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Bats are beautiful // At long last conservationists are going to bat for the `evil' bat
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It was the spookiest experience of his filmmaking career.
Jack Schmidling took his camera from Chicago to a cave near San
Antonio, Texas, where 20 million bats live. Each square foot of the
Bracken Cave ceiling is covered with as many as 300 bats.
The body heat from all these bats raises the cave temperature to
105 degrees. And the thick layer of bat droppings produces such
poisonous ammonia fumes that you need a gas mask to go inside.
Mr. Schmidling filmed the cave at dusk, just as the bats were
waking up from a deep sleep. They swarmed out of the cave in a
continuous dark stream that ...
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San Antonio College of Medical and Dental Assistants - San Antonio Campus to Host a Graduation Ceremony for 490 Students Friday Evening.
Business Wire
; Tammy M. Savoie Ph.D., of U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, to Keynote Ceremony SAN ANTONIO -- San Antonio College of Medical & Dental Assistants announced it will host a graduation ceremony for 490 students tonight...
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San Antonio Express-News David Hendricks column.(Column)
Newspaper article from: San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX)
; ...ENTRY STATUS WILL HELP ECONOMY: If San Antonio wants more Mexicans to fly to our...private aircraft from Mexico to reach San Antonio more easily by obtaining permanent port-of-entry status for San Antonio International Airport. Port...
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San Antonio Express-News David Hendricks column.
Newspaper article from: San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX)
; ...expanding and were receptive. San Antonio eventually landed chip-manufacturing...crack the biotechnology code for San Antonio. The competition is tougher than...institutional effort to promote San Antonio's broad, diverse but not large...
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SAN ANTONIO CONGRESSMEN OBTAIN OVER $3 MILLION FOR SAN ANTONIO RIVER PROJECTS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...following news release: Today several San Antonio Congressmen announced that they have secured more than $3 million for San Antonio projects. These projects include: $2 million for the San Antonio Channel Improvement Project...
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San Antonio Express-News David Hendricks Column.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; By David Hendricks, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 4--San Antonio finally can find out whether it...that he was glad for the delay. "San Antonio isn't ready," Whitehead said...
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San Antonio Water System Joins Energy Research Alliance of San Antonio.(Company overview)
Business Wire
; ...and Renewable Energy Solutions SAN ANTONIO -- Dedicated to exploring new and innovative energy solutions, San Antonio Water System (SAWS) announced...the Energy Research Alliance of San Antonio established in June by The University...
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San Antonio-area economic officials shrug off lower rank.
Newspaper article from: San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX)
; ...Dr. Larry Miller is sold on San Antonio as a place to do business. "Things...product and good people. I look at San Antonio as a good incubator and a good...SaveItNow, also is impressed with San Antonio's economic potential. "There...
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San Antonio tops Topeka, 5-2
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal
; ...But for whatever reason, the San Antonio Iguanas were real Scrooges on Monday...for lack of work that we lost." San Antonio (20-9-3) 1 3 1 --- 5Topeka...2 First period --- 1. San Antonio, Csorich 1, 2:10. Penalties...
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San Antonio: the story never ends.(Hospitality)(Product/Service Evaluation)
Magazine article from: Association Management
; Long a crossroads of history, San Antonio is a blend of deeply rooted traditions...nation's ninth-largest city, San Antonio is a joyful melange of the flavors...Native Americans living on the San Antonio River called the area Yanaguana...
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San Antonio: the heart and soul of Texas welcomes meetings.(Hospitality)(Advertisement)
Magazine article from: Association Management
; Long a crossroads of history, San Antonio is a blend of deeply rooted traditions...nation's ninth-largest city, San Antonio is a joyful melange of the flavors...Native Americans living on the San Antonio River called the area Yanaguana...
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