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Joan Crawford, Dennis and Mr. Wilson
August 21, 2017 by Mary Margaret Conway Sullivan in farm blog
One of my favorite past times on our farm is observing the animals there. In so doing, I have learned that, while we humans can idealize animals as being kinder and more decent than the human race, that is not always the case. Sometimes animals can be just as loathsome as we humans.
Our farm is actually a racehorse breeding business where owners bring their female horses to our farm to be inseminated, gestate and give birth under the knowing hand of The Sheriff, his father The Mayor and their right hand gal, Wonder Woman. About a year into our farm adventure, a mare came onto the property already pregnant. She gave birth according to plan and her little colt began nursing and thriving. Then the horseshit hit the fan. Mrs. Horse was clearly not right. Out of nowhere one day, she began beating up on her little colt. The foal, a colt they named Dennis, had scrapes and cuts inflicted by his nutty mom. It was emotional for the whole staff of the farm to witness. But the Sheriff and his team knew that colt needed mother's milk as long as possible in order to thrive, so they hesitantly left him with her a few more days … until it became obvious that the mare, we'll call her Joan Crawford, was a Mommy Dearest nightmare and had taken to trying to rip the hide off her colt. They finally separated them, sending Dennis to the animal hospital at The Ohio State University to recover from his wounds before he returned to the farm.
Enter The Companion Goat. I've learned that occasionally this kind of thing can happen in horses, that the mother is just a bad seed and needs to be separated from her foal. While the foal can be supplemented with formula or granular milk, he still needs companionship to thrive, so horse farms will routinely bring in a "companion goat." They will also do this if a mother horse dies in childbirth. The little goat's job is just to be a buddy, a wingman, a roommate. So, walking through the barns one would pass the stalls and see mama horse and filly, a mama horse and colt, a baby horse and … goat. It's an unusual sight.
Dennis and the goat got along famously. They would nuzzle each other, run together out in the paddock or, like old friends in a coffee shop, just munch their food silently next to one another. It was really sweet.
The staff grew to love that silly goat and named him Mr. Wilson as a nod to the character in the "Dennis the Menace" comic strip. Mr. Wilson acted like a playful dog, scampering around the barn, chasing the cats, peaking around the corners. He even figured out how to open his and Dennis' stall door, the little scamp.
But eventually, things took a dark turn. One misty morning, the Sherriff entered the barn to start the day's chores and witnessed a disturbing thing. Dennis was abusing Mr. Wilson, just as his own mother had abused him. Again, it was shocking, and heartbreaking. The Sherriff and his staff had worked so hard to nurse that colt back to health and make him feel loved and nurtured. And poor Mr. Wilson. He must have been equally disillusioned. "Dude, I'm on your side," he must have thought. "What the farm?"
And so, to the sadness of all, Mr. Wilson went back to his original owner and Dennis lived alone in his stall, growing bigger and more combative every day. When all the other foals were eventually weaned from their own mothers, all the colts were put in the same paddock. Dennis was by far the biggest and meanest of them all. The other colts instinctively knew something was off with Dennis and took turns going at him, kicking him, and generally bullying him. It was like a very rough schoolyard scene and it helped make Dennis a badass, a thug. It was sad really. Dennis didn't have a chance.
Joan Crawford wasn't popular in the fields after the separation. The other mama horses kept her at bay on the outskirts of their circles. They new she wasn't right either. Eventually, Joan's owner sold her at an auction, with the caveat that she never be bred again because clearly girlfriend couldn't be trusted as a mom. The day she was sent to auction, her paperwork was out of order and she had to return to the farm for a few days. When she was put back into the field with the other mares, there was a tense scene. One by one, each of the five or six mares in that field charged up to Joan, kicking and braying, as if to say, "Aw, hell no, Joan Crawford! You hurt your baby and we all know it, you crazy bitch. You are not welcome here." That display continued for a couple of days until Joan Crawford finally left the farm for good and calm returned.
I'm sure Dennis went on to be a successful racehorse, big and mean as he was. And hopefully Joan Crawford is living a peaceful existence pulling an Amish plow somewhere, thinking about the error of her ways. Was Joan abused as a foal? Did she have a genetic screw loose somewhere? Was Dennis abusing Mr. Wilson because of an equally loose genetic screw or did he learn that behavior? Perhaps some combination of both? Who knows, but the whole cycle of abuse and nature vs. nurture was as distressing as it was interesting.
Life has gone on at the farm with dozens of foals being born and raised without incident each year since Dennis and Joan Crawford left. Watching the good, normal moms devotedly tend to their young each season is a beautiful sight and often makes me think of my own mom, of being a mom myself and how blessed I have been to have an excellent mother, good role models, a safe upbringing and good genes. In life and on horse farms, that should never be taken for granted.
Mr. Wilson and Dennis, in happier days.
August 21, 2017 /Mary Margaret Conway Sullivan
colts, companion goat


The Foundation will organise the I Humanics Spring Festival on April 06, 2020. If, you are interested in attending the Lecture, please, arrive at the Green Space, just outside Old Vic Theatre at The Cut, at the Junction of Waterloo Road, in Waterloo. If, you, need any help about finding the space, call the telephone number, found in the Contact Page. We are sad that this sudden illness has caused this much disruption so that the Festival can not be had this year but this is how life is: it is not and can not be scripted. However, we are glad and thankful that we are still here and we will get back to normality as soon as Mother Nature allows.:::ω.
|| February 28: 2019 || ά. We have, just about, five weeks to go for I Humanics Spring Festival and I Regine Humanics Lecture 2019. Around central London, at community spaces our promotional materials are now seeking people's attention and inviting everyone to join us in celebration of humanity, our human connections and bonds throughout the day. The Festival takes place, during the day, Saturday, April 06, 12:00-17:30 and the Lecture is in the evening, 19:30-21:30. Dr J Everet Green, who is to deliver the Lecture, informs us that his tickets are booked and The Greens are preparing to cross the pond to join us. People are booking their tickets.
We invite everyone to join us to begin something new, that will not only bring us together today but, also, keep on going and keep on keeping us together every year, getting stronger in our bonds and connections. Back in time, all those years ago, decades ago, when we were developing the ideas and visions of humanics in building up the narrative of Dehumanisation of Humanity, dehumanisation was not marking, moulding and ravaging humanity as savagely as it is now doing. It can not be over emphasised as to how vital it is for humanity to acknowledge, register how, terribly, existential a threat these monstrosities of dehumanisation of humanity poses to humanity and human existence. There is no other way but to see the philosophical imperative to make a stand and a choice to fight these monstrosities of dehumanisation of humanity.
In a nutshell, the movement of the human condition can be summarised as this: that before us we have an ideal of what we would call, the vision to create civic societies under the rule of law in natural justice and in this vision are incorporated as two sides of a folded piece of paper, in which, this vision is written: equality and liberty. Or, simply, that the human condition strives at every nano-second of existence towards reaching this state of equality and liberty in a civic society. All this can be said as: towards civic societies and away from jingoistic sociology of evil. Dehumanisation of humanity has been taking us towards the jingoistic sociology of evil: the more we get away from our vision and ideal of reaching civic societies the more and closer we get to the jingoistic sociology of evil. These two are the two opposing ends between which lies our choice: unless we choose to strive to achieve civic societies we fail ourselves in reaching the human condition, that will have given us the means to exist as humanity as an infinity unfolding itself and, in this failure we, then, let the jingoistic sociology of evil rise, thrive and get strengthened and strangle, suffocate and savage us into becoming the exact opposite of what humanity is and can be. The current state of the world and the desperate human condition we have going is the evidence museum to support this view about our state of affairs. We invite you all to join us in making a stand against dehumanisation of humanity and for seeking to unite and strengthen our human oneness, diversity, bonds and connections and in seeking to create a soul-commune-ecology of humanity in our realities of our persons, our beings, our families, our communities, our localities and our society in the contemporaneous realities, comprised of time, space and location, with us being rooted in them as a beautiful tree in a beautiful 'Kew Gardens'. And, we, humanity, as this metaphorical tree, live and exist as mother nature intended us to do, in good health and mind and state of well being when we create and expand two sets of metaphorical roots: one going in the depth of the earth and one rising towards the infinity of the heavens and with these two sets of roots we bring in the 'goodness', that is required to feed, nurture, support, enhance and foster our very humanity.
We have friends and fellow humanion spread all across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and all other parts of Europe and the world, who have been part of all we did: at Poets' Letter: Poets' Letter Print Magazine, Poets' Letter Online Magazine, Poets' Letter Fiction, Poets' Letter Youth Lit, Poets' Letter Philosophia, Poets' Letter Poetry Performance and Music Series in Covent Garden and throughout all the London Poetry Festivals so far. We invite everyone of these friends to our new events: come and join us, once again: from Isle of Wight, from Reading, from Inverness, from Edinburgh, from Belfast, from Manchester, from Sale, from Dorset to Darlington, from Great Yarmouth to Lymington Spa to Bristol, from Cardigan to Land's End, from Ullapool to Coventry, from Newham to Twickenham. Come and join us.
We invite everyone, every human being and every organisation of all kinds to join us and support our effort to create a platform to gather ourselves in celebrations of our humanity, our human oneness and diversity, our human bonds and connections and create a soul-commune-ecology of humanity from which the world and world humanity can draw inspiration. There are many ways people can join in. Join the Festival as an artist, poet, author, playwright, performer, singer, musicians, bands, cultural groups, community theatres or book clubs, to read from one's novel, to read poetry, to perform a scene from a play or sing.
There will be various kinds of stalls all around while there will be many types of events taking place throughout the day of the Festival. We invite and welcome all kinds of businesses and organisations, from restaurants and cafes, selling food and drink, to bookshops and boutiques, art and craft stalls, artists painting people's portrait, artists face painting, artists making animals for children. Or researchers presenting their research to advance their public engagements. We invite all community groups, community organisations, voluntary and charity organisations, research and learning institutions and any other type of agencies, that work with people, that needs to communicate with people to join in and promote their offerings to the people of London. We invite all local authorities of London, particularly, their social services to join us and use the Festival as a communication hub to promote their services, i.e, fostering, adoption etc. We invite all other people and agencies to take part with a stall. Come and join us. Bookings of stalls can be made online.
We invite all types of businesses, small, medium and large, national and local, to join us and open stalls, promoting their services and products, particularly, banks and other trade and commerce bodies, where they have special products and services and initiatives, scholarships, opportunities for internships, work experience or training opportunities, initiatives promoting and advancing equality and anti discriminatory practices, green and sustainable products and transports, green and sustainable investment and other opportunities. We invite people to volunteer for these two events. Join us and help us create a truly community festival. Book your stall, book your slot for joining in performing, book your ticket. Tell people about the Festival and the Lecture. If, you need our promotional materials, leaflets and posters, chances are you can find them at the nearest community space to you, in Central London areas. If, not, let us know and we can post some to you.
In just five weeks, we look forward to welcome the entire of London and beyond at the first Humanics Spring Festival and the first Regine Humanics Lecture 2019: you are invited, your family and friends are invited, your organisation and your colleagues are invited. Everyone is welcome: join us, join in and let us unfold the infinity, that we are, together: See you on Saturday: April 06: 2019.:::ω.
|| January 07: 2018 || ά. The First Humanics Spring Festival 2019 is to take place on Saturday, April 06 in London, from 12:00-17:50 and the First Regine Humanics Lecture 2019, taking place on the same day, in the evening, 19:30-21:30. The Festival and the Lecture tickets, free to book, are now open for people to book from either Regine Humanics Foundation Ltd Event Brite page or directly from The Foundation website. The Festival is a platform to bring together people in one place with creative, social, cultural and interexchange-bound activities, that create lasting human connections, bonds and relationships and in participating and getting engaged in these activities people create the socio-cultural ecology, that supports and nurtures humanity and human existence: the idea is to take part, get engaged and interact, connect and form relationships. Theses enrich everyone. They connect, they bond, they form and they take forward.
A lot of new friendships will be made, out of which, a great deal of new things and initiatives will emerge in the future and there is the milestone: to return every year at the same time. Humanics Spring Festival is a challenge to all, that dehumanisation, mechanisation, manipulation, directing and herding of humanity and all the distortive, devastating and defragmenting profiteering and naked consumerism advanced by the entire distorteddia conglomerate against humanity, against the reality, in which humanity must exist and, most of all, their merciless, ruthless and ever-going onslaught against the human person, against the human agency of the human mind. There can not exist humanity unless there exists the thinking, questioning, learning, judging and developing human mind, with all of which, it makes judgments and choices and by these judgments and choices it makes and crafts its nature: its being and doing human.
These distorteddia conglomerate, all are distorting and dismantling our reality, devastating our real life and communities and everything is dragged down, as, if, we humans are hapless animals and must get washed away into and by this deluge. Human intelligence is being massacred by the devastations imposed by the ruthless capitalism and the no-end consumerism without regards to consequences, that allocates no education to the vast chunks of humanity, no employment, homelessness, rough sleeping, hunger, malnutrition, severe and acute malnutrition, destitution, illnesses, existence in shanty towns and on-going slaughter of all forms of illnesses and conditions, that are easily treatable and, yet, these distorteddia conglomerate keep on telling humanity that its primary purpose is to support the development of, what they are spending billions to impose on humanity, artificial intelligence, which is the grandest lie ever concocted, since, intelligence exists and is the grand signature of mother nature, that it exists in living mechanism alone! That, what is intelligent, resides in nature alone and in living systems as part of that same nature and the ultimate proof of this intelligence is in this fact that all natural living things evolve. That is the intelligence and that is the evolutionary mechanism of intelligence: eternal learning: to keep on learning and making better. They, these distorteddia conglomerate want to keep silent on the massacre of human intelligence and want humanity to get all excited by their grand mechanisation for profiteering!
But we are not hapless animals: as William Shakespeare put out hundreds of years ago: we, humanity, is the 'paragon of animals'. We are so not because we are mighty with sheer physical power, in this, as individual and, even, as one humanity, we have very little physical power compared to the mighty power of mother nature but, we are the 'paragon of animals' because we have the architecture of rationality in our constitution and with and by which we are capable of understanding, which we derive through our continuous learning and development and all this gives us the knowledge to form the windows of wisdom so that humanity becomes an eternal phoenix with eternal and infinites wings of windows of wisdom, which keep on being developed further, taking us wider and farther.
By this we are capable of questioning and analysing and judging and, thus, making choices. All this is done by a human mind, an agency of the human mind and this agency of the individual human mind exists in the one ecology of the one soul-commune of all-humanity as one and in one. These marketeers and the distorteddia conglomerate do not want us to see and realise: that we are a one ecology of the one soul-commune of all-humanity as and in one. We as individual human agency of the human mind exist as the inviolable sanctum of the humanity individual as the water drop exists but all water drops exist as one-soul commune of water in the ocean, in the one ocean. The health and well-being of the ocean depends on the health and well-being of all water drops or, if, the ocean is sick the water drops, too, are sick. Humanics challenges the entire edifice of this capitalism's monstrosity and challenges humanity to rise to seize this infinity, that awaits in each and every one of us and bring this infinity into existence, into reality. And let this humanity bring down to dust all the impositions of the false-understanding of what a human mind is and what it is capable of doing and being.
This humanity, this we, this us, this you and this I, is, therefore, one with one genome, one blood, one cardiology, one neurology, one breath, one assistantial homeogenesis in one ecology of the one soul-commune of all-humanity as one and in one, we are one: this humanity is an infinity unfolding itself. This humanical view challenges the entire edifice of the globalised capitalism and all the mechanisms, that go with it, that says this can not be done, that can not be done and so on. Humanics says this that anything and everything is possible so long we believe in that possibility because by the sheer faith in the vision of something, in the idea of something, we create that possibility as prospect and by this we bring it further up the invisible space of imagination so that it now follows the nine-step-realm-path of becoming and goes up and rises towards reality. There was nothing, called, Dehumanisation of Humanity. Then, it came about. There was nothing, called, humanics. Then, it came about. There was no Humanics Spring Festival and now there is: it has come about and it will go on being about. This is how things come up from imagination to reality but without reality there is no humanity for humanity is this 'architect', this 'artist', that brings about things from imagination through using human creativity and ingenuity, into reality and, thus, it enriches, enhances and advances the reality or the human condition. This is why dehumanisation must be fought and all the distorteddia conglomerate and the entire market-profiteers and their ruthless manipulation to destroy and devastate the reality, destroy and dismantle the agency of the human mind and bring about the ruthless monstrosity of machines and manipulations as humanity perishes away, paying the price of all these ever-going attacks.
We invite readers to explore the vision of humanics, the ideas this vision brings about and elaborate and empathise what we are seeking to put forward. It is the most vital and most urgent task before us, except, this most urgent and most vital task, is not going to be funded by the capitalist mechanisms nor will be it be promoted and championed by the distorteddia. It relies on, as it has always done since the dawn of humanity, to the questioning, asking, learning and developing mind: to evaluate, to question, to analyse, to assess, to envision any new vision or idea so to make a judgment, so to make a choice: as to whether a vision, a set of ideas and the ecology of concepts they showcase are capable of being such, that will advance the human condition: in political philosophy, in political economics, in governance and public affairs management system, in jurisprudence, in sociological, cultural and spiritual ecology of the society, a civic society, where the individual human exists in natural justice so that they are at home in that soul-commune of all-humanity. Humanics invites everyone to rise and seize this future, which shall only become our future, if, we choose to work for it, to invest in it, all we are and all we have, to guide it through the nine-step-realm-path of becoming and, only, than, one day, it shall become reality.
And, now, are the practicalities of the First Humanics Spring Festival 2019. There will be on-going events throughout the day where music, readings, recitals, performances and presentations will take place for people to enjoy while there will be all kinds of stalls, all kinds of food and drink, art and craft, face painting and other information and public liaison stalls and so on. There will be stalls run by organisations, agencies, businesses and offices of public and community leaders attending the Festival to be involved with the people, attending the Festival.
If, you are a musician or an artist or a singer or a band or a community theatre group or any other kind of cultural group, you need to book your slot for taking part and contributing to the Festival. These slots are going to be allocated on a first come first serve basis. Booking these slots are free. You take part and contribute to the Festival.
The Festival and the Lecture are free events, although, a voluntary contribution is invited from everyone, tickets must be booked for these two events, which can be done, through the Event Brite Page of The Foundation or from The Foundation website.
People and agencies wanting to take part with a stall should book their stall in advance, which can be done from The Foundation website. These stalls are going to be allocated as first come first serve. If, you can book it, it means there is a stall. When they run out the booking will stop.
We are recruiting 21 volunteers for both the Humanics Spring Festival and Regine Humanics Lecture. Apply for volunteering: ideally, these volunteers are from all across London, all Greater London. You spend a little time on The Humanion website and Regine Humanics Foundation Ltd website and decide whether these are the kind of ideas, that you would like to get involved in promoting and supporting. If, you find affinity towards what we stand for, what we believe in and what we are seeking to try and do. i.e, humanics, humanical society, human enterprise, humanicsovics, humanisation, dehumanisation, rehumanisation, empowerment of humanity and reality, empowerment of the individuals, families and communities, equality between and among all humans and gender equality and bringing people, humanity, communities together in a connected ecology of humanionship, you are welcome to apply. Please, send your cv with all your contact details to reginehumanics at reginehumanicsfoundation.com. The deadline: February 28.
The volunteers will be provided with the necessary training and support for the task. Travel expenses will be reimbursed and food and drink during the day will be provided for. There is no other payment.
You should be able to attend an afternoon session of induction training, lasting couple of hours, in central London during mid March. And, on the day of the events, you should be able to be attend the Festival from 10:00 till 22:00 since the volunteers are joining us for two events, taking place in the same day.
Keep taking the word to all the humanity you know, in reality and in real life about the Festival and the Lecture. Time to rise to celebrate all things humanity in reality.:::ω.
|| October 03: 2018 || ά. The First Humanics Spring Festival 2019 will take place on Saturday, April 06, 2019 in London. The Festival will be an annual festival, taking place on every April 06, celebrating the awe-inspiring endeavours, attempts, efforts, initiatives, projects, works, actions, creations and achievements of humanity on earth, despite all the desperation, negativity, struggles, suffering, agony, hardships and heartaches, in London. Everyone and every community are welcome. Arts, foods, words, poetry, thoughts, crafts, individuals, families, groups, communities, organisations to bring about a display of real people and real humanity in reality bonding, relating, connecting and conversing and forming and celebrating.
Humanics Spring Festival will celebrate all aspects of humanity bringing together all communities, families and spheres in one celebratory faith-affirming event, enabling people to see and get inspired to go on seeking to bring that infinity of humanity waiting to be unfolded into becoming real. This is a celebration of real humanity in reality in real community in real society: the vase in which humanity grows is the reality and the life-force, that supports, feeds, nurtures and strengthens that humanity as the individuals in families, in communities and in society: in reality. Humanics Festival will bring that into a celebration to challenge dehumanisation and the deathly attack of the Distorteddia on humanity.
The First Humanics Festival 2019 will be a day-long Festival, where we will celebrate all things humanity, family, community, society and reality and human bonds and connections: essentially, we will invite all artists, poets, musicians, authors and all creative folks to come and display their works and creative endeavours with small stalls whereby the public would come together, wonder about, sit, walk, stand and talk and eat and drink soft and non-alcoholic drinks and all community groups and organisations to join and display their works and promote their activities etc.
The Humanics Spring Festival 2019 invites everyone to join in: individuals, agencies, organisations, MPs, MEPs, Councillors, community groups and leaders, youth groups and leaders and all organisations of all types, come and join us in these celebrations. We are seeking to bring about the Festival around a community base so that it can take place both inside a centre and outside from 11:00-17:00. If, any organisation would like to offer the Festival a home, where they can offer a large hall and the outside space for this one day and for this duration we would be delighted.
Support Regine Humanics Foundation Ltd. We welcome sponsorship for the Festival. Interested businesses or organisations are welcome to write to us with any offer of sponsorship.
Join us at the First Humanics Festival 2019 on April 06.
Contact: reginehumanics at reginehumanicsfoundation.com :::ω.


The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis released a joint statement Oct. 6 denouncing Planned Parenthood's purported harvesting of organs from aborted babies for medical research.
The statement from Synod President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison and Archbishop Robert J. Carlson expresses the shared concerns of the LCMS and the Archdiocese of St. Louis following Planned Parenthood's disturbing practices being revealed by a series of undercover videos made by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), a pro-life group.
In addition to speaking out against Planned Parenthood's purported sales of aborted baby body parts and tissues, the joint statement also speaks of both churches' commitment to provide alternatives to Planned Parenthood.
The statement draws attention to the grave implications of the CMP videos. It also keeps the larger issue of abortion in the public conscience, as more than 57 million unborn children have been lost to abortion in the United States since 1973.
For information on LCMS Life Ministry, go to lcms.org/life.
"Ultrasound-based resource shows students 'Life in the Womb' "(Reporter Online) To order the curriculum, email tracy.quaethem@lcms.org.


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Feedback Wanted: 14 & 15 Avenue Improvements - Phase II Engagement
The City of Calgary has opened Phase II of engagement for improvements to 14 and 15 Avenues South through the Beltline and is asking for your feedback by January 31st on design options that improve safety and mobility.
Tell City Council to Vote 'No' to Subsidizing 11 More New Communities
Developers are lobbying City Council to approve 11 more new communities on November 2nd
On November 2nd, City Council will vote on whether to add 11 more new communities to the record 41 new communities already approved for development on Calgary's outskirts at a cost of an additional $23 million annually or the equivalent of a 1.5 per cent tax increase.
What We've Done - 2020
The Beltline Neighbourhoods Association (BNA) is a vibrant community association for the Beltline district in urban Calgary home to over 25,000 residents in the neighbourhoods of Connaught and Victoria Park.
Based out of the McHugh House Community & Arts Hub, the BNA is non-profit organized by a volunteer Board of Directors who work to make the BNA an accessible and diverse association open to all residents to get involved in making the Beltline an even better place.
It's been a very different year but a busy one again none the less! Here's what we've done together…
Like the COVID-19 Pandemic, We Need an Evidence-Based Response to the Opioid Crisis Led by Healthcare Experts
While much of our attention this year has been focused on the global COVID-19 pandemic, it has distracted from the equally tragic and even more destructive opioid crisis wreaking havoc in communities across Alberta, Canada and the United States. As of September 9th, 248 Albertans have died while the opioid crisis has claimed the lives of over 2,000 Albertans.
Take Part in the Beltline & Inglewood/Ramsay Social and Recreational Needs Survey
We saved our pools...until 2021.
We have an opportunity to share with the City how we use social and recreational facilities in the Beltline neighbourhoods.
BNA Launches Petition for 15 Avenue South Safety Improvements
The Beltline Neighbourhoods Association has launched a petition to make 15 Avenue safer with a protected cycle track. Read more>>
There is much to do. We are listening.
We are inspired by Beltlandians, Calgarians, and communities around the world that have spent the past weeks standing together to call out and stand up against systemic racism present within our nation and its history.
We Need Your Help to Stop an 11th Hour Plan to Hack and Slash the Green Line
Councillor Reveals 11th Hour Plans to Hack the Green Line
As you may have seen in the news, Ward 6 City Councillor Jeff Davison is leading a group of councillors caving to the demands of a small, special interest group revealing his plans last week to use delay tactics to kill the Green Line north and yank the Beltline alignment to 10th Avenue, further away from residents and businesses.
It's time to build the Green Line
The Beltline Neighbourhoods Association is pleased to have had an opportunity to collaborate with the City of Calgary's Green Line team as a stakeholder over the past several years. Through our Beltline Urban Development Committee (BUDC), we have had a chance to share our insights and the perspectives of the community on numerous occasions through a variety of mediums including public open houses, workshops, and participation in public hearings of Calgary City Council and its standing policy committees.
BUMP 2020 is a go!
We can barely wait to announce our artist lineup next month for the 2020 BUMP Festival presented by TD, bringing magic to the streets of Calgary once again for the fourth year this August 26-29.
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Is sustainability in commercial and institutional landscaping really just code for more work, less budget, and no evident return on the investment? That scenario might have been the case yesterday, but today, grounds managers can achieve sustainable landscapes on budget, or even below budget, with little or no increase in staffing.
Indeed, landscape sustainability is now a hot-button issue. It has become a boardroom priority in facilities, and managers without a plan for sustainability soon will fall into the minority. The challenge for managers developing and implementing a plan comes from tougher local conservation rules, ever-increasing water costs, and stiffer federal regulations.
The good news is, technology has come a long way. A plethora of new techniques and technologies can help produce sustainable landscapes. Using the latest intelligent water-conservation and landscaping strategies, managers can earn a three-year return on investment, as well as pretty hefty annual cost savings beyond that.
The primary goal in irrigation is reducing use of potable water in landscapes — ideally, by about 50 percent from established baselines. Managers can use many methods to achieve this reduction. Inefficient irrigation is a big culprit in water waste. Most irrigation systems installed more than five years ago operate at less than 45 percent efficiency. WaterSense guidelines from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) require a minimum of 70 percent efficiency.
How can managers gain 25 percent in efficiency? First, conduct a water audit. Call a licensed landscape or irrigation contractor who can pinpoint waste and recommend strategies for savings. These strategies likely will include installing flow meters that monitor and control use in irrigation areas. Most systems have automatic shutoff features, so if a line happens to break, water flow will cease.
From an efficiency standpoint, drip-irrigation systems are an excellent option. The lines run about 2 inches below the surface, and water drips directly into the roots of plants. Drip-irrigation systems have an efficiency of 95 percent, compared to 50-65 percent efficiency of a traditional, overhead system.
If an existing irrigation system requires optimizing, managers can use several efficiency strategies. One strategy involves replacing older irrigation heads. Newer models can greatly improve the accuracy of water disbursement. These models irrigate turf and plants based on the individual amounts required, rather than overwatering in some areas and underwatering in others. Managers also can have irrigation systems designed and installed so trees, shrubs, and ground-cover plants are in separate hydro-zones. As plants become established, the system adjusts or discontinues watering by zone.


Attic Pannic and Closet Space, two short films from the director of Shazam!
Cold Pursuit. Liam Neeson loses his way between vengeance and dark humor.
The House That Jack Built. Lars von Trier enters the mind of a psychopath.
Tom Cruise risks his life again for the sake of entertainment.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Better than the last one, but not by much.
Solo: A Star Wars Story. A prequel that provides the answers you didnt ask for.
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Something to Live For (Paperback)
By Richard Roper
"Richard Roper's debut is utterly delightful. I was spellbound from the very first page. Andrew's job is a sensitive one: when someone dies at home alone, he is called to literally dig through personal effects — scraps of paper or old holiday cards — and determine if there are any next of kin. Andrew's daily experience with the dearly departed, combined with his model train obsession, dysfunctional office mates, and an estranged sister, result in a compelling read. Funny, smart, and sad, Roper's How Not to Die Alone is just wonderful."
— Rachel Watkins, Avid Bookshop, Athens, GA
Previously published as How Not to Die Alone
Smart, darkly funny, and life-affirming, for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Something to Live For is the bighearted debut novel we all need, a story about love, loneliness, and the importance of taking a chance when we feel we have the most to lose.
"Off-beat and winning...Gives resiliency and the triumph of the human spirit a good name." --The Wall Street Journal
All Andrew wants is to be normal. That's why his coworkers believe he has the perfect wife and two children waiting at home for him after a long day. But the truth is, his life isn't exactly as people think . . . and his little white lie is about to catch up with him. Because in all of Andrew's efforts to fit in, he's forgotten one important thing: how to really live. And maybe, it's finally time for him to start.
"Roper illuminates Andrew's interior life to reveal not what an odd duck he is, but what odd ducks we all are." --The New York Times Book Review
Richard Roper is a nonfiction editor at Headline in the UK, where he works with authors such as James Acaster, Joel Dommett, Andrew O'Neill, and Frank Turner. Something to Live For is inspired by an article he read about people whose job it is to follow up after people die alone. It is his debut novel.
"Just the kind of book I wanted to read in these times. Charming, empathetic, witty, emotional, and hopeful, Roper's cast of quirky, vulnerable characters make for a truly warm and affecting debut."
—J. Ryan Stradal, author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest
"Darkly humorous."
"[A] winning debut novel....Roper illuminates Andrew's interior life to reveal not what an odd duck he is, but what odd ducks we all are."
"Wryly funny and quirkily charming—perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine."
—Eleanor Brown, author of The Weird Sisters
"Richard Roper uplifts the human spirit and shows us how to embrace life and hope in his wickedly witty debut."
—Phaedra Patrick, author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
"[An] off-beat and winning debut....How Not to Die Alone earns its pathos. Even more to its credit, it gives resiliency and the triumph of the human spirit a good name."
"[A] charming debut [and] enjoyable read, How Not to Die Alone tackles a painful subject with goodhearted characters it's easy to root for."
"The pleasure in Roper's winning, good-hearted tale is seeing this lonely sad sack cautiously rejoin the world."
"Roper's delightful debut is as funny as it is touching....This story of a neurotic, tenderhearted man struggling to learn how not to be alone is irresistible."
"Simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking, Roper's endearing debut novel is a wonderful exploration of loneliness and the universal desire for connection. Darkly funny and uplifting, How Not to Die Alone will leave you wanting to seize the day as you cheer the protagonist on."
—Bianca Marais, author of Hum If You Don't Know the Words
"Quirky and heartfelt....Andrew's past traumas are revealed gradually, and the reasons behind his isolation are heartbreaking and poignant. A moving and funny look at grief, hope, and the power of human connections."
"Funny, moving and thought-provoking—I loved this."
—Clare Mackintosh, author of After the End
"A lively blend of humor and earnest emotion....As Andrew slowly comes to grips with being his true self, without pretense, readers will root for him to find liberation and love. A wry, humorous story."
"Tragic, sweet, and hopeful....This novel will appeal to fans of Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine."
Publication Date: July 28th, 2020
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Lnianka – potok w północno-zachodniej Polsce, w woj. zachodniopomorskim, płynący po Równinie Gryfickiej; lewobrzeżny dopływ rzeki Dębosznicy.

Lnianka zaczyna swój bieg na zachód od wsi Starnin, skąd płynie na północ. W pobliżu wsi Jarkowo zaczyna biec na północny wschód. Przepływa przez wieś Petrykozy, a następnie przez Świecie Kołobrzeskie, gdzie uchodzi do Dębosznicy od lewego brzegu.

W początkowym biegu potok biegnie po granicy między gminą Brojce a gminą Rymań.

Lnianka tworzy charakterystyczną o szerokim płaskim dnie dolinę otoczoną wyraźnymi krawędziami wysoczyzny morenowej.

Dolinę Lnianki charakteryzują zróżnicowane kompleksy leśne – wilgotne łęgi z wysiękami wód gruntowych, kwaśne buczyny na zboczach, starodrzewia, roślinność łąkowa i szuwarowa na torfowiskach.

Nazwę Lnianka wprowadzono urzędowo w 1949 roku, zastępując poprzednią niemiecką nazwę potoku – Rou Bach.

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 Lnianka
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Returning to Reims by Didier Eribon review – can you escape your upbringing?
Steven Poole
Friday, 03 Aug 2018
# Autobiography and memoir
# Biography books
A virtuosic memoir of sexual awakening and of childhood within a French working class that now seems to have deserted the left
What has happened to the left? It's a question being asked all over Europe, but is especially pertinent in Didier Eribon's home country, France. In last year's presidential election, the Socialist party candidate scored a dismal 6.2% in the first round of voting, while the Bernie Sanders-esque Jean-Luc Mélenchon (universally described as "hard left" or "far left") was also beaten by Marine Le Pen's National Front. Popular attachment to social democracy is seemingly in retreat almost everywhere.
In this brilliant little book, Eribon attempts to explain why, using his own experience as illustration. It is a memoir of his upbringing as a working-class boy in a family that lived in provincial public-housing estates, where everyone left school as soon as possible and worked in factory or cleaning jobs. Yet somehow Eribon acquired a taste for philosophy; he moved to Paris and discovered life as a liberated gay man, and eventually became a respected professor of sociology.
The book begins as Eribon returns to the area of his childhood, in and around the north-eastern city of Reims, after the death of his violent and homophobic father, whom he hadn't seen for 20 years. But as his mother suddenly opens up to him about her own past, he embarks on a process of reckoning and understanding. "Everything my father had been," he comes to realise, "which is to say everything I held against him, all the reasons I had detested him, had been shaped by the violence of the social world." As the author insists repeatedly, indeed, the fact that he was able to escape this milieu does not mean that it did not thoroughly determine the trajectories of most other people around him.
'Everything my father had been, all the reasons I had detested him, had been shaped by the violence of the social world'
"In purely statistical terms," Eribon explains with black irony, "a drift into delinquency was one of the prime options open to young people from the neighbourhood." His grandmother (who once told him: "It's healthier if a man smokes") abandoned her children to an orphanage, and was then one of those women brutally shamed in the streets after the liberation of France, accused of having consorted with the German occupiers. His mother, in turn, was never able to finish her schooling, and so couldn't hope to find a more intelligent man than his father. And so, Eribon concludes: "Social endogamy is as rigidly controlled as is academic success. The laws governing the two processes are tightly intertwined."
The question that really drives Eribon towards the latter stages of the book is: how did people like his own family, who used to vote communist when he was a child, end up voting in such large numbers for the far right? Firstly, he points out: "To be a communist had next to nothing to do with a desire to establish a government resembling the one found in the USSR … In working-class environments, leftist politics meant first and foremost a very pragmatic rejection of the experience of one's own daily life. It was a form of protest, and not a political project inspired by a global perspective."
The young Eribon. Photograph: Courtesy Didier Eribon
The problem, as he sees it, is that the left ended up abandoning talk of the "working class", a political concept through which people could experience fellow feeling with others in the same boat. After the turn in the 1980s and 90s towards talk of individual rights and responsibilities, by contrast, this idea of group feeling, indeed of fraternité, had been atomised. And what took its place was the cynical exploitation and fomenting of anti-immigrant attitudes by the far right, which brought the working class back together but this time under a mood of hostile nativism rather than economic solidarity. The National Front, Eribon asserts, was now "the only party that seemed to care about them, the only one, in any case, that offered them a discourse that seemed intended to provide meaning to the experiences that made up their daily lives".
This book is also a touching memoir of sexual awakening, and a gallery of philosophical ideas and characters, as Eribon explains with passion what inspired him as a teenager about the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre, and later those of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault. He is terrifically, amusingly rude, meanwhile, about the conservative philosopher Raymond Aron, whom he once met: "The very moment I set eyes on him, I loathed his ingratiating smile, his soothing voice … he was a soldier in the service of those in power helping them to maintain their power."
But Eribon always returns to what he calls the "miracle" of his discovering the life of the mind. "After all," he points out, "that one should study, that reading is enjoyable, that books are something you can love – these are not universally distributed attitudes, but are in fact closely correlated with social conditions and with the background you come from." Those of us lucky enough to have had that instilled in us from an early age can only salute him.
• Returning to Reims is translated by Michael Lucey and published by Allen Lane. To order a copy for £15.29 (RRP £17.99) go to guardianbookshop.com or call 0330 333 6846. Free UK p&p over £10, online orders only. Phone orders min p&p of £1.99.
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Forced Out by Kevin Maxwell review – prejudice between police
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Hawking's collaborator retells his story with humour and fondness, and helps us know the famous scientist as he really was
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Celebrated Physician: Sanna Ronkainen, MD
Good physicians learn a great about their patients' condition through observation, and skin is often the most revealing attribute of all.
"Dermatology is sometimes called an 'old-school' field, because you rely a lot on visual examinations to make a diagnosis," explains Sanna Ronkainen, MD, a board-certified dermatologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. "But skin can also provide valuable clues about what else is going on in the body."
Collaboration is Key
Along with treating common conditions such as psoriasis and eczema, Dr. Ronkainen frequently collaborates with colleagues in other disciplines, to care for patients whose skin may be affected by HIV, infectious diseases, and malignancies such as cutaneous lymphomas.
"I get to be involved with a patient throughout the course of treatment," she says. "I always enjoy following their progress, even after my role is pretty much complete."
Why Medicine?
The opportunities for professional and patient interaction helped steer the Washington, D.C. native toward a career in medicine.
"I liked science, but couldn't see myself working in a lab most of the time," Dr. Ronkainen recalls.
After graduating from Georgetown University School of Medicine, she completed her internal medicine/dermatology residency at the University of Minnesota, where she was the program's chief resident. The opportunity to return home in 2018 was too good to pass up.
"I love D.C., and liked the Hospital Center, its range of services, and the broad patient population," she says. "It also helped that my husband is a neurology resident here."
Exciting Year Ahead
This coming year will be particularly eventful for Dr. Ronkainen. Along with the arrival of her first child, she'll help launch a new Hospital Center clinic that integrates dermatology and oncology services for cutaneous lymphomas.
"The two areas frequently overlap," she says. For example, certain cancer treatment regimens have skin-related side effects.
"As we take on cases, we hope to collect data for researching the effectiveness of specific treatments to counteract those effects, and improve the patients' quality of life," she adds.
These new professional and family responsibilities will likely sideline Dr. Ronkainen from indulging in her passion for travel, which has included exploring her family's Finnish roots, and those of her husband in England, and caring for patients in Botswana, under a Resident International Grant from the American Academy of Dermatology.
What won't change, though, is being able to interact with and help patients.
"There's nothing better than seeing them after a few months, and hearing how happy they are with the improvement in their skin condition," Dr. Ronkainen says.
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Tagline: Are you eating it…or is it eating you?
We are all guilty of lusting after stuff we don't need, of craving stuff we must have.
In a consumer society fuelled by big business, we sometimes depend on that stuff to lend us purpose, to blind us from the often thankless realities of our everyday existence. As modern citizens we are slaves to consumer products. We are addicted to fast food, subsisting on a diet of additives and preservatives. We are worshippers of the brand name. Almost two decades into the 21st century, it has perhaps become a trite adage that the stuff we consume begins to consume us. In writer/director Larry Cohen's world, that adage develops into something rather more literal, and infinitely more fun.
The Stuff is not your average horror flick, and I don't say that lightly. At its core it is a cute nod to the Cold War B-movies of yore, the kind that unleash an unidentified threat on everyday suburban America. Only this time it is capitalism that seems to come under attack and our ingrained willingness as brand loyalists to jump on any old band wagon, while at the same time targeting those who dare to resist the latest craze sweeping the commercial spectrum. As a society we are attracted to trends, susceptible to peer pressure — something that multinational conglomerates and their armies of ad executives are only too eager to exploit.
Here comes the choo-choo train!
More than that, the movie acts as a commentary on the surreptitious nature of manufacturing and the unseen hazards we are so willing to overlook. This has perhaps never been more relevant than it is today. There was a time when dangerous items were produced based on our ignorance as an evolving society — asbestos for example — but today additives and preservatives are everywhere. Thanks to the growing demands of capitalism and mass production, even our most basic and natural foodstuffs are swimming with cancer-causing agents, while diet soda, promoted as being part of a healthy lifestyle, contains similarly dangerous ingredients. The fact is, even manufacturers are unaware of exactly what we are consuming, but as long as their products sell they couldn't give a damn it seems. And nor could we.
There is similar abandon in the business practices of The Stuff, the kind of product that becomes a self-fulfilling institution. After stumbling upon a mysterious white mush erupting from the earth, a petroleum refinery worker thinks nothing of popping it in his mouth and is immediately hooked. Soon enough this unexplained gook is everywhere — a creamy, delicious desert which is practically calorie-free and comes pre-packaged in a family-friendly pot. For the plainclothes suburbanites of modern America, The Stuff is a dream come true.
Unfortunately for Jason (Bloom), that dream quickly becomes a nightmare as he watches his family succumb to The Stuff's addictive qualities. Becoming a real-life food commercial, his parents aggressively pursue his allegiance, turning violent and vengeful when he fails to cooperate. Jason is still unconvinced, particularly when he opens the fridge to see The Stuff moving of its own accord, and after freaking out in a supermarket of wall-to-wall Stuff, he flees his home as the wholesome nuclear family gets set for meltdown.
Jason is not the only one suspicious of the mysterious gunk sweeping the nation. Corporate bigwigs are beginning to feel the financial burn as consumers shun junk food of the less sentient variety for The Stuff's sweetly addicting taste, and when they fail to reach those bribeable folk at the Food and Drug Administration they turn to industrial spy Mo Rutherford (Michael Moriarty), a cynical, southern dandy who will stoop to pretty much anything if the money is right. While investigating, Moe runs into ousted cookie king 'Chocolate Chip Charlie'. Charlie is played by comedian Garrett Morris, who described the movie's production as "crazy", not taking too kindly to Cohen's notoriously maverick ways. One can only imagine!
Nobody told her she had food on her face.
A step up from the Nike products we willingly pay top dollar for in order to become walking billboards, The Stuff takes brand loyalty to a whole new level, creating not only advertisers and purveyors, but ruthless guardsmen who will sacrifice their lives for the continued prosperity of the product. No wonder those bigwigs were so hellbent on stealing the formula!
When entire families begin to go missing, Rutherford's investigations lead him to a production site in Georgia where The Stuff has taken on a life of its own, and, subjected to a savage attack by a furtive batch hiding in his pillow, he realises that the product is more than just a benign organism. It is a parasitic entity that inhabits the body and mind before leaving its human carriage dead and empty (Pokemon Go, anyone?). Recruiting the help of resplendent ad exec Nicole (Marcovicci) and the commie-bashing Colonel Spears (Sorvino), Moe takes to the airwaves in an attempt to recapture the minds of America, but even if successful, this is surely a case of winning the battle and not the war.
Perhaps there were other forces at work.
After agreeing to lend his voice to the Stuff-denouncing airwaves, supermarket celebrity 'Chocolate Chip Charlie' suddenly regurgitates a huge load of the sinister goop, which uses him to infiltrate the base of the resistance before reducing his head to a quivering pile of chunks.
Having had his sleep interrupted by a batch of vengeful goo, Rutherford is left helpless as it clings to his face and attempts to suffocate him. But don't fear, Moe! Girlfriend Nicole is at hand with a jar of oil and a match.
Okay, darling. Try to stay calm. This might burn a little.
Having been forced to eat shaving cream as a way to convince his wild-eyed family of his allegiance to the The Stuff, Jason has a little accident in the back of Rutherford's car.
Jason: Excuse me, sir. I kinda just threw up in your car.
Jason: I'm sorry. I mean, I just ate shaving cream.
Rutherford: It's alright. Everybody eats shaving cream once in a while.
On the surface of things you would be hard-pressed to label The Stuff a horror movie, but the real fear lies in the grotesquely-veiled realities of the material. Beneath the hokey effects and commie-fearing B-movie nods, this is a razor-sharp satire on the perils of consumerism — the kind that has never been so relevant — and by the end of the movie I wasn't so much concerned with exploding heads or polluted torsos, I was instead troubled by a single question: if capitalist strongholds such as Walmart could get away with selling The Stuff, would they?
The answer is: yes, they probably would.


Care giving can be hard when you are not near by your loved ones. LiftCaregiving.com has put together this helpful infographic to let people know how they can care for loved ones from a distance.
The pastel colors look nice aganist the white background of the infographic. I appreciate the organized, numbered information since it made the information easier to read.
The best thing about the information is that is easy to read and follow and is a great resource for those who have loved ones far away from them. These steps can help care givers give help to their family members.


Do you remember all your childhood fantasies that eventually turned into dreams. While some dreams may have gotten fulfilled, others may be in the pipeline. Some fantasies were way beyond coming true. Ha! Ha! Ha!


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Ohio Attorney General Files Class Action Against Scottish Re Group
Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro late yesterday filed a motion in federal court in New York requesting the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS) be appointed lead plaintiff in a securities class action lawsuit filed in August against Scottish Re Group Ltd.
The reinsurance company's disclosures of serious accounting problems in July precipitated an immediate 75 percent decline in the company's stock price and caused STRS to suffer losses of more than $16 million, Petro said in papers filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
"We intend to hold Scottish Re accountable for these losses," Petro said. "We will aggressively pursue recovery for STRS and other purchasers of Scottish Re's securities during the class period, just as we have against other corporations whose fraud has harmed investors."
The company's July disclosures had to do with tax credits that had previously boosted the company's financial results that were now being reversed, as well as previously reported revenues that had to be reversed and expenses that had not been included in the company's financial results.
Scottish Re, a holding company based in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, reinsures more than 13.5 million lives in North America, making it one of the three largest reinsurers of life insurance policies sold in the country. Insurance companies buy reinsurance to reduce their risks associated with underwritten policies.
According to the written statement issued by the attorney general's office, Petro's action continues his policy of aggressively pursuing recovery of investment losses sustained by Ohio pension funds in recent years following a number of accounting and corporate governance breakdowns that have harmed the capital markets.
Source: Ohio Attorney General's Office
Flooding Due to Climate Change Caused $75 Billion of Damage in the U.S.
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See part 1 of Frictionless economies where I discuss peer-to-peer platforms such as UBER and Airbnb and the rise of blockchain and cryptocurrencies as potential peer-to-peer exchanges of value.
The world is fast. Maybe often times a little too fast. But the faster we move, the more convenient life is. People enjoy this rush of convenience–of moving quickly from point A to point B without any friction. Friction irritates people. It slows life down.
Advertisements that cut short into your videos are the worst.
Waiting in line at the grocery store is horrendous.
Paying a restaurant bill can take longer then it took to eat your food.
Or when a blog post likes to start off with anecdotes rather than cutting to the meaty section of the post. Whoops, guilty as charged.
Anyways, much like Frictionless economies part 1, this is another article where I discuss how innovative thinking companies are working toward eliminating friction in the two largest economies in the world, America and China.
I've previously discussed UBER and how they have built an app, a platform, for direct-to-consumer taxi-transportation transactions. UBER has cut out the need to call for a taxi on a busy street, fumble for exact change and cash and calculating a proper % tip (or deciding whether or not to tip at all), and instead put the power of the transaction in the consumer's hands.
But how can innovation improve this process even more?
"Waymo, the secretive subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., is planning to launch the world's first commercial driverless car service in early December, according to a person familiar with the plans. It will operate under a new brand and compete directly with Uber and Lyft.
Transportation's purpose is to get you from point A to point B.
Driverless cars, with automated GPS, is then the barebones of transportation in terms of getting individuals where they need to go. All the friction is gone. No need to give driver's directions. No need to pay the driver. No need to figure out who will be your driver.
Waymo will have the first mover advantage in this industry, while UBER will only be trying to catch up.
Did you notice that Amazon now has the "Buy with one-click" option?
I've noticed that for a while. And it's clever. Because I've purchased a lot of Kindle books recently with that option and it makes the entire process so much smoother.
Even on the fast web, where everything is already increasingly efficient, Amazon has cleverly removed the friction of online shopping by removing the "Shopping Cart" step. The fewer steps it takes for a consumer to arrive from "I need this item" to "Purchase decision", the more efficiently the company has built their consumer purchase flow.
Less clicks = Less friction = More purchases = More money. And Amazon taking your money.
And yes, Amazon has thought of many of the loopholes of this product and closed them. For instance, you can't press it multiple times–the Dash button responds only to your first press, and will not reorder the product until the initial order arrives. As well, to encourage adoption, the Dash Button itself is $4.99, but you will receive this money back as a credit after your first use. It's essentially free. Did I mention FREE SHIPPING for Prime members?
So imagine you have these Dash Buttons strategically placed around your home. One above your laundry machine for Tide Buttons so if you notice you're running out of laundry detergent (or whichever brand you use), you simply press the Dash button, and a stock of your favorite brand will arrive at your doorstep within 2-days and with free shipping for Prime Members.
Or you have a favorite snack that you literally go through every week. Place a Dash Button on the inside of your cupboard where you put your favorite snacks. Again, it's that easy! Really, the amount of products that you can set-up with a Dash Button is limitless.
Toilet paper? Batteries? Toothpaste? Pet snacks? It's really genius because these are all products that everyone needs in constant re-stock. The amount of transactional friction that Amazon has eliminated with these Dash Buttons makes me gush approval. It's every economist's dream!
CHINA: SHOULD I SCAN YOU, OR SHOULD YOU SCAN ME?
I spent my 7 weeks working a full-time internship this past summer in China. And wow. The power of a smartphone in China is truly unparalleled. America might have invented the smartphone, with Apple propelling the innovation forward, but China has injected the smartphone with so much more utility.
QR Codes are everywhere, and all you need to do is scan them with your smartphone and a myriad of options come to your hands.
So, should I scan you, or should you scan me? A classic cheesy pickup line that is very relevant in China. Scan someone's QR code and you're immediately connected through the WeChat App (created by Tencent, the world's 5th most valuable company, used by over 1billion Chinese as the go-to social media platform). SnapChat has the same frictionless way of connecting with someone. The two very important differences are that China's WeChat is used by nearly everyone and that it's also used for many other services aside from social networking, the other primarily being for payments.
The WeChat App alone can be used for messaging (Facebook Messenger), posting photos and connecting with other people's pages (Instagram), or you can easily send money to friends and family (Venmo), scan a restaurant's receipt or QR code on the side of the table to pay for your meal (Apple Pay? Sort of?).
QR codes have made it increasingly convenient to make digital money transactions through WeChat and Alibaba's Alipay.
Paying for your meal at a restaurant has never been easier since you can literally just scan the QR code on your table, pay, and walk out, instead of having to wait awkwardly for your server to come to give you the bill, get change, or if you use a card, return so you can sign the receipt.
Go to a convenience store, grab what you want, scan the QR code on the wall, and then just leave. Show your phone as proof to the cashier and you're good to go.
Did I mention that metropolitan cities in China are polluted.., with share bikes? If you've been to New York, you've probably seen these Citibikes docked every few blocks. In China, they have the same thing, except they aren't docked, they are just everywhere on the streets. Easy enough to pick one up, scan the QR code to activate the bike, and then just drop it off anywhere you want when you're done riding.
Retail is dying, everyone says. And it's being killed by Amazon.
But wait. Amazon is opening its own retail stores? Why?
Amazon is king at creating frictionless economies, and even in the big scary world of retail, they've managed to create something potentially beautiful.
What's the worst part of shopping in retail stores nowadays, and causes the most friction? The point of purchase. The cash register.
"Amazon is testing a grocery store in downtown Seattle that lets customers walk in, grab food from the shelves and walk out again, without ever having to stand in a checkout line.
Customers tap their cell phones on a turnstile as they walk into the store, which logs them into the store's network and connects to their Amazon account through an app.
But it's not just Amazon that's trying to reinvent retail.
Alibaba, which is often hailed as the Amazon of China (but really, they are more like Amazon, eBay, Venmo/Paypal combined), is also reinventing the retail industry in Asia with their own cashier-less stores.
The Hema App can scan barcodes of items in the grocery store to receive basic details, price, trace to origins, and other valuable data about grocery products.
Live nearby? Order your usual basket of goods and get it delivered in 30 minutes!
Gimmicky? A bit. But definitely cool.
The future is exciting with these frictionless economies popping up left and right. Tinder. UBER. Airbnb. Blockchains and cryptocurrencies. Waymo. E-commerce. One-click shopping. QR codes. Robots and AI.
And although you might be wondering: are frictionless economies just encouraging less human interaction? In a way, yes, but it also means we now have more room to build efficient lives and spend more time doing work that matters. Frictionless economies will open up an entirely new world where people need to adapt to. It's a service world and a technology era. It's a future where we need to be educated and skilled in diverse and broad areas. I'm excited about a frictionless economy; it'll make life more efficient. But it also means we need to be aware. We need to stay ahead of the game.


There's nothing stopping your tough and beautiful mandevillas as they scramble up the brightest trellis in the garden — that's why these plants are such favorites with gardeners! Easy and carefree, these vines rarely fail; when they do, it is often because of the few insect pests of mandevilla. Read on to better understand mandevilla bug infestations and cures.
Mandevilla vines are tough plants, but even they are subject to a few pest insects that can cause real problems. Bugs on mandevilla vine are easy to treat if they're caught early, but you'll have to keep a close eye out for them since these insects often remain well-hidden.
Mealybugs leave small piles of waxy debris on the branch crotches of mandevilla vines, feeding nearby or on the undersides of leaves. These pests produce copious amounts of honeydew as the pests feed on plant juices, causing leaves below feeding sites to appear sticky or shiny. Ants may cluster near these sites, collecting the honeydew and defending the mealybugs from harm.
Spray your plant with insecticidal soap and recheck it often for signs of mealybugs. If leaves continue to yellow and drop, you may need to spray your plant weekly to destroy new mealybugs as they emerge from their waxy egg sacs.
Scale insects are the most difficult of the mandevilla pests; they are experts at camouflage, often appearing as irregular growths or waxy deposits on stems and leaves. Some scale produce honeydew, like mealybugs, but insecticidal soaps will rarely take them out due to their hard coverings.
Neem oil is the spray of choice for scale, and weekly spray treatments are the norm. If you notice the scale bugs are changing colors or your plant begins to recover, lift some of the scales' hard covers to check for signs of life.
Spider mites are usually difficult to see with the naked eye, but their damage is unmistakable — individual leaves are suddenly covered in tiny, yellow dots that may grow together before the leaf dries and falls off the plant. Spider mites also weave fine strands of silk where they're feeding, which can aid in your decision to treat them.
Spider mites are attracted to dusty conditions, so if your plant isn't too punky, start by spraying down any dry spots and cleaning the dust off your plant's leaves, especially indoors. If spider mites persist, insecticidal soap or neem oil are recommended.
Whiteflies are tiny, moth-like insects that congregate in large groups on the undersides of leaves. They cause similar damage to mealybugs, stressing leaves until they drop, but are extremely visible and easy to identify. You may notice tiny white insects flying up when you bump your plant or walk too close; check the plant carefully for feeding sites when it starts to look unwell. Whiteflies drown easily, so they can usually be cured with regular sprays from a garden hose.


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Home›World News›Ukraine says at least 21 people were killed when Russian missiles smashed into houses near the port city of Odessa
Ukraine says at least 21 people were killed when Russian missiles smashed into houses near the port city of Odessa
Kyiv, Ukraine — Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a nearby coastal town UkraineThe port city of Odessa killed at least 21 people, including two children, early Friday, authorities reported a day after Russian forces withdrew from the strategic Snake Island in the Black Sea.
Video of the attack before dawn showed the charred ruins of buildings in the small town of Serhiivka, some 50 kilometers from Odessa. The Office of the President of Ukraine said warplanes fired three rockets, hitting an apartment building and a campsite.
Ukrainian authorities interpreted the attack as payback for withdrawing Russian troops from Snake Island a day earlier, although Moscow portrayed their withdrawal as a "goodwill gesture" to unblock grain exports.
A building destroyed by a Russian missile attack that killed 17 people and wounded 31, according to Ukrainian officials, is seen in Odessa, Ukraine, July 1, 2022.
Maksym Voitenko/Anadolu Agency/Getty
Russian forces took over the island in the early days of the war in apparent hopes of using it as a base for an attack on Odessa, Ukraine's largest port and the headquarters of its navy.
"The occupiers cannot win on the battlefield, so they resort to heinous killings of civilians," said Ivan Bakanov, head of Ukraine's security service SBU. "After being driven off Snake Island, the enemy decided to respond by cynically shelling civilian targets."
Large numbers of civilians were killed in Russian bombings early in the war, including at a hospital, a theater used as a shelter, and a train station. Up until this week, mass casualties involving residents appeared to be diminishing as Moscow focused on conquering eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.
Russian missiles hit the Kyiv region last weekend after weeks of relative silence in the capital, and an airstrike on Monday on a shopping center in downtown Kremenchuk killed at least 19 people.
A satellite image shows an overview of Snake Island, Ukraine, on June 21, 2022.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed outrage at Friday's attack.
"These missiles, Kh-22, were designed to destroy aircraft carriers and other large warships, and the Russian army used them against an ordinary nine-story building with ordinary civilians," he said.
Twenty-one people were killed, including children, said Serhii Bratchuk, a spokesman for the regional administration. Thirty-eight others, including six children and a pregnant woman, were hospitalized. Most of the victims were in the apartment building, Ukrainian emergency officials said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated that Moscow is not targeting residential areas.
Oleh Zhdanov, an independent Ukrainian military analyst, said the Russian withdrawal from Snake Island had "colossal psychological significance" for Ukraine.
"Snake Island is key to controlling the Black Sea and could help cover the Russian attack if the Kremlin decides to launch an amphibious assault operation in Odessa or elsewhere in the region," he said. "Now those plans are being pushed back."
The Ukrainian military claimed a barrage from its artillery and rockets forced the Russians to flee the island in two small speedboats. The exact number of troops withdrawn was not disclosed.
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At the beginning of the war, the island became a symbol of Ukrainian defiance. When a Russian warship demanded surrender from its defenders, they reportedly replied, "Go (expletively) yourself."
Zelenskyy said that while the withdrawal does not guarantee the security of the Black Sea region, it would "significantly limit" Russian activities there.
In eastern Ukraine, Russian forces continued their push to encircle the city of Lysyhansk, the last resistance stronghold in Luhansk, one of two provinces that make up Donbass.
"The shelling of the city is very intense," said Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai. "The occupiers are destroying house after house with heavy artillery and other weapons. Residents of Lysychansk hide in basements almost around the clock."
Haidai said the Russians are fighting for control of an oil refinery on the outskirts of the city. But Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Russian and separatist forces had seized control of the refinery, as well as a mine and a gelatin factory.
Ukraine's Presidential Office said Russian attacks over the past 24 hours had also killed civilians in eastern Ukraine – four in the northeastern region of Kharkiv and another four in Donetsk province.
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I just like the "dying sea anemone" line.
Want a laugh? Look at what comes up when you go to www.thepaperbagprincess.com. Oh, irony. Want another laugh? Note the Paper Bag Princess photo shoot. But my personal favorite was this school photography project. At least somebody got it right.
Why can't I find The Princess Who Stood on her Own Two Feet at the NYPL OR on Amazon?!?
Oh that book has LONG been out of print, I'm afraid. Your best bet is to grab a copy of Phil Nel's Tales for Little Rebels where he includes the full text and some of the pictures. Unless a miracle happens that book will ne'er see the light of day. Too bad about not being on Amazon. Try Alibris maybe?
This one was on my top 10, so obviously I'm over-joyed to see it make the list. I am young enough that this book was popular when I was a child. And now my six-year-old niece is going through a phase where she will just sit and read this book over and over and over and over! Thankfully, it is also one of the books featured on Tumblebooks (though it does part ways in some respects with the original), so my niece can also listen to it for hours if she'd like!


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From the Austrian Army to US Army Intelligence: The Many Lives of Otto Perl
Otto Perl, born in Vienna, Austria, in 1915, had a peaceful childhood. He never experienced antisemitism, he said. He swam, ran, and skied as part of a Jewish sports club.
And yet, his parents were aware of rising anti-Jewish sentiment in neighboring Germany.
Inside page of a German passport issued to Otto Perl, who was forced by the Nazi regime to take the middle name "Israel." —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Otto Perl
"They instilled in me and my brother that we had to learn a trade, just to be secure in case something happened," said Otto in a 1996 oral testimony. He apprenticed with a tailor, who was very ambitious and imposed high standards on his students.
Otto's training came to a halt when he was drafted into the Austrian army in 1937. He was serving when Nazi Germany annexed Austria in March 1938.
"The whole situation became just unbelievable. All of a sudden you saw Nazi flags all over Vienna," Otto said. "The majority of the people were happy … that Hitler came in … with all his promises that he would bring jobs to the people. People believed him."
A few weeks later, the Perls heard knocking on their door early in the morning. Policemen were there to arrest Otto, and he was not given any explanation. Soon, he and hundreds of other Viennese Jews, and some non-Jews, were brought to a railway station and packed onto a train. Thus began an ordeal of horrors for Otto, who was taken to the Dachau concentration camp in Germany and later transferred to the Buchenwald camp.
One day at Buchenwald, Otto Perl was ordered to change out of his uniform into his normal clothes for this prisoner identification photo. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Otto Perl
He saw fellow prisoners beaten and shot to death. He helped dig open-air latrines that were the only place for prisoners to relieve themselves and where some fell and suffocated. He lost friends to an epidemic of typhus. During freezing temperatures, he hid paper bags under his camp uniform for a little extra warmth, hoping the guards wouldn't notice.
In March 1939, after nearly a year in the camps, Otto was sent back to Vienna with orders to report to the Gestapo twice a week. Just as he didn't know why he was arrested in the first place, Otto didn't know why he was released.
"It was a terrible shock when I arrived home. … My parents in one year must have aged 50," Otto said. The Perls had been forced to share their apartment with another Jewish family. Otto's brother, Kurt, warned he also would be arrested, had immigrated to Colombia. His father, Leopold, had lost his business. Money and food were scarce. "It was an unbelievable shock. While I was in the concentration camp I thought I was the only one who was punished." Seeing what had happened to his parents was "much worse."
Otto had the affidavit he would need to immigrate to the United States, but was waiting for his quota number to come up. He said goodbye to his parents and traveled to England, where he lived in a refugee camp while working on his immigration papers. He was there when World War II started with Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939. Otto helped fill sandbags to protect important buildings in England. Finally, in March 1940, a year after being released from Buchenwald, he sailed to America.
Otto Perl received this identification card in England before he immigrated to the United States in 1940. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Otto Perl
In New York City, Otto's tailoring skills came in handy. He was able to make $18 a week, spend $3 on a bed and breakfast, and save a little money. He soon met Susanne Spritzer, who also had escaped Vienna. They married in 1943.
"We found a nice little apartment, and I was able to have a pretty good job to support my wife and me," Otto said. "Not much later I got a draft notice from the American Army."
At first, Otto went to basic training and became an American citizen. Soon he and another German speaker at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, received orders to report to a secret camp. They were to become "Ritchie Boys," a name coined for approximately 20,000 men who were trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in military intelligence. Otto received training in interrogation techniques and document translation. He later taught German-language teams how to interrogate prisoners.
Collectively, the Ritchie Boys are credited with saving the lives of thousands of other American soldiers during World War II. They are the 2022 recipients of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Elie Wiesel Award, its highest honor.
After the war, Otto returned to Susanne and New York City, where he resumed his trade. But he had received devastating news about his parents in Austria. His mother, Martha, had become depressed and hopeless and committed suicide in 1941. In 1942, his father had been arrested and died of a heart attack on the way to a deportation train.
Meanwhile, Leopold's insistence that his son learn a trade continued to pay off. In 1949, Otto borrowed $3,000 to purchase a tailoring business that he grew into a great success, making bespoke suits for luminaries including Leonard Bernstein, Luciano Pavarotti, and Itzhak Perlman. He and Susanne had three children and five grandchildren.
In concluding his oral testimony, Otto passed along some of his father's wisdom: "You have to be prepared to have an umbrella for the good times and the bad times because we know all through history what can happen."
Read more profiles of people who served at Camp Ritchie:
From Street Fights to Secret Intelligence: Jewish Brothers Who Fought Back against the Nazis
From Nazi Germany to the US Military: One Woman's Story
From a Linguistic Talent to a Vocation: Aaron Finger's US Army Journey
From Nazi-Persecuted Child to American Soldier: How Hugo Zulawski Fought Back
From Medical School to D-Day: How Charles Stein Escaped the Nazis and Became an American Soldier
Otto Perl's testimony courtesy of USC Shoah Foundation
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the number of Otto Perl's grandchildren.
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