National Geographic on CD ROM 1888 to 1996 overview
A review of Mindscape’s 30 CD ROM collection delivering the full National Geographic run from 1888 to 1996 with color photos ads and feature articles. While navigation and software design frustrate reading flow page display and disk swapping hinder use, the archive offers rich historical insights into changing technology culture and advertising.
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National Geographic
Mindscape Inc
Geographic
Wessel Lied
Corona
Navy Dolphins Guard San Diego Bay At GOP Convention
In San Diego during the 1996 GOP gathering, Navy trained dolphins patrolled the bay to detect intruders and mark mines. The article notes dolphins’ century-long role, their training, and the humans who work with them, emphasizing safety and noncombatant use.
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Sam Ridgeway
Navy
Greece
San Diego
San Diego Bay
U5 Navy
Ag Tom
Jeffrey Haun
Maine
Marines
Dave Brecht
Maka
Brecht
Makai
Jensen van Bann
Ridgeway
Pete LeHardy
The
Orthodox Church leads enviro mission on Black Sea voyage
A 300-member Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I hosted a weeklong symposium aboard a Greek ferry circling the Black Sea. Orthodox leaders, biologists, philosophers, and politicians urged ecological action, linking faith and science to defend Creation amid pollution, overfishing, and runoff.
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Europe
United States
West
Greek Ferry That Crcumnavigated the Polluted Black Sea
Bartholomew I
Constantinople
Black Sea
America
Bartholomew
Patriarchate
Hotestoreih
John
Pergy
Biblo Gian
Tarassios
Ukraine
Stars and Eclipsing Binaries AO Cas RZ Gas AO Cas
A Hayden Planetarium note by KL Franklin describes Cassiopeia and Milky Way stars RZ Gas AO Cas and AZ Cas. It details eclipsing periods, brightness changes, and the giants’ nearly contact orbits plus extreme stellar temperatures and luminosities.
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Cassiopeia
Milky Way
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New York Times News Service
David Wood
Newhouse News Service
Basida
New York Times News
Shy Watch
Franklin
Hayden Planetariant
NY. Times
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