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Year-End Wrap-Up: Internal Business Operations

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments accounting, adrianne kolano, afro deli, aki's bread haus, business, cash flow, cash flow statement, chris olson, david hilbert, des moines, duane hagerty, dubuque, eclipse records, FASB, financial statement, GAAP, gabby coll, grant, grants, IFRS, income statement, iowa, justin brown, justin ströhm, juxtaposition arts, kurt dahlin, liberapay, linda mcnair, luo yang, matterport, minneapolis, minnesota, nonprofits, omar reyes, patreon, profit, profit & loss, raju rayavarapu, raygun, revenue, st. paul, taxes, tim swaddling, vishva nalamalapu, year-end financial statement, yum village, zoe hoster

We are committed to 100% transparency! Read our year-end financial summary.

Book Review: “Private Equity at Work: When Wall Street Manages Main Street”

December 28, 2020December 25, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments eileen appelbaum, ERISA, financial regulation, general partner, internal rate of return, investing, investment, investor protections, limited partner, main street, market rate, partnership, private equity, private equity at work, Regulation, regulatory, rosemary batt, SEC, securities, securities regulation, wall street, WARN, when wall street manages main street, worker protections

Over 400 pages of flowing prose, Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt give us a compelling and exhaustive take on one

Not Here! But Where?: Contaminated Soil on an Old Mill Site

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Vishva Nalamalapu 0 Comments

I came to Port Angeles, Washington (where part of my family recently moved) in March, when college went remote and

Policy Urban Planning Gun Control Movements & Organizing

Why The “Gun Registration Will Lead To Confiscation” Trope Is Ridiculous

December 15, 2020December 13, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments AR15, background check, background checks, black rifle, data analysis, FBI, firearm law, firearm registration, firearms, gun, gun control, gun culture, gun registration, gun violence, larry keane, national shooting sports foundation, NICS, NRA, public policy, rifle, semiautomatic, semiautomatic weapons, the truth about guns, TTAG, universal background checks

Gun registration is a proposal that has gained little traction because of a widespread fear that it would result in guns being confiscated. There’s little evidence to suggest that such fears are warranted. But there’s also a good body of evidence suggesting that, well, the government probably knows who has guns already.

Business & Economics Urban Planning Burgerbanism Public Health

Outdoor Dining? This Is A Building With Four Walls And A Roof!

December 14, 2020January 4, 2021 Luo Yang 0 Comments accessory commercial unit, accessory structures, cafe gulistan, covid, COVID and outdoor dining, COVID and restaurants, COVID in restaurants, COVID outdoor dining, COVID safety, detroit shipping company, dining, eastern market, eastern market brewing company, eastern market detroit, harbert michigan, IAQ, IAQ and covid, indoor air quality, james hamblin, new york, new york city, outdoor dining, pizzaplex, restaurants, riopelle, solo stove, temporary structures

Restauranteurs are finding it hard to figure out how to adapt to the winter months.

Email Your 2020 Into A Literal Dumpster Fire

December 14, 2020December 13, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments andy didorosi, arsenal of clean, basecamp, bolsonaro, boris johnson, brexit, catharsis, corktown, coronavirus, covid, detroit bus company, Donald Trump, fire, frivolity, hey e-mail, jair bolsonaro, machinery, marketing, outdoors, robots, shipping container, snacks, southwest detroit, trump

2020’s apt description as a dumpster fire has manifested itself in, well, a literal dumpster fire, which Nat will be manning for a few days.

Adaptation & Resilience Climate Infrastructure

Farewell, Arecibo: The Need For Climate-Resilient Infrastructure

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments adaptation, arecibo, arecibo observatory, arecibo radio telescope, astrophysics, carl sagan, climate change, dam collapse, edenville dam, extreme weather, flooding, goldeneye, henry flagler, hurricanes, jodie foster, overseas railroad, pierce brosnan, puerto rico, radio astronomy, radio telescope, resilience, sanford dam, sean bean, st. francis dam, tacoma narrows bridge, teton dam, tom skerritt, william fichtner

The collapse of the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico highlights the gradual attrition of American leadership in science, and the failure of an entire generation of political leadership– in both parties- to address the increasingly grave threats of climate change.

Energy Efficiency Policy Energy

Detroit’s Green Task Force Looks Toward Benchmarking, PACE, Energy Codes

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 2030 district, bali kumar, ben dueweke, bob bedzyk, city of detroit sustainability office, connie lilley, detroit city council, detroit council, detroit public schools, ecologic institute, EcoWorks, elise matz, energy, energy benchmarking, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy waste reduction, energystar, Joel Howrani-Heeres, josh musicant, kendal kuneman, latia leonard, max gruenig, michal helman, michigan public service commission, POCACITO, policy, randy hargraves, Regulation, scott benson, utilities, utility policy, walker-miller, walker-miller energy services

The Energy Waste Reduction Committee of the Detroit Green Task Force met yesterday morning to talk shop for the last

An Artist Received A Lucrative Commission To Paint A Soviet Mural Of Cookie Monster. The Patron Wasn’t The Building Owner.

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments art, bolshevik, communist, communists, illinois, joshua hawkins, lenin, leninism, mural, mural artist, mural artists, murals, painter, painters, peoria, public art, rebecca johnston, russia, soviet, strauss center, university of texas, will it play in peoria

A strange tale from Peoria, Illinois involving an angry building owner, a mysterious art commission, and a mural.

Energy Efficiency Home Improvement & DIY Construction Energy

DIY Energy Tips: Insulating Boiler Pipe

December 7, 2020December 10, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments boiler, boiler loop, boilers, comfort, DIY, DIY energy, DIY energy projects, DIY projects, energy, energy efficiency, energy savings, fiberglass, home comfort, home improvement, home renovation, hot water boiler, hydronic, hydronics, infrared, insulating boiler pipe, insulation, manifold, mineral wool, pipe insulation, pipe wrap, radiant barrier, radiant heat, reduce utility bill, Renovation, rockwool, roxul, steam boiler, thermal, thermal comfort, water boiler, water heating, winter

Got a boiler? Insulate your pipes to save you some bucks.