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House of the Virgin Mary
The house of Virgin Mary is considered to be the last home of Mother Mary. The Christians visit here for pilgrimage and it has been also visited by the last 3 popes. Outside the house, you can find 3 fountains which are believed to provide health, love and wealth. You can also see the wall of wishes. The visitors write their wishes on a piece of...more
Aqua Fantasy Hotel & Aquapark
Ephesus, 35920, Turkey
The ancient city occupies the territory of several square kilometers. You can see the map of the Ancient city and the typical way of excursion (green color) on the picture. This place became known since the 19th century. The history of excavation began in 1859-74 on the Odeon and the theatre. It was carried out by J.T.Wood under the auspices of...more
I must confess that my experience in Izmir was confined to a day spent in a good hotel, about 6 Km from town, and by the beach. I got the idea that the beach was better (less windy) than the one in Cesme, where we spent a week, that's why it was hard to understand why do they need so many and so big pools, and the contrast between people in the...more
Hilton Izmir
Unfortunately I was not impressed with the Hilton hotels in Turkey. Of all the 5 star hotels we...more
Dont take taxi from airport to the...
when you get to Izmir airpot dont take the taxi if you are not in hurry. there is a train service to the center. easy n cheap. Also there is a shuttle service called "HAVAS". You can see busses easily and get on without doubt. it will take you to Efes Hotel(close to Hilton)-karsiyaka.more
Ephesus Museum
The best pieces in Ephesus were removed, and are now displayed in this museum. It's easy and quick to visit, located in a nice area of the city, being included in the packages from the harbour of Kusadasi when coming from Greece.more
Canberra Hotel
Being Australian, the name of this little hotel immediately caught my eye as we had just been to...more
Shoe blacks
I must confess my surprise by the image of shoe blacks in Turkey. This occupation, fading in the west, gets in Turkey an interesting look, by the decoration of their working boxes. Too big to a comfortable transportation, they are, however, a true piece of art. We all were using slippers - bad to business...more
Dalyan traps
Going to Dalyan was a small and pleasant trip from our hotel, and it is the best place to eat seafood. Fresh, tasteful, served with sympathy. But... after all this years travelling I didn't like that the fish was offered us without any reference to the price. There were prices in all menus, but the fish price was... a secret. And it all ended as...more
Radisson Blu Resort & Spa, Cesme
I was there btw 22.April.2010-25.April.2010 for 3 nights. Nice room by pool and see view. Room...more
Cesme is located in Aeolian coast, and that means... wind. It is constant, in the beach, sometimes pleasant some other too strong. Though not strong enough to compromise the bath, water sports must adapt to that reality, and are frequently suspended.more
Aquarius Dive Center
Unfortunately everyone else pulled out of diving because of the cold so i only got to take a picture and meet the guys.more
Alacati Veriahan Boutique Hotel
Yenimecidiye Mahallesi Kemalpasa Caddesi No: 79, Alacati, 35950, Turkey
Satisfaction: Excellent
Good for: Solo
Next to the carpenters shop.
Mediterranean dishes, mainly Turkish.Shame they cut all the trees down in the small square between the restaurant and the carpenters shop (Marangozhane), which i remember being one but still nice to sit and dine there outside.Sorry the page is only in Turkish.more
Bergama Onyx
Hello,This is sad news because for the most part we really enjoyed our 2 weeks in Turkey (October 2013).At the Bergama Onyx factory after many hours debate we purchased 5 items for 2,300 euros (bargained? down from over 5,000).1)The deal was that through a tourist incentive program we would receive a refund on our turkish taxes2) 5 items, plus 2...more
Hotel Iskender
Ataturk Bulvari No 130, Bergama, 35700, Turkey
Satisfaction: Terrible
Good for: Families
Metro Bus to Bergama from Istanbul
Metro Turizm bus travels to Bergama direct from the main Otogar station. The good thing is - Metro bus goes direct to Bergama city centre. It will first pass by the main terminal in Bergama which is about 7 kilometers from the city centre, but the driver or the bus steward will tell you not to get down there because they will proceed to the main...more
Kokorec in the middle
My visit to Karsiyaka was short but the heart of the city is definitely the paved shopping street between the port and rail station. The small railway station looked really as part of the town centre and not as a line carving it up into two - at other towns and other locations rail lines or avenues create this "severance effect" but not there. One...more
It's not a real custom but it's really common in Karsiyaka. In the summertimes, people of Karsiyaka like to walk on seafront and they spend their times by the seaside. In the morning or in the evening it doesnt matter. During their walk people like to eat kagit helva . I know this from my childhood. It's really fun esp for children. actually adults...more
visiting OLOF PALME PARK
This Human Rights Park also known as OLOF PALME PARK. On 28 of February, 1986, the Swedish prime-minister Olof Palme was killed in central Stockholm; the capital of Sweden. this Park dedicated to his name by the city consil of Karsiyaka.more
If you are staying at the turkish Aegean then make a day trip to Izmir. Its a wonderful city, not so hectic like Istanbul with good places for shopping. Of course the Kemeralti bazar is nice for shopping but i also can recommend Karşıyaka. Karşıyaka is located in the northwest of the city center of Izmir, on the north shore of...more
Selcuk/ Sirince
Selçuk is a small town, 75 km away from Izmir. The former name of the place was Ayasoluk. Selçuk is the successor of the ancient settlement of Ephesus. On saturdays there market, where you can buy everything, from food till screws. You also should visit the Isabey mosqueSirince is a small community. The town with its 700 inhabitants is located...more
Ephesos + house virgin mary
Ephesus located in the countryside Ionia, was in ancient times one of the oldest, largest and most important greek cities of Asia Minor and home to the Temple of Artemis (Artemision), one of the seven wonders of the World. In ancient times the city was right on the sea, by sedimentation and climatic and seismic changes, the coastline shifted over...more
* Phokaia Zeytinhome sells a wide range of olive oils and scented olive oil soaps. Tel: 0232-812 32 60* Focantique Hotel, Foca's first and only boutique hotel.. Tel: +90 232-812 43 13. Make sure to try Guler Hanım's orange cookies, cakes and artichoke rice.* Enjoy fish cooked in milk and skewered anglerfish at Kenya&Leylek. Tel: 0232-812 62...more
Bulbul Yuvasi Boutique Hotel
Ataturk mah. 121. sok. No:20, Foca, Turkey
Satisfaction: Excellent
Good for: Business
* Phokaia Zeytinhome sells a wide range of olive oils and scented olive oil soaps. Tel: 0232-812 32 60* We recommend that you stay at the Focantique Hotel, Foca's first and only boutique hotel. Bed and breakfast accommodation in a standard double room is 140 million TL while a room with a private Jacuzzi will set you back 170 million TL. Tel: +90...more
Don't Leave Before Tasting the...
It is one of the oldest restaurants in Tire. It was founded by Haci Baba and today is run by his sons. You can taste all varieties of Tire cuisine here. Tire Meatballs (Tire Köftesi in Turkish:) and the dessert with mulberries (Karadutlu Lor Tatlisi in Turkish).more
Cheese with Jam... Mmmm...
Kaplan Restaurant is in Kaplan Village, 4 km from Tire. It is famous for not only Tire meatballs or the dessert with black mulberry jam but also the local meals they prepare from Aegean herbs. Dessert with black mulberry jammore
The Local Food
Tire is countrywide famous for its meatballs and its special dessert made with mulberries.The meatballs are cooked with butter on sticks and served with tomatoes and pepper or with yoghurt. They are very delicious. When you go to a restaurant in Tire, you can also ask for frozen meatballs. The owners would be happy to sell.The dessert is basically...more
Seferihisar is a coastal district and the center town of the same district in İzmir Province, in Turkey. Seferihisar district area borders on other İzmir districts of Urla to the west and Menderes (Cumaovasi) to the east, and touches İzmir's western-most metropolitan district of Guzelbahce in the north.
Seferihisar town center is situated slightly inland at an altitude of 28 m and the urban area extends towards the sea as composed of eight quarters, with some distance among some, and one of which, the neighborhood called Sigacik stands somewhat separately from the rest at a distance of 5 km, and has its own port and made a name as a tourism resort by its own right. The wide area of the district center partly accounts for the high number of the population and an urbanization rate of only 51 %, and the general impression observed is rather rural in some of its sections.
Both the center town and the district as a whole preserves an overall outlook of a pleasant resort area bearing typical Aegean characteristics and it is estimated the population reaches the level of 150,000 people during the touristic season. Nevertheless, the district's economy is still largely based on agriculture, with the production of tangerines and satsumas standing out, and only increasingly on tourism, with the presence of several housing projects or vacation villages, pensioners opting to settle in the region due to its quiet charm and under the impetus of a university campus that is in phase of being built.
At a distance of 45 km from İzmir center, the connections with the metropolis are made easily, especially once reached the six-lane highway in Urla. Seferihisar is where the ancient city of Teos is located and its highly interesting await further research and discoveries.
Thats a perfect location, especially to be reached just in 30 mins car ride from city, quite and peace, far away from big city hassle, amazing delicious and fresh sea food, fish, squid, shrimps and with much more budgeted prices ...
Strongly recommended .... :)Related to:
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Although the municipality has its own buses, several bus companies also travel from Izmir to Urla. Here is a list of their names and phone numbers:
Ulusoy Turizm: +90 232 369 19 66
Varan Turizm: +90 232 489 19 17
Pamukkale Turizm: +90 232 486 39 06
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Photowalk on Birgi Streets, Odemis, TR
After entering the town, continue upon the main thoroughfare with the river on your left. After more than a km, cross the bridge to the right and take an immediate sharp right into the driveway.The town center has a few choices serving typical Turkish fast food, like pides, soups, and prepared meat and vegetable dishes.Wandering the streets in...more
Cakiraga Mansion, Birgi, Odemis, TR ...
Cakiraga Mansion is built in 19th century Ottoman style by the wealthy "Cakiraga Family".The Mansion is a three storey building w an exterior hall and a double main room.Thought to have been commissioned in 1761 by Serif Ali Aga, the Cakir Aga Mansion was used continuously as a residence until the mid twentieth century. Its restoration was...more
Cakiraga, His Mansion and Two Wives
The mansion was built in 1760s by a wealthy local merchant named Tahir Aga of the Cakir family. There is a waiting room for guests, a kitchen, stable, and flagged hall. The winter living rooms on the second floor contain fireplaces. The walls and ceilings of the rooms on the first and second floors are decorated with woodwork. What is interesting...more
Thermal Springs
There are 8 thermal springs around Dikili and nearby Bergama/Pergamon. This includes the most famous Cleopatra beauty spa where the lady herself is rumoured to have frequented.Some of the springs have accomodations facilites and some do not they are all reported to give different health benefits. Kaynarca Mud bath is also near Dikili and well worth...more
Relaxing and Real
Dikili is off the beaten track and does not have foreign tourists due to the fact it is 2 hours to the nearest airport. This is its most endearing quality as there is not a Burger Kind or McDonalds in site. I came across it as my husbands parents live in the nearby Kozak mountains.It is popular with Turkish people as a holiday destination so you...more
Dikili is a fishing town why not charter a boat from one of the local fisherman and catch the Town's dinner. Alternatively do you fancy a trip to a Greek Island during your stay. Ferries go at regular times from nearby Ayvalik to the island of Mitilinimore
ancient Myrina fterracotta figurines
terrcotta figurines of Myrina were very popular in ancient times. also they are popular in our times. Many museums of the world have various types of Myrina figurines. Largest collection of Myrina figurines in Istanbul Archaeological museumsmore
Ancient kyme goldcraft
A pair of Golden earring made of Kymeian artist and used by kymeian women in the past. Earrrings now in British Musuemmore
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There's a long story behind the run up to today's flight that I'll spare you.
SCORE 85 flew another two hour sortie today with 16X. There should be one more test flight left before it heads off to NAS Pax River later this week.
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Too bad passenger jets don't have large windows like the one this jet sports...
looks like it would be hard to get the airbridge on withou crushing that bulge near the nose!
Great catch, I was hoping it would fly while I was there......but that did not happen.


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Laptoppers slowly realize there's a huge new wifi cafe in town
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
There's a big, new WiFi-friendly cafe in town.
In a city with a less ambivalent relationship with its cafe patrons this would not be news.
In cafe cities, from Paris to Astana, from Sofia to Calcutta, there is an understanding that a significant part of a cafe's natural clientele are lingerers, people who read, talk, meet people, and even use a laptop in a cafe, outsourcing their own living room to the city at large, choosing to live in public, in the city, rather than holed up in private property.
Toronto didn't have cafes by any regular definition of the term until recently. It had coffee shops and doughnut shops. Perhaps as a result, the notion of lingering in public became associated with indigence, which has given cafe owners the idea that it's OK to hustle people along.
Many cafes have done this in various ways over the years, by posting notices with time limits, but offering free WiFi, but only for 30 minutes and, most recently, by covering over electrical outlets to ward off people with electrical devices, telling them they should be in an office, or at home, or anywhere other than in the cafe.
It's an odd way to treat your natural clientele.
But Stone Yu, son of the family that owns two cafe bakeries in Markham and Richmond Hill, figured it might be a good idea to be inviting, rather than censorious. Hence, the new 6,400 square foot Lucullus on Elm Street.
Downstairs, there are Chinese buns and other baked and prepared foods starting at about $1.60. There are a couple of tables up front, and an outlet or two. But it's upstairs that should gladden the hearts of residents-in-public space city-wide.
"The second floor is designed as a space to relax," Yu says. "We have free WiFi and outlets for laptops."
It sounds simple. But a cafe with ample space that does not consider people who would like to spend time there as table hogs is a rarity, making Lucullus on Elm the sort of place Future Bakery was for the pre-laptop era, before it decided not to extend to its 21st-century customers the same courtesy it once did for its analog chess-playing patrons, blocking off their one electric outlet.
Chinese bakeries have not, traditionally, been trendsetters in Toronto, but with pastry geting ever more artisinal and gluten-free, and electrical outlets being boarded up – or not installed – across the city, perhaps they should be.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Stone Yu
Notorious Allan Gardens getting a new playground
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
The Allan Gardens neighbourhood is known for many things, including drugs and an annual leatherman festival, but three years ago, Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam decided to add a little something for another neighbourhood demographic.
"The Allan Gardens playground was not scheduled for capital improvements until 2018, and I believed that was too late," she says.
"Considering the dogs in the park had two elaborate off-leash play areas and children next to nothing, only a meagre swing set and a broken see-saw in a dull sand pit, it didn't seem fair to delay the playground investment any longer. Given the number of children and young families moving into the area, I accelerated the Allan Gardens playground renewal process by seven years. Given what I know now about the technical requirements of space and relocation, if we stayed with the original schedule, I imagine that children in the neighbourhood would not have a new playground until 2021."
The contract went to tender an unusual three times, after the budget for the update was tripled to allow for better fences, among other things. The budget stands at $1,160,400.
Wong-Tam says she has been advocating for family-sized development in the area since taking office, and this is a reaction to and preparation for that.
"This means that any development proposed in Ward 27 will have 10 per cent of their unit mix be family-sized, therefore, either three-bedroom units or two-bedrooms and larger at a minimum of 900 square feet," she says. "Given the proposed unit sizes by developers today, 900 square feet by downtown standards is large."
The playground, which will be about 2.5 times the size of the original, should be completed by September.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Kristyn Wong-Tam
Cookbook Store's gone, so 1 Yorkville better be good
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
The Cookbook Store is gone. After 30 years, and some last-minute noises about possibly moving, Alison Fryer and Co. closed up shop for good this month. In its place, a proposed 58-storey condo. They've not put much effort into the name – One Yorkville – but one hopes the
tower, designed by Roy Vacarelli, makes good the loss.
On the surface, it appears to fit firmly into the Toronto Condo 2.0 school – still a glass tower, but with decorations, in this case, something a publicist calls "3D wallpaper."
The proposed tower would consist of 622 units in the place of the Victorian/Edwardian row houses currently ranging from 838 to 848 Yonge. Unlike 5 St. Joseph a few blocks south, Bazis is not attempting to work its new tower into the existing fabric, preferring to take an out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new approach that has, over the decades, been a standard Toronto approach.
True, the Vicwardians are in no way remarkable, never mind unique, but as more thoughtful developers have shown, there's a value to maintaining familiar streetscapes, to growing rather than razing.
When asked what it was hoping to do differently in this especially condo-crowded section of town, Bazis replied, through its publicist, that they were, "Catering to anyone in the area from students to empty nesters -- those that appreciate the accessibility of the Yorkville area, transit and downtown living." As mission statements go, this is one of the most discouraging heard in years.
The Cookbook Store was a small but valuable part of the city. This large but generically conceived replacement is going to have to do some work to convince anyone it's worth what it's proposing to wipe away.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Vicki Griffiths
There may finally be a future for that sad little lot on Avenue at Webster
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Anyone who's walked up or down Avenue north of Bloor over the last decade or so will have noticed a sad little vacant lot behind frost fencing on the corner of Webster, just north of the Hazelton retirement home.
It looks like it's finally got a future.
Urbancorp has just applied to build a very high-end, 14-storey condo tower there, with just 14, two-bedroom units (meaning everyone gets their own floor).
The design is by
, who are reluctant to comment (often not a great sign, to be frank), on what looks from the preliminary sketches like a sort of skeletonized version of the standard glass tower.
According to a report commissioned by the city from Ted Davidson Consultants, the proposal meets all the neighbourhood's development standards meaning that, barring a local uprising at the upcoming public meetings, this one's a go.
It's not the best use of the space, from an urban point of view, adding just 28 or so people to the neighbourhood. But if any part of town is going to support a floor-by-floor owned condo with gallery space for its retail level, it's this spot, just a hundred or so metres up from the Ferrari dealership.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Oren Tamir
Temporary bridges open at Dufferin
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Last week, drivers got their Dufferin back.
On April 11, the temporary bridges replacing the old and hastily condemned Dufferin Bridge opened to traffic, allowing vehicles to get to and from Lake Shore Blvd. West and Exhibition Place via Dufferin once again.
These modular bridges, erected at a cost of about $3 million, will stand in for the permanent structures over the GO/Metrolinx tracks and the Gardiner, which are not expected to be completed until 2019.
"The permanent work at this site is a complex project," says Frank Clarizio, director fo capital works delivery for the city. "In addition, the elevation of Dufferin Street will be raised to allow for the extra vertical clearance required for the future electrification of the rail corridor. The schedule for the work will also depend on other major Transportation projects planned for the area."
The design of the new bridge is being worked out now, and its construction schedule set. The cost of the permanent work will be about $20 million.
The old bridge was closed to traffic on June 12, 2013, and to
pedestrians on Oct. 9.
The 101-year-old structure was
demolished on Dec. 2
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Frank Calrizio
New Ryerson building shaping up to be a lively addition to Yonge
Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Ryerson's oddly named but Snohetta-designed Student Learning Centre is fast taking shape, with work just completed on the seventh of nine floors. Though calling a campus building a student learning centre is like calling a wing of a hospital the patient care centre, the SLC is obviously going to be among Yonge Street's most aesthetically distinctive façades.
, the Norwegian firm in charge of
re-imagining Times Square
and rebuilding the Alexandria Library, has created a building with a sneering, upturned lip for a corner entrance, and a snowy glass skin that sets it apart from its glass-centred condo neighbours.
When finished in January, the building at 341 Yonge – on the site of the old Sam the Record Man -- will be 155,000 square feet.
"Student facing services such as academic supports - access, math, writing, test centres and English Language and Learning Success Services - will be moving into the SLC from their current locations around the university," says Ryerson public affairs rep Michael Forbes. "The
and library administration will also have a presence in the new building."
When asked about the building's generic name, Forbes said, "Currently, Ryerson students do not have a dedicated space on campus. We've designed this building to create a space specifically for students to study, collaborate and create."
Writer: Bert Archer
Bloor Street Corridor kicks off
Wednesday, April 09, 2014
As of last week, Toronto's got a new attraction. The Bloor Street Cultural Corridor calls attention to a strip that before now didn't have much of an identity.
The corridor runs from Bay to Bathurst, and as corridor director and Royal Conservatory director of marketing Heather Kelly pointed out at L'espresso on Wednesday, it includes a dozen arts and culture spots for Torontonians and tourists to take in.
"This is a new type of collaboration," Councillor Michael Thompson said to the packed house, referring to the collaboration among the dozen to promote the area as a whole.
"I've travelled to 60 cities," said Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, whose ward covers the eastern part of the corridor, "and I know when you visit a city, you don't go for the skyscrapers, for the condos."
From east to west, the BSCC consists of the Japan Foundation, the Gardiner Museum, the ROM, the Bata Shoe Museum, the Royal Conservatory and Koerner Hall, the Istituto Itlaiano di Cultura, the Alliance Française, the Native Canadian Centre, the Miles Nadal Jewishj Communtiy Centre, Trinity-St. Paul's with its Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Toronto Consort, and the Bloor Cinema.
"By working collaboratively and cooperatively," their press release said, "the cultural organizations intend to attract more Torontonians, tourists, and attention to the Bloor Street Culture Corridor. Helping visitors connect the dots, the initiative will increase awareness of how close together and easy to access these arts and entertainment experiences really are. The partnering organizations hope to entice people to stay in the area longer and ultimately include more destinations in their visit."
There are also two hotels in the strip — the Intercontinental and the Holiday Inn — and a couple of dozen restaurants, bars and cafes. It's not necessarily the best restaurant strip, nor the best part of town for cafes, but there is no other part of town with as much of a mix.
In addition to the brochure, which will be made available to various tourism outfits, they've set up a
to bring it all together.
If it achieves nothing else, the initiative reminds us that there's plenty to do and see around Bloor and Spadina.
Writer: Bert Archer
New condo buys coffee for everyone in a 3-block radius
Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Developers are an odd breed. In order to succeed, they need to be able to handle the risk and stress that comes with borrowing and investing 8- and 9-figure sums, and conservative enough to ensure that every project caters to the widest possible audience. They have to be able to deal with the artistic sensibilities of architects, and the labour ethic of tradespeople. It's a rare combination that attracts an odd mix of people, and no two are alike.
Mazyar Mortazavi, however, is
less alike
than most.
, of which he's president and CEO, is always building on the fringes of the mainstream and finding new ways to increase the city's density. Last week,
we wrote about
a new project of his, DUKE, that's expanding the condo core into the Junction. And now, with his latest development
Kingston and Co.
, located at 1100 Kingston Rd, he's buying everyone in the neighbourhood a cup of coffee.
"A key thing for us, going into a new neighbourhood, is that I see it as a guest going to a dinner party," he says. "The people who already live there are the hosts. So we spend a lot of time with our community engagement program. We start talking with the neighbourhood from the beginning of the application process, in addition to the public meetings arranged with the city. Those, to us, are pretty much the end of the process."
Mortazavi says the applications have all been approved, the meetings all conducted, and sales are about to begin, and construction's set to start, with a view to being ready to move in late 2016 or early 2017.
In other words, there's nothing left to get out of the residents, and the average developer might be relieved that this particularly arduous segment of the process is over. But Mortazavi seems to like it, so he's just sent out little thank you cards with coupons for two free cups of coffee at local indie cafes (
Savoury Grounds
) to everyone who lives within a three-block radius of the future mid-rise.
"Our entire platform is based on engaging in conversation," he says. "We recognize that there's a lot of chatter, and has been for a while, around the market, developers who promise one thing and deliver something else. There are people who are worried there's a condo bubble, others that this is just going to be a box going up in their neighbourhoods. These are conversations that are happening, and we want to be a part of that, to encourage it, and to inform people."
And also be the ones buying the coffee over which the neighbourhood continues to klatch.
It's not the first time they've done something like this. When DUKE was in the pre-sales stage, TAS helped launch the Junction flea market. They also hired their designer fro the neighbourhood, and bought their furniture of rate condo from local dealers.
"It's very much looking at the underpinnings of what makes strong communities and seeing who we can work with to strengthen that," he says.
Condominium development is by definition a cut-and-run project. Developers buy land, build buildings, sell them off, and move on. The building stays, but the developer's out of there. Mortazavi, for one, would like the memory of their time together to be a pleasant one.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Mazyar Mortazavi
City offers homeowners low-interest loans for green retrofits
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
It just got easier being green.
As of now, the city is offering $10 million worth of low-interest loans to single-family dwelling owners looking to retrofit their house in certain neighbourhoods around the city, but were previously dissauded by the associated costs of doing so.
"At its meeting of July 2013, Toronto City Council unanimously approved a $20-million pilot energy efficiency pilot program for the residential sector," says Rosalynd Rupert, a communications officer with the city.
"$10 million in funding is to be allocated to the Home Energy Loan Program, geared to single-family houses. HELP is designed to advance funding to consenting property owners interested in undertaking qualifying energy and water improvements with repayment via installments on the property tax bill."
It's a pilot project for the moment, available in Black Creek, Toronto Centre/Rosedale, the Junction/High Park, and South Scarborough.
"The initial pilot neighbourhoods are the same areas where Enbridge Gas is offering the Community Energy Conservation Program, which offers up to $2,000 in rebates and incentives for energy retrofits," Rupert says. "Also, in the pilot neighbourhoods, the city is collaborating with local groups such as SNAP [Black Creek] and Project Neutral [Riverdale-Junction] to jointly promote HELP to local homeowners."
According to Rupert, this is a new approach to funding for Toronto, one the City hopes it will be able to extend across the city and use for other initiatives in the future.
"Using local improvement charges for energy retrofits is new to Ontario and Canada. A similar financing program for hot water heaters is being rolled out in Halifax," Rupert says.
"The origin of this type of financing traces to Berkeley, California, in 2008. Various US jurisdictions have launched... programs that function similarly to HELP. How they work is municipalities/regional governments issue special bonds to raise funds for a municipal loan program that could cover renewable energy, water conservation or energy efficiency measures. The loans, including interest, are recovered via the property tax bill."
Maybe the best part of the whole deal is that there is no credit check to qualify for the loans. As long as you're in the right neighbourhood, and your property taxes are up to date (and you get your mortgage-holder's approval), you're in. Interest rates are 2.5 per cent for five years, up to 4.25 per cent for 15 year terms.
Application forms are available at
the city's website
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Rosalynd Rupert
DUKE seeks to extend the condo core to the Junction
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Housing Alternatives blazed the trail, but with the first market-value condo in the Junction getting all its permits and meeting its sales targets, TAS is extending the condo core to the west end.
"I'm amazed that nothing like this has happened in the area already. The Junction is such an exciting part of the city with a thriving social scene, strong artisanal community with a main street retail selection to match," says the six-storey building's architect Richard Witt of Quadrangle.
"The reaction to Duke at the public meetings was one of the most receptive I've ever participated in – and rightfully so," he continues. "There are a lot of other approaches to development which would not have been as appropriate, but in this case TAS and the project team have really gone out of their way to develop a building which builds on the cultural and social basis of the Junction and adds an additional layer to it – to the benefit of all."
DUKE, a synthetic acronym for its location at Dundas and Keele, will have 96 units ranging from 450 to 1,600 square feet over a floor of ground-level retail.
Witt found
TAS's approach
to building a good match for Quadrangle's, making the brief – the mission a client gives the architect – more collaborative than usual.
"The basic brief wasn't that complicated - a residential building of the scale that Duke has become and one that would be acceptable to the community in terms of scale and articulation. A lot of what might be considered brief wasn't really discussed but was inherently understood in the philosophy of TAS and their selection of architects: great design, environmental consideration, a level of social engagement. As we were going through the process TAS were reflecting on their own brand and many of the considerations of the project became more tangible.
"Ecological aspirations were by nature of the broader team already being applied in terms of good building envelope, consideration of aspect, conformance with the
Tier 1 Toronto Green Standards
- but they became more obvious and articulated with elements like the terrace planters which were already there to satisfy urban design objectives but developed to become venues for urban agriculture," Witt continues.
"We were also doing the interior design with Mason Studio, who were the lead on the sales centre, and TAS's aspirations for neighbourhood engagement and local cultural prosperity became very tangible in that collaboration, building on the enthusiasm TAS had shown to benefit the community already, through things like providing a venue for the flea market on the empty site."
Witt's design is definitely Toronto Condo 2.0, in line with his work on
farther east along Dundas. And its low-rise profile fits with what one hopes is the city's future approach to downtown density. It explores the idea of laneway projects, giving Dundas West "an opportunity to continue the art and craft presence of the Junction's culture while offering a real alternative to internalized units."
Witt thinks developing these semi-commercial spaces featuring laneway living with a vertical separation "should be a mandate of laneway projects moving forward."
He figures DUKE will be ready for occupancy within 18 months.
Writer: Bert Archer]
Source; Richard Witt
John Campbell talks the future of the Waterfront
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
A lot of people will soon be inhabiting the Waterfront, all ultimately gathered in an area that has, traditionally, been more or less unserved by transit, given its largely industrial heritage, making the roll-out of transit options, from mass transit to bicycle access to roads for cars, of paramount importance in the coming years.
On March 25, Waterfront CEO John Campbell and First Gulf CEO David Gerofsky had a conversation about the Waterfront's future and its present city-building initiatives under the moderation of Glen Murray, Ontario's Minister of Infrastructure. The title of the discussion was "Connecting the Dots: Waterfront Roads, Rail and Redevelopment."
Both CEOs have played a role in creating entire neighbourhoods (First Gulf is responsible for redeveloping the former Lever Brothers lands), making them both familiar with the obstacles and opportunities specific to this rarefied form of city-building.
"Developing an entire neighbourhood requires a big vision and a well-thought out fully integrated plan," Campbell told
Yonge Street
after the event. "In order to create a vital and inclusive neigbourhood you need to ensure that there is a complimentary mix of residences, commercial and retail space, and public spaces. Having a well-thought out plan ensures that you avoid having uses that don't fit and need to be fixed or adjusted afterwards. You also have to ensure that you have the necessary infrastructure in place to support the needs of the community – now and in the future.
"Waterfront Toronto's approach has always been strategic revitalization as opposed to simple real estate development. We take an integrated planning and design approach that looks not just at buildings but at all the things that make great cities, such as street networks that link to the rest of the city and scale that fosters a good sense of community, walkability and balancing all modes of transportation. We also emphasize parks and public spaces, and we design in a way that's environmentally and economically sustainable."
Campbell listed public cynicism, limited resources, global competition and complexity as the main challenges behind creating communities from whoe cloth.
Though the benefits are at least as redoubtable. Campbell said that the $1.26 billion that has been invested in the Waterfront is generating $3.2 billion of economic output, $622 million in government revenues, and 16,200 years worth of full-time employment.
Included in this is $2.6 billion of development, which he helpfully spelled out for the audience. Bayside Development is worth $910 million, the PanAm/ParaPan athletes' village $814 million, River City $383 million, Monde condos $276 million, Toronto Community Housing $95 million, and George Brown College's Health Sciences campus $85 million.
In addition to that, Campbell claimed there were 44 recent or planned developments on privately owned land adjacent to Waterfront lands that is capitalizing on Waterfront infrastructure to the tune of $9.6 billion.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: John Campbell
Waterfront holds contest to name main street of new East Bayfront neighbourhood
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
The new Waterfront neighbourhood of Bayside in the East Bayfront is holding a contest to name its main street.
Until March 27, you can go to Waterfront's
Facebook page
or tweet your suggestion with the hashtag #waterfrontstreet and a panel will cull a shortlist from the entries. Then, between April 22 and May 2, you'll be able to vote on the finalists.
"The revitalization of Toronto's waterfront isn't about just one community or one pocket of the city," says Waterfront Toronto spokeswoman Samantha Gileno, "the waterfront really is an asset for everyone. So holding a public
street naming contest
gives us a chance, in a fun way, to have a conversation about street names and get people involved in this part of city planning.
"It's fun to hear the kinds of names that appeal to people. Some have been thinking about the rich history of the waterfront others are playing with water themes."
Though it will be the area's main street,
is going to be a small neighbourhood, so the street in question – more a crescent than a street, really – is only 500 metres long, beginning and ending at Queens Quay East.
According to Gileno, early infrastructure work on the street is now underway, including some excavation of the former industrial site, which housed the Canpar warehouse.
The winning street name will be announced in May.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Samantha Gileno
Ryerson's new architecture gallery seeks to bridge academy and public
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Ryerson's got a new architectural gallery.
Designed by
Gow Hastings Architects
, the small (3,150 square foot) space occupies an old storage area just off the main entrance of Canadian master architect
Ron Thom
's Department of Architectural Science at 325 Church Street.
"The brief was to provide a flexible gallery space to mount a wide range of changing exhibitions," partner Valerie Gow says. "It was to provide a new learning space for the architectural students and simultaneously connect the public and architectural community to the building."
Built for $465,000, work on the Paul H. Cocker Gallery was begun in the summer of 2012. It's most striking features are its three oversized glass pivot doors, and the thin white floor tile that serves to distinguish the space from the rest of the building's lobby, and also doubles as a potential display space.
Gow Hastings specializes in educational spaces, and had renovated studios and offices in the Thom building before this latest commission.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Valerie Gow
Client judo, or the art of influencing condo tower design
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Do all those condo towers look a little bland to you, or is it just me?
I ask some version of this question every time I meet an architect. I can't help myself. Our skyline is being comprehensively remodeled and I'm a little worried that were going from Toronto the Good to Toronto the Glass.
After a recent panel discussion at the Design Exchange, sponsored by an accounting firm that specializes in architects, which convened to discuss how design can be disported for social good, I asked panelist Michael McClelland of
ERA Architects
what he thought, as an architect, about all these ticky-tacky towers as the legacy his generation is leaving the city.
After making it clear that architects play at least as big a role as they ever have in the way a building comes out, he told me they weren't the only ones responsible and that, as a result, "We may have a lot of ordinary buildings being built."
"In the 19-teens or 20s, think of New York when they were building the Chrysler Building, there were very spirited entrepreneurs [saying] 'Let's do the best thing ever.' We now deal with,…" he paused, thinking of how to put it politely. "It's very rare to find those people. We're often dealing with pension funds and boards who are looking for the safest expenditure and the biggest return."
But he says it's the architect's job to do a little of what he calls "client judo," taking the momentum of a developer's (or pension fund's) idea and flipping it into something that might make a good building.
The degree of judo required varies by client. "There are extremely knowledgeable clients out there, and very naïve ones," McClelland says.
The worst of the lot of them, in my very humble opinion, is the wholly inappropriate new Four Seasons, a pile of glass that both lacks distinction and makes a back alleyway out of Bay Street to boot. It was designed by
Peter Clewes
in a style that seems to be running wild across our cityscape.
But according to McClelland, I shouldn't be too hard on the dwarf-starchitect. One of the reasons I think it looks so plain, he says, is that Clewes is one of the originators of a style that's been copied to distraction.
It's happened before.
Eden Smith
, the architect behind Wychwood Park, built a few Arts and Crafts houses on Indian Road for some William Morris-loving clients. They were so successful, that developers started copying them, plopping them down all over High Park.
"Smith and his friends were horrified," says McClelland, one of whose specialties is architectural history. They wanted the houses in pastoral settings redolent of the English countryside, but now they were being wedged in everywhere in distinctly urban style.
"These Arts and Crafts houses, which we now totally love, were taking over and killing their bucolic environments," McClelland says. "You can look at that in every wave of development of every boom period, where there might be some initially very interesting things and, if it's successful, there'll be a whole wash of it. Then critiques of it being 'inappropriate' and 'running wild'."
So, Clewes does something new, other developers and boards like it, and as their architects to do that same. That's where the judo is meant to come in but, as we are seeing, many of our architects seem to be of the white- and yellow-belt variety.
But the boom ain't over yet – in fact, McClelland thinks we may now be in the same boom that began in the 80s, and then just experienced a lull before roaring back to life -- and he is quite chuffed about what
David Pontarini
is doing with more fluid buildings like 1 Bloor East and the Massey Tower.
So, before we get a bunch of mini-Pontarinis, it may be time to break out the black belts.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Michael McClelland
Got a development idea but no money? Hire an architect
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Architects can do more than just design your building. If you get them to believe in your project, they can help you raise the money to get it built.
It turns out that those renderings that architects do, sometimes for free, sometimes on spec, can be powerful tools to get developers, backers and government agencies interested in a project. When Tony Azevedo wanted to build
a seven-storey condo
in his old neighbourhood on Dundas West, for instance, he got
Richard Witt
, then with
, to do up an attractive rendering package, and it was on the strength of that package that Azevedo was able to make enough in pre-sales to actually start digging.
They can be even more powerful when the project is not-for-profit.
Eva's Initiatives
, which provides housing and training for underhoused and homeless youth, are on Ordinance Street," says Janna Levitt of
LGA Architectural Partners
, who spoke with
Yonge Street
after speaking on a recent panel about design and social change. "They're getting kicked out because of condos. They got a new location [city councillor]
Adam Vaughan
helped them find, and we' re working with them to develop packages to go out and get funding."
It's a skill some firms, such as LGA, have developed over time as they realized the power of the rendering to make a project seem more real to potential clients.
"I would say that at this point we have the expertise," Levitt says. "It became one of the things that we realized we were doing quite often. In our case, it was because the people we were doing it for were really forward-thinking people who had ideas about the way a certain program should run and didn't understand it would cost additional money to do that, or who were just going out on a limb."
Levitt sees it as a way for architects to be "agents of change."
"You can, through your work, effect change on a whole lot of levels with every building," Levitt says, "and that's very exciting."
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Janna Levitt
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One Star Service, Four Star Price
Hotel looked decent from their website and seemed to be a good deal; however, we found this not to be the case. The staff was extremely rude and unhelpful (it took 1 � days to receive an iron. When we finally did, the cleaning staff harassed us for it back and then the slammed door on our face when we remarked that we hadn't had a chance to use it yet). The front desk staff failed to supply us with straight-forward answers concerning the phone rates (the end result: a 125 pound phone bill.)
Even the hotel's telephone switch board was rude when I inquired about how to use their telephone services. We also requested a non-smoking room prior to our arrival and had to settle for a smoking room. The hotel is not located in a convenient location to the downtown area (cab fare to downtown averaged 21 pounds-as about the same fare from the London train station to this hotel.) To be fair, one could take the Victoria which isn't far from the hotel; this however does not run after hours and is a hassle to use if you carry heavy bags or suitcases. Concerning the overall review of this hotel, we would not recommend staying here unless you were on a business leave, even then you shouldn't expect four-star service.
Absolutely Brilliant
This hotel is excellent. I stayed there for my 21st birthday and although they were very busy as it was christmas time they made my stay very special. My friends emailled them beforehand to tell them it was a special celebration and they really pulled out all the stops. It was so good that I'm now taking my boyfriend there for his 21st and I know we will love it.
Also you can get fantastic deals from the Britannia Website. It's a waste to go anywhere else!
The location is great and so are the views!
Recommended for anyone!
Fab Hotel in a Fab location!
We got this hotel for a bargain price so this may be why I was so impressed with it. When we arrived we were imeadiately upgraded to a jacuzzi suite ( not sure why!). The room had it's own spiral staircase, was very spacious with leather sofas a nice big comfortable bed. We had a nice balcony with lovely views down the Thames. We stayed at the hotel on the hottest day on British record so the air con was a godsend and the jacuzzi a real luxury after sightseeing up and down London all day in the blistering heat! The breakfasts were fantastic lots of fresh fruit and plenty for those who want a big fry up! We did eat in the Pizzaria on two occasions as it was very cheap ( for London) and open til late. The location in the docklands is great and there are plenty of nice quite bars and pubs for the evenings if you don't fancy trying to wrestle your way into the centre of London. A friend of mine paid �40 on a late deal for the jacuzzi suite. A absolute bargain - you're not going to get this standard for this price anywhere else in London.
Perhaps the best Britannia hotel
If you check this site you will discover that Britannia hotels are infamous for providing tired/sometimes dirty facilities and apathetic/sometimes dirty staff in landmark buildings in fabulously convenient city centre locations. Well this Britannia hotel proves to be the exception to the rule. It is modern, clean, 'up-market' and staff by enthusiast people but is located in the sterile wastelands of London's Docklands district. That said, the weekeend rates are a real bargain.
Not charming, but O.K. if you can get a bargain
The Britannia International Hotel has the feelingof a hotel that has seen better days, but is trying bravely to live up to some higher standards only now on a tight budget. The building is an ugly, cement 1970's type structure that I'm sure passed for contemporary when it was made. It looks a bit dowdy now. Inside, it tries to look very classy and traditional--at least as classy and traditional as you can look on its seemingly tight budget.
I'm sure it was once a true 4 star property when new, but it is really more of a 3 star now. Some of the former restaurant facilities now seem closed. There is no shop in the lobby to buy necessities. There is, however, a room with 2 computers in the lobby with free internet access.
The service and rooms are really up and down. The first room we got was quite run down (the bathroom door did not close, the wallpaper was tattered, the furniture battered). The second room we were given was much more cheery. Also, the breakfast on the first couple of days was excellent--fresh fruit, excellent hot choices. By the weekend, the fresh fruit was no longer offered, and the hot choices no longer so carefully prepared.
Also, the service at the desk varied by the person. One experience could be quite pleasant, the next disinterested.
Our stay was definitely tarnished by a Friday night dance party hosted in the ballroom underneath our room. Really loud, thumping music until 4 AM! When we called down at 2:30 AM to complain, the person at the desk told us that everyone was complaining, and that the hotel had decided to host this party, and that there was nothing that they could do and then hung up the phone on us! The next morning at breakfast everyone looked very tired, and it all everyone was talking about was how they could get no sleep, even the folks on the higher floors. Make sure you inquire whether one of these is going to go on during your stay, as it seemed that these parties were regular events staged throughout England.
The location is O.K. It is easy to get to central London on the new Jubilee line, with only about a 7 minute walk to the station. The neighborhood, though interesting, is definitely not what you think of as traditional London. If you are looking for quaint charm, this is not your place.
All tolled, this is not a bad choice if you can get a real bargain. I would not go out of my way, though, if I had to pay anything near the rack rate.
I love the Docklands
We had a party of 5 stay here in June 2003 for 4 nights. I loved the area even though it is still largely under construction. The hotel is one of the older building in the area, but not so old that the rooms were small. Most the buildings in the area are either new or still under construction. There is a huge mall on the first 2 stories of the new Canada One buildings to the right of the Canary Warf tube station.
Also there are cafes and bars along the outdoors court that really got rocking on the weekends. This is really going to be a bueatiful area when all the construction is done. It is a tube ride away from all the main attractions. But the tube station is only about a 2 minute walk from the hotel across the bridges over the canals. I would definately stay here again.
Lovely stay!
We stayed here on a few weeks ago and had a lovely stay. We searched on the internet and managed to get the jacuzzi room at £69 instead of £240!The jacuzzi was more of a spa bath which wasnt brilliant, but the room was very clean, had a lovely view and the service was excellent. The staff were helpful and the meal was nice.Room service was quite cheap and arrived reasonably quickly.We would defiantely stay there again but not bother paying extra for the jacuzzi room.
Good Service
I took my partner her as part of his birthday present. On arrival the hotel does look nice although the area was a bit boring. I was very disapointed with my room on arrival the wallpaper was pealing and the furniture was worn and shabby not at all how it was described. However I did make a complaint and the staff could not have been more helpful, we were given a new room which was outstanding and the staff were on hand at all times. They were brillant, but if we had not moved rooms I would have been very annoyed.
Good space, but getting a little worn
My husband and I stayed for 4 nights in late August 2003. We were recommended the hotel as part of a wedding booking. The hotel looks good from the glossy pictures, but sadly is getting a little threadbare. There is no "cosy" feeling in the lobby, dining hall, or guest rooms. On the good side, the guest room was unusually large for a London hotel, with a nice large wardrobe (but very few clothes hangers!). The lighting around the dressing area was very poor, and the lighting in the bathroom was terrible. Like so many hotels, taking a shower over the bath results in flooding the entire bathroom. Furniture was fairly tasteless mass produced reproduction but fully functional.
There is very little in the nearby area, so we relied on the tube and DLR to get around. Despite all these seemingly negative comments, we booked the room on a last minute rate of GBP 49 per night (cancelled our original full-price booking and rebooked with new rates), and we were very satisfied with what we got for the price. This is London after all. As someone who normally travels with business I expect a better standard, but would also expect to pay 3 times the price. But for a private short trip at the cheap rate, this was good enough.
Totally relaxing
Me and the missus totally enojoyed the 2 nights room only stay at the britannia in the Docklands. The hotel is very nice and clean and the room we received was over looking the thames and straight over to the canary Wharf and HSBC buildings. Public transport is great, however you porbably will not need it as you have 2 main underground shopping centres/restaurants/cinemas only minutes away next to the canry wharf.
We did eat at the hotel, therefore I can not comment of the quality of the food, but the dinning area looked fantastic.
Shop around for deals as we saved over 100 pounds by looking on the net.
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The owners should have their religious views protected even though they run a store that makes a profit, said Kyle Duncan, who argued before the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the Green family, founders of Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and a sister company, Christian booksellers Mardel Inc.
The stores are a "profit-making company, yes, but also a ministry," Duncan argued.
A lawyer for the U.S. Department of Justice noted for-profit businesses aren't covered by an exemption added to the law for religious organizations. Alisa Klein said allowing Hobby Lobby to avoid covering contraceptive devices it doesn't like is in effect imposing its religious beliefs on employees.
"If you make an exemption for the employer, it comes at the expense of the employee," said Klein, who argued the government's case in a similar contraceptives mandate appeal heard in a federal appeals court in Chicago.
More than two dozen other businesses in multiple states are challenging the contraception mandate. Hobby Lobby is the most prominent company making the claim.
The 10th Circuit in Denver opted to hear the case before eight active judges, not the typical three-judge panel, indicating the case's importance.
Hobby Lobby, which is self-insured, will face fines by July 1 if it does not provide the coverage, Duncan said.
Hobby Lobby calls itself a "biblically founded business" and is closed on Sundays. Founded in 1972, the company now operates more than 500 stores in 41 states and employs more than 13,000 full-time employees who are eligible for health insurance.
The Hobby Lobby case has attracted broad interest from health and religious groups. A panel including reproductive rights organizations and the American Public Health Association banded together last year to ask the court to reject Hobby Lobby's claim. The groups argued it would be dangerous precedent to allow for-profit private businesses to use religious beliefs to deny coverage.
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|Team: Player goal (assisted by) minute
|KAN: Diop (1) 16th minute..
|KAN: Diop (2) 27th minute..
|NER: Mansally (3) 37th minute..
|KAN: Kamara (8) 65th minute..
|KAN: Jewsbury (2) 69th minute..
|Team -- Player (foul type) minute
|NER -- Joseph (yellow) 44th minute.NER -- Nyassi (yellow) 74th minute.
|Player (substitute minute)
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|Shuttleworth, Sinovic, Linck, Griffiths.
|Player (substitute minute)
|Nielsen, Thomas, Harrington, Espinoza, Conrad,Rocastle (Zusi 78), Auvray, Arnaud, Smith (Myers 85), Kamara, Diop (Jewsbury66).
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I didn't grow until two years after high school. Almost overnight I blossomed into 5'11 and 180 pounds. At graduation I was a puny 5'7, 130.
Not only that. I was what they used to call "a brain." I got straight A's.
I played no varsity sports.
I came from a family without much money … five kids, blue collar dad, stay-at-home mom.
And when I was in 9th grade I was what my grandmother called "chubby."
Oh, and I almost forgot my overbite.
So, I began high school as a short, fat, smart kid with big front teeth, and except for losing my "baby fat" didn't progress much over the next four years.
If ever there were a kid ripe for bullying it was I.
But nothing of the sort ever happened.
I wasn't a big guy like my classmates who played football. I wasn't a tall, good looking guy attracting the girls. And I wasn't even an average guy who could just blend in. The "brains" part saw to that.
But I never once felt odd, or weird, or without friends, or even different. Just the opposite, in fact.
The reason, I think, is because in those days no matter what our differences, we kids were the same, the same where it mattered: inside. And that was because we came from the same place: a family where values were important and right and wrong were, well, right and wrong. Schools did not need a "zero tolerance policy" on those things back then. Our parents already had one.
The point is our sameness trumped our differences. And while kids may have been picked on, it was soon forgotten and never came close to approaching the bullying we hear so much about today, and heard so much about last week.
Whether or not bullying had any direct influence on the actions of the four students who took their own lives, bullying among young people is real … and rampant.
I discussed this with students at the community college last week and all confirmed being or at least witnessing bullying. One young woman said she moved to this area in her junior year and found the local students "positively mean." Another said she was bullied by a school principal almost every day about the way she dressed.
All confirmed that social media had the power to take the bullying to another, intolerable, level. "It's a lot easier to write that stuff than to say it to someone's face," one student said.
Another made an observation that caused me to recall myself at that age, as described above, and also to think this might be something to work on. "Today," he said, "the disenfranchised student has no advocate."
By disenfranchised, he meant any student perceived as different.
Maybe that's a place to begin, then: to identify the disenfranchised and make sure they have support.
And while there's a lot of talk right now about schools having bullying policies and enforcing them, the solution is not going to come from the top down. It has to come from the bottom up, specifically from the students themselves.
Students reaching out to students is what is going to make this better. It's the only thing that can.
A priest told me several years ago about being transferred to a parish where he quickly noticed almost no one knew each other or even seemed to care about each another. So he did something about it. Before mass one Sunday morning, he told the gathering he would not begin the service until every person in the church got up from their seats and hugged a perfect stranger.
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Now, I'm not suggesting the day in public schools begin with "Holy Commotion," although it's not a bad idea, but is it too much to ask students to make it a practice to every day introduce yourselves to a classmate you do not know? And maybe even talk to each other for five minutes or so?
And, like the priest, not back down no matter how weird it feels in the beginning?
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Has anyone found a way to remove the gold writing on blue Saratoga water bottles? It seems like I've tried everything.
No...I gave up on that...just left it ...it wasn't a Saratoga but gold writing on some other blue bottle.
So I went to the source and here is their reply.
So I went to the source and here is their reply.
Dear Mr. Murray,
Thank you for contacting us, the printing on the glass is ACL (applied ceramic label), it is baked on and hardened and we have never had luck trying multiple techniques for removal. The only way we have ever been able to come close is by buffing it off but obviously that leaves the glass scratched as well. Sorry.
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I'm new to WPF but I need to implement following functionality:
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I want to provide a button that will allow to separate
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It would be nice if the new window had a same menu as the original window without me having to copy-paste (that not a good coding practise) all its code to the new window.
Thanks for answers