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Can Starbucks sell coffee to the Italians?
Money & Business

Can Starbucks sell coffee to the Italians?

...working day. People do not hang about in coffee shops, as an espresso can be drunk in a few sips, while a cappuccino is rarely taken beyond breakfast time. These habits were shaped by legislation introduced in 1911 allowing councils to introduce a maximum price for a single cup of coffee without service, set in conjunction with the local proprietors associations. This has...
Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?

...work since obesity rates went up after the ban compared to other neighborhoods where fast food had no restrictions. This seems to pour cold water on other efforts to solve obesity problems by regulating the location of fast-food restaurants. Not all that cheap Another problem with the stereotype about poor people and fast food is that by and large it’s not actually that...
What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?
Money & Business

What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?

...worked on Wall Street for The Carlyle Group and founded his own investment company, The Cynosure Group. He also has a law degree from Yale. The issue that I believe deserves careful scrutiny, however, does not involve his qualifications. Rather it’s a view of his that, if allowed to permeate the Fed, would represent a seismic shock to how the central bank operates and...
What's happening in Zimbabwe - and what might happen next?
Society, Politics & Law

What's happening in Zimbabwe - and what might happen next?

...worked against Mnangagwa and his allies. They drummed up the relentless refrain that Mnangagwa was working to undermine Robert Mugabe. Grace Mugabe’s volatile temperament made news across the continent when she attacked a 20-year-old woman, who had been partying with her sons in a Johannesburg hotel, with a power cord. She escaped prosecution by claiming diplomatic...
Review: Building and Dwelling - Ethics for the City
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Building and Dwelling - Ethics for the City

...works with complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty. While John Tomaney finds this a learned and literate book rich in provocative metaphors and examples, the implications of today’s political and economic context, including the issue of inequality, upon its ethics of the city are underexplored...[Denver from the sky] The question of how we should live in the city is the...
Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms
Education & Development

Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms

...work, named ‘voices of our generation’ to help students to convey and justify their own opinions, and question the opinions of others, on topics such as ‘social media’ and ‘education’. Talk Factory was also used on the interactive whiteboard to support whole class discussions, and the app was used on iPads, by students, during group discussions and during an...
The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension

...work commenced on the Silver Bridge another bridge, almost identical in design, was constructed at St Marys, about 70 miles upstream from Point Pleasant. The bridge was formally named the ‘Hi Carpenter’ bridge. Walter Carpenter It was really ready for a big thing to happen at St Mary’s, and people were just rousing to welcome this new thing called a bridge crossing...
Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world
Nature & Environment

Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world

...working in every locality to improve rivers and their catchments. These new initiatives recognise that water is essential to all life on Earth, not just for human use. A changing climate means we need to be collaborative, creative, adaptive and caring in how we manage the 1% for humans and biodiversity to thrive. References Dwyer, C. (2017) A New Zealand river now has the...