Dennis Roady, a full-time YouTube prankster, may have been lucky to get away with his life at the Detroit Auto Show. His mobile app called “Dude, your car!” permits users to morph photos of cars to make it look like they are scratched, dented, wheel clamped or even on fire. In this video he shows pictures of “damaged” cars to various car keepers and auto company people and records their alarmed reactions. Not hilarious (we think) but entertaining as psychiatry. They treat him nicely in the circumstances.
Valley Park Go Green Crazy for Cricket Sleepover
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Word comes Friday that the Valley Park Go Green Cricket Field Project will host its second Crazy for Cricket Sleepover Event at Valley Park Middle School (VPMS) this Valentines Day, February 14, 2015. It’s no sleepover of course because the idea is to stay up all night and watch the 2015 ICC World Cup Match between India and Pakistan. The game unfolds in Adelaide Australia and will be viewed by guests on the Rogers feed of the game on the back wall of the school’s auditorium. The news release dated January 30, 2015 urges everyone to bring “loved ones, pillows and blankets” in time for the start of entertainment at 9 p.m. The cricket match begins at 10.30 p.m. and everyone goes home by no later than 6.30 a.m. VPMS is at 130 Overlea Blvd on the northwest corner of Don Mills Rd and Overlea. The Consuls General of India and Pakistan are scheduled to be there and the goal is to break Go Green’s 2011 record for hosting Canada’s largest sleepover ever. The release tells of the $1.8 million Valley Park Go Green Cricket Field Project which was built last year. It is an environmentally sustainable not-for-profit cricket field for mostly South Asian new immigrant families in the VPMS backyard and adjacent sub-licensed Hydro land. Fundraising continues for outdoor LED sports lights
COBs Bread re-opening just a week away
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COBs Bread renovations are steaming along. Grand re-opening is in a week, (Saturday, February 7, 2015)
Alberta daredevils scale frozen Niagara Falls
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Harper: Violent jihadism is not a human right
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It is an act of war, says prime minister as he introduces legislation designed to help stop recruitment. Reuters
Cornwall cops redeem wedding ring sold for food
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Economist the best magazine in the western world
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The annual assessment of nice places to live by the Economist magazine reminds The Bulldog again that there’s nothing like flattering your readers to create interest in your publication. It’s okay. We are the heart and soul of private enterprise here in South Bayview. It’s just that its hard not to smirk at the carefully graded marks given to the uniformly first-world cities like Sydney and Zurich where all you need is a reasonable income to live like a king. No mention of spots like Mogadushi or Damascus. CBC
Leaside Flames win Aero Winter Challenge
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The Leaside Flames minor bantam AA team has won the Toronto Aeros Winter Challenge Tournament. The tourney is a battle of undefeated teams. The Flames won the championship game 3-1 over the Ottawa district Cumberland Jr. Grads last week. The two teams had tied their preliminary round tilt 2-2 to open the tournament and then went on to win their two other preliminary round games as well as their respective semifinal games before meeting up again in the championship match as recorded in the East York Mirror. The team is now preparing for the Greater Toronto Hockey League Playoffs starting in February. Members of the championship team are Robert Oberfuchshuber (trainer), Chris Nagadowski, Martins Linde, Sam Smeeton, Vincent Lexovsky, Broc Edghill, Tanner Sanford, Ryan Stansfield, Rob Stansfield (co-head coach) and Shane Edghill (assistant coach), Chris Power, Wyatt Neal, Liam Rivard, Matthew Schell, Caiden Royce, Brandon Raftis and Matthew Oberfuchshuber, goalies Tanner Borsch and Josh Martin. Congratulations to everyone
Inventor of laser Charles Townes dead at 99
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Snowfall: What you see is what you’re gonna get
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The 10-centimetre snow slapping predicted Friday morning for tonight will not occur. The Weather Channel is calling for barely two more centimetres by Saturday. Environment Canada is warning of flurries in the early hours of Friday morning, but the skies will give way to mostly cloudy conditions, mixed in with some sun Saturday afternoon.
Benches of Leaside native wood grace new arena
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Five benches which were hand-crafted from wood salvaged off the site of the Leaside Memorial Gardens expansion have now been delivered and are in use at the arena outside the dressing rooms. This refreshing news and until now almost unknown project is mentioned on the arena’s Facebook page this day. The arena thanks Mercer Brown Contracting, the firm that constructed the benches. But it is apparently a story involving a number of skilled people, starting with the contractors who cut the trees, carefully selected on the woodlots beside the original arena. Simon Stevenson is the owner of Leaside Landscaping. He told the South Bayview Bulldog part of the story. The Maple and Linden trees were marked where they stood, cut and turned into logs. Later, they were milled at a location near Fenelon Falls. The lumber was then stored for a year at a facility of the public-spirited Canada Self-Storage firm while it dried. The wood was then we daresay lovingly fabricated into the benches now located outside the basement dressing rooms at the arena. They were delivered on Monday, January 26, 2015. The management posted a message asking that members and the public “be respectful” as they enjoy the benches so they last for many years. Photo: There is a new warmth outside the dressing rooms at the arena to greet waiting parents. Inset, Laura Spracklin with her daughter Nicole Manneh Thursday evening awaits son seen emerging after a game. More on how benches were built
3? 5? 10? You guess how many cms of snow
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The forecast calls for snow but its uncertain just how much. As late at 2 p.m. the Weather Channel was predicting no more than three centimetres, but updated that, taking a stab at “less than 5” by 2 a.m. Saturday. A special weather warning from Environment Canada says to expect between five and 10 centimetres by Friday morning.