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Tall Ships Races, 21st-24th July - Lerwick Shetland

Strong northerly winds delayed 50 Tall Ships from leaving Lerwick, Shetland in the Tall Ships Races event last Sunday 24th July 2011. The fleet had been due to leave on Sunday afternoon, but began undocking at...

Shipbreaking in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Chittagong, a city in southeastern Bangladesh, has – according to our guidebooks – nothing to offer. And indeed: it is a dirty, nasty, big, industrial city with millions of people, hard pressed by poverty and traffic congestions troughout the day. To get here from Dhaka,...

JAXPORT IGNORES PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS FOR PROFIT

Jacksonville Port Authority aka Jaxport continues to ignore the writings on the wall while placing many of its citizens health at risk all for the sake of profit. when confronted with these reports, Jaxport points to the jobs it  relied upon doctored reports given to...

Modern cities resting on old ships

The discovery this week by workers at the World Trade Center site in New York City of the remains of an old ship prompts a reminder that many modern cities are resting atop them. Abandoned ships were often used...

Jacksonville took a wrong turn to Clean Air

Jacksonville took a wrong turn to clean Air at the Port, Mayor Peyton may take a wrong turn as well Who elected Jaxport to turn a blind eye to Port Pollution Was it the Mayor the Governor, Why not ask them...

Arctic to be Ice Free in Summers

"The Catlin Arctic Survey data supports the new consensus view - based on seasonal variation of ice extent and thickness, changes in temperatures, winds and especially ice composition - that the Arctic will be...

Jaxport ship kills three manatees and one baby whale

Whales  and Manatees need our help. Since Jaxport has allowed Larger Ships to enter the Narrow St. Johns River There were  337 Manatee deaths  whales in jacksonville. last...

If you visit the City of Jacksonville,

If you visit the City of Jacksonville, You will find it very pretty. Just two things of which you must beware: Don't Swim in the water and don't breathe the air. Pollution, pollution, They got Foreign Flaged Ships from china, Asia and abroad that turns our River a dull...

Bermuda Triangle Plane Mysteries Solved

Multiple planes and ships went missing in the area between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico in the 1940s, leading to the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. Most of the disappearances are still unexplained, but BBC journalist Tom Mangold has managed to recreate plausible...

5 Sunken Roman Ships Found near Italian Island Ventotene

Archaeologists found 5 ancient Roman shipwrecks off a small Italian island Ventotene. The sunken ships date from the 1st century BC to 5th century AD. The ships from the Roman-era are very well presevered as they lie untouched between 330 to 490 feet underwater. The discovery...

Rush Limbaugh Attacks Obama over Pirate Shooting

While most are praising US President Obama for the way he handled this latest pirate attack, Rush Limbaugh has found yet another way to attack him.  He mockingly called the pirates "merchant marine organizers,"...

Pak’s Defense Private Sector Emerges with Indigenous Drones

Back in 1970, the American Army Gen. William Westmoreland is reported to have said: “On the battlefield of the future, enemy forces will be located, tracked and targeted almost instantaneously through the use of data links, computer-assisted intelligence and automated fire...

US navy seeks arms bound for Hamas

An American naval ship located in the Gulf of Aden has now been orded to look for suspicious Iranian arms ships that could be heading for the Red Sea, as apparently Tehran is looking to re-equip Hamas fighters. This taskforce is called 'Combined Task Force 151' and it has...

Jaxport and city fail to honor public access to river

The city's idea and Jaxports balance is obviously very different to that of thousands of signatures collected along with Mayport residents who oppose the cruise terminal development in the village, I like to point out some of the more obvious flaws in their arguement. The...

How Clean Is Our Air in Jacksonville Fla?

While heredity, lifestyle and personal habits determine alot about a person’s health, more and more research reveals that human health is also determined by one’s surrounding environment. Consider the following facts about air pollution in Jacksonville Florida: The...

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