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From Saturday’s Globe and Mail

What if Prince were the only man left on Earth? What if aliens were studying our most intimate moments? What if we could be disembodied – but still, say, go to the movies?

These are just some of the wild story lines in Darwin’s Bastards, a new collection of dystopian fiction from some of Canada’s best writers.

The Globe and Mail sat down with three of the collection’s contributors – cyberpunk icon William Gibson, novelist Annabel Lyon and short-story writer Pasha Malla – to hash out what exactly “future” (with a capital F) means; why even doomsday stories should be fun; and who’s better: Philip K. Dick or Philip Roth.

What came up for you when you were first asked to write a dystopian vision of the future?

GIBSON: Actually, I got that completely confused, and thought I was being asked to write a story about the concept of dystopia, set in Vancouver! Just as well, probably. An interesting assignment.

I don’t really believe in the dystopian, any more than I do in the utopian. One person’s dystopia is another’s hot immigration ticket – all very relative, subjective. The supposed dystopias I’ve written about are generally much nicer than actual places we can get in our cars and drive to (if we’re willing to drive far enough).

Neville Elder for The Globe and MailToronto writer Pasha Malla.

MALLA: I thought most about the story that I didn’t want to write – one that took an existing social problem and extrapolated from it some sort of apocalyptic end result.

So I set my story in the past, which in some small way was meant to be a comment on the end-is-nigh hysteria that seems to roll over from one failed doomsday (2000) to the next (2012 etc.). I wanted to write something that was absurd and silly and wild and implausible, something that would make us laugh at ourselves a little bit.

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Source: The Age (Original Article)

NEGATIVE gearing by rental investors has become Australia’s biggest tax break, with landlords claiming $12.75 billion of net losses in 2007-08 to reduce their tax.
Tax Office figures show a record 1.2 million investors claimed they spent more money on their rental properties than they earned in 2007-08. One in every 10 taxpayers is now a negatively geared property investor.
On average, they claimed losses of $10,640 each – or $26,500 for those earning more than $250,000 a year. These reduce their taxable income, and hence tax paid.
By the time final figures are in, the cost to revenue is likely to be about $5 billion. That means, in effect, this tax break paid landlords 4 per cent of all income tax collected.
Since tax breaks on negative gearing were restored in 1987 by the Hawke-Keating government, investors’ share of finance to buy existing homes has soared from 8 per cent to 40 per cent. The number of landlords has more than trebled from 538,000 to 1.73 million, with many owning two or more homes.
The huge growth in demand from investors has been one of the main factors driving up Australia’s house prices. Since 1987, house prices have soared by 433 per cent while household incomes rose 195 per cent – putting home ownership out of reach for many younger or lower income people.
Unlike those buying their own home, investors can use their mortgage bills to reduce the tax they pay on other income. In 2007-08, they told the Tax Office they spent almost as much paying the interest on their investment loans as they earned in rent. Rental income was $24.1 billion, mortgage bills $20.2 billion.
Treasurer Wayne Swan yesterday rebuffed calls for the government to limit negative gearing so more people can buy their own homes. ”If you go back and look at my comments over the years, I have not been a critic of negative gearing.”
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ATLANTA, Mar 02, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) —-Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor of
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United States, today announced February sales in the U.S. of 1,531, up
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the sixth time in the last seven months that PCNA has recorded
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February’s slight increase in sales comes despite the severe winter
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So far in 2010, Porsche has sold 3,317 new cars compared to last year
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Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Original Article)

Insurers are bracing for hefty payouts after being swamped by thousands of claims to replace or fix damaged cars and flooded homes after the violent storm that lashed Melbourne at the weekend.

At the same time, persistent floods in Queensland have ended the relatively benign period for weather-related claims, which has underpinned the industry’s improving profits during the December half.

As the clean-up continued across parts of Victoria yesterday, insurers were calling for patience as they tried to process the backlog of claims.

RACV insurance claims manager John Simpson said the trail of hail and water damage was ”the worst I have seen” and appeared to follow some of Melbourne’s main roads across the entire metropolitan area.

”There are a lot of hail-damaged motor vehicles, both broken glass and dented vehicles, then you have cars that were parked in underground car parks that were flooded,” he said.

”Along that journey you have home damage, broken tiles, broken glass, and a lot of skylight damage.

”There is also some structural damage to houses where trees have been blown over.”

The long weekend in Victoria means many people will return home today to find damage to homes and property.

RACV, the brand used by Insurance Australia Group, last night had already received 3000 claims, ”a number which is rapidly rising”, and has called staff back from holidays.

It has activated web and email options for people to provide information and will set up two centres in the affected areas.

”This is a very big event for Victoria – you have a lot of people here for Moomba – so we are asking people to be patient, they will get through,” Mr Simpson said.

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Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Original Article)

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Approaching the Latrobe Valley, there is little to dispel its reputation as a place of dirty coal-fired power stations and open-cut mines.

The characterless, modern main streets of Traralgon don’t augur well either as I search for my first stop on a foodie trip of the area, Neilsons restaurant. There it is, the sole remaining period building on the strip, in a town – an entire region – where heritage has been decimated by the electricity industry’s rapid 20th-century expansion.

Stepping inside Neilsons’ Federation-era building is like entering another world, or at least an old-school Carlton terrace restaurant. Its period charm is pepped up by warm, contemporary touches, including original artworks.

A window offers views of a classic 1970s Ford and the chicken joint across the street, while the menu offers a window on to local produce prepared with modern Australian flair (including some molecular gastronomy, such as apple-cider foam). The wine list also has a local focus, dominated by well-priced Aussie drops, including several from the immediate Gippsland region.

As each tasting-menu course is savoured (the delicate cup of creamy, truffled cauliflower soup a highlight), preconceptions about Latrobe Valley foodie holidays melt away. And after a night at the stately Montfort Manor nearby, with its antique furniture, luxe swimming pool and breakfast next to a vase overflowing with fresh roses, it’s clear that the valley isn’t all smokestacks and coal.

By day, Traralgon’s town centre still lacks character but a little exploration soon reveals numerous gourmet destinations. On the fourth Saturday morning of each month, the Traralgon Farmers’ Market offers an inexpensive taste of the region. Delicious cheeses, jams, chutneys, fresh fruit and vegetables, honey and a stall selling a remarkable range of potted herbs cheap flight Bundaberg to Townsville are among the bounty.

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Source: Globe and Mail (Original Article)

Jeremy Cato

Globe and Mail Update
Published on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 11:29AM EST
Last updated on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 12:24PM EST

Deals of the Week is calling all but one of our deals here “New-Version-is-Coming” deals.

That is, later this year manufacturers here are planning to launch restyled and re-engineered versions of the BMW 5-Series, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Mercedes-Benz B-Class.

Deals was also interested to see significant sales sweeteners on the Nissan Altima Coupe, so we’ve included it here this week, too. Winter is the perfect time to go shopping for a sporty coupe. With snow on the ground and the weather generally miserable, most buyers are not thinking about summertime rides.

A new version of the 5-Series is coming this summer. The design is a marked departure from the outgoing 2010 version. The 2011 5 looks quite a bit like the current 7-Series, in fact.

Jeep will introduce a new version of the Grand Cherokee in late spring or early summer. We saw the production version of this SUV at the recent Chicago auto show.

The buyer who is able to combine or “stack” all available rebates and bonuses could realize more than $10,000 in discounts on a 2010 Grand Cherokee. Of course, those will be offset by the usual taxes and fees, as well as a $1,000 Green Levy in Ontario.

The deals here are many and complex, however; it will pay for any buyer to take the time to crunch the numbers. Pricing data provided by www.carcostcanada.com, the source of Deals’ numbers, can help.

As for the B-Class, the 2011 model is slated for a redesign, though the timing of the launch remains a bit fuzzy. Mercedes is a brand that does not like to disclose too much about its future products. The discounts, though, suggest this useful little wagon is headed for a redesign sooner rather than later.

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