APS’s dismal graduation rate
Todd Clarke @ August 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In a copyright story by the Albuquerque Journal, the headline read “State: Almost Half of Class of 2008 Didn’t Graduate” and was followed by “Roughly half the students who should have graduated with the class of 2008 failed to do so, prompting a call to action by the state’s education secretary.”
While the headline is alarming, [...]
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Changes in real estate
Todd Clarke @ June 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Our family was at Elvis former mansion and last resting place this week, Graceland , and I was struck by the fact that housing has changed a lot since Elvis’s hey day.
In 1970 the average house size was 1,100 sf. Today it’s over 2,200 sf. Elvis’s big amenities were 3 TV’s, and a hundred [...]
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Albuquerque is #1 (best place to live in 2009)
Todd Clarke @ June 9, 2009 # No Comment Yet
According to US News whose criteria was:
In selecting our Best Places to Live for 2009, U.S. News took a thrift-conscious approach: We looked for affordable communities that have strong economies and plenty of fun things to do. The cities we selected are as distinct as America itself—ranging from a quaint suburb to a [...]
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How global demographics and technology are changing the face of our planet
Todd Clarke @ February 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The video does a nice job of summarizing the acceleration of technolgy and its innovation. Couple that with changing demographics (for example, did you know there are more people who speak english in China, than there are people in the United States?
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Where does US immigration come from?
Todd Clarke @ December 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
My thanks to my good friend and fellow Commercial Realtor, Brent Tiano, for sharing this link:
Immigration to the US, 1820-2007 v2 from Ian Stevenson on Vimeo.
The link shows global immigration into the United States from 1820 though 2007…
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