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twinstakes · 2 years

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Minnesota Twins Recap vs Texas Rangers - August 20th, 2022

Minnesota Twins Recap vs the Texas Rangers - August 20th, 2022 Could the Twins keep their Twinning streak going in Game 2 against the Texas Rangers?

The Minnesota Twins won a close game last night where they scored 2 runs in the first inning off back-to-back home runs from 1B Luis Arraez(7) and DH Jose Miranda(13) and the pitching staff allowed just 1 run over 9 innings getting the final out of the game on a bad running play on a flyout to right field and an outfield assist from RF Max Kepler to SS Carlos Correa. They’ll try to extend the…

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zackcollins · 2 years

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Strikeshot || KC vs MIN || 09/15/22

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caswarrenart · 1 year

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Myself and my sign, made in support of Minnesota Environmental Justice Table’s mission to #ShutDownTheHERC and #StopTheBurner! The so-called Hennepin Energy Recovery Center is the #1 point-source producer of toxic air emissions in Minneapolis, and the producer of 51.89% of all dioxins in Minnesota. These emissions have been detrimental to the health of North Minneapolis residents, who are predominantly BIPOC and/or low-income, for decades. As a result, this community suffers from the highest asthma rate in MN. Lung and heart health has been heavily on my mind since getting long covid. I’m not from North Minneapolis, but I stand in solidarity with their community. We all deserve clean air. It’s a basic human right, and we have the power to make it happen. Graphics and tweets shared from MNEJT, ID in alt text. Learn more and sign up to support the movement here.

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chaptertwo-thepacnw · 2 years

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mariners vs. twins, all about the bleachers.

#photography #mlb #seattle mariners #minnesota twins #baseball #t-mobile park #seattle #2022 #bleachers #bleacher seats

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garrettslifeexperiencesposts · 1 year

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Pre-Season Team Profile: Minnesota Twins

Introduction The Minnesota Twins had an interesting offseason that saw them win the Carlos Correa sweepstakes after his “Product” comments. It also saw the Twins trade one of their best hitters in Luis Arraez for Pablo Lopez to bolster their starting rotation. The weakness of the Twins in recent years has been their pitching. They have addressed that in a big way. Just to be up front, trying to…

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#2022 #2023 #AL #Baseball #Central #Garrett #Minnesota Twins #MLB

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9jacompass · 2 years

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2022 University of Minnesota International Student Scholarships-Apply Now

University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is pleased to offer International Student Scholarships to outstanding and suitably qualified applicants who wish to enrol in a degree program at the University for 2022 – 2023 academic session. This scholarship applications are welcome from all newly-admitted, undergraduate, degree-seeking international students. Scholarship Sponsor(s): University of…

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teaspoon-of-salt · 6 months

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Xiong was born in 1973 in Phab Kheb, Laos, one of 11 children in a family that fled the country in 1975 and spent four years in a refugee camp in Thailand before emigrating to the United States, according to Sahan Journal. He grew up in St. Paul and was valedictorian of his class at Humboldt High School in 1992.

Xiong graduated with a political science degree from Carleton College in Northfield in 1996 and began traveling around the country as a motivational speaker, storyteller and rap artist, billing himself as the country's first Hmong comedian.

Xiong helped organize the first Hmong Minnesota Day at the Minnesota State Fair in 2015, and was named a Bush Fellow in 2019 to earn a master's degree in public affairs.

With Xiong's death, the Hmong American community in the Twin Cities has lost a true leader, "consummate organizer and cultural interpreter," said longtime friend Pakou Hang. In his presentations and writings, she said, Xiong was a teacher who tried to show people how to be kind, generous and do the right thing.

Xiong connected people across generational, cultural and political lines who traveled the United States to speak at schools, colleges and businesses, Hang said. As a friend, he could inspire laughter in every conversation, she said.

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A highly regarded Hmong American activist, speaker and comedian from the Twin Cities was found dead Monday in Medellín, Colombia, after kidnappers demanded $2,000 in ransom from his family.

Tou Ger Xiong, 50, was killed while on a vacation to Medellín. His brother, Eh Xiong, confirmed his death Tuesday morning on Facebook.

"The pain of his loss is indescribable. We extend our deepest gratitude to all who have offered their condolences, thoughts, and prayers," Xiong's family wrote in the Facebook statement.

Xiong, who lived in Woodbury, was kidnapped Sunday after a date with a woman he met on social media, according to the Colombian newspaper El Colombiano.

A group of men contacted his family demanding $2,000 — the equivalent of $8 million in Colombian pesos — and killed him a day later without collecting the money.

Three American tourists, including Xiong, have been murdered in the last month, El Colombiano reported.

Kidnappings in Colombia are on the rise, according to authorities. In the first few months of 2022, 35 people were abducted in the country, and that figure is more than double this year for the same period.

Early last month, the father of a Colombian soccer star was freed after he was held for around a week by a guerrilla group.

[The excerpt above came from here.]

Former state Sen. Mee Moua of St. Paul, for whom Xiong worked as a volunteer coordinator in her successful 2002 campaign, said in a statement that she was "weighed down with grief for my friend," and called Xiong "a one-of-a-kind modern-day hero."

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-St. Paul wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Xiong's death was "devastating news" and that his work as a comedian and activist "touched many lives in the Twin Cities and beyond."

Hang said Xiong would perform skits based on his own stories growing up as a refugee and other lessons from the larger Hmong community. She recalled him bringing older Hmong women onto the stage to demonstrate how they would pick corn or fetch water as children, setting it to music and transforming it into a dance.

Xiong sought to connect first-generation Hmong American kids with classmates of other races, and strengthened intergenerational relationships with their families by making them proud to be Hmong, she said.

Xiong and Hang worked together on many community causes, including the formation of the Coalition for Community Relations, a group that traveled to rural Wisconsin from the Twin Cities in 2004 to "bear witness" at the trial of Chai Soua Vang, a Hmong American man eventually convicted for killing six hunters.

"We're not here to defend Chai," Xiong told the Star Tribune at the time. "We're coming together to accentuate the positives in the Hmong community."

Xiong also brought media attention to a hunger strike in Northern California in 2021 after a Hmong cannabis farmer was killed by police, Hang said. He flew to California to lead a march and gather stories. Discriminatory ordinances passed by Siskiyou County were later ruled unlawful.

"We don't have anyone else in the community like that," Hang said.

#asian americans #hmong #the hmong don't get talked about much on here #but many were displaced during the wars in indochina #and came to the us as refugees where they face racism #really sad to see an activist get killed violently

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justforbooks · 7 months

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The actor Matthew Perry, who has been found dead at his home aged 54, brought a wry sense of humour to the role of Chandler Bing in Friends, the American sitcom featuring six twentysomethings in Manhattan facing the ups and down of everyday life.

“Chandler’s a guy who’s just not comfortable in his own skin – he’s got a great excuse to be funny,” said Perry of the sarcastic, neurotic character in the programme that ran from 1994 to 2004. “He’s an exaggerated form of me.”

The neurosis partly came from Chandler experiencing the divorce of his parents when he was nine and using humour as a defence mechanism. It echoed Perry’s own life, with his mother and father splitting up by his first birthday.

Through his work in “statistical analysis and data reconfiguration”, the character pulled in more money than the other friends – Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Monica (Courteney Cox), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Ross (David Schwimmer) and Joey (Matt LeBlanc) – although he hated his job.

Chandler had already met Monica Geller at college before they became neighbours in Greenwich Village, where he shared an apartment with Joey. By the end of the fourth series, the relationship had gone from being close friends to lovers and, three years later, they were husband and wife. Unable to have children of their own, they adopted twins, with their birth as a central storyline, alongside Ross and Rachel reuniting, in Friends’ final episode, which attracted more than 50 million viewers in the US.

By then, the programme’s impact on popular culture had spread well beyond its homeland. Joey’s “How ya doin’?” and Chandler’s “Could I be any more …” broke into the language of its young audience. The part earned Perry worldwide fame that continues with Netflix bringing the sitcom to a new generation.

Nevertheless, stardom did nothing to help the actor to overcome his own vulnerabilities. In 1997, Aniston said: “His feelings get hurt. He cares what people think. He even bruises easily.”

Perry’s battles with his personal demons first hit the headlines halfway through the sitcom’s run. In his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Perry recalled a journey to alcoholism that went from beer and wine at 14 to drinking vodka by the quart, as well as getting addicted to prescription drugs.

In 1997, he checked into a Minnesota rehab clinic for 28 days when he became hooked on a painkiller and appetite suppressant after a jet-ski accident and a 35lb weight loss. Three years later, he was hospitalised with pancreatitis. In 2001, he abruptly left the set of the film Serving Sara (released the following year) to go into rehab again.

Perry reflected that by 2018, at the age of 49, he had spent more than half his life in treatment centres. That year he suffered pneumonia and an exploded colon caused by opiod overuse, resulting in time on life support and two weeks in a coma.

He converted his Malibu home into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre, Perry House, in 2013, but closed it two years later, citing expensive running costs.

He had been drug and alcohol-free for 18 months before the screening in 2021 of Friends: The Reunion, a one-off special bringing back together the programme’s six stars.

Born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Matthew was the son of Suzanne (nee Langford, later Morrison), a Canadian journalist, and John Bennett Perry, an American actor. He grew up mainly in Ottawa when his mother returned to her home country and eventually became press secretary to the then prime minister, Pierre Trudeau. In 2017, Perry revealed that he and another pupil at Rockcliffe Park elementary school had beaten up Justin Trudeau, Pierre’s son and current Canadian premier. Trudeau responded on Twitter (now X): “I’ve been giving it some thought, and you know what, who hasn’t wanted to punch Chandler? How about a rematch @MatthewPerry?”

While studying at Ashbury college, Perry became a top-ranking junior tennis player. He practised up to 10 hours a day, but switched that determination to acting after travelling to Los Angeles when he was 15 and being reunited with his father. “I wanted to be famous so badly,” he told the New York Times in 2002. “You want the attention, you want the bucks, and you want the best seat in the restaurant.”

He made an impression with leading roles in sitcoms: Chazz Russell in Second Chance (1987), retitled Boys Will Be Boys for its second series in 1988, Billy Kells in Sydney (1990) and Matt Bailey in Home Free (1993) before Friends came along.

Perry’s big-screen debut came as River Phoenix’s best friend in A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988), but he never became the film star he hoped to be despite appearances in Fools Rush In (1997), Three to Tango (1999), The Whole Nine Yards (2000) and its sequel, The Whole Ten Yards (2003), both alongside Bruce Willis.

He stuck with television. Switching to drama, he had a short run as Joe Quincy, a Republican lawyer, in The West Wing in 2003, and starred in another Aaron Sorkin series, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-07). His own sitcom idea, Mr Sunshine, with him playing Ben Donovan, a San Diego arena operations manager, was dropped after a short run in 2011. The following year he starred as Ryan King, a sportscaster, in Go On and later played Oscar Madison in a revival of The Odd Couple (2015-17). He also wrote and starred in the play The End of Longing, which debuted in London’s West End in 2016.

He had relationships with many high-profile actors including Julia Roberts, Minnie Driver and Lizzy Caplan. From 2020 to 2021, he was engaged to Molly Hurwitz, a talent manager.

His parents survive him.

🔔 Matthew Langford Perry, actor, born 19 August 1969; died 28 October 2023

Daily inspiration. Discover more photos at Just for Books…?

#just for books #matthew perry #chandler bing #in memoriam

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guerrerense · 2 years

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Milwaukee Road Heritage por Jeff Terry Por Flickr: Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 261 pulled the "Gourmet Express" from Chanhassen to Sumter, Minnesota, and return on October 2, 2022 over the tracks of the Twin Cities & Western (the original Milwaukee Road main line to the Pacific coast). A stop for lunch was made at Bongards, where 261 also performed two photo runbys. Since there are no turning facilities on the line, Milwaukee Road E9A 32A was used to pull the excursion back to Chanhassen.

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nrhartauthor · 1 year

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Twin Flames (part 2 ) 🔥”They will understand you in a way no one ever has or will.” Twin Flame Love, a spring season N.R.Hart © 2022 #twinflame #specialrequest Twin Flame Love 🔥 now available to order! Link in my stories 🛍🎄 “Legend has it there is always a reason why souls meet.” N.R.Hart I wanted to write a fairytale , a love story and a romance novel all in one. 📖👑 N.R.Hart. ♥️♥️♥️ Twin Flame Love : Soulmate Poetry by N.R.Hart This book will be for anyone who has shared a sacred bond - an unexplainable bond - an unbreakable bond. a soulmate or twin flame experience. This poetry will reflect this special bond. “An ancient bond between souls.” ©2022 N.R.Hart 🕊 🕊🕊 • Poetry and Pearls I & II are in full color 🌈 with all my original floral posters inside divided into the four seasons Winter Spring Summer Autumn because I feel there are seasons of the heart too. 💗 These books are beautiful works of art.🍃 • Love Poems to No One ,Beauty and her Beast, The Last of the Romantics 🌹 beautiful rose floral hard covers in black including all my original black & white posters divided into the four seasons Winter Spring Summer Autumn. The perfect little size to carry with you everywhere. 🍃🍃🍃 These books are a trilogy series. Pick up your copy today. You will want the set! 👉🏻 If you have pictures of my books please tag me. I love seeing where my books end up around the world 🌎 Thank you! Love, N.R.Hart ❤️ All my books are available @amazon https://www.amazon.com/poetry-pearls-romantic-n-hart/dp/1512179272/ https://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Pearls-Romantic-II/dp/0578428660/ https://www.amazon.com/Love-Poems-No-One-Romantic/dp/0578451166/ https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Her-Beast-Romantic-Poetry/dp/0578616440/ https://www.amazon.com/Last-Romantics-Romantic-Poetry/dp/0692168591/ https://www.amazon.com/Twin-Flame-Love-Soulmate-Poetry/dp/B0BND3GH3W/ #nrhart #nrhartpoetry #nrhartbeautyandthebeast #poetryandpearls #lovepoemstonoone #beautyandherbeast #thelastoftheromantics (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmgs1tYO15D/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#twinflame #specialrequest #nrhart #nrhartpoetry #nrhartbeautyandthebeast #poetryandpearls #lovepoemstonoone #beautyandherbeast #thelastoftheromantics

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twinstakes · 2 years

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Minnesota Twins Series Notes at Los Angeles Angels-8-14-2022

Minnesota Twins Series Notes at the Los Angeles Angels - August 12th-14th, 2022 Short recaps of the 5-game road trip with more emphasis on the series at the Angels plus notes on the series...

The Minnesota Twins lost 4 out of 5 games on their 5-game road trip and now trail the Cleveland Guardians by 2.5 games in the American League Central Division and are 2 games back of the Tampa Bay Rays for the final Wild Card spot with 48 games to go in the regular season. They are also tied (in winning %) with the Chicago White Sox but they have played 2 fewer games than them. They play 24 of…

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noahxstjames · 1 year

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𝐍𝐎𝐀𝐇 𝐒𝐓. 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒

full name: Noah “Saint” St. James

gender & pronouns: Cisman & he/his

age & date of birth: 28 July 13, 1994

where do they live: Downtown

time living in lockwood springs: 14 years

occupation: NHL Player (Medical Leave) + Part time snowboard instructor

positive traits: athletic, deliberate, suave

negative traits: caustic, competitive, inconsiderate, self-absorbed,

face claim: Jacob Elordi

inspo: pinterest

twin to: @hazelstjames / cousin to: @frankie-ackerman & @ezraackerman

FULL BIO HERE

OVERVIEW

(death tw, murder tw, grief tw, anger tw, bullying tw)

Grew up to tech mogul parents who were killed when he was 12.

He and his sister went to live their grandma but between grief and old age she died within 2 years.

Sad times bad times mad times, Noah and his sister are relocated to an estranged aunt on their mom’s side in Lockwood Springs, living with cousins Frankie and Ezra, though Frankie was already off by the time they moved in.

Now 14, he starts HS and is a bit of a bully as he deals with grief and change

Vvv athletic, it makes him popular and he plays a bunch of sports before rediscovering his passion for ice hockey (he’d played as a kid in ny)

Goes to Minnesota for college/hockey before getting into the NHL

in 2018 his ex gf @lily-dupont is involved in a scandal and bad press rubs off on him/he doesn’t get resigned

gets signed 6 months later and keeps on his best behavior until an injury keeps him from the 2022/2023 season.

back in lockwood and on the mend, doing ots of pt and part time snowboard instructor (volunteer)

HEADCANONS

The St. James’ company went public in 2017, with Noah and his sister having large shares

In HS he did football, swim team and ice hockey before switching to ice hockey as his focus but he also ended up spending a lot of time climbing and enjoys speed climbing.

Has tattoos of his parents death date and his grandmas

Great at pop culture reference – you definitely want him on your team at trivia night

Friends call him Saint and in hs all his unofficial player gear said Saint

CONNECTIONS

NYC childhood friends he stayed in contact with

NYC childhood friends he lost contact with

People he bullied in HS (circa 2008 – 2012)

Old football teammates / swim teammates / hockey teammates / rock climbing friends

Someone with an unrequited HS crush on him

Unexpected friendship from HS that lasted (since he’s a jerky jock ya know)

Hookups / One Night Stands (he’s bi so come one come all)

#intro.

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spacetimewithstuartgary · 2 years

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Black hole eats star The universe can be a violent place. Stars die or collide with each other and black holes devour everything that gets too close. These and other events produce flashes of light in the night sky that astronomers call transients. The Zwicky Transient Facility is currently one of the largest transient surveys astronomers use to study the ever-changing universe. The survey is also a treasure trove of rare, strange, and unusual events that often astronomers discover by chance. “Our new search technique helps us to quickly identify rare cosmic events in the ZTF survey data. And since ZTF and upcoming larger surveys such as Vera Rubin’s LSST scan the sky so frequently, we can now expect to uncover a wealth of rare, or previously undiscovered cosmic events and study them in detail”, says Igor Andreoni, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Astronomy at UMD and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. AT2022cmc is a peculiar case of what is known as a tidal-disruption event or TDE. TDEs happen with a star approaching a black hole is violently ripped apart by the black hole’s gravitational tidal forces—similar to how the Moon pulls tides on Earth but with greater strength. Then, pieces of the star are captured into a swiftly spinning disk orbiting the black hole. Finally, the black hole consumes what remains of the doomed star in the disk. In some extremely rare cases such as AT2022cmc, the supermassive black hole launches “relativistic jets”—beams of matter traveling close to the speed of light—after destroying a star. Discovered in Feb 2022, astronomers led by Andreoni followed up AT2022cmc and observed it with multiple facilities at multiple wavelengths. The analysis is now published in the journal Nature. “The last time scientists discovered one of these jets was well over a decade ago,” said Michael Coughlin, an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and co-lead on the paper. “From the data we have, we can estimate that relativistic jets are launched in only 1% of these destructive events, making AT2022cmc an extremely rare occurrence. In fact, the luminous flash from the event is among the brightest ever observed.” The novel data-crunching method - equivalent to searching through a million pages of information every night - allowed Andreoni and colleagues to conduct a rapid analysis of the ZTF data and identify the AT2022cmc TDE with relativistic jets. They quickly started follow-up observations that revealed an exceptionally bright event across the electromagnetic spectrum, from the X-rays to the millimeter and radio. ESO’s Very Large Telescope revealed that AT2022cmc was at a cosmological distance of 8.5 billion light years away. The Hubble Space Telescope optical/infrared images and radio observations from the Very Large Array pinpointed the location of AT2022cmc with extreme precision. The researchers believe that AT2022cmc was at the center of a galaxy that is not yet visible because the light from AT2022cmc outshone it, but future space observations with Hubble or James Webb Space Telescopes may unveil the galaxy when the transient eventually disappears. It is still a mystery why some TDEs launch jets while others may not. From their observations, Andreoni and his team concluded that the black holes in AT2022cmc and other similarly jetted TDEs are likely spinning rapidly so as to power the extremely luminous jets. This suggests that a rapid black hole spin may be one necessary ingredient for jet launching—an idea that brings researchers closer to understanding the physics of supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies billions of light years away. Before AT2022cmc, only a couple of possible jetted TDEs were known, primarily discovered by gamma-ray space missions, which detect the highest-energy forms of radiation produced by these jets. With their new method, astronomers can now search for such rare events in ground-based optical surveys. “Astronomy is changing rapidly,” Andreoni said. “More optical and infrared all-sky surveys are now active or will soon come online. Scientists can use AT2022cmc as a model for what to look for and find more disruptive events from distant black holes. This means that more than ever, big data mining is an important tool to advance our knowledge of the universe.” The paper, “A very luminous jet from the disruption of a star by a massive black hole,” is published in Nature on November 30, 2022. IMAGE....A black hole devours a star that has come too close. In very rare circumstances, this may also result in jets moving with almost the speed of light that generate light observed by our telescopes at many frequencies. AT2022cmc is the most distant such event recorded to date. CREDIT Zwicky Transient Facility/R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)

#space #science #Astronomy #physics #news #Black Hole

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minnesotadruids · 2 years

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Upcoming Events for Oakdale Grove

For those who are in Minnesota, particularly the Twin Cities area, we've got a bunch of different things lined up; if interested you're welcome to participate in as many of these events as you'd like. Here is the current list in chronological order:

Volunteer event: Northfield, MN: Carleton College Arboretum litter cleanup: (registration required) Saturday September 17, 9 AM to 12 PM (be sure to select "Northfield Carleton Arb" as there are multiple locations doing a cleanup that day). Where to meet at Carleton should be sent in a mass update prior to the event for those who register.

September casual meetup: Bonfire: Como Park Fire Pits, Sunday September 18, 1 PM to 4 PM, 1340 Como Ave, St Paul, MN

Autumnal Equinox grove officer elections and ritual: Oakdale Nature Preserve picnic shelter, 4444 Hadley Avenue North, Oakdale, MN, Saturday September 24, 2022, 1 PM

October casual meetup: Tree & Plant identification walk: Locke County Park, 840 71st Ave NE, Fridley, MN, Saturday October 1, 2022, 1 PM gather at picnic tables for coffee (near restrooms), walk is 1:30 PM to 3 PM

Zen Buddhist Meditation and Teaching: Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton College: 1 North College Street, Northfield, MN, October 9, 5 PM to 6 PM. Masks recommended.

Samhain ritual: Roseville Central Park fire pit (next to Jaycees picnic shelter from Lexington parking lot) Saturday October 29, 2022, 1 PM

I'll add that the two events in Northfield, the litter cleanup in the Carleton Arboretum and the Zen Instruction are not organized by Oakdale Grove, but are put on by Carleton College (and litter removal partnership) and the general public are invited.

If any of these align with an open space in your calendars or schedules, you are invited to join us if you like. Let me know if anything needs clarification as I've sometimes forgotten to include important details like times & locations. Since we've got these scheduled out to the end of October, it might be advisable to set up reminders for yourself if it helps :)

#minnesota #paganistan #druidry #events #pagan #paganism #druidism #environmentalism #ecology #cafe-araignee #autumn #fall #autumnal equinox #mabon #ritual #public #invitation

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sunisalee2020 · 2 years

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Sunisa Lee Pitching For Minnesota Twins 2022

#Sunisa Lee #q

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brookston · 2 years

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Holidays 8.5

Holidays

Bogotá's Carnival begins (Colombia)

Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead Day

Fiesta de San Salvador (El Salvador)

Genes For Jeans Day (Australia)

Homeland Thanksgiving Day (Croatia)

International Traffic Light Day

National Blackmail Day

National Failures Day

National Underwear Day

National Youth and Children’s Day (Kiribati)

Nuestra Señora de África (Ceuta, Spain)

Return of the Queen (Johnny English)

Tutti Frutti Hat Day

Umuganura (Harvest Thanksgiving; Rwanda)

Victory Day (Croatia)

Work Like a Dog Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

805 Day

Green Peppers Day

National Couscous Day

National Waffle Day

Oyster Day

First Friday in August

Braham Pie Day (Minnesota) [1st Friday]

International Beer Day [1st Friday]

International Mustache Day [1st Friday]

Moxee Hop Festival begins (Washington) [1st Friday]

National Water Balloon Day [1st Friday]

Tomboy Tools Day [1st Friday]

Twins Day Festival begins (Twinsburg, Ohio) [1st Full Weekend, begins 1st Friday]

Independence Days

Burkina Faso (from France, 1960)

Feast Days

Abel of Reims (Christian; Saint)

Addai (Christian; Saint)

Afra (Christian; Saint)

Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald, and Lucas Cranach the Elder (Episcopal Church (USA))

Cassian of Autun (Christian; Saint)

Clipping the Church Day (Yorkshire, UK)

Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (Catholic Church)

Enola Gay Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Emygdius (Christian; Saint)

Lucretia Borgia Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Memnius (a.k.a. Menge; Christian; Saint)

Oswald of Northumbria (Christian; Saint)

Putanesca Sauce Day (Pastafarian)

Sacrifice to Salus (Ancient Roman Goddess of Health)

Tango (Muppetism)

Tasso (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because the yellow car was invented.)

Premieres

Crimes of Passion, by Pat Benatar (Album; 1980)

Luck (Animated Film; 2022)

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, by Pink Floyd (Album; 1967)

Punch the Clock, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1983)

Revolver, by The Beatles (Album; 1966)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2011)

Risky Business (Film; 1983)

Running Up That Hill, by Kate Bush (Song; 1985)

Shout, by The Isley Brothers recorded (Song; 1959)

Suicide Squad (Film; 2016)

To Catch a Thief (Film; 1955)

Today’s Name Days

Dominika, Oswald (Austria)

Marija, Nives, Osvald, Snježana (Croatia)

Kristián (Czech Republic)

Osvaldus (Denmark)

Salme, Salmi (Estonia)

Salme, Sanelma (Finland)

Abel (France)

Maria, Oswald (Germany)

Nona, Nonna (Greece)

Krisztina (Hungary)

Osvaldo, Vincenzo (Italy)

Arvils, Osvalda, Osvalds (Latvia)

Mintarė, Nona, Osvaldas, Rimtas (Lithuania)

Oskar, Osvald (Norway)

Cyriak, Emil, Karolin, Maria, Nonna, Oswald, Oswalda, Stanisława (Poland)

Hortenzia (Slovakia)

África, Nieves (Spain)

Alrik, Ulrik (Sweden)

Aphra, Areta, Aretha, Naomi, Neomi, Noami, Noemi (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 217 of 2022; 148 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 31 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 28 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Lányuè), Day 8 (Geng-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 8 Av 5782

Islamic: 7 Muharram 1444

J Cal: 7 Hasa; Sixday [7 of 30]

Julian: 23 July 2022

Moon: 50% 1st Quarter

Positivist: 21 Dante (8th Month) [Tasso]

Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 46 of 90)

Zodiac: Leo (Day 14 of 31)

#calendar #Holidays

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