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In the United States, painkillers take more lives than heroin and cocaine combined – Globe and Mail, Oct. 3, 2014
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe topic of evidence and where it leads is of interest to me. Truthiness takes a person elsewhere; truthiness makes for engaging and compelling stories built upon the absence of empirical evidence. As noted at the link in the previous sentence, More Real: Art in the Age of Truthiness (2012) provides a definition and an overview (pp. […]
Doors Open at Small Arms building, Sept. 27, 2014 at 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at Dixie Road and Lakeshore Road East
/0 Comments/in Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAs I have noted in previous posts, I have much enjoyed previous Doors Open events at the Small Arms building at Dixie Road and Lakeshore Road East. In my experience, the quality of communications associated with each year’s event, and the quality of programming, is exemplary and warrants celebration. Click here to access Heritage Mississauga overview […]
Bob Carswell from MCHS has shared a memorable update
/17 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Biographies, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillBob Carswell has shared a delightful comment at another post; I’m pleased to share it here as an MCHS Biography entry. I’ve worked out a tentative paragraph structure for this post, and have added links to posts from the Preserved Stories website that reference themes that Bob Carswell mentions. Great to read you message, Bob. […]
When Britain burned the White House
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI have an interest in military history including the history of the British empire. My interest in the latter empire stems from the fact that Colonel Samuel Smith, who fought on the British side in the American Revolutionary War, in 1797 built a log cabin a one-minute walk from where I live in Long Branch (Toronto […]
The processing capacity of the conscious mind is limited; this is a result of how the brain’s attentional system evolved
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI feel most fortunate that I came across a Twitter link dealing with an Aug. 9, 2014 New York Times article that underlines the fact that the processing capacity of conscious mind is limited, as a result of how the brain’s attentional system evolved. As I’ve noted in a previous post, the article recommends that […]
Do your social networking and email during a designated time, not as constant interruptions to your day
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI would describe myself as dubious with regard to efforts to “explain reality” on the basis of neuroscience research. That said, I do read accounts of potential applications of the “latest neuroscience research.” By way of example, the concept that a person needs to “reset” one’s brain from time to time – for example, by avoiding […]
Only 35,000 of Detroit’s 88,000 streetlights actually work, so some owners are buying and installing their own
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillDeindustrialization and the metaphor of the Machine in the Garden have been the topics of previous posts, as has been the urban planning history of Chicago. I’ve also discussed the contrast between waterfront development in Mississauga and Toronto: Anecdotes Shared by Fellow Walkers – May 5, 2014 post by Jaan Pill at Jane’s Walk website […]
Buying into Fair Trade (2013) seeks to understand the ways conscientious consumers make sense of things
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe concept of fair-trade coffee is among the most intellectually challenging and enjoyable-to-ponder concepts that I have come across in recent years. I’ve addressed this topic in previous posts including the following ones, among others: Truthiness, stage magic, and fair trade coffee Is there a reason to boycott fair trade coffee after reading recent research […]