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VIDEO: THE TRIBUNE'S TOP 5 - your countdown of the week's big stories

VIDEO: THE TRIBUNE'S TOP 5 - your countdown of the week's big stories

Mon, Oct 24th 2016, 11:35 AM


Khrisna Virgil reviews the big stories that had the Bahamas talking this week.


LIVE UPDATES: HURRICANE MATTHEW - St. Andrew's school to open tomorrow, Q.C. on Monday

LIVE UPDATES: HURRICANE MATTHEW - St. Andrew's school to open tomorrow, Q.C. on Monday

Thu, Oct 13th 2016, 10:33 AM


A boat in the middle of a road in Grand Bahama amid downed power lines and flood water, as residents start to clean up. Photo: Vandyke Hepburn

5.05pm: ST. ANDREW’S School will re-open on Wednesday after clearing downed trees and making essential repairs following the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew.

Robert Stitch, the principal, praised the “amazing effort” by the school’s maintenance and cleaning crews.

He said that the cleaning staff was in on Monday to prepare classrooms, with staff returning on Tuesday and school opening at the usual time to students on Wednesday.

“The maintenance crew under the direction of Mike Brindle-Selle have been doing an amazing job since early Friday morning,” Mr. Stitch said in a Facebook post. “Many members of the St. Andrew’s community have been badly hit by the hurricane. We will rally together in order to help those in need. We are a strong and caring community.”

3.20pm: Queen's College has announced that the school will reopen for all students on Monday, October 17, 2016.

A statement from Queen's College said “the principal, administration and staff wish to assure parents and students that all that is possible is being done to ensure the readiness of the Q.C. campus for schools to reopen on Monday.


Flooding in Lumumba Lane by Tribune242

TUESDAY 2.15pm: This video shows the extent of post-Hurricane Matthew flooding in Lumumba Lane.

10.15pm: THE Grand Bahama International Airport will be fully operational as of Monday for domestic and international flights.

Airport officials said all international flights will be post-cleared as pre-clearance services will not be available until further notice. Post-cleared means that people must clear US Customs and Immigration in the US. Travellers must have a US visa as police certificates are not acceptable for post clearance.

7.15pm: All staff and faculty of BTVI's New Providence and Grand Bahama campuses are to report to work on Tuesday October 11th during normal working hours.

Additionally, classes are to resume at both campuses on Monday October 17th.

7.00pm: The Princess Margaret Hospital has released a statement advising on food safety after the hurricane:

“Once power is off, the refrigerator keeps food at safely cold temperatures for approximately four (4) hours. While food is in a freezer, it remains safe for approximately eight (8) hours. If your power is off longer, your food is NOT SAFE to eat and should be discarded.

“DO NOT consume anything that flood water may have touched. Flood water carries disease causing organisms.

“Persons experiencing severe symptoms from food poisoning or contaminated food, should seek immediate medical attention for assistance.”

4.50pm: Bahamas Power and Light has said that, as of 3.00pm today, crews were working in the following areas:

Abundant Life Road, Church Hill Subdivision, Yellow Elder, South Beach Estates East, Joan's Heights, Marshall Road, Clifton Pier, Mount Pleasant, Eastern Estates, Joe Farrington, Chippingham, Sea Beach Estates, Village Road, Eastern Road, Adderley Street, Stapledon Gardens, Serenity, Carmichael Road West, Faith Gardens, Cowpen Road, Sans Souci, St. Andrews Beach Estates, Gladstone Road, Millar's Heights, Orange Hill, Tropical Gardens, College Gardens, Adelaide Village, Pinewood Gardens, Sir Lynden Pindling Estates, Westwinds, Miami Street, Podoleo Street, Washington Street, Balfour Avenue and Spring Field Road.

BPL also said they will have all of their other team members back in office tomorrow.

How Boeing builds a 737 in just 9 days

How Boeing builds a 737 in just 9 days

Wed, Sep 28th 2016, 09:55 AM

If you fly, you’ve almost certainly found yourself packed into a Boeing 737. This workhorse of commercial aviation accounts for one of every three commercial flights, and there are around 2,000 of them in the air at any given time.

Every one of those planes rolled out of Boeing’s Renton Production Facility, where workers build a 737 in just nine days. The factory, near Seattle, pumps out them out at the rate of 42 per month, and Boeing claims the 1.1-million-square-foot facility is most efficient airplane factory in the world.

Boeing faces fierce competition from arch rival Airbus. The 737 is the best-selling jet ever, with more than 9,000 delivered since its introduction in 1967, but the Airbus A320 is no slouch. The company has delivered about 6,700 of them since the airliner entered service in 1984.

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By Jack Stewart

Source: Wired

Latest Apple campus 2 construction video highlights glass install, fuel cells

Latest Apple campus 2 construction video highlights glass install, fuel cells

Mon, Sep 12th 2016, 04:05 PM


New aerial footage of Apple's Campus 2 shows the glass panel installation surrounding the main building near complete, and installation of more power stations across the facility.

The interior of the Apple Campus is now completely obscured by the massive curved glass panels custom fabricated for the project that measure up to 46 feet wide, and 10.5 feet long.

Other work progression shown in the video includes a massive array of bicycle parking, fuel cell installations near the highway next to the campus, further progress on other support buildings on adjacent Tantau Avenue, and most of the HVAC installations complete. Additionally, the parking garage appears to be almost ready for use, with paving complete on bridges and ramps.

The new auditorium's lobby was just framed out in the last video, and is now completely clad. Buried structures on campus are nearly obscured, with a corresponding decrease in the stories-high dirt pile used for the task.

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By Mike Wuerthele

Source: Apple Insider