Recent Scholarship in Afro-Latin American and Caribbean Studies: A Brief Bibliography
By Reena Goldthree From African American Intellectual History Society The past twelve months have witnessed an outpouring of new scholarship on the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean. Newly published works include fresh treatments of seminal thinkers Sylvia…
Olwomen story of the week
Get to know real life Barbie Valeria Lukyanova From Olwomen For many, many more images go to: http://olwomen.com/real-life-barbie-valeria-lukyanova/ From Wikipedia Valeria Valeryevna Lukyanova (Ukrainian: Вале́рія Вале́ріївна Лук’я́нова; Russian: Валерия Валерьевна Лукьянова; born August 23, 1985) is a Moldovan-born Ukrainian model…
Russia hit with $43m sanction for refusal to return Jewish books
By Zoe Tillman, From Legal Times A federal district judge in Washington entered a $43.7 million judgment against the Russian Federation on Thursday as a sanction for rebuffing a U.S. court order to return thousands of Jewish religious texts seized…
The keys that bind us all
From Stuck in Customs MORE FROM THE JAPANESE PAVILION AT THE BIENNALE Here’s another photo of this really cool space that I posted a few months ago. That post also talks more about the art piece. DAILY PHOTO – THE…
Bermuda Trust Companies honoured In London
From Bernews Two Bermuda trust firms have claimed top industry prizes at the prestigious 10th annual STEP Private Client Awards in London. Butterfield Trust and Meritus Trust Company won Trust Company of the Year and Independent Trust Company of the…
Cayman Islands retirement home “disappointed” over decision not to prosecute former manager of suspected stealing. ODPP reply.
The Pines, a Cayman Islands retirement home, has confirmed that it has been informed by the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) that it had determined not to prosecute its former manager Sue Nicholson in connection with a theft…
Migrant crisis: Clashes at Hungary-Serbia border
From BBC Hungarian riot police have fired tear gas and water cannon to force migrants back from the Serbia-Hungary border. Hundreds of people have massed at a closed crossing point near the Serbian town of Horgos, and are involved in…
USA AG: Probes of white-collar crime to target corporate leaders
By Ben Bedell, From New York Law Journal Announcing a new policy on white-collar crime, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates vowed Thursday to pursue “not just corporate entities, but also the individuals through which these corporations act.” In a…
NASA’s Pluto probe
NASA’s Pluto probe is heading for the Kuiper belt By Mariella Moon From engadget It’s been over a month since the New Horizons spacecraft flew as near as possible to Pluto and took the closest photos of the dwarf planet…
Why a future focus pays in the technology world
By Sergio Koc-Menard From fDiIntelligence The parallels between being an early investor in emerging markets and wearable tech may not be readily evident, but, as Sergio Koc-Menard explains, in both fields it pays to look beyond the here and now,…
