Creative entrepreneurs in the eastern part of the state are starting to catch on to the opportunity in adding value to our homegrown agricultural products and converting them to spirits and beer. Here’s one of their stories. [...]Read More... from Vodka made[...]
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Why Electric Cars Are Ditching AM Radio
The electric car revolution seems somewhat inevitable at this point. Environmental concerns as well as the need for energy efficiency will guide us there. And that cultural shift will have implications for the prairie’s still relevant AM radio business. [...]Read More... from[...]
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Organization Ranks Minot in Municipal Equality Index
Last year, the legislature rejected a bill that banned discrimination based on sexual orientation. That action left cities the option of making their own laws, and a few have done just that. But Minot is not among them. [...]Read More... from[...]
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Journalists piss people off so you don’t have to
As a young journalist for the Grand Forks Herald, Anna Burleson has reached the conclusion that her job not only matters, it makes your life easier too. And in order to do it well, she has to occasionally rub some people the[...]
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Watch: Intelligent Commentary on Diversity
We may be American’s, we may be Canadians, but more and more we are all a part of a global community. In the video below, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shares his thoughts on the value and manner in which he thinks[...]
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Mass Shootings Are Contagious
Thank you Scientific American for delivering conversation on this issue that doesn’t force us to pick sides in the gun control debate! The data and conclusions are early, but it suggests these incidents may spur a type of social contagion that spreads through[...]
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Interview: To create the future we want, we need more moonshots
Astro Teller, the guy who runs Google X (the arm of the company responsible taking big risks on seemingly crazy ideas like providing Internet to rural areas with hot air balloons) is an interesting interview. It’s worth a read or listen. [...]Read More...[...]
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Watching America from Abroad
Let me start by saying I love my home state and country. I grew up in Minot, but I have been living and working in Vancouver, Canada since 2004. I noticed something happened when I started living abroad and listening to foreign[...]
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Americans are losing sight of what actually makes us happy
When it comes to happiness, the right to pursue it doesn’t mean we’re good a getting it. The thing is, happiness is akin to the addict’s dragon — always just out of reach. The easier path is to forget it and nurture[...]
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The Internet: How to Defeat the Trolls
It’s the sadists of the world who’ve ruined commenting and discussion on the Internet for everyone. It turns out there’s science behind the phenomenon of ‘trolling’, and with knowledge comes power and a trick to defeat these deflating egoists. Watch the video[...]
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Learn: How Commercials Get Us To Buy Crap We Don’t Need
Did you know you are being manipulated into being things and spending money on stuff you don’t need? Advertising has gone far beyond the days of creative drawings and in today’s consumer driven market the tools used to influence action are based[...]
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Sam Harris: On Islam, Religion, Geopolitics & Media
Sam Harris is an author, neuroscientist, and philosopher. His worldview is well-informed and he communicates it clearly. As the rhetoric in presidential debate escalates, grab a cup of coffee or tea and read this interview he gave to Salon.com for a more[...]
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Legend of Miniwashitu: Missouri River Monster
Prairie-dwelling tribes had their own version of bigfoot; it was known as Miniwashitu. And if the legend is true, not a lot of people lived to tell the tale. Get a fun piece prairie history from Troy Larson writing at the Ghosts[...]
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Laugh: The Four Horsemen of Gentrification
Direct quote: “I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, ‘Gentrify.’ I looked, and behold, a green horse, and he who sat on it had a mason jar; and a fedora was his crown, and[...]
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Trim Tabs: How Little Amounts of Pressure Affect Dramatic Change
Have you ever wondered how to affect change in your personal life, at work, on a team, in the world? It’s not as complicated as we imagine, especially if you embrace the idea acting as a trim tab. Learn how little becomes[...]