Kids Network bridges geography gap with pets study
National Geographic’s Kids Network links Henderson Intermediate School in Starkville with School No. 57 in Moscow to teach geography through a pet-themed unit. 557 schools joined, six week experiments, kits cost 232 dollars rising to 400.
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National Geographic
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National Geographic Kids Network
Jane Tully
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Italy
Japan
Mexico
Sweden
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Kids Network
Nebraska
Dorothy Perreca
Tully
Apple Computers
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Sony Visions Video Contest honors amateur makers again
Sony's Visions Video Contest awards top prizes to amateurs across Music, Experimental, Fiction and Nonfiction. Around 600 entries were received from makers using 42 inch VHS Betacam or 8mm camcorders. finalists are chosen by AFI and a celebrity panel including Quincy Jones, Laurie Anderson, and Francis Ford Coppola. Grand prizes awarded at a Los Angeles banquet in August with touring screenings planned nationwide.
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Sony Corp
Visions
American Film Institute
Quincy Jones
Laurie Anderson
Francis Ford Coppola
Dais
Los Angeles
Memphis
National Blues Connection Association
Beale St
Crash and Burn
Rock On Compilation and Mojo Nixon Screen Roles Feature
A Metal Blade video collection includes Heretic Fate's Warning Sacred Reich and more with violent footage of crashes hurricanes and floods. Mojo Nixon plays drums in Jerry Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire and stars in Citizen Mojo directed by Kinky Friedman. Also teased are Debie Gibson is Pregnant parody and Winona Ryder appearance. Michelle Shocked pulls her album Short Sharp Shocked from South African stores donating royalties to the ANC.
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Metal Blade Records
Heretic
Fate’s Warning
Sacred Reich
Los Angeles
Mojo Nixon
Jerry Lee Lewis
Mojo
Kinky Friedman
Debbie Gibson
Joan Collins
Tiffany
Spuds MacKenzie
Winona Ryder
Michelle Shocked
PolyGram
South Africa
African National Congress
Teen briefs highlight best and worst dressed in Seventeen poll
Seventeen readers named Debbie Gibson and Tom Cruise best dressed female and male while Cher and Michael Jackson were pegged as worst dressed. The August issue notes 8,440 respondents choosing favorites in music and entertainment, with George Michael named best male singer and Faith as best album.
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Debbie Gibson
Tom Cruise
Seventeen Magazine
Cher
Michael Jackson
George Michael
Faith
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