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I’m not a a huge fan of snow, but I’m trying, I really am. For instance, you don’t get dinosaurs in the summer or fall…
It is a start I suppose.
Ah… the first arctic high pressure system off the season has descended from the North. Overnight temperatures have descended to a frosty -35 degrees Celsius. Time once again to embrace hot chocolate, snow tires and multiple layers of clothing.
The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi’s best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music. The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season. For example, “Winter” is peppered with silvery pizzicato notes from the high strings, calling to mind icy rain, whereas “Summer” evokes a thunderstorm in its final movement, which is why the movement is often dubbed “Storm.”
The concertos were first published in 1725 as part of a set of twelve concerti, Vivaldi’s Op. 8, entitled Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention). The first four concertos were designated Le quattro stagioni, each being named after a season. Each one is in three movements, with a slow movement between two faster ones. At the time of writing The Four Seasons, the modern solo form of the concerto had not yet been defined (typically a solo instrument and accompanying orchestra). Vivaldi’s original arrangement for solo violin with string quartet and basso continuo helped to define the form.
The wholesale price of gasoline has remained the same. Prices in Canada, however, have been fluctuating a great deal as of late.
“Competition among dealers is bringing volatility to the pumps, which means prices for consumers will take wild swings — both up and down — said Michael Ervin of M.J. Ervin and Associates in Calgary on Friday.
“When we see prices moving up and down, without any change in the underlying wholesale prices or with little wholesale price change, then it’s a reflection of price war activity,” Ervin said in an interview with CBC News.”
Usually when we think price war, it means a lower price for the consumer. As the report indicates that is not always the case.
“Strategically, tactically, dealers move their prices down for a period of time, then back up again and try to do it quickly — so quickly as to get in and get out and grab volume before the big oil companies basically take notice and change their prices,” he said.
“You can’t predict when they start; you can’t predict how they go or how long they will last. It’s localized.”
Basically, as with any purchase, it is buyer beware. Do your homework, wait for the sweet spot if you can.
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