Tag Archives: Survived

Malcolm Jamal-Warner Drowning Death: Second Swimmer Survived Ordeal

Malcolm Jamal-Warner Drowning Death: Second Swimmer Survived Ordeal

First responders in Costa Rica managed to revive a second swimmer in distress on Sunday using CPR, but were unable to save the life of The Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. A statement from the Red Cross in the Latin American country says first responders received word on Sunday at 2:10 p.m. that two male …

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Humans survived harmful radiation after Earth’s magnetic field weakened

Humans survived harmful radiation after Earth’s magnetic field weakened

“The skies 41,000 years ago may have been both spectacular and threatening. When we realized this, we wanted to know whether this could have affected people living at the time,” the study authors said. How did the skies influence early human lifestyle? The study began with a simple but interesting question. What happens to life on Earth when the magnetic …

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Why IBM’s Amazing ‘Sliding Keyboard’ ThinkPad 701 Never Survived Past 1995

Why IBM’s Amazing ‘Sliding Keyboard’ ThinkPad 701 Never Survived Past 1995

Fast Company’s tech editor Harry McCracken (also harrymccSlashdot reader #1,641,347) writes: As part of Fast Company’s “1995 week“, I wrote about IBM’s ThinkPad 701, the famous model with an expanding “butterfly” keyboard [which could be stretched from 9.7-inches to 11.5 inches]. By putting full-sized keys in a subnotebook-sized laptop, it solved one of mobile computing’s biggest problems. IBM discontinued it …

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Texas Songwriter Who Survived July 4 Flood Says More Help Is Needed

Texas Songwriter Who Survived July 4 Flood Says More Help Is Needed

Julia Hatfield was just one of the residents of the Blue Oak RV Park along the Guadalupe River in Ingram, Texas, when the devastating and deadly flash flood of July 4 decimated the park. Even now, she says, her neighbors are still a long way to rebuilding — and recovering. “This community is going to need so much help,” Hatfield, …

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