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Andrew Rolle. NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas Investments and Securities Business Association (BISBA) recently announced its new board of directors and revealed plans to establish a stronger presence in its role as the umbrella organization for finance and investment professionals residing in The Bahamas. Newly-elected President Andrew Rolle said: “As financial services proved its resilience even during the COVID-19 pandemic that crippled so many other sectors of the economy, we in the industry realized that as individuals participating in the business of investments and securities, ...

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. If the following story is not true, it should be. It involves two Illinois folk heroes, Abraham Lincoln and the traveling evangelist, Peter Cartwright. Most counties in Illinois have Lincoln and Cartwright stories. We Rock Islanders deserve ours. The story began as unsubstantiated rumor, but by the time Carl Sandburg wrote his biography of Lincoln, it had become fact. If the story did happen, it took place in a Methodist campground in a grove south of Camden (now Milan) Illinois. Cartwright was preaching at the campground in 1846, and Lincoln decided to att...

(FILE PHOTO) NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Christmas came early for a major youth organization last week when Sky Pole Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Services pledged to equip the new West Bay Street headquarters for Bahamas Girl Guides with a complete air-conditioning system. The donation, valued at $60,000, moved the association supporting thousands of girls a step closer to occupying their new home. The pledge, which includes equipment and installation, was announced by Sky Pole directors Peter Cartwright and Kendrick Beneby on Tuesday, December 8. Sky Pole Air Conditioning’s principals s...

can they talk funny in boston then? >> not yet. >> anyhow. [laughter] washington said, you know, wait a minute. i'm not the greatest gentleman in the world. i have the people trapped in one town. they try to get out and can't get out. why don't we get them and end the war? you might ruin the town, no. you want to ruin boston? they beat the yankees today which i'm upset about. you had to remind me of that. [laughter] but in the book, logan has one couple of things that i think are very dramatic. one, the research he had me go around in circles researching some of that stuff. very true...

hour. >> good evening. my name is bill kauffman and i'm here to welcome you to the booktalk series. i also want to thank the federal society for cosponsoring tonight's talk. tonight's program features logan beirne, the author of a new book on america's first chief executive entitled "blood of tyrants: george washington and forging of the presidency." this is very much a young law school book. it began as a paper while logan was a law student. the paper was written under the supervision of william eskridge. after grad...