Solar panels power irrigation in Cape Girardeau farm test
Cape Girardeau NRCS and Gordonville farmer Mark Wessell test solar powered irrigation using 10 two by six foot panels feeding a pump for a 24 acre field. Since mid June the system has moved about 1.5 million gallons, surpassing daily expectations and hinting at fuel savings despite overcast days.
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Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau County
USDA
Natural Resource Conservation Service
NRCS
Gordonville-area
Mark
Wessell
Mark Nussbaum
Jo Ann Emerson
Nussbaum
National Weather Service
Paducah
Hubble Creek
Military widens door for dropouts in Pennsylvania
In Fort Indiantown Gap, 18 year old Brittany Vosta and other high school dropouts completed a three week course to earn GEDs and stay in the National Guard. The Education Plus program began in 2005 and has helped over 13,000 recruits nationwide earn GEDs. The effort aims to fill ranks while supporting at risk youths, though experts warn it may affect long term enlistment quality.
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Annville
Brittany Vosta
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Fort Indiantown Gap
Cleveland
Guard
Vojta
John Walton
Army
Army National Guard
Ohio National Guard
Pittsburgh
Carissa Krzak
Camp Hill
Cindy Williams
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Defense
Joe Sestak
D-Pa
Navy
National Priorities Project
Hurricane Flossie Near Hawaii Could Weaken Before Landfall
Category 4 hurricane Flossie, packing 135 mph winds, was projected to weaken to a Category 1 or tropical storm as it passed about 70 miles south of Hawaii late Tuesday or Wednesday. Forecasters warned a northward track shift could still bring hurricane conditions to the Big Island.
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Honolulu
Flossie
Hawaii
Island of
Hawaiian Islands
Central Pacific Hurricane Center
Big Island
Hilo
Harry Kim
Kim
Air Force
Mississippi
John Bravender
United States
Kauai
Central Pacific
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Cosme
Laser inspection confirms gash through shuttle tiles
Endeavour astronauts report a 3 inch gauge penetrated all the way through 1 inch thermal tiles on the belly after a foam impact at liftoff. NASA weighs whether to deploy a spacewalk to patch, with heating tests planned. Barbara Morgan and Tracy Caldwell assisted the survey using the 100 foot robotic arm near the right main landing gear area.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Endeavour
NASA
Columbia
John Shannon
Earth
Barbara Morgan
Challenger
Christa McAuliffe
Tracy Caldwell
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LRU
W. Plaza
Carterville, IL
WilkeWindow.com
Country Woodworks
East Westpoint Road
Campbell Hill
Pacific Ocean
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