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Redistricting maps tossed by top court

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:14:41 -0800
AUSTIN - The Texas redistricting puzzle remains unsolved. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down interim maps Friday for Texas Legislature and congressional seats a San Antonio court drew in mid- November.
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Wisconsin GOP lawmakers signed redistricting secrecy pact; were told to ignore public comments

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:12:40 -0800
MADISON, Wis. - Nearly all of Wisconsin's Republican state lawmakers took the unusual step of signing a legal agreement in which they promised to not comment publicly about redistricting discussions while new GOP-friendly maps were being drafted, a newspaper reported.
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Firm maps out school consolidation group's proposals

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:04:54 -0800
Rob Schwarz, a consultant with RSP, warned the community working group tasked with closing elementary schools in Lawrence that they were playing a game of chess. Move one piece, and the rest of the board shifts.
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Star Maps From Mobile App Maker Brings Astronomy to the Masses

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:33:14 -0800
The makers of Starmap are offering users free customizable star maps and other educational tools.
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UPDATE: Court rejects Texas maps, delays W.Va. map

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:23:54 -0800
UPDATE 12:09 p.m. Two hours after issuing its ruling on Texas’s redistricting dispute, the Supreme Court put on hold a lower court’s decision striking down the West Virginia legislature’s new plan for electing that state’s three members of the House of Representatives. The lower court ruling will be on hold until the Justices decide a [...]
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AMD: New faces, new road maps, new focus

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:44:39 -0800
AMD’s new executives announced the company’s first tablet-focused processors, revised CPU road maps and a renewed SoC focus at an annual analyst day. View the full article HERE .
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Is GPS All in Our Head?

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:05:12 -0800
Relying on GPS devices can erode our ability to develop mental maps.
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Is GPS All in Our Heads?

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:15 -0800
Relying on GPS devices can erode our ability to develop mental maps.
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Why the middle finger has such a slow connection

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:22:26 -0800
Each part of the body has its own nerve cell area in the brain -- we therefore have a map of our bodies in our heads. The functional significance of these maps is largely unclear. What effects they can have is now shown by neuroscientists through reaction time measurements combined with learning experiments and "computational modeling." They have been able to demonstrate that inhibitory ...
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Bringing Exploration to the Library: Gale and National Geographic Sign Agreement for Magazine Archive

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:15:00 -0800
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and National Geographic, ...
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