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Jason Wu: FW2012

A giant red-lighted door with a smoky atmosphere set the tone for a mystical collection that was all about Wu's heritage: Pure Asian history with notes of the Quing Dinasty and Chinese military empire silhouettes with a Film-Noir twist.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal

Sat Feb 11, 2012

MLive.com

Western Michigan University bioarchaeologist's work highlighted in National Geographic special

The work of an assistant professor at Western Michigan University will be featured in a National Geographic special, " Cave People of the Himalaya " on PBS next week.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, Western Michigan University, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science

Examiner.com

'Doomsday Preppers' realize the significance of beekeeping for self-sustaining l

A new television program airing on the National Geographic channel called " Doomsday Preppers " takes the idea of a self-sustained lifestyle to new limits.

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Related Topix: Apiculture, Science, National Geographic, Vocal, Life, Food, Honey, Entomology, Agriculture

Publishers Marketplace

Vice President, Retail and Special Sales

National Geographic is seeking a Vice President of Retail and Special Sales to oversee and direction of the sales efforts of the Book Division, both Adult and Children's Books, into the retail and special markets.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, Marketing, Sales

Daily Mail

Meet the preppers: Up to 3 MILLION people preparing for the end of the world as we know it

And people would have laughed at so-called prophets standing on street corners shouting the end of the world is nigh.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, National Geographic, Vocal

Asbury Park Press Online

Treasure island: Saxon gold hoard revealed by amateur prospector

LOST GOLD OF THE DARK AGES: WAR, TREASURE, AND THE MYSTERY OF THE SAXONS By Caroline Alexander Caroline Alexander's highly readable, 239-page coffee-table book, 'Lost Gold of the Dark Ages,' is filled with contemporary photographs, maps, art work, a timeline and lots of images of what is called the Staffordshire Hoard: 3,500 gold and silver ... (more)

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Barnstable Patriot

EDITORIALS: We own the franchise

As far as we can tell, there is no "Cape Cod Motel" on Cape Cod. The one pictured above is in Egg Harbor, WI.

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Related Topix: Egg Harbor, WI, National Geographic, Vocal, Australia, World News,

Imprint

Beyond the Classroom with Prof. Sheila Ager

Could the people of the ancient world still be of relevance to society today? According to Prof.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal

The Miami Herald

National Geographic documentary on Concordia disaster airs Sunday

NatGeo hired the producers of a quick-turnaround British documentary that aired on the United Kingdom's Channel 4 to rework it for the United States.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Mike Wendland

Zebra Stripes Evolved to Repel Bloodsuckers? - National Geographic

Zebra Stripes Evolved to Repel Bloodsuckers? National Geographic Conventional wisdom says a zebra's black-and-white stripes camouflage the animal in tall grass-the better to evade the colorblind lion.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, Color Blindness, Health

Daily Mail

'Bubble curtains' could save marine life from deadly man-made sounds

Underwater noises from off-shore exploration and construction are capable of confusing and even killing marine life - but now scientists believe bubbles could save the day for denizens of the deep sea.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal

Flathead Beacon

Whitefish Named Top 25 Ski Town in the World

National Geographic sure has good taste. One of the all-time great magazines recently dubbed Whitefish one of the 25 best ski towns in the world.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, Oceania, New Zealand, World News, Montana

Thu Feb 09, 2012

KAUZ

National Geographic's 'Digital Nomad' Andrew Evans Embarks on...

"I learned about the Maya from reading National Geographic. Now I am traveling to all these places I read about in the magazine in hopes of uncovering some of these mysteries on my own," Evans said.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, Blog News

School Library Journal

Interview: Superman's Real KKK-Fighting Past Revealed

Superman fought a very real enemy in radio shows of the 1940s: racial prejudice and the Ku Klux Klan .

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, Libraries

Daily Journal

Red-headed visitor

A pileated woodpecker eats bright red crab apples from a tree east of International Falls, making a trio of ruffed grouse in the same tree nervous.

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Related Topix: International Falls, MN, National Geographic, Vocal

Tahoe.com

National Geographic Names Truckee one of "World's 25 Best Ski Towns"

Lake Tahoe restaurants welcome ski enthusiasts! Find the best South Lake Tahoe casinos here Need a Tahoe calendar event? Look no further! Get all the info you need about ski resorts in Tahoe In the far North West corner of the Lake Tahoe region sits the little town of Truckee.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, South Lake Tahoe, CA

Sun-Star

Ledesma: Taking a last look at Herhof

I HOPE the enthusiasm of the City Government to avail of municipal or residual waste technology will not wane and die with the unceremonious withdrawal of Herhof of Germany's nebulous offer to set-up a multi-billion-peso complex that promises to process our garbage into something of value.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, Opinion

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Hot List: 02/09/12

National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry shares images of underwater wonders he's captured over three decades in an appearance at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Byham Theater.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, Theater, Arts, War Movies, Drama Movies, Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel, African-American

People's Defender

Adams County Sheriff appears on National Geographic program

Adams County Sheriff Kimmy Rogers takes a novel approach to battling prescription drug abuse.

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Related Topix: Drugs, National Geographic, Vocal, Drugs, Inc., Entertainment, Television, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Mexico,

Gadling

National Geographic has untold cruise disaster stories

A new National Geographic special coming up on Sunday, February 12 is promising to answer a whole lot of questions about the grounding of the Costa Concordia last month.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, National Geographic, Vocal

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