Data harvesting: the problem The original World Wide Web, invented by Tim Berners-Lee at the particle physics centre CERN near Geneva in 1999, was a “decentralised” affair. There were no central servers; websites ran on individual machines in universities, offices and bedrooms. Hosting a site just meant plugging a computer into your internet connection and …
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“Air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk in Europe,” says the European Environment Agency (EEA), which estimated the toll in a report. By far the biggest killer was PM2.5 pollution: tiny particles measuring 2.5 micrometres across or less. These caused 428,000 early deaths across the 41 European countries tracked in 2014. The main …
To The Guardian Fifty years ago, only the top 2% of the population went to university, and about 10% of them got Firsts, so that’s 0.2% of the population. Now, 30% go to university and 25% of them get Firsts, making 7.5% of the population. The universities say there is no grade inflation, so we …
British churches are quite famous for their parish bulletins. The following sentences have actually appeared in bulletins or have been announced at church services. Mistakes inadvertent, we are led to believe! The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. ————————– Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used …
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55% of FTSE 100 chiefs have a background in finance or accounting. 15% come from marketing; 14% technology. The best industries for working through the ranks are retail and hospitality, where around 21% of bosses started out in lowly roles. Education The majority of CEOs have at least one university degree; more than a quarter …
