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    Iowa Wesleyan closing its doors

    Meaning what?
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    Breaking a Lease in Iowa Question

    The landlord's offer to the new tenant may have been "I'll give you 20 days in March rent-free if you start paying full rent on April 1." That's a good deal for the tenant, a good deal for you (since you don't have to pay rent beyond March), and good for the landlord that they essentially...
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    Please disregard thread

    Pollard didn't start at ISU until fall of 2005, so the special positions would have been created by, and Cael would have worked for, old whats-his-name.
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    Length of CFB Games

    Agree with this approach. I usually start watching from the beginning, 1.5-2 hours after the games has started, and catch up to the live broadcast late in the 4th quarter.
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    Friday OT #1: Whatcha Gonna Do?

    Seems to be somewhat of a generational divide. For my parents' generation, seems like most go with embalming and burial in a casket. Not sure where the exact age cutoff is, but to over-generalize, it seems like many under ~50 years old prefer cremation.
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    Friday OT #2 - When You're On A Golden Sea

    Interesting - we went to Curacao about 15 years ago and joke about the trip from hell and how we would never go back. But we were admittedly at a lower-end resort at that time that was also partially under construction. The best vacation destination for us has been Oahu hands down, and looking...
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    Question on Official Announcement of TJ hire...

    The video today was just Pollard's way of demonstrating he was "right" in his Tuesday video when he said don't believe anything you hear unless it comes from him. There was really no other reason to give such a detailed timeline, other than he has such thin skin that he can't stand to think...
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    Life Insurance

    I was just going to mention "return of premium" life policies as an option. They are an option to consider if you can't stomach the thought of paying premiums for 20 or 30 years without getting anything back. But as you noted, the premium for a policy with that feature will be more than just a...
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    MLB: Official Chicago Cubs Offseason Thread

    You would have to REALLY hate dressing up for that to drive you from the Cubs' tv booth to the White Sox radio booth...
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    $112.10 twelve ounce beer

    Yeah, no.
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    Tom Shatel: Is this the beginning of the end for Nebraska in the Big Ten?

    My question is, even if the Big 10 "let" Nebraska play this fall, how does that improve Nebraska's financial situation? They're not getting any home games with other power 5 schools. They don't get any TV money or other revenue from playing road games against power 5 schools. Probably just the...
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    Online Poker in Iowa

    The legislature is adjourned until January. And even when they return, can't imagine this would make the list of priorities.
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    College Savings Iowa (529) vs savings account

    I wouldn’t view this as a choice between a 529 or a savings account. Consider a 529 versus a brokerage account. You don’t want to lock yourself into 1% returns for the next 18 years.
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    Olympic Queen Mattress

    "Dang, I wish this bed was smaller." - Nobody, ever
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    I-Phone "secret" tracking maps...

    Unfortunately the only way to not have companies collect your data is to not use their products. But at the end of the day, most people value the ability to use these products more than they value the privacy of their data.
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    I-Phone "secret" tracking maps...

    It's different because of that box you checked without reading, agreeing to the terms of service.
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    Best Iowa State wrestler not to AA

    Check back in a couple weeks!
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    This is why Prohm must go........

    Yep, all the opposing coaches loved to mention what a great coach McDermott was during his time at ISU. Wonder why they wanted him to stay as long as possible?
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    Western Hemisphere Vacations

    I've been to Curacao. It was fine-ish, but probably not that different from the other islands mentioned in this thread. Didn't find the food to be all that great away from the resort and did not find an abundance of entertainment options other than the beach. Granted this was about 15 years ago.