United States Marines blast a Japanese pill box in Saipan, Mariana Islands during…HD Stock Footage – Video

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Minecraft Xbox 360/PS3: Floating Jungle Islands | MCXBLA/PS3 Seed | Ep 21 – Video

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Maltese Chapels Around Maltese Islands – Photos & Recording of the Bells – Video

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Jamaica vs. US Virgin Islands – 2014 FIVB World Championships Qualifiers – Video

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Gulf Islands adventure

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As the Queen of Nanaimo chugged into Georgia Strait, the sun sparkled on the waves, fishing boats trolled the waters, a powerful tug pulled a barge on a long line and sailboats floated like butterflies.

Soon we were in the Gulf Islands archipelago, a maze of more than 220 rocky masses ranging from small, deathly-dangerous-when-foggy reefs to large isles. Only Salt Spring, Pender, Mayne, Galiano and Saturna islands receive service from B.C. Ferries.

At Galiano Island a few cars clunked off the ferry and a few thumped on. Gulls soared and black cormorants dried their outstretched wings on the mooring posts like preachers blessing their flock.

We entered Active Pass and watched our ferry make sharp turns in the narrow, twisting channel that separates Galiano and Mayne islands. Fishing boats bobbed in the pass, seeking the herring and salmon that are attracted by the turbulent tidal currents.

At Pender Island, my wife and I drove off the ferry. Day after sunny day followed, for the Gulf Islands lie in the rain shadow of the Olympic mountains and have a warm Mediterranean climate. Staying at a cabin for a week, we discovered the islands have three very different personalities: the sea, the forest and bucolic farmland.

In the forest we felt tiny amongst the enormous Douglas firs and western cedars all standing ramrod straight. Surrounded by delicate ferns, sombre light, towering trees and bright green moss clinging to logs and rocks, it felt primordial. We walked close together expecting a raptor or other Mesozoic beast to suddenly burst through the foliage.

One day we went kayaking to Portland Island, part of the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, which sprawls over 15 islands and numerous islets. On the shore an oyster catcher and a long-legged blue heron patrolled the beach for dinner. The tour leader found a large red crab hiding inside a soft moon-snail shell.

Purple starfish were attached like glue to rocks. We passed sandstone cliffs sculpted by wind and sea into delicate lacework whorls of beige and yellow. A regal eagle sat high in a fir tree. Thirty seals basked on a small islet, their watery, large eyes nervously watching our progress.

Our next exploration was to neighbouring Salt Spring Island, the largest and most populated of the islands and a Mecca for artists and authors. Ganges, the main town,

is full of artisan shops, cafes and restaurants serving fresh seafood. That afternoon we hiked a seaside trail and watched ferries float regally past; then we tippled at one of the three island wineries. The highlight was the Saturday market, which was abuzz with pottery, paintings, carvings, sculptures, stained glass and other products of the human mind and hand.

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CSU Channel Islands graduates plan to be force of future [Photo gallery]

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Wearing a newly bestowed nursing pin beneath a black robe, Dallas Rose Lawry told her fellow CSU Channel Islands graduates Saturday that she would be relying on them in the future.

The Class of 2014s Spanish majors will help her bridge the language-divide with many patients, said Lawry, the student speaker at the Camarillo universitys morning graduation ceremony. Her fellow business and political science majors will be the driving force behind healthcares future, while the biotechnologists will advance medicine.

At CSU Channel Islands, we have been taught to help each other and thrive off of our differences, said Lawry, 21, a Ventura native who plans to become an oncology nurse and eventually a nurse practitioner.

More than 1,600 Channel Islands students received degrees this year. Of those, about 1,225 participated in commencement Saturday on the south lawn of the campus. They were divided among morning and afternoon ceremonies, based on their majors.

The lingering heat wave was addressed with water bottles tucked under every graduates chair and permission given to unzip their black robes. By the end of the mornings two-hour program, faces were flushed and many robes were completely off.

We definitely had to take the heat into account during preparations, said Nancy Gill, spokeswoman for the university.

The 9 a.m. ceremony included the first graduates of satellite programs in Santa Barbara, including the first graduating nursing class from a partnership between CSU Channel Islands and Cottage Health System. The afternoon session began at 3 p.m.

The universitys focus on international studies was a celebrated theme this year, Gill said.

Sneha Venkatraman, a masters degree student from Mumbai, India, sang the national anthems roller-coaster melody and the schools alma mater. Spanish majors Edwin Mancilla of Santa Paula and Melynda Atkins of Newbury Park gave welcome speeches in Spanish and French a tradition of languages reflecting the worldly personality of Californias youngest university, Gill said.

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Ecuador declares environmental emergency in the Galapagos Islands

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Ecuador declared an environmental emergency in the Galapagos Islands Thursday, after a freighter carrying pollutants ran aground last week.

The measure will free up resources to remove the ship and mitigate its impact in the face of "possible environmental damage that could unleash a disaster" said the Directorate of the Galapagos National Park (DPNG).

The vessel, which ran aground off the Baquerizo Moreno port on the island of San Cristobal on Friday, was carrying 19,000 gallons (around 72,000 liters) of cargo fuel that has already been removed.

But highly polluting motor oil and cleaning products remain in the ship's airtight holds, yet to leak out.

At the request of Galapagos authorities, Ecuador's Environmental Minister Lorena Tapia issued the environmental emergency.

The measure aims at protecting the archipelago's marine reserve, specifically the "area affected by the stranding and possible sinking of the cargo ship 'Galapaface I'" DPNG said in a statement.

The Ecuadoran-owned Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean around 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) off the coast of Ecuador, are classified as a UNESCO world heritage site.

Galapaface 1, which was carrying 1,000 tons of cargo when it ran aground, became blocked by sand and rocks that cracked its hull, causing flooding in the vessel's engine room.

In 2001 the Ecuadoran ship "Jessica," which was carrying fuel, ran aground near the same spot, causing a serious environmental crisis that affected several species.

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Rethinking How We Finance Health Care: Medicine, Costs, Economics, Private Funding (2006) – Video

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Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee – Scottish Parliament: 13th May 2014 – Video

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