Synagogue a spiritual respite on St. Thomas
By Sharon Eberson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – In this tropical climate, it doesn’t seem particularly strange to walk inside a building and find sand beneath your feet, as you do when passing through the…
Turned turtle
By Alastair Savage The gales had turned the Caribbean grey. Aboard the launch, the scientists huddled under an awning. Gusts swept through the sides. Drops beat down on the canvas. Water swirled around its aluminium poles. Dr Murdoch shivered as…
This is what the most secure email in the world could look like
By Karyne Levy From Business Insider Researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Raytheon BBN Technologies have created a way to make your email correspondence so secure (PDF), that even the NSA would have a hard time getting…
NO Airport refuses to post health alert, cites ‘aesthetics’
From WDSU New Orleans NEW ORLEANS —Six people in the greater New Orleans area have been infected with the chikungunya virus this summer; all contracted the virus while traveling to the Caribbean. The WDSU I-Team has learned that an official…
Sandals CEO to motivate Caribbean tourism rising stars
From eTN Global Travel Industry News BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The next generation of Caribbean tourism leaders are about to get some inspiration from the youthful and dynamic leader of one of the world’s leading resort companies during Caribbean Week New…
World’s smallest 3D-printing pen is coming to Kickstarter
By Lance Ulanoff From Mashable Humans are accustomed to drawing in the air. We gesture with our hands when talking and will try to illustrate charade secrets by “drawing” objects in space. 3D-printing pens takes those gestures, makes them tangible…
Rob Ford, mayoral rivals draw attention at Caribbean Carnival parade [in Toronto]
From The Globe and Mail Toronto mayor Rob Ford drew plenty of attention Saturday when he appeared at the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival parade. The annual event drew thousands to the Exhibition Place and Lake Shore Boulevard. For more on this…
Internet’s organizing body: Nobody actually owns country codes, not even countries. Or us.
By Kate Cox From Consumerist Does anyone actually own the internet? That might be the existential crisis of our age. We know companies own and operate websites, that other companies own the software that let us look at those sites,…
Contact lens makers work together to make sure you pay more
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist As anyone with bad eyesight could probably tell you, having options when it comes to the cost of contact lenses is extremely important. Just ask my fiance, because apparently I have “very expensive eyes.” I’ll…
Indian and Chinese migrants make up nearly one per cent of the world’s population
By Sahil Bhalla From Scroll.in The United States and Malaysia have the greatest number of expatriate Indians. The largest number of Indian migrants are found in the US, followed by Malaysia, while for the Chinese, the top two host countries…
