Mr Abulafia notes with approval that Sephardic Jews, such as his own forebears, forced to leave Spain for Ottoman Smyrna, have been especially open to integration with surrounding cultures.
And he wants to open 90% of the surrounding rivers, harbours and bays for recreation by reducing water pollution and preserving natural spaces.
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In a statement, Bluestacks head Rosen Sharma said its software was helping to "break open" the closed ecosystem surrounding Apple's computers.
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Another early beneficiary might be Carbo Ceramics, which sells ceramic pellets the size of grains of sand that are pumped into the rock surrounding the wells to prop open the tiny cracks through which oil and gas flow.
We imagine ourselves surrounding the tilted spaceship, waiting for the door to open.
Though many favored her no-nonsense attitude and open door policy, Wasilla substitute teacher Anne Kilkenny compared the atmosphere surrounding Palin to a popularity contest.
His supporters have again gathered in Millau, where they are scheduled to hold an open-air debate and screen a documentary about the events surrounding Mr Bove's trial.
In Miesian style, Mr. Van Valkenburgh and MVVA principal Matthew Urbanski choreographed the surrounding countryside to look informal and timeless, alternating wooded areas with open meadows.
The exhibition will open to the public on November and will remain on display until December 2012 in the railings surrounding the Castillo de la Real Fuerza, one of Old Havana emblematic fortresses.
"I think it is important that we say, there really should be an alternative that is completely open and transparent, " he added, before going on to criticise the culture of secrecy surrounding the cloistered algorithms of the leading search empires.
The BBC's political correspondent Gary O'Donoghue says the criticisms from a highly respected body could re-open the argument surrounding the issue of child benefit just six months before the changes are due to come in.
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It is hard to imagine that McChrystal's decision to open his doors to Rolling Stone was a calculated move to blow the lid off of the mirage of strategic competence surrounding the "good war" in Afghanistan.
They were open to all free-born, Greek-speaking males, attracting athletes not just from the Greek mainland and surrounding islands, but also from the most far-flung Greek colonies, everywhere from Iberia (Spain) in the west to the Black Sea in the east.
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