Posted on August 11, 2008 by kjenwws
It’s monsoon season in Iowa. If you don’t know where Iowa is, this will confuse you even more since we remain in the heart of the U.S. For Iowans, it has been the year of the natural disaster including tornados, explosions and fires from lightening strikes and flash and not-so-floods. I wish I could say [...]
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Posted on July 28, 2008 by bkoran
Yeah Summer!
Some of us living in the Midwest thought summer was never going to arrive. But our patience has paid off as we celebrate the wonderfully long days of sunshine and blue sky (with an occasional thunderstorm rolling through).
Now the only question is how do we use these summer days to benefit us through the [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2008 by maryalison
Not a summer goes by that I don’t think of that great old song:
“Summertime, and the living is easy.
Fish are jumping and the cotton is high.
Your daddy’s rich and your mama’s good looking.
So hush pretty baby, don’t you cry.”
Great lyrics and an appropriately laid back, lazy tune. Problem is, the lyrics no longer ring true. [...]
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Posted on June 6, 2008 by kjenwws
“Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees: There’s no longer any question whether transit companies should hire women for jobs formerly held by men. The draft and manpower shortage has settled that point. The important things now are to select the most efficient women available and how to use them to the [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by bkoran
posted by Beth
I think that one of the most comical discussions I hear is whether one wants to live to be 100. As if any of us have a choice in the matter! But, in all seriousness, there are certainly are some extremely strong emotions surrounding this possibility.
So what are the chances that any one [...]
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