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UA scientists prep for bio-terror attack
More than 150 students, faculty and alumni from the College of Pharmacy will be dispensing medicine during a bio-terrorism drill starting today in Tucson, said David Von Behren, the college's spokesman.
The drill, part of a three-day bio-terrorism conference that has garnered national attention in wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the war on terror, is being held to test how a major metropolitan area anywhere in the country could respond to a biological terrorist attack. It will also help to prepare southern Arizona in case such an attack happened here, said Bryn Bailer, communications coordinator from the Pima County Health Department.
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Hull visit spotlights genomic research
Gov. Jane Dee Hull visited campus yesterday to tour the respiratory science labs and other labs conducting research on human genes.
The tour began at the Life Sciences South building, where staff members explained the human genome project and how genetic factors affect populations.
The staff, led by research scientist and associate anthropology professor Michael Hammer, has been concentrating on how some of the 30,000 human genes work.
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Plan focuses on bridging campus and health center
A new plan for campus development for the next 15 years unveiled yesterday shows massive growth toward University Medical Center, additional housing and parking garages and looks toward reducing car traffic on campus.
In a meeting yesterday, planners looked at what campus space should be used for 10 to 15 years from now, and revamped a plan originally approved by the Arizona Board of Regents in 1988.
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On the Spot
Beauty school student hot for Frankie Avalon, not for feet
WILDCAT: Oh, I'm so jealous. Do you know what my favorite scene in Grease is?
ZEIGLER: "Beauty School Dropout."
WILDCAT: Yes. OK, well I am glad that I just made every guy who was reading this article throw it in the trash, but hey. Avalon was pretty hot for an old guy.
ZEIGLER: Yeah.
WILDCAT: Do you think I would look good with Princess Leia buns?
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U-WIRE: Smoking while young kickstarts risk of irreversible emphysema
OXFORD, Miss. ÷ Emphysema's damaging effects begin to set in almost as soon as one starts smoking, especially in the young, according to leading respiratory officials. "Emphysema is generally thought of as an older person's disease but it is a process. When you use tobacco products, you run the risk of developing it later in life," said Anita Bales, tobacco program manager of the American Lung Association in Mississippi.
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U-WIRE: Police continue to search for missing Marshall U. student
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. ÷ Police found Marshall University student Samantha Burns' car in Wayne County early Tuesday morning.
Burns, a 19-year-old physical therapy assistance major from West Hamlin, has been missing since Nov. 11. Her mother said she last heard from her daughter when she called to say she was coming home.
She never arrived.
Mack Kilgore of Haneys Branch Road in Wayne County, said he was awakened at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12 by what he called, "several loud explosions."
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Fast facts:
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For commercial use, the skins of turkeys are tanned and used to make items like cowboy boots, belts and other accessories.
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Olive oil is made only from green olives. Nearly all of the green olives grown in Italy are converted into olive oil.
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A "springe" is a snare consisting of a noose attached to something under tension, as a bent tree branch.
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According to manufacturer Spalding, the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000 bounces.
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Andrew Carnegie donated about $330 million to libraries, research projects and world peace endeavors.
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In 1789, the Bill of Rights was ratified.
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In 1914, photographs became a requirement on passports from the U.S. State Department.
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In 1919, the first municipally-owned airport in the United States opened ÷ in Tucson.
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In 1945, the war crime trials of 24 German World War II leaders began in Nuremberg.
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In 1962, President John F. Kennedy agreed to lift the American blockade of Cuba, ending the Cuban missile crisis.
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In 1998, Afghanistan's Taliban militia offered safe haven to Osama bin Laden, who was then accused of planning two U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa.
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Quotable...
"This is a substantial accomplishment, an historic day in the age of insecurity we've entered."
÷ Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., one of many authors of homeland security legislation, on the nearing of approval of the bill.
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