Where do cocktail prices come from?
By Roger Kamholz from Serious Eats Unlike the people who drink them, not all cocktails are created equal. Or at least that’s what their prices seem to indicate. The mixed drinks at one bar in one city might be double…
Our Awesome Earth
EarthPorn From Mashable IMAGES: Lofoten, Norway IMAGE: FLICKR, TILTTI Plitvice, Croatia IMAGE: FLICKR, DENNIS JARVIS Presque Isle, Penn. IMAGE: FLICKR, YOOPERANN Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada IMAGE: KIMBERLY VARDEMAN Isle of Skye, Scotland IMAGE: FLICKR, PELLE ESTEN Skógafoss, Iceland IMAGE: FLICKR,…
Argentina summons US diplomat over ‘default’ comment
From Business Insider Buenos Aires (AFP) – Argentina summoned the acting American ambassador over his comments on its failure to repay debt tied up in a US legal battle, protesting his use of the word “default” and accusing him of…
5 Outrageous things Australian Senator Jacqui Lambie said out loud
By Jenni Ryall From Mashable SYDNEY — Jacqui Lambie is an interesting character. On first sighting, one isn’t really sure what to make of her. The tough-as-nails former Australian soldier and single mother of two boys won Tasmania’s sixth and…
Ancient Mexican alcohol also worked as nutrition supplement
By Eric Niiler for Discovery News From Mashable Less than an hour’s drive from the heart of Mexico City lies the expansive ruins of Teotihuacan, a massive city of nearly 120,000 people who built pyramids, temples and palaces before disappearing…
Jamaica welcomes Million Man March
By Richard B. From The Final Call Nation of Islam welcomed home to Jamaica as final planning for Oct. 19 gathering in Caribbean underway KINGSTON, Jamaica – Leaders and officials who met with a Nation of Islam delegation embraced…
Three Caribbean hotels listed on the top ten places to avoid at all costs
From Caribbean360 NEW YORK, United States– The importance of adequate research when choosing a hotel recently came under a white hot spotlight with a stinging critique of 10 hotels described as “just plain disasters” by Oyster.com. Published in the Daily…
Dentons names Jorge Alers CEO for Latin America and the Caribbean
Expansion through whole firm combinations central to law firm’s growth plans in the region September 16, 2014 Washington, DC—Dentons announced today the appointment of Jorge Alers to the new position of Chief Executive Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean,…
Climate change may lead to food shortages, civil conflicts, scientists warn
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable The effects of man-made climate change, from sea-level rise to increasingly acidic ocean waters, have already become starkly apparent throughout the world. These effects are poised to worsen dramatically in coming decades due to continued…
Causes of endemic radiation in the Caribbean
From Space Interactive Causes of endemic radiation in the Caribbean: evidence from the historical biogeography and diversification of the butterfly genus Calisto (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Satyrini) Calisto is the largest butterfly genus in the West Indies but its systematics, historical biogeography…
