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Geography tourists come by the thousands to West Quoddy Head, Maine
At the easternmost point of the United States, it stands sentinel. West Quoddy Head lighthouse is striped like a candy cane. It looks a lighthouse in a children’s book.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:08:52 -0700

PHOTO: Postcard Geography
Throughout the school year, St. Joseph School fourth-gradestudents participated in Postcard Geography, an onlinecollaborative project dedicated to teaching and learning more aboutgeography. During the project, each student wrote a postcardmessage with facts about Racine and Wisconsin. They also includeddigital photos of various parts of Racine. The postcards were sentto more than 200 schools ...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:58:42 -0700

Jewish geography for professionals
Chances are, you’ve logged on to Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn to promote a corporate event, introduce a new product, or search for employment.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:43:18 -0700

Geography Has a Hand in Lizards’ Gestation
Eastern fence lizards in northern climates tend to hatch faster than lizards in southern climates, the researchers found.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:54:23 -0700

Indonesian Volcanos
The geography of Indonesia is dominated by volcanoes that are formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate. Some of the volcanoes are notable for their eruptions, for instance, Krakatau for its global effects in 1883, Lake Toba for its supervolcanic eruption estimated to have occurred 74,000 Before Present which was responsible for several years of cold ...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:35:48 -0700