Monthly Archives: July 2009

07/31/09 Iowa’s new farmer

And you thought all we had hear was corn, soybeans, and hogs.

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07/28/09 Slice of pie

Obesity related health spending has reached $147 billion which is double the rate of what the costs were a decade ago. Here in Iowa, obesity in adults as defined by a BMI (body mass index) of over 30 has increased to 20.8% in 2001.

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07/24/09 …while back in the Congressional O.R.

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07/21/09 Frank McCourt

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07/18/09 Walter Cronkite

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07/03/09 Sarah Bailin

It must have been a long winter up in Alaska. Seems that Sarah Palin has come down with a very bad case of cabin fever. Out of nowhere she called a press conference to announce that she was quitting as the Governor of Alaska immediately. There are quite a few of unanswered questions. The one [...]

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06/30/09 80/35 Music Festival

Continued from the last post: 80/35 Music Festival is another hot event dreamed up by the http://www.desmoinesmc.com/ To see for some photos of the event check out my friend Fryguy’s pics: http://fryguyimages.smugmug.com/galleries

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06/28/09 Des Moines is not French for The Dead Zone

When I moved here back in the 1980s from Milwaukee an argument could be made at the time that this city rolled up the sidewalks at the night. Not anymore. The entire scene in the downtown area has been transformed from the East Village, to the Farmers Market, the Hy Vee triathlon, the amphitheater on [...]

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