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11:19 am
Tue December 4, 2012

[SLIDESHOW] Central Standard And Up To Date Live From The Kauffman Center

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Central Standard host Jabulani Leffall and Producer Matthew Long-Middleton prepare for the Central Standard broadcast.
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As morning light streams into the Kauffman Center, Central Standard host Jabulani Leffall prepares for his broadcast.
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Matthew Long-Middleton Central Standard Producer speaks with Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec.
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Stephen Steigman, Senior Producer of Up to Date, prepares for the broadcast at the Kauffman Center.
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Beth Lipoff, (from left) and Chris Prewitt chat as Brian Ellison, substitute host of Up To Date, take a picture with his camera phone.
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KCUR buttons at the KCUR booth at the Kauffman Center.
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Central Standard host Jabulani Leffall speaks to Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation.
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Central Standard Producer Matthew Long-Middleton asks a question during a break in the live broadcast.
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Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec, speaks to Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation before the broadcast.
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Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation speaks to Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec before the broadcast.
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Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec speaks to Jabulani Leffall during the Central Standard broadcast.
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Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation, (from left) speaks to Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec before the broadcast.
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Beth Lipoff, KCUR intern, speaks with Central Standard Producer Matthew Long-Middleton during a break.
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Brian Ellison, substitute host of Up To Date speaks to Frank Byrne, executive director of the Kansas City Symphony.
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Stephen Steigman, Senior Producer of Up to Date, (from left) and Brian Ellison, substitute host of Up To Date listen to a guest during the CityAge New American City conference in session at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
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Frank Byrne, executive director of the Kansas City Symphony, speaks to Brian Ellison, substitute host of Up To Date.
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Before the broadcast, Mike Burke, chair of the Mayors' Bistate Innovations Team speaks to Brian Ellison, substitute host of Up To Date.
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A panel discusses the importance of culture in creating resilient communities at CityAge, New American City Conference held at the Kauffman Center.
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Joy Bailey Bryant, Principal Consultant, Lord Cultural Resources and Peter Witte, Dean, Conservatory of Music and Dance, at UMKC, discuss the importance of arts and culture in schools at CityAge, New American City Conference held at the Kauffman Center.
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Jim Wright, Director, Opera America, speaks about the growing diversity in cities and how cultural institutions can promote understanding at CityAge, New American City Conference held at the Kauffman Center.
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Julian Zugazagoitia, Director, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, speaks about the role of a museum in a community at CityAge, New American City Conference held at the Kauffman Center.
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Peter Witte, Dean, Conservatory of Music and Dance, at UMKC, (from left) and Jim Wright, Director, Opera America, the importance of culture in creating resilient communities at CityAge, New American City Conference held at the Kauffman Center.
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Central Standard and Up To Date broadcast live at the City Age, New American City Conference held at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

Up to Date
8:04 pm
Mon December 3, 2012

Facing The Future Of Cities

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Kansas City, Mo., skyline
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Technology can be a boon or a bust to cities, depending on how it's applied.

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Central Standard
8:03 pm
Mon December 3, 2012

The New American City

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Kansas City at dusk
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As morning light streams into the Kauffman Center, Central Standard host Jabulani Leffall prepares for his broadcast.
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Central Standard host Jabulani Leffall and Producer Matthew Long-Middleton prepare for the Central Standard broadcast.
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Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation speaks to Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec before the broadcast.
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Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec, speaks to Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation before the broadcast.
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Central Standard Producer Matthew Long-Middleton asks a question during a break in the live broadcast.
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Central Standard host Jabulani Leffall speaks to Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation.
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Matthew Long-Middleton, Central Standard Producer speaks with Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec.
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We're live from the Kauffman Center at the CityAge, New American City Conference as part of a double bill featuring Central Standard and Up To Date.


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Business & Tech
11:32 am
Mon December 3, 2012

Group Of Internet Trolls Claims Thousands Of Tumblr Blogs Infected By Worm

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A screenshot of the Tumblr homepage.
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A notorious group of Internet trolls says it has unleashed a worm that has littered Tumblr blogs with inflammatory and racist posts.

According to the technology site The Verge, GNNA, whose full name we can't print in a family blog, says the worm has infected more than 8,000 accounts. The worm spread when users were logged into Tumblr and clicked on a viral — in more ways than one — post that asked for all Tumblr users to "drink bleach and die."

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Visual Arts
10:28 am
Thu November 29, 2012

KCAI In Legal Wrangling Over Unpaid Pledge

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Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Painting Building at the Kansas City Art Institute.
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Dedication of the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Painting Building, Kansas City Art Institute, August 2006.
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The Kansas City Art Institute is taking a southern California couple to court. The issue is stirring up a lot of controversy and national -- and international -- attention.

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Business & Tech
10:26 am
Wed November 28, 2012

Mississippi River Businesses Ask For Emergency Declaration

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Mississippi River barge.
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As Mississippi River levels continue to drop, leaders from the river navigation industry sent a letter to President Obama asking for an emergency declaration. 

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