By Gordon Byrd
May 19, 2021
TAMPA A judge is ordering the state s lawsuit against federal cruise guidelines to go to mediation.
Tampa-based federal judge Steven Merryday ordered the state and federal governments to sit down with a mediator no later than June 1st. Both state attorney general Ashley Moody and the Centers for Disease Control, which issued the guidelines, have the right to object.
The state of Florida has been joined by Texas and Alaska in arguing that the CDC has overstepped its authority.
A national group of travel advisors has filed a friend of the court brief in the case. No cruises have sailed from Florida since the pandemic, leading Moody and Governor Ron DeSantis to demand a change, pointing out the effect on jobs and the local economy.
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Charmeine Wait, executive director of the Silver City MainStreet Project, looks out over a less-developed portion of Big Ditch Park just south of the Thomas J. Ryan Public Safety Building, near where she envisions a connecting trail to Gough Park and an arch to mark a now nearly invisible entrance to the San Vicente Trail that exists on Hudson Street.
Although it lacks an identified source of funding at the moment, President Joe Biden’s “America the Beautiful” initiative could be just what Grant County needs to take its outdoor recreation economy to the next level, while simultaneously helping address the communitywide effects of climate change.
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The General Director of the Romanian Naval Authority (ANR), Cosmin-Laurentiu Dumitrache, declared on Monday, in southeastern Constanta, that the authorities do not have any reliable information regarding the spot where the fishing vessel Sea Shark 1 sank, with five crew members on board, given that no SOS signal has been issued and this type of ship is not required to have monitoring equipment.
He said authorities were alerted Monday morning by employees at the company that owns the boat. So far, we have managed to recover three of the bodies, unfortunately. We were informed at 8.25 this morning (Monday, ed. n.) that the fishing vessel Sea Shark 1 has not returned to port. (.) According to their colleagues the last contact with them occurred at 6.30 pm on Sunday, May 16. Nobody knows, we don t have any provable information about the place where the ship sank, we assume that there was an incident after the towing, but we don t know, we have no way of knowing, w
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P&O Cruises latest ship, Iona, has been officially named in a ceremony with a record-breaking virtual audience.
Iona, powered by liquefied natural gas, arrived for the first time into her home port of Southampton ahead of the official ceremony.
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The vessel was named by Dame Irene Hays, chair of Hays Travel, the largest independent travel agency in the UK, in a glittering quayside ceremony by the bow of the ship.
The event, held at sunset, was hosted by Jo Whiley and broadcast to a “virtual” audience of 25,000 guests.
The highlight of the show was a rousing set from Iona’s music director Gary Barlow performing two iconic Take That hits “Greatest Day” and “Rule the World” against the backdrop of a spectacular laser show.