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Recent Examples of slabsPersistent slabs are one of nine types of avalanches, which include storm slab, deep persistent slab, wet slab, wet loose, dry loose, cornice fall and glide avalanche.—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Transported deep underground, the steel beams will be used for the construction of massive detector modules that will help Fermilab engineers to study neutrinos, some of the most common and least understood particles in the universe.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
The first step involves getting 10 million pounds of steel beams underground through a 20-foot-wide shaft—and that only covers the first container.
Center lids on jars and screw bands fingertip tight (just until resistance is met).
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Kelly Brant,
Arkansas Online,
12 May 2026
In the 1980s, an unprecedented number of Scottish bands became internationally popular, including Orange Juice, Big Country, The Blue Nile, and The Jesus and Mary Chain, who like the Cocteaus would go far with the combination of electric guitars, drum machines, and a ton of reverb.
Recent charter school law has clarified the role county boards have in providing oversight to charter schools that are authorized by the county office, or in considering factors on whether the appeal of charter schools authorized by local school districts is upheld or denied.
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Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Under one provision of Senate Bill 37, the faculty senate's control was transferred to the discretion of the university's governing boards and presidents.