirst 300 index rose by 0.6pct. The German Dax was up by 0.7pct and the UK FTSE gained 0.6pct. Mining shares rose with Rio Tinto up by 2.2pct in London trade while BHP Billiton lifted by 0.3pct. US sharemarkets rose on Tuesday after stronger economic data supported sentiment. Also supporting the bid for equities was comments from Atlanta Fed President Lockhart, who suggested that the economic picture was too mixed for the central bank to detail its exit strategy from stimulus. Shares in Blackberry rose by 10pct on news that the company was weighing up options including an outright sale. The Dow Jones rose by 31pts or 0.2pct. The S&P 500 rose 5pts or 0.3pct and the Nasdaq rose by almost 15pts or 0.4pct. US treasuries fell on Tuesday (yields higher) on upbeat economic data. The Federal Reserve bought $1.413 billion in debt due from 2040 to 2043 on Tuesday as part of its ongoing purchase program. US 2yr yields rose by 2pts to 0.33pct and US 10yr yields rose by 9pts to 2.72pct. The US dollar rallied against major currencies in overnight trade on Tuesday following the stronger US retail sales figures. The Euro fell from highs near US$1.3315 to US$1.3235 and ended US trade near US$1.3265. The Aussie dollar eased from near US91.45c to US90.80c before ending US trade near US91.05c. And the Japanese yen held between 97.35 yen per US dollar and JPY98.30, before ending US trade near JPY98.15. World oil prices edged higher on Tuesday with traders focussed on possible supply disruptions from OPEC nations Iraq and Libya. Labour unrest has resulted in a shutdown at Libya´s two biggest crude export terminals. Libya total oil production was well below 500,000 barrels per day down from 1.3 million barrels in June. Brent crude rose by US85c or 0.8pct to US$109.82 a barrel while US Nymex crude rose by US72c or 0.7pct to US$106.83 a barrel. Base metal prices were mixed on Tuesday, with copper touching its highest level in more than nine weeks. Copper gained 0.3pct while lead lost 0.7pct. Gold fell for the first time in five sessions on Tuesday. Comex December futures price fell by US$13.70 an ounce or 1pct to US$1,320.80 per ounce. The iron ore price lifted by US$3.10 or 2.2pct to US$141.80 a tonne. Ahead: In Australia, the consumer sentiment survey and the wage price index are released. In the US, producer price data is released. Craig James CommSec Chief Economist This commentary is a general account of the day's trading and is not intended to be taken as a recommendation to buy, hold or sell any particular stock. |
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Date Posted: 01:23:07 08/15/13 Thu The most recent 250 transcripts from the ABC's Radio and TV Current Affairs programs. Vic govt declines to comment on possum extinction Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 6min 20sec Posted 5 hours 1 minute ago | Updated 4 hours 48 minutes ago Victoria's faunal emblem the leadbeater possum is nearly extinct despite efforts to prevent the animals' demise. The Victorian government has declined to comment to PM on the issue, despite several requests. Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, forests, forestry, vic Stowaway ant problem bigger than suspected: study Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 4min 14sec Posted 5 hours 7 minutes ago | Updated 4 hours 54 minutes ago The top five invasive ant species around the world are already in Australia and have well established colonies. But there could be more on the way. Scientists in Spain estimate there are more than 700 species of exotic ant species that hitch lifts on shipping routes and cause havoc in new countries. Topics: entomology, research, sea-transport, spain Commonwealth Bank cashes in, but economic outlook shaky Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 4min 24sec Posted 5 hours 9 minutes ago | Updated 5 hours 0 minutes ago The Commonwealth Bank has posted a record annual profit of $7.7 billion, despite sluggish loan and economic growth. Despite strong profit growth last financial year, its chief executive Ian Narev presented a cautious biew on the economy. However, the latest consumer sentiment survey shows households are becoming a little more optimistic, even though wages have been growing at the equal slowest pace on modern record. Topics: banking, company-news, consumer-finance, australia Gunns boss claims prostate cancer reason for insider trading Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 4min 6sec Posted 5 hours 24 minutes ago | Updated 5 hours 17 minutes ago The Launceston Supreme Court has heard that John Gay's guilty plea into insider trading is an unsual case. The court has heard that Mr Gay sold the shares, making about $3 million in 2009, to get his affairs in order because he had prostate cancer. Topics: courts-and-trials, stockmarket, launceston-7250 Security forces clear Cairo neighbourhoods of Morsi supporters Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 5min 37sec Posted 5 hours 37 minutes ago | Updated 5 hours 19 minutes ago Security forces in Egypt have begun a lethal operation to clear Cairo neighbourhoods of supporters of the deposed president Mohamed Morsi. Unconfirmed reports say 50 people may have been killed already. Tear gas is being used and television pictures are showing uniformed men firing on crowds from rooftops. Freelance journalist for The Economist and Bloomburg, Nadine Marroushi joined us from Nasr City. Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, egypt Rudd pledges more training centres in schools Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 2min 41sec Posted 5 hours 46 minutes ago | Updated 5 hours 19 minutes ago The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd was campaigning in Queensland again today, and we should expect to see a lot more of him there in the weeks ahead. His focus was on skills, with a pledge to build more trade training centres in schools. He started the day in Cairns and ended in Brisbane at the Ekka, that city's show. Topics: rudd-kevin, retraining, alp, federal-elections, qld, brisbane-4000, cairns-4870 Essendon investigation will drag on Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 4min 50sec Posted 5 hours 48 minutes ago | Updated 5 hours 19 minutes ago An anti-doping consultant has likened the investigation into the Essendon football club to the Lance Armstrong probe. The has AFL charged the Bombers and four senior staff members, including coach James Hird, with bringing the game into disrepute in relation to its supplements program last season. Topics: doping-in-sports, australian-football-league, essendon-3040 Parties fight over sex appeal and gay marriage Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 5min Posted 5 hours 49 minutes ago | Updated 3 hours 23 minutes ago The election campaign became fixated with sex talk today as both sides of politics brawled over whether Tony Abbott should have described a candidate as having sex appeal. Later they argued over Mr Abbott's description of the push for marriage equality as being akin to giving in to the 'fashion of the moment'. PM's survey of voters found mixed views, with many saying they thought the comments inappropriate while others argued it was harmless and no different to the way many Australians speak to each other. Topics: liberals, marriage, gays-and-lesbians, alp, sexual-offences, federal-elections, australia Abbott and Newman front cameras on people smuggling Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 3min 49sec Posted 5 hours 50 minutes ago | Updated 5 hours 19 minutes ago The Federal Coalition Leader Tony Abbott and the Queensland Premier Campbell Newman have warned of a new people smuggling route through the Torres Strait. Mr Abbott didn't announce any new policy on the matter, but posed with Mr Newman at Queensland Police headquarters, after a briefing about the Torres Strait. Topics: abbott-tony, liberals, federal-elections, brisbane-4000 Greens unsurprised at Liberal preferences announcement Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 6min 1sec Posted 5 hours 51 minutes ago | Updated 4 hours 20 minutes ago The Greens say they're not surprised by the Opposition Leader's decision to instruct the Liberal Party to preference the Greens last in every seat across the nation. Mr Abbott says the Greens hold fringe economic views, and he's ruled out doing any deals with them to form a minority government. He challenged the Prime Minister to make the same commitment, and Kevin Rudd did today ruling out any deals for form a minority government. But Mr Rudd says preference matters are an issue for his party's headquarters; and the deputy Prime minister says they'll be decided on a seat by seat basis. Topics: federal-elections, alp, liberals, greens, canberra-2600 Animal welfare group claims Kangaroo Island sub-sea drilling puts whales at risk Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 3min 50sec Posted 10 hours 7 minutes ago | Updated 10 hours 4 minutes ago An animal welfare group has released research into whales which it says proves that it's too risky to mine for oil & gas off Kangaroo Island. It says the area is a whale 'hot spot' and that any sub-sea drilling could harm the population. The company behind the proposed development says this research is flawed and that its development has stringent safety protections. Topics: mammals---whales, oil-and-gas, environmental-management, water-pollution, whaling, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, sa Claims of black vote bias in changes to voting laws in North Carolina Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 3min 27sec Posted 10 hours 45 minutes ago | Updated 10 hours 20 minutes ago The United States' largest lobby group for African Americans has labelled new voting laws in North Carolina a 'vulgar misuse of political power' that will 'rig and manipulate' future elections. But the state's republican governor says he's protecting the integrity of the election process. Topics: united-states Report finds pockets of concerns over allegations of bullying Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 4min 4sec Posted 10 hours 50 minutes ago | Updated 10 hours 24 minutes ago An independent review into workplace bullying at the CSIRO has found 'pockets of concern' about unreasonable behaviour at the research organisation. Former staff members had accused the CSIRO of allowing a toxic culture to develop where bullying complaints go unchecked. Topics: bullying, social-policy, research-organisations, australia UK considers legal action on Gibraltar Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 3min 43sec Posted 10 hours 50 minutes ago | Updated 10 hours 22 minutes ago The UK government is warning it might take Spain to court to resolve an escalating dispute over the tiny British outpost of Gibraltar as Spain tightens border checks on traffic entering the disputed territory. A British warship has sailed for Gibraltar, though both British and Spanish governments claim it is part of a routine exercise. Topics: territorial-disputes, navy, spain Calls for AFL Commission's Essendon hearing to be held in public Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 5min 22sec Posted 10 hours 52 minutes ago | Updated 10 hours 26 minutes ago A former senior AFL official is calling for the Australian Football League Commission to break with tradition and hold its Essendon hearing in public, saying this would be in the interests of transparency and public understanding. Topics: australian-football-league, drugs-and-substance-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000 Consumer confidence bounces on rate cut and ignores budget blues Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 3min 55sec Posted 10 hours 53 minutes ago | Updated 10 hours 33 minutes ago The Westpac - Melbourne Institute consumer confidence index jumped 3.5 per cent in August to 105.7, which is above average levels and one of the best results since early 2011. Westpac's chief economist Bill Evans says the survey shows last week's official interest rate cut to 2.5 per cent played the biggest role in boosting confidence. Topics: company-news, banking, retail, budget, australia Employer group urges businesses to look at Holden wage deal Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 5min 10sec Posted 10 hours 53 minutes ago | Updated 10 hours 29 minutes ago The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the Holden wage deal struck with unions has broader implications for other struggling businesses. The AMWU says the union has negotiated concessions with many businesses during the GFC, but says Holden's circumstances are unique. Topics: automotive, manufacturing, unions, adelaide-5000 CBA boss calls for decisive election victory Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 3min 58sec Posted 10 hours 55 minutes ago | Updated 10 hours 33 minutes ago Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev says a clear winner on Election Day will be critical for household and business confidence. Mr Narev's call to voters came as the Commonwealth Bank delivered another record full year profit of $7.67 billion. Topics: company-news, banking, federal-elections, ultimo-2007 Abbott, Rudd joust over 'sex appeal' Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 2min 16sec Posted 10 hours 56 minutes ago | Updated 10 hours 37 minutes ago While he's on the attack over the Greens, the Coalition Leader is on the defensive over his comment yesterday as he introduced one of his candidates. Mr Abbott described the Liberal candidate for Lindsay, Fiona Scott, as having 'sex appeal'. Today on commercial radio, he attempted to laugh it off, but the Prime Minister is not letting his political opponent off the hook. Topics: liberals, alp, sexual-offences, federal-elections, australia Bandt remains confident despite Coalition's preferences move Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 4min 58sec Posted 10 hours 56 minutes ago | Updated 9 hours 17 minutes ago The Coalition's announcement it will preference Greens last makes the Greens MP Adam Bandt's ability to hold his seat of Melbourne even more difficult. But he says he is well prepared for the move and he's on track to win the seat. Topics: greens, alp, liberals, federal-elections, australia Coalition move dashes Greens hopes of picking up seats Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 6min 1sec Posted 10 hours 57 minutes ago | Updated 10 hours 41 minutes ago The Opposition Leader has confirmed the Coalition will preference the Greens last across all electorates this election. Mr Abbott has repeatedly criticised the last three years of minority government and says he won't cut any deals with the Greens to form government, but hasn't ruled out deals with other minor parties. Topics: federal-elections, alp, liberals, greens, canberra-2600 ABS data shows Australia's social health is slipping Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 2min 55sec Posted Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:45am AEST | Updated Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:51am AEST Statistics are cold and lifeless but when they're properly collected and collated, they can paint a vivid and sometimes grim picture of our society. The latest data from the Bureau of Statistics reveals a disturbing rise in youth unemployment and substance abuse, as well as a disappointing rise in family violence. But the chief justice of the Victorian Family Court, Justice Diana Bryant, says a new risk assessment program could reduce violence in the future. Topics: research, community-and-society, health, australia 'We're not going to over-promise and under-deliver': Joe Hockey Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 4min 46sec Posted Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:38am AEST | Updated Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:43am AEST Now that the Treasury's PEFO is out, the pressure is on the Opposition to explain its policies and costings and do it well before Australian voters go to the polls. The shadow treasurer Joe Hockey says the Opposition is going over the figures and the public will 'see everything we have before polling day'. Topics: budget, government-and-politics, federal-elections, parliament-house-2600, australia Govt calls on Opposition to detail and cost its policies Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 5min 14sec Posted Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:37am AEST | Updated Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:42am AEST The Federal Government says the Opposition doesn't have anymore excuses or alibis and it must now start detailing all its policies, their costs and how they'll affect the budget. It follows the release of the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook, which confirmed the main budget figures delivered a fortnight ago - that there'll be combined deficits of $58 billion during the next three years, and a tiny surplus of $4.2 billion in 2016. Topics: budget, government-and-politics, federal-elections, parliament-house-2600, australia Study finds medical panellists have links to pharmaceutical industry Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 3min 39sec Posted Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:41am AEST | Updated Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:48am AEST A study of US medical expert panels has found 75 per cent of members have links to major medical and pharmaceutical companies. The panels make changes to the definitions and diagnostic tools of common conditions. The study's lead author says similar links almost certainly exist in Australia. Art thief bargaining with authorities over return of stolen masterpieces Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 2min 27sec Posted Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:41am AEST | Updated Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:47am AEST It was one of the most audacious art heists in history; in less than three minutes, seven masterpieces were stripped from the walls of a Dutch museum in Rotterdam. Now the ringleader of the gang accused of the crime wants to shift the trial in return for five paintings. Topics: burglary, visual-art, law-crime-and-justice, netherlands Greens to release $200 million childcare policy Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 3min 56sec Posted Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:39am AEST | Updated Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:30am AEST This morning the Greens will be releasing their policy on childcare, which involves spending $200 million over four years on expanding and upgrading existing community childcare facilities. Sarah Hanson-Young is the spokesperson for childcare. She says the capital grants fund is all about easing the squeeze on existing non profit, community based facilities. Topics: child-care, government-and-politics, greens, children---toddlers, australia Liberal Party to put Labor ahead of Greens in election preference deals Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 2min 2sec Posted Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:38am AEST | Updated Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:30am AEST AM understands that Tony Abbott will today announce that the Coalition will put the Greens after Labor in preference deals for every Lower House seat. The move is designed to reduce the chances of another minority government forming. In 2010 the Greens' Adam Bandt won his seat of Melbourne on the back of Liberal Party preferences. Topics: federal-elections, government-and-politics, australia Bombers to 'go down swinging' at AFL Commission Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 4min 19sec Posted Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:36am AEST | Updated Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:30am AEST The Essendon Bombers have vowed to vigorously fight charges of bringing the game into disrepute over the team's controversial supplements program. They could even take the fight outside the AFL Commission. It leaves their place in the finals series in doubt, while there are still unresolved questions about player involvement. |
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Date Posted: 01:03:53 08/15/13 Thu To: Monday11/2/2013=80 Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 23:59 Subject: Qantas Sees Tough Market Conditions But Expands Service Qantas Sees Tough Market Conditions But Expands Service 14/08/2013 2:15PM By Robb M. Stewart MELBOURNE--Qantas Airways Ltd. (QAN.AU) aims to build its global network and expand further in Asia over the year ahead despite a volatile market and record fuel costs, the boss of Australia's flag carrier said. "I'm realistic about market conditions. It's tough out there," Chief Executive Alan Joyce said in a speech Wednesday. Still, despite the pressures facing the airline industry Qantas is increasing the frequency of several flights and starting a new route between Perth and Auckland, he said. Mr. Joyce said Qantas had found ways to do maintenance on aircraft more efficiently to increase time in the air. For example, a number of Airbus A380 jets that spend weekends on the ground in Perth will from November be used to increase the frequency of flights between Sydney and Hong Kong to five times a week from four currently, without increasing capital expenditure. Speaking at an American Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Melbourne, Mr. Joyce said Qantas, among other changes, would also increase the frequency of Boeing 747s flying between Brisbane and Los Angeles to daily from 6 times a week. And, even as the company beds down its new partnership with Emirates, Qantas continues to look at opportunities in Asia, with the market in Japan in particular offering "huge" growth potential, Mr. Joyce said. Write to Robb M. Stewart at robb.stewart@wsj.com Subscribe to WSJ: http://online.wsj.com?mod=djnwires (END) Dow Jones Newswires August 14, 2013 00:15 ET (04:15 GMT) Copyright (c) 2013 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Australia Shares End Flat After Earnings Reports Spark Profit-Taking 14/08/2013 4:59PM By David Rogers SYDNEY--Australian shares were capped by profit-taking Wednesday after corporate earnings, dividends and outlook statements were generally weaker than the market's bullish market expectations. But traders expected ongoing support for shares on the back of lower interest rates, a weaker Australian dollar and an improving global economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed flat at 5157.4 points after hitting a three-month high of 5168.2 in early trading. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, CSL Limited, Computershare, Leighton Holdings and OZ Minerals fell 1.1%-6.3% after their earnings reports. Among companies that rose on stronger-than-expected results, WorleyParsons, Southern Cross Media, SAI Global and Carsales.com gained 3.4%-8.1%. Dips in the index were limited to 5143.0 and share trading value was a very solid 5.5 billion Australian dollars (US$5.0 billion) versus the 200-day average of A$4.2 billion. Traders said investors were keen to buy into weakness caused by profit-taking. "There's probably a bit more interest on the buy side," said Macquarie Private Wealth investment adviser John Milroy. "Clients have been more willing to get involved this month after holding their breath before reporting season. Mining services companies have had pretty good results after leading the pullback in the market this year. The market had priced that sector for complete disaster." WorleyParsons rose after the mining and energy services company forecast stronger fiscal 2014 earnings after fiscal 2013 earnings slumped 8% to A$322.1 million. The fall came as companies in a number of its key markets sought to cut costs in the face of weaker commodity prices. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said shares in Commonwealth Bank, and CSL, a biopharmaceutical company, were likely to be well supported on dips. CSL should be supported by the fact that the company is considering another share buyback, Mr. Shamu said. "After a big run-up into the result, there was always a risk that CBA's result would be greeted by sellers unless it came in significantly above estimates particularly on the dividend front," Mr. Shamu said. "It seems traders are the likely culprits of the selling in CBA today and perhaps once the noise is out of the way, we will actually see real money investors underpin gains in the bank's shares going forward." Westpac, ANZ and National Australia Bank shares rose 0.8%-1.1%, suggesting that traders rotated from CBA to the other banks. Traders weren't overly concerned by a rise in U.S. bond yields, which followed the release of stronger-than-expected core U.S. retail sales data last night. The 10-year yield rose 11 basis points to 2.72%, near a three-year high of 2.75% struck earlier this month. "It reflects what looks to be imminent tapering of QE, but the U.S. share market is becoming more comfortable with that prospect because it's being supported by better-than-expected earnings data," Macquarie's Mr. Milroy said. Goldman Sachs last night said the U.S. S&P 500 would rise 8% to 1,825 in the next 12 months as economic growth gains momentum. Strategist David Kostin argued that rising interest rates reflect a better economy. Macquarie Equities expects the S&P/ASX 200 to rise above 5300 over the next 12 months. Write to David Rogers at david.rogers1@wsj.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires August 14, 2013 02:59 ET (06:59 GMT) Copyright (c) 2013 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. |
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Date Posted: 00:43:08 08/15/13 Thu Wacky Holidays: August 8-14 Some Fun Celebrations Coming Up This Week in August! Emma James, Yahoo! Contributor Network Jul 27, 2010 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here." .More:ZucchiniHappy Father's DayCelebrate ChristmasSingle on Valentine's Day.FlagClose Post a commentThere is always a reason to celebrate thanks to the many wacky and some not-so-wacky holidays that have been created for us! This week brings up several fun holidays to celebrate. Among the favorite are: sneak some Zucchini onto your neighbor's porch day, s'mores day, kool-aid day and sandcastle day. Join with us as we learn to embrace and celebrate wacky holidays in August. August 8 The Date to Create- This is your day to reach out and be creative! Brainstorm with your family and friends something everyone can do together whether it's making a card for a neighbor who is going through a tough time or creating a family scrapbook. Happiness Happens Day- This day was established to remind people that happiness happens when you least expect it. Be sure to find lots of reasons to smile today! Odie Day- Today marks the day of Odie's birth. In case you don't remember, Odie is Garfield's dog who started to appear in the comic strip in 1978. Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day- What else are you going to do with all the extra zucchini from your garden? While there are many recipes ranging from soups and stews to breads and dip for zucchini, there is still plenty to share! Assistance Dog Day- This day has been set aside to recognize all the animals that assist humans in going about their everyday activities. Why don't you celebrate Assistance Dog Day by giving your dog an extra treat? August 9 Veep Day- Veep Day recognizes the day when Nixon's resignation let Ford succeed the presidency. This occurred in 1974. August 10 National Duran Duran Appreciation Day- Why this day has been decided to be National Duran Duran Appreciation Day remains a mystery and even Entertainment Weekly doesn't recognize it as a holiday. But that shouldn't stop the true Duran Duran fans from celebrating and taking the day off! National S'mores Day- S'mores are delicious on any day, but this is a great reason to eat them. S'mores day is to celebrate and enjoy this yummy, gooey, sticky treat. So, start up a campfire and enjoy! National Lazy Day- Now this is a holiday I can get on board with! National lazy day is meant to enjoy a nice lazy day or doing nothing at all. Makes me want to enjoy the lazy river! August 11 Ingersoll Day- Ingersoll Day celebrates the birth of Robert Green Ingersoll. Many think of him as one of America's most popular free thinkers. President's Joke Day- Several people think this is a day to make jokes about the president which is incorrect. President's Joke Day is a day where the Presidents make a joke. Read about the joke Ronald Reagan made here. August 12 International Youth Day- International Youth Day was established in December 2009 to celebrate young people's energy, imagination and initiatives. This is a way to engage youth to make positive contributions to their communities. Sewing Machine Day- The first sewing machines were made in France in the 1830's. People who know who to sew how coming few and far between us, while those who actually own a sewing machine are even more uncommon. Sewing Machine Day is designed to be a day where we can remember the importance of this invention. Vinyl Record Day- On this date in 1877 is the day Edison invented the phonograph. It is only fitting that this day is also recognized as the Vinyl Record Day. August 13 Blame Someone Else Day- Think of all the mistakes and poor decision you've made and who you would like to blame them on. Blame Someone Else Day is to day for this. Don't worry any longer about those things and simply blame someone else. This day is celebrated the first Friday the thirteenth of the year. International Lefthander's Day- This day was first observed August 13, 1976. It is meant to promote awareness of the inconvenience left-handers in a world made up of mostly right-handers. Left-handers make up 7-10% of the world's population. Kool-Aid Day- Kool-Aid day has been celebrated since 1994 after it was first celebrated in Hastings, NE. So, grab a packet or two when you are at the store next, mix it up and enjoy! August 14 National Garage Sale Day- Going garage sale hunting is one of the best ways to get some needed things for the house. It's also an amazing way to get kid's clothes and toys for cheap. To celebrate national garage sale day, you should either go out and enjoy them or host your own. National Navajo Code Talkers Day- This day was proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982. Read about the interesting history of the Navaho code talkers here. Sandcastle and Sculpture Day- While the date for sandcastle and sculpture day varies through the mid August dates, we definitely know the intent behind the celebration is to enjoy the fu of building a sandcastle. Do you know of a wacky holiday in August that was missed? Feel free to comment below to make everyone aware of your wacky holiday. |
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Date Posted: 00:39:54 08/15/13 Thu August Daily Holidays and Celebrations How to Celebrate Each Day This Month Tonya Hillukka Mickelson, Yahoo! Contributor Network Aug 5, 2010 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here." .More:WatermelonHappy Father's DayCelebrate ChristmasKwanzaa Kinara.FlagClose Post a commentThis month has some funny, exciting, and wacky holidays to celebrate all month long. In fact, there is at least one holiday to observe each day during the month of August (with the exception of the 2nd). Here are some suggestions for celebrating each day in August. August 1: World Wide Web Day - Celebrate this holiday by spending your day exploring the World Wide Web. August 2: Make Your Own Holiday - This one's obvious... August 3: Watermelon Day - Try different recipes using watermelon. Eat watermelon at every meal. Don't just eat it - drink it! August 4: National Chocolate Chip Day - You can't go wrong with chocolate chips. If you don't have time to bake cookies, they aren't bad alone! August 5: International Beer Day - This should be a fun day for some of you. August 6: National Fresh Breath (Halitosis) Day - Offer everyone you meet a stick of gum. August 7: Lighthouse Day - I'm not really sure how one can celebrate Lighthouse Day. August 8: Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day - Do that. August 9: Veep Day - All I know is it has something to do with the Presidency... August 10: S'mores Day - Is your mouth watering yet? August 11: President's Joke Day (2010) - Crack a Presidential joke (in private if it may be offensive!). August 12: Sewing Machine Day - Buy a sewing machine and learn how to use it. Use your newfound talent to make yourself a new wardrobe. August 13: International Left Hander's Day - Honor all left handers by doing everything with your left hand today. Lefties, switch it up by using your right. August 14: National Garage Sale Day (2010) - Hit all the local sales bright and early (before all the good stuff is gone). August 15: National Relaxation Day - Hey, I knew you'd like this one! August 16: Joe Miller's Joke Day - Crack some jokes. August 17: Meaning of "Is" Day - What does "is" mean to you? August 18: Bad Poetry Day - Hey, not all poetry has to be good. Write your very worst poem today. August 19: "Black Cow" Root Beer Float Day - Not any old root beer float will do; it has to be "Black Cow". August 20: Virtual World's Day - All reality aside, get lost in the virtual world for the day. August 21: National Homeless Animals Day (2010) - There are tens of thousands of homeless animals in the world. What can you do to help? August 22: Be an Angel Day - Or at least pretend. August 23: Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and Its Abolition - Ahem--I said its abolition, not its existence. August 24: National Waffle Day - Frozen waffles count. August 25: Kiss and Make Up Day - In a tiff? Kiss and make up (at least for the day). August 26: National Dog Day - What can you do on National Dog Day? Give your dog a bone. August 27: Global Forgiveness Day - Have no worries. Forgive the globe.... August 28: Race Your Mouse around the Icons Day - Oh, boy! This one sounds like fun. And I can't forget; today is also 'Crackers over the Keyboard Day'. August 29: National Sarcoidosis Day - Don't even ask what sarcoidosis is.... August 30: National Toasted Marshmallow Day - No, they can't be raw. You have to eat them toasted. August 31: Love Litigating Lawyers Day - You gotta love 'em. You gotta. And, in case you missed it: Holidays and Daily Observances to Celebrate in July Source: August Holidays 2010 |
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Date Posted: 22:32:18 08/14/13 Wed August 14: Holidays and Celebrations Today Every Day Has a Reason for Fun and Fancy Linda Ann Nickerson, Yahoo! Contributor Network Aug 15, 2010 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here." |
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Date Posted: 22:33:57 08/14/13 Wed .More:LizardsCelebrate ChristmasKwanzaa KinaraMemorial Day for Kids.FlagClose Post a commentWhat can we celebrate on August 14th? August 14th is a holiday for creamsicles, lizards, romance, money and more. Loving husbands, senior citizens and other celebrants mark August 14th as a holiday for many reasons. Let's take a look at several popular August 14th holidays (arranged alphabetically). Creamsicle Day Slurp! Can anything beat a frosty creamsicle on a hot summer day? August 14th is Creamsicle Day, so calories don't count - as long as you finish your creamsicle before it melts right down your arm. What is a creamsicle? Originally produced as a brand-name frozen dessert on a stick, a creamsicle is an ice cream popsicle. The inside of a creamsicle usually contains vanilla ice cream, which is coated with a fruit-flavored ice (most often orange). The fudgsicle, a related item, is a solid frozen pop made of chocolate ice cream (or chocolate-flavored ice). Financial Awareness Day How well do you know your money? August 14th is Financial Awareness Day. Accounting groups and economic advisors present financial planning classes and cash management seminars on this fiscally responsible holiday each summer. Even online gaming sites get into the act on Financial Awareness Day, highlighting activities that raise public awareness of money matters. Husbands in Love Day August 14th is Husbands in Love Day, celebrating masculine spouses who still bring the magic to marriage. Are you a husband in love with your wife? Are you a wife who still feels loved by your husband? If you are, then August 14th is for you. Modern romantic novelist Nicholas Sparks (Dear John, The Last Song, Message in a Bottle, Nights in Rodanthe, The Notebook and A Walk to Remember) said this about husbands in love: "I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldn't marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels." Would you agree or disagree with Nicholas Sparks on this point? Perhaps coincidentally, August 14th is also Romance Day (see below). Summer Romance Day Summer romance is the stuff of paperback novels and fairytales, but this elusive enchantment may come to life on August 14th. It's Summer Romance Day. Fictional fantasies of flirtations and flings, liaisons and love stories and affairs of the heart are celebrated on this occasion. Why not sweeten (or spice) things up a bit with the one you love on August 14th? After all, it's Summer Romance Day. World Lizard Day Globally, geckos and other reptilian wonders are feted on August 14th. It's World Lizard Day. Libraries create special displays of reptile-related books. Toy stores showcase dinosaurs and lizard toys in their front windows. Science museums offer lizard lectures, exhibits, grand gila events and tours to mark World Lizard Day on August 14th. Many museums even promote discounted admission prices to celebrate World Lizard Day on August 14th. Don't be dragon your feet on August 14th. Iguana have a great time on World Lizard Day ... don't you? Chameleon along for reptilian fun. Special Saints Days (Various) The Calendar of the Saints lists the following for August 14th: Aimo Taparelli, Anastasius, Antony Primaldi and Companions, Arnulf of Soissons, Athanasia, Demetrius, Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia, Eberhard of Einsiedeln, Eusebius of Palestine, Eusebius of Rome, Fachanan, Juliana Puricelli, Marcellus of Apamaea, Maximillian Kolbe, Sanctes Brancasino, Ursicius and Werenfridus. Notable Anniversaries on August 14th: The first published book (to carry a printed date mark) was issued on August 14, 1457, three years after the introduction of the Gutenberg printing press. Felix the Cat first appeared in Feline Follies on August 14, 1919, created by Otto Messmer and Pat Sullivan. Animation fans mark August 14th as the birthday of Felix the Cat. On August 14, 1941, 32nd U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter. This document helped to pave the way for such future multi-national agreements as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Japan surrendered to the Allied Forces (via cable message) on August 14, 1945. Originally known as V.J. Day (or Victory Over Japan Day), August 14th celebrates the end of World War II. The final surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, and 33rd U.S. President Harry S. Truman officially recognized September 2nd as V.J. Day (or Victory in the Pacific Day). Sonny and Cher Bono grabbed the top of the American popular music charts on August 14, 1965, with their hit single, "I Got You, Babe." On August 14, 1995, North Carolinian Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, after winning a discrimination lawsuit filed against the American military academy. Various Other August 14th Holidays August 14th is also Assumption Eve (France), Bahrain Independence Day (1971), Fairies' Anniversary of Snick-Snacker's Deerk Foot (Fairy), Feast of St. Dubricius the Confessor, Festival of Sassari (Sardinia), Garage Sale Day (varies), Honey Spas Holiday (Russia), La Torta dei Fieschi (Italy), Liberty Tree Day (Massachusetts) and Navajo Code Talkers Day. Additional August 14th holidays include Pakistan Independence Day (1947), Montserrat Annual Pilgrimage, National Flag Day (Paraguay), Oued Ed-Dahab Holiday (Morocco), Senior Citizen's day (varies), Shinto O-Bon - Festival of Souls Holiday (varies), St. Arnold of Soissons' Day, St. Laurence the Confessor Feast Day (Ireland), St. Maximilian Kolbe's Day and St. Werenfrid's Day. Happy August 14th to one and all! |
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Date Posted: 21:39:06 08/14/13 Wed Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. 4,304,992 articles in English Arts Biography Geography History Mathematics Science Society Technology All portals From today's featured article Priyanka Chopra (born 1982) is an Indian film actress and singer, and was the winner of the Miss World pageant of 2000. She has become one of Bollywood's highest-paid actresses and one of the most popular celebrities in India. She has won a National Film Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Awards in four categories. She made her acting debut in the Tamil film Thamizhan in 2002. The following year, she starred in The Hero, her first Hindi film release, and followed it with the box-office hit Andaaz. She subsequently earned critical recognition as a seductress in the 2004 thriller Aitraaz. By 2006, Chopra had established herself as a leading actress of Hindi cinema with starring roles in the highly successful films Krrish and Don. After receiving mixed reviews for a series of unsuccessful films, she received critical acclaim for her portrayal of unconventional characters, including a troubled model in the 2008 drama Fashion, a feisty Marathi woman in the 2009 caper thriller Kaminey, a serial killer in the 2011 neo-noir 7 Khoon Maaf, and an autistic woman in the 2012 romantic comedy Barfi! She released her first music single "In My City" in 2012, and her second single "Exotic" in 2013. (Full article...) Recently featured: Barton Fink – California State Route 52 – Ranavalona I Archive – By email – More featured articles... Did you know... From Wikipedia's newest content: ... that the Tomb of Safdarjung (pictured), built in 1754 in the latter years of the Mughal Empire, was described as "the last flicker in the lamp of Mughal architecture"? ... that D. J. M. 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INS Vikrant, the first aircraft carrier to be built in India, is launched at Cochin Shipyard. American golfer Jason Dufner wins the PGA Championship. More than 160 people are killed in flash floods across Afghanistan and Pakistan. Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos announces the purchase of The Washington Post for US$250 million. Recent deaths: Karen Black More current events... On this day... August 14: Independence Day in Pakistan (1947) 1816 – The United Kingdom formally annexed the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, ruling them from the Cape Colony in South Africa. 1880 – Construction of the Cologne Cathedral—Germany's most visited landmark—was completed, 632 years after it had begun. 1941 – After a secret meeting aboard warships, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. 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Date Posted: 18:21:55 08/14/13 Wed Timeline of Australian televisionFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2011) Part of a series on the Culture of Australia History People[show] Australian people · African Australian · Albanian Australian · American Australian · Anglo-Celtic Australian · Asian Australian · Assyrian Australian · Bosnian Australian · Chinese Australian · Cornish Australian · English Australian · European Australian · Filipino Australian · Greek Australian · Indian Australian · Indigenous Australian · Irish Australian · Italian Australian · Korean Australian · Latin American Australian · Lebanese Australian · Macedonian Australian · Pakistani Australian · Scottish Australian · Serbian Australian · South African Australian · Sudanese Australian · Taiwanese Australian · Welsh Australian Languages Traditions[show] Humour Mythology and folklore[show] Mythology · folklore Cuisine Festivals Religion[show] Aboriginal · Christianity (Roman Catholic · Anglican · Uniting Church · Presbyterian · Baptist · Lutheran · Coptic Orthodox · more) · Buddhism · Islam · Sikhism · Judaism · Hinduism · Bahá'í Faith · Irreligion Art[show] Architecture Literature[show] Comic books Music and performing arts[show] Music · Performing arts Media[show] Radio · Television · Cinema Sport Monuments[show] World Heritage Sites Symbols[show] Flag · Coat of arms Culture portal · Australia portal v · t · e This timeline of Australian television lists important station launches, programs, major television events, and technological advancements that have significantly changed the forms of broadcasting available to viewers of television in Australia. The history of television in Australia can be traced back to an announcement from the Menzies' government concerning plans for television services in Sydney and Melbourne.[1] The new medium was introduced by Bruce Gyngell with the words "Good evening, and welcome to television".[2] Colour television was introduced in 1975, while subscription television, initially on the Galaxy platform, began in the mid-1990s. Digital terrestrial television was introduced on 1 January 2001 in Australia's five largest capital cities, later to be expanded to smaller cities and regional areas. Contents [hide] 1 1920s-30s 2 1950s 3 1960s 4 1970s 5 1980s 6 1990s 7 2000s 8 2010s 9 References 10 External links 1920s-30s[edit source | edit]Experimental TV broadcasts began as early as 1929 in Melbourne on stations 3DB and 3UZ using the Radiovision system by Gilbert Miles and Donal McDonald[3]. Other experimental transmissions followed in other cities, such as Brisbane in 1934[4] by amateur station VK4CM. 1950s[edit source | edit]1950 June: Robert Menzies' government announces a gradual introduction of television in Australia, with plans to launch an ABC Television station in Sydney and other areas subject to funding approval. As well as this, commercial television services in Sydney and Melbourne are planned with "any other capital city where it is felt that the applicant's capacity to provide a service justifies the issue of a licence".[5] 1953 January: The Menzies government amends the 1948 Broadcasting Act to provide legislative framework for commercial television licenses.[6] 1954 The Royal Commission on television affirms the need to introduce television under a dual system of ownership, similarly to the Menzies plan.[7] 1956 13 July: Test transmissions commence in Sydney on TCN-9 in monochome.[8] 16 July: HSV-7 Melbourne commences test transmissions in monochrome.[9] 16 September: TCN-9 Sydney launches at 7.00pm. Announcer John Godson is the first voice heard and Bruce Gyngell is the first person seen in-vision, introducing This is Television.[10] 27 October: TCN-9 officially opens.[8] 4 November: HSV-7 Melbourne officially launches.[1] 5 November: The Australian Broadcasting Commission begins television broadcasting with ABN-2 Sydney.[10] 19 November: Melbourne's ABV-2 launches.[1] 22 November: 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne commence, televised by ABV-2 & HSV-7 and during GTV-9 test transmissions.[11] 1957 19 January: Sir Dallas Brookes officially inaugurates GTV-9 Melbourne.[1] 6 May: GTV-9 launches the nightly variety show In Melbourne Tonight with Graham Kennedy.[12] 1959 9 January: Melbourne and Sydney are linked by microwave for the first time, allowing programs to be broadcast live to both cities concurrently.[11] 16 August: QTQ-9 Brisbane begins transmission.[13] 5 September: NWS-9 Adelaide officially launches.[14] 16 October: TVW-7 Perth launches.[15] 1 November: BTQ-7 Brisbane launches.[15] 2 November: ABQ-2 Brisbane launches.[16] 1960s[edit source | edit]1960 11 March: ABS-2 Adelaide launches.[16] 7 May: ABW-2 Perth begins transmission.[16] 23 May: TVT-6 Hobart opens, bringing television to Tasmania.[16] 4 June: ABT-2 Hobart commences broadcasting.[16] 1961 19 August: Current affairs program Four Corners begins on ABC.[17] 9 December: GLV-10 Traralgon is the first regional station to open.[18] 23 December: BCV-8 launches in Bendigo while GMV-6 began in Shepparton.[18][19] 1962 4 March: NBN-3 Newcastle begins broadcasting.[20] 17 March: CBN-8 Orange launches.[21] 18 March: WIN-4 Wollongong begins.[22] 27 April: BTV-6 Ballarat begins transmission.[19] 12 May: RTN-8 Lismore begins broadcasting. 26 May: TNT-9 begins transmission to Launceston and northern Tasmania.[23] 2 June: CTC-7 Canberra officially commences transmissions.[24] 1 July: Frank Packer (owner of TCN-9 Sydney) buys GTV-9 Melbourne, forming the National Television Network, the first in the country.[25] 13 July: DDQ-10 Toowoomba begins transmission.[26] 1 November: TNQ-7 launches in Townsville.[27] 18 December: ABC-3 Canberra launches.[16] 1963 7 September: RTQ-7 Rockhampton begins broadcasting. 1964 19 June: RVN-2 Wagga Wagga launches.[21] 1 August: ATV-0, Melbourne's third commercial station, launches.[25] 7 September: AMV-4 Albury commences broadcasting.[21] 1965 23 January: NRN-11 Coffs Harbour begins broadcasting. 5 April: TEN-10 Sydney begins transmission.[28] 10 April: WBQ-8 Wide Bay/Maryborough[27] and NEN-9 Tamworth begin transmission. 12 May: NRN-11 Coffs Harbour begins broadcasting.[29] 12 June: STW-9 Perth opens.[30] 1 July: TVQ-0 Brisbane launches.[31] 26 July: SAS-10 Adelaide launches.[31] 27 September: NEN-9 Tamworth begins transmission.[21] 27 November: STV-8 Mildura launches.[19] 1 December: Australia's first regional television network is formed when CWN-6 Dubbo opens as a direct relay of CBN-8 Orange.[21] 15 December: MTN-9 Griffith commences transmission.[25] 1966 25 March: SES-8 Mount Gambier officially launches.[25] 18 July: Play School begins on ABC 27 May: ECN-8 Taree launches.[21] 7 September: FNQ-10 begins transmission in and around Cairns.[32] 1967 10 March: BTW-3 Bunbury becomes the first regional television station in Western Australia.[33] 10 April: ABC TV current affairs program This Day Tonight premieres.[25] 15 June: Test colour television transmissions are made for the first time in Australia by ATV-0.[25] 1968 TVW-7 conducts its first Telethon.[25] 1 March: GTS-4 Port Pirie launches. 9 August: MVQ-6 launches in Mackay.[27] 16 August: BKN-7 Broken Hill opens.[33] 1969 20 July: The Apollo 11 moon landing is televised live by television stations in Australia.[8] 1970s[edit source | edit]1971 18 June: VEW-8 Kalgoorlie begins broadcasting.[34] 13 August: ABD-6 launches as Darwin's first television station.[25] 11 September: ITQ-8 Mount Isa begins broadcasting.[35] 22 November: A Current Affair, hosted by Mike Willesee, makes its first appearance on the Nine Network.[36] 11 November: NTD-8 is officially launched by Administrator of the Northern Territory, Fred Chaney.[37] 1972 13 March: Soap opera Number 96 debuts, heralding the night 'Australian television lost its virginity' 20 March: Brisbane channel BTQ7 claims Australia's first one-hour news bulletin, The Big News [36] 1974 29 August: GSW-9 Albany begins broadcasting as a relay of VEW-8 Kalgoorlie.[citation needed] October: Colour test transmissions begin on Australian television. 8 November: Countdown begins on ABC. 1975 1 March: At midnight, colour television is introduced across the country. The main networks celebrate with their own unique slogan - Come to Colour (ABC TV), Seven Colors Your World (Seven Network), Living Color (Nine Network) and 0 - First in Color (0-10 Network).[10] 1976 20 November: RTS-5A Loxton launches in the Riverland district. 1977 21 January: GTW-11 Geraldton begins broadcasting, completing the roll-out of regional commercial television across Australia. 24 September: The Victorian Football League Grand Final is broadcast live to viewers in Melbourne for the first time.[36] 1979 11 February: Current affairs program 60 Minutes debuts on the Nine Network. 7 April: The Special Broadcasting Service begins test transmissions on ABV-2 Melbourne and ABN-2 Sydney, with foreign-language programming shown on Sunday mornings.[36] 1980s[edit source | edit]1980 20 January: Melbourne's ATV-0 converts to ATV-10. 14 July: Game show Sale Of The Century debuts on the Nine Network. 24 October: Channel 0/28 is launched by Bruce Gyngell in Sydney and Melbourne.[10] 1982 28 June: The Nine Network Australia premieres Today. 1983 1 July: The Australian Broadcasting Commission becomes the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[38] 16 October: Channel 0/28 expands into Canberra, Cooma and Goulburn, and changes its name to Network 0-28.[39] 1985 18 February: Network 0-28 once again changes its name to SBS, and begins daytime transmissions.[39] 4 March: The National, a one-hour national news and current affairs program shown from 6.30 pm, replaces ABC TV's half-hour 7.00pm state news bulletins.[38] 18 March: Soap opera Neighbours begins on the Seven Network. 30 June: SBS Television expands into Brisbane, Adelaide, Newcastle, Wollongong, and the Gold Coast.[39] 24 October: The ABC Board elects to abandon The National.[38] 1986 5 January: SBS Television phases out its second VHF0 channel.[39] 16 March: SBS launches in Perth and Hobart.[39] 19 August: Treasurer Paul Keating, in his budget speech, announces the amalgamation of the ABC and SBS.[38] 1987 26 March: Bob Hawke calls off the proposed amalgamation of the ABC and SBS.[38] 17 April: Rage begins on ABC. 27 December: Adelaide stations SAS-10 and ADS-7 swap frequencies to become SAS-7 and ADS-10.[39] 1988 2 January: Imparja Television launches in remote eastern and central Australia from studios in Alice Springs. 17 January: Home and Away premieres on the Seven Network as a two-hour pilot and begins as a regular weeknight soap opera the following evening. 20 May: NEW-10 launches in Perth.[39] 10 September: TVQ-0 Brisbane becomes TVQ-10.[39] 1989 31 March: Aggregation begins in southern New South Wales.[40] 1990s[edit source | edit]1990 Imparja Television begins producing 15-minute local news bulletins inserted into its National Nine News simulcast, entitled Imparja Local News.[41] 24 December: WIN Television purchases Network Ten affiliate-to-be Star Television and switches its affiliation to the Nine Network for Queensland.[40] 31 December: Regional Queensland is aggregated.[40] 1991 14 June: SBS TV is permitted by the government to broadcast five minutes of advertising per hour, as a form of additional funding.[42] 31 December: Northern New South Wales is aggregated.[40] 1992 1 January: Aggregation begins to take place in Victoria.[40] 3 February: Midday news program The World at Noon is launched on ABC TV.[38] 27 November: Parliament passes a bill permitting the ABC to provide subscription television services.[38] 1993 26 January: Early morning news program First Edition begins on the ABC.[38] February: The ABC's Australia Television International is launched by Prime Minister of Australia's Paul John Keating.[38] September: The Victorian arm of the Southern Cross Network changes its name to SCN.[18] 1994 Southern Cross Broadcasting purchases Canberra-based station Capital Television.[24] 20 May: Darwin is the last capital city to begin receiving SBS.[40] 30 April: Tasmania is aggregated, as a two-station market.[40] 31 July: Community station Briz 31 commences transmission.[43] October: WIN Television expands into Victoria and Tasmania, purchasing ENT Limited, owners of TasTV and Vic Television.[19] 6 October: Community station C31 Melbourne launches.[44] 1995 26 January: Galaxy launches Australia's first subscription television service on MMDS.[45] 19 September: Australia's first cable TV provider, Optus Vision, begins broadcasting.[46] 4 December: State editions of The 7.30 Report are merged into a single national program, presented from Sydney by Kerry O'Brien.[38] 1996 Prime Television expands into Mildura as PTV-31, after being granted the area's second commercial license.[47] December: Prime Television purchases the Golden West Network for $71 million.[47] 1997 8 July: Ownership of Australia Television International moves from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to the Seven Network.[38] December: Prime Television Limited purchases Canal 9 in Argentina.[47] 1998 27 March: TND-34 Darwin, a Seven Network affiliate, is officially inaugurated by Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, Shane Stone.[48] 1 July: The WIN Corporation acquires MTN-9 Griffith and supplementary license AMN-31.[49] 30 August: Prime Television New Zealand is launched, owned by Prime Television's parent company Prime Television Limited.[47] 1999 26 March: WOW, regional Western Australia's second commercial television network owned by WIN Television, launches.[50] 18 June: Perth community station Access 31 officially commences transmission.[51] 15 August: WIN South Australia is established following the buyout SES-8 Mount Gambier and RTS-5A Loxton by WIN Corporation.[49] 31 December: ABC is the Australian broadcaster of the global television event 2000 Today. 2000s[edit source | edit]2000 The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics' opening ceremony becomes one of the highest-rating programs in Australian television history.15 September: The 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony is broadcast by the Seven Network - one of the highest-rating programs ever shown on Australian television.[52] 2001 1 January: Digital terrestrial television is introduced to audiences in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.[53] 8 June: Prime Television axes local news services in Canberra, Wollongong and Newcastle.[52] 4 September: Southern Cross Broadcasting acquires Telecasters Australia, gaining control of Ten Queensland, Ten Northern NSW, Seven Darwin and Seven Central.[54] 1 August: ABC Television launches its first digital-only multichannel, the ABC Kids Channel.[38] 1 November: Fly TV, sister channel to ABC Kids, launches.[38] 2002 18 February: Prime Television New Zealand and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited form a partnership for the supply of Nine Network programming to the New Zealand network.[55] 1 April: Southern Cross Broadcasting acquires Spencer Gulf Telecasters, gaining control of Central GTS/BKN in parts of regional South Australia and Broken Hill.[56] 22 June: The SBS World News Channel is officially launched by the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston.[57] 22 November: Ten Capital's local news bulletin, Ten Capital News, is axed.[58] 2003 22 May: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation decides to close the ABC Kids Channel and Fly TV.[38] 22 December: Tasmanian Digital Television, a Network Ten affiliate, launches.[59] 2004 17 March: Trial datacast service Digital Forty Four begins in Sydney.[60] 23 April: Community station C31 Adelaide launches.[61] 18 July: Senator Helen Coonan becomes the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.[62] 2005 7 March: ABC2 launches with an episode of Landline at 6.35 am.[63] 10 March: ABC2 is officially inaugurated by Senator Helen Coonan, at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra.[63] 1 July: The Australian Broadcasting Authority and Australian Communications Authority are replaced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.[64] 21 November: Community station Television Sydney commences broadcasting.[65] 12 December: The Australian Government renews ABC Television's contract to manage the Asia Pacific television service for five years, providing A$100 million in funding.[66] 2006 1 January: Mildura Digital Television, a Network Ten affiliate, launches.[67] 8 February: Prime Television Limited sells Prime Television New Zealand to Sky Television for NZ$30 million.[52] 18 July: Play School celebrates 40 years 16 September: Australian Television's 50th anniversary. 2007 13 March: Channels are reserved for the introduction of digital television to remote areas such as Alice Springs, Mount Isa, and regional Western Australia.[68] 28 March: The Australian Communications and Media Authority extends Digital Forty Four's trial datacast license.[60] 18 May: ACMA grants a license to Darwin Digital Television, owned by PBL Media and Southern Cross Broadcasting.[69] 30 May: Southern Cross Broadcasting announces the sale of Adelaide station NWS-9 to WIN Television for $105 million.[70] 8 June: WIN Television completes its takeover of STW-9 Perth for $163.1 million.[71] 13 June: C31 Adelaide's trial license is extended for a further twelve months.[72] 13 July: National Indigenous Television launches as Australia's 'third public broadcaster'.[73] 14 September: Network Ten announces Ten HD.[74] 15 September: The Seven Media Group announces a high definition multichannel, to be launched in December 2007.[75] 23 September: The Australian Government proposes a relaunch of the ABC Kids Channel, to be called ABC3.[76] 15 October: The Seven Media Group launch Seven HD, a high definition multichannel.[77] 16 December: Network Ten launch Ten HD, a high definition multichannel. 18 December: Minister for Communications, Stephen Conroy announces switch-off of analogue television signals will take place between 2010 and 2013.[78] 2008 1 January: ABC TV becomes ABC1 and changes its logo along with ABC2.[79] 7 March: The Nine Network launches its new high definition multichannel, Nine HD. 28 April: Darwin Digital Television, a Network Ten affiliate, is launched. 7 May: SBS TV changes its logo and its on-air look and along with it comes a new slogan - "Six Billion Stories and Counting" and SBS HD become 720p. 3 August: Nine airs the last ever edition of long-running Canberra-based political program, Sunday after 27 years. 8 – 24 August: SBS TV partners up with the Seven Network for joint coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. 20 October: Nine relaunches National Nine News as Nine News. 24 November: Freeview Australia is launched across Australia at 6:29pm 2009 26 March: Ten's sports channel One HD launches - the first commercial digital-only network in Australia. 3 May: Nine launches The Morning News Hour and The Late News (renamed Nightline) 1 June: SBS TV becomes SBS One and SBS Two launches on digital television. 9 August: Nine's first general entertainment digital channel GO! launches on Channel 99 in Metro and Channel 88 in Regional. 1 November: Seven's first general entertainment digital channel 7TWO launches on Channel 72 in Metro and Channel 62 in Regional. 4 December: ABC3 launches. 2010s[edit source | edit] |
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Date Posted: 13:17:12 08/14/13 Wed Avoiding clichés What is a cliché? Here are some examples of familiar clichéd expressions: We’re still as sick as a parrot about the result. When it’s all said and done, at the end of the day, I can say I made a difference in the world. The first comes from a newspaper, the second from the transcript of a television news programme. Clichés are words and phrases that have been used so often that they’re no longer very interesting or effective. They may have started out as a colourful, inventive phrase, like as sick as a parrot, but they’ve been picked up and used so widely and indiscriminately that they’ve lost their impact and become stale. Clichés are part of our everyday speech – we often don’t realize that we’re using them. They also occur especially frequently in certain types of writing (such as journalism) or areas of activity (such as sport, business, or politics), as demonstrated by the two examples above. What’s wrong with using clichés? When you’re writing on a more formal level, it’s better to try to avoid using clichés. They tend to annoy people, especially if they’re overused, and they may even create an impression of laziness or a lack of careful thought. Some people just tune out when they hear a cliché and so they may miss the point that you’re trying to make. Here’s a list of some common clichés to look out for and avoid: at the end of the day back on track the fact of the matter few and far between a level playing field in this day and age to all intents and purposes when all’s said and done in the final analysis come full circle par for the course think outside the box avoid someone or something like the plague in the current climate mass exodus at this moment in time the path of least resistance a baptism of fire in any way, shape, or form fit for purpose Action points Once you’ve spotted a cliché in your writing, you need to rephrase your sentence. Here are some tips and strategies to help you do this. 1. Think about what the cliché actually means Think about the basic sense of the expression: what does it actually mean? You’ll probably find that some key words come to mind either as synonyms or as ‘ingredients’ of the overall meaning. Now you can: o use one of these key words to replace the cliché altogether o look them up in a thesaurus to find other alternatives If you find it difficult to come up with the basic meaning, try looking the cliché up in a dictionary. Then you can use the words in the dictionary definition as a starting point for finding suitable synonyms in a thesaurus. 2. Decide whether you actually need the expression at all Quite a lot of clichés are just long-winded ‘fillers’, i.e. words or groups of words used just to maintain the flow of speech, or to pad out a speech or piece of writing. If you identify a clichéd expression of this sort, you can just remove it altogether. Wordy, overused phrases might increase the length of a piece of writing but they won’t improve its general quality. 3. Rewrite your sentence Here are some examples of how you might go about replacing clichés in your writing. First you’ll see a sentence containing a cliché (in bold). The second column gives its meaning, with key words highlighted in bold, the third gives some suggestions for how to take action, and in the final column the original sentence is rewritten without the cliché. Original sentence Meaning or key words Suggestions for action Rewritten sentence In this day and age, websites are one of the most significant public faces of any organization. nowadays, today use one of the key words instead, or look them up in a thesaurus Today, websites are one of the most significant public faces of any organization. His first job, in an industrial area of the UK, proved to be a baptism of fire. a difficult introduction to a new job or activity use the key words or find synonyms in a thesaurus His first job, in an industrial area of the UK, proved to be a difficult start to his career. The long-term prospects for the service are looking fairly bleak at this moment in time. now use the key word or look up an alternative The long-term prospects for the service are currently looking fairly bleak. At the end of the day, it is the minister himself who has to make the decision. finally, ultimately use one of the key words or look up alternatives Ultimately, it is the minister himself who has to make the decision. The authorities announced that they would not tolerate drugs within the sport in any way, shape, or form. under any circumstances mainly used for emphasis and can be omitted without changing the meaning The authorities announced that they would not tolerate drugs within the sport. In the closing scene, the film comes full circle. return to a previous position or situation reword along the lines of the meaning In the closing scenes, the film returns to the ideas with which it began. The 1970s were a time when detention without trial was par for the course. what is normal or expected in a certain situation reword along the lines of the meaning, use the key word, or look up synonyms for it The 1970s were a time when detention without trial was a normal occurrence. Children’s services in the city’s hospitals were not fit for purpose, according to the report. meet the required standards reword using the meaning given, or find synonyms for the key words Children’s services in the city’s hospitals were not meeting the required standards, according to the report The company considers that this requirement is, to all intents and purposes, impossible to achieve. in all important respects mainly used for emphasis and can often be omitted The company considers that this requirement is impossible to achieve. With a troubled domestic agenda, the president took the path of least resistance. the easiest course of action reword along the lines of the meaning given or find synonyms for the key words With a troubled domestic agenda, the president chose the easiest course of action. Key points While you probably can’t avoid clichés altogether, remember: Clichés can be a barrier to communication and clear expression. Clichés can often be reduced to just one or two words that convey your meaning in a clearer or more original way. Clichés can sometimes be removed completely without the meaning of a sentence being affected. This guide on how and why to avoid cliches is taken from our Writing Skills section on the premium version of Oxford Dictionaries Online. Featuring accurate and clear guidance on grammar, spelling, and punctuation, the Writing Skills section also has indispensable advice on style and usage, including help on selecting the correct level of language for different situations. Find out more about the premium version of Oxford Dictionaries Online |
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Date Posted: 10:10:55 08/14/13 Wed To: MayFutures11/8To17/8 Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 9:06 Subject: 1st day of Chicago May fiutures Chicago Sunday 11/8/2013 ending Saturday 17/8/2013==Australian times==Sex appeal dad moment==westen suburbs Lindsay |
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Author: In office since Monday 1/7/2002Penelope Ying-Yen Wong[1][2] (born 5 November 1968--Tuesday 2013 MLB Cup day RBA 2.30pm [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 08:40:51 08/14/13 Wed Penny Wong From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Senator The Honourable Penny Wong Senator for South Australia Incumbent Assumed office 1 July 2002 12th Minister for Finance and Deregulation Incumbent Assumed office 14 September 2010 Prime Minister Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd Preceded by Lindsay Tanner Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water In office 3 December 2007 – 13 September 2010 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard Preceded by position created Succeeded by Greg Combet Personal details Born Penny Ying-yen Wong (1968-11-05) 5 November 1968 (age 44) Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Nationality Australian Political party Australian Labor Party Domestic partner Sophie Allouache Children Alexandra Residence Australia Alma mater University of Adelaide Occupation Politician Barrister Religion Uniting Church in Australia Website www.financeminister.gov.au Penelope Ying-Yen Wong[1][2] (born 5 November 1968), an Australian senator representing South Australia since 2002, is the Commonwealth Minister for Finance and Deregulation, and the Leader of the Government in the Senate. Wong is a member of the Labor Party and a member of the Australian federal cabinet. Wong was the first Australian Minister for Climate Change and Water. Her appointment was amended on 26 February 2010 to Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water. This change in the Government's cabinet was brought about by the controversy of the Home Insulation Program (HIP).[3] On 13 September 2010, she was sworn in as Minister for Finance and Deregulation in the Gillard Labor cabinet.[4] Wong is the first Asian-born member of an Australian Cabinet[5], and also the first openly lesbian member of the Australian cabinet.[6][7] On 27 June 2013 she became the first person of Asian descent to assume the role of Leader of the Government in the Senate. Before entering Parliament, Penny Wong was a barrister and solicitor in Adelaide, South Australia and an adviser to the Carr Government in New South Wales.[8] Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Early life[edit source | edit]Wong was born in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia to a Malaysian Chinese Hakka father and a European Australian mother.[9][10][11] After her parents, Francis Wong and Jane Wong (née Chapman), separated, she moved to Adelaide, South Australia when she was eight years old with her mother and younger brother Toby.[12] Wong gained a scholarship to Scotch College where she studied chemistry, physics and mathematics, and was accepted into the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Adelaide.[13] After spending a year on exchange in Brazil,[14] Wong found she had an aversion to blood. She then studied and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours at the University of Adelaide, and completed a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice at the University of South Australia.[13][15][16] While at university, she became involved with the leadership of the Adelaide University Labor Club in 1988,[2] and has been a delegate to the South Australian Labor Party State Convention every year since 1989, (with the exception of 1995).[17] She also worked part-time for the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), and also gained a position on the National Executive of the National Union of Students. Her time at university was one where a substantial number of contemporaries became Australian politicians. Former senator Natasha Stott Despoja was a contemporary, along with current Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill, whom Wong dated while at university, and Mark Butler, Labor MHR for Port Adelaide.[2][13][14] Career[edit source | edit]Wong graduated from university in 1992, and continued her association with the CFMEU as an industrial officer. She was admitted to the South Australian Bar in 1993. During 1995 and 1996, Wong acted as an advisor to the timber union and to the newly-elected New South Wales state government, specialising in the area of forest policy in the middle of the fierce 1990s environmental battles over logging in NSW.[18] On returning to Adelaide, Wong began practising law, working as a solicitor at the firm Duncan and Hannon (1996-1999). From 1999 to 2002, she worked as a legal officer with the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union. During this time she also won a position on the ALP's state executive. During her legal career (1996-2002), Wong appeared 11 times before the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, 15 times before the South Australian Industrial Relations Court, 8 times before the South Australian Industrial Relations Commission, 3 times before the South Australian Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal and 10 times before the South Australian Workers Compensation Tribunal.[19] Wong ran for pre-selection for the Senate in 2001, and was selected for the top position on the Labor Party's South Australian ticket. She was elected at the 2001 election, her term commencing on 1 July 2002. Wong is a member of EMILY's List Australia, the support network for Labor women, and sat on a number of Senate committees, primarily those related to economics. In June 2005 Wong was appointed Shadow Minister for Employment and Workforce Participation, and Shadow Minister for Corporate Governance and Responsibility. Following the reshuffle in December 2006, she became responsible for the portfolios of Public Administration and Accountability, Corporate Governance and Responsibility, and Workforce Participation. In December 2007, in the wake of the Labor Party victory in the 2007 election, Wong was appointed Minister for Climate Change and Water. She accompanied then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to Bali for the international climate change talks. Wong led final negotiations as Chair of the United Nations Working Group in the closing days of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2007,[20] shortly after her appointment as Minister for Climate Change and Water. In September 2010 Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced Wong had been promoted to succeed Lindsay Tanner as Minister for Finance and Deregulation.[21][22] In February 2013 Wong was appointed Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, following the resignation of Chris Evans, the then Government Leader in the Senate.[citation needed] In June 2013, following Stephen Conroy's resignation, she became the first female to be appointed Leader of the Government in the Senate.[citation needed] Personal life[edit source | edit]Wong is openly lesbian, and was the first sitting member of the Australian Labor Party to come out while still in parliament.[when?][23] Her partner, Sophie Allouache, is a public servant and former University of Adelaide Students' Association president. In 2010, Wong was selected by readers of samesame.com.au as one of the 25 most influential lesbian Australians.[24] Although her father remains overseas, they keep in touch.[14] In December 2011, Allouache gave birth to their first child, Alexandra,[25] after announcing the IVF-assisted pregnancy using donor sperm in August 2011.[26] Wong is a practising Christian, attending Pilgrim Uniting Church in Adelaide.[14] From and including: Monday, 1 July 2002 To and including: Wednesday, 14 August 2013 Result: 4063 days It is 4063 days from the start date to the end date, end date included Or 11 years, 1 month, 14 days including the end date |
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