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| Snow plagues Plains on first weekend of spring | |
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| Red River flood leaves Fargo unscathed | |
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| Another British Columbia avalanche kills 2 | |
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A third deadly avalanche in British Columbia within a week has killed two French skiers as they were coming down a mountain after being dropped off by helicopter, police said Sunday.
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| Power cut to 60,000 as cyclone hits Australia | |
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About 60,000 homes are without power, trees and signs have blown over and boats have been smashed on the rocks after a massive storm blew across the coast of northeastern Australia.
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| In Fargo, no guarantees in flood forecasts | |
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| Sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange | |
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| Fargo floods turn farms into lakes | |
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| Fargo learns from mistakes in flood fight | |
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| Video: A national look at the next 3 days | |
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Weather Related News- Weather News
| Women do make men throw caution to the wind, research confirms | |||
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The presence of an attractive woman elevates testosterone levels and physical risk taking in young men, according to a recent study. |
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| Memory for visual scenes is enhanced when events occur at behaviorally relevant times | |||
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What determines whether a scene is remembered or forgotten? According to a new study memory for visual scenes may not depend on attention level or what a scene contains, but when the scene is presented. The study shows how visual scenes are encoded into memory at behaviorally relevant points in time. |
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| Brewing up a gentler java: Dark-roasted coffee contains stomach-friendly ingredient | |||
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Stomach irritation preventing almost two out of every 10 people from enjoying coffee. Now, scientists report the discovery of several substances that may be among the culprits responsible for brewing up heartburn and stomach pain in every cup. |
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| Imperfect chips pave the way for new quantum technology | |||
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When it comes to optical chips, disorder can actually be desirable. The surprising finding was made by a research group in Denmark, overturning the common notion that optical chips must be perfect. |
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| Health-care worker vaccination rates remain perilously low | |||
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Health-care personnel influenza immunization rates have remained low, despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other leading health-care organizations that all health-care personnel receive annual flu vaccines. Experts say these levels are perilous. Increasing vaccination rates substantially improves patient safety, lowering flu deaths by 40 percent. |
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| Emergency contraception: Advance provision does not reduce pregnancy rates; No increase in unprotected sex | |||
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Providing emergency contraception to women in advance of need does not reduce pregnancy rates, despite increased use and faster use after unprotected sexual intercourse, according to a new review. |
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| Direct injection of gold nanoparticles into tumors opens door to new treatment for pancreatic cancer | |||
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Pancreatic cancer -- known as the most fatal cancer with no known effective treatment -- requires a radical new therapy. A promising approach may come in the form of tiny gold nanoparticles -- loaded with a therapeutic agent to kill cancer -- in a novel procedure called "nanoembolization," said researchers. |
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| Protecting cancer patients by reducing radiation doses, side effects | |||
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New recommendations for the safe irradiation of 16 organs have been published. For each organ, the relationship between dose/volume and clinical outcome is reviewed. |
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| Mastery of rare-earth elements vital to Americas security | |||
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Used in everything from batteries to electric motors, rare earth elements are vital to Americas security, a senior metallurgist at the US Department of Energys Ames Laboratory, told members of the Investigations & Oversight Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science and Technology. Yet, the great majority of rare earth mining and production currently takes place in China. |
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| Beluga sturgeon in Caspian Sea reclassified as critically endangered | |||
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Beluga sturgeon in the Caspian Sea have been reclassified as "critically endangered" placing them on IUCNs Red List, providing strong evidence that fishing and international trade should be halted and a stock-rebuilding plan should be initiated immediately. Beluga sturgeon populations have been decimated in part due to unrelenting exploitation for black caviar -- the sturgeons unfertilized eggs -- considered the finest in the world. |
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| Water: Battery-power desalination offers hope to parched areas | |||
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Scientists said on Sunday they had made a nanotech device to strip salt from seawater, paving the way to small-scale or even battery-powered desalination for drought-hit regions and disaster zones. |
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| Flooding a concern following icy weather in Ozarks - News-Leader.com | |||
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| Another blast of winter brings snow that falls just short of setting seasonal ... - Dallas Morning News | |||
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| Fargo spared as Red River crests | Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/22/2010 - Philadelphia Inquirer | |||
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| Spring brings snow to the Plains - Washington Post | |||
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| Warmth to return to Dallas after winter's parting shot - Dallas Morning News | |||
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| Key predictor of cardiovascular death identified | |||
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) hospitalizes more than 160,000 Canadians every year, and almost one quarter of those patients die from this common form of heart disease. But now researchers have identified a key predictor of mortality in CAD patients, which means that specialists can better determine how to treat and improve outcomes for patients with CAD. |
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| Environmental refugees and global warming | |||
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Climate change and environmental degradation are likely to trigger increased migration in Sub-Saharan Africa with potentially devastating effects on the hundreds of millions of especially poor people, according to a new article. |
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| Rapid increases in tree growth found in US | |||
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Rapid increases in tree growth in the US, slower tree growth in the tropics, new ideas about biodiversity, new methods for monitoring forest carbon stocks: These are among the mid-term results from the HSBC Climate Partnership. |
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| Flood fears recede in well-prepared Midwest cities - USA Today | |||
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Telemet - News
| 22/03/2010 | Chapa Verde Ski Area acquires its first PB300 |
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We want to congratulate Chapa Verde Ski Area, located in the Rancagua region from Chile, for acquiring their first PistenBully model PB300.
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| 22/03/2010 | The Municipality of Zapallar, V Region, Acquires a New BeachTech 2000S |
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This new unit BT 2000S, acquired through the process of a public tender, was already delivered to the Municipality of Zapallar (Chile’s Fifth Region) for its immediate use during the summer season 2009-10.
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| 22/03/2010 | Kodiak Northwest Snow-blower for DGAC from Chile |
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During September 2009, as a result of having won a public tender, Telemet Sudamerica delivered two Kodiak Northwest snowblowers to the Civil Aeronautics Agency of Chile.
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| 22/03/2010 | The most cost-effective vehicle in its class! |
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Its amazing climbing capability, high work rate and extremely comfortable driver’s cab make the Formatic 350 a solid vehicle for slope preparation.
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| 22/03/2010 | The first PB100 Arrives to Chile |
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Telemet Sudamércia S.A. y Cía. Ltda. announces today the arrival of the first PistenBully 100 to Chile for Anglo American Sur, S.A. operations in Santiago, Chile.
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| 22/03/2010 | Codelco La Andina and Anglo Disputada Purchase The First 4-PB600 Polar For Chile |
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Two of the biggest mining operations in Chile have placed an order for four (4) PB600 Polar snowgroomers, "Mining Edition", for their high mountain operations.
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| 22/03/2010 | Portillo has acquired the first PB400W in Chile |
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Portillo Ski area from Santiago, Chile has acquired from Telemet Sudamerica a brand new PistenBully 400W model 2009. This is the first acquisition in its type for Chile.
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| 22/03/2010 | New Pisten Bully 400 |
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Technically top of its class. Extremely easy and comfortable to operate. Absolute precision. The PistenBully 400 possesses all the features which are essential for work on the roofs of the world.
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| 22/03/2010 | Expansion of the PistenBully family |
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Snow groomers by the Formatic brand are amongst the pioneers of vehicles designed to operate on snow. The Formatic brand belongs to Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG since 2008.
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| 22/03/2010 | New acquisitions of PistenBully's equipment from Chilean Ski Areas |
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El Colorado, La Parva and Valle Nevado Ski Areas from Santiago - Chile, have acquired from Telemet Sudamerica three new PistenBully models year 2008.
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| 22/03/2010 | Valle Nevado continues to expand its fleet acquiring a PB 200 Park Bully model 2008 |
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The Ski Area Valle Nevado from Santiago, Chile, has acquired from Telemet Sudamérica a new PistenBully 200 Park Bully, model 2008.
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| 22/03/2010 | Ski La Parva increases its snow-grooming fleet acquiring a PB 200 Park Bully year 2008 |
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La Parva Ski Area from Santiago, Chile, has acquired from Telemet Sudamérica a new PistenBully 200 Park Bully of 2008 edition.
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| 22/03/2010 | El Colorado Ski Area Acquires a PB 300W-2008 |
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The Ski Area El Colorado from Santiago, Chile, has acquired from Telemet Sudamerica a new PistenBully 300W of 2008 collection to be delivered for use at this coming winter season 2008.
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| 22/03/2010 | Interactive Weather Pages |
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Make your weather page come alive as your users receive up-to-date weather information through an interactive map.
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| 22/03/2010 | Latitude 42° north air assault |
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On March 1 and 2, 2008 took place the fourth edition of "Latitude 42 North Air Assault" organized by Telemet, Inc. at his partner’s facilities Hunter Mountain Ski Bowl.
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| 22/03/2010 | First Integrated Center in South America, dedicated to mountain engineering and environmental technology. |
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| 22/03/2010 |
Valle Nevado Acquires a PB 300W-2007, for immediate delivery |
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Valle Nevado Ski Area from Santiago, Chile has bought from Top Service by Telemet a new Pisten Bully 300 W, year 2007, with immediate delivery to be used this winter season.
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| 22/03/2010 | A better way to control Dust and Odor |
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Dust Boss: The leader in dust control solutions for the demolition & construction industries.
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| 22/03/2010 | Hosted Weather Solution® |
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A tool that allows you to provide to your visitors the most up-to-date weather information, graphics and videos without having to worry about maintain your weather segment.
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| 22/03/2010 | Digital Signage |
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AccuWeather® by Telemet, Inc. delivers the best-looking weather graphics and the most accurate weather data to digital signage companies to enhance the value of their presentation.
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