Olwomen story of the week
How to get rid of brown spots on skin By Sarah Adam From Olwomen Brown Spots on the skin is quite common in those people who have close contact with the sun. It is the fact that skin gets exposed…
Replica of General Lafayette’s ship
Replica of General Lafayette’s ship arrives in Yorktown By Fabienne Faur, AFP Yorktown (United States) (AFP) – A replica of a French frigate that in 1780 transported General Lafayette to America to rally US rebels battling for independence arrived to…
Most people don’t understand just how little we know about the human brain
By Kevin Loria From Business Insider The most promising futuristic medical innovation is already making a huge difference for some patients We can already send thoughts from one brain to another — and that might eventually let us download skills…
Website not required to ID anonymous commenter
By Michael Booth, From New Jersey Law Journal Website operators have standing to step into litigation and defend anonymous users’ First Amendment rights, a New Jersey appeals court said in a ruling of first impression issued June 3. The ruling…
UK: Overshooting the target
By Jens Erik Gould From The Financialist Most central bankers would consider it a faux pas to deliberately attempt to exceed their own inflation targets. Yet central bankers in Britain are behaving as if they’re aiming for a higher rate…
Justices urged to provide more access to financial disclosures
By Mike Sacks, From Legal Times, House Transparency Caucus seeks SCOTUS finance sunshine. A group of transparency advocates and government watchdogs on Wednesday called for the U.S. Supreme Court to provide greater access to the justices’ financial disclosure forms, the…
Cuba’s railroad
By Adam Glanzman From Mashable The slowest, cheapest and least reliable way to cross the country HAVANA, Cuba — The National Railway Company of Cuba, Ferrocarriles de Cuba, is the sixth oldest railroad in the world, having opened its first…
USA justice unravels FIFA
By Patrick Horne From Caribbean Life It’s ironic that the USA, with its men’s team still trying to find its footing in the world game and which has little influence in the administration of world soccer, is the country that…
76% of Cayman Islands civil servants earn under $50,000 per year
Further to a Freedom of Information request the government have released the following information: The full-time annual remuneration levels for the Civil Service on the 30th June 2013 ranged from $17,394 to $160,020 (excluding the Chief Justice, His Excellency the…
Thieves get early access to Colombia’s offshore oil data
By Andrew Willis Untapped offshore deposits are so important to Colombia’s flagging oil industry that some people aren’t waiting for the release of exploration results. Thieves made off with discs containing copies of seismic data belonging to Repsol SA and…
