Platinum Blonde will be recognized for their achievements with an induction to the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame

80s ROCK SENSATION PLATINUM BLONDE ANNOUNCED AS 2010 INDUCTEES TO CANADIAN MUSIC AND BROADCAST INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME

Induction to take place Friday, March 12, 2010 at the Canadian Radio Music Awards

Canada’s new wave artists , . The band will be honored at the Canadian Radio Music Awards luncheon on Friday, March 12, 2010, 12:00pm, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel during Canadian Music Week, March 10-14, 2010, in Toronto.
Toronto’s Platinum Blonde broke onto the music scene in 1982, featuring vocalist Mark Holmes, drummer Chris Steffler and guitarist Sergio Galli. The trio eventually recorded the six-song Platinum Blonde Six Track Attack LP which created the excitement that then fueled the commitment of CBS Records. The group worked with English producer David Tickle (Split Enz, Peter Gabriel) to complete their debut full-length album Standing In The Dark in 1984 including the singles "It Doesn't Really Matter", "Not In Love" and "Standing In the Dark".
Platinum Blonde's popularity throughout Canada in the early days was fuelled by cross-country tours including Billy Idol's 1984 Rebel Yell tour and in '83 with Bryan Adams. State-of-the-art videos by award-winning director Robert Quartly and a powerful CBS team were also significant assets in the band’s rise. Touring in America was highlighted with dates at New York City's The Ritz Music Hall (with Dead or Alive '84), The Filmore East (Spin Magazine party '85) and The Limelight in '86.
The release of their follow-up album Alien Shores in 1985 saw the band expand to a four-piece with the addition of bassist and keyboardist Kenny MacLean and witnessed the release of several singles, including songs like "Situation Critical", "Somebody Somewhere" and "Crying Over You” which peaked at #1 on the charts, won a Gemini Award for Best Music Video and exceeded the five times platinum sales mark. Extensive touring on the Alien Shores release also broke a 1985 Canadian merchandising sales record. The following release of the Contact album revealed a funkier movement in the group’s sound and platinum level success with songs including the album’s title track and a remake of The Ohio Players’ “Fire”.
Although the group disbanded in 1989, a compilation of Platinum Blonde’s best material was #1 on HMV's September sales chart in Toronto when released on CD in 1999.
Platinum Blonde was faced with the untimely death of Kenny Maclean after his show at The Mod Club Theatre on November 21, 2008. Maclean died of sudden heart failure at the age of 52.
Tickets for the Canadian Radio Music Awards luncheon are available for purchase through the Canadian Music Week website at www.cmw.net.
Canadian Music Week is Canada’s leading annual entertainment event dedicated to the expression and growth of the country’s music, media and entertainment industries. Combining four information-intensive conferences; a trade exposition; a film festival; four awards shows and the nation's largest New Music Festival – Canadian Music Fest - CMW spans a five-day period from March 10 to March 14, 2010 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel and various downtown Toronto venues, attracting participants from across the globe. For more information, visit www.cmw.net

Colombian mining - Responsible development, Info Session at PDAC 2010

Colombian mining - Responsible development: Committed to a clean, socially responsible, technical, safe, and sustainable mining industry

Tuesday, March 9
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Room 714B

With the adoption of the slogan Colombian Mining – Responsible Development, the Colombian Ministry of Mines is broadcasting its commitment to the responsible development of the mining sector. The Ministry’s vision for the industry takes into account not only economic fundamentals, but also the social and environmental sustainability of mining exploration and exploitation in Colombia. Traditionally, Colombia has been recognized as one of the world’s principal suppliers of thermal coal and a principal actor in the ferronickel market. In fact, Colombia is the world’s fifth leading exporter of coal and is starting to be recognized as a Mining Country.

From 2007 to 2008, Colombian mining exports increased 17%, going from US $6.3 billion in to US$7.4 billion. More importantly, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the sector increased 92.3%, going from US$1.1 billion to US$2.1 billion in the same period. Preliminary figures show that the upward trend continued into 2009. Notwithstanding its recent impressive mining growth, Colombia’s future mining potential is particularly promising in the areas of precious metals, base metals and gems. Much of Colombia’s subsoil potential is yet to be discovered, which represents an opportunity for quality foreign investment that could contribute to the sustainable development of mining projects. Colombia offers investors competitive advantages, such as attractive and modern mining regulations, macro-economic and legal stability, enhanced security conditions for the whole country, a business friendly environment for foreign companies and high quality geological, geochemical and geophysical data.

The Colombian Government has made considerable efforts to attract FDI to the mining sector through:
1. A commitment to the successful Democratic Security Policy;
2. Considerable investment in infrastructure;
3. Investment protection mechanisms such as legal stability contracts, and inclusion of investment protection chapters in Free Trade Agreements;
4. Incentives for new investments;
5. A commitment to a Mining Policy designed to position Colombia as an attractive investment destination working in partnership with the mining companies; and
6. Adoption of a Mining District strategy to improve the competitiveness of the mining sector.
The Colombian government is interested in attracting responsible direct investment to the Colombian mining industry, and invites investors to attend this special event organized by the Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia. Investors will have the opportunity to learn about the impressive performance of the Colombian mining sector during 2009 and the recent developments of the industry. Foreign companies currently developing large mining projects in Colombia will be available to discuss their experiences and share valuable insight. Investors are also invited to explore the unparalleled opportunities available in Colombia through the participation in a match making forum with selected Colombian mining projects during the afternoon session. The Ministry is working in the development of a National Bank of Projects for the mining sector. The projects will comply with International standards for the presentation of technical reports, such as NI 43-101.

All are welcome. Registration in advance is advised.

Please email dcorreal@proexport.ca or cemejia@minminas.gov.co to register.

PDAC Press Conference on Bill C-300

Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada news conference on Bill C-300, corporate accountability for mining, oil and gas activities in developing countries
TORONTO - March 5, 2010 -The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) will be holding a news conference to discuss Bill C-300, a federal private member’s bill on corporate accountability for mining, oil and gas activities in developing countries. The news conference will be held in conjunction with the International Convention, Trade Show and Investors Exchange of the PDAC.
When: Monday, March 8 at 2:15 p.m.
Where: Ceremonial Balcony, First Floor
South Building, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
222 Bremner Boulevard
Toronto
Open to accredited media only. For accreditation, please go to the PDAC media centre, room 709, South Building, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, between 9 am and 5.30 pm, Sunday, March 7, or from 8 am onwards, Monday, March 8.
About the PDAC:
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada is a national association representing the mineral exploration and development industry. Its 7,000 individual and corporate members are involved in the exploration, discovery and development of new mines and new wealth in Canada and around the world. The association hosts the world’s largest annual mineral industry convention with participants from more than 100 countries. Attendance at the 2010 convention, to be held in the south building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, is expected to exceed 20,000.

PDAC 2010 brings world mining to Toronto

International Mining Business Development Initiative at the 2010 PDAC
Level 700, South Building
Monday, March 8 and Tuesday, March 9
Canadian Trade Commissioner Service at PDAC 2010.
On Monday, March 8 and Tuesday, March 9, Trade Commissioners of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) from different Canadian Posts around the world will be available for prescheduled individual meetings with Canadian companies interested in international business developmen

Registration Desk Hours
Friday, March 5* 7:00 am – 10:00 am
Saturday, March 6 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 7 7:00 am – 5:30 pm
Monday, March 8 7:00 am – 5:30 pm
Tuesday, March 9 6:30 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday, March 10 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
*short course registrants only
Exhibit Hours
Sunday, March 7 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Monday, March 8 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Tuesday, March 9 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday, March 10 9:00 am – 12:00 noon

PDAC / CAMESE Exhibitors Innovation Forum - presentations by Trade Show exhibitors

PDAC / CAMESE Exhibitors Innovation Forum - presentations by Trade Show exhibitors


The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and the Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export (CAMESE) have joined forces again to enhance exchanges between exhibitors and delegates at the world’s leading convention and trade show for the mineral exploration industry.

The purpose of the Exhibitors’ Innovation Forum is to allow exhibitors an additional opportunity to inform convention visitors about their innovations. Examples can be new products, services, exploration developments, discoveries, legislation changes or recent technical or commercial successes.

Any questions regarding the PDAC/CAMESE Exhibitors Innovation Forum should be directed to: mkwasnycia@pdac.ca

PDAC/CAMESE Exhibitors Innovation Forum Schedule

Monday March 8
Trade Show, Aisle 1300, Booth 1349
Organizer: Spencer Ramshaw, CAMESE
Chair: Pascal Muzard, Independent Consultant
Government
10:20 Streamlining regulatory review: Fisheries and Oceans Canada introduces the Mineral Exploration Activities Operational Statement
Lyndon Kivi, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
10:40 Mineral exploration approval management system (MEAMS)
Jim Hinchey, Newfoundland & Labrador Dept. of Natural Resources (Mines Branch)
11:00 Matawa First Nations interim minerals measures process (IMMP)
David Achneepineskum, Matawa First Nations
11:20 Online geo data product
Isabelle Martineau, Natural Resources Canada

Human Resources
11:40 Preparing Aboriginal youth for careers in mining
Dave Bradley, Outland Camps

Mapping
2:00 Airborne LiDAR mapping project characteristics and insight
Kari-Ann McNabb, LiDAR Services International Inc.

Geophysics
2:20 Air-FTG(r) and ore resource estimations
James Mataragio, Bell Geospace Inc.
2:40 The application of the Falcon airborne gravity gradiometer system to minerals exploration
Ken Witherly, Condor Consulting, Inc.
3:00 Introducing Fugro's new helicopter-borne time-domain geophysical system
Gregory Paleolog, Fugro Airborne Surveys
3:20 Next generation of integrated high sensitivity birds for airborne exploration
Francisco Lopez, GEM Advanced Magnetometers
3:40 ZTEM airborne AFMAG EM results over the Reese River geothermal test area, central Nevada
Jean Legault, Geotech Ltd.
4:00 New HTEM system EQUATOR from Geotechnologies
Evgeny Karshakov, Geotechnologies
4:20 New GDD sample core IP tester (SCIP Tester) to measure resistivity and chargeability from DDH core or rock sample
Pierre Gaucher, Instrumentation GDD Inc.
4:40 Advances in long-range ground penetrating radar (GPR) applications to mineral exploration
Jan Francke, International Groundradar Consulting Inc.

Tuesday March 9
Trade Show, Aisle 1300, Booth 1349
Geophysics
10:20 Gold exploration using Titan 24 Deep Earth Imaging
Greg Hollyer, Quantec Geoscience
Geochemistry
10:40 "Follow the leader" Innov-X Systems continues its commitment to the mining industry
Aaron Baensch, Innov-X Systems Inc.
11:00 The application of quantitative automated mineralogy: From mineral exploration to metallurgical applications
Tassos Grammatikopoulos, SGS Minerals Services
11:20 Widespread adoption of handheld Niton XRF Analyzers for geochemical exploration
Christopher Smith, Thermo Scientific Niton Analyzers

Field Equipment
11:40 From compact, tight-swing CAT mini-excavators to power generation equipment - Toromont Cat solutions for remote exploration sites
Adam Miller, Toromont Cat Power Systems

Drilling
2:00 Delivering improved safety and productivity to drilling contractors
Monika Portman, Boart Longyear
2:20 How drillers can survey inside drill rods without using a gyro
Mike Ayris, Devico Drilling and Borehole Surveying
2:40 REI: More than core
Michael Bohan, REI Drilling Inc.

Project Management
3:00 Acceleration of project schedule for targeting early revenue streams
Zia Pirzada, Wardrop Engineering Inc.

Data Management
3:20 The evolution of geological data management: Best practices in safeguarding your mission critical information
David Kerr, Century Systems Technologies
3:40 Gemcom Custom Int.
Zorica Markovic, Gemcom Software Itl.
4:00 Building innovation through web based reporting for exploration data assets
Steve Randall, Geosoft Inc.
4:20 Structural data in 3D
Hughan Ross, Leapfrog Software
4:40 Data capture: Your future is in the bag
Sharyn Alexander, Maxwell GeoServices (Canada) Inc.
5:00 What's new in Micromine 2010: Exploration and mining keeps getting better
Frank Bilki, Micromine

UNO INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTRE IN TORONTO FINANCIAL CORE DISTRICT

UNO INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTRE IN TORONTO FINANCIAL CORE DISTRICT

Tomorrow, March 6, 2010 we will start
the Journalism, Media & Entertainment Management Course, globally:
in-class in Toronto, Canada, at 9:00 a.m., 79 King Street East, two block east of King Subway station; on the Web @ www.unoss.ca. We have students from Canada, Colombia, México, Ecuador, Chile, El Salvador, Argentina, y Europa.
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
JOURNALISM, Mass Media and Entertainment Management Course / Curso de Periodismo, Gerencia de Medios de Comunicación e Industrias del Espectóculo Click at www.unoss.ca for details
Ideal for Advanced Spanish Students and fluent speakers - March 6 - April 17
JOURNALISM, MASS MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT COURSE

CURSO DE PERIODISMO, GERENCIA DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION E INDUSTRIAS DEL ESPECTACULO
(PRODUCCION TV Y ARTISTAS) OUTLINE

Lectured in Spanish. Readings: bilingual Spanish & English

Dictado en español. Lecturas, bilingües (Español / Inglés)

Starts on Saturday March 6, 2010 - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
6-week course: 5-week classes, 1-weekend project presentation

Curso comienza el sábado 6 de marzo del 2010 – 9:00 a.m. a 1:00 p.m.

Location: UNO SPANISH SERVICES / EDUCATION CENTRE
Street: 79 King Street East, Unit 1
City/Town: Toronto, ON

1. Analysis and Communication / Análisis y Comunicación

2. Advertising and Marketing Communication / Comunicación de Mercadeo y Publicidad

3. Brand Management / Lovemarks / Gerencia de Marcas

4. Consumer Behavior / Comportamiento del Consumidor

5. Sports, Music & Entertainment Marketing and Management / Gerencia y Mercadeo de Espectáculos, Música y Deportes

6. Global Knowledge Economy, Digital & Online Media / Economía del Conocimiento Global, Medios Digitales y en Línea

7. Leadership, Motivation and Power / Liderazgo, Motivación y Poder

8. International Media Management / Gerencia Internacional de Medios de Comunicación

9. Media 2010 – The Next Generation / Medios de Comunicación 2010, La Nueva Generación

10. Negotiation Analysis and Behavior / Análisis y Comportamiento de Negociaciones

11. New Product & Brand Development / Desarrollo de Nuevas Marcas y Productos

12. Strategic Management in Entertainment and Media Industries / Gerencia Estratégica en las Industrias del Entretenimiento y Medios de Comunicación

13. Business Plan Development / Desarrollo de Plan de Negocios

14. Student Project Presentation / Presentaciones de Proyectos de los Estudiantes

Out of class: Go visit a mega-chain bookstore, TV station, music studio, newspaper or magazine and watch movie “TBD”

Course based on media, communications, and entertainment management curriculum from Catholic University of Chile, MIT of Massachusetts, Columbia University, New York, and University of California (UCLA). Materials from Institute of the Press, SIP – IAPA, Miami, Style Handbook, The American Press Institute, and El Financiero of Mexico Newspaper.

We will issue a Certificate of Completions after successful marking and project presentations.
JUAN CARLOS CORDERO
Chairman & CEO
Caminchi Bridge Corporation
A Canadian federally incorporated corporation
Tel. 416-866-8811 - Cell. 647-262-2804Email: caminchicanada@yahoo.com, caminchicanada@yahoo.com, juancarloscordero@caminchigroup.com
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Strong earthquake hits southern Taiwan, causing damage, injuring 64 people

Strong earthquake hits southern Taiwan, causing damage, injuring 64 people
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Taiwan on Thursday, terrifying residents, disrupting communications and triggering at least one large fire. Sixty-four people were injured, the National Fire Agency said.
No tsunami alert was issued. The quake was centred in the same mountainous region of rural Kaohsiung county that endured the brunt of the damage from Typhoon Morakot, a devastating storm that killed about 700 people last August.
Taiwanese actor Chu Chung-heng said he and other passengers were close to panic when the high-speed train on which they were travelling was dislodged from its track by the quake.
"Many people in my car were screaming," he said. "I was so scared that I couldn't make a sound. The train shook very hard, and I thought it was going to overturn."
Rail service in southern and central Taiwan was suspended, as was the state-of-the-art subway system in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan's second largest with a population of 1.5 million. Kaohsiung is about 250 miles (400 kilometres) south of Taipei.
In nearby Tainan, a fire broke out in a textile factory shortly after the quake hit, sending huge plumes of black smoke billowing into the air. Power outages struck Taipei and at least one county to the south, and telephone service in many parts of Taiwan was spotty.
Kuo Kai-wen, director of the Central Weather Bureau's Seismology Center, said the quake was not geologically related to the massive temblor that hit Chile last Saturday, but its intensity was unusual for the area.
"This is the biggest quake to hit this region in more than a century," he said.
The quake's epicenter was near the town of Jiashian, especially hard hit by last year's typhoon. A Kaohsiung county official told CTI TV news that some temporary housing built for typhoon survivors collapsed.
The Ministry of Defence said troops were dispatched to Jiashian to report on the extent of the damage.
In nearby Liugui an unidentified high school student described the quake as terrifying. "Everyone was running out of the classroom, and some people fell in the rush," she told ETTV.
The fire agency said 64 people had been injured.

Earthquake and tsunami in Chile: Divers hunt for bodies off Chile coast

Earthquake and tsunami in Chile: Divers hunt for bodies off Chile coast
Divers searched for bodies in debris-clogged waters off Chile's central coast Thursday, five days after a massive earthquake and tsunami, as authorities rolled out a huge aid effort.
Teams also enlisted rescue dogs to comb the fetid coastline, where emergency personnel expected to find more lifeless victims of the giant waves that swept hundreds to their deaths. The stench of death was everywhere, so overwhelming that locals donned masks.
While thousands of Chilean troops largely managed to quell the looting that had gripped the quake zone, many survivors in the decimated seaside resort of Constitucion and other hard-hit towns spent a tense night outside, again, after powerful aftershocks sent terrified people scrambling for the hills. Some lighted bonfires to ward off criminals.
Despite being considered a model of political and economic stability in Latin America, Chile has struggled to cope with the scale of a catastrophe thought to have cost tens of billions of dollars . President Michelle Bachelet, who has deployed 14,000 troops to the disaster zone, said it would take three to four years to rebuild after the "devastating" quake leveled buildings, tore bridges apart and collapsed highways, killing at least 802 people.
"There are rural areas where everything has tumbled to the ground... infrastructure has been destroyed," she told Santiago's ADN radio just a week before handing power over to Sebastian Pinera for a four-year term.
"Thousands of Chileans have lost not only loved ones, but their homes and belongings, while some firms have suffered significant losses," she added, acknowledging that the country would need credits from the World Bank and other major international lenders for reconstruction. Related article: Chileans grow impatient for aid
Many of Chile's lifeline industries, from agriculture and fishing to tourism and trade, were decimated by the disaster. Thousands of traumatized earthquake survivors, some still trying to identify loved ones claimed by killer waves, rushed to higher ground Wednesday during a brief tsunami warning sparked by more of the 200-some aftershocks that have rattled the South American nation since Saturday's huge 8.8 temblor.
Panic came just as thousands of troops, with the help of a strict curfew, finally appeared to have restored some semblance of normality in Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city, after days of post-quake unrest. Traffic lights blinked on and neon signs came back to life as electricity was restored and one of the area's biggest supermarkets announced it was opening for business.
With armored military vehicles guarding strategic points, soldiers and volunteers distributed food rations and potable water, easing public anxiety after locals were left to defend themselves for days from armed gangs and arson attacks. Chileans had not seen so many troops in the streets since the end of Augusto Pinochet's 17-year military dictatorship in 1990. Scene: Death and devastation on Chile's wave-raked coast
Deputy Interior Minister Patricio Rosende said around 9,000 tonnes of relief aid had been distributed so far in affected areas, with hundreds more tonnes due later Thursday. But families in the more remote parts of the surrounding Maule and Bio Bio regions complained they were being ignored and called desperately for supplies and medicine for children suffering from fevers and other ailments.
"In the countryside, we have received nothing," said Juana Rodriguez, a resident of Puerta Verde, a hamlet of 36 families not far from Constitucion. "We need water, diapers, milk," she pleaded.
The toll, so far largely made up of people killed in the tsunami that followed the quake, is expected to rise sharply as coastal areas account for hundreds of missing. In Constitucion, a place once reputed as a holiday paradise, sobbing relatives visited the morgue to identify swollen remains. "Most of the bodies are badly bloated and mutilated, difficult to identify. The stench is terrible," said an army lieutenant. "We're expecting more."
Aid workers described scenes of utter devastation as they reached some of the smaller coastal villages. "In Dichato, there's nothing, nothing," said Paula Saez of World Vision, a Christian aid group distributing water, food, blankets and baby diapers. "There is death everywhere: dead dogs in the street, dust, garbage. It's devastated."