Sunday, April 13, 2014
University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine
White Coat Ceremony to mark the end of "book learning" and the beginning of "practical learning," as the students begin their fourth year of school consisting of clinical rotations.
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| Kent, Brynne, Tamiko |
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| The white coats are set out for each student |
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| Brynne with her white coat/lab jacket |
Tamiko was staying at the Days Inn Midway located on University Avenue in St Paul. One week before the opening of the new light rail line, the "test" trains were running their full schedules along University Avenue.
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| Metro Transit (Minneapolis/St Paul) Green Line train |
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| Storm drain empties into a "planter" |
Opening Day of the Green Line, the second of Metro Transit's rapid transit lines, which connects downtown Minneapolis with downtown Saint Paul.
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| The Green Line terminal station is at Union Depot (train) Station in Saint Paul |
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| The inaugural trains behind the green ribbon |
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| A Green Line fan |
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| Daddy is ready with bottle, umbrella, and camera on a stick |
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| Civic leaders come out to cut the ribbon: Ramsey County Commissioner Victoria Reinhardt, Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin, US Congress Representative Betty McCollum, Metropolitan Council Chair Susan Haigh, US Senator Amy Klobuchar, US Senator Al Franken, and Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges |
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| Saint Paul Mayor Christopher Coleman is in the back center, while Al Franken jokes with the crowd |
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| The first train has already left, as seen from the Skyway |
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| At the other end, a Blue Line train at Target Field Station |
One of the stations on the Green Line, at Hamline Avenue, is decorated with designs inspired by the Prairie School of Architecture.
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| Hamline Avenue Station |
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| Prairie School inspired design |
At the Rice Creek Park Off-leash Dog Area:
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| Gus, Brynne's puppy, sits still for a second |
Behind the apartment complex is a "secret" path to Materion Park:
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| Gus leads us to the park |
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| A wooded park with a couple swings |
Took the Blue Line to downtown Minneapolis:
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| One of the Skyways that connect buildings for climate-controlled access throughout downtown |
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| Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards tosses her hat in Nicollet Mall |
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| Snoopy as the North Star Flying Ace (2000) at the Lindbergh Terminal, St Paul/ Minneapolis Airport |
