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Guanaja Airport


Guanaja Airport () is an airport serving Guanaja, an island of the Bay Islands Department in Honduras. Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands ("Islas de la Bahía") located in the Caribbean, approximately off the north coast of Honduras and from the island of Roatan. The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring . The Roatan VOR-DME (Ident: ROA) is located west-southwest of the airport. The Punta Castilla
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West Bay Roatan


West Bay is a bay in Honduras. It is located in Roatan, the biggest of the Bay Islands of Honduras. West Bay is located in the west side of Roatan, Honduras, making it part of the biggest Bay Island in Honduras. West bay and West End are often confused by the similarity of their names, but they are two totally different things. West End is a paved road lined with shops and small hotels, while West Bay is a larger area consisting of West Bay Beach. West Bay beach is
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is specially designed for the reef systems of the Bay Islands. It is one of the most popular attractions of West Bay and allows tourists to view the entire reef via submerged glass windows. Each May, Roatan’s West Bay Beach hosts an international freediving competition, bringing together the world’s most competitive for the Caribbean Cup. West Bay has taken advantage of the popularity of freediving and has attracted competitors from worldwide. This has led to an increase in Roatan's tourism. The water of West Bay Beach boasts extensive visibility and
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hilltops", "which are composed mainly of sedimentary rocks, with some serpentinite intrusions." "There are no rivers on any of the islands and only a few small streams, often terminating in the many mangrove swamps. Springs of cool water are rather numerous. Roatan is marked by a number of salt-water lagoons or drowned valleys, which form a system of interior waterways on the south side." The Bay Islands, "this name was applied to the islands of Roatan, Guanaja, Barbareta, Helena,
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West Bay Roatan


a white sand beach and is surrounded by the second largest reef barrier in the world. In October 2011, The Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine made a top 5 of the best beaches in the world for snorkeling in this top 5, the magazine ranked West Bay as the fourth best beach for doing this activity. The Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine said: "“Divers adore Roatan. but snorkelers will find plenty to love off this sweet stretch of sand on the island's west coast, courtesy of a vast and thriving
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BICA Honduras


The Bay Islands Conservation Association (BICA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1991 in the Bay Islands in Honduras in order to initiate and coordinate efforts in protecting the fragile natural resources of its three islands. BICA’s operation and projects are funded through the support of local individuals, businesses and national and international agencies. BICA has two chapters – one in Roatan and one in Utila. In 1987 and 1989, the forests in Roatan were ablaze from out of control burning. Many fires were set
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Unlike other settlers, Angelo Elwin was in possession of a deed signed by the authorities in Roatan which granted him the land between Michael's Rock and the lower end of the Bay. The Moores acquired properties from Elvin and built their homes in what is now called Mangrove Bight. They were joined later by the Powerys and much later by the Johnsons and the Jacksons. The Caracol people are an English-speaking people who have been established in Northern Honduras (specifically, the Bay Islands) since the early 19th century and are
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the Republic of Honduras since 1872. Located on the Caribbean Sea, not far east of the entrance to the Gulf of Honduras, they are clearly visible from the mountainous mainland.""The group is made up of the three large islands, Utila, Roatan, and Guanaja, and the smaller islands, or island groups, St. Helena, Barbareta, Morat, and, closest to the mainland, the two Hog Islands (Cayos Cochinos). Roatan is the largest with a length of about and a maximum width of at its
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Three Friends (band)


the United States in 2012. The current line-up of the band was assembled to play at Cruise to the Edge 2014 (7-12 April 2014, Isla de Roatan, Honduras & Cozumel, Mexico) and subsequently appearing at Gouveia Art Rock Festival in Portugal on 26 April 2014. In the run up to a scheduled performance at Cruise to the Edge 2015, Gary Green suffered a mild heart attack and was found to be suffering from coronary heart disease. He underwent a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), which
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La Ceiba


short tourist railway to Cuero y Salado National Park. Buses and taxis make up most of the public transportation in the city, with numerous buses serving almost every available route in the city. Taxi-cabs are numerous in the city, costing as little as L.25.00 (just over $1.25 as of 2013) for destinations within the city limits. The pier to the east of the city offers transportation via ferry to 2 of the 3 major islands that make up Islas de la Bahia; Roatan and Utila. The Golosón International
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of Macdonald. Meanwhile the Cayman islanders continued to emigrate to Roatan, and, in 1848, the population numbered upward of 1,000. A small party in the island favorable to British interests, who were active in their efforts to secure English protection. "When visited by Capt. Mitchell, E. N., in 1850, he describes them as "electing their own magistrates, by universal suffrage," and "quite ignorant under what government they are placed." A Mr. William Fitzgibbon was chief justice, and acting chief magistrate
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Edison Coleman


Denburg Edison Clifford Coleman (January 8, 1931 – February 6, 1994) was a radio pioneer, comedian and journalist. He worked primarily with Radio Belize and is recognized as having brought that station to a position of prominence in the small Central American nation. Coleman was born in Benque Viejo del Carmen to descendants of Honduran immigrants from Isla Roatan. Having attended primary school in Benque Viejo and high school in Belize City, he became involved in the nationalist movement on the labour front, working with George Price and the General
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Cultural sustainability


importance in that area such as environmental or cultural concerns. Such countries include: Geotourism in Honduras includes The Bay Islands, a Caribbean archipelago made up of three main islands, Utila, Roatan, and Guanaja and a few lesser islands and cays located off the north coast of Honduras. These islands have been blessed with stunning natural scenery, highlighted by idyllic beaches, tropical hillsides, and mangrove forests. Geotourism in Mexico includes Puerto Penasco. This region includes the protected Sea of Cortez, the Pinacate Crator which offers barren deserts,
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Almirantazgo Fjord


Almirantazgo Fjord (), also known as Almirantazgo Sound () or Admiralty Sound, is a Chilean fjord located in the far south of the country at . The fjord cuts deeply into the west coast of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, extending southeastwards from the Whiteside Channel, which separates Isla Grande from Dawson Island. On its south side several smaller fjords and bays make significant indentations into the north coastline of the Cordillera Darwin. One of these, Ainsworth Bay, is home to a colony of elephant seals. Azopardo
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Bahía de Ponce


the Bay, but since the 1970s only Río Matilde empties there now. El Tuque beach is the next water feature immediately west of Bahía de Ponce, and Isla de Gatas Inlet is the next one immediately to the east. The land masses at Punta Peñoncillo and Isla de Gatas protect the bay from the prevailing east winds, but the bay is exposed to the Caribbean Sea on the South. Isla de Cardona island, located about the middle of the entrance to the bay, is home to the Isla Cardona Light which is
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Mahogany Ship


of Port Fairy." To what extent the reference in this novel helped to promote the popular image of the wreck is uncertain. Murray Johns believes the footnote is a reference to the well documented wreck of the cedar built Schooner "Sally Ann" in Portland Bay. He also argues Thomas Clark's 1860 "Mahogany Ship" painting shows the "Sally Ann", the painting's title being adopted later. "Wrack", (1997), the first novel by Australian writer James Bradley, uses a wreck inspired by
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Jairo Róchez


Jairo Rochez Crisanto (born 5 April 1991 in Roatan, Honduras) is a Honduran professional footballer who presently plays for Lobos UPNFM of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras. Born in Roatan, Rochez moved to the town of Plaplaya at the age of 5 with his family. Trained with Colombian club Deportivo Pereira in 2014. Joining Belmopan Bandits of the Belize Premier League in 2016, the Honduran striker participated in two training sessions with the squad before putting in what was seen as an exemplary performance on his debut by scoring
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Utila


the French in the English/French dispute over the islands of Martinica, and Santa Lucia. Scattered on the north coast of Honduras and in the Bay Islands, the Garifuna still populate much of the Bay Islands, maintaining their own cultural identity and language. On Roatan the Garifuna maintain a strong presence in the Sandy Bay community, on the western most side of East Harbor, a number of them having made the journey to Utila from Cayo Chachahuate, a small nearby island that is a bastion of the Bay Island's Garifuna
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West Bay Roatan


reef that's an easy swim from the beach.”" In 2016 the tourism page Trip Advisor held an international contest of the 25 best beaches of the world, in which West Bay placed 9th worldwide and 1st place in Central America. CNN in Spanish published this list of beaches as part of their travel section. In 2015, West Bay Beach appeared in 15th place, in a contest considers based on users reviews of beaches. One of the biggest attractions of West Bay is the boat The Coral Reef Explorer, which
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Lynn Rippelmeyer


, Honduras. Passengers often included missionaries and medical teams who volunteered their time and service to the country's poor. She made friends with the people of Roatan who were doing their part to help by creating and supporting health care clinics, schools, sports programs and an animal shelter. After witnessing the island's needs she began bringing supplies in on her flights, during her days off and while on vacation. Thus, the non-profit organization ROSE -Roatan Support Effort - was founded in September 2017. ROSE helps to collect
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Bay Islands Department


The Bay Islands (; ) is a group of islands off the coast of Honduras. Collectively, the islands form one of the 18 Departments of Honduras. The departmental capital is Roatan, on the island of Roatán. The total surface area of the islands is 250 km. In 2013, they had an estimated population of 71,500 people. The islands comprise three separate groups: The Bay Islands consist of eight islands and 53 small cays lying to off the northern coast of Honduras. These islands have been administered as a department of
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Isla de Cabras


Isla de Cabras (Goats Island in English) is an islet located at the entrance of the San Juan bay in Puerto Rico. It is part of the Palo Seco barrio of the municipality of Toa Baja. Isla de Cabras is the current location of: Island has been a place of many uses during its history. Due to its strategic location at the entrance of San Juan Bay, Isla de Cabras provided a strategic point for an effective crossfire with Fort San Felipe del Morro to prevent incoming ships from entering. It also
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Mahogany


mahogany. This was the result of the 1766 Free Ports Act, which opened Kingston and other designated Jamaican ports to foreign vessels for the first time. The object was primarily to encourage importations of cotton from French plantations in Saint Domingue, but quantities of high quality mahogany were also shipped. These were then forwarded to Britain, where they entered the market in the late 1760s. In terms of quantity, the most significant new addition to the mahogany trade was Honduras mahogany, also called 'baywood', after the Bay of
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and backed by the guns of the Bermuda, the authorities appointed by Sir Charles Grey were duly installed in the islands. Two years after this occupation, on March 20, 1852, a royal warrant was issued, constituting the islands a colony, under the title of "colony of the Bay islands," of which proclamation was made in Roatan, by Col. Woodehouse, superintendent of Belize, Aug. 10, 1852. The proclamation of these islands as a British colony, attracted immediate attention in the United States, where
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area East End, while the Parchmonts settled in some of the upper Cays. The first families to settle in North East Bight were the Ebanks, the Hydes and the Greenwoods. Angelo Elwin, son of the first magistrate of the Bay Island who resided in Roatan, was the first person to settle on the upper north side of the island. Elwin's bride was a Moore and three or four of her brothers followed her from Barbarat to Bonacca. The Moores like the Elwins had come to the Bay Islands from Belize.
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Bahía de Ponce


east. In addition to the industrial support offered by maritime traffic entering and exiting the Port of Ponce, several industries have settled on or in the vicinity of the Bay. During the 1970s, the Ralston-Purina Tuna Fish Packing Plant operated on the Bay, but has since shut down its operations. The bay supports commercial enterprises including recreational fishing. Among recreational activities on the Bay are boats that sail from La Guancha in the bay inlet to Isla Cardona in the middle of the bay with tourists seeking to vacation at Isla
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Hurricane Alex (2010)


for the islands of Roatan, Guanaja and Utila. A tropical storm watch was also issued from Limón to the border with Guatemala. As Alex neared hurricane strength on the evening of June 28, a hurricane warning was issued for the coast of Texas south of Baffin Bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande. The Mexican government also issued a hurricane warning from the Rio Grande south to La Cruz. A tropical storm warning was posted for coastal Texas from Baffin Bay northward to Port O'Connor. Governor of Texas Rick Perry declared a
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Magdalena Bay


Magdalena Bay () is a 50 km long bay in Comondú Municipality along the western coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is protected from the Pacific Ocean by the unpopulated sandy barrier islands of Isla Magdalena and Isla Santa Margarita. This bay is particularly noted for the seasonal migration of the California gray whales that come here during winter to mate. The bay is also popular for commercial and sports fishing. Nearby mangrove swamps provide sanctuaries for sea birds. The bay includes the small fishing port of San Carlos,
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Honey Mahogany


"The Right to RULE" in 2012 in the United Kingdom at the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival. In 2013, Mahogany joined Peaches Christ's "The Craft... of Drag!" The play was a satirical take on the 1996 film "The Craft". The show featured Peaches Christ, Sharon Needles, Alaska Thunderfuck 5000, and Honey Mahogany. The show was held in San Francisco at the Castro Theatre and was sponsored by Midnight Mass, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Amoeba Records and Good Vibrations. Mahogany
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Isla del Trocadero


Isla del Trocadero (tr. "trader's island") is an island in the Bay of Cádiz, in Andalusia, Spain. The island has an area of 5.25 km² and lies in Southern part of the Bay of Cádiz, Southwest of Puerto Real village. The North of the island is crossed by Spanish National highway N443, which goes from Puerto Real to Cádiz. The industrial area Polígono El Trocadero and the ramp in the National highway named El Trocadero refer to the direct proximity of the island. The Isla del
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José María Narváez


(Islas de Guemes), Cypress Island (San Vincente), and Lummi Island (Pacheco), explored Padilla Bay (Seno Padillo) and Bellingham Bay (Seno Gaston), and anchored in Chuckanut Bay (Puerto Socorro), before heading north into the Strait of Georgia. He anchored in Birch Bay (Puerto del Garzon) and Drayton Harbor (Punta de San José), and sailed west across Boundary Bay to round Point Roberts. Narváez thought Point Roberts was an island (Isla de Zepeda) and that the
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Mahogany, Calgary


Mahogany is a suburban residential neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta that was approved by its city council for development beginning in 2007. The community is bordered by 52 St SE to the west, along with the community of Auburn Bay, Stoney Trail to the north, the proposed East Freeway to the east, and an eastern extension of Seton Boulevard (dubbed 196 Avenue SE) to the south. Mahogany is being developed by Hopewell Residential Communities of Calgary. The chosen builders within Mahogany include: Jayman, Sabal, Stepper Homes and Trico
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Minibond


the LBA. The relevance of Mahogany Notes to Minibonds could be seen from two perspectives, namely structure and disclosure. Purchasers of Mahogany Notes are investing in CDO – the very same kind and complexity as the CDO embedded in Minibonds. Since the Mahogany Notes are not tied together with any FTD Note, the purchasers had a better chance of finding out exactly what they are investing in. What Mahogany invested with money received from the purchasers was CDO issued by Saphir Finance Limited (hereafter "Saphir"), another SPE created and
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King George Island (South Shetland Islands)


King George Island (Argentina: Isla 25 de Mayo, Chile: Isla Rey Jorge, Russian: Ватерло́о Vaterloo) is the largest of the South Shetland Islands, lying off the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean. The island was named after King George III. King George island has three major bays, Maxwell Bay, Admiralty Bay, and King George Bay. Admiralty Bay contains three fjords, and is protected as a Antarctic Specially Managed Area under the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. The island was first
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Isla San Telmo


the Pacific Ocean to its west. The smallest of the many volcanic islands in the Archipelago de las Perlas to the southeast of the main island, it is heavily forested and was once a coastal valley. The bay is full of marine fauna with molluscs and fish. Rio Cacique is approximately to the northwest. There is a reef measuring between Isla San Telmo and Isla del Rey. Isla Galera is approximately nautical miles to the southeast. Isla San Telmo is named after St. Elmo, also called Saint Erasmus, who was a
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Rugby union in Honduras


that area of Honduras. They originally practiced in Barrio El Tejar and were the first club in Honduras to have rugby posts on their pitch suitable for kicking conversions and penalties. In 2013 Lenca Rugby began receiving help from a company called CISA who provided logistics, coaching, equipment and players. They played in the first recorded Honduran 15 a side game in a home game against Roatan Pirates in August 2013. Pirates Rugby Club, Roatan, Honduras Pirates Rugby Club are based on the Honduran Island of Roatan. They are coached by
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Mahogany


1840–1909) after studying specimens of Honduras mahogany planted in the Botanic Gardens in Calcutta, India. Today, all species of "Swietenia" grown in their native locations are listed by CITES, and are therefore protected. Both "Swietenia mahagoni", and "Swietenia macrophylla" were introduced into several Asian countries at the time of the restrictions imposed on American mahogany in the late 1990s and both are now successfully grown and harvested in plantations in those countries. A small percentage of global supply of genuine mahogany comes from these Asian plantations
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List of Home and Away characters (2016)


to escape and Kyle goes to the police. He lets Isla stay with him and they have sex. Isla's former partner, Harry Kingswood (Wayne Bradley), brings their daughters to Summer Bay to visit her. After spending the day with them, Isla later takes her daughter and Harry threatens to call the police. Kyle finds Isla working in a brothel and convinces her to return the girls to Harry. When Isla learns Harry is moving interstate, she buys a gun and tries to rob the Reefton Lakes golf club
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Mahogany Creek, Western Australia


Mahogany Creek is a suburb in Perth, the state capital of Western Australia. It is part of the Shire of Mundaring local government area. Its name is derived from the historic Mahogany Inn, constructed in about 1880, and situated on what was the York Road, now known as the Great Eastern Highway. The inn is heritage listed. "Swan River Mahogany" was the name by which "Eucalyptus marginata", one of the colony's earliest exports, was known in its European market. Mahogany Creek is also the
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Mahogany


exporter today is Peru, which surpassed Brazil after that country banned mahogany exports in 2001. It is estimated that some 80 or 90 percent of Peruvian mahogany exported to the United States is illegally harvested, with the economic cost of illegal logging in Peru placed conservatively at $40–70 million USD annually. It was estimated that in 2000, some 57,000 mahogany trees were harvested to supply the U.S. furniture trade alone. Mahogany is the national tree of the Dominican Republic and Belize. A mahogany tree with two woodcutters bearing an axe and a
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Arturo Islas


the Bay Area Reviewers Association as one of the three best novels of 1984. In 1986, Islas became a full professor at Stanford University and began to write "Migrant Souls", a sequel to "The Rain God" that was published in 1991. He had planned the books to be part of a trilogy and was working on the final book, "La Mollie and the King of Tears", when he died. The novel was published posthumously. Islas lived with Jay Spears until they broke up 1970. Islas
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Mahogany Ship


(where the "Unity" had been built), and the nineteenth century descriptions of the Mahogany Ship as crude construction. In the novel "Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn" by Henry Kingsley, published in 1859, there is a fictional account of a wreck that resembled the Mahogany Ship. In the book the ship is described as being Dutch or Spanish. In some editions a footnote at the bottom of the page reads: "Such a ship may be seen in the eastern end of Portland Bay, near the modern town
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Isla San Telmo


Isla San Telmo is located in the southeast area of the Pearl Islands in Panama. It is the first landsighting when sailing to the port of Panama. The Reserva Natural Isla San Telmo was established in 1996 as a protection measure for the island; marine turtles are noted on the beaches, endemic birds and animals are found in the premontane forest, and the island waters are a whale breeding area. Isla San Telmo is a small island measuring in area. The island is located on the triangle shaped Bay of Panama, facing
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Isla San Francisco


Isla San Francisco is a small island in Mexico located in the Gulf of California off the eastern coast of Baja California Sur, south of Isla San José. Uninhabited, the island is located in the southern portion of the Gulf of California, north of the Bay of La Paz, some north of the town of La Paz and is part of the La Paz Municipality. It is separated from the peninsula of Baja California by a channel about wide. The island is long and wide with maximum total area of . Isla San
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List of Home and Away characters (2016)


show in November. Isla comes to Summer Bay with "bad intentions" and Jade said she would have "a bit of a past". Isla also becomes a love interest for one of the male characters. Jade later described her character as "a bit naughty − a bit of a bad girl", as she has become involved with some bad people. However, Jade added that Isla would mean well. Isla goes to Angelo's and flirts with Kyle Braxton (Nic Westaway), before informing someone on the
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USS Mahogany (AN-23)


demolition operations in the central Pacific Ocean. By April, "Mahogany" had moved to the western Pacific Ocean for the invasion of Okinawa. She operated with minecraft during the 82 day campaign, 1 April to 21 July, and then remained in the Okinawa Gunto area until after the end of the war. On 14 September 1945 "Mahogany". caught in a typhoon, grounded on a reef in Buckner Bay. She was towed to Guam for repairs, but these promised to be so extensive that she was scrapped.
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Bay Islands Department


and seized it on behalf of the British crown. The federal authorities remonstrated, and the act was disavowed by the British government." "The superintendents of Belize, however, seem to have kept a longing eye on the islands, and to have watched for a pretext to place them under their own jurisdiction. In 1838 their wishes were in part gratified. A party of liberated slaves...of the Grand Cayman islands, came to Roatan to settle. Col. Loustrelet, the commandant, apprised them that they could not
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HMS Diligence (1795)


Adventure", of 140 tons (bm) and her cargo of coffee from Lans de Naud Bay. The American schooner "Harriott", of 90 tons and 11 men, was carrying mahogany, coffee, and sugar from St Domingo to Boston. The Spanish brig "Esperanso", of 100 tons, was laden with mahogany when "Diligence"s boats cut her out of the Macoris River, east of St Domingo. A Spanish felucca of 60 tons (bm) with a cargo of mahogany was cut out of the Romain
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Spanish cruiser Isla de Luzón


by 1898. Upon completion, "Isla de Luzón" joined the Metropolitan Fleet in Spain. She participated in the Rif War of 1893–1894, bombarding the reef between Melilla and Chafarinas. When the Philippine Revolution of 1896–1898 broke out in the Philippines, "Isla de Luzón" was sent there to join the squadron of Rear Admiral Patricio Montojo de Pasaron. "Isla de Luzón" was still part of Montojo's squadron when the Spanish–American War broke out in April 1898. She was anchored with the squadron in Cañacao Bay
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Vincent, and marooned them on the then empty beaches of Port Royal on Roatán." ...The deportees were taken first to the small island of Balliceaux, then to Bequia, both in the northern Grenadines. They were then dispatched by the H.M.S. Experiment to Roatan," under the command of Captain Barrett. They were landed on Roatán on a stormy day of February 25, 1797. According to the Honduran historian, Durón, the British employed two men-of-war and a brigantine, landing the deportees in April
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Swietenia macrophylla


. Unlike mahogany sourced from its native locations, plantation mahogany grown in Asia is not restricted in trade. The mahogany timber grown in these Asian plantations is the major source of international trade in genuine mahogany today. The Asian countries which grow the majority of "Swietenia macrophylla" are India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, and some others, with India and Fiji being the major world suppliers. The tree is also planted in Laos PDR. Sky fruit concentrate and pure Swietenia Mahogany seed are approved
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Mahogany Ship


The Mahogany Ship refers to a putative early Australian shipwreck that is believed by some to lie beneath the sand in the Armstrong Bay area, approximately 3 to 6 kilometres west of Warrnambool in southwest Victoria, Australia. In many modern accounts it is described as a Spanish or Portuguese caravel after the wreck was associated with the theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia by Kenneth McIntyre in his 1977 book, "The Secret Discovery of Australia." The most recent research has questioned this theory and provided other explanations. Three Mahogany Ship Symposia have
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Northern elephant seal


California to Isla Natividad, Mexico. Significant breeding colonies exist at Channel Islands, Año Nuevo State Reserve, Piedras Blancas Light, Morro Bay State Park and the Farallon Islands in the US, and Isla Guadalupe, Isla Benito del Este and Isla Cedros in Mexico. In recent decades the breeding range has extended northwards. In 1976 the first pup was found on Point Reyes and a breeding colony established there in 1981. Since the mid-1990s some breeding has been observed at Castle Rock in Northern California and Shell Island off Oregon, and
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List of Home and Away characters (2016)


phone that she has found him. Isla later tells Kyle that she works for Dave Rogers (Yure Covich), a man Kyle lost money to during a poker game in Melbourne. Dave has sent Isla to collect Kyle's debt, but Kyle does not pay up. When Dave makes threats, Kyle tries to get Isla out of Summer Bay to protect her, but Dave has them kidnapped and driven out to the bush. Dave gives Kyle and Isla a shovel and tells them to dig their own graves. They manage
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Tela


. At the end of the 16th century, Tela Bay was frequented by buccaneers who roamed the Caribbean Sea, looking for ways to attack the Spanish schooners that hauled fortunes in precious metals and stones, from Trujillo, Puerto Cortés, Havana, and other Atlantic ports. In 1797, the English exiled the Garifuna, a group of Afro-Carib origin from St Vincent to the island of Roatan. Later they were moved to Trujillo and from there they are migrated along the coast. In 1808, they settled in Tela where
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Guanaja


Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands of Honduras and is in the Caribbean. It is about off the north coast of Honduras, and from the island of Roatan. One of the cays off Guanaja, also called Guanaja or Bonacca or Low Cay (or just simply, The Cay), is near the main island, and contains most of the approximately 10,000 people who live in Guanaja. The densely populated cay has been described as the Venice of Honduras because of the waterways that run through it. The other two main
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Bay Islands Department


advices reached Truxillo, which were immediately communicated to the government at Comayagua, that certain negroes and others, to the number of about 300 men, had constructed three forts at the entrance of the principal port of the island of Roatan, armed with 50 guns, and that three armed. vessels cruised in the neighborhood, the object of the whole being to intercept the ships plying between the kingdom of Guatemala and Cuba. It was reported that these freebooters had 3000 barrels of provisions for their support, and that their object in
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Bay Islands Department


with death if they ventured to return." The republic of Central America had meantime been dissolved, and the feeble state of Honduras was left alone to contest these violent proceedings. Her government remonstrated energetically, but without obtaining redress; and finally, in 1844, the British government instructed Mr. Chatfield, consul-general, to apprise the Honduras authorities, that "when Col. Macdonald hauled down the flag of that state in Roatan, it was by order of the British government..no act of sovereignty followed on the proceedings
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Languages of Honduras


1797, when they were expelled by the English towards Roatán and Trujillo. The Bay Islands are composed of larger islands called Utila, Roatan and Guanaja and their smaller islands or islets called Morat, Barbareta, Santa Elena and Cayos Cochinos. They are located on the northern coast of Honduras. Their language is Creole English. Imported from England and Ireland, when the pirates and corsairs possessed these lands, when they attacked the ships of the Spanish Empire. According to studies consulted, the Tawahka language and the Misquita are quite similar
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Bay Islands Department


, not February, in 1797. The English seem to have made no other demonstration on the islands during the 18th century. They remained in the undisturbed occupation of Spain."In 1821, when the Central American provinces achieved their independence, the islands were under the jurisdiction of the state of Honduras. This state of things continued until May, 1830, when the superintendent of the British establishment of Belize, as a measure of coercion against the republic, which had refused to surrender certain runaway slaves, made a descent on Roatan
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Isla (Cantabria)


Isla is a small village in the municipality of Arnuero in Cantabria, Spain together with other settlements, such as Soane, Castillo Siete Villas and Arnuero. It is in the region of Trasmiera. The village is located in northern Cantabria, bounded by the Bay of Biscay to the north, the river Rio Campiazo and the town of Joyel Noja to the east, the estuary and the town of Ajo to the west, and Mount Cinch and Arnuero in the south. Isla is 2.4 kilometres from Arnuero, 25 meters above sea
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Brattle Street Church


fired and lodged there by the American batteries at the siege of Boston. The interior was in the classical style of Wren, much in vogue in the province in the days of Anne and the first Georges. A huge mahogany pulpit, the gift of John Hancock, towered up darkly in the center of what would have been called the chancel in any other than a Puritan church." In 1872, the Brattle Street church building was demolished. Work on a new church building in Back Bay began in 1873. Designed by
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Guerrero


from the coast in the Sierra Madre del Sur, the climate is temperate but also experiences the same pattern of rainfall. Most of the rain that falls in the state is produced from evaporation from the Pacific Ocean. The coast extends for about and includes features such as the Balsas River delta, Mongles Point, Ixtapa Point, Zihuatanejo Bay, Ixtapa Island, Acapulco Bay, Apies Island, Islas Blancas, San Gabriel Island, Islas Frailes Blancos or Rocas de Potosi, Punta Gorda, and others. There are a number of
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Khaya grandifoliola


Khaya grandifoliola, also called African mahogany, Benin mahogany, large-leaved mahogany, or Senegal mahogany, is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Benin, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. It is threatened by habitat loss. In many malaria endemic countries, like the tropics, the extract of "Khaya grandifoliola" is used as an antimalarial herbal remedy. Recent studies show that 90% of malaria cases
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Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm


Toronto, Ontario, Canada as the recipient of three writing scholarships. Since April 1990, she has lived permanently in the United States, in Wilmington, Delaware, spending nine years in Texas (Houston and Dallas). She has one son, Thomas Tomczyk who is a journalist, photographer, architect, founder of Bay Islands Voice, Motmot Magazine and PAYA Magazine, and author of "Roatan Magic Hidden Jewel of the Western Caribbean", . Since 1990 she had been married to Norman Boehm (cousin of Ingrid Bergman,
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Afro-Hondurans


dockworkers and in some cases "scabs", are concentrated mainly in the Bay Islands, especially the Roatan Island and Guanaja and some Caribbean coastal Honduran cities like Puerto Cortes, Tela and La Ceiba. In the 2000s, some Creoles have migrated to the major cities of Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and other urban centers in the interior. Like the Garifuna, many work as sailors and emigrated to the United States or Grand Cayman Island with which there are strong trade and cultural relations. Over time, blacks brought by the British
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Francis Spriggs


of logwood which they tossed into the sea after carrying away as much as they could take. In early 1724, while in New England waters, Spriggs and "Delight" received word of the death of King George I and discussed the possibility of gaining a royal pardon within the year after sailing from Rhode Island on March 27, 1724. By early-April, Spriggs anchored off Roatan near the Bay of Honduras, where he ordered many of the prisoners captured during the voyages to be put ashore. Many of these prisoners
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Caron Bowman


Caron Bowman American artist of Afro-Honduran descent. She was born in the City of West Palm Beach, FL. and her parents are from Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras. She works in a diverse spectrum of mediums including drawing, painting, video, and fiber media. Many influences can be seen in her artwork including pop art, surrealism, hard-edge painting and graffiti art. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Master of Arts degree in ESE. Utilizing a Florida aesthetic as a source
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Coast of Poets


. In Isla Negra, two greats of the Chilean arts, Pablo Neruda and Violeta Parra, spent long periods of time. Chilean artist Violeta Parra gave classes in crafts and folklore in Isla Negra. She worked in ceramics, oil painting and hessian cloth. Isla Negra was given this name by Pablo Neruda, upon him sighting the black rock in the sea near his house (Isla Negra means "Black Island" in English). When asked what the place would be called, he said "Isla Negra, for those
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SMS Irene


Diederichs's flagship. On the 27th, "Irene" was steaming into Manila Bay when she was stopped by the American revenue cutter "Hugh McCulloch". On 5 July, Diederichs dispatched "Irene" to survey Subic Bay and to evacuate any German nationals in the area that were threatened by Filipino insurgents. While steaming off Isla Grande, "Irene" encountered the rebel ship "Companie de Filipinas", which was threatening the Spanish garrison at Isla Grande. The rebel commander came aboard "Irene" to inform her captain
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Isla del Carmen (Baja California)


Isla del Carmen is an island of , located in the Gulf of California, in Loreto Municipality in the eastern portion of the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The island is protected within Loreto Bay National Park which is within the UNESCO ""Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California"" Mexican World Heritage Site. The tidal bay on the north east end of the island was the site of a salt producing facility run by the company Salinas del Pacifico SA de CV. The submerged remnants of a loading
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Magdalena Bay


as well as Puerto López Mateos, which provides a good place to observe the whales. Sandy barrier islands Isla Magdalena and Isla Santa Margarita separate the bay from the Pacific Ocean. Magdalena, mostly to the north and facing northwest, is a long, slender, segmented island that rejoins the coast a few miles north. Its area is . Santa Margarita, to the south, parallels the southwest-facing coast and has an area of 314 km². On its inland side is Puerto Cortés, the only settlement on either island
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Isla de sa Porrassa


Isla de sa Porassa is located in the bay of the village of Magaluf, Majorca, Spain. Measuring over across at its widest point, the island is a feature at the heart of Magaluf Bay. It is above sea level. The island is uninhabited, but visited during the summer season by many holidaymakers, either swimming or on personal water craft from Magaluf Beach. Since 2014, British holidaymakers have unofficially dubbed the rock "Big Swillers Island" due to it being seen as a rite of passage for young party-
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HMS Tiger Bay


HMS "Tiger Bay" was a Z-28-class patrol boat operated by the British Royal Navy, previously the Argentine Coast Guard vessel PNA "Islas Malvinas" (GC-82), which was seized at Port Stanley by the crew of on 14 June 1982 following the Argentine surrender during the Falklands War. "Islas Malvinas" was one of 20 vessels of the class built for Argentina by Blohm + Voss of Hamburg, Germany, all of which entered service in 1978. Following the invasion of the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982, "
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Geography of Honduras


elevation that serve as landmarks for vessels entering Honduras's Pacific. Honduras controls a number of islands as part of its offshore territories. In the Caribbean Sea, the islands of Roatán (Isla de Roatán), Utila, and Guanaja together form the "Islas de la Bahía" (Bay Islands), one of the eighteen departments into which Honduras is divided. Roatán, the largest of the three islands, is . The Islas de la Bahía archipelago also has a number of smaller islands, among them the islets of Barbareta
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Economy of Belize


However, the supply outstripped the demand, especially as Europeans developed man-made dyes which were less expensive. Loggers turned to mahogany, which grew in abundance in the country's forests. The wood was prized for use in cabinets, ships, and railroad carriers. While many merchants and traders became wealthy from the mahogany industry, ups and downs in the market had a large impact on the economy. In addition, new mahogany trees weren't being planted, because mahogany trees grow slowly; the rate of natural regrowth necessitated
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USS Isla de Luzon (1886)


Missouri Naval Militia, and, two years later, to the Illinois Naval Militia on the Great Lakes. At the beginning of American participation in World War I in April 1917, "Isla de Luzon" was stationed at Chicago, as a training ship on the Great Lakes. She remained there until 30 September 1918 when she arrived at Narragansett Bay for assignment to the Naval Torpedo Station for duty with the Seamen Gunner's Class. Following the installation of torpedo tubes, she was on range in Narragansett Bay from 13 November 1918
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Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport


Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport , also commonly known as Isla Grande Airport, is a airport in Isla Grande, a district in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is owned by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and is adjacent to the Puerto Rico Convention Center, the San Juan Bay, and the Pan American Cruise Ship Terminal, and overlooks Cataño. While Isla Grande's main activity is general aviation, it is still a commercial airport, handling domestic and international commercial flights. It is included in the National Plan
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Bahía de Ponce


and has a small patch awash near its southwest end. The reef has depths of 2 to 11 feet. Cayo Viejo, located 0.8 mile west of Isla de Cardona, is about 0.3 mile in diameter and awash at its shoalest point. Isla de Ratones, on the west entrance to the Bay and a mile offshore, is a low island with a reef that bares at low water extending a mile east-southeast of it. Cayo Arenas, located 0.5 mile east of Isla de Ratones, is surrounded by a reef
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Crotalus angelensis


Crotalus angelensis, or the Angel de la Guarda Island speckled rattlesnake, is a venomous pitviper species endemic to Isla Ángel de la Guarda in the Gulf of California, Mexico. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of "Crotalus mitchellii". Grows to a maximum size of . Found only on Isla Ángel de la Guarda in the Gulf of California, Mexico. The type locality given is "about 4 miles southeast of Refugio Bay, at 1500 feet elevation, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Gulf of California, México (
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Spanish cruiser Isla de Cuba


Isla de Cuba was an second-class protected cruiser of the Spanish Navy which fought in the Battle of Manila Bay. In January 1886, Spain placed orders for two small protected cruisers, and "Isla de Cuba" with the British shipbuilding company Armstrongs to be built at their Elswick, Tyne and Wear shipyard. The ship was built with a main armament of six  guns, with a secondary battery of four 6-pounder (57 mm guns), and three torpedo tubes. The ship's protective armour deck had a thickness of
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Spanish cruiser Isla de Cuba


May 1898, the United States Navy's Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey, found Montojo's anchorage and attacked. The resulting Battle of Manila Bay was the first major engagement of the Spanish–American War. The American squadron made a series of firing passes, wreaking great havoc on the Spanish ships. At first, Dewey's ships concentrated their fire on Montojo's flagship, unprotected cruiser , and on unprotected cruiser , and "Isla de Cuba" suffered little damage. When "Reina Cristina" was disabled, "Isla
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Honduras


, families of kidnapping victims often pay ransoms without reporting the crime to police out of fear of retribution, so kidnapping figures may be underreported. Owing to measures taken by government and business in 2014 to improve tourist safety, Roatan and the Bay Islands have lower crime rates than the Honduran mainland. In the less populated region of Gracias a Dios, narcotics-trafficking is rampant and police presence is scarce. Threats against U.S. citizens by drug traffickers and other criminal organizations have resulted in the U.S. Embassy placing restrictions on the travel of
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Victory Day (Malta)


than three months of siege, the Ottomans, who were besieging the suburbs of Birgu and Isla, retired their forces and left that region of the island. Despite battles were ongoing in the region of what today is St. Paul's Bay, it can be said that this date marked the last day of the Great Siege, which is considered as one of the bloodiest in world history and the greatest siege in the history of Malta. The surrender of French troop that had been occupying Malta to Emmanuele Vitale and Canon Francesco Saverio
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Siege of St. Augustine (1702)


and Daniell's force was landed on what is now known as Amelia Island (it was called Isla Santa Maria by the Spanish, and was part of Florida's Guale Province), while Moore sailed on to Matanzas Bay. The Castillo de San Marcos at St. Augustine was built in the later years of the 17th century, in part because previous English raids demonstrated the inadequacy of wooden fortifications, and to address the threat posed by the founding of Charles Town. The fortress, a fairly conventional star fort, was constructed from
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Juan de Ayala


Viceroy gave a full account of the geography of the bay, and stressed its advantages as a harbour (chiefly the absence of "those troublesome fogs which we had daily in Monterey, because the fogs here hardly reach the entrance of the port, and once inside the harbor, the weather is very clear") and the friendliness of the local Native American people. On August 12, 1775, Ayala gave the name "Isla de Alcatraces", "island of the pelicans", and what is now Yerba Buena Island
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Bay (horse)


brown (A) allele was developed, but subsequently pulled from the market. Sooty genetics also appear to darken some horses' bay coats, and that genetic mechanism is yet to be fully understood. Bay horses range in color from a light copper red, to a rich red "blood bay" (the best-known variety of bay horse) to a very dark red or brown called "dark bay," "mahogany bay," "black-bay," or "brown" (occasionally "seal brown
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Bahía de los Ángeles


Non-sport fish like Triggerfish, Barracuda and others exist in abundance. There are colonies of sea lions one on Isla Calavera near Isla Coronado known locally as "Smith Island", and Isla El Racito, within Ensenada El Alacran. The bay is also famous for its Whale Sharks with 20 to 30 visiting the area each summer. About 15 – 20 miles west of town are the prehistoric rock paintings of Montevideo, part of the Great Mural region considered to be one of the most important archaeological sites in Baja California.
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Spanish cruiser Isla de Luzón


Isla de Luzón was an protected cruiser of the Spanish Navy which fought in the Battle of Manila Bay. "Isla de Luzón" was built by Elswick in the United Kingdom. She was laid down on 25 February 1886, launched on 13 November 1886, and completed on 22 September 1887. She had a steel hull and one funnel. She had a large beam for her length, and tended to have poor seakeeping qualities, burying her bow into waves. Small for a protected cruiser, she was often called a gunboat
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WORD Magazine


bench. "WORD" was started in Fall 2007 when UCSB art professor, Kim Yasuda, discovered a copy of Isla Vista magazine "I.V. Lifestyle," which depicted local life with sexist images and as a culture preoccupied with alcohol binging. Spurred by what she found to be an inaccurate representation of Isla Vista living, Yasuda established "WORD" with the help of Isla Vista Arts' Acting Director, Ellen Anderson, and Santa Barbara Independent longtime contributor D.J. Palladino as a way to redefine misconceptions of Isla Vista culture. By
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Aurelio Martínez


Indies) from which they were deported in 1796 by the British government and landed on Roatan island, situated in the Bay Islands of Honduras. Aurelio grew up in a small Caribbean village called Plaplaya, surrounded by a family of talented musicians. His father was a well-known local troubadour who improvised Paranda songs containing Garifuna roots rhythms and Latin sounds. Following the influence of his uncles and grandfather, he became a brilliant drummer in his early childhood. From his vocally gifted mother, he learned to sing and picked up many
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Sleepy Hollow Country Club


mahogany dining room. The three rooms have large doorways between them to allow hosts to combine rooms for a large event. The combined space has a span or linear distance of about 150 feet. A corridor connects the main hall to three rooms; it has recessed windows, dividing the corridor into bays. The corridor has pilasters and the same coffered ceiling of the main hall, and it used to have heavy velvet curtains at the window alcoves and entrance to the hallway; the windows had curtains of delicate salmon silk. The
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Black Carib


were transported to the island of Roatan in Honduras. Meanwhile, the Black Caribs with higher Amerindian traits were maintained on the island. Such, more than 5,000 Black Caribs were deported, but when the British landed on Roatan on April 12, 1797, only about 2,500 survived the trip to the islands. Since that this was too small and infertile to maintain the population, the Black Caribs asked the Spanish authorities of Honduras to be allowed to live on land. The Spanish are allowed to change the use them as soldiers.
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Cayos Cochinos


has left the Cayos Cochinos waters as the healthiest and most pristine marine life in the Bay Islands. The Honduras Coral Reef Fund is responsible for upholding the environmental restrictions and protecting the marine park, and collect a park entrance fee from all those who enter. Both Garifuna villages offer cheap lodging for backpackers who wish to stay in either East End or Chachahuate in hammocks or hostel-like huts. Cayos Cochinos is accessible from Roatan via charter company. Smaller boats also leave from La Ceiba, Sambo Creek, Nueva Armenia and from
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Isla Apipé


Isla Apipé or Isla Apipé Grande is an Argentine island about 25 km long in the Paraná River below the Argentine city of Posadas, Misiones, very marginally within the border of Paraguay, divided by river and a thin strip of variable marsh depending on the season. Isla Apipé is part of Corrientes Province, separated from the rest of the province by a channel of the Paraná River and marsh up to the mean high water mark along a longer strip of the left bank belonging to Paraguay, a country which otherwise commences on the
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Swietenia


its trade ended by the 1950s. These days almost all mahogany is yielded by the mainland species, "Swietenia macrophylla" although no longer from its native locations due to the restrictions set by CITES (see following.) As a timber, both "Swietenia macrophylla" and "Swietenia mahogoni" are both grown in plantations in several Asian countries such as Fiji, Indonesia, India, and Bangladesh and this plantation mahogany timber is the main source of the world's current supply of "genuine mahogany", due to cultivation and
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Fantome (schooner)


, by being on the southern side of the island, it would provide her with enough protection to keep it from getting damaged by large swells and high winds. However, Mitch, now a Category 5 hurricane with winds up to 180 mph (285 km/h), took a jog towards the south, directly towards Roatan. As Mitch moved in on Roatan and Honduras, "Fantome" made one desperate attempt to flee to safety, now heading east towards the Caribbean. Mitch's forward motion picked up, though
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Maya peoples


local tradition and meanings. An example of this can be seen in "Mayanizing Tourism on Roatan Island, Honduras: Archaeological Perspectives on Heritage, Development, and Indignity." Alejandro j. Figueroa et al., combine archaeological data and ethnographic insights to explore a highly contested tourism economy in their discussion of how places on Roatan Island, Honduras, have become increasingly "Mayanized" over the past decade. As tour operators and developers continue to invent an idealized Maya past for the island, non-Maya archaeological remains and cultural patrimony
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Zona Austral


forming glaciers at a comparatively low level which in places discharge into the inlets and bays of the sea. The extreme southern part of this region extends eastward to the Atlantic entrance to the Strait of Magellan, and includes the greater part of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego with all the islands lying south and west of it. There are some comparatively level stretches of country immediately north of the Strait, partly forested and partly grassy plains, where sheep farming has been established with some degree of success, but the greater part
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Afro-Nicaraguan


, political, economic, religious and cultural life of the Caribbean Coast to the rest of Nicaragua. They live in the country's coasts. They are a mixture of Carib Amerindians and Afro-Caribbeans of the Saint Vicente island (unlike the Creoles), from where they were exported to the island of Roatan, Honduras, because rebelled them against the English domain of the island. From there, they migrated to the Honduran coast, from where they spread to the rest of the Central American coast to Costa Rica. The
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