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...moved him to a new tank in Newport, Oregon, and for two years we made him gain a ton of weight, got rid of his skin disease, trained him to catch live fish, and gave him exercise. We got him used to real saltwater. And then when he was ready, we put him on the plane and flew him to Iceland, where he had been captured when he was two years old. There, little by little, we adapted him to being in his natural environment. On the 5th of July, 2002 - I was there - he decided to say goodbye...
...They’ve just recently approved a ton of new courses, which is great. They were originally concerned about not having enough courses,” said Robert G. Doyle, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, who is also a freshman academic advisor. “But I think the program received a lot of course recommendations just before the deadline because professors are just like students—always finishing at the last minute...
...boats will sail together just off the coast of the historic port city of Qingdao, an armada of Chinese naval vessels, accompanied by 21 visiting ships from 14 different foreign Navies - the United States very much included. On April 19, the U.S.S. Fitzgerald, a 6,800 ton missile destroyer with the storied 7th Fleet, cruised into Qingdao harbor, a welcoming phalanx of Chinese sailors standing at attention dockside...
...Somalia's shores. A 2005 United Nations Environmental Program report cited uranium radioactive and other hazardous deposits leading to a rash of respiratory ailments and skin diseases breaking out in villages along the Somali coast. According to the U.N., at the time of the report, it cost $2.50 per ton for a European company to dump these types of materials off the Horn of Africa, as opposed to $250 per ton to dispose of them cleanly in Europe...
...being named as a USA Today All-American instantly made Weiler a coveted recruit.“He was highly recruited and very accomplished coming out of high school,” Saretsky said. “He was undefeated his senior year in high school. He showed a ton of potential, and he’s a great competitor.”But Weiler credits his success to his coaches, not his athletic talent.“I was very fortunate to have very good coaches,” Weiler said. “Every coach brings a different...