From:
Mary Turck
Date:
Apr 02 02:06 UTC
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WEDNESDAY, April 2
HEADLINES
Poetry by the foot
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/10278
by Betsy Mowry, TC Daily Planet
This year as the weather warms, walkers throughout St. Paul will
notice something unusual at their feet. As they race to the bus stop
or ramble along with their dogs, Capital City residents may find
themselves pausing a moment and peering down, staring closely at the
sidewalk and reading...poetry.
Minneapolis Midtown burner plan could go up in smoke
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/10388
by Burl Gilyard, Finance and Commerce
Michael Krause has long been promoting a wood-burning power plant in
south Minneapolis, and his development idea is known as the Midtown
Eco Energy facility.
School of Rock
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/10368
by Linda Lincoln, The Bridge
Marcy Open School students kick out the jams
St. Paul ponders reorganization of its civil and human rights operations
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/10371
by Anna Pratt, Minnesota Monitor
In St. Paul, some city officials and community stakeholders are
contemplating a plan that would transform the way the city enforces
and monitors civil rights compliance.
INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET
"Intimate portraits" and social change
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/10258
by Pamela Taylor, Minnesota Women's Press
"My first musical influences, without a doubt, were my mom and dad,"
said singer-songwriter Sara Thomsen, whose soulful voice, poetic
lyrics and unforgettable melodies cut through the heart and the soul
of human experience.
Expanding the band
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/10309
by Courtney Blanchard, Session Weekly
Next year, TV remotes will switch off fuzzy channels for the last time.
No rooms for those in crisis
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/10311
by Patty Ostberg, Session Weekly
An emergency room visit could last hours for a mentally ill person in
the middle of a crisis episode. After waiting, and waiting, the
hospital might squeeze them into an available bed somewhere in the
Twin Cities metropolitan area. More often, there aren't any beds at
all; and if there are, they're probably located 60-plus miles from
their home or out of state.
NEW IN VOICES
It's time for socialized medicine in America
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/10218
by Kerry Ashmore, North News
"Rich people should have better health care than poor people because..."
NEW IN BLOGS
Military considered hiring bloggers to "pass the U.S. message"
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/10387
by Paul Schmelzer, Eyeteeth
The propaganda potential of blogs -- noted by former Bush adviser Dan
Bartlett, who said many conservative sites "regurgitate exactly" what
the administration tells them -- isn't lost on the U.S. government:
in 2006, the military's Joint Special Operations University explored
the possibility of covertly paying prominent bloggers or training and
promoting new bloggers to "pass the U.S. message."