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Millennials in America are more likely to have visited a public library in the past year than any other adult generation, says this report from the Pew Research Center.

 

The New York Times presents this fascinating analysis of census data to show where “in time” geographic locations throughout the nation exist.  Turns out that Clark County, NV, currently best represents the expected makeup of US population in 2060, for example.  And Union County, OR, most resembles America in 1982.

Read on …

See how it is done …

Here, the New York Times Magazine presents a photo essay and report by Glenna Gordon covering the Nigerian government’s conflict with Boko Haram terrorists.

Some of the advice in this Quartz piece:

https://qz.com/1009145/kamala-harris-and-interruptions-three-strategies-women-can-use-to-combat-sexist-interruptions/

 

Even if the study of economics wasn’t basic to your college education like it was for some of us, you surely must have an appreciation for how economics is fundamental to an understanding of modern society. Here, the Evonomics website presents a piece on the Islamic scholar whose ideas were literally centuries ahead of Western economists.

The Amazing Arab Scholar Who Beat Adam Smith by Half a Millennium

I was so taken by the Gillig bus in the previous post that I had to do some research.  Discovered that Gillig opened for business making carriages in 1890, was designing custom bodies by 1906  and started making school buses in 1932.  Check out the Gillig website here and here.   Haven’t yet nailed down the date or specs of the Gillig in my photographs, but I suspect that it dates from the late 50s or early 60s, based on its dual headlights (Detroit started putting dual headlights on some cars in 1957 and 1958, if memory serves).  Research continues …

This has worked somewhat for me …

https://qz.com/999979/the-five-minute-trick-that-helps-instagrams-ceo-crush-procrastination/

 

Take a look here at some figures, just in case you have been wondering.

Brother Dennis sends this along, chuckling a bit about Oregon’s word, although it seems more defensible than Georgia’s “gray” or Wisconsin’s “Wisconsin” …