Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program Online Auction

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WRLP is holding an online auction to raise funds to support their programs. If you’ve been reading this blog a while, you know WRLP is a program I think very highly of - it truly changes lives. Check out their auction, bid early, bid often!

links for 2008-01-29

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[Is the Tipping Point Toast? -- Duncan Watts -- Trendsetting](http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/122/is-the-tipping-point-toast.html) Some interesting research that seems to rebut the premise of Gladwell's "The Tipping Point". (tags: [Marketing](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/Marketing) [tippingpoint](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/tippingpoint)) [apophenia: the absurdities of Davos](http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2008/01/28/the_absurdities.html) Some interesting thoughts from a first-time attendee at the Davos World Economic Forum. (tags: [business](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/business) [davos](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/davos)) [nmc | the new media consortium](http://www.nmc.org/) The New Media Consortium (NMC) is a community of hundreds of leading universities, colleges, museums, and research centers.

links for 2008-01-28

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[13 GRANDMOTHERS](http://www.grandmotherscouncil.com/) Needed wisdom. (tags: [grandmothers](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/grandmothers) [peace](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/peace) [indigenous](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/indigenous)) [A wedding](http://dervala.net/2007/12/28/a-wedding/) Simple but beautiful words about an Irish wedding. (tags: [writing](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/writing)) [The Airport Security Follies - Jet Lagged - Air Travel - Opinion - New York Times Blog](http://jetlagged.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/28/the-airport-security-follies/index.html) A well-written tirade against the fantasy that is today's airport security system. Couldn't have said it better myself. (tags: [security](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/security) [terrorism](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/terrorism))

links for 2008-01-26

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World Economic Forum - Podcasts and Webcasts Bill Gates proposes a new approach to capitalism in his latest speech at the Davos World Economic Forum. (tags: davos)

links for 2008-01-25

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[Martin Luther King - Nobel Lecture](http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-lecture.html) Marting Luther King's Nobel acceptance speech. Great words. Go read it. Now. (tags: [ethics](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/ethics) [nonviolence](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/nonviolence)) [Photos from The Library of Congress](http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/) The Library of Congress is now posting photos to Flickr. There's some truly beautiful stuff here. (tags: [Photography](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/Photography) [photos](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/photos) [libraryofcongress](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/libraryofcongress)) [Time Management for Creative People](http://wishful.fileburst.com/creativetime.pdf) Some good tips in this free e-book. (tags: [productivity](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/productivity) [creativity](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/creativity) [GTD](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/GTD)) [Interview: Dan Gisolfi, IBM's Mashup Enabler](http://ie.

links for 2008-01-24

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[Glendalough - Walking Ireland - Welcome](http://www.walkinginireland.org/glendalough/) A great site of photos and walks around Glendalough, one of our favorite places in Ireland. (tags: [ireland](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/ireland)) [Big Think - We Are What You Think](http://www.bigthink.com/) Billed as "YouTube for intellectuals", this site shows videos of people pontificating on big questions. (tags: [video](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/video) [politics](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/politics)) [Iraq: The War Card - The Center for Public Integrity](http://www.publicintegrity.org/WarCard/) 935 false statements! (tags: [iraq](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/iraq) [war](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/war))

links for 2008-01-16

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IconShoppe ~ Royalty-free stock icons for the web

links for 2008-01-08

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53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without | CSS | Smashing Magazine A great list of CSS resources. (tags: css design)

links for 2007-12-12

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Disparities: With Cancer Treatment, an Edge for Rural Patients - New York Times Some interesting research on urban vs. rural in care for cancer patients. (tags: rural)

links for 2007-12-10

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Dumpr Play with your digital photos. (tags: photos tools)