Island Biodiversity - Tracking Human Influences (2 pm EST)
Meet Dr. Torben Rick, an archaeologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Join him in analyzing archaeological evidence of human life on islands. Look back over thousands...
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My Dive Trip to Oman-Daymaniat Islands Oct 2014, 1080 HD
Back to beautiful Daymaniat Islands in Oman, Oct 2014. In the movie: a huge 6 m Whale Shark, Honey Comb moray eel, turtle, Scorpion fish, Shoals of Barracuda, etc. Compare the size of the snorkeler.
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Dance of the Mantas - Socorro Islands Adventure on the Solmar V
This is the footage from our dive adventure aboard the Solmar V last January. The video footage was shot using my Sony NEX-5R camera, the 16mm pancake lens with a fisheye conversion lens,...
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FSX [REALISTIC] - French Islands Remastered (France VFR, Fly Tampa)
As always a like would be appreciated 🙂 Cum dederit (Vivaldi) 4th movement of the motet Nisi Dominus (RV 608) Sara Mingardo with Concerto Italiano under Rinaldo Alessandrini Cum dederit...
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The Tancook islands ferry is out of service yet again because of a failed port engine.
The William G. Ernst will be out of service for about two weeks.
The breakdown comes just two weeks after the 32-year-old ferry underwent three days of maintenance.
Transportation Department spokeswoman Sue McKeage said the province has chartered a boat to provide transportation to Big and Little Tancook islands beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The Eastern Points, a whale watching boat that sails under Capt. Walter Flower out of Lunenburg, will shuttle people back and forth to the islands while the ferry undergoes repairs. It will maintain the same schedule as the William G. Ernst.
More than 100 residents of both islands packed into Big Tancooks community centre in late September to discuss problems with their aging ferry.
They complained of an unreliable service in which people got left behind on the dock, food spoiled and work was delayed because home and business owners couldnt get the necessary supplies on the replacement ferry when they needed them.
The ferry came under the scrutiny of Transport Canada in late summer. It reduced the ferrys capacity to 45 passengers from 95 after it failed a stability requirement.
Chester-St.Margarets MLA Denise Peterson-Rafuse is working with municipal councillor Errol Knickle and a committee of island residents in an effort to come up with short-term recommendations to improve the service and longer-term changes theyd like to see.
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Owning a private island seems to belong in the realm of the extremely wealthy or does it?
We were surprised to find that many islands for sale in B.C. are selling for under $1 million. No, you can't even get most Vancouver teardowns for that price range.
There's Johnson Island, 20 acres of privacy about 48 kilometres from Fort. St. James. For $335,000, it comes with a rustic log cabin.
Who needs a fancy mansion when you have a front-row seat to astonishing sunsets and the northern lights?
Or for a tad more, you could have snapped up Bee Island in Cowichan Lake. A gorgeous 2,343 sq.-ft. home built in 2007 came with the property, which recently sold for $895,000.
Chris Krolow, who runs Private Islands Magazine and Private Islands Online, says islands in lakes are significantly less expensive then ones situated in the ocean.
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Galapagos Islands Timelapse
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Generating islands
Generating random islands.
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Islands and Rupees
Islands and Rupees Mentana Angelica Bye Bye Released on: 2012-07-04 Auto-generated by YouTube.
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Renegade-X: Episode #15 - Islands (still almost dead)
Rengade-x is a 100% FREE indie game made by Totem Arts now in open beta check out RenegadeX over at http://www.renegade-x.com Music Credits: Sebastian Aav Niels van der Leest Adam Prack...
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Sunrise North Side Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Gooood Morning, Cayman! Taken from a villa on the North Side of Grand Cayman. Download the SpotCayman app for the Cayman Islands here: https://itunes.apple.com/app/spotcayman/id495506473.
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The XX - Islands @ Guggenheim Museum 11/5/14
The Xx at Guggenheim International Gala Pre-party November 5th 2014 The Xx - Islands.
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Northern Michigan Islands Lime Island Northern Michigans News Leader
For the second stop in our tour through Northern Michigan #39;s most interesting islands, we go to Lime Island. This island near the mouth of the St. Mary #39;s River in Eastern Upper Michigan has...
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Storm Islands
Small island nations have always been vulnerable to extreme weather but climate change is now increasing the frequency and intensity of events such as tropical cyclones. Storm Islands examines...
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LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A nudist beach in the Canary Islands had a moment of Ebola panic after 19 West African immigrants arrived on the beach with reports of fever.
The immigrants, who were planning on starting a new life in Spain, landed on Gran Canaria beach of Maspalomas. They landed at 8:30 a.m. Friday with at least three of the arrivals hailing from Guinea and Sierra Leone -- two of the three countries severely affected by the Ebola outbreak.
The immigrants were isolated for hours with some going to the hospital and others were detained for deportation to their home countries after being collected in a dump truck. The dump truck was reportedly used because ambulances would have required multiple trips.
"It presents risks because it is an established destination." said Marco Aurelio Perez, the mayor of San Bartolome. "Unfortunately, illegal immigration has become a common sight in the West."
Ebola has claimed 4,818 lives, according to the latest figures from the WHO, and is only contagious if the symptoms are present, which is why the fever raised an alarm.
None of the immigrants tested positive for Ebola.
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AT 6.24AM on November 9, 1914, the Anzacs commanders' worst fears came true as they sailed in convoy to war.
As the convoy was within about 80km of the Cocos Islands and had passed the night in a dark, relative calm, wireless operators on many of the ships suddenly received a short, loud message they did not recognise. The signal was heard twice more over the next few minutes.
The next communication came from the Cocos Islands telegraph post: "SOS. Strange warship approaching."
Captain Mortimer L'Estrange Silver, commander of convoy flagship HMAS Melbourne, signalled to HMAS Sydney to leave its protective position by the troop ships and make for the Cocos Islands to investigate the threat, which was believed to be the German cruiser Emden.
According to official war historian Charles Bean, within an hour the Sydney had disappeared over the horizon to the west.
"The whole fleet had seen the Sydney leave, and every man knew that she had gone to meet some ship of the enemy," Bean wrote.
By this point, the Emden had built itself quite the reputation - as much in Britain and Australia as in Germany. From September to November 1914, it had sunk or captured 23 vessels and disrupted trade over a wide area of the Indian Ocean, and many allied ships were engaged in the hunt for it.
That morning, the Emden was raiding the Cocos Islands with the aim of destroying the wireless station there and cutting the undersea cable (which was one of only two telegraphic links between Australia and the rest of the world).
The Emden's captain had no idea the Anzac convoy was so close, having assumed it would have taken more of a direct route to Europe. Ironically, the convoy had opted for the more circuitous Cocos Islands route because it was felt the more regular, direct passage might also have been more closely watched.
The battle was all over in less than two hours.
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The statement from China said the two countries had agreed "to prevent the situation from aggravating through dialogue and consultation and establish crisis management mechanisms to avoid contingencies".
Japan has previously called for a "hotline" between Tokyo and Beijing to be used in the event of an "accident" during military exercises, for example.
China's official Xinhua news agency said the agreement was "an encouraging icebreaker that has been painfully overdue". "It has brought the relationship between the world's second and third largest economies back to temperatures above the freezing point. Should it be properly implemented, it will mark a turning point in the trajectory of China-Japan relations."
In an indication of the complexity of the issue, Mr Abe affirmed that there had been no change in Japan's stance on the islands, claimed by China as the Diaoyus.
However, a reduction in tensions between the two countries has been broadly welcomed by Japan.
Akira Sato, Japan's state minister of defence, told The Telegraph: "The Senkaku islands are an inherent part of Japan and China is claiming them. However, China is starting to show signs of softening."
There is a hope that increased communications between the neighbours could eventually lead to cooperation. "Stable relations would not only bring important benefits to both countries but have a significant impact on the peace and prosperity of the whole region," said Minoru Kiuchi, Japan's state minister for foreign affairs.
"Given that Japan and China are neighbours, it is natural that issues should arise but direct dialogue should take place without preconditions and we are seeing that develop in a quiet manner, with several meetings recently."
Professor Yasuhiro Matsuda from the University of Tokyo described a meeting between Mr Xi and Mr Abe as a "golden opportunity" for the whole region.
"Next year is 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War we should become more positive next year. If relations with China and South Korea continue to be bad it will continue to get worse and will be much more difficult for both sides to ameliorate the relationship.
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Japan and China agree to reduce tensions over Senkaku islands
The Senkaku Islands, as they are called in Japan, sit in a strategic location between Okinawa and Taiwan. Matt Stiles/NPR hide caption
The Senkaku Islands, as they are called in Japan, sit in a strategic location between Okinawa and Taiwan.
Beijing and Tokyo have jointly acknowledged their competing claims over the sovereignty of an uninhabited island chain, effectively setting aside a contentious dispute and paving the way to renew high-level contacts two years after China unilaterally froze relations.
The Associated Press reports that China's Foreign Ministry said the two sides agreed they had "different positions" on the islands referred to by Tokyo as the Senkaku chain and by Beijing as the Diaoyus. The two sides would "gradually resume political, diplomatic and security dialogues," it said. Japan's Foreign Ministry released a similarly worded statement.
The New York Times says: "The agreement is the first public declaration by the two countries that they are seeking better relations and want to end the prolonged standoff, which has damaged their economic ties and at times seemed to bring them close to conflict."
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are widely expected to hold a meeting during the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit next week in Beijing. Abe said a meeting with his Chinese counterpart had yet to be finalized, but that it looked promising.
"Until now the door was closed, unfortunately, but this agreement has achieved a momentum," he said on BS Fuji television, according to AP.
The Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea have been the source of tense naval encounters, especially following a move by Japan to nationalize the islands two years ago. In a tit-for-tat response, China declared an air defense zone over the islands.
Although largely staying out of the fray, President Obama earlier this year suggested that Washington stands behind Tokyo's claim.
The Senkaku/Diaoyu row is just one of several island disputes between China and its maritime neighbors, including Vietnam and the Philippines.
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Future Islands at Vicar St, Dublin 3rd November 2014.
Future Islands at Vicar St, Dublin 3rd November 2014.
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