Policy and politics snapshot on renewable energy and smart-grid transmission technology
2010 Census Form Goes to the Printers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2009 Printing of 2010 Census Questionnaires Under Way New 10-Question Survey Among Shortest Since First Census in 1790 The U.S. Census Bureau has begun printing 2010 Census questionnaires as the agency continues preparations for next year’s count of the U.S. population. The new questionnaire, which every residential address […]
STRIB on Cities and Broadband Stimulus Criteria
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune picked up on the NTIA/RUS stimulus broadband workshop, which I wrote about yesterday. Are Minnesota cities shut out by broadband rules? Criteria for seeking stimulus funds require proof that cities are underserved, and Minnesota providers can argue they’re not. By STEVE ALEXANDER, Star Tribune Last update: July 21, 2009 – 12:47 AM […]
Cities Concerned About Broadband Stimulus
League of Minnesota Cities update on ARRA broadband funding
Broadband in every pot
Blandin Broadband Policy Seminar, Mankato, Minnesota, 16 July 2009
Hazard Mitigation Open House
Preparing for tornadoes, hailstorms, infectious disease.
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 population 65 and older will more than double by 2050, rising from 39 million today […]
Tornado Time
[v=Xwfqyxt2XII] Tornado season is upon us in the Upper Midwest. We’ve been pretty dry and cool this spring… until I went camping. It’s been raining here ever since. There were 23 Tornado Reports nationwide yesterday (17.06.2009), according to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center. Fortunately the more active thunderstorms have jumped over my community […]
Little (Lego) House on the Prairie (Style)
This is so cool. Lego Frank Lloyd Wright. You know what’s on my Christmas list! That’s Fallingwater on top, Guggenheim on the bottom. Saw this on Planetizen, linking to this architecture blog. Clicking thru back to LEGO.com, the Press Release is suitibly fuzzy: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW LICENSEE The LEGO Group and Brickstructures, […]
Red River Post-Flood Update
Hazard mitigation efforts continue in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota.