A seventh grade geography teacher in Jefferson county Colorado was suspended for refusing to remove flags of nations from his classroom. Apparently Colorado has a state law the forbids displaying foreign flags unless they’re related to the curriculum at hand and temporary. Gee, when I was in school they wanted you to actually know the [...]
For those of you who make your living with GIS, URISA is conducting its 2006-2007 Salary Survey. The results are used by many organizations for budgetary planning and evaluation. The survey is only conducted every 3 years, so if you want to add yourself to the survey, head over to the URISA website. (The survey [...]
Pluto has been downgraded to a dwarf planet by The International Atronomical Union (IAU) comprised of 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries according to Planetary Society. You can see a map of it here at but it’s funny to watch the Colbert Report on Comedy Central This is probably the most people have talked about the [...]
