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”…
Legendary USA swimmer, Dara Torres, retires after failing to make Olympic team
Omaha: Dara Torres lingered in the water after the other swimmers had rose out of the pool. Her long career was finally over. She wanted to soak up the moment as long as possible. The 45-year-old Torres came up short in her…
Weather Underground sold to The Weather Channel
Dr. Jeff Masters has announced on his Weather Underground web site that, “After 17 years as an independent company, Weather Underground has been sold, and will now be part of The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC.)” In 1995, when the newly…
