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Aries (March 21 to April 20)

You will have a busy month ahead. You will be quite enthusiastic to get your hands dirty. Focus on developing a more efficient routine at work so you can keep up with your responsibilities. Financial inflow will be manageable. Romance will be at its peak; you will attract a number of potential lovers.

Taurus (April 21 to May 21)

November will be a smooth month for you. You will find comfort in the harmony that exists in all aspects of your life: investments will yield promising revenue; romance will continue to gather momentum and your career will be on a solid position. Put your best foot forward and you will gain much more.

Gemini (May 22 to June 21)

Domestic issues and work-related concerns will primarily revolve around communication. Being an air sign, you may feel uncomfortable with newly-imposed policies at work, which may result to a disagreement with a superior. Money will come in slow but constant. Romance will be on edge and you may face ego conflicts with your partner.

Cancer (June 22 to July 22)

The month will be quite hectic. You may feel bombarded with urgent issues from work, home and your partner. Prioritize your personal relationships with the people involved and no matter how urgent matters may seem, don’t make decisions in haste. Watch your expenses closely; your financial resources will be quite limited.

Leo (July 23 to August 21)

You will face challenges keeping your expenditures within the limits of your income. It’s high time to seek for other job opportunities. It’s also wise to invest money on short-term goals. You may encounter a power struggle at work but family and romance will be in more agreeable conditions throughout the month.

Virgo (August 22 to September 23)

Prioritize your work this month. You will see positive results on every task you put your hands on. A career advancement gleams in the horizon so focus your energy on this aspect of your life; take advantage of the good vibes. No need to worry about marriage and romance; they will be on sturdy ground.

Libra (September 24 to October 23)

Your finances will be in a much better shape than it had been for the past few months. An unexpected gift or a chance of winning the lottery and the likes is very possible. Marriage and relationships will also take an upward direction but you’re in a tough luck with love if you’re single.

Scorpio (October 24 to November 22)

The month will start strong in terms of finances and romances but soon after mid-month, you better avoid getting into any risky business deals. Take time to reassess the various aspects of your life and come up with a solid personal goal, ideally within the first two weeks. Romance will take a deep plunge soon.

Sagittarius (November 23 to December 22)

Romance may possibly spark in the workplace as you find yourself earning a lot of approval from social circles both inside and outside the office. Chances of getting a promotion are quite imminent before the final week. Your financial conditions will significantly improve, along with an important decision that will be made at home.

Capricorn (December 23 to January 20)

A trip abroad is most likely to occur within the month. You will find the break quite refreshing and more exciting than expected. The routine at work will suddenly feel more taxing. Romance will bloom with someone that you either thought was uninterested or plainly uninteresting. Your finances will have to be closely managed.

Aquarius (January 21 to February 19)

There will be a lot of intimacy this month. Your relationship will take a “love-hate” direction which both you and your partner will find exciting. Your career will be on a steady pace but money will present a tough setback. You will need a big support from the people at home to get past it.

Pisces (February 20 to March 20)

You need to streamline processes at work and at home to avoid a major crisis on the latter half of the month. Don’t hesitate to seek the help of the people around you. Your relationship with your partner will lose its harmony as you feel a heightened desire to be close to him/her all the time; a feeling that will not openly reciprocated.

Entertainment in Canada boasts all the sophistication tourists have come to expect from a major North American country, coupled with delightful rural entertainment in relaxing local venues. Covering mainstream world-class productions in Ottawa and the larger cities, Canada also offers the latest in alternative acts and traditional art forms, particularly in its exceptional folk music heritage.

Music of the highest quality, both classical and modern, is offered throughout the country, and major cities provide first-rate theater, dance, and film, not to mention many musical shows and film festivals.

INFORMATION

PROVINCIAL DAILY newspapers are the most reliable sources of information about forthcoming events; the Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, and Toronto Star are the most popular. Listings are usually published at least once a week. The Globe & Mail and National Post are produced in Toronto but are sold countrywide and have excellent arts sections containing reviews of the latest attractions. Tourist offices are helpful; some operators may assist in booking tickets. Visitor centers and hotel lobbies have weekly entertainment guides, such as Where, a magazine covering Vancouver. In Quebec, French-language entertainment is chronicled by two papers, La Presse and Le Devoir. Macleans is a national weekly magazine with arts coverage.

BOOKING

TICKET MASTER outlets are found in many shopping malls and represent major halls across the country. Tickets to venues in Quebec are available from Admission Network. Different offices cater to different sports and artistic events in each city. Most venues, however, can be contacted directly for tickets.

DISABLED VISITORS

MAJOR CANADIAN venues are well equipped to deal with wheelchair users. All interior halls contain ramps and restroom access. Parking lots will have designated disabled spaces nearby. A hearing loop system is available at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre, and at most other major venues. Call ahead to check their availability. Outside ramps and elevators are provided to reach concerts halls and theaters at most large centers.

The level of violence in movies and its acceptability has been debated for decades. It is no closer to being resolved now than when it first began. There have been countless studies into the effects of movie and TV violence on children. They’ve studied the effects on levels of aggression, IQs, emotional intelligence, socialisation and psychosocial development. Over recent years they’ve also included the effects of violent computer and video games. Results generally indicate that movie violence does lead to increased aggression, bullying, as well as the retardation of emotional intelligence and socialisation. However, it is always cautioned that they cannot entirely rule out other contributory factors such as family circumstances, circumstances at school and family history of mental illness.

In order to try and regulate the age of movie audiences, age restrictions were introduced. Some are rated as strictly no under 15s or no fewer than 18s, while others have a PG rating. PG stands for Parental Guidance and it means that children of a certain age are allowed to see the movie if they are accompanied by an adult. However, these restrictions are very seldom adhered to, as cinema owners are more interested in making a profit than in promoting the welfare of children and usually turn a blind eye to ticket sales. The same goes for places where you can rent dvds or videos. They are very seldom concerned with the age of the person renting the movie so long as the money is paid. This gives children of all ages access to all levels of cinematic violence.

A man much accustomed to the use of violence and gore as a form of entertainment, pondered the issue of violence in movies and the public’s love with violence in general. In a column that he writes for Entertainment Weekly, Stephen King, whose portrayal of violence is often graphic, often gory, but never gratuitous, looks first at his own his own history of violence and then at the obsession that so many other people seem to have.

He has, on two separate occasions, wiped out nearly the entire population of Earth. On one of those occasions most of the survivors became mindless zombies. He’s had a clown prey on children, and he’s turned an entire town into vampires. On one memorable occasion he described a noise as sounding something like blowing gently over a glass bottle filled with dead fingers.

In his article he describes the morality of violent entertainment as currently being “no more than a warm-button issue” in America. He believes it’s because it’s not serious enough to demand the attention of politicians but “floats to the surface” of newspaper editorials regularly. “Sort of like a drowning victim that won’t stay on the bottom” is how he puts it. An apt image considering the subject at hand.

He considers both sides of the violence in movies argument. There are the people who are proponents of free speech, who are of the opinion that the world is a violent place and that movies that don’t comment on that fact hide from reality. They are also fond of pointing out that of all the people who see violent films, very few will feel compelled to commit acts of violence and proceed to do so.

On the other side, the NRA and gun fanatics – guns don’t kill people, people kill people – also agree that it’s a violent world. They also point out that most people handle weapons carefully and responsibly and don’t go about the place shooting at people, cars and buildings for fun. Both sides have arguments that are ironically similar.

Of course there are people for whom seeing a violent film at the wrong time will cause some sort of mental implosion. For those in his or her immediate vicinity there is the potential for things to get very exciting. However, for people like this, it need not necessarily be a film that sets them off. It could a news bulletin on the radio; they could be receiving messages from a personal deity via their bedroom curtains. Anything can upset an unstable mind. It could even be the fact that last night’s dishes haven’t been washed.

In Stephen King’s conclusion he has no answers, only the hope that we use violent movies as a mental gutter through which we channel our worst fears and impulses and so cleanse our emotional systems.

It’s not a bad theory, violent movies as a form of catharsis. The child bullies, delinquents and a growing number of child rapists don’t quite conform to it though. It seems that children still need monitoring when watching TV, movies or playing games. When we consider that their very lives are at stake, it seems the least that we can do to protect them. Meanwhile the war against violence continues. One of the latest battles involves posters that include pictures of guns. More importantly the guns are aimed in the general direction of the viewer. Is there anything more frightening that a picture of a movie poster gun? This highlights the importance of picking your battles, and distinguishes the difference between a valid argument and nitpicking.

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