Daily Archives: April 14, 2014

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Can’t Get Outside? Watch Tonight’s Total Lunar Eclipse Live Here


An option to see the blood moon.

TIME

At 3:07 a.m. EDT Tuesday morning, the moon will show the bright red blush of an eclipse, a celestial phenomenon explained by TIME Senior Science Editor Jeffrey Kluger here. Starting at 2:00 a.m. EDT, watch live coverage of the celestial event above hosted by Slooh Observatory Director Paul Cox and Slooh astronomer Bob Berman, who will be reporting live from Prescott Observatory in Prescott, Arizona.

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Late again! Sunday, April 13, 2014


Life in Jamaica. Blog is from our good friend Petchary. Thanks for sharing.

Petchary's Blog

My apologies again for this belated “Wh’appen in Jamaica” post! I can’t seem to catch up with myself.

Police Commissioner Owen Ellington: some concerns over his TV interview. (Photo: Gleaner) Police Commissioner Owen Ellington: some concerns over his TV interview. (Photo: Gleaner)

Really, Mr. Commissioner?  Several things worried me about Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington’s television interview with Dionne Jackson-Miller this past week. The program posed questions from Jamaican men and women on the street; good idea. Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington asserted, right at the end, “Jamaicans are not afraid of the police.” Really, Mr. Ellington? I so wish that were true. He also told us that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) began investigating allegations of extra-judicial killings in the Clarendon police division long before the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) – but said that the division has been “stigmatized” because of INDECOM’s announcement – which he did not seem very happy with. If it was up to him, he seemed to…

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