Strong Towns BlogMay-20-2013
Building a Strong Town is a complex, long-term endeavor. Much as a successful family balances their short-term spending needs with their long-term savings and financial commitments, so too must a Strong Town work towards long-term, balanced objectives.
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Grand Rapids Atheists and FreethinkersMay-19-2013
I am working my way through Steven Pinker’s massive book The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has declined. Pinker draws on many fields, including traditional history, sociology, anthropology, criminology, biology, statistics, and others to make his case.
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Life and Times in the Great OutdoorsMay-19-2013
Joel and I made a trip to Battle Lake today, in search of spring panfish. I figured they would be easy prey today, after finding fish off shore on a few other lakes yesterday.
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Life and Times in the Great OutdoorsMay-19-2013
Waiting for a strike!
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Life and Times in the Great OutdoorsMay-19-2013
A view from Battle Lake to Pickerel Lake. It's an easy trip if the water is high.
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Life on Raspberry IslandMay-19-2013
The ice went out on our lake on May 12, the latest on record by 8 days. I had meant to post the following during ice out:Today is the tenth day of being "stranded" on the island due to ice.
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Life on Raspberry IslandMay-19-2013
This morning we were out scouting for places to plant new cedar and tamarack trees. Down near the south campfire we were talking away -- blah blah blah -- when I looked down and saw this.
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MinnesotaBrownMay-19-2013
This is my Sunday column for the May 19, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I'll be revealing more about Tom Page's Dylan sculpture project in a week or so.Dylan sculpted music, now hometowns etch him in historyBy Aaron J.
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Froggy's Sports NewsMay-18-2013
Fishing ReportMay 18, 2013Well, this was more like an opening weekend at the store. Shiners and rainbows have been the minnow of choice. We are hea
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Froggy's Sports NewsMay-18-2013
Fishing ReportMay 18, 2013Well, this was more like an opening weekend at the store. Shiners and rainbows have been the minnow of choice. We are hea
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eventsMay-18-2013
Join other bird lovers on Thursday, May 23 at Lueken's North meeting room from 6:30 to 7:30 pm as we talk about the birds we've seen so far this spring.
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Living Listening LovingMay-18-2013
I had lunch with a dozen other freelance writers last week. We each shared where we were at in our freelance journey and the types of writing we were doing.
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Northern CheapskateMay-18-2013
DiscountMags is having a Sports and Fitness Magazine Sale this weekend.
Get some of the most popular sports and fitness magazines for just $4.99 each t
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Tasty Apple Treats!May-18-2013
Currently, I am surrounded by the sounds of what would appear to be on an album for relaxation. A constant purr of water pats on trees and ground, flashes across the sky to be responded with a resonating sound quite like that of large boulders rolling down a hill, and the occasional bird calling out to another in an every day conversation manner.I've been addicted to thunderstorms since before I could remember.
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Northern CheapskateMay-18-2013
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Northern CheapskateMay-18-2013
We’re coming up on Memorial Day weekend and graduation party time. What does that mean for you? Plenty of coupons and savings!
According to Sunday
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Edge Center for the ArtsMay-17-2013
Right now The Edge Center Art Gallery has on display one of its most colorful, well-attended, and special exhibits of the year. It is the annual student art show.
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Hibbing a Fit CityMay-17-2013
Minnesota Public Health Data Access is an online portal within the Minnesota Department of Health website that provides access to “health and environ
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Hibbing Public LibraryMay-17-2013
Minnesota Public Health Data Access is an online portal within the Minnesota Department of Health website that provides access to “health and enviro
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Crane Lake Nature BlogMay-17-2013
Red Crossbills
Beautiful Red Crossbills on the Echo Trail. The bright green/yellow Crossbill is a female.
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