• North American Regional Meeting (NARM) Event Date: 11/01/2023 - 11/03/2023 2023 NARM Event Information 2023 NARM Attendee Log-in Zoom information for the 2023 event is in your. (globe.gov)
  • North America Phenology Campaign Welcome from the Canada and U.S. GLOBE Country Coordinators Dates: September 2023 - December 2023 The North America Phenology Campaign is focused on. (globe.gov)
  • View some of our proudest moments in 2023, and help us continue our work in the North Texas Region in the new year. (redcross.org)
  • If you're looking for cancer information and resources in North Carolina you've come to the right place. (cancer.org)
  • When you volunteer with the American Cancer Society in North Carolina, you're helping to save the lives of people in your community - and around the world. (cancer.org)
  • Three top research universities - Duke, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State - are located here, as is the 7000-acre computer and biotech-office campus known as Research Triangle Park. (lonelyplanet.com)
  • For a comprehensive, evenhanded and engaging look at the story of North Carolina, immerse yourself in the state history museum. (lonelyplanet.com)
  • Miss North Carolina Adrienne Core won the preliminary talent competition at the Miss America pageant on Tuesday night. (wral.com)
  • Core, a 2010 graduate of North Carolina State University, performed a fast-paced, contemporary clogging routine. (wral.com)
  • As Miss North Carolina, Core has promoted the V Foundation for Cancer Research, which was founded by N.C. State men's basketball coach Jim Valvano before he died of cancer in 1993. (wral.com)
  • One of the original 13 colonies, North Carolina was the first state to instruct its delegates to vote for independence from the British crown during the Continental Congress . (history.com)
  • Following the Revolutionary War , North Carolina developed an extensive slave plantation system and became a major exporter of cotton and tobacco, although the enslaved population remained relatively small compared to other southern states. (history.com)
  • In 1861, North Carolina became one of 11 states to secede from the United States, beginning the American Civil War . (history.com)
  • Despite no major battles being fought in the state, North Carolina sent more recruits to fight for the Confederacy than any other rebel state. (history.com)
  • People began living in the area now known as North Carolina at least 12,000 years ago . (history.com)
  • Scores of Native Americans were displaced from North Carolina or killed by smallpox and other diseases brought by the settlers. (history.com)
  • Skirmishes between colonists and indigenous people eventually led to the Tuscarora War , which began in 1711 when the Tuscarora people attacked colonial settlements in North Carolina, attempting to drive out colonists backed by the Yamasee tribe. (history.com)
  • Starting in the early 1700s, the Cherokee people in North Carolina were forced to cede large portions of their land to American colonists. (history.com)
  • In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act , and five years later about 17,000 Cherokee were forcibly moved from North Carolina to present-day Oklahoma on what became known as the Trail of Tears . (history.com)
  • After several hundred Cherokee refused to leave North Carolina, the American government established a reservation for the Eastern Band of Cherokee. (history.com)
  • Today, there are eight federally-recognized Native American tribes in North Carolina, including the Coharie, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Haliwa-Saponi, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, the Meherrin, the Sappony, the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation and the Waccamaw Siouan. (history.com)
  • Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto landed in North Carolina in the 1540s but left without staking a claim. (history.com)
  • In 1584, explorers traveling for the English adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh arrived at Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and the first English settlement was established there in 1585. (history.com)
  • A northern colony was established in the county of Albemarle in 1664, followed by a southern colony with its own government at Charles Town (now Charlestown, South Carolina ) in 1670, and North Carolina and South Carolina were officially divided in 1712. (history.com)
  • In the 17th century, North Carolina residents became angered by the navigation acts, which imposed taxes on colonial goods. (history.com)
  • To retaliate against the taxes and abuse of power flaunted by the customs collector and deputy governor, Thomas Miller, a group of about 40 North Carolina rebels imprisoned Miller and seized control of the local government in 1677. (history.com)
  • As of 2013[update], North America's population was estimated at nearly 579 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population. (wikipedia.org)
  • This seasonal scenic train heads north from Anchorage to the snow-covered peaks of Denali , America's tallest mountain. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • This volume offers an agenda for how the region's leaders can forge inclusive and effective strategies that ensure North America's next decades build upon past successes-while addressing serious shortcomings. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • A gruesome and deadly skin disease threatens to wreak havoc among North America's salamanders, researchers warn in a study published in Science today. (theverge.com)
  • That's why Vredenburg and his team decided to use existing data to find out where North America's salamanders are most vulnerable to the Bsal fungus. (theverge.com)
  • Please "like" the Lewis Carroll Society of North America's sparkly new Facebook Page! (lewiscarroll.org)
  • The ribbon is now cut for the Lewis Carroll Society of North America's new Facebook Page. (lewiscarroll.org)
  • After a record-breaking 2022 season for the North American season of Ferrari Challenge, a record number have elected to send their cars to the other side of the world as the 30th anniversary season of the championship heads to its inevitable and climactic conclusion. (ferrari.com)
  • North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean. (wikipedia.org)
  • The GSMA predicts we'll see 80% population coverage in North America by 2021, which suggests service availability may scale up swiftly towards the end of 2020. (computerworld.com)
  • The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the health and quality of life of all women during midlife and beyond through an understanding of menopause and healthy aging. (medscape.com)
  • Results of search for 'su:{North America. (who.int)
  • He said the plutonium-production facilities at Yongbyon, North Korea's main nuclear complex, 'are now being disabled under six-party supervision. (pravda.ru)
  • But North America is home to 48 percent of the world's 676 salamander species, and testing each of them to see if they die from Bsal would be costly, not to mention a huge timesuck. (theverge.com)
  • The PGA of America is one of the world's largest sports organizations, composed of PGA of America Golf Professionals who work daily to grow interest and participation in the game of golf. (pga.com)
  • North Korea is reported to have detained an 85-year-old U.S. citizen and Korean War veteran who had entered the country on a valid visitor's visa. (voanews.com)
  • He said his father arranged the trip through a North Korea-approved Chinese tour company and had 'all the proper visas. (voanews.com)
  • North Korea, which is also holding a U.S.-Korean Christian missionary on charges of subversion, has not commented on Newman's case. (voanews.com)
  • The top U.S. envoy to North Korea, Glyn Davies, on Thursday called on Pyongyang to resolve the issue of detained American citizens. (voanews.com)
  • However, on Tuesday, the State Department tightened the U.S. travel warning to North Korea. (voanews.com)
  • The updated warning now reads, 'U.S. citizens crossing into North Korea, even accidentally, have been subject to arbitrary arrest and long-term detention. (voanews.com)
  • The 45-year-old was detained after entering North Korea as a tour operator. (voanews.com)
  • It is not uncommon for North Korea to arrest foreigners on suspicion of spying or conducting illegal religious activities. (voanews.com)
  • In a separate case, North Korea said earlier this month it had arrested a South Korean 'spy' who was engaged in 'plot-breeding' activities. (voanews.com)
  • North Korea has been accused of using foreign detainees as bargaining chips in negotiations with Western countries over its controversial nuclear weapons program. (voanews.com)
  • George W. Bush underlined 'measurable results' from six-nation talks to persuade North Korea to dismantle its nuclear-weapons operations. (pravda.ru)
  • High on their agenda was North Korea, and efforts to get the communist government to live up to its promise to abandon its nuclear ambitions. (pravda.ru)
  • Still, Bush said, much work remains to be done by North Korea, including North Korea's promise to provide a full declaration of all its nuclear programs and proliferation activities by the end of this year. (pravda.ru)
  • Japan has linked the abductions to a satisfactory conclusion to the nuclear talks with North Korea. (pravda.ru)
  • Japan is seeking a greater role in the six-party talks and has urged Washington not to move too quickly in removing North Korea from its list of terror-supporting nations until Pyongyang accounts for the kidnapped Japanese. (pravda.ru)
  • We agreed that Japan and the U.S. need to maintain close coordination with each other in order to achieve complete abandonment of all nuclear weapons and programs by North Korea through the six-party talks,' Fukuda said through a translator. (pravda.ru)
  • Fukuda wants Bush to back away from a pledge to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist until the North accounts for the kidnapped Japanese citizens. (pravda.ru)
  • North Korea just tested a missile that, in theory, could deliver a nuke to Washington, DC . (vox.com)
  • With top agency positions vacant, the United States has to rely on the Trump White House alone to think through a response to North Korea. (vox.com)
  • It's clear that President Trump does not understand North Korea or the complexity of the situation," Jenny Town, the assistant director of the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, tells me via email. (vox.com)
  • They bring their expertise on high-level policy decisions about the countries they cover - in this case, North Korea and the rest of East Asia. (vox.com)
  • The White House's general approach to North Korea, a senior White House official tells me, is "to work with allies and partners to apply maximum diplomatic and economic pressure to convince North Korea to change course. (vox.com)
  • Rogue state North Korea today threatened to launch a nuclear missile strike on the US as soon as Monday. (mirror.co.uk)
  • North Korea said it was entitled to attack from March 11 when America steps up military drills with South Korea - a move it claimed signalled the US was ready to strike. (mirror.co.uk)
  • North Korea has regularly provoked the US and its "puppet", South Korea, but this was the most serious threat in years. (mirror.co.uk)
  • But Susan Rice, US ambassador to the UN, said: "North Korea will achieve nothing by continued threats and -provocations. (mirror.co.uk)
  • North Korea 0 (less than 10). (mirror.co.uk)
  • North America includes several regions and subregions, each of which have their own respective cultural, economic, and geographic regions. (wikipedia.org)
  • The lack of staffing in whole regions where we have major problems, where you would really like to have a political appointee who can take directions from the White House, [is troubling]," says Elizabeth Saunders, a professor at George Washington University who studies American foreign policy. (vox.com)
  • Native Americans attacked settlements, while colonists enslaved indigenous people, seized their lands and took advantage of them in trading negotiations. (history.com)
  • A tabulated summary of ptiliid species common to North America and either Europe or the Palaearctic is presented. (lu.se)
  • Statistiques de l' environnement en Europe et en Amérique du Nord : recueil expérimental. (who.int)
  • The Environment in Europe and North America : annotated statistics 1992. (who.int)
  • Environment statistics in Europe and North America : an experimental compendium. (who.int)
  • A Master's in Management is an academic degree that is common throughout Europe and increasingly also in North America and Asia. (lu.se)
  • Suddenly, as if elves appeared overnight, towns and cities across North America are twinkling with holiday lights while adorned with boughs of holly and garlands of greens. (aarp.org)
  • There was a time when the railroad ran through most towns in America, when a trip to the seashore, mountains, or desert, even the wilderness, began aboard a train. (audubon.org)
  • Media reports say North Korean authorities removed Merrill Newman of California from the plane on which he was about to leave the country on October 26. (voanews.com)
  • The Korean-American missionary, detained November 3 last year, was convicted of state subversion and sentenced to 15 years hard labor. (voanews.com)
  • His family and other Christian activists told the news outlets that Kim is a missionary who was helping North Korean refugees who had escaped from their homeland to China. (voanews.com)
  • He said the United States would not forget the importance Tokyo places on the issue of Japanese kidnapped by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s. (pravda.ru)
  • Removal from the list is a primary North Korean demand in nuclear disarmament talks, and the Bush administration agreed in February to begin that process. (pravda.ru)
  • They also make sure that the resources of the departments they work in are being used to support the president's decisions and provide him with the best possible options for, say, dealing with a North Korean missile test. (vox.com)
  • The sides have been enemies since the 1950-53 Korean War and the North also threatened yesterday to nullify the truce that ended the conflict. (mirror.co.uk)
  • A leading North Korean general said Pyongyang was scrapping the 1950s armistice, although the North and South are still technically at war as there was no peace treaty. (mirror.co.uk)
  • In 2010 the North bombed a South Korean island, killing two -civilians. (mirror.co.uk)
  • North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1507, Waldseemüller published a world map, and placed the word "America" on the continent of present-day South America. (wikipedia.org)
  • The continent north of present-day Mexico was then referred to as Parias. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most northern forests in North America lack native earthworms, which were largely wiped out when the ice sheets of the Wisconsin glaciation scoured much of the continent down to the bedrock. (wikipedia.org)
  • Eight European/Palaearctic species (Oligella foveolata (Allibert), Ptiliolum fuscum (Erichson), Ptiliola kunzei (Heer), Ptinella aptera (Guerin-Meneville), P. britannica Matthews, P. Johnsoni Rutanen, Acrotrichis parva Rosskothen, A. silvatica Rosskothen) were previously not recorded on the North American continent. (lu.se)
  • Europe's colonization in North America led to most North Americans speaking European languages, including English, Spanish, and French, and the cultures of the region commonly reflect Western traditions. (wikipedia.org)
  • North American River otters may be commonly found throughout much of sub-Arctic Canada , Alaska, and, within the contiguous United States , in the Pacific Northwest and along the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico . (worldatlas.com)
  • You also may need vaccines for diseases that are not commonly found in North America. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The Spanish Empire called its territories in North and South America "Las Indias", and the name given to the state body that oversaw the region was called the Council of the Indies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Country Reports Below, you will find all the Country Reports available for the countries of the North America region. (globe.gov)
  • The American Red Cross North Florida Region serves approximately 3.8 million residents in 35 counties. (redcross.org)
  • The American Red Cross North Texas Region serves a population of more than nine million people in 121 counties and is made up of six local chapters including DFW Metro East, DFW Metro West, Texas Panhandle Plains, East Texas, Northeast Texas and Texas Big Country. (redcross.org)
  • The North Texas Region collects life-saving blood donations as well as provides disaster support, health and safety training, Service to the Armed Forces and International Services. (redcross.org)
  • North America is a dynamic migration region, with the United States home to more immigrants than any other country in the world, the Mexico-U.S. corridor the globe's top migration corridor, and Canada a leading destination for migrants. (migrationpolicy.org)
  • a Map showing the Pacific salmon range in North America (pink), and our study region (blue). (nature.com)
  • Invasive species of earthworms from the suborder Lumbricina have been expanding their range in North America . (wikipedia.org)
  • The Audubon Bird Guide is a free and complete field guide to more than 800 species of North American birds, right in your pocket. (audubon.org)
  • When scientists tested it on rough-skinned newts - a North American species - 100 percent of the amphibians died within a few weeks. (theverge.com)
  • To determine areas of Bsal vulnerability, Vredenburg and his team layered maps of North American salamander species ranges on top of the best projected habitats for Bsal . (theverge.com)
  • New continental, national, provincial and state records of 34 species of Ptiliidae reported from North America are briefly listed, 20 of which belong to Acrotrichis Motschulsky. (lu.se)
  • The idea of North American cooperation has been buffeted in recent years by the COVID-19 pandemic, the populist and xenophobic policies of the Trump administration, and a rising China. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • The first human populations reached North America during the Last Glacial Period approximately 20,000 to 17,000 years ago, during which they crossed the Bering land bridge in the Bering Strait on their way to reaching North America. (wikipedia.org)
  • Like coyotes , otters often were depicted as "trickster" characters in Native American folktales and mythology. (worldatlas.com)
  • North America still survives, however, with the entry into force of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Research projects, initiatives, podcasts, and publications cover contemporary Canada, US-Canadian relations, North American political economy, and Canada's global role as it intersects with US national interests. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Despite receiving a conservation status of "least concern", across much of its natural range the North American River Otter is becoming an increasingly rare sight to see. (worldatlas.com)
  • Encounters with aging : mythologies of menopause in Japan and North America / Margaret Lock. (who.int)
  • On a 1553 world map published by Petrus Apianus, North America was called "Baccalearum", meaning "realm of the Cod fish", in reference to the abundance of cod fish on the East Coast. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1538, Gerardus Mercator used the term America on his world map of the entire Western Hemisphere. (wikipedia.org)
  • As the world continues to reshape, changing our understanding of issues such as economics, trade, security and competitiveness, North America currently faces challenges that will define the future of several generations. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • The largest single difference, aside from the racial composition of the North Dakota population, between the statistics about the people living in the state and the people in the balance of the country is household income. (247wallst.com)
  • Here we project future gains in Pacific salmon freshwater habitat by linking a model of glacier mass change for 315 glaciers, forced by five different Global Climate Models, with a simple model of salmon stream habitat potential throughout the Pacific Mountain ranges of western North America. (nature.com)
  • The American Cancer Society has programs and services to help you manage cancer treatment and recovery and find the emotional support you need. (cancer.org)
  • In the American Cancer Society's Cancer Statistic Center, you'll find information about North Carolina's cancer incidence, mortality, and survival rates, screening metrics, and risk factors. (cancer.org)
  • Pyongyang has detained at least six Americans since 2009. (voanews.com)
  • Tens of thousands of North Koreans held a rally in capital Pyongyang today against the drills and UN -sanctions. (mirror.co.uk)
  • Your gift helps support all the humanitarian needs of the American Red Cross. (redcross.org)
  • North America has historically been known by other names, including Spanish North America, New Spain, and Northern America,[citation needed] the first official name given to Mexico. (wikipedia.org)
  • Your own set of wheels gives you the freedom to explore North America your way. (travelocity.com)
  • Explore more information about the American Cancer Society in your community. (cancer.org)
  • We encourage South American scholars to take up the call to more thoroughly explore and expand on the histories of gendered health and psychology within regional and historical time sensitive contexts. (bvsalud.org)
  • These will only further isolate the country and its people and undermine efforts to promote peace in north east Asia. (mirror.co.uk)
  • Millions of out of work Americans may wish that they lived in North Dakota, no matter how harsh the winters can be. (247wallst.com)
  • North Dakota is a picture of the good and the bad of the future of employment in the US, if the Administration's forecast about the growth and composition of the work force is right. (247wallst.com)
  • American Cancer Society events are inspiring, uplifting, and great at bringing the fight against cancer directly into your community. (cancer.org)
  • Disease and class : tuberculosis and the shaping of modern North American society / Georgina D. Feldberg. (who.int)
  • Yellow fever vaccination is required to enter certain Sub-Saharan, Central African, and South American countries. (medlineplus.gov)
  • North Elementary is "READY. (schooltube.com)
  • The PGA of America is made up of nearly 29,000 PGA Professionals who are ready to help you further your love for the game of golf. (pga.com)
  • Understanding the timing and location of emerging salmon habitat frontiers throughout the Pacific Mountain ranges of western North America can inform forward-looking management decision-making and conservation planning. (nature.com)
  • For the Western North America Mercury Synthesis, we compiled mercury records from 165 dated sediment cores from 138 natural lakes across western North America. (usgs.gov)
  • Geraniums for the Iroquois : a field guide to American Indian medicinal plants / Daniel E. Moerman. (who.int)
  • That should only matter if the Council of Economic Advisers believes that the jobs recovery will only be among white Americans, which is not the case. (247wallst.com)
  • North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), representing approximately 16.5% of the Earth's land area and 4.8% of its total surface area. (wikipedia.org)