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International Symposium on Rural Design
This sounds like an interesting conference coming up next month in St. Paul. I like the folks up at the Center for Rural Design at the University of Minnesota. They’re thinking about old problems in new ways. We are pleased … Continue reading
Southwest Minnesota Leading the Trend
SWMN Population 65+ in 2000 World’s Population Getting Older The world’s 65-and-older population is projected to triple by midcentury, from 516 million in 2009 to 1.53 billion in 2050, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In the United States, the … Continue reading
Can You Hear Me Now? Verizon-Alltel=AT&T Wireless
AT&T purchase of rural markets bring iPhone to the country Continue reading
Pandemic Info 5/5
WHO H1N1 Influenza A daily briefing map Continue reading
How China Sees The West?
Strange Maps blog has an interesting post regarding the current cover illustration on The Economist news weekly: The Economist is concerned about the present state of affairs, as they should be: Although in public China’s leaders eschew triumphalism, there is … Continue reading
Mapping Minnesota
Minnesota Historical Society video on new exhibit of historical maps, including 1765 French globe. Continue reading
Tell us about your broadband access
Two broadband ISPs serve my home in a small town in Southwest Minnesota, Frontier Communications and Mediacom, apparently at Broadband Tier 2 with potential residential download speeds of 1.5 to 3 Mbps and uploads (1st Generation Data) at 200 kbps to 768 … Continue reading
Census of Agriculture 2007
The 2007 Census of Agriculturewas released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS). While I was at Kiwanis for lunch. So much for this afternoon’s productivity! “The number of farms in the United States has … Continue reading
A River Runs… Through a Book
Friends don’t let friends see movies before they’ve read the book. Continue reading
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