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Robert Glasper @ Theatre du Gesu on February 24th
The Montréal en Lumière Festival kicked off on February 16th and continues till the 26th with an extensive list of amazing events and shows that really lighten up this city and clear up our grey winter skies.
One of the biggest highlights within this highlights festival is the participation of Robert Glasper this Friday, February 24th at the Gésu Theatre. Glasper is an internationally renowned jazz musician and record producer who never limited himself to the jazz label. His work pulls influences from hip-hop, soul, R&B, rock and has created a distinct sound that is revered for its complexity. This young Texan has worked with pretty much every great name in the hip-hop world such as Q-Tip, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Bilal, Common and J Dilla, just to name a few. He’s produced many tracks that we all adore and already has 4 brilliant albums under his belt: Mood, Canvas, In My Element, and Double Booked. This year he is blessing our ears with another album entitled Black Radio, expected to be released on February 28th. This highly anticipated album has already made a name for itself with the few pre-releases that were shared and its impressive list of collaborators.
To have Robert Glasper perform in this city is a great honour; I highly recommend seeing him it to all music lovers. His grand landscape of musical background makes his music less about the genre and more about the skill and talent.
It’s going to be an epic night.
See you there
Robert Glasper
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Gesù – Centre de créativité – Théâtre du Gesù
1200, De Bleury St.
$34.50 plus taxes and service charges ($41.17 to $46.32)
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February 22, 2012
Read by: Greg Wilson
Stories by: Joel Balsam, Alyssa Tremblay, William Pelletier and Michael Lemieux
Produced by: Jamie-Lee Gordon
New type of planet
According to Al Jazeera, US Scientists have identified a new type of planet. It is a planet composed not of rock or gas, but of water.
The planet in question GJ1214b was discovered in 2009. It was initially believed to be covered mostly in water with a temperature far higher than our own.
Hubble telescope information helped validate that claim. Scientists say that the high pressure high temperature of the planet would likely create some interesting scenarios.
Gas prices rise from European economic instability
Gasoline prices reached their highest levels in nine months last Tuesday according to the CBC.
A two point five percent increase in the price of a barrel of regular gas has been noticed in New York.
This is due to European leaders lending the equivalent of 172 million Canadian Dollars to Greece.
This way, Greece can avoid a debt default after Iran has clarified the conditions in which it would export gas to the European Union.
Iran is seeking guaranteed payments, long term contracts and a ban on unilateral contract cancellations.
Analysts speculate that Iran's real intention is to punish the European Union after they decided to embark on an embargo against Teheran over its nuclear program.
Flickr photo by Honou.
ASFA to redo polling
Polling for the Arts and Science Federation of Associations will be sometime in the next couple weeks.
According to ASFA President Alex Gordon, new polling dates will be announced as soon as possible, and will likely be two or three weeks after reading week.
ASFA chose to redo polling after too many violations were committed in the first two days of polling. The biggest error being that students with a minor in Arts and Science could not vote.
Gordon and VP Internal Schubert Laforest had to oversee the election when the Chief Electoral Officer resigned just two hours before polls opened. Gordon said that the electoral committee is exploring the possibility of hiring a new CEO, but it is not likely.
He also said the total amount of funds lost is unclear, but that the brunt of election costs on ballots and paying polling clerks will have to be paid out again.
February 21st, 2012
Read by: Aisha Samu
Stories by: Niki Mohrdar, Tara Brockwell, Jordie Yeager and Nikita Smith
Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Research shows oil-sands not that bad
New research published in the journal Nature shows that Canada's oil-sands are not as harmful to the climate when compared to other energy sources.
According to the Globe and Mail, the news comes at a crucial time for Canada, who plans to start a trade war with the European Union if they do not vote down a new rule that will penalize countries with raw oil-sands.
Researchers at the University of Victoria looked at the climate impact of producing 170 billion barrels of natural oil-sands. They found that removing all that oil from the ground, at three million barrels a day, would affect global-warming by 0.02 to 0.05 degrees Celsius.
It would take over a hundred years to heave all the oil, that the industry says is producible, from the earth. The end result would be 1.8 trillion barrels of oil, which is seven times more that Saudi Arabia's current reserve. Producing all that oil would increase the earth's temperature by one-third of a degree.
The research states that in contrast, burning the entire world's coal supply would increase temepratures by 15 degrees, and using all the shale gas would see a rise a little below three degrees.
Flickr: Iguanasan
The PQ strengthens its stance on sovereignty
In the run-up to a possible spring election the Parti Quebecois has strengthened it’s push for independence.
According to the Globe and Mail the PQ recently announced it would update over one hundred studies on Quebec sovereignty. Included is the infamous Bélanger-Campeau papers – once used to justify the 1995 referendum.
Premier Jean Charest accused PQ leader Pauline Marois of being out of touch with the reality of Quebecers. But the latest polls suggest support for sovereignty would be a PQ boon.
Marois’s party is thought to hold 30 per cent of the current vote while support for independence in Quebec purportedly hovers at forty per cent.
Flickr photo by: Parti Québécois (officiel)
Canadian agriculture will be strong for next decade, experts say
Canadian farms of almost all kinds experienced a huge increase in profits in 2011, and according to Agriculture Canada, the increase will continue for the next decade.
According to the Canadian Press, net cash income for 2011 was almost $12 billion – 24 percent higher than it was in 2010. The increase reflected in every sector of farming except cattle producers, who are experiencing rising costs.
According to the Canadian Press, factors that led to such a bountiful year will stick around for the next ten years.
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