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Brampton | |||
— City — | |||
City of Brampton | |||
Nickname(s): Flower City (previously Flower Town[1]) | |||
Location in the Region of Peel, in the Province of Ontario | |||
Coordinates: 43°41′N 79°46′W / 43.683°N 79.767°WCoordinates: 43°41′N 79°46′W / 43.683°N 79.767°W | |||
Country | Canada | ||
Province | Ontario | ||
Region | Peel Region | ||
Incorporation | 1853 (village) | ||
1873 (town) | |||
1974 (city) | |||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Susan Fennell | ||
• Governing Body | Brampton City Council (click for members) |
• MPs | |||
• MPPs |
List of MPPs
Area[2] | |||
• Land | 266.71 km2 (102.98 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 218 m (715 ft) | ||
Population (2011)[2] | |||
• Total | 523,911 (Ranked 9th) | ||
• Density | 1,964.35/km2 (5,087.6/sq mi) | ||
Demonym | Bramptonian | ||
Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | ||
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | ||
Postal code | L6P-L7A | ||
Area code(s) | 905/289 | ||
Website | www.brampton.ca |
Brampton (/ˈbræmptən/ or /ˈbræmtən/) is a Canadian city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is a suburban city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2011 census, Brampton's population was 523,911.[2]
Brampton was incorporated as a village in 1853, taking its name from the rural town of Brampton, in Cumbria, England. The city was once known as The Flower Town of Canada, a title it earned owing to its large greenhouse industry. Today, Brampton's major economic sectors include advanced manufacturing, retail administration and logistics, information and communication technologies, food and beverage, life sciences and business services.
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Prior to the 1800s, the only building of consequence at the corner of Main and Queen streets, the recognized centre of Brampton, was William Buffy's tavern. At the time, the area was referred to as "Buffy's Corners". All real business in Chinguacousy Township took place 1 mile distant at Martin Salisbury's tavern. By 1834, John Elliott laid out the area in lots for sale, and applied the name "Brampton" to the area, which was soon adopted by others.[3]
In 1853, a small agricultural fair was set up by the newly intiated County Agricultural Society of the County of Peel, and was held at the corner of Main and Queen streets. Grains, produce, roots, and dairy products were up for sale. Horses and cattle, along with other lesser livestock, were also sold at market. This agricultural fair eventually became the modern Brampton Fall Fair. In that same year Brampton was incorporated as a village.[3]
A federal grant allowed the village to create its first public library in 1887, which included 360 volumes from the Mechanic's Institute (est 1858). In 1907, the library successfully received a grant from United States steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to build a new multi-purpose building, featuring what is now the Brampton Library.
A group of regional farmers in Brampton had trouble getting insurance from city-based companies. After several meetings in Clairville Hall, they decided to found the County of Peel Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company. In 1955, the company moved to its third and current location, 103 Queen Street West, and took the new name of Peel Mutual Insurance Company. It reigns as the longest-running company in modern Brampton. Harmsworth Decorating Centre was established in 1890, as Harmsworth and Son, operated out of the family's house on Queen Street West. The current location was purchased on September 1, 1904, after a fire destroyed their original store. Purchased for $1,400, the 24 Main Street South location is the longest-operating retail business in what is now Brampton.
Edward Dale, an immigrant from Dorking, England, established a flower nursery in Brampton[4] shortly after his arrival in 1863.[5] Dale's Nursery became the town's largest[4] and most prominent employer, developed a flower grading system,[5] and established a global export market for its products.[4] The company chimney became a town landmark,[5] until Brampton Town Council allowed it to be torn down in 1977.[5] At its height, the company had 140 greenhouses,[6] and was the largest cut flower business in North America,[7] producing 20 million blooms and introducing numerous rose and orchid varietals and species to the market.[7] It also spurred the development of other nurseries in the town, as the town was once home to 48 hothouse flower nurseries.[5][7]
In 1963, the town established The Flower Festival of Brampton, based on the Rose Festival of Portland, Oregon, and began marketing itself as the Flower Town of Canada.[5] On 24 June 2002 City Council established the "Flower City Strategy",[8][9] to promote a link to its flower-growing heritage.[10] The construction of the Rose Theatre as a cultural institution in the city[5] and annual participation in the Communities in Bloom competition are part of that strategy.
The Old Shoe Factory, located on 57 Mill Street North, was once the home of Hewetson Shoe Company. It was known as a historical property under the Ontario Heritage Act in 2008. Today it is occupied by various small businesses including The Well Being. The lobby and hallways still have the old theme from 1907. Walls are decorated with pictures and artifacts of local Brampton history and old shoe making equipment.[11]
A self-guided historical walking tour of downtown Brampton called, "A Walk Through Time".,[12] is available at Brampton City Hall and online free of cost.
Neighbouring Bramalea created[edit]
Created as an innovative "new town", Bramalea was developed as a separate community, approximately 40 kilometres northwest of Toronto. Located in the former Chinguacousy Township, it was Canada's first satellite community developed by one of the country's largest real estate developers, Bramalea Limited, formerly known as Brampton Leasing. The name "Bramalea" was created by the farmer William Sheard, who combined "BRAM" from Brampton, "MAL" from Malton (then a neighbouring town which is now a part of Mississauga), and "LEA", an Old English word meaning meadow or grassland. He sold the land to Brampton Leasing developers and built one of Bramalea's first houses on Dixie Road across from the former headquarters of Nortel.
The community had an extensive master plan, which included provisions for a parkland trail system and a "downtown", which would include essential services and a shopping centre. The downtown area's centrepiece was the Civic Centre, which included the city hall and library. Directly across Team Canada Drive from the Civic Centre, Bramalea Limited built a shopping centre named Bramalea City Centre. The two centrepieces were connected by a long underground tunnel. This has long since been closed due to safety issues, and urbanists have also found that pedestrians make for livelier streets. Other features included a police station, fire hall, bus terminal, and a collection of seniors' retirement homes.
Each phase of the new city was marked with progressing first letters of street names. Development started with the "A" section, with street names such as Argyle, Avondale, and Aloma. Developer then created a "B" section, "C" section, and so forth. Children on the boundaries of these divisions would regularly compete in street hockey games, pitting, for example, the "D" section versus the "E" section.
The community was initially developed with a large number of recreational facilities, including tennis courts, playgrounds, hockey/lacrosse rinks and swimming pools. An extensive parkland trail and sidewalk system connects the entire city, amplifying what Brampton already had in a smaller scale.
Region of Peel[edit]
In 1974, the Ontario government decided to update Peel County's structure. Along with amalgamating a series of villages into the City of Mississauga, the new City of Brampton was created out of the greater portion of the Townships of Chinguacousy and Toronto Gore, including Bramalea and the other communities in those townships. The province converted Peel County into the Regional Municipality of Peel. Brampton retained its role as the administrative centre of Peel Region, which it already had as county seat. The regional council chamber, the Peel Regional Police force, the public health department, and the region's only major museum, the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives, are all located in Brampton.
This move was not met with wholesale approval. Bramptonians feared urban sprawl would dissolve their town's personality. Bramalea residents took pride in the built-from-scratch and organized structure that had come with their new city and did not want to give up their identity. Many people in Bramalea accept they are part of Brampton, and they make up the tri-city area. Brampton, Heart Lake, Bramalea.
In 1972, Bramalea created its civic centre. Two years after it was built, when Brampton and Bramalea merged, the new city's council chambers and other facilities were created in the building. They moved from the town of Brampton's modest downtown locale. The library systems of Brampton and Bramalea became one, creating a system of four locations.
Some have questioned the future of Peel Region as encompassing all of Brampton, Mississauga, and Caledon. Mississauga council, led by Mayor Hazel McCallion, voted in favour of becoming a single-tier municipality and asked the provincial government to be separated from Peel Region. They argued the city has outgrown the need for a regional layer of government, and that Mississauga is being held back by supporting Brampton and Caledon with its municipal taxes.
Development as a city[edit]
Chinguacousy and Toronto Gore were two townships incorporated into Brampton mid-way through the twentieth century. The small pine added to the center of the shield on the Brampton city flag represents Chinguacousy, thus continues honouring Chippewa chief Shinguacose, "The Small Pine." From this merger, communities such as Bramalea, Heart Lake and Professor's Lake, Snelgrove, Tullamore, and Mayfield, were formed. Bramalea was annexed into Brampton in 1974. Rural villages, such as Claireville, Ebenezer, Victoria, Springbrook, Churchville, Coleraine, and Huttonville were also merged into the larger city. While only Huttonville and Churchville still exist as identifiable communities, other names like Claireville are re-emerging as names of new developments.
The early 1980s brought new development, as the city released large tracts of land to residential developers. The large new suburban community of Springdale was developed in 1995 and is the area where most of the urban sprawl has taken place. This land began in its largest boom in 1999, when development started to appear as far north as the city's border with Caledon. The region has designated this border as being the line of demarcation for urban development until 2021. However, neighbouring communities not part of Peel have also been massively affected by the city's sudden spurt. The end of Brampton and start of Georgetown, for example, is essentially non-identifiable.
Also in the early 1980s, the Capitol Theatre, then owned by Odeon, closed its doors. The City bought the facility in 1981 under the spearhead of then-councillor Diane Sutter, turning the former movie house and vaudeville venue into a musical and performing arts theatre. It was renamed the Heritage Theatre. In 1983, Toronto consultants Woods Gordon reported to the City that, rather than continue "pouring money" into the Heritage, they should construct a new 750-seat facility. The 2005/06 season was designated as the Heritage theatre's "grand finale" season. The new Rose Theatre opened in September 2006.
Carabram was founded in 1984, after volunteers from different ethnic communities wanted to organize a festival celebrating diversity and cross-cultural friendship. With a name based on Toronto like-event, Caravan Festival of Cultures, Carabram's first event included Italian, Scots, Ukrainian, and West Indian pavilions. By 2003, the fair had 18 pavilions attracting 45,000 visitors. The national government of Canada had an anchor pavilion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. For Carabram's 25th Anniversary in 2009, Canada also had a pavilion.
With a growing multicultural population, the Peel Board of Education introduced evening English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at high schools. Originally taught by volunteers, the classes eventually became daytime courses taught by paid instructors. In the 1980s, the public and Catholic board expanded its languages programs, offering night classes in 23 languages. These were introduced by the urging of parents who wanted their children to learn their ancestral language and heritage. Brampton has a very large South Asian population, which is expected to grow at a high rate.
Spearheaded by then-Mayor Ken Whillans, the early 1990s brought a new city hall to Brampton's downtown. Whillans never got to see the opening of the new City hall because of his death in August of that same year. The move of City hall to downtown sparked a renewed interest by politicians and businesses alike to revitalize the downtown core. The facility was designed by local architects and constructed by Inzola Construction.
The Brampton Fair Grounds were sold in 1992 to the City of Brampton. The Agricultural Society relocated in 1997 to Heart Lake Road and Old School Road (outside the boundaries of the city).
The Health Services Restructuring Commission (HSRC) decided in 1997 that Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital, Etobicoke General Hospital and Peel Memorial Hospital should amalgamate into the William Osler Health Centre. It became what now is the province's 6th largest hospital corporation.
Brampton's 2003 Sesquicentennial celebrations were a booster to community spirit, restarting the tradition of a summer parade (with 100 floats), and creating other initiatives. To commemorate the town's history, the city under Mayor Fennell reintroduced floral projects to the community, including more plantings around town, the restart of the city Parade in 2005, and participation for the last few years in the Canada Communities in Bloom project.
Current events[edit]
In early 2006, the Brampton campus of the William Osler Health Centre was renamed Peel Memorial Hospital. It was no longer considered a part of the William Osler family of hospitals. On October 28, 2007, Brampton Civic Hospital opened its doors while Peel Memorial Hospital closed for renovations. Since then, the fate of Peel Memorial has been the subject of controversy. Local residents want the hospital to re-open as an acute-care facility with an emergency department, arguing Brampton Civic Hospital's 479 beds are not sufficient to meet the needs of the fast-growing community.
In September of that year, the Rose Theatre opened its doors in downtown Brampton. By 2008, the facility had attracted over 137,000 patrons, surpassing its five-year goal in its first season. The theatre is also seen as a catalyst for downtown revitalization. Since its opening, new businesses have opened, established businesses have renovated their storefronts and several high-rise condominium projects are either under construction or in the planning phases. In December 2007, the Toronto Star published an article entitled, "Brampton comes alive," which documents the latest in the city's revitalization plans and progress.
In February 2008, the Central West Local Health Integration Network recommended that Peel Memorial be redeveloped to house outpatient services. That would include mental health services, cancer screening, day surgery and non-urgent care.
In May 2012, the Brampton City Council voted unanimously in favour of a secondary bid as a hosting city for the 2015 Pan Am Games being held in Toronto. The initial plan had the City of Brampton as one of the hosting venues for the summer games, however following a venue plan change, the CEO of the organization committee Ian Troop said that changes needed to be made as "the benefits of clustering are that you create economies of scale, the goal for our refined and improved venue plan is to reduce the operational complexities of the event, save costs, deliver an athlete-centred Games that facilitates great performance and create a much richer spectator experience."
Geography and climate[edit]
Brampton has a total land area of 265 square kilometres (102 sq mi). The City of Brampton is bordered by Highway 50 (Vaughan) to the East, Winston Churchill Boulevard (Halton Hills) to the West, Mayfield Road (Caledon) to the north (except for a small neighbourhood, Snelgrove, which is part of Brampton despite extending somewhat north of Mayfield Road) and the hydro corridor (Mississauga) to the south except at Finch Avenue (at this point, Finch Avenue serves as the border between the two cities).
Climate data for Brampton | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
31.1 (88) |
34.4 (93.9) |
36.7 (98.1) |
37.6 (99.7) |
38.3 (100.9) |
36.7 (98.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
25.0 (77) |
20.0 (68) |
38.3 (100.9) |
Average high °C (°F) | −2.1 (28.2) |
−1.1 (30) |
4.1 (39.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
13.9 (57) |
7.0 (44.6) |
0.9 (33.6) |
12.51 (54.51) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.3 (20.7) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
6.3 (43.3) |
12.9 (55.2) |
17.8 (64) |
20.8 (69.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
8.9 (48) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
7.51 (45.51) |
Average low °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−5.0 (23) |
1.0 (33.8) |
6.9 (44.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
9.6 (49.3) |
3.9 (39) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
2.46 (36.41) |
Record low °C (°F) | −31.3 (−24.3) |
−31.1 (−24) |
−28.9 (−20) |
−17.2 (1) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
0.6 (33.1) |
3.9 (39) |
1.1 (34) |
−3.9 (25) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−31.1 (−24) |
−31.3 (−24.3) |
Precipitation mm (inches) | 52 (2.05) |
43 (1.69) |
57 (2.24) |
68 (2.68) |
73 (2.87) |
74 (2.91) |
74 (2.91) |
80 (3.15) |
78 (3.07) |
64 (2.52) |
69 (2.72) |
61 (2.4) |
793 (31.21) |
Rainfall mm (inches) | 25 (0.98) |
22 (0.87) |
37 (1.46) |
62 (2.44) |
72 (2.83) |
74 (2.91) |
74 (2.91) |
80 (3.15) |
78 (3.07) |
63 (2.48) |
62 (2.44) |
35 (1.38) |
684 (26.92) |
Snowfall cm (inches) | 31 (12.2) |
22 (8.7) |
19 (7.5) |
6 (2.4) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
8 (3.1) |
29 (11.4) |
116 (45.7) |
Source: The Weather Network |
Historical populations | ||
Year | Pop. | ±% |
1858 | 50 | — |
1871 | 2,090 | +4080.0% |
1881 | 2,920 | +39.7% |
1891 | 3,252 | +11.4% |
1901 | 2,748 | −15.5% |
1911 | 3,412 | +24.2% |
1921 | 4,527 | +32.7% |
1931 | 5,532 | +22.2% |
1941 | 5,975 | +8.0% |
1951 | 8,389 | +40.4% |
1961 | 18,467 | +120.1% |
1971 | 41,211 | +123.2% |
1981 | 149,030 | +261.6% |
1991 | 234,445 | +57.3% |
1996 | 268,251 | +14.4% |
2001 | 325,428 | +21.3% |
2006 | 433,806 | +33.3% |
2011 | 523,911 | +20.8% |
Brampton annexed Bramalea in 1974. |
Visible minority and Aboriginal population (Canada 2006 Census) | |||
Population group | Population | % of total population | |
White | 182,760 | 42.3% | |
Visible minority group Source:[13] |
South Asian | 136,750 | 31.7% |
Chinese | 7,805 | 1.8% | |
Black | 53,340 | 12.4% | |
Filipino | 11,980 | 2.8% | |
Latin American | 8,545 | 2% | |
Arab | 2,600 | 0.6% | |
Southeast Asian | 6,130 | 1.4% | |
West Asian | 2,875 | 0.7% | |
Korean | 580 | 0.1% | |
Japanese | 545 | 0.1% | |
Visible minority, n.i.e. | 8,900 | 2.1% | |
Multiple visible minority | 6,095 | 1.4% | |
Total visible minority population | 246,150 | 57% | |
Aboriginal group Source:[14] |
First Nations | 1,620 | 0.4% |
Métis | 785 | 0.2% | |
Inuit | 45 | 0% | |
Aboriginal, n.i.e. | 140 | 0% | |
Multiple Aboriginal identity | 75 | 0% | |
Total Aboriginal population | 2,665 | 0.6% | |
Total population | 431,575 | 100% |
Some 67.78 percent of Brampton claimed various Christian denominations. The largest was Catholicism (35.11%), followed by various Protestant denominations Anglican, United Church, Lutheran, Baptist, Reformed at (27.96%), while the remaining numbers of Christians (4.70%) consists mostly of the Eastern Orthodox rite. Other religions with a notable presence include Sikhism (10.63%), Hinduism (5.43%), and Islam (3.53%). The Toronto Temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) stands in Brampton. ≤http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Ontario_Temple≥ More than 10 percent of the population does not identify with a particular religion.[19]
Population growth[edit]
With a population of 523,911,[2] Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area, and the ninth largest city in Canada. With the median age at 33.7, it is the youngest community in the GTA. Due to a number of converging factors including an exponential rise in the cost of real estate within the city and high property and corporate taxes.
Brampton, with its proximity to the Pearson International Airport and road infrastructure, population growth, cost of land, and more favourable corporate tax structure, has become a prime location for corporate head offices, factories, warehouses, etc., as well as the typical domestic goods and services required to provide for the population.
The 2011 census found that English was spoken as mother tongue by 51.7% of the population. The next most common language was Punjabi, spoken by 17.5% of the population, followed by Urdu at 2.8%, and Portuguese and Gujarati at 2.1% each.[20]
Mother tongue | Population | Percentage |
English | 269,790 | 51.7% |
Punjabi (Panjabi) | 91,345 | 17.5% |
Urdu | 14,580 | 2.8% |
Portuguese | 11,095 | 2.1% |
Gujarati | 11,040 | 2.1% |
Spanish | 10,225 | 1.9% |
Hindi | 10,060 | 1.9% |
Tamil | 9,530 | 1.8% |
Tagalog (Filipino, Pilipino) | 8,785 | 1.7% |
Italian | 7,990 | 1.5% |
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Companies with headquarters in Brampton include Loblaw Companies Ltd.[21]
Its current largest employers are Rogers Communications Inc., Chrysler Canada Brampton Assembly Plant, Loblaw Companies Ltd., Maple Lodge Farms, Canadian Tire Corp, Zellers (offices and distribution), Coca-Cola Bottling Company Ltd., Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratories, and Olymel L.P.. Loblaws, Maple Lodge and Zellers presence in the city includes their Canadian head office, national headquarters in the city include Bacardi, Brita, and Clorox. The city is home to Canadian Forces Army Reserve unit The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment).
Major companies in Brampton include: IKO Industries, Best Buy (and Future Shop), Brafasco, The Clorox Company, Ford, Rogers Communications, Nortel, Para Paints, Coca Cola Bottling Co., Nestlé, Chrysler Canada Ltd., Maple Lodge Farms, Sofina Foods Inc, Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), Frito Lay Canada, MDA Space Missions, Parkinson Coach Line and Canadian Tire.[citation needed]
An automobile manufacturing facility was opened by American Motors (AMC) in 1960 as the Brampton Assembly Plant. In 1986, AMC developed a new, state-of-the-art operation at another location and called it "Bramalea Assembly". After AMC was acquired by Chrysler in 1987, AMC's Canadian division and its plants in the area (Brampton and Bramalea) were absorbed with the older facility closing in 1992. The newest factory was renamed Brampton Assembly and it became one of Brampton's largest employers with over 4,200 workers when running at capacity.[citation needed]
Brampton's only public higher education institution is Sheridan College, which also has a campus in Oakville. Founded in 1967, the local campus focuses on business training, compared to its Oakville branch, which is the second largest school of Art and Design in North America.
In Brampton there are two main school boards. One is the Peel District School Board, which operates secular Anglophone public schools, and the other is Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, which operates Catholic Anglophone public schools. Under the Peel District School Board, the secondary schools are Bramalea, Brampton Centennial, Central Peel, Chinguacousy, Fletcher's Meadow, Harold M. Brathwaite, Heart Lake, Louise Arbour, Mayfield, North Park, Judith Nyman, Sandalwood Heights, Turner Fenton, David Suzuki, and one of the newest being Castlebrook Secondary School. There are also 85 elementary and middle schools that feed these high schools in the city.
Under the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, the secondary schools are Cardinal Leger, Holy Name of Mary, Notre Dame, St. Augustine, St. Edmund Campion, St. Roch, St. Marguerite d'Youville, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Cardinal Ambrozic Secondary Schools There are 44 elementary and middle schools that feed these high schools in the city.
The Conseil scolaire Viamonde operates secular Francophone schools serving the area. The Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud operates Catholic Francophone schools serving the area.
The Peel District School Board offers a wide range of educational programs offered from the middle school to the high school level. Turner Fenton Secondary School for example, offers programs to their students such as French Immersion and the International Baccalaureate Program. The IB program is also offered as a IB middle years program (IBMYP) which is known to be a intro to the high school program to prep their students allowing the transition from middle school to high school to university to be as smooth as possible.
Heritage and Culture[edit]
There are several cultural entities in the city under the umbrella of the Brampton Arts Council. These include Visual Arts Brampton, the Brampton Historical Society and the Brampton Symphony Orchestra. Also in the city is the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA, formerly the Peel Heritage Complex), which is run by the Region of Peel.
The Rose Theatre (originally the Brampton Performing Arts Centre), billed as "a cultural and tourist destination that will attract significant new business to surrounding restaurants, shops and services", opened in September 2006. The City says that the facilities are expected to generate $2.7 million in economic activity the first year and grow to $19.8 million by the fifth year. Despite some cynicism, the Rose Theatre attracted over 137,000 patrons in its inaugural year, surpassing its original five-year goal. Since then, numerous new businesses have opened in the vicinity of the theatre and its Garden Square, where a new Fountain Stage was unveiled in June 2008.
Brampton has six libraries to serve its half-million residents. At one library per over 80,000 residents, it is the lowest library ratio among major Canadian cities.
The neutrality of this article is disputed. (February 2012) |
The City of Brampton's long-standing heritage conservation program was recognized with the 2011 Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Community Leadership through the Ontario Heritage Trust. In 2010 the City received an 'honourable mention' under the same provincial awards program.
Sites of interest[edit]
- Gage Park
- Artway Gallery
- Camp Naivelt
- Chinguacousy Park-Greenhouse and gardens
- Mount Chinguacousy
- Claireville Conservation Area
- Flower City Theatre Festival
- Formula Kartways
- Great War Flying Museum
- Heart Lake Conservation Area
- Brampton Historical Society
- Historic Bovaird House
- Korea Veterans' National Wall of Remembrance
- Ontario Field of Honour
- Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives
- Powerade Centre
- Rose Theatre
- South Fletchers Sportsplex
- Wild Water Kingdom
Major shopping areas include Bramalea City Centre, Shoppers World, and "big box centre" Trinity Common Mall. The downtown area has some retail, the Centennial Mall and the Brampton Mall are also of note.
Brampton was one of the first areas Rogers Cable offered its service in. As a result, it started a community access channel in the 1970s, which is still operational today. While some programs on the channel are produced in their Brampton studios, most are headquartered out of their Mississauga location.
The Brampton Guardian is the community's only newspaper after Brampton's original newspaper, The Daily Times, stopped circulation in the early 1980s. For a little over a year, The Brampton Bulletin attempted to challenge the Guardian, but it was dismantled after a series of editor changes.
Brampton is also the official city of license for two radio stations, CIAO and CFNY, although both stations target their programming toward the entire Greater Toronto Area rather than exclusively to Brampton.
Sports and recreation[edit]
Club | League | Sport | Venue | Established | Championships |
Brampton Battalion | OHL | hockey | Powerade Centre | 1998 |
0 |
Brampton Capitals | Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League | hockey | Brampton Memorial Arena | 1984 | 4 |
Bramalea Blues | Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League | hockey | Powerade Centre | 1972 | 1 |
Brampton Excelsiors | Major Series Lacrosse Senior "A" Lacrosse League. | lacrosse | Powerade Centre | 1912 | 30 |
Brampton Thunder | Canadian Women's Hockey League | hockey | Powerade Centre | 1999 | 0 |
Junior Excelsiors | OLA Junior A Lacrosse League | lacrosse | Brampton Memorial Arena | 1971 | 4 |
Brampton Royals | Central Ontario Baseball Association | Baseball | Dave Dash Memorial Field | 1948 | 3 |
Brampton United | Canadian Soccer League | Soccer | Victoria Park | 2002 | 1 |
Brampton Daredevils Cricket Club | EDCL | Cricket | Creditview A | 2010 |
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There are many sporting venues and activities, including the outdoor ice path for skating through Gage Park and the ski lift at Chinguacousy Park. Chinguacousy Park also has as a Curling Club and Tennis Centre. In the summer, amateur softball leagues abound, and crowds line the beaches at Professor's Lake for the annual outdoor shagging display.
Every year since 1967, the Brampton Canadettes have hosted the Brampton Canadettes Easter Tournament.[22] Women's and girls' hockey teams invade Brampton for 3½ days of head-to-head competition. Teams of all ages and categories from across Canada and the United States compete in this annual tournament. Teams from England, Switzerland, Japan, Kazakhstan and Russia attend this international tournament. Thousands of players and spectators pass through the doors during the tournament. There is no limit on the number of teams in a division.
The Intermediate AA and Midget AA divisions are highly scouted by local and United States colleges and universities seeking recruits for varsity teams. Teams from as far as Alaska and Calgary, Quebec and Carolina, Michigan and Minnesota, as well as virtually all hockey centres in Ontario, will compete in a minimum of 3 games each over the course of the tournament. Including championship finals, over 600 games are played in just 3½ days. For the best in hockey tournament competition, Brampton is second-to-none in the world of women's and girls' hockey.
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Grenville & William Davis Courthouse, Ontario Court of Justice, is located in Brampton at 7755 Hurontario Street (Hurontario Street at County Court).
Public transit[edit]
Local transit is provided by Brampton Transit, with connections to other systems such as Mississauga Transit, York Region Transit, Go Transit, and Toronto Transit Commission. Brampton also has a new Bus Rapid Transit system, "Züm" (pronounced Zoom), previously known as AcceleRide along Main St./Hurontario, Steeles Avenue and Queen Streets, which would form the backbone to its bus network. Züm received funding from the provincial government in 2006 to begin implementation of this system. The cash fare is $3.50 for single adult transfer, which is valid for 2 hours.
There is GO Bus service to York University and subway stations at Yorkdale Mall and York Mills in Toronto. There are three GO Train stations in Brampton: Bramalea, Brampton and Mount Pleasant.
Both Canadian National Railways and the Orangeville-Brampton Railway short line (formerly part of the Canadian Pacific Railway line) run through the city, CN's Intermodal Yards are located east of Airport Road between Steeles and the former Highway 7/Queen Street East. The CN Track from Toronto's Union Station, is the Georgetown GO Transit Rail Corridor providing commuter rail and bus services to and from Toronto with rail station stops at Bramalea, Downtown Brampton, and Mount Pleasant. Via Rail connects through Brampton as part of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor.
Canada's busiest airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport (CYYZ), is located near Brampton, in Mississauga.[23] For general aviation the city is served by the privately owned Brampton Airport (CNC3), located to the north of the city in neighbouring Caledon.
Brampton is served by several major transportation routes: Highway 401 from Toronto is a short distance south in Mississauga, and can be reached by Highway 410, which runs north-south through the middle of the city. Highway 407 runs along the southern portion of the city, just north of the boundary with Mississauga. Steeles Avenue, which runs north of the 407, is another thoroughfare from Toronto. The former Highway 7 (now Regional Road 107 in Brampton) is another east-west corridor, (actually two, as it incorporates the eastern part of Queen Street and the western part of Bovaird Drive).
Notable Bramptonians[edit]
Only three Bramptonians have ever received the Order of Canada: Robert William Bradford, C.M., former Director of the National Aviation Museum; Michael F. Clarke, C.M., M.Div., director at Evergreen, the Yonge Street Mission's centre for street youth in Toronto; and William G. Davis, P.C., C.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.D., former Premier of Ontario, who helped with negotiations leading to the repatriation of the Constitution, and in retirement became Canada's Special Envoy on Acid Rain.
- Basketball: Michael Meeks (internationally), Dave Thomas, Tristan Thompson, Anthony Bennett
- Boxing: Troy Amos-Ross
- Curling: Scott Bailey, Peter Corner, Graeme McCarrel, Wayne Middaugh, Allison Pottinger
- Field hockey: Bernadette Bowyer
- Figure skating: Vern Taylor (First person to land a Triple Axel in world compition) , Mark Janoschak
- Football: Michael Bailey (CFL), Fernand Kashama (CFL), Chris Kowalczuk (CFL), Rob Maver (CFL), Jerome Messam (CFL, NFL), Jason Nugent (CFL), Junior Turner (CFL), Steven Turner (CFL), Jamaal Westerman (NFL), James Yurichuk (CFL)[24]
- Golf: David Hearn; Steve Duplantis (caddy)
- Hockey: Luciano Borsato, Cassie Campbell (CWHL), Andrew Cassels, Mike Danton, Mike Dwyer, Todd Elik, Chris Felix, Sheldon Keefe, Derek English, Tom Laidlaw, Andrew Martin (internationally), Kris Newbury, Rick Nash, Tyler Seguin, Jamie Storr, Raffi Torres, Mike Weaver, Mike Wilson
- Horse-racing: Sid C. Attard, Patrick Husbands, Robert P. Tiller, Emma-Jayne Wilson
- Lacrosse: Jim Veltman (NLL)
- Sailing: Kevin Stittle
- Soccer: Gabe Gala (MLS), Atiba Hutchinson (Eredivisie), Nikola Miodrag (CSL), Kevin Omokhua (CSL), Peter Roe (ASL, MISL), Murphy Wiredu, Doniel Henry, David Hoilett, Paul Stalteri, Roger Thompson
- Speed skating: Tyson Heung
- Tennis: Jill Hetherington, Bobby Mahal
- Track and field: Charles Allen, Olympic high-jumper Mark Boswell, Nicholas Pimentel {World Youth}
- Wrestling: Ohenewa Akuffo, Dustin Helwig
- Motorsports: Chase Pelletier (Internationally)
Three Canadian premiers got their start in Brampton; Premiers T.C. Norris and Howard Pawley OC of Manitoba, and "Brampton Billy", Ontario premier William Grenville Davis CC. Other notable politicians include John Coyne, and Conservative opposition leader Gordon Graydon. Alberta politician and businessman Sir James A. Lougheed was born in Brampton, before serving 30 years in Senate, including as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, as was Regina mayor David Lynch Scott.
President of the Treasury Board Tony Clement spent time as a Brampton MPP. John McDermid held various cabinet positions under Brian Mulroney, Bal Gosal is Minister of State-Sport and Linda Jeffrey is currently Ontario Minister of Natural Resources.
Ruby Dhalla represented the riding of Brampton—Springdale in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004-2011 as a member of the Liberal Party. Dhalla and British Columbia Conservative MP Nina Grewal were the first Sikh women to serve in the Canadian House of Commons.
Authors living or born in Brampton include Rohinton Mistry, Christine Cristiano, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, author and knitter,[25] and Edo Van Belkom.
Visual arts notables from Brampton include Curtis Albert Williamson, nicknamed 'The Canadian Rembrandt'[citation needed] and co-founder of the Canadian Art Club (1907),[26] etcher Caroline Helena Armington,[27] Ronald Bloore, Member of the Order of Canada; Organizer and member of the "Regina Five",(1960)[28] watercolourist Jack Reid, and William Ronald, who was raised in town. Conrad Mieschke, Norman Mills Price.
Within animation and cartooning David Feiss, creator of Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel[citation needed], was raised in town, as was Jay Stephens, the cartoonist who created Tutenstein and The Secret Saturdays.
Music acts from Brampton include R&B singers Melanie Fiona and Keshia Chanté, country singer Johnny Reid, "Metal Queen" Lee Aaron, pop singer Alyssa Reid, and rapper D-Pryde. Champion yodeler and country music artist Donn Reynolds established 2 yodeling world records[29] while residing in Brampton from 1969 to 1997.
While she does not live in Brampton, Deepa Mehta's 2008 film Heaven on Earth is set in town.[30]
Film, Television, & Comedy[edit]
Two notable comedians hail from Brampton, Scott Thompson and Russell Peters. Thompson, one of the first openly gay television personalities in Canada, was part of The Kids in the Hall comedy troupe. Peters is an increasingly popular stand-up comedian who was raised in town, and later moved back. After winning a Gemini Award for his Comedy Now! special, he has relocated to Hollywood.
Comedic actor Michael Cera was born and raised in Brampton. He was a regular on the television series Arrested Development, and starred in the movies Superbad and Juno. Cera also starred in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World in which Brampton is mentioned as an in-joke. Shawn Ashmore (X-Men movie series, Terry Fox in Terry) and his twin brother Aaron Ashmore (Smallville) are Brampton-raised. Tyler Labine locally raised actor is currently the star of (Mad Love). Alan Thicke also hailed from Brampton.
Other Brampton-born or affiliated actors include Paulo Costanzo (Joey, Royal Pains), Jordan Gavaris of Unnatural History fame, Gemini Award winner Kris Lemche (Emily of New Moon) and his younger brother Matt Lemche (The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day), Sabrina Grdevich (Traders), Nicole Lyn (Student Bodies, married to Dulé Hill), film director Mark Penney, and David Phillips (Shark City, Green Guys), Gemini Award-winner George R. Robertson (Police Academy).
Of those best known as voice actors, Brenna O'Brien (InuYasha, Zixx: Level Two). On-air media personalities Cassie Campbell, Chris Connor, Chris Cuthbert and Scott McGillivray have connections to the town.
See also[edit]
- Brampton Board of Trade
- Brampton municipal election, 2006
- City of Brampton Arts Person of the Year
- List of airports in the Greater Toronto Area
- List of historic places in Brampton
- "(Code 3521010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ^ Rayburn, Alan (2001). Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-8020-8293-0.
- ^ a b c d Statistics Canada: 2012
- ^ a b "Brampton's Beginning" in Bramptons's 100th Anniversary as an Incorporated Town: 1873–1973, Brampton: The Corporation of the Town of Brampton and the Brampton Centennial Committee, 1973, originally published in Ross Cumming, ed., Historical Atlas of Peel County, n.p.: Walker and Miles, 1877.
- ^ a b c "Discover Brampton's History". City of Brampton. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bost, John (30 December 2007). "Without a trace". Book Review. Retrieved 2010-04-08. "O'Hara tells the story of how the Dale Estate joined with the town to market the town as the "Flower Town of Canada" by instituting in 1963, The Flower Festival of Brampton, patterned after the great Rose Festival parade of Portland Oregon."
- ^ O'Hara, Dale (September 2007). Acres of Glass: The Story of the Dale Estate and How Brampton Became "The Flower Town of Canada". Eastendbooks. ISBN 978-1-896973-39-5. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ a b c "Brampton's FlowerTown Heritage". Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ "Flower City Strategy". City of Brampton. Retrieved 2010-04-08. "On June 24, 2002, Council received and approved the "Flower City Strategy", with the expressed purpose of recapturing of Brampton's Floral heritage."
- ^ "Heritage". City of Brampton. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ "Environmental Responsibility". City of Brampton. Retrieved 2010-04-08. "The City is taking steps to reclaim our "flower town" roots through the Flower City Strategy, a multifaceted approach that strives to beautify Brampton, preserve its natural and cultural heritage and protect the environment. An important part of this strategy is adopting a sustainable environmental approach that combines conservation with urban development and design, naturalization and community landscaping."
- ^ Hewetson Shoe Factory. City of Brampton. http://www.thewellbeing.ca/Clinic_Info.html
- ^ A Walk Through Time. City of Brampton. Circa 2010 http://www.brampton.ca/EN/Arts-Culture-Tourism/digital/Heritage-Walking-Tour-Book/index.html#?page=0
- ^ [1], Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision
- ^ [2], Aboriginal Population Profile from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision
- ^ Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada Highlight Tables, 2006 Census
- ^ "Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada - Data table". 2.statcan.ca. 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ^ 2006 Community Profiles
- ^ "Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision". 2.statcan.ca. 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ^ 2001 Statistics Canada census figures for religion
- ^ "Brampton, CY". Census Profile for the Census Subdivision of Brampton (City), Ontario. Statistics Canada. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ^ "Address." Loblaw Companies Ltd. Retrieved on March 8, 2011. "Loblaw Companies Limited 1 President's Choice Circle Brampton, Ontario, Canada L6Y 5S5"
- ^ http://www.bramptoncanadettes.com/main/tournaments_easter.html[dead link]
- ^ Greater Toronto Airports Authority draft plan for Pickering Airport, Greater Toronto Airports Authority (2003). Retrieved on 2006-12-08.
- ^ Campbell, Mogan (2008-01-03). "Local boy not quite local enough for the CFL". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ^ Posted by Stephanie at February 22, 2006 1:20 PM (2006-02-22). "Yarn Harlot: Don't just stand there. Make coffee". Yarnharlot.ca. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ^ Christine Boyanoski (1944-04-18). "Williamson, Curtis Albert". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ^ "Caroline Armington - Artist, Fine Art, Auction Records, Prices, Biography for Caroline Helena (Wilkinson) Armington". Askart.com. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ^ Clara Hargittay (1925-05-29). "Bloore, Ronald". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ^ Brampton Guardian. "Reynolds,Donn". Our Ontario Newspapers. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
- ^ "Mehta's film resonates with Indian women". The Star (Toronto). 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
External links[edit]
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Local media
- The Brampton Guardian, community newspaper
- The Brampton News, online-only news source
- Rogers Community Cable Brampton, television station
- Javed, Noor. "`For Indians, Brampton is Canada'." Toronto Star. Wednesday December 5, 2007.
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It has not been even a month since my prized purchase and I have noticed painfully slow write speed (approx 130-150KB/sec) and read speed (ranging from 5-10Mb/sec) on eth0 for my TS-412.
The eth0 setting is as follows-
Connection 1000Mbps
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Static IP
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The interesting thing is that with identical setting, and connecting cables when used on eth1 I get read speed of 42-45 Mb/sec and write speed ranging from 35-40Mb/sec.
I have searched through the forum and the closest I have seen related to my issue is inked with HDD being almost full but I have more than half still free for use and eth1 port working at expected transfer speeds.
I have restored the NAS to factory settings re-formatted my HDD but still same issue.
I have also tried this on my Seagate 160GB hdd with identical results.
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The new shepherd of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics picked up his luggage at a Vatican hotel, thanked each member of the staff and even paid his own bill.
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Pope Francis, pontiff for barely 12 hours, brushed off years of tradition and formality with a remarkable break in style that sent a clear message that his papacy is poised to reject many of the trappings enjoyed by now-retired Benedict XVI.
For years, as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Argentine pastor took the bus to work, kissed the feet of Aids patients and prayed with former prostitutes, eschewing the luxurious residence that would have been his due as archbishop of Buenos Aires. But now he is pope - the first from the New World and the first Jesuit - and his style both personal and liturgical is in a global spotlight.
On his first day, he could not have signalled a greater contrast to Benedict, the German academic who was meek and generous in person, but formal and traditional in public.
The differences played out in the Sistine Chapel as Francis, 76, celebrated his first public Mass as pope.
Whereas Benedict read a three-page discourse in Latin, Francis had a far simpler message. Speaking off-the-cuff for 10 minutes in easy Italian, he said all Catholics must "build" the church and "walk" with the faith.
He urged priests to build their churches on solid foundations, warning: "What happens when children build sand castles on the beach? It all comes down. If we don't proclaim Jesus, we become a pitiful NGO (non-governmental organisation), not the bride of the Lord," he said.
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For years, I've glanced up in the north at this time of year and spied the two stars marked on today's chart, Rastaban and Eltanin in the constellation Draco. They're noticeable because they're relatively bright and so near each other. There's always that split-second when I ask myself with some excitement what two stars are those?
It's then that my eyes drift to blue-white Vega nearby . . . and I know, by Vega's nearness, that they are Rastaban and Eltanin in the Dragon's Head.
In other words – because the stars stay fixed relative to each other – Vega is always near these stars. Vega, by the way, lodges at the apex of the Summer Triangle, a famous pattern consisting of three bright stars in three separate constellations, also prominent at this time of year.
Speaking of Rastaban and Eltanin, one of you asked, What are constellations?
The answer is that they're just patterns of stars on the sky's dome. The Greeks and Romans, for example, named them for their gods and goddesses, and also for many sorts of animals. In the 20th century, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) formalized the names and boundaries of the constellations. Now every star in the sky belongs to one or another constellation.
The stars within constellations aren't connected, except in the mind's eye of stargazers. The stars in general lie at vastly different distances from Earth. It's by finding juxtaposed patterns on the sky's dome that you'll come to know the constellations – much as I identify Rastaban and Eltanin at this time of year by looking for the star Vega.
From tropical and subtropical latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere, the stars Rastaban and Eltanin shine quite low in the northern sky (below Vega). In either hemisphere, at all time zones, the Dragon's eyes climb highest up in the sky around 1 a.m. (2 a.m. daylight-saving time) in early June, 11 p.m. (midnight daylight-saving time) in early July and 9 p.m. (10 p.m. daylight-saving time) in early August. But from temperate latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere (southern Australia and New Zealand), the Dragon's eyes never climb above your horizon but you can catch the star Vega way low in your northern sky.
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Although northerly latitudes are at a big disadvantage when it comes to tomorrow's paring of the moon and Mars, people at mid-northern latitudes get to view the Dragon's eyes all night long!
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I like your taste in music, Mul. I may also have to look into finding an LP of Rule of Rose, as Wiki-searching it was rather interesting. So, umm... game music. I listen to many other types of music, but I'm gonna post some game stuff fer now. Spoiler'd with song titles for easier page loading. And, to break up the game music... This may have been posted before, but I'm not going through 15 pages to check: What can I say, I'm a sucker for a well-played shamisen. Also, let it never be said that my music tastes aren't eclectic as all hell.
So, I figure this might be the right thread for this since the people hanging out here probably know something about music. My dad's birthday is coming up and I remembered seeing something about new material of Jimi Hendrix being released. I can't find it anywhere because I'm an idiot and suck at searching things. Is there some new posthumous release or am I imagining things?
Right here on the official site: http://www.jimihendrix.com/us/news/jimi-hendrixs-people-hell-angels-coming-march-5-2013
A friend of mine (and fellow comrade in Speedo's Army) from Kzoo has been working with a new band on a new record for the past few months. Tonight we Ride b/w In Cold Blood (bandcamp link) is the first step towards putting the full length out. It was recorded with Jim Diamond and the influences and overtones should be familiar to anyone posting in either this or (especially) the Metal Thread. I don't much care for pimping other people's records, but Chad's one of the good guys and, moreover, this is a damn fine single. Hope anyone who listens enjoys!
If you were listening to it and it was music, then yes. Also, Caravan Palace is great. For a couple weeks earlier this year I could not get in the car with my three-year-old without him demanding to listen to 'the robot song', by which he meant this:
I've been on a Paul Weller kick for the past week. For some reason I always forget about him, and then I circle back and am amazed (though I shouldn't be, at this point) at what an absolutely terrific album is Wild Wood. And the title track is, to my mind, simply a perfect song. It's one of those "drop everything you're doing and listen" songs, for me, when it pops up on my playlist. That slow burn, that restrained intensity--I could (and have!) listen to it over and over.
Well the reason I couldn't find it is because I was looking for 'new material 2012' and it comes out in 2013 ;_;. Now I have to think of something better...
A white guy doing a didactic issue rap followed by a couple of cloying pseudo-soul hip hop numbers? On paper I HATE this, and yet, and yet, I watched the whole thing and had a smile on my face at the end. http://www.npr.org/event/music/166256822/macklemore-ryan-lewis-tiny-desk-concert?autoplay=true
Fuck yeah, Frank Zappa's whole collection is finally up on Spotify, at least in the US. Think I'll start with Freak Out!
Have you ever had one of those moments when you're doing something, maybe something tedious, and suddenly what pops into your head for no good goddamn reason is, "Holy shitsnacks, _________________ is a fucking awesome song!", and then you go to Itunes and buy that song? "Wichita Lineman," Glen Campbell's classic version, 2008 remix, $1.29 and worth every penny. Few pop songs have had chord progressions more interesting than that one. Jimmy Webb is a genius. God yes, I'm old. This song came out when I was 3.
I can't figure out how to embed videos on here with the new youtube layout? Previously I'd use the share button and take the long link, but that option seems to have disappeared when they changed the Youtube appearance. Now, none of the links I can find work with the BrokenForum video button thingy.
Will I get kicked out if I admit that I've been listening to Taylor Swift's new album a lot? I'm glad I'm old enough that I don't have to pretend to hate pop music anymore.
EDIT: Jesus tapdancing Christ this post requires some kind of exorcism. Using HTML-like syntax and code snippets is NOT going over well with Xenforo. Yeah, it's kind of an issue now that the Long Link checkbox was removed in the Great Beshittening of YouTube. You can get around it in a couple ways. The easiest is probably to copy the URL out of your browser's address field and remove everything after the "watch?v=ADFdf_3759" string. Or, you can copy the shortened URL from the share field and modify it. This is the kind of URL that BrokenForum wants: Code (text): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLdm1yuoU_Q And this is what YouTube's share button gives you now Code (text): http://youtu.be/FLdm1yuoU_Q So you can add the www. and the watch?v= to make the shortened URL into a version that will work on BF's media embedder.
Aha! You may not even have to edit the URL copied out of the address bar. The BF embedder appears to be smart enough clean that up all by itself. Go go BrokenForum!
I, too, finally got around to the new Swans. Holy shit indeed. I've always been more of a fan of the early, punishing Swans than the later incarnation, but this is just.... mesmerizing. Goddamn. It's like the perfect antidote to Christmas.
I was listening to this in the car, and thought Speak With Bread might like it, because she digs Irish ceili music. It's my second-favorite Elvis cover, and it's from my favorite 1980s teen movie (Some Kind of Wonderful).
I just came here to post the Macklemore "Thrift Shop" video and it looks like you almost beat me. This is the catchiest fucking song I've heard in a while.
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PLEASE NOTE: you will not be allowed to initiate a return beyond 30 days from your date of shipping.
Late Returns Items eligible for return must be returned within 30 days from date of shipping. For more information, please see the "Proper Conditions for Return and Credit" section of BJ's Return Policy.
Non-Returnable Items We regret that we are unable to accept perishables, earrings, opened CDs, DVDs, computer software and video games, memory foam pillows, mattresses and toppers, items delivered via "White Glove" delivery methods, and personalized items for return at this time. For more information, please see the "Proper Conditions for Return and Credit" section of BJ's Return Policy.
Damaged Orders If a signature is required, please inspect your package carefully before signing for it. If after accepting the package you determine that there are damaged or defective parts, please contact BJ's Member Care to provide details about the damaged order.
Mis-Shipments If you receive an incorrect product, please review your order information to be certain that there were no errors in the order process. If you then determine that you received an item you did not order, please initiate a return (see "Returning An Item" above for instructions) online and then re-order the correct product. If you have questions or need assistance in this process, please contact BJ's Member Care.
Replacements In the event that your merchandise arrived with parts missing, please contact the supplier directly (supplier contact information will be provided on your packing slip) for replacements. If you are unable to reach the supplier, please contact BJ's Member Care for assistance.
Exchanges We regret that we cannot offer item-for-item exchanges or Club credits at this time. If you have questions or need assistance in this process, please contact BJ's Member Care.
Returning Online Items in-Club We regret that we are unable to accept items purchased online for return in your local Club at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you wish to return an item purchased online, please initiate a return (see "Returning An Item" above for instructions). If you have questions or need assistance in this process, please contact BJ's Member Care.
Return Shipping Costs If you refuse your delivery without inspection, miss your delivery appointment(s) or return a non-defective or undamaged product, you will incur original shipping charges along with actual return shipping fees.
In the event that your returned merchandise was mis-shipped, damaged or defective, BJ's Member Care team will be happy to reimburse you for return shipping costs or arrange to have your return picked up. Please contact BJ's Member Care and we will be able to assist you.


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An American Celebration of Modern Cuisine
Schoolcraft College Culinary Arts
Creative entrees.Artisan breads. House-madecharcuterie. French pastries. All artfullyprepared by students, using classical techniques,at one of the most celebrated Culinary Arts Programsin the country.
Welcome to American Harvest, the jewelof Schoolcraft College and the pride of fourCertified Master Chefs and four Certified ExecutiveChefs. Modern American cuisine prepared by students.Served by students. And loved by everyone.