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Four years ago I picked up a good news/bad news local paper in Duluth. Good was the major revenue growth for the Port of Duluth -- importing wind turbines, in addition exporting taconite iron ore (to places where those wind-turbines are made.) Bad was that instead of the taconite being made into steel for turbines in the U.S. ports the ore freighters pass -- Chicago, Gary, Detroit, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo -- it went to China, and the turbines themselves were imported from Europe. But while I was in Brazil last week some much better news appeared -- Brazil this year is importing hundreds of wind turbine blades on freighters from Duluth. Great Plains demand for wind power had grown so much...

Related topics Aurora BorealisNorthern lightssolar flaregeomagnetic stormSpace WeatherSolar Activity Advertisement A geomagnetic storm caused by a massive x-class solar flare and resultant coronal mass ejection (CME) on Thursday continued to buffet the Earth's magnetic field today, producing spectacular aurora views all over the world, including much of the United States. At first, the impact of the CME was relatively weak and slow to get started, but it ramped up late last night and conditions have become stormy as the planetary index (Kp) reached as high as a 6. As a result, the Northern Lights have appeared as far south as California. Other areas reporting aurora sightings, including...

A committee of experts will soon collate the comments received for the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report, said Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister for Environment and Forests. The Ministry had received around 1,500 comments for the panel’s report, Ms. Natarajan told The Hindu on Sunday. The 45-day deadline fixed by the Ministry for submitting comments to the report ended on July 5. The Ministry, while releasing the report in the...

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A team of US adventurers is set to begin a dangerous and unprecedented journey across the Arctic that will see them rowing from Canada to Russia over the next 30 days. The grueling trek has billed as one of the world's last great firsts across a landscape that was covered in year-round ice just years ago. The rowers will also be collecting data on whale feeding habits and samples of plankton to help researchers better understand the Arctic ecosystem. Al Jazeera's Gerald Tan reports. 83 Source: Al Jazeera Share Send Feedback...

The American Hoedowners, a group of 16 cloggers from Central Kentucky, leaves Monday for Ireland, where the troupe will dance over the next two weeks at two clogging festivals in the city...

Related topics First Friday jazz seriesJoe's Restaurantvenice Advertisement The First Friday's jazz series continues August 3, 2012, at legendary Joe's restaurant in Venice. Mohr Music presents the series which starts at 9pm and features the Dustbowl Revival. This series features instrumental and vocal artists, internationally recognized players as well as great local talent. Joe's restaurant is located on 1023 Abbot Kinney Boulevard. You can make reservations by calling 310-399-5811 and they are strongly recommended as patio seating is limited. The Dustbowl Revival is based in Venice. Their music blends old school bluegrass, swamp-gospel, jug-band jump blues and hot swing from the...

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up among guests at a wedding hall Saturday in northern Afghanistan, killing 23 people including a prominent ex-Uzbek warlord turned lawmaker who was the father of the bride. Afghan men inspect a damaged wedding hall that was the site of a bombing in Samangan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July, 14, 2012. A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday in a wedding hall in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 23 people including a prominent warlord-turned-politician and three Afghan security force officials, in an attack that deals a setback to efforts to unify the nation's ethnic factions, Afghan officials said. (AP...