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Garden exhibit goes to pots at LongHouse Reserve
irenevirag@optonline.netLike a lot of things in the garden, a well-planted pot is a work of art. But you need more than plant material and potting mix. You need an eye, a sense of daring, an inspiration. I was struck by this when I attended the opening of an invitational...Tags: Kentucky, Willem de Kooning, Northport, Brooklyn (King's, New York), Pennsylvania
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Technology takes cue from humpback
McClatchy-TribuneA West Chester University professor has developed a wind turbine that draws inspiration from a blubbery source: the flippers of a humpback whale. Those knobby flippers were long considered one of the oddities of the sea, found on no other earthly...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Fencing, Zoology, Orville; Wright| Wilbur Wright, Renewable Energy
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A Race To Solve White-Nose Syndrome Fatal To Bats
The remote hardwood forests of the 450-acre Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area are surprisingly busy on summer nights, with caravans of mountain bikers and joggers gliding past the beaver ponds until dusk.
But one recent weekday night, the group...Tags: Kentucky, New York Weather, Caves and Caverns, Natural Resources, Wetlands
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The Comeback Fish
Courant Staff Writer[InOurWaters ] This is part of an occasional series about the fish species of Connecticut — from the ever-popular striped bass to the lesser-known river herring. Some fish we like to eat; some we don't. Some are flourishing; some are not. And all...Tags: Population, Connecticut River, Long Island Sound, Biology, Chesapeake Bay
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Who'll stop the stain? You, with a little help
Here is a sampling of stain busters to keep handy, from "Good Housekeeping Stain Rescue! The A-Z Guide to Removing Smudges, Spots & Other Spills" by Anne Marie Soto and the Good Housekeepng Institute (Hearst, 288 pages, $12.95). • Absorbents:...Tags: Physiology
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Newer travel Web sites go way beyond booking
Special to the Chicago TribuneThe Web has been inundated with new and improved travel offerings to streamline and simplify the travel-planning process, even if your summer travel plans extend no farther than the Lincoln Park Zoo. Check out one or all of these recently launched sites...Tags: Air Transportation, Tourism and Leisure, Weather Reports, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation
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Life in a fish bowl
Of The Associated PressIt might have been the setting for a ''Jaws'' movie. Six snorkelers wading like ducks in a row, cruising just below the surface of the water while watching exotic fish dart beneath them. It was all very peaceful, until the mysterious whale shark appeared...Tags: Nature, Biology, Natural Resources, Health and Safety at School, Illnesses
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One of those bass a real gem
As a Baltimore firefighter watched from Fort McHenry's shore Thursday morning, the second batch of Diamond Jim striped bass slipped off a small boat and into the Patapsco River. The one wearing the neon green tag is worth $20,000 cash and a $5,000 diamond...Tags: Patapsco, Hunting, Nature, Glen Burnie, Biology
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Bird-watcher hears a call for environmental action
Sentinel Staff WriterDavid Hartgrove took up bird-watching 30 years ago. A longtime utility employee, Hartgrove found the night shifts helped him to pursue his avocation. He is president of Halifax River Audubon Society in Daytona Beach and has organized the group's bird...Tags: Global Change, Mining, Zoology, Metal and Mineral, North Carolina
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We can't live with - or without - algae
Special To The SentinelOsceola County residents aren't the only ones dealing with aquatic algae. The Chinese have their fair share as well. Summer Olympics organizers are dealing with large amounts of blue-green algae off the coast that are in the path of the sailing events....Tags: Sailing, Forestry and Timber, Fertilizer, Transportation, Summer Olympics
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