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9/16-17 The Banff Mountain Film Festival
organization: The Banff Mountain Film Festival date: September 16-17 address: 3200 Darnel Street Fort Worth texas 76107 Backwoods is bringing Banff Mounttain Film festival to Fort Worth again but this year we are adding another night of films. So it...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Services and Shopping, Festive Events
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H. Samuel Case, McDaniel professor
H. Samuel Case, who taught human physiology and exercise science at what is now McDaniel College for four decades, died Aug. 22 of complications from leukemia at Carroll Hospice Center's Dove House in Westminster.
The longtime Westminster resident was...Tags: Teachers, Human Interest, Science, Colleges and Universities, Students
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No sweat: Cool theme-park spots
Is it just me or are theme parks not as cool as they used to be?
Not "cool" in the Fonzie way or that Nicki Minaj way, but cool in the beat-the-heat way. I recall feeling overheated in theme parks in the summers of my youth and escaping inside, greeted...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Martin Short, Nicki Minaj, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Amusement and Theme Parks
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UAA Scientists, Working for NASA, Find New Cold Weather Microorganism
Channel 2 NewsThis week, as a $2.5 billion rover touched down on the surface of Mars, U.A.A students were watching intently. And they weren't watching out of mere "curiosity" either (pun intended). They were watching because their research may play a pivotal role...Tags: Glaciers, Biology, Landforms, Science and Technology, NASA
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Evidence of Flowing Water on Mars Piques Interest of Biologists Observing "Curiosity" Mission
Channel 2 NewsNASA has now assembled the first color, panorama of Gale Crater, seen through the eyes of its newest, most sophisticated Mars Rover, "Curiosity". The stunning color photo, composed from a large number of individual images (electronically pasted together...Tags: Science, PBS (tv network), Space Programs, Biology, Glaciers
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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: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Cruise Ship Jobs, Berlin (Germany), Trips and Vacations
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Paul "Wex" Wechsler Nov. 5, 1928-June 16, 2012
Paul “Wex” Wechsler November 5, 1928 - June 16, 2012 Former Glendale resident Paul “Wex” Wechsler died peacefully at his home in La Jolla on June 16. He was 83. In 1946, he began his long association with Capitol Records, working...
Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Scranton, Science and Technology
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Cancer patient travels to Antarctica between treatments
TribLocal - Libertyville » NewsAgnes Chang and her husband of nearly 50 years, Emerson, had been planning a trip to Antarctica for three years. They didn't plan on cancer, …... -
Five minutes with stroke survivor Jill Bolte Taylor
Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor has always loved the brain’s complex beauty. But she developed an unexpectedly deep appreciation for her own in 1996 after a blood vessel ruptured and she suffered a massive stroke. The life-changing moment destroyed...
Tags: Human Interest, Brain, Physical Conditions, Julie Deardorff, Animals
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SeaWorld Orlando announces details for massive expansion including themed land Antarctica | Video
Part of the biggest expansion in SeaWorld Orlando's history is designed to make theme-park guests feel as if they're not in Florida anymore. Instead, they will head south via an immersive "land" known as Antarctica — Empire of the Penguin, set to...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Universal Studios Orlando, Fiction, Amusement and Theme Parks, Harry Potter (fictional character)
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Does Queen Elizabeth wear sneakers? Bester kindergartners get the answer
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comCurious about the footwear of the British monarch, a kindergarten class at Bester Elementary School in Hagerstown wrote a letter to Queen Elizabeth II. The class wrote the letter as part of its Around the World project. The queen did not reply, but her...Tags: Egypt, Teaching and Learning, Germany, Elizabeth II, Students
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Joseph Enos Kishego, 87
Joseph Enos Kishego, 87, of Harbor Springs, walked on peacefully on May 3, 2012, at McLaren -- Northern Michigan hospital in Petoskey, Mich., surrounded by his wife and family. The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 8, at the Holy Childhood...Tags: World War II (1939-1945)
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