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High-tech, high yields: Caribbean farmers reap benefits of ICT
By Jewel Fraser From IPS PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 15 2014 (IPS) – Farmers in the Caribbean are being encouraged to make more use of farm apps and other forms of ICT in an effort to increase the knowledge available for…
50 Pending Cayman Islands court cases stopped or stayed
50 Pending court cases in the Cayman Islands have been stopped or stayed by the Summary Court as a result of prosecution and police failures to pursue them says Cayman lawyer Peter Polack. The 50 cases of mostly traffic offences…
Pentagon says global warming increases terrorism threat
From Wire Reports From Dallas News A U.N. agreement, to be signed next year in Paris, would require the world’s largest producers of planet-warming carbon pollution to slash their emissions. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon released a report Monday asserting decisively…
Look fit and healthy – Learn 9 ways on how to lose love handles
By Jane Sills From olwomen Love handles are the areas of fat around the abdomen. Most of the excessive fat accumulated in the body is deposited here. Too much deposit of fat leads to fat love handles, something people tend…
Edward Snowden, days ago: ‘Get rid of Dropbox’
By Dave Smith From Business Insider Nearly 7 million usernames and passwords from Dropbox, the free cloud service for storing your photos, videos, and documents across devices, were leaked onto the internet on Monday. And just days prior, speaking via…
Product psychology explains how to get users hooked on products designed around habit and context
By Kyle Russell from Techcrunch Last year, tens of thousands of hackers signed up to receive Hack Design, a newsletter teaching the principles of design so that those used to focusing on how things work behind the scenes could start…
Spectacular black & white illustrations by Nicolas Delort
From Designer Daily Nicolas Delort (http://www.nicolasdelort.com) is a Canadian and French illustrator and artist who works in Paris, France. I don’t know if he takes inspiration from him, but Delort’s work on scratchboard immediately made me think of Gustave Doré‘s…
Is it truly impossible to break an egg in your hand?
Putting tips to the test in the kitchen – From the kichn When I first heard that it was impossible to break an upright egg in your hand, my boyfriend and I stood over our kitchen sink and tried for…
Boko Haram deal to release girls met with hope and skepticism
By Atta Barkindo From IPI Global Observatory Nigeria—and the world—await with bated breath credible confirmation that the government has been able to agree a lasting cease-fire deal with Boko Haram. Reports have emerged that a deal has been signed with…
Professor: Latin America is ‘fed up’ with US treatment of Cuba
By Courtney Coren From Newsmax Cuba’s presence at the upcoming Summit of Americas gives President Barack Obama the opportunity to engage with Cuba in light of strained relations, says American University professor of government William LeoGrande. “It’s not a big…
