August, 2009:
What to do…
Wendy and I chronicled some of the struggles that Mark has had at Mayfair School. The school faces declining enrollment and he has had split classes since grade 2. As he enters into grade 4, he has another split class. Apparently there are enough grade four kids for a class but not enough grade 3 [...]
Tories fight back on Kinsella lawsuit
The Canadian Press is reporting that the Tories are fighting back against Warren Kinsella’s lawsuit. The Conservatives sued the Liberals last year to silence allegations relating to an alleged $1-million life insurance offer for the vote of Independent MP Chuck Cadman. But the party now says the cut and thrust of political discourse shouldn’t be [...]
Presentations on Urban Design and City Planning by Renowned Danish Architect Jan Gehl
The City of Saskatoon is hosting this event at The City of Saskatoon is excited to offer residents an opportunity to hear Jan Gehl, renowned Danish architect and urban design consultant, speak at two distinct presentations entitled “Healthy, Liveable, Sustainable Cities” on August 31 and September 1 at the Frank & Ellen Remai Art Centre [...]
What did you read this summer?
I never read much this summer (compared to other summers at least) but I did get some reading done. Here is the list. The Kennedys by Peter Collier & David Horowitz :: Quite good as it followed the family after RFK’s assassination and the tragedy that kept following even the next generation of Kennedys. The [...]
Cheating at Michigan?
Apparently there are some improprieties in Ann Arbour where the University of Michigan has run one of the cleanest programs in NCAA history. More than a dozen players and parents alike, insisting on anonymity, described the workouts as "ridiculous" and far in excess of the NCAA’s hourly limits, especially on Sundays following games ("Sundays were [...]
The young and the unemployed
From the Toronto Star With about a million British youth unemployed, ours is hardly an isolated crisis. A recent editorial in the conservative U.K. Economist says the "plight of the jobless young … invokes talk of a lost generation." It notes the well-known phenomenon that "prolonged unemployment early in people’s working lives will leave them [...]
Fixing Picasa 3’s Sharpen Tool
From the Digital Photography Review’s forums Recently (beginning of may) there has been an update and since that moment the slider function of sharpening and focus has changed. It took me a while to find out what happened and I want to share it with you. The slider is working much slower, but in the [...]
Contextless Weekend Links
For those of you who are both Russian Orthodox and looking for a pre-fabricated church building… As seen on the streets of Montevideo, Uraguay. Country living ideas: Wendy and I are debating what we are going to do with the cabin floor, this has some good ideas. Building a log cabin by yourself Sheds for [...]
