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Ruth Cuadra

Dementia Cases Expected to Triple by 2050 as World Population Ages - Population Referen... - 1 views

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    ... more than 35 million people are living with dementia, according to recent World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.1 This number is expected to more than triple to reach 115 million by 2050 in the wake of world population aging.
Karen Wade

Why 1950s-style ranch homes are all the rage again - Amy Hoak's Home Economics - Market... - 0 views

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    Three cheers for ranch homes, for all generations (and, fortunately, I already live in one)!
Karen Wade

Report: Latinos divided by nation of origin - Longmont Times-Call - 0 views

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    While this isn't new news, it did make the front page today (meaning, actually, it's old news).
Karen Wade

What's in millennials' wallets? Fewer credit cards - Los Angeles Times - 0 views

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    With Millennials spending more like the Depression Era generations than their parents (or even grandparents), it reminds us that cycles have to be factored in when considering the future.
Karen Wade

How to defeat Alzheimer's - latimes.com - 0 views

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    Are we willing to spend the money to avert the looming healthcare disaster known as Baby Boomer Alzheimer's?
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    This theme seems to be growing in media attention... I think the museum link is on 'creative aging' / therapeutic arts (experiences) ?
Karen Wade

Are millennials a window of opportunity or a closed door for home builders? - latimes.com - 0 views

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    So, let's hope the Millennials will bring about the end of McMansions!
Lisa Eriksen

CHARTS: 5 Takeaways From the Latest Census Data - US News and World Report - 0 views

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    Interesting summary of US census data.  "A majority of children under 2 are minorities, according to the data, and 49.9 percent of all children under five are minorities." Are museums paying attention?
Ruth Cuadra

The Next Hundred Million by Joel Kotkin - 0 views

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    argues against American decline says immigration from Asia and Latin America will be a force for dynamism, innovation, and prosperity challenge will be promoting social mobility and economic prosperity for aspirational Americans
Karen Wade

Deaf and blind students display artwork at Tohono Chul - 0 views

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    An important reminder of how important the arts can be in everyone's life, and a challenge to continue finding new ways of connecting with all of our visitors.
David Bloom

Shared Value in Conservation: Fewer Carrots and Sticks, More Designers - 0 views

  • How can conservation organizations leverage the economic concept of shared value? Can they create tools beyond the regulatory stick, which creates the illusion of a carrot? Can they create collaborative partnerships between NGOs and sustainability-focused social designers?
David Bloom

An anthropologist explains how hackers are changing the definition of freedom - 0 views

  • Coleman argues that two cultures have been colliding in the United States for years — the culture of hacking and the culture of intellectual property favored by the entertainment industry. Yet this clash has taken place in the shadow realm of code, intellectual rights, and things that glow in the night. The combatants and their weaponry sport strange monikers: Warez, Debian GNU, SOPA. They are fighting for nothing less than what Lawrence Lessig calls the "future of ideas," what it means to be a free individual, and the nature of that elusive beast, software, which is pushing the wave of the future.
Karen Wade

Developers dive in to create a wealth of autism apps - latimes.com - 0 views

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    New apps to reach people with autism
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