2012

[vonGarvin]

I just watched Apocalypto, the Mel Gibson movie about the Mayans. I did a project on them in Ancient Civilization class this week. I came across a wierd piece of info. They predicted that civilization will be ravaged by great fires, major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the end of man kind. All this is to happen on December 21 2012.

The 129th anniversary of the founding of The Royal Canadian Regiment?  That would indeed be a fitting tribute, no? [/sarcasm]

 

[jollyjacktar]

I did read something somewhere in the past year on this subject.  I think in Popular Science or the like.  If I remember correctly, scientists predict that, believe it or not, around that time they are expecting extra ordinary solar flare activity with the Sun.  It is going to make the last heavy period of solar flares seem like child's play.  They are not sure just what the effect will be here or the duration of the activity.  They seem to believe it is going to make for some unhappy times.

 

[midget-boyd91]

I did read something somewhere in the past year on this subject.  I think in Popular Science or the like.  If I remember correctly, scientists predict that, believe it or not, around that time they are expecting extra ordinary solar flare activity with the Sun.  It is going to make the last heavy period of solar flares seem like child's play.  They are not sure just what the effect will be here or the duration of the activity.  They seem to believe it is going to make for some unhappy times.

  And they're worried about the Earth's climate warming why?  If it's the sun that's going to kill us... I'll take a gas guzzlin' muscle car over a eco-friendly hybrid box anyday.

 

[jollyjacktar]

OK I did some searching and this is more or less the stuff I read earlier.

http://www.viewzone.com/endtime.html

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/10mar_stormwarning.htm

There were other sites too, but I would need to get my tin foil hat on to read them...

 

[Greymatters]

The world can't end in 2012 for one very simple reason:  whoever is driving the universe would never end everything while I still owed money on my house.  Relax folks, as long as I have debts the great architect would never cut me a break, so you're all safe for a while yet. 

Youve got it all wrong - its not about when you pay off the mortgage, its when you finish the basement...

 

[armyvern]

The 129th anniversary of the founding of The Royal Canadian Regiment?  That would indeed be a fitting tribute, no? [/sarcasm]

No no, blame it on the RCDs -- they're a couple of seconds older than the RCRs !!  >

 

[X-mo-1979]

2012...

I would have had my CD if it wasnt for_____________. :crybaby:

 

[Michael OLeary]

No no, blame it on the RCDs -- they're a couple of seconds older than the RCRs !!  >

That would be:

No no, blame it on the RCD -- they're a couple of seconds older than The RCR !!  >

 

[armyvern]

That would be:

No no, blame it on the RCD -- they're a couple of seconds older than The RCR !!  >

I knew that too!! Ahhh ... spank me. 

 

[GK .Dundas]

I knew that too!! Ahhh ... spank me. 

  I have just been handed the straight line  to end all straight lines ! but considering the season  I'll be kind and not pop out with the obvious . .....

 

[Loachman]

  I have just been handed the straight line  to end all straight lines ! but considering the season  I'll be kind and not pop out with the obvious . .....

I suspect that there is an awful lot of us exercising way more restraint than we ever thought possible right now.

 

[IN HOC SIGNO]

I suspect that there is an awful lot of us exercising way more restraint than we ever thought possible right now.

Isn't the spirit of Christmas a wonderful thing? Blessings on you all!

 

[George Wallace]

It is an omen.........the world as we know it...........      >


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Lloyd Robertson announces retirement
08/07/2010 11:49:19 PM
CTV.ca News Staff


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CTV's Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Lloyd Robertson announced Thursday night that he will be stepping down from the anchor's chair sometime in the middle of 2011.

After 35 years as the network's national news anchor, Robertson made the announcement at the end of Thursday night's broadcast.

"I thought it was an appropriate way of letting you know that I have agreed to stay on for another TV season to make it 35 years at CTV," Robertson told viewers.

"But that will be the final year. That means I'll be stepping aside in the latter half of 2011. So, I'll be around for a while yet."

The network will announce Robertson's successor on Friday.

His successor will act as Robertson's immediate backup through 2011, and will take over as chief anchor later in the year.

"I want to leave a suitable period for my successor to have a smooth and seamless transition," said Robertson in a release issued late Thursday. "While I'll be hoisting anchor next year, I'll be continuing at CTV for some time."

In a career spanning 50 years, Robertson has become one of Canada's most recognizable public figures, ending his nightly newscast with his familiar sign off of "that's the kind of day it's been."

Robertson joined CTV in 1976 and has been chief anchor and senior editor since 1983. He was voted Canada's most trusted news anchor by TV Guide readers 11 years straight.

"Lloyd is a great newsman, an institution and the most trusted anchor in Canada; all of which is why he's the ratings king," said Ivan Fecan, President and Chief Executive Officer, CTV Globemedia, and Chief Executive Officer, CTV Inc.

"We are all sorry to see him step down as anchor, but we are buoyed by the fact that he will remain in the CTV family for as long as he likes and I personally hope that will be a very long time," Fecan added.

Though Robertson won't be in the news anchor chair, he will continue working with the network and will remain as co-host of the news features show W5.