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The Power and Possibility of Simple Technology
MAP for Nonprofits discusses their study with Idealware, funded by ADC Foundation. 4 traits for innovation in nonprofits.
Shared by Steve Boland
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To Innovate, Turn Your Pecking Order Upside Down
I don't agree with all of this - but the core is really important. What we do now can dominate what we should do, and we have to break out of that.
Shared by Steve Boland
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Coon Rapids Holiday Offers MN Anglers $1.85 E85 For Fishing Opener, But There’s A Hook
A station in Coon Rapids is selling E85 fuel for a discounted price on Friday, May 11, from 3-5 p.m.. The first 20 customers in line get the best deal: $1.85 a gallon. Whoa. What year IS this?
Shared by Robert Moffitt
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13 WTHR Newscast video. IRS tax fraud $4.2 Billion per year and growing
The IRS is paying $4.2 billion per year to illegal immigrants filing fraudulent tax returns. Enrolled agents reported the fraud and IRS does nothing to stop it. This happens nationwide.
Shared by Roger O'Daniel
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The worst way to judge a charity
How much administrative expense does not equal how effective a nonprofit is in their work.
Shared by Steve Boland
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The end of the line for Minnesota’s coal plants?
The Pioneer Press looks at the coal's last stand in Minnesota, the electrical utility plant. It tells how the cheaper natural gas and tighter air standards are moving the state away from coal-fired electricity and toward cleaner alternatives.
Shared by Robert Moffitt
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Did a Million Americans Leave the Unemployment Ranks in April?
BLS says yes. Facts disagree. About 400,000 gave up. Workforce participation rate fell to its lowest level since 1981. About 600,000 found jobs. From Dennis Jacobe, Chief Economist of Gallup.
Shared by Roger O'Daniel
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US Air Force publishes open letter to ABC
About 800,000 US Air Force Airmen and contractor employees are angry with ABC over their biased and inaccurate coverage of the F-22 stealth fighter. This links to the actual letter.
Shared by Roger O'Daniel
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F-22 Stealth Fighter Actual Crash Report
ABC aired a very inaccurate and biased report about the F-22 fighter. Senator McCain who was a Navy pilot shot down in Viet Nam and never flew a fighter again, added fuel to the fire. This is the actual accident report of the downed F-22.
Shared by Roger O'Daniel
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Row over resveratrol rumbles on
Looks like resveratrol is getting some help!
Shared by Chuck Kanski
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Freakonomics - Lottery savings incentives
Interesting idea to encourage people to save by entering them in a lottery if they do.
Shared by Steve Boland
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You Just Opened A What? Cooking Tips to Make Food More Wine-Friendly
Meg Houston Maker is one of the better food/wine writers today...enjoy the article!
Shared by Chuck Kanski
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The Starling Project
Intentional, short-term uses of vacant commercial space. A test project is up to rent University Avenue storefront for just $250/week without long-term commitment.
Shared by Steve Boland
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Air pollution clogs metro skies
This Star Tribune article looks at Minnesota's declining grades for air pollution, as recorded by the American Lung Association State of the Air Report. For the first time, a Minnesota county got an "F" grade for shoert-term particle pollution. Can you guess which one?
Shared by Robert Moffitt
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The New Workstyle: Leaving the Old Behind
Sound advice cloaked in an infographic - meet your workforce where they are and want to be - not where you used to be.
Shared by Steve Boland
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New Indiana Law Gives Residents Right to Resist Police
A new law likely makes Indiana the only state where people are allowed to shoot cops under certain circumstances. The change, police officials say, not only puts officer’s safety at risk but the public’s too.
Shared by Don Reeder
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Children benefit a great deal from ObamaCare
Dr. Robert Jacobson of the Mayo Clinic, President of the Minnesota pediatricians' organization, writing in support of health care reforms.
Shared by Karen Wills
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Selby Avenue 2012: A Slide Show
Great established business, and great news. Selby is a great avenue for shopping/dining/getting out.
Shared by Steve Boland
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Gender pay gap persists in Minnesota - The Co$t of Doing Business
The National Partnership’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data found that women earn 78 cents for every dollar paid to men in Minnesota – placing the state roughly in the middle of the pack among its peers.
Shared by Travis Dill
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Every day is tax day somewhere in Minnesota
MinnPost: Truth be told, though, most of the taxes most of us pay do not come due in mid-April. We face tax deadlines every time we pump gas, buy a beer, pay rent and perform a myriad of other routine activities.
Shared by Travis Dill
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Canada may close unique environmental research facility
"There is not a way to do whole ecosystem scale freshwater research anywhere else in the world. The work done there has been instrumental in our understanding of acid rain to endocrine disruption."
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MN-03 DFL candidate forum
A discussion with the two Minnesota Democrats vying for the DFL nomination and the chance to unseat Republican incumbent Erik Paulsen.
Minnesota Sounds and Voices: Dan Turpening's deep, wide devotion to the accordion
An accordion played outdoors evokes scenes of Paris in the springtime. Or, in the case of local accordion player Dan Turpening, Minneapolis in May.
From the Audio Archives
1973: Defining Irish
Dr. Eoin McKiernan talks about what it means to be Irish.
