Month July 2009

Tobermory: Light houses

Like any coastline, one can expect to find many lighthouses. Most have been retired and replaced by automated beacons. With GPS it’s hard to imagine that any such systems would be required much into the future. Yes some of the…

Tobermory: Flower Pot Island

Located across from Tobermery is Flower Pot Island, named after the flower-pot-shaped rocks:The interior of the island is covered in a moss-filled forrest:

Tobermory

We spent last weekend up at Tobermory. Situated on the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula one may travel down the east coast facing Georgian Bay and see the rock-faced shoreline defined by the Niagara Escarpment:Or you can travel down…

Toxic Assets continue to smolder

In an article published in the Wall Street Journal, “Why Toxic Assets Are So Hard to Clean Up” Kenneth Scott and John Taylor cite complexity resulting from a lack of transparency as a key inhibitor in resolving the toxic asset…