Looking at this Braves winter and beyond Oct 3, 2008
Anyway, the Braves are now scattered to the corners of North and South America and the Caribbean, done with baseball for a while (until Fall League or Winter League assignments, for some) ... Anyway, the Braves are now scattered to the corners of North and South America and the Caribbean, done with baseball ... Anyway, the Braves are now scattered to the corners of North and South America and the Caribbean, done with baseball. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Coming to a City Near You - Puerto Rico Now! Sep 20, 2008
Chicago, IL - Sabor Puertorriqueno (October 2-4) Venue: Shops at Northbridge Time: 10AM - 6PM In May of this year, millions of TV viewers got to see first-hand why Puerto Rico is the culinary capital of the Caribbean ... And if you need some more time to plan your dream Puerto Rico vacation, CheapCaribbean ... The Island also makes for a great start or end to a Caribbean cruise as large ships are docking in Puerto Rico's ports at San Juan, Mayaguez and Ponce. (PR Newswire)
Anti-abortion groups to buy ads on Google Sep 18, 2008
Excellent USA & Caribbean specials. POA. (Times Online)
Our views: Run from the water Sep 17, 2008
The next four weeks can be particularly wicked with storms brewing up in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico before things start ratcheting down toward the seasons Nov. 30 end. So stay aware and stay prepared. (Florida Today)
Together (9/15/08) Sep 15, 2008
They have traveled to the Caribbean, Central America, South America, Asia, Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. MAY 31, 2008. (Anchorage Daily News)
Search on for Ike victims Sep 15, 2008
The storm, which killed more than 80 in the Caribbean before reaching the U.S., was blamed for at least two lives in Texas. A woman was killed in her sleep when a tree fell on her home near Pinehurst. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Texas Takes Stock Of Ike's Impact Sep 14, 2008
The storm, which killed more than 80 in the Caribbean before reaching the U.S., was blamed for at least four lives, two each in Texas and Louisiana. Since Ike made landfall, there have been 940 rescues in Texas of people stranded in homes, vehicles and elsewhere, said Gov. Rick Perry's spokeswoman Allison Castle. (CBS News)
When my baby goes to Rio Sep 14, 2008
from sunrise to sunrise, Rio's white sands are a place for socialising, samba, surfing and being seen. Photo: John Maier Jr/Lonely Planet. (The Age, Australia -- National)
The case for sofa diplomacy Sep 13, 2008
rhubarb harvest on a host's farm in Iceland. From a bedsit in Seoul to a farmhouse in Iceland, Fiona Doig joins the rising wave of couchsurfers. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Australia's best hotels named Sep 11, 2008
Melbourne's Crown Towers was named in Australia's top three best hotels at the annual HotelClub awards, for the third year in a row. Photos: Australia and the region's best hotels named at the annual HotelClub awards. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Mid-air mobile row on Jetstar flight Sep 11, 2008
September 11, 2008 - 8:22AM. A 54-year-old man who allegedly refused to turn his mobile phone off during a flight out of Sydney has been charged with endangering an aircraft. (The Age, Australia)
2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season Kicking Into High Gear Sep 10, 2008
provided the answer: "Hurricanes are fueled by warm ocean temperatures and September is the end of the Northern Hemisphere ocean warming season. The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season started early with the formation of Tropical Storm Arthur on May 30, from the remnants of the eastern Pacific Ocean's first storm, Alma, which crossed Central America and reformed in the Gulf of Mexico. It took one month and four days for the next storm to form, Bertha. Now, the action is definitely picking up. The... (Science Daily)
Ladies only at luxury hotel Sep 10, 2008
The Naumi hotel has dedicated one floor to women. Destination Fact sheets. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Melbourne wins Sep 10, 2008
Melbourne beats out Sydney again - News - Travel - theage. Melbourne beats out Sydney again. (The Age, Australia)
Emirates halts A380 superjumbo flights Sep 9, 2008
The Emirates A380 in New York last month after completing its maiden flight. Photos: Bathrooms with showers and two lounge bars feature on board Emirates' A380 superjumbo. (The Age, Australia -- Opinion)
Bollywood's newest stars are tourists Sep 9, 2008
A more liberal Bollywood is seeking Western tourists to play extras in films. Destination Fact sheets. (The Age, Australia -- Opinion)
Hurricane Ike weakens to Category 2 over Cuba Sep 8, 2008
As Ike roared through the Caribbean, residents of the Florida Keys, a 110-mile (177-km) island chain connected by bridges with only one road out, were told to evacuate as a precaution. Ike ripped off roofs and knocked over trees and power lines as it passed over Great Inagua, the Bahamas' southernmost island and Britain's Turks and Caicos islands. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Ike's floods kill 48, cut off aid to parts of Haiti Sep 8, 2008
They pushed Haiti's death toll to at least 306 from four storms that have hit the impoverished Caribbean country in less than a month. Witnesses in Cabaret said floodwaters rushed into homes in the middle of the night, crushing walls and reaching chest-high levels before receding Sunday morning and leaving everything caked in mud. (CNN -- World)
Exclusive party Sep 7, 2008
Page last updated at 22:08 GMT, Saturday, 6 September 2008 23:08 UK. Swaziland king celebrates in style. (BBC News)
Swaziland king celebrates in style Sep 7, 2008
Page last updated at 22:08 GMT, Saturday, 6 September 2008 23:08 UK. One of the world's last remaining absolute monarchs, King Mswati III of Swaziland, has held lavish celebrations to mark his 40th birthday and 40 years of independence from Britain, reports the BBC's Orla Guerin. (BBC News)
Hurricane Gustav Comes Ashore; New Orleans Levees Hold Sep 2, 2008
The hurricane is thought to have killed at least 94 people since it started its journey across the Caribbean Sea as a tropical storm on August 25. Keith Blackwell, a meteorologist at the University of South Alabama's Coastal Weather Research Center in Mobile, noted that Gustav encountered cooler water as it neared the Louisiana coastline, and this caused it to weaken as it made landfall. (National Geographic)
Cubans pick up pieces after Gustav Sep 1, 2008
Her tale of terror and damage was shared by thousands of people in the path of Gustav, which left a panorama of destruction after it ripped through the western province of Pinar del Rio and the Isle of Youth 40 miles (60 km) out in the Caribbean Sea ... In Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, 86 people were killed as Gustav passed through the Caribbean, but in Cuba, where evacuations are organized, early and enforced, no deaths had been reported. (AlertNet)
Gustav closes in on Louisiana Sep 1, 2008
Gustav, which killed at least 94 people as it tore through the Caribbean, will test three years of planning and rebuilding on the Gulf Coast following Katrina's wrath. Billions of dollars were at stake, as Gustav threatened industries ranging from sugar to shipping. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
* World News Quick Take Aug 31, 2008
Storm gathers strength Hurricane Gustav strengthened into a Category 2 storm yesterday as it churned across warm Caribbean waters toward western Cuba, the US National Hurricane Center said ... The storm, which killed up to 77 people in the Caribbean, was plowing toward superheated waters south of Cuba where it could absorb enough energy to strengthen into a major hurricane before ripping through the heavy concentration of US oil and natural gas platforms off Louisiana. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Facing the storm head-on Aug 30, 2008
On Wednesday, it was headed to 19 degrees north latitude, 74 degrees 18 minutes west longitude: the last known co-ordinates of the centre of tropical storm Gustav as it messily churned through the Caribbean on Wednesday. The flight plan sounds straightforward: make a series of passes through Gustav's winds, try to locate its eye and quickly get the information back to forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. (Globe and Mail)
New Orleans Gears Up for Possible Hurricane Gustav Hit Aug 29, 2008
As tropical storm Gustav churns in the Caribbean, emergency management personnel in and around New Orleans are already gearing up for a possible hit ... Gustav began its trek across the Caribbean Sea earlier this week. (National Geographic)
Tropical Storm Gustav Strengthens As It Eyes Gulf Aug 29, 2008
The storm is expected to strengthen because of the warm water in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Tropical Storm Hanna Forms. (Click2Houston, TX)
FEAR FOR WEEKEND IN GULF... Aug 28, 2008
The storm will turn to the west-northwest today, moving away from Haiti and back over the warm waters of the Caribbean ... All interests in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico should monitor the progress of the storm since that threat zone could shift if Gustav takes a slightly different track ... The area of high pressure steering Gustav through the central Caribbean should offer Florida protection from the storm. (The Drudge Report)
Hurricane Gustav to Become Gulf Coast Monster? Aug 28, 2008
Gustav began as a tropical depression in the eastern Caribbean Sea on Monday and quickly intensified into a Category 1 hurricane with winds of about 90 miles (145 kilometers) an hour ... That would put it over the very warm waters of the Caribbean, and forecasters think Gustav will quickly regain its status as a Category 1 hurricane, with wind speeds between 74 and 95 miles an hour (119 and 153 kilometers an hour). (National Geographic)
13 beach escapes that wont bust the bank Aug 27, 2008
(Another plus: These days St. John is one of the only Caribbean islands you can get to sans passport ... Florida KeysWhen you hit Mile Marker 37 on the Overseas Highway, the sugar-soft sand and swaying silver palms might trick you into believing you've cruise-controlled all the way to the Caribbean ... Of the park's three beaches, two-mile-long Sandspur is the longest and it's ideal for swimming, with a gentle drop-off into the turquoise Caribbean, er, Atlantic Ocean. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Icebergs and Bears: Exploring the Canadian High Arctic on an `Anti-Cruise' Aug 26, 2008
While comfortable Caribbean cruises still attract a steady crowd, Arctic eco-tourism, its rougher, less glamorous cousin, is growing as awareness spreads of both the region's beauty and fragility. The Lyubov Orlova is one of its flagships and reflects that down-to-earth ethos. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Now a hurricane, Gustav 'could be a whopper' Aug 26, 2008
South Floridians hardly got time to catch their breath from last week's Fay before that blob in the Caribbean turned into Hurricane Gustav, a Category 1 hurricane packing lots of rain. The good news at the moment: our soggy shores aren't currently in the storm's projected path. (The Palm Beach Post)
Travel Briefs Aug 24, 2008
But now a number of lines including Norwegian, Royal Caribbean and Holland America are making numerous trips August-October. Carnival s trips to Canada now run June-October. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Flying To Old Faithful Aug 22, 2008
A: Your qualms are understandable, since the Dominican Republic, which shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti, is a poor country with great economic inequity. Yet Punta Cana is also an extremely popular vacation destination, offering great value in hotel rates, meals, tours and activities, and package-tour operators book planefuls of satisfied visitors year-round. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
World's decadent hotel amenities Aug 21, 2008
At Jade Mountain, a Caribbean resort, a poem is placed on each pillow at turn down. Other hotels target a specific type of guest, like the pet-owner or environmentalist. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Mexico Church Assailed For Fashion Comment Aug 20, 2008
Roman's statements echo recent comments by government authorities elsewhere in Latin America and the Caribbean. A police superintendent in Jamaica called on women last week to dress with greater modestly to curb rapes on the island. (CBS News -- World)
Mexican drug war kills 43 Aug 19, 2008
6-billion, three-year package of anti-drug assistance to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean known as the Merida Initiative, a large part of which is expected to strengthen Calderon's efforts. AFP Digg | | | | | | Copyright 2002-2008 iafrica. (iAfrica.com)
LeMond’s Yellowstone Club lawsuit settled for $39.5 million (1) Aug 17, 2008
Among his subsequent purchases were a chateau in France, a golf resort in Scotland, a villa in Mexico and an estate in the Caribbean. Under the divorce settlement, Edra Blixseth gains control of the Yellowstone Club World entity and also the properties in Scotland and the Caribbean, Keegan said. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Florida in tropical storm's cone Aug 16, 2008
Tropical storm warnings were in effect throughout the Caribbean, including Cuba and Haiti. In Palm Beach County, officials say they are taking the threat seriously. (The Palm Beach Post)
Enrich your mind, the world Aug 10, 2008
Academic Arrangements Abroad combines a cruise with a learning experience in its Gardens of the Caribbean program, with five sailings in January and February aboard the yacht Sea Cloud or Sea Cloud II. Aboard the yacht are lecturers on architectural history and horticulture, while island landings range from coral to volcanic, and lush to dry. Gardens of the Caribbean: Barbados to Antigua, takes place Jan. 16-23, with ports of call including Trinidad, where cruisegoers are invited to two private... (Boston Globe)
Swim With Whale Sharks Aug 6, 2008
More than 100 of the polka-dotted behemoths, which are normally solitary creatures, cluster in shallow waters about 10 miles east of the village in summer months, feasting on microorganisms churned up by the meeting of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. The pale yellow or white spots covering their dark, grayish-blue bodies inspired the local nickname, "Domino.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Americas five-star travel bargains Aug 5, 2008
"There is an incredibly vibrant business within the U.S.," says Marshall Calder, senior vice president of marketing for The Leading Hotels of the World, a high-end travel agency headquartered in , "or destinations like Caribbean and Mexico where the dollar stands strong.". The options, says Calder, range from outdoor adventures to family fun to romantic retreatsor even a simple weekend away. (MSNBC -- Politics)
LETTERS: NCT, Aug. 2, 2008 Aug 3, 2008
Chuck wrote on Aug 2, 2008 2:19 PM:I just got back from a fairly cool Caribbean island called Dominica. I walked out of customs looking for a cab, talked to the cab boss, and he makes this exact announcement "who wanna take the white boy to the Tamarind" I laughed my butt off and immediately thought how a liberal would be insulted by that. (North County Times)
Noms de Glacier: Names along park trail stem from Indian stories to history-making bears Aug 1, 2008
And some will hitch the Mississippi River out into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Four miles into the valley, the trail splits between lake and pass options. (Missoulian, MT)
Reading Into Leaders' Vacation Spots Jul 31, 2008
When the economy you've spent more than a decade running starts to tank, voters probably won't appreciate it if you head off to Greece or the Caribbean. A week in unglamorous Southwold also fits well with the slight air of austerity that Brown has used to mark a break with his flashier former boss and rival Blair, famous for his breaks in ageing pop star Barbados house and Bee Gee Florida mansion. (Time.com)
Bracing the Satellite Infrastructure for a Solar Superstorm Jul 28, 2008
Auroras filled the sky as far south as the Caribbean, magnetic compasses went haywire and telegraph systems failed. Ice cores suggest that such a blast of solar particles happens only once every 500 years, but even the storms every 50 years could fry satellites, jam radios and cause coast-to-coast blackouts. (Scientific American)
World music revelry Jul 28, 2008
Nothing can beat the celebration of world music at the incredible Sarawak Cultural Village (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Volcanic Eruptions May Have Wiped Out Ocean Life 94 Million Years Ago Jul 19, 2008
12, 1997) Drilling into the sea floor south of Haiti has uncovered conclusive ashy evidence that multiple massive volcanic eruptions occurred roughly 55 million years ago in the Caribbean. . (Science Daily)
Volcanoes fingered in oceanic mass extinction Jul 18, 2008
According to a in Nature, the cataclysm was provoked by massive undersea volcanic eruptions in a plateau under the present-day Caribbean which "devastated animals living on the sea-floor such as foraminifera, millimetre-sized creatures that lie at the bottom of the oceanic food-chain" ... The Caribbean plateau was "the only volcanic site large enough to spew forth that much magma in the geologically-fleeting space of a few hundred of thousand years", the researchers concluded. (Register)
Could Climate Change Impact Costa Rica? New Study Says Yes Jul 18, 2008
The land begins at sea level on both the western Pacific coast and the eastern Caribbean coast, rising to over 3,000 meters above sea level in the central mountain range ... In addition, the model simulation indicates that high elevation Pacific slopes and the Caribbean lowlands will receive up to 30 percent less precipitation. (Science Daily)
Volcanoes wiped out marine species Jul 18, 2008
The eruptions so violent that stacks of lava flowed out to form the bed of the Caribbean preceded the extinction by up to 23,000 years, according to their research, which appears on Thursday in the London-based weekly science journal Nature. Two theories, which are not mutually exclusive, emerge to explain the chemistry of what happened next, says Tim Bralower, a geologist at Pennsylvania State University, who reviewed the paper. (India Times, India)
Sea die-out blamed on volcanoes Jul 17, 2008
The bed of the present-day Caribbean was formed by the huge lava flows thought to have been involved. However, the researchers say the flows would have preceded the extinction by up to 23,000 years. (BBC News)
Gaylord's Foster, LaJoie compete and place at national wrestling finals Jul 17, 2008
This group included Northern Energy, Caribbean Tans and Emporium, Harrington Engineering, La Senorita, Big Bear Deli, Northwestern Bank and the staff at the Department of Human Services, as well as many friends and family. Shane also wanted to thank his grandparents Leonard and Linda McHugh and his Aunt Chris and Uncle Brent and cousin Connor who live in Utah and came out to support the boys. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Among the FARC's True Believers Jul 4, 2008
The highway between Medell;n and Colombia's Caribbean coast winds through one of South America's major drug-producing regions. The road is controlled by army and police checkpoints, but to enter the Cordillera Occidental mountains that hover above it, you need the permission of the FARC (The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), the fierce Marxist guerrillas who control the cultivation of the area's coca crop, the raw material of cocaine. (Time.com)
Declare your independence to unplug Jul 2, 2008
Not even if you beg for itThe "Isolation Vacation" package at the casual Arawak Beach Inn resort on the Caribbean island of Anguilla in the British West Indies is all about going cold turkey from technology. Starting at $999, double occupancy, you receive a seven-night stay in an oceanfront room with no phone or TV.. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Federal Report: Warming = More Harmful Climate Extremes Jun 23, 2008
When reviewers pointed out that the US48 data is much more abundant, far from alarming and that the report is supposed to be about America, the authors hand-waved it by saying they were including the Caribbean and Pacific islands in the assessment so using a global temperature graph was justified ... The Shore of the Caribbean, for example, would stretch roughly from the mountains west of Charleston to a hundred or so miles north of Memphis, then roughly through Austin and San Antonio, Texas to... (Yahoo News -- Climate Change)
From Canada To The Caribbean: Tree Leaves Control Their Own Temperature, Study Reveals Jun 18, 2008
"They are endothermic mammals like us ,and they generate their own heat. However, to think that a black spruce in Canada and a Caribbean pine in Puerto Rico have the same average leaf temperature is quite astonishing, particularly since trees are most definitely not endothermic. Our research suggests that they use a combination of purely physical phenomena -- like the cooling from water evaporation or the warming caused by packing a lot of leaves together -- to maintain what looks like... (Science Daily)
Patrol with Buzz Lightyear or try lobstering Jun 8, 2008
Accommodations for three nights are included at Caribbean Resort and Villas' oceanfront two-room suites ... SpongeBob Squarepants and Dora the Explorer are so popular that Nickelodeon had to charter the world's largest cruise ship, the 4,000-passenger Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas, for a Nickelodeon Family Cruise, Aug. 10-17 ... Because some cabin categories are sold out, a family of four can expect to pay at least $5,700 for the sailing, which departs from Miami and visits Cozumel,... (Boston Globe)
Luxe Travel: Lavish Pet Treatments, Central Park at Sea Jun 6, 2008
About a year from now, in late 2009, Royal Caribbean Cruises will unveil Central Park, a lush city-park-like environment the length of a football field, fringed with boutiques, an art gallery and stunning bars on a boat. There will be strolling paths and green spaces, with continuous concerts and street performances. (Newsmax)
Unforgettable, sumptuous getaways in Dixie May 30, 2008
Over the centuries, Native American, African, Caribbean and European peoples have all added their particular flavors to the Souths cultural gumbo. Antebellum mansions along the Mississippi River, like Monmouth Plantation in Natchez, carry you back in time with historical tours and lodging among lovingly preserved antiques. (MSNBC -- Travel)
The finest family-friendly hotels May 30, 2008
Rosewood Hotels & ResortsLaurance S. Rockefeller found this stunning bay in 1952 while sailing the Caribbean ... Family travelers looking for low-key luxury without clocking thousands of air miles or dealing with passport requirements can find it at Caneel Bay in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, a deluxe Caribbean getaway famously visited by star parents Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Alleged US plane incursion protested May 20, 2008
The US Navy plane was detected in Venezuelan airspace Saturday night near the Caribbean island of La Orchila, and questioned by the Caracas airport control tower, Defense Minister General Gustavo Rangel Briceno said. The Navy S-3 Viking, used for counter-narcotics missions, may have accidentally crossed into Venezuela's airspace while experiencing "intermittent navigational problems" on a training mission in international airspace, a US defense official said, speaking on condition of anonymity... (Boston Globe)
Hotel-hopping in Dublin May 17, 2008
Planning a Caribbean getaway. Don't miss Travel + Leisure's new Ultimate Caribbean Hotel Guide. (CNN -- Travel)
How To Vacation For Less This Summer May 15, 2008
If you want to head out of the country, the Caribbean and Mexican Riviera are on sale this time of year. Plus, try to plan your visit on weekdays to avoid paying higher weekend lodging rates. (CBS News -- US)
Retirement Bliss Can Be Dear in Developing World: John F. Wasik May 13, 2008
Within minutes, you can find yourself in a rainforest, cloud forest or on the coast of the Caribbean or the Pacific. There's no standing army and their largest industry is tourism. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
