Lost Paradise: From Mutiny on the Bounty to a Modern-Day Legacy of Sexual Mayhem, the Dark Secrets of Pitcairn Island Revealed
Ramblin' Man: Full-time RV Life (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... region of the Pacific Ocean) on 10/16. I began the third story of which I am still reading...Pitcairn's Island (the story of what happened to the mutineers after they took over the Bounty) on 10/19.Here's a Wikipedia link that will tell you everything you would want to know about Pitcairn's Island (where the mutineers finally settled and burned the Bounty to the waterline)...Here's...
The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
USA Short Documentary Producer: Eugene H. Roth Narrator: Carey Wilson Taking a brief look at Pitcairn Island, which became the home of the British mutineers from the Bounty and their Tahitian wives at the end of the 18th century, this short documentary - full of comments about primitive lives, brown people, half-castes, and cross breeding - is really rather depressingly condescending and casually...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Wanted: social worker for rocky outcrop in Pacific Ocean hit by child-abuse scandal. Those who dislike isolation need not apply.It's not your typical job ad, and while the real wording's less blunt, the message is the same: the...
modmat5q | 09/30/2009
http://www.1-language.com/worldfactbook2002/print/pc.html Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
ArtCal (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... Eisenhour has mounted solo exhibitions at Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary Gallery, Jackson, WY; Pitcairn Scott Gallery, Seattle, WA; and Martin Andrews Gallery, Port Townsend, WA. Two person shows include Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA; Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA; Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA; and Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA. Eisenhour has been...
GlobalGiving Blog (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
As the metrics guy, oddities sometimes appear in the GlobalGiving database. For example, today I learned Pitcairn Island received $158 per resident through GlobalGiving project #996: Boat-Shed Construction at Pitcairn Island. When there are 50 people on one island, $7,301 has a major impact. Pitcairn Island facts: These guys are the decendents of the Mutiny on the [...]
Concurring Opinions (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
On Friday, attorneys for six of the Uighurs held in Guantanamo Bay announced that they have been transferred to live on the island of Palau. (Pitcairn Island must have been unavailable). Perhaps all of the detainees who are the parties in Kiyemba (just taken on certiorari by the Supreme Court) will be resettled to render the case moot. This ad-hoc way of dealing with the detainee issue strikes...
Dickiebo (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km. The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent. Siberia contains more than 25% of the world’s [...]
Ramblin' Man: Full-time RV Life (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
of the three stories in The Bounty Trilogy. See recent Blog entries for more about this read.Yesterday I finished reading Pitcairn's Island...the final story of the trilogy and the mutineer's story about settling on Pitcairn's Island and purposely setting fire to the Bounty and burning it to the waterline.So, after 691 pages, The Bounty Trilogy still remains my all-time favorite book....
freecounterpoint (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... stage.This is very good. For then, if the Jeffreyists win out, I can plan for my tombstone on Pitcairn; and if the Palinists win out I can prepare for the battle on the ramparts to come.Flee or Fight, this dog has gotta make a decision.
STA travelbuzz (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... guide, but he hopes to get to Niue, Fiji, New Zealand, USA, Canada and Central America and maybe Pitcairn and the Galapagos Islands. Obviously this is a lot and he reckons he’ll be happy to make it of five of these. I’d be happy with five of those. George is a freelance cameraman and will be working for a year in Melbourne. He is aiming to incorporate into this some serious exploration of...
SevenMinutesToMidnight (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
... of course not all Scots are stupid : It's just that , like the Welsh , Irish , Australians and the Pitcairn Islanders they just seem that way because they are drunk most of the time . Jan Moir is Scottish . And no I would not have felt personally offended if she'd included the English in that . She is capable of writing entertainingly and perceptively , but unfortunately her column , and...
freecounterpoint (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
IngSoc already knows how to efficiently terminate the "unwanted". It's gonna be so much fun to see AmeriSoc bring in that vaunted limey knowhow. And you guys thought Anglophilia was so passe' It's time to reopen the Pitcairn option
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... is happening here." The isolated island, 2,300 miles west of Chile and 1,200 miles east of Pitcairn, survives on tourist revenue but local authorities say there are now too many arrivals. The boom is straining a basic infrastructure short of water, electricity and sanitation services. Mounting waste is putting underground water sources at risk. The irony is that Easter Island is a symbol...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
... to go wrong at some point." Relatedhas researched animal nutrition for decades and his book "Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats" is considered by some to be a staple among home cookers. Now retired from his veterinary practice and focusing on writing and speaking engagements, Pitcairn said he first became interested in the power of nutrition while in school...
