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In March 1966 a left-wing faction of the governing Kenya African National Union (KANU) instigated a mass defection from the party and formed the KPU. [1] KANU responded by amending Kenya's constitution to force a 'little general election' in June 1966. All MPs who defected to the KPU were nominated by the party to contest their seats.
Railroad workers who performed similar jobs were also known as wipers, [1] or in the UK as "cleaners". The most junior rate in a ship's engine room, the wiper position is an apprenticeship to become an oiler. In modern times, a wiper is required to work on a ship for a specific amount of time, gaining what is referred to as "sea time."
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The Log is published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District/NMU, AFL–CIO. The Seafarers International Union or SIU is an organization of 12 autonomous labor unions of mariners , fishermen and boatmen working aboard vessels flagged in the United States or Canada .
A logbook (a ship's logs or simply log) is a record of important events in the management, operation, and navigation of a ship. It is essential to traditional navigation, and must be filled in at least daily. The term originally referred to a book for recording readings from the chip log that was used to estimate a ship's speed through the ...
The role of the ship while at sea. Environment: the conditions under which the ship is operating. This can be described as sea state, wind speed, geographic region or some combination thereof. Ship responses: the response of the ship to the environmental conditions. The responses are a function of the environment and the vessel characteristics.
KPU is an abbreviation that can mean: Kenya People's Union, a historic political party in Kenya; Korea Polytechnic University, South Korea; Kripke–Platek set theory with urelements, an axiom system for set theory; Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a public university located in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan
The SEAs from each branch at the 2009 Commander in Chief's Ball. A senior enlisted advisor (SEA) in the United States Armed Forces is the most senior enlisted service member in a unit, and acts as an advisor to the commanding officer.