AWOSS-2011-2
Third Atlantic Workshop on Semantics and Services - blog summary - part 2. A Semantic Web based Framework for Modeling and Simulating Clinical PathwaysAli Daniyal The problem is the analysis…
The Triumph of the Philestines
The news in this morning's Globe and Mail that John Baird will become Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs is truly depressing. A graduate of Queen's University, Baird is not stupid.The…
What could go wrong?
From the same brilliant commonsense school of "thought" that gave us a high school dropout as Minister of Education in Ontario, the same braintrust that appoint a creationist quack as…
Guest blogpost: The Liberal ‘Special Convention’. It’s not Extraordinary. It’s Unconstitutional.
I saw the following note on Facebook from John Lennard – who is a fellow Liberal, a one-time fellow Liberal blogger, and someone who literally came within a coin-flip last…
AWOSS-2011-1
Third Atlantic Workshop on Semantics and Services - blog summary Leveraging Semantic Web Technologies for Improved Decision Making Samuel Chance, Novexcorp Told some ‘Alabama’ jokes, to illustrate the importance of…
NDP Ideas 2011-05-18 09:40:00
Hero Cops Escort Cellphone Loudmouth Off Train from Gizmodo by Seth Abramovitch People who carry on high-volume conversations on their cellphones in public places are the worst. THE. WORST. Which…
Sticking Points: On Being Political
So what’s it like to be an activist from afar? In short, it’s not easy. It does, however, bring into relief some of the reasons why I helped to create…
Do Wages or Profits Lead Growth?
Earlier this month, I served as the discussant for a presentation by Engelbert Stockhammer, an economics professor from Kingston University in London. He was speaking at a conference organized by…
The Urban Diabetes Epidemic: Green Cities & Health
I've written before about the fact that overall New Yorkers have the highest life expectancy in the United States. Sounds odd, but research has traced those added months to the…
No Comment: Aborted Soulmate
“I know I’m gonna catch a lot of flax for this but I truly believe that people who search their whole lives for their spouse and end up single in…
How Does the Liberal Party Rebuild When It Starts by Having Illegit Meeting?
The "Special Convention" : It's not Extraordinary. It's Unconstitutional.par John J. Lennard, mardi 17 mai 2011, 10:55http://www.facebook.com/notes/john-j-lennard/the-special-convention-its-not-extraordinary-its-unconstitutional/10150184826444141There ...
Getting It Right?
No matter your "position", you at least have to acknowledge there is some real back and forth occurring between the Liberal brass and the membership. I say this for a…
Does WikiLeaks oopsie reveal secret Tory scheme to soak Alberta taxpayers to enrich private utility companies? Oh, probably
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to … transmit electricity. Below: Brian Mason, Murray Smith.A good rule in public relations is never to let the…
New Orleans and the culture of resistance – Interview with Floodlines author Jordan Flaherty
Over five years since the catastrophe of hurricane Katrina, communities in New Orleans are still struggling to rebuild and return. Shocking images of Katrina broadcast globally continue to communicate the…
Gas Pipeline Blazing Trail for Enbridge Gateway Project?
During an eight-minute interview with Fox News' Mad Money host Jim Kramer last week, Enbridge CEO Pat Daniel made a revelation that was at once startling and hardly surprising -…
Devonshire Playground update
It's been covered in the news, so most likely you've heard there's a semi-resolution to the Devonshire parking vs playground debacle. Here's a great letter from the school council co-chairs,…
Ford and fawning lackies vote to push Toronto into more debt
Toronto votes to contract out garbage pickup - thestar.comGloat gloat, oink oink.Studies show that although privatizing garbage pick-up may initially save money, it will cost much more in the long…
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