Fitwashing
As London is preparing for the Olympics, the amount of high sugar foods (and drinks) that claim links with the games seems to grow exponentially. From Mark Ronsons “The Beat” Olympic song (thanks to a fizzy drink,...
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Papers to Go: Papers2 (Mac & iPad)
As suggested in some of the comments on the Mendely / iPad post a week ago, I also took a look at Papers2 for the Mac (with a beta version available for PC) as...
Papers to Go: Mendeley <-> iPad (and Mac & PC)
I’m a big fan of Mendeley, the free reference and paper manager, available for both PC and Mac. One of the great advantages of Mendeley is that it happily keeps my work PC and...
Some good news? Beer and Cigarette Duty up.
The Chancellor presented his budget for the next year today. Of course, not all of the exact figures are in the final document (which can be found here), but here are some first observations:...
Good News, Bad News
The government has been in for quite a ride in the last two days: On Monday, several high profile groups rejected the government’s “responsibility deal” on alcohol, leaving only three health groups siding with...
If Multiculturalism has failed – than we are back in the Dark Ages
David Cameron is taking a lead from the German chancellor Angela Merkel who last year declared multiculturalism as being dead – and calling for a stronger “national identity”, something that was coined as being...
Hello – from Hull, Yorkshire!
After a bit of “downtime” in January I have now moved to Hull University Business School, based in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull (or Hull for short). Once I get a little more settled...
Minibar health…
A little mixed health message in the hotel mini bar: Nuts, condoms… and cigarettes.
Communication Quotes
Just a little random collection on communication: We listened to what our customers wanted and acted on what they said. Good things happen when you pay attention. (John F. Smith) If there is any...
Interesting website discussing…
Interesting website discussing the link between population growth and environment: http://gpso.wordpress.com/ What do you think about this?