Total Lunar Eclipse

This Wednesday, peak @ 2226 hrs.

So far ... the forecast is for clear skies.

Grading Montague School

Marked improvement ! 2007 Fraser Institute results released.

Academic Performance	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Trends
Gr 3 avg. level: Reading	n/a	n/a	2.6	2.6	2.9	n/a
Writing	n/a	n/a	2.6	2.4	2.9	n/a
Math	n/a	n/a	2.9	2.7	3.0	n/a
Gr 6 avg. level: Reading	n/a	n/a	2.8	2.6	2.6	n/a
Writing	n/a	n/a	2.8	2.4	2.3	n/a
Math	n/a	n/a	2.9	2.7	2.5	n/a
Gender gap (level): Reading	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Math	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Tests below standard (%)	n/a	n/a	31.5	44.7	35.7	n/a
Tests not written (%)	n/a	n/a	6.3	5.6	0.0	n/a
3-year value added: Reading	n/a	n/a	A	C	B	n/a
Math	n/a	n/a	A	B	B	n/a
Overall rating out of 10	n/a	n/a	6.6	4.3	5.9	n/a

Compare with other schools here.

There's a first for everything

The fact that Mr. Lovelace is in jail today is one hundred per cent the fault of Mr. McGuinty and Mr. Bryant.

Proof reading the NY Times makes you smarter

I bet you didn't know this:

Navy ships routinely carry missiles to shoot down aircraft.

Thanks, Einstein.

The article was cool enough: On a spy satellite the US plans on blasting prior to it's re-entry ... why would the author write such a condescending piece of crap like that ?

Almost as bad:

"....the Earth’s surface has more remote regions and seas than it does heavily populated areas."

And they wonder why circulation is dropping ....

And now we go live to Lam's Gardens

Just kiddin' ... but it coulda been.

BANNED FROM BUFFET !

"I got 4 frog legs .. cuz, ya know, there's two legs to every frog "





Who says Smiths Falls has all the rednecks ??

Too funny.

H/T to Joan

Sensational trial

for a Prescott murder.

Haven't blogged about this but it keeps getting better and better ...

"I didn't want to stab nobody," he said. "I didn't want to stab Doug Mott. I just wanted to get out of town."


I seem to remember that name from these parts.

Not the sharpest....

Does this guy never, ever, ever, watch TV ???


Cuz if he did, he'd know that THE FIRST call you should make after hearing police radio appeals for witnesses to you beating your step-kid .... is to a lawyer.

At the bottom of the call list: The local radio call-in show.


"I backhanded my daughter three or four times with the back of my hand before a woman stuck her nose in where it doesn't belong," he told a reporter at the radio station.

KINGSTON WHIG-STANDARD

Stating ....

the completely obvious.

Paying taxes is the "Canadian way of life."

The CRA plans to launch a multimedia campaign this year that focuses on compliance and targets new Canadians in particular, according to a request for tender published yesterday.

The CRA plans to launch a multimedia campaign this year that focuses on compliance and targets new Canadians in particular, according to a request for tender published yesterday.

"....to determine how best to inform new Canadians that they are required to file a tax return if they have taxes to pay"

Umm..how 'bout this : Tell 'em when they show up at the door ???

Northern Lights -- Laterally

A view of the Northern Lights as you've never seen them before: From the ISS, some 200 miles above terra firma...... Photographed Feb 1, over the Bay of St.Lawrence. Click here for more images.

Last summer I watched the ISS and the Shuttle (which had just undocked) streak across the night sky .... with binoculars. Simply amazing.

International attention

Soooo happy to see the many visitors from around the planet sent here via The Torch (see post below). Examples:US Government, Germany, Australia,Slovenia ... and more. What an impression those people must have of Canada !!

If you are looking for the most comprehensive information on our mission in Afghanistan, The Torch is place to go.