Following in Kung's theme of posting happy stories, I was surprised today with a similar sort of kindness. After co-authoring a paper, getting it accepted and presenting it at a conference last year, the bosses from above decided to reward little Tochi with a small bonus. This extra padding in my depleted piggy bank will definitely help cover any Wii bundles and GH expenses. :)
While on this topic, the Toronto Star has a daily section called Acts of Kindness. After discovering this section last year, I spent afternoons reading these heart-warming stories. Definitely a section I would recommend for any out-of-towners with free time on their hands.
Switching topics now. Today, I discovered two interesting tidbits:
- The company that owns the contract to maintain TTC bus stop shelters is actually owned by CBS. Yes, the same CBS that most people know as a broadcasting network. Apparently, they own the right to sell any advertisements on the shelters. I have always wondered why I see so many CBS news billboards and posters in T.O. Who watches CBS here (I don't even know what channel CBS is on)?
- Canada now has only 1 real theatre chain, ever since Cineplex brought out Famous Players. Anyway, I was over at Tribute.ca looking up movie times for Paramount Toronto, one of the better theatres downtown. For some reason unknown to me at the time, I could not find any of the Paramounts. I mean, I know my alphabets and PARAMOUNT TORONTO should definitely be between OSHAWA CENTER 8 and PICKERING 8. After going over to Cineplex's official site, and looking up the theatre there, I found out that Paramount Toronto is now known as ScotiaBank Theatre Toronto. Apparently, according to CBC, ScotiaBank paid an unknown sum to get their names onto the theatres. I didn't know Cineplex was that cash-strapped.
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I would expect theatres to make a fortune from the food they sell, since those cost an arm and a leg. However, aside from DVD's, Hollywood is blaming Canada for 50% of world's pirated movies!
"As much as 50 per cent of the world's pirated movies come from Canada, prompting the film industry to threaten to delay the release of new titles in this country.
According to an investigation by Twentieth Century Fox, most of the illegal recording, or "camcording," is taking place in Montreal movie houses, taking advantage of bilingual releases and lax copyright laws."