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Oil spill fears
A privately owned 110-foot steel hull tugboat, 'The Carrizal', caught fire at about 3:30 a.m. June 26, at Arawak Cay and sank four miles north of Paradise Island in 1,000 feet of water where it was towed by the owner Edgar Curling. No injuries were reported.According to Mr Curling, the vessel contained 200 gal of diesel fuel in its tank when it caught on fire at Arawak Cay.
The Fire Department was called. They battled the fire for three hours before a decision was made to tow the vessel away from the docks to avoid additional damage to surrounding vessels. In what was called a controlled burn, the vessel eventually sank at 9:42 a.m.
The Ministry of Transport and Aviation, the lead agency for Oil Spill on the seas was informed at about 9:15 a.m.
ESPN Wednesday Night Fights Set To Explode After The 4th
(Press Release: Denver, Co, July 3rd, 2006) ESPN Wednesday Night Fights scheduled for July 5th will provide fight fans more fireworks following our nations Independence day. As of now, the card is set and barring any last minute setbacks, we should be in for an exciting night of action. In the main event, a main event that has saw three opponents come and go, Neil Sinclair of Belfast, North Ireland will return to the ring after a year layoff.. Sinclair has a record of 28-4 with 23 ko's yet all of his fights have been in Europe and he is unknown to the american public. The only name that stands out on his record is Puerto Rican and former WBO Light Middleweight Titlest Daniel Santos. Sinclair was stopped in the second round of that bout. Sinclair's opponent will now be Jerome Ellis of Nassau, Bahamas, 10-4-1 with 9 ko's.Dial-Around Telecom Helps Consumers Celebrate Independence Day by ...
LOS ANGELES, June 30, 2006 -- The American Dream was born on the 4th of July. As every year Americans celebrate their freedom and independence, discount long-distance provider Dial-Around Telecom, Inc. plans to help consumers mark the occasion.Barbecues, picnics, family gatherings, fireworks, beautiful handmade crafts, delicious recipes, party-time decorations, poems, cakes, and every other enjoyable patriotic event make this day special for each and every American.
On such a special occasion, Dial-Around will offer callers discounted rates from June 30 to July 7 on interstate and international calls.
"We always want to make it easier for consumers to call the ones they love," said Omer K. Varol, CEO of Dial-Around Telecom, Inc., operating company of the 1010-805 calling pre-fix.
Today in History - July 10
Today is Monday, July 10, the 191st day of 2006. There are 174 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:
On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the Battle of Britain began as German forces began attacking southern England by air.
On this date:
In 1850, Vice President Millard Fillmore assumed the presidency, following the death of President Taylor.
In 1890, Wyoming became the 44th state. .
Report due on cave bones bones
A report officially confirming whether bones found at Eleuthera's Preacher's Cave are the centuries old remains of a Lucayan Indian and an Eleutheran Adventurer is expected to be issued in August.In March, a team of Miami-Dade archaeologists discovered what is believed to be the 500-year-old skeletal remains of a Lucayan Indian lying inches away from the remains of a 350-year-old Eleutheran Adventurer just 150 meters beneath the cave's floor.
Jeff Ransom, a Miami-Dade archaeologist who, was present at the Preacher's Cave dig, told The Guardian yesterday, "A report concerning our excavations and the analysis of human remains at Preacher's Cave will be coming out soon, maybe by the end of August 2006." Just days after the ancient skeletal remains were unearthed, the Bahamian government said that it hoped to transform the world-renowned cave into a national preservation park.
Isle of Capri Casinos Names New Exec
BILOXI, Mississippi – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISLE) officials announced today the appointment of Kim Hardy as vice president and general manager of the company's Waterloo, Iowa property expected to open in Spring 2007.Hardy brings extensive casino management experience to the role having held similar positions at Isle of Capri Casinos in Boonville, Mo. and Marquette, Iowa. He has been with the Isle since the company acquired the Marquette casino in May 2000. Hardy also served as general manager of the Miss Marquette Riverboat Casino beginning in 1998.
Prior to joining the Isle, Hardy held executive positions with the Reno Hilton and Hilton Casino in New Orleans. Hardy's educational background is in criminal justice.
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., a leading developer and owner of gaming and entertainment facilities, operates 15 casinos in 13 locations.
The Relax-and-Enjoy Thing
"Is this a bad time?" I was feeling a little awkward invading the privacy of other boats, so it was important to approach on a polite tack, I figured."Is there such a thing as a bad time?" answered an elderly gent, who stopped buttoning up a mainsail cover aboard Polaris to chat with me. Polaris is a Passport 40 he'd helped his compadre sail from Puerto Rico to Trellis Bay, Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. He grabbed the painter of the dinghy that held my partner, Captain Rick Martell, and me, and brought us alongside.
His-question-with-a-question comeback, the twinkle in his eye, and the smile all over his sunscreen-smeared face made me fall in love all over again with everyone and everything Virgin Islands, where Rick and I had cruised and worked as charter crew in the 1990s.
Lovers of living on the edge
Widespread Panic percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz says one of the requirements for being in the band is to enjoy a big element of musical unpredictability."We like living on the edge," Ortiz said in a recent phone interview.
"I think that was one of the requirements of joining the band, that you wanted to live on the edge. And it's still a barrel of fun for all of us."
Ortiz has certainly seen that outlook play out night after night on stage, where the band changes sets nightly and is known for jams that take songs to new and unexpected places on a regular basis.
With the band's new CD, "Earth To America," Widespread Panic more than ever also took the notion of living on the edge into the studio.
For the first time after eight previous studio albums, the band left its home base of Athens, Ga., for recording and went to Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas to record "Earth To America."
The group also took a break from working with longtime producer John Keane to work with Terry Manning on the CD.