If you have been to Eltham, it’s likely you visited Eltham Palace and Gardens. Located midway between Mottingham and Eltham stations, the 1930s art deco house was inhabited by the Courtauld family and their pet lemur, Mah-Jongg. The other part of the building, the Medieval palace, is over 500 years ... Read More »
If you work in education policy, you maybe should have seen Donald Trump’s monumental upset coming. I didn’t, and I would guess most other wonks didn’t either. But we all saw populist frustration boil over with the federally coerced Common Core national curriculum standards. Average Americans rejected the Core over ... Read More »
Supermarket giant Tesco has suspended some parts of its online banking system after it detected attempts to steal cash from customers’ accounts. It said it spotted “suspicious transactions” on 40,000 accounts over the weekend, with money reportedly taken from about half of them. Tesco has declined to elaborate on what ... Read More »
These days, most businesses use a professional IVR voice to connect with their callers. An IVR system increases customer satisfaction as it is available 24×7 and helps with immediate connectivity for urgent requirements. It also introduces them to the company and gives them a more personalised experience. There are so ... Read More »
People with HIV are not infectious if they consistently take antiretroviral drugs that suppress the virus, according to a groundbreaking new consensus statement. For years, doctors have insisted that medication merely minimizes the risk of transmission. And many hit out at HIV-positive Charlie Sheen as ‘reckless’ last year when he ... Read More »
If you’re a young man and the breadwinner for your family, beware: It could harm your health and well-being. A new study — presented Friday at the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Seattle — found that when young men are the family’s breadwinner, it may not ... Read More »
New Delhi: Picture this: You’re planning to buy a home, and have scooped up your savings, secured bank finance, and struck a deal with a seller: A decision that would lead to a monthly drain on your finances for over a decade. Would you trust a property broker ill-educated in ... Read More »
Have you ever wondered if its better to give a discount based on the dollar-amount off the usual price (e.g., $50 off), or a percentage off (e.g., 30% off)? Which gets a better response? You want your offer to sound as irresistible as possible, and you may think you know ... Read More »
Need some design inspiration to motivate your decor weight loss? Visit tidg.ca to see Yanic’s latest project photos and more. Find him on Twitter and Instagram @yanicsimard. Designers will tell you — knowing what to edit out of your decor is just as important as knowing what to add in. ... Read More »
The participants in the study, published inPLOS One, were shown a picture of an adolescent girl who had been physically beaten by an adolescent boy, and their emotional responses to the image were measured. “Most people would look at these images and say the girl pictured has to be terrified,” ... Read More »
TUESDAY, April 12, 2016 — It’s probably not a milestone that will do many feminists proud, but teenage girls in the United States now start to drink alcohol sooner than boys do, a new study shows. “This is becoming a public health issue,” said lead researcher Dr. Hui Cheng, an ... Read More »
TUESDAY, April 12, 2016 — Women are a majority of the 4.4 million Americans over age 40 who are visually impaired or blind, Prevent Blindness says. The national organization has declared April as Women’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month, and has outlined several things women need to know about ... Read More »
