Figures released this week show that most victims of crime in the London Borough of Camden are targetted at 4:00 in the afternoon and have an average age of just 18. The assailants have an average age of...
The sunshine has strange and wonderful effects on us or is it nothing to do with sunshine at all - just the idea of being on holiday. The UK (along with the USA) has the highest rates of unplanned teenage pregnancy...
Sierra Nevada mountain living just isn't worth as much as it used to be. Poor Lake Tahoe and the beautiful Ponderosa Pine forests that welcome people from all over ... especially, San Francisco. The fuel to drive the...
A new report on the growing global food crisis will call for people in developed countries to stop throwing away edible leftovers."FAMILIES can help ease world food shortages by being less wasteful, a Government report will claim today. As Gordon Brown arrives at the G8...
Hey, I've been served by some barmen that could pass for automaton's not in that they were so fast but essentially just went through the motions, and that of course will be the problem with Mr. Asahi - no real smile,...
"Two new polls from Strategic Vision show John McCain with eight point leads in Georgia and Florida: Florida McCain 49 Obama 41 Undecided 9 McCain leads by 2.2% in the RCP Average for Florida. Georgia McCain 51 Obama 43 Barr 3 Undecided 3 McCain leads by 6.3% in the RCP...
"Climate change has resulted in many plant species moving an average of 29 metres uphill every decade. Climate change has caused plants to seek cooler conditions at higher altitudes. Smaller species such as...
"Americans, to quote JFK, seem willing to "pay any price" to achieve better gas mileage. As gasoline prices pass $4 a gallon, consumers remain high on hybrids. That holds true both before and after the average market price -- $5,000 -- is revealed, according to the J.D....
Ars Technica does a great job of looking into Bell Canada's defence of its throttling policies. Bell is now claiming that in spite of appearances, that congestion levels on its networks are high. "The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)...
http://structuraleconissues.blogspot.com/The oil industry is continuing to suggest through its surrogate ‘body snatched’ republican Presidential candidate that offshore drilling for oil will somehow miraculously lower retail gasoline and diesel prices. This argument...
"HEALTHY CARBS: Beginning your day with a large high-carb meal may be the smart way to lose weight, according to a new study released this week. On average, study participants lost nearly 40 pounds in eight months by...
This story shows how important it is to get down to the doctors when sudden change happens. Someone told me of a man with a cyst as 'big as a rabbit' which was a strange metaphor for size but perhaps not its shape...
This survey draws a link between average speed and fuel price. Increased prices would seem to be bad for the pocket but good for the environment. This said the stretch of motorway mentioned in the survey is one of...
" Teenagers and students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players, the largest academic survey of young people's music ownership has found. The research also showed that half of 14 to 24-year-olds were happy to share all...
Unlucky for some? Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday."A study published on Thursday by the Dutch Centre...