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Sat May 30 Cayman Islands to support Nepal
Foster’s Food Fair – IGA, Priced Right, and Bay Market would like to announce that on Saturday, May 30th, all locations will be participating in a day of support to help raise funds for the Red Cross Nepal Earthquake Relief…
NASA finds distant galaxy shining as bright as 300 trillion suns
By Mariella Moon From engadget Ever tried looking at the sun with your bare eyes? Too bright, right? Now imagine looking at something with the brightness of 300 trillion suns. That’s how intense “the most luminous galaxy found to date”…
UK: Lawrence inquiry to include other senior officers
From Blacknet UK MURDERED: Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in 1993 in an unprovoked racist attack AN INVESTIGATION into evidence given to the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry by a former Metropolitan Police chief has been expanded to include other…
Acorda goes on attack against hedge fund’s IPR
By Scott Graham, From The Recorder The first pharmaceutical company to come under fire from a well-known Dallas-based hedge fund formally asked the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Wednesday not to play ball with what it describes as a…
Adventures in Laser Kerf Bending
By Rain Noe From Core77 If you’re going to go curved, you may as well go pretty When Shaun Crampton designed a bentwood housing (http://fasaxc.blogspot.com/2012/06/sensor-receiver-enclosure.html) for his self-built radio receiver, he didn’t go with steam-bending. Instead the software developer went…
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Top panelists discuss new ways to assess progress and well-being in the Caribbean
Caribbean countries need a more comprehensive means to measure progress and well-being, beyond traditional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and “living above or below an international poverty line” assessments. This was a key message at a high-level meeting here today with…
The Caribbean received $6.027 billion dollars in foreign direct investment in 2014, down nearly 5% from 2013
In its latest annual report, ECLAC proposes that Caribbean countries revise the utility of the incentives used to attract FDI and advance towards a coordinated policy of promotion on a subregional level. (27 May 2015) The flows of Foreign Direct…
FBI raids Miami Beach office of CONCACAF as part of international soccer investigation
By Michelle Kaufman, Jay Weaver and Jacqueline Charles From Miami Herald U.S. law enforcement officials shook up — and vowed to clean up — the world of soccer Wednesday with a 47-count indictment charging top FIFA officials from Latin America…
Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Spraypaint-wielding drone
Spraypaint-wielding drone helps pioneer a new type of vandalism By Rain Noe From Core77 As artist Katsu works out the kinks on his creation, tagging will rise to new heights Last year street artist Katsu caused a stir with his…
