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GLOBAL CRISES

Humanity faces a multiplicity of global crises – all having the same cause: A rule of law that is rooted in archaic and Ptolemaic philosophies.

Capitalism – the freedom to create, own, and trade assets – has lost its compass. It has been transformed into debt-based capitalism – into what the first lawgivers called "usury." And "usury," most people will tell you, has . . .

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COMING SOON
Wanted: A U.S. President Most Attuned to People's Concerns
 
ASSESSING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AS COMMERCIAL BRANDS



Tracking History As It Unfolds/Analyzing Brands
Desires/Aversions/Powers, High Awareness/High Attention, Emotions/Feelings, Mood, Love/Hate, Irrationality Indexes/Charts


 

CAUCUSES AND PRIMARIES

WHAT WAS ON PEOPLE'S MIND?
DESIRES-AVERSIONS-POWERS
EMOTIONS-FEELINGS-IRRATIONALITY

THE BUSINESS CYCLE

THE BOOM/BUST CROSSOVER
ON 9-OCT-07

BOTH THE DOW AND THE S&P HIT RECORD HIGHS ON 9-OCT-07. WHAT WAS ON PEOPLE'S MIND PRE/POST THE CROSSOVER?

Psycho-Market Analytics - Key Findings
Desires, Aversions, Powers,
Emotions, Feelings, and Irrationality Indexes/Charts

THE CENTRAL BANKS' BAILOUT OF SHORT-TERM FUNDING MARKETS
ON 12-DEC-07

WHAT FORCED THEM TO INTERVENE?
DID THEY SUCCEED?

THE SUBPRIME MORTGAGE MELTDOWN - PART ONE

Psycho-Political Analysis - Key Findings
Desires, Aversions, Powers,
Emotions, Feelings, and Irrationality Indexes/Charts

IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE

MEGA MERGERS, CORPORATE DOWNSIZING, STOCK MARKET RECORD HIGHS, AND THE RISK OF GLOBAL RECESSION
18-MAR-07 AND 31-MAY-07

HOW DID PEOPLE FEEL?
WHAT WAS THEIR EMOTIONAL STATE?
HOW IRRATIONAL WERE THEY?

THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

WHAT WAS ON PEOPLE'S MIND DURING 2001-2007 BY WEEKDAY

 

ART AND CULTURE

INUIT ART - MUST SEE GALLERY
MIA Gallery - Museum of Inuit Art [2 Parts]
Parts 1-2: Harris Gallery (Origin of MIA Gallery), Fine Inuit Art, Inuit Masterworks, Toronto.


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Dancing Bear
 


EDWARD THOMAS MATTHEW AYOUB PHOTO GALLERY

Chinese Lantern Festival 2007 [2 Parts]


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Chinese Lantern Festival 2007
 

Parts 1-2: Song Emperor Admires Lanterns - The Flood of Jinshan Temple - Dragon's Chi and Cinesphere - Qilin Brings Fortune.
Toronto [8 Parts]


Copyright © 2004 by Edward T.M. Ayoub. All Rights Reserved.
Sweeping Toronto Panorama
 

Parts 1-3: Stunning panoramic views of Toronto - from Bloor-and-Yonge to the banking district and the CN tower.
Parts 4-7: Toronto Light Show.
Toronto City Hall; Toronto banking district; Ontario's power nexus; Royal Ontario Museum (ROM); Heart House, University of Toronto; stunning panoramic view of Osgood Hall; the world's longest street: Yonge street -- direction north pole.
Part 8: Air Canada Centre and Union Station
Stupefying photos of the Air Canada Centre, Union Station, the Skywalk,
Toronto artist Michael Nelson.
Cottage Country [5 Parts]
Part 1: Cottage Country, Ontario, Fall 2007.
Fall colors and fall fairies.


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Cottage Country, Ontario, Fall 2007
 

Part 2: Cottage Country, Ontario, Summer 2004.
Stunning panoramic view and fall colors.
Parts 3-5: Cottage Country, Ontario, Fall. 2001
Stunning panoramic view and fall colors of cottage country.
Fun in Amsterdam [5 Parts]


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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 

Part 1: Fun in Amsterdam, August 2007.


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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 

Parts 2-5: Stunning views of Amsterdam by Night, August 2007.
SHOWS, FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS, AND PARADES
The EX - Canadian National Exhibition [7 Parts]


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The EX, Canadian National Exhibition 2007
 

FUN RIDES
Part 1-5: Euroslide - Crazy Mouse Coaster - Swing Tower - Awesome Helicopter Tours - Alpine Bobs - Rock - Corn Dogs - Pizza Pizza - Bavarian Slide - Mardi Gras - Zipper - Crazy Surf - Candy Shop - Carousel, Merrily-Going-Round - CNE Parade - Hydrogenics - Spidermen - Aliens - Giant Ferris Wheel - Panoramic View of the EX and CN Tower - Canadian National Exhibition - 2007 Grounds Map.
AN EVENING OF FUN
Part 6-7: Carousel - Merrily-Going-Round - Crazy Surf - Fun, Competition, and Games - Haunted Mansion - Wave Swinger - Zipper - Giant Ferris Wheel - Fire Ball.

Caribana Parade [3 Parts]

2006
Parts 1-3: Caribana - 5-Aug-06.
Wonderful displays - magnificent colors; views from Ontario Place. The Caribana Festival is organized by The Caribbean Cultural Committee.


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Caribana, Summer 2008
 


2008
Part 1: Toronto Caribbean Carnival - 2-Aug-08.


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Caribana, Summer 2006

Part 2: Incredible Displays - Celebration of Freedom.
Part 3: Soca-Calypso Music - Masquerade Bands - Masquerade Costumes.
Part 4: Exhibition Place - Lake Shore Boulevard - Ontario Place - Lake Ontario.

Chinese Lantern Festival [3 Parts]

2006
Parts 1-2: The Rogers Chinese Lantern Festival - 20-Jul-06 - 1-Oct-06. Dazzling display of Chinese arches, dragons, lanterns; Four Faced Buddha.


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Chinese Lantern Festival 2006 -
Toronto Skyline - The View from Ontario Place

 

2008
Part 3: The Rogers Chinese Lantern Festival - 2-Aug-08.


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Chinese Lantern Festival 2008


Canadian International Air Show [2 Parts]
Parts 1-2: Toronto air show over lake Ontario - 2-4-Sep-06.
INUIT ART
MIA Gallery – Museum of Inuit Art [2 Parts]
Parts 1-2: MIA Gallery – Museum of Inuit Art, Toronto.

NATURE

Killbear Provincial Park, Ontario [8 Parts] 
SUMMER 2002
Parts 1-3: Stunning panoramic views of Killbear provincial park, Ontario, Canada.
SUMMER 2004
Parts 4-6: Wind-Swept Pine and Some of the Oldest Glacier-Scrubbed Rocks on the Planet; Lookout Point Trail - Spectacular View of Some of Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands!


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Spectacular Killbear Sunset
 

Parts 7-8: Spectacular Sunset: One of the Many Reasons Why People Keep Returning to Killbear!
SUMMER 2008
Part 9: Kilcoursie Bay - Sandy Beaches - Magnificent View

 
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Sandy Beaches − Beaver Dams and
Georgian Campgrounds

 

Part 10: Lookout Point Trail - Living Forest - Sparkling Lights - Wetland - On Top of the World - Spectacular View of Georgian Bay


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Living Forest
 

Part 11: Magnificent Wind-Swept Pine - Enjoying Nature's Peace and Beauty - Divine Spot
Part 12: Something Wonderful Is About to Happen - Spectacular Georgian Bay Sunset
 

High Park  [10 Parts]
Parts 1-2: Early Spring in High Park, Toronto.
Parts 3-6: Summer in High Park.
Parts 7-10: Early Fall in High Park.
Spectacular fall colors, organic market.


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High Park, Toronto, Early Fall
 

POLITICS

WORLD EVENTS
MI2 Mind and Security Indexes/Charts Pre/Post World Events
PROTESTS
Global Protest Against War on Iraq [2 Parts]
Millions protested against the planned war on Iraq in more than 600 cities, including: Paris, London, Berlin, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Amsterdam, Athens, Prague; New York, San Francisco; Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto; Melbourne,  Jakarta, Seoul;  Beirut, Istanbul, and Baghdad.
  • U.S. and Canadian Government Links.
Part 1: Protest Against War on Iraq, February 15, 2003, Toronto, Canada. Digital images, structural maps of the U.S. and Canadian governments, and links. Gnostic insight into why millions of people are protesting against their rulers.
Part 2A Chronology of the War on Iraq, MACROKNOW INTELLECTUAL INTELLIGENCE™ (March 1, 2003 through May 1, 2003). Includes a bibliography with 439 research/educational references and links.

SECURITY

MACROKNOW INTELLECTUAL INTELLIGENCE (MI2)
MIND HAT EXCLUSIVE
Much Mind Security

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WORLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION
1965-2005

A MACROKNOW ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM
BP STATISTICAL REVIEW OF WORLD ENERGY 2006 AND US CENSUS BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DATABASE

WHICH COUNTRIES CONSUME THE MOST ENERGY PER CAPITA?  THE MOST NUCLEAR ENERGY PER CAPITA? THE MOST HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY PER CAPITA? THE MOST COAL PER CAPITA? THE MOST GAS PER CAPITA? THE MOST OIL PER CAPITA?

 

HISTORY 9/11

ANIMATION SHOWING HOW MI2 DETECTS CATASTROPHIC TERRORIST ATTACKS
BEFORE THEY OCCUR

Retrospective Threat Assessments/Forecasts
 

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MUCH MIND

MI2 MIND INDEXES
World Situation
2007-2008
World Events
Global Issues
People's State of Mind
World Security

Mind Indexes include Desires/Aversions/Powers Indexes, Awareness/Attention Indexes, Feelings/Emotions Indexes, Irrational Exuberance/Gloom Indexes, Weekday Issues Indexes, Economic/Moral Uncertainty Indexes, and other indexes.
More Mind Indexes

HISTORY

MI2 MIND AND SECURITY INDEXES/CHARTS PRE/POST WORLD EVENTS
CURRENT EVENTS
26-Aug-03
World Events NEW
Chronological World Events - Bibliography
2007Q1 Ň 2008Q2
U.S. Presidential Election - Caucuses and Primaries (Part 1 of 2) NEW
Iowa, 3-Jan-08 Ň West Virginia, 13-May-08
What Was on People's Minds?
The Subprime Mortgage Meltdown in the USA: Bankers, Money, and Capitalism SOON
Evil, Deceit, and the Elusive and Pathetic Search for Freedom, 3-Mar-07 Through 30-Jun-08
MI2 Images Database - Archive
1,200 Images and Plates
Neocon Intentionality: Nothing But Malice
Origin, Nature, and Structure of Neocon Strategy
12-Apr-07
Irrational Exuberance
Mega Mergers, Corporate Downsizing, Stock Markets, and the Risk of a Global Recession, 18-Mar-07 and 31-May-07.
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MIND INDEXES

What do people desire? What powers advance or frustrate their desires? What are people focusing their attention on? Are people pained or pleasured? Are they happy, hopeful, confused, troubled, or angry? Are they irrationally exuberant or gloomy?

FIND OUT WITH THE NEW BUSINESS INDEXES

MIND INDEXES

  • People's Desires Worldwide

  • Emotions Worldwide

  • Feelings Worldwide

  • Irrational Exuberance/Gloom Worldwide

THREAT ASSESSMENT AND SECURITY INDEXES

  • Global Economic Uncertainty

  • Destructive Potential

  • Propitious Opportunities for Terrorism

  • Terrorism Alert

WORLD EVENTS - HISTORY

  • Katrina Hurricane

  • London 7/7

  • 9/11

  • Chronological Biography

CORPORATIONS - ADVERTISING AGENCIES - MEDIA - PUBLISHERS - INSURERS - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - POLITICAL PARTIES - GOVERNMENTS - INTELLIGENCE - MILITARY
 

WEEKDAY WORLD ISSUES
DISTRIBUTION OF GLOBAL HIGH AWARENESS/HIGH ATTENTION BY DESIRES, AVERSIONS, AND POWERS

LAST WEEK - ALL WEEKS SINCE 1-JAN-07

Advertising/ Public Relations/Corporate Communications/Government Affairs

 

TOURISM

Niagara [8 Parts]


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Niagara Falls
 

Parts 1-2: Niagara Falls.
Canadian and American falls.
Part 3: Niagara Parks.
Niagara Spanish Aerocar, Maid of the Mist, Victoria Park Restaurant, Skylon Tower.
Parts 4-6: Clifton Hill: The Street of Fun at the Falls.
The Great Canadian Midway, Movieland, Castle Dracula, The Haunted House.
Frankenstein, Casino Niagara, Ripley's Moving Theatre, Rainforest Cafe.
Off Clifton Hill by Night: Hard Rock Cafe, Planet Hollywood by Night, Hershey's Chocolate, On Guard for Thee.
Part 7: Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Prince of Wales Hotel.
Part 8: Niagara Wineries.
Inniskillin Wines.

TORONTO
Toronto City Hall [2 Parts]


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Old City Hall
 

Part 1: Nathan Philips Square - Toronto City Hall.
Part 2: Old City Hall.
Yonge Street - The World's Longest Street [7 Parts]


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Eaton Center - Gigantic Billboards
 

Part 1: Eaton Center, Sears, Atrium on Bay, Shop Dine Tour Toronto, Dundas Square.
Part 2: Eaton Center Flashing Billboards, Hard Rock Cafe, Sears, Cadbury.
Part 3: Eaton Center, Multilevel Shopping, Williams-Sonoma, Godiva Chocolatier.
Part 4: World's Biggest Bookstore, HMV, Guess, Boathouse.
Part 5: Sam the Record Man, Pizza, Zanzibar.
Part 6: Yonge and Gerrard, Yonge and College, College Park, Yonge and Wellesley, Yonge and Gloucester.
Part 7: Good Bush-Bad Bush, House of Lords, Panasonic Theatre, Brass Rail, Bloor and Yonge, The Bay.
Toronto's Stunning Shoreline [9 Parts]


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Harbourfront Center and CN Tower
 

Part 1: Harbourfront Centre - CN Tower - Queen's Quay Terminal - Mariposa Cruises - Lake Ontario.
Part 2: Sailing in Toronto Inner Harbour - Toronto Islands - Harbourfront Centre - East Pier - Mariposa Cruises - Kajama.
Part 3: Toronto Lakefront - Remembrance Drive - Music Park - Little Norway Cres. -  Toronto Skyline - CN Tower - Marina.
Part 4: Toronto Islands - Toronto City Centre Airport - Marina.
Part 5: Coronation Park - Inukshuk.
Part 6: Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) - Coronation Park - CN Tower - Lake Ontario.
Part 7: Ontario Place - Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) - The Rogers Chinese Lantern Festival - Exhibition Place - Toronto Skyline - CN Tower.
Part 8: Ontario Place - The Molson Amphitheatre - Atlantis - Lakeshore.
Part 9: Ontario Place - Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival - Toronto's Centre Island.
Part 10: A View of Etobicoke - Trudo Bridge of the Humber River - Sunnyside Pavilion
Etobicoke's Shoreline [3 Parts]


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Mimico Cruising Club, Etobicoke Yacht Club,
and Humber Sailing and Powerboating Centre
 

Part 1: Trudo Bridge Linking Toronto and Etobicoke.
Part 2: Waterfront Drive.
Part 3: Humber Bay Park: Cruising, Yachting, and Sailing.
Yorkville, Toronto  [1 Part]
Part 1: Yorkville, Toronto.
Upscale shopping and exclusive retail.
Toronto Islands [1 Part]
Toronto Islands, CN Tower, SkyDome, Toronto Waterfront, Ferry Boats at Harbourfront, View from Trout Pond. The CN Tower is the world's tallest building and free-standing structure.
Old Mill [3 Parts]


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The Old Mill Inn and Spa
 

Part 1: Bloor Street West - Old Mill Towers - Old Mill Trail.
Part 2: The Old Mill Inn and Spa.
Part 3: Old Mill Bridge - Humber River - Etienne Brűlé Park - Kings Mill Park - Old Mill and Marshes Discovery Walk.
Ontario Place [1 Part]

WEATHER

THE WEATHER NETWORK
   
   

Click on a city for City Weather at The Weather Network
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
Environment Canada 5-Day Forecasts.
NOAA National Weather Service 7-Day Forecasts.
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NATURAL AND MAN-MADE CATASTROPHES
Natural Catastrophe Statistics for 2007
ACTIVISM
Greenpeace Canada

30-Aug-07: Greenpeace activists on the Arctic Sunrise boarded the Algomarine, a vessel in Lake Erie carrying 30,000 tonnes of coal to the Nanticoke Generating Station. The activists painted “NO COAL. NO NUCLEAR. CLEAN ENERGY.” on the ship’s hull.
 

Greenpeace: MV Arctic Sunrise [1 Part]


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Greenpeace: MV Arctic Sunrise,
Toronto, ON, 1-3-Sep-07
 

Part 1: Greenpeace  - MV Arctic Sunrise, Toronto Pier 4, 2-Sep-07.

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CLIMATE CHANGE
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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OPINION

EDITORIALS
Pope Benedict, President Bush, and the "Dialogue of Cultures"
September 28, 2006
Letter to Robert J. Aumann, Co-Winner of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2005
November 8, 2005
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COLUMNS
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - China, America, and Russia Won the Most Gold; But the Top Gold-Per-Capita Winners Are Jamaica, Bahrain, and Mongolia
August 27, 2008
 
GOLD Medals per Capita