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	<title>as we may blog &#187; Iowa</title>
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		<title>Final cruising altitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was caught off guard yesterday during a very brief business trip to San Francisco. I haven&#8217;t been on a flight in probably twenty years where the pilot bothered to point out the sights below, but the captain of yesterday&#8217;s flight did. About halfway through the flight he announced that we had climbed just a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tubby Boots Goes Topless</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;while Tony enjoys a New York slice]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Let Iowans do the hard work&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to two economists studying bandwagon effects in sequential voting systems like the United States&#8217; presidential primary system, &#8220;early voters have up to 20 times the influence of late voters in the selection of candidates.&#8221; From the abstract: Candidates experience momentum effects when their performance in early states exceeds expectations. The empirical application focuses on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing flatland</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 18:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apologies to the nerds for the Tufte reference. We&#8217;re flying back to the motherland for a whirlwind graduation weekend. I&#8217;ll do my best, but posting will be difficult until Tuesday. The good news is that the last two weekends numbed you to the disappointment of a not updated As We May Blog May Blog. You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the &#8220;go figure&#8221; file</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joyless music review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now playing: Local H, &#8220;Bound for the Floor&#8221; I&#8217;m taken back to 2000 or so when Iowa City was abuzz with the news that a MYSTERY BAND would appear at the Union Bar on Thrusday night. The idea was that you paid a $10-ish cover charge, got your beers, and waited around for the unknown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyclone beats Hawkeyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My old stomping grounds got stomped by a tornado last night. And not the typical the-wind-is-gusty-let&#8217;s-sound-the-sirens type of Iowa tornado that the local TV stations like to overhype&#8212;this was the real deal. You know it&#8217;s serious when you see headlines like &#34;Well-known Dairy Queen destroyed.&#34; (I&#8217;m no journalist, but had I been in charge of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa, you make me smile</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word has it that the Jostens phone lines are clogged with randy Iowans looking to get a cheap class ring before they head out for a promising Wednesday night at DeSoda&#8217;s.]]></description>
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		<title>I went to a blogging convention and a wedding broke out</title>
		<link>http://www.asstastic.org/blog/2005/i-went-to-a-blogging-convention-and-a-wedding-broke-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2005 06:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the four of you who don&#8217;t know, I spent last weekend back in the Cultural Corridor, doing what you do when you&#8217;re in the Cultural Corridor: wearing a tie and drinking Budweiser. Under a crisp October sky, two people I respect immensely who also happen to be perfect for each other inked a long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMU, the Coe of the south</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 03:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[(That's Right, You're Not From) Texas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When we decided that we were going to move to Dallas for the summer we got a lot of looks from friends and family, ranging from quizzical to downright concerned. I believe my mother&#8217;s exact reaction was &#34;Daaaallas.&#34; Still not quite sure what that meant. I&#8217;ve been asked numerous times what living here is like. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kicker stolen after title secured</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2004 03:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattbot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa Hawkeye kicker Kyle Schlicher was stolen after the Hawks thumped the Badgers 30-7 to secure a share of the Big Ten conference championship. Conflicting descriptions of the theives abound, but the ICPD put out an all-points bulletin for officers to stop any white people with hands for questioning.]]></description>
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