26-Sep-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Boobies and penguins on a Galápagos tour (Boston Globe)
GAL ÁPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador -- There is unusual magic in this place. You can read about the blue-footed booby. You may know about Charles Darwin's five-week visit here and about the seals that yawn when you go near them and show no fear.
• 'Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club (Boothbay Register)
Peggy Chapman has found that the old rosters that she has accumulated from our membership have been most helpful in writing our history. She is still missing recent rosters: 2000, 2002, and 2004 which I am sure are kicking around somebody's file drawer.
• 'TOP 10 | Big little lines (Kansas City Star)
The top small-ship cruise lines (and scores), from Travel + Leisure?s World?s Best Awards 2006:
• 'At the Colleges (The Providence Journal)
New faculty members: The College of Arts and Sciences welcomes the following new members: Andrea Bogie, of Providence; assistant professor, legal studies; Sandra Enos, of Peacedale, associate professor, sociology/service learning; Richard Gibbons Holtzman, of Cranston, assistant professor, political science; Heather Pond Lacey, of Cumberland, assistant professor, applied psychology; and Thomas J.
• 'BLOUNT BOATS INC. (Maritime Global Net)
Warren, RI (Sep 25, 2006) - Luther H. Blount, 90, of Warren, RI, died Sunday, September 24, 2006 at Rhode Island Hospital surrounded by his loving family.
• 'Floating through the middle of the Amazon rain forest, they found one of the world's most exciting game fish. Oh ... (Sun-Sentinel)
il, our Brazilian fishing guide, quietly motors our skiff along the red, rocky bank of the Rio Negro, one of the major rivers in the Amazon basin. We are smack in the middle of the Amazon forest, Brazil's lush, tropical jungle covering an area about twice the size of France. This region boasts the largest rain forest on Earth, but today there isn't even a hint of rain. It's late afternoon and the
• 'Nagin held 'thank you' shindig on yacht (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Greg Meffert, former New Orleans chief technology officer, wasn't the only prominent city official to throw a party on the Silicon Bayou, the yacht purchased last year by four partners in a technology firm that has received millions of dollars in city work since Meffert's arrival at City Hall.