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G E O G R A P H Y N E W S L E T T E R
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Matt Rosenberg's Geography Site at About.com
http://geography.about.com
July 12, 1999
ISSN 1522-0931
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IN THIS ISSUE
* Article: Panama Canal Becomes Panama's Canal
* Topical Index: Blast From the Past
* You Talk Back: New Malaysian Capital
* New Links: Lightning
* In The News: Canada, Austin Powers in Kuala Lumpur, Central American
Earthquake
AOL users <a href="http://geography.about.com">please click here</a> to
access my site.
------------------ New Article ----------------
PANAMA CANAL BECOMES PANAMA'S CANAL
The Panama Canal will be returned to Panama on December 31. Learn the
fascinating saga of its history and future as the transition looms:
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa071299.htm
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BLAST FROM THE PAST
There are over 170 original articles about geography on my site. Use the
NEW categorical index to find everything I've written about places,
cartography, physical geography, cultural geography, and much more!
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/topicmenu.htm
------------------ You Talk Back --------------
MALAYSIA'S NEW CAPITAL & U.S. OIL
Lou started an interesting discussion about the new capital of Malaysia and
the (seemingly) unrelated topic of U.S. dependency on oil imports...
http://about.delphi.com/ab-geography/messages/?msg=125.1
LATITUDE & LONGITUDE
Tony's asking how to determine the distance between a single degree of
latitude or longitude for GPS projects. Can you help?
http://about.delphi.com/ab-geography/messages/?msg=126.1
POST YOUR OWN
Just click "Post New" on the Geography Forum to start your own geographical
discussion and your post might end up in next week's Newsletter or on the
Geography home page! :)
http://about.delphi.com/ab-geography/start/
------------------ New Links ------------------
Here's a sampling of new links added to my comprehensive collection of
Netlinks. Visit the complete directory at
http://geography.about.com/mlibrary.htm
LIGHTNING
An entirely new category of links devoted to these thunderstorm-related
discharges.
http://geography.about.com/msub81.htm
WACKY GEOGRAPHY
There's a brand-new "Best of the Net" in this category, the "Degree
Confluence Project," which aims to photograph the meeting place of each
whole number degree of latitude and longitude. Check it out and help the
project along!
http://geography.about.com/msub61.htm
GENEALOGY
I added a great new site, "City Directories of the United States," that
includes the entire online contents of six city directories from 1859.
http://geography.about.com/msub57.htm
COUNTRIES & NATIONS
Be sure to browse through the new "Amnesty International Report 1999."
You'll be surprised by their thoughts on the U.S.A.
http://geography.about.com/msub6.htm
WORLD POPULATION
Two very interesting new sites, the "Overpopulation FAQ" and "Population
for the Countries of the World: 2050"
http://geography.about.com/msub24.htm
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QUIZ
Vietnam, landslides, Saskatchewan, and Italian rivers are some topics in
this week's quiz. Test your knowledge at
http://geography.about.com/library/quiz/bl071299.htm
HOME PAGE
Make my site the "home" page on your browser and get rid of that annoying
Netscape or Microsoft default page!
http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blstart.htm
CHAT
Geography Chats are held every Monday from 7 to 8 p.m. Pacific (10 to 11
p.m. Eastern) at
http://geography.about.com/mpchat.htm
------------------ In The News ----------------
U.N. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT RANKS CANADA #1, AGAIN
For the sixth year in a row, the United Nations Human Development Report
1999 ranks Canada as the world's number one country in terms of health
care, life expectancy, education and income. Norway, the United States,
Japan, Belgium, Sweden, Australia, the Netherlands, Iceland, Britain, and
France round out the top ten. Look for the report online sometime on
Monday at:
http://www.undp.org/hdro/
DEATHS HIGHER AT BEGINNING OF MONTH
A study of over 31 million death certificates found that deaths are highest
at the beginning of the month and lowest toward the end of the month.
Researchers found that found the death rate from substance abuse, suicide,
accidents and homicide jumped about 14 percent during the first week of
each month, suggesting that the arrival of government checks might lead to
these statistics.
QUAKE HITS CENTRAL AMERICA
Felt in five countries, a powerful 6.1-6.6 Richter magnitude earthquake hit
Guatemala early Sunday morning. One person was reported killed and over 40
are injured, following the quake with an epicenter near Puerto Barrios,
about 175 miles northeast of Guatemala City.
MALAYSIA BANS AUSTIN POWERS
Malaysia's Censorship Board has banned the movie "Austin Powers: The Spy
Who Shagged Me" for its excessive sexual innuendo. The country also banned
the animated movie about Moses, "The Prince of Egypt," earlier this year.
TEN CITIES, CLEANER AIR
Ten U.S. cities were honored by the Foundation for Clean Air Progress as
the Top 10 Clean Air Success Stories. The ten cities (Rochester, N.Y.;
Buffalo, N.Y.; Milwaukee; San Diego; Boston; Sacramento; Detroit; Chicago;
Newark, N.J.; and Los Angeles) are the ones that have made the most
significant progress in cleaning up their air over the last ten years,
according to data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Fore more information, visit http://www.cleanairprogress.org and click the
"In The News" link.
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Matt T. Rosenberg
About.com Guide to Geography
http://geography.about.com
geography.guide@about.com
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