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Harper’s pet project – Libya

News & Media in Toronto written by Ian Chow: Libya is Harper’s new project to continue and follow in the wake of the military industrial complex. In my previous article, I mentioned the military industrial complex. This should briefly be explained to understand more of what is happening in Libya. The term was first used by Dwight D. Eisenhower on his exit speech on January 17, 1961which can be found here . He warns us of the misuse of this power at 8:30 The modern-day term “military industrial complex” can be simply put as: government, corporate, military and financial institutions all playing a role […]

Occupy Economics; is the system broken?

News & Media in Toronto written by Ian Chow: In response to the CBC article written about the occupation Occupy Economics; is the system broken? Posted Oct 17, 2011, written by Don Pittis: There were some important issues raised here. Especially about bailing out banks. But there are many more that couldn’t be covered under the span of the CBC article. But first to answer the bailing out question: “So was it a good idea to spend $800 billion in taxpayer cash to bail out the U.S. banks? Is it a good idea for the Europeans to do it all over again […]

Transformers’ Outstanding Special Effects Created By Digital Domain

Transformers: Dark of the Moon came out on DVD and Blu-Ray this month, and if you’ve gotten around to picking it up you’re probably still in awe of the special effects and robot creations this third time around. As much as we love making movies, it’s always great to sit back and enjoy some real eye candy. All three Transformers movies are known for their spectacular special effects and computer-generated creatures, robots and action scenes. These creations, which included unique characters and objects, were created by Academy Award-winning special effects company Digital Domain – not insignificant when you consider that […]

Is it worth it to do VHS to DVD video transfers yourself?

If you’ve only got a few old VHS tapes laying around that you’d like to transfer to DVDs, is it worth it to just transfer them over yourself? Transferring VHS to DVD video requires special equipment and software. The cost of these items alone can quickly eat up your project budget, and if you’ve never done it before you could be risking the loss of all of your VHS content. For only a few VHS tapes, it’s just not worth it. It’s funny how differently VHS tapes are treated compared to DVDs. DVDs are carefully removed from their packaging and […]