18 August 2008, 7:12 am
The Asia Pacific Association for Fiduciary Studies is coming to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for the fifth in a series of regional Institutional Funds Management Country Conferences, on Friday, Aug. 22, from 8am to 6pm, at the Azucena I & II of the Fiesta Resort & Spa.... read more
17 August 2008, 7:26 am
'The equivalent of 1.6 Hiroshima bombs was dropped on our tiny country every day of the 12-year test period," says Jack Ading, the Marshall Islands Finance Minister and Enewetak's senator. "Two of Enewetak's islands were vapourised," he says.... read more
15 August 2008, 11:10 am
Last month Zac Sunderland's parents Marianne and Laurence invited me to a presentation they gave at the Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club in Marina del Rey. The invitation went out to people who played some role in his preparation and departure from Los Angeles en route to a world circumnavigation... read more
13 August 2008, 5:14 pm
At 16, Zac Sunderland is trying to become the youngest sailor to solo-circumnavigate the globe. He is homesick and misses football at Grace Brethren but clings to knowledge this is his dream journey. Zac Sunderland sits alone on his 36-foot sailboat, three days out of Majuro in the Marshall Islan... read more
11 August 2008, 11:12 pm
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas hosted 20 teachers from around the state for the first Government and History High School Teacher Conference July 30-31, including Susan Perkins, Goddard High School, and Tim Warsnak, Halstead High School. Junior League of Wic... read more
6 August 2008, 9:21 pm
After 4,500 nautical miles, encountering lightning and squalls along the way, Zac Sunderland arrived at the Marshall Islands Aug. 4 , according to a report in Pacific Magazine.... read more
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