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NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE'S SALE WHEREAS

Jun 12, 2024 | columbiamissourian.com | James Powell

WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of a Promissory Note se- cured by a Deed of Trust executed by Tree Top Housing in Care of The Camp- bell Kids, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company, dated December 27, 2021 and recorded December 30, 2021 in the of- fice of the Recorder of Deeds of Boone County, Missouri in Book 5560 at Page 116, and conveying to Nathan Jones, Trustee, the following described real es- tate, situated in the County of Boone, State of Missouri, to-wit: Lot...
How deep does life go?

Apr 25, 2024 | popsci.com | James Powell

This article was originally featured on MIT Press Reader. This article is excerpted from James Lawrence Powell’s book “Mysteries of the Deep“. When HMS Challenger set sail in 1872, some scientists still believed in the azoic theory: that life cannot exist below 300 fathoms, or 550 meters. Others thought that creatures lived in the abyss, but that the cold and dark prevented them from evolving. With no more than their dredges, the Challenger scientists soon disproved both ideas.
How Deep Does Life Go?

Apr 9, 2024 | thereader.mitpress.mit.edu | James Powell |John Downer |William Firebrace |Alain Bécoulet

BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. When HMS Challenger set sail in 1872, some scientists still believed in the azoic theory: that life cannot exist below 300 fathoms, or 550 meters. Others thought that creatures lived in the abyss, but that the cold and dark prevented them from evolving. With no more than their dredges, the Challenger scientists soon disproved both ideas.
La doble cara de las tormentas de polvo

Apr 8, 2024 | lasprovincias.es | James Powell

Sin ir más lejos, este fin de semana las previsiones meteorológicas señalan que una masa de aire cálido procedente de África arrastrará polvo en suspensión sobre el sur de Europa. Otro ejemplo de este tipo de fenómenos sucedió a finales del invierno de 2022, cuando tuvo lugar una entrada intensa de polvo procedente del desierto del Sahara que alcanzó hasta el norte de Europa.
La doble cara de las tormentas de polvo

Apr 5, 2024 | theconversation.com | James Powell |Janice Brahney

Al comienzo de la famosa película Interstellar (2014) se nos muestra un futuro en que la humanidad se enfrenta al reto de encontrar nuevos mundos. La causa está, entre otras, en enormes tormentas de polvo que provocan problemas de salud y dificultan el cultivo de alimentos. Pero no es una amenaza que viva solo en la ficción.
Mysteries of the Deep

Mar 5, 2024 | mitpress.mit.edu | James Powell

Description Praise A groundbreaking chronicle of scientific ocean drilling—a crowning achievement of the twentieth century—and how it shaped our knowledge of Earth's past. Under the radar—or, rather, sonar—of most people and many scientists, for the last six decades ships have plied the world's oceans, mining the seafloor for its secrets—and quietly resolving confounding geological mysteries. Continental drift and plate tectonics. The origin of the Hawaiʻian Islands.
IT Pays a Price for Poor Requirements Practices

Feb 3, 2024 | adtmag.com | James Powell

News IAG Consulting's new Business Analysis Benchmark makes one thing clear: almost 70 percent of companies surveyed set themselves up for both failure and significantly higher costs by their use of poor requirements practices. Moreover, failure came at significant expense. The average $3 million project costs companies using poor requirements practices an average of $5.87 million per project -- a $2.24 million premium.
Touchdown! NASA recovers Bennu asteroid sample after spacecraft's return to Earth

Sep 25, 2023 | redding.com | Emily DeLetter |James Powell

A NASA spacecraft returned to Earth on Sunday after a years-long mission to a nearby asteroid. A capsule containing pieces from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu separated from the spacecraft known as the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security-Regolith Explorer, or the OSIRIS-REx, and entered Earth's atmosphere. The capsule parachuted into the Utah Test and Training Range in Utah's West Desert.
Los Angeles politician sentenced to 42 months on corruption charges, latest in city scandals

Aug 29, 2023 | lucianne.com | James Powell

Original ArticlePosted By: Beardo, 8/29/2023 12:46:44 PMFormer Los Angeles City Council Member and Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas was sentenced to 42 months in prison on conspiracy, bribery as well as mail and wire fraud convictions on Monday.