简介:AcouplefromMinneapolis,inthenorth,decidedtogotoFlorida,inthesouth,foralongweekendduringoneparticularlyicycoldwinter.Theybothhadjobs,andhaddifficultymanagingtheirtravelschedules.ItwasdecidedthehusbandwouldflytoFloridaonaThursday,andhiswifewouldfollowhimthenextday.Uponarrivingasplanned,thehusbandcheckedintothehotel.Therehedecidedtoopenhislaptop(computer)andsendhiswifeane-mailbackinMinneapolis.
简介:TheCommissionfortheGeologicalMapoftheWorld(CGMW),anIUGSaffiliatedbody,hasjustissuedthefirsteditionoftheStructuralMapoftheIndianOceanwhichwaspresentedduringthe32ndIGC(Florence).Duringthe1980's,theCommissionpublishedtheGeologicalAtlasoftheWorld,whichincludedthemapsofthe5oceansoftheglobe.Twodecadeshaveelapsedandtheknowledgeofthesea-floorexperiencedverysignificantprogress;thereforesome5yearsago,theCommissiondecidedtolaunchanewtypeofoceanmapping.TheStructuralMapoftheIndianOceanisthefirstofthisnewseriesofmaps.
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