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Knute Skinner has poem published in poetry journal | |||
²ÝÁñÉçÇø X Prize team to hold fundraising dinner event July 13 in Bellingham | |||
New book claims link between Asian dialects and some Canadian native languages | A new book by a leading group of linguists has bolstered a controversial theory that the language of Canada's Dene Nation — along with those of the Navaho and Apache in the U.S., and numerous other "Athapaskan" dialects — is rooted in an ancient and highly endangered Asian tongue… |
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Arts festival, stage plays and jazz series brighten the summer | The Bellingham Arts Festival will return this year from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 31 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 1. The Chalk ArtFest will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 31. New this year, the festival will cover another block to allow over 20 more artists and food vendors. The… |
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²ÝÁñÉçÇø contribution toward employee PEBB benefits increase this month | |||
Green machine: The dream of green cars meets reality | Sustainable motoring, powered by battery-electric, hydrogen, or hyper-efficient combustion, promises both the convenience afforded by conventional cars and the clear conscience of reduced fossil-fuel use. The technology is ever sexy, but is it ready for the market? |
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Automotive X Prize: putting electric cars through their paces | The Automotive X Prize, the finals of which take place this month, aim to find a car that is both eco-friendly and fun to drive. So far, it's proving tough, New Scientist reports. Several major motor companies now offer electric cars, including Honda, Toyota and the newly floated… |
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Automotive X-Prize: Only 15 vehicles from 12 teams left now | As expected, the recently concluded Automotive X-Prize Knockout Stage was not easy. The challenge was particularly brutal to the teams competing in the mainstream class. Of the nine teams that entered, the only team that will make it to the finals stage is Edison2 with its Very Light Cars (one… |
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Research looks at Bering Strait land bridge | Research illuminating an ancient language connection between Asia and North America supports archaeological and genetic evidence that a Bering Strait land bridge once connected North America with Asia, and the discovery is being endorsed by a growing list of scholars in the field of linguistics… |
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The race to develop a 100-mpg car | Who are they? The only remaining American university team is backed by a legacy of fuel mileage records dating back to the mid-1970s. The school's Vehicle Research Institute has built 48 cars in the intervening years, including a few small series production runs, and one previous attempt at… |