This has been building for a while. It started as a niggling little feeling at the back of my head and over time it grew and today it just burst out. I AM PISSED OFF! Why? Because we and by that I mean the collective, North American, consumer-economy, celebrity-worshipping, ...

After reading about so many reasons we should not be investing into ethanol as an alternative fuel, I came across one more I had to post quickly A little-recognized risk: Fires require special firefighting foam Ethanol fires are harder ...

People tout what the "plan" is to save Windsor on a regular basis. I can show you an actual studied and proven plan but I can't take credit for it. It was written by much more educated and intelligent people than you will find blogging. No offence ...

The Canadian Automobile Association has built up quite the membership servicing the needs of motorists. And everyone knows they have expensive needs! Wouldn't it be nice if there was an association that did the same for pedestrians? We highlighted a web application ...

Twice in a week there have been two Editorials in the London Freepress talking about a recently released report from Mainstreet London and the Downtown London BIA.The path to success for downtowns is always the same in the broad strokes with minor changes in ...

Kingsport, Tennessee (King's Port) Nickname: The Model City Chartered; 1822 Rechartered: 1917 Area - City 45.0 sq mi (116.6 km?) - Land 44.1 sq mi (114.4 km?) - Water 0.9 sq mi (2.4 km?) Elevation 1,211 ft (369 m) Population (2000)[1] - City 44,905 - ...

Whew! What a week. Events unfolded to make our February 20th launch of the new ScaleDown.ca a resounding success. From delving into a technical medium of which I have very little control (the internet and I are wayward ...