The Royal Mile is Des Moines’ authentic British pub
Looking for a little bit of Europe in central Iowa? Maybe a place to reminisce about that study abroad trip to Belgium back in college? You don’t have to look [...]
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Posted October 22, 2014in Belly Up To...
Posted October 22, 2014in Joe's Neighborhood
Smart phones
Now, don’t push. Everyone will get to see everything. That’s it. OK, sex and drugs to the left. Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Van Gogh straight ahead. And the Anne Frank House [...]
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Posted October 22, 2014in Cover Story
Who will win?
Only a few weeks remain until the Nov. 4 election decides the fate of the U.S. Senate, the Iowa Congressional delegation, control of the Iowa General Assembly and the future [...]
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Posted October 22, 2014in On the Move
Urbandale Aldi reopens after expansion
The Urbandale grocery store reopens Oct. 23 at 9 a.m. following a major remodeling and expansion. Located at 8400 Douglas Ave., Aldi added more than 2,000 square feet, another aisle [...]
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Posted October 22, 2014in Sound Check
Weezer “Everything Will Be Alright In The End” Republic Rivers Cuomo is the kind of guy who jerks off while standing in front of the mirror. The Weezer front man [...]
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Posted October 22, 2014in What's Brewing?
Spotlight New Belgium Brewing Company New Belgium made its home in Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1991, but now it is preparing to expand to a second brewery in Asheville, North [...]
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Posted October 22, 2014in Tech Talk
Convert a computer into a TV with Plex
It appears within 10 years the Internet will be one giant television. Every major Web entity is creating video content. Connections are slowly climbing to speeds that will easily stream [...]
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Posted October 22, 2014in Film Review
The Snowden effect
“Citizenfour” 4 stars Not Rated 114 minutes Documentary Starring: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Jacob Appelbaum Laura Poitras’s fascinating documentary, about the process and aftermath of whistleblower Edward Snowden’s earth-shattering revelations, [...]
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Posted October 22, 2014in Duffy
Posted October 22, 2014in Book Review
‘Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General‘
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Harriet Leitch Sept. 23, 2014 Hardcover $30 352 Pages In a straightforward presentation of the wartime experiences of General George S. Patton, Bill O’Reilly [...]
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