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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Finding purpose at work

The article was titled “How to Be Happy.” How could I not read it? Can such a pursuit really be resolved in one quick read? As it turns out, no; the New York Times story is actually …

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NOTEBOOK: Grassley blasts EPA for new secrecy move

There’s an interesting fight brewing in Washington over what some consider an effort by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal industry lobbyist, to make one of the federal government’s least-open agencies …

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NOTEBOOK: Mandelbaum praises Fleur sidewalks

Somehow this city has run for decades without sidewalks along Fleur Drive, a major commercial corridor and home to hotels, shops, restaurants and the airport.

Some, including City Councilman Josh Mandelbaum, have long considered that …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: A machine as your boss?

I shared some advice recently with a batch of interns about always trying to make your boss’s life easier. This New York Times story about artificial intelligence suggests it might be your artificial boss soon optimizing the …

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NOTEBOOK: How do you build meaningful art into a community?

Tomorrow Plan Series speaker Olivia Gude presents at the State Historical Museum of Iowa. The presentation is available to watch on the Des Moines Business Record’s Facebook page.

How do you build meaningful art into a community? Olivia Gude, …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the July 19 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the July 19 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: Water Works scores energy awards, savings

Des Moines Water Works saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by changing its operations to save energy — a move that drew recognition from both the U.S. Department of Energy and the Energize Des Moines …

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NOTEBOOK: The latest on Alzheimer’s

At the invitation of Alzheimer’s Association Greater Iowa chapter spokeswoman Courtney Greene, I recently sat in on a lunch and learn hosted by Wellmark to hear the latest news about research studies on Alzheimer’s and …

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NOTEBOOK: A 40th birthday with benefits

Some people just buy a sports car. Others, well, they turn the potential for a midlife crisis into an opportunity to give. As his 40th birthday approached, Foster Group’s Chief Marketing Officer Travis Rychnovsky knew …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Red Wing Shoes

Drive about 55 miles southeast of Minneapolis-St. Paul and you’ll arrive in Red Wing, Minn., a town of about 16,000 located on the Mississippi River. More than 100 local and regional artists have shops in …