. The Nemaha Uplift is a buried range of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains associated with a granite high in the pre-Cambrian basement that extends approximately from Nebraska to Central Oklahoma (Gerhard2004). The major deformation of the Nemaha Uplift took place in pre-Desmoinesian and post-...
The OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries decided Wednesday to sharply cut production to support sagging oil prices, a move that could deal the struggling global economy another blow and raise politically sensitive pump prices for U.S. drivers just a
Changes in the other flavor characteristics followed a similar pattern but did not reach the same level of pronouncement as oxidized flavor. This increase in oxidized flavor may reflect the increased level of unsaturated FA in the milk from cows fed supplemental fat, especially those supplemented ...
"It's been hard," Warner said as she filled her Chevy Venture last week in West Des Moines. "I miss the days when gas was 98 cents." Five great green TED talks I like to think of author James Howard Kunstler as the anti-Steffen: Whenever I find myself getting a little too sanguin...
The strings that were attached to the mostly COURT DRIVEN changes in our society over the last few decades include REPUBLICAN AND TRUMP type politicians controlling most of the government of this country, from dogcatcher to president. I’m talking like a COACH, trying to explain WHY things are...
Arild Holm, equity analyst who follows energy stocks at Principal Global Investors, Des Moines, Iowa, advised that investors should overweight or market-weight the energy sector. David Spika, investment strategist at Westwood Management Corp., Dallas, Texas, said the firm's large-cap value and ...
Derivatives Bill Needs FERC Changes, Lawmakers Say (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Representative Edward Markey said he is working on changes to derivatives legislation that would preserve the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s authority over wholesale power markets. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said...
As climate change is credited as one of the main drivers behind soaring food prices, the Global Crop Diversity Trust is undertaking a major effort to search crop collections—from Azerbaijan to Nigeria—for the traits that could arm agriculture against the impact of future changes. Traits, such ...
which killed the crops in mid-summer. A pattern such as that today would destroy the food crops in the mid-west, resulting in famine. Food prices would skyrocket and the economy would take a big dive, one even worse than we've seen since December 2007 as people spend most of their mon...
Richard Doak, a columnist with the Des Moines Register, would seem to agree with some of Mr. Shaw's ideas regarding the future of various regions of the United States. He uncharismatically christens this region "the united Upper Midwest", and claims Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Neb...