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CurioRegina Fair adding Fortnite tournament to activities

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Regina’s summer fair, known as Queen City Ex, is stepping into the world eSports at their event later this summer. In partnership with local gaming-focused businesses, the fair will host tournament style competitions in the game Fortnite with a top prize of $8,500. There’s a $40 entry fee with room for 640 competitors, but registration will [...]

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NewsSkein roles out red carpet for MSU Choral group

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A group of Minot State music students had the privilege of traveling to Minot’s sister city Skein, Norway recently, and they hospitality they experienced beyond special. Eloise Ogden with the Minot Daily News has the recap story. [...]

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CurioForget the farmer’s market, Atlanta built a 7-acre edible forest

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In a world where ‘food desert’ is an increasingly used term (it’s an area with limited access to nutritious, fresh food), Atlanta is pushing back with an oasis of fruit trees, paths and planting boxes for gardens. Get the full story from Fast Company. [...]

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CurioThe marauding Vikings were also expert traders, craftsmen and farmers

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If you’re a fan of vikings — our Scandinavian ancestors, not the football team — you might appreciate a trip to Minneapolis this summer to check out the traveling exhibit on display at the American Swedish Institute. “The Vikings Begin” is on display until the end of October, you’ll find artifacts and emerging theories on [...]

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CommentaryThe internet is broken; this is how we fix it

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Whether for predatory profit or political persuasion and power, the high ideals that gave rise to the Internet are being increasingly eroded. What do we do about it? Is there a way to turn this extraordinary tool toward outcomes that push us forward? Read more on where we need to direct the Internet from this [...]

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CurioRegina Flying Club aims to take on more students amid pilot shortage

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Pilots — they’re yet another example of how labor shortages are choking our economy, and the problem doesn’t honor international boundaries. In Regina, one local flying club is taking the national issue up at a local level. They’re investing in their club with tools like flight simulators and expanding training scholarship opportunities to get new [...]

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CurioPeople-centric events reclaim streets in Minneapolis this summer

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Typically, cars reign supreme on the streets, but for six days this summer, 22 blocks of Lyndale Avenue in Minneapolis will be reclaimed by people; no cars allowed. Last year the events drew nearly 45,000 people who simply wanted to enjoy their ‘place’ without the threat or worry introduced by the motoring public. Get the [...]

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NewsWard County Commission Agenda, Tuesday, June 4, 2019

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The Ward County Commission will meet 9:00 am, Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at the Ward County Administration building to consider the following agenda. Approve Agenda Review and Approve the Minutes from the Regular Commission Meeting on May 21, 2019 Review and Approve the Regular Bills totaling $195,933.95 and Social Services Bills totaling $11,936.38 Leona Lochthowe-Facilities [...]

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CurioWhat can Minot look like 20-years from now?

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What’s the vision and how do we get there? These are the central questions of any town or place in transformation, and in Minot, we’re very much in the process of asking them. For us, both answers are in flux, but if there’s a common thread in all the competing answers it’s ‘prosperity’; each idea [...]

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CurioWhen should local governments take on debt?

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Flood protection, NAWS, road maintenance and construction, fire stations — these are just a few of the big ticket capital infrastructure projects we in Minot are trying to figure out how to pay for. That invites the question — when should we bond (take on debt) for these things and under what circumstances? Check out [...]

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NewsMoneyball for cattle is creating an American steak renaissance

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Can you imagine paying $150,000 for a prize breeding bull? To the layperson that might seem excessive, but with perfect history on genealogy and great data on the quality of the end product — steak — ranchers can better predict and capture a premium price. Get the full story on how analytics is changing the [...]

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NewsAdvertising directly to kids — it hasn’t always been a thing

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Are you oncerned about the messages your kids see through television, the Internet, or other advertising channels? Can you imagine a world where this sales tactic — advertising directly to kids — didn’t exist? We don’t have to look too far back to see the world we came from, where corporations and business hadn’t yet [...]

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NewsNavy says UFOs are real, pilots not speculating on the origin

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The Navy isn’t making any claims about where they come from, but one thing’s for sure — they have regular reports from pilots on flying objects they can’t identify. Get the full story that’s sure to spark a few coffee conversations from the New York Times. [...]

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CurioMpls. landlords fight bid to limit vetos of tenants

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In Minneapolis, one City Council member proposed limiting landlords from rejecting potential tenants based on credit, past evictions, and criminal histories. The intent behind the policy — ensuring those with a checkered past have a chance to clean their slate. Landlords, property management companies and developers are pushing back with arguments that the policy will [...]

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NewsBakken likely to see early dollars in state BVLOS investment

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With an appropriation of $28 million coming out of the recent legislative session, the State of North Dakota will make a big investment building out a Beyond Visual Line of Sight network of the emerging UAS industry. But the question remains on where those investment dollars will focus first. Check out this article from the [...]

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CurioOne source for innovation — ideas crossing over from other industries

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What do serving cupcakes from an ATM machine and using Uber to track service call drivers have in common? They’re both examples of one industry stealing from or using another to innovate in their own sphere. And innovation matters because it earns businesses a competitive advantage, but it also grows the pie for everyone. From [...]

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