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  Next week: Induction of new OWNers 
Dear David and Diana - I had to read this
several times to be sure what I was reading - I
couldn't believe my eyes.  I am honoured (and
humbled).  I would be greatly honoured to be part
of the Order of Wednesday Night.


I can certainly be at the Induction Ceremonies on
Wednesday January 25.  You know that I teach
Wednesday night, and I will get there as soon as
the little darlings leave.

love Judy (Judith Patterson)

"Where do pets come from?"

Gisele Richardson

GISELE RICHARDSON PRESIDENT OF RICHARDSON MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES Gisele passed away unexpectedly at the end of 2005 while in San Miguel Mexico. She leaves behind many friends world wide. Born in Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, Gisele lived an interesting and challenging life. After living in Columbia, Guatemala, Nigeria, Greece, Thailand and Japan, she returned to Montreal where she established Richardson Management. Everyone who was lucky enough to know her has learned and been touched in some way by her wisdom, kindness and generosity. Gisele was passionate about her work, people, cooking, plants, her home in Greece and life in general, as she lived it to the fullest! Gisele was a strong supporter of many local and international organisations and in lieu of flowers please make a donation to the organisation of your choice. There will be no public ceremony and condolences can be sent to: solutions@richardsonmanagement.com Published in the Montreal Gazette on 1/14/2006. do sign their guest book

Shelley Winters

January 15, 2006 Shelley Winters, Winner of Two Oscars, Dies
Shelley Winters, who once described her life as a "rocky road out of the Brooklyn ghetto to one New York apartment, two Oscars, three California houses, four hit plays, five Impressionist paintings, six mink coats and 99 films," died yesterday. She was 83, although some sources say she was 85.
A major movie presence for more than five decades, Shelley Winters turned herself from a self-described "dumb blond bombshell" in B pictures to a widely respected actress who was nominated four times for Academy Awards and Starred with David Nicholson in City on Fire.

(Jan 18)... Do you realise that in 54 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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Monday Jan 16, 2006 nyt Capsule Carrying Interstellar Samples Lands Safely
By WARREN E. LEARY
Scientists hope samples of comet and star dust obtained on the seven-year journey will hold clues to the origin of the solar system.
A spacecraft that could be a time capsule carrying the history of the solar system made a predawn landing in a muddy Utah desert yesterday, completing a seven-year journey of almost three billion miles with a fiery, pinpoint descent to Earth.
....Scientists believe that about a million samples of comet and interstellar dust, most of them less than one-tenth the width of a human hair, are locked inside the capsule. Researchers around the world are awaiting the samples, hoping they will provide clues to the origin of the planets and other bodies in the solar system. ...grains are believed to be pristine remains of the birth of the solar system some 4.6 billion years ago. ...$212 million Stardust mission ...at a speed of 28,800 miles per hour, the fastest speed any human-made object has achieved entering the atmosphere, causing it to reach peak temperatures around 4,900 degrees Fahrenheit.

Who has noticed that Chile has its first ever woman president-elect ? Brava Michelle Bachelet!

And that Liberia has sworn-in the first elected African woman leader ? Brava Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf!

We hope and pray that each will do better than some of the males who have preceded them (Pinochet comes to mind) and, as both are quite extraordinary individuals, our prayers may be answered.

Westmount--Ville-Marie

Westmount - Ville-Marie / Westmount - Ville-Marie
Incumbent MP: Hon. Lucienne Robillard (Parliamentary Internet)

2006 Candidates:

• Sophie Fréchette (Bloc Québécois)
  (Email: bqlasalleemard _-at-_ gmail.com) (Website)
• Serge Lachapelle (Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada)
• Louise O'Sullivan (Conservative Party of Canada)
  (Email: louise.boyne _-at-_ jacquescartier.com) (Website)
• Lucienne Robillard (Liberal Party of Canada)
• Julie Sabourin (Green Party of Canada)
  (Email: jsabourin _-at-_ partivert.ca) (Website)
• Bill Sloan (Communist Party of Canada)
• Eric Wilson Steedman (New Democratic Party)
  (Email: eric.steedman _-at-_ npd.qc.ca) (Website)

Elections Canada Electoral district profile (Links to Map, Candidates, Returning Officer, and Past Results)

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In case you haven't noticed, we have an election looming. The campaign has not been pretty. We were bored before the holidays, unhappy with having our Christmas cheer interrupted by the clamour of politicians asking for our votes. As the ever-eloquent Rex Murphy put it: "Nothing so depresses a good seasonal carouse as the sound of a bleating politician."

Then there was a little burp, when the RCMP announced that it was investigating the Income Trust leak. [Rex again] "RCMP. Investigation. Liberal. Any arrangement of these discrete terms in a single sentence during the current campaign was a sprinkling of malign wizard's dust to curse the already unsettled Liberal effort. It reworked Gomery and all its mischievous pomps back into the election. It tested the elastic, already at full stretch, of voters' tolerance for real and potential Liberal wrongdoing."

Now, in the last days leading up to the elections, as we watch our post-holiday bills hurtle through the mailbox, we contemplate with an air of ennui, if not outright disgust, the bills piling up with the promises of the politicians.

We recently received this link to a running total of the cost [$234,327,418,100] of the war in Iraq from Ron Robertson, and, prompted by David Mitchell, wonder whether this could be adapted to the cost of election promises.

This unwanted, although probably necessary election has managed to distract our attention from the many important issues and events in the world.

Wednesday Jan 18, 2006 by Simon Tudiver maisonneuve.org

Watching someone flounder, especially when that someone seems to be in a hopeless position, can be depressing. Especially when that someone is the prime minister. Yesterday, Paul Martin, “still seeking that elusive jolt for his campaign” in the words of The National’s Paul Hunter, lashed out at Jack Layton, the undisputed underdog, for not launching enough of an attack against Stephen Harper. Martin’s critique may be fair. Layton earlier laid out his plan for working with a Conservative government, reassuring Canadians the NDP would not compromise on issues relating to health care, same-sex marriage, the environment and the military. Perhaps that does reassure some people, but it also sends the message, according to Martin, that the NDP is fighting for itself rather than for Canada as a whole. If it cared about the country, the argument goes, it would do everything it could to stop Harper. For Martin, that would probably include giving up seats the Liberals have a better chance of winning. Layton shot back at Martin, saying in the Star that the Liberal leader is “pointing the finger at everyone else” to avoid “[taking] responsibility for his own failures.”

As the ruckus with Martin played out in the headlines, Layton came out very much the media-savvy star last night, sitting down with Peter Mansbridge for The National’s Your Turn segment (not available online) and for a feature interview with CTV News’ Lloyd Robertson. Layton fielded questions on his willingness to work with the Conservatives and the idea that an NDP vote is a wasted one, as well as staples like gun violence and health care. Nothing very new or exciting. However, what the two appearances did expose was the drastically different style of the two flagship newscasters. Peter Mansbridge played the diligent, interested and concerned reporter, pushing Layton when he skirted an issue with political chatter. Mansbridge pursued the questions until he got a straight answer, no small feat when dealing with a professional politician. Robertson, on the other hand, came off as a robotic drone, reading out the questions in the same tone he uses to introduce stories. There was not a follow-up question to be seen, and Layton took advantage of the soft treatment, pushing his own points rather than directly answering the questions. Perhaps this is unfair: Mansbridge had close to forty-five minutes with Layton—far more comfort time than Robertson’s quick three- or four-minute interview. But the difference is revealing, if not about the anchors themselves, then about Canadians’ news consumption habits, which appear to be just as divided as their political tendencies.
SEPARATION ANXIETY
Everyone leads, except the Post and the Citizen, which go inside, with Stephen Harper’s seemingly unstoppable campaign. The National and the Globe both lead stories on Conservative talk of a possible majority in next Monday’s election. With polls showing support for the party surging across the country, Harper seems determined to present a Conservative majority as a palatable option to all Canadians. Yesterday, he tried to waylay fears of unbridled Conservative power radically altering the shape of the government, stressing the Liberal imprint left on Ottawa will serve as a check to his governance. The National’s Terry Milewski calls it “one of the more novel pitches of the campaign”—that the Liberal-dominated Senate, courts and civil service will offset the Conservatives’ right-leaning ways. Craig Oliver questions the Conservatives’ belief in their chances at the majority. He claims the Tories’ own polls suggest their support will take a dip when Canadians actually head to the ballot box, setting them up for a minority position.

The other Conservative-momentum stories in today’s headlines have to do with the party’s surging support in Quebec. A poll published in La Presse puts Conservative support in the province at 25 percent, an incredible turnaround from December’s 9 percent. Much of that ground seems to have been gained at the expense of the Bloc, which is running at 39 percent, thirteen points down from last month’s figures. La Presse suggests Quebecers have come to see the Tories as a real federalist alternative to the Liberals. But that doesn’t explain why they’re winning separatist votes. The Post’s Graeme Hamilton suggests the answer may lie in the two parties’ common heritage. They’re both in favour of increased powers for Quebec, he argues, although clearly for somewhat different reasons. Nonetheless, these “overtures to Quebec” haven’t been seen “during twelve years of Liberal government.” Hamilton goes on to quote provincial ADQ leader Mario Dumont and La Presse’s André Pratte, who both suggest the Tories’ Quebec platform can accomplish everything the Bloc proposes, but without isolating Quebec from the rest of the country. And that seems to be luring some soft separatists away from the Bloc. Hamilton’s conclusion is that a Conservative win spells trouble for separatism and for the Bloc’s longtime position as sole defender of Quebec’s interests.

Iran continues its nuclear intransigence; Europe, China, Russia and the U.S. seem agreed that the only body to deal with the problem is the UN, but will they agree to go to the Security Council - and then what will Iran do?

We suspect a response like that of Syria www.boston.com/ syria says un cannot question assad about slaying/

With fears of sanctions on Iran and attacks on Nigerian pipelines, the price of oil is again in play see Oil Notes

Grim news for the environment as James Lovelock, the scientist and green guru who conceived the idea of Gaia - the Earth which keeps itself fit for life, publishes a new book in which he concludes that the world has already passed the point of no return for climate change, and civilisation as we know it is now unlikely to survive news.independent.co.uk/

Bird flu appears to be on the rise and the World Bank takes heed bloomberg.com/news/economy

Meanwhile, who has been watching the U.S. un-diplomat, John Bolton at work at the UN iht.com/articles/ ?

If that isn't enough grist for your mill, it looks as though the Alito confirmation is a done deal and that gives cause for worry over the climate of the Supreme Court in the years to come usatoday.com/news/opinion/

Tuesday Jan 17, 2006 What Kind Of Justice Will Alito Be? Alan Dershowitz,
BOSTON - Almost all justices vote almost all of the time in accordance with their own personal, political and religious views. That is the reality, especially on the Supreme Court, where precedent is not as binding, and where cases are less determined by specific facts than by broad principles. Thanks to Noah Weisbord

Finally, unhappily, as Robert Galbraith has warned us, there is increased terrorism in Afghanistan resulting in many deaths, amongst them, Canadian diplomat, Glyn Berry.

Which brings us back to the opening salvos on the topic of the elections. In conclusion, allow us to quote from the Letter of the Day in the National Post:
"Those whOWN to honour and respect the courage of Glyn Berry and our injured soldiers should do one thing. Do what they were defending our right to do. Do what they were trying to extend to the people of Afghanistan. Vote next Monday."

Please join us this Wednesday for a look at all the topics we have been missing - and perhaps some politics too. And do check back here for updates, new topics, gossip, whatever

Diana & David Nicholson

Tuesday Jan 17, 2006 What Kind Of Justice Will Alito Be? Alan Dershowitz,
BOSTON - Almost all justices vote almost all of the time in accordance with their own personal, political and religious views. That is the reality, especially on the Supreme Court, where precedent is not as binding, and where cases are less determined by specific facts than by broad principles. Thanks to Noah Weisbord

Tuesday Jan 10, 2006 ts Futures markets betting on Harper
The majority of traders on an Internet-based futures exchange believe that Stephen Harper's Conservative Party will walk away with the coming Canadian election.
Meanwhile, The Election Stock Market run by the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business, which has been accurate in past elections, suggested the Conservatives would win 128 seats, with the Liberals winning 97, the NDP 25 and the Bloc Québécois 57. As of yesterday, 194 investors had bet a total of $46,160 on the UBC market, an average of $237.93 each. UBC Election Stock Market.

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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".

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January 24, 2007- for next three months

CANADA

After losing 564 points (December 14 - January 10), the T.S.X. has recovered over 550 points since, including over 300 points in the last two days and is 11 points away from its December 14 record of 13,022. Crude oil, which traded at $50½ U.S. on January 16, a twenty month low and declining 17% year to date, has recovered to $55½ U.S. on the U.S. doubling the size of their strategic petroleum reserves to 1.5 billion barrels in the months ahead as well as rising tensions in Nigeria and Iran, OPEC cutting production on February 1 and colder weather outlook. Natural gas has rebounded. Gold has also recovered $41.00 since January 6 to over $648.00 U.S, as the U.S. dollar weakened from $1.29 U.S. to over $1.30 U.S. against the Euro. Bank of Canada held its overnight rate steady at 4¼% on January 16, with retail sales declining close to 2% (September-October). Inflation increased moderately in the last two months of the year to 1.6%. Core inflation declined to 2%. Bank of Canada expects the C.P.I. to remain very moderate this year, assuming $56.00-$58.00 U.S. crude prices in the first half and $61.00 U.S. in the second half and a Canadian dollar at 84½¢ cents U.S. to 87½¢ trading range. They have revised the fourth quarter G.D.P. down sharply from 2.8% to 1.5% following 1.7% growth in the third quarter. The outlook for the first half this year appears optimistic at 2.5% as they are looking for 2%-2½% growth in the U.S. for the same period. Manufacturing shipments have rebounded 2½% in October-November, new orders 4.8%, unfilled orders by 2.8% and inventories rose moderately. Inventories remain high, particularly in manufacturing (auto sector) and housing. Productivity continues to be weak. Exports recovered almost 3% in November. The Canadian dollar reached a fourteen month low on Monday. Hourly wages have eased to 2½%-3½%, from 3½%-4% in the fall. Consumer demand will remain strong as is the tight labour market. Housing will be negative on the G.D.P. this year. Housing starts tumbled almost 8% in December. Bank of Canada might have to ease policy before mid-year.

U.S.

The Dow-Jones closed today at a new record high of 12,622 despite the severe run-up of crude prices and higher commodity prices. Corporate profits growth is expected at over 9½% with price- earnings ratio of 15.5. G.D.P. for the fourth quarter is now expected at over 3% given the rebound in manufacturing, better housing numbers since November, strong fourth quarter employment, a three year high in Michigan consumer sentiment, inflation (December) growing at the slowest pace in three years, fairly strong consumer spending (+1½% in November-December), record exports leading to a decline of 8½ % in the trade deficits to $58 billion, a 50% reduction in the fiscal deficit (three years ahead of target) and a rise in December leading economic indicators, particularly in construction activities, real money supply, record stock market, vendor performance and manufacturing, excluding defence. Bank of Canada has revised down to 3%, the U.S. non-inflationary growth potential. With core inflation unchanged at 2.6% in December, the Federal reserve should keep its Fed Funds steady at 5¼% when they meet for two days next week. They are likely to ease in the third quarter.

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• Canadian Dollar: 84¢ U.S. – 85¢ U.S.
• Euro: : $1.29 U.S. - $1.31 U.S.
  Crude Oil : $53.00 - $57.00
• Dow-Jones: D.J.: 13,500 – 12,700
• The T.S.X : 13,000 – 13,250
• Gold:- futurs: $635.00 U.S. - $650.00 U.S.

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From #1245 11 Jan

• Reduction in taxes is always good for the country
• People vote on very strange (personal) points in the quiet of the voting booth
• We like to think that voting is rational, but it is mostly emotional
• Martin squirms
• If push came to shove, I would prefer to put my faith in the great unwashed than in the intellectuals
• I am more in fear of enlightened despotism
• You could have a government without any Québec representation
• There are a lot of gainers in the (flu pandemic) paranoia

  From #1244 4 Jan

• Perhaps our politicians are duping us just as much as the news media
• Charest has no economic policy – 14 major international syndicates have pulled out of Quebec since he was elected – there are no partners, no money and 40,000 jobs at stake
• Media don’t analyze what politicians say
• Let's not forget that the best speech given at the 1968 Liberal Convention was delivered by J.J. Greene [http://www.agr.gc.ca/bios/index_e.php?page=greene ]
• The media can be accused of whipping up the storm
• Is any country not ruled by self-serving politicians?
• The great national practice in this country is falling over ourselves. Everything they do in the U.S. (according to the Americans) is right. Canada should acquire some of the self-confidence (evident) in the States. Canada is still one of the better places to live
• Canada is a two-bit player
• We talk, we never decide anything. The Americans are reacting
• (The problem with our politicians is that) the buck does not stop here. It stops somewhere else ... Maybe we should think about a presidential system
• It’s not the political system but the cultural system that holds us back
• We’re under the world stage
• Radio is an instantaneous communicator
• You can listen to radio while doing something else
• Voice radio was invented by Reginald Fessenden a Quebecker from Knowlton [Editor's note: if you don't believe it, see: http://142.206.72.67/03/03d/03d_supp/03d_supp_002_e.htm]

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• The question is: what compromises to our rights are we willing to accept in order to prevent a catastrophic event?
• I don't think there is any distinction in these decisions (on States' Rights) between politics and Law
• It will be a slight majority Liberal government
• If it were a minority conservative government there might be a slightly negative effect on the Canadian dollar
• The Conservatives have as much chance of forming the next government as Nortel has of going back to $124
• The Gulf states will be producing oil by March
• The ghettoization of immigrants in Toronto is one of the most serious contributing factors to the violence

  From #1242 21 Dec

• Nobody wants to invest when there is going to be a civil war tomorrow
• The business of subsidies is not about the West helping poor Third World countries; the business of subsidies is about making the West feel good
• Climate change will be much more influential in the future of agriculture
• This year, the insurance companies suffered double the highest losses ever
• The U.S. contributes four times as much to its cotton growers as it gives to Africa
• Rice costs ten times more in Japan than in Korea
• Not all subsidies are created equal… We must draw a distinction between building a nation and maintaining trade
• Now that you can make money out of climate change, it will happen
• You need a huge infrastructure, roads, airports, power generation – build a little city, aircraft and then you have to get the oil out (of Alaska). The only good thing is that the melting of the permafrost will make it a quagmire and nobody will be able to build any of the infrastructures required (for oil extraction)
• With oil at $60 a barrel and extraction costs in the Tar Sands estimated at $20 a barrel, the members of the Petroleum Club want the federal government to subsidize the Tar Sands!
• If we reduced oil consumption by seven percent 7% in North and South America, we wouldn’t have to import oil
• The manufacturing sector has been the only loser to the high Canadian dollar

  From #1241 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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Tuesday, December 27, 2005 12:05 AM Dear David and Diana,
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year 2006! I'm in Oz for the festive celebrations and have been racing around the country - Sydney for a 40th wedding anniversary at which I was a bridesmaid; up to the OutBack to see all my rellies (as we say in Oz); a week on Kangaroo Island in the Flinders National Chase wilderness; and now off to Pearl Beach 100km north of Sydney for New Years Eve. ook forward to seeing you early in January although it does mean a return to cold and snowy Montreal. Happy New Year.
Love Margo [Margaret Somerville, Dr]

Hi David and Diana:
We will be away until mid April. We missed the entire Montreal winter scene last year and we got hooked. 'Hope to see you in the spring.
Thank you for thinking of us. Happy New Year!
Ginger and George Petty

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