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Minneapolis, Minnesota
"We’re talking about something that causes young children and adults to commit suicide, the fact that they have to hide their sexuality or they get bullied or they get teased. To me, if there’s any way I can help with that, that’s worth far more than kicking a small leather football around."
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Chris Kluwe on The Daily Circuit. The punter was released from the Vikings Monday. If his opinions did contribute to the decision, he said, he had no regrets.
Related: Terminated, Chris Kluwe becomes the Terminator: “Viking or not, Kluwe appeared on the New Century stage yesterday as Ahnold’s cyborg assassin ‘the terminator’ for the Minnesota Fringe Festival’s annual fundraiser.”
Oh hai. It’s snowing again. In May.
But it will be better soon. We hope.
"When you let corporations cook for you, they don’t cook very well…They are putting things in that food that you would never put in yourself. So why let them?"
— Michael Pollan, author of “Cooked” and “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” on The Daily Circuit today. Read nine other morsels from his conversation with Kerri Miller.
Bottoms up! St. Paul’s Summit Brewing Co. took delivery of four 18,600-gallon stainless steel fermentation tanks today.
By July, Summit will install a dozen of the new 45-foot-tall vessels, allowing the brewery to double its beer-making capacity.
Read more and see more photos here.
(MPR Photos/Jennifer Simonson)
Twin Cities bicyclists will be among those gathering at an event tonight to raise concerns about frac sand mining.
Several silica sand mines close to the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin are near areas where cyclists like to ride and stay in bed-and-breakfasts. Some of the proposed mines in southeastern Minnesota are also located in scenic areas where cycling is popular.
Tracy Sides, an avid cyclist for 25 years, organized the event, which will take place at the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis. The event includes a screening of a documentary showing the impacts of sand mining in Wisconsin, as well as a forum.
The North Dakota oil patch contains twice as much oil than originally estimated, and three times as much natural gas, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Energy production is fueling a nearly $2 billion budget surplus in North Dakota. In addition, earmarked reserve funds generated from energy revenue are expected to grow to more than $5 billion in the next two years.
(Image courtesy of USGS)
St. Paul Union Depot, Seven Years After Closing, 1978
Passenger rail service officially came to an end in downtown St. Paul on April 30, 1971. The last train, the Burlington Afternoon Zephyr, left the depot that evening, bound for Minneapolis. Amtrak launched its passenger service to the Twin Cities the next day, bypassing downtown St. Paul. These photos, taken seven years after the fact, come from a wonderful collection by Kurt Haubrich.
Photos via Flickr: Electroburger’s Photostream
Did you miss our live conversation with Astronaut Abby and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano? Have no fear! The video of the live chat is here! (And soon the archive of all the great questions and written answers will be here, too!) If you missed it, you can watch and read through the entire conversation by following this link!
