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Many great opportunities to compare notes & have a good time, at events bringing together young people who stutter from across Europe
/0 Comments/in Commentary, NewsletterA previous post is entitled: My Story as a Stutterer: Handout from talk at Nordic Seminar, Tallinn, Sept. 1, 2018 At the current post, I’d like to share a few notes about the international scene as it relates to the lives and experiences of people who stutter. In years past, pretty well all of my […]
How to proceed with a media interview, related to a lot-splitting/overbuilding application, if you are not experienced at this task
/0 Comments/in Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Newsletter, TorontoI’ve been involved with media interviews for over 30 years, as part of my volunteer work. I’ve appeared in local, regional, and national media interviews. I’ve helped many people prepare for such interviews, as well. By media, I refer to radio, television, and print news reports and features. How I became involved in this area is […]
I have learned much of value since 2012, when after a long planning process, I launched the Preserved Stories website
/2 Comments/in NewsletterTo an extent, the Preserved Stories serves as a communications hub, where people can share information about topics of mutual interest – including information related to committees of adjustment and local appeal boards (in the case of Toronto, I refer to the Toronto Local Appeal Body). A key concept, regarding all land-use planning issues, is […]
I became a supporter of Pamela Gough in 2011, when she played a key role in ensuring that Parkview School, near the Long Branch Go station, stayed in public hands
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, TorontoI became a supporter of Pamela Gough in 2011, when she played a key role in ensuring that Parkview School, at 85 Forty First St. near the Long Branch Go station, stayed in public hands. In any such successful community self-organizing project, many people usually play a key role. That is the nature of such […]
We Were Soldiers (2002) is a movie based on We Were Soldiers Once …. and Young: Ia Drang: the Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam (1992)
/0 Comments/in NewsletterA previous post is entitled: I have begun to view We Were Soldiers (2002), while pausing to read The Water Will Come (2017) The 2002 movie is based on a book entitled We Were Soldiers Once … and Young: Ia Drang: The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam (1992). A blurb outlines the narrative that […]
Stand tall. Walk tall. And for prolonged sitting, keep changing your position.
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, MCHS 2015 Biographies, NewsletterIn the course of my life, I’ve learned the basics of good posture. I am, that is, a graduate of Posture 101. Many people have been my teachers, over the years. State of near-collapse Early in my life, before I found my way, I was severely stooped over, my youthfulness notwithstanding. My ribcage was collapsing in […]
After his defeat in Russia (1812), Napoleon Bonaparte lost for a final time at the Battle of Waterloo (1815)
/2 Comments/in Autobiography Stories - J. Pill, Commentary, Language usage, NewsletterSome time ago, I was pleased to learn that Grade 12 students in Ontario were learning about Voltaire’s Candide and Moliere’s Tartuffe. I began, as a next step after reading a bit about Voltaire and Moliere on my own, to read about the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. I had a sense of what the […]