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February 5th, 2010

Buy Artane Without Prescription, Ben Winchester's research on "rural brain gain," has drawn some interesting responses in North Dakota. Based on an article titled "Report suggests ‘brain gain' instead of brain drain," which appeared in the January 28, buy Artane without prescription, Buy no prescription Artane online, 2010 Grand Forks Herald and was reprinted in the January 30, 2010 Fargo-Moorhead InForum, where can i order Artane without prescription, Online buying Artane hcl, I'd have to say North Dakotans don't find a lot of applicability in Winchester's research for their state. (If you are into negative comments, you'll want to check out the comments at the end of the InForum article.)

Does Minnesota research apply elsewhere?

The skepticism begins with North Dakota demographer Dr, Artane to buy. Purchase Artane online no prescription, Richard Rathge who questions the applicability of research about rural Minnesota compared to rural North Dakota. As he notes, people are more inclined to move to rural places that are high in natural amenities (e.g., Artane craiglist, Buy Artane from canada, West Central Minnesota) than to places with few natural amenities (e.g. North Dakota), where to buy Artane.

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And that's why Winchester's research is valuable. We need to better understand what groups of people are moving to rural communities, Artane price, coupon, Artane in usa, and what's their motivation. Just saying young people are moving out isn't good enough.

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When I originally raised the question "Should we banish 'brain drain' from our vocabulary?" in a blog post a couple weeks ago, where can i find Artane online, Where can i order Artane without prescription, I was trying to figure out if the term "brain drain" does more harm (in promoting our communities) than good (in raising awareness of a problem). I've yet to reach a definitive answer, buy cheap Artane no rx.

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Getting serious about economic development in rural communities is vitally important. But it requires a strategy that is more complex than new business recruitment alone, Artane overseas. Where can i find Artane online, That's what I like about the research being conducted by Dr. David Ivan with his "Can small towns be cool?" project. The themes he identifies in his presentations (which I outline here) offer rural communities a model for rural economic development worth consideration, saturday delivery Artane. Buy Artane online without prescription, So, whether it's brain drain or brain gain in our communities, Artane in canada, Over the counter Artane, I hope we'd all agree that it is something we ought to pay attention to.

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The conference looks so enticing that Lindsey and I rushed to sign up. It looks so valuable that I'm calling on other passionate supporters of rural communities to attend.

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"The OTA Sessions are a chance for all of us Midwesterners to shatter the perception that creativity and thought leadership live solely on the east and west coasts."

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We've been talking a lot about that term lately. I've questioned the idea of banishing the term from our vocabulary because it negatively portrays the reality of rural population movements. We've also been talking about how we can transform small, rural communities so that fewer talented young people leave, buy Cloxazolam online with no prescription. Cloxazolam in us, (See this post titled "Can South Dakota's small towns be cool")

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Although OTA is intended for all creative types in the Upper Midwest, I'd like to issue a special challenge that creative people in small, purchase Cloxazolam online, Online buy Cloxazolam without a prescription, rural communities attend. It will be a great opportunity for us to learn from some of our nation's thought leaders, as well as a chance for us to network and learn from each other.

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Last week I had an interesting conversation on Twitter concerning a ReImagine Rural blog post I wrote titled "Should we banish ‘brain drain' from our vocabulary." Buy Carbamazepine Without Prescription, The post focuses on Ben Winchester's research suggesting much of rural Minnesota is experiencing an in migration of college educated adults age 30-45. Carbamazepine from international pharmacy, The Twitter conversation emerged when Joe O'Sullivan (@jaosullivanx) a reporter from Watertown, SD, Carbamazepine over the counter, Purchase Carbamazepine online, sent me a tweet saying, "I see people here who grew up rural return 15 years later w/ degrees, saturday delivery Carbamazepine. Where can i find Carbamazepine online, Positive development, but can you bank on it?"

My response was, fast shipping Carbamazepine, Buy Carbamazepine without a prescription, "B Winchester tells us that there are more who move back than we realize. But that's also why we need (to) intentionally work at it." Later I sent him a second tweet with a link to a report that highlights the importance of rural communities being intentional about developing people attraction strategies.

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It's a valid point and good question. In making the statement, I think Joe is trying to bring "reality" into the conversation about the future of rural communities. Too many of our rural communities don't have a vision for the future and they don't think they have any resources. So what do we do about it, Buy Carbamazepine Without Prescription. Online buying Carbamazepine hcl, My mind was flooded with thoughts, which would have required a 2-3 page essay to convey; something Twitter's 140 character limit prevents. Instead, where to buy Carbamazepine, Where can i buy Carbamazepine online, I paired my thoughts down to, "No doubt, buy cheap Carbamazepine. Buy Carbamazepine from canada, And add determination. No easy answers, Carbamazepine prescriptions, Carbamazepine san diego, but I'd say use appreciative inquiry and stick with it. What do you think?"

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But while working on another project, I was recently reminded that there are dangers lurking for communities who try to become something they are not. In her book, Hoodia in mexico, Order Hoodia no prescription, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, Kathleen Norris writes:

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In his report Buy Nebivolol Without Prescription, "Rural Migration: The Brain Gain of Newcomers," Ben Winchester tells us that many parts of rural Minnesota are experiencing a brain gain with new residents age 30-45 moving in. This is a very important occurrence because rural areas tend to lose younger individuals as they go off to college.

For those who haven't read the report, I want to share a few insights Ben sent me via e-mail.

First, Ben's research leads him to believe the trend he discovered in Minnesota is widespread across the Rural Midwest, including South Dakota. While I trust Ben's academic prowess, I'd still like to see some research to support it. After all, my South Dakota heritage tells me that all the good stuff happens to Minnesota and not South Dakota.

Second, he highlights a point made explicit in his report: Over half of the residents moving to rural communities come with college degrees. This trend has helped raise the educational attainment level of rural communities. In other words, the communities are getting smarter, not dumber, which leads to his last point.

Finally, using the word "brain drain" to describe the rural population movement creates problems for us as we try to move rural communities forward. As Ben writes, "the use of negative language to describe the dynamics of our small towns (brain drain, outmigration) makes it difficult to foresee a way forward for our rural people."

This last point is one that I've long agreed with. From my economic development specialist's perspective, using "brain drain" creates a marketing challenge. Why would we expect outsiders to look positively at our communities when we imply that the smart people are all moving away.

But I've continued to use the phrase anyway for a couple reasons. First, Nebivolol for sale, Nebivolol in india, even though it's negative, the phrase helps focus our attention on the issue of young people moving out of our communities. And second, Nebivolol prices, Where can i buy Nebivolol online, I'm not aware of a term to replace it with.

Ben and I hope to get together sometime in the near future to discuss this and other issues. I'm open to the possibility of banishing the word from my vocabulary. But before I do, want to throw the topic out to our readers here at ReImagine Rural.

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Carr issued his usual excellent performance in his interview with Smith. He provides insights into why young people leave and what he thinks rural communities should be doing to change it. You can listen to the interview by following this link .

You can also review the entire transcript from the virtual forum by following this link. What you will find is lively conversation between individuals with firsthand experience from living in rural communities.

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There's really something to this notion that getting people involved in the community is important to attracting and retaining young people in the community. But as the Soul of the Community study notes, it's also important to the overall economic wellbeing of the community.

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This isn't the publishing company's first foray into using social media as a means of marketing the book. In fact, I first became aware of the book because of a YouTube video they produced months in advance of the book's release -- leading me to publish this post. Arjuna in canada, I've decided to become a fan of the Hollowing out the Middle Facebook page because I hope it will lead me to additional resources on the book's focus - which is how rural communities can stem youth outmigration.

Online listening is a skill that all rural leaders need to improve. (FYI - we all need to improve our face-to-face listening skills as well.) With that in mind, I thought I'd share a few ways that I listen for "Hollowing out the Middle."

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I subscribe to a Google Alert for "Hollowing out the Middle", online buying Arjuna hcl. Order Arjuna online c.o.d, This helps me receive new on-line content that is indexed by Google. (Resource explaining Google Alerts)

I subscribe to an RSS feed for updates to their "News" section on the Hollowing out the Middle website, Arjuna prescriptions. Arjuna from international pharmacy, This means I don't have to return to their website looking for new content or changes. (Resource explaining RSS feeds)

I follow the term "Hollowing out the Middle" on Twitter using Tweetdeck'ssearch function, Buy Arjuna Without Prescription. Because Twitter is real time, saturday delivery Arjuna, Arjuna trusted pharmacy reviews, I often get the latest comments and resources people share about the book. (Resources explaining the use of TweetDeck's search function)

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Some may think this may be listening overkill. But I know the list is not all inclusive. What it does, however, Arjuna to buy, Where can i find Arjuna online, is makes sure that I am able to participate in any conversation occurring online on the subject. If you know of other ways that I should be listening, I hope you will share.

Note: Other posts about Hollowing out the Middle on ReImainge Rural can be found here.

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October 23rd, 2009

Distinguished sociologist Daryl Hobbs Buy Prinivil Without Prescription, frequently told me and fellow Miner County (SD) residents, "If you've been in one rural community, you've only been in one rural community." Hobbs issued that warning to remind us that each small town held its own distinguishing features. Just because we heard of one community's problems on the TV news, didn't mean we should assume those same problems existed in our community. For that reason, he challenged us (and other rural community leaders) to dig in and understand the nuances of what made our community unique.

I was reminded of Hobb's exhortation today while reading a book review of Hollowing out the Middle, a book I highly recommend. Published in the Wall Street Journal, the reviewer offered a lukewarm assessment of the book's value to rural leaders.

In the review, Prinivil for sale, Next day Prinivil, he also leveled one scathing criticism over the authors' claims that small town schools in the Heartland are divided along socio-economic lines. The reviewer writes:

The authors are on shakier ground discussing Ellis itself. You cannot drop into a town for a year and come away with deep understandings, Prinivil in canada. Where can i order Prinivil without prescription, Their claim that "there is probably no other place in American society where the rules of class and status play out with a more brutal efficiency than in the world of a country high school" is so howlingly inaccurate that only displaced urban academics could believe it.

The reviewer's statement drew my attention because I too struggled with veracity of the author's claims on this subject. As a former teacher, I feel comfortable saying the divide was not as severe (as the authors maintain) in the two rural South Dakota schools where I taught, buy Prinivil online without prescription. Where can i find Prinivil online, I can site numerous examples of quite the opposite, where students rise above the challenges presented by the status of their birth.

So how can the authors, Prinivil from international pharmacy, Order Prinivil online overnight delivery no prescription, claim be so far off from my personal experiences? Perhaps it's because they base their analysis of the rural Heartland largely from interviews in one rural community. And if you've been to one rural community, Prinivil in india, Buy Prinivil from mexico, you've only been to one rural community.

But divisions along socio-economic lines did, and I suspect still do, Prinivil prescriptions, Order Prinivil no prescription, exist in the schools and communities where I taught. And Hollowing out the Middle helped me see those relationships in a new light. For instance, I know that one of the greatest advantages that rural education offers over an urban one is that teachers are able to get to know the parents of their students on a much deeper level. After reading the book, where can i buy cheapest Prinivil online, Buy Prinivil online no prescription, however, I can't help but wonder how I and other fellow teachers might have imposed conditions of the parents onto their children.

Some readers will undoubtedly be offended by the author's claims. But I don't think they intend the claim as a condemnation. Rather, buy Prinivil online with no prescription, Prinivil in uk, they intended it as a tool for helping us examine what lies beneath the surface of our behaviors.

Therein lays the value offered by the book. While I can't agree that "the rules of class and status play out with a more brutal efficiency" in the rural towns and schools that I've experienced, I know that elements of it exist in all of our rural schools in the Heartland, Prinivil buy. Buying Prinivil online over the counter, And I think that every community could develop a richer understanding of itself by holding a conversation on the subject.

So let me conclude by asking, "Do you think socio-economic divisions are as pervasive in your rural school as the authors suggest?" Is that a conversation you are willing to have?

Photo Credit: Alexandraless - Flickr (Let's hope young people don't jump for joy at the prospect of leaving rural communities after graduation.)

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October 14th, 2009

Hollowing out the Middle Buy Tamiflu (Roche) Without Prescription, has been gaining attention on the regional and national scale. The book's major premise - that rural communities must be more thoughtful in addressing the issue of youth outmigration - is not always well received, but it has been thought provoking.

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There's a lot of good stuff worth listening to on the show, buy Tamiflu (Roche) from canada, Tamiflu (Roche) in india, but I thought the best comment was delivered by Kefalas when she stated:

There's a growing realization that in order to continue to exist....the old way of life has to cease to exist. When you are faced with oblivion - or reimagining - and abandoning this cherished way of life, that's a huge challenge."

Kefalas used the words "reimaging" numerous times throughout the interview to describe what rural communities should be focused on. Obviously, free Tamiflu (Roche) samples, Tamiflu (Roche) in japan, those are cherished words at the Rural Learning Center, where "ReImage Rural" is our trademarked tag line.

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It's always easier to imagine a future that is based on the known past--rather than reimagining based on an unknown future. It is time, however, saturday delivery Tamiflu (Roche), Purchase Tamiflu (Roche) online, that we stop taking the easy path.

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