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17 Apr 2019, 1:35 pm
” Carnival is reportedly leasing 329 acres of Bahamian land in an area known as Sharp Rock in East Grand Bahama, which the newspaper describes as an “eco-sensitive zone. [read post]
25 Dec 2018, 7:38 am
The bridge was completed in 1568, under the Ottomans. [read post]
25 Dec 2018, 7:38 am
The bridge was completed in 1568, under the Ottomans. [read post]
2 Dec 2018, 9:21 am
Chickens and six-toed cats have their run of the island. [read post]
18 Oct 2018, 1:15 pm
Luong, born during the Vietnam War to a Vietnamese woman and a Black American serviceman, was convicted and sentenced to death in the spring of 2009 for the murder of his four young children on the Dauphin Island Bridge in Alabama. [read post]
30 May 2018, 4:17 pm
The restored bridge re-opened in 2004. [read post]
14 May 2018, 1:51 pm
The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Ironically, at the same time, the federal government opened Ellis Island and the Statute of Liberty was placed on Bedloe’s Island. [read post]
9 Feb 2018, 10:46 am
The image of the flag itself has been a matter of contention: an early draft of the flag flown in an Olympic preparatory match included an image of the disputed islands known as the Liancourt Rocks. [read post]
19 Feb 2016, 11:57 am
If mere registration and the accompanying appointment of an in state agent―without an express consent to general jurisdiction – nonetheless sufficed to confer general jurisdiction by implicit consent, every corporation would be subject to general jurisdiction in every state in which it registered, and Daimler’s ruling would be robbed of meaning by a back‐door thief.Id. at 47-48 (citations omitted).Further, too much constitutional jurisdictional water has flown under… [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 3:17 pm
We hear there are reindeer and arctic foxes elsewhere on the island, but the only land animals we’ve seen are occasional handfuls of sheep and a remarkable number of horses. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 8:58 am
Since you talk about it so much at parties and in bars, it's high time you read it. [read post]
17 Feb 2015, 9:30 pm
Here's a description from the Press:In the early hours of May 6, 1856, the steamboat Effie Afton barreled into a pillar of the Rock Island Bridge—the first railroad bridge ever to span the Mississippi River. [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 6:45 am
A man was shot at Potter’s Cay, near the base of the Paradise Island bridge, at a time when tourists would still be frequenting the area. [read post]
29 Aug 2014, 8:04 am
’ If this gets to court it will be interesting to see what might transpire ......... and it's worth noting that Judge (now Mr Justice) Birss did find infringement in the so-called Red Bus Case (Temple Island Collections Ltd v New English Teas Ltd & another [2012] EWPCC 1) where a picture of a red bus travelling over a monochrome Westminster Bridge and Houses of Parliement against a white sky had been 're-created' (but not copied) by New… [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 2:06 am
As part of the tour, we took our bicycles on a ferry boat to the islands across the harbor from the central city. [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 8:30 pm
He also experienced the worst forms of labour rights abuses on Robben Island where he was forced to break rocks for many years of his life. [read post]
24 Sep 2013, 4:18 am
Schettino testified that when he arrived in the bridge, he told the officer at the helm to turn the rudder to the left, which would have pulled the stern to the right and possibly avoided the rocks. [read post]
22 May 2013, 10:53 am
There are also allegations that Schettino steered the ship too dangerously close to the island as part of a publicity stunt. [read post]
18 Apr 2013, 11:46 pm
Schettino blames his bridge team for navigating off-course towards the island and then failing to properly conduct the course change he ordered. [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 8:45 pm
The captain was allegedly trying to execute a display maneuver called a “salute” when the ship ran into a rock, causing it to founder and capsize. [read post]
