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Sep 8, 2013

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1. How effective has the Millennium Villages Project been? Here is a recent Op Ed in the NYT the Millennium Villages Project by Joe Nocerra, Fighting Poverty, and Critics. 2. Global Economic Growth Has Hit A Two-And-A-Half Year High 3. What Every U.S. Family Really Needs for a Minimum Living Standard … Computers have become…

New Technology Is Making Us More Like the Amish

Dec 26, 2012

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Slate: New Technology Is Making Us More Like the Amish We’re becoming a bit more Amish I know. You own a slim titanium ultrabook computer, an eye popping LCD 3D HD television, an iPhone with a custom-designed carbon fiber cover, and a sports car with 360 horsepower under the hood. You don’t have anything in…

Saturday Links

Dec 1, 2012

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Here are the links. BTW, if you haven't already, you can "like" the Kruse Kronicle Facebook page and see daily links in your Facebook feed. 1. As a kid, I watched Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom on Saturdays. That was the beginning of my life-long appreciation for big cats. One of the organizations we support…

Do the Amish use Facebook?

Jul 1, 2011

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Modeled Behavior: Do the Amish use Facebook? The relationship between the Amish and technology is not so absolutist as most probably imagine. A recent article on the use of Facebook among Amish teens illustrates the complex, varied, and surprising ways in which the so-called Plain People interact with technology: There are no statistics to show…

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Saturday Links

New Technology Is Making Us More Like the Amish

Saturday Links

Do the Amish use Facebook?