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Getting a bird's eye view of North Atlantic right whales in a bid to save them from extinction; Charleston, S.C. survey flights from November 15, 2010 through April 15, 2011; St. Simon's Island, Ga. Survey flights from December 31, 2010 through March 31, 2011 NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- EcoHealth Alliance (formerly Wildlife Trust), is gearing up for the organization's annual aerial surveys for the protection of endangered North Atlantic right whales. For the fourth...
PARADISE ISLANDS, Bahamas, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas is preparing to welcome 25 of the greatest legends in sports history and 25 world famous Poker Pros for the first-ever Poker News Sports Legends Challenge presented by AbsolutePoker.net, a four-day sports fantasy and gaming experience that will take place Sept. 14 - 17, 2009. For the first time ever, sports fans have a chance to go beyond a typical athlete meet and greet or autograph session to actually...
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Stormi Bree Henley, Miss Tennessee Teen USA was crowned Miss Teen USA 2009 at the beautiful Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas on July 31, 2009. The 18-year old winner is from Crossville, TN. For the first time ever, the Miss Teen USA pageant was streamed online to a worldwide audience at www.missteenusa.com. Miss USA 2008(R), Crystle Stewart, and Seth Goldman of NBC's "Entertainment Buzz" emceed this year's pageant. Canadian...
NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Paula M. Shugart, President of the Miss Universe Organization, announced today that Billy Bush, co-anchor of "Access Hollywood" and Claudia Jordan of "Celebrity Apprentice" and "Deal or No Deal," will host the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant live on NBC on Sunday, August 23rd at 9:00 p.m. ET from Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Billy Bush has been the co-anchor of the daily entertainment newsmagazine sensation "Access Hollywood" since 2004 and has...
Researchers say global warming is bringing food stocks closer to shore, causing the mass beaching of whales along Australia's coast, the AFP reported.Last week, nearly 90 long-finned pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins were beached along the Hamelin Bay on Australia's west coast in the last month.Experts say it took the total number of beached cetaceans in southern Australia beyond 500 in the past four months alone, including a single stranding of almost 200 on King Island.The strandings...
HOUSTON, TX, March 31 /PRNewswire/ - The Terrapoint division of Ambercore, the 4D Company, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Tridex Solutions to provide an innovative LiDAR solution for Dauphin Island, Alabama. Terrapoint acquired aerial LiDAR data concurrent with terrestrial LiDAR data captured using the TITAN(R) mobile scanning system. Tridex Solutions will mine these two data sets for a multitude of applications on Dauphin Island. Terrapoint's high-accuracy aerial LiDAR...
BALD HEAD ISLAND, N.C., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Every January, many of us resolve to change our lives for the better. Research shows that the most popular resolutions pertain to losing weight and getting in better shape in the coming year, yet a very small percentage actually achieve this goal. This year, boost your chances for success by committing to a holistic program such as the newly launched Bald Head Island Center for Wellness. The Bald Head Island Center for Wellness is...
LL Cool J, Pat Benatar and Marvin Hamlisch were among those inducted this week into the Long Island, N.Y., Music Hall of Fame The artists, along with Blue Oyster Cult, Jean Ritchie, Public Enemy, The Tokens and The Ramones, were inducted during a gala Thursday night. "When I was a little kid in North Babylon, on Lakeway Drive, just dreaming of being a part of hip hop -- I never dreamed that I would be in a position to actually be looking at a wonderful room full of people who are actually...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CRAWFORD, Texas President Bush proposed protecting three remote island chains, launching a marine conservation effort that could be one of the largest in history. Bush proposed Monday conserving parts of the Northern Mariana islands in the western Pacific, as well as eight islands and coral reef atolls and their surrounding waters in the central Pacific that are part of the Line Islands and American Samoa. (c) 2008 Charleston Daily Mail. Provided by ProQuest LLC....
By Tim Donnelly, The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island, S.C. Aug. 6--Hilton Head Island's Town Council on Tuesday officially nixed a commercial building from plans to overhaul the parking lot at the island's busiest beach spot. When it first drafted the plan in 2006, the town wanted to include a snack stand, store or other commercial use as part of the major renovations of the Coligny district. The idea was to provide beachgoers a place to grab a snack or suntan lotion before hitting the...
