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Strategic planning for 2011-14

20 December 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m...
From the Municipal Information Network*:

Chatham-Kent Council Sets Directions for 2011-2014 Term
December 14, 2010 - Following a day and a half of strategic planning, Chatham‐Kent Council has set its overall course for the next four years. The Strategic Planning Session 2011 ‐ 2014 was held at Tilbury Arena on Thursday and Friday. The...

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Why are the endings of some TV series so bad?

19 December 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Personal reminisence, Book & film reviews, art, culture and reviews
The Sopranos was a great TV series, but the ending was, at best quixotic, at worst unfulfilling and frustrating. Lost was also a great TV series, but the ending was flaccid and annoyingly religious.

We just watched Flashforward (on DVD) and while we loved the series through 21 episodes, the ending episode was, like with so many other American TV...

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Embedded map test x2

11 December 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick
This is a test to see how embedded HTML code looks in an entry. This is a map of the major tequila-producing region of Jalisco state, Mexico, centred around Guadalajara. You can grab and drag the map, zoom in, or change from satellite to street map style display.


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Contrived words and spelling

10 December 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Language use and abuse
Contrived words generally make me queasy. Yes, I know English is a language in flux and neologisms come and go with annoying frequency. But when advertising and marketing companies get into the act and redesign the language for their own ends, the result is usually fatuous at best, and embarrassingly stupid at worst.

This post was sparked after I...

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Tags: English, bad spelling, metaplasmus, language 6 Comments


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Council off to a good start

07 December 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., Election 2010
The inauguration, yesterday, at the Royal Canadian Legion set what I hope is the positive tone for the next four years. Mayor Sandra Cooper promised several things, including a focus on the budget, the changing of the patio bylaw, and a return to the inclusive budget process the previous mayor autocratically changed without council input.

I'm...

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Saying goodbye to Ollie

01 December 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Personal reminisence, Animals
Ollie showed up at our door in the summer of 1997. He was an adult cat then, maybe two years old, but possibly older. And he was a big cat, bigger than any other we'd ever had, his short fur all black except in the sunlight when you could see he had a dark, chocolate brown undercoat that suggested a Burmese heritage. A tiny brush of white was...

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The strangest thing to say...

26 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m...
There's a front-page article in this weekend's Collingwood Connection about the mayor, titled, "Carrier proud of accomplishments." Pretty much the expected thin, self-congratulatory analysis of his past four years. But what struck me is a bit at the end.*

John Edwards asks Carrier about his "tumultuous" relationship...

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Familiar promises over incomplete highway project?

25 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Provincial folly
Does this story from the Municipal Information Network sound familiar? Seems we're not the only community in Ontario waiting for the province to live up to its promises to complete a section of highway...

Durham Region, Peterborough call for the Province to honour its commitment and build Hwy 407 East Extension in one phase

Oshawa,...

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Cambridge’s Anti-Idling By-law Enforcement Begins December 1st

24 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood life, Collingwood's municipal m..., downtown-BIA
From the Municipal Information Network. While we have an anti-idling bylaw, I have yet to find out how many (if any) tickets have been given out. I'll ask again next term.

Cambridge, November 23, 2010 - Starting next month, Parking Enforcement Officers at the City of Cambridge will issue $40 tickets related to the new Anti-idling By-law...

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City of Medicine Hat Launches YouTube Channel

24 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood life, Collingwood's municipal m..., technology
Another item from the Municipal Information Netwrok, that Collingwood should consider for itself:

Medicine Hat, November 24, 2010 - Residents can now follow the City of Medicine Hat on YouTube to learn more about City projects and services.

To visit the City’s YouTube channel go to...

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