Nutrient Pollution Could Cause Record-Setting 'Dead Zone' In Gulf Of Mexico
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online This year, scientists are expecting a very large “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, according to several NOAA-supported forecast models. Those same models predict a smaller than average...
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CHICAGO, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Meridian Health Plan is moving its office from 222 N. LaSalle St. to 333 S. Wabash Ave. on July 1 in response to the expanding business needs of the company. "Since January, we have added 50 jobs in Illinois and expect to add over 100 more by the end of the year," said Michael Cotton, Meridian's President. "Growth of this magnitude necessitated additional space which 333 S. Wabash was able to provide." In addition to the job creation in...
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have broken the record for tracking the movement and concentration of carbon dioxide in a geologic formation using the world's deepest Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) system. The research provides insight into the effects of geological sequestration to mitigate the impact of greenhouse gases. The team led by LLNL's Charles Carrigan obtained time lapse electrical resistivity images during the injection of more than 1 million tons...
With a team of eleven individuals, New City Chiropractic Center located in Rockland County New York participated in a Spartan Sprint obstacle course spanning over 4.5 miles all with the goal of raising thousands of dollars for Multiple Sclerosis Research. The team was successful, exhausted and exhilarated at the end of the race which took place on June 2nd in Tuxedo, New York. New City, NY (PRWEB) June 12, 2013 When eleven individuals signed up as members of the New City Gladiators under...
Brandon, MS Dental Practice, Germany Dental, Improves Thousands of Patient’s Lives with the Use of Sedation Dentistry Brandon, MS (PRWEB) June 07, 2013 Dr. Jonathan Germany of Germany Dental recently launched a new website to better educate his patients and future patients on cosmetic and sedation dentistry in Jackson, MS and surrounding areas. Germany Dental’s primary goal with the launch of their new website is to educate. “Let’s face it, many Americans are apprehensive about...
Comic Daredevil Bello Nock Hangs Upside Down From A Helicopter Over MGM's Gulf Coast Resort to Kick off New Summer Production BILOXI, Miss., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Comedic daredevil and circus star Bello Nock dangled upside down from a helicopter 500 feet above the ground at Beau Rivage today, with no safety net or tether, to kick off the resort's new summer show FUNAMBULA. The theatrical circus sensation will perform a limited eight-week engagement in the Beau Rivage Theatre...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Northwestern Medicine researchers say they have discovered a big breakthrough that could help people suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS). The researchers completed the first phase of a clinical trial for the first treatment to reset the immune system of MS patients. They found that the patients showed the therapy was safe and dramatically reduced their immune systems' reactivity to myelin by 50 to 75 percent. In MS, the immune...
HOUSTON, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2013, CenterPointEnergy will add 35 natural gas vehicles to its fleet across Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. Additionally, the company expects to provide natural gas service to at least 17 new compressed natural gas fueling stations built in the company's service territory. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020930/CNPLOGO) "Vehicles powered by affordable, clean, safe and domestic natural gas can...
ST. LOUIS, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISLE) ("Isle") today reported financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended April 28, 2013. 2013 Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights Net revenues, excluding insurance recoveries in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, declined from $282.4 million to $268.1 million, and Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA decreased from $69.8 million to $59.1 million. Adjusted income per share, which...
Health Education and Fitness Programs to Serve Area Residents CHARLESTON, Miss., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tallahatchie General Hospital, with funding from Jim Kennedy, chairman of Cox Enterprises, announced today plans to build a Wellness Center in Charleston, Miss. The plans follow results of the University of Mississippi Community Health Needs Assessment in 2012, funded by Kennedy and the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, which identified health, wellness,...
-- "Together in MS" tandem teams have pedaled 1,000 miles in 15 National MS Society "Bike MS" events since 2011 EAST HANOVER, N.J., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Phil Keoghan, host of "The Amazing Race" and founder of No Opportunity Wasted (NOW), joins Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for the third year to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis (MS) through a unique campaign, called Together in MS. The campaign helps show--through participation and accomplishment--that MS does...
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Symbol: SPMI9 Group: Moss Family: Sphagnaceae Growth Habit: Nonvascular Native Status: NA N Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Division Bryophyta – Mosses Subdivision Musci Class Sphagnopsida – Peat mosses Subclass Sphagnidae Order Sphagnales Family Sphagnaceae Genus Sphagnum L. – sphagnum Species Sphagnum mississippiense R.E....
The Blue sucker, Cycleptus elongatus, is a freshwater species of fish in the sucker family. Huge migrations of these fast, powerful fish once migrated throughout the Mississippi River basin, and spring harvests of blue sucker were a staple food for early pioneers. Blue suckers are quite rare today, mainly due to the segmentation of habitat caused by the thousands of dams that have been built in the last century. Early records indicate that this fish once reached weights of over 40 lb,...
The Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) is an endangered species of fish that exists in the waters of the Mississippi and Missouri River and numerous tributaries. In 1990, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed the species on the endangered species list, as very few young sturgeon had been found in recent years, and also due to the fact that all sightings of the fish had lessened in the preceding decade. The Pallid sturgeon is one of the largest fish found in the Mississippi...
The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the black bear or cinnamon bear, is the most common bear in North America. The black bear can be found throughout much of North America, from northern Canada and Alaska south into Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This includes 39 of the 50 U.S. states and all Canadian provinces. Populations in east-central and the southern United States remain in the protected mountains and woodlands of parks and preserves. While there...
The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. One of the black basses, it is native to a wide area east of the Rocky Mountains in North America, encompassing the Mississippi River basin, the Saint Lawrence River"“Great Lakes system, and up into the Hudson Bay basin, as well as down into Florida, Texas, and northeastern Mexico. The largemouth bass is distinguished by a series of dark blotches forming a ragged...
