Shooting at the TTC Station

A violent accident happened at Dupon station invovling a 52 year old man named William Anderson. He was a full time employee when at 7:30pm on Sunday, a customer with a gun, (shot gun) demanded for money. William Anderson took two shots to the upper chest and to the neck. He was rushed to the hospital by the paramedics to St. Michael's Hospital. Fortunatly he will survive the shot. Police are looking at the cameras and trying to find out who the shooter was. They weren't sure how much money or even took any money. But he ran down the street right after the shot.  The Chairman of the TTC was "shocked" and is expected to change the way of payment to Presto Smart Card by the year 2015. William, had been working with the TTC since 2003, and is expected to make a full recoveryt after going through surgeries.

 I think this is a very scary event. I believe this will affect the people who take the TTC often due to numerous shooting events that occured during the year through 2011- 2012. I don't usually take the TTC but after reading this article, I am starting to give it a second thought on if I shoould take the car even though it might cause to be more expensive. Even though, its a great way for transportation, it seems very dangerous. And it was described by the Chairman saying, " no one is safe around a person or people with a gun. No one." I hope Mr. Anderson makes a well and fast recovery while, they improve the protection of the TTC customers and as well as the employees.

Link: http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/1137045--ttc-employee-shot-at-dupont-station

US accident

An unfortunate accident happened in the midnight at California. 7 Marines of the US amry died due to an unforgettable inccident regarding two helicopters during a midnight training time.

Two Helicopters controled by 7 Marines accidentally crashed and died in California. It was during a midnight, but the names of the soldiers still haven't been revealed due to family issues.

I think this was a very unfortunate inccident that happened. This also tells everyone how being a soldier can be dangerous and very cautionary not just on the battle field but even on practice fields while doing drills. After hearing this incident, I continue to give more and more respect for these soldiers who go to battles or choose to become a soldier to risk their lives for their country.  They go through a lot for our country yet, some people still don't give the full respect they deserve.

They are our National Heroes.


LinkLhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/02/23/us-marines-helicopters.html

Romantic Day of Valentines Day

Today was a great memory for a couple of Mike and Michele Thompson. Mike Thompson, a 49 year old was rushed into the operating room because he was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Then, later, he was rushde into the operating room once again due to postsurgery paralysis from Guillain-Barré syndrome. Because of thie sybdrome, he is unable to speak fluently and have a memory of what happened recently. Him and his wife are trying to regain speec and movement from the past. Mike was a mainframe computer operator, but won't be resuming his work because of the memory losses. He is now at home receving help from technical aids, such as his blackberry. During the day, he texts his wife Michele saying " Have I told you today I love you" several times. Many people in their neighbour hood question how Michele lives with Mike despite the difficulties and problems the couples face.

I think this is a very ironic because today is valentines day. After reading this story, it encourages me to become a doctor and find a cure for these deases. Im also touched by his wife continunig to care for him and helping him trhough his life even though it might be hard for herself too. I hope everything goes well for these couples and wish the best of luck in the future.


Link:
http://www.thestar.com/living/valentinesday/article/1130975--valentine-s-day-2012-love-endures-despite-husband-s-memory-loss-following-brain-aneurysm

Big, Bigger , Biggest

Countries, Cities, and Communities need their own type of identity. Many of Contries, cities and the communities have captured their own identity by displaying giant statues of their own importance. For example, a Big Duck in New York Citythe giant curling rock in Manitoba, and don't forget the Big Banana in Australia or the Giant Easter Egg in Alberta, and last but not least, we have a 12m bright re apple near highway 401 between Toronto and Kingston. These giant figures, attract many travelers and tuorists from parts around the world. More than half a million people come to see the Big Apple annually. These giant statues are developing as years pass on. In Australia, the Big Banana has evolved into a main attraction at an amusement park, with slides, ice rinks, cafeterias and not to for get, the famous choc coated bananas. These attractions also helps people learn more about the community and the meaning of why they were built.

I think this is a great way to build an identity of a country, city, and communties. They are built for a reason which will show some kind of detail and identity of them. It was told that there are more and more statues and monuments being built in order to expand on their name. This is a great idea if your starting with something small, because as mentioned, tourists from all over the world come and observe the big statues which is a great way if you want to lure attractors.

Link:
http://www.thestar.com/travel/article/1126565--big-bigger-biggest-weird-roadside-attractions-of-the-world

Twitter Unites With The Super Bowl

The 46th Super Bowl, one of the most anticipated events every year. The Super Bowl helped Twitter break the record for the most tweets in a second, with 10,000. The performance of Madonna at yesterday's half time show averaged about 8,000 tweets per second for five minutes. There were also 10,000 tweets sent in the last three minutes of the game. The last outraging three minutes' tweet broke the record for the most amount of tweets by a thousand which was when Beyonce's pregnancy announcement at the MTV Video Music Awards was spread. Yesterday was one of the most intense tweeting events of all time. Moe than 100 million users were active and sent more than 60 billions tweets.

I think this whos how much communication has evolved and a certain sports event is becoming a thing for everyone around the country and even the world. Communicating and updating the score over a website shows how much eaiser communicating with each other is and how helpful it can be for us from all over the world. With a single click, you can express your thoughts, message and opinion.
Sports has been  developing drastically over the past 5 years. The Super Bowl was broadcasted in over 232 countries and in 34 different languages. This shows how much passion the whole world shows about each sports events.

A Forced Apology

" Jailed killers should have suicide option rather than run up millions of dollars in prison costs." are some of the words Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu told the country which short after, was forced to apologize for very violent words. This had many impacts to the citizens around him. Families and relatives were shocked and upset about this saying because of their own losses of their loved ones due to suicidal. Some people thought this was a reasonable answer due to the over expenses the Canadian Government has to pay for their cell. For example, two criminals  Mohammad Shafia, Tooba Yahya will be improisoned with a cost of 10million dollars. He also backed up his statement by saying that the big money should be going towards to people who have responsibilities. However, with his back up ideas and minds, the Liberal Interim Leader Bob Rae said it was “completely unacceptable,”.



On some parts, I agree with Mr. Boisvenu saying on the criminals. However, I think he should of worded it a bit differently instead of directly saying it towards the criminals. Even though the words might of been harsh, it is true that the fact it will cost around 10million dollars is unbelivable. It can be spent somewhere else, to help a community or give a hand to the poor. Despite agreeing with Mr. Boisvenu, the words from Mr. Boisvenu seemed very harsh. I think this gives a very poor reputation of him and will affect him in the future. I found this a big dicussion because he is one of the people who have a saying in Canada, but when a respected man speaks like that, it can sometimes change the view on a him.
But at the end, I agree with Mr. Rae by saying it was completely unacceptable. Even though those people have comitted an unforgettable they are still human and the words were too harsh.

http://www.thestar.com/article/1124663--give-murderers-rope-inside-their-prison-cells-tory-senator-says