Herne Bay and Waltrop have been twinned since 1976, although as at February 2007, their twinning association was not in operation.

A twinning project with the Bangladesh Scouts, known as the " Bangladesh-Australia Child Health " ( BACH ) project made a dramatic impact on child health in project villages during its operation from 1986 to 1992.

The exact mechanism of fertilization could not be determined but the study stated that it was unlikely to be a case of polar body twinning.

The twinning programme was reviewed in 2011 and it was suggested that the link with Schleswig be ended due to a lack of contact between the towns.

The twinning is a result of Cornish migration during the Californian gold rush in which Cornish mining expertise was exported to the area.

As the story hit national news in the United Kingdom, further investigation revealed a link was established between the communities in 1981 when the mayor of Manteo, John Wilson, met with the mayor of Bideford, Pam Paddon, although it was recorded as friendly rather than formal twinning in Bideford.

In 1992 a twinning agreement was reached with the Finsterwalde District of Brandenburg, unofficial relations between the two districts having existed since German reunification in 1990.

Following Finsterwald's merger with the district of Elbe-Elster, twinning with the new district was reconfirmed in 1996.

In 2001 a twinning agreement was officially established with the Polish district of Racibórz.

While the two-year Banff-Bow Valley Study was underway, development projects were halted, including the expansion of Sunshine Village, and the twinning of the Trans-Canada Highway between Castle Junction and Sunshine.

This context was a significant aspect for the district twinning with the New York City borough Brooklyn in 2007.

This was followed in 1996 by a twinning relationship with Staffordshire University in UK for Master's degree courses.

* Lübbecke in Germany since 1973, largely down to the special relationship between the Durnovaria Silver Band who met the Lübbecker Schutzenmusik Corps at an event in Bayeux when Bayeux was twinning with Lübbecke in 1968

The twinning only lasted some 15 years and, after growing disputes between the Menotti family and the Spoleto Festival USA board, in the early ' 90s a separation was consummated.

The first twinning was established on 17 March 1970 between the former Kreis Iserlohn and Wrexham Rural District.

Its early success ensured that, after local government reorganisation in both countries in the mid-seventies, the twinning was taken over by the new Councils of Märkischer Kreis and Wrexham Maelor Borough Council and, in 1996, by Wrexham County Borough Council.

In 2001 Märkischer Kreis entered a twinning arrangement with Racibórz ( Ratibor ), a county in Poland, which was formerly part of Silesia, Germany.

The twinning was renewed in 1982.

Some 300 years later in 1967, The Queenborough and Brielle ( the Netherlands ) twinning project was established.

Regular twinning activity was sustained for over 20 years, but has now lapsed.

A twinning arrangement was made in 1966 by Chadderton Urban District Council with Geesthacht, West Germany .< ref >

In 1992 a further twinning arrangement was made with Schweich, the principal town in a municipality of some 20, 000 people, from the Roman city of Trier.

The twinning project was a combined effort between Modjeski & Masters ( American engineers ) and Buckland & Taylor Ltd. ( Canadian engineers ).

Eastleigh was awarded the European Flag of Honour in 1983 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Borough's twinning with Villeneuve-Saint-Georges.

The Japanese Shogun made him a samurai ( warrior ), he is significant to Medway because this has led to the twinning with Yokosuka and Ito.

Until this point in development, twinning is possible.

Crystals can be marred by twinning, which can occur when a unit cell can pack equally favorably in multiple orientations ; although recent advances in computational methods may allow solving the structure of some twinned crystals.

Feldspar within a pegmatite may display exaggerated and perfect twinning, exsolution lamellae, and when affected by hydrous crystallization, macroscale graphic texture is known, with feldspar and quartz intergrown.

This situation is not the same as the common form of fraternal twinning, in which two genetically different ova are fertilized by two genetically different sperm.

Brighouse is twinned with Lüdenscheid in Germany, the link beginning with an exchange by Brighouse Children's Theatre in 1950 followed by a civic twinning charter in 1960.

Plasticity in a crystal of pure metal is primarily caused by two modes of deformation in the crystal lattice, slip and twinning.

Each summer an average of four 4th / 5th year students partake in the Phoenix Youth Ambassador Program, which is facilitated by the city of Phoenix twinning committee and the Ennis Chamber Of Commerce.

Helston's town twinning link with Sasso Marconi in Italy goes back many years, and is based on a historical link, namely the first transatlantic radio signals sent by Guglielmo Marconi at nearby Poldhu cove.

In 2001, the Association of Baptist Churches established a " twinning " agreement with the Baptist Union of Great Britain, which is promoted by the organizations as " a means to support each other in prayer, developing ministry, mutual benefit from the experience of the other, fellowship and encouragement.

Initial design work is being done for upgrading the existing 4-lane section from Route 15 to Shediac Bridge ( 2 km ), followed by construction of a new 4-lane section from Shediac Bridge to Bouctouche ( twinning the existing Super 2 section ).

The mineral may be readily recognized by its characteristic twinning, in conjunction with the adamantine lustre and high specific gravity.

Magnetic shape-memory alloys, with near-stoichiometric Ni < sub > 2 </ sub > MnGa being the most studied example, differ from other magnetostrictive materials, such as Terfenol-D and Galfenol, as they produce much larger strains by twinning, sometimes as large as 9 %, under relatively low bias magnetic fields.

Originally called blanc-cassis, the drink is now named after Félix Kir ( 1876 – 1968 ), mayor of Dijon in Burgundy, who as a pioneer of the twinning movement in the aftermath of the Second World War popularized the drink by offering it at receptions to visiting delegations.

In 1998 Killala celebrated the bicentenary of this event by twinning with the commune of Chauvé in France and Killala has established itself as a popular location for historians.

The MTO plans to further extend Highway 417 westerly through the Ottawa Valley by twinning and realigning the existing route to a four-lane freeway beyond Arnprior, where it presently merges into a two-laned Highway 17.

This work is expected to be completed by 2014, concurrent with the twinning of Highway 7 from the 417 to Carleton Place.

Within Europe, town twinning is supported by the European Union.

In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as " town twinning " ( though other terms, such as " partner towns " or " sister cities " are sometimes used instead ), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc.

Additional contributions by Weinberg to statistical genetics included the first estimate of the rate of twinning – Realizing that identical twins would have to be same-sex, while dizygotic twins could be either same or opposite sex, Weinberg derived the formula for estimating the frequency of monozygotic and dizygotic twins from the ratio of same sex and opposite twins to the total of maternities.

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Highway 400 was gradually pushed north to its current terminus by twinning Highway 69, gradually truncating the southern end of the Highway 69 route.