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Square Inch Anthropology
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Laquo; Back to blog. Quite a brilliant little analog object, this.* On a basic level, yes, this is indeed just" a yardstick. With proper use, though, it can also be a means for increasing revenue through selling more things for painting , and deepening a customer’s relationship with the store (Lowe’s, in this case, the second largest chain of hardware stores in America. However, while it may outperform its digital equivalent in this respect, the yardstick’s creators made a few risky assumptions. Remo...
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Square Inch Anthropology
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Laquo; Back to blog. Quite a brilliant little analog object, this.* On a basic level, yes, this is indeed just" a yardstick. With proper use, though, it can also be a means for increasing revenue through selling more things for painting , and deepening a customer’s relationship with the store (Lowe’s, in this case, the second largest chain of hardware stores in America. However, while it may outperform its digital equivalent in this respect, the yardstick’s creators made a few risky assumptions. Remo...
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Rethinking Urban Planning Education, by Alexa Mills | Sustainable Cities Collective
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The world's best thinkers on the urban future. About Us and Contact. To follow this user. Rethinking Urban Planning Education, by Alexa Mills. Posted April 23, 2010. 1 The Urban Planning Masters Thesis:. Learning to produce a traditional research document is useful for those pursuing a life in the academy, but for students who plan to become practitioners, and for the cities and regions that serve as the subjects of urban planning theses, is this time-worn document a vestigial organ? Urban Planning educa...
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What's race got to do with it?: July 2011
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What's race got to do with it? Tales of a white woman in the hood. Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Adding Mobile SNAP to Urban Fresh Food Access. This piece just got picked up over at Sustainable Cities Collective! Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Or click on the title above to read it. Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Girl dies from stray bullet - KCMO. We need a market solution. My neighborhood pal, DeShawn, also fell victim to an unintentional bullet that found him 3 years ago. He was 14 or 15. Last week a 24 year old...A chi...
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What's race got to do with it?: Trayvon and the Hood
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What's race got to do with it? Tales of a white woman in the hood. Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Trayvon and the Hood. I've been helping candidates on the local school board campaign trail for the last month. But the Trayvon case has captured everyone's attention, including mine. I feel compelled to put my 2 cents in. Apparently what we know:. Zimmerman saw Trayvon and thought he looked suspicious. Enough so that he called the police. The Police told Zimmerman to stand down and not go after Trayvon. In my min...
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What's race got to do with it?: 3 steps to address urban crime and education
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What's race got to do with it? Tales of a white woman in the hood. Wednesday, November 16, 2011. 3 steps to address urban crime and education. Kansas City, MO. Maybe it's that we don't EFFECTIVELY support accreditation in urban districts because it is, by its very nature, intractable? We have to go beyond the classroom to deal with urban education. Crime and Education are related. But as our state commissioner of education said, we cannot let poverty and racism stop us from successfully educating kids...
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What's race got to do with it?: June 2011
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What's race got to do with it? Tales of a white woman in the hood. Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Camden High School Performance Indicator - Graduates. Thanks to Camden City School Board member, Sean Brown, for posting the most recent report on graduation rates from the City's high schools. Here is the link. Those students are the casualties of a poorly performing school district. The Mayor of Camden now controls the entire school board through appointment. The Mayor MUST be held accountable for the perfo...
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What's race got to do with it?: December 2011
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What's race got to do with it? Tales of a white woman in the hood. Saturday, December 31, 2011. 2011 Shout-Outs to those who build the Urban Core in KC and Camden. Another year spent in the urban core. It still weighs heavy on my heart, but the world keeps turning. So, on to 2012 - and we do have some things to look forward to! To my surprise, however, is the bonus.new sidewalks and streetscape on PROSPECT Avenue! Another positive for the urban core in KC is the Kansas City Public School district and its...
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What's race got to do with it?: 2011 Shout-Outs to those who build the Urban Core in KC and Camden
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What's race got to do with it? Tales of a white woman in the hood. Saturday, December 31, 2011. 2011 Shout-Outs to those who build the Urban Core in KC and Camden. Another year spent in the urban core. It still weighs heavy on my heart, but the world keeps turning. So, on to 2012 - and we do have some things to look forward to! To my surprise, however, is the bonus.new sidewalks and streetscape on PROSPECT Avenue! Another positive for the urban core in KC is the Kansas City Public School district and its...
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What's race got to do with it?: Prospect to MLK - What's in a Name Change?
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What's race got to do with it? Tales of a white woman in the hood. Friday, September 30, 2011. Prospect to MLK - What's in a Name Change? Councilman Reed's motives are being questioned in the blogosphere - this is apparently the pet project of his mentor, Alvin Brooks. Mr. Reed is carrying the water and that is a fine and noble tribute to his mentor. We can't fault him for that. What will that do unless you have some steps to take? If you need some, I'm here to help. 5 Expand the Bluford Library with a c...
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