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Andrew, it is a pleasure to have the oputitpnroy to carry on an intelligent exchange with differences in point of view. I realize and appreciate your efforts to expand accessibility to the arts in all parts of the world. Without your thoughts, I would not have stretched my brain to express my inner feelings.I believe the phrase familiarity breeds contempt might fit the concept here. Ms. Hart's reference to the happy snapper is relevant to our emotional connection to photographs. Just like the scenario where I hand my granddaughters magic markers or crayons to draw a picture to put on the fridge, or I go out to take a picture of the yard in the snow. But an artist takes the same materials and creates an object of thought and beauty to be appreciated for many years to come and the effort should be recognized for its totally different purpose in life and you are correct, Andrew, size does matter.Ms. Wilson's choice is a pleasing collection of works demonstrating different uses of the camera. Often, critics forget the business of art is to provide thoughtful provocative works for our homes and offices. Most people who have the money to purchase artwork do not want to be surrounded by hate, fear, crime, and violent instincts. Ms. Wilson's choices are on the mark. by Alice posted on Monday, April 23, 2012

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I agree with you there Linda, online veiwing of art really is wonderful.It has almost been a revolution of sorts for the arts.The nett has changed the whole art scene in my opinion. From being dominated by regional galleries, museums and magazines, today the aspiring artist can find info on and inspiration from a number of different artistic movements and not just the two or three preferred by the established art community.One is seeing this generation emerging from the art academies today with a far broader range of inspirational sources than was the case in the past.That aside, I am often suprised how much better photo is when viewed live than online. Perhaps because, online, this form of art is competing with the billions of other photos of our pets, children and sunsets? But I also believe that scale is important. Where one can Imagine the size of a sculpture, it is often more challenging to Imagine the size of a photograph. This is what I was trying to get across, rather clumsily, I apologize. by Cierra posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012

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“Now if only GO would invest some serious money into upgrading the tracks to allow for faster speeds (hopefully up to 160km/h west of Brampton) to allow trip times of less than an hour. Currently it takes 1 hour 36 minutes by VIA and about the same (depending on traffic) by Greyhound, and the GO train will take more like 2 hours because it makes more stops. Doing this will make the train much more competitive with driving or the bus. This is needed on Peterborough as well if it is ever upgraded, otherwise it is faster to take the bus.”Upgrading to 160 km/h would involve some hefty investment in curves and signalling. I doubt that the trains would run local all the way from Kitchener to Union. They would be hauling too many empty seats for too many miles to make it worth while. I bet that they will run express from Bramalea to Toronto with a local coming out just after them.James says:November 14, 2010 at 8:57 pm“Something missing here, I think, is the need for the province to step and contract with VIA to provide service where desired. Several U.S. States have done this with Amtrak, using it to provide commuter or student-friendly or tourist rail services that were not commercially viable or federally subsidized.”I think that GO/MetroLinx is providing the type and level of service that the Province wants and are doing it for a lot less subsidy the VIA would require. Can you imagine a VIA train loading 700 people at an intermediate station. It would take hours through the two doors that they would have open. I have watched a VIA train take 10 minutes to load 50 passengers then have a GO train come in and load 700 in 2 minutes. Lets keep VIA as far away from the commuter game as possible. While GO has trouble thinking anything other than FRA TC compatible equipment, at least they look at different designs.If GO/MetroLinx wanted to increase their average speed to something approaching electric locomotive hauled trains they could run AC locomotives and put one at either end. AC has an initial tractive effort of 30 – 45% higher than DC and using two locomotives would double that. You would end up with initial acceleration rates of 260 to 290% of today’s. That would improve speed a lot more than increasing the maximum speed. Look at the amount of time that the train spends accelerating versus running at 160 km/h in commuter service. GO will not do that because the cost for the locomotives would be very high, but the operating cost would probably be similar, higher fuel versus lower wages due to time saved. viagra acyclovir or valtrex by Symona posted on Thursday, April 26, 2012

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I’ve been following this story for some time. The storage facility is likely a pair of tracks to be built by the mainline in west Kitchener, just west of Ira Needles Blvd. There’s plenty of space there, although some residents a few hundred metres away are understandably nervous. Given that they’re only talking about $18 million in investment, I think GO’s doing this on the cheap on the theory that it’s more important to get the service in and improve it over time than to go with the gold standard right away. $18 million is not enough to build the hoped-for new station at King and Victoria, and that was probably a side-project for the Waterloo Regional LRT in any event. I expect they’ll re-use the VIA stations in Kitchener and Guelph (the latter of which is due to be renovated and combined with the intercity bus terminal, and possibly the local bus terminal as well. A stop has been promised in Acton, and I expect they’ll simply resurrect the stop next to the Old Hyde House. I suspect they may take two established runs from Georgetown and extend them to start out and finish in Kitchener.For me, the big question mark is Breslau. The proposed stop is in the middle of a farmer’s field, so it could be covered under the $18 million, but I’m not sure. It’s not mentioned in the press release. Breslau is basically where Kitchener would come to park. Right now, parking is quite limited at the VIA Rail stop.$18 million also isn’t much for track improvements, including the slow-order bridge over the Grand River. But I keep on hearing that funding is already available for VIA to make track improvements, assuming they can reach some sort of deal with the rather intransigent Goderich and Exeter Railway which leases the line (from CN). auto insurance quote infinity auto insurance by Etty posted on Wednesday, May 02, 2012

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departure times of 06:15 and 07:30. The E.A. included train graphs which implied journey times of two hours from Kicthener to Union (assuming all stops… I reckon skipping everything between Georgetown and Union would save about 20 mins).My big question: why is GO doing this and not VIA? VIA already provides service between Toronto and Kitchener, so why not just provide VIA with the means to run extra trains? Having two providers means that you have to choose between them when you buy a season ticket, and then the existence of the other company’s trains is moot. I’d rather see one company run five trains a day each way than VIA run 3/day and GO run 2/day (which the current plan). (My assumption is that tickets will only be valid on one, not both. I’d love to be proved wrong, and see a ticket valid on both for the same price as valid on GO only).The cynic is me thinks it’s because the province wants to see “Ontario’s” train company provide the service, not “the feds’”. I worry that VIA will loose revenue because GO will probably offer cheaper tickets, potentially affecting service beyond Kitchener where VIA is the only choice.Steve: VIA has plans to run many more trains per day each way on this line, but there is an argument between VIA and the Goderich & Exeter which leases the line from CN for at least the next few years. Isn’t private enterprise wonderful? You don’t need a government department to get in the way of better service. GO carries a bigger stick than VIA. no prescription cialis nexium by Jakayla posted on Monday, May 14, 2012