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You Haven’t Seen Blue Until You’ve Seen San Andres

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Connecting with history The archipelago of San Andres and Providencia is more than 400 miles north of the mainland of Colombia, and closer to 100 miles east of Nicaragua, but thanks to a historical wrinkle that is still being ironed out, it is part of Colombia. San Andres is not on the radar of many U.S. Each cay differs from the next.

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IEEE Humanitarian Program Sees Record Growth

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HAC’s IEEE SIGHT program, which helps connect IEEE members with underserved communities and local organizations for work on sustainable development projects, now has almost 25,000 members. For the first time, IEEE members from China, Ethiopia, Hungary, Italy, Panama, and Thailand submitted proposals.

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The Maya Train Will Get You to All of Yucatán’s Best Spots. But Not Yet.

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The Maya Train, scientists warn , will push those problems south, threatening the area’s water supply, its unique system of underground limestone caves and its vast nature reserves. Now that the train is operating, transport companies will begin to connect stations with lesser-known sites nearby, she said.

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GL presents Approval in Principle to new TECHNOLOG LNG container vessel design

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For bunkering, the fuel containers will be connected to a docking station currently in development. meter beam allows passage through the existing Panama Canal locks. Rendering of a 4,200 TEU STREAM container vessel. Click to enlarge. A Becker Marine rudder provides maximum maneuverability. The STREAM 4200 LNG’s 32.25-meter

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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Most of this capacity (approximately 900,000 to 1 million bpd) is in areas that produce primarily heavy crude oil (both conventional and oil sands), or is being connected by pipelines to those oil production areas. million bpd. During operations, approximately 1.44

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