Category Archives: We-reflect-news

May 4th

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Arthur

I almost forgot to mention that it’s May 4th today, again. That means, if it’s your birthday today, it’s, let me think, I do remember this, on the same day as Pia Zadora’s! On the serious note: It’s also Remembrance … Continue reading →

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Off-Key

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Arthur

Yo. Boris Yeltsin died. I can’t exactly remember how he became president of Russian Federation but I recall seeing video of Gorbachev’s last words as the official leader of the former CCCP. That was probably close after the August Putsch … Continue reading →

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The trends

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Arthur

Alfons linked to a PDF that contains the musical score of Ives’ ‘The Unanswered Question’. I can’t link to it right from here (I get a dreaded message saying something about “This is the second IMSLP image server”) but it … Continue reading →

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Politics

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Arthur

I followed the events yesterday, when the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform had Valerie Plame on the witness stand who, under oath, told the public her side of the story (QT7). I flipped forth and back between opinions … Continue reading →

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Stats, Canada

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Arthur

You may have noticed that the results of the Census 2006 were officially released today. If you plan to dive in the numbers yourself: The Flash version at CBC’s is god-awful: for a good overview, you may just as well … Continue reading →

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Planes

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Arthur

I just read about the financial troubles at Airbus, which are caused by both a weak US dollar and by serious delays to its flagship A380 Super Jumbo (Wikipedia). There’s an interesting quote from an employee at a German plant … Continue reading →

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Strange as it does

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Arthur

There were a couple of items in the news that caught my eyes, that is not including the frigid temperatures over here: Astronaut and the love triangle that went wrong: An astronaut (and a successful one at that), a lover … Continue reading →

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SOTU-STFU

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Arthur

Maybe it’s just me, but every time I see the abbreviation for the State Of The Union (SOTU), I keep reading STFU. What to say about the State of the Union? Earlier (way earlier) on video chat with Alfons, Alfons … Continue reading →

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Wuther

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Arthur

I read that a huge storm has hit Europe, disrupting many public services and killing a couple of dozen people. That doesn’t really compare with the snowstorm that hit our province a couple of days ago. Did I mention the … Continue reading →

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What’s up?

Posted on January 14, 2007 by Arthur

The most interesting stories this weekend: 1. The substitute teacher, the spyware and the jail term: A 40-year old teacher faces up to 40 years of prison after being convicted of exposing her class to pornography. As mentioned by ms. … Continue reading →

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Who’s blogging this?

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Arthur

This morning I read about that crocodile in Indonesia, the one they found human body parts in. What to do with a dead human-eating crocodile? Easy: When the villagers recovered from the shock of finding human body parts inside the … Continue reading →

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Up Round

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Arthur

This week the Dutch went to the polls and to much surprise, the Christian Democrats kept most of their seats in the Lower House. The other surprise was that the Socialist Party was officially named winner of this year’s election … Continue reading →

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16.what

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Arthur

In this part of the country, Fall appears to have gone through a dip: for the next couple of days, we’re expecting temperatures around the 16 degrees. I read they have the same kind of weather records in the Olde … Continue reading →

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