Editorial highlights child adult material online crisis threat
The Gazette argues illegal child adult material online harms Cedar Rapids youth with 800 daily downloads and cites a 47 year old Iowa City man sentenced and a 78 year old Cedar Rapids man given prison time. It calls for more funding for investigators, notes backlogs, and praises Microsoft and Dartmouth in developing PhotoDNA to curb child exploitation.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
NCMEC
Iowa
DCI
Microsoft
Dartmouth College
Letters to the Editor on Medicare access and Grassley voting
A Cedar Rapids reader questions whether an orthopedic clinic refused care due to Medicare status and notes a plan to seek Iowa City care after rehab. A climate letter cites ancient permafrost thaw and rising oceans with stark global trends. Iowa City writer urges voters to replace Senator Chuck Grassley with Roxanne Conlin, calling for change.
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Cedar Rapids
Colorado
University of Iowa
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Elena Kagan
Supreme Court
Grassley
Republican Party
Iowa
Roxanne Conlin
Dr. No
Jim Conger
Iowa City
Opinion piece attacks progressives and media critics
John Stiegelmeyer argues against Leonard Pitts Jr for labeling progressives while urging readers to form their own opinions. He claims progressive writers demonize conservatives and urges independent study of history since Wilson, noting Beck moved from CNN to Fox News.
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Pitts
Eugene Robinson
E.J. Dionne
Katrina van den Heuvel
Arianna Huffington
The
Des Moines Register
Woodrow Wilson
Beck
CNN
Fox News Channel
John Stiegelmeyer
Vinton
Arson Question Impacts Insurance Inquiry
The applicant admitted arson on a property insurance form and asked whether that will affect the decision. The record notes the dialogue and the potential impact of a past conviction on underwriting.
From Unskilled to Skilled How Community Colleges Rebuild Careers
Ben Venue Laboratories in Bedford Ohio offered about 100 factory jobs at roughly $31 000 annually but drew 3600 applicants and hired only 47. The pathway begins with a high school equivalency, followed by a three to six month college program to gain technical and employability skills, then a potential associate or bachelor’s degree.
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U.S
Ben Venue Laboratories
Cleveland
Bedford
Ohio
Ben
John Gajewski
Cuyahoga Community College
Ben Venue
Gajewski
America
Enough as a standard in a culture of more
The piece argues that the word enough is used as a bare minimum too often and that a culture of more fuels crises from rising living costs to looming foreclosures. It uses John C. Bogle's book Enough to frame ethics, value over cost, and the pursuit of commitment and character over endless growth.
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John C. Bogle
Center For Responsible Lending
Ellis Island
Bogle
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