Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2012 – Day 1
OVER 1,000 STUDENTS AT SEPANG TO PARTICIPATE IN SHELL ECO-MARATHON ASIA 2012 Today, students from all over Asia and the Middle East have come together at Kuala Lumpur’s Sepang International Circuit to compete in Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2012. A total…
New anti-piracy rules due to come into force from March 2014 in UK
Anyone who illegally downloads films or music from the internet will be subject to a ‘three strikes’ rule from March 2014 if new Ofcom proposals become law, the BBC reports. Under the draft code outlined by Ofcom, the UKs main…
Summary of the Cayman Islands’ Annual Economic Report 2011
“After three years of downturn economic activity turned positive” The local economy is improving says the latest Economics and Statistics Office report and if you haven’t noticed it, it is not surprising. The bad news – unemployment is going upwards….
Higgs boson-like particle discovery claimed at LHC
Cern scientists reporting from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have claimed the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson. The particle has been the subject of a 45-year hunt to explain how matter attains its mass. Both…
8 Healthy Food Swaps You Haven’t Heard Of
By Divine Caroline 1. Quinoa instead of rice or pasta White rice and pasta are “bad” or simple carbs—you know, the ones that don’t provide much in the way of nutrition. But quinoa! This amazing ancient grain not only acts…
McLaughlin hits back and Miller is embarrassed
Leader of the opposition party, People’s Progressive Movement (PPM), Hon. Alden McLaughlin has come back fighting in reply to Premier, Hon. McKeeva Bush’s presentation of a government motion for an emergency spending plan instead of a budget last week. McLaughlin…
Memories of 1939 By: Brenda Quin
The month was August, a few weeks into summer vacation. I was 11 years old that month, and the best part of the holiday was time at my Great Uncle Sterling Fisher’s property ‘Mount Pleasant’, a few miles above Runaway…
Worries Over CWC Leakage
International credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) says it is concerned that UK-based telecommunications services provider Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) does not fully own its key assets in several countries, including The Bahamas, which leads to “meaningful leakage”…
Anyone for Pi? Mods and hacks for the Raspberry Pi
by Nick Heath An enthusiastic modding community has been playing with the $40 Raspberry Pi Linux computer for the past couple of months and they’ve not been wasting time. Hacks and mods for the credit-card sized device range from speech-controlled…
Letter to Editor: Quincy Brown now on Grand Cayman
By Quincy Brown Cayman Brac is my home town but I am living on Grand Cayman once again. The recent drama workshops I conducted at the University College of the Cayman Islands were successful having full participation from all in…
