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(Dec 21)... Do you realise that in 58 weeks you will have reached 25 years of Wednesday nights?
Could be a good time to create a coffee table book covering the issues that have arisen in 25 years of round table discussions.
It will be Jan 31st 2007...1300 Wednesday Nights, or 25 years.
That's impressive.
Marc Nicholson
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Welcome to Wednesday-Night 1242 Dec 21st., 2005
Be sure to check here for last week's Summary
Welcome to this year's pre-Christmas/Channukah Wednesday Night.
In the spirit of the season, we offer the following Wednesday Night version of the Twelve Days of Christmas - which you are NOT required to sing on arrival, but which may set the tone for the evening.
- On the first Night of Wednesdays my true love gave to me
Carl Beigie and economy
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On the second Night of Wednesdays my true love gave to me
Two diplomats
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On the third Night of Wednesdays my true love gave to me
Three Authorities
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On the fourth Night of Wednesdays my true love gave to me
Four able scribes
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On the fifth Night of Wednesdays my true love gave to me
Five Ecologists
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On the sixth Night of Wednesdays my true love gave to me
Six mayors a-squabbling
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On the seventh Night of Wednesdays my true love gave to me
Seven authors writing
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On the eighth Night of Wednesdays my true love gave to me
Eight lawyers pleading
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On the ninth Night of Wednesdays my true love gave to me
Nine builders building
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On the tenth Night of Wednesdays my true love gave to me
Ten profs debating
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On the eleventh Night of Wednesdays my true love gave to me
Eleven tekkies surfing
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On the twelfth Night of Wednesdays my true love gave to me
Twelve linguists babbling.
We cannot promise that all of the above will be present, but certainly most will be represented. And we do promise that we will not emulate the inspired New Yorker cartoon showing the poor recipient of the original Twelve Days of Christmas list standing at the Returns Desk of a department store with the entire menagerie. We will NEVER return our eclectic gathering, nor any part thereof.
So, please join us for what should be a stimulating evening in the company of Julius Grey, with topics as varied as the Leaders Debate, the WTO, George Bush's newly-minted air of responsibility for (some of) his policies and whatever else we find under the Christmas tree. Do check out last week's session on Climate Change and Iraq for some thought-provoking material and please check here for updates and links to this week's topics.
We look forward to having you join us!
Diana & David Nicholson
Saturday Dec 24, 2005 ind 12 questions of Christmas
When exactly is Christmas Day? Was there a Star of Bethlehem? Could Santa deliver gifts to all the world's children? What are the chances of a White Christmas? How far has your Christmas dinner travelled? And do reindeer ever have red noses?
Wednesday Dec 21, 2005 globe U.S. shows 4.1% growth
U.S. economy grew at fastest pace in 1½ years in third quarter despite hurricanes
Bush approved secret spying
President George W. Bush has personally authorized a secretive eavesdropping program in the United States more than three-dozen times since October 2001, a senior intelligence official said Friday night.
How many of you (hands up, please) saw the "Live Debate" West Wing?
 John
Spencer
as Leo McGarry
Versatile character actor and Emmy Award winner, John Spencer plays Leo McGarry, on the Emmy winning NBC drama “The West Wing.” His work on the show was rewarded with an Emmy Award win for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series both in 2002 and five consecutive nominations, including last year’s.
A native of New Jersey, Spencer now resides in Los Angeles and New York. His birthday is December 20.
as of Wednesday Nov 9, 2005 9:00 am Santos 71% Vinick 29%
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Topical Links: (Some topics never die)
Sunday Dec 18, 2005Montreal Children’s Hospital
September 16, 2005 HeyMath! is an E-learning system that supports the work of teachers in teaching and assessment, whilst helping students in Grades 5 - 12(Ages 10+) build a strong foundation in Math and become independent learners.
Wednesday Oct 12, 2005 Bird Flu: How Concerned Should We Be? Please see!
Interest
and inflation
rates are rising, but in the context of continuing economic
growth of our interest & esp the Flu bug
Some weeks ago, ... Kimon Valaskakis. ( School of Athens,) commented that "information overload leads to information under-use".
OPEC
We remind you that given his devoted following, Jacques Clément's Reports on the Economy are now published on their own special pages and are linked from each week's summary page.
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June 15, 2005 Fed reports growth in 11 of 12 regions Beige Book: Retail mixed, jobs improve, price pressure up
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QUOTES of the EVENING from recent Wednesday Nights
From #1240 14 Dec
- If there were no global warming, we would be caked in ice
- How many people are really distressed about the effects of global warming in Canada – just look at the temperature outside
- There has been a change (in Iraq) People say, ‘why should we die?’ The jury will only be judging on this in ten or twelve years. Twenty percent don’t see us as liberators, eighty percent do
- Why has Tony Blair not faced the same problems [over intervention in Iraq]? Maybe Bush should have done a Blair
- What would Saddam have done with all the extra (oil) money (if he were still in power)?
- The U.S. supported him (Saddam Hussein) a long time when there were other countries (such as Iran and Syria) that were just as fascist
- (President) Bush has dismissed every military commander that has said that the army is underequipped and undermanned
- Maybe (Abu Musab al-)Zarkawi doesn’t exist
- In a military sense they didn’t need more troops however Turkey's refusal to allow the Americans to move across the border forced the Americans to abandon the pincer movement on which plans were based
- Saddam has done very well in court, citing American torture at Abu Ghraib … he's going to be there forever
From #1240 7 Dec
- The campaign seems to be: we are buying your votes with your money. It is the wrong approach
- Income tax cuts encourage people to earn more. G.S.T. cuts encourage people to spend more
- I think that the disaffection of the electorate is affecting civility
- I would like to see an extremely weak Conservative government in office just long enough to crack open some of the sacred cows
- Paul Martin’s reputation in public finance was unassailable. What happened to his popularity? Should he have given it (the inquiry into the sponsorship scandal) to the RCMP instead of (to) Gomery? The sponsorship (issue) was not his, maybe, but it has dogged him throughout his career. We do not really know him as a Prime Minister
- G.M. is reactivating itself as a company in China
- Historically, when interest rates go up, gold goes the other way; as oil prices go up, the same thing is happening in the price of gold
- If everyone implemented Kyoto, it would buy us ten years at most. Three volcanos, or ironization [the reaction between the salt water and iron that affects the temperature of the oceans] of the oceans would buy us more
- The other fascinating purpose of Kyoto is to monetize the value of the exchange credit
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2005 W-N Links for #1240
Website keeps tabs on MPs
Young electrical engineer still searching for a job in his field spent 600 hours compiling statistics on votes missed, bills introduced, words spoken in the House of Commons and voting records
 Stephen S. Poloz VP EDC Economics Weekly Commentary
Global Slowdown Already in the Numbers - December 14, 2005
It is no wonder that many are skeptical of forecasts that the global economy will slow in 2006, what with unemployment at its lowest levels in decades and interest rates on the rise. But the numbers are clearly beginning to paint a slower growth picture.
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