of the sporting world to find out how tech is transforming her game. hello, hi. i go to the world s biggest start up campus in paris, where female innovators are cooking up some amazing ideas. it tastes a lot like egg. there is a bit of an aftertaste, a slightly bitter aftertaste. mmm, bit of seasoning maybe, or mouthwash? anyway, i ve been to meet a female tech boss who is helping to shape the future of surgery. the contribution of women in all walks of life has often been forgotten, because history has mainly been recorded by men. but here at the glasgow women s library their achievements are rightly celebrated. this is the only accredited museum in the uk dedicated to women s history, and it is filled with books that are about, for or by women. 20,000 books and 500,000 archived items here are providing a valuable resource for researchers and historians. amongst all of that, you will find stories about some amazing women. like this one. i m a bit of a fan of ada lovelace. w
welcome to the programme. a smaller workforce represents a serious economic challenge. it makes it harder for employers to filljobs. it adds to wage pressures that drive inflation. it holds back growth. it reduces the tax revenues available to fund public services. there is an imperative in helping people back to work. the trouble is many parents in this country can t afford to because many would see their take home pay wiped out by the £15,000 average annual cost of full time childcare for a two year old. right now, uk childcare costs are double the 0ecd average. the only two countries where parents spend a higher percentage on childcare are switzerland and new zealand. when i had my daughter, who s five, i had to quit myjob because we couldn t afford childcare. i look forward to going back to nursing. my plan is to go back to nursing. if there d been more options and if childcare had been either cheaper or there was more flexibility, that would ve definitely been something
Apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those Ferry Services in new york harbor. The other guys who worked the harbor alongside him called Him Commodore as a way of teasing him. And it stuck. And then that kid who they mocked as the commodore grew up to amass one of the largest fortunes in american history. The kind of fortune that leaves a mark. In 1917 right next to the thenbrand new Grand Central station opposite vand built avenue, a huge new hotel went up with thousands of rooms. It was called the Commodore Hotel. It was named after correspond kneel i couldnt say, the Commodore Vand built. Had a statute of him right out front. And that hotel was one of new yorks big successful shmancy centrally located famous
it was a big deal because the Commodore Hotel was a big Landmark Piece of new York Real Estate right next to Grand Central station. It also had this poetic storied connection to the great vanderbilt family. But it was a highprofile deal bec
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