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*** Two area students to compete in Virginia Geographic Bee (The News & Advance) ˜Whats Ukraines capital?" "Kiev, duh." That exchange could be heard between any of the 100 students who will participate in the Virginia Geographic Bee later this month. http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA/MGArticle/LNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173350270005&path=!news!archive *** Markets Start With A Bang, End In A Whimper - Indian Commentary (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - Thursday, Indian shares opened strongly after stocks elsewhere in Asia showed marked resurgence, following reversal of fortunes on Wall Street for good on Wednesday despite high volatility. The Dow closed up 57 points and the Nasdaq rose 21 points. http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070315\ACQRTT200703150816RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0484.htm&; *** Paradise, in Contract (New York Times) India?s investor class has gone to Goa, and the laid-back beaches and cashew groves are giving way to malls and condos. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/realestate/keymagazine/318Boom.t71602..html *** Bigelow Laboratory scientists funded to investigate climate change (Boothbay Register) Bigelow Scientists Dr. Joaquim Goes and Dr. Helga do Rosario Gomes have received a $1.18 million grant from NASA to investigate the impacts of global warming on marine life in the Arabian Sea. http://boothbayregister.maine.com/2007-03-15/bigelow_laboratory.html *** Stargate Film Goes Arctic (Sci Fi Wire) MGM announced that it will shoot scenes in the Arctic, north of Alaska, for the upcoming straight-to-DVD film Stargate: Continuum , based on SCI FI Channel's original series Stargate SG-1 , with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy's Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station. http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40553 *** Paradise, in contract (International Herald Tribune) Goa, like much of India, is in the midst of a real estate frenzy. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/18/asia/web.0318-goa.php *** Key Magazine (New York Times) Key Magazine http://www.nytimes.com/pages/realestate/key/index.html *** The Lure ofStargate(Blogcritics.org) Ten years ago I was without cable, antenna, or anything comparable. Like an absent parent, I missed out on the infancy ofStargate: SG-1 . Fortunately, the great tech gods created DVDs and I found a friend who had actually blown hard-earned money on all nine seasons. After proclaiming that I needed a sci-fi fix, he gave me season one ofSG-1 . I wasnt hooked instantly “ but it didnt take ... http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/03/14/211538.php *** Karnataka waives short term crop loans (EARTHtimes.org) Bangalore, March 16 The Karnataka government Friday proposed to waive short-term crop loans upto Rs. 25,000 taken by farmers from cooperative banks in the state during fiscal 2007-08. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/40979.html *** 'Stargate Continuum' Gets Detailed (SyFy Portal) Movie to be filmed in the Arctic. The following story contains MODERATE SPOILERS for the upcoming "Stargate SG-1" telemovies. http://www.syfyportal.com/news423409.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
