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American Samoa received eight minutes warning before 2009 tsunami

26 October, 2020

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Friday, September 24, 2010 People in American Samoa were given only eight minutes warning that a tsunami, which killed 32 people in the unincorporated territory, resulting from the 2009 Samoa earthquake, was approaching. A report published by the United States Congress admits that the warning was issued sixteen minutes after the 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck […]

Lansing, Michigan airport designated ‘aerotropolis’

26 October, 2020

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Saturday, December 24, 2011 On Wednesday the Lansing, Michigan Capital Region International Airport and surrounding land was designated as an “aerotropolis” by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Strategic Fund board. The Next Michigan Development program allows the airport to offer tax incentives in order to attract manufacturing, distribution, and technology businesses to the surrounding area. […]

Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

26 October, 2020

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Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]

Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

26 October, 2020

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

26 October, 2020

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

26 October, 2020

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Fifteen people killed in attack on Nigerian college

26 October, 2020

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Friday, September 19, 2014 Officials said at least fifteen people were killed in an attack on a teachers training college in the Northern Nigerian city of Kano by a group of armed gunmen on Wednesday. Over 30 others were wounded. News agencies have reported while there has been no claim of responsibility, suspicion will likely […]

Trinity College

26 October, 2020

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Trinity College is the name of a number educational institutions, some of which are below: Trinity College, Cambridge, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge Trinity College, Dublin, the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin Trinity College, Melbourne, a residential college of the University of Melbourne Trinity College, Oxford, a constituent college […]

Utah bill requiring divine design education withdrawn by Senator Chris Buttars

26 October, 2020

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Monday, July 18, 2005 Utah Senator Chris Buttars has decided not to introduce a bill requiring the teaching of “divine design” in Utah schools, at least for this year. Buttars withdrew after State Board of Education director Patti Harrington assured him that Utah public school curriculum does not teach that man descended from apes. Buttars […]

College ice hockey could follow NHL and add second referee

26 October, 2020

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006 University of Maine men’s ice hockey head coach Tim Whitehead has proposed that the National Collegiate Athletic Association adopt the four-official system. The system, which has two referees and two linesmen, was adopted by the National Hockey League for the 1998/99 season on a trial basis before being fully implemented for […]