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The Race Card, as we know it, is being played for the most trivial and outlandish of reasons lately. But false accusations of racism over valid political and social issues minimizes the suffering of those who have actually been victims of it. Like me.
Posted 21 hours ago by  Johnny Simpson | 2 comments
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Toronto public health officials urged the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to warn public about listeria danger several days before the CFIA made the announcement.
Posted yesterday by Bob Ewing | 8 comments
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Arnold Foods Company, Inc. is recalling BROWNBERRY brand Whole Grains BREAD 100% WHOLE WHEAT (1 LB 8 OZ) because it may contain undeclared almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts.
Posted yesterday by Bob Ewing | 10 comments
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Now that October is here thoughts turn to Halloween and witches. A good time for teachers to talk about the Salem witch trials in 1692. But does that mean the teacher is a witch?
Posted Oct 8, 2008 by Cynthia T. [Picasso] | 39 comments
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Entertainment magazine Esquire has chosen 42-year-old Halle Berry as the “sexiest woman alive” this year. Berry said she wants to share the honor with every woman.
Posted Oct 8, 2008 by Chris V. (cgull) | 9 comments
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The concentration camps many thought were a thing of the past appear to be alive and well hidden. Behind the bright lights and glamour of the Olympics, many Chinese people were suffering.
Posted Oct 8, 2008 by W.V. Fitzgerald | 3 comments
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Once considered an archaic language limited to dusty, octogenarian professors, Latin is once again in vogue in schools across the country. What's Harry Potter to do with this phenomenon?
Posted Oct 8, 2008 by Jason Li | 12 comments
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The second presidential debate between Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama took place yesterday, and both candidates delivered soft blows. During an exchange, however, McCain referred to Obama as “That One” instead of calling him by name.
Posted Oct 8, 2008 by Chris V. (cgull) | 31 comments
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Conservative leader Stephen Harper announced his party's platform which includes $400 million in loans for manufacturing sector.
Posted Oct 7, 2008 by Bob Ewing | 14 comments
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Researchers say that the number of people with mental illnesses, addiction disorders, and chronic and infectious diseases who receive their medical care in a jail or prison is growing.
Posted Oct 7, 2008 by Bob Ewing | 7 comments
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Matani Shakya, 3, of Nepal is the newest living goddess. The toddler was approved by priests and President Ram Baran Yadav in a centuries-old tradition on Tuesday.
Posted Oct 7, 2008 by KJ (momentsintime) | 3 comments
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Two men who have ties to white supremacist organizations have been elected by Republicans in Michigan to be precinct delegates. They have been elected for two-year terms.
Posted Oct 7, 2008 by Cynthia T. [Picasso] | 15 comments
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After a series of scandals that revolve around food contamination, there are new regulations and stricter rules in regard to the origins of food.
Posted Oct 6, 2008 by Can Tran (TFactor) | 5 comments
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Drinking in space is prohibited by NASA and the Russian space agencies, but a cosmonaut wants a change in the policies that will allow drinking.
Posted Oct 6, 2008 by Chris V. (cgull) | 6 comments
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The Christian right is delighted with Sarah Palin. They consider her "one of us," a follower of the Holy Bible. But the Bible doesn't quite agree with them.
Posted Oct 6, 2008 by Bart B. Van Bockstaele | 44 comments
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Over the weekend Sarah Palin made a reference to Barack Obama's ties to questionable characters, but there is another area where Palin believes John McCain should "take the gloves off", Obama's association with his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright.
Posted Oct 6, 2008 by Susan Duclos | 25 comments
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In another political gaffe, Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin called Afghanistan “our neighboring country” during a Sunday speech to her supporters.
Posted Oct 6, 2008 by Chris V. (cgull) | 22 comments
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A doctor is being sued when a patient goes under the knife for a circumcision and the doctor finds the need to amputate the man's penis because of unforeseen medical necessity.
Posted Oct 5, 2008 by Susan Duclos | 18 comments
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Art is a vibrant part of life in Toronto. The streets are filled with talent everyday but one night a year that art is the city. Nuit Blanche was a night long celebration Saturday where art and people collide merging into a kaleidoscope of culture.
Posted Oct 5, 2008 by KJ (momentsintime) | 3 comments
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The Department of Defense plans to spend $100 millian USD a year, for the next three years in an effort to "engage and inspire" the local population to support the Iraqi government.
Posted Oct 5, 2008 by Sadiq Green (Spolitics) | 5 comments
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Bart B. Van Bockstaele
Citizen Journalist
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Reporting from: Toronto, Canada Registered: Mar 24, 2007
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I am a computer programmer turned author and translator who lives in Toronto since 1996.
As a translator, I specialize in IT-subjects, financial subjects and scientific subjects, mainly medical and pharmaceutical subjects. I translate from/into English and Dutch/Flemish.
As an author, I have written five books and co-authored two. I am currently working on another project.
I love technology, not because it is "cool" but because of what it can do for me.
My current passion is Japanese culture and language. I sing enka, practice Japanese classical dancing (nihonbuyou), kitsuke (kimono dressing) and wasai (Japanese tailoring).
My website has not been updated for several years, due to lack of time, but I still do maintain a weblog for De Standaard, a major Dutch newspaper in Belgium (in Dutch). It can be found at this link.
I am also the Toronto correspondent for Wereldnet, a program by the VPRO on Dutch state-owned radio. This is a link to most of the programs in which I have appeared so far since August 2001 (in Dutch). |
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