Thursday, March 31, 2011

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Students compete in geography bee
SunHerald.com
The winner of the state bee will receive $100, a National Geographic DVD and a trip to Washington to the national competition, May 24-25. Students in fourth through eighth grades participated in geography bees to determine each school's winner. ...
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Nolan student off to 'geo bee'
Bradenton Herald
Anay is one of 100 students statewide who qualified for Florida's National Geographic Bee in Jacksonville. He won first place in Nolan Middle's bee. That gave him a crack at the National Geographic test and, in order to qualify for the state bee, ...
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Students set to compete in geography bee at ASU
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AP National/International News AP Entertainment News Video AP - March 31, 2011 11:04 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Some 100 grade-school students from across Arizona will be participating in the state-level competition of the National Geographic Bee. ...
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National Geographic builds a floating house
Ke Alakai
The photo above shows a one-ton, 16-square-foot house built by a National Geographic team of scientists, engineers, and balloon pilots. It took them two weeks to design and put together. 300 multi-colored weather balloons reached 10 stories above the ...
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Luca DeAngelis named Maine Geographic Bee seminfinalist
Kennebec Journal
READFIELD -- Luca DeAngelis, a seventh-grade student at Maranacook Middle School, has been named a semifinalist in the National Geographic Society 2011 Maine Geographic Bee, which will take place Friday at the University of Maine at Farmington. ...
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3 Ventura County students head to California Geographic Bee
Ventura County Star
By Marya Jones Barlow Three Ventura County students are headed to Sacramento to compete in the 2011 California Geographic Bee, organized by National Geographic Society. Among the 100 students statewide who qualified for the annual geography tournament ...
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Pleasantville eighth-grader reaches Geographic Bee semifinal
Shore News Today
PLEASANTVILLE – Luis A. Enriquez Jr., an eighth grade student at the Middle School of Pleasantville, has earned a spot in the National Geographic Society's Geographic Bee semifinals being held today, Friday, April 1, at Rowan University. ...
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"World Atlas by National Geographic" Now Available on the AppStore ...
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World Atlas by National Geographic, developed by 2009 National Geographic Society, is now available from the App Store and has made Apple's Top 300 iPad/ iPod...
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Local Boy to Test Geography Skills at State Geography Bee
Patch.com
Louis Croquette will be one of 100 Pennsylvania youngsters in National Geographic's competition to see whose knowledge of geography will propel them to the national finals. By Jack Houser | Email the author | 2:00pm Louis Croquette — will he be our ...
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Photos: Dams Threaten Mekong River Megafishes
National Geographic
This giant fish, found near the Cambodia-Vietnam border in 2002 by National Geographic Emerging Explorer Zeb Hogan, measured 162 inches (413 centimeters) from nose to tail. Photograph by Suthep Kritsanavarin, WWF/NGS via AP Two Thai fishermen hold a ...
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Adventures of the 'female Indiana Jones'
CNN
By A. Pawlowski, CNN Mireya Mayor, National Geographic's first female wildlife correspondent, has a close encounter with an alligator in Miami. (CNN) -- High above the jungle of Guyana, an explorer sat perched on a narrow ledge on the side of a ...
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Local Boy to Test Geography Skills at State Geography Bee
Patch.com
On April 1, Dean Phillips will be one of 100 Pennsylvania youngsters in National Geographic's competition to see whose knowledge of geography will propel them to the national finals in May. By Jack Houser | Email the author | 6:00am District 34, ...
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Students test knowledge of geography in bee
Cherry Hill Courier Post
The final round of the National Geographic Bee's New Jersey state finals at Rowan University is free and open to the public. It will be held Friday, 12:30 pm, in Boyd Recital Hall, Wilson Hall, Route 322, Glassboro. GLASSBORO — Wilson Hall will be ...
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The Egyptian Job, Sunday, 4.30pm, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
The West Australian
The only people in ancient Egypt who were more skilled than the builders of the royal tombs were the grave robbers who followed them. In fact, sometimes they were one and the same person. A group of Egyptologists and a crime expert try to visualise the ...
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Fascinated by tornadoes? Head to MOSI
Tbo.com
Josh Wurman, who has appeared on "Storm Chasers" and on the Weather Channel and National Geographic programs, will be at MOSI from 11 am through 2 pm today through Saturday. Also at the Museum of Science and Industry will be one of the Doppler on ...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Montessori School announces Geographic Bee winners
Kennebec Journal
CHELSEA -- Joshua Bell of Kents Hill, a seventh-grade student at Stepping Stones Montessori School in Chelsea, has been named a semifinalist in the National Geographic Society 2011 Maine Geographic Bee. Bell won the school's Geographic Bee in January, ...
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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Desert Flower' blooms, mostly, as courage story
North County Times
Photo courtesy National Geographic Entertainment Long before she became a spokeswoman against genital mutilation, Waris Dirie grew up poor and suffering, like so many she knew, in troubled Somalia. "Desert Flower" tells her story, from those early, ...
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Ancient Tablet Found: Oldest Readable Writing in Europe
National Geographic
"According to what we knew, that tablet should not have been there," the University of Missouri-St. Louis archaeologist told National Geographic News. First, Mycenaean tablets weren't thought to have been created so early, he said. ...
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Area students prepare for 2011 Michigan Geographic Bee
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
The students are among 100 fourth- through eighth-graders selected by the National Geographic Society to take part in the state competition. They began with in-school geographic bees, with the winners then taking a qualifying test that was submitted to ...
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America's Got Cable: Animal Planet vs. National Geographic
TV.com (blog)
Background: Although the National Geographic Channel (NatGeo for short) is a relative newcomer on the scene, its pedigree is one of the oldest and most respected nature publications in the world. NatGeo first launched in America in early 2001 as a ...
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Pinay wins National Geographic Photo Contest
Asianjournal.com
LOS ANGELES – A Filipina freelance photographer based in England won the National Geographic Exceptional Experience photo contest. On-line voters chose Yen Baet's "Rainy Night in Hallstatt," a landscape photograph overlooking the lake over Hallstat, ...
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National Geographic Live: April 2011
We Love DC
By Ben H. Rome, 3:00 pm March 30th, 2011 April brings another full month of programs at NatGeo for their popular National Geographic Live! series. If you're looking for something to do in the evenings, we highly suggest you check out some of their ...
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Local team reveals the secret life of killer whales
San Diego Union Tribune
Their work in the Antarctic is being featured in National Geographic and a new BBC special called "Frozen Planet." A newly released scientific journal paper by Robert Pitman and John Durban for the first time publishes the results of a directed study ...
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About Tonight
DCist.com
FOOD & DRINK: The Grand Sushi Event at National Geographic Live (1600 M Street NW) will feature a seven-course meal of sustainable sushi prepared by Genji Sushi paired with sake and wine, as well as a talk by Casson Trenor, author and founder of Tataki ...
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Kiehl's Since 1851 in Proud Partnership With National Geographic's Young ...
PR Newswire (press release)
In collaboration with National Geographic's Young Explorers Grants program, which funds the next class of explorers, Kiehl's is currently supporting the expeditions of three young men who embody the spirit of adventure and who have dedicated their ...
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Highland Student to Compete at State Geo Bee
Patch.com
Will Maes will compete at the state level of the National Geographic Bee on April 1. By Chi-an Chang | Email the author | 10:00am Will Maes (second from left) with his parents Bill and Marianne and brothers Jonas, 10, and Griffin, 6. ...
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Are we dating like animals?
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By Dina Z. Colada, letters@graffitiwv.com "Animals Showing Off" is an amazing National Geographic pop-up book that fell into my lap — or rather, I found it in the backseat of my car. I was taking some books to the local bookshop but when I saw ...
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Archeologists Unearth Beginning of the End for Knights Templar
Marketwire (press release)
The National Geographic Channel is scheduled to debut "Last Stand of the Templars" on Monday, April 4 th at 10 pm ET as part of their Expedition Week. "We are literally uncovering the beginning of the end for the Knights Templar," said Ronnie Ellenblum ...
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Glenfiddich Rolls Out the "Cask of Dreams"
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This exclusive bottling will be performed in conjunction with Glenfiddich charity partner, the National Geographic Explorer's Program, which, like the campaign, supports uniquely gifted adventurers, scientists, photographers, and writers by helping ...
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Vintage National Geographic Magazines, Periodicals on Ruby Lane
Shop for Vintage National Geographic Magazines, Periodicals on Ruby Lane, a marketplace to buy and sell quality antiques, collectibles and ...
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Students To Battle In Geography Bee
Hartford Courant
More than 100 students will compete in the Connecticut Geographic Bee on Friday to earn the right to represent the state at the National Geographic Bee in May. Contestants from grades 4 through 8 will take part in the contest at Central Connecticut ...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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Newman 7th-grader will compete in Iowa Geographic Bee
Mason City Globe Gazette
MASON CITY — Thomas Hall, 13, a seventh-grader at Newman Catholic Middle School, will compete in the 2011 Iowa Geographic Bee on Friday at Drake University in Des Moines. Hall is among 100 students who the National Geographic Society invited to attend ...
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The 2011 Final Four: Feeding Cinderella to the Hyenas
The Faster Times
The dietary habits of college basketball are changing, or, in the least, there's now a National Geographic photographer present, to capture every shredded zebra pinstripe, torn torso, and panicked bloodshot eye. The hyenas are alive, ...
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New Tsunami Pictures: Head-on View of Approaching Wave - National ...
Newly released before-and-after pictures show what it was like to be face-to- face with the tsunami.
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National Geographic Big Cats Initiative grantee Anne Kent Taylor continues her blogging from the Maasai Mara, Kenya. Her project to fence traditional ...
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Standout Students: Owen Steele Advances to State Geography Bee Finals
Patch.com
Steele won the Geographic Bee competition held last December at Pocantico Hills Central School, the first year it was held there , before taking a 70-question written test administered by the National Geographic Society that is required of all school ...
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"Discovery Is What I Love" -- National Geographic Photographer Melissa Farlow ...
Huffington Post (blog)
After 17 years in newspapers, she began shooting stories for National Geographic Magazine. I heard about a tough cowgirl named Heidi Redd. She had prime land in south Utah and leased public land to run her cattle on. She was a quiet, no-nonsense woman. ...
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EV Grieve: The High Line gets the 'National Geographic' treatment
By noreply@blogger.com (Grieve)
The High Line gets the 'National Geographic' treatment. The April National Geographic is on newsstands today, and the issue includes a feature on the High Line (not to mention snow frogs!)... Anyway, here's a link to the feature ...
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Whiz Kid of the Week: Tommy Thomas
Patch.com
By Kathy Powell | Email the author | 1:16pm Accomplishment: Thomas is the SSCMS 2011 winner of the National Geographic Geography Bee. Thomas also qualified and will participate in the State level National Geographic Geography Bee to be held April 1, ...
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School news
Suncoast News
George Mason University, in conjunction with partners the National Geographic Society and the National Zoo, has selected 250 students from across the country to take part in an intensive, weeklong study of leadership in environmental science and ...
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St. Albans' Geographic Bee winner heads to state
Roseville Press Tribune
These winners then took a qualifying test, submitted to the National Geographic Society, to determine the students with the top 100 scores to compete at the state level. This year's California Geographic Bee will be held Friday, April 1, ...
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EffectiveUI Powers iPhone Banking App
techrockies.com
EffectiveUI said that Tatra used the firm for design and development of its application. Business details behind the win were not disclosed. EffectiveUI is run by Rebecca Flavin. The firm's clients include such companies as Boeing, National Geographic, ...
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Nat Geo, Touch dizzy over new JV
C21Media
National Geographic has formed a joint venture with Touch Productions, the UK indie behind Mike Tyson's recent pigeon racing series, to develop new factual entertainment formats. Dizzy Earth is a 50/50 JV between UK-based National Geographic Ventures ...
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The Highline, New York: Night Photographs By National Geographic (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post
... of the most innovative and inviting public spaces in New York City and perhaps the entire country. For more information on New York's Highline, check out the and mention that the April 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine, on newsstands March 29.
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National Geographic are serving up extra portions of ongoing lifestyle series ...
Virtual Press Office (press release)
(Virtual Press Office) - The global broadcaster acquired five series of the quirky show for Italy from Open University Worldwide last year. Michelin starred chef Paul Merrett's mix of cookery, history and science proved such a hit, every series will ...
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Joining the pack: Filmmakers will tell of their experience living with wolves
Fayette Observer
Documentary filmmakers from National Geographic and the Discovery Channel captured and observed previously unseen footage of wolfpack behavior, making them the only humans to have gotten that close to the elusive animals in their natural surroundings. ...
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