Sunday, May 18, 2008
More News of Interest: At least to me...
Cuba holds large gay rights rally Raul Castro's daughter presides at government-backed event
Montana teen is in a class by himself ... literally Jeff Greenwood is only student to graduate from his high school this year
Disney Attraction Puts Guests in Eye of Hurricane Charley
11 questions for Indiana Jones' whip trainer
Montana teen is in a class by himself ... literally Jeff Greenwood is only student to graduate from his high school this year
Disney Attraction Puts Guests in Eye of Hurricane Charley
11 questions for Indiana Jones' whip trainer
Labels: cuba, Just Because, News, Technology, WTF
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
The Denver Post - Checking in with Papa on Key West
The Denver Post - Checking in with Papa on Key West: "Key West, Fla. - I saw him on the same bar stool he left 70 years ago. I recognized him immediately. The gray, scraggly beard. The fisherman's cap. The book outline in his pocket. (Or was that an alimony check?) Yep, it was Ernest Hemingway, all right.
I had come to Key West before the start of the college football season and found its most famous resident, who wrote 90 percent of his work while living here from 1931 to 1940, sitting in his old haunt. The bar's name had changed. So had the town.
Maybe that's why Ernest had this sullen, brooding look on his face when I approached him. He looked as if he was going to hit me."
I had come to Key West before the start of the college football season and found its most famous resident, who wrote 90 percent of his work while living here from 1931 to 1940, sitting in his old haunt. The bar's name had changed. So had the town.
Maybe that's why Ernest had this sullen, brooding look on his face when I approached him. He looked as if he was going to hit me."
Labels: cuba, Environment, Just Because, Key West
Saturday, March 24, 2007
U.S. oil companies miss out on Cuban oil rush - March 19, 2007
U.S. oil companies miss out on Cuban oil rush - March 19, 2007: "(Fortune Magazine) -- Sometime later this year, less than 70 miles from Florida, a consortium of Spanish, Indian and Norwegian companies will likely start drilling for oil. It could mark the beginning of a Cuban oil rush - one that American oil companies won't be able to join, despite their proximity to the action.
And that has some U.S. oil industry executives and lobbyists seething, especially since the American Association of Petroleum Geologists calls the offshore Cuban oil deposits a 'significant find.'"
U.S. oil companies can't play in these waters, of course, barred as they are by sanctions prohibiting them from doing business with Cuba. But irked at the irony of sanctions designed to isolate Fidel Castro that isolate them instead, some in the oil industry are seeking to exempt U.S. oil compPublishanies from the 45-year-old embargo.
And that has some U.S. oil industry executives and lobbyists seething, especially since the American Association of Petroleum Geologists calls the offshore Cuban oil deposits a 'significant find.'"
U.S. oil companies can't play in these waters, of course, barred as they are by sanctions prohibiting them from doing business with Cuba. But irked at the irony of sanctions designed to isolate Fidel Castro that isolate them instead, some in the oil industry are seeking to exempt U.S. oil compPublishanies from the 45-year-old embargo.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Cuban Refugee?
Wonder if the Wet Foot/Dry Foot rules apply...
Local & State News - Tampa Bay's 10 - tampabays10.com: "KEY WEST, Florida (AP) — A rare bird that bird watchers say has never been seen in the U.S. has been spotted in Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park in Key West.
Bird watchers from several states have traveled to Key West to see the bird — a loggerhead kingbird. The bird is believed to have flown from Cuba.
The bird has been reported in the U.S. a few times, but there was never been enough documentation to prove the reports and pictures have disproved three sightings."
Local & State News - Tampa Bay's 10 - tampabays10.com: "KEY WEST, Florida (AP) — A rare bird that bird watchers say has never been seen in the U.S. has been spotted in Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park in Key West.
Bird watchers from several states have traveled to Key West to see the bird — a loggerhead kingbird. The bird is believed to have flown from Cuba.
The bird has been reported in the U.S. a few times, but there was never been enough documentation to prove the reports and pictures have disproved three sightings."
