The Evening Standard (London, England) back issues from February 2009:
This month in Odyssey.(Science Scoops)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Isn't our cover image of Tokyo at night beautiful, with its orange, green, and yellow glow? Pretty to look at, yes. But all that window, sign, and headlight sparkle translates into light and air pollution. Those crowded streets and cramped living and working spaces suggest claustrophobia ....
Your very own jetpack.(Science Scoops)(Martin Jetpack)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What's the coolest way to zip around a city? Driving a car? Riding a motorcycle? Zooming on a skateboard? What about flying with a jetpack? Jetpacks aren't just for comic books, video games, and movies any more. In July 2008, New Zealand ...
Heat islands.(Science Scoops)(rise of temperature in cities during summer)
Feb 01, 2009; ... It's a hot summer afternoon, and you're barefoot. Would you rather walk along a paved road, a sidewalk, or a grassy lawn? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you don't want to fry the bottoms of your feet, the grass is the best bet. Plants contain and evaporate moisture, which ...
Hidden gorilla city.(Science Scoops)(conservation of gorillas in the Republic of Congo)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Last year, scientists predicted there might be only about 50,000 western lowland gorillas left in the whole world by 2011. But it turns out our critically endangered primate cousins have secret cities all to themselves--in the swamp forests of the Republic ...
Salty secrets.(Science Scoops)(salt deposits in Mars)
Feb 01, 2009; ... On the southern surface of Mars, there are thick deposits of what seems to be salt, left to dry by ancient pools of briny water. Was there life in that water? Scientists have been forming theories about oceans on Mars for almost twenty years, but in many places where the evidence of water ...
A little seed in a big city.(Science Scoops)(Crepis sancta plant)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Life between the cracks of a city sidewalk isn't easy for a mother weed. Feet, cars, pollution, and miles of concrete make it difficult for her flying flower seed babies to find a new place to call home. The Crepis sancta plant has evolved a clever, but risky, solution: Keep the kids close ...
Megacities with mega-challenges.
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Our world now has more than two dozen megacities. Each of these densely populated areas has more than 10 million people living within city limits and neighboring areas. Not Surprisingly, these Giant cities face some huge problems. See how ...
Landscape urbanism city planning by city planting: an interview with landscape architect Charles Waldheim.(PERSON TO DISCOVER)(Interview)
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Parks, playgrounds, and nature preserves aren't just nice add-ons to he city any longer. A new focus, called landscape urbanism, puts them at the forefront of urban planning. The term comes from landscape architect Charles Waldheim at the ...
Cool roofs.(green roofs)
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Who gets to plan the cities of the future? You do! It may all start with the roof over your head. Roofs of future cities will look and feel cooler. "Green," plant covered and "Cool," white or pastel roofs have long been popular in Europe, the Middle East, ...
A pearl in peril.(BRAIN STRAIN)(a test on gravity)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You're taking a tour of the New York Stock Exchange in the heart of the Big Apple's financial district. Ahhh ... you're really here on Wall Street. Suddenly, a woman comes running up to you, opens your hand, and puts a magnificent pearl in it ....
The hidden order within cities: an interview with city planner Michael Batty.(Person to Discover)(Interview)
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Order! Order! The Council of order will now come to order!" boomed the shiny-faced bald man from his perch above the assembly hall. Seated behind an imposing desk, he squinted at the long line of people waiting below to see him. "Who's first ...
Fractal fun.(Activity to Discover)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Professor Michael Batty of the University College London, England, describes his fractal approach to finding hidden order within cities in his book, Fractal Cities: A Geometry of Form and Function (Academic Press, 1996). You can try making your own unique fractal drawings. ...
Can you solve the world's most famous traffic problem?(Activity to Discover)
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The people of the German city of Konigsberg had a problem. They couldn't find an easy way to get around town. Their city was made up of two small islands plus both banks of the Pregel River. The Konigsbergers built seven bridges to connect the various ...
Solving traffic problems in a roundabout way.(Person to Discover)(Professor Eugene Russell)(Interview)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Leonhard Euler worked on the Konigsberg traffic problem way back in the 18th century. Professor Eugene Russell from Kansas State University is an engineer who works on traffic problems right now in the 21st century. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Russell is an enthusiastic ...
A mile high in the sky.(Activity to Discover)(mile high tower)
Feb 01, 2009; ... You have a science exam tomorrow. Good thing your lab partner lives upstairs--on the 400th floor. Did you say 400th!? Ever since architect Frank Lloyd Wright proposed his "mile high tower" in the 1950s, engineers and city planners have been working to achieve such a hyper-structure. ...
Mapping our cities: mood swings and million dollar blocks.(Bio Mapping)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Before you read on, draw a quick map of the room in which you're sitting. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Did you consider the room's shape? Did you draw the doorway? The windows? Did you include the furniture? Odds are you've left something out: You! Maps ...
Seeking shelter: homeless in the city.(designs of homeless shelters)
Feb 01, 2009; ... We've all seen it, but it remains shocking-paper boxes lining city streets as shelters for the homeless. Most cities, regardless of how prosperous, struggle with the problem of homelessness. Natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, can make the problem explode over ...
Podway bound.(Short story)
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OFFICER LUCAS glanced impatiently at the digital readout implanted in his wrist. Where was Officer Carson, anyway? It was ten minutes past the start of the new officer's shift. Lucas sighed and decided that he would have to do the routine one a.m. check on ...
Building for the future: at the National Engineers Week Future City Competition, students and designing and building the high tech cities of tomorrow.(Kids Can ... Do Amazing Science)
Feb 01, 2009; ... "The city of Ra is designed to provide an ideal quality of life for all citizens. Sprayable solar cells harness the Sun's energy. Nanocatalysts successfully treat wastewater. And holographic image converters provide citizens with wireless communication." --from an essay by the ...
Venice: city on the edge.
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Some of the world's most beautiful cities, such as Venice, Italy, sit right at the ocean's edge, at sea level. While their locations make them especially appealing, they also place the cities in peril. Although Venice is a special case, watching her sink ...
Beez in the hood: when you think of beekeepers you probably think of hives tended in sunny, country meadows. But sweet honey also comes from city slicker bees.
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The average American eats 1.3 pounds of honey per year made from 9 pounds of nectar gathered from about 2,600,000 flowers. The bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios on your breakfast table is only one of many ways bees help feed us. The milk you pour on your cereal ...
Star chart.(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2009 ... The monthly All-Sky Chart depicts the sky (minus the Moon) as it appears at 6 p.m. on Feb. 15. Useful all month (except for planet positions), the chart is also accurate for 7 p.m. on Feb. 1 and 5 p.m. on Feb. 29. To use the All-Sky Chart, first use a compass to find the ...
The brightest star in the night sky.(Stargazing)(Cartoon)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Watch Jack Horkheimen StarGazer, the award-winning international television series. Call your local PBS station for show times. StarGazer is a production of WPBT Miami, produced in cooperation with the Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium. For scripts of this month's ...
Dear Dr. B, what is the world's fastest-growing city?(ASK DR. CY BORG)(Column)
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Several, cities have recently been called "the world s fastest-growing city," including Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Chongging (China), and Lagos (Nigeria). Because a city's growth depends on many different factors, the fastest-growing city can shift ...
You've got mail!(Poem)
Feb 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In our October 2008 "Robo-Buddy" issue's BOOMERANG!, we mentioned that some people have an abnormal fear of snakes or spiders, and asked you how you felt about these creatures. Are you afraid of them, or do you feel they're misunderstood? Here are some of ...
The urban coyote.(Animal Angles)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The coyote (Canis latrans), a small, wolf-like, wild dog native to North America, is often thought of as a symbol of the wilderness. However, in recent decades, it has found a new home--in cities. Amazingly, urban coyotes usually remain undetected by their ...
Ryanair cuts fares as hopes rise for profit ; AVIATION
Feb 02, 2009; ... FARES are being slashed at Ryanair as Europe's biggest budgetairline said its ticket prices are tumbling 20% this winter and willbe cut by a further 10% over the next year. The news came as Ryanair revealed it is beating the recession andagainst City expectations will turn a profit ...
TONY WATSON ; HEAVY HITTER
Feb 02, 2009; ... LLOYDS BANKING GROUP TONY Watson has never been shy of a fight, and he's got one as anew board member of Lloyds Banking Group. Formerly chief executive of fund manager Hermes PensionManagement, Watson is one of the government appointments made tooversee taxpayer interests in ...
CRUNCH BUSTER
Feb 02, 2009 ... OYSTERS AND WINE FOR UNDER Pounds 10 Money might be tight but westill want to eat fine food -- we just want it to cost us less.Luckily at Richard Corrigan's restaurant, Bentley's Oyster Bar &Grill, you can get a third off the ...
MOBILE phone giant Vodafone updates the City ; TOMORROW'S AGENDA
Feb 02, 2009 ... MOBILE phone giant Vodafone updates the City on trading. Its UKperformance is believed to ...
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
Feb 02, 2009 ... Matt Dickinson: Chelsea rank as a team in decline -- a sellingclub, even on the evidence of the transfer window in which WayneBridge and Carlo Cudicini have departed with no purchases being made-- and the critical question to be answered is how they will respondto this defeat? Henry ...
PORTFOLIO
Feb 02, 2009 ... BUY WOLSELEY HSBC is rating Wolseley, the world's biggestdistributor of heating and plumbing equipment, as a sell, and hascut its price estimate from 250p to 140p. Wolseley is the namebehind the brands Plumb Center and Build Center. Analysts at thebank also slashed Wolseley's 2010 ...
Brokers unable to cheer up banks
Feb 02, 2009; ... BANK shares were beating a retreat again today despite the bestefforts of some brokers to breathe fresh life into their shares. ING started the ball rolling by raising its rating on the UKbanking sector from neutral to overweight. Royal Bank of Scotlandslipped 1.4p to 20.6p, and ...
OIL titan BP follows Royal Dutch Shell in reporting ; TOMORROW'S AGENDA
Feb 02, 2009 ... OIL titan BP follows Royal Dutch Shell in reporting fourthquarterfigures, with analysts predicting its ...
ANOTHER round of cuts is said to be heading ; CITY SPY cityspy@standard.co.uk
Feb 02, 2009 ... ANOTHER round of cuts is said to be ...
AND the rumour on Wall Street is that ; CITY SPY cityspy@standard.co.uk
Feb 02, 2009 ... AND the rumour on Wall Street is that Merrill Lynch and Bank ofAmerica staffers at the lowly "analyst" and "associate" orequivalent ...
WELL done Lord Birt for topping an Evening Standard ; CITY SPY cityspy@standard.co.uk
Feb 02, 2009 ... WELL done Lord Birt for topping an Evening Standard survey ofpeers in the House of Lords who offer least value for money. Theformer BBC director-general claimed an average of Pounds 296.83 perday for attending the Lords in 2007-8, tabled precisely zeroquestions, spoke in three debates ...
Lloyds should cut the gimmicks and stick to banking ; CITY SPY cityspy@standard.co.uk
Feb 02, 2009 ... IT'S NICE to know you're getting value for money when splashingout on a big purchase, so it's interesting to see what Lloyds TSBInsurance buys when it goes shopping. The firm is, of course, part of the Lloyds Banking Group that isnow 44%-owned by the taxpayer. That hasn't stopped ...
THE first time I ever went into Starbucks
Feb 02, 2009; ... THE first time I ever went into Starbucks, it was because of thename. Then I realised that Starbucks has the best name but the worstcoffee. Sucking a wet sponge after doing the Sunday dishes wouldtaste better than a Starbucks latte. It was founder Howard Schultzwho dreamed up the demonic ...
There's only one way to make bankers listen to their critics ; The reputation of bankers is at an all-time low and still they ignore the lessons of the crisis. We now need extreme measures to restore confidence
Feb 02, 2009; ... SIR Fred Goodwin left Royal Bank of Scotland at the weekend. Soon he is due to appear before the Treasury Select Committee. He has gone from being a superstar of the industry, the chiefexecutive who drove RBS to become a world force, to being dubbed bysome sections of the media ...
Hitachi and Panasonic earnings tell tale of woe
Feb 02, 2009 ... EARNINGS at Japan's mightiest companies continue to plunge withPanasonic set to book a $3.9 billion (Pounds 2.7 billion) annual netloss, insiders warn, while Hitachi says that its loss will be 700billion yen for the year to March. Panasonic shares fell 3.6% in Tokyo but that was ...
Rule-breaking is out of order
Feb 02, 2009; ... PETER CHAMBERS, who as head of the investment arm of Legal &General is one of the most influential shareholders in the country,told the Treasury Select Committee last week how difficult it was toget boards and chief executives of companies to listen to theconcerns of shareholders and act ...
Sickened by the shorting greed that pulled in Pounds 270m
Feb 02, 2009; ... SO I'm eating my cornflakes and I read that John Paulson, the NewYork hedge fund king, has made Pounds 270 million betting that theRoyal Bank of Scotland share price would fall over the last fourmonths. As I find the cereal increasingly difficult to swallow, I'minformed that ...
We've had a golden year for film but money is drying up ; In an interview marking the Standard's Film Awards, Channel 4 film and drama boss Tessa Ross talks about the challenges ahead and the likely merger of 4 and Five
Feb 02, 2009; ... THE godmother of British film is pleased but apprehensive. As head of drama and film at Channel 4 Tessa Ross presides over agilded time for UK cinema, but the future is uncertain. Commercial and critical international hits that Ross produced in2008, such as Danny Boyle's ...
PETE CLARK'S CHOICE
Feb 02, 2009 ... WILD ART: STORYVILLE 10pm, BBC4 Olly Williams and Suzi Winstanleyare artists with an abiding passion for wildlife. Every year, theytake a trip to Tanzania, pitch their tents and get right up close totheir subject matter. They are keen on wild dogs, which are kept ina compound for their ...
Tilda's the leading lady at Standard film awards
Feb 02, 2009; ... TILDA SWINTON, the striking, idiosyncratic face of Britishcinema, led the cavalcade of winners at the Evening Standard BritishFilm Awards. Swinton won best actress for her title role in the film Julia, inwhich she plays an alcoholic who carries out a kidnapping. "It's a film ...
Starsky, Hutch, Ernie and me
Feb 02, 2009; ... NICE TO SEE IT, TO SEE IT, NICE: THE 1970S IN FRONT OF THE TELLYby Brian Viner (Simon and Schuster, Pounds 12.99) I'M AMAZED no one has done this before. Brian Viner's memoir isabout watching telly as a boy in the 1970s. Starsky and Hutch, Eric and Ernie, Martini adverts, ...
DIDN'T Gordon Brown once say he did not do
Feb 02, 2009 ... DIDN'T Gordon Brown once say he did not do celebrity? Strangethen, to see him giving an interview to Manchester United defenderRio Ferdinand who was appointed guest editor of its Observer SportMonthly magazine. Indeed the first ...
Frindall plays final innings
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE death of Bill Frindall, pillar of the BBC's cricket coveragesince 1966, leaves a gaping hole in its Test Match Special line-up. With the series against Australia this summer, the talk is thatthe "Bearded Wonder", 69, may be replaced by a woman scorer. "Billis irreplaceable," ...
Keira's nose for charity
Feb 02, 2009 ... COMIC Relief, held next month, hasn't exactly ever beenassociated with style in the past. This year however, the McCartneysisters, Stella and Mary, up the ante with a range of charity T-shirts for T K Maxx. David Bailey's famous shot of Morecambe andWise and a Linda McCartney shot of ...
Telegraph tycoons find wonder of Woolies ; RETAIL
Feb 02, 2009; ... WOOLWORTHS is coming back from the dead -- at least on theinternet. The brand name behind the store that collapsed intoadministration late last year at a cost of 30,000 jobs has beenbought by the reclusive Barclay brothers' Shop Direct group for an"undisclosed sum", unlikely to ...
Moody's cuts Barclays credit rating on nationalisation fear ; BANKING
Feb 02, 2009; ... BARCLAYS Bank was back on the rack today after Moody's downgradedits credit ratings. The ratings agency dropped Barclays' long-termdebt two notches from Aa1 to Aa3. Barclays shares plunged last month on fears it would benationalised, concerns that Moody's said were ...
New editor for the Evening Standard
Feb 02, 2009 ... VERONICA WADLEY is stepping down after seven years as editor ofthe Evening Standard. Ms Wadley, who was formerly a deputy editor of the Daily Mail, isto pursue new interests in journalism. Associated Newspapers' Editorin-Chief Paul Dacre said: "I'd liketo pay tribute to ...
Heathrow shuts down, severe delays at Gatwick [Edition 2]
Feb 02, 2009; ... HEATHROW and London City airports were closed today as the snowmade flights out of London impossible. Gatwick was reporting severe delays after a series of Ryanairflights were cancelled last night. Dozens of angry passengers became involved in a sit-in, claimingthere was a ...
Steelers take title thanks to Holmes's last gasp catch [Edition 2]
Feb 02, 2009; ... SANTONIO HOLMES'S amazing catch with 35 seconds left secured arecord sixth Super Bowl win for the Pittsburgh Steelers as theyovercame the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 in Tampa, Florida. Trailing by three points with the clock ticking down, Steelersquarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw a ...
UBC sells radio traffic show amid the chaos ; NEWS IN BRIEF [Edition 2]
Feb 02, 2009 ... RADIO programme maker UBC Media has sold its traffic newsdivision on its busiest day in years. As snow brought road and railchaos, UBC offloaded its ...
Moody's cuts Barclays credit rating on nationalisation fear ; BANKING [Edition 2]
Feb 02, 2009; ... BARCLAYS Bank was back on the rack today after Moody's downgradedits credit ratings. The ratings agency dropped Barclays' long-termdebt two notches from Aa1 to Aa3. Barclays shares plunged last month on fears it would benationalised, concerns that Moody's said were ...
Holmes catch steels it in Pittsburgh late show
Feb 02, 2009; ... PITTSBURGH STEELERS 27 ARIZONA CARDINALS 23 SANTONIO HOLMES' amazing catch with 35 seconds left secured arecord sixth Super Bowl win for the Pittsburgh Steelers as theyovercame the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 in Tampa, Florida. Trailing by three points with the clock ticking down, ...
Ryanair cuts fares as hopes rise for profit ; AVIATION [Edition 2]
Feb 02, 2009; ... FARES are being slashed at Ryanair as Europe's biggest budgetairline said its ticket prices are tumbling 20% this winter and willbe cut by a further 10% over the next year. The news came as Ryanair revealed it is beating the recession andagainst City expectations will turn a profit ...
Telegraph twins find the wonder of Woolies ; RETAIL [Edition 2]
Feb 02, 2009; ... WOOLWORTHS is coming back from the dead -- on the internet atleast. The brand name behind the store that collapsed intoadministration late last year at a cost of 30,000 jobs has beenbought by the reclusive Barclay twins' Shop Direct group for an"undisclosed sum", unlikely to be ...
Car makers raise prices by 5% after Mandelson bailout ; ENGINEERING [Edition 2]
Feb 02, 2009; ... VAUXHALL and Ford are slapping price increases of 5% on cars inthe UK -- less than a week after the taxpayer bailed out the Britishmotor industry with a Pounds 2.3 billion handout. Ford said it would today raise prices by 5.2% on its best-selling Ford Focus with prices going up an ...
Brokers unable to cheer up banks [Edition 2]
Feb 02, 2009; ... BANK shares were beating a retreat again today despite the bestefforts of some brokers to breathe fresh life into their shares. ING started the ball rolling by raising its rating on the UKbanking sector from neutral to overweight. Royal Bank of Scotlandslipped 1p to 21p, and Lloyds ...
PORTFOLIO [Edition 2]
Feb 02, 2009 ... BUY WOLSELEY HSBC is rating Wolseley, the world's biggestdistributor of heating and plumbing equipment, as a sell, and hascut its price estimate from 250p to 140p. Wolseley is the namebehind the brands Plumb Center and Build Center. Analysts at thebank also slashed Wolseley's 2010 ...
OIL titan BP follows Royal Dutch ; TOMORROW'S AGENDA [Edition 2]
Feb 02, 2009 ... OIL titan BP follows Royal Dutch Shell in reporting fourthquarterfigures, with analysts predicting its performance ...
MOBILE phone giant Vodafone updates ; TOMORROW'S AGENDA [Edition 2]
Feb 02, 2009 ... MOBILE phone giant Vodafone updates the City on trading. Its UKperformance is believed to ...