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Before modern technology, Doppler Radar, satellites and the like, Bermudians relied on their environment to determine the likelihood of an impending storm.
Silk spider: Also known as the ‘hurricane spider’, the silk spider is known for its ability t...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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Teenaged prodigy Malachi Jones yesterday laid concerns over his health to rest and declared himself fit to accompany Bermuda's Under 19 national squad on a tour of Barbados later this week.
Concerns were raised over the all rounder's health after he ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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Colin Thompson
TORONTO (AP) — The bidding may not be over for the parent of Bell Canada, which over the weekend agreed to a buyout offer of $35.1 billion from a consortium led by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board in the biggest Canadian take-over ever.
If the...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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No one knows how many mosquitoes live in Bermuda but every week Government Vector Control Officers manually count the number of eggs laid by one type of mosquito — the Aedes Aegypti.
This pest can carry the virus that causes Dengue Fever. Although th...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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A story last week regarding money manager and author Terry Coxon's failed appeal to prevent US authorities from gaining access to details of his offshore financial affairs confused two legal matters regarding the businessman.
The Royal Gazette wishes...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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A gap in Bermuda's tourism market is to be filled by Bermuda Tours and C Travel joining forces to create a new company to provide guided bus, taxi and boat tours for hotel guests and other on-Island visitors.
Cruise ship tourists have been well cater...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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1) A new adult must rest on the water surface for a short time to dry all its parts and to harden before it can fly. This requires still water and is one reason mosquitoes don’t grow in fountains or fast moving water.
2) Mosquitoes do breed in the wi...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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Bermuda has a new representative in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) following the recent election of Gordon Brown as British Prime Minister.
Following his succession from Tony Blair, Mr. Brown undertook a widespread reshuffle that saw fo...
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Barbra Streisand wins enthusiastic welcome from Berlin fansBERLIN (AP) — Barbra Streisand has played her first concert in Germany, winning an enthusiastic welcome from some 18,000 fans in Berlin and praising the capital’s “beauty — and desserts.”Satu...
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Today in HistoryToday is Tuesday, July 3, the 184th day of 2007. There are 181 days left in the year.
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In 1863, the three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ended in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retre...
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