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...atmosphere and determine night-side temperature ? ALICE - Analyzes ultraviolet light to determine atmospheric composition ? RALPH - Makes color maps of the surfaces of Pluto and Charon and uses infrared measurements to determine surface composition ? SDC - Built by students in Colorado, this instrument will count and measure dust particles in space throughout the journey...
...there were 68 safety violations at the mine. Last year, there were 208 violations, including 96 considered "significant" by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration. Since ICG bought Sago and reopened it in 2004, there have been 276 violations, including four citations for allowing combustible coal dust and gases to accumulate and 22 for failing to implement a proper ventilation plan. Portions of the mine were shut down 18 times last year because of safety problems, according to Federal mine officials, who plan to investigate the accident...
...around. ?I thought the roof of my house was coming off,? said Lynette Roby. One group of miners had lingered close to the mine entrance and was able to escape. Another group of 13 had ventured about 2.5 miles into the shaft and was trapped in a cloud of dust and carbon monoxide. One member of this group, fire boss Marty Bennett, had been traveling a few hundred feet in the rear, monitoring oxygen levels, and was killed instantly by the blast. The first group of miners ran into the shaft to try and save their friends, but was forced...
...science and for a nation that has been hoping to become the world leader in therapeutic cloning technology-that is, the idea of using a patient?s own cells to grow replacement parts for failing tissue. And for Hwang himself, who seemed to be leaving other scientists in the dust, things have gone from bad to worse. He?s still insisting that two of the 17 human stem-cell lines he says he created through cloning are legitimate, but the university is looking into those as well-and sifting through his data on Snuppy, which Hwang presented last summer...
...union has also made it clear that the strike was not just about dollars and cents, but about respect as well. The workers, Toussaint intoned, deserve to be noticed, not to mention appreciated, for their endless toil below ground, among the rats and the steel dust. The notice they gained this week, however, looked at times more like notoriety-from commuters carping about the relatively high transit worker salary to angry blogs posting pictures of various station agents sleeping in their booths before the strike. But on this morning, however, forgiveness was in the close subway station...