For all the bashing of The Toronto Star that's been found on the pages, they do still employ a handful of talented writers. Christopher Hume covers Urban Affairs and Architecture for the paper. His concepts for the revitalization of the city's waterfront are both practical and cost-effective, and his understanding of the plight of the urban motorist and worker is without comparison.
In today's GTA section of The Star, Hume tackles an issue concerning Mayor Rob Ford that has angered me to no end; his blatant refusal to cater to the wants and needs of the suburban Torontonians and those living in the peripheries of the city. The crux of my beef centres around the Ford's cuts and further proposed cuts of the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) not in the downtown core or affluent uptown neighbourhoods, but in Scarborough and West and North Etobicoke. The problem with such proposed cuts is that many of the people that live in said areas do not work 9 to 5 hours. These people work in kitchens or other occupations that require an effective transit system to get them home at all hours.
Mayor Rob Ford cares not for the people who were suspicious of his motivations and were abhorred by his bigotry and vaguely racist remarks. He cares about the white, middle to upper class Torontonians who supported him based solely on his fiscal policies.
Christopher Hume eloquently shares a similar opinion in today's paper, while pinpointed reasons beyond the TTC for why the Mayor has turned his rotund backside on many a Torontonian.
Toronto Star, September 26th
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Ghosts On The Underground
A brilliant website titled Top Documentary Films was recently brought to my attention by a fellow Internet junkie. The site is a database of documentaries that have been reviewed and categorized into various sub-headings and new docs are posted daily.
Since my discovery of this site, I have become semi-obsessed with consuming as many documentaries as possible in my free time. One that I would like to share and encourage all to watch is Ghosts On The Underground , a 50-some odd minute portrayal of spirits in the London tube system.
During my extended stay in London last summer, I spent a great deal of time riding the tube, randomly connecting at a hub station only to be dropped-off in a section of the city I had never been before. The documentary describes how the London tube system is the oldest functional set of tunnels in the world and that its construction beneath the streets of the capital unearthed many a mass burial ground and cemetery.
The brilliantly-produced documentary interviews many drivers and track supervisors, as well as tube riders who have seen ghosts whilst riding the trains. To temper the mass hysteria surrounding the witnessing of ghosts, the narrator introduces a scientist of sorts who measures the tubes for various low pitch sounds that can lead a person towards a sense of anxiety (i.e. a cold sensation where the hair stands-up on the back of your neck). Even he cannot deny the sense of somebody watching him while taking readings throughout the underground tunnels.
The documentary is also able to partially substantiate many of the claims by indicating deaths or burials that occurred in the area and their subsequent relation to sightings. I'm not one to become enveloped in urban myths or ghost stories, but the eerily accurate presentations made in this documentary had me asking myself questions I typically would not waste a second to consider.
Should you have 50 minutes to spare, I suggest checking out this documentary. Enjoy the site and all it has to offer, it really is a gem of the Internet.
Since my discovery of this site, I have become semi-obsessed with consuming as many documentaries as possible in my free time. One that I would like to share and encourage all to watch is Ghosts On The Underground , a 50-some odd minute portrayal of spirits in the London tube system.
During my extended stay in London last summer, I spent a great deal of time riding the tube, randomly connecting at a hub station only to be dropped-off in a section of the city I had never been before. The documentary describes how the London tube system is the oldest functional set of tunnels in the world and that its construction beneath the streets of the capital unearthed many a mass burial ground and cemetery.
The brilliantly-produced documentary interviews many drivers and track supervisors, as well as tube riders who have seen ghosts whilst riding the trains. To temper the mass hysteria surrounding the witnessing of ghosts, the narrator introduces a scientist of sorts who measures the tubes for various low pitch sounds that can lead a person towards a sense of anxiety (i.e. a cold sensation where the hair stands-up on the back of your neck). Even he cannot deny the sense of somebody watching him while taking readings throughout the underground tunnels.
The documentary is also able to partially substantiate many of the claims by indicating deaths or burials that occurred in the area and their subsequent relation to sightings. I'm not one to become enveloped in urban myths or ghost stories, but the eerily accurate presentations made in this documentary had me asking myself questions I typically would not waste a second to consider.
Should you have 50 minutes to spare, I suggest checking out this documentary. Enjoy the site and all it has to offer, it really is a gem of the Internet.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Arsenal Manager Forecasts The Doom of European Markets
Say what you will about Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's stubborn tactics and fandom of teenage prodigies, it cannot be denied that the man is one of the sharper minds in football today.
His typically thrifty spending in transfer markets derives not just from the confidence he has in home-grown academy talents, but also in fear of the developing nature of football finances and the impending threat of a crash of the European markets.
Have a quick look at the article linked below and ask yourself why you know less of economics than a football manager. In the article, Wenger attempts to draw parallels between the spending habits of clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid and other companies whose debts are too great and possess too few liquid assets to have a legitimately healthy outlook for the future.
Arsenal Manager Forecasts The Doom of European Markets
And by the way, Arsenal @ Borussia Dortmund 2:45pm ET (Champions League Group Stages)
His typically thrifty spending in transfer markets derives not just from the confidence he has in home-grown academy talents, but also in fear of the developing nature of football finances and the impending threat of a crash of the European markets.
Have a quick look at the article linked below and ask yourself why you know less of economics than a football manager. In the article, Wenger attempts to draw parallels between the spending habits of clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid and other companies whose debts are too great and possess too few liquid assets to have a legitimately healthy outlook for the future.
Arsenal Manager Forecasts The Doom of European Markets
And by the way, Arsenal @ Borussia Dortmund 2:45pm ET (Champions League Group Stages)
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