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Eglinton Public School at the corner of Eglinton Ave. W. and Mount Pleasant Rd. is celebrating 100 years at this location today (Saturday, October 26, 2013). In addition to an afternoon of speeches and festivities at the school, the Friends of Eglinton (retired teachers, principals and former students) are hosting a soiree at the Granite Brewery across the street beginning at 4.30 p.m.
The complex morality of Saudi Arabia is being tested again by women who insist on driving. The hussies. But really, what a strange place it is. Allied with the libertine United Sates, and dependent on it really, but full of fundamental jihadist crusades that threaten the future of the earth. Now it is said that more than 60 Saudi activists have clambered behind the wheel of a car and driven it around when they know it is strictly forbidden for women to do this. Saudi professor and campaigner Aziza Youssef said her group has received 13 videos and another 50 phone messages from women showing or claiming they had driven. She said they have no way to verify the messages. If the numbers are accurate, this year’s campaign is the most successful effort yet by Saudi women demanding the right to drive. Youssef said they have not received any reports of arrests or women being ticketed by police. A security official said that authorities did not arrest or fine any female drivers on Saturday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Anyway, see you later honey. Don’t forget to buy gas.
The final touches have been put on the “horrifying” depiction of the death of Mary Cartwright as rendered by the artist of 384 Belsize Drive. The (fictional) resident of Belsize died a terrible Halloween death (as reported in a previous post) when a blackbird flew into her mouth and, oh dear, we can’t say it. Now the physical telling of this cautionary tale is right there on Belsize in full view Complete with specks of, well, you know. Avert your eyes. If you are of strong stomach and firm nerves, the picture will expand if you click on it. It seems a sensible aproach to assure Westerners that we respectg their ownership of the oil and gas under their turf. Castanet
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| Kelly Elaine Dolson, RN |
The City of Toronto will honour the memory of Paul Hahn, the 19th century German immigrant who built a business here which became synonymous with pianos and piano service. In the heyday of home pianos there was hardly a home in well-off Toronto that did not do business with Paul Hahn Pianos at 1058 Yonge Street. Considering all of this, the City will name the laneway which runs behind the original and continuing home of the business Paul Hahn Lane. It extends from Roxborough Ave to Gibson Ave. Paul Hahn came from Reutlingen, south of Stuttgart where he was born in 1875. He died at Balsam Lake in 1962. Hahn arrived in Canada in 1888 and settled in Toronto. He became a cellist and played professionally. His teachers included Rudolph Ruth in Toronto and Alwin Schroeder in Boston. Mr. Hahn 