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My Own Exurb

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:28:32 GMT

The University of Minnesota Outreach, Research and Education (UMore) Park is a 5,000-acre site 25 miles southeast of the Twin Cities at the suburban-rural interface, near Rosemount, Minnesota.
The vision to build a University-founded community of 20,000-30,000 people at UMore Park, a 25- to 30-year endeavor, was affirmed by the Board of Regents in December 2006.
The plan for this new, sustainable community integrates environmental, socio-cultural and economic opportunities with a specific focus on innovations in renewable energy, education and lifelong learning, health and wellness, the natural environment and regional economic development.

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Exurbs are drying up due to the housing crisis. The U's response? Plan their OWN exurb!

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Buy 120 years of National Geographic on one portable hard disk.

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:38:36 GMT

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For $200, you get every Nat Geo article EVER... plus 100 GB of portable storage. Very nice.

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Philosophy Bites: Don Cupitt on Jesus as Philosopher

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:14:41 GMT

December 24, 2009

Don Cupitt on Jesus as Philosopher

Controversial theologian and philosopher Don Cupitt presents Jesus as a radical secular humanist in this interview for the Philosophy Bites podcast.
Listen to Don Cupitt on Jesus as Philosopher

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Interesting take on Jesus as a radical humanist...

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Happy 90th!

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:35:16 GMT

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Upstairs, downstairs

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:34:55 GMT

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Untitled

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:31:05 GMT

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What should replace the Metrodome? Why, a billion-dollar "wigwam", of course!

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:26:28 GMT

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KFC's Colonel Sanders tricks his way into UN to pose for 'official' photo

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:12:22 GMT

By Matthew Moore
Published: 10:11AM GMT 27 Oct 2009

Colonel Sanders with Ali Treki, president of the UN General Assembly

Dressed in the fast food icon's familiar white suit and black bow tie, the actor evaded tight security to gain access to the restricted areas of the complex.

He even posed for a photograph with Ali Treki, the new president of the UN General Assembly, before the alarm was raised and he was ejected.

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A spokeswoman for Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, yesterday said that an investigation had been launched into the security breach, which was dreamed up by KFC as a promotional stunt.

"It should not have happened – that I will stress, and very strongly," Michele Montas told Canwest News Service, the Canadian news agency.

"There was some lapse in security and the individual in question was, on the initiative of one security guard, taken into the UN."

As part of its campaign to promote a new menu range, KFC is "lobbying" the UN for the fictional Grilled Nation to be accepted as a member state.

The fast food giant has written to Mr Ki-moon personally asking for grilled chicken lovers to be be represented at the assembly, in a letter dismissed by Mrs Montas as "absolutely void".

A spokesman for Dr Treki, a former Libyan foreign minister, denied that he held a meeting with the Colonel Sanders impersonator, claiming that he only shook his hand out of courtesy during the incident on Thursday.

The actor, named by KFC as Robert Thompson, also posed for photos in the main General Assembly hall beneath the UN logo.

The real Colonel Sanders died in 1980, half a century after devising the "secret recipe" of herbs and spices that is still used for cooking chicken in KFC restaurants today.

via telegraph.co.uk

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A great lecture on how we're fooled by our own mental math...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:27:01 GMT

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Touchstone Plaza

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:06:56 GMT

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Donate, don't dump

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:39:41 GMT

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A good interview from Free Geek Portland, summing up the "Free Geek philosophy" nicely...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:22:12 GMT

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Another great, low-tech video from OK Go as they go a bit psychedelic...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:42:59 GMT

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Recently declassified CIA manual teaches important skills like... how to creatively tie your shoes.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:02:56 GMT

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Planet Money says: Have an efficient holiday -- give to charity!

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:35:57 GMT

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Cousins

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:26:35 GMT

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Terra incognita online: How can we get out of our geek silos (or: Africa, not Middle Earth)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:15:25 GMT

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Turkey goes rogue at MN Capitol news conference

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:26:20 GMT

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Turkey goes rogue at Capitol news conference | Polinaut | Minnesota Public Radio

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:23:24 GMT

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Turkey goes rogue at Capitol news conference | Polinaut | Minnesota Public Radio

Ag commissioner gets roughed up.

Payment shift makes rough waters for charter schools

Charter schools in Minnesota are bracing for a cash flow crunch that could determine whether some survive. (11/23/2009)

Schmidt Brewery to sell pristine spring water

Long before glaciers rolled through Minnesota, a massive pool of water circulated throughout the Twin Cities, and soon, residents will be able to line up at a well in St. Paul, and fill up their jugs with the water that experts say is about 30,000 years old. (11/21/2009)

Historical Society seeking applicants for $7M in grants

The Minnesota Historical Society is seeking applicants for almost $7 million in grants available for history-based projects paid for with money from the constitutional amendment that raised the sales tax. (11/17/2009)

NPR's Carl Kasell retiring from morning newscaster role

NPR's Carl Kasell, whose distinctive voice has informed Morning Edition listeners of the day's top stories since 1979, is stepping away from his role as a radio newscaster. (11/24/2009)

New Lutheran body to form after gay pastor vote

The split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. (11/18/2009)

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