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Black, Elite and Proud; Catering to 'a Certain Class,' With No Apologies By NINA SIEGAL Published: November 14, 2000 They sat in pumpkin-colored leather chairs over low tables sipping apple martinis, pale green with slivers of Granny Smith at the top. They said they did not come to Aubette, a swank bar with auburn lighting, for intimacy. But as they spoke, their eyes discreetly scanned the room. The crowd was young, black, college educated and upwardly mobile. They were hip, yet decidedly not hip-hop. A conversation with anyone in the room could have started at the Ivy League, turned to philosophy or the stock market and ended with a date or a business deal. At least that was the hope of the young entrepreneurs who created Black Diamonds Entertainment, the promotional company that organized the event. Black Diamonds parties, like the weekly after-work mixer at Aubette, on East 27th Street, are designed for th

This website presents a checklist of the currently accepted scientific names of seed plants from the West Indies, including synonomy and distribution by island. The list also provides the common names used throughout the region, the conservation status of the species, images when available, information on the typification of the scientific names, and specimen data Introduction by P. Acevedo-Rodriguez and Mark T. Strong The West Indies are an archipelago with more than one thousand islands that separate the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean Sea and cover a distance of 2,700 km from Barbados to the most western tip of Cuba (Howard, 1973).  They are not in contact with the continents although they are relatively close, at about a distance of 150 km between Grenada and South America and 210 km between Cuba and Yucatan.  These islands are generally divided into three archipelagos with different topography and independent geological history, i.e., the Lesser Antilles , Gr

New Delhi:  cTheir ancestors were taken to the French territories of Guadeloupe and Reunion Island over a hundred years ago. But these French nationals of Indian descent still value their Indian ancestry and are pained at non-inclusion in the Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) category. "We are not rejecting our French identity but we want to be officially recognised by India as People of Indian Origin. We are third and fourth generation descendants but we value our links with India," French banking professional Christelle Gourdine said. "It is an intensely emotional link and many people long to have their connection with the ancestral land formalised with a PIO card," she said.

Allen Stanford: Antigua feels the fallout of Ponzi case By Nick Davis BBC News, Antigua Stanford organised money-spinning Twenty20 cricket tournaments in the Caribbean Continue reading the main story Related Stories Profile: Allen Stanford Stanford convicted of $7bn fraud Why I blew the whistle on Stanford The trial of Allen Stanford has finally ended, with the Texan financier found guilty of a massive $7bn (£4.5bn) Ponzi scheme by a court in Houston. The fraud was run from his offshore bank in Antigua and investors' money was used to pay for his lavish billionaire's lifestyle. Customers who lost money from across the globe are suing the Caribbean nation but many there think that they too were victims. From the moment you arrive in Antigua, Stanford's presence still looms large. He redeveloped the land around the main airport, so directly opposite arrivals is the Stanford Cricket Ground, and across the road stand the buildings of Stanford Internati

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