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- What's wrong with democracy? (Sep 30)
<http://barometer.orst.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/09/30/433d7f7b5d09a>
OSU Daily Barometer - Corvallis,OR,USA
As the new school year begins, look around you. It’s probably raining.
Even if it’s not, it will be in a few weeks. And now I want you to
think of me, sitting on a beach in Galapagos...
- Decades after Darwin: Cruising the Galapagos Island today (Sep 29)
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/travel/ci_3069416>
Inside Bay Area - CA,USA
Blessed though he is -- living like a prince on an enchanted island -- Lonesome George is sad.
- Visit Galapagos Islands for eco-friendly tour experience (Sep 25)
<http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050925/LIVING03/509250381/1085/LIVING03>
Indianapolis Star - United States
Dear Fearless Traveler: I'm planning a vacation for 15 and wonder if
you consider Galapagos to still be a desirable eco-tour destination.
- All you need to know to go (Sep 25)
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/travel/story/0,6903,1577599,00.html>
The Observer - UK
From Ecuador to Iceland, the destinations favoured by our readers are
far from conventional. Here's our quick guide to the highlights of
each...
- 'Genesis' captures creation of universe (Sep 23)
<http://www.detnews.com/2005/screens/0509/23/F03-324383.htm>
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
With their latest movie, "Genesis," writers/directors Claude Nuridsany
and Marie Perennou ('Microcosmos") tackle the birth of the universe in
80 minutes (including credits).
- Letters, 9/23: Facts about penguins (Sep 23)
<http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/09/23/letters/doc43333c02e95c4412926927.txt>
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,NE,USA
Creationists, when they’re telling biologists how to teach biology,
don’t apparently seem to feel the need to be encumbered by any
biological knowledge themselves.
<http://50connect.co.uk/50c/guides.asp?article=12707>
50 Connect - UK
But if gorillas aren't quite your thing, but you are still looking for
adventure, WildWings are offering a £900 per person discount...
- A swapped ship in the Galápagos (Sep 20)
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9368690/>
MSNBC - USA
It was to have been the vacation of a lifetime—a trip to Peru followed
by a cruise of the Galápagos Islands on a small yacht. (Related story:
Boat switch sank charter charm
<http://www.startribune.com/stories/1513/5630083.html>)
- 30 years of finches (Sep 20)
<http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/09/20/news/13127.shtml>
Daily Princetonian - USA
They met in 1960 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
More than 45 years later, Peter and Rosemary Grant were married...
- Galapagos, Ecuador tour planned for ’06 (Sep 18)
<http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/September/18/local/stories/11local.htm>
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
Raggamuffin Adventures has announced its latest educational island tours for 2006.
- Adventure Travel (Sep 16)
<http://www.gilroydispatch.com/lifestyles/contentview.asp?c=168329>
Gilroy Dispatch (subscription) - Gilroy,CA,USAEach year, thousands of
Americans set off on specialty vacations—trips designed to take them
away from everything and everyone they’ve ever known...
- Coast Guard Seizes Cocaine in Pacific (Sep 15)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/09/15/international/i084349D15.DTL>
San Francisco Chronicle - United States
The U.S. Coast Guard, acting on Colombian intelligence, intercepted a
ship towing an unmanned submarine-like vessel that held more than 2
tons of cocaine...
Fabulous Galapagos (Sep 14)
<http://gosouthamerica.about.com/b/a/2005_09_14.htm>
gosouthamerica.about.com - South America
Pristine, prehistoric paradise (MYnewsday.com):"Ecuador's Galapagos
Islands are home to rare and accessible species on land and in the
water, and are ...
- Washoe school trustees consider Latin American partnership (Sep 12)
<http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/sep/12/091210493.html>
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA
RENO, Nev. — Washoe County School District trustees will consider a
partnership with Latin American schools that backers say will enhance
cultural and academic programs.
- Evolution in Ecuador (Sep 11)
<http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/46133;_QTeUvYBUl>
American Scientist - USA
For five weeks in 1835, the Englishmen of the Beagle explored the
Galápagos archipelago. One hundred seventy years later, and 200 meters
from the site of Charles Darwin's landing on San Cristóbal Island, an
"Evolution Summit" was held June 9–12.
- As the World Turns: MESSENGER's Home Movie of Earth (Sep 9)
<http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/050908_messenger_movie.html>
Space.com - USA
A probe bound for the planet Mercury took one parting look at its home
world, recording images during an Earth flyby that mission scientists
have assembled into an eye-catching film.
- Autodesk unveil 'What is Real' theme for IBC 2005 (Sep 9)
<http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?ID=44048>
4RFV - Belfast,Ireland
... King will show work from the BBC Natural History Unit's upcoming
landmark HD documentaries 'Planet Earth' and 'Galapagos'. ...
- NU Offers Exhibit On Darwin's Theory On Evolution (Sep 8)
<http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/09/08/43204252d6d30>
Nebraska StatePaper.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
Using cutting edge research, a new exhibit at the University of
Nebraska State Museum gives a modern shine to Charles Darwin's
146-year-old theory...
<http://www.latimes.com/travel/outdoors/la-os-whaleside6sep06,1,4490132.story?coll=la-headlines-outdoors>
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The islands of Southern California, mere dots on a map of the state,
are nothing less than jewels in a naturalist's eye. What Darwin
discovered at the Galápagos — a unique profusion of flora and fauna —
can be found...
- This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson (Sep 3)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,923-1760462,00.html>
Times Online - UK
Charles Darwin had an odd-shaped life. Young, in debt, a conventional believer due to become a parson, he made a journey...
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