Definition of a Cay: A cay (also caye or key) is a small, low-elevation, sandy island formed on the surface of a coral reef. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans (including in the Caribbean and on the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef), where they can provide habitable and agricultural land for hundreds of thousands of people. Their surrounding reef ecosystems also provide food and building materials for island inhabitants.
A cay is formed when ocean currents transport loose sediment across the surface of a reef to a depositional node, where the current slows or converges with another current, releasing its sediment load. Gradually, layers of deposited sediment build up on the reef surface. Such nodes occur in windward or leeward areas of reef where surfaces sometimes occur around an emergent outcrop of old reef or beach rock. Nygard's 'land' increment was done by pumping sand from the waters on North side into purpose-built sand traps on the South side of his property - hardly the 'natural way'!
Nygard's property, being very much attached to the main body of New Providence, is NOT a cay by any stretch of the imagination. Being located at the Westernmost point of NP it was known as Simms Point. So call it Nygard(s) Point... but Nygard Cay? C'mon now how much did he pay Christie (then a junior minister) for the name change back in 1984? Did I hear $42,000.00 (quite a lot of lolly back in the day)!
digimagination says...
Introducing VAT is not too different from giving a child a motorcycle before it even knows how to properly ride an ordinary bicycle... think about it.
On VAT Bill to be tabled today
Posted 23 July 2014, 3:10 p.m. Suggest removal
digimagination says...
Refreshingly good news!
On Permits revoked in landmark ruling on Blackbeard's Cay
Posted 19 July 2014, 5:19 p.m. Suggest removal
digimagination says...
Worth a careful read - seriously!
http://www.weblogbahamas.com/blog_baham…
On Vendors evicted at Straw Market
Posted 15 July 2014, 7:16 a.m. Suggest removal
digimagination says...
Who said anything about Haitians? May have been a Jammyacian or a Bumhamian amongst others...
On UPDATED: Police shut down junkanoo parade after three men shot
Posted 11 July 2014, 4:54 p.m. Suggest removal
digimagination says...
Definition of a Cay: A cay (also caye or key) is a small, low-elevation, sandy island formed on the surface of a coral reef. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans (including in the Caribbean and on the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef), where they can provide habitable and agricultural land for hundreds of thousands of people. Their surrounding reef ecosystems also provide food and building materials for island inhabitants.
A cay is formed when ocean currents transport loose sediment across the surface of a reef to a depositional node, where the current slows or converges with another current, releasing its sediment load. Gradually, layers of deposited sediment build up on the reef surface. Such nodes occur in windward or leeward areas of reef where surfaces sometimes occur around an emergent outcrop of old reef or beach rock. Nygard's 'land' increment was done by pumping sand from the waters on North side into purpose-built sand traps on the South side of his property - hardly the 'natural way'!
Nygard's property, being very much attached to the main body of New Providence, is NOT a cay by any stretch of the imagination. Being located at the Westernmost point of NP it was known as Simms Point. So call it Nygard(s) Point... but Nygard Cay? C'mon now how much did he pay Christie (then a junior minister) for the name change back in 1984? Did I hear $42,000.00 (quite a lot of lolly back in the day)!
On Nygard Cay plan draws international media's gaze
Posted 10 July 2014, 5:03 p.m. Suggest removal
digimagination says...
Death sentence? Na - 20-25 years at HMP then they walk...
On Two men accused of murder could face death penalty
Posted 5 July 2014, 6:35 p.m. Suggest removal
digimagination says...
That amount would well cover Pindling's RPT and Miller's BEC.. who knows.
On $500,000 ‘missing’ from Customs office
Posted 22 June 2014, 8:59 a.m. Suggest removal
digimagination says...
Shooting at and hitting a police officer? Definitely not the brightest thing to do and I don't fancy this kid's chances...
On Policeman shot by teenager during arrest
Posted 10 June 2014, 2:19 p.m. Suggest removal
digimagination says...
Wonderful photograph of a group of undertakers readying to take Bahamians one and all to a mass grave!
On New V.A.T. rate to be 7.5%
Posted 29 May 2014, 5:38 p.m. Suggest removal
digimagination says...
Worth reading!
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-…
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-202434…
On Deputy PM: More pay would stop politicians doing wrong
Posted 20 May 2014, 10:20 a.m. Suggest removal