10 Oct 2006

"Notoriety's Free": Independent Candidate for Congress Runs as a Pirate

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James Hill The race for Congress in Iowa's First District is already bordering on the ridiculous - with the national Republican party trying to tag Bruce Braley as a Communist, for instance - so why not throw a pirate into the mix?

10 Oct 2006

Why "Project Censored" Still Matters

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In 2000, Mother Jones published a commentary attacking the annual Project Censored list of major stories underrepresented in the mainstream media. The 2006 version of Project Censored starts on page 7 in this week's River Cities' Reader.

10 Oct 2006

No Wall Between Church and State

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Mr. Jeff Ignatius, in his article "Mixed Colors, Mixed Messages" in the September 23-October 3, 2006, Reader, made the statement "in the sense that the barrier between church and state is explicitly and clearly articulated in the Constitution." I don't know what Constitution he is reading, but the one I am familiar with says in the First Amendment that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Not one word about separation of church and state.

10 Oct 2006

Noteworthy Events for the Week of October 11 - 17

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The Threepenny Opera

St. Ambrose University

Thursday, October 12, through Sunday, October 15

 

10 Oct 2006

Iowa Chamber Alliance Launches Election Web Site

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The Iowa Chamber Alliance (ICA), a nonpartisan coalition that represents 16 chambers of commerce and economic-development organizations throughout the state, has joined a nationwide get-out-the-vote effort with the United States Chamber of Commerce. The partners have unveiled (http://www.VoteForIowa.com), a one-stop shop for nonpartisan information about the upcoming election. The Iowa Chamber Alliance's mission is to put forth and enact an agenda to improve the state's economy through support for programs that stimulate economic-growth opportunities for the entire state and its residents. ICA members include chambers and economic-development organizations in Ames, Bettendorf, Burlington/West Burlington, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Iowa City, Marshalltown, Mason City, Muscatine, Sioux City, and Waterloo.

 

03 Oct 2006

Can WQPT Re-Make Itself?: With a $200,000 Deficit, the Quad Cities PBS Affiliate Faces Tough Choices

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Reader issue #601Rick Best acknowledges that public television isn't the unique presence that it was in the 1970s and '80s - virtually the only place on the television spectrum to find educational programming and serious shows on science, history, public affairs, and high culture.

"The landscape has changed a lot," said Best, the general manager of the Quad Cities' PBS station, WQPT. "PBS used to use the phrase, ‘If PBS doesn't do it, who will?' You don't hear that phrase being used so much anymore, because it got to the point where there were other answers out there."

03 Oct 2006

New Boys & Girls Club Fills a Void on Davenport's West Side

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The fifth Boys & Girls Club of the Mississippi Valley opened last month in the Roosevelt Community Center in west Davenport. The Roosevelt Club, as this group is called, held its grand opening on September 15. Unit Director Cliff Sims said the club fills a need in Davenport's west end because "many kids had nothing to do after school in this area."

The club, located at 1220 Minnie Avenue in the former Roosevelt Elementary School, is open Monday through Friday from 2 until 6 p.m. It opens one hour earlier on Wednesdays, because Davenport schools let out earlier that day.

03 Oct 2006

Lack of Investment in Military Has Undermined Safety

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Why are we not safe today?

(A) The U.S. Army was reduced in the 1990s by 500,000 active soldiers. Today we only have 417,186 active Army, 305,404 in the National Guard, and 154,047 in the Army Reserves. (These figures are from the September 15, 2006, Federal Executive magazine, page 38.)

(B) In the 1990s, the leadership of the Department of the Army reduced from 26 Army ammunition plants to only eight by 2006. (See History of Ammunition by George Nickolas, dated 2006.)

(C) The civilian production base for military ammunition and equipment reduced in the 1990s because of lack of requirements as reported to a congressional hearing in 2004. (See Federal Executive magazine pages 17 and 18 in the July 2004 issue.)

03 Oct 2006

Noteworthy Events for the Week of October 4 - 10

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Kevin Burt

Mojo's Cafe and Borders Books & Music

Wednesday, October 4, 7 p.m., and Friday, October 6, 7 p.m.

 

03 Oct 2006

Butterworth Center Adds Audio, Video to Web Site

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Web page from the Butterworth Center Web siteThe slogan for Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House, "Where history lives in real time," can be taken literally when it comes to their new Web-site features. The Web site at (http://www.butterworthcenter.com) will now include free, downloadable audio features and mini-video recaps. Angela Hunt, who directs the public-relations program, decided to add the audio features after attending a local workshop about podcasting. The debut audio feature, "Makeover for the Birds," is a 20-minute interview with Program Director Gretchen Small. In the interview, listeners will learn about the historic homes' collection of Audubon's Birds of America prints from the 1860s. Of the 106 prints, the historic sites have 98. Small talks about how the Charles Deere family may have acquired the prints, and the sensitive restoration process that the prints are undergoing. Video recaps are also a high-tech addition to the 1800s-flavored website. The video recaps are two-minute segments and show highlights of past events or programs to background music. The Web site will post different audio topics on a regular basis, from snippets of tours, interviews, or programs.

 

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