showrecentpostswiththumbs({"version":"1.0","encoding":"UTF-8","feed":{"xmlns":"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom","xmlns$openSearch":"http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/","xmlns$georss":"http://www.georss.org/georss","id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-16T23:43:15.127-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Intrepid"},"subtitle":{"type":"html","$t":"The Intrepid is a daily web magazine. Founded in 2008, the site serves to provide unique analysis on a wide range of subjects including politics, entertainment, and technology."},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default?alt\u003djson-in-script\u0026orderby\u003dpublished"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default?alt\u003djson-in-script\u0026start-index\u003d26\u0026max-results\u003d25\u0026orderby\u003dpublished"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"362"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"25"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-5797203956365159922"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-16T16:34:00.005-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-16T20:57:47.770-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health and Style"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"New Generation Sushi"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Food"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The New New Gen Sushi"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SylUOryxJyI/AAAAAAAABmc/0p8KI9-a0HI/s1600-h/New-Generation-Sushi-Renovations.jpg\" title\u003d\"New Generation Sushi Renovations\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SylUOryxJyI/AAAAAAAABmc/0p8KI9-a0HI/s800/New-Generation-Sushi-Renovations.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"New Generation Sushi Renovations\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415952638140294946\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWow, it looks almost exactly like the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitkatneko/956385200/\"\u003eold New Gen\u003c/a\u003e.  I guess they didn't really \u003ca href\u003d\"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-generation-sushis-renovations.html\"\u003ealter the sushi bar\u003c/a\u003e after all.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto by Stephen. M.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-5797203956365159922?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/5797203956365159922/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d5797203956365159922\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/5797203956365159922"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/5797203956365159922"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-new-gen-sushi.html","title":"The New New Gen Sushi"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SylUOryxJyI/AAAAAAAABmc/0p8KI9-a0HI/s72-c/New-Generation-Sushi-Renovations.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-3189772025618266728"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-16T13:07:00.006-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-16T15:51:13.130-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"TVO"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Torontoist"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Search Engine"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Podcasts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Jesse Brown"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Torontoist's Heroes of 2009 is Up!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://torontoist.com/2009/12/heroes_and_villains_2009_heroes.php?gallery0Pic\u003d4#gallery\" title\u003d\"Jesse Brown Search Engine TVO\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Syki116qtvI/AAAAAAAABmU/D1uC0dNxOhc/s800/Jesse+Brown+Search+Engine.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"Jesse Brown Search Engine TVO\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415898335291291378\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn illustration of Jesse Brown.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTorontoist just published it's \u003ca href\u003d\"http://torontoist.com/2009/12/heroes_and_villains_2009_heroes.php\"\u003eheroes list\u003c/a\u003e as part of its annual roundup of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.torontoist.com/tags/heroesandvillains2009\"\u003eToronto's heroes and villains\u003c/a\u003e.  There are twenty-four entries in total, including my article on \u003ca href\u003d\"http://torontoist.com/2009/12/heroes_and_villains_2009_heroes.php?gallery0Pic\u003d4#gallery\"\u003eJesse Brown\u003c/a\u003e (the host of TVO's \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/searchengine/index.cfm?page_id\u003d613\u0026blog_id\u003d485\u0026action\u003dblog\"\u003eSearch Engine\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNext week, readers will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite heroes and villains in a round-robin, royal-rumble-extraordinaire. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTomorrow: the villains!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eIllustration by Sasha Plotnikova.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-3189772025618266728?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/3189772025618266728/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d3189772025618266728\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/3189772025618266728"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/3189772025618266728"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/torontoists-heroes-of-2009-is-up.html","title":"Torontoist's Heroes of 2009 is Up!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Syki116qtvI/AAAAAAAABmU/D1uC0dNxOhc/s72-c/Jesse+Brown+Search+Engine.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-1969275384011965623"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-15T18:14:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-15T18:19:06.905-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sports"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Olympics 2010"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"2010 Olympic Torch Relay Route"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/olympic-torch-relay/olympic-torch-relay-interactive-map/\" title\u003d\"2010 Olympic Torch Relay Map Canada\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SygYtZwbizI/AAAAAAAABmM/-d2ejEG-ADc/s800/2010-Olympic-Torch-Relay-Map-Canada.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"2010 Olympic Torch Relay Map Canada\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415605720200219442\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt looks like a three-year-old planned the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/olympic-torch-relay/olympic-torch-relay-interactive-map/\"\u003eOlympic Torch's trek across Canada\u003c/a\u003e.  Or maybe the organizers took a few too many hits of the spliff shaped torch.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/olympic-torch-relay/olympic-torch-relay-interactive-map/\"\u003e2010 Olympic Torch Relay map\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-1969275384011965623?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/1969275384011965623/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d1969275384011965623\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/1969275384011965623"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/1969275384011965623"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/2010-olympic-torch-relay-route.html","title":"2010 Olympic Torch Relay Route"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SygYtZwbizI/AAAAAAAABmM/-d2ejEG-ADc/s72-c/2010-Olympic-Torch-Relay-Map-Canada.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-8388153681318555511"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-15T00:54:00.008-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-15T18:19:57.400-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sports"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Olympics 2010"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Olympic Torch Relay's Route Around Toronto"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/olympic-torch-relay/olympic-torch-relay-interactive-map/\" title\u003d\"Map Olympic Torch Relay Toronto\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyckxEXNaTI/AAAAAAAABls/03diz9cMDeE/s800/Map-Olympic-Torch-Relay-Toronto.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Map Olympic Torch Relay Toronto\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415337502339590450\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhat a strange and illogical route.  And how come Montreal gets so many more stops than we do?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Olympic Torch will enter Toronto on December 17, 2009.\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHere's the schedule from the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.toronto.ca/mie/olympictorchrelay/index.htm\"\u003eCity of Toronto's website\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDecember 17, 2009\u003c/strong\u003e: Torch enters Toronto at Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue at 1:52 p.m. and arrives at City Hall at 7:00 p.m.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDecember 18, 2009\u003c/strong\u003e: The relay starts at Queen's Park at 6:00 a.m. and snakes its way through downtown Toronto until it reaches the DVP at 8:48 a.m.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDecember 19, 2009\u003c/strong\u003e: The torch starts at the Etobicoke Olympium at 10:19 a.m. and continues into Mississauga at 10:37 a.m.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHere are two maps from the City of Toronto's website outlining the torch's route.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyfAsQASrgI/AAAAAAAABl8/7nAMwwDk_Qo/s1600-h/2010-Toronto-Olympic-Torch-Relay-Route-Map-large2.jpg\" title\u003d\"2010 Toronto Olympic Torch Relay Route Map\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyfAsrcjiQI/AAAAAAAABmE/ncAfqcnbrJw/s800/2010-Toronto-Olympic-Torch-Relay-Route-Map-small2.jpg\" alt\u003d\"2010 Toronto Olympic Torch Relay Route Map\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415508950745581826\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eClick to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyfAsQASrgI/AAAAAAAABl8/7nAMwwDk_Qo/s1600-h/2010-Toronto-Olympic-Torch-Relay-Route-Map-large2.jpg\"\u003eenlarge\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyfAr4xLZRI/AAAAAAAABl0/hawatgVHm44/s1600-h/2010-Toronto-Olympic-Torch-Relay-Route-Map1.jpg\" title\u003d\"2010 Toronto Olympic Torch Relay Route Map\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyfAr4xLZRI/AAAAAAAABl0/hawatgVHm44/s800/2010-Toronto-Olympic-Torch-Relay-Route-Map1.jpg\" alt\u003d\"2010 Toronto Olympic Torch Relay Route Map\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415508937141871890\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/olympic-torch-relay/olympic-torch-relay-interactive-map/\"\u003e2010 Olympic Torch interactive relay map\u003c/a\u003e and the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.toronto.ca/mie/olympictorchrelay/index.htm\"\u003eCity of Toronto\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-8388153681318555511?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/8388153681318555511/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d8388153681318555511\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/8388153681318555511"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/8388153681318555511"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/olympic-torch-relays-route-around.html","title":"The Olympic Torch Relay's Route Around Toronto"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyckxEXNaTI/AAAAAAAABls/03diz9cMDeE/s72-c/Map-Olympic-Torch-Relay-Toronto.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-84606322504115259"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-14T22:15:00.004-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-15T00:40:44.422-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health Care Reform"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U.S. Politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Joe Lieberman"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Fuck You Joe Lieberman"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/midnightquill/2823352593/\" title\u003d\"Fuck You Joe Lieberman\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sycgdqk9-II/AAAAAAAABlk/jWsrvbndjJk/s800/Fuck-Joe-Lieberman.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"Fuck You Joe Lieberman\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415332770953951362\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlthough they can't say it in public, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30572.html\"\u003eI'm sure that's what most of the Democratic Party is whispering tonight\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis was the man they chose as their Vice Presidential candidate in 2000.  Who then turned on them to support George W. Bush's reelection in 2004 and McCain's Presidential candidacy in 2008.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFor most of his legislative career, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/health/policy/15lieberman.html?_r\u003d1\u0026hp\"\u003eLieberman has supported health care reform and expanding Medicare\u003c/a\u003e.  But there are bigger things at stake here than the well-being of an entire nation.  Lieberman was slighted by the liberal side of Democratic Party in 2006, when he lost the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_primary,_Connecticut_United_States_Senate_election,_2006\"\u003eDemocratic primary in Connecticut to Ned Lamont\u003c/a\u003e, and now they have to pay.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOf course, there's always the possibility that Lieberman's change of heart has something to do with that sweet sweet Connecticut health insurance lobby money \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/health/policy/15lieberman.html?_r\u003d1\u0026hp\"\u003ehe's grown accustomed to\u003c/a\u003e.  Or maybe he's planning to run as Republican in 2012.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFrankly, I'm surprised that Wikipedia hasn't had to lock \u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lieberman\"\u003eLieberman's profile\u003c/a\u003e to keep out angry democratic vandals.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/midnightquill/2823352593/\"\u003eDaniella Zalcman\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-84606322504115259?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/84606322504115259/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d84606322504115259\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/84606322504115259"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/84606322504115259"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/fuck-you-joe-lieberman.html","title":"Fuck You Joe Lieberman"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sycgdqk9-II/AAAAAAAABlk/jWsrvbndjJk/s72-c/Fuck-Joe-Lieberman.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-8788145399268294716"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-12T20:22:00.009-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-12T20:50:25.633-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Andrew Sullivan"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Charts"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How We Consume Information"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyRFMU1FlGI/AAAAAAAABlc/5-pas-sT6PM/s1600-h/Hourly+Information+Consumption.jpg\" title\u003d\"Hourly Information Consumption\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyRFMU1FlGI/AAAAAAAABlc/5-pas-sT6PM/s800/Hourly+Information+Consumption.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"Hourly Information Consumption\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414528730058298466\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyRCa7BMYgI/AAAAAAAABlU/1SiyOFZcrHA/s1600-h/Evolution+of+Reading.png\" title\u003d\"The Evolution of Reading\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyRCa7BMYgI/AAAAAAAABlU/1SiyOFZcrHA/s800/Evolution+of+Reading.png\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"The Evolution of Reading\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414525682292908546\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://hmi.ucsd.edu/howmuchinfo.php\"\u003eHMI\u003c/a\u003e has an interesting report [\u003ca href\u003d\"http://hmi.ucsd.edu/pdf/HMI_2009_ConsumerReport_Dec9_2009.pdf\"\u003ePDF\u003c/a\u003e] out this week on how we consume information and how our sources of information have changed.  Clearly, the big losers here are print and radio,  and the big winners are computers and phones.  Though I'm surprised that television and radio are still such dominate sources of information.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eImage by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://hmi.ucsd.edu/howmuchinfo.php\"\u003eHMI\u003c/a\u003e.  Via \u003ca href\u003d\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/12/chart-of-the-day-2.html\"\u003eAndrew Sullivan's Daily Dish\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href\u003d\"http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/12/09/information-consumption-charts-of-the-day/?utm_source\u003dfeedburner\u0026utm_medium\u003dfeed\u0026utm_campaign\u003dFeed%3A+felix-all+%28Felix+Salmon+-+All%29\u0026utm_content\u003dGoogle+Reader\"\u003eReuters\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-8788145399268294716?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/8788145399268294716/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d8788145399268294716\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/8788145399268294716"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/8788145399268294716"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-we-consume-information.html","title":"How We Consume Information"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyRFMU1FlGI/AAAAAAAABlc/5-pas-sT6PM/s72-c/Hourly+Information+Consumption.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-8819802129141234832"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-10T03:33:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-11T17:46:10.669-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Andrew Sullivan"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Barack Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Economics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U.S. Politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Recession"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Obama's Unemployment Problem"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cobject width\u003d\"640\" height\u003d\"400\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/RrP9qJmjIsA\u0026hl\u003den_US\u0026fs\u003d1\u0026\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/RrP9qJmjIsA\u0026hl\u003den_US\u0026fs\u003d1\u0026\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"640\" height\u003d\"400\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe animation above was created by labour writer \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html\"\u003eLaToya Egwuekwe\u003c/a\u003e, using the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau's statistics.  As of October 2009 (the most up-to-date statistics) more than thirty-one million Americans are unemployed.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlthough health care and Afghanistan are vexing issues, Obama's biggest problem—at least for the upcoming mid-term elections—is unemployment.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eObama knows this, which is why on Tuesday, in a speech at the Brookings Institution, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/politics/09jobs.html?_r\u003d1\u0026hp\"\u003ehe proposed a series of job growth initiatives aimed at encouraging hiring\u003c/a\u003e, including tax cuts for small businesses, opening up new lines of credit, using some of the leftover TARP to help small businesses, and infrastructure and clean energy projects.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Small business, infrastructure, clean energy: these are areas in which we can put Americans to work while putting our nation on a sturdier economic footing,\" \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/politics/09jobs.html?_r\u003d1\u0026hp\"\u003eObama explained\u003c/a\u003e. \"These have been a tough two years, and there will no doubt be difficult months ahead. But the storms of the past are receding. The skies are brightening.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eObama has a tough road ahead.  Although the economy is showing signs of improvement (\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.slate.com/id/2237644/\"\u003elast month companies only shed 11,000 payroll jobs\u003c/a\u003e), a full recovery is still a long way off.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMost official reports peg unemployment in the U.S. somewhere at 10%, but the real figure—when you take into account the people who have stopped searching for work and the underemployed—is probably \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/business/economy/07econ.html?_r\u003d1\u0026hp\"\u003earound 18%\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNow there's just one question: with America's manufacturing sector practically annihilated and middle-class white collar jobs almost extinct, where are these new jobs going to come from?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eVideo by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html\"\u003eLaToya Egwuekwe\u003c/a\u003e (via \u003ca href\u003d\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/12/visualizing-unemployment.html\"\u003eAndrew Sullivan's Daily Dish\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-8819802129141234832?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/8819802129141234832/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d8819802129141234832\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/8819802129141234832"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/8819802129141234832"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/obamas-unemployment-problem.html","title":"Obama's Unemployment Problem"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-3852748862122934104"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-09T19:31:00.009-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-16T16:48:49.623-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health and Style"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"New Generation Sushi"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Food"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"New Generation Sushi's Renovations"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyBBnT4eY0I/AAAAAAAABlM/XfrZWVQo7Go/s1600-h/Inside-New-Gen.jpg\" title\u003d\"New Generation Sushi Renovations\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyBBnT4eY0I/AAAAAAAABlM/XfrZWVQo7Go/s800/Inside-New-Gen.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"New Generation Sushi Renovations\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413398895707185986\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Gen's under renovation.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.newgenerationsushi.ca/\"\u003eNew Gen (New Generation Sushi)\u003c/a\u003e, a popular (and cheap) sushi eatery on Bloor Street West, has been closed since November 8, 2009, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091108/sushi_murder_091108/20091108/?hub\u003dTorontoNewHome\"\u003eafter one of the restaurant's chefs stabbed another in a minor dispute\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI peeked into the restaurant today, and it looks like New Gen is undergoing a complete makeover.  The sushi bar at the front of the restaurant also looks like it's being altered. (If that is the bar.  It might be a workbench.)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn the meantime, if you're looking for a New Gen fix, New Generations Grill Fusion is across the street, and it has the same menu and prices.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto by Stephen M.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-3852748862122934104?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/3852748862122934104/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d3852748862122934104\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/3852748862122934104"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/3852748862122934104"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-generation-sushis-renovations.html","title":"New Generation Sushi's Renovations"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SyBBnT4eY0I/AAAAAAAABlM/XfrZWVQo7Go/s72-c/Inside-New-Gen.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-8921551383133462207"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-08T11:42:00.004-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-08T23:39:35.990-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Technology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Yonge Street"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Torontoist"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Videos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Stop Motion Video of Yonge Street"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cobject width\u003d\"640\" height\u003d\"368\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowfullscreen\" value\u003d\"true\" /\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\" /\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id\u003d7191970\u0026amp;server\u003dvimeo.com\u0026amp;show_title\u003d1\u0026amp;show_byline\u003d1\u0026amp;show_portrait\u003d0\u0026amp;color\u003d\u0026amp;fullscreen\u003d1\" /\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id\u003d7191970\u0026amp;server\u003dvimeo.com\u0026amp;show_title\u003d1\u0026amp;show_byline\u003d1\u0026amp;show_portrait\u003d0\u0026amp;color\u003d\u0026amp;fullscreen\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" width\u003d\"640\" height\u003d\"368\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis week for \u003ca href\u003d\"http://torontoist.com/2009/12/stopping_to_take_in_yonge_street.php\"\u003eTorontoist\u003c/a\u003e, I interviewed Ismail Atiev about his amazing stop motion video of Yonge Street.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt took fourteen hours to capture the photos necessary for this video.  Atiev and his friend, D.J. Tataev, stayed ten metres apart for the duration of the trip, and turned to take each others' photos every thirty steps or so.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe two walked forty-two kilometres from Yonge and Wellington Streets in Aurora to the beginning of Yonge Street at Queens Quay in Toronto.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eVideo by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://vimeo.com/7191970\"\u003eIsmail Atiev\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-8921551383133462207?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/8921551383133462207/comments/default","title":"Post 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M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-1573485207763808146"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-07T18:17:00.013-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-07T18:33:17.760-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Environment"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Christmas"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Probability of a White Christmas in Toronto (and Across Canada)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124366920@N01/399051975/\" title\u003d\"TTC Streetcar Snow Toronto.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sx2Pd4EL35I/AAAAAAAABk4/SWW4qZwj50M/s800/TTC-Streetcar-Snow-Toronto.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"TTC Streetcar Snow Toronto\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412640070598123410\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAccording to the table below, which was put together by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/media/xmas/prob_e.html\"\u003eEnvironment Canada\u003c/a\u003e, Toronto  has a 57% of having a white Christmas, and only a 13% of having a perfect Christmas (snow on the ground and in the air).  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn comparison, Ottawa has an 83% chance, Calgary has a 59% chance, and Vancouver only has a 11% chance.\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable border\u003d\"1\" cellpadding\u003d\"0\" cellspacing\u003d\"0\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003cth width\u003d\"149\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocations\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e       \u003cth width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eProbability of A White Christmas\u003c/p\u003e         \u003cp\u003e(At least two centimetres of snow on the ground) \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e       \u003cth width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreatest Snowfall on Christmas Day\u003c/p\u003e         \u003cp\u003e(centimetres)\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e       \u003cth width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eProbability of a Perfect Christmas\u003c/p\u003e         \u003cp\u003e(Snow in the air and at least two centimetres of snow on the ground)\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSt. John's\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e65% \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.3 cm in 1955\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e24%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoose Bay\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e100%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e27.6 cm in 1984\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e30%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharlottetown\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e87%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.3 cm in 1970\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e48%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eHalifax\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e59%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.7 cm in 2000\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e24%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eFredericton\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e85%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e23.0 cm in 1997\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e30%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoncton\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e74%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.8 cm in 1970\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e39%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaint John\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e65%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e27.9 cm in 1961\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e33%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuebec City\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e100%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.4 cm in 1978\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e50%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eMontreal\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e80%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e32.8 cm in 1966\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e25%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eVal d'Or\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e100%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 cm in 1989\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e48%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eToronto\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e57%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 cm in 1951\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eOttawa\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e83%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.2 cm in 1978\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e35%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSudbury\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e96%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.8 cm in 1992\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e46%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimmins\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e100%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.0 cm in 1973\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e52%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eLondon  \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e74%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 cm in 1951\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e33%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eKitchener\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e74%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 cm in 1978\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e35%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eHamilton\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e68%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 cm in 1965 \u0026amp; 1978\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e26%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eWindsor\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e41%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.9 cm in 1944\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e4%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSault Ste. Marie\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e93%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e24.6 cm in 1992\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e70%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eThunder Bay\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e100%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 cm in 1969\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e34%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinnipeg\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e98%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 cm in 1938\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrandon\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e93%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.0 cm in 1942\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e15%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegina  \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e91%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 cm in 1975\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e24%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaskatoon\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e98%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 cm in 1922\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e22%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalgary \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e59%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 cm in 1923\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e4%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdmonton\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e88%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 cm in 1961\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e20%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eKelowna\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e69%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 cm in 1976\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e22%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eVancouver\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.5 cm in 1971\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e4%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eVictoria \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 cm in 1971\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e7%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrince Rupert\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 cm in 1974\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e5%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhitehorse\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e100%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e27.0 cm in 1980\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e27%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eYellowknife\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e100%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 cm in 1956 \u0026amp; 1970\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e27%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eIqaluit\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e100%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 cm in 1964\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e21%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e     \u003c/tr\u003e     \u003ctr\u003e        \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlert\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e100%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"149\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 cm in 1984\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e       \u003ctd width\u003d\"142\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e9%\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124366920@N01/399051975/\"\u003eTom Purves\u003c/a\u003e.  The weather prediction table comes from \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/media/xmas/prob_e.html\"\u003eEnvironment Canada\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-1573485207763808146?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/1573485207763808146/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d1573485207763808146\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/1573485207763808146"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/1573485207763808146"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/probability-of-white-christmas-in.html","title":"The Probability of a White Christmas in Toronto (and Across Canada)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sx2Pd4EL35I/AAAAAAAABk4/SWW4qZwj50M/s72-c/TTC-Streetcar-Snow-Toronto.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-4718180962139649624"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-07T16:39:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-16T16:49:01.304-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health and Style"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Alcohol"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Food"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travel"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Tusker Beer, Kenya's Finest"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxqdXAI1EMI/AAAAAAAABkg/tC3hCTcHadc/s1600-h/Tusker-Kenya-Beer.jpg\" title\u003d\"Tusker Kenya Beer\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxqdXAI1EMI/AAAAAAAABkg/tC3hCTcHadc/s1600/Tusker-Kenya-Beer.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Tusker Kenya Beer\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411810920738656450\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eA souvenir from my sister's trip to Kenya.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tusker_%28beer%29#Products\"\u003eTusker\u003c/a\u003e, which is brewed by East African Breweries, is the most popular beer in Kenya.  It was first marketed in 1923, and named after the elephant that killed Kenya Breweries Ltd's founder, George Hurst, while on safari.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThat has to be the best origin story I've ever heard for a beer.\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxqdXTSSC0I/AAAAAAAABko/c2uPySU-YLA/s1600-h/Tusker-Kenya-Beer2.jpg\" title\u003d\"Tusker Kenya Beer\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxqdXTSSC0I/AAAAAAAABko/c2uPySU-YLA/s800/Tusker-Kenya-Beer2.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Tusker Kenya Beer\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411810925878577986\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe back of the can.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe text on the back of the can even celebrates the story of its founder's demise.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNow, there's something else that's a little odd here.  Why is Tusker, Kenya's most popular beer, brewed in Ireland under the supervision of Kenyans?  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOutsourcing production to a country with lower wages is a typical practice in every industry, including beer.  Carlsberg, for instance, is now brewed in Turkey under the supervision of Danes.  But this one seems a little backwards.  Wouldn't it be cheaper to produce Tusker in Kenya?  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThen again, perhaps Kenya just doesn't have the infrastructure or the expertise to operate a large scale brewery.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhotos by Stephen M.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-4718180962139649624?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/4718180962139649624/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d4718180962139649624\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/4718180962139649624"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/4718180962139649624"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/tusker-beer-kenyas-finest.html","title":"Tusker Beer, Kenya's Finest"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxqdXAI1EMI/AAAAAAAABkg/tC3hCTcHadc/s72-c/Tusker-Kenya-Beer.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-5383406210291158395"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-05T13:33:00.004-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-05T13:50:28.783-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"New York Times"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Recession"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dubai"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Dubailand"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/showcase-85/\" title\u003d\"Dubailand\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxqpZY--ddI/AAAAAAAABkw/0Ve7lDWqfQg/s800/Dubailand.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"Dubailand\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411824155907487186\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubailand\"\u003eDubailand\u003c/a\u003e is an entertainment and commercial real estate complex currently under construction in Dubai.  It's slated for completion in 2020, but who knows if it'll be finished now.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA \u003ca href\u003d\"http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/showcase-85/\"\u003efantastic photo essay \u003c/a\u003eon Dubai's unbridled materialism by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c/em\u003e's \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.laurengreenfield.com/\"\u003eLauren Greenfield\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"I call the story an improbable fairy tale,\" Greenfield said. \"Anything that could be fantasized could be built. It really was the land of opportunity. It’s more Las Vegas than Las Vegas.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto by Lauren Greenfield.  See the entire photo essay \u003ca href\u003d\"http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/showcase-85/\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-5383406210291158395?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/5383406210291158395/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d5383406210291158395\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/5383406210291158395"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/5383406210291158395"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/dubailand.html","title":"Dubailand"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxqpZY--ddI/AAAAAAAABkw/0Ve7lDWqfQg/s72-c/Dubailand.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-1436277401513783605"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-04T14:20:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-04T14:23:02.014-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Videos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Art"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Pixelator"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cobject width\u003d\"640\" height\u003d\"400\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/lBWFaU893kM\u0026hl\u003den_US\u0026fs\u003d1\u0026\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/lBWFaU893kM\u0026hl\u003den_US\u0026fs\u003d1\u0026\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"640\" height\u003d\"400\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis is a pretty sweet art hack.  Photos of the Pixelator in action are available \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasoneppink/sets/72157600148856504/\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eVideo by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.jasoneppink.com/pixelator/\"\u003eJason Eppink\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-1436277401513783605?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/1436277401513783605/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d1436277401513783605\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/1436277401513783605"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/1436277401513783605"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/pixelator.html","title":"The Pixelator"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-4473756674665324411"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-04T13:40:00.004-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-04T14:19:37.334-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sports"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vancouver"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Olympics 2010"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Boston.com"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The 2010 Olympic Torch Relay is on it's Way to Vancouver"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/12/olympic_torch_relay_heads_to_v.html\" title\u003d\"Olympics 2010 Torch Relay\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxlXx6oMghI/AAAAAAAABkY/AIYbGpNjQAE/s800/Olympics-2010-Torch-Relay.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"Olympics 2010 Torch Relay\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411452942325416466\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Olympic Torch is lit inside a bus outside of Resolute Bay, Nunavut.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBoston.com's \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/12/olympic_torch_relay_heads_to_v.html\"\u003eThe Big Picture\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e has an excellent photo essay up this week about about the Olympic Torch's journey across Canada.  At the moment, the flame is about a third of the way through its a hundred-and-six day, 26,000 km relay.  On its journey, the torch will pass through twelve thousand hands and more than a thousand communities before it reaches its final destination in Vancouver.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlthough the photos in this essay are fantastic, in many ways, I feel like I've seen this all before.  The Olympic Flame has already been carried through almost every environment in every gimmicky way imaginable, which unfortunately dulls each progressive journey. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/12/olympic_torch_relay_heads_to_v.html\"\u003eBoston.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-4473756674665324411?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/4473756674665324411/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d4473756674665324411\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/4473756674665324411"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/4473756674665324411"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/2010-olympic-torch-relay-is-on-its-way.html","title":"The 2010 Olympic Torch Relay is on it's Way to Vancouver"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxlXx6oMghI/AAAAAAAABkY/AIYbGpNjQAE/s72-c/Olympics-2010-Torch-Relay.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-2745579422549159760"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-03T19:08:00.005-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-07T20:17:21.805-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Technology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SaveOurNet.ca"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tony Clement"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Internet"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Christmas"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A Christmas Card From SaveOurNet.ca For Tony Clement"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://saveournet.ca/card\" title\u003d\"Tony Clement SaveOurNet\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxhTEHSgwDI/AAAAAAAABkQ/qQWKykbCX2w/s800/tony+clement+saveournet.png\" alt\u003d\"Tony Clement SaveOurNet\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411166282426925106\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFrom \u003ca href\u003d\"http://saveournet.ca/card\"\u003eSaveOurNet.ca\u003c/a\u003e:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eSign the card through \u003ca href\u003d\"http://hashlove.com/cards/196\"\u003eTwitter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003eSign the card through \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u\u003dhttp://saveournet.ca/card\"\u003eFacebook\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003eSign it on our site: \u003ca href\u003d\"http://saveournet.ca/card\"\u003ehttp://saveournet.ca/card\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAND, thousands of people have already told Tony Clement to stop Big Telecom companies from taking control of our Internet use. Considering we've successfully pushed the CRTC to develop open Internet guidelines and convinced the two major political parties to support Net Neutrality, we can win this if we send Clement enough letters. If you haven't already done so, please \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/saveournet\"\u003etake a few seconds to send Clement a letter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cem\u003eImage from \u003ca href\u003d\"http://saveournet.ca/card\"\u003eSaveOurNet.ca\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-2745579422549159760?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/2745579422549159760/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d2745579422549159760\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/2745579422549159760"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/2745579422549159760"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-card-from-saveournetca-for.html","title":"A Christmas Card From SaveOurNet.ca For Tony Clement"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxhTEHSgwDI/AAAAAAAABkQ/qQWKykbCX2w/s72-c/tony+clement+saveournet.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-6870077012080893365"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-03T16:53:00.005-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-07T20:17:46.649-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"newspapers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Torontoist"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto Star"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Christmas"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Canada Post's Letters to Santa Program"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxgzbW06H4I/AAAAAAAABkI/Ioagtg6Tb30/s1600-h/Creepy+Toronto+Star+Reporter+Talks+With+Kids.jpg\" title\u003d\"Creepy Toronto Star Reporter Talks With Kids\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxgzbW06H4I/AAAAAAAABkI/Ioagtg6Tb30/s800/Creepy+Toronto+Star+Reporter+Talks+With+Kids.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"Creepy Toronto Star Reporter Talks With Kids\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411131497362628482\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Toronto Star reporter interrogates several kids over the content of their letters to Santa.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMy article about Canada Post's Toronto launch of its \u003ca href\u003d\"https://ssl.postescanada-canadapost.ca/dec/santa/default-e.asp\"\u003eletters to Santa program\u003c/a\u003e is now \u003ca href\u003d\"http://torontoist.com/2009/12/letters_to_santa.php\"\u003eup on Torontoist\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlthough I had a good time at the event, which was held at the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.lefca.org/\"\u003eLearning Enrichment Foundation\u003c/a\u003e in Weston, at times I felt like I was exploiting the kids for their journalistic value; especially after half of Toronto's media establishment showed up.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhenever I cover a story, I try to let things flow naturally, especially if I'm taking photos.  However, most of my colleagues had absolutely no qualms about staging shots, or having kids rewrite their letters so they could get some good photos.  While I don't usually mind when this kind of thing is done with adults, it was gross to see the kids shuffled around, and I felt bad that I was a part of it. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto by Stephen M.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-6870077012080893365?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/6870077012080893365/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d6870077012080893365\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/6870077012080893365"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/6870077012080893365"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/canada-posts-letters-to-santa-program.html","title":"Canada Post's Letters to Santa Program"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxgzbW06H4I/AAAAAAAABkI/Ioagtg6Tb30/s72-c/Creepy+Toronto+Star+Reporter+Talks+With+Kids.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-1322106142347115626"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-02T13:42:00.004-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-02T14:01:21.588-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Transportation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Torontoist"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Do Construction Workers Have The Right To Stop Traffic?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/domcruz/2979944008/\" title\u003d\"Construction Worker Stop Sign\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sxa1bqfX-9I/AAAAAAAABkA/hcMOc-BUo70/s800/Construction-Worker-Stop-Sign.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Construction Worker Stop Sign\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410711489199209426\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYes.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis week for \u003ca href\u003d\"http://torontoist.com/2009/12/ask_torontoist_can_construction_workers_stop_traffic.php\"\u003eTorontoist\u003c/a\u003e, I answered this question for \u003ca href\u003d\"http://torontoist.com/tags/asktorontoist\"\u003eAsk Torontoist\u003c/a\u003e, a column where site staff answer readers' questions.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn Ontario, construction workers can direct one lane of traffic in the same direction if they have the required training; are competent; have the proper safety equipment; and are not preforming another task while directing vehicular traffic.  Police officers are only required when traffic signals are disrupted; when pedestrians and vehicles cross the same space; or when someone has to direct multiple lanes of traffic, or traffic in different directions.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/domcruz/2979944008/\"\u003eDom Cruz\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-1322106142347115626?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/1322106142347115626/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d1322106142347115626\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/1322106142347115626"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/1322106142347115626"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/can-construction-workers-stop-traffic.html","title":"Do Construction Workers Have The Right To Stop Traffic?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sxa1bqfX-9I/AAAAAAAABkA/hcMOc-BUo70/s72-c/Construction-Worker-Stop-Sign.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-2132603301507709283"},"published":{"$t":"2009-12-01T20:23:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-12-01T20:33:53.693-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Technology"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Progress Bar Traffic Light"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxXCDGgPV_I/AAAAAAAABj4/uaQWmv0RzFI/s1600/Progress-Bar-Traffic-Light.jpg\" title\u003d\"Progress Bar Traffic Light\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxXCDGgPV_I/AAAAAAAABj4/uaQWmv0RzFI/s800/Progress-Bar-Traffic-Light.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"Progress Bar Traffic Light\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410443885896751090\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe \u003ca href\u003d\"http://relogik.com/eko\"\u003eEcological and Economical Traffic Light Concept\u003c/a\u003e is one of the winners of this year's \u003ca href\u003d\"http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/12/eko_a_traffic_light_with_progress_bars.html\"\u003eRed Dot Design 2009 Award\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"There might already be quite some traffic light time counters around today, but few focus on informing the car drivers in a physically integrative and visually glanceable way like this proposed design concept.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eVery cool.  Now I won't have to crane my neck to see the pedestrian signal's countdown.  You can read more about it \u003ca href\u003d\"http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/12/eko_a_traffic_light_with_progress_bars.html\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom \u003ca href\u003d\"http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/12/eko_a_traffic_light_with_progress_bars.html\"\u003eInformation Aesthetics\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-2132603301507709283?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/2132603301507709283/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d2132603301507709283\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/2132603301507709283"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/2132603301507709283"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/12/progress-bar-traffic-light.html","title":"The Progress Bar Traffic Light"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxXCDGgPV_I/AAAAAAAABj4/uaQWmv0RzFI/s72-c/Progress-Bar-Traffic-Light.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-1938307803819954650"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-30T13:05:00.009-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-30T23:41:16.555-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto Then and Now"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"History"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Toronto Then and Now: Bloor and Islington"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:180%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThen\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJu8V6VQI/AAAAAAAABjY/Tys83I2N6_M/s1600/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-Legion-Looking-East-1958.jpg\" title\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Legion Looking East 1958\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJu8V6VQI/AAAAAAAABjY/Tys83I2N6_M/s800/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-Legion-Looking-East-1958.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Legion Looking East 1958\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409959754455471362\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloor Street West and Islington Avenue, in front of the Legion hall, facing east. (1958)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:180%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNow\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJkV-66aI/AAAAAAAABiw/ldpsKhquyFQ/s1600/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-2009-Legion-Looking-East.jpg\" title\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Legion Looking East 2009\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJkV-66aI/AAAAAAAABiw/ldpsKhquyFQ/s800/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-2009-Legion-Looking-East.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Legion Looking East 2009\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409959572359801250\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloor Street West and Islington Avenue, in front of the Legion hall, facing east. (2009)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt's amazing how much this intersection has changed over the last fifty years.  Only the former Legion Hall, the general facade of the Pizza Pizza at Islington and Monkton, and electric towers—which I actually used to orient several of my shots—have remained the same.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhen Islington station is renovated in 2010, the old \u003ca href\u003d\"http://transit.toronto.on.ca/archives/data/200711060817.shtml\"\u003eLegion building will be demolished\u003c/a\u003e to make room for a new development by SNC-Lavalin.  (The Legion is now located in an old warehouse on \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.on.legion.ca/branches/getBr.asp?branch\u003d210\"\u003eJutland Avenue\u003c/a\u003e.)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt's also interesting to note that Islington Avenue was once divided by Bloor into Islington avenues north and south.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMore images after the break.\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:180%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThen\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJvFQLsWI/AAAAAAAABjg/1EGKkP4ZVKM/s1600/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-Looking-West-1958.jpg\" title\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Looking West 1958\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJvFQLsWI/AAAAAAAABjg/1EGKkP4ZVKM/s800/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-Looking-West-1958.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Looking West 1958\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409959756847362402\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e Bloor Street West and Islington Avenue, facing west. (1958)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:180%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNow\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJ0gRa7DI/AAAAAAAABjo/FyK7pM2TD_o/s1600/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-Looking-West-2009.jpg\" title\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Looking West 2009\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJ0gRa7DI/AAAAAAAABjo/FyK7pM2TD_o/s800/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-Looking-West-2009.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Looking West 2009\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409959849999658034\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloor Street West and Islington Avenue, facing west.  \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e(2009)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:180%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThen\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJ01cII5I/AAAAAAAABjw/EO9TiLz__s0/s1600/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-TD-South-East-Corner-1958.jpg\" title\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West TD South East Corner 1958\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJ01cII5I/AAAAAAAABjw/EO9TiLz__s0/s800/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-TD-South-East-Corner-1958.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West TD South East Corner 1958\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409959855681708946\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloor Street West and Islington Avenue, facing southeast. \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e(1958)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:180%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNow\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJujmo47I/AAAAAAAABjQ/DPyC53SUqOc/s1600/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-HRBlock-South-East-Corner-2009.jpg\" title\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West TD South East Corner 2009\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJujmo47I/AAAAAAAABjQ/DPyC53SUqOc/s800/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-HRBlock-South-East-Corner-2009.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West TD South East Corner 2009\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409959747814745010\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloor Street West and Islington Avenue, facing southeast. \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e(2009)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:180%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThen\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJuZ6pnZI/AAAAAAAABjI/faBc2a5okeg/s1600/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-Dick-Jupp-Motor-Ltd-1958-south-west-2.jpg\" title\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Dick Jupp Motor Ltd 1958 south west 2\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJuZ6pnZI/AAAAAAAABjI/faBc2a5okeg/s800/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-Dick-Jupp-Motor-Ltd-1958-south-west-2.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Dick Jupp Motor Ltd 1958 south west 2\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409959745214324114\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloor Street West and Islington Avenue, \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eDick-Jupp Motors,  facing northwest. (1958)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:180%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNow\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJkgB73yI/AAAAAAAABi4/Aj4mENxOqcw/s1600/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-2009-South-West-2.jpg\" title\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West 2009 South West 2\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJkgB73yI/AAAAAAAABi4/Aj4mENxOqcw/s800/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-2009-South-West-2.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West 2009 South West 2\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409959575056801570\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloor Street West and Islington Avenue, \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eIslington station,  facing northwest. \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e(2009)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:180%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThen\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJuMLKUFI/AAAAAAAABjA/8HSwkUxssp8/s1600/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-Dick-Jupp-Motor-Ltd-1958-south+west.jpg\" title\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Dick Jupp Motor Ltd 1958 south west\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJuMLKUFI/AAAAAAAABjA/8HSwkUxssp8/s800/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-Dick-Jupp-Motor-Ltd-1958-south+west.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Dick Jupp Motor Ltd 1958 south west\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409959741525479506\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloor Street West and Islington Avenue, \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e facing northwest. \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e(1958)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:180%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNow\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJkKc8PdI/AAAAAAAABio/oC7FSOxHz90/s1600/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-2009+South+West.jpg\" title\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Dick Jupp Motor Ltd 2009 south west\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJkKc8PdI/AAAAAAAABio/oC7FSOxHz90/s800/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-2009+South+West.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Islington and Bloor Street West Dick Jupp Motor Ltd 2009 south west\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409959569264491986\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloor Street West and Islington Avenue, \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e facing northwest. \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e(2009)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:180%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThen\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJj2CM-zI/AAAAAAAABiY/qFxutDDZm08/s1600/Islington-and-Bloor-1958-Pizza-Pizza.jpg\" title\u003d\"Islington and Bloor 1958 Pizza Pizza\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJj2CM-zI/AAAAAAAABiY/qFxutDDZm08/s800/Islington-and-Bloor-1958-Pizza-Pizza.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Islington and Bloor 1958 Pizza Pizza\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409959563783633714\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e Bloor Street West and Monkton Avenue, facing southwest. (1958)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:180%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNow\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJkF-ECDI/AAAAAAAABig/hL-QPbXIOJI/s1600/Islington-and-Bloor-2009-Pizza-Pizza.jpg\" title\u003d\"Islington and Bloor 2009 Pizza Pizza\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJkF-ECDI/AAAAAAAABig/hL-QPbXIOJI/s800/Islington-and-Bloor-2009-Pizza-Pizza.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Islington and Bloor 2009 Pizza Pizza\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409959568061237298\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBloor Street West and Monkton Avenue, facing southwest.  \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e(2009)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 1958 photos of Bloor Street West and Islington Avenue come from the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.toronto.ca/archives/\"\u003eCity of Toronto Archives\u003c/a\u003e. The 2009 photos are by Stephen M.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-1938307803819954650?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/1938307803819954650/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d1938307803819954650\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/1938307803819954650"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/1938307803819954650"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/11/toronto-then-and-now-bloor-and.html","title":"Toronto Then and Now: Bloor and Islington"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxQJu8V6VQI/AAAAAAAABjY/Tys83I2N6_M/s72-c/Islington-and-Bloor-Street-West-Legion-Looking-East-1958.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-2293736742210972454"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-29T23:43:00.004-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-29T23:51:20.155-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Andrew Sullivan"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Economics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Videos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Ordos: China's Empty City"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cobject width\u003d\"640\" height\u003d\"400\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0h7V3Twb-Qk\u0026color1\u003d0xb1b1b1\u0026color2\u003d0xcfcfcf\u0026hl\u003den_US\u0026feature\u003dplayer_embedded\u0026fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowScriptAccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0h7V3Twb-Qk\u0026color1\u003d0xb1b1b1\u0026color2\u003d0xcfcfcf\u0026hl\u003den_US\u0026feature\u003dplayer_embedded\u0026fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" allowScriptAccess\u003d\"always\" width\u003d\"640\" height\u003d\"400\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Who wants to be the mayor that reports that he didn't get 8% GDP growth this year?  Nobody wants to come forward with that.  So the incentives in the system are to build, and if that's the easiest way to achieve that growth, then you build.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom \u003ca href\u003d\"http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2009/11/chinas_empty_ci.html?utm_source\u003dfeedburner\u0026utm_medium\u003dfeed\u0026utm_campaign\u003dFeed%3A+InfectiousGreed+%28Paul+Kedrosky%27s+Infectious+Greed%29\u0026utm_content\u003dGoogle+Reader\"\u003eInfectious Greed\u003c/a\u003e.  Via \u003ca href\u003d\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/juicing-gdp.html\"\u003eAndrew Sulivan's Daily Dish\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-2293736742210972454?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/2293736742210972454/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d2293736742210972454\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/2293736742210972454"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/2293736742210972454"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/11/ordos-chinas-empty-city.html","title":"Ordos: China's Empty City"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-1534211932888633570"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-29T17:36:00.005-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-29T17:46:04.829-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"newspapers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Maps"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto Star"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Map: Annual Expenditure on Newspapers in Toronto and the GTA"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/78433558@N00/506612888/\" title\u003d\"Toronto Star Newspaper\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxL5FGsVpJI/AAAAAAAABiQ/yI1_jnDdaRQ/s800/Toronto-Star-Newspaper.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"Toronto Star Newspaper\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409659968516629650\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAccording to the \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c/em\u003e's \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www3.thestar.com/static/googlemaps/091128_papers_medium.html\"\u003elatest map\u003c/a\u003e, newspapers have become a luxury good that only Toronto's wealthiest residents are willing to pay for.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHere's a link to the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://thestar.blogs.com/maps/2009/11/maps-newspapers-and-the-web.html\"\u003estory\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/78433558@N00/506612888/\"\u003ebennylin0724\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-1534211932888633570?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/1534211932888633570/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d1534211932888633570\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/1534211932888633570"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/1534211932888633570"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/11/map-annual-expenditure-on-newspapers-in.html","title":"Map: Annual Expenditure on Newspapers in Toronto and the GTA"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxL5FGsVpJI/AAAAAAAABiQ/yI1_jnDdaRQ/s72-c/Toronto-Star-Newspaper.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-7204498905569968436"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-28T14:44:00.012-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-28T16:52:56.094-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Slate"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Movies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Entertainment"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"DVDs"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Are Film Blurbs Fake?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxGaDPY1TNI/AAAAAAAABiI/uSrI8ovO7LI/s1600/Newspaper-Ad-Mr-Fantastic-Fox.jpg\" title\u003d\"Newspaper Ad Mr Fantastic Fox\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxGaDPY1TNI/AAAAAAAABiI/uSrI8ovO7LI/s800/Newspaper-Ad-Mr-Fantastic-Fox.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"Newspaper Ad Mr Fantastic Fox\"id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409274007909649618\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.slate.com/id/2236706/\"\u003eSort of\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis week, \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c/em\u003e's Christopher Beam tackled this question and discovered that movie studios frequently fudge, condense, and in some cases completely rewrite reviewers' quotes in order to produce the best possible blurbs.  For instance, an ad in \u003cem\u003eNow Magazine\u003c/em\u003e called the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Mr._Fox_%28film%29\"\u003eFantastic Mr. Fox\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e \"Beyond Fantastic.  The Best Animated Film Of The Year, And Maybe The Best Film Period.\"  But the actual quote from the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20091124_Fantastic_Mr__Fox.html\"\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e is: \"Fantastic Mr. Fox is beyond fantastic—it's the best animated film of the year, and maybe the best cussin' film, period.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFilm blurbs do not have to be verbatim quotes.  According to Beam, \"There's no official check on running a misleading movie blurb, aside from the usual laws against false advertising.\"  So, studios are free to change and mashup quotes almost anyway they want.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHere are some more examples.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn a review of the Michael Jackson documentary \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_This_Is_It\"\u003eThis Is It\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e in \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone Magazine\u003c/em\u003e, Peter Travers said that \"watching his struggle is illuminating, unnerving and unforgettable.\" Traver's quote was changed in a newspaper ad to: \"Illuminating and unforgettable.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn 1995, \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c/em\u003e gave the film \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se7en\"\u003eSe7en\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e a \"B,\" but called the opening credits \"a small masterpiece of dementia.\"  The newspaper ads for the movie applied that quote to the entire movie, stating that \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c/em\u003e called it \"A Masterpiece.\"  (The ad was later changed after the critic who wrote the review complained.)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI wonder if critics knowingly insert adjectives like magnetic, illuminating, or fantastic into their reviews, because they know they'll be quoted (regardless of the context).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCheck out \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c/em\u003e's full article \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.slate.com/id/2236706/\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto by Stephen M.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-7204498905569968436?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/7204498905569968436/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d7204498905569968436\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/7204498905569968436"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/7204498905569968436"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/11/are-film-blurbs-fake.html","title":"Are Film Blurbs Fake?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxGaDPY1TNI/AAAAAAAABiI/uSrI8ovO7LI/s72-c/Newspaper-Ad-Mr-Fantastic-Fox.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-6029463751663510362"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-27T19:00:00.008-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-27T19:45:23.659-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health and Style"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Make Your Own Ontario License Plate"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://www.new-media.ca/blog/make-your-own-ontario-license-plate/\" title\u003d\"Make-Your-Own-Ontario-License-Plate\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxBoMROtx8I/AAAAAAAABiA/MPmdqXuZiJk/s800/Make-Your-Own-Ontario-License-Plate.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Make-Your-Own-Ontario-License-Plate\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408937712464807874\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHonestly, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.new-media.ca/blog/make-your-own-ontario-license-plate/\"\u003ethis\u003c/a\u003e is a pretty lame web app that I was bored of in about three seconds.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-6029463751663510362?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/6029463751663510362/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d6029463751663510362\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/6029463751663510362"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/6029463751663510362"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/11/make-your-own-ontario-license-plate.html","title":"Make Your Own Ontario License Plate"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxBoMROtx8I/AAAAAAAABiA/MPmdqXuZiJk/s72-c/Make-Your-Own-Ontario-License-Plate.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-4454913390178072293"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-27T14:11:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-27T14:30:58.628-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Steve Munro"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"TTC"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Torontoist"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The TTC's Bloor-Yonge Platform Experiment"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://torontoist.com/2009/11/ttc_traffic_management_experiment.php\" title\u003d\"TTC Bloor-Yonge Experiment\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxAlQGFPPFI/AAAAAAAABh4/wHfTk6HqkXs/s800/TTC+Bloor-Yonge+experiment.jpg\" alt\u003d\"TTC Bloor-Yonge Experiment\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408864110912683090\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis week for Torontoist, I wrote about the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://torontoist.com/2009/11/ttc_traffic_management_experiment.php\"\u003eTTC's traffic management experiment at Bloor-Yonge station\u003c/a\u003e.  Overall, I was pleased with what I saw.  This is a rational, low-cost solution to a real congestion problem.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf you're a transit nut, I also highly recommend reading transit guru \u003ca href\u003d\"http://stevemunro.ca/?p\u003d2924\"\u003eSteve Munro's article\u003c/a\u003e on the subject.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto by Torontoist's Joel Charlebois.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-4454913390178072293?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/4454913390178072293/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d4454913390178072293\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/4454913390178072293"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/4454913390178072293"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/11/ttcs-bloor-yonge-platform-experiment.html","title":"The TTC's Bloor-Yonge Platform Experiment"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/SxAlQGFPPFI/AAAAAAAABh4/wHfTk6HqkXs/s72-c/TTC+Bloor-Yonge+experiment.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10197116.post-5605115837289803479"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-25T21:39:00.006-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-25T23:39:23.446-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ads"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Toronto Mike"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"History"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Toronto's Ghost Signs"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/davetill/354324761/in/set-72157594474186564/\" title\u003d\"Toronto's Ghost Signs Coca-Cola\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3yE0ya23I/AAAAAAAABhs/Op4VqwAlz0I/s800/Toronto-Ghost-Signs-Coca-Cola.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Toronto's Ghost Signs Coca-Cola\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408244892245351282\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eTaken August 3, 2000.  Broadview Meat Market. (Lost to gentrification in 2006.)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBefore billboards became practical, companies and shops used to paint their advertisements straight onto brick walls.  Although most of Toronto's ads have been washed away or covered up, there are a few still around.  For years, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/davetill/sets/72157594474186564/\"\u003eDave Till\u003c/a\u003e, an amateur photographer and blogger, has been working to catalogue what's left of these fading \"ghost signs.\"\u003cspan id\u003d\"fullpost\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe following four are still standing. (Several of Till's photos were taken over ten years, so I've included images from Google Street View to show what the ads look like today.)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTip Top Tailors\u003c/strong\u003e - 260 Richmond Street\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/davetill/354324460/in/set-72157594474186564/\" title\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Tip Top Tailors\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qrCiGT5I/AAAAAAAABhc/bbcS2DmDOHI/s800/Torotno-Ghost-Signs-Tip-Top-Tailors.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Tip Top Tailors\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408236752676999058\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eTaken November 27, 1999.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qgVolyEI/AAAAAAAABgs/izkm4aH3vYQ/s1600/Toronto+Ghost+Signs+Tip-Top-Tailors+2009.jpg\" title\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Tip Top Tailors\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qgVolyEI/AAAAAAAABgs/izkm4aH3vYQ/s800/Toronto+Ghost+Signs+Tip-Top-Tailors+2009.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Tip Top Tailors\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408236568825940034\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoogle Street View, 2009.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeston Credit Jewelers\u003c/strong\u003e - 1962 Weston Road\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qqujdKZI/AAAAAAAABhM/j65xz21v4vY/s1600/Toronto-Ghost-Signs-Weston-Credit-Jewelers.jpg\" title\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Weston Credit Jewelers\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qqujdKZI/AAAAAAAABhM/j65xz21v4vY/s800/Toronto-Ghost-Signs-Weston-Credit-Jewelers.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Weston Credit Jewelers\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408236747313981842\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eTaken December 1, 2002.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qq6hikSI/AAAAAAAABhU/yakE7XJDMCs/s1600/Toronto-Ghost-Signs-Weston-Credit-Jewelers-2009.jpg\" title\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Weston Credit Jewelers\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qq6hikSI/AAAAAAAABhU/yakE7XJDMCs/s800/Toronto-Ghost-Signs-Weston-Credit-Jewelers-2009.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Weston Credit Jewelers\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408236750527172898\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoogle Street View, 2009.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngram Bell\u003c/strong\u003e - 286 McCaul Street\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/davetill/379369229/in/set-72157594474186564/\" title\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Ingram Bell\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qg-OqgdI/AAAAAAAABg8/XfA36owl4v4/s800/Toronto-Ghost-Signs-Ingram-Bell-2009.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Ingram Bell\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408236579723051474\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eTaken September 14, 2006.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qgl3zT9I/AAAAAAAABg0/X9DVGNleLAI/s1600/Toronto-Ghost-Signs-Ingram-Bell.jpg\" title\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Ingram Bell\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qgl3zT9I/AAAAAAAABg0/X9DVGNleLAI/s800/Toronto-Ghost-Signs-Ingram-Bell.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Ingram Bell\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408236573184708562\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoogle Street View, 2009.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReliance Engravers\u003c/strong\u003e - 100 Bond Street\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/davetill/354324913/in/set-72157594474186564/\" title\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Reliance Engravers\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qhaLzR3I/AAAAAAAABhE/FNH7J9e0gM4/s800/Toronto-Ghost-Signs-Relliance-Engravers.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Reliance Engravers\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408236587227236210\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eTaken August 14, 2000.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qgcFhWHI/AAAAAAAABgk/V--bxfzUWMM/s1600/Toronto+Ghost+Signs+Relliance-Engravers+2009.jpg\" title\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Reliance Engravers\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3qgcFhWHI/AAAAAAAABgk/V--bxfzUWMM/s800/Toronto+Ghost+Signs+Relliance-Engravers+2009.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Toronto Ghost Signs Reliance Engravers\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408236570557896818\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoogle Street View, 2009.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYou can check out Dave Till's full collection \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/davetill/sets/72157594474186564/\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/davetill/sets/72157594474186564/\"\u003eDave Till's Toronto Ghost Sign Set\u003c/a\u003e.  Via \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.torontomike.com/2009/11/torontos_ghost_signs.html\"\u003eToronto Mike\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10197116-5605115837289803479?l\u003dtheintrepid.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/feeds/5605115837289803479/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d10197116\u0026postID\u003d5605115837289803479\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/5605115837289803479"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10197116/posts/default/5605115837289803479"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://theintrepid.blogspot.com/2009/11/torontos-ghost-signs.html","title":"Toronto's Ghost Signs"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Stephen M."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/09314421183943225213"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"16982593194271943809"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__ZRjDTujoEo/Sw3yE0ya23I/AAAAAAAABhs/Op4VqwAlz0I/s72-c/Toronto-Ghost-Signs-Coca-Cola.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}}]}});