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Can Starbucks sell coffee to the Italians?
Money & Business

Can Starbucks sell coffee to the Italians?

...La Marzocco, an artisan operation based near Florence. As a result of this visibility, it became one of the most highly regarded manufacturers in the world, exporting more than 95% of its machines. Indeed, the global growth in coffee shop culture inspired by Starbucks generated a massive expansion in export earnings throughout the Italian coffee sector. In 1988 Italy...
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Battle of Thermopylae
History & The Arts

Battle of Thermopylae

...la carte and the web mapping 'tiles' created by Johan Åhlfeldt for the Pelagios project. No longer do we, as historians of the ancient world, need to rely on Google, though you may want to explore Herodotus in Google Earth! If you do, visit the Hestia webserver, and your application of Google Earth will open with data from the Histories, which will enable you to search...
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Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world
Nature & Environment

Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world

...Las Vegas, and the Hoover Dam supplying 120 million people. The Oroville dam also reached dangerous highs during extreme rainfall in 2017, forcing evacuation of 180,000 people downstream. But change in understanding and managing the 1% is happening. One of the most innovative ways has been to give rivers legal status. In 2017, New Zealand recognised the Whanganui River as...
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Legacy of the Romantics
History & The Arts

Legacy of the Romantics

...La Belle Dame Sans Merci’. Romantics often embraced the macabre, hence the popularity of Gothic novels. There was also keen interest in scientific discoveries and developments. In particular, Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ has endured and it has been argued that this pioneering text paved the way for science-fiction. Literature was not the only art form to be...
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Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery
History & The Arts

Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery

...La(r)mond, Wood, Walker, Elliot, Gordon and Mowatt. In the famous Bob Marley and the Wailers’ reggae band, Tosh is short for McIntosh. Other Jamaicans with Scottish names are Naomi Campbell (model), Shelley-Ann Fraser-Price (athlete) and Sol Campbell (footballer). [A cartoon of two figures wearing traditional Jamaican clothing] Glasgow University’s action in...
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Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research
Languages

Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research

...La Mort. Being a true rock legend is undoubtedly a more glamorous and rebellious career than that of an academic. However, both pursuits require creativity and the channelling of different ideas and sources. So, I will turn to my desk to write, just like Bowie sighs and sings I will sit right down, waiting for the gift of sound and vision - Sound And Vision Transcript...
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Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...Perspective on Possible Future Directions. Adolescent Res Rev 5, 77–89 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-019-00119-9 Wittberg RA, Northrup KL, Cottrell LA. Children's aerobic fitness and academic achievement: a longitudinal examination of students during their fifth and seventh grade years. Am J Public Health. 2012;102(12):2303-2307. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300515...
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Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change

...la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) National Centre for Scientific Research, France. participant RH: So this is Jean-Pierre Gattuso. Where are you from? JPG: Villefranche-sur-Mer. RH: Jean-Pierre, what sort of a state are the oceans in as result of our CO2 emissions? JPG: The CO2 emissions trigger two major changes, that is the warming of the water because the ocean is...
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