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TikTok Commenters Make Guesses One of the TikTok users who responded to the Starbuck Island Google Earth video joked that it showed the Millennium Falcon from “Star Wars.” Another person remarked: “That’s how they delivered pizzas in the old days.” Additional guesses from commenters included Noah’s Ark, a rock, a UFO, a Blockbuster Video, and an old runway from World War II. Others joked that maybe it was a Starbucks Coffee location. The Real Answer While the jokes may have been funny and the video was slightly mysterious, the answer was less than thrilling. In 2009, National Geographic published two YouTube videos about Dr. Enric Sala and “members of the Ocean Now team becoming stranded on Starbuck Island during an on-shore excursion.” At the 0:36 mark in the video, old dwellings are visible near the beach, explaining the Google Earth mystery. ....
May.19.2021 On May 13, the Government of Canada released its “modernized and inclusive” Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement Model (“FIPA Model”), sending a message that it intends to continue to provide international dispute resolution protections to foreign investors. The original iteration of the FIPA Model dates to 2004, which Canada had stated built on its experiences with NAFTA. It subsequently released an updated iteration in 2014. The current FIPA Model reflects further updates based on stakeholder consultations in 2018-2019. The current FIPA Model also comes on the heels of recent investment-related developments, including the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which went in effect in July 2020, and signing of the Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement. Canada has not entered into an investment treaty since its agreement with the Republic of Moldova in 2018. ....
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In a January 2021 webinar titled “The USMCA: Six Months On,” Skadden International Litigation and Arbitration partners Julie Bedard, David Herlihy, Timothy G. Nelson and Jennifer Permesly and CFIUS, National Security and International Trade partner Jeffrey Gerrish and counsel Brooks Allen discussed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), six months after its signing. The USMCA and Trade Mr. Gerrish and Mr. Allen both former officials in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative who helped draft and negotiate the USMCA kicked off the discussion by explaining the USMCA’s automotive rules of origin, a key update to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The agreement raises the percentage of North American-sourced auto content needed to obtain preferential tariff treatment, raising it for passenger vehicles and light trucks from the NAFTA level of 62.5% to 75% over a three-year p ....
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 16, 2021 91 Part 1 of two parts Before Lynnwood – a peaceful land of giant trees When the loggers and the homesteaders came to the area we know today as Lynnwood, except for the sound of the birds and the soft breeze as it rustled through the branches of the immense trees, there was silence. Located a few miles east and inland from Puget Sound, this land seemed to offer little attraction for the native Salish people. Records indicate they preferred to settle near the rivers or salt water. This land had neither. It was the prospect of lumber the giant trees the fir, hemlock and cedar that became the force behind the allure for a completely different group of people the loggers from the East. They did arrive and the land would be forever changed. ....
Union leaders and NDP politicians blasted the provincial government for its handling of the forest industry during a rally in Mackenzie on Friday. Approximately 800 people turned out to the Save our Community Rally, which took place during the B.C. forestry roundtable meeting in the town. Over 1,000 workers have been laid off by Canfor, Pope & Talbot and AbitibiBowater in the town of 4,500 people. B.C. NDP leader Carole James said exporting raw logs to mills outside B.C. needs to stop. “These resources from your community belong in the province and they should stay in the province,” James said. The forest sector and rural communities like Mackenzie have helped build this province and bankroll government infrastructure, she said. ....