Chile & Easter Island
scorbs (Free subscription) | 26/12/2008
... moai remoteness: 2,237 mi west of continental Chile (a 5 hour flight) and 1,290 mi east of Pitcairn
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Christmas trees, candles can be deadly combination
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
... is always a bad time of year," said Fire Chief Duane Dick, of the volunteer fire department in Pitcairn, a town about 15 miles east of Pittsburgh, whose company responded to the 10:30 a.m. call on Dec. 13 that the Cochran home was ablaze.Fire officials urge consumers already out shopping for Christmas gifts to look at smoke detectors as well.But consumers may be surprised to learn that the...
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Christmas trees, candles can be deadly combination
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
... is always a bad time of year," said Fire Chief Duane Dick, of the volunteer fire department in Pitcairn, a town about 15 miles east of Pittsburgh, whose company responded to the 10:30 a.m. call on Dec. 13 that the Cochran home was ablaze.Fire officials urge consumers already out shopping for Christmas gifts to look at smoke detectors as well.But consumers may be surprised to learn that the...
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Tahiti in Fiction and Film, by David Stanley
Mixblog Team (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
... the Bounty, the escape of Bligh and his loyal crew members to Dutch Timor, and the colonization of Pitcairn Island by Christian and his fellow mutineers. The novel was an instant bestseller, and director Frank Lloyd soon made it into a movie, Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable. In keeping with the mood of his time, the mutiny was presented as a simplistic struggle...
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On Bill of Rights Day, Imagine the D.C. Gun Law in 1775
The Intelligence Daily (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008
... for Second Amendment rights come January'Imagine that at Lexington and Concord, British Major John Pitcairn does not shout “Disperse you Rebels—Damn you, throw down your Arms and disperse!” . . . and that the shot heard ‘round the world is not fired. Imagine that instead he reads to the assembled colonists the following decree by British Commander-in-Chief General Thomas Gage, modeled of...
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Everybody’s Blogging For The Weekend: Maury Brings Good News
MOUTHPIECE Blog (Free subscription) | 13/12/2008
... Life’s about doing what you can while you still can. Don’t forget that. Learn more about the Pitcairn Islands , and I’ll see you Monday.
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A List Of Nations Less Wealthy Than CC Sabathia
MOUTHPIECE Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... gross domestic product: $2 million Population: 1,449 There is nothing interesting about Tokelau. Pitcairn Islands Annual gross domestic product: negligible Population: 48 The entire population has given birth to two children since 1986. From Wikipedia : Pitcairn Island does not have an airport or seaport; the islanders rely on longboats to ferry people and goods between ship and shore...
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WHO launches new book to boost governments’ health systems
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... New Zealand in the south, and from the Maldives in the Indian Ocean to French Polynesia and the Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific, including some of the most industrialized nations on earth and some of the least developed. The combined population of the two WHO regions is 3.45 billion people, which represents 53 percent of the world's total. Omi, for his part, said that many health systems...
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British Adventurers Begin Journey Through Africa to Raise Money for Charity
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... Publisher Similar Posts: Compensation Available From Today for the Victims of Child Sex Abuse on Pitcairn African Development Bank Ranks 33 African States As Low Income Countries Commonwealth Institute Trains 50 Nigerian Education Experts
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Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC Adds Senior Investment Professionals
EuroInvestor.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
... in 1995, serving as President and Portfolio Manager. Prior to McHugh Associates, Dave worked at Pitcairn Trust Company and Wilmington Trust Company. Joe Monahan served as Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at McHugh Associates since 2001 and as Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Analyst at Pitcairn Trust Company since 1982. Both are CFA Charterholders and members of the...
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