Fear of tweaks
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Change can be tough for me, especially when the means to an end make no sense. Like green pens on CD edges, demagnetizers, magic stones, voodoo dots, resonators aligning the earth to my stereo…
Time to improve governance in labour migration in Latin America and Caribbean – UN
With migrant workers representing 64 per cent of the 232 million migrants in the world in 2015, it is urgent to deal “correctly” with labour migration by implementing good governance mechanisms, a United Nations report on these movements in Latin…
This new Mercedes might look like a frog, but it drives like a sports car
BY NICK JAYNES From Mashable For those who want the performance and handling characteristics of a mid-size coupe with the body of a crossover (mostly), Mercedes has a sporty new vehicle for you: the 2017 GLC43 Coupe. Think of it…
Kosovo: RSF seeks protection for broadcasting chief after attack, threat
From Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a bomb attack on the home of Mentor Shala, the head of public radio and TV broadcaster RTK – the second attack of this kind targeting RTK in less than a week –…
US: Twin cities-area insulators secretary, business manager charged [trips to Cayman Islands]
By Carl Horowitz From National Legal and Policy Center Scot McNamara liked the Caribbean. Unfortunately, his travel there didn’t have anything to do with union business. On July 20, McNamara, former financial secretary for International Association of Heat and Frost…
Cricket: WICB chief executive officer to quit in October
From Guyana Chronicle WEST Indies Cricket Board’s chief executive Michael Muirhead will step down from his position after a four-year stint in the role.Muirhead’s contract was up for renewal on October 14, but he has opted to quit the WICB….
How to name a hurricane—first tip: Use ‘short, distinctive’ names
By Nicholas Wells | Mark Fahey From CNBC Hurricane Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm Friday morning after making landfall in Florida. Yet if another should form, next on the list would be Hurricane Ian and in the…
Here’s what it’ll be like to eat at restaurants of the future
By Chris Weller From Business Insider It must have seemed like a revolutionary idea to diners of the 1920s — people on roller skates delivering food straight to their driver’s side window. Suddenly, the food that families were used to…