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George's Bank

By Shay Zeller on Friday, July 27, 2001.

George's Bank is home to a very productive ecosystem. Listen to learn what makes this shelf in the ocean so important.

You can see a map of the Gulf of Maine, including George's Bank at www.gulfofmaine.org/watershed/index.html

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News from the North Country

By John Walters on Friday, July 27, 2001.

Our weekly visit to local editors or reporters takes us to Edith Tucker of the Coos County Democrat who covered Thursday's meeting about the IP land deal

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Tommy Makem?s Life In and With Irish Music

By John Walters on Friday, July 27, 2001.

Tommy Makem has been performing Irish music for 40 years; he?s a past recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Folk Music Association. He was born in Northern Ireland. He came to America to be an actor, settled in Dover, then moved to New York, where he got caught up in the emerging folk music scene there. In recent years, he?s been trying to promote the Irish song tradition. His web site www.makem.com includes information on his latest projects.

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Global Warming and the Economy

By Laura Knoy on Friday, July 27, 2001.

This week, nearly two-hundred other nations agreed to combat climate change. But President Bush says the agreement is a bad deal for Americans. We'll discuss what his concerns are and the overall economic impact of global warming policies. Laura's guests are James Glassman, with the American Enterpise Institute and editor of www.techcentralstation.com and Richard Howarth, Environmental Economist at Dartmouth College.

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