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Arkansas led the nation in measuring obesity in kids. Did it help?

GCN

In 2003, Arkansas became the first state to send home "fat letters" or BMI reports about all students as part of a broader anti-obesity initiative. At least 23 states followed Arkansas’ lead. Some have since scaled back their efforts.

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Improving Your Local Government Website 2022: UX, SEO, & More | GovPilot

GovPilot

Does your government website look like it was released in 2003? Was it actually published in 2003? If you’re answering yes to one or either of these questions, it makes sense that you’re considering modernizing your government website.

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2023 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Previous years: 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. I should go by this place more often, it’s such a nice library.

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2022 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Previous years: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Hartness/Randolph (1) – Stopped by when I was in a walki I miss this place.

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2021 in Libraries

Librarian.net

Previous years: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Rochester (1) – stopped by to say hello before teaching some online classes.

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Warehousing and Quality of Jobs in the Inland Empire

Policy Chats

About the Inland Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD) : Established in 2003, the ICSD conducts and disseminates research and reports on issues of suburban growth and its impact on social, environmental, and transport systems.

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Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia is finally improving

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

My 2003 op-ed in the Philadelphia Daily News was partially inspired by a super cool club-restaurant-performance space in an old Woolworth's (long since closed) in Germantown. Photo: Kimberly Paynter, WHYY/NPR. I have to laugh at the gentrification moniker. I can't express how amazed I was at the level of disinvestment at the time.

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