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Other Houses have also had their share of fire extinguisher troubles. Residents of the Kirkland annex could not go back into their rooms because a prankster discharged a fire extinguisher last Friday night. Firefighters argued it was a safety issue—the powder given off by the chemical extinguisher is harmful, they say—but students, weathering 21-degree temperatures that night, disagreed...
...alarm, Murphy said. According to Kirkland residents, Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) prevented students from all of the Annex’s six entryways from re-entering their rooms after the fire department left. Murphy said that the police stopped students from accessing their rooms because of the powder given off by the chemical extinguisher. This was the second time in a week that students have been left homeless for a night due to improper use of a fire extinguisher—a nearly identical incident took place next door in Eliot’s D entryway the previous Saturday...
...Special federal police forces have already been called in to quell deadly riots in the poor southern state of Oaxaca. In its broader context, the violence reflects a national backlash against the utter failure of globalization and a fledgling democracy to address Mexico's gross economic inequality. And that powder keg is nudging Calderon to acknowledge that the sort of social investment and regulatory reform programs for which he once ridiculed Lopez Obrador may not be such a bad idea. He recently spoke favorably to TIME of major initiatives in health and education and "reducing the power" of Mexico...
...decision to name rookie Jay Cutler the starter for the final five Bronco games, replacing the inconsistent, oft-criticized Jake Plummer at quarterback.Being from the Mile High City, it’s no surprise that I’m a pretty big Broncos fan. Besides the powder blue of the Nuggets and the crimson we all know and love, as far as I’m concerned, orange and blue are the most important colors in the spectrum.So when I heard of Shanahan’s decision, my emotions ran wild. I felt a strange sense...
Known to reduce inflammation and ease nausea, ginger powder was also found to kill ovarian-cancer cells in the laboratory at a rate comparable to conventional chemotherapy drugs...