St. Luke's Wood River to Get New CT Scanner
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“In keeping with our goal to create an exceptional patient experience, we want to make sure we have taken every means available to protect our patients from unnecessary radiation.” said Kandis Pedersen-Romero, medical imaging manager. “This new CT …
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the_librarian @ May 24, 2013
5/24/2013 — 8.3M earthquake — Sea of Okhotsk …
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This video shows the horizontal and vertical motion recorded as seismic waves from the …
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the_librarian @ May 24, 2013
Pilot Captures Close-Up Look at Volcano Eruption …
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On May 17, 2013, Chris Owens, who runs Conundrum Ventures, flew by Pavlof Volcano in …
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the_librarian @ May 24, 2013
Russia lifts tsunami warning
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| Moscow – Russian emergency authorities lifted a tsunami warning on Friday several minutes after they announced one, following an earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia's eastern coast. The main city of Kamchatka is home to a nuclear submarine base … See all stories on this topic » |
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the_librarian @ May 24, 2013
Far East quake felt 7000km away in Moscow
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However, the emergencies ministry said it had called off a tsunami warning that had been issued for the Sakhalin region and added there were no reports of casualties following the quake. Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of …
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the_librarian @ May 24, 2013
Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
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According to University of Illinois-Urbana agricultural economist Darrel Good, it was generally expected that prices would follow the pattern experienced in other “short-crop” years, with prices peaking near harvest and returning to pre-drought levels …
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the_librarian @ May 24, 2013
Drought Drains Wichita Falls' City Revenue
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The city of Wichita Falls has been urging and requiring less water use as the reservoirs continuing sinking during this terrible drought. But the more successful the campaign to reduce water use is, the less revenue the city collects from water bills …
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the_librarian @ May 24, 2013
From drought-prone to crop-rich
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Gujarat was once drought-prone. But with initiatives taken by farmers, NGOs and the government, today it ranks among the top five States in agricultural production. Farm output hit Rs 60,000 crore in market value as of 2011-2012. Gujarat was importing …
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the_librarian @ May 24, 2013
Drought takes toll on trade balance
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Drought took its toll on the trade balance last month. Exports exceeded imports by $157 million, equivalent to 4 per cent of exports. But it is normal for April's trade flows to be in the black – and the surpluses had averaged 10 per cent of exports …
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the_librarian @ May 24, 2013
Major Earthquake of M8.3 in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia: 24 May 2013
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Location and tectonic setting of the M8.3 Sea of Okhotsk earthquake, 24 May 2013. Image credit: USGS. A severe earthquake of magnitude 8.3 (M8.3) struck in the Sea of Okhotsk, in the northwestern Pacific, on 24 May 2013. The tremor was the largest to …
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the_librarian @ May 24, 2013
