Archive for June, 2009



Julie Packard: Obama’s Big Blue Commitment (The Huffington Post)

Monday 29 June 2009 @ 8:06 pm

We’re more worried about the economy than about long-term ocean health, and we don’t see the connection between the two.

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Technology generates more interest in eye-catching tanks (Asbury Park Press)

Monday 29 June 2009 @ 7:06 pm

It started out simple enough. After growing up with a typical small freshwater aquarium, Jeff D’huyvetter decided to set up his own saltwater tank while in college.

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James F. Amatruda (BizJournals)

Monday 29 June 2009 @ 7:06 pm

A recognized leader and innovator in pediatric germ cell research, Dr. James F. Amatruda is the head of the Germ Cell Tumor Biology Committee for the Children’s Oncology Group, a national organization that treats every pediatric patient in the Unites States affected by germ-cell tumors. Amatruda has earned recognition for his discovery of a gene mutation in zebrafish (small aquarium fish with …

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Zoo mourns loss of Swanagan, selects interim director (This Week Dublin)

Monday 29 June 2009 @ 7:06 pm

Despite the sudden death of executive director Jeff Swanagan, it was business as usual Monday at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Colleagues said that’s what Swanagan would have wanted.

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Exploring the deep: Ocean Explorium opens full-time (Fall River Herald News)

Monday 29 June 2009 @ 7:06 pm

VIDEO WITH STORY - Independence Day is a day off from work for most of us, but come this Fourth of July, the Ocean Explorium will not only be open for business, it will kick off a new seven-days-a-week visitors’ schedule.

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For A Good Cause (Uptown Gazette)

Monday 29 June 2009 @ 6:06 pm

Residents of Long Beach help people all year through a variety of activities. Listed below are the results of some projects, as well as more opportunities to reach out to others.

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Crowded Nursery at the Aquarium (WTVC Chattanooga)

Monday 29 June 2009 @ 6:06 pm

The Tennessee Aquarium is bustling with new bundles of joy! Caretakers for the animals say they’ve had a very successful breeding season so far this year. The birth of a Macaroni penguin chick may be the most talked about birth at the aquarium, but it’s certainly not the only one.

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Aquarium talks (Jacksonville Daily News)

Monday 29 June 2009 @ 6:06 pm

The Historical Society of Topsail Island will host The Fort Fisher Aquarium Outreach Program Wednesday afternoons from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays beginning July 8 at the Assembly Building located at Topsail Beach.

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Pontiac Silverdome heading to auction block (Detroit News)

Monday 29 June 2009 @ 6:06 pm

Pontiac — City officials are hoping to auction off the cash-draining Silverdome this fall after failing to find a buyer for it ever since the Detroit Lions moved to Detroit in 2002.

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Museum gets award for volunteers (Bolton News)

Monday 29 June 2009 @ 5:06 pm

Bolton Museum’s innovative visitor volunteer project has scooped a top regional award.

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