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Conference to be held Tuesday, Wednesday in Moncton, New Brunswick
Scientists, fishermen, processors, regulators and others connected to the lobster industry in Maine and Canada are gathering for a two-day workshop to share the latest scientific information about the region's signature seafood.
Close to 100 people are expected at the third annual Science Workshop on Sustainable Growth of the Atlantic Lobster, which is being held Tuesday and Wednesday in Moncton, New Brunswick.
The symposium is put on by the University of Maine Lobster Institute and the Atlantic Lobster Sustainability Foundation in Canada, with a goal of mapping out ways to use science in support of lobster sustainability.
Among those attending are Department of Marine Fisheries Commissioner Patrick Keliher and fisheries ministers from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec.

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Chloe Grace Moretz might be busy promoting her latest film, If I Stay, but the 17-year-old certainly looks like she's having fun with experimenting with fashion! When the young starlet first burst on the scene as a pre-teen she was always one to watch, and as she continues to impress us with her versatile range as she grows into a real red carpet pro — and it was totally evident when she stepped out on the red carpet at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on August 20.
Chloe Grace Moretz 'If I Stay' Premiere Dress — 2 Looks In One Night:
While we've seen her sport everything from chic separates and flowing maxis to embellished minis, on this occasion she opted for chic couture, as she stepped out in a Schiaparelli Spring 2014 creation. Chloe opted for a black tulle gown that featured a ruched bodice and a flowing skirt. Underneath, a printed baby blue slip that displayed cartoon images added an unexpected twist to the creation — and it also was fun and playful for the teen. She polished off the ensemble by rocking Van Cleef & Arpels jewels.
Although she got all dressed up for the big premiere, it wasn't long before she pulled a frock swap and slipped out of the gown and into another black dress! She rocked the after party in an ethereal dress that featured a semi-sheer skirt and lace detailing on the bodice. Sheer is a major trend that doesn't seem to be going anywhere — especially when it comes to the red carpet! Although this look showed some skin, the teen was still properly covered, and the silhouette, (including the short sleeves and the longer skirt), was a great way for her to rock the trend in an age-appropriate way.
Personally, I loved the second dress on the star. Not only did it stay true to her fierce taste in fashion, but she totally owned it! While the first gown definitely had a fun element incorporated into the design, the color was a bit heavy for this time of year and it didn't do anything for the fashionable teen.
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After telling you about Best Buy's new trade-in program this morning, Target dropped us a line to let us know that their new electronics trade-in program will handle game trade-ins as well. Is anyone not offering game trade-ins?
Where Best Buy is offering trade-in for your used video games, systems, and accessories, Target's new electronics trade-in program will give you store credit for everything from iPods to mobile phones. Customers will simply bring their items to Target stores containing new Target Mobile centers, and hand over their loot for store credit.
The program rolled out in Northern California this week, with plans to roll it out in additional states in September. The goal is to have the service available in 850 Target locations by the end of the year.
Note that Target customers can already trade used electronics in via the Target website, with prices comparable to those found at GameStop. GameStop trades in Red Dead Redemption on the Xbox 360 for $25, while the Target website offers $26.47 for a copy with normal wear and the original box and booklet.
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Frank Walton Recognized He Was Wrong!
Is poisoning the well acceptable if a Christian does it to God's glory?.
Mr. Loftus:
I think Frank Walton has a lot of growing up to do. His comments concerning you are low brow and juvenile.
Mr. Loftus:
I just got done reading some of the things you said about Paul Manata and I fail to see how you can claim the moral high ground here.
Despite your protestations to the contrary, I think you were attempting to use psychology to score a point against him instead of as a tool to heal, and that is wrong; you are no better than Frank Walton.
Mr. O'Brien:
Mr. Loftus does not begin to reach the depths that Mr. Walton has descended to.
Frank Walton has been banned from this Blog, he knows it, and he continues to break the rules by posting here. I just deleted his comment. Rules. That's what he objects to. And he doesn't care about them when they come from me. Here's why he's banned read this.
When you deal with someone like Walton you seem to wallow in shit. I'm sorry for that, but I want to expose him for what he is just in case someone doesn't already know. This will probably be the last time I write anything about him.
O'Brian, you've fallen for it. Did you not read this?: "...after Paul had basically harrassed me for weeks." Would you please look for somewhere on this Blog where I treat people with such disrespect, until or unless thay do so with me, and point it out for all to see?
O'Brian, answer my initial question: What do you Christians think of Walton's tactics here? Is it acceptable in Christian circles?
Hey Frank,
How come you don't post your silly face on your blog? I'll bet it's cause your face looks like how a fart smells.
Frank Walton is ignorant, illogical, and immature. He distorts and mangles what people say in order to attack them. I think it is pointless to try to reason with him.
What do you Christians think of Walton's tactics here? Is it acceptable in Christian circles?
I certainly hope not, but I can't speak for the entire religion. Of course, in certain circle, anything is considered justified. The first Europeans to arrive in North America traded firearms to the indigenous tribes who converted to Christianity, but not to those who had not. For them, the distribution of firearms was an appropriate evangelical tool.
I can't reduce an entire religion to a single position on any issue, but I can say that those who use such distasteful methods engage in a form of conversational terrorism which should be roundly and unequivocally condemned as counter to the ways of Jesus, and unacceptable.
Frank has never directly answered the question, "are you a Christian?" to my knowledge. Perhaps he would care to indulge us here.
In other news, here are the emails I sent him that sent him into mental spasms.
I've been out and about lately and only just now read the links provided by John on these Frank Walton and Paul Manata characters. I am speechless, utterly speechless!
That Paul Manata guy is sick, mentally sick, newly made believer or not. That was some of the sickest stuff I've ever read next to the stories of serial killers and rapists. John was right. That is pure evil, twisted evil!
Walton's website was horrible, nothing but hatred and slander. He needs to re-title it, "The Mudslinger Blog." It made my stomach turn. The nastiness, the ill-tempered malice was unreal.
I never thought I'd say it, but these two make J.P. Holding appear as kind and tolerant as a Universalist retardate!
No intelligent individual deserves that kind of treatment, much less John Loftus, an especially nice person who is very tolerant of people who disagree with him.
Just ignore this Walton fool. His type discredits themselves so royally that the only people who will see it as credible are teenagers and belligerent internet trolls who have nothing better to do than trash someone.
Everyone get a good look at this sorry breed, they are the graffiti on the bathroom walls of humanity!
I read through Daniel Morgan's recent link here, where he explained the e-mail exchanges he's had with Walton. At the bottom he tells us that there is a Blog dedicated to Frank Walton. See it here.
I think you meant:
See it HERE.
Yes, Danny.
Mr. Loftus:
I identify myself as a Platonic Theist these days, so your question was not really directed at me. However, I already wrote that I think what he posted about you was wrong.
As for Paul Manata, I do not know what the harassment you are referring to entailed, so I can't say whether or not I think your response was warranted.
O'Brien, thanks. You can do a search here in our archives and see for yourself how Manata taunted me, and you can do a search on either Walton's or Manata's blogs for my name to see how they have both treated me. Compare the dates of the posts, and you'll see for yourself. I'm just too tired of all this shit to do it myself, but it's all there for anyone to plainly see.
[In the initial link here to "Paul Manata's Ugly Past...." I predated it to February, even though I posted it in the middle of May, after Manata had brought it up again (see the other dated links and you'll know my post was after theirs). I did this to place it way back in our archives for reference the next time it came up, as I did with "Poisoning the Well, which I wrote last week. Apart from those two posts, everything is dated correctly.
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I wanted to build an USB device using AVR microcontrollers since I found out that it was possible. However, both the USBtiny project and the more extensive V-USB library lacked an easy-to-approach tutorial. So I decided to make one.
This first part covers the basics for making USB-powered devices, and serves as introduction for second part, which goes through simple example for using V-USB library to implement USB communication to and from ATtiny2313. Additional parts might be published later if I have the time and there's interest.
But let's get started. Here is what you need for this first part:
- USB cable and pin header
- Small breadboard and a few jump wires
- LED and 330 ohm resistor
- Low voltage drop 3.3V regulator, such as LD1086V33 or LE33CZ
The cable
The first thing we need to do is cut the USB cable so the end that goes into computer remains, strip the other end and solder the four wires into a pin header so it's easy to plug the cable into a breadboard. USB contains four wires which you should solder in the following order (note: not all cables conform to this so check with a multimeter!):
|Ground (0V)
Here you see the end result. When stripping the wire, be careful not to damage the wires and make sure the wires will not touch each other so your cable won't short circuit your computer or USB hub!
If you want to know more about USB connectors and electrical characteristics, I warmly recommend USB in a NutShell by Beyond Logic, and of course the USB 2.0 specification. For now, it's enough to understand that USB bus can provide small amounts of current (couple hundred milliamperes at most) at roughly 5V.
Simple breadboard test
Now let's try if we succeeded in our soldering project. I recommend you first connect your cable to USB hub and use a multimeter to measure if you actually have 5V between VCC (red) and GND (black). I myself got 5.18V. Then plug the pin header into breadboard and use jumper wires to transfer VCC and GND to power rails, and connect a LED in series with the resistor to see if you get it lit!
Congratulations! If all you want is power from USB, you can now proceed to build any 5V circuit as long as the current draw remains rather small. In case the LED stays dark, check that you did not make a mistake with the wires, soldering or insert the LED the wrong way. :)
Preparing for USB communication – getting to 3.3V
While USB power is 5V, the data lines require 3.3. Some computers tolerate 5V logic but not all. To play by the book, you have three options:
- Limit the voltage provided by USB to 3.3V
- Power the circuit externally from 3.3V
- Use resistors, diodes or zener diodes to convert 5V logic to 3.3V
We will choose the first option here. The second can be achieved using your favorite method, such as 9V battery and a regulator, cell phone charger with suitable voltage setting, or 3 AAs and one or two protection diodes that drop the voltage. For third one, you can find many articles from the web by googling "zener diode usb" (Update: You can also take a look at "Part 6" of my tutorial which covers this). V-USB wiki has a good overview of the options:
In this tutorial, I'm using LD1086V33. From the datasheet, we can see that pin 1 of regulator is ground, pin 2 output and pin 3 input. Furthermore, 10 uF capacitors are specified between ground and output, as well as between ground and input.
Here I have connected the regulator's ground and and input pins to power rail supplying 5V and the output pin into LED and resistor.
While this circuit will likely work, any small glitches in power draw or supply require the regulator to compensate, and this can lead to a continuously oscillating voltage. So we add the 10 uF capacitors between 5V and ground (added here to power rail) and 3.3V and ground (added in front of the regulator). Be sure to connect electrolytic capacitors the right way (minus side is marked). And voila!
Now we are ready to power our AVR circuit or whatever project using a nice 3.3V voltage. Use a multimeter to check that voltage between ground and regulator input is still indeed about 5V, and the regulator output and ground is 3.3 (I got a nice 3.30V myself).
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Teenagers are getting more involved in saving for their own schooling, a survey by The Private College 529 Plan found. Overall, 67% said they were very or somewhat involved in the planning process. Seventy-eight percent have researched how to pay for their own education and 54% have contributed to their savings fund. Of the 54% who have contributed to their own fund, 15% do so on a regular basis.
"Gifts from grandparents and family members can be monetary and sometimes find their way to college savings plans," Nancy Farmer, president of Private College 529 Plan, a prepaid 529 plan, said, noting 17% of respondents contribute gifts they receive to their savings fund.
The survey found girls and 17-year-olds were more likely to be involved in the planning process than boys or younger teenagers. It also found 81% of black teenagers were involved in the planning process, compared with less than two-thirds of Hispanic or white teenagers.
The survey asked teenagers to rank their sources of education on college savings planning. Parents were the most highly rated source of education. Nearly half said they were an "excellent" source, and 81% said they were excellent or good. Less than a quarter gave their guidance or college counselors the highest rating, but about half said they were at least good enough.
In typical teenage fashion, they thought they knew more than their parents about the best way to save for school. Nearly three-quarters said they were confident about their knowledge of college savings strategies, although only 14% could say what a 529 plan was.
The survey found that teens' confidence fell as they got older, though. More than a third of the 13-year-olds surveyed said they were very confident in their understanding of college savings, but that had dropped to 19% of 16- to 17-year-olds.
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The Frederick News-Post reports that demolition began Friday of the former BP Solar plant along Interstate 70.
Owner Bristol Capital Corp. says the site will become a business park
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December 14, 2005
Dear Representative:
The American Immigration Lawyers Association strongly opposes the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (H.R. 4437), introduced by Representatives James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Peter King (R-NY). Besides embodying an "enforcement-only" approach to immigration reform that has proved to be ineffectual in addressing our immigration challenges, this bill presents a boldfaced attack on immigrants and our constitutional commitment to fair process. It would have devastating consequences not only for undocumented immigrants but also for legal immigrants and U.S. citizens.
We have seen time and again that enforcement-only policies do not work. Between 1986 and 2002, the number of Border Patrol officers tripled and the number of hours they spent patrolling the border grew by a factor of eight, but in that same time period, the probability of apprehension along the U.S.-Mexico border dropped from about 33% to 5%. By attempting to criminalize the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country, H.R. 4437 would do nothing to increase our security; instead, it would push these immigrants further into the shadows. We cannot achieve true border security without a concomitant commitment to realistic immigration policies that provide legal channels for immigrants to enter the country to work, pay taxes, and contribute to society; and allow those who are already here the opportunity to earn their way to legal status.
Unfortunately, H.R. 4437 goes far beyond advancing a wrongheaded approach to immigration reform--it also subverts our democracy's deeply held values, which are founded on fundamental principles such as the right to a day in court, checks and balances, and freedom from unjust and arbitrary detention. It criminalizes unwitting violations of immigration status-for example, a university student on a student visa whose course load drops below the required number of hours. Additionally, H.R. 4437 sharply restricts judicial review, broadly expands mandatory detention policies, and, outrageously, broadens the definition of alien smuggling and harboring to reach family members, employers, teachers, and immigrant advocates.
The Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act is an assault on our immigration policies, not a solution to the challenges we face. To fix our broken immigration system, we must enact legislation that not only enhances border security but also implements an effective guest worker program, provides a path to citizenship with reasonable requirements, and reunifies families. We must restore the rule of law to our immigration system, with fair rules that are evenly enforced, not expansive enforcement that can never be implemented. We strongly urge you to oppose H.R. 4437 and instead support realistic, comprehensive reform.
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From desegregation to diversity
co-authored by Harris Pastides, president, and John Dozier, chief diversity officer
As the University of South Carolina brings to a close the 50th anniversary commemoration of its desegregation, we reflect on how far it has come and how far we have to go. But we aren't just giving this thoughtful consideration; we are taking action.
Today the University of South Carolina is home to a student population that is approximately 20 percent minority with an equal percentage of minority faculty members. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has recognized USC as one of the nation's top universities for diversity and inclusion for the past two years.
This is certainly a sea change from 1963, when Robert G. Anderson, Henrie Monteith Treadwell and James L. Solomon Jr. stepped onto the USC-Columbia campus for the first time. We have made tremendous progress, and we can do better.
Our challenge is changing how people think about diversity. Diversity is not just about counting those of differing races, ethnicities, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and religions on campus. It is also about sustaining a campus climate or culture where everyone feels that they are welcomed, respected, supported and valued.
How will the University of South Carolina adapt to the student population of tomorrow? That is a real challenge and a real opportunity for us to reassess our vision for the future.
In 1990, USC adopted the Carolinian Creed as its social honor code. This eloquent document speaks to what we value as a university while providing a vision that commits us to reaching beyond tolerance to inclusion. In part it says:
"I will discourage bigotry, while striving to learn from differences in people, ideas and opinions; I will demonstrate concern for others, their feelings, and their need for conditions which support their work and development."
This is at the heart of what our university represents and what we should strive for in every interaction on campus. And this common understanding and respect for all students is becoming increasingly important as the nation's demographics change.
According to a January article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, colleges and universities must prepare for what will be dramatic demographic shifts in our country. Half of the nation's children younger than age 5 are minorities. There are also fewer children, with only 95 4-year-olds for every 100 18-year-olds today. As these trends shift, family income also is shrinking.
How will the University of South Carolina adapt to the student population of tomorrow? That is a real challenge and a real opportunity for us to reassess our vision for the future.
We already are implementing programs that will make the university more accessible to all students.
The Gamecock Guarantee and Opportunity Scholars program provides financial and academic support to students who are the first in their family to attend college and come from the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum.
Gamecock Gateway is helping students get a firm foundation at Midlands Tech before they matriculate to earn their degree from USC.
Palmetto College offers a high-quality USC degree on regional campuses and online to students who are place-bound due to family or work obligations.
And the Carolina Completion Initiative aimed at helping Pell grant recipients graduate at higher rates earned White House recognition. These programs are a good start.
We can look to the three students who integrated our campus 50 years ago for inspiration. They knew that change was hard, but they were willing to take the first step. We must follow in their footsteps and continue their journey so that everyone has a role to play, no matter their unique life experiences. There is work to be done, and we are well on our way.
As we close this year of commemoration, we invite you to join us for the finale at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Koger Center. USC will present Our Journey Forward, a free evening of music and dance and recognition of the students who set us on this journey.
This is a chance to remember our past, celebrate our progress and share our future. Come be a part of this next step in our journey.


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Post-Ottoman World order
I see the fall of
Breakup of and complete decimation of
Muslim World woke up to stark realities after the fall of
Muslim World saw its
Some of the conflicts which shape the new world order pitting Islam against Rest of the World are discussed below.
One of the root causes for the frustration of Muslim World is Israel-Palestine conflict. Inability of the Rest of the World to implement a peaceful solution to this conflict has resulted in the dawn of Islamic terrorism which was later taken up by many frustrated and disillusioned Muslim populations across the world. How come we don't see many terrorist and suicide activities from this Muslim World prior to this conflict? Why did we not see terrorism during Ottoman rule which spanned six hundred years?
Each country or people devised its own way of fighting the imperial masters. While Indians took to non-violence (it can be easily argued that it worked only because British believed in law and order and hence respected our movement), most others resorted to violent methods to evict their masters- Indo-China to evict French, South American countries to evict Spanish and Portuguese, Algerians to evict French, etc.
Muslim's frustration with the West started with Post-WWI breakup of
Discovery of oil has perpetuated the hegemony of the West in
How come the 'upholder of freedom' and the 'champion of democracy' destroy every democratic and people's movements in the Muslim World? US with the help of CIA put back Shah on the throne in spite of the Iranian's people's decision to dethrone him. Every election conducted in
US positioned and supported Saddam Hussein to contain
Though none of the 9/11 terrorist masterminds were from
Involvement of US and
After the defeat of
After 9/11, US bombed
The independence movement of Indian sub-continent threw open two nations, one which decided to form itself on the name of religion (Islam), another on secular principles but dominated by one religion (Hinduism). The partition resulted in an unresolved conflict (in
Complicity of
Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Arabia, et al
How to ease up the friction between Islamic World and Rest of the World
The Rest of the World has meddled with Muslim nations for nearly hundred years now and the involvement is on the increase and is turning violent – with major wars happening in the last twenty years, and more are on the plate against other Muslim nations. Unless the Rest of the World accepts its complicity and makes amends, Islamic World will only pour out more hatred, out of frustration and disillusionment. There will be an increase in terrorist activities world wide. The assumption that one can curb terrorism by bombing their villages and camps is now clearly proven to be counter-productive. It only results in further inflammation thus resulting in more funds and more recruitment for these terrorists. Increasing terrorism is taken up by some Muslim leaders to hijack and blackmail the West into receiving sops, which will only legitimize and further fuel such terrorist activities. There is a need for a new outlook towards solving the problem of terrorism which has its roots in certain unresolved and unsolved problems in different geographies affecting Muslim World. Instead of taking a far more aggressive stance, which it is taking right now, the major powers and Rest of the World have to step back from its belligerent stance towards Islamic World. Only by giving room and space to the Islamic World to undergo its own change and establish its identity, will there be less friction between the two worlds. As long as Islam World looks at the modern values, such as criticism, debate and notions of equality, tolerance and liberty, as 'Western' values, it will not embrace them and instead reject them outright. And imposing these values by force will only result it extreme rejection and transpire out as radicalism, fanaticism and terrorism. There are strong indications to suggest that the present conflicts, confined to local geographies and sporadic terrorist activities, can spill over to far bigger wars unless checked. I feel that following immediate steps have to be taken to reconcile with Islamic World. This is only the first step towards harmonization between different civilizations towards paving way for a better world; and also to avert a disastrous world war in the coming years.
1. Give
2. Give
3. Give
4. Stop meddling in
5. Don't use Muslim nations as your battleground to wage your ideological wars.
6. Let them control their natural resources.


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Obama to campaign on UW-Madison campus
President will speak outside of Bascom Hall
MADISON, Wis. — President Barack Obama will campaign at the center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Thursday outside of Bascom Hall.
The appearance marks the second time Obama has been in Wisconsin in as many weeks. It's his first visit to Madison since 2010, when he rallied supporters on the UW-Madison campus for Democratic candidates for governor and U.S. Senate.
His campaign said Obama will use the event Thursday afternoon to encourage supporters to register to vote and to vote early.
The event is free and open to the public, and doors open at noon. Those who wish to attend must RSVP online at www.barackobama.com/Madison2012. To pass through security, people must display their receipt on their mobile device or have a printed copy of their RSVP.
In-person early voting begins in Wisconsin on Oct. 22 and ends Nov. 2. Absentee ballots can be requested now. Those must be postmarked by Election Day on Nov. 6.
Obama's stop in Madison comes the day after the first presidential debate against Republican Mitt Romney in Denver.
Republicans said the president has a "Wisconsin problem" and is making two stops in the state in two weeks because of concern over GOP momentum.16811748
In a statement, Romney campaign spokesman Ben Sparks said it's clear the president is acknowledging a problem, saying that, "after winning the state by 14 points in 2008, President Obama obviously sees the writing on the wall that Wisconsin is poised to go red in November."
Obama supporters refuted that, saying instead that Madison is a location where the president can draw a huge crowd and use the platform to encourage early voting, which helped Obama in Wisconsin in 2008.
"I could see why they (Republicans) would say that. I think that's their job to say that, but I think they know that's probably wrong simply because the president is surging in the polls in Wisconsin because of a lot of hard work that a lot of people throughout the state have done. If anything, I think he's coming here to seal the deal, to close the door on Wisconsin and make sure that Democrats win," said state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton.
After Madison, Obama will visit Fairfax County, Va., and Cleveland, Ohio.


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MONTREAL - For the past two weekends, Thomas Daigle has been anchoring Montreal's least-watched television newscast.
That's because the newscasts never made it to air. They were rehearsals, preparing Daigle, weather presenter Sabrina Marandola and the technical crew for the launch of new weekend television newscasts on CBC Montreal, the first of which is on Saturday. Other than the minor detail of not actually being broadcast, the newscasts were real in every way, done live at their scheduled times with real reports from CBC reporters. According to news director Mary-Jo Barr, the ones from last weekend were more than good enough to be put on the air.
While the CBC is tightening its belt to make $200 million in budget cuts over the next three years – including a devastating 80 per cent cut to Radio Canada International, whose offices are next door to CBC Montreal in the basement of Maison Radio-Canada, the public broadcaster is proceeding with its five-year "2015: Everyone, Every Way" plan, which is adding more regional services across the country.
In addition to the weekend TV newscasts, CBC Montreal has added weekend radio newscasts in the afternoons. As of April 21, instead of only having local news in the mornings, radio listeners have local hourly newscasts by announcer Katherine Canty until 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
The TV newscasts will be slaves to CBC's schedule. The Saturday newscast will be from 6 to 6:30 p.m., replacing The National and leading in to Hockey Night in Canada. A late newscast isn't practical on Saturdays because it would come in the middle of the West Coast hockey game. Similarly on Sundays, 6 p.m. is in the middle of the weekly children's movie, so Sunday will feature only a 10-minute late newscast, from 10:55 to 11:05 p.m., right after The National, as is the case during the week.
Daigle, 25, is from Quispamsis, N.B., a small town near Saint John that "looks much like some of Montreal's smaller suburbs – lots of green space and no shortage of Tim Hortons," he said. Daigle previously worked at CJAD, Global Montreal and Radio-Canada Acadie. All were newsrooms, he notes, where he had to work in the minority language. He has no previous anchoring experience, but Barr described him as "a really strong live reporter" who is "engaging on camera, a great communicator."
Marandola, 31, will be doing weather on the weekends on TV as well as on the radio on weekend afternoons. She has filled in for weeknight weatherman Frank Cavallaro a few times over the past few months, and has developed a passion for the weather. She suggests that's partly because she always feels cold. "From the first time I replaced Frank, I knew I loved this," she said. "To me, it's really (about) telling a weather story (in a way that's) compelling and engaging."
Marandola has been at CBC for four years, and previously worked at 940 News and The Suburban. Aside from weather, Marandola says she has a passion for pizza and public speaking. She also admits to an obsession with shoes, and is often seen in bright colours.
Both Daigle and Marandola work full-time and continue to do their other jobs three days a week. Daigle is also a videojournalist and Marandola expects to split her time between news and current affairs.
The TV newscasts themselves won't be much different from what CBC Montreal viewers are used to. But there won't be a sportscaster on weekends. Instead, sports news will be covered by the handful of regular reporters working that day, though Barr expects by the time the Canadiens are playing again at least one reporter will be dedicated to sports news on each day.
The expanded newscasts aren't the only changes at CBC Montreal:
A new managing director for CBC's English services in Quebec, Shelagh Kinch, started on Monday. She replaces Pia Marquard, who resigned in March for health reasons.
Veteran reporter and broadcaster Nancy Wood has been hired as the new weeknight late news anchor, replacing the departing Amanda Margison.
The station also has a new set, built in early April, which has a smaller anchor desk, large flat screens in the background and energy-saving LED lighting. Barr didn't have a figure on how much it cost, but said it came from penny-pinching in last year's budget, and she said they saved money by having the set built in-house.
Last December, the station began broadcasting its evening newscast in high definition, becoming the first regional CBC station in Canada to do so. Operations Manager Bruno Gaulin explained that the conversion cost about $1.1 million, and some elements – such as live reports in the field – are still being shot in standard definition and converted to HD.
It will take more than high definition to put up serious competition to market leader CTV on weekends. The National currently has 11,500 viewers in the Montreal market Saturdays at 6 p.m. and 23,500 Sundays at 10 p.m. CTV Montreal's weekend newscasts have about 120,000 viewers at 6 p.m. and 55,000 viewers at 11 p.m. on average.
CBC News Montreal's new weekend newscasts air at 6 p.m. Saturdays and 10:55 p.m. Sundays. Sunday's newscast was delayed because the Philadelphia/New Jersey hockey game has pushed the start of The National past 10 p.m.


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Do Not Go Gently: A Boomer's Return to Skiing
Last year when my husband Alan turned 70, he decided to return to skiing. Like a lot of us Baby Boomers, he wouldn't succumb to old age without a fight. While I admired his gumption, I predicted one trip into the cold climes of the Sierra would send him running back to Scottsdale, ski boots abandoned. No such luck – he became a ski nut.
A rendezvous with my ski boots was never on my bucket list but Alan's excitement about an upcoming trip to Mammoth sparked my sense of adventure. And, let's face it; I'm not ready to admit that I can't do something because of my age. So after a 23-year hiatus, I agreed to go skiing.
While skiing at Mammoth, I learned the sport had changed a lot and made some key observations.
No. 1: Ticket pricing makes no sense.
I was surprised to find that the age for a "senior" ticket is 65. This is strange considering at 61 years, I qualify as a "senior" at the movie theater where the total of my physical exertion was to amble down a concourse, balancing a Pepsi and popcorn. At Mammoth, they strap two fiberglass boards to my feet, haul me up to 9,000 feet, expect me to get down on snow and ice, and somehow I'm just an "adult". This whole "senior" ticket thing requires some investigation.
No. 2: Ski equipment has come a long way.
The biggest advancement in ski technology may be the skis themselves. They used to be the height of my arm raised over my head. Now, they barely come up to my chin. I like anything that gives me more control and these new skis are like my own little minion, awaiting my command. I had to remind myself that skiing with parabolic skis is simply a matter of shifting weight from side to side, not the old carving of edges that we used to do.
Ski boot technology has improved as well, but one thing remains the same—getting down the stairs is still as challenging—if not more—than getting down the mountain. It was not lost on me that I could survive the skiing, only to break my neck on my way to the bathroom.
No. 3: There's a missed opportunity here.
Since my rendezvous with skiing, I've spent some moments angry with myself for missing so much fun for so many years. I don't know why we tend to be afraid of active sports, as we get older. I suspect it's the fear of injuring ourselves. But living afraid just isn't a satisfying way to live. So from now on I will apply my re-conquest of skiing to other things I've been afraid to try - except hang gliding. I'm not that crazy.


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Mmmm-hmmm . . . it's officially Company Season. Does that make your heart skip a beat?
Here's a series I wrote last year about getting your home ready for guests:
The posts include:
Feeding Your Overnight Guests – Freezer Cooking
Getting from Cleaning Day to Party Day (Without Losing My Mind)
Detailed Kitchen Cleaning Checklist
I'm going to be honest. I'm not worrying one teeny-tiny bit about my house this week. But . . . maybe not everyone is on a cruise this week. (That's right, I'm not cooking a thing for seven days and am spending the entire week with Hubby's side of the family on a cruise!)
A few other reminders:
Have you started earning Swagbucks yet?
Did you know that if you're doing any of your Christmas shopping on Amazon, you can use the little search box there on my sidebar or go through any Amazon link here on my blog and I'll get a small affiliate commission? It doesn't affect your price at all.


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Latest Tracks
Sospiri's latest CD available from Amazon
and The Gift of Music
Sospiri's next CD
'Desolata est' is released
by Naxos on 1 April 2013
Sospiri is a small, mixed-voice choir founded in 2006 by Christopher Watson and John Duggan after they met singing in Magdala, the inspirational ensemble run by David Skinner at Magdalen College, Oxford. Sospiri sing regularly in service and in concert – both in the UK and abroad, and have recorded five CDs, including two for The Gift of Music label. Under the tutelage of the directors, the choir have built up a large and diverse repertoire from Byrd to Britten. They specialise in performing plainsong and sing Latin Vespers in Merton College chapel several times a year. Uniquely, Sospiri is run by a composer and a professional singer, whose shared experiences provide a dynamic and diverse atmosphere in which to make music.
Some of the highlights of 2012 include the choir performing in the Merton College Passiontide Festival, a concert to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, and a summer residency at Canterbury Cathedral. This year sees the release of a new recording on Naxos: 'Desolata Est' is a disc of Lamentation settings containing specially commissioned new work by Cecilia McDowall and John Duggan. Cecilia McDowall's piece 'The Lord is Good' was shortlisted for the BASCA awards in 2012.
A Multitude of Voices
New choral works to commemorate
the centenary of World War I
In 2012, Sospiri commissioned ten composers in the UK and the US to write ten new works for the centenary of the Great War. This project is well under way now, with several new pieces completed and more in progress. The choir is raising funds publicly and privately to fund the costs of commissioning and recording the new music. Recording will take place in the summer of 2013, to be released in 2014 to coincide with the centenary of the outbreak of war in August 1914.
You can read more about the project here and help us to realise our dream.
Latest News
Award from PRS for Music Foundation
From Darkness to Light: Choral music for Advent & Christmas
Residency at Canterbury Cathedral
Sospiri's WWI project
A Multitude of Voices
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PRS for Music Foundation


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I remember when the library opened. Rudy Rogers asked me to prepare a one case exhibit for the sisters who were to be shown the building. Sorry to see it go. On the outside it was a unique building.
Demolition of Meyer Library is proceeding on schedule, and demo on the exterior structure of the building is slated to begin on February 9th. The concrete structure of the building will be crushed on site, and this work is going to be both loud and dusty. All possible steps will be taken to mitigate the dust and noise, including distribution of earplugs for staff and patrons, but staff should be prepared for some disruption in the area around Green Library.
There will also be some additional truck traffic in the area. The work will run until late March.
Thanks in advance for your cooperation during this work.


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About Us
Transition 101
Transition Towns
Knowledge Hub
The Transition movement emerged from the work of Permaculture educator, Rob Hopkins, and his students at the Kinsale Further Education College in Ireland. In early 2005 they created the Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan, which was later adopted as policy by the Town Council. It was the first strategic community planning document of its kind, and went beyond the issues of energy supply, to look at across-the-board creative adaptations in the realms of food, farming, education, economy, health, and much more.
After moving back to the UK to complete his doctorate, Rob decided to take the Peak Oil preparation process beyond the classroom and into the community. He started Transition Towns Totnes in early 2006, and it took off like a rocket. It has since spread virally across the world as groups in other communities quickly copied the model and initiated the Transition process in their own locale.
The Transition Network was established in the UK in late 2006, to support the rapid international growth of the movement. In 2007, increasing high levels of interest in the States led to the launch of Transition US. We were established as a national support network, in partnership with the Transition Network so that we could take on the role of providing co-ordination, support and training to Transition Initiatives as they emerged across the States. The process of "officiating" Transition Initiatives in the States was also handed over to Transition US.
You can read more about the history here.
You can get involved in a number of ways:
In addition to the formally designated Transition Initiatives, there are many other communities involved in Transition work. "Mullers" are groups and individuals who are interested in actively using the Transition Model in their communities. If you've read the Primer and are "mulling over" whether you might set up an initiative in your locale, contact us!
Learn more about "mullers" here.
We generally don't take positions; we encourage you to figure out your own response within the context of your community. Our suggestion is that you focus on rebuilding resilience into your local food systems, using local varieties of produce. If you want the full scoop on the global banana story, go ahead and read the Banana Book.
No, Transition is non-partisan. It seeks to include all members of society in the collaborative development of community resilience.
Transition is not a spiritual movement. It is a grassroots, community-led response to peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis. It is interested in unleashing our collective genius in whatever ways that emerge within the community.
There now appear to be three types of initiatives emerging within the Transition Model here in the United States:
We certainly hope so. It is still early days in the Transition Movement. We envision that several Transition Initiatives will work together within a given Transition City. In some cases, a Transition hub will emerge first at the city level, with the aim of initiating the growth of smaller Transition initiatives within it. In other cases, the smaller initiatives will emerge first, and the hub will grow from their on-the-ground activities. The city hub's role is to integrate and co-ordinate smaller, local initiatives and support their activities at a wider scale.
You can support Transition US in a number of ways:
We've introduced this formal approach to registering Transition Initiatives for several key reasons:
The communities that have gone through this initial formal process have agreed that it has enhanced their capacity to build a robust and well-supported initiative.
No, groups are not required to adopt "Transition" in their official name. Several groups, particularly those that have been active in their communities for a long time, have chosen to keep their existing names but still identify themselves as Transition Initiatives. Many other groups however, do want to add "Transition" to their names, as it helps identify them with a rapidly growing, exciting, international movement.
We truly don't know if this will work! Transition is a social experiment on a massive scale. You can read our Cheerful Disclaimer here.
In a nutshell, peak oil is about fossil fuel depletion. You can read about it on our website here. Another great resource for understanding the issues is Energy Bulletin's Peak Oil Primer.