- “The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is aiming to deliver 25 percent of its college credits through online courses by 2015.” – T-Paw says it to “help bring Minnesota into the iPod age.” I’m sure it doesn’t hurt that it probably saves schools a fair amount of money in overhead costs. I’m all for making courses available on the web, though. iTunes U, anybody? Oh, hey, look: itunes.umn.edu and what the faculty think about it.
- Terry at MPLS Mirror strongly objects to announced plans for Powderhorn Park. Residents were told two soccer fields and a picnic gazebo will be going in. Terry asks what about cleaning up what’s already there? What about addressing the crime in the area and keeping the park safe? Why not ask the residents what they want in the park? You get the idea.
- 3 Minute Egg is looking for arts journalists. “This gig doesn’t pay in cash, but instead offers training in the fundamentals of reporting, editing and storytelling through online video, along with the opportunity to expand your portfolio beyond the printed page.”
- The Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee has endorsed HF 4245/SF 3889 introducing the Functional Yield, which basically lets bicyclists roll through stop signs and ride against other traffic control devices (e.g., red lights) if they’ve slowed/stopped and determined that there is no other car/bike/person they owe right of way to.
- Apparently there’s a Minnesota Skeptics Society. Aric McKeown is skeptical of the profile picture.
- Saint Paul is discontinuing the Code Red service which provides automated phone calls to residents when snow emergencies are declared. “Code Red costs the city of St. Paul around $50,000 a year. And despite being such an efficient system, no link could be found between calls made and a reduction the number of cars towed. Even though the cost to the owner of having a car towed during a snow emergency is around $250, the city says that it looses money every time a car has to be towed, and the plug on Code Red is going to be pulled.” You can still get snow emergency notification by email and I’m pretty sure there’s a way to get text messages if you poke around inside that govdelivery site once you’ve signed up for the email.
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