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Aug 18, 2011
KAKEland - When the 7,743 students in Joplin, MO headed back to school, they will have a safe place to seek shelter if another storm strikes. Thirty-one concrete and steel tornado shelters made to withstand winds in excess of 250 miles per hour have been installed in Joplin by Protection Shelters, LLC, of Wichita, Kan.
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Aug 17, 2011
USGNN - St. John's Hospital suffered severe devastation following the EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., in May. Media reports showed image after image of how the building construction failed, including much of the glass. The good news is that researchers at Texas Tech University believe hospitals, including St. Johns, will rebuild differently.
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Aug 17, 2011
AgriLife Today - The Texas AgriLife Extension Service’s North Region will conduct their annual 4-H and FFA beef, lamb, goat and swine project training for those new to exhibiting livestock from 9 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Texas Tech Animal and Food Science Building.
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Aug 16, 2011
Marketwire - The Retirement Income Industry Association (RIIA) recently announced the winners of its first Academic Thought Leadership Award.
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