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Jane Jacobs contributed strongly to 1960s and 1970s intellectual currents

I recently came across a book, The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs (2012), that positions Jane Jacobs as among the most influential thinkers who contributed to the intellectual currents of the 1960s and 1970s – “along,” as the book notes (p.2), “with Thomas Kuhn, Ian McHarg, Rachel Carson, Betty Friedan, John Rawls, to name a […]

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Free sugars cause more inflammation at a cellular level, which promotes heart disease and stroke

Click here to access previous posts about sugar > By and large, I stay within the World Health Organization sugar-consumption guidelines. WHO recommends no more than 25 grams of sugar per day. I’m keen not to produce more inflammation at the cellular level. I’m really pleased I came across this evidence-based research. Click here for […]

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Changing the Conversation (2015)

Changing the Conversation: The 17 Principles of Conflict Resolution (2015) I learned about Changing the Conversation: The 17 Principles of Conflict Resolution (2015) when I read an April 24, 2015 New York Times article entitled: “A William Forsythe Dancer Moves From Toe-Tapping to Handshaking.” A Book List Review for Changing the Conversation (2015) at the Toronto Public Library […]

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David Godley comments regarding April 28, 2015 Open House regarding proposed changes to Planning Act

The following text is written by David Godley regarding April 28, 2015 Open House hosted by Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn: Bill 73, Public Meeting on proposed changes to Planning Act. Presented by MPP Peter Milczyn at Royal Canadian Legion, April 28, 2015 1) PRAISE:Congratulations to our host on bringing this matter to the public and asking for […]

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Community Meetings – April 28, 2015 & May 4, 2015 – Underlying story is destruction of the character of Long Branch

The following message is from David Godley of Long Branch: Community Meetings A number of people have asked what is the difference between MPP Milczyn’s planning meeting and Councillor Grimes’ planning meeting. The Provincial meeting is about changes to the Planning Act including limiting appeals to the OMB (Ontario Municipal Board) which do not really […]

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Elvis remarked: “The image is one thing and the human being is another.”

The Elvis Presley quote is from: Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash (2015). I borrowed the book from the Toronto Public Library because evidence is of interest to me: Evidence has value to the extent it is solid, verifiable, and corroborated by other solid evidence Eat your vegetables; the research […]