Geography

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• No Surprises as 48 Third World Commonwealth Countries Support “Climate Change” Payouts — to Themselves

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 613
  It was no surprise at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) when 48 Third World nations enthusiastically agreed to the First World paying them out billions for so-called “climate change” damage. The $10 billion fund — taken directly from taxpayers in First World nations — is supposed to allow ...
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• exploring the Blake Sea

  
  ventriloquy — Authority: 131
  to a great many people (well, to me , at least :-P ) one of the best aspects about Second Life is the sheer joy of exploration. Sundays are days of rest, and i am grateful to God that my schedule was clear this evening. i took the Raymaker out for a rather extended spin - for more than two hours, in fact. she ...
  5 hours ago

• Academic Medical Centers and the Poor: Dartmouth Data Revisited

  
  Better Health — Authority: 556
  In a recent Health Affairs blog , Wennberg and Brownlee lamented that op-eds , blogs , letters to members of Congress, broadsides in the press and now a report from the American Hospital Association decry the Dartmouth Atlas as a lot of “ malarkey .” Once again they tried to defend their work by proving ...
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• Whats in a Name? Adirondack Waterbody Trivia

  
  Adirondack Almanack — Authority: 526
  Many of our region’s lakes and ponds share the same name—Moose, Long, and Black come to mind as some overused ones. While our rivers have generally fared better, there are still many examples of name-sharing. Here’s some name-related trivia to help get through the non-paddling months.Several rivers share the ...
  10 hours ago

• Accidental Geography

  
  Geo Lounge - All things geography — Authority: 114
  Are you suffering from cartocacoethes?  If so, then the Accidental Geography posts from Strange Maps is for you.  Strange Map defines cartocacoethes as “the uncontrollable urge to see maps in everyday, non-cartography-related objects.”  The term was originally detailed on John Krygier’s Making Maps blog. ...
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• Worldwide Islamic Art & Architecture. Pics & brief explanations

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 178
  The statue of Mohamed Ali riding a horse and pointing to the mosque he built inside Saladin citadel. Cairo, Egypt
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• following the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 from Second Life

  
  ventriloquy — Authority: 131
  the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 will be held in Copenhagen from the 7th to the 18th of December. residents in Second Life can participate in the event through the hard work of Peter Lundquist (SL: Paolo Rousselot) who has worked closely with OneClimate.net , Beta Business Park and the ...
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• Geo Quiz

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 604
  Download audio file (1127098.mp3) Download MP3 Our daily geography quiz.
  2 days ago

• Largest shellfish port in Europe

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 604
  We’re looking for a rugged town in the extreme North East corner of Scotland. It’s 40 miles north of Aberdeen along the North Sea. This town claims it’s the largest shellfish port in Europe. Last year the town hauled in more than 12,000 tons of shellfish. More than half the town works in the fishing industry. ...
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• ‘Augmented reality’ fuses the Web and the world around you (Wash Post)

  
  Kelso's Corner — Authority: 421
  Yelp and Wikitude apps are bringing annotated camera view to newer smartphone that have both GPS and compass built in.
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• Get To Know P*N’s Staff: Jake Green

  
  Platform Nation — Authority: 514
  Next up is another one of younger writers, he considers himself as just a writer for Platform Nation, but we consider him part of the family and as with all our writers a vital part of  Platform Nation.  Here’s what Jake Green without the “E” on the end had to say. This is not a picture of Jake or is it? ...
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• News Release: Thick Arctic Sea Ice Goes Missing

  
  University of Manitoba News Blog — Authority: 129
  Arctic sea ice has duped satellites into reporting thick multiyear sea ice where in fact none exists, a new study by University of Manitoba researcher David Barber has found. In 2008 and 2009 satellite data showed a growth in Arctic sea ice extension leaving some to reckon global warming was reversing. But after ...
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• Mesopotamian Myths and "Genre Calibration"

  
  Science and the Sacred — Authority: 562
  Every Friday, "Science and the Sacred" features an essayfrom a guest voice in the science and religion dialogue. This weeksguest entry was written by Peter Enns. Enns is an evangelical Christianscholar and author of several books and commentaries, including thepopular Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and ...
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• Brazil’s unemployment falls to 7.5 percent

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Rio de Janeiro, Nov 27 (EFE) Brazil’s unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent in October, the lowest level of the year, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE, said.The September unemployment rate, which was also down, had been 7.7 percent, the IBGE said Thursday.The lowest unemployment rate in ...
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• Geo-engineering dunes into architecture

  
  nevertheless — Authority: 423
  Humans since ancient times, tilled the soil or carved a residence into the hillside or in other words engineered our landscape to suit our needs like carving through mountains to build transport networks or redirecting rivers and interrupting them to capture water behind walls of concrete. "Due to human ...
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• Silver Star Tours appoints Jeremy Moodley and Nerusha Singh

  
  Travelwires.com — Authority: 484
  The dedication and hard work of the Silver Star Tours (SST) team, spearheaded by Managing Director and founder Jenny Da Luz’ has been instrumental in the ongoing expansion of this brand in the Indian... Send your news worthy industry press releases for publication today to muzi at travelwires dot com.
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• Global Corruption Map

  
  ComingAnarchy.com — Authority: 580
  Transparency International has released their annual report on state corruption. Click on the above map for an interactive sort that reports the corruption index for each country moused over. The bottom end of this scale are the usual suspects of late, Somalia, Myanmar, Sudan and Iraq. The upper echelon include ...
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• Luzon-Visayas-Mindanao Malls Thread 14

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 178
  Post away folks! :colgate: Link to Thread 13 in the Archives. :okay:
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• Geo Quiz

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 604
  Download audio file (1126098.mp3) Download MP3 Our daily geography quiz.
  3 days ago

• Home of the potato

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 604
  On Thanksgiving Day, we’re asking you to ponder the origins of those potatoes in your holiday meal. No, we’re not interested in where Aunt Gladys or Cousin Mike picked up those potatoes to mash and bring over to your feast. We want to know where the potato was first grown for food. Here are a few hints. It’s a ...
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