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About annoying AI, I just watched the last “Harry Potter” — I keep imagining we’ll soon have “assistants” like that Dobby creature… maybe made in Japan!

Rep. Sharon Steckman (D-Mason City) was selected as the 2018 Iowa Child Advocate Award recipient by Prevent Child Abuse Iowa. The award recognizes her advocacy for preventing child abuse and supporting policies and programs to better protect children and families.

Arconic has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lihua International has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Students of Carson City School District are back to school Monday, Jan. 7. Sleeping in will become a thing of the past, and the alarm clock snooze button will become the most used and abused item owned by those whose pituitary glands refuse to follow the built-in clock of the body.

The NIACC John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center and the North Iowa Area SBDC named Scott and Susan Moorman of Moorman Clothiers as the Entrepreneur of the Month for November 2018. The couple purchased Quinn’s Clothing in 1993; added a women’s line to the store in 1997; added a location in Ames catering to Iowa State fans; and moved to its current location in 2009 to make way for the renovation and reopening of the Historic Park Inn.

MEDIAWATCH — SEWELL CHAN will be a deputy managing editor at the Los Angeles Times. He is currently an international news editor at NYT.

Yard Waste & Recycling Center Hours & Services: The Yard Waste & Recycling Center is open for unlimited residential use with an annual permit on Monday and Friday, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. year round, and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. beginning April 7. Services include: High quality mulch, wood chips, screened topsoil and compost, stone aggregate, pavers, and garden bed timbers for sale by Supreme Forest Products; electronics recycling: TVs, computers, cell phones; textile recycling: linens, clothes, shoes, curtains; yard Waste disposal: brush, leaves in biodegradable bags; dirt, concrete, rocks, stones (free of metal); mattress & box spring; used motor oil, antifreeze and car batteries; rigid plastics recycling (ex. Lil’ Tyke play sets); household recyclables: plastics, glass, cardboard, boxboard, newspapers, paper and metal containers; and mercury thermostats.

Jay M. Thomas was recognized as the Iowa Physician Assistant of the Year by the Iowa Physician Assistant Society at the group’s fall medical education conference. He was recognized for his patient care and for educating medical professionals. Thomas received a similar award from the American Academy of Physician Assistants earlier this year.

Pig iron, so-called because it was once formed in moulds that produced a branched ingot resembling a sow with piglets, still contains many of the impurities from the ore and the coal used to fuel the smelting, much of them in the form of silicon or sulphur compounds. It is extremely brittle, and not of much use as a material. When it is melted once more under more controlled circumstances its impurity content can be reduced, and you will find the result as cast iron. Cast iron though is still brittle, if you hit it hard enough with a hammer it will shatter. Some means of completely removing those impurities is required, and that is the purpose of manufacturing wrought iron or steel. Wrought iron has those impurities oxidised at the surface of a semi-molten mass by continually reworking it with a hammer or through rollers, while steel achieves a similar aim by blasting compressed air through a crucible of molten pig iron.

Sending so much love to @WWERomanReigns and his family. You’re one of the strongest dudes I know and I can’t wait to see you back inside that ring. #thankyouRoman

Today in an email sent to employees, CEO Sundar Pichai announced the company would no longer require forced arbitration in sexual assault claims and recommit to hiring a more diverse workforce. “It’s clear we need to make some changes,” the email read.

Will prices fall dramatically? Possibly, but most unlikely. Companies still have to make money and there is very little to be gained from a prolonged period of retail losses.