OLYMPIA – The Washington House of Representatives voted 56-42 today to concur with Senate amendments and send HB 1050, a bill to regulate hydrofluorocarbons
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During Toronto’s last great construction boom which lasted from, say, 1955 to 1980 something magical began on a random day in 1959. A few dump trucks loaded with, perhaps, pieces of a Victorian-era, carved sandstone building (demolished to make way for a new, glassy one) were dumped into the lake at the foot of Leslie St. in the city’s light-industrial east end.
Eventually, with the construction of the Bloor-Danforth Subway, dozens more glassy skyscrapers, and the general movement of earth required to build a modern city, the Toronto Harbour Commissioners had, rubbly bit by rebar-encrusted bit, created a breakwater that stretched out like a long finger into Lake Ontario.
Print article It’s gone. You have traded in our liberty for perceived security. We will never get it back. The federal government violates the Constitution by ignoring it. What an ingenious way to usher in tyranny! Former President George W. Bush neutralized the Fourth Amendment after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Congress supported Bush’s treasonous action because the public is hell-bent on escaping from freedom. For those of you who’ve not read the Constitution, the Fourth Amendment is the one the founders wrote that prohibits the government from stealing our private information. The Supreme Court ruled on the side of liberty: that the government is bound by the Constitution to obey the law of the land. The government is a treasonous rogue that considers itself to be above the law. Even Supreme Court rulings mean zero.
Canadian poet Lisa Richter on channelling the voice of Anna Margolin for her award-winning collection Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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At an old monastery in Saskatchewan, home to a writers’ retreat, Toronto poet Lisa Richter began channelling an early 20th century feminist Yiddish poet from what is now Belarus. George Elliott Clarke, a mentor at the Sage Hill Poetry Colloquium, had assigned the group to write two pages of plain verse. “And Anna Margolin,” says Richter, “just popped into my head.”
Comcast s “The Future of Awesome” Tour Arrives in South Florida In addition to product demos and educational tents, the tour includes a space where participants can try The Voice s Chair and take pictures with a real NASCAR race car.
Published November 6, 2019 •
Updated on November 6, 2019 at 4:01 pm
Comcast s The Future of Awesome Tour has made its way to South Florida, with the public invited to the two-day event for food, entertainment and networking.
The event, which kicked off Tuesday morning and runs until 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, was designed to allow the public to interact with the Xfinity brand and other company products while getting to know members of the NBCUniversal family.