Initiatives such as Argo have reached out to stakeholders that do not traditionally participate in scientific research in an effort to use existing marine traffic for the purpose of gathering scientific data and launching monitoring equipment.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

It has always baffled me that councils feel that they should put obstacles on roads which were created for the specific purpose of conveying traffic.

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Water features have a practical purpose as well: They mask unpleasant sounds like traffic or noisy neighbors.

WSJ: High Water Marks

The purpose of a firewall is to establish a positive enforcement model, i.e. limit traffic between networks of different trust levels to that which is allowed and block everything else.

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