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May 11, 2010
Severe weather rips through parts of Oklahoma Monday afternoon, with several tornados reported by spotters in the area. That, of course, bad for the folks who live in that area, but good for the team of about 20 Texas Tech students and faculty trying to research these tornados.
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May 11, 2010
Our courts have also acknowledged that Humanism is a religion. In the case Torcaso v. Watkins, the U.S. Supreme Court stated, 'Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Secular Humanism and others.' In the Texas Tech Law Review, an article cited several court decisions that have referred to Humanism as a religion (too many to list).
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May 11, 2010
One problem with the policies is that some were based on the measures used to regulate nuclear-weapons research, says Vickie Sutton, director of the Center for Biodefense, Law and Public Policy at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
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May 11, 2010
Lloyd Heinze, chairman of the petroleum engineering department at Texas Tech University, agrees that this is an unusual approach. 'Normally, you would not evacuate the riser until you were done with the last plug at the sea floor,' he said in an interview.
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