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	The Islands - Eastern Algarve Manorpark Properties
		The small island of Farol, like the nearby island of Barreta is a solitary sun-kissed paradise, untroubled by ferry connections with the mainland.
		At the eastern end of the island you will find a camp site, a small number of restaurant/cafés and a superb beach, considered by many to be among the best in southern Europe.
		The interior of the island is famed for its rich diversity of plant life.
	www.east-algarve.com /content.aspx?id=61 (372 words)

	Texas State Historical Association - Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online
		It must have another island back of it, on which the clergyman and negro lived the first winter, and from which they were brought to Mal-Hado in the spring of 1529.
		Mustang Island is so situated that crossing to the main from either end of it and going along the coast, would exclude the four streams; and crossing from its southern portion would exclude all of Corpus Christi Bay from the onward route to Pánuco.
		If the coast from St. Joseph's Island to the Arroyo Colorado be taken as the base line from which to raise the perpendicular inland, the place where he got the ocher, flints and skins may be sought to the west as far as the Bravo.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /publications/journals/shq/online/v003/n2/article_2_print.html (8645 words)

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		The Laguna Madre, which lies between the Barreta tracts and Padre Island, is the largest of the Texas estuaries, extending in an arc 130 miles long and from three to five miles wide from Corpus Christi, southwest to the Rio Grande.
		The State argues that because the shoreline cannot be determined using daily average water levels, Shine correctly examined the historical evidence substantially contemporaneous with the grants to determine with reasonable accuracy the location of the shoreline intended by the original grantors.
		We conclude that the grantors of the nineteenth-century land grants of the Big Barreta and the Little Barreta intended to convey title to the edge of the Laguna Madre and that edge is equivalent to the shoreline of the Laguna Madre.
	caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /data2/texasstatecases/sc/990667o.htm (8127 words)

	law.com - Decision
		One tract, called La Barreta or the "Big Barreta", was originally conveyed by King Charles IV of Spain in 1804 and 1809 to Lieutenant Jose Francisco Balli (who, as an historical aside, was a nephew of Padre Nicolas Balli, the grantee of Padre Island).
		Where the flats join the mainland and the islands there is an abrupt change in the angle of elevation and the character and appearance of the soil, including a well-marked beginning line of sand, followed by grass and vegetation.
		Balli, regarding the title to Padre Island, that surveys were often made to determine what dues were to be paid the sovereign or what land was usable for grazing rather than to ascertain boundaries for title purposes.
	www.law.com /jsp/decisionstate.jsp?id=1030343784048 (13598 words)

	elcotillo.es » English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		After the conquest of the island for the Crown of Castile by Jean de Bethencourt and Gadifer de la Salle, Fuerteventura was later sold to the house of Arias y Saavedra.
		During this period, the island had a strong farming and livestock tradition, and was able to provide the other islands with grain for some time.
		To the east of the Island of Lobos, with a depth of between 12 and 17 metres.
	elcotillo.es /?cat=4 (4358 words)

	Bulatlat.com
		It is this social inequity that continues to make life miserable to the island’s majority population and make Negros fertile for armed rebellion.
		This is the period when the island’s poor don’t have practically any means of livelihood as most haciendas or huge sugar plantations remain idle and there are not enough alternative jobs to turn to.
		Sugar workers will carry out protest actions to demand jobs during the “tiempo muerto.” They will also demand the distribution of farmlots, the granting of mandated and lawful benefits from landowners, medical services, the repair of houses and any benefit they are entitled to, the KMU leader said.
	www.bulatlat.com /news/3-16/3-16-tigkiwiri.html (537 words)

	Sun.Star Bacolod - Laborers seek disapproval of labor code changes
		On the other hand, Jun-Jun Barreta, chairman of the Kilusang Mayo Uno-Negros, said that with the proposed Olca, the CBA’s life span of six years would allow only one wage increase in six years.
		Barreta said that the nominal wage in Western Visayas by January 2003 is at P180 with the cost of living at P415.
		Dolfo Nales, chairman of NAFLU-KMU, on the other hand, said their demands of scrapping the proposed Omnibus Bill would be aired in view of their nationwide march protest action on Labor Day in commemoration of the 100 years of celebrating the eight-hour working day.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/bac/2003/04/29/news/laborers.seek.disapproval.of.labor.code.changes.html (510 words)

	Texas Monthly January 2001: Return to Padre
		He led family members and supporters on three marches to the beach, in one case blocking the causeway to the island with their cars as they waved the U. flag next to the Ballí coat of arms.
		For most of them, the case represented a big gamble; the probability of winning wasn't worth their time and expense, not to mention the difficulty of representing hundreds of people who were spread throughout the country and often couldn't agree with each other.
		My uncle, a La Barreta heir, received a letter last year from a Dallas law firm that said only, "We regret to inform you that circumstances have developed which hinder our continued effective litigation of the lawsuit." Two hundred twenty-three Ballís were dumped.
	www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/2001-01-01/feature4-2.php (1920 words)

	The Other Algarve - Tavira (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The best place to use as a base for exploring the area is the town of Tavira, an atmospheric, working tuna-fishing port with an important history.
		When you get off the boat, you have to thread past a number of holiday homes and a campsite (which you should book for, if you are so minded) to get to the other side of the island.
		Another way to reach the island is to go to Pedras d'el Rei, a holiday village a few kilometres west, and catch the miniature railway across the mud flats to the beach of Barril (same island, different beach).
	portugalforvisitors.com /archive/features/aa101800a.htm (632 words)

	Texas Monthly January 2001: Return to Padre
		The island's very presence was a continuing reminder of their fall from preeminence—until last summer, when a Brownsville jury heard their arguments and vindicated their claims.
		To track down the Ballís who might still have claims to the island, he hired one of their own, a man named Primitivo Ballí, who was paid $750.
		At the time, the island was but an empty swath of sand, with only a Coast Guard station and an abandoned fishing shack.
	www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/2001-01-01/feature4.php (2166 words)

	Portugal Travel Guide
		Just off the Faro coast in the Algarve lies a secluded spot known by the local inhabitants as Ilha Deserta (Desert Island), although it is officially called the Ilha da Barreta.
		Boats depart to the island from the Cais da Porta Nova in Faro every day between 1 June and 30 September at 10am, 11.30am, 1pm and 4.15pm, returning at 10.45am, 12.15pm, 3.30pm and 6pm.
		The island is also well-known for the Estaminé Restaurant where a good selection of fish and seafood dishes are available.
	www.portugaltravelguide.com /article.php?id=1486 (118 words)

	Littoral 2002, 22-26 September. Porto, Portugal. (SMEALSearch) - Pal,Rangaswamy,Giles,Debnath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ria Formosa lagoon, located in Algarve, south of Portugal, is a barrier islands system that communicates with the sea trough 6 inlets.
		Five of these inlets are natural born and have mobility characteristics and the 6th is an artificial inlet that has been opened with the purpose of making it easier to access to the port of Faro.
		In order to maintain this new inlet, two breakwaters were built, starting one in Culatra island and the other in Barreta island.
	gunther.smeal.psu.edu /72727.html (238 words)

	Philippines Environs - Barrio Barretto, Subic City, Baguio, Biscol
		The Islands have several main places of interest to visit and Cebu is one hour by Domestic Flight from Manila, whilst Mindinao and Davao City with its pearl farms and deserted holiday islands is a two hour flight away.
		Cebu, the island and the name of its capital city, is a bustling metropolis strategically located in the heart of the Central Visayas.
		Puerto Galera is situated on the island of Mindoro, south of Manila, and a short ferry ride across from the mainland at Batangas.
	www.singletravel.com /phil_faq2/environs.htm (10339 words)

	Algarve Beaches
		With the advantage that visitors can choose from a necklace of separate islands, and have mile after mile of sandy beaches all to themselves.
		Ilha de Barreta - This island is truly calm and solitary, thanks to the fact that there are no regular ferry connections.
		It is an excellent destination for anyone who has hired a boat or is lucky enough to have their own and who wants to enjoy the pleasures of sea and sand undisturbed by other holidaymakers.
	www.holiday-villa-rental-algarve.co.uk /algarve/beaches (696 words)

	Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Jury sides with Ballis on Padre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The family wants compensation from the John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation, which now controls the disputed land, for millions of dollars in past oil and gas revenues they say they are owed.
		In dispute is a 363,000-acre tract known as the La Barreta and Little Barreta land grants.
		The Kenedy Foundation dismisses the Balli family's claims and filed suit in 1997, asking the courts to declare the foundation the rightful owner of the La Barreta land.
	www.caller2.com /2000/august/03/today/local_ne/1001.html (834 words)

	Ballí Family Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In appreciation for this the King bestowed on him a land grant to the north, which was later named “La Barreta”.
		In 1898 began a series of leases of La Barreta between the Ballí and Kenedy family that continued to October 1999.
		Today the Ballí Family and the Kenedy Foundation are currently engaged in a dispute as to ownership of La Barreta.
	www.balli.org (658 words)

	Spanish Property Group
		L'Olla is another much-frequented beach opposite a small island of the same name.
		Altea ends in the 'Mascarat point' and the Sierra de Bernia, where the La Barreta, La Solsida and La Galera shingled coves are located.
		In earlier times, Altea used to be situated on the road to the Sierra de Bernia and was called Altea la Vella - a small village intersected by a Way of the Cross that ascends to a Calvary surrounded by cypress trees.
	www.spanishpropertygroup.com /altea.php (311 words)

	Starsiege:2845 Forums > Man pays $26,500 for virtual island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Dec 27 2004, 06:24 PM I'm sure the dumba- guy that paid the 26k is reaping in billions in virtural oil and gold that the island is sitting on.
		Now, if the guy is raking in hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars then I can see that the purchase is not a very big deal.
		Dec 27 2004, 08:53 PM Not to mention that there are virtual mineral deposits on the virtual island which should be sellable to the virtual industry in the virtual world for virtual currency, which can then be converted back to real currency.
	www.starsiege2845.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t7062.html (760 words)

	SOG
		After 71 days the protesters finally surrendered to Federal authorities, but not before two of the protesters were killed, and a Deputy Marshal was paralyzed after he was struck in the spine by a bullet.
		In 1975 SOG Marshals were deployed to the island of Guam to help provide security for Vietnamese refuges being relocated to the island.
		The protesters, who were upset about the death of a local citizen who was accidentally killed by a stray bomb, had been blocking the US Navy from using the range for more than a year.
	www.silverstarcollectables.com /SOG.htm (2245 words)

	Cosmetic Surgery Long Island - Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It was used as the island, some distance the includes fur and Act of And Act were on Long Island That dosent no long island government to a long island ban.
		Annette is an in Gravina miles and about Annette is located Revillagigedo on the the is Metlakatla, The island is the Chichagof is an in the miles and 80 Chichagof is north Baranof.
		Etolin is 48 miles long and 16 Etolin Island is named Nunivak Island to its Nelson Alaska Nelson and the miles and 48 Etolin is named to cosmetic surgery.
	www.freewebs.com /information24/cosmetic-surgery-long-island.html (313 words)

	Caller.com: Texas/mexico News
		The family was supposed to be paid $1,092,000 for the sale of the surface of 7,500 acres of Padre Island, but they received nothing, said Hector Cardenas, a Balli family lawyer and part of the Balli family of Padre Island.
		He was said to be on a mission for his uncle, who had a hunch he might strike oil beneath the sands of Padre Island.
		The La Barreta Ballis' case failed in district court and on appeals, but Cardenas pledged to keep fighting to the state Supreme Court.
	www.caller.com /ccct/state_texas_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_876_3848388,00.html (599 words)

	1World2travel - Europe - List of main islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Islands of Szczecinski Zalew - Karsibor, Wielki Krzek, Wiszowa Kepa, Trzcinice, Gesia Kepa, Warnie Kepy, Konski Smug, Wydrza Kepa, Chelminek
		Islands of Gdansk Bay - Islands of Gdansk, Port Island (Gdansk), Sobieszewo Island, Ostrow Island, Granary Island, Zulawy Island
		Lake Zürich Islands, Ufenau, Lützelau, Brissago Islands (Lake Maggiore, Canton of Ticino), Ile d'Ogoz (Lac de la Gruyère), Rheinau Island (in the Rhine river, part of Rheinau, Canton of Zürich), Werd, Switzerland (in the Rhine river, near Eschenz, Canton of Thurgau), Schwanau Island (in Lauerzersee)
	www.1world2travel.com /article.php?articleID=1377 (1262 words)

	[DXR] 425 DX News #531
		Plans are to operate for at least 24 hours from each island and there will be two stations using the House Amateur Radio Group clubs call signs of GS3EEO, GS3ZBI and GS0NHR.
		Exact dates will depend on local conditions, but plans are to be active (mainly on 10 and 40 metres) for a few hours starting around 14 UTC on different weekdays.
		The web site for the operation can be found at http://www.qsl.net/cidxa/currituck.html [TNX WA4TLI] W - The members of the Central Arizona DX Association will conduct a special event operation honouring the late Senator Barry M. Goldwater on 20-21 October.
	www.mail-archive.com /dx-news@pro-usa.net/msg01013.html (2859 words)

	Altea Beaches \| Beach in Altea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		To the north of Altea is a shingle beach at the end of which is a small cove called the Cala del Soio, which is characteristic for its fl pebbles.
		Opposite a small island called L'Olla, also north of Altea, is another beach made up primarily of pebbles.
		At Mascarat Point at the northern end of Altea Bay are some shingle coves, namely La Galera, La Barreta, and La Solsida.
	www.ilovethecostablanca.com /alteabeaches.html (286 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Chihuahuan desert (NA1303)
		This Desert is bounded by the Sierra Madre Occidental to the west and the Sierra Madre Oriental to the east, extending as far south as San Luis Potosi and to disjunct islands of the Chihuahuan vegetation in the states of Queretaro and Hidalgo.
		Near the Sierra Madre Oriental, the scrub becomes a strict combination of Agave victoria-reginae with lechuguilla, guapilla (Hechtia glomerata), barreta (Helietta parviflora), sotol (Dasylirion sp.) and a well-developed herbaceous stratum composed of gramineae, leguminosae and cacti.
		The grasslands, 20% of this desert, are often mosaics of grass and shrurb.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na1303_full.html (2217 words)

	Bajuni Islands
		The arrests were made in the regions of Catalonia and Andalusia as well as in Spains Balearic Islands, a police spokesman said.
		A bomb found in the boot of a car in the Bay of Islands was not a terrorist device but the remnants from Halloween or Guy Fawkes night, Waitakere District Court was told yesterday.
		Meet the bloggers who are shedding a tear for the treasured island.
	www.paleorama.com /Lakes-B/cat.php (2141 words)

	USA-Presidents.Info - Jimmy Carter
		He has also been criticized for not doing enough to promote his stated human rights foreign policy stance in his administration, such as continuing to support Indonesia even while they were committing genocide in their occupation of East Timor.
		The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) was named on April 27, 1998, making it one of the very few US Navy vessels to be named for a person still alive at the time of the naming.
		Not all Carter's efforts have gained him favor in Washington; President Clinton and both Presidents Bush were said to have been less than pleased with Carter's "free-lance" diplomacy in Iraq and elsewhere.
	www.usa-presidents.info /carter.htm (1896 words)

	Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No.522, July 30, 2001
		The team hopes to have a running and a multiplier station active at the same time using mostly vertical antennas and a 400W linear on the running station.
		The various reference numbers are: Islands of Scotland Award SC10, WAB NB90 and QRA IO78.
		This DXpedition is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the first DXpedition to Lyasomin Island.
	www.ng3k.com /Ohpadx/ohpa522.html (3570 words)

	Jimmy Durante
		Durante was greatly influenced by Scott Joplin and had his first success in show business as a Ragtime piano player starting around 1911.
		He was billed as "Ragtime Jimmy" and played in New York City and Coney Island.
		Durante was part of the same wild crowd of early White jazz musicians as the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and Johnny Stein.
	www.redhotjazz.com /jdurante.html (499 words)

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