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Bonding in the Boatyard
"De-le! De-le!"Go on! Go on!the young guy shouted, giving directions to the driver who was maneuvering the Travelift around the shipyard with Summerwind swaying in its slings. At the same time, two other workers carried four metal stands and set them in a vacant spot. "Down, down, down!" he kept calling until our 32-foot steel sloop finally rested upright on the ground. As I explored the neighboring boats, I saw many that I recognized. We'd shared anchorages with them, or heard them on the radio while cruising the past season in the San Blas islands. It was clear that most of the boats in the yard were empty; quite usual for this time of year, as many cruisers take advantage of the rainy season and the safety of the fenced and guarded boatyard to travel back to their home countries. We, too, went for a short visit back to Israel while Summerwind stayed in Cartagena, Colombia, at the Manzanillo Marina Club.Frank Gehry is Kerzner ace in S
SINGAPORE: Frank Gehry, the architect who helped put the Spanish city of Bilbao on the map with his shimmering Guggenheim Museum, may be about to do the same for Singapore.Gehry says he has no interest in casinos, but his design of two translucent, rippling buildings for a US$3bil-plus gaming resort in Singapore could help Kerzner International beat two other bidders in the contest for the landmark project.
Its not just a building with entertainment in it. I tried to conceive of a building that is part of the entertainment, Gehry told Reuters in a phone interview from Los Angeles.
His plan features two glass-and-steel structures which undulate like billowing sails, while the glass facade is veined with fibre optics so that the waterfront building on Singapores Sentosa island will glow with images and light.
Weve got something really beautiful that has never been done before.
Businessman says he wants to evict Smith from Bahamas mansion
NASSAU, Bahamas -- A businessman embroiled in a property dispute with Anna Nicole Smith said Thursday he wants to evict the reality TV star from the mansion where she has been secluded since her son's death in September.South Carolina developer G. Ben Thompson, who says he is a former boyfriend of Smith, told reporters that he loaned her money to buy the waterfront mansion for nearly $1 million, but she has failed to make payments on the mortgage.
Smith, a former Playboy Playmate, has cited ownership of the home as the basis of her claim of residency in the Bahamas, where she came to give birth to a daughter. Her 20-year-old son, Daniel, died under mysterious circumstances at the hospital three days after she gave birth.
Thompson said at a news conference in Nassau that he met Smith about 18 months ago and they had a "short relationship." He said they remained friendly until the dispute over the house in an exclusive neighborhood on the eastern end of New Providence island.
The Bahamas should consider introducing a residency tax
Whether you support the Christie administration or not, even a blind and deaf person will acknowledge on the face of a direct comparison between the first term of the FNM from 1992-1997 and the PLP from 2002-2006, the PLP has without any doubt excelled with attracting prospective new employment projects by leaps and bounds. I would say there is no rational comparison.I have no doubt in saying that the fiscal business performance of Kerzner International had a lot to do with causing this and, therefore, the signing of the initial Heads of Agreement with Kerzner under the FNM has to be registered as 'a most positive catalyst.'
The election of the Republicans and President George Bush for two terms and the growth of wealth under their leadership is the catalyst as to why such a high calibre of investor is interested in The Bahamas.