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h's ramblings: December 2006
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Thursday, December 14, 2006. The CBC's secret weapon: Claire Martin. I thought I was the only one who noticed the flirting going on between Peter Mansbridge and the weather lady Claire Martin until I read a very funny article in the Globe on the weekend by a woman from Saskatoon who had also noticed the on-screen smiles. I would post the article but it is only for online subscribers.too bad. Instead, here is some info on Claire. From the Inside the CBC Blog:. S main weather anchor. The International Weat...
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h's ramblings: March 2007
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Monday, March 12, 2007. Movies on the weekend. We watched three good ones. Great performance by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Good flick for a rainy Sunday afternoon. Was a bit slow in parts and the timeline was a tad confusing but otherwise a good flick. Posted by Heather @ 4:22 PM. Wednesday, March 07, 2007. Dutch Iceman to climb Everest in shorts. Everest altitude training: Hanging by middle finger between hot air balloons. A highly planned operation. Back to Mont Blanc. Posted by Heather @ 10:10 AM. We were ver...
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h's ramblings: May 2006
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Friday, May 26, 2006. Mark Tremblay isn't very nice. In an article in today's Vancouver Sun, Dr. Mark Tremblay from UofSaskatchewan wasn't very positive about Action Schools! Fri 26 May 2006. The host of the 2010 Winter Olympics, has a reputation for harbouring the health-conscious. But the province's kids are still couch potatoes, and its schools aren't doing enough to help them get active, says a new national report card on children's physical activity. Is a step in the right direction, but doesn't hav...
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h's ramblings: January 2007
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007. A climate scientist's thoughts on An Inconvenient Truth. By Eric Steig, Associate Professor, Earth and Space Sciences, U of Washington. Along with various Seattle business and community leaders, city planners and politicians, a large group of scientists from the University of Washington got a chance to preview the new film, An Inconvenient Truth. Since Gore is rumored to be a fan of RealClimate, we thought it appropriate to give our first impressions. Contribute to the change...
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h's ramblings: June 2006
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Friday, June 30, 2006. It won't be Basso this year. Tour de France hit by massive doping scandal. STRASBOURG, FRANCE A doping scandal knocked Tour de France favourites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso out of the race Friday and threw the world's most glamorous cycling event into chaos. The decision to prevent Ullrich, Basso and likely dozens of others from competing was made a day before the Tour began. Tour director Christian Prudhomme said the organizers' determination to fight doping was "total.". The team ...
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h's ramblings: October 2006
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Monday, October 30, 2006. Response to "An Unknown Soldier". The front page story of the Saturday Globe and Mail. There is a very moving and disturbing article on Mark Graham on the front page of the Focus section in today's Globe and Mail. It goes a long way to anwsering the biggest question I had when I had heard he died: what the hell was an Oylmpian even doing in the army? Posted by Heather @ 8:36 AM. Tuesday, October 24, 2006. 2006 Chicago Marathon finish. Posted by Heather @ 11:03 AM. Live Forever b...
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h's ramblings: September 2006
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006. Posted by Heather @ 11:42 AM. Wednesday, September 20, 2006. I was in Philadelphia for a conference from the 14th to the 18th - Philly seems like a nice city, although I didn't venture much further from the downtown core. I did run up the "Rocky" stairs at the Museum of Art. Posted by Heather @ 2:47 PM. A new travel blog. Posted by Heather @ 2:44 PM. Music and the mind. I guess those guitar and french horn lessons really were good for me! Trainor, who led the study with Takak...
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h's ramblings: February 2007
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Thursday, February 15, 2007. Posted by Heather @ 11:28 AM. Tuesday, February 13, 2007. The rough side of running in the US. CHICAGO Citing the sobering statistic that over 10,000 of the 12,800 slayings in the United States in 2006 were reported by joggers, a national coalition of fitness enthusiasts called upon government officials Tuesday to impose measures that would reduce the likelihood of runners discovering lifeless bodies. I just want a good cardiovascular workout," Montgomery added. "I never ...
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h's ramblings: August 2006
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006. Pluto loses planet status. By Jenny Hogan, Nature News. Pluto has been kicked out of our Sun's planetary family by astronomers who voted today to define a planet by three criteria. It failed on one of them. Astronomers have been battling over the concept of what defines a planet all week at the general assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague (see our conference newsblog. For a blow-by-blow account). This move had been intended to soften the blow of Pluto...
