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Xmas came early. New bike lift on sale at Harbor Frgt. Seems to work well but maybe I will add some angle brackets at the base to widen the footprint for stability.

Dialog on Land and Security, Grounding Peace and Stability Plenary, Allan Savory (USA)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 22, 2016) -- Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) and Coast Guardsman assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South investigate a commercial fishing vessel. Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific, William P. Lawrence, commanded by Cmdr. Walter C. Mainor, is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Emiline L. M. Senn/Released)

On February 1, 2016, Manor College hosted a Stability Dialogue to talk about how Americans can help promote peace and stability in Ukraine. Honored guests and speakers included: Ohio Congresswoman, Marcy Kaptur, Ukrainian Rada Member, Andrey Artemenko, Ukrainian Businessman, Alex Rovt, former Deputy Secretary of Defense for NATO and expert on Russia and Ukraine, Bruce Weinrod, Chair of the Ukrainian Federation of America and former Pennsylvania Congressman, Curt Weldon. This event was open to the Manor College community and the greater Philadelphia Ukrainian community.

190719-N-JL568-2078 CORAL SEA (July 19, 2019) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Gilbert Hernandez, from San Bernardino, California, swims away from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) during a rescue swimmer exercise. McCampbell, part of the Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is currently participating in Talisman Sabre 2019 off the coast of Northern Australia. A bilateral, biennial event, Talisman Sabre is designed to improve U.S. and Australian combat training, readiness and interoperability through realistic, relevant training necessary to maintain regional security, peace and stability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Isaac Maxwell)

Praia/Dakar, 16 May 2011 – A regional conference on « Elections and stability in West Africa » will take place from 18 to 20 May 2011 in Praia, Cape Verde.

 

This goal of this conference is to analyze the impact of electoral processes on the stability of West Africa and their implications on conflict prevention, democracy and peace consolidation.

 

Taking into account the fact that despite the significant progress observed in organizing peaceful and credible elections in Africa, electoral processes remain vulnerable social and political events during which tensions and sometimes violence occur, the regional conference intends to examine the main challenges to the political stability of electoral processes and to formulate a set of practical and innovative recommendations in order to assist the West African states, especially those where elections are scheduled to take place between 2011 and 2013.

 

The regional conference will provide an opportunity to evaluate the implementation of the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and good governance ten years after its adoption, and to analyze objectively recent elections held in West Africa. The conference will then consider critical issues such as the financing of elections, the functioning of the electoral commissions, the management of electoral disputes, the role of the media and of the security sector, human rights and gender issues as well as the support of the UN and of the international community as a whole to electoral processes.

 

Around one hundred participants from different backgrounds will participate in the conference, including high-level personalities and representatives of governments, electoral commissions, Constitutional Councils, security forces, media organizations, civil society and regional organizations.

 

The conference is organized under the aegis of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA), in partnership with with the Government of Cape Verde, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and with the support of the UN Department of Political Affairs and its Electoral Assistance Division, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU), the Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) and the European Union (EU).

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DAI is working with local leaders and groups to create collaborative partnerships between government institutions, the private sector, and civil society, and increase access to information needed to promote peace, recovery, and development for Somalia. Our work with local collaborators is designed to help the Somali people achieve greater stability by encouraging economic growth, strengthening public confidence in government, enhancing cooperation between groups, and improving personal safety.

 

For more about the TIS project: dai.tc/xxclsp

Philippine Marine Corps Pfc. Harold James F. Juan adjusts the position of his team’s 81mm mortar May 7 at Crow Valley, Philippines during exercise Balikatan 2014. During the training, Philippine and U.S. Marines fired mortars alongside one another. Balikatan is an annual training exercise that strengthens the interoperability between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military and their commitment to regional security and stability, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Juan is a mortarman with 511th Marine Company, 11th Marine Battalion, Philippine Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lena Wakayama/Released)

IRD Continues Balkans Stability Initiatives with Kosovo Cultural Heritage Project

 

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International Relief and Development (IRD), a major implementer of U.S. foreign assistance and a leader in the international stabilization and development community, has been awarded the Kosovo Cultural Heritage Project to help restore and preserve the Republic of Kosovo's cultural heritage and foster community understanding and cooperation.

 

"IRD's first programs assisted vulnerable communities in the Balkans region as they suffered through conflict in the 1990s," said Dr. Arthur B. Keys, President and CEO of IRD. "We have a long-term commitment to the stability and development of Kosovo and the entire region. The Kosovo Cultural Heritage Program is one of many projects IRD has undertaken to foster understanding and tolerance while preserving structures of international significance."

 

As Europe's youngest nation, born of the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia, Kosovo continues to experience unrest and even conflict. IRD's Kosovo Cultural Heritage Project, funded by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo, seeks to protect important sites and, in the process, create opportunities for dialogue and cooperation in order to foster social unity and stability. IRD will lead the restoration of three cultural heritage sites in the Prizren region: the Sheh Zade Old House in Prizren, the Church of St. Stephen in Velika Hoca/ Hocee Madhe, and the Church of St. Nicola in Bogosevci-Prizren.

Public Meeting on the EU Stablity Treaty in Scoil Áine Naofe, Lucan, Co. Dublin - © David Novak Photography

Ford Transit minibus at Weymouth Esplanade.

Launch of the Fine Gael Stability Treaty Facebook App at Fine Gael HQ - 2 May 2012 - The application allows people to send questions to Fine Gael about the Stability Treaty.

Dynamic Stability Control (DSC)* modulates power and brakes to help maintain the intended course.

 

*Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) is an electronic system to help the driver maintain control under adverse conditions. It is not a substitute for safe driving practices. Visit www.MazdaUSA.com for further details.

Stability calculation for old fire engine ladder.

Ministers Alan Shatter TD and Frances Fitzgerald TD at the Stability Treaty Campaign Launch Shelbourne Hotel - 1 May 2012

 

Photograph by David Nowak Photography

Detailed photos of the Joy Talking 10'' Doll from the upcoming Disney/Pixar animated film Inside Out. She has been deboxed. She is posed standing, supported by a Kaiser doll stand. Her character magnet is stuck to the base of the stand, giving it more stability.

 

She says seven different short phrases when her right hand is touched. Her head also glows while she is talking. The sound button is much more reliable than the ones in the old 17'' singing and talking dolls by the Disney Store.

 

She has a plastic sphere that is supposed to contain an actual emotion of their host, Riley. You are supposed put a small closeup photo of you experiencing Joy into a slot in the sphere. A plastic tab inserted behind the photo keeps it secure. A small post in the bottom of the sphere then fits into a small hole in the palm of the doll, so she can hold the sphere securely.

 

The dolls have limited articulation. They have stiff legs, and have no wrist joints on their right arms, due to the sound mechanism.

 

Their hair is very stiff to keep their severe styling. Joy has blue hair with a large spike sticking up in the back. She has big blue eyes with no eyelashes and a wide toothy and open mouthed grin.

 

She has a glittery light yellow dress with a printed design. Joy has bare feet, with no toes. She has very small feet, and is top heavy, so she cannot free stand.

 

Joy is 10'' tall with outsized heads, so they have short legs. Therefore my Kaiser stand that were made for 11 1/2 inch Barbie type dolls leave them with their feet dangling in the air by more than an inch. The Inside Out magnets are useful to attach to the base of the metal Kaiser stands to make them more stable, as well as decorate them with another image of the character.

 

She is very cute, very nicely made and accurately depicts the animated character.

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Olivier Blanchard, Economic Counselor and Director of the Research Department, right, addresses journalists at a press conference launching the International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook and Global Financial Stability Report in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, January 25, 2011.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher Squire, a native of Unionville, Va., 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) C-130J Hercules loadmaster, engages simulated hostile targets during an immediate action drill at a range in Jordan, June 19, 2013. Exercise Eager Lion 2013 is an annual, multinational exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships and enhance security and stability in the region by responding to modern-day security scenarios. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)

Stability and power in strong design and colors.

 

On June 30 2014, Foreign Policy’s Latin America Initiative at Brookings hosted President Michelle Bachelet of Chile for a discussion on strengthening democracy and stability, focused on Chile’s present reform efforts.

©Paul Morigi Photography

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Marines demonstrate properly raising a flag Nov. 23 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Okinawa residents came on base during a Japanese holiday and toured the mess hall, the air traffic control tower and different vehicles on the flight line. Marine Corps Installations Pacific enables the strategic launch of military capabilities to save lives and preserve regional peace, stability and security.

 

Photo by Cpl. Jessica Collins.

Al mondo non c'è nulla di stabile, il tumulto è la vostra sola musica.

(J.Keats)

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Public Housing residents graduate from NYCHA Resident training academy through Public-Private Partnership focused on financial stability

Greater protections for workers, job security, labour rights and stability for employers are the focus of amendments to the Labour Relations Code.

 

Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019LBR0015-000823

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Command Sgt. Maj. Fazaluddin, an Afghan National Civil Order Police command sergeant major, hands out notebooks during a training event with Stability Transition Team White Horse, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team at the Afghan National Police 303rd Corps Headquarters in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan Aug. 20, 2011. (Photo by Sgt. Christopher Klutts, 170th IBCT Public Affairs)

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The southern, or California, sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) has been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act since 1977. It belongs to the order Carnivora and the family Mustelidae. Two other otter subspecies are also recognized – E. lutris kenyoni, which is found from Oregon to Alaska, and E. lutris lutris, which inhabits parts of Russia and northern Japan. Sea otters are highly specialized marine mammals capable of living their entire lives without ever having to leave the ocean, have the densest fur of any mammal and are one of the few marine species to use tools. Sea otters are an apex predator of the near shore ecosystem. The species is considered a keystone species because of their critical importance to the health and stability of the near shore marine ecosystem. They are also considered a sentinel species because their health reflects that of California’s coastal oceans. The southern sea otter population has exhibited high levels of mortality in recent years. Scientists attribute up to 40 percent of southern sea otter mortality to infectious diseases alone, many of which are known to have anthropogenic causes and land-sea linkages. The single greatest threat to the sea otter is an oil spill. One large oil spill in central California could be catastrophic, with the potential of driving the entire southern sea otter population into extinction.

 

Description

The sea otter is one of the smallest marine mammals, but one of the largest members of the family Mustelidae, a group that includes skunks and weasels among others. Adult males reach an average length of 4.5 feet (1.4 m) with a typical weight between 50 and 100 lbs. (23 to 45 kg), while adult females reach an average length of 4 feet (1.2 m) and typically weigh 45 lbs. (20 kg). It has a highly buoyant, elongated body, blunt snout and small, wide head. Sea otters have an acute sense of smell and taste and have good vision both above and below the water surface. They also rely heavily on their sense of touch.

 

Sea otters exhibit numerous adaptations, which help them survive in their challenging marine environment. Long whiskers help them to detect vibrations in murky waters and sensitive forepaws, with retractable claws, help them to groom, locate and capture prey underwater, and use tools. When underwater, they can close their nostrils and small ears. The sea otter’s hind feet are webbed and flipper-like, and are used in conjunction with its lower body to propel the animal through the water. It has a long, flattened tail, which they use as a rudder and for added propulsion. Hearing is one sense that is not yet fully understood, although studies suggest they are particularly sensitive to high-frequency sounds. Their teeth are unique for a mammal in that they are blunt and designed for crushing, rather than being sharp for tearing like most marine mammals are equipped with.

With the exception of its nose and pads of its paws, the sea otter’s body is covered in dense fur. The fur consists of two layers. The short, brown under fur can be as dense as 1 million hairs per square inch, making its fur the densest of any mammal. By comparison, we only have about 100,000 hairs in total on our heads. A top layer of long, waterproof guard hairs helps to keep the under fur layer dry by keeping cold water away from the skin. The pelage is typically deep brown in color with silver-gray highlights, with the coloration of the head and neck being lighter than the body. Unlike other marine mammals, such as seals and sea lions, sea otters do not have any blubber, so they depend on this exceptionally thick, water-resistant fur to stay warm in the cold, coastal Pacific.

 

Range & Habitat

Historically, southern sea otters were present in coastal marine habitats from northern California to Baja California in Mexico. This range decreased significantly during the fur trade during the 18th and 19th centuries, with excessive hunting nearly driving the species into extinction by the early 1900s. The current range extends along the California coast from Half Moon Bay in the north to Santa Barbara in the south, though individuals are occasionally seen outside these limits. A small population of sea otters lives at San Nicolas Island as a result of translocation efforts initiated in 1987.

 

Sea otters are found in a variety of coastal marine habitats, including rocky shores and sea-bottoms, sandy sea-bottoms, as well as coastal wetlands. Sea otters naturally inhabit offshore areas with an abundance of food and kelp canopy. They tend to live in ocean depths shallower than 130 feet (40 m) with water temperatures ranging between 35°F and 60°F.

 

Behavior

Most of a sea otter’s life is spent at sea, though they do occasionally haul out on land, where they appear clumsy and walk with a rather awkward gait. They eat, sleep, mate and give birth in the water. Sea otters spend most of their time floating on their backs at the surface grooming, eating, resting, and diving for food on the seafloor. Sea otters are relatively slow swimmers, generally traveling at 3-5 mph (5-8 km/h). They typically swim belly-up on their backs, propelling themselves through the water using their webbed hind feet. If a faster speed is required, for instance when a male is patrolling it’s territory for competing males or when in hot pursuit of a sexually receptive female, it turns over onto its stomach and in addition to using its webbed hind feet, it undulates its entire body for greater propulsion and acceleration.

 

Sea otters groom themselves almost continuously while at the surface, a practice critical for maintaining the insulating and water repellant properties of their fur. Its pliable skeleton and loosely fitted skin allow the animal the flexibility to reach any part of its body. During a grooming bout, which generally occurs directly after a foraging bout (a period of time in which diving and eating takes place) or resting bout, the animal can be seen somersaulting, twisting and turning, and meticulously rubbing its fur at the water surface. This behavior not only cleans the fur, but also traps air bubbles against the skin within the millions of hairs of its pelage. This layer of entrapped air creates an insulating barrier (similar to that of a double-paned window), which prevents water from reaching the skin. Constant grooming is absolutely critical for their survival. If cold ocean water reaches their skin, it will immediately begin to draw heat out of the animal, which disrupts the animal’s ability to thermo regulate and will ultimately lead to hypothermia and death.

Sea otters often rest together in single-sex groups called rafts. They are known to wrap themselves up in kelp to keep from drifting out to sea. While resting at the surface, a sea otter will often times hold its forepaws above the water surface and fold its hind feet up onto to its torso to help conserve heat.

 

With the exception of territorial males, who have the privilege of living among females, males and females tend to live in separate groups. The center of the sea otter range is predominately occupied by females (of all ages) and territorial males, as well as some dependent pups and recently weaned juvenile males. The northern and southern edges of the range are largely male dominated areas; consisting of juvenile, sub adult and adult males. Numbers in these male areas tend to increase in winter and spring because there are fewer mating opportunities with sexually receptive females during this time of the year.

 

Females generally have small home territories while many adult males hold larger aquatic territories consisting of several adult females. Bachelor males (animals who are either to young or too old to defend their own territories) reside in the large male-only groups at either end of the range. Males travel much greater distances throughout the range than females, typically making seasonal treks of up to 200 miles between the months of June and November when the highest proportion of females are in estrous. On any given day though, males tend to remain in the same general location, moving only a mile or two along the coastline. Females, on the other hand, are sedentary by nature, generally staying within 10 – 20 miles of their home ranges. Their home ranges are smaller because they have higher metabolic costs while pregnant and raising their pup.

 

Sea otters are equally active both night and day. A foraging bout occurs for several hours in the morning, typically starting just before sunrise. A second foraging bout begins in the afternoon, usually lasting for several hours until sunset. A grooming bout occurs before and after each foraging bout and resting bout follows at midday, followed again by another grooming and resting bout. A third foraging bout may also occur around midnight.

 

Although difficult to hear from shore, sea otters exhibit a variety of vocal behaviors. Pups are the most vocal. A pup can be heard squealing when its mother leaves it to dive for food and often times when a male approaches. Their cry is similar to that of a gull. Other vocalizations include: coos and grunts, which occur when an animal is eating or when content, as in the case of a pair-bonded couple during courtship; whines occur when an animal is frustrated, as in the case of an older pup wanting to suckle or an adult male attempting to mate with an uninterested female; growls, snarls, whistles and hisses can be heard when an animal is frightened or distressed, as in the case of a captured otter.

  

Food & Foraging

An otter must consume approximately 25% of its bodyweight in prey each day just to stay alive! A 75-pound otter can eat up to 1,500 sea urchins a day, or about 25 pounds of seafood (for a 75 pound kid, that would amount to eating 75 quarter pound hamburgers every day!). To meet its high energetic and thermoregulation demands, a sea otter’s metabolic rate is 2 to 3 times that of comparatively sized mammals. Sea otters consume a wide variety of benthic invertebrates. Prey items include sea urchins, abalone, crabs, mussels, clams, marine snails, marine worms, sea stars, and squid. In total, otters eat at least 50 species of benthic (bottom-dwelling) invertebrates, although individuals tend to specialize on only a few main prey types. Prey specialization and feeding preferences are passed on from mother to pup.

 

The strong forelegs paws are used to locate and capture prey. Pockets of loose skin under each foreleg are used to store prey it has gathered on the seafloor for the ascent to the surface. Rocks are often used as tools to dislodge prey on the sea floor and to break open the hard outer shells of some prey items upon returning to the surface. Floating belly-up in the water, they place rocks on their chests and repeatedly pound hard-shelled prey against them to gain access the meat inside. While eating, an otter will roll repeatedly in the water to wash away food scraps from its chest. Unlike most other marine mammals, sea otters commonly drink seawater. Although most of the animal’s water needs are met through the consumption of prey, its large kidneys allow it to extract fresh water from seawater.

 

Sea otters generally forage close to shore in depths shallower than 60 feet (18 m) but are capable of diving to depths of 300 feet (90 m) or more. With a relatively large lung capacity for it’s size, an otter can hold its breath for 5 minutes, but most dives are two minutes or less in duration. Source: www.seaotters.com

 

Launch of the Fine Gael Stability Treaty Facebook App at Fine Gael HQ - 2 May 2012 - The application allows people to send questions to Fine Gael about the Stability Treaty.

Stability is allowing us to reach higher in the tree with the treehouse. The Monster beds are back!

Launch of the Fine Gael Stability Treaty Facebook App at Fine Gael HQ - 2 May 2012 - The application allows people to send questions to Fine Gael about the Stability Treaty.

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