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111List of power outages — This is a list of notable wide scale power outages.1965* The Northeast Blackout of 1965 in the USA on November 9, 1965.1974* A freak early season blizzard on October 13, 1974 caused a major power outage that affected more than a million customers …
112Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake — The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times. On 26 December 2004, the earthquake, which struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra,… …
113environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
114Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
115Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …
116Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
117Northeast blackout of 2003 — States and provinces that experienced the blackout; not all areas within these political boundaries were affected. The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern… …
118Neuroacanthocytosis — Classification and external resources OMIM 200150 DiseasesDB 29707 eMedicine …
119Winter storms of 2007–08 — Winter storms of 2007–2008 profiles the major winter storms, including blizzards, ice storms, and other winter events, from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. A winter storm is an event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that… …
120Agriculture and Food Supplies — ▪ 2007 Introduction Bird flu reached Europe and Africa, and concerns over BSE continued to disrupt trade in beef. An international vault for seeds was under construction on an Arctic island. Stocks of important food fish species were reported… …
