I recently wrote and article about the rise in the amount of pirate ship attacks on sea freight ships off the coast of Somali. The bad news is that the problem just seems to be getting worse by the week and people’s patience is growing thin. I wondered, how hard can it be to avoid a pirate ship attack, I mean, you’re on a massive cargo ship and surely you can just pull out a few pieces of heavy artillery and blow them away as soon as they come within a few hundred yards of you?
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I have represented Tom Kime a number of years now and I have to say the man is truly a gentleman. That he has survived the abusiveness of a number of kitchens over the years is only testament to his willingness and ability to succeed in one of the toughest careers a person can choose. Following his training experience he vowed to himself long ago never to treat people the way he had occasionally been treated himself, so the only thing he’ll swear at is inanimate objects like eggs, and never people. And there’s a difference – think on the one hand about Tom swearing at the omelette, then recall a scene from one of Gordon’s more angry TV episodes and you’ll get what I mean. It’s the latter type of swearing that makes me uncomfortable.
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As if an earthquake coupled with enormous devastation wasn’t enough, ongoing problems and serious health issues continue to plague the island of Haiti. The latest life threatening problem to hit the residents of the island is the shortage of portable toilets, resulting in serious health risks as people are forced to defecate anywhere and everywhere. What does this mean for the island and what is being done to help out in this area? Let’s take a look…
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If you are like me and prefer to follow sailing events and news rather than participate in them, then here are a few events, news snippets and course information for RYA sailing related highlights that have just occurred or are about to happen in the sailing world.
RYA Volvo Dinghy Show 2010:
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