October 02, 2013 by justin
in Civic Skinny
Dvorsky asks Regents about Donley’s pay.
Some questions apparently aren’t as easy as they look. On Aug. 9 — that’s seven weeks ago — Cityview asked the office of Gov. Terry Branstad whether he knew in advance of a bonus and big deferred-pay package that the Board of Regents gave its executive director, Bob Donley, a
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October 02, 2013 by justin
in Book Review
‘Burial Rites’ digs deep into the core of capital punishment law
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Shirley Shiffler 9/10/13 $26 336 pp. “Burial Rites” is a beautifully written, if sometimes necessarily gory, account of the last case of capital punishment carried out in Iceland. In 1828, Agnes Magnusdottir is convicted of the horrific murder of two young men. She is
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October 02, 2013 by justin
in Film Review
Speed kills
“Rush” 2 stars Rated R 123 minutes Action Starring: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde Ron Howard’s fast-paced portrait of one of Formula One’s fiercest rivalries is a hyper-compartmentalized affair. Everything in Peter Morgan’s too-tightly knit script occurs as one more bubble of narrative information equal to the last. The
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October 02, 2013 by justin
in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! ANYTHING HELPS… LIKE A JOB Police came across a man and woman standing alongside Interstate 235 eastbound at the East 14th Street exit ramp at 2 p.m. on Sept. 23. The man was holding a sign which read: “Have no money, pregnant. Anything
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October 02, 2013 by justin
in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… Polk County
Amount: $215 To: Ardick Equipment Company Inc. For: Purchase of an amber magnetic strobe light bar. Amount: $200 To: Detective Kurt Bender of the Des Moines Police Department For: Transportation costs for RapidShuttle, of Rapid City, S.D., to the Rapid City Regional Airport for the State vs. Haley Bass
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October 02, 2013 by justin
in The Sound
Des Moines prepares for a ‘Night in White Satin’
In a time when rock-n-roll was making large, exploratory steps away from the three-chord riffs of its 1950’s birth and branching out into harder rock and psychedelic sounds, The Moody Blues stepped up in 1967 and released the revolutionary album “Days of Future Past,” simultaneously giving birth to the prog
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October 02, 2013 by justin
in Locker Room
Find your center… then fill it with beer
Trying something new can be tough. There seems to be a dozen different steps between hearing about something interesting and new and actually trying something interesting and new. Sometimes a person requires the support of friends and family (witnesses), other times it’s the presence of someone you’re attracted to (to
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October 02, 2013 by justin
in Tech Talk
Death of cable TV?
Just as television networks kick off another season of reality shows, sitcoms and dramas, a deluge of media outlets are pondering the future of TV. With advertising dollars being spread thin between cable television and the rise of online video, will TV follow the path of the daily newspaper industry?
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October 02, 2013 by justin
in Food Dude
Cooking for peace
In romantic lore, food is the universal language that brings people together to appreciate their similarities and understand their differences. In history that doesn’t work so well. As often as not, dinner invitations from an enemy were considered poisoning opportunities. Priscus, an envoy of the Roman Empire, wrote that, during
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