Sideswipe: February 25: Dining out on Trump
24 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
3 minutes to read Donald Trump only visited one DC restaurant in his four-year term. And it was the steakhouse in his own hotel . when the star appeared, you had to stick to the script. A Standard Operating Procedure document, recently obtained by Washingtonian, outlined step by step exactly what to do and what to say anytime Trump dined at BLT Prime, the hotel restaurant. As soon as Trump was seated, the server had to discreetly present a mini bottle of Purell hand sanitiser. (This applied long before Covid, mind you.) Next, cue dialogue: Good (time of day) Mr President. Would you like your Diet Coke with or without ice? the server was instructed to recite. A polished tray with chilled bottles and highball glasses was already prepared for either response. Directions for pouring the soda were detailed in a process no fewer than seven steps long and illustrated with four photo exhibits. The b
Hot homes: How are you keeping your place cool this summer?
9 Jan, 2021 11:23 PM
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Many New Zealand homes are woefully prepared to deal with summer s extreme heat. Photo / 123RF
Many New Zealand homes are woefully prepared to deal with summer s extreme heat. Photo / 123RF
Be it black-out shades or chilled sheets, Kiwis have long had their own hacks at cooling down hot homes without air conditioning - now a researcher wants to hear more about them.
Many New Zealand homes are woefully prepared to deal with summer s extreme heat.
A recent Stats NZ survey of 6700 homes found 36 per cent were sitting at 25C or more over summer - and sometimes even above 30C - compared with a comfortable indoor range of 20C to 25C.
CHICAGO, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ According to the new market research report "Chilled Beam System Market with COVID-19 impact by Design (Active, Passive, Multi-Service), Business (New Construction