07 April 2016 Week In Brief: International Europe AUSTRIA: Austria is preparing to block its Alpine border with Italy in anticipation of migrants coming up through Italy as the Balkan route into Europe closes. BELGIUM: Brussels airport reopened after the recent terrorist attacks, with flights to Portugal, Greece and Italy. There were violent clashes between… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07:Week in Brief (International)
Month: April 2016
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Time Zones and Time Changes (Lynda Goetz)
07 April 2016 Time Zones and Time Changes Daylight saving anomalies Down Under and elsewhere by Lynda Goetz Flying from one continent to another, one accepts the inevitable disorientation caused by ending up in different time zones. Commonly, of course, known as jet lag, one ends up either gaining or losing hours or even an… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Time Zones and Time Changes (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics (Chin Chin)
07 April 2016 Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics The new research on Lawrence disturbs our certainties by Chin Chin It quite ruined my breakfast. There I was, reading the newspaper, wrapped in that happy shroud of sneering cynicism which distinguishes the North Londoner, when my eye fell on an article about research done by the University… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Cromwell’s Rule of Statistics (Chin Chin)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Perfect success or perfect opportunity? (Frank O’Nomics)
7 April 2016 Perfect storm or perfect opportunity? by Frank O’Nomics A number of fears have been hanging over financial markets in the first quarter of this year; worries about the world economic outlook and a sharp pick-up in market volatility have been key elements, but the one that seems to be preoccupying traders in… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Perfect success or perfect opportunity? (Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Give the Past a Future (Neil Tidmarsh)
07 April 2016 Give the Past a Future Is it safe from the present? by Neil Tidmarsh In various parts of the world, the past is waiting apprehensively for the future, with one wary eye on the present. One wary eye? No – both eyes wide open with fear and anxiety. The monumental Roman ruins… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Give the Past a Future (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: A Cultural Family? (Richard Pooley)
07 April 2016 A Cultural Family? by Richard Pooley “So, why should we vote to stay?” has been a pretty common question from my friends in the UK ever since Cameron promised a referendum on EU membership. Many assume that because I now live in France – “over there”,“on the continent” or, most tellingly, “in Europe”… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: A Cultural Family? (Richard Pooley)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Tax Havens and Panorama (John Watson)
07 April 2016 Tax Havens and Panorama The question Panorama didn’t answer. by John Watson I have always thought that there might be something in guilt by association. If you know that someone runs with a bad crowd it is often wise to keep them at arm’s length. Birds of a feather, that sort of… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Tax Havens and Panorama (John Watson)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: US Primaries Stop Press (J.R.Thomas)
7 April 2016 US Primaries – Stop Press by J.R .Thomas Not good news for the front runners on either side in the Wisconsin Primaries – a victory for Ted Cruz with 33 delegates to Donald Trump’s 3 (it is an adjusted “winner take most” system, the percentages were 48% Cruz, 35% Trump, 14% Kasich,… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: US Primaries Stop Press (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 48:2016 04 07: Disorder (Raj.M. Host)
07 April 2016 Disorder A film by Alice Winocour reviewed by Raj M. Host Keeping to our new policy of only reviewing films that feature large blue swimming pools, the Shaw Sheet is pleased this week to be able to add yet another pool to its list, this time a particularly smart kidney shaped piscine… Continue reading Issue 48:2016 04 07: Disorder (Raj.M. Host)
Issue 48:2016 04 07 : Brexit: Making for The Out Door (J.R. Thomas)
7 April 2016 Brexit: Making for The Out Door The UK should leave the EU by J.R.Thomas Last week our Editor made the case to stay at the heart of the European Community; this week we present an alternative view. The problem is that so well thought through and so carefully considered is the impulsion… Continue reading Issue 48:2016 04 07 : Brexit: Making for The Out Door (J.R. Thomas)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Week in Brief UK
07 April 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM DEBATE: This week: John Whittingdale, the Culture Secretary, said that the national living wage will fuel immigration unless we leave the EU; 200 health professionals published a letter in “The Times” warning that Brexit will result in a worsening of public health as Britain loses the… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Week in Brief UK
Issue 48: Crossword – Friends, Enemies and Rivals – solution
07 April 2016 Crossword by Boffles Friends, Enemies and Rivals – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 48: Crossword – The Victorian Era
7 April 2016 Crossword by Boffles The Victorian Era To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
