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After-Thanksgiving food stories: Count Beltrami Recount Soup or a SNAP menu of meatloaf with ketchup/brown sugar glaze, mashed potatoes and fresh steamed broccoli. Grease Rag's guide to winter biking in the Twin Cities Only the most brutal, ice-encrusted conditions can keep commuter Lee Penn off her bike.MORE » "If my pedals can't clear the snow pack," she said Sunday, "then I pull out my skis and ski to work." Gubernatorial election officially heads to automatic recountThe race between gubernatorial candidates Democrat Mark Dayton and Republican Tom Emmer is officially headed to a recount after the State Canvassing Board met Tuesday to certify election results, as expected since election night. Emmer did not make headway in overcoming Dayton's lead in the final pre-recount tally, but Tuesday's board meeting indicated that legalese could drag out the process of certifying the winner of the election. MORE » Northeast Minneapolis, Northern MN and Count Beltrami Recount SoupGiacomo Constantino Beltrami has entered my consciousness and thus my life. Over the years I've wondered why my nearby neighborhood is called Beltrami, a name shared with a county in Northern Minnesota. My curiosity was piqued, mostly because I'm generally curious about neighborhood names. So I was at the ready when I heard Cathy Wurzer on MPR this morning interviewing Kay Mack, Beltrami County Auditor-Treasurer. Describing how her county is preparing for a possible gubernatorial recount Mack indicated she would be pulling out her "2008 Recount Soup", an Italian delicacy popularly known as Count Beltrami Recount Soup. Ms. Mack not only manages the recount but supplies the soup - and the recipe. (below) MORE » Made in Minnesota 2010: A sustainable, local shopping seasonFreezing at 4am to get a deal on a holiday gift has become a new Thanksgiving tradition. It might be a good individual bargain, but where's the long-term community value in that purchase?MORE » River-Lake Greenway finishedBicyclists can now travel all the way across Minneapolis on the River-Lake Greenway, most of which is on 40th St. The western portion has existed for several years, including a pedestrian/ bicycle bridge across Highway 35W, but the portion east of the highway has just been completed. Construction took only a few months, but the planning and community meetings have stretched over nearly seven years. Federal transportation funds are paying 70% of the cost, and the City of Minneapolis 30%. MORE » Inside the Daily Planet, 11/29/10MUSIC | Grinderman play an exhilarating show at First Avenue by Kyle Matteson, TC Daily Planet • It had been over eight years since Nick Cave last played in Minnesota (the Bad Seeds played the State Theatre in April 2002), so as you can imagine, the anticipation and energy of the crowd at First Avenue on Tuesday night was incredibly high even before Cave's current band Grinderman set foot onstage. Minnesota congregation affected by border violence by Hannah Rael, KFAI • Juarez, Mexico has been called "most violent zone in the world outside declared war zones". Recently, the violence in Juarez has affected a local congregation in Shoreview that has ties to a children's home in Juarez. Following the kidnapping of the school principal at the home, Emmanuel Covenant Church is finding new ways to support the home which has become a target of organized crime. KFAI's Hannah Rael reports. Unions lose two votes at Delta by Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review by margins of just a few hundred votes, the Flight Attendants and Machinists narrowly lost two recent elections seeking to represent workers at Delta Air Lines, where a merged workforce of unionized workers of the former Northwest Airlines and the largely non-union pre-merger Delta now may become one non-union workforce. Wellstone International High School: English Language Learners by Judy Peacock, SENA News • Going past Roosevelt High School, you've no doubt seen the green-and-white Wellstone International High School sign in the southwest corner of the building. You've probably noticed the wooden pole with a lot of writing on it next to the sign. What is Wellstone? you may have wondered. NEW IN BLOGS OPEN ARMS MINNESOTA | Chris: SNAP challenge -- Meatloaf and Nietzsche by Chris Kehew • Tonight was our "Looking Forward To It" dinner meal -- meatloaf with ketchup/brown sugar glaze, mashed potatoes and fresh steamed broccoli. POKING AROUND | Preserving access to government information by Mary Treacy • It is no surprise that virtually all of the talk to and about newly elected officials focuses on the economy and jobs, jobs, jobs. One undertone that is too often ignored is the ever-so-subtle issue of the public's right to information by and about the government. BLUESTEM PRAIRIE | The Walking Dead: Recounts for Dummies (Episode 2) by Sally Jo Sorensen • Since the Minnesota Supreme Court bounced Emmer's petition on Monday, the press has not been kind to the notion of legal appeals of the coming hand recount. BLOG OF THE MODERATE LEFT | Not with a bang by Jeff Fecke • So if you missed it, Pete "Zeeboid" Arnold has admitted what I told you last week: that the birthornot.com website is a hoax. |  |
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28 Kasım 2010 Pazar
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