‘Sharknado 3’: We don’t even know what to say anymore
By Sandra Gonzalez From Mashable The Sharknado trilogy is an accident born from the internet’s fascinations with movies so bad they’re impossible to look away from. But the third installment of the flying shark franchise, which aired Wednesday night, has…
ISLA International: Three Worcester grads work to bring clean energy to the Caribbean and the world
By Michael D. Kane ISLA International From MASS LIVE WORCESTER — From a co-working space in the recesses of downtown Worcester, ISLA International, a company run by a trio of North High School graduates, is quietly trying to improve the…
Watercolor cats in black & white
From Designer Daily The best part about watercolor paintings is the unpredictable effects you will get from it. The paint solves into subtle shades and creates beautiful edges that are hard to control. Serbian artist Endre Penovac is a true…
Cricket: WICB Presidents at town-hall meeting
From WICB KINGSTON, Jamaica – The series of town-hall meetings hosted by the West Indies Cricket Board continued on Friday here. President and Vice President, Dave Cameron and Emmanuel Nanthan, were the two main speakers. The meeting was dominated by…
ACLU sues Boston police over civilian-encounter records
By Sheri Qualters, From The National Law Journal The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and the ACLU’s national organization have sued the Boston Police Department to obtain records about encounters with civilians since 2010 as part of probe about…
Destination of the week
The best places to elope in the Caribbean By Steve Blount, Special for USA TODAY Next Slide There is something about the rhythmic breathing of the ocean that is primordially sensuous and intensely romantic. This sense of escape is why…
Participatory notes: A rogue nation
By N Sundaresha Subramanian From Business Standard Street Food decodes the recommendations of the SIT on black money that was critical on P-notes Since the recommendations of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money that was critical of participatory…
More Family Silver for Sale – don’t privatise but unitise
By Justin Urquhart Stewart From Money Magpie So it looks as though George Osborne is aiming to have a full clear out of government assets on such a scale that makes Mrs Thatcher’s record privatisations look more like a local…
3 million gallons of toxic waste spilled by EPA is turning Colorado waters to orange sludge
By The Associated Press From Mashable DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency says the mine waste spill into Colorado waters is much larger than originally estimated. The EPA now says 3 million gallons of wastewater spilled Wednesday and Thursday, instead…
Rincon Volcano National Park, Costa Rica
Sunbeams shining through the canopy in Rincon Volcano National Park, Costa Rica From Everything Everywhere Camera NIKON D300S ISO 800 Focal Length 20mm Aperture f/4 Exposure Time 1/1250 When you visit Rincon Volcano National Park, you’ll see several steam vents…