Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Products and services alluding to financial mindfulness abound, but what exactly are they promising? According to new research from a Cornell professor and colleagues, financial mindfulness can be defined not just as awareness of how much money one has, but by acceptance. “When you hear people use the term ‘financial mindfulness,” … Read more
A Canadian national was sentenced to five years in prison by a British court on Tuesday for participating in a terrorist organization that has been linked to deadly attacks in the U.K. Khaled Hussein, a Canadian citizen and resident of Edmonton, was sentenced alongside Anjem Choudary, a British citizen, in London’s Woolwich Crown Court a … Read more
Bill Shorten says comparisons suggesting changes to the NDIS will amount to a robodebt 2.0 are “complete rubbish” as the Greens and some experts raise concerns about how debt-raising measures might affect the disabled community. At a hearing last week, legal experts warned senators that scheme participants could be stung with high amounts of debt … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Businesses across Canada have been bemoaning the lack of qualified workers across numerous industries, including those traditionally viewed as lower-skill occupations. This issue has been ongoing for the past few years but came to a head in 2021 as the country eased its way out of the pandemic. Food service establishments, … Read more
Australian academics say they are being pressured into passing hundreds of students suspected of plagiarism and other forms of cheating in order to maintain their universities’ revenue streams, threatening the integrity and international reputation of the entire sector. The combination of commercialised cheating and the rise of AI now threatened to devalue degrees until they … Read more
Phenotypic characterization of slclv1 slbam1 slbam2 triple mutant plants and slclv3 slcle9 double mutant plants. (a) Time-course images for slclv1 single and slclv1 slbam1 slbam2 triple mutant plants. (b) Images for WT and slclv3 slcle9 double mutants. Arrowheads indicate fasciated stems, floral/inflorescence meristems, and inflorescences. (c) A proposed model of ligand-receptor relationship for shoot apical … Read more
Chris Thompson is prepared to fight to the end to contest what he says is a rental price increase with little notice – and he’s encouraging others across New Brunswick to do the same. “If I have a court order, I’ll leave. But I will fight to the end,” he said. “We need to care … Read more
Kemi Badenoch, the frontrunner to be the next Conservative party leader, has been accused of creating an intimidating atmosphere in the government department she used to run, with some colleagues describing it as toxic, the Guardian can reveal. At least three officials found her behaviour so traumatising that they felt they had no other choice … Read more
The federal government has ramped up pressure on NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia to sign on to the next school funding agreement, as it rushes out the blueprint for the next decade of primary and secondary education. The states, which have been holding out on reaching a deal amid calls for higher levels … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Guaranteed income programs don’t appear to improve the health of recipients, but they remain an important tool to consider for reducing poverty, according to research from University of Michigan and others. The findings come from research released by OpenResearch’s Unconditional Income Study, which gave 1,000 adults $1,000 per month for three … Read more