I posted yesterday that Gentrification Requires the Right Social Conditions, contending in part that a small city like Whitewater remains divided (and by consequence limits its own attractiveness to newcomers) because it remains divided by town and gown (and divided within the town, itself, too). Whitewater’s problem is not that different factions do not have a…
Good Ideas
Charity, City, Good Ideas
The Whitewater Community Foundation’s First Annual Campaign
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Please see a news release about charitable work in our small city — best wishes to all who are supporting the campaign – Whitewater Community Foundation is concluding its first ever Annual Campaign Thank you to everyone who donated! We reached our modest goal of $50,000, and the donations are still rolling in! Thank you to…
Film, Good Ideas, Hobbies
The World’s Largest Model Railroad
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If model trains are built for kids, then it’s safe to say Bruce Zaccagnino is an incredibly large child. He’s the mastermind behind Northlandz, the self-proclaimed largest model railroad in the world. And according to filmmaker Andrew Wilcox, it’s one of the most under-appreciated attractions he’s ever seen. So he decided to capture it on…
Film, Good Ideas
Sunday Film: Macaroni Box Zoo
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Education, Good Ideas
Asking About a Student’s Day
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Post 15 in a series. Every parent wants to know how a child’s day went at school – what he or she learned, experienced, and thought about the day. Sometimes, however, the obvious question (“how was school today?”) doesn’t elicit more than a brief, unspecific answer. An NBC news story online, offers suggestions from a parent on…
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Better Living Through Binder Clips
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Good Ideas, Weather
Skiing Washington, D.C.
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Business, Conservation, Environment, Good Ideas
Making Wood Without Trees
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Ecovative Design has made a mission of replacing synthetic plastic polymers with natural mushroom based polymers. After disrupting the packaging industry with a line of fully biodegradable mushroom packaging, they are now setting their sights on replacing manufactured wood products. (Video by Brandon Lisy, Justin Beach) (Music by Andy Clausen) Via Bloomberg Business.
Good Ideas, Space, Technology
NASA Adds Dream Chaser to Transportation Roster
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For those hoping that America would re-introduce a space plane to her roster of civilian transportation options, there’s good news: The Dream Chaser space plane that lands on a runway like an aeroplane and launches with the help of a rocket will join the duo of privately operated space capsules – SpaceX’s reusable Dragon and…
Food, Good Ideas, Health
Caffeinated Pastry’s Only a Matter of Time
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Embed from Getty Images Alternative title : Biophysicist-Inventor Possibly One of the Greatest Americans Ever. Thanks to a biophysicist, caffeinated muffins could be coming soon to a coffee shop near you — and they’ll also be loaded with antioxidants. Professor Daniel Perlman of Boston-area Brandeis University has invented a coffee flour milled from par-baked green…
City, Good Ideas, Law, Science/Nature
The Hon. Alex Kozinski on Good Science
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The Hon. Alex Kozinski is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit has jurisdiction over most federal appellate matters in the western continental United States. Judge Kozinski is nationally know among members of the bench, and served as chief judge of the Ninth Circuit for many…
Animals, Good Ideas
A Coffee Shop with a Spot for Stray Dogs
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A photo has been making the rounds on social media showing a group of stray dogs napping comfortably on a bench of cushions as a result of one business’s act of kindness. The image was reportedly snapped at a café in Greece, where management sees fit to offer refuge to homeless pups after closing up…
Good Ideas, Technology
Hiking for Emails
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HIKING FOR EMAILS from Clemens Purner on Vimeo. In the Annapurna region in Nepal a man has made an extraordinary vision come true. He has brought internet access to places that even today can only be reached after several days travel on foot. By now he has managed to connect over 60.000 people to the…
Cats, Good Ideas, Music
Friday Catblogging: Music for Cats
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For the first time ever, there’s music for cats that’s been verified by science. Help fund music that’s been proven to enrich animals’ lives by donating to our Kickstarter campaign at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/355308040/music-for-cats-0 We’d like to give a special thanks to our feline stars and their owners: – Lori Shepler and City the Kitty: citythekitty.com –…