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Today's News: Friday, January 27, 2012
Broadcast News
New U.S. growth map means new plants in Minnesota
It's just not as cold as it used to be. And if days like this don't convince you, this should: it's the USDA's new growth zone map, which charts cold temperatures and shows whether certain plants can live through winter…"There are some locations around the metro area where the average January minimum temperature has gone up two or three degrees, which is fairly significant," said University of Minnesota Extension Climatologist Mark Seeley.
KARE-TV
To watch: http://www.kare11.com/news/article/958796/396/New-US-growth-map-means-new-plants-in-Minnesota
NBC Brings “Science of N.H.L. Hockey” to TVs and Classrooms
NBC News and NBC Sports have produced a series of 10 educational segments called “Science of N.H.L. Hockey” that will make their debut during the NBC Sports Network’s coverage of the All-Star festivities this weekend…The scientists are Edward Burger of Williams College, Irene Fonseca of Carnegie Mellon, Jim Gates of the University of Maryland, Robert Gehrz of the University of Minnesota and Patricia Shewokis of Drexel University.
New York Times
To watch: http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/nbc-brings-science-of-n-h-l-hockey-to-tvs-and-classrooms/?scp=3&sq=hockey&st=cse
Rotenberg discusses possible Vikings move to TCF Stadium
Although many pieces are yet to fall into place before a new Minnesota Vikings stadium is constructed, the team is in discussions to make the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium their temporary home during construction if the State Legislature approves a plan for a stadium on the site of the Metrodome. "We've had a number of conversations and meetings but they're still preliminary," University of Minnesota General Counsel Mark Rotenberg told MPR's Steven John Thursday.
Minnesota Public Radio
To listen: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/01/26/qa-rotenberg/
Now in Fashion: Invisibility Cloaks
An invisibility cloak? That sounds like science fiction. Until now…University of Minnesota physicist Jim Kakalios told Big Think "I am not going to bet against the cleverness of scientists and engineers coming up in the future."
Big Think
To watch: http://bigthink.com/ideas/42166
U Faculty, Staff or Students in the News
Does Right to Work Create Jobs? Experts Aren’t Sure
After Indiana's General Assembly passed a highly contentious right-to-work law this week, Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma triumphantly declared the state "open for business."…A paper by Thomas Holmes, economics professor at the University of Minnesota, studied adjacent counties in right-to-work states and non right-to-work states and found that right-to-work counties tended to produce more manufacturing jobs.
International Business Times
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/288775/20120127/right-work-jobs-indiana-what-unions-costs.htm
Researchers untangling link between hunger and obesity
The picture of hunger in the America is changing. In the past, hunger may have conjured up images of gaunt faces or rail-thin children...That is largely due to poor access, said Mary Story, a dietician in the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health.
Minnesota Public Radio
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/01/27/hunger-obesity/
Minnesota lawmakers consider wolf hunting season wolf
A wolf hunting and trapping season in Minnesota was one the first issues to be debated in the 2012 Minnesota legislative session…“It is extremely well thought out,” Dr. Dave Mech, a wolf expert with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, said of the DNR plan.
Grand Forks Herald
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/227645/
Office-dwellers stand up to 'sitting disease'
Dr. James Levine has reviewed the statistics: One in three Minnesota adults is either diabetic or pre-diabetic, and one in four is obese…He and a team of researchers from Mayo and the University of Minnesota believe that even modest increases in daily activity could help people lose weight and improve their health -- and help control the nation's staggering health care bills.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/wellness/138174639.html
Good Thunder alumni residency brings mix of styles
In one reading, a soldier will tell of the trials and tribulations he faced in the sands of the Middle East under a military doctrine that didn’t allow him to be himself…“It’s a difficult story to pin down,” said Lemer, a writing instructor for the University of Minnesota campus in Rochester.
Mankato Free Press
http://mankatofreepress.com/features/x1456429686/Good-Thunder-alumni-residency-brings-mix-of-styles
Council recommends additional Heritage funds to fight invasive species
Minnesota may step up its efforts against invasive Asian carp using Outdoor Heritage Funds, one of four legacy amendment funds…Peter Sorensen of the U of M's department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology said the university is testing audio barriers to deter carp, whose sense of hearing is 50-times more acute than other fish.
Minnesota Public Radio
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/01/26/invasive-species/
Articles of Interest - Metro and State
EDC in Willmar, Minn., notches up several successes in first year of strategic 5-year plan
With one year down and four to go in a strategic five-year plan, the Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission has notched up several accomplishments this past year…A recent study by the Center for Urban and Rural Affairs at the University of Minnesota ranks Kandiyohi County seventh among all outstate communities in retail sales.
West Central Tribune
http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/89231/
Tough talk for Minnesota's medical community
Ezekiel Emanuel, the fiery former presidential health care adviser, threw down a challenge to Minnesota’s medical technology industry as he championed the 2010 health reform law during a Wednesday speech at the University of Minnesota.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/138159599.html
Minnesota adds wind farms, yet rank falls to No. 5
Minnesota slipped from fourth to fifth place among states with the most wind power last year even as the state's number of wind farms climbed above 100…hree installations of one or two turbines each also were completed, including the University of Minnesota's Elos research turbine in Rosemount.
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/business/138153689.html
'Black Arts Movement' Lecture Series Kicks off at U of M
A four-part lecture series called “Black Arts Movement” will launch tonight at the University of Minnesota.
KSTP
http://universityofmn.kstp.com/news/events/125335-black-arts-movement-lecture-series-kicks-u-m
Columns, Commentary, Opinions and Blogs
Why do people get kidnapped in Somalia?
Poverty is stark in Somalia. The country doesn't have a government strong enough to stop the crime. Those two things have helped make kidnapping foreigners and seizing foreign ships common in and around this anarchic state…Somalis get kidnapped too, said Abdi Samatar, a geography professor at the University of Minnesota.
Los Angeles Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/01/hold-why-do-people-get-kidnapped-in-somalia.html
The Bacon Tampon: Doctors Find Salt Pork Stops Nosebleeds
Oh bacon, is there no end to the blessings you bestow? Stuffing raw bacon up your nose stops uncontrollable nosebleeds, according to research recently published in a respected medical journal…According to the University of Minnesota Medical Center, it could be that the cold and salt work to constrict blood vessels and the fat stimulates the clotting system.
Los Angeles Times
http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2012/01/bacon_tampon_stops_nosebleeds.php
TC Jewfolk: In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today, January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, has been declared International Holocaust Remembrance Day by the United Nations...For example, the JCRC is particularly pleased to sponsor a lecture by Professor Dale Carpenter, a noted conservative legal scholar from the University of Minnesota Law School.
MinnPost
http://www.minnpost.com/mnblogcabin/2012/01/27/34658/tc_jewfolk_in_honor_of_international_holocaust_remembrance_day
Our View: Three 'ayes' shouldn't be enough for city council
Should someone with a DWI conviction be allowed to acquire a liquor license?…and, depending on how things play out, once The Legends opens its doors, those questions might become serious matters of discussion among city leaders, developers, law enforcement and officials at the University of Minnesota Rochester.
Rochester Post Bulletin
http://www.postbulletin.com/news/stories/display.php?id=1483817
Current News Releases and Multimedia
Deputy Secretary of Energy Poneman and Sen. Franken to tour U of M wind energy research station at UMore Park Friday, Jan. 27
http://www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2012/UR_CONTENT_371888.html
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