New rules at pedestrian crossovers and school crossings
You can access the new rules, which came into effect on Jan. 1. 2016, at this link: New rules at pedestrian crossovers and school crossings
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Mississauga looks to continue post-Hazel renaissance in 2016: Jan. 1, 2016 Toronto Star article
A Jan. 1, 2016 Toronto Star article is entitled: “Mississauga looks to continue post-Hazel renaissance in 2016.” The subhead reads: “Under Bonnie Crombie, transit, waterfront redevelopment, affordable housing and repairing strained police-citizen relations are shaping up as top issues.” Waterfront The article notes: “However, higher-order transit plans will have to compete with other key issues […]
Chinese gated communities feature social clustering, micro-governing, and social engineering
In The Government Next Door (2015), Luigi Tomba describes five “rationalities” whereby the Chinese state has maintained control over local neighbourhoods during the transition from socialism to capitalism, namely: Social clustering micro-governing social engineering contained contention, and exemplarism Homogeneity of collective interests In Chapter 1 of the above-noted, exquisitely well-organized study, Luigi Tomba notes that “Communities are places […]
On Dec. 26, 2015 Graeme Decarie wrote a long post at his website; he also spoke of mass murder in Guatemala in the 1980s
You can access the post here: Dec. 26:This is very long but,….. Graeme Decarie: I’ve just finished a very long blog. But I like it because this one gets me away from the dreadful newspapers down here. If you like, notify any students who might be interested that they can get it by googling The […]
Fortress America: Gated Communities in the United States (1997) serves as a classic study regarding gated communities
I’ve been reading several books about gated communities in countries around the world, beginning with The Government Next Door (2015), which I have discussed in previous posts. Fortress America (1997) The latter study refers to Fortress America: Gated Communities in the United States (1997) among other resources. Fortress America (1997), like The Government Next Door (2015) […]
Basketball, ‘the invention of a Canadian’ – CBC Digital Archives: James Naismith describes how he invented the game
I heard this audio recording one recent morning on CBC Metro Morning: Basketball, ‘the invention of a Canadian’ The link above is from the CBC Digital Archives; an excerpt from the link notes: “Basketball came to be because an inventive physical education student named James Naismith was in the right place at the right time. […]
“Whenever I have a spare moment,” notes Graeme Decarie, “I write a bit about my life for my children.”
In an email on Dec. 18, 2015, Graeme Decarie wrote: Whenever I have a spare moment, I write a bit about my life for my children. Last night, I started one that is really about failure in school – and why and how I failed. It’s something that has a lot to do with social […]