Back to the Moon--or Bust!

11:28 AM Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

This is a drawing of what the lunar outpost might look like with robotic rovers and lunar habitats. It was 36 years ago, in 1972, when Apollo astronauts left their last boot prints in the lunar dust. Now NASA......

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Answers to Wednesday's geography quiz

5:38 AM Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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1. Cuba 2. Uruguay 3. Ecuador 4. El Salvador 5. Bolivia 6. Barranquilla 7. Maine 8. Newfoundland 9. Uraguay 10.Paraguay......

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Answers to Tuesday's geography quiz

5:46 AM Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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1. Peru 2. Canada 3. Dominican Republic 4. Mexico 5. Brazil 6. Mekong 7. Because Quito is at a higher elevation 8. Grenada 9. Nicaragua 10. Haiti......

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Earn 3 graduate credits perfecting what you already love

1:39 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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You spoke, and we listened. Many of you have asked about the Rhode Island College three-credit graduate-level education class ELED 535: THE NEWSPAPER IN THE CLASSROOM, but were unable to take it during the summer. In January, the class will......

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And still more geography questions . . .

2:37 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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1. In 2006, what south American country elected Michelle Bachelet as its first female president? 2. Founded as a fort by the French in 1701, which major U.S. city is located immediately north of Windsor, Ontario? 3. Devil's Tower, which......

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More geography bee questions and a free lecture series

6:20 AM Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)
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1. Following the 1959 revolution, the Communist government of what island country in the Greater Antilles seized control of U.S.-owned businesses, including sugar estates? 2. In 1930, the first FIFA World Cup men's soccer tournament was held in, and won......

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Geography week extra: questions from the National Geography Bee

10:34 AM Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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1. The Putamayo River forms most of the boundary between Columbia and which country to the south? 2. The Inuit and other First Nation peoples practice subsistence hunting, gathering and fishing in settlements in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut,......

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Celebrate Geography Awareness Week -- eat your way around the Americas

11:53 AM Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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In anticipation of Geography Awareness Week, the R.I. Geography Alliance recently held a recipe content for dishes from the Americas. Each category winner received a $25.00 gift certificate to Borders and the winner in the Greenland category received an international......

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Sites Alive: The race begins

8:00 AM Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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In this installment of the Sites Alive Vendee Globe series, sailor Rich Wilson describes the first part of his voyage, and what he has seen so far on his race. Dr. Brien Barnewolt, chief of emergency medicine at Tufts......

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