Monthly Archives: September 2010

Center for Rural Policy & Development MN Broadband Survey

NEWS RELEASE Broadband Use Explodes Statewide, But Adoption in Rural Minnesota Still Inconsistent Center for Rural Policy and Development Minnesota Internet Survey Measures Broadband Adoption and Use SAINT PETER, Minn. — Comprehensive research conducted by the Center for Rural Policy and … Continue reading

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Microblog Weekly Updates for 2010-09-26

No Boots in This Texas Court | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural http://bit.ly/adzEGn Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass # Phish, String Cheese Incident, Big Head Todd +others will benefit Fourmile Fire victims – Boulder Daily … Continue reading

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Shrinking Cities: Moving Beyond the Growth Obsession

Global Map Animation from 1kilo on Vimeo. Minnesota’s Chapter of the American Planning Association kicked off the Upper Midwest Planning Conference for 2010 this week in Mankato, MN.  The keynotes feature Jim Charlier from Boulder, and Tom Stinson (Minnesota State … Continue reading

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Colorado Wildfire Opportunity to Learn

The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history will teach some lessons as a review of mitigation efforts gets underway. BOULDER, Colo. — Fire management officials and homeowners living in the heavily wooded, steep mountainsides, draws and canyons west of Boulder had … Continue reading

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Microblog Weekly Updates for 2010-09-19

@TwangNation I remember getting 1st Dierks as promo CD at radio, did not fit–a real WTF moment. He's good, maybe he'll follow the muse. in reply to TwangNation # Is social media rural development's best friend? | Evivia Web Tools … Continue reading

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By the way, Company Policy forbids…

I’m working on a marketing project for “real work” and looking now at specific roles Web 2.0 will play among our possible tactics. Actually, I’ve been using this entire website (and a couple other blogs) to tinker with Social Media. … Continue reading

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When the World Stopped Turning

Alan Jackson Where Were You? “Eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty…” —Andrew Jackson, 1837 Never Forget 9.11.2001 .

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September, It Has Come

There’s a chill in the air that would tell us September has come even without a calendar on the wall, or on our watch, or (these days) on our phone. It’s easy to feel the melancholy of the season.  Where … Continue reading

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Microblog Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05

Scrobbling Krush's Morning Mix @KRFC w/@CorbLund & David Jacobs-Strain, Halden Wofford & The Woodys #nodepression # "I'm a Lumberjack…and I'm OK" Pillow by YellowBugBoutique on Etsy http://bit.ly/cMzqTn # He's a lumberjack and he's okay / He sleeps all night and … Continue reading

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