Apple suppliers accused of poor treatment of workers
From Business Insider London (AFP) – Workers in Chinese factories making Apple products are poorly treated, with exhausted employees falling asleep on their 12-hour shifts, British broadcaster the BBC found in an investigation broadcast. Reporters who took jobs undercover at…
New Book: Cuba Is a State of Mind
From blueoceanpublications.com In writing on travel to Cuba, the Spiritual Traveler decides to give a voice to the Cuban Silent Majority. The Silent Majority in Cuba are: Voices unheard in books about Cuba We hear about those who leave, but…
Navas, Wambach named 2014 CONCACAF Players of the Year
Four others honored in second-annual Confederation Awards Miami (Tuesday, December 23, 2014) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today named Costa Rica’s Keylor Navas and Abby Wambach of the United States the 2014 CONCACAF…
Warming leads to more run-ins with polar bears
By Clément Sabourin, AFP From Business Insider Kuujjuarapik (Canada) (AFP) – Word spread quickly: a polar bear, then two, were spotted near this remote Inuit village on the shores of Hudson Bay, about 1,800 kilometers (1,120 miles) north of Montreal….
Can the blood of Ebola survivors create a cure?
From Fox News For months, Vanderbilt University researcher Dr. James Crowe has been desperately seeking access to the blood of U.S. Ebola survivors, hoping to extract the proteins that helped them overcome the deadly virus for use in new, potent…
The Lima Climate Summit: a failure in all but name
By Curtis Doebbler From Counterpunch The 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that was held in Lima, Peru during the first two weeks of December 2014 was never intended to…
Golden retrievers bring comfort
Golden retrievers bring comfort and joy to holiday travelers at the airport By Jessica Plautz From Mashable There are few things more reliably stressful than braving the airport during the holiday travel season. In the hopes of combating some of…
3 burglaries Monday (22) and man charged with robbery tries to escape
From RCIPS Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 10:39 AM Monday 22nd December 2014, Detectives from George Town – CID are investigating three burglaries over a 2 hour period on Bel Air Drive, South Sound. The first call was received 1:38pm, where…
