Snow globe repairman
Northfield, Minnesota's Dick Heibel has been fixing snow globes for decades, and says the thanks he gets from his customers is the reason he keeps doing it.
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Using fake blood clots to train real nurses
Reporter Nikki Tundel visits a Minnesota nursing program where pistachio pudding indicates infection and boiled okra is used to represent post-op drainage. And the students are better clinicians because of it.
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Mom Culture in Minnesota
If you are kept from going to concerts because of fear your child's questioning might interrupt the arias, or from dance recitals because your youngster can never understand why he can't climb on-stage too, then momculture may have an answer. The Twin Cities-based organization organizes cultural events for parents and zero-to-five year olds. Several of the big cultural organizations have signed on because they see a chance to develop an underserved audience. Photographer Laura Gill took ...
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VocalEssence peforms on Midmorning
The vocalessence Ensemble Singers, led by Artistic Director Philip Brunelle, performs The Holly and the Ivy live on Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning hosted by Kerri Miller.
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MinnEcon@Work: The Pilot Trainer
Paul Kolisch is the Supervisor of Flight Operations Training at Mesaba Airlines.
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The Future of News: Panel and Discussion #1
The Future of News panel with moderation by Victor Palmieri. Filmed November 16, 2009 at MPR. Five key questions for the panelists and participants: Can local newspapers find a financial model to survive the changes in advertising revenue, media consumptions and technology? 2. Are there ready alternatives to newspapers for community-based journalism and news gathering and delivery? a. Is public media a viable alternative? b. Are digital start-ups viable alternatives? 3. How will ...
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Parker Quartet performs Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 1
The Parker Quartet, including Daniel Chong, Karen Kim, Jessica Bodner and Kee-Hyun Kim, performed the third movement of Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 1 in A minor live in studio at Classical Minnesota Public Radio.
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