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Getting its name from the Standard Club of Chicago where it originated in the early 1960s, [1] [3] the game is well suited to club and home play. [4] While the auction and the play of the hand are the same as in rubber bridge, Chicago has the following unique features: A rubber consists of exactly four deals.
MS Costa Concordia in Palma, Majorca, in 2011. Costa Concordia (call sign: IBHD, IMO number: 9320544, MMSI number: 247158500), with 3,206 passengers and 1,023 crew members on board, [1] was sailing off Isola del Giglio on the night of 13 January 2012, having begun a planned seven-day cruise from Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy, to Savona and five other ports. [2]
Costa Concordia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔsta konˈkɔrdja]) was a cruise ship operated by Costa Crociere. She was the first of her class , followed by her sister ships Costa Serena , Costa Pacifica , Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa , and Carnival Splendor built for Carnival Cruise Line .
Costa Concordia, commanded by Captain Francesco Schettino at the time of grounding. Francesco Schettino (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko sketˈtiːno]; born 14 November 1960) [1] is an Italian former shipmaster who commanded the cruise ship Costa Concordia when the ship struck an underwater rock and capsized off the Italian island of Giglio on 13 January 2012.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge was one of three ways to cross the Baltimore Harbor and handled 31,000 cars per day or 11.3 million vehicles a year. The steel structure is four lanes wide and sits ...
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On February 17, 2010, a microburst caused the capsizing and sinking of the tall ship Concordia some 550 km (340 mi) southeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in rough seas. [26] All 64 people who were on board (48 students attending school on board, eight teachers and eight crew) were rescued from 5 life rafts by merchant vessels.
Engineering experts say that while bridges have some built-in defenses against collisions, this one was likely too extreme to withstand.