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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Monday
June 11, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><b><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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normal'><b><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Media Release
6.1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Tanya Gabettie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>tgabettie@coastalstudies.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>PCCS Hosts
Smithsonian/NOAA Exhibit <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>(Provincetown, Cape
Cod, MA) – </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>The Provincetown Center for Coastal
Studies will host the Smithsonian Institution’s Poster exhibit, <b><i>From</i></b><i>
<b>Sea to Shining Sea: 200 Years of Charting America’s Coasts, </b></i>on
June 21, 2007<b><i> </i></b>in recognition of the 200<sup>th</sup> anniversary
of the Survey of the Coast, a predecessor of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Created by NOAA and
the Smithsonian, the exhibit features posters depicting charts, artwork and
photos from archives never before released for public display. PCCS is
honored to be one of 200 locations across the nation selected to host the
exhibit, which celebrates the scientific contributions and perseverance of
America’s first scientific agency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:150%;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>The exhibit will open
at the Hiebert Marine Laboratory, 5 Holway Avenue, in Provincetown on June 21,
2007. Visitors are encouraged to arrive before 10 a.m. to hear guest
speaker <b>Ian Bowles,</b> </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Secretary, Executive Office
of Environmental Affairs </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>and enjoy light fare, meet PCCS
scientists, and tour the new facility. Admission is <b>free</b> and open to the
public, all are encouraged to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:150%;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>#
# #<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>The
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is dedicated to researching and
protecting marine mammals and marine ecosystems in the Gulf of Maine through
research, conservation and public education programs. PCCS is internationally
renowned for its whale research, and is a leading authority in science-based
resource management policies in Massachusetts. To learn more about PCCS, visit
us on the web at coastalstudies.org.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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