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2011年4月21日星期四

Canadians are the second most happy in the world: survey

Canadians share second place among the most satisfied of the planet, a world poll that asked respondents to assess their own lives.

Overall well-being of Gallup survey found that 69% of Canadians surveyed, falls into a category called Gallup "prosperous."

Canada on par with the Sweden, three percentage points below Denmark, whose citizens are apparently the more satisfied with their current situation and prospects for the future.

People in the category "prosperous" rate of their current life at seven or more high on a 10 point scale and assessed their future lives eight or more, Gallup said.

Only two per cent of Canadians was considered to be "suffering." People in this category rated their current lives and future four or below.

Another 30 per cent of Canadians have been regarded as "evil" - somewhere between these two extremes, the survey said.

Gallup has found the majority of respondents "prosperous" only 19 countries - most in Europe and America.

The story has been much less pink 67 other countries where less than one quarter of the inhabitants were booming. In sub-Saharan Africa, the median percentage of flourishing was only eight per cent, with Chad coming down with only one per cent of its respondents deemed be booming.

Gallup said its investigation of welfare suggests that little progress was made at the previous year.

"Overall well-being of Gallup data highlight the diversity of development challenges around the world," the survey company said on its Web site.

"As the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt has shown earlier this year, leaders should not rely on only GDP as an indicator of how well their countries and their citizens."

The welfare survey results are based on interviews with about 1,000 adults conducted between February and December 2010 in each of the 124 countries.

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2011年4月11日星期一

Canada captures the male World Championship curling

Canada skip Jeff Stoughton, right, keeps a eye on Scotland skip Tom Brewster during the gold medal game at the Ford World Men's Curling Championships in Regina, Sask., on Sunday.Canada jump is right, Jeff Stoughton, an eye on skip Scotland Tom Brewster of the game of Curling Championships gold medal men's Ford World in Regina, Saskatchewan, on Sunday. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)

It took 15 years, but Jeff Stoughton of the Canada finally won his second male World Championship curling.

Stoughton, the third Jon Mead, Carruthers second, Reid and Steve Gould lead beat Tom Brewster Scotland 6-5 in the final of the Championship on Sunday.

"Indescribable." "It's an incredible feeling," said Stoughton. "We have made it."

Stoughton and Gould won the world Crown in 15 years at Hamilton. Stoughton and Mead are teammates when they lost the world final of 1999 end extra in Saint John, NB.

Stellar in the preliminary round of the Ford World Curling Championship with a 10-1 record, the Canada was followed by the Scots at 9-2. The only hiccup for the Winnipeg host team has been a loss of Norway in the final draw round-robin.

Stoughton and company beat Scotland 5-2 in the match Friday between the top two seeds. Brewster won a match however with a victory in the semi-finals, on Norwegian so that the Canada had to beat their third once in this tournament to hoist the trophy.

The Canada was slightly less than 3-1 after four ends, but scored a three key points in the fifth to take the lead. Stoughton was not throwing its final in 10th stone as Brewster was light on a match zero ring with his last shot.

"You know that it is a struggle in the beginning," said Stoughton. "We have control over five." What can I say? Hats off to the team. "

Stoughton, Mead, and Gould wound together for years in various stages of their careers, but Carruthers was a newcomer in the team. It was to adapt the field throughout his career to the role of second on the team of Stoughton.

Canada has won 33 World Championships since the first took place in 1959, with four of the last five years.

The two teams had to deal with the acceleration of ice as the body in the Centre of Brandt 5,800 warms the air and ice. Players had to adjust their circulation weight and monitor curl in the ice.

Brewster error in the ninth was fatal. He needed to peel a Canadian stone house and keep his shooter in the rings to mark two and the match void. But final throw of the accrued skip right and did not push the meter of the Canada away the rings.

The Scots scored a single point and followed by an entry of home without the hammer.

Stoughton has just had to keep the front of the open house, in the case where he needed to do a blow for the victory, but when Brewster came with his last kick, the light, the Canadians began their celebration.

A double hit and roll behind cover by Gould in the eighth allowed Canada to divide the House and make the Scots to hunt the. Stoughton had an open draw to mark two and lead 6-4.

There were preparing to launch its stone throughout the House in the seventh and white in the end, the fans have urged Stoughton to demonstrate his spin patented 360 degrees on the hack and it held.

Scotland second Scott Andrews completely missed one takeaway in the sixth, which hurt the chances of his team to score two with hammer. But Brewster was a fairly easy mark tap an and tie the game 4-4.

After falling 3-1, the Canada marked as three key points in the fifth end to take a 4-3 lead. When Scotland third Greg Drummond was heavy on game zero, Canadians put pressure. Stoughton had yet to perform a tricky hit Scotland a meter off the coast of four feet rings and obtain its three.

Runbacks missed by Mead and Carruthers in the fourth were Canada interference. Stoughton was obtained by a guard for double take and keep his shot tight rings of four feet. But he left Scotland with Pierre shot to renounce a one steal and falling behind 3-1.

After the second occultation, Drummond Gets the Scots out of the crisis in the third with a triple take-out. Stoughton has tried to bury a drawing behind a counter in Scotland, but its stone remained in the open air. Brewster ended up drawing for his two and a 2-1 lead.

Reward of the Canada to beat the Scots in the game of take playoffs began the final with the last rock advantage. Raise spectacular double Brewster spilled three Canadian stones and had Stoughton of design for its one against Scotland five counters.

Niklas Edin the Sweden beats Thomas Ulsrud, Norway 7-6 earlier for the bronze medal. About 100,000 people attended the event from nine days.

Male world 2012 championship will be held in Basel, Switzerland, Lethbridge, Alta., is the host city for the Championship next year.

Amber Holland Saskatchewan won a silver medal at the Championship of the world, last month to Esjberg on the Denmark, falling to Anette Norberg, the Swedish final.


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