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RESPONSES TO PREVIOUS QUESTIONS RE: URBAN AREAS
I'm quickly becoming sensitive about all the "me" and "this is what I do and think" writing lately. Still, KT brought up such intriguing questions, that I almost couldn�t help by take a shot at them. What do I know? Not much, but writing "in response" is so much […]
Street Relief Strategies
MEMORANDUMDATE: April 4, 2003
MEMO TO: ZACH
FROM: ZACH
SUBJECT: STRESS RELIEF STRATEGIES
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____________________________A variety of work responsibility can create busy, stressful periods in one's life, often accumulating into great "pressure to work". This pressure to do "more work in less time" does not necessarily increase one's productivity.
Rather, from time to time, call a close relative (especially a Grandparent) […]
How Much More Claratin, Sudafed, and Contact Should I Be Taking?
I'm not sure if you should mix too many medications, especially when you thrown in the "over the counter" type. I mean, I'm not really a medicine-taker… I probably take asprin once every 8 months or so… but sometimes you'll take anything to feel even a bit better. Still, at some point, they're really not […]
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In a set of comments ScottMcG asked some good questions about the real impact of redeveloping residential areas (side note: if anyone has a better idea how to integrate comments with posts, I�d love some pointers� zacharykorb@yahoo.com).
He really got the heart of matters:
�I wonder if the issue of residential blight can ever be […]
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Well, it could be a fun little game… a sort of "where's that in the Twin Cities?" I'd sure like to learn about some more goofy stuff around town.
Difficulties in Changing Suburban Attitudes Towards Affordable Housing
I don't know, this article raised a few questions in my mind, and seems to tie in pretty well with the city / suburb affordable housing issue at hand. It namely addresses an affordable housing project in Eagan, and recent comments the former mayor (then, current mayor) made about the project.
Most namely, what's up with […]
Now I Can See the Connection
Yeah, I thought I recognized her name… Pat Awada
Can anyone guess what the former mayor of Eagan (subject of article below) is doing now, and the biggest news she's created lately?
The Democratic Internet
On another totally different subject… the counter I have on this site is pretty neat. One thing it does is ranks your site against all the other sites it counts for (by # of hits). Right now, I'm listed under as a "general" and the "government and society" site.
It's fun because you certainly can come […]
Inappropriate Comments in the Workplace
MEMORANDUM
DATE: April 18, 2003
MEMO TO: Zach
FROM: Zach
SUBJECT: Inappropriate Jokes at Work
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When a co-worker gets a haircut, it is always inappropriate for another co-worker to "publically" joke, "What, did you get stuck on a reservation and piss someone off?" This applies to equally to all employees (e.g. veterans and non-veterans).
Using one's best judgement, an employee should […]
The End of the Line for the Minnesota Planning Agency
"In the end, you've got to hand it to the Minnesota Planning Agency: It successfully predicted its own demise…… At the very least, staff members forecast economic conditions that resulted in the department, charged with developing long-range strategies for the state, being abolished as part of a wide-ranging restructuring of state government."
-Star Tribune's "Planning agency […]