Monthly Archives: January 2013

Jan 08

Missouri’s state of confusion

Posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at 9:55 AM by Jeff

This is a preliminary entry in a Liberty Bowl trip report. Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, Dec. 29 — If Missouri is supposed to be in the Southeastern Conference now, Mother Nature hasn’t gotten the memo. Heavy snow forced an early cutoff … Continue reading →

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Jan 07

US 63 construction in Black Hawk County

Posted on Monday, January 7, 2013, at 10:16 AM by Jeff

The DOT has redesigned its public-meetings page so that the project documents are now an additional page-click away. The text on the sub-pages is shown as a continuous string, with no breaks, which can make it difficult to read. So … Continue reading →

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Jan 06

Iowa high on Senate seniority chart

Posted on Sunday, January 6, 2013, at 9:44 AM by Jeff

Roll Call has published a list of the 113th Congress organized by seniority for both the Senate and House. Chuck Grassley is in sixth place (up from 11th in 2009) and now the only senator left who was originally elected … Continue reading →

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Jan 05

N-flation

Posted on Saturday, January 5, 2013, at 1:58 PM by Jeff

This is what the Devaney Center basketball court looked like Jan. 26, 2011 (my picture): And here’s what it looks like now. (I originally had a screencap from CBS, but the link has a wider image.) Big Ten logos at … Continue reading →

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Jan 02

My column on baby names

Posted on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at 10:27 PM by Jeff

In the Register on New Year’s Day, in case you missed it.

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Jan 02

Entering Year 13

Posted on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The first Iowa license plates with the current background went into circulation Jan. 2, 1997. Plenty of things have changed: The metal got thinner and plates are no longer stamped The text went from blue to black Slashes were added … Continue reading →

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