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Waterloo Iowa Dealer Announces Chevrolet Silverado as Top Vehicle of 2010

The 2010 Chevy Silverado, one of the top sellers at Rydell Chevrolet in Iowa, has just been named to Consumer Reports‘ annual Top Picks car list for 2010.READ»

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Corporate Game Show - The Bonk Show - Makes it way to warm and cozy Iowa

It was a true treat to bring the Bonk Game Show back to Iowa again and a very special thank you to everyone at Homesteaders Life Insurance in Des Moines Iowa. While I am kidding at the warm and cozy (the high temp was -5 degrees) ...READ»

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Waterloo Iowa Dealer Announces Chevrolet Silverado as Top Vehicle of 2010

The 2010 Chevy Silverado, one of the top sellers at Rydell Chevrolet in Iowa, has just been named to Consumer Reports‘ annual Top Picks car list for 2010.READ»

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Waterloo Iowa Dealer Announces Chevrolet Silverado as Top Vehicle of 2010

The 2010 Chevy Silverado, one of the top sellers at Rydell Chevrolet in Iowa, has just been named to Consumer Reports‘ annual Top Picks car list for 2010.READ»

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Waterloo Iowa Dealer Announces Chevrolet Silverado as Top Vehicle of 2010

The 2010 Chevy Silverado, one of the top sellers at Rydell Chevrolet in Iowa, has just been named to Consumer Reports‘ annual Top Picks car list for 2010.READ»

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Iowa: The Wind Energy Capital of the United States

China may have overtaken the U.S. as the Saudi Arabia of wind power (got that?), but the U.S. is still home to some major wind energy powerhouses.READ»

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A Day in the Life of Work: No Brakes

For wheelchair racer Cheri Blauwet, every day is an exercise in self-sufficiency, every race a test of faith.READ»

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World Pork Expo

Should we go to the hog races first or the PigCasso art show? Welcome to bacony bliss, a three-day celebration of porcine proportions that draws 40,000 consumers, producers, and vendors to Iowa, the top pork-producing state in ...READ»

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Leadership: In Iowa, The Best Communicators Won!

The results of the Iowa caucuses are in and, no surprise to me, the best communicators won. Both Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee may have thin resumes, but their ability to inspire, motivate and persuade are unparalleled among the ...READ»

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Receive Rebates in Florida for your Energy-Efficient Appliances

A new government program made available on April 22, Earth day, rebates to customers who purchase energy efficient home appliances. This isn’t the first time we have seen the government try to boost the economy. In 2009, ...READ»

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Work/Life: It's Fast, but is it Liveable?

I've just returned from bouncing around like an email peddling Viagra .... NY, Philly, Texas, Eugene, Seattle and finally IOWA, where I rode across the state with 10,000 others on RAGBRAI. Including Lance, who, at all times, seemed ...READ»

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A Day in the Life of Work: Udder Artistry

In her 44 years as the butter sculptress at the Iowa State Fair, Norma Lyon has churned out statues of everything from cows to Elvis to the Last Supper.READ»

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Jared Hayes Brings Mechanical Precision to Farming

Product manager, ag management solutions, John Deere Urbandale, Iowa Hayes, 27, develops and markets John Deere's GreenStar products, which allow farmers to automate their work. "I grew up on a farm, and my dad would never let ...READ»

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National Pig Day

In 1972, sisters Ellen Stanley and Mary Lynne Rave started National Pig Day to celebrate our porcine friends and the $44 billion industry built on their backs (and shoulders and bellies). How to mark the occasion is still up for ...READ»

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SynGest Using Corncobs to Make Fertilizer

Synthetic fertilizer has become an increasingly villified product as the organic food movement grows, but one company is trying to change its image. San Francisco, California-based SynGest is using corncobs--farmer food waste--to ...READ»

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Current Health Insurance Reform Issues

No sooner had President Obama signed the last piece of the health insurance reform package on March 30 than he hit the road, traveling to a number of states to sell the public on the new health care law of the land. On their Easter/Passover recess break, many members of Congress were engaged in their own READ»

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Looking at ads

I must confide that I learn as much from a magazine's advertisements as I do the articles themselves. I don't read them as a consumer, rather as an observer of the passing business parade (and contemporary ad agency thinking). ...READ»

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The Helmet Saves Lives in Motorcycle Crashes

While it might not be the most chic apparel you will ever wear, a motorcycle crash helmet may save your life.READ»

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How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign

The untold story of how Chris Hughes, today only 25 years old, helped create two of the most successful startups in modern history, Facebook and the Barack Obama campaign.READ»

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Innovation: When the REAL Customer is not the One in Front of You

It’s months until the first primary, and they’re everywhere. Campaign ads. You’ve probably already seen them: On TV, in newspapers, and plastered across your favorite websites. Thanks to the rise of social media, you’ll even ...READ»

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Innovation: When the REAL Customer is not the One in Front of You

It’s months until the first primary, and they’re everywhere. Campaign ads. You’ve probably already seen them: On TV, in newspapers, and plastered across your favorite websites. Thanks to the rise of social media, you’ll ...READ»

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Innovation: When the REAL Customer is not the One in Front of You

It’s months until the first primary, and they’re everywhere. Campaign ads. You’ve probably already seen them: On TV, in newspapers, and plastered across your favorite websites. Thanks to the rise of social media, you’ll even ...READ»

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Virality Bites: The Web's Most Unintentionally Hilarious Campaign Ads

In the age of YouTube, there's a huge potential downside for novice online politicos. Here's why going viral isn't necessarily a good move.READ»

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The Hippest City in the USA (Des Moines)

And the best place to work is . . . Des Moines? Okay, we admit it's a stretch. But unemployment here is so low, and work-life balance so important, that Iowa's capital city seems pretty cool to us.READ»

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Work/Life: Did You Hear About The Guy Who Got Fired Over a Dilbert Cartoon?

  As the creator of a comic strip character myself, I have, in some very early blog postings, poked a little fun at Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert.  Well, those days are over.  As some of you may know, Adams has been bravely ...READ»