An Inspirational Snack
What's in a name?
An impressive seventeen bridges span the River Liffey in Dublin city, and in many cases their names honour dead nationalists of Ireland's past. Sean Heuston, the 25-year-old rebel executed in 1916 for his role in the Easter rebellion, gives his name to the bridge next to the train station also named in his honour. Today, the LUAS passes over Heuston Bridge.
Wal-Mart Takes Over America of the Day
And here we have unimpeachable proof that America's exponential decay began in 1962.
madness. even crazier-because of all those pesky EU regulations, right to unionise etc, in ireland and england its walmart but by a different name...
Epic Beer Chase of the Day
Best. Ad. Ever.
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Let them eat kale: In Harlem, a farm share for the people
The same week I interviewed an author who dismissed local food as nothing but “a niche product for upper-crust consumers,” I learned about a project in New York City that directly challenges that assumption. The folks behind Harlem-based Corbin Hill Farm don’t see sustainably grown local produce as a passing craze for the foodie elite; on the contrary, they’re figuring out a way to make it accessible to low-income communities on a large scale.
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Are UK universities missing a trick on MOOCs and open courses?
The Guardian grabbed five minutes with Steven Schwartz, VC at Macquarie University, to talk about the online course revolution and how the UK and Australia compare on social mobility.
Schwartz's comments and observations on social mobility make for interesting listening. He highlights what many of us already probably suspect is happening, ie that the current financial climate is seeing a decline in social mobility in the UK.
