This is a list of countries and dependent territories by population with inclusion within the list being based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. This does not reflect the countries who report significantly different populations of citizens domestically and overall. Some countries, notably Thailand, do not report total population, exclusively counting citizens; for total populations an international agency must issue an estimate.
Also given in percent is each country's population compared to the population of the world, which the United States Census Bureau estimates at 7.3 billion. According to a separate estimate by the United Nations, world population exceeded 7 billion in October 2011.
Figures used in this chart are based on the most up to date estimate or projections by the national census authority where available, and are usually rounded off. Where updated national data are not available, figures are based on the projections for 2015 by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Because the compiled figures are not collected at the same time in every country, or at the same level of accuracy, the resulting numerical comparisons may create misleading conclusions. Furthermore, the addition of figures from all countries may not equal the world total. A handful of nations have not conducted a census in over 3 decades, providing high error margin estimates only.
Areas that form integral parts of sovereign states, such as the countries of the United Kingdom, are counted as part of the sovereign states concerned. Not included are other entities, such as the European Union,[Note 1] that are not sovereign states, and dependent territories that do not have permanent populations, such as various countries' claims to Antarctica.
For a graphical version of this list, see list of regional organizations by population.
Note: All dependent territories or countries that are parts of sovereign states are shown in italics.
^ Partially recognized state, claimed by the Republic of China (Taiwan) as its rebel provinces. The census figure refers to mainland China, excluding its special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, the former of which returned to Chinese sovereignty on 1 July 1997 and the latter on 20 December 1999.
^ Including Crimea and Sevastopol.
^ It not only refers to the population of European, or metropolitan, France but it aso includes the overseas departments (in French, départements d'outre-mer), which are French Guiana (Guyane): 239,648, Guadeloupe: 403,314, Martinique: 388,364 and Réunion: 833,944 . The overseas collectivities (collectivités d'outre-mer) are also included: French Polynesia (Polynésie française): 274,217 , New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie): 320,595 , Saint-Barthélemy: 9,269 , Saint Martin: 36,522 , Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon): 6,299 , Wallis and Futuna (Wallis-et-Futuna): 12,867  and Mayotte: 217,091 . The combined population of the overseas departments and collectivities is 2,742,000, with the population of metropolitan France standing at 64,365,000 .
^ Not including Crimea and Sevastopol.
^ It excludes the population of the disputed territory of the Western Sahara (the so-called Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic). If it was included, the Moroccan September 2014 census would result in 33,848,242 inhabitants.
^ Partially recognized state, claimed by the People's Republic of China as one of its provinces. Taiwan (Republic of China) also includes the minor islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Pescadores, etc.
^ Projection made before civil war. Casualties are estimated at well over 200,000 until the end of November 2014.
^ Excludes Northern Cyprus (294,396, census 2011) ().
^ autonomous republic, whose government sits in exile in Tbilisi.


I don't know if anyone caught my title from my last article, but it's a lyric from the song Let's Get Lost by Carly Rae Jepsen.
If you don't listen to Carly Bae Jepsen's stuff (not a typo, she's bae), well I feel both sorrow and excitement for you. Sorrow because you don't already listen, and excitement cuz you now can experience it all for the first time. Something that I'll never be able to do again.
You probably don't think you need to listen to any more of her music because you've heard Call Me Maybe about a zillion times. As did I. At weddings, at bars, at parties, the internet, on the radio, countless places and times this song has played. I went through a multitude of feelings with this super catchy hit.
Hey, this is actually pretty catchy.
Man, this actually pretty fun and I don't care if people know I like it.
Cue the snapchats of my Spotify "now playing" window with Carly and a pink background sent to some of my friends.
The song then got added to my 'good vibes' type playlist and conversation began between Matt and I about how the song was catchy, fun, and an all around good song began. So I did what I do with most artists I find I like a single from, and listened to their entire album. It was alright. I picked out one or two others I thought were good. Then a new single was released on Spotify from Carly Rae's new album coming out called Emotion. Things were happening.
I'm not entirely sure what track it was, however I feel like it was "I Really Like You", another one of her big hits. But that's besides the point because that's not what I want to talk about here. If you are judging your Carly Rae Jepsen experience based off her big hits, just forget you heard these songs and start at the beginning of Emotion and go on through the whole Deluxe album. Right after you're done, jump on over to Emotion Side-B and then come back here and say thank you.
There are sooo many intricate musical instruments, ranging from saxophones and synth to slap bass and melodic guitar picking. I swear every time I re-listen to one of these songs I catch something new, which makes it such a joy to re-listen to over and over again. Your favourite song switches each time, and I've probably had every line stuck in my head at some point. I can remember when the album came out I literally could not get the chorus of LA Hallucinations out of my head for two days straight. I've always been a sucker for catchy choruses and Carly has nailed so many on just one album. It goes without saying that it's her vocals that bring forth the catchy cuteness that is Carly Rae Jepsen, but the musical compositions and upbeat vibes will have you coming back time after time.
She dropped another nuke when releasing the Side-B EP, sharing eight more songs that didn't make the original cut. Before releasing the entire EP through Instagram and other social channels she shared snippets of the songs alongside some old film clips, which I thought was a neat way to get people excited. I did a little bit of reading and caught wind that she and her collaborators wrote 250 songs for Emotion. That's intense. It makes sense seeing the three year gap between her albums, but boy is that a lot of writing and producing. I can't imagine having to narrow that down to the 15 that were on the deluxe album. So yeah, sign me up for an Emotion Side-C and Side-D, just keep them coming.


This is what people sometimes call the Medicare coverage gap. The donut hole is entered once you and your drug plan have paid a combined total of $3,750 (this is the amount for 2018; it changes yearly). You remain in the donut hole until you reach the yearly out-of-pocket limit, which is $5,000 in 2018, at which point you reach the catastrophic coverage stage. While in the coverage gap, the amount you pay for prescription drugs varies according to whether they are brand name or generic. You won't pay more than 35 percent of the brand name cost or 44 percent of the generic cost. Find more details here.


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Menino, others mum on mayor's race
by John Ruch • November 23, 2012 • 0 Comments
As Will Dorcena gears up his 2013 mayoral campaign, incumbent Thomas Menino and other possible contenders—including Jamaica Plain's City Councilor Felix Arroyo—are not definitively saying "yes" or "no" to a run.
Asked whether Menino intends to run for re-election, spokesperson Dot Joyce noted that she cannot answer campaign-related questions due to ethics laws. But she did offer a comment.
"The mayor is focused on being mayor of the city and making good decisions for the people of Boston, and right now he's focused on getting better," Joyce said, referring to Menino's ongoing hospitalization for an ailment. "That's all I'm going to say about that."
Asked who can answer Menino's campaign-related questions, she said, "Nobody at this point" and called the question "premature." When the Gazette noted that makes it impossible to officially ask whether the mayor is running for re-election, Joyce said, "The answer is the answer I just gave you."
Arroyo has drawn high vote totals in his two City Council elections and often has his name floated as among potential mayoral candidates. He made it clear to the Gazette that he is not running at the moment, but also did not say "never."
"I really love my job and I'm really focused on it. I want to be a city councilor right now," Arroyo said.
Asked if anything might happen to change his mind, Arroyo said, "This city has a mayor. He was elected by the residents. We hope he gets better soon and gets out and about."
Another frequently floated name is City Councilor John Connolly, who has sparred with the Menino administration over Boston Public Schools. His campaign did not have immediate comment on his electoral plans.
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Prof Jesper T Troelsen: CDX2, intestinal master gene regulator and a new biomarker for colon cancer relapse.
Level 2 Conference Room, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead
Homeodomain transcription factor CDX2 is a central player in the differentiation and maintenance of the intestinal epithelium. Reduced expression of CDX2 associates with loss of intestinal cellular identity. CDX2 is furthermore promising biomarker identifying stage 2 and 3 colorectal cancer patients with increased risk of relapse and the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy. High levels of CDX2 expression correlate with improved prognosis and patients with low levels of CDX2 have the best response to adjuvant chemotherapy. The presentation will discuss the role of CDX2 as a driver of differentiation process in the intestinal epithelium and its dual role as a tumor suppressor gene and lineage-survival oncogene.
Jesper T. Troelsen, Professor in Medical Biology. Head of Biology, Dept of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Denmark.
Research interests: Intestinal gene regulation, nucleotide variation in gene regulatory sequences, molecular mechanisms in inflammatory bowel diseases and colorectal cancer.
Recent selected publications:
Characterization of the enhancer and promoter landscape of inflammatory bowel disease from human colon biopsies. Boyd et al. 2018 Nature Commun., in press.
Precise integration of inducible transcriptional elements (PrIITE) enables absolute control of gene expression. Pinto et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 2017 Jul 27;45(13):e123
Regulation of Laminin γ2 Expression by CDX2 in Colonic Epithelial Cells Is Impaired During Active Inflammation. Coskun et al. J Cell Biochem. 2017 Feb;118(2):298-307.
Escape from epigenetic silencing of lactase expression is triggered by a single-nucleotide change. Swallow DM, Troelsen JT. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2016 Jun 7;23(6):505-7.
CDX2 downregulation is associated with poor differentiation and MMR deficiency in colon cancer. Olsen et al., Exp Mol Pathol. 2016 Feb;100(1):59-66
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Seaside postcards: North-Kent-on-Sea
A week ago the Herne Bay Festival was in full swing, but now the seaside town is sliding into autumn. In cafes and chippies on the seafront hired staff wait patiently for custom that's failing to materialise, although Wetherspoons is humming, because target audience. A couple braving shorts sit on the steps of the clocktower eating fish and chips, while local teenagers make the most of out-of-season inactivity to skate on the prom. On what's left of the pier a glum temp wades around the empty boating pool, the helter skelter stands empty, and even the Psychic Clairvoyant has time to leave his hut for a vape. Meanwhile at the Rotary Club's Telly-Go-Round, small children hope to score the jackpot ball so that Thomas the Tank Engine will emerge with two Magic Roundabout characters on board, whoever they used to be.
For reasons unclear, the 1st Margate Boys' and Girls' Brigade Band has rolled up to regale the townspeople of Herne Bay. Unfortunately they've chosen to do this in a car park on the King's Road outside a children's indoor playground, and the ratio of participants to spectators is disappointingly slack. Smartly turned out, the youngsters face the bouncy castle by the entrance and bang out MOR gospel tunes, hands skipping deftly across the glockenspiels while batons twirl and bugles play. Almost a dozen people are watching, most likely close relatives, while a table of soft drinks and cakes goes unconsumed. They drove miles to be here and practised the drumstick moves specially last night, because that's collective dedication, but controlled disappointment radiates forth.
On Central Parade, Cain's Amusements still delivers a traditional gaming machine experience, and a cheap one too. The change machines swap your silvers for 2ps, perfect for the coin cascade where a Minions keyring or Rodney Trotter's driving licence might be yours. Even the slots are only 10p a play, but there is a catch, which is that any payouts are made in tickets. Three cherries wins 100 tickets, which fire from the machine in a seemingly never-ending sequence as if to suggest some kind of jackpot. Not so, as a trip to the prize booth reveals. 100 tickets gets you a tin of Happy Shopper new potatoes, with Spaghetti Hoops requiring 150 and Heinz Beanz 175. When a set of The Voice judges (circa Jessie J) costs 300 tickets, and a Kellogg's variety pack needs 500, anything even half decent is going to demand an entire afternoon of lucky gambling.
The Coast Rescue landrover drives up the beach defence to where a small crowd has gathered. Nobody is in danger, there being precious few watersporters offshore this afternoon, and instead attention is focused on an inert bundle of fur. A solitary seal is sprawled out on the pebbles a few feet from the incoming waves, and being observed with silent concern. The unspoken consensus is that it must be either sick or dead, but it could just be tired, and still everyone watches. One of the local ice cream vendors cycles up in case anyone fancies a lolly, waits a minute, gives up and moves on. Eventually a twist of the head reveals that the seal is at least still alive, and will eventually be reclaimed by the rising tide, and an uncertain fate.
It must have seemed like a good idea to host the wedding reception in a chocolate box cottage overlooking the sea at the end of the summer. Instead the north wind is whipping in, and a vague strip of blue sky remains stubbornly on the horizon, and only the bravest of guests remain under the awning on the terrace. Likewise the 50th birthday party on the beach looks somewhat ill-advised, the guests in blankets huddled between a breakwater and a gazebo tied with helium balloons, while someone dishes out hotdogs, cake and beer. At the harbour village the pearl lady has packed up and gone home early, while a white-coated worker at West Whelks dashes to the waterside to hurl a bowl of ice into the dock. Not to worry, the fish and chips at VC Jones are always excellent.
The annual Hop Festival is underway, this year its 25th anniversary. Thousands of revellers have filled the streets and beer gardens of Faversham to drink the pubs dry of Shepherd Neame, which is brewed locally, and to listen to folk-ish bands on temporary stages. Technically the event is to celebrate the heritage of hop-making, and in this case also ciders, stouts and pale ales, but no major Kent event is complete without morris dancers and a Jack in the Green. The keenest participants wear a crown of hops, their green headdress occasionally mistaken for brussels sprouts by those less well informed. Stick it in your diary for next year, if mass social CAMRA worship is your thing.


The Duchy of Cornwall has invested millions of pounds in offshore funds and companies, the latest leaked documents in the Paradise Papers reveal.
One of the companies invested in by the duchy, which is the Prince of Wales' private estate, was a Bermuda-registered business run by one of his friends, The Guardian has reported this evening.
The newspaper reports that the decision to buy shares was highly sensitive and board members of the company were sworn to secrecy.
The documents show that the duchy - which was introduced to the firm by its director, High Van Cutsem, whom Prince Charles first met at university in the 1960s.
There was no tax advantage to the duchy, but the decision to financially back a company run by a close friend of the prince and the secrecy around it are sure to raise some eyebrows.
The duchy owns land in 23 countries - and much in Cornwall, where it has often courted controversy.
The housing, park-and-ride and Waitrose development at Truro faced strong opposition from locals, while the duchy's 540-acre extension to Newquay, Nansledan, is a few years into a project that is set to take 40 years to complete.
It will eventually evolve into a community of more than 4,000 homes - something that has not been welcomed by everyone.
The duchy's financial advisors could also be asked whether it should have declared the investment in a company that could have indirectly benefited from the prince's support for conservation projects.
The shares in Sustainable Forest Management were bought in 2007 for an estimated $100,000 before being sold the following year $325,000.
The duchy told The Guardian that the prince had no "direct involvement in investment decisions".
But pressure group Republic, which campaigns for the abolition of the monarchy, said the prince was "guilty of a clear conflict of interest in lobbying on issues from which he has made a large profit".
Graham Smith, speaking for Republic, said this evening: "Charles has secretly invested in a company that may well have benefitted enormously from his lobbying and public speeches. At no time did Charles declare his personal financial interest in this issue.
"We must be able to expect the highest standards from a future head of state. Yet Charles, who is already receiving millions from the taxpayer and public estates, is investing in his friend's offshore company and using his position to ramp up the share value."
"Charles has always made a virtue of his close involvement in the management of the duchy. He cannot now blame officials or accountants.
"Any other public official or politician would be sacked for this kind of behaviour. It is a clear abuse of public office.
"MPs need to demand transparency over royal financial interests. Whatever rules apply to them, should apply to the royals.
"Like the Queen, Charles is also actively seeking to avoid paying tax - it appears the royals can't do enough to keep hold of their money."
Prince Charles launched the Rainforest Project in autumn 2007. The duchy does not have to pay UK tax on its income or gains, but the prince has voluntarily done so since 1993.
A Clarence House spokesman said: "The prince has never chosen to speak out on a topic simply because of a company that the duchy may have invested in. In the case of climate change, his views are well known. Indeed, he has been warning of the threat of global warming to our environment for more than 30 years.
A duchy spokesman said: "The Duchy of Cornwall's accounts are independently audited and presented to parliament every year. The Prince of Wales does not have any direct involvement in the investment decisions taken by the duchy. These are the responsibility of the duchy's finance and audit committee.


Hope everyone enjoyed this year's Nationals on Sunday! Congrats again to Luckey Li who defended his Canadian Champion title in 1A, Terrance Wang who emerged as a new Canadian Champion in Open, and Christopher Chunn for winning the International X division. Full results are here, and videos are in the following links. See you in Vancouver for Canadian Nationals 2019!!
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Saratov Regional Museum of Local Lore
Phone: экс. бюро (8452) 28-24-91
Address: 410031, Saratov region, 34, Lermontova str., Saratov
Saratov regional museum of local lore - W858, official web site www.comk.ru
Saratov Regional Museum of Local Lore is among the oldest ones in the Volga Region. December 12 (24), 1886, is considered to be its foundation date: Saratov Scientific Archive Board was organized then, with a historical-archaeological museum as an associate part. Nowadays, this is a major museum corporation with 10 branches.
Since 1930, the Museum is hosted in a building that is regarded among the brightest monuments of the XIX century Russian classicism. The museum funds comprise about 400 thousand items: extensive archaeological, ethnographical, paleontological, entomological collections, herbaria, photos, documents, hand-written and early printed books, coins and medals, religious items, posters, materials on the history of political, economical, social and cultural life in Saratov. The museum possesses rare materials on the 1921 famine in the Volga Region and memorial collections have to do with Yu. Gagarin - the world first astronaut, P.A. Stolypin - a Governor of Saratov and one of the most prominent Russian Prime Ministers, N.I. Vavilov - an outstanding researcher in the field of genetics, A.G. Schnittke - a composer, L.A. Kassil - a famous writer, some outstanding actors, scientists, authors. The exhibits are laid out in 30 rooms. New exhibitions are demonstrated annually
Museum's services:
museum shop, lecture hall, public library, equipped for people with disabilities
(8452) 28-24-96, Fax: (8452) 28-24-96
founded: 12.12.1886
Historical,Regional museum,Science and technics,Memorial,Painting art
permament show rooms 1577м2
temporary exhibitions 100м2
museum's store 559м2
98 (curators: 42)
Specific departments:
archive, science library, restoration dep. документов на бумажной основе
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When the people of Tromso in Norway's northern reaches awoke to the sight of a giant blue and white spiral of light hanging in the still dark sky above them, they were understandably shocked. It didn't look like the northern lights. Was it a meteor? A UFO?
Calls flooded in to radio stations and air-traffic control towers. Astronomers were baffled. Extra-terrestrial enthusiasts got on their blogs. "It looked like a rocket that spun around and around and then went diagonally across the heavens," said Totto Eriksen, who saw the display while driving his daughter to school. And when an explanation finally came, he wasn't far wrong. It turned out to be a failed Russian nuclear-capable missile test launch.
The new Bulava missile was fired from the nuclear submarine Dmitry Donskoi, the Russian defence ministry confirmed. The White Sea, close to Norway's Arctic region, is Russia's standard missile-testing site. This one failed at the third stage.
The Bulava can carry up to 10 individually targeted nuclear warheads and has a maximum range of 8,000km (5,000 miles). It is the sea-based version of the Topol-M, Russia's land-based intercontinental missile, which entered service in 2006. New Borei submarines were developed primarily to launch it.
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Kitimat is a river and ocean fishing hot spot for international, provincial, and regional visitors, many of whom return yearly. The Kitimat Valley is an area with stunning forests, mountains, and wildlife where fish are plentiful while crowds are not. If guided fishing tours is on your itinerary, we have many for you to choose from and will customize the tour to your liking.
Dala & Kildala River
Dala-Kildala Rivers Estuaries Park is located at the east end of Kildala Arm, along the east side of Douglas Channel, approximately 15 km southeast of Kitamaat Village. Access is by helicopter and boat only. The park protects provincially significant and productive tidal wetlands, river estuaries, fish and wildlife habitat, salmon streams and Grizzly Bear habitat, Park size 741 ha. History – Dala-Kildala Rivers Estuaries Park was designated as a Park on May 20, 2004, following recommendations from the Kalum Land and Resource Management Plan.
Wildlife: Dala-Kildala Rivers Estuaries Park protects a Nationally significant over-wintering and migration staging site for migratory
bird species. The park includes the habitat of such bird species as Trumpeter Swan, Great Blue Heron, Western Grebe, Red-Breasted Merganser and Canada Goose. The park also protects important Grizzly Bear habitat and the Dala and Kildala Rivers support significant runs of Pink and Chum Salmon, with minor runs of Coho and Chinook Salmon.
Wildlife Viewing: The estuaries in this park can provide wildlife viewing opportunities for waterfowl, Grizzly bears, Black-tailed
Deer and sometimes Wolves. Also at times, Humpback and Killer Whales can be seen in the marine waters of Kildala Arm.
We offer fully guided day trips and 1 – 3 days guided Ocean & River fishing expeditions out of Kitimat, these are all inclusive adventure packages to the Dala & Kildala River.
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Kemano River
Kemano is a settlement situated 75 km (47 mi) southeast of Kitimat in the province of British Columbia in Canada. It was built to service a hydroelectric power station, to provide energy for Alcan to smelt aluminium (aluminum) from its ore. The powerhouse is built 427 m (1,400 ft) inside the base of Mt Dubose in a blasted cavern. It produces 896 MW of power from its eight generators, each of which has a
capacity of 112MW.The plant comprises a 16 km (10 mi) tunnel, the width of a two-lane highway, drilled and blasted through the coastal mountains to carry water to the penstocks of the Kemano powerhouse.
The water plunges 800 m (2,600 ft) to drive the generators. The power transmission lines travel 82 km (51 mi) from Kemano to Kitimat across some of the most rugged mountain territory in British Columbia, along the Kildala Pass, about 1,500 m (5,000 ft) above sea-level.
The first Kemano Project, known as Kemano I, resulted in the flooding of 120,000 acres (490 km2) of the Nechako Reservoir, within Cheslatta territory. This reputedly removed approximately 75% of the flow of the Nechako which is or was an important salmon river. Expansion on the project, known as Kemano II, has been contested in the Canadian courts by members of the Cheslatta Carrier Nation with a group of Elders who have filed a Statement of Claim with the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Kemano itself is a name for a tribal subdivision of the Hanaksiala, part of the Haisla group, and was a community in its own right after many of the coastal tribes withdrew during the influx of colonists post-1780, to remove themselves from the threat of diseases and the alien culture. Kemano Indian Reserve No. 17 is located at the site of the Henaksiala village, though most Haisla in the region today live at Kitimaat Village, near Kitimat. The company town of Kemano was originally built in the 1950s and was home to a thriving small community, featuring a guesthouse, a shop which sold everything from candy to guns to socks to hats, a golf course and a church. It eventually closed its doors as a community in 2000, the residents were moved out, and the majority of houses (including the school) were burnt down as a training exercise for selected fire departments from all of BC. The plant still exists and is operational on a shift system.
We offer full guided day trips and 1 – 3 days guided Ocean & River fishing expeditions out of Kitimat, these are all inclusive adventure packages to the Kemano River.
Kitlope River
This park encompasses the world's largest intact coastal temperate rainforest. This unique rainforest has old-growth trees over 800 years old. The Kitlope valley is an important habitat for marbled murrelets, bald eagles, moose, grizzly, black bear, wolf and waterfowl. The Kitlope valley lies within the traditional territory of the Haisla First Nation, based out of Kitamaat Village. It takes a few hours to travel to the Kitlope by boat from Kitimat.
The best time to visit the area is in July and August, when the marine conditions and the weather are at their best. Along the way visitors can do some fishing; visit Weewanie or Shearwater Hot Springs; watch for whales, seals, eagles, mountain goats, and bears; and view the wonderful waterfalls, tall granite cliffs, and hanging glaciers along Gardner Canal. Visitors arriving in larger vessels can anchor just outside the estuary area (deeper water) and then take a smaller boat (jet boats are best) up the Kitlope River to Kitlope Lake. Park Size: 321,120 hectares. The park is located at the end of the Gardner Canal, on British Columbia's central coast, approximately 50 km northwest of Bella Coola and 120 km southeast of Kitimat. The area is accessed by boat to the end of the Gardener Canal. The area is accessed by boat and aircraft only. Visitors should be experienced in ocean navigation and wilderness survival. Visitors can use jet boats to access Kitlope Lake and Kitlope River systems.
History: In 1994 the West Fraser Timber Company relinquished all rights to harvesting in the Kitlope area without consideration or compensation from the B.C. Government. The park was proposed with cooperation between the Haisla Nation and the B.C. Government. It protects the largest intact coastal temperate rainforest in the world. The Kitlope area encompasses a rich diversity of natural and cultural heritage values.
Cultural Heritage: The Kitlope Valley lies within the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation. Known to the Haisla as "Hushuwashsdu" or "Source of the milky blue water", the Kitlope area is a focus of native lore and native stories such as "The Man Who Turned to Stone". The Kitlope Valley also has significant archaeological site potential. The Haisla have used the Kitlope area for the harvesting of plants, animals and fish including salmon and oolichan.
Conservation: The area encompasses the world's largest intact coastal temperate rainforest. This unique rainforest has old-growth trees over 800 years old. The Kitlope watershed provides a large intact diversity of wildlife and fish habitats, ranging from estuaries, lakes, rich flood plains, steep side slopes and alpine area.
Wildlife: The Kitlope Valley is an important habitat for Marbled Murrelets, Bald Eagles, moose, mountain goats, grizzly bear, black bear and waterfowl. A variety of waterfowl and birds can also be found throughout the Kitlope watershed. All five species of pacific salmon, herring, and oolichan spawn throughout the many rivers and creeks.
We offer fully guided day trips and 1-3 days guided Ocean & River fishing expeditions out of Kitimat, these are all inclusive adventure packages to the Kitlope River.
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Locality: Il-Mellieħa
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Għajn Tuffieħa Bay is a picturesque beach that draws locals and tourists alike during the hot summer months. However, in the past, such a bay was an ideal site where the enemy could disembark its troops and invade Malta. For this reason continuous surveillance of such vulnerable areas was essential and Grand Master Jean Paul de Lascaris Castellar embarked on the project of building a number of watch towers to fulfil this purpose.
The Għajn Tuffieħa Tower was built in 1637 and consists of two rooms built on top of each other. A ½-pounder cannon was mounted on the tower's flat roof. This small tower was garrisoned by four men.
When compared to the previously built Wignacourt towers, the Lascaris towers are much smaller. At that time the Knights did not have enough manpower to post a large number of troops at every possible landing space, thus they built smaller towers. For this reason, the roles of the towers had to change from that of a miniature fort in to simple watch towers.
Interestingly enough, the tower was not only used during the times of the Knights of St. John, but it continued to fulfil its role as a watch tower even in the Second World War. A policeman had the job of guarding the surrounding inlets from the upper room of the tower. He resided in the lower room and had to climb to the upper room by means of fixed metal rungs. Nowadays the metal rungs have been removed but the points in the wall where they were attached to can still be seen.
The Għajn Tuffieħa Tower was restored by Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna.
In this shot, one can also appreciate the World War II beach post standing quite close to the tower. These beach posts were concrete bunkers containing machine gun emplacements. The rubble wall cladding ensured that such a fortification would be very difficult to spot by the enemy troops attempting to land in this bay.
The coastal cliffs and coastal landforms (such as the Għajn Tuffieħa tombolo) embracing the sea make this area simply amazing.
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This is a list of properties and districts in Indiana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 1,900 in total. Of these, 39 are National Historic Landmarks. Each of Indiana's 92 counties has at least two listings.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. New entries are added to the official Register on a weekly basis. Also, the counts in this table exclude boundary increase and decrease listings which modify the area covered by an existing property or district and which carry a separate National Register reference number.
^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. For about 1% of NRIS original coordinates, experience has shown that one or both coordinates are typos or otherwise extremely far off; some corrections may have been made. A more subtle problem causes many locations to be off by up to 150 yards, depending on location in the country: most NRIS coordinates were derived from tracing out latitude and longitudes from USGS topographical quadrant maps created under the North American Datum of 1927, which differs from the current, highly accurate WGS84 GPS system used by most on-line maps. Chicago is about right, but NRIS longitudes in Washington are higher by about 4.5 seconds, and are lower by about 2.0 seconds in Maine. Latitudes differ by about 1.0 second in Florida. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
^ Angel Mounds, the Cavanaugh Bridge, the County Bridge No. 45, the County Line Bridge (Morristown, Indiana), the Ennis Archaeological Site (12 OW 229), the Huffman Mill Covered Bridge, the Laughery Creek Bridge, the Patoka Bridges Historic District, the Scotland Bridge, the Secrest Ferry Bridge, the Traders Point Eagle Creek Rural Historic District, and the Washington Street Historic District (Valparaiso, Indiana) span the borders between Vanderburgh and Warrick counties, Jackson and Washington counties, Daviess and Knox counties, Hancock and Rush counties, Monroe and Owen counties, Perry and Spencer counties, Dearborn and Ohio counties, Gibson and Pike counties, Boone and Clinton counties, Monroe and Owen counties, Boone and Marion counties, and Porter and Tippecanoe counties respectively. The Shakamak State Park Historic District is split between Clay, Greene, and Sullivan counties.
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An eyewitness said they saw seven police officers run over the bridge near a pub
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A heavy police presence has been spotted near Stourbridge Common after reports of a "fight".
A number of officers and several police vehicles were seen responding to what appeared to be an incident on Stourbridge Common, near The Green Dragon earlier this evening (Wednesday August 26).
An eyewitness who was passing the scene said: "There is something happening on Stourbridge Common.
"Seven police officers just ran over the green bridge near The Green Dragon.
"There are at least four police cars outside The Green Dragon as well. At first one officer came down then about six others came running across, it was really weird."
A spokesman for the police force has now confirmed they were called to reports of an incident but it did not need further action.
He said: "We were called to a report of something like a fight on the common but it in the end nothing happened. There were no arrests, nothing.
"We were called there to deal with an incident but when officers arrived it was nothing."


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James Bond author Anthony Horowitz auctioned off an opportunity to be written as a named character in his forthcoming James Bond novel. The prize was offered during a fundraiser for London's Air Ambulance at the East Wintergardens in Canary Wharf. London's Air Ambulance is a charity that delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured patients in London.
Said the author: "Some writers might simply mention the name of the successful bidder but I intend on doing something rather more. The bidder will appear both by name and by physical characteristics. Aspects of their personality and life will be woven into the story and there's a chance that the character will meet Bond - and perhaps even be killed by him!"
The Bond lot generated the greatest interest and "provoked a furious bidding war" that topped out at £30,000. Horowitz was on hand to greet and congratulate both successful bidders following an unexpected turn in events that resulted in the author agreeing to immortalize both guests in print for their significant donation to the charity.
Anthony Horowitz's James Bond novel, codenamed "Project One", will be released in September 2015.
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A battle is raging in our times over the institution of marriage and family. And the devastating effects are all about us. However, as the maxim says, "you ain't seen nothing 'yet."
Left unchecked the war against marital union of one man and one woman and the children they produce will have long and disastrous consequences. Why is this war being waged? Who is waging it? And, what can we do about it?


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import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

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public class SumBinaryNumberTest {

  private SumBinaryNumbers sumBinaryNumbers;

  @Before public void setUp() {
    this.sumBinaryNumbers = new SumBinaryNumbers();
  }

  @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class) public void shouldNotAcceptNullInputs() {
    sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersCheating(null, null);
  }

  @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
  public void shouldNotAcceptMalformedBinaryNumbers() {
    String n1 = "10";
    String n2 = "2";

    sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersCheating(n1, n2);
  }

  @Test public void zeroPlusZeroEqualsZero() {
    String n1 = "0";
    String n2 = "0";

    String result = sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersCheating(n1, n2);

    assertEquals("0", result);
  }

  @Test public void onePlusOneEqualsTwo() {
    String n1 = "01";
    String n2 = "01";

    String result = sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersCheating(n1, n2);

    assertEquals("10", result);
  }

  @Test public void zeroPlusTwoEqualsTwo() {
    String n1 = "0";
    String n2 = "10";

    String result = sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersCheating(n1, n2);

    assertEquals("10", result);
  }

  @Test public void fivePlusSevenEqualsTwelve() {
    String n1 = "101";
    String n2 = "111";

    String result = sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersCheating(n1, n2);

    assertEquals("1100", result);
  }

  @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
  public void shouldNotAcceptNullInputsBasedOnPowersOfTwo() {
    sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersBasedOnPowersOfTwo(null, null);
  }

  @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
  public void shouldNotAcceptMalformedBinaryNumbersBasedOnPowersOfTwo() {
    String n1 = "10";
    String n2 = "2";

    sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersBasedOnPowersOfTwo(n1, n2);
  }

  @Test public void zeroPlusZeroEqualsZeroBasedOnPowersOfTwo() {
    String n1 = "0";
    String n2 = "0";

    String result = sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersBasedOnPowersOfTwo(n1, n2);

    assertEquals("0", result);
  }

  @Test public void onePlusOneEqualsTwoBasedOnPowersOfTwo() {
    String n1 = "01";
    String n2 = "01";

    String result = sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersBasedOnPowersOfTwo(n1, n2);

    assertEquals("10", result);
  }

  @Test public void zeroPlusTwoEqualsTwoBasedOnPowersOfTwo() {
    String n1 = "00";
    String n2 = "10";

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    assertEquals("10", result);
  }

  @Test public void fivePlusSevenEqualsTwelveBasedOnPowersOfTwo() {
    String n1 = "101";
    String n2 = "111";

    String result = sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersBasedOnPowersOfTwo(n1, n2);

    assertEquals("1100", result);
  }

  @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
  public void shouldNotAcceptNullInputsBasedOnCount() {
    sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersBasedOnCount(null, null);
  }

  @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
  public void shouldNotAcceptMalformedBinaryNumbersBasedOnCount() {
    String n1 = "10";
    String n2 = "2";

    sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersBasedOnCount(n1, n2);
  }

  @Test public void zeroPlusZeroEqualsZeroBasedOnCount() {
    String n1 = "0";
    String n2 = "0";

    String result = sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersBasedOnCount(n1, n2);

    assertEquals(Integer.parseInt("0", 2), Integer.parseInt(result, 2));
  }

  @Test public void onePlusOneEqualsTwoBasedOnCount() {
    String n1 = "01";
    String n2 = "01";

    String result = sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersBasedOnCount(n1, n2);

    assertEquals("010", result);
  }

  @Test public void zeroPlusTwoEqualsTwoBasedOnCount() {
    String n1 = "00";
    String n2 = "10";

    String result = sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersBasedOnCount(n1, n2);

    assertEquals(Integer.parseInt("10", 2), Integer.parseInt(result, 2));
  }

  @Test public void fivePlusSevenEqualsTwelveBasedOnCount() {
    String n1 = "101";
    String n2 = "111";

    String result = sumBinaryNumbers.sumBinaryNumbersBasedOnCount(n1, n2);

    assertEquals(Integer.parseInt("1100", 2), Integer.parseInt(result, 2));
  }
}


therefore do not benefit from preferential treatment under the EC-Israel Association Agreement (C-386/08 Brita GmbH v. Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Hafen).
According to the EC-Israel Association Agreement signed between the European Community and Israel in 1997, Israeli goods benefit from preferential treatment, i.e. tax-exemption when imported to the EU market. A similar agreement was signed between the European Community and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority (PA), which gives duty free access to goods from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. According to these two agreements, the origin of goods entering the EU is to be determined by the authorities of the exporting party.
Brita is a German company, which imports drink makers and accessories for sparkling water, produced by an Israeli supplier, Soda Club Ltd. The Israeli company manufactures in Mishor Adumim, an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, located east of Jerusalem.
Brita intended to import goods produced by Soda Club Ltd. into Germany, under the duty-free rule, claiming that these products originated from Israel. The German customs authorities requested Israel to clarify the origin of the products in order to ensure that they indeed fall into the territorial scope of the EC-Israel Association Agreement and were not manufactured in the occupied West Bank. Israel refused to provide sufficient information, asserting merely that the products were manufactured in an area under Israeli customs authority. In September 2003, the German customs authorities refused to allow entry of these goods under preferential treatment, a decision that Brita challenged in court.
The Court further rejected the argument that Israeli goods ought, in any event, to profit from preferential treatment, be it under the EC-Israel or EC-PA Association Agreement, making reference to the general international law principle of the relative effect of treaties ('pacta tertiis nec nocent nec prosunt").
This principle, reflective of customary international law, and therefore binding upon the EC institutions as part of EU law, stipulates that treaties do not impose any obligations, or confer any rights, on third States. As reiterated by the ECJ, this rule finds particular expression in Article 34 of the Vienna Convention, under which a treaty does not create either obligations or rights for a third State without its consent.
Based on these considerations, the Court affirmed that the territorial scope of the EC-Israel Agreement "must be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the principle 'pacta tertiis nec nocent nec prosunt'," concluding that each of the two association agreements has its own territorial scope. While the EC-Israel Association Agreement applies to the "territory of the State of Israel", the EC-PA Association Agreement applies to the "territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip." The Court thus affirmed that Israeli goods can receive preferential treatment only under the EC-Israel Association Agreement, provided that they originate from Israel and that only the PA is entitled to certify for export goods produced in the West Bank.
Al-Haq praises the ruling of the ECJ, which reaffirms the EU's commitment to and adherence by general principles of international law and which essentially rejects Israel's territorial claims over settlements constructed and operating in the occupied West Bank.
To act in accordance with the ruling of the ECJ and to take all feasible measures to ensure that Israeli settlement products do not enter the EU market under preferential treatment accorded under the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
To ensure that the "technical arrangement" signed between the EU and Israel in 2005 is applied in a manner that is consistent with the ruling of the ECJ, i.e. in manner, which allows the customs authorities of the EU Member States to distinguish between products originating from Israel proper as opposed to Israeli settlements.
To issue national guidelines and/or legislation which ensure the adequate labelling of products entering the EU market in a manner that allows consumers to distinguish between products originating from illegal Israeli settlements in and Palestinian produce from the West Bank.


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Note I did not say the "new Merck Manual website." The site is the new Merck Manual. The Manuals are now all-digital. There will be no further print editions. Publishing a printed book every five years and sending reams of paper around the world on trucks, planes, and boats is no longer the optimal way to provide medical information. We are continually updating our content and publishing it online as soon as it is ready, so we make no distinction among "editions." Our sole distinction is audience. The Professional version retains its 116-year focus on health care students and practitioners, while the Consumer Version is for patients, caregivers, and everyone else who needs easy access to clear, reliable medical information.
From now on, the discussion in this location will be titled "Perspective on the News." This will be where Merck Manual authors and editorial board members provide a reasoned perspective on recent medical news. Our experts from the various medical specialties will let consumers know how worried they should really be by the latest media scare story, and will help our professional users understand whether the latest "breakthrough" reported in the medical literature is as amazing as it seems.
Because we are no longer constrained by what can be printed on paper, we are adding many new types of content. Both professional and consumer versions will have daily news feeds, expert commentary on the news, quizzes, information on drugs, including a pill identifier and an online tool to determine the risk of drug interactions, and lots more illustrations, animations, and photos.
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Although much is new, what is not changed is that The Merck Manuals content is still authored by hundreds of independent medical experts worldwide, and the websites remain available free, without registration, with no ads or other commercial messaging—from anyone.
These changes are not a finish but a start. Please stay tuned for new developments and new content, and feel free to contact us with any comments or questions.
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Milan Furniture Fair: on the 12th of April!
The Milan Furniture Fair opens ist gate from the 12th to the 17th of April for the 50th time. The organizer Cosmi sais that more than 2,700 representatives of Italian and international design, such as Kartell, Moroso, Magis and Baleri Italia, are going to expose on the Anniversary-Fair. Besides the Furniture Fair Salone Internazionale del Mobile, in this year there are the Euroluce, the Salone Ufficio and the Salone Satellite simultaneously.
Also the city Milan is being part of it: numerous cultural events offer entertainment and information. For example, every evening there is a multimedia installation named The Arbour to be seen on the Piazza San Fedele. Furthermore, in cooperation with Citroën, the Via Monte Napoleone is transformed into a kind of open-air museum: the installation from Ora Ito integrates the street and local shops, at the same time the exposition "Avverati – A Dream Come True" is presented. Find an overview of all events from the Milan Furniture Fair on the fair's homepage.
The Milan Furniture Fair already takes place since 1961. With growing success: width, extent and expositors number grew continuously in the past 50 years. While in 1961 "only" 328 expositors were presented on 11,000 square meters, there are 2,720 expositors on more than 200,000 square metres this year.
The Milan Furniture Fair subdivides itself in several areas: under the term I Saloni there is the international exposition for illumination Euroluce, the international Biennale for office furnishing Salone Ufficio and the talent fair Salone Satellite in this year in the Salone Internazionale del Mobile.
Find more information and visitor advices on the organizer's homepage: Cosmit.


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Shore Congressman secures another round of PPE for first responders
State Troopers Fraternal Association 1st Vice President Steve Kuhn, on left, and STFA President Wayne Blanchard, on right, receive PPE donated by the Ansell office in Iselin, NJ at the STFA office in Wall Township on Tues., April 14, 2020. (Congressman Chris Smith's Office)
In his latest effort to bring PPE to first responders on the front lines of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, Jersey Shore Congressman Chris Smith has once again delivered in the clutch by working again with Ansell to secure thousands of gloves and suits.
The efforts this round are apart an ongoing donation drive headed by the New Jersey State Troopers union and the Health Care Professionals and Allied Employees (who represent registered nurses and other health care workers).
"The troopers and nurses launched their donation drive to solicit donations of PPE, and Ansell's contributions are a welcome addition," Representative Smith said in a statement. "A big thanks to the troopers and HPAE for working together to run this donation drive and bring more protective equipment to those working on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak."
The State Troopers Fraternal Association and the HPAE have been collecting gloves, gowns and other PPE used by first responders and health care professionals.
Smith said he heard from Wayne Blanchard, President of 1,500-member STFA, and Debbie White, RN, President of the 14,000-member HPAE after they heard about the Congressman's work with Ansell to secure 41.3-million medical grade gloves last month from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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"We'd like to thank Congressman Smith for his initiative in cutting through the red tape to get supplies to first responders," STFA President Blanchard said. "We'd like to thank our partners in the business community, particularly Ansell, for supporting our first responders during this unprecedented pandemic."
"As COVID-19 continues to spread across New Jersey, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is needed in every hospital, nursing home and healthcare facility," HPAE President White said. "We are grateful for Congressman Smith's efforts to bring these supplies to frontline caregivers. These supplies from Ansell will help to ensure that healthcare workers stay healthy and on the frontlines of the COVID-19 battle."
"Ansell is truly honored to support the STFA and HPAE by donating medical exam gloves and protective suits to help protect these heroes as they protect our communities," Renae Leary, Chief Commercial Office of the Americas of the Australian-based Ansell, said. "Seeing as our America's headquarters is in Iselin, NJ, we are acutely aware of the continued need for PPE and are proud to be able to support our local community."
You can donate items at STFA's headquarters at 2634 Route 70 in Manasquan (Wall, Township) Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For drop off arrangements or other questions, call (732) 528-6388 or email info@staf.org.
Monetary donations to purchase PPE for the drive are also accepted, Blanchard said.
Within the last week, Smith announced that he has been working to help obtain medical masks for New Jersey from the Taiwanese government.
A Hong Kong human rights organization also recently donated 4,000 surgical masks to CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, as a thank you for Congressman Smith's support of Hong Kong "in its struggle to stay free and secure in the shadow of its huge and hostile neighbor, the People's Republic of China."
Filed Under: Chris Smith, Congressman Chris Smith, First responders, Monmouth County, Ocean County, personal protective equipment, PPE
Categories: Monmouth/Ocean News, National News, New Jersey News, News


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My love to you. Love is all that matters. God is love. Nothing to fear.
Thank you, Harper. God is always faithful in his protection of us. He is love and that is all that truly matters.


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Following this talk in the RDS Library Speaker Series a reception and book launch will take place in the Library to mark publication of, 'William E. Wilson (The Work and Family of a Westmeath Astronomer', by Ian Elliott and Charles Mollan. The book is Number 5 in the RDS Science and Irish Culture Series.


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The European grades of structural steel Dr. Skilbred is performing standardized coatings tests on include S235 (equivalent to the U.S. standard A283C), the stuff of ship's hulls, superstructures and pressure vessels (and bridges). One of the major makers of S235 structural steel is U.K.-based Masteel, a company with a major and growing share of Brazil's offshore sector, including, it is understood, a custom specification of steel plate for Brazilian oil company, Petrobras, operator and buyer of massive floating oil installations requiring structural plates of shipbuilding steel. Oil companies — still responsible as operators for the integrity not only of oil installations but of their retinue of OSVs — will be hoping for all protection possible, or against fire and degradation. In the PSA report, corrosion causing structural damage and dangerous situations offshore far outnumbered fires. Defined as "chemical reactions between materials and their environment" — not rust — corrosion incidents included the discovery that bolts on a crane's gears had corroded and cracked. Elsewhere, a plate that looked "suspicious (and had rusted)" fell into the sea when a mechanic banged on it with a hammer. In the arctic, the loss of a crane or hull plate due to coatings failure would exacerbate maintenance delays. Areas enclosed for artic operations — derricks, battery rooms and decks — make obvious the need for fire-proof coatings that protect in the arctic cold against the heat of a hydrocarbon fire.
Dr. Skilbred says one of the reasons he watches paint dry in the arctic is to study the performance of the company's products after exposure to Arctic saltwater mists, ice, UV and cold. He'll chart corrosion rates, coatings cracking, ice impact and the impact on coatings of bolts (and visa-versa). "As (maritime) operations move further north, we expect that more surface treatment will be performed under Arctic conditions," he says, a nod to our assertion of "DIY Arctic" for sailors. Preliminary results on applying paint as protection in the arctic suggest a "challenging application" with "corrosion creep … more severe than expected".
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Can I have copyright on that? How about an ISO standard?


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COLLECTION Identifier: 2011-M235
Additional records of Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc., 1979-2011
Digital Material (1)
Additional records documenting local and national programs of Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc., which worked to expand employment opportunities for women through information, employment training, and advocacy.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Unrestricted.
Copyright. Copyright in the records created by Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc., is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the Schlesinger Library except that as long as WOW exists, researchers wishing to publish extensive quotations from the records must obtain the prior written permission of the executive director of WOW; brief quotations (fewer than 250 words in any one publication) may be made with the permission of the Director of the Schlesinger Library. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
11 linear feet ((11 cartons), 1 archived web site)
These addenda include printed material, reports, meeting notes, curricula, conference material, etc., documenting the work of Wider Opportunities for Women locally and nationally. They have been neither sorted nor rearranged. They are boxed and listed in the order in which they were received from the WOW office.
Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) is a non-governmental, non-profit women's organization based in the District of Columbia. Founded in 1964, WOW was initially known as the Washington Opportunities for Women, Inc. Under the leadership of Cindy Marano, who served as executive director from 1976 to 1997, WOW's primary focus was to provide employment training programs and childcare for low income women in the District of Columbia. In 1987, WOW merged with the National Commission on Working Women, an advisory board of influential experts that included corporate executives, public policy makers, educators, and members of the media and organized labor. Aided by the commission, WOW explored non-traditional occupations (NTOs) in construction, transportation, welding, firefighting services, telecommunications, and manufacturing as a viable means of helping women overcome poverty. One of WOW's earliest nontraditional training programs was the Building and Maintenance Program initiated in 1989 and funded by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA).
In 1990, after determining that JTPA programs did little to help women move beyond minimum wage jobs, WOW developed the Nontraditional Employment Training (NET) Project. Financial support from the Ford Foundation, the United States Department of Labor's Women's Bureau, and the Irvine Foundation, enabled WOW to achieve the stated goals of JTPA programs, namely to improve opportunities for employment, increase wage earnings, and elevate educational and occupational skills, in order to lessen welfare dependency. The NET Project provided technical assistance at select demonstration sites in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Montana; Hartford, Connecticut; and Tulare County and Sacramento in California.
The success of the NET Project elevated WOW's stature, enabling it to play a leading role in the development and passage of the Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) Act, which amended JTPA in December 1991. NEW Act, which became effective in July 1992, further broadened the effectiveness of JTPA for federal, state and local governments. The resulting four-year demonstration project, providing $1.5 million a year to institutionalize training for non-traditional occupations, placed greater emphasis on planning, setting goals, and reporting job placement and retention results. The requirements also included the formation of statewide nontraditional leadership teams. Initial grants for statewide projects were made in January 1993 to the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. In addition to statewide training, WOW provided workshops for federal officials and members of Congress on the implementation of the NEW Act.
Although the JTPA and NEW Act were repealed when the Workforce Investment Act was enacted in 1998, NET and NEW Act projects paved the way for other federally-funded projects for which WOW provided recruitment and technical assistance: e.g., the Women's Pipeline Project recruited women for training in highway construction, and the Women in Apprentice and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) project was established for women seeking entry-level employment. The WANTO project also included the use of web sites to provide greater access to NTOs, and training manuals to help educate unions and employers about sexual harassment.
WOW was also highly successful in acquiring funding for a number of collaborative projects. The Women's Workplace Literacy Project, initiated in 1988, helped low-income, single mothers at four demonstration sites: WOW, Nontraditional Employment for Women in New York, the Midwest Women's Center, and the Mary Crowley Academy. Subsequent funding enabled WOW to form the Intergenerational Literacy Action Research Project (ILAR) and related programs, which emphasized functional context education, and assisted in the development and dissemination of instructional materials to approximately 500 programs across the nation. Customized workshops were also developed for program coordinators, guidance counselors, teachers, and employers involved in training young girls in vocational equity and school-to-work transition programs. In 1990, their efforts attracted the attention of former First Lady Barbara Bush, who visited their training offices.
From the mid-1990s, WOW served as lead organizer of the State Organizing Project for Family Self-Sufficiency, funded by the Ford and Annie E. Casey Foundations. The Project's primary goal was to identify the causes of poverty and provide tangible ways to achieve economic self-sufficiency. In partnership with the Corporation for Enterprise Development, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the National Economic Development and Law Center, WOW helped established nationwide living standards for families, implemented workforce development projects, and addressed a number of issues associated with welfare reform.
A recognized leader in the field of employment, and particularly NTO (non-traditional occupations) training, in 2011 WOW continues to advocate for women as reflected in their influential reports, instructional videos, and web site (http: www.wowonline.org).
Accession number: 2011-M235
These addenda to the records of Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc. were given to the Schlesinger Library by Wider Opportunities for Women in 2011.
There is related material at the Schlesinger Library; see Wider Opportunities for Women Records, 1965-1987 (90-M59--90-M71); Wider Opportunities for Women Additional records, 1966-2003 (MC 672); and Papers of Joan Kuriansky, 1978-2017 (2017-M186).
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Occupational training for women--United States
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M'Bamina
Africa Seven
ASVN013
M'Bamina's ("Lightning") second studio album, at the height of their powers
It is late 1972. Six emigres from Congo, Benin and Cameroon find themselves in Pavia, near Milan in Italy. Sharing a passion for music and dance rooted in African culture they form a band called M'Bamina ("Lightning") they and stage their dance and music show in Le Rotonde di Garlasco. Two years of hard work and gigging follow before they make their first album "African Roll", released in 1975.
Following a European tour in 1976 then find themselves performing in Cameroon for a landmark concert at the Stade de Yaounde with Claude Francois (French Pop star and the writer of the original version of Sinatras My Way) and African music legend Manu Dibango. As it often happened in the 70s when talented ambitious bands met Manu Dibango, a move to France and a record deal with Fiesta Records (Decca) soon followed.
In Paris 1977 the band find themselves opening for a James Brown's concert Au Pavillon de Paris. By now the band is a well-oiled machine they have honed their live shows and sound by distilling a pure and fresh blend of R.& B, Rumba, Afro-Cuban, Funk and traditional African. M'Bamina then hook up with French producer Philippe Brejean to record their second album "Experimental" in Sysmo studios (a hot bed of album activity and French production music at the time). The results capture the band at the peak of their powers.
The core of M'Bamina was made up of Samba Ngo (guitar and vocals), Antoine Nkouka Batenda (guitar and vocals), Bernard Bifuanibo (bass), Jean-Marie Bolangassa (percussion), Anselme Tambakassa (congas) et Ligali Ali Amidou (percussion and vocals). The band would go on to make 2 further albums before disbanding in 1985.
Djambo (Salut a l'Afrique)
Tchiula (Le Crapaud)
Tchiayala
Mosi Zole (Un Et Deux)
Mambu (A l'école de la Sagesse Bantu)
Atide O Sika (Scene De Village)
Zizi Ku Mbele (Etrange Guerisseur)
Mbongui
V/A (distro)
Africa Airways 1 (Funk Connection 1973 to 1980)
Africa Airways 2 (Funk Departures 1973 to 1982)
Girma Beyene & Akale Wube
Ethiopiques 30: Mistakes On Purpose
Ekambi Brillant
African Funk Experimentals (1975 to 1982)
Tala A.M.
Talahun Gessesse
Sima!