Smart Growth is a term of art. In the words of Wikipedia(tm), Smart Growth: is an urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in compact walkable urban centers to avoid sprawl. It also advocates compact, transit-oriented, walkable, bicycle-friendly land use, including neighborhood schools, complete streets, andmixed-use development with a range of housing choices. The term ‘smart growth’ is particularly used in North America. In Europe [...]
By Lorenzo
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Also posted in Immigration, Public Policy, Society
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Tagged california, Doncaster rail line, Hong Kong, infrastructure, Manhattan, power outages, public transport, Sayers Road, Smart growth, water shortages, Western Melbourne
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Two things have come to my attention in the last 24 hours. First, in Australia, both Labor and the Coalition are introducing/plan to introduce a form of paid parental leave to replace the baby bonus. Labor’s policy is set at the minimum wage and is therefore cheaper to the taxpayer and less onerous on the [...]
JULIA Gillard has denounced the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement ahead of anti-Israeli protest action planned at the University of NSW today. BDS action at UNSW has turned ugly, with anti-Semitic and Holocaust-denying material appearing on a Facebook page opposing the opening of a Max Brenner chocolate shop on campus. Postings on a Facebook page [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Also posted in Economics, Education, Funnies, Human/Civil rights, Media, Middle east, Politics
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Tagged anti-Semitism, BDS, boycott divestment and sanctions, chocolate, Facebook, IDS, Israel, israeli strauss group, Julia Gillard, Max Brenner, max brenner boycott, Palestine, university of new south wales, zionism
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April 22, 2013 – 10:30 am
Novelist Kerry Greenwood (the author of the Phryne Fisher books, now a successful TV series), has recently published a book on the Somerton Man mystery, Tamam Shud: the Somerton Man Mystery. The book interweaves Kerry’s memories of her late father–a wharfie who loved telling stories–and her memories of Adelaide with the famous mystery of the unidentified man [...]
By Lorenzo
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Also posted in Art, Books, Events, History, Society
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Tagged Castle, Drizzt Do'Urden, Dungeons & Dragons, Faerie, fiction, I am a Dark Elf, J R R Tolkien, Kate Beckett, Kerry Greenwood, Non-fiction, On Fairy Stories, Phryne Fisher, Richard Castle, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam, secondary belief, Somerton Man, Sydney Review of Books, Tamam Shud, true crime
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April 13, 2013 – 11:09 am
Two Somerville Rd corner shops on opposite sides of Tuppen St have striking wall art. One has a very Oz bird scene. It is strikingly executed–somewhat better done than a lot of the wall murals one sees. I am no expert or bird-watcher but I am guessing it is a Willie Wagtail. The trees are [...]
Australian restaurant cuisine is sometimes described as mediterrasian, which is a pretty good description. The traditional Anglo-Celtic Oz dinner is meat and three veg. Steak and vegies is still our most popular meal, followed by roast chicken, spag bog, beef stew or curry and chicken stir-fry. Lots of grazing land makes the land Downunder the land [...]
This post is cross-posted to Thesiswhisperer. Clearly, it’s aimed at research students (PhD and MPhil), but I thought it might also be of interest to readers here. The funding of research training is one of the things I’ve discussed in my PhD. Do you feel that your institution is putting pressure on you to submit [...]
January 29, 2013 – 8:00 am
I have previously posted elsewhere about how similar the failures in indigenous policy and development (particularly foreign aid) policy have been. Remarkably similar, indeed. They also show some distinct similarities to the more unfortunate effects of welfare provision. (By ‘welfare provision’ I do not mean the aged pension or health or education services; I am talking [...]
By Lorenzo
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Also posted in Economics, England, History, Law, Personal liberty, Philosophy, Public Policy, The Left, The Right, Welfare
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Tagged afghanistan, ALP, Amerindians, Anglo-Saxon law, Arnhem land, Assizes, Australian Aborigines, canon law, china, cliodynamics, collectivisation, common law, Commonwealth Intervention, Curley effect, Danelaw, development policy, Earl Ferrers, Elinor Ostrom, farming, foragers, foreign aid, france, free riding, Glenn Reynolds, Henry II, House of Elders, house of lords, human capital, hunter-gatherers, Immigration, indigenous policy, iraq, japan, Jesse Helms, Lapps, magna carta, narcissism, Norman law, North American colonies, Peter Turchin, singapore, sit down money, Somaliland, Thomas Hobbes, time horizons, trial by jury, Vernon Smith
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January 28, 2013 – 2:12 am
In one of those eccentricities of time and date, Burns Night in Scotland (January 25) shades into Australia Day (January 26), especially for anyone using social media. This made for a very odd Friday evening this last week while I was working late. I saw Scots cheerfully celebrating their country’s greatest poet and the bonhomie [...]
