Summary of Legislation: Iowa General Assembly, 1982

This summary of legislation enacted by the General Assembly has been prepared for the use of legislators and other interested parties. The summary of each legislative enactment has been assigned to a major subject category. This compilation provides interested persons with quick reference to legislation enacted in specific areas and generally informs persons of the contents and effective date of the legislation. NOTE: This is a large file and may take a few minutes to load.

First Report of the Iowa Library Commission 1900-1903

1900-1903 Iowa Library Commission Report made to the Governor of Iowa.

Mesoscale numerical analysis of the historical November 1982 heavy precipitation event over Andorra (Eastern Pyrenees)

From 6 to 8 November 1982 one of the most catastrophic flash-flood events was recorded in the Eastern Pyrenees affecting Andorra and also France and Spain with rainfall accumulations exceeding 400 mm in 24 h, 44 fatalities and widespread damage. This paper aims to exhaustively document this heavy precipitation event and examines mesoscale simulations performed by the French Meso-NH non-hydrostatic atmospheric model. Large-scale simulations show the slow-evolving synoptic environment favourable for the development of a deep Atlantic cyclone which induced a strong southerly flow over the Eastern Pyrenees. From the evolution of the synoptic pattern four distinct phases have been identified during the event. The mesoscale analysis presents the second and the third phase as the most intense in terms of rainfall accumulations and highlights the interaction of the moist and conditionally unstable flows with the mountains. The presence of a SW low level jet (30 m s-1) around 1500 m also had a crucial role on focusing the precipitation over the exposed south slopes of the Eastern Pyrenees. Backward trajectories based on Eulerian on-line passive tracers indicate that the orographic uplift was the main forcing mechanism which triggered and maintained the precipitating systems more than 30 h over the Pyrenees. The moisture of the feeding flow mainly came from the Atlantic Ocean (7-9 g kg-1) and the role of the Mediterranean as a local moisture source was very limited (2-3 g kg-1) due to the high initial water vapour content of the parcels and the rapid passage over the basin along the Spanish Mediterranean coast (less than 12 h).

Row Crop Response to Topsoil Restored on Borrow Areas, HR-186, Supplemental Report, 1982

Borrow areas are created where soil is needed to provide fill for construction projects. This research evaluated (1) the changes in row crop productivity resulting from removal of soil for highway construction in Iowa and (2) restoration methods which included: depth of topsoil, subsoil tillage, manure application, and two years of legume growth prior to row cropping. The research was carried out from 1977-1981 at four locations. Corn and soybean y1elds from borrow areas have been below, equal to; and greater than yields from undisturbed, neighboring farmland. Little or no yield increase was noted from restored topsoil at coarse textured sites. At finer textured sites, a marked yield increase of both crops occurred after the addition of 6 inches of topsoil but little added yield increase resulted from restoring 12 inches of topsoil. Subsoil tillage has shown little or no beneficial effect on crop yields. The manure treatment has resulted in a corn yield increase but only in the first year after application.

Row Crop Response to Topsoil Restored on Borrow Areas, HR-186, 1982

Borrow areas are created where soil is needed to provide fill for construction projects. The changes in row-crop productivity resulting from removal of soil for highway construction in Iowa and restoration methods, which included addition to topsoil, subsoil tillage, manure application, and 2 yr of legume growth before row cropping, were evaluated. The research was carried out from 1977 to 1981 at four locations. Corn and soybean yields from borrow areas have been below, equal to, and greater than yields from undisturbed neighboring farmland. Little or no yield increase was noted from restored topsoil at coarse-textured sites. At finer-textured sites, a marked yield increase of both crops occurred after the addition of 6 in. of topsoil but little added yield increase resulted from restoring 12 in. of topsoil. Subsoil tillage has shown little or no beneficial effect on crop yields. The manure treatment has resulted in a corn yield increase but only in the first year after application.

[11 lettres de Jules Massenet à Robert Gangnat, 1903-1909]

Lui recommande Monsieur Chotteau : "J'estime grandement cet homme si parfaitement méritant ; c'est un lettré digne de votre protection et j'ai pour lui une amitié reconnaissante et fidèle" (9 janvier 1903). Espère recevoir chez lui ses droits échus (7 avril). Évoque sa collaboration avec Paul Ginisty, relate son travail sur "Ariane" dont le poème de Catulle Mendès est "admirable de passion, de pittoresque et de sentiments humains." (9 octobre 1904). L'informe que dans quelques jours vont commencer les répétitions générales de "Chérubin" à Monte Carlo (25 janvier 1905). Regrette enfin d'avoir raté sa visite du Nouvel An : "j'avais juré que je serai le premier à vous voir." (2 janvier 1906)