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  • Texas Capital 640

    What could Minnesota learn from Texas?

    In March 2010, Time Magazine featured Austin, Texas as a community that ”is emerging as one of the first pockets of the country where people are getting back to work, showing that even in this dreary economic environment, job creation can happen—and illustrating how it...

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    Target, Politics, and Civic Responsibility: What role should corporations play in political campaigns?

    I am sure you have all seen the recent news regarding Target Corporation.  Here is a brief summary, with links for more details, to what has transpired: In January, the Supreme Court ruled that government cannot ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections. Target...

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    The Twin Cities: Not the Most Livable Place for Wheelchair Users

    In Andriana Abariotes’ latest blog, the Twin Cities holds the top spot for highest unemployment rate in the nation for blacks.  Now, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation’s Top 20 list of Most Livable Cities for Wheelchair Users is out.  The Twin Cities did not...

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  • Race Relations 640

    Let’s Talk About Race

    I was recently at a networking lunch and fortunate enough to sit at the fun table. Some of the “cool kids” at my table included a former journalist turned PR spin master, a hip VP for a tech services company wearing a J. D. Salinger...

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  • Unfiltered 640

    Fruity flavors: Nicotine & tobacco in a smoke-free state

    I hadn’t realized how jarring it is to see people smoking indoors until I watched two DVDs this month. Barbra Streisand, as Katy in 1973’s “The Way We Were” smoked throughout the movie, including during her pregnancy. And from the land of television, Tim Robbins...

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  • Money People 640

    Angels in Minnesota

    Angels are coming to Minnesota — at least that is the hope.  The legislature is betting on the old Field of Dreams saying  “If you build it, they will come” and hoping it will apply to angel investors and venture capital dollars over the next...

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  • Campfire 640

    Gathering ’round the Campfire

    Last Monday I became a parody of myself. I took to the woods with my ten-year-old son, accompanying six of his friends, and some of their parents to Scout Camp in Wisconsin.  Our kids are Webelos, going into fifth grade.  We joined around 100 other...

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  • Team in Training

    Team in Training: Beating Cancer One Step at a Time

    Over the last five years I have found myself on some strange journeys.  Despite my natural “couch potato” tendencies, I have twice trudged my way through triathlons.  Last year my brother and I strapped on helmets and biked 100 miles around Lake Tahoe… in one...

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  • Dana College 640

    The Power of Place

    Last week, I learned the 126 year-old private college in my hometown was closed.  There were a fair number of national news articles noting why the decision was made.  Less on the reasons of how the college found itself in poor financial-straits.  Actually, I didn’t...

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    Social Media, what is it good for?

    I have many friends and colleagues that will not participate in Social Media. I hear all their reasons and many are valid. But what if you use Twitter, Facebook and Linked In to connect people to the needs of their community? I am a Twitter...

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