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Geographic Bee champ repeats
Conrad Oberhaus certainly knows his way around the world. He hasn't personally visited notable geographic landmarks, but the Lincolnshire seventh-grader had all the right answers on the way to his second straight state Geographic Bee championship at...
Tags: Science and Technology, Human Interest, Washington, DC
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Traveling smarter with geography-driven apps
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Planning, traveling and sharing a vacation with apps that have geography at their heart is no longer just a futuristic idea. Dated guidebooks, tattered maps and finding a place to eat may have been part of the travel headache in times past, but new...Tags: Empire State Building, Trips and Vacations, Technology, Wildlife, Hotels and Accommodations
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Amid the rolling, relentless rhythm, a message in 'Silence'
Portishead, 2008. I experienced Portishead, as with much of Coachella 2008, alone. As such, I remember a feeling of dread hanging over the masses that evening. In my emotional memory, as Portishead's crew set up its gear, the hum of laughter from groups...
Tags: Music, Entertainment
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Holgate student takes third place in Geographic Bee
Abby Otten, who is in the eighth grade at Holgate Middle School, claimed third place in the South Dakota Geographic Bee on Friday. Students from across the state gathered at Northern State University to compete in the contest, which was hosted by...Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Jeopardy!, Students
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What's the world's largest island?
Here's a quiz derived from National Council for Geographic Education curricula and questions devised for the National Geographic Bee. The bee, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, will draw the winners of state contests to Washington, D.C., to...Tags: Ceremonies, Arts and Culture, Culture, Washington, DC
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Geography: Mapping the future with Esri
Jack Dangermond started his working life at his parents' plant nursery in Redlands. Now, Forbes says, he's a billionaire. Dangermond is founder and president of Esri, one of the world's leading geographic information systems companies. In 2010, he won...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Sales, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Marketing, Awards and Prizes
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Could extinct woolly mammoth soon be revived using fossil DNA?
Will scientists soon be able to revive the long-extinct woolly mammoth? What about the dodo, the Chinese river dolphin or the saber-toothed cat? With the great technological leaps forward over the past decade, bringing back dead-and-gone species using...Tags: Science and Technology, Paleontology, Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry
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Geography lesson: Vandermark's Midwest School and Monterey's 55th
The brawny, brainy music that Ken Vandermark presented over the weekend at the Green Mill Jazz Club appealed to many sensibilities. For starters, the very sight of nine instrumentalists crowded onto the tiny stage of the Mill — each a force in his...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Christian McBride, Music Industry, Green Mill (club), Music
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Student heads to geography bee
Micah Dohrer, a fourth-grader at May Overby Elementary School, has qualified to compete at the South Dakota Geography Bee. Micah won the school bee in January, then took a written test to qualify for the state-level competition. The top 100 scorers... -
District 4 is latest to make super conference work
Most Lehigh Valley Conference schools are weighing options with regard to a proposed super conference by their Mountain Valley Conference brethren. If the LVC folks are looking for advice, they need only to turn to the 25 schools in District 4....
Tags: Tri-Valley Corporation, Science and Technology, Mountain West Conference, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), College Football
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Kit unearths DNA's path to your past
Want to be a part of ancient history? The National Geographic Society's Genographic Project is inviting the public to join its massive effort to map the history of human migration using DNA.
More than 560,000 people have participated since the project...Tags: Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry
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Big Ten re-alignment likely to be "geography-based," Penn State AD says
Nittany LinesPenn State athletic director David Joyner expects the addition of Rutgers and Maryland will lead the Big Ten toward a "geography-based" realignment. In an interview posted on Penn State's website, Joyner said that the conference is leaning toward re-...
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