v Ban on hospital visitors has profound effect on patients, families By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 20:40:07 EDT The ban on most hospital visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound effect on patients and their families, caregivers and advocates say. Full Article Radio/White Coat Black Art
v What do I need to know about ventilators in light of COVID-19? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:14:56 EDT The pandemic has put a lot of focus on having enough ventilators to help critically ill patients who struggle to breathe. But they carry risks, and concerns have been raised that — in some COVID-19 cases — ventilators may do more harm than good. Full Article Radio/White Coat Black Art
v Sidelined patients reject being 'collateral damage' because of COVID-19 By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:19:02 EDT Canada’s provinces and territories began postponing elective medical and surgical procedures days after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Patients fearful for their health say advocating for care may make a difference. Full Article Radio/White Coat Black Art
v Why does a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic give rise to conspiracy theories? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:19:25 EDT The Dose and Dr. Brian Goldman separate fact from fiction regarding the rumour that COVID-19 spread to humans after it escaped from a lab in China. Full Article Radio/White Coat Black Art
v 'I'd rather sleep on the street': Homeless cancer patient scared to stay in Toronto's shelters amid COVID-19 By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 19:34:23 EDT Robert Boast, a homeless 60-year-old Toronto man with incurable prostate and colon cancer, told White Coat, Black Art that he is more frightened of catching COVID-19 than dying from cancer. Full Article Radio/White Coat Black Art
v COVID-19 and your mental health: We want to hear from you By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 12:10:31 EDT We want to hear your stories about how the pandemic has impacted your mental health. Full Article Radio/White Coat Black Art
v PSW draws attention to 'burnt out' staff as COVID-19 compounds long-term care crisis By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 20:08:50 EDT A personal support worker (PSW), who has worked for a decade in long-term care homes, told White Coat, Black Art the COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis on top of an already existing crisis for PSWs. Full Article Radio/White Coat Black Art
v What do we really know about kids and COVID-19? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 22:47:09 EDT Canadian researchers weigh in on the latest findings about how coronavirus presents in kids, and their risk of transmitting it to each other and to the adults in their lives. Full Article Radio/White Coat Black Art
v 'Finding wonder in the face of existential dread': Grandeur of the universe gives comfort to physicist By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:05:38 EDT As the COVID-19 crisis trudges on, many are shifting their focus to the day-to-day struggles of living amid a global pandemic and away from an increasingly uncertain future. Full Article Radio/Ideas
v The Brilliance of the Beaver: Learning from an Anishnaabe World By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:11:44 EDT Renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar and artist, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson talks about the philosophy and ethics that undergird Anishnaabe worlds in her 2020 Kreisel Lecture entitled, A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin. Full Article Radio/Ideas
v Milton's Paradise Lost: a survival guide for a fractured world By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:33:57 EDT When we first meet Adam and Eve in John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, they live in a perfect world. But by the end, they're expelled into one that is marked by exile, war, illness and death. IDEAS explores what the poem says to us about how to grapple with an uncertain future — and if we can find our collective way back home. Full Article Radio/Ideas
v Five reasons why modern art seduces — and confounds — us By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:46:43 EDT We’re dazzled, and sometimes frazzled, by our encounters with contemporary art. Marc Mayer, former director of the National Gallery of Canada, draws back the curtain to show what’s behind the art that can be so fascinating and yet so confusing. Full Article Radio/Ideas
v Neuroscience reveals how rhythm helps us walk, talk — and even love By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:14:28 EDT Rhythm is of course a fundamental part of music. But neuroscience is revealing that it’s also a fundamental part of our innermost selves: how we learn to walk, talk, read and even bond with others. From heartbeats heard in the womb, to the underlying rhythmic patterns of thought, rhythm — as one researcher puts it — is life. Full Article Radio/Ideas
v 'We're not doing enough': Doctor urges equal health care for the most vulnerable By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 16:46:23 EDT Co-founder of Partners in Health Dr. Paul Farmer says the COVID-19 pandemic offers many lessons and opportunities for the world, including a chance to reorient how we think about who deserves access to a high standard of health care. Full Article Radio/Ideas
v Enright Files: What we should have learned from the SARS outbreak By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 17:26:08 EDT Seventeen years before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, another mysterious, virulent respiratory illness suddenly appeared — SARS. On the Enright Files, conversations with public health experts from those unnerving times, as they were assessing what we learned from the SARS and Ebola outbreaks. Full Article Radio/Ideas
v Let's remove the blindfold from Lady Justice, argues Métis lawyer By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 15:23:11 EDT Justice is not blind in Canada’s legal system, argues Métis lawyer Jean Teillet. She says it needs to view Indigenous people fully to render justice fairly. Full Article Radio/Ideas
v Are pedestrians safe where you live? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 15:50:46 EST Last year, in Toronto, 40 pedestrians were struck by a moving vehicle and killed. But in Oslo, Norway, zero pedestrians died from car-related incidents last year. Full Article Radio/Cross Country Checkup
v What worries you most about COVID-19? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 17:29:08 EST Concerns about the novel coronavirus have spurred some people to stockpile masks, bottles of hand sanitizer, food and other supplies. Parents, meanwhile, are cancelling school trips and family vacations — and wondering how much of a hit their wallet will take in the process. Full Article Radio/Cross Country Checkup
v Is enough being done to slow down COVID-19? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 17:23:03 EDT Canadians watched as events unfolded in China and Hong Kong, South Korea and Italy. Now COVID-19 is officially a pandemic — and it's a lot closer to home. Full Article Radio/Cross Country Checkup
v Saturday special: How has COVID-19 disrupted your life? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 18:30:44 EDT Life has changed dramatically for many Canadians because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On a special Saturday edition of Checkup, our expert panel will answer your questions about money, medical concerns, relationships and parenting in this period of social distancing and quarantine. Full Article Radio/Cross Country Checkup
v What is your COVID-19 problem? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 12:21:41 EDT How has the outbreak affected your life? What problems or struggles are you facing right now? Our expert panel takes your questions about money, medicine, mental health and kids today on a special Q&A edition of Cross Country Checkup. Full Article Radio/Cross Country Checkup
v Who is your COVID-19 hero? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:51:00 EDT In the midst of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, stories have emerged of Canadians banding together to help each other out. Submit your stories to highlight people for their kindness for a special "care-mongering" edition of Cross Country Checkup. Full Article Radio/Cross Country Checkup
v How has COVID-19 disrupted your job? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:35:06 EDT The federal government this week passed its $107-billion aid package to help Canadians struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. But will it be enough to make April rent? Full Article Radio/Cross Country Checkup
v Saturday special: Is Canada ready for the COVID-19 surge? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 17:53:09 EDT Is Canada ready for an expected sharp rise in COVID-19 cases? White Coat, Black Art host Dr. Brian Goldman joins Duncan McCue this Saturday to take your questions about COVID-19. Full Article Radio/Cross Country Checkup
v COVID-19: What's happening in Canada's long-term care homes? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 17:56:13 EDT Long-term care homes are in crisis and reeling as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Are the seniors in your life adequately protected? Full Article Radio/Cross Country Checkup
v Hard Cash Valley By www.cincinnatilibrary.org Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 04:00:00 UT Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Dane Kirby and FBI Agent Roselita Velasquez probe a brutal murder in a Jacksonville, Florida hotel room in Panowich's searing follow-up to Like Lions (2019). Arnie Blackwell's murder is only the beginning. Someone is leaving a bloody trail through the Southeast looking for Arnie's younger brother, a boy with Asperger's Syndrome who possesses an unusual skill with numbers that could make a lot of money and that has already gotten a lot of people killed. As Dane and Roselita hunt for the boy, it swiftly becomes a race against the clock that has them entangled in a web of secrets. A masterful tale of Southern Noir. Full Article
v Olieprijs veert op By www.beurs.nl Published On :: 2020-05-08T20:38:00 (ABM FN-Dow Jones) De olieprijs is vrijdag weer gestegen, na een dip van twee dagen. Op een settlement van 24,74 dollar werd een vat West Texas Intermediate uiteindelijk 1,19 dollar of 5,1 procent meer waard. Full Article
v Beursblik: Moody's verlaagt ArcelorMittal naar junkstatus By www.beurs.nl Published On :: 2020-05-08T22:28:00 (ABM FN-Dow Jones) Moody's Investors Service heeft de kredietrating van ArcelorMittal verlaagd van Baa3 naar Ba1, wat gelijk staat aan een zogeheten junk status. Dit bleek vrijdagavond. Full Article
v Higher education catches the virus; India and Australia's stymied relationship; The Pick - books, film and audio By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 12:05:00 +1000 Even as universities scramble to stay alive, there is no lifeline from the government. What's gone wrong? Full Article
v Oxxio nu ook te vergelijken op Breedbandwinkel By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:51:00 GMT Oxxio biedt naast energie nu ook internet, tv en vast bellen en is sinds vandaag opgenomen in het aanbod van Breedbandwinkel. Pakketten worden aangeboden via VDSL en glasvezel over het netwerk van KPN. Klanten die ook energie afnemen van Oxxio zijn het voordeligst uit. Full Article
v KPN SuperWifi: een uitkomst of overbodige luxe? By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:00:00 GMT KPN roept het nu ook: 'Overal in huis supergoeie wifi'. De provider introduceerde onlangs SuperWifi. Een oplossing voor iedereen die overal in huis wil kunnen genieten van een optimale, draadloze, internetverbinding. Het systeem bestaat uit de standaard ExperiaBox wifimodem, aangevuld met twee extra wifipunten; zogenoemde Mesh-routers. Full Article
v T-Mobile en Ziggo winnen klanten, KPN levert in By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:18:00 GMT Deze week presenteerde T-Mobile de resultaten over het vierde kwartaal. Daarmee kunnen we nu een overzicht maken van de ontwikkelingen op de breedbandmarkt en de verhouding tussen de drie grote landelijke aanbieders: Ziggo, KPN en T-Mobile. Full Article
v KPN gaat VDSL in glasvezelgebieden uitschakelen By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:49:00 GMT KPN streeft ernaar om begin 2023 zo'n 2,4 miljoen Nederlandse adressen te kunnen voorzien van een glasvezelverbinding. De provider is voornemens in de periode daarna op alle adressen waar glasvezel beschikbaar is het kopernetwerk uit te schakelen. In sommige proefgebieden gebeurt dat overigens al voor 2023. Full Article
v DELTA glasvezel nu ook beschikbaar in Caiway gebied By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:04:00 GMT Caiway en DELTA, twee regionale internet, telefonie en tv-providers, werken sinds 2018 al intensief samen. Vanaf nu kunt u via Breedbandwinkel ook buiten Zeeland voor een DELTA glasvezel abonnement kiezen. Voorwaarde is wel dat het adres van het abonnement binnen het verzorgingsgebied van Caiway ligt. Full Article
v KPN introduceert 1 Gigabit glasvezel By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:04:00 GMT Het werd enige tijd geleden al aangekondigd. Vanaf vandaag, 2 maart, kunt u bij KPN glasvezelverbindingen met 1 Gigabit (1.000 Mb) internetsnelheid aanschaffen. Via Breedbandwinkel ontvangt u dit abonnement tijdelijk met maar liefst 6 maanden 50% korting. U betaalt gedurende die periode dan geen 65,00 euro, maar slechts 32,50 euro per maand. Full Article
v Populariteit en gebruik vaste telefoonlijnen blijft dalen By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:27:00 GMT Het aantal Nederlandse consumenten dat een vaste telefoonlijn belangrijk vindt, blijft dalen. Een trend die al in 2014 ingezet is. De meest voorkomende reden waarom consumenten nog een vaste telefoonlijn in huis hebben? Omdat de vaste telefoniedienst onderdeel uitmaakt van het internet en bellen abonnement of alles-in-1 pakket. Dat zegt ruim een kwart (26%) van de consumenten in het meest recente telefoniemarkt onderzoek van Telecompaper. Full Article
v 82% meer internetoverstappers door thuiswerk-situatie By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:53:00 GMT Internetvergelijker Breedbandwinkel ziet een enorme toename in klanten die overstappen naar een andere provider. Thuisblijvende kinderen en het thuiswerken vragen om een stabiele en snelle verbinding met het liefst zoveel mogelijk zenders. Ook providers KPN en Ziggo spelen in op de situatie door Film1 de komende maand gratis aan te bieden. Full Article
v Vergelijk alles-in-1, internet, tv en bellen By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 01:33:00 GMT Grootste provider vergelijkingssite voor internet, tv en bellen (ADSL, VDSL, kabel, glasvezel). Beste service en de laagste prijzen: altijd cashback! Full Article
v Ziggo en KPN hoeven netwerk niet open te stellen By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:13:00 GMT Het College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (CBb) heeft het besluit van de Autoriteit Consument en Markt (ACM), inzake het verplicht openstellen van het kabelnetwerk door VodafoneZiggo vernietigd. Dit betekent dat VodafoneZiggo geen andere aanbieders toegang tot haar kabelnetwerk hoeft te geven. Full Article
v Providers bieden gratis tv-zenders tijdens coronacrisis By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 08:38:00 GMT Nederland kampt al enkele weken met de gevolgen van de uitbraak van het coronavirus. Veel mensen zitten hierdoor noodgedwongen thuis. Om de verveling helpen tegen te gaan hebben bijna alle tv-aanbieders besloten de komende tijd een aantal betaalzenders gratis aan te bieden aan hun klanten. Full Article
v Nu ook vrije modemkeuze voor klanten van KPN By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 09:13:00 GMT Klanten die een internetabonnement van KPN hebben waren altijd verplicht om gebruik te maken van het modem dat de provider in bruikleen meeleverde; de zogenoemde Experia Box. KPN heeft deze verplichte voorwaarde nu gewijzigd. Daardoor is het nu ook mogelijk om een eigen modem te kiezen en aan te sluiten. Full Article
v Fikse verhoging uploadsnelheid voor DELTA klanten By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:34:00 GMT Tot nu toe konden klanten met een internetabonnement van DELTA genieten van een maximale uploadsnelheid van 45 Mb. De provider heeft echter besloten de maximale uploadsnelheden flink te verhogen. Particuliere klanten kunnen nu maximaal met 100 Mb uploaden en klanten met een businesspack met maximaal 125 Mb. Full Article
v Provider Freedom gaat toch al 128 klanten aansluiten By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:33:00 GMT Internet provider Freedom, de 'opvolger' van het door KPN ingelijfde XS4ALL, zou vorige week groots van start gaan. Het zal echter niemand verbazen dat de uitbraak van het coronavirus ook hier roet in het eten gegooid heeft. De lancering is voor onbepaalde tijd uitgesteld. De geplande Launch Party in Paradiso was drie weken geleden al afgelast. Full Article
v Glasvezel en VDSL worden vaker aanbevolen dan kabel By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:01:00 GMT Internet en tv providers met abonnementen via glasvezel of VDSL worden door consumenten vaker aangeprezen bij familie, vrienden en collega's dan kabelproviders. Dat blijkt uit een recent Net Promoter Score (NPS) onderzoek van Telecompaper. Glasvezel- en VDSL providers scoren bijna vier keer hoger dan kabelproviders. Full Article
v KPN en XS4ALL verhogen tarieven per 1 juli By www.breedbandwinkel.nl Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 09:45:00 GMT KPN en XS4ALL hebben zojuist bekendgemaakt de tarieven voor bestaande klanten per 1 juli te verhogen. Beide providers geven als reden voor de tariefsverhoging de inflatie, met daarbij investeringen in netwerken en diensten. Klanten die wegens de prijsverhoging kosteloos het abonnement willen opzeggen kunnen dit doen voor 1 juli 2020. Full Article
v What does the coronavirus reveal about us? By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:30:00 +1100 Is there a way of responding to the coronavirus that is both effective and ethical? That contributes to the tasks of social cohesion and mutual concern? Full Article Health Government and Politics Lifestyle and Leisure Ethics
v What (new) forms of living might the coronavirus produce? By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 11:30:00 +1100 What new forms of life together — of modesty, prudence, simplicity, mutuality, sociality and cooperation — might we discover under the conditions of scarcity and social isolation imposed by the coronavirus, that perhaps we didn’t envision in more 'normal' times? Full Article Health Ethics Disasters and Accidents
v Can we cultivate social solidarity in a time of physical distancing? By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 11:30:00 +1100 Any meaningful recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will require imagination, risk, solidarity and vulnerability; it will mean refusing to ‘free-ride’ and a willingness to sacrifice. How can we cultivate this capacity for social solidarity in our time of social fragmentation and mutual distancing? Full Article Ethics Community and Society Health Epidemics and Pandemics
v How can we live with coronavirus uncertainty? By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 11:30:00 +1000 In little more than a month, the coronavirus has exploded the sense of certainty, confidence, optimism and control on which so much of modern life, the economy and politics are predicated. Were these always just illusions? Full Article Ethics Community and Society Government and Politics Health Epidemics and Pandemics Business Economics and Finance
v Can we avoid cruelty in the face of COVID-19? By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:30:00 +1000 As societies, we are having to grapple with the question of whether some will be made to bear a disproportionate amount of the cost of our collective response to COVID-19. Full Article Ethics Community and Society Health Business Economics and Finance Government and Politics Epidemics and Pandemics