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Wichita man relates to cruise ship fiasco
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe thousands of passengers aboard the Carnival Triumph cruise ship didn't get the kind of vacation they were expecting, but it was the kind of vacation Richard Guthrie of Wichita has also suffered through. "The experience I had is an experience you...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure, Arts and Culture, Travel, Cruises
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A taste of tomorrow TODAY
Americans, for the most part, aren't terribly hungry today for the foods and flavors of sub-Saharan Africa. Be patient. Josh Schonwald is convinced there will be an appetite for it — by 2035 at the very latest. Curious Chicagoans game to taste a...Tags: Recipes, Food Industry, Bill Daley, Restaurant and Catering Industry, South Africa
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Teenager scales heights in South Pole
Danger may not be his middle name, but adventure certainly seems to be in the genes of 18-year-old Taylor Sweitzer. Sweitzer, of Wilmette, skied to the South Pole and reached the summit of Mt. Vinson, the highest mountain in Antarctica, on Jan. 19. At...
Tags: Bodies of Water, Oceans
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Mae M. Teeter
Mae McDaniel Teeter was born Jan. 14, 1925, in South Carolina. She was the fourth of five children born to William and Lemma McDaniel. Her father passed away at a young age, leaving Mae’s mother to raise the family. After graduating from high...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing, Human Interest, Medical Specialization
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2012: A year of remembering the past, and celebrating individual, group achievements
Big Slackwater Oct. 13 — Images of the old Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, which had faded with time, were resurrected in 2012. The 2.7-mile section of the towpath known as Big Slackwater was closed after flooding in 1996 and it deteriorated into a...
Tags: Labor Day, U.S. Army, Arts and Culture, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts
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Jean Wells: Feminist And Medical Trailblazer
Jean Wells was a strong individualist, a feminist path breaker and a strong-willed pediatrician at a time when women physicians were rare and not always held in high esteem. In her Yale Medical School class, there were four women who repeatedly heard...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, University of Hartford, West Hartford Reservoir, Medical Specialization, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut)
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George Steinmetz's unique perspective on 'hyperarid' desert regions
Photographers are known for going to extremes to get the perfect shot. George Steinmetz's method can be considered just plain crazy. To capture unique aerial views of the world's "hyperarid" desert regions (areas with less than 4 inches of rainfall...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Petroleum Industry, Photography, Washington, DC, Arts
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Ice sheet melting accounts for 20% of sea level rise since 1992
The loss of ice covering Greenland and Antarctica has accelerated over the last 20 years, shrinking three times as much as in the 1990s and contributing substantially to sea level rise, according to a comprehensive new study of ice sheet loss conducted by...
Tags: Greenland, Science and Technology, United Nations, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Bodies of Water
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Richard Branson first to have 1 million LinkedIn followers
Sir Richard Branson has become the first person on LinkedIn to get 1 million followers as one of the social network's "thought leaders." The English entrepreneur and founder of Virgin Group reached the feat Friday morning. He currently has nearly...
Tags: Social Media, Richard Branson, Arts and Culture, LinkedIn Corp., Sociology
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Michael Wigge is the ultimate budget traveler
Michael Wigge left Berlin without a penny and traveled 25,000 miles to Antarctica, hitchhiking, bartering and working his way by ship, plane, car and foot, from Europe to Canada and the U.S. and then through Latin America. Wigge, a travel journalist...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Cruise Ship Jobs, Berlin (Germany)
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SeaWorld Orlando: Antarctica under construction
Theme Park Rangers - Orlando SentinelHere's a look at SeaWorld Orlando's contruction project, the future Antarctica – Empire of the Penguin, scheduled to open next spring. Right now, it just looks big and boxy near the center of this photo, which was snapped from the theme park's... -
SeaWorld Orlando: Here’s the poop on penguin vehicles for Antarctica ride
Theme Park Rangers - Orlando SentinelWhen SeaWorld Orlando revealed its ride-vehicle design for the upcoming Antarctica — Empire of the Penguin attraction yesterday, I wasn't quite sure I saw the inspiration, said to be the birds themselves. The cars' color scheme is solidly in the...
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