Google Sightseeing (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Well, it’s not exactly the same week as it has been in previous years (in fact this year it’s not even during the same month), but nevertheless, the official Third Annual Google Sightseeing Island Week is upon us! In a nutshell: we’ll be posting mainly about islands, and it’ll last the rest of this week. If [...]
ArtLung Blog (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Despite the old posts that will be showing up some mornings, I’m actually here, on the 12th floor of a vacation spot on the Island of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands, formerly the Sandwich Islands, and according to Wikipedia, “at about 1,860 miles from the nearest continent, the Hawaiian Island archipelago is the most isolated [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Extraordinary artworks from the south Pacific have been assembled in a show as moving and mysterious as any Richard Dorment has ever seen.
Kicking Ass Ann Arbor (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
A recent CNN blurb seems to have caught another one of John McCain’s senior moments. “And I regret some of the recent behavior Russia that has exhibited, and I’ll be glad to talk about that later on including reduction in oil supplies to Czechoslovakia after they agreed with us on a missile defense system, etcetera,” Not surprisingly this [...]
USGS M5+ Earthquakes (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
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Blog Catalog Blog Directory (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Fr. Damien, born in Tremeloo, Belgium in 1840. He joined the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts and after ordination, volunteered for the mission to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). He volunteered to work in a leper colony on the island of Molokai in 18
USGS M5+ Earthquakes (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
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IOL (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake has struck a remote British territory near Antarctica and South America's southern tip.
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude struck in the South Atlantic early on Monday nearly 200 miles (320 km) off Bristol Island, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The USGS ...
USGS M5+ Earthquakes (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
In 1866, Mark Twain visited the town of Kona on the big island here home, they say, of Hawaiian Christianity and he wrote a letter home. In classic fashion, he lit into the ministers.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Dynamic Network Services Incorporated (DNS Inc.) is proud to announce that the company now offers the registration of the CoCCA domains .gs and .cx.
Timothy Birdnow (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Jack Kemp sends this gem of media ignorance our way: I’m not taking any advice from these clowns. Jack This from Newsbusters: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/05/22/cbs-s-chen-thinks-hawaii-atlantic-ocean CBS's Chen Thinks Hawaii is In Atlantic Ocean By Kyle Drennen | May 22, 2008 - 14:53 ET On Thursday's CBS “Early Show” co-host Harry Smith was introducing a report on the winner of National...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
On Thursday's CBS "Early Show" co-host Harry Smith was introducing a report on the winner of National Geographic's annual geography bee and became confused by some geographical trivia: "In which ocean are the South Sandwich Islands located? A sixth grader from Nebraska answered that question. It's in the -- is it in the Atlantic? I thought the Sandwich Islands were actually named after the earl of...
USGS M5+ Earthquakes (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
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