Life story of a star in the cosmos explained
An Ames Gazette astronomy column outlines star birth to death like a film progression. It covers nebulae as maternity wards, protostars reaching fusion, solar evolution from red giants to white dwarfs, and dramatic endings including supernovae, neutron stars and black holes with notes on related objects like the Crab Nebula and Ring Nebula, plus a PBS Cosmos preview and October sky tour.
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J. Clayton Troeger
Milky Way
Orion
Ebula
Belt of
Sol
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Arcturus
Lyra
Taurus
Cosmos
Carl Sagan
PBS
Scorpius the Scorpion
Antares
Weather Report for CR area and national highs lows
Readings at CR airport show Sunday low 47 and high around 60s. Midnight Sunday 46, no precipitation Sunday. September total 4.35 inches, normal 3.99. Year to date 1981 rainfall 6.1 inches, normal 21.33 inches. Barometer 30.25 rising, NW wind 8 mph. Extended forecast: showers Wed through Fri, partly cloudy Friday with mid 60s to low 70s highs. Lows mid 40s to mid 50s Wed through Fri. National: low 25 at Glasgow Montana, high 105 at Yuma Arizona.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Des Moines
Detroit
Kansas City
Milwaukee
St.Paul
Omaha
St. Louis
Sioux Falls
Coralville Lake
Cedar River
C.R. Tae
Storms Across Regions With Clear Skies in Central Plains
Thunderstorms covered the northern Appalachians Sunday. Showers continued to develop ahead of a cold front moving across the northeast U.S. Scattered showers dotted the Appalachians and mid-Atlantic coast while rain showers and thundershowers spread over southern Texas southeastern Louisiana and southern Florida. Rain showers lingered in northern California and the northern Pacific coast with sunny skies in the Ohio valley and central plains Sunday afternoon.
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Appalachians
U.S
mid-Atlantic Coast
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
California
Pacific Coast
Ohio Valley
Central Plains
Linn Supervisors Schedule for Today
Linn County officials will convene in the Administration Building board room at 9 a.m. for a formal session before a 10 a.m. visit to the Linn County Care Facility. An informal 1:30 p.m. meeting follows, with the Linn Health Services Committee meeting at 12:15 p.m. in the Administrative Office Building conference room.
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Linn
Linn County
Linn Health Services Committee
City and County Meetings Schedule and School Boundary Plan
The Regional Planning Commission holds a 1 p.m. meeting in City Hall council chambers and a 3:30 p.m. session in the same location. Linn Co-Op Oil seeks a conditional use permit for hydrous ammonia storage south of Troy Mills at 1:30 p.m. Linn County Zoning Board of Adjustment meets in Administrative Office Building board room at 1:30 p.m. Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra rehearses at 7:30 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre under conductor candidate Sheldon Morgenstern. Cedar Rapids Plats Committee meets at 1:30 p.m. City Hall sixth floor. Cedar Rapids Community School Board work session at 4:30 p.m. Educational Services Center. Regular 7:30 p.m. session addresses high school boundary changes linked to ninth-grade transfers in 1984. Hiawatha Water Board meets at 6:30 p.m. City Hall council room. Linn County Board of Health meets at 7:30 p.m. Health Department conference room to hear swimming pool ordinance and animal bite program reports.
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Regional Planning Commission Transit Advisory Committee
Linn Co-Op Oil
Troy Mills
Linn County Zoning Board of Adjustment
Regional Planning Commission
City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Health
Health Department
Center Point Road
Dunaway's Crawford in Mommie Dearest a sharp impersonation
Janet Maslin of the New York Times reviews Faye Dunaway's portrayal in Mommie Dearest. Dunaway vividly channels Joan Crawford with intense energy, but the film lacks a coherent throughline, focusing on scattered episodes rather than a clear narrative or humanity. The director Frank Perry emphasizes fury and vanity, yielding a dramatic but uneven portrait.
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Faye Dunaway
Joan Crawford
Miss Dunaway
Crawford
Mommie Dearest
Frank Perry
Miss Crawford
Christina
Mara Hobel
Diana Scarwid
Joan
Perry
Miss Hobel
Miss Scarwid
Pepsico
Howard da Silva
Louis B. Mayer
Mildred Pierce
Rutanya Alda
Hell Night review by John Corry
A mixed horror critique noting Hell Night is an average film for the genre. It critiques its treatment of minorities and disabled characters while highlighting Linda Blair’s escape and a social critique of privileged fraternity life. The piece argues the film is partly original but reaffirms the director’s prudish stance on violence and sex themes.
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Alpha Sigma Rho
Linda Blair
Miss Blair
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