News opinion 2008-08-06 Andanh.com

Sensing Geography Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:03:00 EST
Recently, I saw photographs of the surface of Mars transmitted by the multi-tasking Phoenix Lander. As this little laboratory was completing its 422 million-mile journey to the Red Planet, I was monitoring tornado-spawning thunderstorms in a swath of states from Oklahoma to Minnesota, thanks to satellite images broadcast by The Weather Channel. These images reminded me of how amazed I am at our ability to remotely sense our world and beyond. But this summer I'm leading a group of geography graduate students on a field trip where we're going to engage in the opposite of remote sensing. I'm calling it an exploration of the sense of place.

Ask the Paperboy, Chapter 50 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:59:00 EST
Don't shoot that mouse -- you might hurt yourself

Jindal deserves no credit for Stelly changes Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:02:00 EST
While the Legislature did reverse some of the income tax changes that the plan used to facilitate the sales tax credit, the governor had absolutely nothing to do with it.

Editorial: Night Out: Great idea, wrong month Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:01:00 EST
Is it us or does anybody else think holding a National Night Out in August should have been called down as crazy talk, a nice idea that wilted in the execution? A brainstorm conceived by someone north of the Mason-Dixon line?

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