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Study suggests continued population drop in Kansas

Project forward to the year 2100 the changes in population that occurred between 2000 and 2010, and Johnson County will account for nearly half the population of the state.

May 29, 2012 at 1:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Town Talk: City says chick sale at Orscheln afoul of code; a twist on sidewalk dining; an iconic trash Dumpster; weekly land transfers and an election filing

I'd buy my chicks at Tractor Supply anyway. Looked at them both last year, the ones at Orschelen looked sick and dirty, the ones at TS a lot healthier. When I read the headline, I was thinking that they were shut down for poor treatment of animals, not the chicken ordinance.

Plus there seems to be, IMHO, very different management attitudes towards customers between the two places, which is why I drive past Orschelen to TS every time. TS is helpful and the store is clean and well-organized, Orschelen appears to be annoyed that customers even exist.

May 4, 2012 at 1:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Shoppers have no secrets

Better use cash too, Mike. They'll track you via the credit card. Shop at Dillons ? Use your Dillons Discount Card ? Yep, more tracking data. The stereotype is that the "guvnmint" has big computers to track its citizens (a la "1984"), but the truth is, corporations have done it for longer, spend far more money on it, and have zero accountability. Doesn't surprise me one bit that Target is doing what it is doing. And corporations are absolutely drooling at what kind of personal data Facebook could bring them....

February 22, 2012 at 10:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas Senate leader rejects bill to allow guns on college campuses

We used to kid about that back in grad school.....the fastest way to pass your graduate oral exams: Walk in the room, sit down, lay the pistol on the table, and ask, "Any questions ?"

February 11, 2012 at 1:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU video doesn’t replace live speech from chancellor

Isn't that what she essentially is doing ?

February 4, 2012 at 12:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU video doesn’t replace live speech from chancellor

Oh, blow it out the other end, Dolph. Get your head out of the 1950s. Gray-Little is operating in the 21st century....methinks you have a few decades of catching up to do. I think it's great she sent round a video address, since I've never gone to the convocations and I doubt most of KU has. I don't get paid by KU to spend the morning trucking up to the Lied to listen to a speech that may be not have a direct or immediate bearing on what I do, but I AM more likely to take a few minutes to check out her online speech. Ditto every other student, staff, faculty, alumni, and supporter of KU. Your column contradicts itself - first you note that such events have had "attendance has been poor at these events and has been growing poorer year by year" then you suggest that the chancellor would be speaking to a "packed Lied Center." Well, which is it ?

February 4, 2012 at 9:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Town Talk: 2011 Lawrence home sales fall nearly 15 percent; Papa Keno's pizza changes ownership; N. Lawrence customer service center plans to add 60-plus jobs by year's end; weekly land transfers

Years ago, Papa Kenos was pretty good. Recently, it's turned into a total dump, and the staff clearly don't give a da*n. Dirty, lights burned out in the bathrooms, stale pizza, the beer taps were always sold out or foamy.....it's been getting pretty icky. Hopefully, Jefferson's management will a), clean the place top to bottom; b), fire the existing staff; c), fight the lights in the bathroom; and d), try making a quality product rather than something that tastes worse than cheap frozen pizza.

January 27, 2012 at 3:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU incubator space fills up with addition of pharmaceutial company

This has been an impressive success. They need to build another one ASAP.

January 18, 2012 at 4:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Eisenhower family wants DC memorial redesigned

Frank Gehry is a primo example of why present-day architecture generally has gone into the toilet...all ego, no skill or beauty. (And don't get me started on a Dan Rockhill rant...)

January 11, 2012 at 9:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lawrence chips in $20,000 for study of blue-green algae

Some of the toxins released by blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) are more deadly than strychnine (rat poison), sarin (nerve gas), or ricin. They include neurotoxins (attack the nervous system), hepatotoxins (liver), and dermatoxins (skin).

November 23, 2011 at 9:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )