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Leap in the dark: On a mission to rescue the Caribbean's biggest frog

Phys Dot Org 16 Oct 2023
Once found on at least five major islands in the Lesser Antilles, this giant frog is now confined to Dominica—where it once had the misfortune to be the unofficial national dish—and to a small enclosed area on the nearby island of Montserrat. Putting the mountain chicken on the map.
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Dominica’s mountain chicken frog disappears in ‘fastest extinction ever recorded’

The Observer 15 Oct 2023
They were once so numerous they were cooked as the national dish of Dominica. Every year, thousands of mountain chicken frogs, roasted with garlic and pepper, were eaten by islanders and tourists ... Photograph ... the nearby island of Montserrat ... Map showing locations of Dominica and Montserrat ... There are zoo collections of animals from Montserrat in Europe.
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Area tourism groups receive grant awards

Newburyport Daily News 22 Sep 2023
The min grant are part of the NBCVB's mission to encourage the 34 cities and towns of Essex County as a tourism destination ... Marketing for Fall ... · Destination Salem 2023 Haunted Happenings Guide ... · Marblehead Chamber of Commerce 2023 Visitor Guide and Map Reprint ... · Montserrat College of Art Relaunch of the Montserrat Galleries Campaign ... .
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Berlin Wall relic gets a 'second life' on US-Mexico border

Corvallis Gazette-Times 07 Sep 2023
“May this be a lesson to build a society that knocks down walls and builds bridges,” reads the inscription below the towering Cold War relic, attributed to Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero and titled, “A World Without Walls.” ... CBS analyst Ross Tucker previews Oregon State's opener Psilocybin center is putting Albany on the map.
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Pritzker visits UI to welcome new students, tout state funding for higher ed

The News-Gazette 22 Aug 2023
URBANA — Gov. J.B. Pritzker paid a visit to the University of Illinois campus on the first day of classes Monday to welcome new students and speak on state funding for education. He also addressed the recent U.S ...That’s not Illinois ... UI students Montserrat Gonzalez-Gutierrez and Robert Walker Jr. also spoke, sharing how they benefited from MAP grants ... .
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Indie isles: These unsung Caribbean beaches are stictly for the in-the-know

New York Post 24 Mar 2023
Lucia? Make a trip to Montserrat. As the least-visited island in the Caribbean, volcanic Montserrat only hosts 4,000 visitors a year.Shutterstock. This island was almost wiped off the map in the late 1990s after a ... It’s a 20-minute flight from Antigua’s ANU to MNI on Montserrat.
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UK Hydrographic Office Supports Montserrat Authorities with Seabed Map

The Maritime Executive 21 Sep 2022
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has conducted a seabed mapping data survey in Montserrat to improve the safety of navigation around the island and to help with understanding, managing, and protecting its marine life ... The seabed mapping data survey is the latest in a series of ...
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From brutal Dubuffet to nice guy Nero: what to see as art exhibitions open

The Observer 14 May 2021
Jean Dubuffet. Brutal Beauty ... Barbican Art Gallery, London, 17 May-22 August ... Photograph ... Can’t wait ... Seed pods and volcanic ash are among the sources and materials that this British sculptor, born in Montserrat, uses to map the history of Alliouagana (as her birthplace was called by its original people, the Caribs, before the coming of Europeans) ... Nero.
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The deadliest volcanic eruptions of the past 25 years

The Jakarta Post 05 Jun 2018
After Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted on Sunday killing at least 65 people, here is a list of the most deadly volcanic eruptions over the last quarter century ... Montserrat. The capital of the small British colony, Plymouth, is wiped off the map and 20 are killed or left missing in avalanches of hot rock and ash clouds when its volcano erupts ... .
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A post-disaster map of Caribbean politics and aid status

The New Humanitarian 27 Sep 2017
No, Dominica is not the same as the Dominican Republic; Montserrat is a British territory, but the UK can send it help and call it aid; there are a lot of Virgin Islands not owned by Richard Branson ... A general map of the Caribbean ... * Revised 28 September to put Montserrat in the ODA-eligible category ... - to show Montserrat using OECS currency.
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Corrections and clarifications

The Guardian 01 Feb 2016
The Atlantic Ocean was mislabelled as the Pacific on a map showing the location of Montserrat which accompanied an article about the island’s efforts to recover from the destruction caused by a series of volcanic ...
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Montserrat plans its comeback

New York Daily News 13 Jul 2014
Phoenix is rising from the ashes! The island of Montserrat — which suffered from the Soufrière Hills volcano eruptions of the 1990s — has mapped out a redevelopment plan to bring a new capital, new port and a resurgence of tourism to the once-popular British territory. .
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After Eruptions, Caribbean Island Seeks to Harness Volcanic Energy

Mashable 11 Jul 2014
The eastern Caribbean island of Montserrat has suffered more than its fair share of natural disaster ... Montserrat’s geology is ideal for geothermal use ... Aided by researchers at the University of Auckland, these techniques were used to create the subsurface maps that have successfully guided Montserrat’s geothermal drilling program.
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Commonwealth frames: Rescued archive images and maps

BBC News 30 Jun 2014
A collection of 1.5 million photographs, maps and other materials relating to the Commonwealth have been rescued from a defunct museum in Bristol ... The NCAP team spent six weeks in the old museum building in Bristol sorting through boxes and filing cabinets filled with aerial photographs, maps and other documents.
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