Cloth filter as a brewing method has been popular in Japan for decades (paper filter pour over only took off with the introduction of the Hario V60 in the 2000s), and it was the primary filtration method used in coffee brewers from the early 1800s right through to the 1970s. The trick...
The majority of studies on risk factors for suicide have been conducted in developed countries, and less work has been done to systematically profile risk ... L Vijayakumar,S John,J Pirkis,... - 《Crisis the Journal of Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention》 被引量: 299发表: 2005年 Suic...
“After the devastating droughts of the 1970’s and 1980’s, African farmers in the Sahel region mobilized to reclaim their land from the encroaching desert. Thirty years later, their work has secured 13 million acres of farmland, fed 3 million people, recharged village wells, and supplied use...
In Rwanda, too, the supposedly tireless coffee “cow” bestowed by missionaries finally lost its footing; one of several reasons for the country’s eventual slide into a deep economic crisis. The fact that approximately 300,000 farmers uprooted their coffee plants in the early 1990s speaks volume...
line between the armed forces and society. During the Vietnam War, the social crisis within society spilled into the military through the Selective Service by accepting a steady stream of war skeptics, countercultural and working-class youth, and Black Power GIs.Furthermore, traditional values ...
“We are at our limit,” he said. “The good grower is at a break-even point. That’s about 5% of producers. Everyone else is losing money.” Beyond the international crisis, Mexico is suffering from an internal crisis--the accumulation of decades of problems. ...
their small parcels and current management practices are not sufficient to support the family. Researchers estimate that Nicaraguan laborers have lost over 4.5 million days of work during the first two years of the coffee crisis. The rural landless coffee workers are more vulnerable than smallholders...
It finds that African coffee is now re-exported from Europe at an average mark-up of over 300%, compared to just over 50% in the 1970s and 1980s. These trends have prompted a crisis for producers, and reflect the growth, expansion and extended control over production of European ...
In 1982, Tylenol was the target of a tampering case in the Chicago area that killed seven people when it was determined the product had been laced with cyanide. Johnson & Johnson’s response is considered the gold standard in handling such a crisis. The company put out mass warnings, ...
furniture companies were hit hardby the housing crisis. A slower housing market and the economic downturn meant people weren't buying as many homes—and certainly weren't refurnishing them. In February 2008, a group of liquidators bought Wickes' inventory, andmore than $75 million worth...