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West Bengal: Chandernagore teacher Piyali Basak climbs Everest, to attempt Lhotse

The Times of India 23 May 2022

Basak, who attempted the summit without supplementary oxygen, had to be given external oxygen support after she crossed 8,450 metres ... At 8,450 metres she had to be given oxygen support and she made it to the summit after that," said Pasang Tenje Sherpa said ... My oxygen saturation level remains at 95-96% even at 6511 metres.

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Tipperary man aims to be first Irish person to climb Everest without oxygen

The Irish Times 23 May 2022

An elite adventurer is on course to make history on Tuesday by becoming the first Irish national ever to climb Mount Everest without oxygen. James McManus, from Roscrea, Co Tipperary, admitted the colossal challenge of scaling the world’s highest peak without supplementary oxygen has proved even harder than he had anticipated.

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Catalytic converters: What are they and why are they stolen?

Stanford Daily 23 May 2022

“Catalytic converters take in the toxic gases produced in cars’ internal combustion engines, and using a catalyst along with oxygen and hydrogen atoms from the air, they split up these harmful gasses into carbon dioxide, nitrogen gas and oxygen,” said Shiley Einav ’24, who studies mechanical engineering and works on the Stanford Solar Car Project ... .

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Democrats Fight Headwinds in Georgia

Political Wire 23 May 2022

“For months, nearly all the political oxygen in Georgia and beyond has been sucked up by ferocious Republican primaries, intraparty feuds that have become proxy wars for Donald Trump’s power and ...

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Explosive Tonga volcano 'surprisingly intact'

BBC News 23 May 2022

But structurally, Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'pai (HHTH) hasn't changed that much ... The researchers also tested the water column for physical and chemical characteristics, including temperature, nutrients and oxygen concentration ... But the flip side is that researchers could identify, too, zones where oxygen in the water has become depleted ... .

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Why this expat nurse from the UAE is recognised among the world’s best

Gulf News 23 May 2022

Dubai ... Sharaf received a commendation and cash prize of $5,000 (around Dh18,300) for her nomination on International Nursing Day on May 12 in Dubai. Beyond the call of duty ... Supplied ... “There were people trying to stay at home, despite dangerously low levels of oxygen saturation ... She added ... I had pneumonia and my levels of oxygen saturation too fell ... .

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Democrats See Headwinds in Georgia, and Everywhere Else

Democratic Underground 23 May 2022

ATLANTA Standing on the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the religious dwelling of Martin Luther King Jr., the Rev ... Warnock urged ... For months, almost all of the political oxygen in Georgia and past has been sucked up by ferocious Republican primaries, intraparty feuds which have turn into proxy wars for Donald J ... However the ugliness of the G.O.P.

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Letter to the editor: May 23, 2022

The News-Enterprise 23 May 2022

Disturbed by deaths at nation’s Capitol. I disturbing news regarding Jan. 6, 2021. Ashli Babbit is in videos restraining agitators’ destructive behavior. For her peacekeeping efforts, she was killed by a Capitol policeman — since exonerated ... On Feb ... She was under a pile of protesters, passed out from oxygen deficiency and residual pepper-spray ... Paul L ... .

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NASA Astronauts Welcome Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Uncrewed Spacecraft to International Space Station

Space Coast Daily 23 May 2022

NASA & SPACE NEWS. Astronauts living aboard the International Space Station opened the hatch for the first time to Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at 12.04 p.m ... (NASA image) ... The spacecraft will return with more than 600 pounds of cargo, including Nitrogen Oxygen Recharge System reusable tanks that provide breathable air to station crew members.

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Mumbai: Amid claims of rigging, BMC scraps Rs 160 crore laundry project

The Times of India 23 May 2022

MUMBAI ... The department said the land required wasn't available for a tunnel laundry ... "Romin Chedda, director of Parichay Department Stores - Borivli, is also the authorised signatory of Highway Construction Company, which was penalised in the penguin enclosure scam, and, more recently, in the oxygen tank work ... Looking for Something? ... .

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53% of kids in polluted cities have bad lungs: Study

The Times of India 23 May 2022

KOLKATA ... “Since the brain consumes 50% of the oxygen we inhale, the pollutants are travelling faster to the brain to cause disorders,” said Manas Ranjan Ray, former head of experimental haematology of CNCI, at a symposium on children’s rights to clean air. The study also revealed that boys were five times more prone to these diseases than girls ... .

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Hoshiarpur: 6 yrs old falls into 85 feet deep borewell, rescue attempts fail

The Times of India 23 May 2022

HOSHIARPUR. A six-year-old child who had fallen in a borewell in Khiala Balanda village of Hoshiarpur district was pulled out after over seven hours, but he had died by that time ... The boy had fallen around 10.30 am and was pulled out a little before 6 pm ... They quickly arranged oxygen cylinders and hung one of these down in the bore-well ... .

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Windham officer pulls fire victim to safety, fights off smoke inhalation

Union Leader 23 May 2022

Windham Police Officer Chris Van Hirtum said he went on instinct when local Deputy Fire Chief Stephen Brady yelled that he needed help getting a fire victim out of a smoke-filled, Manor Motel room on April 6, 2021 ... fire call ... Deputy Chief Brady remained in the room on oxygen, and waited until Van Hirtum rallied and made a second charge ... “I look back.

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Mountains of sugar have been found in the ocean under seagrass meadows

Yahoo Daily News 23 May 2022

Mountains of sugar have been found in the ocean under seagrass meadows ... “To put this into perspective ... “That is roughly comparable to the amount of sugar in 32 billion cans of Coke!” ... Sunlight allows the plant to capture carbon dioxide from the water and convert it into sugar molecules, which are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen ... ....

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