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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: How the pandemic is coming to prime time (or not)

 I, admittedly, am one of those people who during the pandemic have gotten hooked on shows that have been around for a long time, yet I’d never seen them. “Grey’s Anatomy” has been my favorite. …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Modern nomads wander America’s back country

Last fall my wife and I took our 21-foot camper out west to our former home state of Wyoming for a vacation. One of the things we learned on that trip was how to “boondock” …

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Notebook: Let artificial intelligence judge your drawing skills with Paint.wtf

Are you willing to have your sketch skills judged by artificial intelligence? 

The staff at Des Moines-based computer vision startup Roboflow decided to test just how well a new machine learning model, CLIP, could recognize …

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Notebook: Godfather’s and jazz: A few things you may not have known about Nick Nurse

Forget about it, Fongs. And Gusto and Bordenaro’s? You never stood a chance.

When the coach of the 2019 NBA champion Toronto Raptors lands in Des Moines on a visit back to Iowa, his must-go …

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Notebook: Six takeaways: Business Record’s 2021 Economic Forecast

COVID-19 recovery highlighted the Business Record’s 2021 Economic Forecast panel on Jan. 28 

For the first time in its nearly two-decade history, the Business Record’s annual Economic Forecast event was held virtually on Zoom. For …

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NOTEBOOK: New owners of Des Moines Flying Service hope business will take off

Aviation aficionados won’t find a lot of changes at Des Moines Flying Service under its new owners, says Steve Thompson, who’s now running the show at the longtime small aircraft dealership at Des Moines International …

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NOTEBOOK: Will the pandemic make the public care more about disease prevention?

I interviewed Lyndi Buckingham-Schutt, associate director of wellness and nutrition policy at the Harkin Institute, a while back for a story on the intersections of disability and hunger (bit.ly/35nLYAH). Toward the end of the interview …

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NOTEBOOK: Will the pandemic have an effect on women’s political participation?

When talking with Karen Kedrowski for my pieces about women’s representation in Iowa politics for Fearless, I asked what kind of effect she thinks the pandemic is going to have on women’s involvement in politics …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Has the electric car’s moment arrived at last?

President Joe Biden is pitching a host of ways to steer the country toward electric vehicles as part of a broad plan to address climate change, National Geographic reports. Electric and hybrid vehicle sales have been …

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NOTEBOOK – Six takeaways: Business Record’s 2021 Economic Forecast

 

COVID-19 recovery highlighted the Business Record’s 2021 Economic Forecast panel on Thursday. 

For the first time in its nearly two-decade history, the Business Record’s annual Economic Forecast event was held virtually on Zoom. For …