British Columbia Lighthouse Contemporary color photograph from the America's Coastlines Collection of the (U.S.) National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.
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National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce. NOAA operates a network of weather satellites, the National Weather Service, the National Hurricane Center, and cooperates with the National Ice Center.
Mission:
The NOAA has a two-fold mission:
Laboratory For Atmospheric And Space Physics The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) is a research organization at the University of Colorado at Boulder. It was originally called the Upper Air Laboratory, but changed to its current name in 1965.
LASP has two facilities: offices on the main CU-Boulder campus, and the "Space Technology Building" in the University's research park.
Canadian Foundation For Climate And Atmospheric Sciences The Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS) "Funds research that improves the scientific understanding of processes and predictions, provides relevant science to policy makers and improves understanding of the ways in which these challenges affect human health and the natural environment in addition to strengthening Canada's scientific capacity." (http://www.cfcas.org/index_e.html) Its chair is Gordon McBean.
Unrepresented Nations And Peoples Organisation The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is a democratic, international organization. Its members are indigenous peoples, occupied nations, minorities and independent states or territories who have joined together to protect their human and cultural rights, preserve their environments, and to find non-violent solutions to conflicts which affect them. UNPO provides a legitimate and established international forum for member aspirations and assists its members in effective participation at an international level.
During the years between the abolition of the old portfolio of minister of fisheries and forests (list) in 1971 and the creation of this ministry, the fisheries portfolio was handled by the minister of the environment (list) with the assistance of a minister of state with responsibilities for fisheries, generally Roméo LeBlanc.
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Nationalism And Resistance In Algeria Algerian Nationalism: A new generation of Muslim leadership emerged in Algeria at the time of World War I and grew to maturity during the 1920s and 1930s. It consisted of a small but influential class of évolués, other Algerians whose perception of themselves and their country had been shaped by wartime experiences, and a body of religious reformers and teachers. Some of these people were members of the few wealthy Muslim families that had managed to insinuate themselves into the colonial system in the 1890s and had with difficulty succeeded in obtaining for their sons the French education so coveted by progressive Algerians. Others were among the about 173,000 Algerians who had served in the French army during World War I or the several hundred thousand more who had assisted the French war effort by working in factories. In France they became aware of a standard of living higher than any they had known at home and of democratic political concepts, taken for granted by Frenchmen in France, which colons, soldiers, and bureaucrats had refused to apply to the Muslim majority in Algeria. Some Algerians also became acquainted with the pan-Arab nationalism growing in the Middle East.
Prior to 1928, certain responsibilities of the Pensions and National Health portfolio were carried out by the now-defunct post of Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment (List). In 1944, the portfolio was divided to create the posts of Minister of National Health and Welfare (List) and Minister of Veterans Affairs (List).