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This is the corporate capital of the Upper Midwest, as well as the home of the University of Minnesota. Those are two reasons for the solid intellectual base in Minneapolis-St. Paul, where the dropout rate is exceptionally low. Only 6 percent of local adults lack high school diplomas.
Eating Organic might make you fell all warm and fuzzy, but is all the hype true? Don’t fall for these organic myths. Link via the PintPundit. But seriously, Cambridge chemist John Emsley recently concluded, “The greatest catastrophe that the human race could face this century is not global warming but a global conversion to ‘organic farming’–an estimated 2 billion people would perish.”
And, what’s the big deal about “food miles“? A new study from two Carnegie Mellon University researchers says you can counter greenhouse gas emissions and earn some climate change absolution (while continuing to eat out-of-season foods) simply by giving up red meat for one day per week.
For example, a Northwest Airlines flight from Paris to Minneapolis saved 162 gallons of fuel, saving the airline $535. It added eight minutes to the flight, extending it to eight hours, 58 minutes. That meant flying at an average speed of 532 mph, down from the usual 542 mph.
Most passengers don’t mind as long as the ticket prices don’t go up.
This is what I’m gonna do when I retire in 40 years.
6. Cartographers and photogrammetrists — $25.29/hour
Cartographers and photogrammetrists analyze and map geographic data provided by surveys, satellite information and photographs.
Annual salary: $52,600
Growth through 2016: 20 percent
Industry: Architecture and engineering
Watch as Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul is interviewed Glenn Beck (4/1/08, CNN Headline News). They discuss the proposed housing market rules and hybrid incentives and the oil companies.
Summary: the government does “something” to fix problem A and that causes problems B and C, which are worse problems than problem A that they “fixed.”
The biggest problem: the Congress won’t just follow the Constitution.
Interesting look at the video game market in China and their business models – free games (upfront cost) and then charges for various items and such later on.
From the IEEE blog, The Sandbox (China Gets In The Game).
The original article is here: Chinese Online Games to Top $3 bln in 2010.
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