‘Wicked’ gives ‘good’ a whole new meaning
I’ve always said, the key to eternal youth is behaving like a child — not with tantrums or baby talk, but with awesome moments of pure joy and imagination, the [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in Center Stage
Posted November 06, 2013in Tech Talk
GPS is useful but draining
There are two sacred cows in smartphone-user experience: battery life and constant connection to information. One of the best features of smartphones is the ability to notify users of new [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… West Des Moines.
Amount: $990 To: Des Moines Area Community College For: Purchase of 120 Color Workshop books for the Youth Justice Initiative Family Classes at $8.25 a piece. Amount: $70,408 To: [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in On The Tube
For and against JFK
I’m powerless to resist a documentary about John F. Kennedy. Though I’m well aware of the late president’s faults, I’m drawn in by his charisma every time. I cheer his [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in Sound Circuit
The second coming of Holy White Hounds
Every band goes through a time of existential crisis. For Holy White Hounds, that time probably came two summers ago, right around the 2012 80/35 Play-In finals. Talking to front [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood
Grey skies and the toy store
Grey is the sky in Holland. It comes in different shades of grey, of course. But grey it is. As you hang out in this world, you begin to respond [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in Cover Story
Could the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee once again stumble in Iowa?
The seemingly inevitable coronation of Hillary Clinton as the 2016 Democratic Party presidential nominee could, much like the 2008 election, take a sharp detour at the Iowa caucus. Widely considered [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in Your View
Money in politics is scary
After reading the Cityview fact-checker article (Civic Skinny, Oct. 31), let me see if I understand this correctly. If I gave large sums of cash (more than $2.99) to a [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in Game Day
Cue the chaos
FIRST DOWN Somebody up there likes Bo Pelini. Which is strange, considering how folks down at Memorial Stadium seem to be fairly torn — and that might be putting it [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in Sound Notes
At 8 p.m on Tuesday, Nov. 12, DG’s Taphouse in Ames is playing host to the fantastically titled “Night Of Iowa Musical Diversity And Eclecticism” featuring Dark Mirror and Strong [...]
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