MATR Newsletter – January 3, 2022 The state with the best education wins!
“The allure of Montana is like a commitment to a narcotic; you can never use it up or get enough of it. Its wilderness areas probably resemble the earth on the first day of creation.” – James Lee Burke, author
God’s Country,” a feature film based on a short story by Missoula author James Lee Burke will premiere at Sundance Film Festival next month with Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld”) in the lead role.
The Great Falls economy performed better than expected this year, according to Great Falls Area Chamber of Commerce President Shane Etzwiler. He says that performance was largely due to the central Montana community and more people shopping local to support current businesses and bring new ones to town.
A software engineer-turned-farmer looks at over 60 trades that could help keep new generations in rural America and build stronger, civically minded communities.
Like every other aspect of our society, how we handle death and dying needs to change in the face of climate change. This method may be a path forward.
21st Century Education Initiative – “You Should Care…”
“Ravalli County eighth- to 12th-graders will have incredible creative opportunities in the new year,” said Clare Ann Harff, MAPS Executive Director, in a press release. “From building drones and character drawing for animation, to creating music from scratch and a promotional video for the Ravalli DUI Task Force, MAPS studios will be hopping this winter!”
With the arrival of AI in the automotive industry, transportation has become safer like never before. AI has successfully developed driver assist programs, autonomous driving, driver risk assessments, and driver monitoring programs. These innovative facilities will remain pre-installed in these amazing autonomous cars.
It might be high-time to save some cash. Buying an electric car, instead of another gas-guzzler, might be a powerful (and easy) way to achieve that noble goal.
The size of the undertaking feels gargantuan, but more and expanded operations like this will have to be built at great expense to meet California’s ambitious goals to divert three-quarters of organic waste out of landfills by 2025 and use it as compost, required by a 2016 state law called SB 1383.
