In a move described by some observers as onionesque, the City’s Policies and Procedures Committee is recommending the city issue an RFP for the development of what will be known as MMM Software. The Request for Proposals for Municipal Mind Monitoring software comes after a review of the latest moves
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THE FIFTH COLUMN: NCC "Grand" "Massive" Greenbelt Expansion More Wish List Than To Do List
According to the Ottawa Citizen: OTTAWA — The National Capital Commission brought forward a massive expansion Wednesday of the Greenbelt that will see the “emerald necklace” grow by 2,400 hectares in a bid to cement Ottawa’s reputation as one of the world’s greenest capitals. (View Greenbelt expansion in a larger
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The Ultimate Solution to Electoral Reform in Canada
Yes indeed, I do have the ultimate solutions to all of our electoral system problems and I will share them with all of you. Now some of you might think this is too comprehensive and complicated to propose all at once, but for voters it will be just a simple
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: We Must Stop Stephen Harper and the 20% from Destroying Canada
There has been lots of discussion about how Stephen Harper’s majority only represents 40% of voters because of the way our electoral system works. But, in reality, his agenda has much fewer supporters. We must remember that the Conservative Party is a coalition. It is not a coalition in the
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Sometimes I Really Wonder
I think we all have friends, relatives or acquaintances that are caught up in Islamophobia and regularly send out e-mails warning that the Muslims are immigrating and breeding and going to take over the country. Their usual solution to the “problem” is to force the minorities to abandon their “evil
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: New Years Resolution
Well, if it isn’t obvious what it should be, my resolution is to actually write and post all those blog post ideas that come to me almost daily and get thought about but never written and posted.
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: White Christmas in the South March Highlands
At Least a White Pre-Christmas Video by Ray Vermette (Ottawa Mountain Bike Association) Source: OMBA – White Mountain Bike Christmas
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Cyclist Fatality Waiting/Designed to Happen
If you wanted to design a storm sewer grate to catch a bicycle wheel and throw the rider into fast heavy traffic you could not do better than this. These are located along Eagleson Road between the Queensway and Hazeldean Road. They seem designed to capture bicycle wheels and kill
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The Stages of Human Communication Technology
Language (pre-history) Written Language (circa 3200 BC) The Printing Press (circa 1440 ) (Johannes Gutenberg) Telephone (1861/1875) Radio Broadcasting (circa 1910) Television Broadcasting (1928/1936) The Internet (1969) (ARPANET) Smart Phones (1992) (RIM BlackBerry 1999)
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Saving the South March Highlands: Looking to the Future
The first thing I want to say is that any discussion of saving the South March Highlands has to start by acknowledging that, indeed, some of it has been saved and placed in public ownership and that we might not even be discussing saving the rest of it if that
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Economics 101: The Reality of Canadian Capitalism
In More Academic Terms
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Watts Creek Pathway Construction Alternative Route
On Wednesday November 9, I noticed that a section of the Watts Creek Pathway running alongside the Nepean National Equestrian Park has the asphalt torn up and appears ready for construction work, barriers were ready to be placed across the path in two …
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Backroad Mapbooks GPS Map Review (Ontario)
Read the review on my Richard’s GPS Trail Maps site.
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Cycling and Mountain Biking Season in Review
I know it’s not over yet, and with the winter bike it is never over, but I feel it’s been a great season so far and now is as good a time as ever to put my thoughts down in print. The time will come soon enough when the trails are no longer rideable a…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: This Land is Your Land – The Uncensored Version
Occupy Let Freedom Rain: Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello to join Occupy Vancouver Wednesday? This Land Is Your LandWords and Music by Woody GuthrieChorus: This land is your land, this land is my landFrom California, to the New York IslandFrom…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The South March Highlands
Click here for everything you need to know about The South March HighlandsPlease click above for what is the best overview yet of the issues relating to The South March Highlands.
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Richard’s GPS Trail Maps Website Updated
I have updated my Richard’s GPS Trail Maps website with:New overview map: Stony Swamp Conservation Area TrailsandRevised map: Old Quarry Trail System
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: If Don Cherry is Right it Means Banning Hockey
I have always tried to give Don Cherry some credit for his knowledge of the game so I listened when he said fighting was necessary as a relief valve for players because otherwise they would take cheap shots and inflict even more violence when the offic…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Bought My New Winter Bike
Well my old Supercycle winter bike finally died after two winters and I decided to go searching for something better to replace it with, something with a somewhat better derailleur and switchers.I went to look at bikes at the Ottawa re-Cycles and foun…
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