Monthly Archives: June 2016

IRF Scholarships to Two Caribbean Scholars Who Attended ISISA XIV

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Bruce

Thank you! Gen Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, 23 Jun, 2016 at 6:15 pm, Bruce G. Potter <bpotter@irf.org> wrote: In reviewing the documentation from the International Society of Island Studies Association (ISISA), Islands of the World XIV … Continue reading →

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IRF Scholarships to Two Caribbean Scholars Who Attended ISISA XIV

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Bruce

In reviewing the documentation from the International Society of Island Studies Association (ISISA), Islands of the World XIV Conference in Lesvos last month, I learned that two Caribbean Scholars received 500 Euro awards sponsored by Island Resources Foundation and funded … Continue reading →

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Inside the Shadowy World of America’s 10 Biggest Gunmakers

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Bruce

from Mother Jones Fully Loaded: America’s 10 Biggest Gunmakers Meet the moguls making a killing from gun sales in the United States. By Josh Harkinson | Tue Jun. 14, 2016 6:00 AM EDT [See links/footnotes at the bottom.] They are … Continue reading →

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“Luck” Is Not An Oil Train Disaster Plan

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Bruce

from the Waterkeeper Alliance — terrific foto if not photoshopped . . . . and incidentally, who thinks shipping highly volatile oil like the Bakken crude is a good idea, anyway? We cannot accept the inevitability of oil train derailments. … Continue reading →

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